Ninjitsu Art Deck #69668 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Toolbox
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Stun
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 6 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ninja monsters (Jioh the Gravity Ninja, Meizen, Yaguramaru) converting board pressure and direct attacks, if the list were legal; Fusion/Link/Xyz extension via Ninja Grandmaster Saizo and Ninjitsu Art Tool - Iron Digger
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Ninja starter (Tobari, Mitsu, Green Ninja, Hanzo) and use Ninjitsu Art Notebook of Mystery / Dancing Leaves to build a board while holding Infinite Impermanence and Ash Blossom for disruption
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 16 hand traps (about 89% to hold at least one in a six-card hand) to answer the opponent's first summon, then rebuild through Ninja searchers
• Recovery: Recover Ninja monsters from the GY (Mitsu, Linkuriboh, Baku) and reuse Ninjitsu Art Dancing Leaves to re-summon
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan to assess

Why it scores here

The deck cannot receive a normal Final Contextual score: it is Illegal in TCG, with four Forbidden cards (Crossout Designator, Called by the Grave, Triple Tactics Talent, Cross-Sheep) and three Limited/Semi-Limited copy-limit breaches (Ash Blossom x3, Droll x3, Crossout x2). The structural read is about 52, which is then capped at 30 because the list cannot be played as built. Its structural strengths are a dense interaction suite (16 hand traps, 16 negation effects, 11 removal effects) and an archetype core that opens at least one Ninja starter in about 76% of opening hands (Inferred hypergeometric estimate). Its weaknesses are a low exact-archetype purity (10%) and a large non-engine tech package (25 tech cards plus 16 hand traps) that raises brick risk. No recorded boards, tournament data, guides, or side deck exist, so floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference, and popularity or card averages contributed nothing to the score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox primary; Midrange secondary disclosed, not blended numerically. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 30. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal list: theoretical structural-only. Pre-cap 0.80*52 + 0.20*30 - 12 (banlist exposure) = 35.6, capped at 30 because the deck is Illegal. Meta Power null (Provisional).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.76 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.24 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense interaction suite: 16 hand traps, 16 negation effects, 11 removal effects
• Archetype core opens at least one starter in about 76% of 5-card openings (Inferred)
• Ninja searchers and GY recursion give some rebuild routes

Weaknesses

• Illegal in TCG: four Forbidden cards and three copy-limit breaches
• Low exact-archetype purity (10%); large tech package (25) dilutes the engine
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• No recorded boards, tournament data, or guides to validate performance

Critical choke points

• Forbidden Cross-Sheep and Crossout Designator are removed from the list, which leaves the Link and negation plan short
• No legal board breaker remains once Called by the Grave and Triple Tactics Talent are removed

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal in TCG: Forbidden Crossout Designator, Called by the Grave, Triple Tactics Talent, Cross-Sheep; Copy-limit breaches: Ash Blossom x3 (limit 2), Droll x3 (limit 1), Crossout x2 (limit 0); Main 55 and Extra 15 are within the size rules; Side 0; Archetype core 13 copies, P(at least one in 5) = 0.7555
• Inferred: Starter and hand-trap probabilities from hypergeometric estimates; Interaction density and removal breadth from card text; Structural scores on dimensions D1-D14; Toolbox primary strategy read from composition and text roles
• Provisional: Meta Power and format fit (no dated metagame sample); Going-first and going-second splits (no win-rate telemetry)
• Data gaps: The list is Illegal in TCG, so the normal Final Contextual score does not apply; this evaluation is theoretical/structural-only No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot records are absent No Side Deck registered; D12 is scored on absence usage statistics in this deck flags conflict with the card list (Meizen, Yaguramaru, Saizo, Blade Armor Ninja, Borrelsword, I:P Masquerena show copies in the card list but in this deck:false in usage); core-card presence 24 is not reliable No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied