Secret Six Samurai Deck #771083 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Control, Synchro
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Six Samurai monsters (Yaichi, Hand of the Six Samurai, Grandmaster, Irou, Zanji) attacking, backed by Synchro boss monsters (Red Dragon Archfiend, Stardust Dragon, Thought Ruler Archfiend, Black Rose Dragon); Spell/Trap removal and negation (Dimensional Prison, Mirror Force, Torrential Tribute, Bottomless Trap Hole) grinding the opponent's board
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1 Normal Summon a Six Samurai, search via Reinforcement of the Army or Grandmaster, then build Gateway/Six Samurai United counters and a Synchro. Only a partial plan is supportable because the core is not confirmed by combo data.
• Turn 2 (going second): Trap-based disruption (Bottomless Trap Hole, Mirror Force, Dimensional Prison, Solemn Judgment) to stall the opponent's first board, then Synchro through the resulting gap. This is the more plausible plan given the trap density.
• Recovery: Six Samurai recursion and draws (Six Samurai United, Upstart Goblin, Spirit of the Six Samurai, Grandmaster returning a Six Samurai from the GY). Recovery depends on Six Samurai monsters being live, which the list does not reliably provide.
• After siding: Not assessable: the Side Deck is empty (0 of up to 15 cards). The list cannot adapt after siding.

Why it scores here

This deck is illegal as submitted: it runs two Forbidden cards (Royal Oppression, Trap Dustshoot) and three copies of the Limited Gateway of the Six, so it does not receive a normal contextual score and this 35 is a structural, theoretical read only. Its engine is the Six Samurai core. Only 3 of 17 usage-listed core cards are present, and the rest of the main deck is a broad mix of off-archetype traps and generic staples. The deck's interaction density (Bottomless Trap Hole, Mirror Force, Dimensional Prison, Torrential Tribute, Solemn Judgment, and others) gives it real going-second board-breaking, which is the main reason it scores above its engine. Consistency is weak: a single 3-copy starter is only about 25% likely in an opening 5-card hand, and 36 of 55 main-deck cards are level-0 Spells/Traps, so many hands will be dead or conflicting. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 44, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 0.80*44 + 0.20*40 = 43.2, then -8 banlist-exposure modifier, rounded to 35; illegal-deck cap applied, theoretical only

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · 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 interaction suite: removal and negation traps (Bottomless Trap Hole, Mirror Force, Dimensional Prison, Torrential Tribute, Solemn Judgment, Pulling the Rug, Starlight Road)
• Strong Synchro boss options in the Extra Deck (Red Dragon Archfiend, Thought Ruler Archfiend, Stardust Dragon, Black Rose Dragon)
• Some draw and recursion (Six Samurai United, Upstart Goblin, Spirit of the Six Samurai)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: two Forbidden cards and an over-limit Limited card
• Low starter density: one 3-copy starter is about 25% in a 5-card opening hand
• Many dead cards: 36 level-0 Spells/Traps in the Main Deck
• Engine conflicts: Six Samurai effects need another Six Samurai on the field, and the core is largely missing (3 of 17 usage-core cards)
• Empty Side Deck: no post-side adaptability

Critical choke points

• Opening hand needs a Six Samurai monster plus a second Six Samurai or searcher to make most effects live
• Forbidden cards must be removed before this list can be played in OCG
• Gateway of the Six at 3 copies cannot be legal in OCG

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 55 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; Forbidden Royal Oppression x2 and Trap Dustshoot x1; Limited Gateway of the Six x3 (limit 1); status Illegal; Card text for the Six Samurai core, interaction traps and Synchro bosses; Usage stats: 3 of 17 core cards present (17.6%)
• Observed: Usage stats show the archetype-standard core runs Anarchist Monk, Legendary Lord - Kizan and others at 60-80% inclusion
• Inferred: Starter and core access probabilities (hypergeometric, Main Deck only); Brick and dead-card estimates from the 36 level-0 Spell/Trap cards; Going-first and going-second quality from trap density and card text; Structural dimension scores D1 to D14
• Provisional: D13 matchup and format fit (no dated meta sample; deck is illegal); D12 post-side plan (empty Side Deck; no post-side data); 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 per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, starter or brick rates) Meta Power is provisional: no dated metagame sample Deck title is null; deck is named by archetype only Side Deck is empty (0 cards), so no post-side evidence