Maliss Deck #771751 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 24/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Control
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Maliss Link Monsters (Red Ransom, Hearts Crypter) with Maliss Trap/Spell loops, supported by Cyberse and Link-chain extenders (Inferred); Bystial and Ignister Cyberse/Dragon beatsticks and Link-3/5 boards via Extra Deck summons (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Opening Maliss monsters (March Hare, Chessy Cat, White Rabbit, Dormouse) and searchers to reach a Link Summon; hand traps held for the opponent's first answer (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence, Dominus Impulse) and Maliss in the Mirror to negate the opponent's first summon chain (Inferred)
• Recovery: Maliss in Underground and Maliss TB-11/MTP-07 re-searches Maliss cards from the Deck when hands are stripped (Inferred)
• After siding: Not assessable: the deck has no side deck, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This is an illegal list: three cards exceed their OCG copy limits and the side deck is empty, so the score is capped and is structural-only. The 55-card main deck splits across Maliss, Mulcharmy, Dominus, Ignister, Bystial and Code Talker pieces, so only about 21% of its cards share the exact Maliss name; the engine is spread across several sub-archetypes. Its strengths are the Maliss search and revival chain, which can rebuild Link Monsters, and about 10 hand traps plus negation text, which give interaction density on the endboard. Combo ceiling and median are not assessed because the export has no recorded boards, so the combo dimensions rest on card text alone. Archetype popularity and the Kuriboh and Mulcharmy staples earned no points by themselves, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Balanced (default; strategy unclear from text-only evidence). Structural ≈ 42, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 42, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal: copy-limit violations (-6); Empty side deck (-4); Illegal-deck score cap (0). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(42) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) = 41.6; modifiers -10 = 31.6; Illegal-deck cap applied, final 24 (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · 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

• Maliss search and revival chain can rebuild Link Monsters after disruption (Inferred)
• About 10 hand traps plus negation text give interaction density on the endboard (Inferred)
• Core Maliss group is very likely to be present in the opening hand (Inferred)

Weaknesses

• Three cards exceed OCG copy limits, so the list is illegal as built
• Only 21% of the main deck shares the exact Maliss name; the engine is split across several sub-archetypes
• Empty side deck: no post-side plan
• No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median cannot be measured

Critical choke points

• Maliss Link Monsters depend on a small number of Maliss starters and revival traps
• Limited-status cards (Allure, Terraforming, Gold Sarcophagus, S:P Little Knight, Druiswurm, Magnamhut) cannot all be run at their current counts

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Copy-limit violations: Ash Blossom 3 vs 2, Dominus Impulse 3 vs 2, Allure of Darkness 2 vs 1; Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0; exact-name archetype purity 21.4%; Usage stats: core present 13 of 25 cards (52%)
• Inferred: Core-group opening probability 0.93; starter probability ≈ 0.25 per 3-copy card; Brick and interaction estimates from text role hints; Going-first and going-second plans from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power null; matchup and format-fit score D13 = 25
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry; going-first, going-second and matchup signals are Inferred Side deck empty; no post-side evidence Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample