Deck Dark Magician #696152 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 52/100 (±5 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Summon 1 high‑ATK Fusion/Link monster such as Red‑Eyes Dark Dragoon or Dark Magician of Destruction to end the game.; Control the field với hand‑traps and removal, then finish với 1 powerful monster or direct damage effects.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open với hand‑traps (Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Evenly Matched) to protect, search Shining Sarcophagus or Magician's Rod, then set up The Gaze of Timaeus or 1 Fusion to bring out Dark Magician engine.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the abundant hand‑traps to equalize, then on the second turn launch 1 board‑break với Evenly Matched or Nibiru, followed by 1 Fusion/Link finisher.
• Recovery: Draw engines like Magicians' Souls, Forbidden Droplet, Soul Servant and recycle key monsters với Monster Reborn or Imsety, Glory of Horus.
• After siding: No side deck; the main deck contains flexible options that can be adjusted on‑the‑fly.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens với 1 solid hand‑trap suite and several searchers, giving it decent consistency despite many singletons. It can convert 1 starter into 1 3000‑ATK board using powerful Fusion or Link monsters, but the median outcome is often 1 modest mid‑range board because the core combo is not guaranteed. Interaction density is high thanks to many negation and removal cards, and the hand‑trap suite provides strong going‑second board‑breaking power. However, the 60‑card main deck is fragmented, the side deck is empty, and archetype purity is low, limiting matchup coverage and pilotability.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 59, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 70, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: No side deck (-2); Low archetype purity (-3); High singleton count (-2). Final formula: 0.80Structural + 0.20TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening 1 starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.72 · key two‑card combo ≈ — · full‑brick estimate ≈ 0.28 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board‑per‑starter —
• Turn order: 0 going‑first lines vs 0 going‑second lines

Strengths

• High interaction density (negation and removal).
• Powerful finishers like Red‑Eyes Dark Dragoon and Dark Magician of Destruction.
• Robust hand‑trap suite for protection and board breaking.
• Good draw and recovery tools (Magicians' Souls, Forbidden Droplet, Soul Servant).

Weaknesses

• Low archetype purity and many singletons cause inconsistency.
• No side deck limits adaptability against specific matchups.
• Engine fragmentation reduces reliable combo execution.
• Large 60‑card main deck dilutes focus and raises brick probability.

Critical choke points

• The Gaze of Timaeus combo requires 1 Dark Magician on field or Mộ.
• Reliance on hand‑traps to survive early disruption.
• Limited copies of primary win‑condition monsters (e.g., Red‑Eyes Dark Dragoon).

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Allure of Darkness limited; Monster Reborn limited; Predaplant Verte Anaconda limited; Extra deck counts (7 Fusion, 4 Link, 4 Xyz) verified
• Observed: side_count = 0
• Inferred: Core starter probability 0.719; Brick estimate 0.28; Hand‑trap group probability 0.593 for going second; Combo ceiling high due to 3000‑ATK monsters; Combo floor moderate because core combo is inconsistent; Redundancy from multiple hand‑traps and alternative specials; Resource draw engines provide moderate economy; Interaction density from negation and removal tags; Going‑second board‑break power from hand‑traps; Closing power from high‑ATK finishers; Main deck efficiency low due to singleton count; Side‑deck adaptability low (empty); Matchup fit provisional due to missing meta data; Pilotability reduced by engine fragmentation
• Provisional: Matchup coverage cannot be measured vớiout tournament data
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless 1 dated metagame sample is supplied