Branded Deck #773391 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 59/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 50 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion-spam into Level 8 boss Fusion Monsters (Dragon that Devours the Dogma, Albion the Branded Dragon, Despian Proskenion) that mention Fallen of Albaz, closing through 2500-3200 ATK bodies (Inferred); Multi-Fusion boards built from Fallen of White Dragon and Blazing Cartesia lines, with Dogmatika/Despia monsters providing extra summons (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Hand-activate Branded in High Spirits or Branded Opening to search a Fallen-named or Despia monster, then pivot through Fallen of White Dragon or Blazing Cartesia into a Level 8 Fusion (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom and Maxx C to answer the opponent's first combo activation, then rebuild with Super Polymerization and Branded Fusion (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recover via Branded Retribution and Despian Tragedy recursion from the GY, plus Albion searches that rebuild the Fusion engine (Inferred)
• After siding: No side deck is registered and Master Duel does not use side loading, so there is no post-side plan (Verified)

Why it scores here

The deck's score comes from how the system is built, not from its popularity or from averaging card scores. Its searcher density (about 23 searcher-text copies, roughly 96% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening, Inferred) gives it a reliable path to a Fusion starter. Its interaction package (3 Ash Blossom, 1 Maxx C, 2 Forbidden Droplet, 2 Branded Retribution, 13 negation-text copies) keeps the engine alive through common disruption, and several Level 8 Fusion bosses give it closing power. The weak points are the single Fallen of Albaz (about 10% to open with it in 5 cards), a split across at least six sub-archetypes (21.5% exact-name purity), and no side deck or recorded boards to confirm the median output. Confidence is Medium because the list and card text are complete but there are no combos, tournament data or win rates.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 61.5, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 57, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 58. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-2); engine conflicts (-2); searcher_density (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers: 0.80*61.5 + 0.20*58 - 2 = 58.8, rounded to 59

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.02 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense searcher and Fusion-enabler text makes the engine reliably accessible (Inferred)
• Multiple independent starters: Fallen of White Dragon, Blazing Cartesia, Guiding Quem, Springans Kitt, Branded in High Spirits (Verified card text, Inferred routes)
• Layered interaction: 3 Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Forbidden Droplet, Branded Retribution and Super Polymerization (Verified counts)
• Strong Level 8 Fusion boss bodies at 2500-3200 ATK (Verified stats)

Weaknesses

• Only one Fallen of Albaz, the named Fusion material for most bosses (Verified copy count)
• Low exact-name purity (21.5%) and several sub-archetypes compete for slots (Verified composition)
• No side deck and no recorded boards, so median output and post-side play cannot be checked (Verified absence)
• Fragile to Extra Deck removal and banlist changes on the five Limited cards (Inferred)

Critical choke points

• Access to a Fallen-named Fusion material: Fallen of Albaz is 1 copy, so the engine leans on Fallen of White Dragon x2 and Blazing Cartesia (Inferred)
• Branded Fusion is Limited at 1 copy, so losing it removes the cleanest Fusion route (Verified)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status: 50 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all 7 restricted cards within their legal copies; Card text, ATK and DEF values for all 49 distinct cards; Composition counts: 14 Fusion and 1 Synchro in Extra; 21.5% exact-name purity; Searcher, negation, removal and hand-trap text counts
• Inferred: Engine accessibility and consistency from hypergeometric estimates; Interaction density and resilience from card text; Going-first and going-second splits and closing power; Recommendations for lowering banlist exposure and improving Fusion access
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit: no dated metagame sample and no tournament link; Median output: no recorded boards to measure it
• Data gaps: No recorded combos: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample usage statistics in this deck flags contradict the cards list for Extra Deck cards (Mirrorjade, Rindbrumm, Lubellion, Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon, Alba-Lenatus, Titaniklad, Albion the Branded Dragon, Granguignol, The Dragon that Devours the Dogma are in the Extra Deck but flagged not in deck), so the 60% core-present figure and missing core cards list are unreliable No side deck present; Master Duel side loading not modelled Deck title is null