Orcust Deck #759347 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 54/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck boss chains: Orcust links (Galatea, Longirsu, Enlilgirsu, Dingirsu) and Azamina/Magician fusions, reached through Mekk-Knight and Diabellstar starters (Inferred); Ritual boss Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi (3200 ATK) and Dark Magician of Destruction (2800 ATK) when the Reptile ritual lines connect (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): T1 Normal Summon Girsu or Diabellstar, or search a Mitsurugi monster with Saji/Kusanagi/Aramasa, then extend into an Orcust link (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Droll and Maxx C to disrupt the opponent's first search or summon, then rebuild with Fuwalos/Purulia draws and Mekk-Knight or Diabellstar bodies (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recover from the GY through Orcust Harp Horror, Cymbal Skeleton, Azamina's GY effects and Galatea-I's GY effect, and re-search Mitsurugi or Orcust monsters (Inferred)
• After siding: Not applicable as scored: the export has 0 side cards, so there is no post-side plan in the evidence (Verified)

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a live starter through dense searcher text (about 22 searcher cards, roughly 0.91 chance of at least one in an opening five) and three-copy self-starters such as Diabellstar, Girsu and Fuwalos. Its interaction layer (six hand traps, roughly 14 negation-text cards and 18 removal-text cards) gives it real resilience against one disruption, and its Extra Deck supplies high-ATK boss bodies. The score is held back by the lack of recorded boards, a low archetype purity of 14.7% with about 64 off-archetype copies across Mitsurugi, Sky Striker, Azamina, Dominus and Diabellstar engines, and a 0-card side deck. Popularity and archetype share did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged; the Structural result comes from the Combo profile applied to the system dimensions.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-1); engine_conflicts_off_archetype (-3); no_sideboard (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers = 0.80*60.2 + 0.20*52 - 5 = 53.5, rounded to 54

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.91 · 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 (22 cards) and three-copy self-starters give a high chance of a live opening
• Six hand traps and about 14 negation-text cards provide layered interaction
• High-ATK Extra Deck bosses and Ritual bosses give closing power

Weaknesses

• Purity 14.7%: five or more archetype engines share one 60-card main deck
• Dominus Spark and Dominus Impulse have no Dominus monsters, so they are likely dead cards
• No side deck; no post-side or matchup adjustment is possible

Critical choke points

• Normal Summon of Girsu or Diabellstar as the T1 starter
• Reptile tribute requirements for Mitsurugi ritual summons
• Specific DARK Machine materials required for Orcust link summons

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal under BanMasterDuel: 60 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all Limited and Semi-Limited copies within legal limits; Composition counts: 36 distinct main cards, 15 Extra Deck cards (10 Link, 3 Fusion, 2 XYZ), copy histogram 23/2/11; Archetype purity 14.7%, 64 off-archetype copies, 6 hand-trap and 22 searcher-text cards per role_tag_counts
• Observed: Usage statistics show the archetype core cards (Harp Horror, Girsu, Ash Blossom, Maxx C) are included at high inclusion rates
• Inferred: Starter-live consistency from hypergeometric estimates (0.91 searcher group; 0.23 for a single three-copy card); Engine redundancy and recovery from card text; Interaction layering and going-second hand-trap estimate (0.48); Pilot load and boss ATK reads from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (D13, no tournament context)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN; going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied usage_statistics in_this_deck flags disagree with the cards array for Knightmare Phoenix, Knightmare Mermaid, Galatea-I, S:P Little Knight, I:P Masquerena, Longirsu, Enlilgirsu and Dingirsu; the cards array was used as the source of truth archetype_core_group probability (0.949) is a proxy built on mixed cards and is not used as a starter probability