Ryzeal Deck #773544 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 57/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Combo, Ritual, Xyz
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ryzeal and Mitsurugi board pressure: Ritual Summon Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi (3200 ATK, destroys opposing monsters on Special Summon) or Ryzeal Detonator / Ryzeal Duo Drive from the Extra Deck via Xyz.; Xyz pressure through Eclipse Twins, Ryzeal Detonator, and Duo Drive, with Ice Ryzeal and Sword Ryzeal extending into Rank 4 Xyz Summons.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Ice Ryzeal or a Mitsurugi searcher (Saji, Aramasa, Kusanagi, Wousu, Prayers), search Mitsurugi Ritual or Mirror, Ritual Summon a Level 8 Mitsurugi, and use Ash Blossom or Droll to protect the line.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the eight hand traps (Ash x3, Droll x2, Maxx C, Ghost Ogre, Effect Veiler) to answer the first opposing set or summon, then convert into a Ritual or Xyz board.
• Recovery: Mitsurugi monsters and Great Purification recur from the GY, Futsu no Mitama can revive a Reptile from the GY, and Ryzeal Detonator or Duo Drive can reuse GY Ryzeal monsters as materials.
• After siding: Not applicable: the deck runs zero side cards and Master Duel is a single-game format, so there is no post-side plan to score.

Why it scores here

The deck's score comes from how its systems interact, not from averaging its card scores. Its Ryzeal and Mitsurugi starters (Ice Ryzeal x3, Mitsurugi searchers, Pre-Preparation of Rites, Bonfire) give a high chance of a live starter, and the searcher group is large. Eight hand traps (Ash Blossom x3, Droll x2, Maxx C, Ghost Ogre, Effect Veiler) provide strong going-second interaction and layered protection. The Ritual line can reach a high ceiling with Ame no Murakumo's board-wipe effect, and the Xyz Extra Deck gives multiple finishers. The score is held back by a missing recorded combo dataset, by a Ritual tribute requirement that depends on few tools, and by an Extra Deck summon lock on several Ryzeal monsters that conflicts with the Xyz plan. Archetype popularity and meta-share earned no points here, and no meta-share data is supplied.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 63.1, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 70, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 58. Modifiers: engine conflict (-3); unrecoverable choke point (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional); (0.80*63.1 + 0.20*58) - 5 = 57

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.58 · 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

• Eight hand traps for going-second interaction (Verified card list).
• Large searcher suite (15 cards) for consistent starter access (Inferred).
• Ame no Murakumo's Special Summon board wipe and Ame no Habakiri's -800 ATK give strong board control (Verified text).

Weaknesses

• The Ritual line needs Mitsurugi Ritual or Mirror plus Reptile tributes, with few redundant tools (Inferred).
• Several Ryzeal starters block Extra Deck summons, which conflicts with the Xyz plan (Verified text, Inferred conflict).
• Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord has no Photon support in the Main Deck, so the slot is likely dead (Inferred).

Critical choke points

• Mitsurugi Ritual (2) and Mirror (1) are the only Ritual enablers, and Pre-Preparation of Rites is the only searcher for the Ritual spell.
• Ice Ryzeal (3) and Node or Sword Ryzeal are the main Ryzeal entry points, and their Extra Deck summon lock limits follow-up.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all banlist copy counts within limits (Limited cards at 1, Semi-Limited at 2).; Card texts for Ame no Murakumo, Ame no Habakiri, Ice Ryzeal, Ash Blossom, Droll and Ghost Ogre from the evidence excerpts.; Copy histogram 24 singles, 5 doubles, 2 triples; archetype purity 14.5% exact name.
• Observed: Usage statistics show Ryzeal and Mitsurugi core cards at 100% inclusion (archetype-level stat).
• Inferred: Consistency and starter probabilities from hypergeometric estimates and copy counts.; Ceiling and floor reads from card text; no recorded boards exist.; Engine conflict between Ryzeal Extra Deck summon lock and Xyz or Link Extra Deck cards.
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit: no dated metagame sample or tournament link.; Side-deck adaptability: no side cards in the list and no post-side data.
• 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 absent. No win-rate telemetry: going-first, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown. usage_statistics in_this_deck flags read false for Extra Deck cards that appear in cards[] with zone extra (for example King of the Feral Imps, Number 104, Ryzeal Detonator, Eclipse Twins). The missing_core list and core_present_pct therefore look unreliable; this evaluation uses cards[] as the source of truth. Guide evidence is a single snippet about a different Ryzeal list (Magistus); it is not usable as deck-specific strategy. Meta power remains Provisional without a dated metagame sample.