Maliss Deck #771538 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link Summon 2300-3000 ATK Link Monsters (Maliss Link Monsters, Firewall Dragon Darkfluid, Worldsea Dragon Zealantis) and keep them protected by Maliss Trap and Link-pointing protection effects; Ars Magna / Power Patron Link Monsters attacking through the Ars Magna and Power Patron ATK and battle-protection text
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Backup @Ignister, Maliss White Rabbit or Chessy Cat, and a Maliss trap-set line, then build a Link-3 or Link-4 board for a Maliss Link Monster; expect the hand-trap suite to be held back on a going-first turn
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold 9 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Maxx C, Droll and Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence, Dominus Impulse) to answer the opponent's first summon, then rebuild through the Maliss monster and Link engine
• Recovery: Recover through Maliss in Underground, Maliss Trap searches, and Ars Magna banish-and-add effects that refill the hand from the Deck
• After siding: No side deck is registered (side count 0), so there is no post-side plan in the evidence

Why it scores here

The deck's Maliss core is well represented: the archetype core group has an estimated 96% chance of at least one copy in a 5-card opening hand, so the engine is usually accessible (Inferred). Its 9 hand traps and multiple Link-pointing protection effects give strong interaction and going-second value (Inferred from card text, with a 81% chance of a hand trap in a 6-card going-second hand). Floor and median output cannot be measured here because no recorded boards exist, so the combo scores rest on card text alone and are held down accordingly. The list is Illegal under OCG rules (one Maliss in Underground over the Semi-Limited limit, plus Charmer Quartet in Bloom and Link Decoder, which are Forbidden), so the structural score is reported but the final score is capped low. Archetype popularity and the 27% exact-name purity did not earn points, and the dimension scores were not averaged from individual card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); dependence on Extra-Deck cards (-4); illegal list cap (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(56) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) = 52.8 before modifiers; modifiers total -12 (banlist exposure -8, illegal copy-limit exposure -4); Illegal status caps the final score at 25 (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · 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

• A dense Maliss core (18 archetype copies) gives a high chance of an engine starter in the opening hand
• 9 hand traps and 7 negation-text effects give layered interaction, especially going second
• Link Monsters with 2300 to 3000 ATK and Maliss battle protection give a real closing threat

Weaknesses

• Illegal as submitted: Maliss in Underground is over its Semi-Limited limit and two Forbidden cards are run
• No recorded combo boards, so floor and median output cannot be measured
• No side deck, so there is no post-side plan
• Off-archetype spread (27% exact-name purity) makes the engine harder to keep consistent

Critical choke points

• Maliss Link Monsters need a Link-pointing board, so losing the first monster to a hand trap or removal can stall the line
• Forbidden Link Decoder and Charmer Quartet in Bloom must be removed before this list is legal

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal: Maliss in Underground over its Semi-Limited limit; Charmer Quartet in Bloom and Link Decoder are Forbidden; Main 40, Extra 15, Side 0 against OCG size rules; Archetype core group 18 copies with p(at least one in 5-card hand) ≈ 0.96; 14 Link Monsters and 1 Fusion Monster in the Extra Deck
• Observed: Usage statistics show Maliss core cards (MTP-07, Gold Sarcophagus, Dormouse, TB-11) at 96% to 100% inclusion
• Inferred: Going-second hand-trap coverage ≈ 0.81; Engine consistency and brick estimates from the hypergeometric draw table; Interaction and closing quality from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power is null because no dated metagame sample exists; Matchup fit is unknown without tournament or meta data
• 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, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no guides attached for the Maliss archetype side deck is empty, so post-side performance cannot be assessed