YOT Singapore 2015: Metagame Breakdown

Held on the 18th and 19th April 2015, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Open Tournament – Singapore 2014 was the biggest premier event ever to be held in the OCG Asia region.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Open Tournament – Singapore 2015 saw over 400 sign-ups, with duelists from neighboring region such as Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mainland China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand together with the local duelists from Singapore.

Here is the metagame breakdown for the main event.

• 63 Masked HERO
• 44 Atlantean (6 Genex, 1 Hieratic, 5 Mermail variant)
• 43 Nekroz
• 30 Tellarknight
• 17 Qliphort
• 10 Shaddoll (1 HERO, 2 Train variant)
• 76 Others

• 7 Infernoid
• 5 Evilswarm
• 5 Yosenju
• 4 Blackwing
• 4 Chain Burn
• 4 Cyber
• 4 Raidraptor
• 4 Ritual Beast
• 3 Junk Doppel
• 3 Train
• 2 Artifact (1 Hand variant)
• 2 Chaos Dragon
• 2 Fire King
• 2 Ghostrick
• 2 Infernity
• 2 Morphtronic
• 2 Meta Beat (1 HERO variant)
• 2 Six Samurai
• 2 Yang Zing
• 2 Zombie
• 1 Constellar
• 1 D/D/D
• 1 Dark World
• 1 Exodia
• 1 Fire Fist
• 1 Karakuri
• 1 Lightsworn
• 1 Madolche
• 1 Malefic Necrovalley Skill Drain
• 1 Raccoon
• 1 Simochi Burn
• 1 T.G. Agent Fairy
• 1 Volcanic

Masked HERO takes the top spot as the favorite pick for YOTSG2015.

While Atlantean may have fallen in popularity among the Japanese, they remained a popular choice in OCG Asia by taking the 2nd spot.

With just 1 deck short, Nekroz came in a very close 3rd.

Tellarknight and Qliphort trails behind in the 4th and 5th spot.

• 19 Masked HERO
• 15 Nekroz
• 13 Atlantean (2 Genex, 1 Hieratic, 2 Mermail variant)
• 5 Qliphort
• 3 Tellarknight
• 9 Others

• 2 Chain Burn
• 2 Train
• 1 Cyber
• 1 Infernoid
• 1 Raidraptor
• 1 Yosenju
• 1 Zombie

Masked HERO retains their top spot, proving their prowess.

Nekroz overtook Atlantean to seize the 2nd spot, reaffirming their consistency with a strong 34.9% rate of making the Top 64 cut.

Atlantean slipped to a 3rd, but follows close behind.

Qliphort managed a respectable 4th.

Tellarknight dropped to a disappointing 5th, showing an extremely poor 10% rate of making the Top 64 cut.