Paleozoic Deck #736701 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±5 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Attrition and board control via layered trap negations and removal; Azamina Fusion boss monster pressure
• Turn 1 (going first): Set multiple traps, summon Illusion monsters for protection and negation, establish a defensive board
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Illusion disruption and trap baiting to neutralize opponent, then counter-attack with mid-tier bosses
• Recovery: Banish/shuffle recursion via Azamina Determination, Morrian, and Dark Factory draw engine
• After siding: None (zero side deck cards)

Why it scores here

This deck operates as a trap-centric Control system that prioritizes attrition over explosive plays. Its high starter density guarantees frequent access to interaction, while its extensive removal and negation traps create a highly layered defensive board. However, the 50% trap ratio severely limits offensive pressure and creates significant brick risk when monster density drops. The complete absence of a side deck eliminates any post-match adaptation, and the lack of recorded combo data leaves its median output dependent on text-only inference. Popularity and archetype tags did not inflate the score; the rating reflects the system's reliance on setup-dependent traps and its vulnerability to fast, disruptive openings.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Control. Structural ≈ 67, Going First ≈ 65, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: Zero side deck (-5); High trap density (-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 ≈ 0.15 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Exceptional interaction density with numerous negation and removal traps
• High starter consistency ensures frequent board establishment
• Strong resource management via shuffle/banish recursion engines
• Solid interruption resilience through multiple independent Illusion and Trap lines

Weaknesses

• Complete lack of side deck prevents format adaptation
• Heavy trap ratio causes significant brick risk and slows offensive pressure
• Minimal board-breaking tools forces reliance on opponent mistakes
• Zero hand traps leave going-second vulnerable to aggressive opens

Critical choke points

• Opening hand must contain sufficient monsters to activate trap effects
• Lethal conversion relies on slow boss monster attacks rather than direct damage
• Going-second plans fail against decks that can bypass backrow or play faster than setup time

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Legal (40 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side); Card copy counts and banlist statuses confirmed; Zero side deck cards present
• Inferred: Consistency probabilities and brick estimates; Strategy classification as Control/Midrange; Dimension scores derived from card text and role hints; Resource economy and interruption resilience calculations
• Provisional: Meta fit and tournament reliability due to absent dated sample
• 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