Resonator Deck #766910 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 65/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro-summon DARK Dragon bosses (Red Dragon Archfiend line, Red Nova Dragon, Red Supernova Dragon, The Crimson King) off Resonator Tuner and Synchro chains, then attack or destroy defense-position monsters; Recursion of Resonator Tuners from the GY through Red Rising Dragon, Synkron Resonator and Vision Resonator to rebuild the Synchro engine
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a searcher (Resonator Call, Crimson Gaia, Synkron Resonator, Soul Resonator) to fetch a Resonator Tuner, Normal Summon into a Synchro with a level-matched non-Tuner, and reach a 3000+ ATK boss while holding Ash Blossom or Ghost Belle for protection
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Ash Blossom or Ghost Belle as hand traps against the opening, then rebuild through GY Tuners and Synchro bosses, using Red Dragon Archfiend's destruction effect against defense-position monsters
• Recovery: Search again with Wandering King Wildwind, Resonator Command or Crimson Gaia, and revive or re-Synchro through Red Rising Dragon and Synkron Resonator from the GY
• After siding: No side deck in Master Duel format; adaptation is limited to the fixed 40-card main and 15-card Extra Deck

Why it scores here

The deck's score comes from the system as a whole: 18 searcher-text cards and a 27-copy archetype core give a 96% chance of at least one searcher in the opening 5 cards and a near-certain archetype-core hand, so the engine usually comes online by turn 2. Its interaction suite (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Red Reign, Fiendish Golem, Red Zone, Red Nova Dragon's negate, Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss) is layered across hand, field and GY, which keeps the line alive through common disruption. The Extra Deck closes with 3000 to 4000 ATK bosses and Red Dragon Archfiend's defense-position destruction, which supports a strong going-second conversion. The score is held back by the absence of recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are inferred from card text rather than observed, and by a low exact-name archetype purity of 32.7% with 37 off-archetype copies that dilute the engine. No Side Deck is possible in Master Duel, so post-side adaptability is scored low. Popularity and usage stats confirmed a real, accessible list but did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 68.5, Going First ≈ 71, Going Second ≈ 72, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 62. Modifiers: Archetype purity / engine dilution (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers; 0.80*68.5 + 0.20*62 = 67.2, then -2 = 65.2, rounded to 65

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Searcher density gives near-certain access to the engine by turn 2
• Layered hand traps and negates protect the Synchro line from common interruption
• Extra Deck bosses reach 3000 to 4000 ATK and can destroy defense-position monsters
• Recursion via GY Tuners rebuilds the engine after a single disruption

Weaknesses

• No recorded boards, so combo ceiling and median are inferred from text only
• Exact-name archetype purity is 32.7%; 37 off-archetype copies dilute the engine
• Dead draws from reactive hand traps (Droll, Maxx C, Ash, Ghost Belle) when no Synchro is live
• No Side Deck is possible in Master Duel, so post-side adaptability is capped

Critical choke points

• Hand-trap-dependent opening when a searcher is not drawn
• Red Dragon Archfiend line requires a live DARK Dragon Synchro on the field
• Limited to one copy of Maxx C (Limited) and two of Droll & Lock Bird (Semi-Limited)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal in Master Duel: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side; Maxx C 1/1 Limited, Droll & Lock Bird 2/2 Semi-Limited, all other cards Unlimited; Exact-name archetype purity 32.7%, with 37 off-archetype copies; Searcher-text group 18 copies; hand-trap group 7 copies; core group 27 copies; Usage statistics: 18 of 25 core cards present (72%)
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter access P(≥1 searcher in opening 5) ≈ 0.96; Going-first and going-second strength from card text and interaction density; Combo ceiling from card text, since no boards were recorded
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit, because no tournament or dated meta sample was supplied; Side adaptability, because Master Duel has no side deck
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied deck title is null in the export; deck name left null