Mitsurugi Deck #772071 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 36/100 (±15 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 50 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link-chain board of Borrel and Rokket Link Monsters (Borrelend Dragon, Borrelshroud Dragon, Borrelsword Dragon) that negate and destroy opposing boards; Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon (3400 ATK) and Storm-Bane Dragon Destorbim as Extra Deck boss monsters
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Rokket or Mulcharmy starter (Rokket Loader, Rokket Tracer, Quick Launch) and extend into Link Summons through Autorokket Dragon, Dillingerous Dragon, or Crossrose Dragon
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 14 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched, Nibiru) to answer the opponent's first summon, then rebuild through Absorouter Dragon and Black Metal Dragon searches
• Recovery: Recursion from the GY: Borrel Regenerator, Absorouter Dragon, and Magnarokket Dragon return Rokket monsters, and Black Metal Dragon searches Red-Eyes
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs 0 side cards, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck's score comes from the system, not from averaging card scores or from the Mitsurugi label. Its interaction suite (14 hand traps, 13 negation-text cards, 3 Solemn Judgment-style answers) and its Extra Deck bosses (Borrelend, Borrelshroud and Borrelsword Dragon at 3000 to 3500 ATK) give it strong closing and end-board power. The starter engine is thin: each 3-copy starter has only a 27.6% chance of appearing in a 5-card opening hand, and the archetype core group has about a 49% chance of appearing at all. The deck has no side deck, and no combo or tournament data exists, so consistency, median output, and matchup fit are estimated rather than observed. The archetype label is inconsistent: the deck runs 0 exact Mitsurugi cards and 65 off-archetype copies, so the Mitsurugi tag does not describe the list. Because the list breaks the copy limit on Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (3 copies, OCG limit 2), this result is theoretical and structural only, and popularity did not earn any points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 50, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal copy limit (-8); No combo or tournament evidence (-4). Final formula: Theoretical/structural only (illegal list): 0.80*Structural(50) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) = 48, then modifiers -12 = 36; Meta Power provisional/null

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.28 · 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: 14 hand traps, 13 negation-text cards, and Solemn Judgment with two Solemn Strikes
• High closing power: Borrelend, Borrelshroud and Borrelsword Dragon at 3000 to 3500 ATK, plus Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal at 3400
• Recursion routes in the GY (Absorouter Dragon, Borrel Regenerator, Magnarokket Dragon) help the deck recover from disruption

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring runs 3 copies against an OCG limit of 2
• Thin starter density: each 3-copy starter is about 27.6% in a 5-card opening hand
• No side deck, so no best-of-3 adaptability
• Archetype label conflicts with the list: 0 exact Mitsurugi cards; the deck is a Rokket, Borrel, Mulcharmy and Red-Eyes mix

Critical choke points

• The Rokket engine needs Rokket Loader, Rokket Tracer or Quick Launch to be drawn; without them the Link route stalls
• Going second, the hand traps need the opponent to make a summon or activation; a hand of only hand traps does nothing on an empty board
• The Borrel Extra Deck monsters need specific Dragon and Rokket materials, and no Link alternative exists for several of them

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 copies vs OCG limit 2 (Illegal); Main 50, Extra 15, Side 0 (size legal for OCG); Extra Deck: 13 Link, 1 Fusion, 1 Synchro; Archetype purity: 0 exact Mitsurugi copies, 65 off-archetype copies
• Inferred: Going-first 5-card hand: P(at least one 3-copy starter) = 0.276; Going-second 6-card hand: P(at least one hand trap) = 0.877; Interaction density is high from card text (13 negation, 24 removal); Boss ATK 3000-3500 supports closing power
• Provisional: Meta fit and matchup coverage: no tournament link or dated metagame sample; Median and floor output: no recorded boards
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta share and per-pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first and going-second splits, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Deck title is null and the archetype label Mitsurugi conflicts with the list No side deck: post-side plan cannot be evaluated Meta Power stays provisional without a dated metagame sample