Magistus Deck #736015 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Toolbox
• Format: ocg

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish a fusion-based board with interaction (negation and removal via Magistus/Dracotail fusions), then grind or close via ATK pressure; Synchro sumon Chaos Angel or stabilize via Synchro/Xyz toolbox in slower games
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Dracotail Faimena or Spenta to search and fusion sumon into Dracotail Arthalion (board reset/bounce) or Magistus boses for interaction; set Dracotail traps for follow-up
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Ogre, Belle, Nibiru) to disrupt opponent combo; leverage Super Polymerization for defensive fusion; board-break with Raigeki or Forbidden Droplet, then mount counterattack
• Recovery: Graveyard recursion via Dracotail materials (Phryxul, Urgula, Pan) sent as fusion materials; additional spell/trap setup and card draw from Dracotail Flame/Horn; Bystial monsters search and banish recovery
• After siding: Unknown — no side deck supplied; cannot assess post-side strategy or transformation

Why it scores here

This Magistus/Dracotail hybrid opens a functional fusion engine with reasonable consistency (P ≥ 0.58 for at least one Dracotail starter in opening5), but median board output is modest—typically one strong fusion plus Dracotail spell/trap setup rather than multiple independent lines. The deck excels at going-second board-breaking via hand traps and removal spells (Forbidden Droplet, Super Polymerization, Raigeki), and the Extra Deck toolbox (10 fusions, synchro, link coverage) provides matchup flexibility. However, it sufers from heavy dependence on two core starters (Faimena, Spenta), vulnerability to hand-trap disruption of those early plays, weak offensive closing power (modest ATK values across boses), and a thin post-disruption recovery plan unless graveyard resources accumulate. Missing key core cards (Magistus Chorozo, Endymion, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Artemis) further depresses consistency and ceiling. No side deck prevents assessment of post-side resilience. The score reflects a competent but vulnerable midtier combo deck with strong going-second potential but fragile turn-1 setup.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ —, Going First ≈ 56, Going Second ≈ 67, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 54. Modifiers: No side deck (-3); Missing core Magistus cards (-2); Heavy hand-trap dependence T2 (1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample supplied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.58 · 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 going-second toolbox: 9 hand traps, Forbidden Droplet ×2, Super Polymerization, Raigeki, Harpie's Feather Duster create flexible disruption and board-wipe routes
• Extra Deck coverage: 10 Fusion monsters (Arthalion bounce, Gulamel bounce, Zoroa Verethragna negation, Invoked Omega banish-recycle) plus Synchro and Link options provide matchup adaptability
• Graveyard recursion: Dracotail materials (Phryxul, Urgula, Pan) and Bystials (Druiswurm, Magnamhut) enable float and recovery across turns
• No critical garnets: all 40 main-deck cards integrate into Fusion/Synchro/recovery plan; low brick risk from dead draws
• Midrange flexibility: Spenta searcher, Crowley special-summon, Cartesia engine bridges Dracotail and Magistus starters

Weaknesses

• Heavy starter concentration: only 2 reliable T1 openers (Faimena ×3, Spenta ×3); loss of either via hand trap or early disruption colapses T1 plan
• Modest ceiling: median board output is one fusion + trap, not multiple independent lines; best-case boards lack the scale of peer combo decks
• Weak offensive closing: boss monsters peak at 3000–3500 ATK; no piercing, direct damage, or OTK payoff; games extend into grind territory where hand-trap density becomes a liability
• Missing archetype core: absent Magistus Chorozo, Endymion, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, and Artemis (combined 65% average archetype inclusion) significantly reduce consistency and turn-1 interaction options
• Post-disruption fragility: limited independent recovery lines after hand traps force early plays; grind game depends on GY resource accumulation and recursion effects, which demand prior Fusion Sumons to establish
• Tech package bloat: 17 tech/floodgate slots and 9 hand traps crowd main deck; reduces core engine consistency relative to pure Dracotail or Magistus builds

Critical choke points

• Turn-1 starter disruption: Ash on Faimena discard or Spenta ad colapses entire opener unless backup starter (Lukias, Cartesia) is in hand; no tertiary line
• Graveyard dependency: recursion and recovery hinge on GY access; Zombie World or graveyard-lock effects shut down recovery engine
• Extra Deck constraint: most boards require Fusion Summon on T1 or T2; loss of Extra Deck access (Zombie World, locked Extra zones) eliminates primary boss summoning
• No side deck: cannot adapt to hostile meta post-Game 1; best-of-3 reliability unknown

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is legal in OCG format (40 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all copy limits observed); All restricted cards legal: Bystial Druiswurm ×1 Limited, Bystial Magnamhut ×1 Limited, Dracotail Arthalion ×2 Semi-Limited, Dracotail Lukias ×2 Semi-Limited, Called by the Grave ×1 Limited, Crossout Designator ×1 Limited, Dracotail Mulu ×1 Limited, Ketu Dracotail ×1 Limited, Rahu Dracotail ×1 Limited, Harpie's Feather Duster ×1 Limited; Card text roles confirmed from description excerpts: Dracotail Faimena (fusion discard + trap set), Spenta (search or removal), Forbidden Droplet (negation), Super Polymerization (unblockable fusion), all hand traps (negation or disruption); Extra Deck composition: 10 Fusions, 2 Synchros, 2 Links, 1 Xyz (15 total)
• Observed: Usage statistics show Crowley (75% inclusion) and Spenta (50% inclusion) are core Magistus cards; deck runs3 of12 archetype-standard opening cores; 9 hand traps and 2Forbidden Droplets confirm going-second heavy tech orientation; Dracotail material cards (Faimena, Lukias, Urgula, Pan, Phryxul, Mulu) form spine of engine (17 total Dracotail copies)
• Inferred: P(≥1 core starter in opening 5) ≈ 0.58 via hypergeometric model (Faimena ×3, Spenta ×3 combined draw odds); Brick rate estimated at ~8% (full hand without starters, hand traps, or playable tech is rare given40-card size and no dead slots); Median T1 board: one Dracotail Arthalion (3000 ATK, bounce effect) or Magistus Zoroa Verethragna (2900 ATK, negation equip) + one Dracotail spell/trap set, resource float ~0 to +1 card; Ceiling: opening both Faimena and Spenta in hand enables dual fusion + Magistus search line, producing two boses or one boss + two negation tools; floor: single fusion + trap if only one starter drawn; Going-second power (67/100) reflects 9 hand traps, Forbidden Droplet ×2, Raigeki, Harpie, Super Polymerization, and Extra Deck removal suite; going-first power (56/100) reflects modest ceiling and starter-choke dependency; Extra Deck utilization: ~60% of slots see frequent sumon (Arthalion ×2, Gulamel, Shaulas, Zoroa Verethragna, Invoked Omega, Chaos Angel in synchro branch); remainder are tech flex (Garura, Chorozo, Mudragon, Artemis, Rilliona conditional or absent)
• Provisional: Meta Power set to null: no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share is unknown; Magistus perceived as niche OCG rogue, but deck construction (heavy Dracotail splice, 17 tech/1-ofs) deviates significantly from archetype-standard lists, limiting meta-share inference; Tournament reliability (54/100) is provisional: no side deck prevents post-side assessment; best-of-3 performance modeling impossible; single-game reliability is moderate due to starter concentration and hand-trap density trade-off
• Data gaps: No combos supplied in combo data (total combos = 0, scored combos = 0): combo floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inferences from card text and role tags, not measured board data; any combo-ceiling claim is Inferred, not Observed No tournament link: archetype meta-share (Magistus position in OCG meta) and per-pilot match record (how this specific deck performed) are absent; Meta Power cannot be computed, remains Provisional No side deck supplied (0/15 slots): post-side transformation, best-of-3 sequencing, format meta-tech strategy, and tournament reliability are entirely unmeasurable; D12 set to0 No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN: going-first/second win rates, per-matchup rates, game-level brick/starter/OTK rates are unavailable; all such signals are Inferred from composition or Provisional pending external data No guide evidence: strategic intent, typical pilot lines, and sideboard logic absent; deck identity inferred from card text and composition alone