Dracotail Deck #730683 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Dracotail — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 72/100 (±5 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon L8 dragon bosses (2500–3000 ATK) and chip away with hand-trap disruption; Grind via trap-based resource cycling and recursion over multiple turns
• Turn 1 (going first): Summon Dracotail Fusion monster via starter, set 1–2 traps (Flame/Horn/Sting), pass with hand resources
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Droll, Maxx C) to disrupt opponent, then pivot into own Fusion summons and S/T setup for next turn
• Recovery: Phryxul and Urgula recurse resources; Dracotail Traps cycle cards and draw; multiple starter options (Faimena, Ketu, Mululu, Lukias) provide backup lines
• After siding: No side deck supplied; deck is main-only

Why it scores here

This Dracotail deck achieves a solid intermediate score through exceptional opening consistency and versatile Fusion engine tooling. The archetype core is present in 99.8% of opening hands, with multiple starters (Faimena, Ketu, Mululu) providing redundant Fusion access and S/T setup. However, the deck is missing 6 of the top 10 most-included Extra Deck cards (Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon, The Dragon that Devours the Dogma, Mirrorjade, Alba-Lenatus, Rindbrumm, Albion the Sanctifire), which limits combo ceiling and matchup flexibility. Hand-trap density is solid (15%), and trap-based disruption (Flame, Horn, Sting) provides grind value, but resource recovery is moderate and conversion to lethal is slow. The score reflects strong fundamental consistency, constrained by incomplete Extra Deck coverage, the absence of a side deck, and no parsed combo boards to confirm median output. This is a system-level assessment, not an average of card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 60% Combo + 40% Midrange. Structural ≈ 79, Going First ≈ 72, Going Second ≈ 67, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 67. Modifiers: Missing key Extra Deck cards (-3); No side deck (-2); No combo boards parsed (-1); Solid hand-trap density (1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + Modifiers (Meta Provisional)

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 (99.8% core live probability)
• Multiple redundant starters (Faimena, Ketu, Mululu, Lukias, Phryxul, Fallen of Albaz)
• Solid hand-trap density (15% of deck; Ash ×3, Droll ×2, Maxx C ×1)
• Trap-based grind game with draw and recursion (Flame, Horn, Sting cycle resources)
• Main deck is efficient at 40 cards with clean copy distribution (11×1, 7×2, 5×3)
• Multiple Fusion summon routes (Ketu, Faimena, Mululu, Rahu, Branded Fusion, Nadir Servant)

Weaknesses

• Missing 6 of top 10 meta-core Extra Deck cards (60% of Extra Deck core absent; limits combo ceiling and matchup options)
• No side deck (eliminates post-side adaptability in best-of-3 tournaments)
• Slow closing power (grind deck, not an OTK finisher; requires 2–3 turns of uninterrupted attacks)
• Resource recovery is situational (limited recursion via Phryxul 1-copy and Urgula 2-copy)
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos (3 copies) is a brick if going first or field is full (situational card with high copy count)
• No inherent negation on Extra Deck monsters (relies on S/T-based disruption, not boss negates)

Critical choke points

• If both Faimena and Ketu are Ash'd and opponent has no field, deck falls back to Mululu or Lukias as only viable starters
• Missing Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon significantly weakens going-second board-break (no easy banish source)
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos (3 copies) creates dead hands when going first or when field is already occupied
• No access to Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon (L8 Synchro, 100% inclusion) limits cross-material Fusion chains

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck legality: Legal (all restricted cards within limits; main/extra/side sizes compliant); Card text: All 37 distinct cards resolved; Banned/restricted status: Verte Anaconda (Limited ×1), Branded Fusion (Semi-Limited ×2), Droll & Lock (Semi-Limited ×2), Maxx C (Semi-Limited ×1) all within legal copies; Opening hand probabilities: Dracotail core (27 copies) P(≥1 in hand 5) ≈ 0.998 (hypergeometric); Hand-trap group: 6 copies total; P(≥1 in hand 6 going-second) ≈ 64.96%; Composition: 23 distinct main-deck cards, 14 distinct extra-deck cards; copy histogram clean
• Observed: Usage statistics: 60% of meta-core present (15 of 25 cards); 6 high-inclusion cards missing; Archetype purity: 38.2% exact-name Dracotail; broader archetype spread includes Branded, Albaz Dragon, Mulcharmy, Dogmatika, Ecclesia; Role tags: 6 hand traps, 11 searchers, 7 negation-text cards, 6 removal-text cards; Extra Deck breakdown: 12 Fusion (11 distinct), 2 Synchro, 1 Link
• Inferred: Engine accessibility (D1): 99.8% core live + multiple 3-copy starters + searcher group 82% → score 82; Brick management (D2): Core consistency offset by Mulcharmy Fuwalos (3-copy situational) and hand-trap distribution → score 72; Combo ceiling (D3): Card-text Fusion bosses (2500–3000 ATK) + missing 4 key targets limit ceiling → score 68; Combo median (D4): Typical T1 line inferred from starter text + trap cycling → score 68; Resilience (D5): 6 starters provide redundancy; limited recursion (Phryxul 1-copy, Urgula 2-copy) → score 65; Resource economy (D6): Trap draws (Flame, Horn, Sting) + Fuwalos offset Fusion cost over grind → score 70; Interaction quality (D7): Hand-trap density 15% + S/T negation/bounce + missing Mirrorjade → score 72; Going-second (D8): 64.96% hand-trap draw chance + Fusion re-access + slow closing → score 62; Closing power (D9): 2500–3000 ATK bosses, no piercing, requires 2–3 turns → score 64; Main deck efficiency (D10): 40 minimum, 23 distinct, no tech flex slots → score 75; Extra deck efficiency (D11): 15/15 slots filled; 6 meta-core missing (60% gap) → score 62; Post-side plan (D12): No side deck supplied; main-only deck → score 50; Matchup fit (D13): No tournament data; generic hand-trap coverage; score conservative → score 60; Pilotability (D14): Moderate complexity (3–5 decision points per turn), no parsed combos, moderate error tolerance → score 70
• Provisional: Meta Power: No dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share unavailable; tournament context absent → null; Matchup coverage (D13): Specific matchup performance unknown; format fit in Master Duel (primarily casual ladder) unverified; Post-side performance (D12): No side deck to evaluate; best-of-3 tournament format unknown (Master Duel is primarily best-of-1)
• Data gaps: No combo boards parsed: best line, median power index, board per starter, going-first/going-second split all absent; combo floor/median/ceiling estimated from card text only No tournament link: archetype meta-share, per-pilot match record, top-cut representation all unavailable No metagame data: win-rate telemetry, common-matchup outcomes, format speed, turn-order fit unverified No side deck: zero cards supplied; post-side performance and adaptability cannot be evaluated Master Duel format details: primary game mode is ladder/casual; tournament structure unknown; best-of-1 vs best-of-3 format unspecified