Secret Six Samurai Deck #769179 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 52 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro and Link boss monsters (Legendary Lord Six Samurai - Shi En, Battle Shogun, Daigusto Emeral) built from Six Samurai and Warrior bodies, pressuring through ATK and removal; Secret Six Samurai - Kizaru and Hatsume recursion and boss revival from the GY, supported by Six Samurai buff effects
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Six Samurai starter (Kageki or Tactical Trainer), use Shien's Smoke Signal or Gateway to add a second Six Samurai, then Synchro or Link into a boss while holding Ash Blossom or Ghost Ogre as protection
• Turn 2 (going second): Respond to the opponent's first summon with Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Droll and Lock Bird or Solemn Warning, then rebuild the board through Six Samurai special summons and an Extra Deck boss
• Recovery: Rebuild from the GY using Secret Six Samurai - Hatsume and Kizaru, plus Cunning of the Six Samurai to resummon GY Six Samurai monsters (Inferred from card text; no recorded boards)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck (Side Deck size 0), so no post-side plan exists

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system: the Six Samurai core (22 archetype-core copies, P(at least one in opening hand of 5) about 0.945) makes an engine reliably live on turns 1-2, and several redundant starters (Kageki, Tactical Trainer, Anarchist Monk, Speedroid Terrortop) give more than one route to it. Interaction is dense (Ash Blossom, Solemn Warning, Solemn Judgment, Ghost Ogre, Droll and Lock Bird, Evenly Matched, 14 removal-text cards), which lifts the endboard and going-second scores. Output is scored as structural only because there are no recorded boards, so the median and ceiling are text-inferred and the ceiling is not treated as the average. The deck is capped low because it is illegal (three Ash Blossom against a Semi-Limited limit of two) and has no side deck. Archetype popularity and usage stats confirm the list is real but earned no points, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange profile, Stun secondary noted but not blended (structural weights only). Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: banlist exposure (over copy limit) (-12); Illegal cap (-8). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability = 54.8, then modifiers -12 gives 42.8; Illegal cap applied, final 35 (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.27 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.05 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Archetype core very likely to be live on turn 1 (about 0.945 for at least one core card in hand of 5)
• Redundant starters across Normal Summon, hand-based Special Summon and GY revival routes
• Dense interaction suite: Ash Blossom, Solemn x2, Ghost Ogre, Droll, Evenly Matched

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: Ash Blossom x3 exceeds Semi-Limited limit of 2
• No Side Deck: no post-side adaptability
• No recorded boards: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference
• Heavy Tuner and tech density raises hand conflict risk

Critical choke points

• Ash Blossom copy count must drop to 2 to be legal
• Synchro/Link boss depends on Tuner plus Six Samurai material; loss of Tuners stalls the Extra Deck

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom x3 over Semi-Limited limit 2; Main 52 and Extra 15 within size rules; Side 0 is outside a Side Deck; Archetype core 22 copies; usage stat 100 percent inclusion for Kizaru, Tactical Trainer, Ash Blossom
• Observed: No recorded boards; combo observations absent
• Inferred: Starter probabilities from hypergeometric estimate; Interaction density from card text; Going-first 58 and going-second 52 estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power null; no dated metagame sample; D13 matchup fit
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent no win-rate telemetry: going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No Side Deck present: post-side plan not evaluable