Branded Deck #761685 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
30 Main, 9 Extra, incl. Fallen of Albaz x3, Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous x3, Droll & Lock Bird x2 - Skill: Beasts from the Abyss. Created Oct 5, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 10/05/2026
Beasts from the Abyss
Main Deck (30)
- Albion the Shrouded Dragon x1
- Aluber the Jester of Despia x1
- Bystial Druiswurm x1
- Bystial Magnamhut x1
- Bystial Saronir x1
- Droll & Lock Bird x2
- Fallen of Albaz x3
- Springans Kitt x1
- The Bystial Lubellion x2
- Tri-Brigade Mercourier x1
- Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous x3
- Branded Fusion x1
- Branded in Red x1
- Branded in White x1
- Branded Lost x1
- Forbidden Droplet x2
- Gold Sarcophagus x1
- Super Polymerization 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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Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 63 |
| Going First | 62 |
| Going Second | 58 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 52 |
- Primary strategy: Combo
- Secondary strategies: Toolbox
- Format: duel-links
Legality
Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Fusion Summon a 2500-3000 ATK boss (Albion the Branded Dragon, Mirrorjade, Filia Regis, Khaos Starsource Dragon, Guardian Chimera) off a Fallen of Albaz starter and Branded Fusion / Branded in White support.; Bystial 2500 ATK Dragons (Druiswurm, Magnamhut, Saronir) banish-to-summon from the GY, then recur and pressure.
- Turn 1 (going first): Open Fallen of Albaz (or Blazing Cartesia once Fallen is on field or in GY), search Branded Lost / Branded Sword / Screams, then Fusion Summon a boss through Branded Fusion or Branded in White.
- Turn 2 (going second): Use the 6-card hand to find Fallen of Albaz (about 0.50 odds), hold Droll & Lock Bird and Branded Retribution for the opponent's Fusion or Special Summon, and rebuild through Bystial banish-to-summon.
- Recovery: Recover from the GY: Branded Lost, Branded Sword, Screams of the Branded, Branded Beast and Bystial monsters return or re-trigger, and Albion the Shrouded Dragon re-enters as Fallen of Albaz.
- After siding: Not applicable: Duel Links is a single game with no side deck, so the post-side plan is absent.
Why it scores here
The deck reliably opens its engine through three Fallen of Albaz (about 0.43 in a 5-card opening hand, about 0.50 going second) plus thirteen searcher-text cards that reach a starter in about 0.96 of openings, so the consistency score is modest rather than high. Its ceiling comes from chained Fusion lines into 2500-3000 ATK bosses, and the median is held back by off-archetype tech (Forbidden Droplet, Droll and Lock Bird, Gold Sarcophagus, Super Polymerization) and an Extra Deck that needs specific materials. Interaction is layered through negation text (6 cards), removal text (8 cards) and two hand traps, which supports the end-board and going-second scores. No combo boards were supplied, so the ceiling and floor are text-based inferences, and popularity (archetype usage and the guides calling Branded top tier) did not earn points. The score comes from the system's consistency, median output and interaction, not from averaging the individual card scores.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 60 | P(at least one Fallen of Albaz in 5-card hand) = 0.43 going first and 0.50 going second; searcher-text group P = 0.96 (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 58 | Hand quality depends on 13 searchers against 18 singletons and about 5 weak tech/off-archetype cards (Gold Sarcophagus, Droll, Super Polymerization) that can brick (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 75 | Semantic read of Fallen -> Branded Fusion -> Albion/Mirrorjade/Khaos chains reaches 2500-3000 ATK bosses, but no recorded boards exist (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 60 | Median output is held down by the need for specific Fusion materials and the off-archetype slots; no power distribution is available (Inferred) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 62 | Redundant searchers and GY recursion (Branded Lost, Sword, Screams, Beast) give a second line after disruption; no interruption data exists (Inferred) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 65 | Multiple GY-recursion cards and Albion the Shrouded Dragon re-entry sustain grind; resource data absent (Inferred) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 70 | 6 negation-text and 8 removal-text cards plus 2 hand traps give layered interaction; text read only (Inferred) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 70 | Bystial 2500 ATK banish-to-summon bodies and Branded Beast/Sword removal challenge a going-second board; no split data (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 72 | Multiple 2500-3300 ATK bosses (Guardian Chimera 3300, Mirrorjade 3000, Filia Regis 3000) close games; stat-based (Verified) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 55 | 30 main slots with 23 distinct cards, 28 off-archetype copies and 5 tech slots lower compactness (Verified composition, Inferred impact) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 65 | 9 Fusion-only Extra Deck slots, all with clear role; 2 Albion copies and several specific materials (Verified composition) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 30 | Duel Links has no side deck (side count 0), so adaptability is absent (Verified) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 60 | Archetype meta-share absent; guides call Branded top tier, a claim not verified against a dated sample (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 40 | Multiple Fusion, banish and GY conditions with many decision points; a guide calls it one of the hardest decks to pilot (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 63, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: unrecoverable choke point (-2); banlist exposure (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers(-3)
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.43 · 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
- Fusion boss density at 2500-3300 ATK
- Layered negation and removal text across Main Deck
- Redundant searchers and GY recursion
Weaknesses
- Single-copy-count starter (Fallen of Albaz 3 copies) gates the engine
- Off-archetype tech slots reduce compactness
- No side deck to adapt
Critical choke points
- Fallen of Albaz must be drawn or reached via searcher; P(in opening 5) = 0.43
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Sarcophagus | A second searcher or hand trap that does not require a specific Fusion Material | Removal-text card that is slow and offers little on the first turn; a searcher or hand trap improves starter access and interaction |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Legality: 30 Main / 9 Extra in range 20-30 / 0-9; copy limits met for Limited and Semi-Limited cards; Archetype usage: core cards present 18 of 25 (72%); Composition: 9 Fusion-only Extra slots, 28 off-archetype copies
- Inferred: D1 starter probability 0.43/0.50 via hypergeometric; Interaction density from negation/removal text; Going-first and going-second power split is inferred from the hand and interaction estimates
- Provisional: Meta position (guides call Branded top tier; no dated meta sample); Matchup and format fit
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: ceiling, median and floor are text-based inference no tournament link: meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry: going-first/second and matchup rates unknown no side deck: post-side dimensions are not applicable Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample
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