Secret Six Samurai Deck #766850 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 22/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 47 / Extra 26 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 10 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Six Samurai Special Summon chains (Kizan, Kageki, Anarchist Monk, Tactical Trainer) feeding Shi En, Shien and Grandmaster boards; Synchro, Link and Xyz boss monsters (Shi En, Stardust Dragon, Shadow of the Six Samurai - Shien) once the Six Samurai board is established
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Six Samurai starter, chain a Special Summon from hand into Kizan or Kageki, then extend to a Synchro or Xyz boss (Inferred; no combo evidence)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence to disrupt the opponent's first board, then rebuild the Six Samurai field through Shien's Dojo and Six Samurai United counters (Inferred)
• Recovery: Searchers (Shien's Smoke Signal, Reinforcement of the Army, Grandmaster) and graveyard revival (Legendary Secret, Secret Six Samurai - Hatsume) to rebuild the field after a hand trap or board wipe (Inferred)
• After siding: Not available: the deck runs 0 side cards, so no post-side plan can be evaluated

Why it scores here

The deck is illegal in TCG: its Extra Deck holds 26 cards against a limit of 15, and it runs eight Forbidden or over-limit cards, including Called by the Grave, Naturia Beast, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon and Saryuja Skull Dread, plus three Ash Blossom copies against a limit of two. Structural scores were computed for the system, not averaged from card scores. Six Samurai starters have roughly a 29% chance of appearing in a 5-card opening hand per copy, and the archetype core group has about a 45% chance of at least one in hand, so the engine is only moderately accessible on turn one (Inferred). There are no recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are text-only inferences. The eight hand traps and Infinite Impermanence give the deck a real going-second interaction plan, but the 11-card extra-deck overflow and the cut Forbidden cards weaken the list as built. Popularity was not used as evidence; no tournament or usage-based strength was credited. The Final score is capped at 22 because the list is illegal.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Toolbox secondary (disclosed; weights taken from the Midrange profile). Structural ≈ 43, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 46, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-8); Engine conflicts (-4). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(43) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(35) + ContextModifiers(-12) = 29.4, then capped at 22 because the list is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.29 · 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 Six Samurai Special Summon engine with three to four searchers in the Main Deck
• Eight hand traps and layered negation (Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched, Ash Blossom, Synchro negation) for going-second
• Multiple 2500-ATK boss routes across Synchro, Xyz and Link

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: 26 Extra Deck cards against a limit of 15, and eight Forbidden or over-limit copies
• Zero side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Off-archetype Extra Deck cards (Stardust, Clear Wing, Cyber Dragon, Number, Stellarknight) reduce engine coherence
• No recorded combos, so the deck's real output is unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan or Kageki being hand-trapped or negated on turn one (only 3 copies)
• Shien's Dojo and Six Samurai United counter-building depends on Six Samurai summons continuing on turn one

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Extra Deck 26 > 15; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 copies vs 2 legal; Eight Forbidden or over-limit copies run; Zero side deck cards; One unresolved passcode
• Inferred: Starter accessibility: P(≥1 starter in 5) ≈ 0.29 per copy and 0.45 for the core group; Hand-trap coverage: P(≥1 in 6, going second) ≈ 0.70; Engine coherence reduced by off-archetype Extra Deck cards; Going-first and going-second plans (text-based)
• Provisional: Meta Power is null; no dated metagame sample; Matchup and format 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 exists in YGOVN One passcode (card ID 10443957) could not be resolved to a card and is counted as Main Side deck is empty, so post-side scores are unmeasured Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied