Six Samurai United

Six Samurai United — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 58 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Utility

Why it scores here

Six Samurai United is a cheap one-slot consistency engine: it sits on the field counting Six Samurai summons, then converts itself into up to two draws, giving roughly +1 net card advantage once two counters are loaded. It does not build a board or interact with the opponent on its own, so its value is entirely as a draw-for-extension piece inside a Six Samurai shell, where the evidence shows it appears in 74.8% of the sampled decks at an average of 2.59 copies. No high stats exist to reward here, and none were counted; its modest score comes from strong resource economy and near-free deck cost offset by zero disruption and a hard archetype lock. It is a solid, reliable supporting spell rather than a power play.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Converts Six Samurai summons into up to two draws, giving about +1 net card advantage from one slot
• Extremely cheap to run: no garnet, no lock, redundant copies are fine (avg 2.59, up to 3)
• Near-universal inclusion in the archetype (74.8% Secret Six Samurai, 93.2% of one gameplay type), confirming it is a real consistency backbone
• Sends itself to the GY when used, clearing the Spell/Trap zone for the combo that follows

Weaknesses

• Provides zero interaction, negation, or removal toward the opponent
• Does nothing at all without Six Samurai monsters to summon; a dead card in the opening if the engine is not started
• Counters build only on a face-up copy, so it is vulnerable to backrow removal before it cashes in
• Hard archetype lock by text — it cannot be ported to non-Six Samurai decks despite its generic Continuous Spell frame

Counters / choke points

• Backrow removal such as Cosmic Cyclone, Mystical Space Typhoon, or Twin Twisters before the counters convert
• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring can negate the draw effect (adding cards from the Deck to the hand)
• Droll & Lock Bird can shut down the follow-up draw chain after the first search/draw
• Hand traps that stop the Six Samurai summons in the first place leave the card stuck at 0 counters

Best use

In-archetype draw/consistency engine that extends Six Samurai combos. Decks: Six Samurai, Secret Six Samurai, Shadow Six Samurai. Suggested copies: 3.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: places 1 Bushido Counter (max 2) each time a 'Six Samurai' monster is Normal or Special Summoned, and can send itself to the GY to draw 1 per counter; Type is Continuous Spell with the Six Samurai archetype and no ATK/DEF; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, and DuelLinks; Deck sample: 400 decks run it, all in main deck, avg 2.59 copies (50 at 1, 63 at 2, 287 at 3)
• Observed: 74.8% of sampled decks are Secret Six Samurai, 2.2% Shadow Six Samurai, and 93.2% fall under a single gameplay type id 7; Co-occurrence is near-total with Six Samurai core (Kizan 97.5%, Shien's Smoke Signal 97.2%, Gateway of the Six 96.8%); usage statistics shows 100% inclusion in the Six Samurai archetype at 1 typical copy on the larger historical sample; No combo records exist for this card (total combos 0), so no starter role/material role/payoff role measurement is available
• Inferred: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring can negate the draw effect because adding cards from the Deck to the hand includes drawing; Backrow removal before counters accumulate denies the draw, since counters exist only on the face-up card; Its value is confined to Six Samurai decks because the counter trigger requires 'Six Samurai' monsters
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no measured starter role/material role/payoff role percentages since combo data is empty no dated metagame sample, so meta power is null/provisional