Mikanko Deck #761084 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Toolbox, Equip-engine, Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck boss monsters (Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon, The Dragon that Devours the Dogma, Mirrorjade, Titaniklad) reached through Mikanko equip-chain Special Summons and Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link follow-ups; Equip-based attrition: Mikanko equip monsters are hard to destroy by card effects and convert battle damage into pressure
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on a Mikanko starter (Ohime, Mikanko Water Arabesque, Shinbu - Noble Twins, Hu-Li, Ni-Ni) and chain an equip into a Special Summon to reach an Extra Deck monster; hand traps are held for the opponent's first response
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Nibiru, Maxx C and Droll & Lock Bird to answer the opponent's Extra Deck summon, then rebuild the Mikanko engine from the Deck or GY
• Recovery: Mikanko Spiritwalk and Mikanko Rivalry recover equip spells from the GY; Uzuhime and Sanaki add equip spells from Deck or GY to refill the engine
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so no post-side plan can be evaluated

Why it scores here

The Mikanko core (23 copies) is present in about 92% of opening 5-card hands, so the engine is usually reachable on turn 1 (Inferred). The deck has a good interaction package (6 hand traps, 13 negation-text cards, 20 removal-text cards) and Extra Deck closers at 2500-3000 ATK, which earn points for going-second answers and end-board power. The score is held down by the illegal list: Albion the Branded Dragon (2 copies) and Triple Tactics Talent (1 copy) are Forbidden in OCG, and the deck has no side deck. Exact-name Mikanko purity is only 28% (54 off-archetype copies), which lowers consistency and efficiency, and there is no combo, tournament, or win-rate data. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged; the score reflects the system, and the illegal-list cap limits the final score to a theoretical value.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-6); engine conflicts / low archetype purity (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(56) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 53.8; + modifiers (-10) = 43.8; capped at 30 because the list is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only per rubric Step 2). Meta provisional.

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

• Core engine reachable on turn 1 in about 92% of 5-card hands (Inferred)
• Six hand traps and a large negation/removal package for going second (Inferred)
• Extra Deck closers with 2500-3000 ATK and battle-damage redirection (Verified card text)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: two Albion the Branded Dragon and one Triple Tactics Talent are Forbidden (Verified)
• No side deck, so no best-of-3 adaptation (Verified)
• Low archetype purity (28%) with 54 off-archetype copies (Verified)
• No combo, tournament or win-rate data to confirm the engine works in practice (Verified gap)

Critical choke points

• Mikanko starter in hand: the engine depends on a single Mikanko monster or equip to start (Inferred)
• Forbidden Albion and Triple Tactics Talent cannot be legally run, so the Branded/Fallen extension is not usable as built (Verified)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Albion the Branded Dragon x2 and Triple Tactics Talent x1 are Forbidden (legal copies 0); Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 counts against OCG size rules; Exact-name Mikanko purity 28% with 54 off-archetype copies; Probability estimates for core and searcher groups from the resolved list
• Inferred: Core engine accessibility (≈0.92 at least one in opening 5); Consistency and brick estimates from copy histogram and composition; Interaction quality from card text and role tags; Going-second answer density from hand-trap and negation text
• Provisional: Median and floor output (no recorded boards); Matchup and format fit (no tournament or meta sample); Side-deck adaptability (no side deck)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates) no side deck registered Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied