Despia Deck #770439 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 7 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion and Synchro boss monsters from the Extra Deck (Dragon Dogma, Hyperinvoked Aeon, Secreterion Dragon, Three Champions) enabled by the Fallen of Albaz and Branded engine; Mulcharmy and Effect Veiler hand-control disruption that leads to a board advantage
• Turn 1 (going first): Search or summon Fallen of Albaz or a Dogmatika/Despia searcher (Incredible Ecclesia, Blazing Cartesia, Branded Opening), then Fusion or Synchro into a boss, using Branded Fusion for a second Fusion
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre and Effect Veiler as hand traps against the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Branded Retribution, Nadir Servant and the Extra Deck boss
• Recovery: Recurse Fallen of Albaz and Ecclesia monsters from the GY through The Fallen and the Virtuous and Branded in High Spirits, then re-enable Fusion
• After siding: None. The deck has no side deck (side count 0), so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its cards. Its searcher density (about 81% chance of at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand) and redundant hand traps (13 copies, about 82% chance of one in a 6-card hand going second) give it a reliable opening and good interruption resilience. The Fusion and Synchro boss package in the Extra Deck gives it strong closing power, but there is no combo recording, so the ceiling and median are text-only inferences. The list is illegal: it runs Forbidden Albion the Branded Dragon (2) and Called by the Grave, and exceeds Semi-Limited and Limited copy limits on five other cards, so the normal Final score is capped to a theoretical value of 25. Archetype popularity and the 92% archetype-core presence estimate confirm the list is real and accessible, but earned no points in their own right; meta fit (D13) stays provisional.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 63, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-9); no Side Deck (-3). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(63.1) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(52) = 60.9; context modifiers -12 gives 48.9; Illegal-deck cap applied gives 25 (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.81 · 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

• Searcher density (15) and hand traps (13) give high opening functionality and disruption
• Multiple 2500-3800 ATK Extra Deck bosses give strong end-board closing
• Layered negation and removal text across the main deck

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Forbidden Albion and Forbidden Called by the Grave, plus five copy-limit overages
• No side deck
• Thin exact-archetype purity (4.3%) and a sprawling sub-archetype mix
• No combo or tournament evidence to confirm the ceiling or the median

Critical choke points

• Fallen of Albaz is a single copy, so the engine depends on Fallen of the White Dragon and Fallen-named searchers
• Extra Deck Fusion summons depend on Branded Fusion and Branded Opening, both Limited

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Illegal with 7 copy/ban violations; Banlist statuses for all restricted cards; Card text excerpts and stats for all cards; Composition counts (55 main, 15 extra, 0 side); Archetype usage stats (available: true, 48% core present)
• Inferred: D1 and D2 hypergeometric consistency estimates (0.81 searcher, 0.82 hand trap); Engine route and combo-ceiling reads from card text; Interaction and board-breaking reads from negation and removal text
• Provisional: Meta power (null); D13 matchup/format fit (no dated meta sample or tournament link)
• 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 provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck supplied (side count 0)