Zoodiac Deck #730508 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Zoodiac Radiant Typhoon Hybrid — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±3 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Toolbox
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish 2-3 XYZ monsters with negation/removal interaction for going-first control; or assemble hand traps + removal for going-second disruption and board rebuild; Grind advantage through Radiant Typhoon resource loops (Vision draw, Mandate recursion) and reactive draw from Mulcharmy/Maxx C
• Turn 1 (going first): Activate Quick-Play Spell (MST/Vision/Chant/Ascendance) → special summon Radiant Typhoon starters → search additional resources via Swen/Chant → build 2-3 XYZ monsters with interaction (Drident, Chakanine, Boarbow) → pass with layered negation/removal
• Turn 2 (going second): Open 6-card hand with 64.96% probability of hand trap; activate hand traps to disrupt opponent setup, use MST/Dominus for spell/trap removal, activate Mulcharmy or Maxx C for reactive draw generation, rebuild own XYZ board
• Recovery: Radiant Typhoon Ascendance recovers Level 6-or-lower Radiant Typhoons from GY; Radiant Typhoon Mandate shuffles 3 Quick-Play Spells back and draws 1; maintain XYZ board via repeated material detach effects
• After siding: Not applicable; no side deck provided (Master Duel uses best-of-1)

Why it scores here

This evaluation is theoretical only: the deck is illegal in Master Duel format due to Zoodiac Broadbull (Forbidden) and Zoodiac Ratpier (Limited to 1 copy, running 3 copies). Structurally, the deck demonstrates exceptional opening consistency (99.88% Radiant Typhoon starter access), strong going-second disruption (6 hand traps + 3 spell removal + Dominus Purge), and moderate XYZ interaction, which would yield a structural score of 64 and final score of ~62 if legal. However, the deck is missing 44% of expected Extra Deck core cards (6 of 25 usage-stat core monsters including Tigermortar, Boarbow, Chakanine, Drident, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS, and M-X-Saber Invoker), significantly limiting combo ceiling and board quality. The going-first plan depends critically on Quick-Play Spell activation as a single choke point, making the deck vulnerable to disruption, and the Radiant Typhoon + Zoodiac hybrid identity creates redundancy without engine synergy. Due to illegality and unplayability in Master Duel, this evaluation is capped at 25.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 90% Combo (primary engine focus), 10% Stun (interaction layer). Structural ≈ 64, Going First ≈ 70, Going Second ≈ 68, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 56. Modifiers: Illegality penalty (-39); Missing Extra Deck core cards (-5); Quick-Play Spell choke point (-2). Final formula: Illegal deck capped; would be 0.80×Structural(64) + 0.20×TournamentReliability(56) = 62 if legal

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 1 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Exceptional opening consistency: 99.88% chance of opening a functional Radiant Typhoon starter due to 28-copy core
• Strong going-second package: 6 hand traps (Ash×3, Impermanence×2, Maxx C×1) + 3 Mystical Space Typhoon + Dominus Purge for disruption and removal
• Multiple Radiant Typhoon searchers (6 distinct cards: Swen, Chant, Vision, Ascendance, Mandate, Meghala) enable chain-search for resource generation
• Hybrid archetype provides access to both Radiant Typhoon recursion (Ascendance, Mandate) and Zoodiac XYZ toolbox for adaptation
• Quick-Play Spell synergy: Mystical Space Typhoon triggers Radiant Typhoon effects while Radiant Typhoon Vision generates draw and setup
• Moderate interaction density through hand traps + XYZ negation/removal effects

Weaknesses

• CRITICAL: Deck is illegal in Master Duel format — contains Zoodiac Broadbull (Forbidden) and Zoodiac Ratpier (Limited to 1, running 3 copies over limit)
• 44% of expected Extra Deck core cards missing (6 of 25): no M-X-Saber Invoker, Tigermortar, Boarbow, Chakanine, Drident, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS, or Radiant Typhoon Marine Eidolon
• Single choke point: most Radiant Typhoon special summons depend on Quick-Play Spell activation; disruption collapses multiple lines simultaneously
• Radiant Typhoon and Zoodiac engines are not naturally synergistic; hybrid approach creates redundancy (9 triple-ofs of similar Radiant Typhoons) without cohesive payoff
• Going-first board lacks overwhelming offensive power; focused on control rather than lethal (45 D9 score)
• Reactive draw effects (Mulcharmy Purulia, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Maxx C) depend on opponent's special summons; unreliable for proactive resource generation
• Running 9 triple-ofs of mechanically similar Radiant Typhoon cards (Krosea, Eldam, Swen, Chant, Vision, Meghala, etc.) creates hand redundancy and decision paralysis despite low brick rate

Critical choke points

• Quick-Play Spell activation (MST/Vision/Chant/Ascendance/Mandate): Central trigger for Radiant Typhoon special summons; if blocked or unavailable, engine stops
• Searcher chain disruption (Ash Blossom on Chant/Vision/Swen): Single hand trap cuts off tutor loop and halts resource generation mid-combo
• Forbidden Zoodiac Broadbull: Unavailable in Master Duel; removes key Zoodiac search/progression engine
• Over-limited Zoodiac Ratpier: Can only run 1 copy legally (Limited), but deck design calls for 3; creates awkward deckbuilding constraint

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck has 40 main deck cards (within Master Duel legal bounds); Deck has 15 extra deck cards (within Master Duel legal bounds); Zoodiac Broadbull is Forbidden in Master Duel (legal copies = 0, copies_run = 1); Zoodiac Ratpier is Limited to 1 copy (legal copies = 1, copies_run = 3 — 2 over limit); Card text excerpts for all 35 distinct cards present and resolved
• Observed: Usage statistics show 14 of 25 core cards present (56% inclusion rate); Missing core cards include M-X-Saber Invoker (100%), Zoodiac Tigermortar (100%), Boarbow (100%), Chakanine (96.5%), Drident (94.7%), Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS (94.7%), Radiant Typhoon Marine Eidolon (82.5%); Hypergeometric draw probability: P(≥1 Radiant Typhoon core starter in opening 5) = 0.9988
• Inferred: Combo ceiling: 2-3 XYZ monsters with 2-3 negation/removal points from card-text chain analysis (no actual boards provided); Combo floor: 1-2 XYZ + residual hand resources from estimated 4-5 summon average per line; Quick-Play Spell activation is central engine trigger; disruption creates single-point-of-failure vulnerability; Going-first power ≈ 70 from blending D1 starter reliability (92) + D7 interaction (62) + D5 resilience (55) + D6 recovery (60); Going-second power ≈ 68 from blending D2 hand quality (75) + D8 removal/interaction (65) + D6 recovery (60); Tournament reliability ≈ 56 from blending D1/D2 opening stability (83.5) + D5 one-disruption resilience (55) + D14 error tolerance (60)
• Provisional: Meta Power = null (no dated Master Duel metagame sample provided; cannot compute archetype meta-share or format-fit score); Matchup coverage unverifiable without metagame context (D13 provisional); Zoodiac archetype meta-share in Master Duel unknown (tournament data.available = false)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied (total combos = 0, scored combos = 0); combo ceiling/floor/median are text-only inferences, not observed from actual boards No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent; cannot compute Meta Power Missing 6 of 25 expected Extra Deck core cards (44% deficit); board quality evaluation is theoretical rather than empirical No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for Master Duel; going-first/second/matchup win rates are Unknown No per-game brick/starter/OTK rate logs; consistency claims rest on hypergeometric estimates only No side deck data (Side Deck size = 0); post-side adaptation and best-of-3 performance cannot be evaluated