Ryzeal Deck #769118 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 14 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ryzeal Xyz/Link boards (Ryzeal Detonator, Ryzeal Duo Drive, Divine Serpent Apophis, The Zombie Vampire) backed by Mitsurugi ritual and Reptile searches; theoretical only because two Forbidden cards are run; Mitsurugi Ritual Monsters (Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi, Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi) on board, with Ame no Murakumo's Special Summon wipe as a board-clear
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1: Mitsurugi no Mikoto (Saji/Aramasa/Kusanagi) or Ice/Node Ryzeal from hand, search a Mitsurugi or Ryzeal engine piece, Mitsurugi Ritual or Pre-Preparation of Rites to ritual a Mitsurugi monster on Turn 2
• Turn 2 (going second): Respond to opponent's Special Summon with Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi or Murakumo wipe, Mitsurugi Great Purification to negate, then rebuild through Mitsurugi Prayers and GY-recursion monsters
• Recovery: Recover through searchers in the Deck (20 searcher-text cards, 97.6% to hit at least one in opening 5) and Ritual recursion from GY via Mitsurugi Ritual and Mitsurugi Magatama
• After siding: Not evaluable: side deck is empty (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This list is illegal in OCG: it runs 3 copies of Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi and 1 copy of King of the Feral Imps, both Forbidden, so the score is capped and reported as theoretical and structural only. Within that cap, the deck has real redundancy on the engine side: 20 cards carry searcher text, so an opening hand almost always reaches a Mitsurugi or Ryzeal starter (Inferred, about 0.98 for at least one searcher in five cards), and several Level 4 starters (Ice Ryzeal, Node Ryzeal, Sword Ryzeal, Ext Ryzeal) give multiple T1 entry points. The Extra Deck supplies strong closers (Ryzeal Detonator, The Zombie Vampire, Divine Serpent Apophis) and the Mitsurugi board-wipe plus negate package gives interaction. Against that, the list is a mix of Mitsurugi, Ryzeal, Ogdoadic, Apophis and Reptilianne with only 6 of 54 main cards in the exact Ryzeal archetype, and there are no recorded boards, so floor and median output cannot be measured. Popularity (Ryzeal core usage) was not credited, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; Toolbox secondary not blended into weights (weights use Midrange profile only). Structural ≈ 47, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 40, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal cap: min(0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + Modifiers, 25) = 25; theoretical/structural-only (Meta provisional, null). Unclamped value = 0.80*47 + 0.20*35 - 12 ≈ 33, capped to 25

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 searcher text (20 cards) gives near-certain access to an engine piece in opening 5
• Several Level 4 starters across Mitsurugi and Ryzeal give multiple entry points
• Strong Extra Deck closers at 2800–3100 ATK
• Board-wipe (Murakumo) plus negate and removal text provide interaction

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: two Forbidden cards (3x Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi, 1x King of the Feral Imps)
• Three overlapping archetypes (Mitsurugi, Ryzeal, Ogdoadic/Apophis/Reptilianne) with 11.1% exact-name purity
• Empty side deck: no post-side plan
• No recorded boards, so floor and median output are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Ritual Summon chain depends on Mitsurugi Ritual or Mitsurugi Prayers, each one copy or three copies
• Ryzeal Extra Deck summons require Ryzeal monsters in GY or field, which the mixed build only partly supplies
• Forbidden cards must be removed before this list can be played in OCG

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 40 Main, 14 Extra, 0 Side; Forbidden cards 3x Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi and 1x King of the Feral Imps; Card text and stats for all 54 distinct cards; Usage: Ext Ryzeal 100% inclusion; 4 of 14 core cards present (28.6%); Composition: exact-name purity 11.1%, searcher-text 20 cards
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter access ≈ 0.98 (searcher group, hypergeometric); Brick and dead-card risk from singleton clutter; Going-first and going-second estimates from text only; Interaction quality from negate and removal text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated sample); Matchup fit (no tournament data); Tournament reliability
• 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 Side deck empty (0 cards): no post-side data Deck title null; archetype from deck.archetype only