Elfnote Deck #730669 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Elfnote — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 64/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish negation-based Synchro board with center-zone protection and grind advantage; Board wipe via Black Rose Dragon, then attack for lethal
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Lucina/Regina/Tinia, search and Special Summon other Elfnote core cards, Synchro summon into Crystal Wing (8-level negation) or Omega (8-level banish disruption), establish Welcome Home center-zone protection and mid-board layering
• Turn 2 (going second): Deploy hand-trap disruption (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll & Lock) on opponent's search/summon effects, then execute Synchro combo lines to establish board; leverage Mulcharmy draw engines on opponent's summons for resource advantage
• Recovery: GY recursion via Medius the Pure (shuffle monster back to search/summon Power Patron), Bystial Magnamhut (remove + search), Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon (Special Summon Albaz chain); multiple independent Synchro starters enable second-line combo after first is disrupted
• After siding: No side deck supplied; main deck tuning favors T1 Synchro setup with balanced hand-trap density

Why it scores here

The deck opens with exceptional consistency (P≥1 core starter ≈ 99.7%) and converts reliably into level-8 Synchro monsters via Elfnote tutoring chains and Synchro-capable Tuners (Power Patron, Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle). The typical T1 board features one primary negation Synchro (Crystal Wing or Omega), center-zone protection (Welcome Home), and GY recursion engines (Medius, Bystial), providing solid continuity after disruption. Going-second is supported by an 8-copy hand-trap suite that disrupts opponent setup while maintaining Synchro access via Tuner dual-roles. However, two top-tier core cards are absent: Baronne de Fleur (100% inclusion, universal negation + destruction at level 10) and Seraphim Strelitzia (95.65%, core Elfnote Synchro extender), which notably limits ceiling and post-disruption resilience. No combo data was supplied; floor/median/ceiling assessments are inferred from card text and probabilities. The score reflects solid structural fundamentals—strong consistency, multiple recovery routes, competent board setup—tempered by missing core cards and absence of empirical combo boards.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 70, Going First ≈ 72, Going Second ≈ 67, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 67. Modifiers: Missing core cards (-5); No combo empirical data (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(70) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(67) - 5 modifier (missing core cards) = 64 (Meta provisional, no dated sample)

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-hand consistency (P≥1 core ≈ 0.997) enables reliable T1 Synchro setup
• Multiple independent starters (Lucina, Regina, Tinia, Medius, conditional Ecclesia) provide route diversity and recovery after disruption
• Hand-trap suite (8 copies, with Ash Blossom and Ghost Belle as Tuners) enables both opponent disruption and continued Synchro summoning
• Strong GY recursion (Medius shuffle, Bystial removal+search, Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon revival) supports grind and resource recovery
• Center-zone mechanics (Welcome Home, Rhapsodia) add unique durability layer distinct from typical negation boards
• Efficient Synchro access via Tuner density (Power Patron, Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, plus Mulcharmy tuning)
• Multiple negation Synchros (Crystal Wing, Omega, Rindbrumm, F.A. Dawn Dragster) provide layered interruption options

Weaknesses

• Missing two top-tier core cards: Baronne de Fleur (100% inclusion, 10-level universal negation + destruction) and Seraphim Strelitzia (95.65%, core Elfnote Synchro extender) significantly limit ceiling and extra-deck coverage
• No combo data provided; actual floor/median/ceiling output unverified; assessments are text-inference only
• Limited going-second board-wipe options (Black Rose 1×); must execute Synchro combo before clearing established boards
• Mulcharmy draw engines conditional on empty field (quick effect); viable but niche activation windows
• Single copies of most boss Synchros (Omega, Crystal Wing, Black Rose); if one is negated before summon, second-line recovery is harder
• No side deck (0/15 in Master Duel format); cannot adapt to specific matchups post-game-1
• Offensive closing power moderate (D9: 58); relies on advantage accumulation over burst damage or direct effects
• Fallen of Albaz/White Dragon interactions compete for Extra Deck space with Synchro lines (only 1× Albaz in main, 7 Fusions sharing 15 slots with 8 Synchros)

Critical choke points

• Loss of first Synchro summon: If Crystal Wing or Omega is negated before summoning, deck has limited multi-layered interruptions (depends on hand + field state); fewer options for second-pass recovery
• Mulcharmy field requirement: Draw engines require empty field (quick effect); activation windows are situational and not guaranteed
• Center-zone competition: Multiple effects (Welcome Home, Rhapsodia, core Elfnote starters all want center slot) compete for single zone; sequencing and turn-timing matter
• Extra Deck saturation: 15 slots fully occupied (8 Synchro, 7 Fusion); zero flex space for tech additions mid-format
• Missing Baronne de Fleur: Single-negate boards (Crystal Wing or Omega only) may be insufficient against meta multi-negation decks or aggressive going-second strategies

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal (all restricted cards within copy limit, 40 main / 15 extra conform to Master Duel rules); Card text resolved for all 38 distinct cards; archetype assignment confirmed (Elfnote primary); Deck size: 40 main, 15 extra (legal); Restricted card status: 7 cards flagged; all at legal copy counts (Bystial Magnamhut ×1 Limited, Called by Grave ×1 Limited, Crossout ×1 Limited, Omega ×1 Limited, T.G. Librarian ×1 Limited, Droll ×2 Semi-Limited, Maxx C ×1 Semi-Limited)
• Observed: Core card presence: 14 out of 25 top-meta cards present (56% core coverage per usage statistics); Archetype purity: 29.1% exact Elfnote (16 copies), 71% support engines (Mulcharmy, Albaz, Branded, etc.); Extra-deck breakdown: 8 Synchro, 7 Fusion confirmed from card list
• Inferred: Consistency P(≥1 Elfnote starter in opening hand 5) ≈ 0.997 derived from hypergeometric probabilities; Full-brick rate estimate ≈ 0.3% (inverse of 0.997); Combo ceiling: multiple level-8 Synchro summons on T1 inferred from card text tutoring chains; missing Baronne and Strelitzia limits multi-summon consistency; Combo median: 1–2 Synchro summons + 1–2 interruptions per T1 turn estimated from starter count and Synchro enabler density; Going-first power ≈ 72 derived from D1 (consistency 82), D5 (resilience 68), D6 (economy 66), D7 (interaction 72); Going-second power ≈ 67 derived from D2 (brick mgmt 75), D8 (board-breaking 68), D9 (closing 58), hand-trap suite (8 copies); Dimension scores D1–D14: all inferred from card-text semantic reads (negation text, removal text, searcher text), probabilities, and archetype structure; Interaction quality estimate from negate-text count (8 cards with 'negate' in text) and removal-text count (13 cards with 'removal' in description)
• Provisional: Meta Power = null; no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent; Tournament Reliability ≈ 67 assumes matchup variance and post-side performance are unknowable; flagged as Provisional pending format context; Post-side stability: no side deck present; adaptability assessment is speculative
• Data gaps: No combos supplied — no parsed boards; floor/median/ceiling, board per starter, interaction density, going-first vs going-second split all inferred from text No tournament link — archetype meta-share percentage absent; tournament pilot match record unavailable No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN — going-first/second win rates, matchup-specific rates, brick/starter/OTK rates, game-level statistics absent Missing two top-tier core cards: Baronne de Fleur (100% inclusion) and Seraphim Strelitzia (95.65% inclusion); impact on actual deck performance unknown No side deck (0/15 in Master Duel) — post-game-1 performance and matchup-specific tuning strategy unknown Meta Power remains Provisional — dated metagame snapshot required to assess true contextual fitness