Orcust Deck #736205 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 62/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 42 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish layered Link-based interaction via World Legacy and Orcust bosses, grind through disruption with GY recursion and hand-trap density.; Go-second board-break via Dominus Impulse, removal suite, and hand traps; convert to tempo advantage.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open core starters (Cymbal Skeleton, Harp Horror, Girsu, Orcust Crescendo) to establish Link chains; layer World Legacy interaction on field while loading GY for recovery.
• Turn 2 (going second): Mulligan for hand-trap volume (Ash, Veiler, Impermanence, Droll, Ghost Ogre/Belle); chain Dominus Impulse, removal, and board breakers to clear opponent's setup; convert to Knightmare Link pressure.
• Recovery: Use banish-from-GY recursion (Cymbal Skeleton, Harp Horror, Orcust Knightmare, Brass Bombard) and Orcustrated Babel field-spell activation to maintain resource flow; Galatea recovery via banish-shuffle.
• After siding: No side deck supplied; assume boarding in additional disruption or tech based on known matchups.

Why it scores here

This Orcust midrange build consistently opens a functional starter in ~98% of hands (hypergeometric P ≥1 from archetype core), enabling World Legacy or Orcust Link chains by Turn 1. The deck excels at grind-based midrange play: heavy hand-trap layering (17 copies), recursion-fueled resource economy, and GY-centric recovery let it survive disruption and rebuild across turns. Going-second power is strong via Dominus Impulse negation + removal suite + six-card Ash/Veiler density. However, median combo output remains modest (no recorded boards to anchor ceiling), and missing key core Link bosses (I:P Masquerena, Enlilgirsu, S:P Little Knight, Dingirsu, Longirsu—9 of 22 core cards absent) significantly reduce consistency and end-board layering. The deck is legal, coherent, and tournament-accessible, but suboptimal card choices and no side deck limit its contextual power in Master Duel.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 70% Midrange + 30% Control. Structural ≈ 66, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 70, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: Missing core Link bosses (-4); No side deck (-2); Oversized main (42 vs 40 legal minimum) (0). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(66) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(60) = 62.4 → 62 (Meta provisional, no dated metagame supplied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ — · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ — (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 (~98% of hands contain ≥1 starter; archetype core coverage is excellent).
• Strong going-second hand-trap density (17 copies, P ≥1 in hand 6 = 0.9662) enables reactive disruption.
• GY-centric recursion engine (4 independent banish starters + Orcustrated Babel) provides multi-turn grind and recovery after disruption.
• Layered interaction on field (World Crown negation + Orcust Crescendo counter-trap + Knightmare board-breaker suite) creates midrange resilience.
• Balanced removal suite (Forbidden Droplet, Harpie's Feather Duster, Heavy Storm, Ghost Ogre/Belle, Dominus Impulse) covers spell, trap, and monster disruption.
• Tuner-heavy roster (11 Tuners) enables flexible Synchro/Link extension if needed (not showcased in current build).

Weaknesses

• Missing 9 of 22 meta-core cards (I:P Masquerena, Enlilgirsu, S:P Little Knight, Dingirsu, Longirsu, Galatea x2, Galatea-I, Dharc)—significantly reduces Extra consistency and end-board layering depth.
• No recorded combo boards; ceiling and median output are text-inferred only, not observed from real lines; actual power distribution unknown.
• Median end-board appears lean (single Knightmare + Galatea-I + light interaction); lacks explosive turn-1 setup seen in full-core Orcust lists.
• Offensive closing power very low (no direct-damage cards, low ATK bosses ~1900–2000); relies entirely on grind attrition and opponent fatigue.
• No side deck supplied; cannot adapt to matchups or pivot strategies post-game-1, critical weakness in best-of-3 format.
• Oversized main (42 vs 40) dilutes draw odds marginally (~1–2% consistency loss per extra card).
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos requires specific board state (control no cards) to activate; conditional utility raises brick risk in some lines.

Critical choke points

• Orcustrated Babel field-spell activation is critical for GY recursion quick-effect access; if Babel is denied/milled early, grind lines flatten significantly.
• Galatea-I is only 1-of and not in Extra; if that single copy is used and removed, rebuild loses a key tutor outlet.
• No I:P Masquerena or Enlilgirsu means the deck cannot efficiently access high-link-rating bosses (4-link for 4-body setups); limits ceiling.
• Hand-trap density is high but can lead to clogged hands if opener already has starter + 2+ hand traps; minimal float potential.
• Dependence on one-shot banish recursion per Orcust sub-card (Cymbal, Harp, Knightmare, Brass Bombard) each OPT—chaining multiple recursion plays in one turn is often blocked.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal (no violations, restricted cards within copy limits).; Archetype is Orcust; gameplay_slug is Master Duel (OCG-adjacent format).; Main 42, Extra 15, Side 0 (composition confirmed).; 25 distinct main cards, 14 distinct extra cards.; Restricted cards: Foolish Burial (Limited 1/1), Harpie's Feather Duster (Limited 1/1), Heavy Storm (Limited 1/1), Droll & Lock Bird (Semi-Limited 2/2)—all legal.; Card text excerpts for all 39 unique cards resolved and present.
• Observed: Archetype core group P(≥1 in hand 5) = 0.9818 (observed from hypergeometric draw table).; Hand-trap group P(≥1 in hand 6 going_second) = 0.9662 (observed from probabilities table).; Usage statistics show 13 of 22 meta-core cards present in deck; 9 missing (observed from usage statistics).; Copy histogram: 6 three-ofs, 5 two-ofs, 14 one-ofs (observed from composition).; 17 hand-trap tagged cards, 22 tech tagged, 18 negation-text, 19 removal-text (observed from role hints).
• Inferred: Archetype core consistency ~98% based on hypergeometric (22 core copies in 42-card deck).; Full-brick estimate ~5–7% (no starter + only hand traps/removal).; D1 (Engine Accessibility) ≈ 72 (from 0.98 core probability, hand-trap backup, and 59.1% meta-core presence acting as drag).; D2 (Opening-Hand Brick) ≈ 66 (from brick estimate 5–7%, Mulcharmy conditional, and 2-card conflict potential).; D3 (Combo Ceiling) ≈ 68 (from text-inferred 4-body Knightmare + Galatea-I + World Crown negate stack, limited by missing Enlilgirsu/I:P ceiling).; D4 (Combo Floor/Median) ≈ 62 (from single Knightmare + Galatea-I endboard, recursion backup, no observed boards, modest starter diversity).; D5 (Interruption Resilience) ≈ 68 (from 4 banish-recursion starters, Babel recovery, but 59.1% core presence limits redundancy; missing Longirsu/Enlilgirsu).; D6 (Resource Economy) ≈ 72 (from GY-centric banish-to-hand + draw engines + Orcustrated Return, stable grind-phase recovery).; D7 (End-Board Interaction) ≈ 70 (from World Crown negation + Crescendo counter-trap + Knightmare removal + hand-trap density; missing core bosses limit layering depth).; D8 (Going-Second) ≈ 72 (from Dominus Impulse + removal suite + hand-trap density 0.9662 P in hand 6).; D9 (Offensive Closing) ≈ 55 (from low ATK bosses 1900–2000 and no direct-damage/piercing text; attrition-only strategy).; D10 (Main Deck Efficiency) ≈ 68 (from balanced copy counts, coherent archetype+generic split, but 42-card oversizing).; D11 (Extra Deck Efficiency) ≈ 64 (from 14 distinct, 1× Dingirsu present, but missing I:P, Enlilgirsu, S:P Little Knight, Longirsu, Galatea x2 limits flex coverage).; D13 (Matchup Format Fit) ≈ 58 (from archetype established in Master Duel guides, but no dated tournament meta and 59.1% core deviation suggests suboptimal positioning).; D14 (Pilotability) ≈ 60 (from moderate combo complexity, Mulcharmy/Dominus decision points, GY recursion error recovery reduces catastrophic variance).
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated metagame sample supplied; tournament data.available = false; cannot compute format-specific positioning).; Going-First Power ≈ 68 and Going-Second Power ≈ 70 are derived from component dimensions and inherently provisional without dated match data.
• Data gaps: No combos supplied in combo data (total combos = 0, scored combos = 0); best line, median power index, board per starter all null. Combo floor/median/ceiling inferred from card text and text-inferred starter diversity only. No tournament link; tournament data.available = false. Archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent; cannot calibrate Meta Power or format-specific positioning. No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN (going-first/second win rates, matchup-specific rates, game-level brick/starter/OTK rates). All such signals are Inferred or Unknown. No dated metagame sample supplied; Meta Power remains Provisional. Side deck count = 0; no post-side performance data, limiting D12 (Side Adaptability) to inference only.