Zombies Deck #774286 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 53 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Call of the Haunted and Ectoplasmic Fortification searches feed a Zombie board of Pumpking, Army of the Haunted and Great Mammoth, which then fuels Extra Deck bosses (Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord, Varudras, Baronne de Fleur, Super Starslayer TY-PHON).; Eldlich the Golden Lord in the GY or field gates Fallen Angel of the Golden Land and Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord, adding a control-swap finisher on the same Zombie base.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a searcher (Ectoplasmic Fortification, Glow-Up Bloom, Call of the Forgotten, Stare of the Snake Hair) and set up Call of the Haunted plus a Zombie to reach Pumpking, while holding hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Infinite Impermanence) for the opponent's first activation.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the six-card hand's 14 hand traps (about 86% to hold at least one, per the hypergeometric estimate) to negate the opponent's Extra Deck summon, then rebuild the Call / Pumpking board from the GY and Deck.
• Recovery: Recursion from the GY: Glow-Up Bloom banishes itself to add a Level 5+ Zombie, Gozuki and Changshi the Spiridao recycle Zombies, and Pumpking's Special Summon effect rebuilds a Level 6 Zombie.
• After siding: Not applicable: Master Duel has no side deck (side_count 0), so adaptation depends on in-deck flexibility only.

Why it scores here

The deck's power comes from its system, not from averaging its cards: Call of the Haunted (2 copies) and three Ectoplasmic Fortification plus Glow-Up Bloom and Call of the Forgotten give it a searcher-driven route into a Zombie board, and that board reaches several strong Extra Deck bosses. Interaction is the strongest part of the build: 14 hand traps and a set of negation and removal effects (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Infinite Impermanence, Droll and Lock Bird, Maxx C, Baronne de Fleur, Varudras, Officiator of Doom Samuel) let it survive a turn of disruption and make the opponent's first turn costly. Its weak points are the thin Call of the Haunted count, the dependence on a single Eldlich the Golden Lord for two Extra Deck bosses, and several conditional cards (Dominus Impulse, Delta of Invitation, Uni-Zombie) that can brick hands. Popularity and usage stats only show the list is real and accessible; they earned no points here. No meta sample or recorded boards exist, so Meta Power is null and the combo floor and median are text-only inference.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 62.5, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 63, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 58. Modifiers: Single-copy Extra Deck gate (-2); Dead-card load (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional; 0.80*62.5 + 0.20*58 = 61.6, then -3 modifiers, rounded to 59)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.18 · 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

• 14 hand traps and multiple negation routes give resilience on both turns
• Searcher density (11 searcher-text cards, about 70% to hit one in a 5-card hand) supports consistent access to the engine
• High-ATK Extra Deck bosses (Eldlich Mad 3800, Varudras 3000, Baronne 3000) and layered destruction

Weaknesses

• Call of the Haunted runs only 2 copies, so the engine's central card is rarely in hand (about 18% in a 5-card hand)
• Eldlich the Golden Lord (1 copy) gates two Extra Deck bosses
• Several conditional cards (Dominus Impulse, Delta of Invitation, Uni-Zombie) add dead-card risk
• Master Duel has no side deck, so there is no post-side adaptation

Critical choke points

• Call of the Haunted (2 copies) as the engine's trigger
• Eldlich the Golden Lord (1 copy) as the single gate for Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord and Fallen Angel of the Golden Land

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal in master-duel: 53 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side, no violations; Restricted cards (Crossout Designator, Foolish Burial, Maxx C limited; Droll and Lock Bird semi-limited) within legal copies; Archetype usage: Call of the Haunted core cards at 57% to 100% inclusion
• Observed: Usage statistics show the Zombies core (Officiating Reverie, Glow-Up Bloom, Gozuki, Changshi, Pumpking) is standard for this list
• Inferred: Engine access about 18% for Call of the Haunted in a 5-card opening hand; Searcher access about 70% in a 5-card opening hand; Hand-trap coverage about 86% in a 6-card hand; Interaction density and extra-boss ceiling from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit: no dated metagame sample; Side-deck adaptability: Master Duel has no side
• Data gaps: No recorded combos, so the combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Guide snippets are Vietnamese community opinions with no section structure