Code Talker Deck #762648 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 59/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Hand- and GY-based Salamangreat summons chaining into Link-3/Link-4 boards that end on 2300-2800 ATK monsters (Heatleo, Accesscode Talker, Transcode Talker, Violet Chimera).; Piercing damage from Salamangreat Jack Jaguar and Link-monster attacks after the board is cleared with Raigeki or Feather Duster.
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1 hand-play a level 3-4 Salamangreat or Cyberse starter (Foxy, Terrortop, Bufferlo, Backup Secretary) to search or draw, then Link Summon Balelynx or Sunlight Wolf for a Link-2 board.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Effect Veiler and Infinite Impermanence on the opponent's first engine, then rebuild through GY-recursive summons (Spinny, Falco, Gazelle) and a Link-3 Heatleo.
• Recovery: Recycle monsters through Falco, Spinny and Jack Jaguar from the GY, and search Sanctuary or Circle to restart a Link line.
• After siding: Not applicable: Master Duel has no side deck, so there is no post-side adjustment; the deck cannot adapt between games.

Why it scores here

The list is legal (40 Main, 15 Extra, no side) and runs 22 monsters that can be hand-played or recycled from the GY, so a functional starter is very likely in the opening hand (Inferred). The value comes from Link-3 and Link-4 boards that end on 2300-2800 ATK monsters, plus four negation or hand-trap cards and a removal suite (Raigeki, Feather Duster, Monster Reborn). The deck's exact-name Code Talker purity is only 3.6% (2 of 55 archetype-linked copies); the engine is really a Salamangreat build, and the deck does not earn points from the Code Talker brand or from its popularity. Fusion of Fire x3 with only one Fusion Monster in the Extra Deck is a clear brick risk, and there are no recorded boards, so median and ceiling are text-based estimates. The score comes from the system's consistency, interaction density and closing power, not from averaging card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 64.5, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 56. Modifiers: Fusion brick risk (-2); Banlist exposure (-1); Engine conflict (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional, null)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ — · 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

• Legal list with a clean copy histogram and a precise Extra Deck (12 Link, 2 Xyz, 1 Fusion)
• Many hand-playable starters and GY recursion keep several independent lines alive after disruption
• Broad interaction: four negation or hand-trap cards, three Effect Veiler, and a removal suite
• High-ATK Link closers (2300-2800) with piercing and Link-3 and Link-4 board options

Weaknesses

• Three Fusion of Fire with one Fusion Monster is a dead-card risk
• Exact Code Talker purity is 3.6%; the deck is a Salamangreat build with 2 Code Talker links
• No side deck in Master Duel, so no post-side adaptation
• No recorded boards; combo ceiling and median are text-based estimates

Critical choke points

• Link Summon requirement: most closers need a specific Link-2 or Link-3 base already on the field
• Fusion of Fire needs the single Violet Chimera or Proxy F Magician to convert
• Monster Reborn and Harpie's Feather Duster are 1-copy Limited cards with no backup

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status: 40 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side under Master Duel size rules; Limited status for Harpie's Feather Duster and Monster Reborn, 1 copy each; Extra Deck breakdown: 12 Link, 2 Xyz, 1 Fusion; Copy histogram: 14 singletons, 4 doubles, 6 triples
• Inferred: Hand-play starter density implies a high chance of a functional opening hand; Fusion of Fire brick risk from the single Fusion Monster; Interaction density from negation and removal text flags; Going-second hand-trap coverage from hypergeometric estimate
• Provisional: Meta Power is null because no dated metagame sample is supplied; Matchup and format-fit scores (D13) are provisional; Side-deck adaptability (D12) is structural and cannot be measured
• Data gaps: No recorded combos: median, ceiling and board-per-starter are text-based inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot match record absent Usage statistics flag Accesscode Talker, Transcode Talker and Salamangreat Balelynx as not in this deck (in_this_deck false) although they appear in the Extra Deck list; core_present_pct = 8 is therefore unreliable No win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second, matchups or brick rates Deck title is null; archetype label 'Code Talker' conflicts with 3.6% exact-name purity Master Duel has no side deck, so post-side evaluation does not apply