Secret Six Samurai Deck #767625 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 14 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Six Samurai / Secret Six Samurai board of Level 4 or lower monsters that feeds Synchro, Xyz and Fusion bosses (Shadow of the Six Samurai - Shien, Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En, Secret Six Samurai - Rihan, Arcana Extra Joker) (Inferred from card text); Bushido Counter spells (Shien's Dojo, Six Samurai United, Temple of the Six) and Grandmaster-based recursion to convert a stalled board (Inferred from card text)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on Six Samurai starters (Anarchist Monk, Tactical Trainer, Shien's Smoke Signal searches) to reach a Synchro or Xyz boss on turn 2 while Ash Blossom and Effect Veiler hold up responses (Inferred; no combo boards supplied)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Solemn Judgment, Divine Wrath and Dark Bribe to break the opponent's first engine, then rebuild a Six Samurai board from the GY through Return of the Six Samurai and Double-Edged Sword Technique (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recursion from the GY via Cunning of the Six Samurai, Grandmaster of the Six Samurai and Secret Six Samurai - Hatsume, with Gateway of the Six supplying Bushido Counters (Inferred from card text)
• After siding: Not assessable: the deck runs zero Side Deck cards, so no post-side plan exists in the evidence

Why it scores here

Structural scores were computed on the system (engine access, brick risk, interaction, resilience and resource recovery) and were not averaged from individual card scores. The deck reliably reaches a Six Samurai starter in most openings (archetype-core P(at least one in hand of 5) is about 0.98, Inferred) and carries strong interaction density (10 negation-text and 23 removal-text cards, 6 hand traps). Efficiency is held back by 65 off-exact-name copies, several splash spells and five off-theme Extra Deck monsters, and there is no side deck. The final score is capped at 30 because the list is Illegal: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is run three times against a Semi-Limited limit of two, so this is a theoretical/structural-only read. Archetype popularity (17 of 22 core cards present) did not earn points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; Toolbox secondary, disclosed as a descriptive blend not a weight mix. Structural ≈ 56.5, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Banlist / copy-limit exposure (-6); Engine conflict (-2). Final formula: Unrestricted: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + Modifiers = 0.80*56.5 + 0.20*50 - 8 = 47.2; Illegal cap applied, score = 30 (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.98 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.02 (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 high: about 0.98 probability of at least one core card in a 5-card opener (Inferred)
• Dense negation and removal coverage: 10 negation-text, 23 removal-text, 6 hand traps
• Multiple recursion routes through the GY and Bushido Counter spells

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring copy count exceeds the OCG Semi-Limited limit
• Low purity and high off-archetype count (65 copies) dilutes the engine
• No side deck, so no post-side plan
• Five off-theme Extra Deck monsters compete for limited Extra slots

Critical choke points

• A single Six Samurai starter-to-boss line; if the board is cleared before a boss lands, recovery depends on GY recursion (Inferred)
• Legal status: the list cannot be played as built until the third Ash Blossom is removed

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring: 3 copies vs Semi-Limited limit of 2 (OCG); Main 57 / Extra 14 / Side 0 within OCG size rules; Archetype purity 8.5% exact name; 65 off-exact-name copies; 17 of 22 usage-stat core cards present (77.3%); Gateway of the Six, Reinforcement of the Army, Solemn Judgment, Terraforming are Limited with 1 copy each (legal)
• Inferred: Archetype-core opening-hand probability 0.984; Starter diversity and recursion routes from card text; Going-first and going-second plans from card text and probabilities; Structural dimension scores D1 to D14 (text and hypergeometric based, no recorded boards)
• Provisional: Matchup and format-fit score (D13) without a dated meta sample; Tournament reliability (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown No Side Deck supplied; post-side adaptability cannot be measured Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null; archetype label used as the reference