Rokket Deck #736178 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 62/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 45 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Build a Link-based board featuring Borrel or Bystial synergy monsters with layered negation and disruption.; Leverage going-second board breakers (Super Polymerization, hand traps) to dismantle opponent setups and convert advantage into lethal.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Rokket starter to assemble a Link ladder into a Borrel end-board (Borrelsword/Borrelend) with interaction, or a Bystial payoff with recursion.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps and Super Polymerization to disrupt the opponent's turn, then pivot into removal lines or board-wipe synergy with Bystial Druiswurm or Bystial Dis Pater.
• Recovery: Banish outlets (Bystial monsters, Branded Regained) enable recovery from disruption; Rokket recursion via GY (Borrel Regenerator, Absorouter Dragon) rebuilds resources.
• After siding: No side deck supplied; post-side potential is unknown.

Why it scores here

This Rokket deck opens its core engine with strong consistency (P≥1 starter ≈ 0.98 in opening 5) and assembles functional Link boards featuring Borrel end-cards with layered negation and recovery synergy. However, the ceiling is moderate—missing several key Extra-Deck staples (Guardragon Pisty, Borrelend Dragon, Breachborrel) limits combo diversity and interruption redundancy. Median output relies on a narrower set of independent lines, and resilience after disruption is constrained by reliance on specific tutoring and recursion outlets. The deck's strong hand-trap density (12 copies) and board-breaking tools (Super Polymerization, Dominus Impulse) support a viable going-second strategy, but the 45-card main deck with multiple 3-ofs creates modest brick risk. Popularity and archetype meta-share did not drive the score; the evaluation reflects system coherence, consistency math, and observable deck architecture alone.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 64, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 65, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 59. Modifiers: Missing core Extra-Deck staples (-3); No side deck (-2); Moderate brick risk from high 3-of density (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.98 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.68 · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.02 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex 76, median 61, board-per-starter 2.2
• Turn order: 18 going-first lines vs 6 going-second lines

Strengths

• Exceptional opening consistency: P(≥1 core starter) ≈ 98.3%; four separate 3-ofs ensure reliable turn-1 assembly.
• Dense interaction on end-board: Borrel suite (Borrelsword, Borrelend, Borrelshroud) layers negation, bounce, and stat control; Bystial Dis Pater adds banish-disruption.
• Robust graveyard recovery: Bystial banish-spam (Druiswurm, Saronir, Lubellion) + Branded Regained draw engine + Borrel Regenerator recursion maintain resources across turns.
• Strong going-second toolkit: Super Polymerization, Ghost Belle, Bystial Druiswurm, and Droll & Lock Bird provide removal, negation, and lock effects.
• Flexible Extra-Deck: 9 Link monsters + Synchro options (Dis Pater for banish loops) enable multiple board patterns.

Weaknesses

• Missing three 100%-inclusion Extra-Deck cards: Guardragon Pisty, Borrelend Dragon, and Breachborrel Dragon. Their absence caps combo diversity and single-choke-point recovery.
• Moderate brick risk: 45-card main with six 3-ofs and multiple hand-trap roles (Ash, Infinite Impermanence, Ghost Belle) create hands with dead redundancy in marginal openers.
• Interruption fragility: Primary lines funneled through Loader/Tracer → Link ladder. One well-placed negate (e.g., on Loader search or Link summon) can collapse the entire turn without backup.
• Median output plateau: Absence of key Link tutors (Trisborrel, Breachborrel) limits board size variation; most turns settle on a 2–3 interactive-point board rather than a layered 4+.
• Weak going-second alternative: While board-breakers exist, the deck lacks a cohesive second-board FTK or OTK line; reliance on opponent board size for lethal conversion.

Critical choke points

• Rokket Loader: primary tutor for Rokket Level-7 extenders (Rokket Detonator, Absorouter Dragon). If negated or targeted for removal, the turn collapses without Tracer backup.
• Link Summon access: Many lines require a specific Link (Striker Dragon for Boot Sector tutoring, Breachborrel for recursion) before advancing. Missing Breachborrel removes a key failsafe.
• Borrel board assembly: Trisborrel and Breachborrel are expected scaffolding. Their absence forces the deck to overcommit to suboptimal boards or replay redundantly.
• Bystial banish outlet: Druiswurm and Saronir are the primary recovery outlets in the GY. If the deck bricks into Lubellion/Magnamhut without banish targets, resource regeneration stalls.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck legality: 45 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all restricted cards within copy limits (Verified from legality block).; Card text: all 44 distinct main cards + 15 extra cards resolved with text excerpts (Verified from cards block).; Archetype core: 24 copies of Rokket/Borrel/Bystial identified and counted (Verified from composition.archetype purity).; Usage statistics: 33 core-card rows supplied; 14/25 core cards present in this deck (Verified from usage statistics block).; Banlist compliance: all Limited and Semi-Limited cards within legal copy counts; no Forbidden cards (Verified from legality.restricted cards).
• Observed: Archetype purity and composition: 26.7% exact Rokket name, 67% archetype-adjacent (Rokket/Borrel/Bystial); role tags confirm 12 hand traps, 22 removal, 7 searchers, 15 negation (Observed from composition block).; Starter accessibility: P(≥1 starter in hand-5) = 0.983; hand-trap group P(≥1 in hand-6) = 0.864 (Observed from probabilities block).
• Inferred: Combo ceiling: Rokket Loader into Link-ladder → Borrel 2/3 + Bystial recursion estimated 76 PowerIndex; median output ~61 from card-text line templates and redundancy analysis.; Interruption resilience: Primary choke point on Loader search; backup via Tracer-triggered setup or Bystial banish is present but narrow. Estimated D5 = 58 after missing-card penalty.; Opening-hand brick rate: ~1.7% zero-starter + zero-hand-trap scenario; marginal redundancy risk from 6x 3-ofs estimated 32% chance of at least two draws of the same role in opening 5.; Going-second power: Hand size 6 + Super Polymerization + Bystial board-breaker coverage estimated 65; relies on opponent board complexity.; Tournament reliability: Stability across disruption + post-side adaptation (unknown, no side) estimated 59; tournament reliability penalized for narrow lines and no side-deck.
• Provisional: Meta Power: Null — no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share unavailable.; Matchup outcomes: Rokket archetype share and per-pilot match record absent from tournament data block.; Post-side plans: No side deck supplied; best-of-3 adaptation cannot be assessed.
• Data gaps: No parseable combos supplied (combo data.total combos = 0); all combo floor/median/ceiling estimates are text-based inference. No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent. No win-rate telemetry; going-first/second matchup outcomes, brick rates, and OTK frequency are Unknown. No guides attached; strategic intent beyond card text is not provided. Meta Power is Provisional pending a dated metagame sample for Master Duel format. No side deck supplied; post-side plan and best-of-3 reliability are Unknown.