Secret Six Samurai Deck #769549 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro boards led by Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En (2500 ATK) and Kewl Tune B2B (3200 ATK), converting negate-protected boards into attacks; Link and Synchro pressure from Accesscode Talker and Clear Wing Synchro Dragon once the Six Samurai engine has established a board
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Six Samurai starter (Tactical Trainer, Anarchist Monk, Kizan or Kageki), search or summon a second Six Samurai, then Synchro Summon a negate-capable boss while holding Ash Blossom or Effect Veiler as protection
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler and Maxx "C" to disrupt the opponent's first engine, then rebuild through Six Samurai searchers and Synchro into Shi En
• Recovery: Recur Six Samurai monsters from the Graveyard through Anarchist Monk and Tactical Trainer effects, then re-enter Synchro monsters as the board rebuilds
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan to assess

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal in OCG: it runs one copy each of Naturia Beast and Baronne de Fleur, both Forbidden, so the score is capped at 30 and is structural and theoretical only. The Six Samurai core (27 copies plus related sub-archetypes) reliably reaches a live starter by turn 1 or 2 (P(at least one core card in a 5-card hand) ≈ 0.94, Inferred), which earns the engine-access score. Interaction is the strongest system trait: eight hand traps and multiple negate-capable Synchro monsters (Shi En, Clear Wing, Naturia Barkion, Kewl Tune) give good end-board protection. Conversion and median output are unscored by recorded boards (no combos supplied), so those dimensions rest on text reading and are low-confidence. The score was built from the deck as a system; the 100% usage-stat inclusion of the archetype core earned no points by popularity, and individual card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Stun secondary (approximate). Structural ≈ 58, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(58.3) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(50) = 56.6, plus modifiers (-12) = 44.6, then capped at 30 because the list is Illegal (Forbidden cards in-format)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.94 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.06 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense archetype core (27 Six Samurai copies) with high starter access
• Eight hand traps and multiple Synchro negates give layered interaction
• Searchers (14) and GY recursion support recovery across turns

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG because of two Forbidden cards
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Synchro-heavy lines require multi-step pilot decisions

Critical choke points

• Shi En Synchro Summon depends on a Warrior Tuner plus a Six Samurai non-Tuner, so losing the Tuner to hand traps stalls the board
• Two Forbidden Extra Deck cards reduce the Extra Deck to 13 legal cards

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Forbidden status and over-limit copies for Naturia Beast and Baronne de Fleur; Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 size is within the OCG rules; Limited and Semi-Limited copy counts for Maxx "C", Gateway of the Six, Reinforcement of the Army and Ash Blossom
• Inferred: Hypergeometric P(core starter in hand) ≈ 0.94; Hand-trap and negation coverage read from card text; Midrange primary strategy, Stun secondary
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling rest on 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 or Unknown No side deck, so post-side performance cannot be assessed Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample