Branded Deck #734636 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: none
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon high‑ATK Branded monsters; Hand‑trap disruption and board control
• Turn 1 (going first): Play a starter such as Mulcharmy Fuwalos or Branded Opening to search and set up a Fusion Summon (e.g., Albion) by turn 2.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Forbidden Droplet) to disrupt opponent, then Fusion Summon with a larger hand using Super Polymerization or Branded Fusion.
• Recovery: Set Dracotail spells/traps from the deck when Dracotail monsters are used as Fusion material; draw engines like Mulcharmy and Dracotail Horn replenish hand.
• After siding: Rely on extra‑deck flexibility and remaining Fusion options; no side deck alters after‑side play.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens with a core Branded or Dracotail starter in 96% of hands, letting it Fusion‑Summon a 2500+ ATK monster by turn 2. Multiple independent starters and hand traps give it solid resilience against disruption, while draw engines and set‑on‑GY effects let it recover resources if its opener is negated. End‑board interaction is bolstered by numerous negation cards and boss monsters with built‑in removal, providing good pressure. However the 55‑card main deck and lack of a side deck reduce consistency and adaptability, keeping its overall power around a solid but not elite level. Popularity of the Branded archetype does not affect the score, which is based on system‑wide synergy.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 69.7, Going First ≈ —, Going Second ≈ —, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 70. Modifiers: Side Deck Absence (-3). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.04 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Very high engine consistency
• Strong Fusion engine with high‑ATK monsters
• Multiple draw and recursion tools
• Robust hand‑trap suite for disruption

Weaknesses

• Large 55‑card main deck lowers consistency
• No side deck limits post‑side adaptability
• Reliance on several limited cards
• Extra‑deck lacks links/synchros for flexibility

Critical choke points

• Need at least one starter (e.g., Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Branded Fusion, Super Polymerization) to launch the engine
• If early hand traps are missing, opponent can establish board before Fusion

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Legal; Card text excerpts resolved; Copy limits respected
• Inferred: Core group probability 0.959 for starter; Brick probability 0.041; Engine redundancy from multiple starters; Draw engines and set‑on‑GY effects; Interaction density from negation cards; Going‑second hand‑trap probability 0.298; Fusion monster ATK values
• Provisional: Matchup coverage without 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