Ragnaraika Deck #766933 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 12 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Plant Link and Xyz boards (Rikka Queen Strenna 2000 ATK, Benghalancer 2500, Aromalilith Rosemary 2200, Therion Lily Borea 2400 in Main Deck); Aromalilith Magnolia (Fusion, needs Aroma Blend); Teardrop the Rikka Queen only when two Level 8 monsters are available
• Turn 1 (going first): Unexpected Dai or Statue of Easter Island or Ragnaraika the Evil Seed, then Rikka Glamour/Mudan/Rikka Petal searches into a Plant Link or Xyz board
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps first (Ash Blossom x2, Droll & Lock Bird x2, Maxx C) to stop the opponent's board, then rebuild with Plant summons from hand
• Recovery: Rikka Petal and Rikka Konkon from the GY or Deck, Primula and Snowdrop as Plant recursion, Lonefire Blossom to re-summon a Plant
• After siding: Not applicable: Master Duel has no side deck (side_count 0 is legal for this format)

Why it scores here

The score comes from the system: a broad starter set (Dai, Statue, Evil Seed, Rikka Princess, Mudan, Snowdrop, Laurel, Jasmine) with 11 searcher-text cards gives a high chance of a live opening (P of at least one searcher in a 5-card hand about 0.82, Inferred), and the Plant race (30 of 40 Main Deck cards) keeps most Plant-restricted summon effects compatible. Going second is supported by five hand-trap cards (Ash x2, Droll x2, Maxx C) and a Plant recursion package that rebuilds after interaction. The deck closes through several Link and Xyz bosses, but Hyperyton is effectively unsummonable (no other Level 9 monster in the list) and Teardrop needs two single-copy Level 8 monsters, so the Extra Deck is only partly efficient. The score is not raised by Ragnaraika's popularity or by any meta share, and card scores were not averaged; no combo boards or win rates exist, so median and floor are Inferred and the deck is scored as Midrange with Toolbox secondary. Meta Power is Provisional, so the final score uses the no-meta formula.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; D13 dropped and weights renormalised over 95 for meta-neutral structural score. Structural ≈ 62.6, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 61, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: Dead Extra-Deck slots (-3); Multi-engine build (-2); Interaction and searcher density (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional); 0.80*62.6 + 0.20*60 = 62.1, then -3 modifiers = 59

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · 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

• Five hand-trap cards (Ash x2, Droll x2, Maxx C) give a credible going-second answer
• 11 searcher-text cards give a high chance of a functional opening hand
• Wide starter set (Dai, Statue, Evil Seed, Princess, Mudan, Snowdrop, Laurel, Jasmine) gives multiple independent lines
• Plant race density (30 of 40) keeps Plant-restricted summons largely compatible

Weaknesses

• Hyperyton (Rank 9) is effectively unsummonable with no other Level 9 monster in the list
• Teardrop (Rank 8) needs two Level 8 monsters; only Snowdrop and Therion Borea are Main-deck Level 8s
• Sunseed/Sunvine/Sunavalon sub-engine (about 6 cards) bricks without a Sunavalon Link
• Exact-name archetype purity is 11.5%, so the engine is spread across five sub-archetypes

Critical choke points

• Evil Seed (3 copies) is the main hand-summon starter; P(>=1 going first) is 0.34
• Unexpected Dai requires an empty monster zone
• Single-copy Aroma Blend, One for One and Maxx C are one-of pieces
• No Level 8 or 9 backup for the Rank 8 and Rank 9 Xyz monsters

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal under BanMasterDuel; 40 Main, 12 Extra, 0 Side within size rules; Maxx C 1/1 (Limited), One for One 1/1 (Limited), Droll 2/2 (Semi-Limited); Composition: 28 distinct Main cards, 19 singletons, 3 triples; exact-name archetype purity 11.5%
• Inferred: P(>=1 searcher in 5-card hand) about 0.82; Hyperyton and Teardrop summonability from level data; Sunseed sub-engine brick rate; Going-second hand-trap coverage about 0.58
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample); Side-deck score (Master Duel has no side)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot records absent No win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second, matchups or brick rate usage_statistics marks all 10 Extra-Deck core cards as in_this_deck=false although the Extra Deck contains them; core_present_pct 60 is a matcher artifact (all 25 core cards are present) Deck title is null; the archetype label Ragnaraika does not match the 11.5% exact-name purity Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied