Mitsurugi Deck #774235 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro and Ritual pressure from the Elfnote and Mitsurugi lines, closing with high-ATK boss monsters (Junora 3100 ATK, Chaos Angel 3500, Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi 3200, Vidolium 5000 ATK via its Pendulum effect).; Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi board wipe (Special Summon effect destroys all opponent monsters) followed by Synchro pressure.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on Elfnote monsters, Pre-Preparation of Rites (adds a Ritual Spell and its Ritual Monster), and Elfnote Power Patron / Lucina / Regina / Tinia for Synchro material and extra searches, keeping Ash Blossom and Maxx C up as hand-trap protection.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, and Maxx C to answer the opponent's first summons or searches, then rebuild through Mitsurugi Saji and Aramasa searches and Mitsurugi Ritual or Mirror.
• Recovery: Recover through Medius the Pure (GY recursion), Mitsurugi Saji and Aramasa tribute-based searches, and Elfnotes: Rhapsodia of Madness to revive an Elfnote from the GY.
• After siding: No Side Deck is submitted (side_count 0), so there is no post-side plan; the list has no sideboard adaptation.

Why it scores here

The deck's consistency comes from its system, not from any single card: a 3-of Pre-Preparation of Rites plus about 12 Elfnote monsters and Mulcharmy Fuwalos give a high probability of a live starter in the opening hand (about 0.99 for at least one searcher in 5 cards, Inferred). Interaction is dense (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Herald of the Arc Light, Chaos Angel, Baronne de Fleur, Ame no Murakumo, Mitsurugi Great Purification), which supports strong going-second play. Conversion is only text-inferred because no recorded boards exist, so combo ceiling and median are low-confidence. The Branded/Ecclesia/Albion cluster (Albion and Ecclesia need Fallen of Albaz, which is absent from the Main Deck) is a structural weakness that caps the Extra Deck score. Popularity and archetype usage were not counted as power, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 63.5, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: Engine conflict: Albion/Ecclesia/Fallen cluster without Fallen of Albaz (-3); No Side Deck (-1); Banlist exposure (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · 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

• Dense interaction: hand traps plus negate and destroy effects across Main and Extra
• Multiple independent Elfnote and Mitsurugi routes and recursion from the GY
• Strong high-ATK closers across Synchro and Ritual
• Legal list with all restricted cards within copy limits

Weaknesses

• Albion, Ecclesia, and the Fallen package lack Fallen of Albaz support (Inferred dead slots)
• Exact-archetype purity is low (15%); the deck mixes several sub-archetypes
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptation
• Mitsurugi core staples Kusanagi (94% usage) and Futsu no Mitama (90%) are absent

Critical choke points

• Droll & Lock Bird and Maxx C punish Main Deck draws, so the Elfnote engine can stall if they are stopped early
• Pre-Preparation of Rites is the main ritual enabler; with only 3 copies, its loss weakens the Mitsurugi line

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal size and copy counts for Master Duel (45 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side); All 6 restricted cards within legal copy limits; Usage stats: Kusanagi 94% and Futsu no Mitama 90% inclusion, both absent from the list
• Observed: Archetype core present 12/22 (54.5%) from usage stats
• Inferred: At least one searcher in opening 5 is about 0.99 (hypergeometric); Albion and Ecclesia are largely dead without Fallen of Albaz in the Main Deck; Interaction density is high from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (null); Matchup fit and D13 with no dated sample or 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, going-second, matchup, and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no Side Deck submitted; D12 cannot be measured deck title is null