Tri-Brigade Deck #771041 — 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 52 / Extra 17 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fallen of Albaz engine converting into 2500-3000 ATK Fusion boards (Albion the Shrouded/Sanctifire Dragon, The Dragon that Devours the Dogma, Lubellion, Rindbrumm); Fusion chains through Branded Fusion / Branded in Red / Super Polymerization into Extra Deck boss monsters
• Turn 1 (going first): Search or Summon Fallen of Albaz or the Fallen of the White Dragon, fuse it into a Level 8 boss, and protect the board with Droplet or Retribution; the illegal Branded copies are not legal to play in this format
• Turn 2 (going second): Open with hand traps (Effect Veiler, Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx "C") to break the opponent's first turn, then rebuild through the Fallen engine
• Recovery: Recycle Fallen monsters and Branded Spell/Traps from GY and banish via Bystial and Albion effects; Branded Sword and Retribution add recursion
• After siding: Not available: the deck has 0 Side Deck cards, so no post-side adjustments can be made

Why it scores here

The deck is a Fallen of Albaz engine list (Branded / Despia / Dogmatika / Albaz Dragon cards) rather than a real Tri-Brigade build, since only one card carries the exact Tri-Brigade name. Its engine is reasonably accessible, with a 94.5% chance of at least one searcher-text card in the opening five, and it has a credible Level 8 Fusion finisher package. Interaction is layered through 8 hand traps and about 14 negation-text cards, and the going-second hand has real disruption. The score is capped because the list is illegal: the Extra Deck is 17 cards against a limit of 15, three copies of two Limited cards are run where one is allowed, and Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden and run twice. Scores were built from the system (consistency, median output, interaction, and the empty side deck) and not from averaging card scores, and the popularity of the archetype was not credited. The 30 is therefore a theoretical, structural-only figure rather than a legal-play rating.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo primary with Midrange secondary (approximately 80/20 by judgment). Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-8); extra_deck_oversize (-4); illegal_cap (-11). Final formula: Theoretical cap for an Illegal list. Computed 0.80*54 + 0.20*48 = 52.8, less modifiers -12 = 40.8, then capped to 30. Meta Power is null (Provisional).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.95 · 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

• Dense searcher text (22 cards) gives a high chance of finding a starter
• Level 8 Fusion finishers reach 2500-3000 ATK with backup in the Extra Deck
• Layered interaction: 8 hand traps plus Droplet and Impermanence

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Extra Deck over limit and Forbidden and Limited cards over copy limit
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• Archetype label (Tri-Brigade) does not match the list (1 exact-name card); the deck is a Fallen/Branded engine

Critical choke points

• Fallen of Albaz is the single engine hub; many lines depend on it being in hand or the GY
• Limited-card over-count means the list cannot be played as built

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality violations: Extra Deck 17 > 15; Branded in High Spirits, Branded Opening, Albion the Branded Dragon over copy limit; Banlist statuses from the evidence (Albion Forbidden; Limited and Semi-Limited cards as listed); Side Deck count 0; Archetype purity 1.4% (1 exact-name card)
• Observed: Usage statistics: 2 of 5 core Tri-Brigade cards present in this list
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency (P(>=1 searcher in 5) = 0.945) and hand-trap coverage on going-second (0.653); Combo ceiling and floor are text-based only; no recorded boards; Dimension scores D1-D14 and structural score 54
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit (D13); no tournament or dated meta sample; Meta Power (null)
• 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/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) deck title is null; archetype label Tri-Brigade does not match the cards Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample