Branded Deck #757378 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Combo
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 16 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 11 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon Branded/Albaz-line boss monsters (Dracotail Arthalion, Shekhinaga, Aeon-class Fusions) from the Extra Deck off a Fallen of Albaz starter, then press with the board; Dracotail and Shaddoll Fusion lines as backup starters when the Branded line is disrupted
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Fallen of Albaz or Dogmatika starter, search via Branded Opening/Fusion lines, and Fusion Summon a boss; hold Ash Blossom and Droll for the opponent's first answer (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, and Nibiru to break the opponent's first summon chain, then rebuild through Dracotail/Mulcharmy draw engines (Inferred)
• Recovery: Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia draw on opponent summons; Fallen of the White Dragon and Dracotail Lukias recur starters from the GY (Inferred)
• After siding: Not available: the deck has no Side Deck, so every game is played on the same 40-60 card list

Why it scores here

The deck can reliably open a starter in the main line: the Branded/Albaz core (Fallen of Albaz, Fallen of the White Dragon, Dogmatika Ecclesia, Ash Blossom) has roughly 0.85 probability of at least one core card in a going-first 5-card hand (Inferred), and the searcher group reaches about 0.90. Its interaction suite (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Nibiru, Solemn Judgment, Branded Retribution) is dense, giving it real layers against the opponent's first summon. Conversion is weaker: the deck runs 35 distinct main-deck cards and only 15.3% exact-name Branded purity, with Dracotail, Shaddoll, Mulcharmy, and Despia copies splitting the engine, so the lines conflict and turn-1 plans depend on a particular starter. No recorded boards, tournament link, or win-rate data exist, so the floor and median are text-only inference. The score is capped low because the list is Illegal (56/16/0 with 9 copy and banlist violations, including three Forbidden cards), and the deck has no Side Deck. Popularity did not earn points, and the card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 45, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-8); engine_conflicts (-2); extra_deck_overflow (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(45) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) + ContextModifiers(-12) = 32, capped at 25 because legality is Illegal (Meta Provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.85 · 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

• Strong starter access: the archetype core and searcher text hit a 5-card opening hand at high rates (Inferred)
• Dense interaction layer: Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Nibiru, Solemn Judgment, and Branded Retribution (Verified card text, Inferred use)
• Redundant recursion: Mulcharmy draw effects and Dracotail Lukias/Phryxul/Fallen of the White Dragon regenerate resources (Inferred)

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: copy-limit violations, Forbidden cards, and Extra Deck overflow (Verified)
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptability (Verified)
• Low archetype purity (15.3% exact name) with conflicting sub-archetype engines (Verified composition)
• Large distinct-card count (35 main) and 21 singletons lower consistency (Verified composition)

Critical choke points

• Fallen of Albaz is the central starter for Albaz Fusions, Branded Fusion, and Dracotail Lukias routes; if it is not drawn, the Branded line stalls (Inferred)
• Branded Fusion and Fusion Summon routes depend on the limited Extra Deck slots, and the Extra overflow must be cut before the list is playable (Verified)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: 9 copy-limit violations, Extra Deck 16 > 15, Side Deck empty; Forbidden cards: Albion the Branded Dragon x2, Called by the Grave, Triple Tactics Talent; Exact-name archetype purity 15.3% (composition)
• Observed: Usage statistics: Ash Blossom, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, and Fallen of the White Dragon are high-inclusion core cards (usage_statistics)
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency: 0.85 at least one core card in hand5 (hypergeometric); Interaction density across Ash, Droll, Nibiru, Solemn, and Retribution; Going-first and going-second plans from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power null: no dated metagame sample; Matchup and format fit (D13): no tournament link or win-rate data
• Data gaps: No recorded combos: floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) exists in YGOVN Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck has no Side Deck; post-side evaluation impossible