Shining Sarcophagus Deck #764870 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
30 Main, 9 Extra, incl. Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic x3, Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice x2, Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction x2 - Skill: Light the Way to the Future. Created Oct 12, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Deck Shining Sarcophagus Duel Links
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 10/12/2026
Light the Way to the Future
Main Deck (30)
- Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice x2
- Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic x3
- Droll & Lock Bird x1
- Gadget Trio x1
- Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction x2
- Moremarshmallon x1
- Mulcharmy Fuwalos x1
- Nibiru, the Primal Being x2
- Photon Jumper x1
- Silent Magician Zero x2
- Silent Swordsman Zero x2
- Witch of the Black Forest x1
- Dark Magical Curtain x2
- Forbidden Droplet x2
- Future Silence x2
- Shining Sarcophagus x2
- The Gaze of Timaeus x1
- Turn Silence x2
Extra Deck (9)
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Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 51/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 55 |
| Going First | 60 |
| Going Second | 56 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 50 |
- Primary strategy: Midrange
- Secondary strategies: Control, Toolbox
- Format: duel-links
Legality
Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Link, Xyz and Fusion boss monsters (Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, Underworld Goddess of the Closed World, Super Starslayer TY-PHON) that are protected and supported by Shining Sarcophagus negations; Gandora-G and Dark Magician of Destruction as high-ATK pressure once the board is stable
- Turn 1 (going first): Search or summon Shining Sarcophagus through Dark Magician Girl, Gadget Trio or Future Silence, then build a Link or Xyz board while holding Turn Silence and Silent Magician Zero for the opponent's first activation
- Turn 2 (going second): Use Silent Magician Zero, Silent Swordsman Zero, Forbidden Droplet and Droll & Lock Bird to answer the opponent's board, then rebuild through the Sarcophagus searchers
- Recovery: Searchers (Future Silence, Gadget Trio, Dark Magician Girl, Witch of the Black Forest) and the Shining Sarcophagus recursion-style searches refill the hand after a broken turn
- After siding: Not applicable: Duel Links has no side deck in this export (side_count 0)
Why it scores here
The deck is scored as a system: a Shining Sarcophagus gate (two copies, roughly 31% to open with one in a 5-card hand) is backed by about ten searchers and draw effects, which gives it a reasonable chance to go live by turn two. The interaction suite (Turn Silence, Forbidden Droplet, Silent Magician Zero, Silent Swordsman Zero, Number 90 and Underworld Goddess negation text) is the strongest part of the list and drives the interaction score. Dead-card risk is real because most negations and Extra Deck summons are useless without the Sarcophagus engine, and the archetype is split across roughly seventeen sub-archetypes, so exact-name purity is only 17.9%. The deck has no recorded combos, no tournament result and no side deck, so ceiling and floor are text-based and the Duel Links side-adaptation score is low. Popularity and usage statistics confirm that the list is a real, accessible build but did not add points on their own, and card scores were not averaged.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 58 | P(at least one Shining Sarcophagus in opening 5) = 0.31; searchers (11 copies, P>=1 in hand = 0.92) bridge to it (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 50 | Negations and Extra Deck monsters are dead in many hands; 18 distinct main-deck cards with a 7/10/1 copy histogram (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 55 | No recorded boards; ceiling read from text as Link/Xyz/Fusion boss plus negation support (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 45 | No combos_evidence, so median output is unmeasured and only text-inferred (Inferred) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 60 | Two or more independent routes via Sarcophagus, Dark Magician Girl and Gadget Trio plus three hand-trap-style cards (Inferred) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 55 | Draw and recovery text from Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Future Silence, Knightmare Phoenix and Witch of the Black Forest (Inferred) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 70 | Eight negation-text and five removal-text cards, layered across spells and monsters (Inferred semantic) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 60 | Droll & Lock Bird and Nibiru are the only direct going-second answers; going-second split is unavailable (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 68 | Boss ATK of 2900 to 3000 with Gandora-G ATK growth from banished cards (Verified stat plus Inferred) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 60 | 30 main cards, 18 distinct, but 17.9% exact-name purity across mixed sub-archetypes (Verified count, Inferred coherence) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 52 | 9 of 9 Extra slots used across Link, Xyz, Fusion and Synchro; several need specific materials (Inferred) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 20 | No side deck in the Duel Links export (side_count 0), so there is no post-side plan (Verified gap) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 50 | No tournament link or dated meta share; neutral placeholder (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 45 | Multi-step, once-per-turn chains and many quick-effect timing decisions (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: engine_conflicts (-2); unrecoverable_choke_point (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional) = 0.80*55.4 + 0.20*50 - 3 = 51
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.31 · 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 suite (11 cards) keeps the Sarcophagus gate reachable
- Layered negation and removal across spells and monsters
- Multiple boss Extra Deck monsters with 2900 to 3000 ATK
- Legal list with no copy-limit or size violations
Weaknesses
- Low exact-name purity (17.9%) across many sub-archetypes
- Many dead cards without the Sarcophagus engine
- No side deck in Duel Links, so no post-side adaptation
- No recorded combos or win-rate data to confirm the ceiling
Critical choke points
- Shining Sarcophagus (2 copies) is the main engine gate for negations and Extra Deck summons
- Droll & Lock Bird and Nibiru are the only direct answers to a going-second board
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Witch of the Black Forest or one Moremarshmallon | A third Shining Sarcophagus-mentioning searcher or a Sarcophagus-only Spell/Trap | Raises P(engine live) and cuts a card that is weak outside the engine (Inferred) |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Legal list: 30 Main, 9 Extra, 0 Side; Photon Jumper 1 of 2 legal copies (Semi-Limited); Card text excerpts for all 27 distinct cards; Usage statistics: Shining Sarcophagus core inclusion 77%, Turn Silence 100%
- Inferred: Engine live probability from hypergeometric estimate; Interaction density from negation and removal text; Going-first and going-second power estimates; Pilotability from chain complexity
- Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (no tournament or meta share)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so the combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first, going-second, matchup, brick or OTK rates) Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample Duel Links export has no side deck, so post-side scoring is not applicable
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