Thunder Dragon Deck #751680 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
30 Main, 9 Extra, incl. Nibiru, the Primal Being x3, Thunder Dragon x3, Thunder Dragondark x3 - Skill: Precious Cards of the Dark.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 09/15/2026
Precious Cards of the Dark
Main Deck (30)
- Bystial Druiswurm x1
- Bystial Magnamhut x1
- Bystial Saronir x2
- Chaos Dragon Levianeer x2
- Lava Golem x2
- Nibiru, the Primal Being x3
- The Bystial Lubellion x2
- The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode x1
- Thunder Dragon x3
- Thunder Dragondark x3
- Thunder Dragonhawk x1
- Thunder Dragonmatrix x2
- Thunder Dragonroar x2
- Allure of Darkness x1
- Branded Regained x1
- Forbidden Droplet x1
- Thunder Dragon Fusion x1
- Branded Beast x1
Extra Deck (9)
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64± 6/ 100
Power Score
Structural
67
Reliability
66
Going First
68
Going Second
60
Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 64/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 67 |
| Going First | 68 |
| Going Second | 60 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 66 |
- Primary strategy: Midrange
- Secondary strategies: Combo, Fusion/Link/Xyz
- Format: duel-links
Legality
Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Fusion Summon Thunder Dragon Colossus or Thunder Dragon Titan from the Extra Deck, using Thunder Dragon searchers and the Thunder Dragon Fusion spell to assemble materials; Link Summon Underworld Goddess of the Closed World or Knightmare links, or Xyz Summon Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis, as alternate boss routes
- Turn 1 (going first): Search and summon a Thunder Dragon starter (Thunder Dragondark, Thunder Dragon, Thunder Dragonroar) from the hand, then extend into Fusion or Link material and a boss monster
- Turn 2 (going second): Use Nibiru, the Primal Being as a hand trap, along with Forbidden Droplet and Bystial monsters that banish LIGHT or DARK monsters from the GY, to disrupt the opponent before the boss lands
- Recovery: Recycle Thunder Dragondark, Thunder Dragonroar, Thunder Dragonhawk and Thunder Dragonmatrix from the GY and banish zone, since each has a banished or GY-trigger search or summon effect
- After siding: Not applicable: Duel Links is played without a Side Deck (Side Deck size 0)
Why it scores here
This Thunder Dragon list reliably opens into its engine: the archetype core (18 copies) has a 99.4% chance of at least one copy in a 5-card opening hand, and 14 searcher-text cards push the chance of a search-capable card in hand to about 97% (Inferred, hypergeometric). The deck has several recursion routes from the GY and banish zone, which keeps it running after one interruption. Its boss pool (Colossus, Titan, TY-PHON, Underworld Goddess) gives it strong closing power, while hand-trap and negation tech (Nibiru, Forbidden Droplet) provide some going-second resistance. The score is held back by a 43.6% exact-name archetype purity, with 22 off-archetype copies and 10 generic cards, plus a Fusion dependency on a single Thunder Dragon Fusion copy and no recorded boards to measure combo floor or ceiling. Popularity and archetype share did not earn points, and the score was not built from averaging individual card scores.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 78 | P(at least 1 archetype-core card in a 5-card hand) = 0.994 and P(at least 1 searcher-text card) = 0.969; no recorded boards to confirm (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 62 | Lava Golem (x2) and Nibiru (x3) are situational and can be dead in hand; 22 off-archetype copies raise brick risk (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 70 | Fusion and Link bosses (Colossus x3, Titan x2, Goddess, TY-PHON) suggest a strong ceiling, but no recorded boards exist to confirm the conversion (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 58 | Median output is unmeasured; the bosses depend on Thunder Dragon Fusion and a materials line, so the median is likely lower than the ceiling (Inferred) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 72 | Multiple recursion and search effects (Dragonroar, Dragonhawk, Dragonmatrix, Dragondark) allow rebuilding after a removed starter (Inferred from card text) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 75 | GY and banish-zone recursion from several Thunder Dragon monsters and the Fusion spell gives good resource regeneration (Inferred from card text) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 68 | Nine removal-text cards and Forbidden Droplet negation, plus Underworld Goddess negation on Link Summon; no interaction density data (Inferred from card text) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 62 | Going-second board breaking relies on Forbidden Droplet, Nibiru, and Goddess negation with no going-second split data (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 75 | End-board ATK of 2600 to 3200 across Colossus, Titan, TY-PHON and Goddess (3000) gives high closing power (verified stat values) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 58 | 18 distinct main-deck cards with 3 copies each of the core; 22 off-archetype copies and 10 generic copies reduce coherence (verified composition, Inferred consequence) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 65 | Extra Deck of 9 with 5 fusion, 3 link and 1 Xyz; Colossus and Titan both require the Thunder Dragon Fusion spell, so coverage is narrow (verified composition, Inferred) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 50 | Duel Links has no Side Deck (Side Deck size 0), so this dimension is scored at neutral 50 and carries little weight (Provisional) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 55 | Guides describe the archetype as having been strong and then nerfed, but no tournament or meta-share data is supplied (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 58 | Requires multi-step Fusion and Link sequences with several tributes and banish costs; moderate complexity (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 67, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 66. Modifiers: Off-archetype purity (-2); Single Fusion enabler (-3); Engine compactness (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 0.80*67 + 0.20*66 = 66.7, then modifiers -3 = 63.7, rounded to 64
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · 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
- Archetype core of 18 copies with a 99% opening-hand presence
- Many searcher and recursion effects that rebuild from the GY and banish zone
- High-ATK boss pool across Fusion, Link and Xyz (Colossus, Titan, Goddess, TY-PHON)
Weaknesses
- Only 43.6% exact-name archetype purity with 22 off-archetype copies
- No recorded boards, so the combo floor and ceiling are unmeasured
- Situational cards (Nibiru needs 5+ opponent summons; Lava Golem needs opponent monsters to tribute) can be dead in hand
Critical choke points
- A single Thunder Dragon Fusion spell is needed to enable the Colossus and Titan fusions
- Hand-trap coverage is limited to Nibiru x3 and has a 50% chance of appearing in a 6-card going-second hand
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Branded Regained | 1 additional Thunder Dragon Fusion, if the format allows a second copy | Reduces the single-copy Fusion choke point. Branded Regained is off-archetype and needs Bystial or Branded support (Inferred). |
| 2 | 1 Nibiru, the Primal Being | 1 Thunder Dragon-named searcher or Fusion-enabling card | Nibiru needs 5 or more opponent summons to activate, which is a situational condition. A consistent card may be more useful (Inferred). |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Legal in duel-links; main 30, extra 9, side 0 within size rules; Restricted cards Allure of Darkness (Limited), Bystial Druiswurm and Bystial Magnamhut (Semi-Limited) run within legal copy limits; Archetype-core group of 18 copies in deck; Card stats and text for the Extra Deck bosses (Colossus 2600 ATK, Titan 3200 ATK, TY-PHON 2900 ATK, Goddess 3000 ATK); Exact-name purity 43.6% with 22 off-archetype copies
- Inferred: Opening-hand consistency of 99.4% for the archetype core, from hypergeometric estimates; Recursion and search routes provide redundancy after one interruption; Going-second resistance relies on Nibiru, Forbidden Droplet and Goddess negation; Fusion chokepoint on the single Thunder Dragon Fusion copy
- Provisional: Meta Power is null because no dated metagame sample is supplied; Matchup and format fit rely on archetype description only; Side Deck adaptability is neutral because Duel Links has no side deck
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry: going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Duel Links has no Side Deck, so post-side adaptability cannot be measured
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