Clown Crew Deck #770339 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 59/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Tribute Summon and Pendulum-driven Clown Crew board, closed by Extra Deck beaters (Nerva, Super Starslayer TY-PHON, Golden Cloud Beast - Malong); Hand-trap-supported Synchro/Xyz pressure with Clown Crew Diabolo piercing
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1: Clown Crew Rehearsal or Malabarisme (3 copies each) to Tribute or summon into the Clown Crew engine, then extend into Extra Deck monsters while holding Ash Blossom or Ghost Ogre for the opponent's first activation
• Turn 2 (going second): Open on hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Effect Veiler) to blank the opponent's starter, then rebuild the Clown Crew board from the Deck with Matinee Operatics or Finale
• Recovery: Clown Crew Finale and Soiree Operations search and re-summon Clown Crew monsters from the Deck; Mulcharmy draw effects refill the hand when the board is empty
• After siding: Master Duel has no Side Deck (side size 0), so there is no post-side plan; in-duel adaptation relies on the hand traps and Extra Deck options

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a functional Clown Crew plan: the 31-copy archetype core is almost always present in an opening hand (P at least one about 0.9998 by the proxy), and the three-copy Rehearsal and Malabarisme give two independent T1 starters. Conversion is mostly Tribute-based and rests on two choke-point spells, so the ceiling is higher than the typical output (no recorded boards exist to confirm either). Interaction is the strongest part of the system: 11 hand-trap-tagged cards plus Crossout Designator, Herald and Dominus Spark give layered answers, and the going-second hand-trap probability is about 0.88. Popularity and the usage-stat core did not earn points by themselves, and the deck score was not built by averaging card scores. Side Deck and matchup dimensions are provisional because Master Duel has no side and no dated meta sample exists.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 61.5, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 66, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 55. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-1); engine restrictions and choke points (0). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional); 0.80*61.5 + 0.20*55 = 60.2, then modifiers -1 gives 59

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 1 · 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

• Core density: the Clown Crew name is in almost every opening hand
• Layered interaction: 11 hand-trap-tagged cards plus Crossout Designator and Dominus Spark
• Strong going-second hand-trap coverage (about 0.88 in a 6-card hand)
• Extra Deck options cover Synchro, Fusion, XYZ and Link routes

Weaknesses

• Two T1 starters (Rehearsal, Malabarisme) are single points of failure
• Activation restriction on monsters Special Summoned from the Deck or Extra Deck limits repeated turns
• Only 49.1% exact archetype purity with 12 tech slots dilutes the engine
• No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are unverified

Critical choke points

• Clown Crew Rehearsal and Clown Crew Malabarisme (3 copies each): both the T1 starters and the recovery routes depend on them
• Clown Crew Finale and Soiree Operations: needed to rebuild after the board is cleared

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side; Limited and Semi-Limited copy counts respected; Archetype purity 49.1% (27 of 55 archetype-name copies); Card text and role tags from resolved cards
• Observed: Usage statistics: Clown Crew core cards (inclusion 100%) are present in the deck
• Inferred: P(at least one archetype core card in a 5-card hand) ~ 0.9998; Going-second hand-trap probability ~ 0.88; Interaction density and resilience scoring from text
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and matchup/format fit (D13); Side-deck adaptability (D12) since no Side Deck exists
• Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Master Duel has no Side Deck, so post-side scoring is provisional