Mitsurugi Deck #756762 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 0 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon high-ATK Reptile bosses (Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi 3200 ATK, Ruler of the End of the World 3000 ATK, Demise 3000 ATK) through Mitsurugi Ritual and Mitsurugi Mirror.; Mitsurugi Ritual and Mitsurugi Mirror recover Reptile monsters from the GY for repeated Ritual Summons.
• Turn 1 (going first): Search a Mitsurugi monster (Aramasa, Saji, Kusanagi) and set up a Ritual Spell plus Reptile tributes for a T1 or T2 boss, protected by Infinite Impermanence or Ash Blossom.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 8 hand traps (Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Effect Veiler) to answer the opponent's board, then Ritual Summon a boss from the Main Deck.
• Recovery: Recover Reptile monsters from the GY through Futsu no Mitama or Mitsurugi Prayers and rebuild with the second Ritual Spell.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal: five copy-limit or ban violations (three Pre-Preparation of Rites, two Mitsurugi Prayers, two Droll & Lock Bird, plus one Forbidden Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi and one Forbidden Called by the Grave), so it receives a theoretical, structural-only read and a capped score of 35. The structural read (57) rests on a Ritual engine with a strong searcher density (P(at least one searcher in an opening 5) is about 0.96, Inferred), eight hand traps for interruption resilience, and high-ATK Ritual bosses for the ceiling. Floor and median output cannot be measured because the evidence has no recorded boards. Popularity and archetype usage stats confirm that a Mitsurugi list is real, but they did not add points. The score comes from consistency, interaction and ceiling on the system, not from averaging the individual card scores. The Side Deck is empty, so there is no post-side plan, and no tournament or win-rate data exists, which leaves Meta Power null.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo structural profile; Midrange/Toolbox not blended. Structural ≈ 57, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-8); no_side_deck (-2). Final formula: Illegal list: normal Final Contextual score not applied. Structural 57 (Combo profile, theoretical) capped to 35 for illegality; Meta provisional/null.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · 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 engine with dense searchers (18 searcher-text cards) that opens a live line in most hands
• Eight hand traps (Infinite Impermanence x3, Ash Blossom x2, Droll & Lock Bird x2, Effect Veiler) give redundant interaction
• High-ATK Ritual bosses (Murakumo 3200, Ruler 3000, Demise 3000) provide real closing power

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: five copy-limit or ban violations, which caps the score
• Two Forbidden cards and three Limited copies are in the list
• Exact-name purity is 52.5%, with the Ritual Spells dependent on Reptile monsters
• No Extra Deck and no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan and no extra-deck coverage
• No recorded boards, so the floor and median are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Reptile monsters in hand or GY: Ritual Spells and Tributes need them, so a Reptile shortage stalls the engine
• Mitsurugi Mirror x3 and Mitsurugi Ritual x2 compete for Reptile tributes

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main Deck is 40 cards with 23 distinct cards and the copy histogram 1:11, 2:7, 3:5; Five copy-limit or ban violations are present, making the list Illegal; Extra Deck is empty and Side Deck is empty; Exact-name purity is 52.5%
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter probability of about 0.96 from the searcher group; Eight hand traps give interruption resilience; Ritual ceiling from text: 3000 to 3200 ATK bosses and Murakumo board wipe
• Provisional: Meta Power is null and format fit is provisional without a dated metagame sample; Tournament reliability has no match data
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot records are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Usage stats include related-archetype staples (Mulcharmy, Cyberse, Dyna Mondo) that are absent from this list, so the core comparison is partly off-archetype