Vaalmonica Deck #773848 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 57/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link and Synchro beatdown: Vaalmonica links (Zebufera, Duralume at 2500 ATK each), Elfnote synchros (June Pride 3100, Seraphim 3000), and Vidolium at 5000 ATK from the Pendulum Zone; Fiendsmith Lacrima fusion and Requiem/Sequence link lines that recur from the GY; D/D/D Wave High King Caesar in Extra (text only)
• Turn 1 (going first): Search Angello Vaalmonica and Dimonno Vaalmonica into the Pendulum Zone, accumulate Resonance Counters, then Link Summon a Vaalmonica Link once 3 counters are present (per card text, Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 7 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Infinite Impermanence and others) to interrupt the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Elfnote synchros or the Vaalmonica link line
• Recovery: Mulcharmy Fuwalos draws off an empty board; Fiendsmith Engraver, Medius and Lacrima the Crimson Tears recur from the GY; Elfnote monsters and Vaalmonica Scelta/Versare add card advantage (per text, Inferred)
• After siding: Not applicable: the export shows 0 side cards and no best-of-3 data; Master Duel has no active sideboard plan in this evidence

Why it scores here

The deck scores as a system, not as an average of its card scores: 30 searcher-text cards give a 0.97 hypergeometric chance of at least one searcher in an opening 5, so the engine is usually reachable on turn 1. Its ceiling comes from a Pendulum-to-Link loop (Angello and Dimonno generating Resonance Counters for the two Vaalmonica links) plus Elfnote and Fiendsmith lines, but there are no recorded boards, so the median output is unverified. Interaction is layered across 7 hand traps, 7 negation-text cards and Crossout Designator, which keeps it resilient to a single disruption, while 53 of 60 main copies are off-archetype, which lowers coherence and pilotability. Popularity and archetype usage were not credited as power, and no side deck or dated meta sample exists, so meta power stays provisional.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 62, Going First ≈ 64, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 57. Modifiers: Engine conflicts / multi-engine spread (-3); Pendulum Zone choke point (-2); Dependence on Extra-Deck link monsters (-1); Hand-trap density (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional, no dated metagame sample): 0.80*62 + 0.20*57 = 61.0, then -4 modifiers = 57

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.23 · 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 searcher and draw text gives high opening-hand access to the engine
• Seven hand traps and layered negation give resilience against single interruptions
• Extra Deck covers Link, Synchro, Fusion and XYZ, with 2500-3100 ATK closing threats
• Recursion from the GY (Mulcharmy, Medius, Engraver, Lacrima) supports the grind

Weaknesses

• 53 of 60 main copies are off-archetype, so the engines are a loose stack rather than a coherent build
• No recorded boards, so the combo floor and median are unverified
• Pendulum-dependent cards (Scelta, Versare, Disarmonia, Followed Rhythm) brick when the Pendulum Zone is empty
• High pilot complexity across four summon methods

Critical choke points

• Angello plus Dimonno together in hand for the Resonance Counter line
• Access to one of only two Vaalmonica Link monsters (Zebufera or Duralume)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status: 60 main, 15 extra, 0 side within master-duel size rules; Restricted cards at legal copy counts: Crossout Designator 1 (Limited), Maxx C 1 (Limited), Droll & Lock Bird 2 (Semi-Limited); Copy histogram 16 x1, 4 x2, 12 x3; Extra Deck breakdown 6 Link, 6 Synchro, 2 Fusion, 1 XYZ; Stat values: Vidolium 5000 ATK, June Pride 3100 ATK, Seraphim 3000 ATK
• Inferred: P(>=1 searcher in opening 5) = 0.97; P(>=1 starter in 5 cards, 3 copies) = 0.2333; going-second hand of 6 = 0.2752; Resonance counter engine via Angello and Dimonno; Interaction density from negation and removal text
• Provisional: Meta power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link); Side-deck adaptability (0 side cards)
• 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 absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first/second, matchup, brick and OTK rates unavailable Usage statistics mark 7 Extra-Deck cards (Fiendsmith's Requiem, Duralume, Caesar, Lacrima, S:P Little Knight, Fiendsmith's Sequence, Zebufera) as in this deck=false, but the cards list shows them in the Extra Deck, so core-card presence (70.8%) likely undercounts; treated as an export inconsistency Card descriptions are truncated excerpts, so exact effect text is partly unverified Deck title is null Side deck is empty; no post-side evidence Meta power is provisional without a dated metagame sample