Branded Deck #733809 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 67/100 (±5 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion board built with Branded Fusion / Super Polymerization using Fallen of Albaz material; Control the opponent with hand traps and disruption while assembling the board
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Branded Opening or Branded Fusion to place a Level 8 Fusion monster, then protect with hand traps
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll, Maxx C) to negate opponent plays, then launch a Fusion turn on turn 2 or 3
• Recovery: If the engine is disrupted, recycle material via Nadir Servant, Fallen of the White Dragon, or searchers like Branded in High Spirits
• After siding: No side deck; rely on flexible Extra Deck summons to adapt after the opponent's side changes

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens its Branded engine – a 98.7 % chance to have a core starter in the opening hand – and can quickly bring out a high‑ATK Fusion monster. It converts that engine into pressure with multiple boss Fusion monsters and layered interaction such as Branded Retribution and Forbidden Droplet. Hand traps and draw sources give it resilience after disruption, though the lack of a side deck and self‑restrictions on extra‑deck summons raise brick risk and error tolerance. Scores reflect the system’s consistency, median output, and interaction rather than archetype popularity.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 66.95, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 70, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 65. Modifiers: No side deck (-2); Self‑brick potential from extra‑deck restrictions (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.01 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Very high chance to have a core Branded starter
• Access to multiple 3000‑ATK Fusion bosses
• Rich suite of hand traps and draw engines for disruption and recovery

Weaknesses

• No side deck limits post‑side adaptability
• Self‑brick risk from cards that restrict Extra Deck summons
• Play complexity creates higher error tolerance requirement

Critical choke points

• Dependence on Branded Fusion / Branded Opening to launch the engine
• Limited non‑Fusion plays if the engine is negated early

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status is Legal; Side deck count is 0
• Inferred: Core starter probability 0.987 from hypergeometric data; Brick risk from self‑restriction cards; Engine redundancy from multiple Fusion starters; Resource recovery via Mulcharmy Fuwalos and hand‑trap draw; Interaction density from Branded Retribution and Forbidden Droplet; Going‑second pressure from 6 hand traps; Closing power from high‑ATK Fusion monsters; Main‑deck efficiency based on distinct count; Extra‑deck coverage from 14 Fusion monsters
• Provisional: Matchup coverage and meta fit lack tournament data
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied