Mikanko Deck #769124 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 54/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Control
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 42 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Mikanko equip-summon chains into Uzuhime the Manifested Mikanko and other Extra Deck boards, with Mulcharmy draw engines and hand traps supporting the line; Fusion, Link and Xyz boards from the Extra Deck, with Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder and Dragostapelia as large-body closers
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a Mikanko monster plus Mikanko Water Arabesque or Mikanko Shinbu - Noble Twins to Special Summon and equip; use Pot of Sloth and Mulcharmy draw effects to smooth the hand
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Droll & Lock Bird or Maxx "C" to interrupt the opponent's first summon chain, then rebuild through the equip engine
• Recovery: Recover through Mulcharmy draws, Mikanko Shinbu and Mikanko Dance - Mayowashidori returns, and the Mikanko searchers (Hu-Li, Uzuhime) to refill the hand
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so no post-side plan can be evaluated; the deck relies entirely on Main Deck tech and hand traps

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a Mikanko starter: the archetype core group gives P(at least one Mikanko core card in a 5-card opening hand) ≈ 0.96, which earns D1 a solid score. Its real conversion is weaker than that number suggests, because three Ohime the Manifested Mikanko are Ritual monsters whose excerpt says they are Ritual Summoned with Mikanko Kagura, and Kagura is not in the list, so those copies are largely dead draws (D2, D3 held back). Interaction is layered across four hand traps or negations (Ash Blossom x2, Maxx "C", Droll & Lock Bird), Forbidden Crown x3 and Mind Mirror Force, which carries D7 and D5. Popularity did not earn points: the Mikanko usage stats confirm the archetype is real, but the score comes from the system's consistency, interaction and median output, not from averaging card scores. The missing side deck and the absence of any recorded boards keep the score in the mid-50s.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 57.3, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: Engine conflict / dead Ritual copies (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional): 0.80*57.3 + 0.20*52 - 2 ≈ 54

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · 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

• Core Mikanko engine is present at high probability in opening hands
• Four hand traps and three Forbidden Crown negations give multiple interaction layers
• Extra Deck has real closers (Uzuhime Xyz, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS) and fusion/link flexibility
• All restricted cards run within their banlist copy limits

Weaknesses

• Three Ohime the Manifested Mikanko without Mikanko Kagura are close to dead cards
• Side deck is empty, so no best-of-3 adaptation exists
• Only 31.6% of Main copies carry the exact Mikanko name; spread across Mulcharmy, Greed, Forbidden, Cyclone and Mirror Trap cards
• No combo boards recorded, so ceiling and floor cannot be checked against real play

Critical choke points

• Mikanko monster plus equip spell line: if the opening hand lacks a Mikanko monster or equip, the engine stalls
• Uzuhime Xyz needs two Level 3 Mikanko monsters; the Mikanko Spiritwalk and Kagura support cards that aid this are not in the list

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Main 42 (40–60), Extra 15 (0–15), Side 0 (0–15); all restricted cards within copy limits; Mikanko Kagura is absent from the Main Deck list; Ohime excerpt states Ritual Summon with Mikanko Kagura; Copy histogram 8/5/8 across 1/2/3 copies; archetype purity 31.6%
• Observed: Usage stats show the archetype core (Hu-Li, Dance, Double-Edged Sword at 100%)
• Inferred: Effective starter rate is below the 0.96 headline because Ohime copies are conditionally dead; Interaction layering and going-second strength estimated from card text; Combo weights chosen for a Combo primary strategy
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and matchup/format fit (D13) lack a dated metagame sample
• 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 deck title is null and no side deck is registered