Despia Deck #772293 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fallen of Albaz / Branded Fusion-style Fusion Summons into 2500-3000 ATK bosses (Titaniklad, Mirrorjade, Secreterion Dragon, Brigrand) off a Despia/Branded starter; Synchro boss The Three Champions of Swordsoul and Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon via Tuner recursion from the GY
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Branded/Despia searcher (Aluber, Branded Opening, Branded in High Spirits) and convert it into a Fusion Summon, but the three over-limit Branded spells make this list illegal as built, so the plan is theoretical only
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Skull Meister, Ghost Ogre and Artifact Lancea as hand traps against the opponent's first engine, then rebuild through Fallen of Albaz and Branded Retribution as a counter-negate
• Recovery: GY recursion: Fallen of Albaz and Fallen of the White Dragon return from the GY through Blazing Cartesia and Guiding Quem, and Tuners in the GY feed Synchro bosses
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered (0 side cards), so there is no post-side plan in the evidence

Why it scores here

This OCG Despia/Branded Fusion list is Illegal as built: three copies each of Branded in High Spirits and Branded Opening exceed the limit of 1, and Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden, so the score is capped at 30 and labeled theoretical/structural only. Structurally the deck reaches its engine reasonably often (archetype core P(at least one in opening 5) about 0.81, searcher-text group about 0.78, both Inferred), and recursion from the GY through Fallen of Albaz and the Tuners supports interruption resilience. Interaction density is high (18 negation texts, 9 hand traps, 20 removal texts), which earns the going-second and end-board dimensions, and the Fallen of Albaz Fusion bosses give real closing pressure. The score does not come from averaging card scores or from the archetype's popularity: no combo boards exist in the evidence, so floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference, and 28 of 55 main cards are non-monsters, which pulls brick management and pilotability down.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 54.5, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: Structural 54.5 (Combo profile); no dated meta so Meta is provisional; pre-cap 0.80*54.5 + 0.20*35 - 12 = 38.6; Illegal deck capped to 30 (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

• Dense negation and removal text (18 negation, 20 removal) with 9 hand traps
• Fusion bosses at 2500-3000 ATK with GY recursion for resilience
• High archetype core coverage (P about 0.81 in opening 5, Inferred)

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: three over-limit Limited Branded spells and a Forbidden Fusion monster
• 28 of 55 main cards are Spells/Traps, raising brick risk
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptation
• No recorded combo boards, so floor and median are unknown

Critical choke points

• Branded Fusion-style starters all route through Fallen of Albaz; losing it to hand-trap or search gaps removes most Fusion lines
• Over-limit Branded Opening and Branded in High Spirits must be cut to 1 copy each before the list can be played

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal: 3x Branded in High Spirits and 3x Branded Opening (limit 1), 1x Albion the Branded Dragon (Forbidden); Main 55 and Extra 15 are within the OCG size rules; Composition: 28 Spells/Traps, 13 Fusion and 2 Synchro in Extra
• Inferred: Engine access P about 0.81 and searcher access P about 0.78 from hypergeometric draw odds; Interaction density is high from card-text role hints; Fallen of Albaz routes give resilience through GY recursion
• Provisional: Meta Power is null; no dated metagame sample; D13 matchup and format fit rests on archetype share, which is absent
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot record absent no win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second, matchups or brick rates no side deck registered, so post-side plan cannot be assessed Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied