K9 Deck #754379 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Vanquish Soul and K9 Xyz/Link boards (Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius, K9-X Werewolf, K9-66X Jacks, Vanquish Soul Rocks) built through the Vanquish Soul and K9 search and special-summon chains; Dogoran, the Mad Flame Kaiju and Bystial beatsticks via Bystial Magnamhut and Druiswurm recursion
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Vanquish Soul or K9 starter (Dr. Mad Love, Hollie Sue, Izuna, Fuwalos) and search a second monster via Razen, Jiaolong or Stake your Soul!, then Xyz or Link into a board, with Ash Blossom and Maxx C held as interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom and Maxx C in the hand against the opponent's first starter, then rebuild through the same monster-search chain and the Extra Deck boards
• Recovery: Recover from a single hand-trap or board wipe by re-searching a Vanquish Soul or K9 monster from the Deck and re-summoning from the hand, using Mulcharmy Fuwalos for card advantage
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no side deck (side_count 0), so no post-side plan can be assessed

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal: it runs one copy of Dimension Shifter, which is Forbidden in Master Duel, so it receives no normal Final Contextual score and the 30 shown is a low cap. Its structural read is reasonable: three to four K9 and Vanquish Soul starters at three copies each give a near-certain archetype-core presence (p about 0.997, Inferred), and the monster-search chains give real redundancy. The score does not come from K9 or Vanquish Soul being popular archetypes, and it does not average the individual card scores; it reflects the system as a whole. Conversion and floor are unverified because no combos or tournament records were supplied, and the lack of a side deck caps the adaptability read.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Illegal list cap (-12); Unverified conversion (0). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: structural 56 (Midrange profile), no-meta formula 0.80*56 + 0.20*50 = 55, modifiers clamped to -12 for Forbidden card, then capped to 30 as an Illegal deck (structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 1 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Three or more monster-search starters (Dr. Mad Love, Hollie Sue, Izuna) at three copies each
• Compact multi-role interaction: Ash Blossom and Maxx C cover hand-trap needs
• Full Extra Deck with both Xyz and Link payoffs

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Dimension Shifter is Forbidden and must be removed before any score can be trusted
• No side deck, so no post-side plan
• Low archetype purity (23.6%) and a split between Vanquish Soul, K9 and Mulcharmy lines

Critical choke points

• Dimension Shifter illegality makes the list unplayable as submitted
• Single-line starter access if the opponent hand-traps the first monster

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Dimension Shifter is Forbidden and run 1 copy (legal copies 0); Main Deck 40 and Extra Deck 15 within size rules; Extra Deck composition: 11 Xyz, 4 Link
• Inferred: Archetype-core presence about 0.997 in the opening 5; Hand-trap coverage 57.7% for at least one in six cards going second; Combo conversion and floor are text-only inference
• Provisional: Matchup and meta fit (no dated metagame sample); Post-side adaptability (no side deck)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent no win-rate telemetry, so going-first/second and matchup rates are unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied usage_statistics missing_core lists K9-X Werewolf, K9-66X Jacks and Super Starslayer TY-PHON as absent, but the cards list shows each with zone extra and copies 1; the core-card coverage figure (60%) is therefore unreliable no side deck (side_count 0), so post-side plan is not evaluable