Secret Six Samurai Deck #772525 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Six Samurai Normal/Special Summon chains into Synchro, Link and Xyz boss monsters (Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En, Shi En Lord, Draco Berserker, Underworld Goddess) for board pressure; Secret Six Samurai attackers (Kizaru, Hatsume) and Great Shogun Shien for direct pressure once the board is stabilised
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki or Tactical Trainer, chain Six Samurai specials, then Synchro or Link into a boss while holding hand traps (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence) for the opponent's first response
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the six-card hand's hand traps (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched, Dragon's Mind) to stop the opponent's first board, then rebuild with Shien's Smoke Signal or Reinforcement of the Army search
• Recovery: Secret Six Samurai - Fuma and Hatsume recycle from GY by banish/special summon effects; Gateway of the Six and Shien's Dojo accumulate counters to resummon Six Samurai from the Deck
• After siding: Not available: the deck runs no Side Deck, so no post-side plan can be evaluated

Why it scores here

The deck's Six Samurai core (Kageki, Tactical Trainer, Anarchist Monk, Kizan, Smoke Signal) is reasonably accessible: the archetype-core group has about 92% chance of at least one piece in a 5-card opening hand, and the 18 searcher-text cards give some bridge to the Synchro and Link bosses. Its interaction suite (Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence at 3 copies each, Evenly Matched, Dragon's Mind, Lightning Storm, Dark Ruler No More) is the strongest part of the system and drives the endboard and going-second scores. Popularity and archetype usage stats confirm the list is a real, accessible build, but they earned no points by themselves. Score comes from consistency, median output and interaction read on the system as a whole, not from averaging individual card scores. The score is capped low because the list is illegal (Ash Blossom over its Semi-Limited copy limit), and combo, tournament and side-deck evidence are missing.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Toolbox secondary (structural weights of the Midrange profile only; blend not applied). Structural ≈ 54.5, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: Banlist / copy-limit violation (-8); No side deck (-4). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: uncapped 0.80*Structural(54.5) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(48) + modifiers(-12) ≈ 41; capped to 30 because the list is illegal (Ash Blossom over copy limit). Meta provisional; no normal Final Contextual score.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.92 · 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 Six Samurai core with 3-copy Kageki, Trainer, Monk and Kizan
• Strong interaction suite: 3 Ash Blossom, 3 Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched, Dragon's Mind
• Multiple high-ATK bosses across Synchro, Link and Extra Deck

Weaknesses

• Illegal as submitted (Ash Blossom at 3 copies)
• No combos, tournament data or Side Deck
• Weak Extra Deck coverage of the Six Samurai core (Legendary Lord Kizan and Shi En not run)

Critical choke points

• Ash Blossom over-limit: the list cannot be played legally until it is cut to 2 copies
• Single Normal Summon starter chain: if the opponent answers the first Six Samurai, the rebuild depends on Smoke Signal and Reinforcement

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring run 3 copies, legal limit 2 (Semi-Limited); Main 55 and Extra 15 are within size rules; Side count is 0; Archetype core probability ≈ 0.92 for at least one card in a 5-card hand
• Inferred: Starter access and consistency from hypergeometric estimates; Interaction quality from card text; Going-second hand-trap value
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated meta sample); Matchup fit (no tournament data)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no Side Deck supplied — post-side plan cannot be evaluated