Zoodiac Deck #730679 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Zoodiac Hybrid (ILLEGAL) — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Control
• 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: Assemble Zoodiac Xyz board with negation/removal (blocked by Broadbull ban); Grind out advantage via hand-trap efficiency and trap-based interaction
• Turn 1 (going first): Combo into Xyz board (Drident/Chakanine/Tigermortar) backed by traps; blocked by Ratpier limit
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps + removal suite to break opponent board, then Xyz into late-turn answers
• Recovery: Zoodiac Ramram recursion + Radiant Typhoon search to rebuild after disruption
• After siding: Missing entirely: 0/15 side deck slots used; cannot adapt to matchups

Why it scores here

This deck is ILLEGAL and cannot be evaluated in normal play; the score reflects structural incapacity only. If legal, the Zoodiac/Radiant Typhoon hybrid would offer solid consistency (P(≥1 starter) ≈ 77% going first) and strong interaction (17 negation cards, 10 hand traps), enabling a reasonable Xyz combo → control gameplan via Drident/Chakanine access. However, two critical banlist violations (Zoodiac Ratpier Limited to 1, Broadbull Forbidden) demolish the engine: Ratpier is the archetype's primary starter, and Broadbull is the searcher that chains Zoodiac Xyz plays. The complete absence of a side deck (0/15 slots) eliminates post-game adaptation. Combo ceiling is artificially capped without Broadbull; floor is weak because Ratpier (now 1 copy) was designed as a 3-of. Offensive closing power is low (no direct-damage payoff). The deck fails legality verification and cannot be recommended as-is.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 60% Combo / 40% Control theoretical. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 64, Going Second ≈ 59, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: Illegal banlist violations (-25); Zero side deck (-10); Missing Broadbull chaining (-5). Final formula: Illegal override: base structural 60 capped to 35 due to banlist violations (Ratpier ×3 exceeds ×1 limit; Broadbull Forbidden). No reliable meta available.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ — · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.08 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Strong interaction layer: 17 negation-text cards + 11 removal-text cards + 10 hand-trap copies enable disruptive play
• Solid resource recovery: Zoodiac Ramram recursion + Radiant Typhoon search provide grind resilience
• Reasonable consistency: multiple starter options and searcher redundancy (if legal)
• Hybrid flexibility: Combo core + control toolkit allows adaptation between aggressive Xyz lines and grindy trap-based defense

Weaknesses

• ILLEGAL: Zoodiac Ratpier × 3 (limited to 1) + Zoodiac Broadbull × 1 (Forbidden) — deck cannot be played in Master Duel format
• No side deck: 0/15 slots used, eliminating all post-game adaptation in best-of-3 play
• Missing archetype core: only 10/25 core cards present (40%); key cards absent (Broadbull, Meghala, M-X-Saber Invoker, Zoodiac Drident, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS, most Utopia line)
• No combo data: all performance inference is theoretical without actual board frequency
• Weak offensive payoff: no direct-damage payoff; closing relies on incremental grinds
• Extra Deck integration issues: D/D Wave High King Caesar (Rank 6, no Rank 6 setup), Necroquip Princess (Fusion, no enabler)

Critical choke points

• Illegal banlist violations prevent deck from being legalized without major reconstruction
• Zoodiac Ratpier (now 1 legal copy) was designed as 3-of; consistency floor drops sharply if rebuilt legally
• Zoodiac Broadbull (Forbidden) is the archetype's searcher; without it, Xyz chaining becomes fragmented
• Zero side deck makes the deck unplayable in tournament formats requiring best-of-3 adaptation

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal in Master Duel (Zoodiac Ratpier ×3 exceeds ×1 limit; Zoodiac Broadbull ×1 is Forbidden); Deck size: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side (within Master Duel main/extra caps, but zero side deck violates best-of-3 requirement); Card banlist statuses: Ratpier Limited, Broadbull Forbidden, Called by Grave Limited, Dimension Shifter Limited, Droll & Lock Semi-Limited, Maxx C Semi-Limited, Solemn Judgment Semi-Limited; Composition: 21 distinct main, 15 distinct extra; 9 triplicates, 1 duplicate, 11 singletons; Role-tag flags: 17 negation-text, 11 removal-text, 10 hand-trap copies
• Observed: Archetype usage stats: Zoodiac archetype is real (30 sample decks); core inclusion rates show Broadbull 100%, Meghala 100%, Drident 94.7%, Chakanine 96.5%; Copy histogram: 9 copies at ×3, 1 copy at ×2, 11 copies at ×1; high redundancy in interaction layer
• Inferred: D1 Consistency: P(≥1 main starter in hand5) ≈ 77% based on hypergeometric model of 9 copies of 3-ofs; legal rebuild to 1× Ratpier drops this to ~45% (hypergeometric, theoretical); D3/D4 Combo output: no actual boards; Zoodiac→Drident/Chakanine Xyz estimated mid-tier ceiling (2–3 negations + 1 removal); Broadbull ban removes best chaining option (text-based inference); D5 Resilience: Ramram recursion + Radiant Typhoon conditional summons provide ~2 independent lines (card-text inference); D6 Resource economy: Barrage destroy-recycle + Vision draw-2 enable moderate grind (text-based inference); D7 Interaction quality: 17 negation + 11 removal + 10 hand-trap cards → average interaction density ~3.0 equivalent (flagged and semantic inference); D8 Going-second: Removal suite + Dominus Purge provide defensive coverage; no board-wipe tech (text-based inference); D9 Closing power: Variable ATK Xyz + no direct-damage text → weak offensive payoff (text-based inference); D10 Main deck efficiency: 40-card minimum with 21 distinct → decent compactness; some slots questionable (technical analysis); D11 Extra deck efficiency: D/D Caesar and Necroquip Princess are unintegrated; 11 Xyz + 3 Link + 1 Fusion coverage ~58% (structural inference); D12 Side deck: 0 cards used; theoretical 0% adaptability (definitive structural gap); D14 Pilotability: Xyz summon chains are 3–5 steps typical; Radiant Typhoon conditionals add decision points; moderate complexity (card-text inference)
• Provisional: D13 Matchup coverage: Zoodiac archetype is real and tournament-viable, but no dated metagame sample supplied; meta-share unknown; archetype inclusion rates show viability but not meta-power (needs meta sample); Meta Power: null — no tournament context or dated metagame sample available
• Data gaps: No combo boards supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference without actual performance data No tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent; Meta Power remains Provisional No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN — brick rates, starter rates, OTK rates, matchup records are unknown Zero side deck (0/15 slots) — post-game adaptation capability cannot be assessed; best-of-3 play is impossible Banlist violations prevent legal evaluation — deck cannot be ranked normally until rebuilt