Rikka Deck #789139 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 60/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Plant tribute chains that Special Summon Rikka Xyz and Synchro boss monsters (Teardrop the Rikka Sacred Queen, Primrose, Hellebore) and push through the field; Predaplant Fusion and Synchro boards (Predaplant Daredevil, Ambulomelides, Bal Teah) as a second engine
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Rikka Black Princess or a Predap searcher, tribute a Plant to reach a Rikka boss, and hold Ash Blossom and Droll as interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Droll and Maxx C from hand to break the opponent's first combo, then rebuild through Plant searchers and graveyard recursion
• Recovery: Rikka Petal, Mudan and Rikka Glamour return Rikka monsters and spells from the graveyard or deck, so the deck can rebuild after one interruption
• After siding: No side deck is registered, and Master Duel is a single-game format, so there is no post-side plan to evaluate

Why it scores here

This deck reliably opens a starter: the searcher and Plant-summon text covers nearly every opening hand, and the Rikka core is run at three copies. Its engine converts into strong closers, including the 3200 ATK Teardrop and 2600 ATK Primrose and Hellebore, but no recorded boards exist, so the ceiling is inferred from card text alone. Interaction is the strongest part of the system: six hand traps, several negation effects and Dominus Impulse give it breadth on both turns. The deck is held back by two overlapping engines (Rikka and Predaplant, only 21 of 40 main deck cards share the exact Rikka name), a life-point cost to combo, and a long tribute chain that a player has to execute correctly every turn. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points, and the score comes from consistency, interaction and closing power across the whole system, not from averaging the individual card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 64, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 66, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: engine conflict (-2); life-point cost (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.92 · 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

• Strong interaction package: six hand traps, eight negation effects and Dominus Impulse
• Redundant searchers and graveyard recursion allow recovery after one disruption
• Powerful Extra Deck closers, including 3200 ATK Teardrop and 2600 ATK Primrose and Hellebore

Weaknesses

• Two engines (Rikka and Predaplant) overlap, and only about 38% of main deck cards share the exact Rikka name
• The main combo costs life points and needs several tribute steps each turn
• No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and floor cannot be measured

Critical choke points

• Plant monsters on field for tribute: if none are present, most of the Rikka chain stalls
• Single copies of key boss monsters limit how many routes can reach a closing board

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck legal: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side; restricted cards within limits (Instant Fusion 1/1, Maxx C 1/1, Droll & Lock Bird 2/2, Super Polymerization 2/2); Card text and stats for all listed cards; Extra Deck composition: 7 Xyz, 3 Synchro, 4 Fusion, 1 Link; Usage stats show the Rikka core is standard in this archetype
• Observed: A Vietnamese player guide describes the deck as strong, costly in life points, and somewhat hand-dependent
• Inferred: Starter access of about 0.92 in a 5-card opening hand (searcher group); Hand trap availability of about 0.65 in a 6-card hand when going second; Engine conflict and brick risk from overlapping Rikka and Predaplant pieces
• Provisional: Meta power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit and tournament reliability (no tournament link); Side deck adaptability (no side deck; single-game format)
• Data gaps: No recorded combo boards, so floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and matchup results are absent No win-rate telemetry, so going-first and going-second splits and brick rates are Inferred Meta power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample No side deck registered, so post-side adaptability cannot be measured