Magistus Deck #774003 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Tempo
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck Link/Fusion/Xyz boards (Endymion, Zoroa Verethragna, Luna/Matchgiru 1850-ATK bodies) built after hand-trap and searcher turns; no single dominant finisher is evidenced.; Magistus and Fairy Tail fusion/link payoffs sustained by Mulcharmy card draw and Endymion searches.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a searcher (Regulus, Fairy Tail Luna/Matchgiru, Endymion Empire) and build a Link or Fusion board while holding Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence and Ghost Ogre to protect the first engine piece.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the six-card hand to present hand traps (Ash, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Effect Veiler, Droll, Nibiru) against the opponent's starter, then convert the surviving follow-up into a Link or Fusion board.
• Recovery: Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia draw when the hand is larger than the opponent's; Fairy Tail Ball and Verre Magic add searchers from the Deck; Instant Fusion and Endymion Empire give a second route to board.
• After siding: No side deck is registered (side count 0), so there is no evidenced post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The list is illegal (three Forbidden cards and two copy-limit overages), so it gets a structural-only read capped at 30 rather than a normal contextual score. The deck reliably reaches its hand-trap layer: 18 hand-trap-capable cards give roughly a 92% chance of at least one going second, and that interaction is what carries the going-second score. Consistency is held back by spread across six sub-archetypes (exact Magistus purity 14.3%), an 11-Tuner main deck with no Synchro in the Extra Deck, and no side deck. No combo boards were supplied, so combo ceiling and median are text-only inference. Popularity and archetype usage were not credited, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); engine conflict (-4). Final formula: Theoretical 0.80*Structural(52) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(42) + ContextModifiers(-12) = 38; Illegal legality cap sets the reported score to 30. Meta Power provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.95 · 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 hand-trap layer (18 cards) with about 92% going-second access
• Searcher density (17) gives frequent access to Endymion, Magistus and Fairy Tail payoffs
• Several 1850-2900 ATK Link/Fusion bodies give closing pressure

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Forbidden cards and copy-limit overages must be removed before any play
• Six sub-archetypes split the engine; exact Magistus purity is 14.3%
• No Synchro payoff despite 11 Tuners
• No side deck

Critical choke points

• Single hand-trap plays are the only early interaction; a missed Ash or Ghost Ogre leaves the first engine exposed
• Conditional Mulcharmy draws require an empty field

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 counts within size rules; Five copy-limit or banlist violations (Forbidden: Called, Secret Village, Charmer Quartet; over-limit: Ash, Droll); Card stats and text from the export; Archetype usage core present/missing list from usage statistics
• Inferred: Hand-trap and searcher access probabilities; Going-second interaction coverage estimate; Engine coherence and brick-risk reads from text; Structural dimension scores D1-D14
• Provisional: Meta Power (null); Matchup fit (D13); Side-deck adaptability (D12)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate or matchup telemetry in YGOVN; all performance claims Inferred Meta Power provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied usage statistics in this deck flags conflict with the card list: Endymion, Zoroa Verethragna, Teller, Weaver, Artemis, Wiccat, Summon Sorceress, Magistus Chorozo and Invoked Oceanus are present in the Extra Deck but marked absent, so core-card presence 56 and missing core cards are unreliable Deck title is null No side deck registered