Mitsurugi Deck #730375 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Mitsurugi (Unnamed) — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 38/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Ritual Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Stun
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 42 / Extra 16 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi (board wipe + Quick-Effect negation) to establish board control and resource advantage; XYZ Rank 4/12 board breakers (Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS, Super Starslayer TY-PHON) combined with beatstick pressure
• Turn 1 (going first): Search ritual spell (Ragged Records, Pre-Preparation), Ritual Summon Ame no Murakumo to wipe opponent board, layer negations via Mitsurugi Great Purification and hand traps
• Turn 2 (going second): Open hand trap (Ash Blossom, Dimension Shifter, or Droll & Lock Bird), transition into board wipe via ritual summon or XYZ breaker, pivot to beatstick offense
• Recovery: Futsu no Mitama special summons Reptile from GY when opponent special summons; Mitsurugi Great Purification recursion from GY; Mulcharmy cards generate resources on opponent summons
• After siding: No side deck supplied; best-of-3 strategy is unassessable

Why it scores here

This evaluation is **theoretical and structural only** — the deck is **Illegal in OCG format** and cannot be used in sanctioned tournaments as-is. It runs 4 banned/restricted cards (Maxx "C", Red Reboot, King of the Feral Imps, and 3× Ame no Habakiri instead of 1×) plus an oversized Extra Deck (16 cards vs 15 limit). If these violations were corrected, the deck shows solid structural fundamentals: 92%+ opening consistency via reliable ritual spell + monster search, a powerful Ame no Murakumo board wipe, and decent going-second interaction via hand traps. However, the lack of recorded combos, the absence of a side deck strategy, and the bloated 42-card main deck limit ceiling and grind game. The low final score reflects the illegality; corrected, the structural power would be ~70.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.70 Combo + 0.30 Midrange. Structural ≈ 70, Going First ≈ 65, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: Illegal deck — banned/restricted cards (-16); Extra Deck oversized (-4); No side deck strategy (-6). Final formula: ILLEGAL DECK: Evaluation is theoretical/structural only. Base formula: 0.80·Structural (70) + 0.20·TournamentReliability (42) = 56 + 8 = 64, minus 26-point illegality modifier (banned cards + oversized Extra + no side deck) = 38.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.92 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.08 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Excellent opening consistency: 92.3% P(≥1 archetype core starter in hand 5); searcher density ensures spell/monster access
• Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi (3200 ATK) is a powerful T1 play: instant board wipe + Quick-Effect negation + high ATK
• Redundant ritual spell paths: Mitsurugi Ritual, Mitsurugi Mirror, End of the World provide backup summon routes
• Solid going-second package: 7 hand traps (69% P(≥1 in 6), board-breaker XYZ (Divine Arsenal, Tornado Dragon)
• Mulcharmy engine generates card advantage when opponent summons, mitigating resource disadvantage from tributing
• Flexible Extra Deck with multiple XYZ ranks (4, 12) and Link options for different breakpoints

Weaknesses

• **ILLEGAL AS-IS**: Runs 4 banned/restricted cards (Maxx "C", Red Reboot, King of Feral Imps, 3× Ame no Habakiri); Extra Deck oversized by 1
• No combo data available; floor/median/ceiling inferred from card text alone, not measured boards
• Ritual tributing is resource-intensive; weak grind game compared to card-advantage decks
• Single-choke-point risk: if Mitsurugi Ritual or Pre-Preparation is negated, deck struggles to extend same turn
• Main deck bloat (42 cards, 18 at 1-copy); many flexible techs dilute opening hand quality
• No side deck strategy documented; best-of-3 format completely unplayable without one
• Boss monsters are beatsticks (3200/3000 ATK), not omni-negates; moderate threat level vs meta

Critical choke points

• Ritual spell access: if Ragged Records and Pre-Preparation are negated/removed and Mitsurugi Ritual is blocked, the deck cannot summon ritual monsters this turn
• Tribute material: if the board is cleared before ritual summoning, extending next turn is severely limited (ritual tributes need bodies on field)
• Legality violations: Maxx "C", Red Reboot, King of Feral Imps, 3× Ame no Habakiri, oversized Extra Deck make this unplayable in OCG tournaments
• No side deck: best-of-3 format is unassessable without post-side plan

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal (4 banned/restricted cards + oversized Extra Deck); Card text and effects from OCG rulebook; Main deck: 42 cards; Extra: 16 cards; Side: 0 cards; Archetype: Mitsurugi (ritual-focused); Format: OCG; Ame no Habakiri is Limited to 1, not 3
• Observed: Usage statistics available: 64.7% core card presence; Archetype meta-share documented (Mitsurugi is real, competitive deck); Copy histogram: 1-copy (18), 2-copy (3), 3-copy (6)
• Inferred: Opening consistency: P(≥1 core starter in hand 5) ≈ 92.3% (hypergeometric estimate); Brick rate estimate: ≈7.7% full brick (no searcher + no ritual spell); Combo ceiling/floor (inferred from card text only; no boards recorded); Board quality (1–2 negations + boss monster inferred from ritual effects); Going-second interaction rate: ~69% P(≥1 hand trap in hand 6); Grind game weakness: ritual tributing is resource-sink; limited recursion; Pilotability: moderate (ritual level-matching adds complexity; searcher linearity reduces it)
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated metagame sample provided); Matchup coverage: archetype exists but context-dependent on current OCG banlist; Tournament viability: unassessable until legality violations are corrected and side deck is built
• Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo floor, median, and ceiling are entirely inferred from card text; no measured boards No tournament link — archetype meta-share (usage %) exists but per-pilot match record and metagame context absent No win-rate telemetry — going-first/second game outcomes, per-matchup rates, and brick/hand-quality statistics are unknown No side deck — best-of-3 strategy unassessable; D12 score capped at 30 due to zero side strategy Legality violations make this deck unplayable as-is — cannot assess real tournament performance Usage statistics show some deck cards marked 'not in deck' despite appearing in cards list (data quality issue)