Branded Deck #772797 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 38/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Mechanic: Fusion/Synchro (Albaz Dragon, Ecclesia)
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon a boss (The Dragon that Devours the Dogma, Titaniklad, Mirrorjade, Lubellion) enabled by the Fallen of Albaz / Fallen of the White Dragon starter line; Synchro closing via The Three Champions of Swordsoul and Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon, plus Branded Retribution / Solemn negation as protection
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on Fallen of the White Dragon or Fallen of Albaz (both in hand-start range), or search via Aluber, Nadir Servant and Incredible Ecclesia, then reach a Level 8 Fusion through Branded Fusion or Branded Opening
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand-trap-supported plan: Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Nibiru and Solemn Warning are meant to stop the opponent's first engine, then the Albaz line rebuilds from hand and Extra. Not verified against real boards
• Recovery: Branded and Despia recursion from the Graveyard (Despian Tragedy, Branded Retribution) plus Mulcharmy draw effects; no measured recovery data
• After siding: No side deck is registered (side_count 0), so no post-side plan can be assessed

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system on consistency, engine conversion, and interaction, not as an average of card scores. Its 26 Branded/Albaz/Despia copies and 9 hand traps give a credible plan to open a Level 8 Fusion and protect it with negation, so the structural read is moderate. Popularity does not add points: the Branded archetype's 65.9% inclusion for Mulcharmy and 54.3% for Fallen of Albaz only confirm the list is real and accessible. The structural score is held down by 9.7% exact-name purity across 14 sub-archetypes, a 57-card main with 21 single-copy cards, no combo evidence, and no side deck. Because the list runs three cards over the Semi-Limited limit, the score is capped as theoretical/structural-only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 58, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit violations (-12); Archetype concentration (-3); Banlist exposure (-2). Final formula: Illegal list: structural-only theoretical cap. Uncapped 0.80*58 + 0.20*45 = 55.3, then modifiers -17 = 38

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.17 · 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 package (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Solemn Warning, Solemn Judgment, Evenly Matched, Branded Retribution)
• Multiple independent routes through searcher text (18 searcher-flagged copies)
• Several 3000-ATK Fusion bosses that close the game from one board

Weaknesses

• Three copy-limit violations make the list illegal in OCG
• 9.7% exact-name Branded purity with 65 off-archetype copies
• No side deck registered
• Limited key starters (Branded Fusion, Branded Opening) at one copy each

Critical choke points

• Fallen of Albaz (1 copy) and Branded Fusion (1 copy) are the single route to the Albaz boss line
• Hand-trap stops lean on single copies of Droll & Lock Bird and Solemn Judgment

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 3 Semi-Limited copy violations; Main 57, Extra 15, Side 0; Extra Deck breakdown: 13 Fusion, 2 Synchro; Archetype purity 9.7%; core inclusion stats from usage_statistics
• Inferred: Consistency estimate from hypergeometric draw odds and searcher text density; Negation and interaction density from card text flags; Going-first and going-second split (no measured boards)
• Provisional: Meta power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN — going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck registered (side_count 0)