Shining Sarcophagus Deck #765165 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

30 Main, 9 Extra, incl. Mulcharmy Fuwalos x3, Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice x2, Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic x2 - Skill: Light the Way to the Future. Created Oct 13, 2026 by YGO Mod.

Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)

Created On: 10/13/2026

Official AI Deck Power Analysis

ToolboxConfidence: MediumEvaluated Oct 17, 2026

49± 8/ 100

Power Score

Structural 53

Reliability 50

Going First 58

Going Second 57

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 49/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

Overall score	Value
Structural Deck Power	53
Going First	58
Going Second	57
Meta Power	provisional
Tournament Reliability	50

Primary strategy: Toolbox
Secondary strategies: Midrange, Stun
Format: duel-links

Legality

Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

Win condition: Extra Deck boss monsters (Chaos Angel, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, Dark Magician of Destruction, Underworld Goddess) enabled by Dark Magician and Shining Sarcophagus searches; Gandora-G board wipe followed by Extra Deck follow-up
Turn 1 (going first): Search a Shining Sarcophagus-linked card (Future Silence, Gadget Trio, Dark Magician Girl) and build toward a Link or Fusion boss while holding Turn Silence or Droll & Lock Bird for the opponent's first play
Turn 2 (going second): Hold Forbidden Droplet, Turn Silence, Silent Magician Zero and Droll & Lock Bird as hand interaction, then convert with Gandora-G or a Dark Magician boss
Recovery: Searchers (10 cards) and Witch of the Black Forest recover a starter from the Deck after an interruption
After siding: Not applicable: Duel Links has no side deck in use (side_count 0)

Why it scores here

The deck opens reliably through its searchers rather than through its two Shining Sarcophagus copies: the 10 searcher-text cards give P(at least one in a 5-card opening hand) ≈ 0.89, while Shining Sarcophagus alone is only ≈ 0.31 going first (Inferred, hypergeometric). Its interaction suite (7 negation-text cards, 4 hand traps, 5 removal-text cards) is the strongest part of the system and drives the interaction score. Conversion is the weak link: there are no recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are text-only inferences and are held near the middle of the range. Only 6 of 30 Main Deck cards are exact Shining Sarcophagus names (15.4% purity), and 3 Mulcharmy Fuwalos plus Dark Magician, Gandora and Forbidden cards dilute the engine, which costs coherence. Popularity or archetype usage did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

#	Dimension	Score	Evidence
D1	Engine Accessibility & Consistency	60	P(≥1 searcher in opening 5) ≈ 0.89 and P(≥1 Shining Sarcophagus in opening 5) ≈ 0.31; the engine is reached through searchers, not the 2 Sarcophagus copies (Inferred)
D2	Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management	50	Interaction-heavy list with 7 singletons and 10 two-ofs; 4 hand traps and 6 tech cards may be dead in some hands, with no measured brick rate (Inferred)
D3	Combo Conversion & Ceiling	50	No parseable recorded boards; ceiling is a text-only read of Extra Deck bosses and Gandora-G board wipe (Inferred)
D4	Combo Floor & Median Output	45	No combo data to derive a median; output is judged as moderate because interaction spends cards that would otherwise extend (Inferred)
D5	Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy	55	Searchers and negation give more than one route after disruption, but only 2 Sarcophagus copies anchor the engine (Inferred)
D6	Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind	55	Searchers and Witch of the Black Forest regenerate card flow; interaction costs cards per use (Inferred)
D7	End-Board & Interaction Quality	65	7 negation-text, 4 hand-trap and 5 removal-text cards give layered interaction; quick-play negations are card-flag and text based (Inferred semantic plus verified text)
D8	Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power	55	Gandora-G and Forbidden Droplet give board-breaking reach; going-second split is unavailable (Inferred)
D9	Offensive Pressure & Closing Power	60	Extra Deck bosses at 2500–3500 ATK provide closing pressure, but the lines to reach them are not measured (Inferred)
D10	Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility	45	30/30 Main Deck cards used, but only 15.4% exact-archetype purity and 33 off-archetype copies lower coherence (Verified count, Inferred effect)
D11	Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage	50	All 9 Extra Deck slots are filled across 4 Link, 2 Xyz, 1 Synchro and 2 Fusion monsters; several need specific materials that the Main Deck only partly supplies (Inferred)
D12	Side Deck Adaptability	30	Duel Links side deck is unused (side_count 0), so no post-side plan can be scored (Provisional)
D13	Matchup Coverage & Format Fit	50	No tournament link or archetype meta-share; format fit is provisional (Provisional)
D14	Pilotability & Error Tolerance	55	Several decision points on negation timing and Extra Deck material choices; moderate complexity (Inferred)

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 57, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: engine_conflicts_off_archetype (-3). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional): 0.80*52.8 + 0.20*50 - 3 = 49.2

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

Searcher density (10 cards) gives high P(≥1 searcher in opening hand)
Layered negation and hand-trap interaction
Extra Deck bosses with strong ATK and board-control effects

Weaknesses

Only 2 Shining Sarcophagus copies, which is the stated engine
Low exact-archetype purity (15.4%) with splash across unrelated archetypes
No recorded boards, so conversion cannot be verified

Critical choke points

Shining Sarcophagus (2 copies) is needed for most engine lines and has ≈ 0.31 chance of appearing in the opening hand going first

Recommended changes

Priority	Remove	Add	Reason
1	Mulcharmy Fuwalos (3 copies)	A Shining Sarcophagus-linked searcher or engine piece, if the list supports it	Off-archetype copies lower coherence and the deck's engine is the Sarcophagus; this is a structural read, not a tested swap (Inferred)

Evidence & confidence

Verified: Legal Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 within Duel Links size rules; Photon Jumper Semi-Limited at 1 copy (legal limit 2); Exact-name purity 15.4% from the archetype count; Card text for the listed cards
Inferred: Engine access and brick estimates from hypergeometric draws; Interaction quality from negation and removal text; Going-first and going-second estimates
Provisional: Matchup and format fit (no tournament or dated meta); Meta Power (null)
Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN: going-first, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Evidence defect: usage_statistics flags I:P Masquerena, Underworld Goddess, Number 68, Number 90, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, Dark Magician of Destruction and Knightmare Phoenix as in_this_deck=false and missing_core, but all 9 Extra Deck cards are present in the extra zone. core_cards_present (14/25) and core_present_pct (56) are therefore unreliable and were not used for scoring Deck title is null; the deck is identified by archetype only Guide 1491 has an empty snippet and no sections

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