Branded Deck #774381 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
30 Main, 9 Extra, incl. Aluber the Jester of Despia x3, The Bystial Lubellion x3, Fallen of Albaz x2 - Skill: Beasts from the Abyss. Created Oct 27, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 10/27/2026
Beasts from the Abyss
Main Deck (30)
- Albion the Shrouded Dragon x1
- Aluber the Jester of Despia x3
- Bystial Druiswurm x1
- Bystial Magnamhut x1
- Bystial Saronir x1
- Fallen of Albaz x2
- Lava Golem x2
- Mulcharmy Fuwalos x1
- Springans Kitt x2
- The Bystial Lubellion x3
- Tri-Brigade Mercourier x1
- Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous x2
- Branded Fusion x1
- Branded in White x1
- Branded Lost x1
- Branded Regained x1
- Super Polymerization x1
- Branded Banishment x1
- Branded Beast x1
- Branded Retribution x1
- Branded Sword x1
- Screams of the Branded x1
Extra Deck (9)
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64± 7/ 100
Power Score
Structural
67
Reliability
58
Going First
66
Going Second
68
Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 64/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 66.6 |
| Going First | 66 |
| Going Second | 68 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 58 |
- Primary strategy: Combo
- Secondary strategies: Control
- Format: duel-links
Legality
Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Fusion Summon Fallen of Albaz-material bosses (Alba-Lenatus, Lubellion, Albion the Branded Dragon, Mirrorjade) for board pressure; Board breaking with Branded Beast and Bystial quick effects, backed by negates on the opponent's answers
- Turn 1 (going first): Search Fallen of Albaz through Aluber, Springans Kitt or Blazing Cartesia, then use Branded Fusion or Albaz-material Fusion Summons to reach a boss
- Turn 2 (going second): Use Branded Retribution, Branded Lost or Tri-Brigade Mercourier to negate the opponent's answer, then Fusion Summon a boss or summon Bystial monsters from hand
- Recovery: Recover with Branded Regained, Branded Sword and Screams of the Branded, plus Albaz-related GY effects, to rebuild the Fusion line
- After siding: No side deck in Duel Links; no post-side plan applies
Why it scores here
The deck's power comes from the system, not from averaging card scores: 15 searchers (Aluber, Springans Kitt, Blazing Cartesia and Branded spells) give a 98% chance of at least one searcher in an opening hand, and that chain reliably reaches Fallen of Albaz, the single fusion enabler. A full 9-card Extra Deck of Branded-compatible bosses (2500-3000 ATK) turns that access into pressure, and six negate-text cards plus seven removal-text cards protect the line. The main weaknesses are the thin floor: there are no recorded boards, so median output and going-second behaviour are unmeasured, and Fallen of Albaz (2 copies, 31% in an opening hand of five) is an unrecoverable choke point. Popularity and the Vietnamese guides calling Branded top tier did not earn any points, and no card scores were averaged into the result.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 72 | Fallen of Albaz is 2 copies with P(>=1 in hand of 5)=0.31, but 15 searcher-text cards give P(>=1 searcher)=0.98, so the engine reaches its starter often (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 60 | 22 distinct main-deck cards with 16 singletons; many Branded spells/traps depend on Albaz or on a Fusion already being on the field, so a meaningful minority of hands are non-functional (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 74 | Ceiling reads from card text: Branded Fusion plus Albaz can reach 2500-3000 ATK bosses with negate and removal support; no recorded boards exist to confirm (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 58 | Median output is unmeasured: combo data has no parseable boards, so the floor is estimated from text only and kept near the middle of the range (Inferred, provisional) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 70 | Three negate-capable routes (Retribution, Lost, Mercourier) plus Bystial quick-effect summons and Albaz recursion (Branded Regained, Branded Sword) give several independent ways to continue after disruption (Inferred) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 68 | Branded Regained draws, Branded Sword and Screams revive Fusions from the GY, and Aluber/Kitt recur searches, so the deck regenerates resources reasonably well (Inferred) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 72 | Seven removal-text and six negate-text cards, including Bystial monsters that banish by quick effect and Branded Beast, give layered end-board interaction (Inferred semantic read of card text) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 68 | Quick-effect Bystial summons (Druiswurm, Magnamhut, Saronir) and Branded Beast tribute-destruction let it challenge an established board when going second; no going-second split is recorded (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 74 | Multiple 2500-3000 ATK Fusion bosses, Alba-Lenatus multi-attack and Mirrorjade banish effects give closing power once a Fusion lands (Inferred from card text) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 60 | Full 30-card main with 22 distinct cards, several triples (Aluber, Lubellion) and a number of non-engine spells; reasonably compact for the engine but not tight (Inferred) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 70 | All 9 Extra Deck slots are Fusion monsters; most are Branded or Albaz-compatible, with Filia Regis and Khaos as non-archetype flex bosses (Verified composition, Inferred use) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 25 | Duel Links has no side deck in this export (Side Deck size 0), so post-side adaptation cannot be scored; the low value reflects the absence of any adjustment option (Verified) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 50 | No tournament link and no dated metagame sample; the Vietnamese guides' claims of top-tier status are unverified speculation and do not move the score (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 45 | Pilotability is demanding: multi-step Fusion chains, Albaz-material rules and negate timing are error-prone, as the guides themselves note (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 66.6, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 68, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 58. Modifiers: Engine compactness (2); Unrecoverable choke point (-3). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.31 · 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
- 15 searcher-text cards make the Fallen of Albaz starter reachable in most hands
- Nine Branded-compatible Fusion bosses with 2500-3000 ATK
- Layered interaction: six negate-text and seven removal-text cards
- Several independent recovery routes through Branded Regained, Branded Sword and Screams
Weaknesses
- Fallen of Albaz is only 2 copies and is the single enabler for most lines
- No recorded boards, so median output and going-second behaviour are unverified
- Non-archetype padding (Filia Regis, Khaos, Guardian-tagged cards) dilutes engine purity (25.6% exact-name purity)
- No side deck to adapt after game one of a match
Critical choke points
- Fallen of Albaz (2 copies) must reach the GY or hand to enable most Fusion lines
- Branded Fusion and Fusion Materials on the field for Mirrorjade and Albion lines
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tri-Brigade Mercourier (1 copy) | Third Fallen of Albaz (legal limit 3) | Fallen of Albaz is the single enabler and only 2 copies are run; a third copy reduces the choke point. Mercourier's negate needs a Fusion on the field, so it is the weakest slot to cut |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Legal in duel-links: 30 main, 9 extra, 0 side, copy limits respected; Card text and banlist statuses for all listed cards; Core-card inclusion counts from usage statistics (main-deck flags only)
- Inferred: Starter access probabilities (hypergeometric); Interaction and resilience ratings from card-text read; Going-first and going-second estimates
- Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample); Tournament reliability (no tournament link)
- 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 usage statistics in this deck flags appear to count the Main Deck only: 8 of the 9 missing core cards cards (Alba-Lenatus, Lubellion, Granguignol, Mirrorjade, Predaplant, Filia Regis, Khaos, Albion the Branded Dragon) are in the Extra Deck, so core presence is about 24/25 rather than 16/25 no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN, so going-first/second and matchup signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Duel Links has no side deck in this export, so D12 cannot use post-side data
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