Phantom Knights Deck #756816 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Toolbox
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz and Link boss monsters (Raider's Knight, Rusty Bardiche, Break Sword) built from Phantom Knights recursion off the Graveyard, with Ame no Murakumo as a ritual boss option; Ritual Mitsurugi bosses (Ame no Murakumo, Futsu no Mitama, Ame no Habakiri) via Mitsurugi Ritual and Mitsurugi Mirror
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Phantom Knights or Radiant Typhoon starter (Torn Scales, Silent Boots, Swen, Eldam), search or summon a second starter, and convert GY effects into an Extra Deck boss while holding Ash Blossom or Droll for interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx "C" and Forbidden Droplet to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through GY recursion
• Recovery: Banish Phantom Knights monsters from the GY to re-summon starters and search Spell/Traps such as Fog Blade or Wing, so the deck can rebuild after one interruption
• After siding: None: the deck has no Side Deck (0 of 15 slots used), so there is no post-side plan in the list

Why it scores here

The list is illegal (3x Radiant Typhoon Eldam and 2x Radiant Typhoon Vision exceed the Master Duel copy limits), so this is a theoretical, structural-only read capped at 35. Structurally the deck reads as a Combo engine: it has 28 searcher-text cards and a 96% chance of at least one searcher in an opening hand of five, with recursion from the Graveyard feeding 8 Xyz and 7 Link bosses. It is also well protected by 6 hand traps, Forbidden Droplet/Crown and Fog Blade, which lifts interaction and resilience. The scores do not come from Phantom Knights' popularity or from averaging card scores; usage statistics only confirm the core. Consistency is held back by only 22.7% exact-name archetype purity (58 of 75 copies off-archetype, with a 12-copy Mitsurugi block), a 14-card core group that is open about 75% of the time, and no Side Deck. No combo boards are recorded, so the ceiling and median are text-only estimates.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 59, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: copy-limit violations (-4); no side deck (-3). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + modifiers = 0.80*58.7 + 0.20*45 - 7 ≈ 49; Illegal legality cap sets final to 35 (theoretical/structural-only, no normal Final Contextual score)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · 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

• Dense searcher text (28 cards) gives high starter access
• Six hand traps plus Droplet/Crown and Fog Blade give multi-layer interaction
• Graveyard recursion and 15 Extra Deck Xyz/Link bosses give several routes after interruption

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: copy-limit overages on Radiant Typhoon Eldam and Radiant Typhoon Vision
• Low archetype purity (22.7%) and a 12-copy Mitsurugi block that does not share the Phantom Knights engine
• No Side Deck and no recorded combo boards, so the median is unknown

Critical choke points

• Phantom Knights starters (Torn Scales, Silent Boots, Ancient Cloak) are single-route access into the Graveyard engine
• Hand-trap coverage depends on Ash Blossom (3) and Droll (2) against going-second boards

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal: 3x Radiant Typhoon Eldam (limit 2) and 2x Radiant Typhoon Vision (limit 1); Main 60, Extra 15, Side 0; the size rules are satisfied; Banlist statuses of restricted cards match the legality block; Usage stats: 8 of 25 core cards present (32%)
• Observed: Extra Deck split: 8 Xyz and 7 Link, 14 distinct cards; Side Deck is empty
• Inferred: P(≥1 searcher in opening 5) ≈ 0.96; P(≥1 core card in opening 5) ≈ 0.75; Brick risk is moderate-high from 58 off-archetype copies and the Mitsurugi block; Going-first and going-second scores from starter reliability and hand-trap coverage; Combo ceiling from Xyz/Link extenders and recursion text
• Provisional: Meta power is null (no dated metagame sample); Matchup/format fit (D13) is set to a neutral 50 with no tournament data
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) Meta power is provisional without a dated metagame sample No Side Deck list, so post-side plan (D12) cannot be assessed