Mitsurugi Deck #765802 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 59/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Toolbox
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon a Reptile boss (Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi 3200 ATK, Futsu no Mitama, Ame no Habakiri) via Mitsurugi Ritual or Mitsurugi Mirror, then close with Ryzeal Detonator or Divine Golden Shadow Dragon Dragluxion; Ryzeal Xyz pressure (Ryzeal Duo Drive, Ryzeal Detonator) backed by Mitsurugi searchers
• Turn 1 (going first): Search Mitsurugi monsters with Saji, Aramasa or Kusanagi, convert with Pre-Preparation of Rites or Mitsurugi Ritual, and keep Ash Blossom or Droll up for the first interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx "C") to break the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Mitsurugi GY revival and Ryzeal Xyz
• Recovery: Recover from the GY with Mitsurugi Prayers, Mitsurugi Great Purification (banish from GY to summon a Reptile), and Ryzeal Xyz material recursion
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan; the deck relies on its main-deck interaction for every matchup

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system: a Mitsurugi searcher core (Saji, Aramasa, Kusanagi, Prayers, Pre-Preparation of Rites, Bonfire, Mitsurugi Ritual) reaches a Reptile ritual boss with high probability, since the archetype core has 25 copies and P(at least one in a 5-card opening hand) is about 0.995 (Inferred). Interaction is layered, with Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx "C", Forbidden Droplet, Dominus Impulse, Mitsurugi Great Purification, and Ryzeal Detonator covering both going-first and going-second boards. The closing power comes from the 3200-ATK Murakumo, the Dragluxion and Galaxy Xyz options, and the Ryzeal Xyz line. The deck loses points on the absence of recorded combos (so the median and ceiling are text-only inference), the lack of any side deck, and the Limited-status cards it runs; popularity did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 63.6, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 66, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 58. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-2); unrecoverable_choke_point (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers = 0.80*63.6 + 0.20*58 - 3

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 1 · 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

• Archetype core access is near-certain in a 5-card opening hand (≈0.995)
• Layered interaction with multiple hand traps and negation text
• Strong Reptile ritual bosses (Murakumo 3200, Futsu no Mitama, Habakiri) and Xyz closers

Weaknesses

• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation
• Limited-status cards reduce consistency in a Limited-heavy list
• Low purity (21.8% exact-name) with 20 generic and several off-archetype cards

Critical choke points

• Mitsurugi Ritual (2 copies) gates the Reptile ritual line
• Droll & Lock Bird and Ash Blossom are the main answer to going-second boards; losing them to opponent interaction removes most of the interruption resilience

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal in Master Duel: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side within size rules; Restricted banlist statuses: Limited for Maxx "C", Ext Ryzeal, Sword Ryzeal, Mitsurugi Prayers, Crossout Designator and Bonfire; Semi-Limited for Ame no Habakiri and Droll & Lock Bird; Archetype core inclusion from usage stats: 15 of 20 core cards present
• Observed: Archetype usage stats show Mitsurugi core cards at 75% core presence in this list
• Inferred: P(≥1 starter in opening 5) ≈ 0.995 and searcher group ≈ 0.92 (hypergeometric); Going-second hand-trap coverage ≈ 0.65 in six cards; Interaction quality and ceiling from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (null; no dated meta sample); Matchup and format fit (D13 placeholder 50); Median output (no recorded boards)
• 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 exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied