Despia Deck #772634 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 31/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 49 / Extra 12 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon Level 8 or higher boss monsters (Masquerade, Dramaturge, Despian Quaeritis, Bystial-supported Fusions) off Polymerization-family spells, Branded Fusion and Fallen of Albaz material loops.; Toolbox Fusion lines through Bystial and Branded recursion, plus Tri-Brigade and Droll & Lock Bird interaction.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a Fallen of Albaz or Aluber starter, use Polymerization/Super Polymerization or Branded Fusion to reach a Level 8 boss, and protect with Droll & Lock Bird or Harpie's Feather Duster.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use D.D. Crow, Nibiru, or Bystial Baldrake hand traps to stop the opponent's board, then Fusion Summon a boss from the GY-recursion lines.
• Recovery: Recover Fallen of Albaz or Despia monsters from the GY through Branded in Red, Despian Tragedy and Branded Banishment, then rebuild a Fusion line from the Extra Deck.
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan to score; a best-of-3 deck would need one.

Why it scores here

The score is structural-only because the list is Illegal: Super Polymerization runs 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2, so the deck receives no normal contextual score. The deck is scored as a connected system: its archetype core and searchers give it a fair chance to open a Fusion line, and hand traps (D.D. Crow, Nibiru, Droll & Lock Bird) and GY recursion (Despian Tragedy, Branded in Red) give it some interruption resilience. Its weak points are the spread across Despia, Branded, Bystial and Albaz (exact archetype purity 16.4%), the 21 Spell cards with a Level 0 and no combo data, and the absence of a Side Deck. No combo boards, tournament link or win-rate data exist, so the median and ceiling are text-level inferences, and archetype popularity did not add points. Card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo primary, Midrange secondary (structural weights from the Combo profile). Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit violation (-15); No side deck (-5). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional); 0.80*52 + 0.20*45 = 50.6, then modifiers -20 → 30.6, rounded to 31; illegal list makes this structural-only

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.77 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.23 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Strong Fusion engine with several Level 8 boss targets (Dramaturge, Masquerade, Despian Quaeritis)
• Six hand traps and GY recursion give interruption resilience across both turn orders
• Searcher density (14 cards by text) supports consistency

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy-limit violation on Super Polymerization
• Low archetype purity (16.4%) spreads the engine across Despia, Branded, Bystial and Albaz
• No Side Deck
• Heavy reliance on conditional Fusion material and Extra Deck access

Critical choke points

• Polymerization family access: most Fusion lines need a Polymerization-type spell or Branded Fusion
• Fallen of Albaz as the common material for Branded and Albaz Fusion routes

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status due to Super Polymerization over copy limit (3 vs 2); 49 Main, 12 Extra, 0 Side counts; Banlist statuses for Limited and Semi-Limited cards in the list
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency estimates (archetype core 0.77; brick 0.23); Going-second hand-trap coverage (0.56); Text-level combo ceiling and recovery routes
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated meta sample or tournament link)
• 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, going-second and matchup signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no Side Deck, so post-side performance cannot be assessed