Mitsurugi Deck #765293 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Ritual
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 6 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon a Reptile Ritual Monster (Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi 3200 ATK, Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi 2400 ATK, Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi) via Mitsurugi Ritual or Mitsurugi Mirror, then press the field with Link and Xyz extra-deck monsters.; Link/Xyz boards built from Reptile and Cyberse Link Monsters, with Mulcharmy draw pressure on the opponent's summons.
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1: Mitsurugi Prayers or Mitsurugi Ritual to search a Mitsurugi monster, then a Reptile monster to set up the Ritual tribute, with Ash Blossom or Droll held as the interaction layer for the second turn.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Dominus Impulse and Called by the Grave to answer the opponent's first summon or search, then rebuild with a Ritual Summon from the search.
• Recovery: Mitsurugi Ritual and Mitsurugi Mirror recur Ritual Monsters from the GY, and searchers (Mitsurugi no Mikoto Aramasa/Saji/Kusanagi, Futsu no Mitama) refill the hand from the Deck.
• After siding: Not assessable: the deck has no side deck, so no post-side plan exists in the export.

Why it scores here

The deck's consistency rests on a dense Mitsurugi core: the archetype core group has about a 0.98 chance of at least one copy in a 5-card opener, and a searcher group of 21 cards has about a 0.92 chance of at least one searcher, so the engine is usually live by turn 2 (Inferred). Interaction is the strongest part of the system, with Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Dominus Impulse, Called by the Grave, Mitsurugi Great Purification and Nibiru giving layered answers, which is why D7 scores well. Output is limited by the lack of recorded combos: the ceiling (D3) and median (D4) are text-only inferences, and the Ritual-dependent lines carry a real brick risk from 16 singleton slots and 12 tech cards. The score does not reflect the archetype's popularity: Mitsurugi usage stats confirm the list is real and accessible, but they earned no points. The deck is Illegal (a Forbidden Extra Deck card and five over-limit copies), so the structural score is theoretical and capped at 30. Card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; Stun secondary used only for the interaction dimensions. Structural ≈ 49, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-6); no_side_deck (-4); illegal_list_cap (-8). Final formula: Structural 49 (Midrange profile); 0.80*49 + 0.20*45 = 48.2; modifiers -10 gives 38; Illegal cap applied, final 30. Meta provisional.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.98 · 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 (29 copies) with a searcher group of 21 cards gives high starter access
• Layered interaction on the end board: Ash Blossom, Droll, Dominus Impulse, Called by the Grave, Great Purification
• Extra Deck coverage across Link, Xyz and Fusion lines

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Forbidden Number 41 and five copies over the copy limit
• No side deck, so there is no post-side adaptation
• No recorded combos, so ceiling and median are unmeasured
• Ritual dependency on Mitsurugi Ritual/Mirror with 12 tech slots raises brick risk

Critical choke points

• Mitsurugi Ritual and Mitsurugi Mirror: one Ritual Spell route to most Ritual Monsters
• Reptile tribute fodder: several lines need specific Reptile monsters in hand or field

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal, six copy-limit or ban violations; Number 41 Forbidden; Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0; main within 40-60 and extra within 0-15; Archetype core inclusion and usage stats for Mitsurugi (21 stat rows)
• Observed: Usage statistics: 15 of 20 core cards present (75%)
• Inferred: Starter access P≈0.98 (core) and P≈0.92 (searcher) from the hypergeometric table; Interaction layering from card text (Ash, Droll, Dominus, Called, Great Purification); Brick risk and Ritual choke point from composition and text
• Provisional: Meta Power: no dated meta sample; Matchup fit (D13): no tournament link or match record
• Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are 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 rates) no side deck, so no post-side evaluation Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied