Mitsurugi Deck #773545 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual/Xyz boss pressure: Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi (3200 ATK, board wipe on Special Summon), Ryzeal Detonator (3000 ATK), Number 90 Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord, Ame no Habakiri (2400 ATK, -800 to opposing monsters).; Ryzeal Duo Drive and Ryzeal Detonator Xyz beats, using Ice Ryzeal and Node Ryzeal to reach Rank 4.
• Turn 1 (going first): Search a Mitsurugi Reptile via Saji, Aramasa or Kusanagi, then Ritual Summon Habakiri or Murakumo with Mitsurugi Ritual or Mitsurugi Mirror while holding Ash Blossom and Droll & Lock Bird for the opponent's first activation.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Effect Veiler or Ghost Ogre to slow the opponent's first summon, then Ritual or Xyz into a boss.
• Recovery: Mitsurugi Prayers and Pre-Preparation of Rites recover Mitsurugi monsters and Ritual spells from the Deck; Ryzeal Duo Drive can attach a Ryzeal monster from the GY as material.
• After siding: Master Duel has no side deck; the list runs 0 side cards, so no post-side plan is available.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a Mitsurugi starter: the archetype core is in 97 percent of Mitsurugi lists and the hypergeometric estimate for at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand is about 0.97, backed by 15 searcher-text cards. Conversion is strong on the system, not the card list: Ritual Summons of Habakiri and Murakumo and the Murakumo board wipe give a high ceiling, but no recorded boards exist, so the median is an inferred read. Eight hand traps and nine negation-text cards give the deck layered interaction through the turn. Off-archetype copies make up about 74 percent of the main deck (exact-name purity 25.5 percent), and three Extra Deck cards (Albion, Ecclesia and the Branded line) need Fallen of Albaz, which is absent, so those lines score down. Popularity and the 100 percent inclusion of the core cards confirm that the list is real and accessible, but they did not earn points; card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 63, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-2); engine conflicts (-3). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.03 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense searcher text (15 cards) with a 97 percent archetype-core presence gives reliable openings.
• Layered interaction: 8 hand traps plus Great Purification and Murakumo/Habakiri negation.
• High-ATK ritual and Xyz bosses with a board wipe (Murakumo) and a -800 field effect (Habakiri).

Weaknesses

• Albion, Ecclesia and the Branded cards need Fallen of Albaz, which is not in the list.
• Only 25.5 percent exact-name purity: engine cohesion is weaker than the card quality suggests.
• Dead Ritual spells in hands without a Reptile; Pre-Preparation of Rites and Mulcharmy Fuwalos run 1 copy against an archetype-typical 3.

Critical choke points

• A Droll & Lock Bird or Ash Blossom hit on the first search leaves the engine without a second independent starter.
• Ritual Summon of Habakiri or Murakumo requires enough Reptile tributes in hand or field; no fallback if the Reptile count is short.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main deck 40 cards, Extra deck 15, side 0, all legal under Master Duel size rules.; All Limited and Semi-Limited copy counts are within the legal limit.; Card text and stats from the resolved card list.; Archetype usage stats: 14 of 21 core cards present; Fallen of Albaz absent.
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter and brick estimates (about 0.97 and 0.03).; Engine ceiling and median from card text only (no recorded boards).; Consistency and interaction quality from text roles and negation counts.
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample).; Matchup fit and tournament reliability (no tournament link).
• 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/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates). Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied. Only one guide with no sections; no strategic detail beyond a short snippet.