Ninja Deck #757806 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ninja monsters (Tobari, Mitsu, Jogen, Hanzo, Shingetsu) open a board, Ninjitsu Art cards recur Ninja monsters and extend, and Fusion/Link/Xyz Ninjas (Meizen, Yaguramaru, Saizo, Blade Armor) convert into pressure.; Piercing and direct attacks from Jogen and Meizen once the board is established.
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon or Special Summon a Ninja starter from the 12-copy monster core, search or recur with Hanzo and the Ninjitsu Art cards, then Link or Fusion Summon into a Ninja-based board.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird and Crossout Designator to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild with Ninja recursion from the Graveyard.
• Recovery: Recur Ninja monsters and Ninjitsu Art cards from the Graveyard or face-up Spell & Trap Zone (Baku, Getsuga, Hidden Village) and rebuild through Extra Deck Link and Fusion summons.
• After siding: Not applicable: the list has no Side Deck (side_count 0), so no post-side plan can be evaluated.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a Ninja board because 22 archetype cards are present, and the four monster starters (Tobari, Mitsu, Jogen, Hanzo; 12 copies) give an estimated 85% chance of at least one in an opening 5-card hand (Inferred hypergeometric). Its Ninjitsu Art recursion and Graveyard rebuild give moderate resilience, and the Ash Blossom, Maxx C and Droll interaction suite supports the going-second plan. Scoring stays at the system level: the score comes from consistency, recursion and interaction on the whole list, not from averaging the card scores and not from Ninja's popularity, since no usage or tournament data earned points. The list is Illegal (two Forbidden cards run over the limit), so the score is capped at 35 and is theoretical only; with no combos, no side deck and no meta sample, the confidence is Low.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary with Toolbox secondary, weights per the Midrange profile. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-10). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(53) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) + ContextModifiers(-10) ≈ 41, then capped at 35 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.85 · 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

• 22 archetype cards and a 12-copy monster starter core give high opening-hand access to a Ninja board
• Recursion through Ninjitsu Art cards and Graveyard Ninjas gives multiple restart lines
• Layered interaction in Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird and Crossout Designator
• Compact 40-card Main Deck with a 15-card Extra Deck

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: two Forbidden cards over the copy limit
• Empty Side Deck, so no post-side plan and no matchup adaptation
• No recorded combo boards, so the ceiling and median cannot be measured
• Dependence on Limited-status staples and a 40-card Main leaves little room for brick insurance

Critical choke points

• Triple Tactics Talent and Cross-Sheep are Forbidden, so the list is illegal until both are removed
• Ninja monster starters are mostly 3-copy cards, so the opening hand relies on at least one starter

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: two Forbidden cards over the limit, status Illegal; Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 counts; Copy histogram and archetype purity 58.2%; Banlist statuses of the 8 restricted cards
• Observed: No combo boards were recorded for this deck (combos_evidence total_combos 0)
• Inferred: P(>=1 of 12 monster starters in opening 5) ≈ 0.85 (hypergeometric); Structural dimension scores and weights; Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and matchup fit (D13)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent no win-rate telemetry in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, brick and OTK rates) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no Side Deck, so post-side scoring is not possible usage_statistics marks Saizo, Meizen, Yaguramaru, Blade Armor, I:P Masquerena and Ultimate Great Insect as missing even though they are in the Extra Deck (copies_in_deck 2/3/3/1/1/1); the evidence pack appears to exclude Extra Deck cards from core matching, so core_present_pct 64.7 is understated and was not used