Maliss Deck #772124 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 54 / Extra 16 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Maliss Link Monsters (Hearts Crypter, White Binder, Accesscode/Allied Code Talker shell) closing through board presence and Link Summons, supported by Maliss Trap recursion; Hand-trap and negation attrition on the opponent's turn, with Bystial and Maliss boards as the follow-up
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Maliss monsters and Backup/Wizard @Ignister starters, Link Summon into a Maliss Link, and use Maliss Traps to bring back board presence while holding Ash Blossom and Ghost Ogre as interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Infinite Impermanence) to break the opponent's first Summon, then convert through Link Monsters from the Extra Deck
• Recovery: Recycle banished Maliss cards through Maliss Traps and Dormouse/Chessy Cat effects, then rebuild a Link board from the remaining Extra Deck pieces
• After siding: Not evaluable: the list has zero Side Deck cards, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck's reliable opening rests on its archetype core: 24 Maliss-core copies give about a 95% chance of at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred, from the hypergeometric table). Interaction is the strongest system trait, with 10 hand traps and 13 negation-text cards giving about a 73% chance of a hand trap in a 6-card going-second hand (Inferred). Conversion and median output cannot be measured because the deck has no recorded boards, so the combo dimensions are text-only inference and carry low confidence. The score does not come from Maliss being a popular archetype, and it does not come from averaging card scores. The list is illegal in OCG on three counts (a Forbidden Link Decoder, a Forbidden Triple Tactics Talent, and three copies of Semi-Limited Maliss in Underground), and its Extra Deck holds 16 cards against a limit of 15, so the result is capped and labelled theoretical and structural-only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Stun secondary (structural weights as listed; Stun not blended numerically). Structural ≈ 48, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-6); extra_deck_overflow (-2); no_side_deck (-4). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: pre-cap 0.80*Structural(48) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) + modifiers(-12) ≈ 34, capped to 30; theoretical/structural-only, Meta Power 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

• Archetype core is dense enough (24 copies) that most openings contain a Maliss piece
• Layered interaction: 10 hand traps, 13 negation-text cards and 28 removal-text cards
• Multiple Link Summon routes into high-ATK Link Monsters
• Hand-trap coverage on the going-second turn (about 73% for at least one)

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: a Forbidden Link Decoder and Triple Tactics Talent are in the list
• Maliss in Underground at 3 copies exceeds its Semi-Limited limit of 2
• Extra Deck of 16 exceeds the limit of 15
• No Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan
• Low archetype purity (22.9% exact name), with many generic and off-archetype tech cards
• No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Extra Deck legality: the list cannot be played as built until one Extra card is removed
• Maliss Link Monsters are the win condition; if the core is blocked, the deck depends on recursion alone
• Banish costs on Maliss Traps and Dormouse compete with other Maliss cards

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 54 Main, 16 Extra, 0 Side; Extra exceeds limit by 1; Forbidden: Link Decoder, Triple Tactics Talent (copies run 1 each); Semi-Limited: Maliss in Underground run 3 vs legal 2; Archetype purity 22.9% exact name; Maliss core 24 copies; Usage: Maliss core cards at high inclusion rates (MTP-07, Gold Sarcophagus 100%)
• Inferred: Hypergeometric opening-hand probabilities (5-card and 6-card); Hand-trap, negation and removal function from card text; Midrange primary strategy with Stun secondary; Link Summon routes and closing power from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup coverage and format fit (no tournament link); Going-first and going-second power (no win-rate telemetry)
• 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 is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck has no Side Deck; post-side plan unevaluable Deck title is null