Ryzeal Deck #774342 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Large Xyz and Ritual bodies: Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi (3200 ATK, can destroy all opposing monsters on Special Summon) and Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi (2400 ATK, -800 ATK lock on opposing monsters), backed by Ryzeal Xyz boss monsters.; Ryzeal Detonator and Number 90 as Xyz bodies that remove opposing threats or stay in play through material-based protection.
• Turn 1 (going first): Hand-summon a Ryzeal monster (Ice Ryzeal, Ext Ryzeal, Sword Ryzeal, or Node Ryzeal) or a Mitsurugi Reptile from hand, search via Mitsurugi Saji/Aramasa/Kusanagi or Pre-Preparation of Rites, then Ritual Summon a Mitsurugi Ritual Monster through Mitsurugi Ritual and extend into an Xyz.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Maxx "C", Droll & Lock Bird, and Dominus Impulse to negate or slow the opponent's first summon chain, then convert to a Ritual or Xyz board.
• Recovery: Searchers (17 searcher-text cards) rebuild Mitsurugi and Ryzeal pieces from the Deck; Mitsurugi Great Purification and Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi recur Reptiles from the GY.
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan; the deck is played as built.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a functional plan: about 0.58 for at least one hand-Special-Summonable Ryzeal or Mitsurugi starter in the opening five, with 17 searcher-text cards providing redundancy (Inferred). It converts that plan into a Ritual or Xyz board, with Murakumo and Habakiri as high-ATK bodies and Habakiri's -800 ATK lock adding pressure. Interaction is dense for a Midrange list (11 negation-text cards and 6 removal-text cards across Ash, Maxx "C", Droll, Dominus Impulse, Great Purification and Murakumo). The score comes from consistency, interaction and resilience acting on the system, not from popularity or from averaging individual card powers. Going-second and side-deck scores are held down because the list runs no Side Deck and its hand-trap package covers only one opening-hand window. No combo boards or tournament data were supplied, so median output and meta fit remain Inferred or Provisional.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 64, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: engine split (-3); no side deck (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers; Structural = Σ(score×weight)/95 with D13 dropped and re-normalized; Meta provisional (null). 0.80*64 + 0.20*60 - 5 = 58.2

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

• Compact three-copy starter set (Ice Ryzeal, Pre-Preparation of Rites, Ash Blossom, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Mitsurugi Ritual) gives consistent early plays
• Dense searcher and hand-trap package (17 searchers, 5 hand traps) gives redundancy against interruption
• High-ATK Ritual bosses with Habakiri's -800 ATK lock and Murakumo's destroy-all give strong endboard and closing power

Weaknesses

• No Side Deck; no post-side adaptation
• Two engines (Ryzeal Xyz and Mitsurugi Ritual) split the Main Deck and dilute each other's density
• Going-second hand-trap coverage is about 0.58 for one hand trap in hand 6

Critical choke points

• Mitsurugi Ritual (3 copies) and Mitsurugi Mirror (1 copy) are the only Ritual Spells; without one, the Ritual Monsters (5 copies) stay in hand
• Reptile tribute fodder (9 Main Deck Reptiles) must be present for Ritual Summons

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal in master-duel: 40 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; Limited and Semi-Limited copy counts respected; Hypergeometric draw odds for 1, 2 and 3 copies in the opening five and six; Card text for Murakumo, Habakiri, Saji, Maxx "C", Droll & Lock Bird and Ash Blossom (from evidence excerpts); Archetype spread and copy histogram match the cards array
• Observed: Archetype usage data: core inclusion of Ryzeal and Mitsurugi archetype staples (usage_statistics); One guide snippet (Ryzeal Magistus guide) describing the Ryzeal bait-hand-trap plan
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter probability ≈ 0.58 (Ryzeal hand-summons) and ≈ 0.85 (combined); Ritual and Xyz conversion ceiling and floor; Interaction density and layering from the text read; Going-second hand-trap odds ≈ 0.58
• Provisional: Meta fit (D13) dropped from Structural; Meta Power null; Median output (D4) held neutral at 50 for lack of recorded boards
• 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 conflict in usage_statistics: Ryzeal Duo Drive, Ryzeal Detonator, Eclipse Twins, Vallon, Mereologic Aggregator, King of the Feral Imps, Dugares, and Number 104 are marked in_this_deck:false, yet they appear in the cards array with zone extra; the cards array was used as the source of truth and confidence was lowered no win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) exists in YGOVN Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied