Paleozoic Deck #773431 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 46/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck boss monsters (Obelisk the Tormentor 4000 ATK, Nerva 3300 ATK, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS 3000 ATK, Super Starslayer TY-PHON 2900 ATK) and Clown Crew Biancaviso (2500 ATK) pressure after a board is cleared by trap interaction.; Clown Crew extra-deck summon chain (Malabarisme, Matinee Operatics, Soiree Operations) that puts several Clown Crew monsters on the field in one turn.
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1: Preparation of Rites or Clown Crew Rehearsal to find a Ritual or Clown monster, then Malabarisme or Matinee Operatics to Special Summon Clown Crew monsters from the Deck/Extra Deck. Paleozoic Marrella or Dinomischus is a backup if a trap is activated while it is in the GY.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold traps (Dominus Spark, Dominus Purge, Trap Holic, Songs of the Dominators, Destructive Daruma) to answer the opponent's board, then recover Paleozoic monsters from the GY when a trap is activated.
• Recovery: Paleozoic Marrella and Dinomischus return from the GY as Normal Monsters when a trap is activated; Clown Crew New Face, Clown Crew Finale and Traptantalizing Tune recycle Clown Crew cards and Normal Traps.
• After siding: None. The deck runs no side deck, and Master Duel ranked play has no post-side step, so there is no adaptation plan.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a Clown Crew line: 15 main-deck Clown Crew cards give about a 78% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred, hypergeometric). Its Paleozoic engine is much less reliable, with 6 main-deck starters (Marrella, Dinomischus) giving about 42% on the first turn. The deck converts into pressure through its Extra Deck bosses, but no recorded boards exist, so the ceiling is text-only. Interaction is dense (9 negation and 37 removal text hints, plus Dominus traps and Destructive Daruma), and Paleozoic monsters are immune to opposing monster effects. The score comes from the system: engine conflicts across Paleozoic, Clown Crew, Dominus, Primite and Rose, a brick-prone 36-trap main deck with only 7 main-deck monsters, and no side deck. Popularity and archetype share did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange, meta-neutral (D13 dropped and remaining weights renormalised by 1/0.95). Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: engine conflicts (-3); unrecoverable choke point (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + modifiers (-5); Meta provisional, D13 dropped from Structural: 0.80*52.9 + 0.20*42 - 5 = 45.7 -> 46

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.42 · 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

• Clown Crew provides about 78% chance of a live starter in the opening hand
• Dense removal and negation text across 36 traps
• Paleozoic monsters are immune to opposing monster effects
• Several high-ATK Extra Deck closers (Obelisk, Nerva, ZEUS, TY-PHON)
• Trap-GY recursion gives resilience after a board is cleared

Weaknesses

• Only 7 main-deck monsters in a 36-trap main deck raises brick risk
• Paleozoic engine has only 6 main-deck starters (about 42% on the first turn)
• Five or more sub-archetypes compete for slots, reducing consistency
• No side deck and no post-side plan
• No recorded boards to confirm the combo ceiling
• Destructive Daruma x3 hurts the controller's own board

Critical choke points

• Going first, the Paleozoic line needs a trap activation plus a Marrella or Dinomischus in hand or GY
• Obelisk the Tormentor needs 3 Tributes from a small monster pool
• A single removal or negation on the Clown Crew engine monster stops the extra-deck summon chain

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal: 60 main, 15 extra, 0 side; no violations; That Grass Looks Greener is Limited with 1 copy run, within legal limit; Exact-name purity 9.3%; 36 traps and 7 main-deck monsters (composition)
• Inferred: P(at least one Clown Crew main-deck card in 5) ~0.78 (hypergeometric); P(at least one Paleozoic starter in 5) ~0.42 (hypergeometric); Interaction density from card-text hints (9 negation, 37 removal); Brick risk and engine conflicts from composition and text
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit (D13 neutral; no metagame data); Post-side plan (no side deck and no Bo3 in Master Duel ranked play)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot records absent no win-rate telemetry; going-first, going-second and matchup rates are unknown usage statistics core list mixes non-Paleozoic archetypes (Tenyi, Blue-Eyes, etc.), so it adds little to the core read the single guide is Vietnamese and covers only general Paleozoic strategy Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample