Mitsurugi Deck #730672 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon high-level Mitsurugi bosses (Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi, Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi, Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi) with strong board presence and interaction; Xyz Rank 4 and 8 toolbox plays via starters; Branded/Dogmatika fusion engine as supplement
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Ritual Spell searcher (Pre-Preparation of Rites) or Mitsurugi starters (Aramasa, Kusanagi, Saji); Ritual Summon a boss and set interaction trap line (Dominus Impulse, Infinite Impermanence, Mitsurugi Great Purification)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird) to disrupt opponent's combo; pivot into Xyz Rank 4 removal or Rank 8 if resources permit; rely on board breaker from extra deck (Exciton Knight, S:P Little Knight)
• Recovery: Recursion via Mitsurugi Great Purification (banish from GY to resummon Reptile), Herald of the Arc Light (add Ritual Monster from GY), and Dyna Mondo (retrieve Ritual Monster mid-turn); Mulcharmy Fuwalos draw engine when board clear
• After siding: No side deck; construction is fixed. Main deck serves all matchups via toolbox Extra and hand-trap flexibility

Why it scores here

Mitsurugi opens a strong Ritual engine with 99% core consistency (P[≥1 starter in hand5] ≈ 0.991) and reliable searchers (Pre-Preparation of Rites, Mitsurugi Prayers). The deck regularly summons interactive Ritual bosses (Murakumo destroys opponent's board + negates on activation; Habakiri reduces opponent ATK by 800) backed by traps and hand traps, but lacks decisive offense—closing power is limited by modest ATK values (2000–3200) and no direct-damage synergies. Floor median output is moderate due to single-boss reliance; interruption recovery exists but depends on graveyard and Tribute resources. The deck runs no side deck (Master Duel format constraint), removing post-side adaptability. Core usage shows 77.8% coverage (14/18 core cards present); missing King of the Feral Imps, Herald of the Arc Light, Dugares, and Crossout Designator represent technical sidelines rather than essential starters. No tournament data or combo boards were supplied, making ceiling and median inference-dependent. The score reflects a disciplined mid-range combo system with solid turn-1 setup and reasonable turn-2 disruption, but constrained by format limits and closing speed.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 64, Going First ≈ 67, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: No side deck (-3); High hand-trap density vs turn-1 starter density (-2); Ritual Summon tribut cost + graveyard dependency (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.01 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Ritual Summon engine is extremely consistent (99% core live probability); Pre-Preparation of Rites + 3 starters ensures turn-1 boss summon
• Multiple Ritual Summon options (Mitsurugi Ritual, Mitsurugi Mirror) provide redundancy and flexibility in Tribute routing
• Murakumo no Mitsurugi boss is exceptionally strong: destroys opponent board on Xyz/Link summon and negates any card/effect activation with opponent discard option
• Synchro Herald of the Arc Light (Limited) adds negation + turns hand/Deck discards into banishes, extending graveyard duration
• Extra Deck is well-constructed: Rank 4 removal (Tornado Dragon, Exciton Knight), Rank 8 conditional (Dugares), Link recursion (Dyna Mondo), negation (Gorgon)
• Hand-trap suite (Ash Blossom ×3, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird ×2) covers multiple disruption vectors; going-second plan is coherent
• Branded/Dogmatika splash (Nadir Servant, The Fallen & The Virtuous) adds board-break and removal without diluting core search chains

Weaknesses

• Closing power is weak: Ritual bosses max 3200 ATK (Murakumo), no piercing or direct-damage synergies; grinding into lethal is slow
• Median combo line is single-boss reliant; without second independent line, board is vulnerable to one resolved interruption (e.g. Nibiru Tribune; guide confirms this fear)
• Hand-trap density (9 cards) clogs turn-1 openers; a hand with multiple Ash/Maxx C/Droll and no searchers becomes unplayable
• Ritual Summon mechanic requires Tribute, depleting hand/field resources; recovery lines (Herald add, Purification banish) are conditional on GY state
• Missing 4 core cards (King of the Feral Imps, Herald of the Arc Light ×1 extra copy, Dugares, Crossout Designator) vs typical Mitsurugi lists; technical sidelines suggest piloting budget or meta call
• No side deck in Master Duel format locks main-deck composition into one plan; post-game matchup shifts rely only on opponent deck construction shifts
• Branded/Dogmatika splash is shallow (7 cards); not enough to pivot into full fusion line if Ritual path is disrupted

Critical choke points

• Single Ritual Summon per turn unless Ame no Habakiri or Futsu no Mitama draw/recursion is live; interrupted Ritual Summon often leaves hand empty
• Graveyard is central to recursion (Herald add, Purification banish, Dyna Mondo retrieve): any banish effect from opponent (e.g. Macro Cosmos, D.D. Crow mid-combo) can strand recovery
• Droll & Lock Bird at 2 copies is a hard counter: blocks all Deck searches for the turn; guide explicitly names it as the deck's primary fear
• Ritual boss line is interrupted by Veiler/Impermanence on the Summon; Dominus Impulse is the only main-deck negation, and it must be set beforehand

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal, 40 main / 15 extra / 0 side, Master Duel format, no copy violations; Card text: all 36 distinct cards resolved with description excerpts and role hints; Banlist: Limited cards are Called by the Grave (1), Herald of the Arc Light (1), Maxx C (1); Semi-Limited Droll & Lock Bird (2); all within legal copies; Usage statistics: 14/18 core cards present (77.8%); 4 missing (King of Feral Imps, Herald extra copy, Dugares, Crossout Designator); Composition: 21 distinct main, 15 distinct extra, 40 total main (verified)
• Observed: Guide snippet (Vietnamese) identifies Droll & Lock Bird as primary counter and confirms Tributing concern (Nibiru risk after multiple tributes); Archetype purity 25.5% exact Mitsurugi; 9.1% Branded splash; 54.5% generic staple distribution
• Inferred: P(≥1 starter in hand5) ≈ 0.991 via hypergeometric draw (archetype core); full brick ≈ 0.009; Combo ceiling: Murakumo destroy + negate line via Xyz8 or dual Ritual summon (from card text interaction); Combo median: single Ritual boss + 1 trap set; limited independent branching to Branded fusion or Rank8 Xyz; Interruption resilience: Herald/Purification/Dyna Mondo offer recovery but are GY-dependent; missing second independent starter line reduces redundancy; D2 brick estimate incorporates hand-trap clutter (9/40 cards) + Tribute cost dependency on board; D8 going-second: 9 hand traps + Exciton/S:P Little Knight board break provide coverage, but deck lacks direct finisher; D9 closing: max Murakumo 3200 ATK, no piercing; grind is slow; D14 pilotability: Ritual Summon steps are moderate; Tribute from hand/field adds context sensitivity but no hidden information barriers
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no tournament data or dated metagame sample supplied); archetype usage stats show Mitsurugi is real but rank in Master Duel format unknown; D13 matchup fit: 77.8% core coverage suggests standard build, but Master Duel meta speed, interaction density, and Tribute-heavy deck performance vs format unknown
• Data gaps: No combo boards or worked examples: combo data empty; ceiling/median/floor inferred from card text and guide snippet only No tournament link: tournament data.available=false; no archetype meta-share rank, per-pilot match record, or dated metagame sample No win-rate telemetry: brick rate, starter consistency, going-first/second split, matchup records, and game-level performance are Inferred or Unknown No Master Duel meta snapshot: format speed, common interaction, Tribute tolerance, and banlist meta timing are absent; Meta Power stays Provisional Side deck constraints: Master Duel format = 0 side; post-side plan cannot be evaluated