/Assault Mode Deck #774217 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 59/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Assault Mode Activate tribute-summons a /Assault Mode Synchro-named monster (Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode, T.G. Halberd Cannon/Assault Mode, Crimson Blader/Assault Mode, Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode) that then swings the board with 3000-4500 ATK and removal effects.; Junk Warrior/Assault Mode and Crimson Blader/Assault Mode as large beaters after the engine is online; Zalen and Stardust Dragon for negation-backed board control.
• Turn 1 (going first): Psi-Reflector, Assault Beast or Assault Sonic Warrior searches Assault Mode Activate, Assault Mode Zero or Duel Evolution - Assault Zone to set up a Synchro or /Assault Mode extension, with Ash Blossom and Maxx C held as hand traps for the opponent's first interruption.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom or Maxx C to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through the searcher loop (Psi-Reflector, Assault Lich, Sonic Warrior) toward a /Assault Mode Synchro summon.
• Recovery: Recover from a disrupted hand by searching again from the Deck (14 searcher-text cards) and by reusing Assault Mode Zero and Assault Reboot banished or sent from the Graveyard.
• After siding: Not defined. The deck runs 0 side-deck cards, so there is no post-side plan in the list.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens its engine: a searcher-text group of 14 cards gives P(at least one searcher in an opening 5) of about 0.90, and the Assault Mode core is almost always present (archetype core group P(open at least one) about 0.998). Its ceiling is high because a single Assault Mode Activate can convert into 3000-4500 ATK boards, and T.G. Halberd Cannon and Red Dragon Archfiend are board-breakers. Its median output is unobserved, since the export has no parseable boards, so the score rests on text reading, not recorded play. Resilience and interaction come from two hand traps (Ash Blossom and Maxx C), 13 removal-text cards and 5 negation-text cards. Points are deducted for having no side deck, one Limited card (Maxx C) and a low exact-name purity (7.3%) that reflects a sub-archetype web rather than a single lean engine. The score was built from consistency, median output and interaction on the whole system, not from averaging card scores or from the archetype's popularity.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 65, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 55. Modifiers: No side deck (-3); Banlist exposure (-1); Engine compactness (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.9 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense, repeatable searcher package (14 searcher-text cards) keeps the Assault Mode engine accessible.
• High ceiling from /Assault Mode board-breakers with 3000-4500 ATK.
• Two hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C) plus negation and removal text give layered interaction.
• Compact Extra Deck (15 Synchro, all Synchro, no fusion or link dependency).

Weaknesses

• No side deck: 0 of 15 side slots used, so no post-side plan.
• No recorded boards, so the median output and floor are unverified.
• Low exact-name purity (7.3%): the engine depends on a sub-archetype web, which raises the chance of dead cards.
• Going-second hand-trap coverage is limited to 4 cards.

Critical choke points

• Assault Mode Activate (3 copies) is the key Assault Mode starter for most lines; it is also a target for the opponent's hand traps.
• Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode and T.G. Halberd Cannon/Assault Mode need a specific Assault Mode Activate to Special Summon, so losing Activate can stall the board-breaker plan.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal in master-duel with 40 main, 15 extra and 0 side cards (within size_rules).; Maxx C and One for One are Limited at 1 copy each, within their legal copies.; Card text and ATK/DEF values for listed monsters, including T.G. Halberd Cannon/Assault Mode 4500 ATK and Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode 3500 ATK.; Searcher-text (14), negation-text (5) and removal-text (13) role counts from the evidence pack.; Extra Deck composition: 15 Synchro, 13 distinct.
• Inferred: P(at least one searcher in opening 5) ≈ 0.90 and archetype core P(open) ≈ 0.998, from the hypergeometric table.; Board-breaker ceiling from text reading, not recorded boards.; Hand-trap coverage of ≈ 0.49 going second.; Interaction density from text roles.
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and D13 matchup fit: no dated metagame sample or tournament link.; Going-first and going-second splits: no win-rate telemetry.
• 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 and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown. Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied. Deck title is null, so the archetype label is the only identifier.