Mitsurugi Deck #772595 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi or Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi via Mitsurugi Ritual / Mitsurugi Mirror, then close with a Reptile boss (Ogdoabyss, Nephilabyss, Ragnaraika) or Link beatdown; Ogdoadic graveyard recursion (Ogdoabyss, Nephilabyss, Ogdoadic Water Lily) to rebuild boards after an interruption
• Turn 1 (going first): Search a Mitsurugi or Ogdoadic monster with Nauya, Mitsurugi no Miko or Saji, then Ritual Summon a Mitsurugi Ritual monster or Link Summon into a boss
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Cosmic Cyclone, Evenly Matched and Offering to the Snake Deity to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Ogdoadic GY revival and a Ritual monster from hand
• Recovery: Re-enter from the graveyard through Ogdoadic Water Lily, Nephilabyss and Ogdoabyss, plus the Mitsurugi searchers that return to hand
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so no post-side plan can be evaluated; a legal list would need a sideboard

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal: Mitsurugi Prayers runs 3 copies against a limit of 1 and Super Polymerization runs 3 against a limit of 2, so it receives a capped score of 30 and is evaluated structurally only. Its structure is a Ritual and Link Midrange shell that reliably finds a searcher (P of at least one searcher in an opening 5 is about 0.86) and reaches the Mitsurugi core about 59% of the time (Inferred), with redundant Ogdoadic graveyard recursion helping it recover across turns. Interaction density from removal and negation text is reasonable, and the boss and Link finishers have real closing power, but there are no recorded boards, so the ceiling and median are text-only inferences. The score comes from consistency, recovery and interaction on the system, not from the Mitsurugi archetype's popularity and not from averaging individual card scores; the 34 zero-level Spells and Traps and 25% exact-archetype purity cost points on efficiency and bricks, and the empty side deck costs points on post-side adaptability.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary with Toolbox secondary, disclosed; Midrange profile used for scoring. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); no side deck (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(52) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) = 49.6; modifiers -12 gives 37.6; Illegal cap applied, score 30 (theoretical/structural-only); Meta provisional

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.86 · 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

• 18 searcher-text cards give a high chance of a playable starter
• Redundant Ogdoadic and Mitsurugi graveyard recursion helps recovery
• Layered interaction from removal, negation and three hand traps
• Boss monsters at 3100 to 3200 ATK provide closing power

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Mitsurugi Prayers and Super Polymerization are over the copy limit
• 34 zero-level Spell and Trap slots raise brick and dead-card risk
• Mixed archetype lines (Ogdoadic, Alien, Herald and others) reduce engine coherence
• No side deck registered

Critical choke points

• Mitsurugi Ritual or Mirror access for the main boss line
• Ritual summoning needs Reptile tributes, so the Reptile count is a single point of failure

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal: Mitsurugi Prayers 3 copies vs 1 legal; Super Polymerization 3 copies vs 2 legal; Main 57 and Extra 15 are within the OCG size rules; Searcher-text count is 18 and removal-text count is 24 from card text; Archetype purity is 25% exact-name with 13 Ogdoadic copies
• Inferred: P(at least one searcher in 5) ≈ 0.86 and core P ≈ 0.59 from hypergeometric draws; Brick risk from 34 zero-level Spell and Trap slots; Recovery via Ogdoadic graveyard revival; Closing power from boss stats and text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link); Post-side plan (no side deck)
• 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 and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no side deck registered (side count 0)