Gishki Deck #409784 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 33/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Combo, Toolbox
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon Gishki Zielgigas or Evigishki Neremanas (3200 / 3000 ATK) with Gishki Ritual Spells, then close with a Link/Xyz boss such as Number 77 or Skypalace Gangaridai; Link and Xyz beatdown through Knightmare, Marincess and Cross-Sheep material
• Turn 1 (going first): Opening starter from one of the three Ash Blossom / Gishki Shadow / Gishki Grimness copies, search a second Gishki card, then Ritual Summon or Link Summon into a board
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom and Triple Tactics Talent as interaction, then rebuild through Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Gishki searchers
• Recovery: Gishki Abyss and Gishki Vision search Gishki monsters and Focused Aquamirror recurs a Gishki search, so the deck can rebuild from one surviving starter
• After siding: None. The deck runs no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan in the evidence.

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal: it runs 2 copies of the Forbidden Called by the Grave, so its normal Final Contextual score is capped low and this result is theoretical and structural only. Its consistency rests on 16 searcher-text cards (about 93.5% to find at least one in a 5-card opening hand) and three Ash Blossom copies, while the Ritual engine is thin, with only 2 Ritual Spells and 4 Ritual monsters, so a live starter is far from guaranteed. Its closing power comes from Number 77, Skypalace Gangaridai and the Ritual boss monsters, which score in the 60 range on offensive closing power. Popularity and archetype identity did not earn points: the archetype's exact-name purity is only 32.7%, with 37 off-archetype copies, and no combos, tournament data or guides were available. No card scores were averaged; the score comes from the system's consistency, interaction, closing power and lack of a sideboard plan.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange profile only; the Combo secondary is disclosed but not blended. Structural ≈ 44, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 38, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); limited_card_at_cap (-2). Final formula: Theoretical only (Illegal list): 0.80*Structural(44) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) + ContextModifiers(-10) = 33; Meta Power provisional/null

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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

• Sixteen searcher-text cards give about 94% to find at least one in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred)
• Three Ash Blossom and Focused Aquamirror give interaction and recursion (Inferred)
• Strong closing ATK from Number 77, Skypalace Gangaridai and Ritual bosses (Verified stats)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: two Forbidden Called by the Grave copies (Verified)
• Thin Ritual engine: 2 Ritual Spells for 4 Ritual monsters (Verified composition)
• Low exact-archetype purity at 32.7%, with 37 off-archetype copies (Verified composition)
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan (Verified)
• Usage-stat core list does not match this Gishki list (4% present) and is treated as unreliable (Inferred)

Critical choke points

• Ritual Spell access: only Gishki Nekromirror and Gishki Aquamirror (1 copy each) plus the Focused Aquamirror recursion route

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: 2 copies of Forbidden Called by the Grave (legal copies 0); Main 40, Extra 15, Side 0 (master-duel size rules are satisfied for Main and Extra; Side 0 is within 0-15); Exact-archetype purity 32.7%; archetype_spread shows 37 off-archetype copies; Extra Deck: 9 Link, 6 Xyz; the Extra Deck slots are full; Card stats (ATK/DEF, ranks, link ratings) from the evidence file
• Inferred: Hypergeometric draw odds for the starter, searcher and hand-trap groups; Ritual engine thinness (2 Ritual Spells for 4 Ritual monsters); Interaction density from negation/removal text tags; Going-first and going-second plans
• Provisional: Matchup fit (D13) and meta position: no tournament link or dated meta sample; Meta Power left null
• Data gaps: Illegal list: the 2 Called by the Grave copies must be removed before a normal Final Contextual score can be issued No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN; brick, starter and matchup rates are Inferred or Unknown Usage statistics for Gishki list mostly non-Gishki core cards (Drytron, Pitknight, Borreload etc.) and only 1 of 25 core cards is present; likely a mismatched or unrelated stat row, so it is not used for scoring Deck title is null and the deck has 0 Side Deck cards No guides attached