Deck Maliss #710252 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 62/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Control, Combo
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: End-board Link Monsters với negation and removal layering, leveraging Maliss engine lock and banish synergy; Going-second disruption via hand traps and board breakers to establish control
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish Maliss field setup với banished Trap density, summon protective Link boss (Hearts Crypter or Red Ransom), layer interaction via Dominus and Infinite Impermanence
• Turn 2 (going second): Open với 6-card hand featuring hand traps (Ash, Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle, Droll) to disrupt opponent's combo, then use removal and Maliss recursion lines to build own board
• Recovery: Leverage banished Maliss Traps and recursion effects (Hearts Crypter shuffle, Red Ransom search, Maliss in the Mirror bounce) to recover resources after disruption; use Gold Sarcophagus and Allure of Darkness to dig for starters
• After siding: No side deck supplied; post-side adaptability cannot be assessed

Why it scores here

This Maliss midrange deck opens 1 live engine 97% of the time going-first (Maliss core + Backup Ignister starters) and maintains strong going-second consistency với 17 hand traps. The median board features 2–3 negations or removal effects via Link boss + Dominus Impulse, supported by banished Trap synergy and recursion lines. However, the absence of key core pieces (Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Link Disciple, Cyberse Wicckid, Accesscode Talker) and thin combo evidence reduce ceiling impact and resilience post-disruption. The 55-card main deck and absence of 1 side deck introduce brick risk and leave the post-side plan unverified. Popularity and archetype usage stats confirm the list is real and standard but do not drive the score; the system itself—consistency, redundancy, resource recovery, and interaction layering—determines the evaluation.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.65 Midrange + 0.35 Control. Structural ≈ 64, Going First ≈ 67, Going Second ≈ 69, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Missing core toolbox pieces (-2); No side deck (-1); 55-card main deck dilution (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(64) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(60) (Meta provisional) = 62

Probability & combo summary

• Opening 1 starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.72 · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.03 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Exceptional going-first consistency: 97% live starter rate với robust engine redundancy across Maliss and Backup Ignister lines
• Strong going-second game via 17 hand traps (Ash, Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle, Droll, Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence) and removal suite (Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster)
• Layered interaction on end-board: Maliss Link bosses (Hearts Crypter, Red Ransom) combine negation/effects với Dominus Impulse and Infinite Impermanence
• Banish-synergy recursion: Hearts Crypter shuffles banished Traps into Deck for recovery; Maliss in the Mirror and Red Ransom provide resource generation
• Flexible adaptive engine: Maliss monsters (March Hare, Chessy Cat, Dormouse) act as starters, extenders, and protection, supporting multiple line types

Weaknesses

• Missing key core pieces: Mulcharmy Fuwalos (100% inclusion), Link Disciple, Cyberse Wicckid, Accesscode Talker, and Allied Code Talker reduce Extra Deck coverage and combo ceiling vs. standard lists
• Diluted main deck: 55 cards vs. 40-card standard increases variance, brick frequency, and reduces consistency of specific starters
• Median output modest: Typical board is 2–3 effects; lacks explosive ceiling when compared to pure Combo builds; heavily reliant on resource grind
• Limited post-disruption routes: Only two independent main starter lines; once Maliss starters are exhausted, recovery depends on banished Trap recursion (slow, resource-intensive)
• No side deck: Eliminates post-side adaptability; tournament reliability suffers in best-of-3 formats
• Slow interaction: Maliss loops and recursion require multiple turns; vulnerable to fast meta decks that close immediately

Critical choke points

• Maliss starters (March Hare, Chessy Cat) form the core line; disruption of either early in combo breaks the sequence
• Backup Ignister search step is mandatory for many lines; Ash Blossom or Ghost Belle negate loses the turn
• Banished Trap zone depends on Maliss in Underground being live; if banished Traps are not accumulated, Hearts Crypter recovery is delayed or unavailable
• No Accesscode Talker or Maliss Red Ransom in Extra Deck (missing core piece) limits mid-combat removal and board manipulation
• Going-first line fragility: If summoned Link boss is interrupted and no follow-up board protection is in hand, recovery is severely hampered

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck legality: Legal in TCG format; 55-card main, 15-card Extra, 0-card side; all Limited/Semi-Limited cards vớiin copy limits (Verified from legality check); Card text and role hints for all 43 distinct cards (Verified from evidence.json card descriptions); Archetype core inclusion: 60% (15/25) of standard core cards present; 10 missing cards identified (Verified from thống kê sử dụng); Hand-trap density: 17 copies across 6 distinct cards (Ash, Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle, Droll, Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence, Dimension Shifter) (Verified from card counts); Extra Deck composition: 14 Link, 1 Xyz; 15 total (Verified from evidence.json); Banlist status: 10 restricted cards all vớiin legal copy limits; no violations (Verified from lá bị hạn chế check)
• Observed: 17 hand traps across the deck support strong going-second interaction suite (Observed from gợi ý vai trò); Maliss archetype has 100% core inclusion in metagame (25-card core); this deck runs 60% of that core (Observed from thống kê sử dụng); Removal text appears on 33 cards (Maliss monsters, Bystial suite, Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster, interaction cards) (Observed from gợi ý vai trò)
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency: P(≥1 live Maliss or Backup Ignister starter in opening 5) ≈ 0.97 based on 30 copies of starters in 55-card deck (hypergeometric; Inferred); Brick rate: ~3% estimated (27 archetype-core copies + 3 high-synergy Backup Ignister vs. 55 total; Inferred); Median board power: 2–3 negation/removal effects typical (Hearts Crypter or Red Ransom boss + Dominus Impulse or Infinite Impermanence + recursion float; Inferred from card text and absence of combo data); Going-second power: High (6-card hand + 17 hand traps give P(≥1 HT in hand 6) ≈ 0.90; Lightning Storm + Harpie's Feather Duster provide board clear; Inferred); Post-disruption resilience: Moderate (only 2 independent starter lines; banished Trap recursion is slow; Inferred from card text and architecture); Pilotability complexity: Moderate-to-high (banish tracking, recursion sequencing, multi-step loops require practice; Inferred from card text and combo structure); Matchup positioning: Unknown; Maliss meta-share and format position unavailable (Inferred as Provisional pending meta sample)
• Provisional: Meta Power: Null — no dated metagame sample supplied. Archetype meta-share unknown; usage stats confirm the list is accessible but not that it is strong in format context (Provisional); Tournament Reliability: 60 (estimated from consistency + post-side uncertainty; no pilot match data available; Provisional)
• Data gaps: No combo boards parsed: combo floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inference; no measured frequency distribution or resource signatures No tournament link: archetype meta-share, per-pilot match record, and format context absent; Meta Power is Provisional No win-rate telemetry: going-first/second performance, matchup results, brick/starter/OTK rates are not materialized in YGOVN; those signals are Inferred or Unknown No side deck: best-of-3 post-side plan cannot be verified; D12 adaptability is zero and tournament reliability is penalized No guides: archetype strategic intent and decision-tree examples unavailable; pilotability estimate is text-only 55-card deck size is non-standard: variance impact vs. 40-card optimized is estimated but not measured for this specific deck