Mikanko Deck #773366 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Combo
• 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: Mikanko Equip-Spell board: Ohime and Hu-Li recur Mikanko monsters and equipped monsters become battle-proof, building a board that attacks through Equip-based damage and Link/Xyz pressure. Structural read only, because the list cannot be played legally as built.; Herald and Endymion/Eyes Restrict Extra Deck follow-ups, plus Cross-Sheep if it were legal (it is not).
• Turn 1 (going first): Opening Mikanko starter and Equip Spell (Water Arabesque, Fire Dance, Mayowashidori) to set up a protected monster, then Ohime or Hu-Li searches and recursion. Interaction is held back for the opponent's turn.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll and Lock Bird, Nibiru) and Mind Mirror Force / Raigeki / Feather Duster as the board breaker, then rebuild through Mikanko recursion.
• Recovery: Mikanko monsters and Equip Spells recur from the GY and banish via Spiritwalk, Noble Twins and Ceremony; Ohime and Uzuhime-style searches restore card flow.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has zero Side Deck cards, so there is no post-side plan in the evidence.

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal as built: Triple Tactics Talent is run 3 copies against a Forbidden status (0 legal) and Cross-Sheep is run 1 copy against Forbidden, so under the rubric it receives no normal Final Contextual score and is capped as a theoretical, structural-only evaluation. Its size is legal (55 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side), and its Mikanko core is very consistent on paper: the core group has about 98% chance of at least one copy in a 5-card opening hand, and 18 of 22 usage-core cards are present. Interaction is dense (Mind Mirror Force, Raigeki, Harpie's Feather Duster, Maxx C, Ash Blossom, Droll and Lock Bird, Nibiru), which lifts the board-control read. Combo conversion, median output and matchup fit are not measured because the evidence contains no parsed boards and no tournament data, so those scores are Inferred or Provisional and held near neutral. The score does not come from Mikanko being a popular archetype and was not produced by averaging card scores; with no side deck and only 31 percent exact-name archetype purity, the deck's structural weaknesses weigh against it.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.8 Midrange / 0.2 Toolbox. Structural ≈ 50, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal cap: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability with the banlist modifier, then capped as theoretical/structural-only (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.98 · 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

• Very high archetype core access (about 98% for at least one core copy in a 5-card hand)
• Dense, multi-timing interaction: Raigeki, Mind Mirror Force, Feather Duster, Maxx C, Ash Blossom, Droll and Lock Bird, Nibiru
• Full Extra Deck coverage with Link, Xyz, Fusion and Synchro options

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: Forbidden Triple Tactics Talent (3 copies) and Cross-Sheep (1 copy)
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• Low exact-name purity (31.4 percent) with many off-archetype cards, weakening engine coherence

Critical choke points

• Equip-based protection depends on having a Mikanko monster on field before Equip Spells do anything
• Forbidden cards must be removed before the list can be played; the deck has no legal replacement in its evidence

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 55 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; Triple Tactics Talent 3 copies and Cross-Sheep 1 copy both Forbidden with 0 legal copies; Card text for all distinct cards is present in the evidence; Mikanko exact-name purity 31.4 percent (22 of 70 copies); Usage core: 18 of 22 cards present (81.8 percent)
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency from hypergeometric draw tables (about 0.98 for the core group in 5 cards); Engine conflicts and brick risk from text reads; Going-first and going-second plan quality from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament data)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry exists for this deck No Side Deck is provided Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied