Horus Deck #770398 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 53/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, GY-revival engine
• Format: duel-links

Legality

Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Sarcophagus-enabled GY revival of Horus monsters (Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi, Qebehsenuef, Horus the Black Flame Deity) into a 3000-ATK board, plus Extra Deck XYZ/Link follow-up.; Extra Deck XYZ and Link threats (Number 90, Number 38, Number 68, TY-PHON, Dingirsu, Underworld Goddess) once material is in place.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with King's Sarcophagus or Walls of the Imperial Tomb, search a Horus monster, and use Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Imsety to draw and convert GY resources into a Horus board.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use D.D. Crow to banish a key GY card and Canopic Protector in response to the opponent's first activation to Special Summon a Horus monster, then rebuild through the Sarcophagus GY revival.
• Recovery: Rebuild from the GY: Sarcophagus revives Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi or Qebehsenuef once per turn each, and Walls can re-search a Horus monster.
• After siding: Not applicable: side deck is 0 in this format, so no post-side plan is available.

Why it scores here

The score comes from the system: six Sarcophagus-named enablers (3 King's Sarcophagus and 3 Walls of the Imperial Tomb) give about a 70% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred hypergeometric), and the Horus GY-revival loop gives a real ceiling of 3000-ATK boards. Interaction is layered across D.D. Crow, Canopic Protector, Powersink Stone and the Extra Deck negations (Number 90, Number 38), which supports the resilience and end-board scores. Floor and median output cannot be measured because the deck has no recorded boards, so D4 is held near the middle and carries a wide band. Penalties come from the single-gate dependence on Sarcophagus, Lava Golem's need for opponent-controlled monsters, and Number 90's dependence on Photon material. The score does not reflect Horus being a popular archetype, and it is not an average of the card scores. No meta sample exists, so Meta Power is provisional.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 57, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 57, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 55. Modifiers: Sarcophagus single-gate dependence (-2); Lava Golem opponent-monster dependence (-1); Number 90 Photon material dependence (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional): 0.80*57 + 0.20*55 - 4 ≈ 53

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.7 · 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

• Six Sarcophagus-named enablers give a high chance of a T1 engine
• Layered interaction: 3 D.D. Crow, 3 Canopic Protector, 3 Powersink Stone and Extra Deck negations
• Multiple 3000-ATK closers and a GY revival loop that refills the board
• Legal list with no copy-limit or size violations

Weaknesses

• No recorded boards, so the combo floor and median cannot be measured
• Lava Golem and Powersink Stone are situational in hand
• Exact-name Horus purity is 17.9%, so the engine relies on generic cards and Sarcophagus gating
• Single gate: one Sarcophagus-named card carries most of the GY loop

Critical choke points

• King's Sarcophagus or Walls of the Imperial Tomb on the field for every GY revival line
• Photon material needed for Number 90 protection
• Opponent-controlled monsters needed to Special Summon Lava Golem

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status: Coach King Giantrainer 1/1 (Limited) and Photon Jumper 2/2 (Semi-Limited) under BanDuelLink; Main 30 and Extra 9 within size rules, Side 0 (Duel Links has no side deck); Composition: 13 distinct main, copy histogram 3x8 / 2x1 / 1x4, Extra breakdown 6 XYZ and 3 Link; Usage stat: Horus archetype present with 21 stat rows
• Inferred: At least one Sarcophagus-named enabler in 5 cards ≈ 0.70; Interaction density is layered: 3 hand traps, removal and negation text; Engine ceiling from GY revival of 3000-ATK Horus monsters
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated meta sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link); Going-second board-breaking (no going-second data)
• 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: going-first, going-second, matchup and brick/starter rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Usage flag inconsistency: usage_statistics marks Extra Deck cards as in_this_deck=false (Number 90, Number 68, Underworld Goddess, Coach King, S:P Little Knight, Super Starslayer TY-PHON, Dingirsu) even though they appear in cards[] with zone extra. core_present_pct 47.4% likely undercounts; by card_id overlap, 16 of 19 core cards are present. This was not recomputed and needs a preprocessor check Guide 1490 has no usable sections (snippet is only  )