Despia Deck #772651 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Blind-Second/OTK
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 49 / Extra 11 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon Level 8+ boss monsters (Masquerade, Lubellion, Titaniklad, Mirrorjade, Dramaturge/Despia engine) using Branded Fusion, Branded in Red and Fallen of Albaz as the main fusion-material engine; Going-second hand-trap and negation pressure (Ash Blossom, Nibiru, D.D. Crow, Droll & Lock Bird, Bystial Druiswurm/Magnamhut) to break the opponent's first board, then Fusion follow-up
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Fallen of Albaz or Branded in Red starter, search Branded Fusion or Aluber, and convert into a Level 8+ Fusion boss; the first-turn plan is 1-2 starters deep with no recorded line to verify it
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Nibiru, Droll and D.D. Crow to stop the opponent's search or summon, then Fusion Summon through the GY-recursion lines once the opponent's board is disrupted
• Recovery: Despian Tragedy, Branded Regained, Aluber and Fallen of Albaz recur monsters and Spells from the GY; Bystial monsters banish GY LIGHT/DARK monsters to Special Summon
• After siding: No side deck is registered (Side Deck size 0), so there is no post-side plan; best-of-3 play is not supported by this list

Why it scores here

The deck's power is scored on the system, not on its cards: 13 searcher-text cards give about an 80% chance of at least one engine starter in a 5-card opening hand, which earns a moderate engine-access score (Inferred). Its 9 hand traps and several negation or removal tools give real going-second interaction, but the score is held down by the Fusion-chain complexity, the lack of any recorded combo boards to confirm a median output, and the absence of a side deck. The list is also Illegal under OCG copy limits (Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization run 3 copies against a limit of 2), so the score is capped and the evaluation is theoretical and structural only. Archetype popularity was not credited; the usage stats only confirm that a Despia-Branded list of this shape is real and accessible, and no card scores were averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: copy-limit violation (Illegal) (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(55) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 53; copy-limit modifier -12 gives 41; Illegal status caps the Final Contextual score at 35 (theoretical/structural only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.8 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.2 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Rich searcher and recursion text (13 searcher hints) gives a reasonable chance of an engine starter
• 9 hand traps and layered negation/removal text give strong going-second interaction
• High-ATK Fusion bosses (2500-3000) with Fusion bridges from Fallen of Albaz and Branded Fusion

Weaknesses

• Illegal under OCG copy limits: Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization are over-limit
• No side deck: no post-side plan and no adaptability
• No combo boards recorded, so median output and floor are unverified
• Low exact-archetype purity (16.7%) across Branded, Bystial, Dogmatika and Albaz pieces, which raises brick and conflict risk

Critical choke points

• Branded Fusion (Limited, 1 copy) and Branded Opening (Limited, 1 copy) are single points for the main Fusion route
• Going first, the line needs one starter plus a searcher; no alternative route is recorded

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal, 49 Main / 11 Extra / 0 Side; Copy-limit violations: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (3 vs 2), Super Polymerization (3 vs 2); Limited cards run at 1 copy: Branded Fusion, Branded Opening, Bystial Druiswurm, Bystial Magnamhut, Droll & Lock Bird, Harpie's Feather Duster, The Bystial Lubellion; Archetype usage: Branded Fusion 96%, Rindbrumm 92%, Mirrorjade 88%; 9 of 25 core cards present (36%)
• Inferred: P(>=1 searcher-text card in 5-card hand) ~0.80; Proxy full-brick rate ~0.20; Fusion chains reach Level 8+ bosses via Branded Fusion / Branded in Red / Fallen of Albaz; 9 hand traps give going-second interaction
• Provisional: Meta fit (D13) and Meta Power (null): no dated metagame 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/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) exists in YGOVN Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null; side deck is empty