Mitsurugi Deck #773786 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 60/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 45 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro pressure from Elfnote and Power Patron hand-summons into 3000+ ATK Synchro monsters (Elfnote June Pride, Junora, Chaos Angel, Baronne de Fleur), with Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi as a 3200 ATK ritual finisher (Inferred); Mitsurugi Ritual Summon of Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi (2400 ATK, -800 ATK to opposing monsters) and Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Elfnote Power Patron or Elfnote Lucina/Regina/Tinia hand-summons, search an Elfnote or Mitsurugi piece, then Synchro into a 3000+ ATK monster (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Droll and Maxx C in response to the opponent's search or summon, then rebuild through Mitsurugi searchers and Ritual Summon (Inferred)
• Recovery: Pre-Preparation of Rites and the multiple searchers (25 searcher-text copies) rebuild the hand; Mitsurugi Mikoto Saji and Aramasa re-add Mitsurugi pieces when Tributed (Inferred)
• After siding: Not applicable: Master Duel is a single game with no side deck (side_count 0)

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a functional plan: about 96% of opening hands (Inferred, from the 20-copy archetype-core proxy) contain at least one core starter, and 25 searcher-text copies make the hand almost always searchable. It converts that plan into pressure through Elfnote hand-summons into high-ATK Synchro monsters and the Mitsurugi Ritual route, which give it a credible ceiling. Its interaction suite (Ash Blossom, Droll and Lock Bird, Maxx C, Herald of the Arc Light, Chaos Angel, Baronne de Fleur, and the negation effects on Zalen and Crystal Wing) gives it real end-board and going-second strength. The score is held back by the engine conflict (only 9 of 60 copies carry the exact Mitsurugi name, with Elfnote, Power Patron, Mulcharmy and Medius sharing the slots), by the absence of the Mitsurugi core ritual monsters Kusanagi and Futsu no Mitama, and by the lack of any recorded combo or tournament data. The score came from consistency, interaction and closing power on the whole system, not from Mitsurugi's popularity and not from averaging individual card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 65, Going First ≈ 64, Going Second ≈ 66, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 62. Modifiers: Engine conflict (-3); Missing archetype core (-2); Banlist exposure (-1); Hand-trap suite (2). Final formula: Structural = Midrange weights with D12 and D13 dropped and renormalized over 91 (= 65); Final = 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*64.9 + 0.20*62 - 4 = 60 (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.04 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Opening consistency: archetype-core proxy P(at least one in hand5) = 0.957 and 25 searcher-text copies
• Layered interaction: 6 hand traps plus negate and removal text on Herald, Chaos Angel, Baronne de Fleur, Zalen, Crystal Wing and Great Purification
• Closing power: 3000+ ATK Synchros and a 3200 ATK ritual finisher (Murakumo)
• Going-second answer set from hand traps and Mitsurugi Great Purification

Weaknesses

• Engine conflict: only 15% of non-Extra copies carry the exact archetype name, with Elfnote, Power Patron, Mulcharmy and Medius competing for slots
• Mitsurugi core ritual monsters Kusanagi and Futsu no Mitama are absent, so the ritual route has only 3 monsters
• No combo, tournament or win-rate data, so combo conversion and matchup fit are unverified
• Guide notes the deck is vulnerable to Droll-style single-card locks and to mass banish

Critical choke points

• Droll & Lock Bird and Ash Blossom in hand: a single Droll can stop the search and draw plan, per the Vietnamese guide snippet (Observed-by-guide)
• Elfnote hand-summon on the center zone: losing the center monster to a single removal or banish breaks the Synchro route (Inferred)
• Limited cards (Herald, Maxx C, Prayers) each at 1 copy: one lost copy removes a key piece with no backup (Verified)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status: 45 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all restricted cards within legal copies; Usage: Mitsurugi Kusanagi 93% and Futsu 87% inclusion; purity 15%
• Observed: Guide notes Droll and mass-banish are weak matchups (Vietnamese guide snippet)
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter and brick estimates; Structural score from the Midrange weights with D12 and D13 excluded; Interaction density and Synchro ceiling from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated sample); Matchup fit D13 (no tournament 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/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample D12 not applicable: Master Duel has no side deck