Elfnote Deck #773921 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 59/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro boards built from Elfnote starters, supported by high-ATK Synchro closers (Kewl Tune B2B, Chaos Angel, June Pride, Vidolium via Pendulum); Monster-zone attack restriction and negation (Elfnote June Pride, Elfnotes: Rhapsodia of Madness) that lets a center-zone monster dominate the board
• Turn 1 (going first): Open an Elfnote starter (Lucina, Tinia, Regina, Fortuna or Power Patron), special summon into the center zone, extend into a Synchro, and keep Ash, Ghost Ogre or Effect Veiler up for the opponent's first activation
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Effect Veiler, Droll & Lock Bird, Ghost Belle, Maxx C) to negate or blank the opponent's first board, then convert the six-card hand into a Synchro through the monster zone
• Recovery: Re-enter Elfnote monsters from the GY and deck through the Elfnote and Power Patron effects; Tuners such as Jet Synchron and Junoldo replace Synchro material lost to interaction (card text, Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluated: the export has no side deck (Side Deck size 0, legal under master-duel side range 0-15) and no post-side data

Why it scores here

Scored as one connected Midrange system with a Stun component, not by averaging card scores. The deck should usually open a live Elfnote starter: 12 Elfnote-class starters across 5 card types give P(at least one in a 5-card opening hand) of about 0.85 (Inferred, hypergeometric). Its strongest dimension is end-board interaction: 14 hand traps and 9 negation-text cards cover the opponent's activations and carry D7 and D8. Combo ceiling and median output are not measured because no boards were supplied, so D3 and D4 stay near neutral and confidence is Medium. Popularity did not earn points: archetype usage data confirms the list is a real build, but exact-name Elfnote purity is only 30.9%, which costs dilution points through the modifiers.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 63.6, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 68, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 57. Modifiers: off-archetype dilution (-2); banlist exposure (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional); 0.80*63.6 + 0.20*57 = 62.28, then modifiers -3 = 59

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.85 · 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 interaction: 14 hand traps plus 9 negation-text cards cover most activation windows
• Multiple independent starters (Lucina, Tinia, Regina, Fortuna, Power Patron) reduce single-card dependence
• High-ATK Synchro closers and monster-zone attack restriction
• Compact 40-card main with a clear 3-copy core

Weaknesses

• Exact-name archetype purity is low (30.9%), so engine coherence depends on hand traps and generic staples
• No combo, tournament, or side data, so floor, median and matchup scores are unverified
• One-card-combo reliance on the center Main Monster Zone exposes the line to monster-zone removal
• No side deck in the export

Critical choke points

• The center Main Monster Zone: most Elfnote effects and the deck's attack restriction depend on a monster there
• Synchro material: a Tuner being negated or banished can stall the Synchro Summon

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side within master-duel size rules; All Limited and Semi-Limited copy counts within legal copies; 14 hand-trap and 9 negation-text role tags in the list; Exact-name Elfnote purity 30.9%
• Observed: Elfnote usage stats show the archetype core is real and accessible (usage statistics)
• Inferred: P(at least one of 12 Elfnote-class starters in a 5-card hand) ≈ 0.85; P(at least one hand trap in 6 cards) = 0.94 (from evidence); Interaction-density and resilience scores from card text; Going-first and going-second power splits
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated meta sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament data); Side adaptability (no side deck)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: 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, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Data inconsistency: usage statistics marks Elfnote Seraphim Strelitzia, June Pride, Baronne de Fleur, Crystal Wing, Black Rose, Chaos Angel, F.A. Dawn Dragster and Accel Synchro Stardust Dragon as in this deck=false and lists them under missing core cards, but cards[] lists all of them in the Extra Deck with copies 1. core-card presence (52) and missing core cards are therefore unreliable; this evaluation relies on cards[] for the Extra Deck No side deck in export; post-side plan cannot be assessed