Galaxy Photon Deck #751642 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 59/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz beatdown with 3000-4000 ATK bosses (Number 62 and Number C62 at 4000 ATK, Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, Number 107 and Number S38 at 3000 ATK) backed by Forbidden Droplet/Crown and Number 90/38 negates; Galaxy Photon Dragon and Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow ATK buffs for a T2 OTK (guide claim only, not verified by board data)
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1: Normal Summon Photon Delta Wing, Photon Jumper or Galaxy Soldier, search or special-summon a second LIGHT body, then hold Number 90/38 or Ash Blossom to protect the Xyz line
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Red Reboot, Maxx C, Nibiru) to break the opponent's first combo, then clear the field with Forbidden Droplet/Crown and summon an Xyz boss
• Recovery: Photon Orbital, Photon Jumper and Galaxy Photon Dragon search Photon/Galaxy cards from the Deck; Galaxy Summoner revives a Photon/Galaxy monster from the GY; Eternal Galaxy re-Xyz-summons from the Extra Deck
• After siding: None: the list runs 0 side cards and Master Duel has no sideboard step, so there is no post-side plan to score

Why it scores here

This Galaxy Photon list reliably opens a functional plan: 15 searcher-text cards give about a 78% chance of at least one search in a 5-card opening hand, and several LIGHT Level 4 starters (Photon Jumper, Photon Delta Wing, Galaxy Soldier) can build the Xyz base. Interaction is the strongest part of the system: 10 hand traps, 18 negation-text cards and Forbidden Droplet/Crown give layered answers to a going-second opponent. The closing power comes from 4000-ATK and 3000-ATK Xyz bosses that are reachable from the 15-card Extra Deck. Scoring treats these as one system: popularity and the Vietnamese guides confirm the deck is real but did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged. The score is held down by the lack of combo boards, the mismatched usage statistics, the 6 Mulcharmy cards that conflict with a board-based engine, 17 tech or generic slots, and a zero-card sideboard.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 63.7, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 63, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-1); weak_post_side_plan (-2); engine conflict (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional): 0.80*63.7 + 0.20*60 - 4 = 59

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.78 · 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

• Layered negation: 10 hand traps, 18 negation-text cards and Forbidden Droplet/Crown
• Strong Xyz closers at 3000-4000 ATK drawn from a full 15-card Extra Deck
• Multiple independent starter routes and GY recovery through Orbital, Jumper and Galaxy Photon Dragon

Weaknesses

• No combo boards, so the ceiling and median are text-based estimates
• Usage statistics do not match the Galaxy Photon core (see data gaps)
• 6 Mulcharmy and 2 Triple Tactics Thrust are conditional cards that brick in some hands
• No sideboard and no post-side plan

Critical choke points

• Opening starters: the bootstrap depends on 2-3 Level 4 LIGHT starters that are each about 23% likely in a 5-card hand
• Xyz materials: the boss lines need two specific Level 4 or Level 8 materials on the field

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal in master-duel: 60 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all Limited and Semi-Limited copy counts within limits; Card text and stats from the resolved card list; Hypergeometric probabilities from the resolved main deck
• Inferred: Starter and searcher accessibility from probabilities and card text; Interaction density from negation and removal text; Going-first and going-second estimates from card text, not recorded boards
• Provisional: T2 OTK ceiling from the Vietnamese guide snippet (human claim, unverified); Meta power, matchup fit and side-deck adaptability
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and match record are absent usage statistics do not match Galaxy Photon: the core cards (Drytron, Borreload, Ichiki, Haggard Lizardose, etc.) are not Photon/Galaxy cards and none are present in the deck (core_present 0 of 25). The stats likely belong to a different archetype or an ID mismatch, so they were not used. guide 816 mentions Number 41, which is not in this deck; the guide may describe a different list deck title is null no sideboard data; Master Duel has no post-side step no win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied