Branded Deck #752056 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
30 Main, 9 Extra, incl. Bystial Saronir x3, Lava Golem x3, Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous x3 - Skill: Beasts from the Abyss. Created Sep 20, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 09/20/2026
Beasts from the Abyss
Main Deck (30)
- Ad Libitum of Despia x1
- Albion the Shrouded Dragon x1
- Aluber the Jester of Despia x1
- Bystial Druiswurm x1
- Bystial Magnamhut x1
- Bystial Saronir x3
- Despian Tragedy x1
- Fallen of Albaz x2
- Lava Golem x3
- Springans Kitt x1
- The Bystial Lubellion x2
- Tri-Brigade Mercourier x1
- Dark Magician x1
- Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous x3
- Branded Fusion x2
- Branded in Red x1
- Branded Lost x1
- Despia, Theater of the Branded x1
- Fusion Deployment x1
- Branded Retribution x1
- Branded Sword x1
Extra Deck (9)
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Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 52/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 59.1 |
| Going First | 62 |
| Going Second | 58 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 50 |
- Primary strategy: Combo
- Secondary strategies: Midrange
- Format: duel-links
Legality
Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Fallen of Albaz (2) and Branded Fusion (2) start a Fusion chain into the Extra Deck's high-ATK Fusion Monsters (Albion the Branded Dragon x2, Despian Proskenion, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, Masquerade the Blazing Dragon, Granguignol).; Field-based Fusion access through Despia, Theater of the Branded and Branded in Red, with Bystial monsters banishing from the GY to reach board.
- Turn 1 (going first): Open Fallen of Albaz or Branded Fusion, Fusion Summon a Level 8+ Fusion through Branded Fusion or Fallen of Albaz, and use Branded Lost or Albion to search for the next link.
- Turn 2 (going second): Use Branded Retribution or Tri-Brigade Mercourier to negate the opponent's summon, then Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck while the Fusion Monster is still protected by Branded Lost.
- Recovery: Recycle Branded Sword, Despian Tragedy, Aluber and Branded in Red from the GY/banish zone to re-search Fallen of Albaz and rebuild the Fusion material.
- After siding: Not applicable: Duel Links has no sideboard in this evidence (side_count 0, side size rule 0-9).
Why it scores here
The deck is scored as a connected Branded Fusion system, not as an average of its cards. Its consistency rests on Fallen of Albaz and Branded Fusion as the core starters, with 14 searcher-text cards giving roughly a 97% chance of at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred). It converts through a Fusion-heavy Extra Deck with several Level 8+ bodies and recovers through recursion from the GY and banish zone. The score is held down by a 20.5% exact-archetype purity, three conditional Bystial and Lava Golem copies that can brick, and the absence of recorded boards, so the ceiling is text-based and the median is unknown. Popularity and guide claims of Tier 1 status did not earn points, and no points were given for meta share.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 60 | P(>=1 Fallen of Albaz in 5 cards) ~0.31 with only 2 copies, but searcher text (P>=1 ~0.97) and multiple Fusion starters offset this (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 52 | Lava Golem x3 and Bystial Saronir/Cartesia x3 are conditional on opponent monsters or GY targets, so dead-hand risk is material (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 66 | Ceiling read from Fusion access in the Extra Deck (Albion x2, Proskenion, Dragoon) and Branded Fusion/Fusion Deployment routes; no recorded boards to verify (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 50 | No combos supplied, so median output cannot be measured; treated as neutral (Provisional) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 66 | Multiple recursion routes from GY and banish zones (Branded Sword, Despian Tragedy, Aluber, Branded in Red) give independent continuations (Inferred) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 68 | Searchers and GY recursion regenerate resources; card text supports repeated access (Inferred) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 60 | Four negation texts and eight removal texts across Retribution, Mercourier, Dragoon, Proskenion and the Bystial banishers; no curated hand traps (Inferred) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 58 | Going-second value comes from Retribution, Mercourier and Dragoon; no going-second combo split is measurable (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 66 | Extra Deck ATKs of 2500-3200 provide closing power, with Despian Proskenion at 3200 (Verified stat) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 48 | 30 Main with 21 distinct cards, 15 singletons and 31 off-archetype copies (purity 20.5%) reduces compactness (Verified) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 62 | 9 Fusions with 8 distinct, all reachable by Fusion routes, but several need specific materials (Inferred) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 35 | Duel Links evidence has no sideboard (side_count 0), so adaptability is unmeasurable here (Provisional) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 50 | No tournament link or dated meta share; guide claims of Tier 1 are not verified (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 40 | Multi-step Fusion chains with several decision points; guide describes it as one of the hardest decks to pilot (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Combo primary, Midrange secondary; weights taken from the Combo profile only, since the rubric blends at most one secondary and the secondary was not weighted separately. Structural ≈ 59.1, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: engine conflicts / archetype dilution (-3); conditional brick risk (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample)
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