Branded Deck #766674 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Fusion, Toolbox
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 59 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 8 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon Fallen-of-Albaz-linked Fusion Monsters (Albion/Alba-Lenatus/Titaniklad/Mirrorjade class, 2500-3000 ATK) through Branded Fusion, Fallen of Albaz, and Blazing Cartesia / Granguignol material routes; Dogmatika/Despia Extra Deck pressure from Dragon That Devours the Dogma and Despian Quaeritis when the Branded line is interrupted
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Branded starter (Branded in High Spirits, Branded Opening, Branded Fusion or a Fallen of Albaz search line), convert into a Fallen of Albaz-material Fusion, and protect with Ash Blossom and The Fallen & The Virtuous (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Mistaken Arrest, Nibiru and Great Gallant Bandit to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Fallen of Albaz and Blazing Cartesia (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recover through Branded in High Spirits and Branded Opening searches from the Deck and GY-based Fallen revival effects; Mulcharmy draw effects refill the hand (Inferred)
• After siding: No side deck is run (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan; a legal rebuild would need to be supplied before any post-side read is possible

Why it scores here

The deck's score comes from the system: the Branded core (25 copies, P(at least one in a 5-card opening hand) of about 0.94) makes an engine reliably live on turn one, and the Fallen of Albaz Fusion routes give a high ceiling with 2500-3000 ATK boards. Interaction is dense (12 negation-text cards, 14 removal-text cards, 7 hand traps), so the deck can answer a board when going second. Median output is held back by a text-only evidence base with no recorded boards, and by 9 copies of Semi-Limited or Limited cards that the deck cannot legally run as built. The score is not driven by Branded's popularity (usage stats only confirm the list is real), and card scores were not averaged. Because the list is Illegal, the Final score is capped at 35 and the evaluation is theoretical and structural only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 62, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-8); Dependence on one Extra Deck card (-2); Illegal list cap (0). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(62) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(48) = 59.2; modifiers -10 = 49.2; Illegal cap applied -> 35 (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.94 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.06 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Branded core of 25 copies gives a high chance of a live starter in the opening hand
• Dense interaction (negation, removal and hand traps) supports going second
• Fusion ceiling reaches 2500-3000 ATK boards that close games
• Mulcharmy draw effects provide card advantage through the game

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: 8 copy-limit violations and 3 Forbidden cards
• No Side Deck at all, so no post-side adaptability
• No recorded boards, so combo floor and median are text-only inference
• High complexity with multi-step Fusion material decisions

Critical choke points

• Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden, so the Branded Fusion route loses a main Extra Deck finisher
• Fallen of Albaz is a single copy and a key material route for most Fusion lines
• Branded in High Spirits and Branded Fusion are Limited, so only one of each can be run

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal with 8 over-limit violations and 3 Forbidden cards (legality block); Main Deck 59 and Extra Deck 15 are within size rules; Archetype core: 25 copies in deck; Usage stat: Branded core cards present in 68.4% of core cards
• Inferred: Consistency: P(>=1 core starter in 5 cards) = 0.944; Interaction density from 12 negation, 14 removal and 7 hand-trap text cards; Going-second hand-trap coverage from 7 hand traps; Fusion ceiling from card text of Fallen-linked Extra Deck monsters
• Provisional: Meta Power is null: no dated metagame sample; Matchup fit is unknown without a dated sample
• 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 for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick rates no Side Deck supplied: post-side performance cannot be evaluated Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied