Branded Deck #754389 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
30 Main, 9 Extra, incl. Fallen of Albaz x3, Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous x3, Branded Fusion x3 - Skill: Beasts from the Abyss. Created Sep 23, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 09/23/2026
Beasts from the Abyss
Main Deck (30)
- Albion the Shrouded Dragon x1
- Bystial Druiswurm x1
- Bystial Magnamhut x1
- Bystial Saronir x2
- Fallen of Albaz x3
- Nibiru, the Primal Being x2
- Springans Kitt x2
- The Bystial Lubellion x2
- Tri-Brigade Mercourier x1
- Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous x3
- Effect Veiler x2
- Branded Fusion x3
- Branded in White x1
- Branded Lost x1
- Branded Banishment x1
- Branded Beast x1
- Branded Retribution x1
- Branded Sword x1
- Screams of the Branded x1
Extra Deck (9)
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62± 6/ 100
Power Score
Structural
66
Reliability
60
Going First
68
Going Second
64
Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 62/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 66 |
| Going First | 68 |
| Going Second | 64 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 60 |
- 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 chains into Fusion boards (Albion the Branded Dragon, Mirrorjade, Lubellion, Titaniklad, Filia Regis) that leave a 2500–3000 ATK boss on an interaction-protected field; Bystial beatdown bosses (Saronir, Druiswurm, Magnamhut at 2500 ATK) recurring through GY banish-summons
- Turn 1 (going first): Open with Fallen of Albaz or Branded Fusion, Fusion Summon an Albaz-mentioning boss, use Blazing Cartesia / Branded Lost to extend, and keep Veiler or Retribution up for the opponent's response
- Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Effect Veiler, Nibiru) and Branded Retribution to stop the opponent's board, then Bystial removal (Druiswurm, Magnamhut, Saronir) to clear and rebuild the Fusion engine
- Recovery: Recur Albaz and Branded spells/traps from GY and banishment via Branded Beast, Branded Sword and Screams of the Branded, then restart the Fusion chain
- After siding: Not applicable: Duel Links has no side deck (side_count 0); no post-side plan exists in this format
Why it scores here
This Branded list reliably opens its engine: six copies of Fallen of Albaz and Branded Fusion give roughly a 70% chance of at least one starter in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred hypergeometric estimate), and 12 searcher-text cards make a live hand near-certain. Conversion is strong on the system rather than on any single card: the Albaz-mentioning Fusion chain can reach 2500–3000 ATK bosses, and Bystial removal plus Veiler, Nibiru and Retribution give the deck layered answers for a going-second board. Floor and median output cannot be measured because no recorded boards exist, so the ceiling is text-based and was not averaged into the score. The deck loses points for a single-choke Albaz dependency, a 30-card main that mixes three archetype families (Bystial, Dogmatika, Springans) with conflicting enablers, and a high pilot-skill ceiling; a human guide calling it top tier and the archetype's usage stats confirm the list is real and accessible but did not earn points on their own. Meta Power is provisional and the score was not produced by averaging individual card scores.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 66 | P(≥1 of 6 Albaz/Branded Fusion starters in opening 5) ≈ 0.70, ≈ 0.77 going second; Albaz is a 3-copy core at 92% usage (Inferred from hypergeometric + usage_statistics) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 62 | 12 searcher-text copies give P(≥1 in hand 5) ≈ 0.94, but Bystial recursion and Springans Kitt need field/GY conditions, so some hands are conditional bricks (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 72 | Albaz → Branded Fusion → Albaz-mentioning boss → Lubellion/Mirrorjade extension reads as a high ceiling from card text; no parseable boards exist (Inferred, text-only) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 55 | No recorded boards, so floor and median output are unmeasured; set conservatively below ceiling because the deck depends on the Albaz line (Provisional) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 68 | Veiler, Nibiru, Retribution and Mercourier give repeated interaction; Branded Lost and Branded Beast recur pieces; two independent starters exist (Inferred from card text and starter_diversity) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 66 | Recursion through Branded Beast, Branded Sword and Screams of the Branded plus searchers Branded Lost and Albion's Deck→hand effects; spend-to-regenerate is good (Inferred from card text) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 74 | Druiswurm, Magnamhut, Saronir, Beast, Sword and Fusion removal/negation across layers; interaction_density not measured, scored from role tags (Inferred semantic, flags Verified) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 70 | Hand traps (4 copies, P≥1 in hand 6 ≈ 0.61) plus Retribution and Khaos/Filia removal give going-second breaking power; no going-second split exists (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 74 | Multiple 2500–3000 ATK Fusion/Dragon bosses (Mirrorjade 3000, Filia Regis 3000, Lubellion 2500, Albion 2500) with piercing-free closing via Bystial beats (Verified stats, Inferred closing) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 60 | 30 main with 11 singletons and 19 distinct names, 27 off-exact-archetype copies; compact enough but cross-archetype stacking costs coherence (Verified composition, Inferred coherence) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 66 | 9 Extra slots across 8 distinct Fusion monsters, most Albaz-dependent; Dragostapelia, Granguignol and Khaos give extra coverage but several bosses need the same starter (Verified list, Inferred flexibility) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 40 | Duel Links has no side deck (side_count 0); score is a format-limited Provisional placeholder with low structural weight in the Combo profile (Provisional) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 58 | Archetype share and tournament link absent; guide text calls the deck top tier but that is a human claim, not a dated sample (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 45 | Multi-step Fusion chains with Albaz material and Bystial GY conditions need careful sequencing; guides call it one of the hardest decks to play (Inferred from example steps and guide snippets) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 66, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: Fallen of Albaz choke point (-2); Cross-archetype engine conflicts (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional); 0.80*65.6 + 0.20*60 - 3 ≈ 61.5 → 62
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.7 · 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
- Six-copy Albaz/Branded Fusion starter core gives ~70% going-first starter access
- Layered interaction: 4 hand traps, Retribution, Mercourier and Bystial removal
- High-ATK Fusion bosses with recursion routes to rebuild after disruption
- Legal list with 30/9/0 sizes and both Semi-Limited cards within limit
Weaknesses
- Single-card dependency on Fallen of Albaz for most Fusion lines
- Three archetype families compete for slots; some bricks need field or GY conditions
- No recorded boards, so median output is unmeasured
- No side deck in Duel Links, so no post-side adaptability
Critical choke points
- Fallen of Albaz in hand or field for Blazing Cartesia and Albaz-mentioning Fusions
- Opponent's hand-trap or negation timing on the first Fusion Summon
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Springans Kitt | 1 second copy of Branded Lost | Kitt needs a Fusion with Albaz on the field or in GY, a conditional brick; a second Branded Lost adds a searcher and uncancellable Fusion protection (Inferred) |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Legal status: 30 main, 9 extra, 0 side, Semi-Limited copy counts within limit; Exact-name archetype purity 30.8%; 12 Branded copies, 27 off-exact-archetype; Usage statistics: Albaz 92% inclusion, Branded Fusion 92%, Blazing Cartesia 77%
- Observed: Usage statistics show the list runs most of the archetype-standard core (15 of 25 core cards present)
- Inferred: P(≥1 starter in opening 5) ≈ 0.70 and going-second ≈ 0.77 from hypergeometric on 6 Albaz/Fusion copies; Interaction and recursion density read from card text roles; Ceiling assessed from text-only Fusion-chain reading
- Provisional: Meta Power and D13 format fit need a dated metagame sample; Tournament Reliability depends on unmeasured brick and matchup rates
- 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, brick and starter rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Duel Links has no side deck, so D12 has no post-side data
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