Secret Six Samurai Deck #771093 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±6 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Xyz/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 board pressure through Xyz/Synchro boss monsters (Shadow of the Six Samurai - Shien, Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En) once the Six Samurai field is established; Off-archetype interaction-heavy toolbox (Solemn, Hole, Mirror Force, Macro Cosmos) to grind out the opponent's board
• Turn 1 (going first): Search or summon a Six Samurai starter (Shien's Smoke Signal, Kizan, Kageki, Elder), build a 2-monster field, then extend into Shi En or Shien using Six Samurai United and Gateway of the Six counters
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Effect Veiler, Solemn Judgment, Solemn Warning and the trap suite to answer the opponent's Normal or Special Summon, then recover Six Samurai monsters through Double-Edged Sword Technique and Elder
• Recovery: Recursion via Double-Edged Sword Technique (GY Six Samurai back to the field), Enishi's GY banish cost, and Six Samurai United draws from Bushido Counters
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck, so no post-side plan exists in the evidence

Why it scores here

The deck's 8-copy archetype core gives roughly a 56% chance of at least one core card in a going-first opening hand (Inferred hypergeometric), so the engine is reachable but not reliable. Its strongest structural feature is interaction density: Solemn Judgment, Solemn Warning, Effect Veiler, Mirror Force, Bottomless Trap Hole and Macro Cosmos give it real answers on either turn order. Offsetting that, 38 of 55 Main Deck cards are Spells, Traps or level-0 cards, and 26 cards are generic or off-archetype, so the expected brick rate is high and the Six Samurai engine is diluted. No combo boards, guides or tournament data exist, so the ceiling and floor are text-only reads and the deck has no Side Deck. The score is capped because the list is Illegal: Rivalry of Warlords is over its Limited limit and two Forbidden cards (Naturia Beast, Number 16) are run. This score reflects the system's structure, not an average of card scores and not archetype popularity.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; Toolbox weights not blended because the Illegal cap makes blending moot. Structural ≈ 45, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 46, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-8); No Side Deck (-2); Brick and generic burden (-2). Final formula: Illegal cap: min(0.80*Structural(44.8) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(35) + modifiers(-12), 30) = 30; theoretical/structural-only. Meta provisional (null).

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

• Layered interaction: Solemn Judgment, Solemn Warning, Effect Veiler, Mirror Force, Bottomless Trap Hole and Macro Cosmos
• Multiple self-summon and recursion routes (Kizan, Kageki, Elder, Grandmaster, Double-Edged Sword Technique)
• Draw and search density: Upstart Goblin, Six Samurai United, Shien's Smoke Signal, Reinforcement of the Army, Gateway of the Six
• Strong Xyz/Synchro closers at 2500 ATK (Shien, Shi En)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Rivalry of Warlords over limit; Naturia Beast and Number 16 are Forbidden
• 38 of 55 Main Deck cards are non-monster or level-0, so the monster count is thin and bricks are likely
• 26 generic/off-archetype copies and 70 off-archetype copies overall, so the Six Samurai engine is diluted
• No Side Deck
• No combo data, guides or tournament link, so the deck's real output is unknown

Critical choke points

• Gateway of the Six and Reinforcement of the Army are single-copy Limited searchers with no backup
• Shi En and Shien both need Six Samurai monsters on the field, so disruption before the Xyz/Synchro step stops the line
• Forbidden Naturia Beast and Number 16 are dead slots in the list as built

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0; size rules met (40-60 main, 0-15 extra); Rivalry of Warlords is 2 copies vs legal limit 1; Naturia Beast and Number 16 are Forbidden; Card text for all listed cards; Archetype usage: 5 of 17 core cards present (29.4%)
• Inferred: D1 consistency from hypergeometric draw estimates; Brick rate from composition and card text; Interaction density from role flags and text; Going-first/second plans from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Format fit (no tournament link or dated meta)
• 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 are absent No win-rate telemetry; going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No Side Deck, so post-side performance cannot be evaluated