Dominus Deck #774718 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 42/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck Xyz and Fusion bosses (Sword Breaker, Tiras, Adreus, Volcasaurus, Gaia Dragon) that are gated by a trap-and-floodgate shell; Vanity's Ruler and Majesty's Fiend locks that stop the opponent from Special Summoning or activating monster effects
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Level 6 Fiend (Tribute), set traps, and hold Mirror Force, Solemn Accusation and Dominus Impulse for the opponent's first play
• Turn 2 (going second): Answer the opponent's board with Dominus Impulse, Mirror Force, Solemn Judgment or Solemn Warning, then convert with an Xyz boss if the Fiend floodgates have not blocked the Special Summon
• Recovery: Pot of Desires or Pot of Duality for card flow, and Guilt-Gripping or Time-Tearing Morganite banished from the GY to rebuild
• After siding: None: the list runs 0 side cards, so there is no post-side plan to score

Why it scores here

The deck's strongest part is its end-board interaction: 16 traps, negations and floodgates layer together, which is what the Stun profile rewards most. Its Dominus label is cosmetic, since only Dominus Impulse (2 copies) carries the archetype name, so there is no real starter or searcher; the chance of an opening 5 containing Pot of Duality is 0.125. Floodgates such as Vanity's Fiend and Vanity's Ruler block the Special Summons that most of the 15 Extra Deck monsters need, and six Extra Deck slots lack the materials their text requires in this list. The list runs 0 side cards, so adaptability is scored low. The score comes from consistency, median output and interaction judged on the system, not from averaging card scores or from popularity; with no combo boards or dated meta, it is structural and provisional.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Stun primary; Toolbox secondary is recorded but not blended; D13 dropped and remaining Stun weights re-normalised (no dated meta). Structural ≈ 47.5, Going First ≈ 44, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Engine conflict (-3); Banlist exposure (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional); 0.80*47.5 + 0.20*40 - 4 = 42

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.13 · 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

• Layered interaction: 16 traps including Mirror Force, Solemn Accusation, Dominus Impulse, Solemn Judgment, Solemn Warning, Draco-Utopian Aura and Iron Thunder, plus Spell Canceller
• Strong end-board Extra Deck bosses at 2500+ ATK (Sword Breaker 2700, TY-PHON 2900, Tiras, Adreus, Gaia Dragon at 2600)
• Card flow and GY recursion from Pot of Desires, Pot of Duality, Time-Tearing Morganite and Guilt-Gripping Morganite

Weaknesses

• No hand traps (0) and only one searcher, so the deck has no reliable opening-hand access
• Dominus is a name, not an engine: only Dominus Impulse carries the archetype
• Six Extra Deck slots lack their required materials (Fortress x2, Megafleet, Alba-Lenatus, N'tss x2), and TY-PHON needs two Level 12 monsters
• Floodgates restrict the deck's own Special Summons and monster effects
• No side deck, so there is no post-side adaptability

Critical choke points

• Vanity's Fiend and Vanity's Ruler stop Special Summons, the action every Xyz and Fusion in the Extra Deck needs
• Level 6 Fiends are Tribute Normal Summons only, and Sword Breaker needs two Level 6 monsters on the field
• Floodgate-heavy hands are dead when the opponent has no monsters or Special Summons to target

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal in Master Duel: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side; four Limited cards each at one legal copy; Card text: Vanity's Fiend and Vanity's Ruler restrict Special Summons; Chimeratech and Alba texts require Cyber Dragon or Fallen of Albaz; Usage stats: 1 of 9 core Dominus cards present (Dominus Impulse); Archetype purity 3.6% exact-name
• Inferred: P(>=1 Pot of Duality in opening 5) = 0.125 and the other hypergeometric consistency reads; Interaction density and negation layering from text (semantic read); Extra Deck self-block from floodgates and the dead material slots as playability
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and Meta-share read; D13 excluded from the structural score; Side-deck adaptability (no side cards)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first, going-second, matchup, brick and OTK rates are Inferred or Unknown Side deck is empty (0 cards): no post-side plan can be scored Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied