Darklord Deck #765736 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 56/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Darklord Fusion and Darklord recursion into 2500-4000 ATK boss monsters (Eveningstar, First Darklord, Morningstar, Ixchel, Tezcatlipoca), with Branded/Despia/Albaz Dragon lines as secondary boss routes; Albaz Dragon and Branded Fusion extensions through Fallen of Albaz, Fallen of the White Dragon and Blazing Cartesia
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on a Darklord starter (Djehuty, Gulgolet, Ukoback) or Branded Opening/Banishment of the Darklords for a searched Darklord, then extend into Fusion or Darklord Dance and protect with Ash Blossom, Droll and Maxx C
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Nibiru) to interrupt the opponent, then rebuild a Darklord board from the GY through Gulgolet, Ukoback and Contact
• Recovery: Recur Darklord monsters from the GY via Darklord Contact, Fallen Angel in Darkness and Gulgolet, and re-search through Banishment of the Darklords and Darklord Ixchel
• After siding: No side deck in the export; no post-side plan can be evaluated

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens on Darklord starters: 26 exact-name Darklord copies give an estimated 95% chance of at least one in an opening five, and 21 searcher-text cards give about 89% for at least one search effect. Its interaction layer is substantial (Ash Blossom, two Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Nibiru, The Sanctified Darklord and Darklord Rebellion), and seven hand traps give roughly 54% for at least one when going second, which supports the going-second and resilience scores. Closing power is strong on paper because the Extra Deck holds several 2500-4000 ATK bosses, but there are no recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are text-only inferences and were scored conservatively. The score comes from consistency, interaction and boss power as a system; the deck's popularity and the Darklord archetype's name did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged. Penalties apply for low archetype purity (35% exact name, with Branded, Despia and Albaz Dragon splashes), the absence of a side deck, and the dependence on a single-copy Fallen of Albaz.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 64, Going First ≈ 64, Going Second ≈ 66, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: Darklord purity and sub-archetype conflict (-2); Single-copy Fallen of Albaz choke point (-2); Banlist exposure (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional; Structural 63.6, TR 52, modifiers -5 => 56.3)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.95 · 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

• Heavy Darklord core (26 copies) with a high opening-hand presence
• Layered interaction: three negation cards, hand traps and removal text
• Multiple 2500-4000 ATK bosses in the Extra Deck, including Eveningstar x2 and First Darklord
• Recursion through GY-based Darklord revival

Weaknesses

• Low exact-archetype purity (35%) and splash of Branded, Despia, Albaz Dragon and Mulcharmy
• No side deck in the export, so no post-side plan
• No recorded boards, so ceiling and median are text-only estimates

Critical choke points

• Single Fallen of Albaz for the Albaz Dragon Fusion routes
• Fusion-based boss access depends on Fusion Deployment, Darklord Dance or Branded Fusion surviving interaction
• Limited-status singleton staples (Maxx C, Foolish Burial, Branded Fusion)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 60, Extra 15, Side 0; all restricted copies within legal limits; Card text and stat lines for all 36 main and 14 extra distinct cards; Darklord exact-name count 26, purity 34.7%; Usage statistics: 13 of 20 core cards present
• Inferred: P(>=1 Darklord core in hand of 5) ~0.95; Hand-trap access going second ~0.54; Combo ceiling and floor from card text only; Interaction quality from text (negation and removal counts)
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated sample); Post-side plan (no side deck)
• Data gaps: No recorded combos; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot records are absent No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick rates Deck title is null; identity is inferred from the card list No side deck in the export, so D12 cannot be measured Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample