Vaalmonica Deck #762300 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
20 Main, 9 Extra, incl. Droll & Lock Bird x3, Angello Vaalmonica x3, Nibiru, the Primal Being x2 - Skill: Whispers of Good and Evil. Created Oct 6, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 10/06/2026
Whispers of Good and Evil
Main Deck (20)
- Droll & Lock Bird x3
- Nibiru, the Primal Being x2
- Selettrice Vaalmonica x1
- Angello Vaalmonica x3
- Dimonno Vaalmonica x2
- Book of Eclipse x1
- Vaalmonica Disarmonia x1
- Vaalmonica Invitare x1
- Vaalmonica Scelta x1
- Vaalmonica Versare x1
- Vaalmonica, the Agathokakological Voice x1
- Vaalmonica Creation x1
- Vaalmonica Ereditare x1
- Vaalmonica Followed Rhythm x1
Extra Deck (9)
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57± 7/ 100
Power Score
Structural
60
Reliability
52
Going First
60
Going Second
64
Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 57/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 60 |
| Going First | 60 |
| Going Second | 64 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 52 |
- Primary strategy: Combo
- Secondary strategies: Tempo, Stun
- Format: duel-links
Legality
Main 20 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Link Summon 2500-3000 ATK Vaalmonica Links (Zebufera, Duralume, Varar) once Resonance Counters reach the Link requirements in the Pendulum Zone; Steelswarm Roach and Number 60 Xyz lines, and Vaalmonica Creation's +1200 ATK for Links at 6 counters
- Turn 1 (going first): Set Angello (scale 3) and Dimonno (scale 5), generate Resonance Counters from LP gain and effect damage, then Link Summon Zebufera or Duralume (3 Fiend or Fairy counters) through the Pendulum pair
- Turn 2 (going second): Use Droll & Lock Bird and Nibiru as hand traps on the opponent's draw or summon turn, then rebuild the Pendulum pair and Link line from the Vaalmonica searchers
- Recovery: Searchers (Selettrice, Scelta, Versare, Disarmonia, Vaalmonica) recover Vaalmonica monsters and spells; Ereditare and Varar answer disruption
- After siding: None: Duel Links list runs 0 side cards, so there is no post-side adjustment in the evidence
Why it scores here
The deck reliably opens a Pendulum-pair engine (Angello and Dimonno together in the opening 5 is about 24 percent, and Angello alone about 60 percent) that feeds Resonance Counters through LP gain and effect damage. Those counters gate the Link Summons that give the deck its closing power: four 2500-ATK Links and a 3000-ATK Varar, plus Creation's +1200 ATK. Five hand traps and the negation text on Ereditare, Varar and Steelswarm give the deck several answers to disruption, though no recorded boards confirm how often these lines convert. Popularity and archetype usage stats only confirm the list is a real, accessible build and did not earn points. The score comes from consistency, closing power and interaction on the system, not from averaging the cards' individual scores. No side deck and no tournament data keep the post-side and matchup dimensions low or provisional.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 62 | P(Angello in opening 5) about 0.60 and P(Angello and Dimonno both in 5) about 0.24; the Pendulum pair is the engine gate (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 58 | 10 singleton slots plus conditional Vaalmonica spells; the archetype-core proxy of about 1.0 is not a brick measure (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 62 | Ceiling read from text: Link chain into 2500-3000 ATK Links plus Vaalmonica Creation's +1200 ATK; no recorded boards to confirm (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 52 | No parseable recorded boards, so the median is unmeasured and held near the middle of the range (Provisional) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 62 | Five hand traps, Ereditare, Varar and Steelswarm negation text, and six searcher-text cards give several routes after disruption (Inferred) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 60 | LP gain and damage modes on Scelta, Versare, Disarmonia and Vaalmonica recycle into Resonance Counters; no resource telemetry (Inferred) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 70 | Negation text on Ereditare, Varar and Steelswarm, hand-trap text on Droll and Nibiru, and Followed Rhythm removal (Inferred) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 60 | Droll and Lock Bird (3 copies) and Nibiru (2 copies) punish summon-heavy opposing boards on the opponent's turn (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 72 | Four 2500-ATK Links and Varar at 3000 ATK with ATK-gain text, plus Creation's +1200 ATK at 6 counters (Verified card text, Inferred closing) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 66 | Minimum 20-card main with 10 singleton slots; 65.5 percent exact-name archetype purity (Verified) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 52 | 9 Extra slots: 6 Link and 3 Xyz; Number 60 and Super Starslayer TY-PHON are off-plan filler, and TY-PHON needs two Level 12 monsters that this list does not run (Verified card text, Inferred) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 30 | Duel Links list runs 0 side cards and no post-side performance data exists (Verified) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 50 | No tournament link or dated meta sample; archetype usage is strong but unscored (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 40 | Pendulum scale setup, counter tracking across Fiend and Fairy requirements, and Link gating make the line multi-step (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: Pendulum scale-pair choke (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers = 0.80*60.2 + 0.20*52 - 2 = 56.5, rounded to 57
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.6 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.24 · 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
- Pendulum pair generates Resonance Counters through two independent triggers (LP gain and effect damage)
- Five hand traps and several negation texts give multiple answers to disruption
- Link Monsters at 2500 ATK plus Varar at 3000 ATK give strong closing power on a compact 20-card main
Weaknesses
- No side deck, so there is no post-side adjustment
- Super Starslayer TY-PHON needs two Level 12 monsters that this list does not run
- Multi-step Pendulum, counter and Link gating raises the error rate for the pilot
Critical choke points
- Both Angello and Dimonno must be in the Pendulum Zones to generate counters for the Link requirements
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis | A Vaalmonica or Pendulum-engine card that this list can use | TY-PHON's Xyz condition (two Level 12 monsters) is not met by this list, so its slot adds no line |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Legal Duel Links list: 20 main, 9 extra, 0 side; all cards Unlimited; Card text for Angello, Dimonno, Zebufera, Duralume, Varar, Creation and TY-PHON; Archetype purity 65.5 percent and usage stats showing core membership
- Inferred: Opening-hand probabilities for Angello and the Pendulum pair; Interaction density from negation and hand-trap text; Closing power from Link ATK and ATK-gain text
- Provisional: Matchup and format fit, since no tournament link or dated meta sample exists
- 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: going-first, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Duel Links has no side deck in this list, so D12 cannot be measured
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