Mitsurugi Deck #762554 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon Reptile Ritual Monsters (Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi 3200 ATK, Ruler of the End of the World 3000 ATK) via Mitsurugi Ritual and Mitsurugi Mirror, then press with Link/Xyz boss monsters; Extra Deck link and Xyz beats (Ragnaraika Chain Coils 2900, Super Starslayer TY-PHON 2900, Accesscode Talker 2300)
• Turn 1 (going first): Mitsurugi Ritual or Pre-Preparation of Rites / Ragged Records searches into a Reptile Ritual Monster, backed by Mitsurugi Prayers and Mitsurugi no Mikoto searchers to fill the GY; without the forbidden or over-limit cards the T1 starter density is thinner than the copy counts suggest
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence) to disrupt the opponent's first board, then Ritual-summon through the GY; going-second interaction relies on copies that are illegal to run as built
• Recovery: Reptile recursion through Mitsurugi Great Purification, Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi and Mitsurugi no Miko, Wousu from the GY, plus Mitsurugi Magatama removal
• After siding: No side deck is registered; there is no post-side plan in the list as submitted

Why it scores here

The Mitsurugi core is dense: 24 archetype-core copies give about a 95% chance of at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand, and 21 searcher-text cards give about a 92% chance of a search effect. Those searchers reach Reptile Ritual Monsters that can close with 3000+ ATK, so the engine is accessible on paper. The list does not score well on the system: it runs seven Forbidden cards and six over-limit Limited or Semi-Limited copies, which makes it illegal in TCG and removes some of the interaction and tech it depends on. It has no side deck, so there is no post-side plan, and the Extra Deck mixes Link, Xyz, Charmer, Endymion, Code Talker and Ragnaraika pieces with weak shared routes. Popularity (Mitsurugi archetype usage) confirms the list is real but does not earn points, and card scores were not averaged into this result. No combo, tournament or win-rate data exists, so every consistency and closing claim is Inferred.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 57, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: uncapped 0.80*57 + 0.20*45 - 12 (banlist modifier) = 43, capped to 30; theoretical/structural-only, no normal Final Contextual score

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.95 · 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

• Dense archetype core (24 copies) and searcher text make the engine usually accessible
• Ritual boss ceiling at 2900-3200 ATK gives real closing power
• Eight hand traps and many negation or removal effects give layered interaction

Weaknesses

• Illegal in TCG: 7 Forbidden cards and 6 over-limit Limited or Semi-Limited copies
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Extra Deck spreads across several sub-archetypes with weak shared routes
• High pilot complexity from Ritual and Reptile-tribute sequencing

Critical choke points

• Mitsurugi Ritual x3 is the only Ritual Spell route and is not reliable in a 5-card opening hand
• Reptile Ritual Monsters depend on Reptile tribute fodder, so a single removal or floodgate on the board can strand the line

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0; sizes within TCG rules; Seven Forbidden cards and six over-limit Limited/Semi-Limited copies; Archetype usage: Mitsurugi Mirror, Called by the Grave and Ash Blossom at ~97% inclusion
• Observed: Mitsurugi archetype usage lists are present (23 stat rows)
• Inferred: Opening-hand probabilities (hypergeometric, Main Deck only); Engine accessibility, brick risk, closing power, going-second disruption, pilotability
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated sample); Matchup and format fit (D13); Tournament reliability
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so the combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates) No side deck registered Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample