Despia Deck #769787 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Toolbox
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 9 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon Level 8 boss monsters (Fallen of Albaz and Branded/Despia fusions) off the Branded and Despia starter chain; Synchro and Link follow-up through Mulcharmy draw pressure and Pot of Sloth card advantage
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Aluber or Fallen of the White Dragon, search a Branded Spell/Trap, then Branded Fusion or Branded Opening into a Level 8 Fusion (Inferred from card text)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll and Solemn to stop the first starter, then rebuild through Fallen of Albaz and Blazing Cartesia (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recur Fallen of Albaz and Branded Retribution from GY; Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia refill hand (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no side deck (0 cards)

Why it scores here

The list is illegal: 9 cards exceed their OCG copy limits, and Albion the Branded Dragon, Called by the Grave and Triple Tactics Talent are Forbidden, so it gets no normal Final Contextual score and is capped at 30 as a theoretical, structural-only read. Structurally the deck is a connected Branded/Despia Fusion engine: 3 Aluber, 2 Fallen of the White Dragon, 1 Fallen of Albaz, and Branded Fusion/Opening give about 0.83 for at least one searcher in a 5-card hand (Inferred hypergeometric), and the archetype core has about 0.97 chance of at least one piece in hand. Interaction is dense (5 hand traps, Solemn, Harpie, Lightning Storm, Branded Retribution), so going second is a credible plan with 0.45 for at least one hand trap in a 6-card hand. The score is not earned by Despia's popularity or by averaging card scores; there are no recorded boards, no side deck and no tournament data, so the ceiling and floor are text-only inference. Fixing the legality violations would be a prerequisite before any normal score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-8); over_limit_semi_limited_and_limited (-4); no_side_deck (0). Final formula: Illegal cap: 0.80*Structural(54.8) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) = 51.8, plus modifiers (-12) = 39.8, then capped at 30 because the list is Illegal (theoretical, structural-only). Meta provisional.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.83 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.03 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense searcher and starter package with high archetype core density
• Layered hand traps and negation (Ash, Droll, Solemn x2, Harpie, Branded Retribution)
• Strong Level 8 boss options at 2500-3000 ATK
• Fusion-based engine has redundancy across Branded Fusion, Branded Opening and Fallen of Albaz

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: 9 cards over copy limits, including 3 Forbidden cards
• Core engine depends on Albion the Branded Dragon, which is Forbidden in OCG
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• No recorded boards or win-rate data, so ceiling and median are text-only

Critical choke points

• Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden and was central to the Branded boss route
• Branded Fusion is Limited (1 copy legal) and gates the Level 8 Fusion route
• Fallen of Albaz as the Fusion material hub

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal, 9 copy-limit violations, 3 Forbidden cards; Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 (size rules satisfied for OCG); Card text and stats from resolved card records; Archetype core usage: 96.6% open in hand5 (proxy)
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter, brick and hand-trap odds; Going-first and going-second plans from card text; Median and ceiling as text-only estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated sample); Matchup and format fit (D13)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Side deck is empty (0 cards), so D12 cannot be measured