OCG 2016.10 Metagame Report #9
Welcome to Week #9 of the OCG 2016.10 format.
ABC has fallen off completely, failing to even make a single top placement this week.
There are much lesser tournaments held this week, likely due to a number of Japanese card shops being closed for Magic: The Gathering’s Grand Prix Chiba 2016.
This report will tabulate 44 top-performing decks from 6 Japanese tournaments that were held during 26 – 27 November 2016.
Edit: Added 3 – 4th decks from “7th Tsudanuma CS”.
New Product Release
- Dimension Box Limited Edition
Metagame Breakdown
- 23 Zoodiac (9 Kaiju variant)
- 6 Infernoid (4 Zoodiac, 2 Lawnmowing variant)
- 5 Zoodiac Eidolon Beast (2 Kaiju, 1 Artifact variant)
- 5 Zoodiac Metalfoes
- 5 Others:
- 2 Monarch (1 Artifact Kaiju, 1 Zoodiac variant)
- 1 Frog Paleozoic
- 1 Kaiju Zoodiac Kozmo
- 1 Kaiju Zoodiac Yosenju
Zoodiac
Quite a number of top-placing Zoodiac decks are now running a set of Cosmic Cyclone in the Main Deck, instead of Twin Twisters.
Twin Twisters is rather inefficient at stopping an Elemental Triangle of the Zoodiac when the opponent has no other Spell/Trap cards on the field.
Cosmic Cyclone fares better against Artifact and Metalfoes, and also denies Bewildering Wind and Breakthrough Skill from getting a second use.
Conclusion
ABC was once the most dominant deck at the start of the OCG 2016.10 format, but they have fallen out of favor. Their demise is acutely reflected by the lack of System Down in recent Side Decks.
With the inclusion of Frightfur Patchwork from Dimension Box Limited Edition, Fluffal is doing quite well in various small local tournaments, but they have yet to place far in the larger tournaments.
References
- 2016-11-27 | Uchijuku Cup
- 2016-11-27 | 8th Nazca Cup
- 2016-11-27 | 3rd 193 CS Autumn Cup (1st, 2nd)
- 2016-11-26 | 151st ALANN CUP
- 2016-11-26 | 3rd Ninha CS with Hatti CS
- 2016-11-26 | 7th Tsudanuma CS
I believe Cosmic Cyclone is sort of for ToyPot too
You’re right. That’s a more substantial explanation for the change.
Fluffal and Lunalight have got very good cards from dimension box and fluffal from fusion enforcers too, they are still doing nothing.
Is there any sign of windwitch hybrid?
Is there any other good way to play eidolons when they hit us in the TCG, besides Zoodiacs?
Windwitch Eidolon Beast is doing quite decently. Windwitch – Glass Bell from the OCG Dimension Box will be printed in the TCG Raging Tempest Special Edition.