Stardust / Synchron Deck #730693 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Synchro, Graveyard-centric
• Format: duel-links

Legality

Main 26 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro Summon high-level Dragon Synchro Monsters (Shooting Quasar, Crimson Dragon, Red Supernova) to establish multi-negate boards; Beatdown via Synchro Monster ATK after disrupting opponent's board
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a Tuner starter (Stardust Synchron, Shining Star Dragon, or Centur-Ion Atrii) to Synchro Summon Level 8–12 boss monsters and establish interaction layer
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Shining Star Dragon hand trap to revive Synchro Monsters from GY and pivot into offensive Synchro lines; leverage Forbidden Droplet and Dark Ruler No More for board breaking
• Recovery: Recurse Synchro Monsters via Synchro Rumble and Centur-Ion Phalanx; rebuild with additional Synchro Summons if initial line is interrupted
• After siding: Adapt board construction based on opponent's side deck; maintain Synchro engine flexibility

Why it scores here

This Stardust/Synchron deck operates as a Synchro combo engine with strong opening consistency (P ≈ 0.999 of at least one Tuner starter in hand) and access to powerful Level 8–12 boss Synchro Monsters. The deck reliably opens a functional Synchro line T1 and can generate multiple negation layers on-board (Crimson Dragon searcher, Quasar multi-negate, interaction from Synchro Monsters). However, the deck deviates materially from archetype-standard builds by omitting high-inclusion cards (Crimson Dragon, Satellite Warrior, Ruddy Rose Dragon, Stardust Dragon, Centur-Ion Primera Primus), which limits redundancy and median output. The going-second plan relies on specific hand traps and situational Synchro pivots; recovery after disruption is moderate due to the single-engine-lane architecture. Popularity and meta-share did not contribute to this score; evaluation focuses on the system's opening rate, combo conversion, interaction density, and resilience.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 61, Going First ≈ 70, Going Second ≈ 59, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 54. Modifiers: Archetype Deviation (Missing High-Inclusion Cards) (-3); Single-Lane Engine (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample supplied)

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

• Very high opening consistency: P(≥1 Tuner in opening 5) ≈ 99.9% enables reliable T1 Synchro setup.
• Access to powerful Level 8–12 boss Synchro Monsters with negation/recursion text (Crimson Dragon searcher, Shooting Quasar multi-negate, Stardust Dragon destruction negate).
• Graveyard recursion engines (Synchro Rumble, Centur-Ion Phalanx) support recovery and follow-up turns.
• Hand traps (Droll & Lock Bird 2x, Forbidden Droplet 3x, Dark Ruler No More 2x) provide going-second interaction.
• Synchro-only Extra Deck (9 slots) is compactly used with no dead slots.

Weaknesses

• Significant deviation from archetype-standard builds: omits 9 core cards (55% core-present ratio), reducing redundancy and median combo power.
• Single-lane Tuner-Synchro engine with limited branching; disruption on primary Tuner starter forces pivot or brick.
• Only 2 hand traps (Droll & Lock Bird 2x); going-second defense heavily dependent on Spell-speed interaction (Droplet, Dark Ruler).
• Resource generation modest: limited float from Stardust Trail / On Your Mark; grind limited by 1x Crimson Dragon (Limited) and absence of high-inclusion bosses.
• Combo floor/median output constrained by Tribute requirements and GY-setup dependency; typical hands resolve to single Level 8 + negate, not ceiling.
• No side deck strategy visible; post-side adaptability unknown.
• Limited closing power: Shooting Quasar (4000 ATK, complex Synchro requirement) and Red Supernova (0 copies) rarely materialized; typical closers ≈ 2500 ATK Synchros.

Critical choke points

• Tuner availability: Both primary starters (Stardust Synchron, Shining Star Dragon) Tribute a monster to Special Summon; hands with minimal non-Tuner targets brick.
• Graveyard setup for recursion: Synchro Rumble and Centur-Ion Phalanx require populated GY; early disruption prevents recursion pivot.
• Single Crimson Dragon (Limited, 1x): only searcher for Spell/Trap that mentions Crimson Dragon; loss is difficult to recover from.
• Level 12 Synchro requirements: Shooting Quasar, Red Supernova, Crimson Dragon all require multiple Tuner/non-Tuner Synchros; setup is high-friction and disruption-prone.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal in Duel Links format; Main 26, Extra 9, Side 0 meets size_rules.; Crimson Dragon is Limited (1 copy legal); 1x in deck complies.; Card text resolved for all 25 distinct cards.; Extra Deck is Synchro-only (9 Synchro Monsters, no Fusion/Xyz/Link).; Archetype-spread: 8 Stardust, 6 Centur-Ion, 3 Forbidden, 1 Rose, 1 Synchro, 16 generic.; Core-present ratio: 11/20 archetype-core cards present (55%).; Hand-trap count: 2 (Droll & Lock Bird 2x).; Role-tag counts: 8 negation-text, 8 removal-text, 6 searcher-text cards.
• Observed: Archetype usage statistics show Stardust/Synchron is a real, accessible Duel Links deck (21 sample rows, guides available).; High-inclusion cards absent: Crimson Dragon (100% baseline, deck has 1x Limited), Satellite Warrior (100%), Ruddy Rose Dragon (95%), Stardust Dragon (90%), Centur-Ion Primera Primus (75%), Red Supernova Dragon (70%).
• Inferred: P(≥1 Tuner starter in opening 5) ≈ 0.9991 hypergeometric from archetype-core (18 copies Stardust Synchron 3x, Shining Star Dragon 3x, Centur-Ion Atrii 1x, support 11 copies).; P(≥1 searcher in opening 6-card hand) ≈ 0.764 hypergeometric from 6 searcher-text copies (On Your Mark 2x, Stardust Synchron 3x, Centur-Ion cards 1x).; Combo ceiling: Stardust Synchron → search → Synchro into Accel Synchro Stardust (Level 8, revive Level 2 Tuner) → continue into Level 12 (Crimson Dragon, Red Supernova, Shooting Quasar) with multi-negate setup; inferred best_power_index ≈ 75.; Combo median: typical opener resolves to Level 8 Synchro + single negation layer without secondary Tuner branch; inferred median_power_index ≈ 58 due to single-lane engine.; Interruption resilience: only independent line is Synchro Rumble / Centur-Ion Phalanx recursion from GY; main line is choke-pointed on Tuner Tribute.; Going-first power ≈ 70: reliable Synchro opener + interaction density 2–3 layers + multi-negate setup (Crimson Dragon searcher, Quasar multi-negate).; Going-second power ≈ 59: Shining Star Dragon in-hand revive (Quick Effect) + Forbidden Droplet/Dark Ruler board breaking; coverage moderate due to limited dedicated removal.; Tournament Reliability ≈ 54: opening-hand stability high (D1 72), but disruption recovery low (D5 54), post-side adaptability unknown (D12 48), error tolerance moderate (D14 52).
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated metagame sample provided; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent from tournament_context).; Matchup coverage and format fit: Duel Links meta position unknown; adjustment without dated sample.; Post-side strategy: 0 side-deck cards; side-deck plan entirely unknown.
• Data gaps: No parsed combo boards in combos_evidence; best_line, median_power_index, board_per_starter, starter_diversity all null — analysis relies on card-text and archetype-pattern inference. No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent from tournament_context. No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second split, matchup win rate, brick rate, starter frequency, OTK frequency) — consistency and resilience are Inferred. No post-side game plan or side-deck construction; adaptability is theoretical. Duel Links format specifics (ban-list drift, metagame meta-share, common interactions) not supplied; matchup fit is Provisional.