Shining Sarcophagus Deck #773644 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 66/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Control, Blind-Second
• Format: duel-links

Legality

Main 29 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Shining Sarcophagus midrange board into Dragoon or Dark Magician of Destruction backed by Silent-monster negates and 2500-3500 ATK bosses.; Going-second Lava Golem/Gandora-G board clear followed by a large boss monster.
• Turn 1 (going first): Resolve Shining Sarcophagus, search a payoff, Special Summon Dark Magician/Gandora-G or set Turn Silence and Silent-monster protection.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Lava Golem, Gandora-G, Underworld Goddess, S:P, and Knightmare Phoenix to clear obstacles, then convert with Dragoon or Chaos Angel.
• Recovery: Recover Shining Sarcophagus with Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice when possible and grind through Sarcophagus searches; Witch of the Black Forest and Gadget Trio act as bridges.
• After siding: No Side Deck is submitted; flexible Main Deck slots would need to target backrow-heavy or combo matchups if side rules apply.

Why it scores here

The deck scores in the mid-60s because its Shining Sarcophagus engine is reasonably accessible, with about an 83% inferred chance of opening at least one of eight effective starters in a five-card hand, and it converts into a midrange board with layered negates. Its ceiling includes Dragoon or Dark Magician of Destruction plus Silent Magician Zero and Turn Silence, but without recorded combo boards the median line is inferred as Sarcophagus plus one body and one interaction piece rather than the ceiling. The 29-card list carries three Lava Golem and several one-of techs, so going-first dead-hand risk keeps consistency and main-deck efficiency below the best midrange decks. Going second is genuinely supported by Lava Golem, Gandora-G, Underworld Goddess and the Extra Deck toolbox, while the going-first plan depends heavily on protecting the Continuous Spell. High archetype usage confirms the list is real and accessible but did not earn power points, and this score is not an average of individual card scores. No Side Deck, no combo evidence and no dated metagame sample cap confidence.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 67, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 72, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 64. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.83 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.17 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Compact Shining Sarcophagus engine with multiple one-card or near-one-card access points.
• Layered interaction: Spell negation, targeting-effect negation, monster-effect negation, backrow removal and board wipe.
• Strong going-second tools in Lava Golem x3, Gandora-G and the Extra Deck removal suite.
• High-quality Extra Deck bosses including Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, Chaos Angel, Number 90 and S:P Little Knight.
• Shining Sarcophagus is protected from monster effects and generates a search each turn.

Weaknesses

• 29-card Main Deck with three Lava Golem and multiple one-of techs increases brick and situational-draw risk.
• The engine is heavily dependent on Shining Sarcophagus sticking; Spell/Trap removal can strand Dark Magician and Gandora-G payoffs.
• No Side Deck is submitted, so post-side adaptation is unevidenced.
• Several Extra Deck cards require specific materials, and Gaze of Timaeus is a one-of fusion enabler.
• Photon Jumper's GY search has no visible Photon or Galaxy Spell/Trap target in this list.
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos is a going-second-only card and can be dead going first.

Critical choke points

• Shining Sarcophagus being removed by Spell/Trap effects.
• Resolution of Future Silence, Gadget Trio or Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice to find Sarcophagus.
• Gaze of Timaeus as an unsearchable fusion enabler for the Extra Deck bosses.
• Normal Summon conflict between Gadget Trio, Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice and Silent monsters.
• Photon Jumper occupying a slot without a visible Photon/Galaxy Spell/Trap search target.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is legal in Duel Links: 29 Main, 9 Extra, 0 Side, no copy-limit violations.; Photon Jumper is Semi-Limited (legal 2) and the deck runs 1 copy.; Card texts confirm Shining Sarcophagus search, Silent-monster negation, Gandora-G board wipe and Dragoon/Dark Magician fusion lines.
• Observed: Usage statistics show 13 of 22 archetype core cards present (59.1% core presence by the supplied stat list).; No parseable combo boards were supplied (0 combos).
• Inferred: Eight effective Sarcophagus-engine starters give roughly 83% P(>=1 in opening 5) from a 29-card deck.; Three Lava Golem plus Mulcharmy/Droll and several one-of techs create meaningful going-first dead-card risk.; Shining Sarcophagus removal by Spell/Trap is the primary choke point for the payoff monsters.; The inferred median board is Sarcophagus plus one searchable body and one interaction piece.
• Provisional: Matchup coverage and format fit are provisional because no dated metagame sample or tournament link exists.; Meta Power is provisional and reported as null.
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference. No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent. No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick, starter or OTK rates. Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied. No Side Deck is submitted. Usage-stat core comparison marks several Extra Deck cards as missing even though they appear in the resolved list; treated as a reporting inconsistency.