Elemental Hero Deck #756792 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 42/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link and Fusion boss pressure: Firewall Dragon Singularity (3500 ATK), Saryuja Skull Dread x2 (2800), Worldsea Dragon Zealantis (2500), Idaten (3000) and The Dragon that Devours the Dogma (3000), all reached through Link/Fusion summons from the Main Deck (Inferred from card text); Elemental HERO Absolute Zero (Fusion) destroys all opposing monsters when it leaves the field, but only if a HERO + WATER Fusion is reachable (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Marauding Captain, Goblindbergh or Neo Space Connector to reach Level 4 or lower bodies from hand, then build a Link or Fusion board; no single reliable T1 starter exists (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Flip Morphing Jar or Morphing Jar #2 to reset both hands, then use Jar of Avarice and Magical Mallet for card flow; Dragon Devours Dogma and Idaten close the game (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recover from the Graveyard through Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak and Silent Boots, Eldlich the Golden Lord, Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite and Cross Keeper, which each re-enter the field from GY or hand (Inferred)
• After siding: Not applicable: Master Duel has no Side Deck (side_count 0), so there is no post-side adaptation

Why it scores here

This deck does not form a single engine. Only 9.3% of its cards carry the exact Elemental HERO name, and its 68 off-archetype copies span about 20 sub-archetypes (Phantom Knights, Igknight, Bamboo Sword, Amazoness, Blackwing, Eldlich, Endymion, Firewall, and others), so the 'Elemental Hero' label is weak evidence of coherence. Its opening is carried by several three-copy Normal Summon starters (Marauding Captain, Goblindbergh, Neo Space Connector, Armageddon Knight), each live in a 5-card opening hand with only about 23% probability, and it has no recorded boards, so starter reliability is Inferred. Its strength is closing: the Link and Fusion pool (Firewall Singularity, Saryuja x2, Zealantis, Idaten, Dragon Devours Dogma) and recursion through the Graveyard give it redundancy. The score comes from consistency, median output and interaction read at the system level, not from averaging card scores, and the HERO archetype label earned no points. With no combos, no tournament link and no win-rate telemetry, confidence is Low.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 46, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 44, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: engine conflicts (-3). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional), then context modifiers (−3)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ — · 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

• High-ATK Link and Fusion finishers with several independent summon routes
• Card flow from two Magical Mallet, Jar of Avarice and two Morphing Jars
• Recursion from the Graveyard (Silent Boots, Ancient Cloak, Cross Keeper, Zephyros) keeps lines alive after disruption

Weaknesses

• No defined engine: 9.3% exact-archetype purity across about 20 sub-archetypes
• Many conditional starters that brick or conflict in opening hands
• No hand traps or floodgates, so there is little answer to an established board or going-second threat
• Core Elemental HERO staples that appear in 100% of archetype lists (Avian, Bubbleman, Clayman, Burstinatrix) are absent

Critical choke points

• Opening requires a Normal Summon starter (Captain, Goblindbergh, Connector, Armageddon Knight), and each is about 23% per opening
• Fusions such as Absolute Zero and Wake Up depend on specific HERO and WATER materials

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal: 60 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side within Master Duel size rules, no banned or restricted cards; Exact-name HERO purity 9.3%; 68 off-archetype copies across about 20 sub-archetypes; Per-card P(≥1 in 5-card opening) of 0.233 for three-copy starters; Core coverage 7 of 25 (28%); HERO Avian, Bubbleman, Clayman and Burstinatrix at 100% inclusion are absent
• Inferred: No single engine; starter access is conditional and brick-prone; Going-first and going-second plans and Link/Fusion closing read from card text; Interaction density from removal and negation text; Recursion routes from Graveyard effects
• Provisional: Meta power is null; matchup and tournament reliability need a dated meta sample; Side-deck adaptability is not applicable in Master Duel
• 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 (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied