OCG 2020.04 Store Metagame Report #5
Welcome to Week #5 of the OCG 2020.04 format.
This report will tabulate 67 decks from 16 store tournaments held in China and South Korea during 30 April – 5 May 2020.
Store Metagame Breakdown
- 15 Dogmatika Invoked (13 Dogmatika Invoked, 2 Dragoon Dogmatika Invoked)
- 10 Orcust (9 Dragoon Orcust, 1 Dragoon Sacred Beast Orcust)
- 6 Eldlich (5 Eldlich, 1 Dogmatika Eldlich)
- 5 Sky Striker
- 4 Infernoble Knight
- 4 Shaddoll (2 Dogmatika Shaddoll, 1 Dogmatika Invoked Shaddoll, 1 Dragoon Invoked Shaddoll)
- 4 Thunder Dragon (3 Thunder Dragon, 1 Dogmatika Thunder Dragon)
- 3 Zefra
- 2 Altergeist (1 Altergeist, 1 Mekk-Knight Altergeist)
- 2 Salamangreat
- 1 Dragoon Cyberse
- 1 Dragoon Cyber Dragon
- 1 Dragoon Dinosaur
- 1 Dragoon Red-Eyes Buster Blader
- 1 Dragoon Sacred Beast Dogmatika
- 1 Dogmatika Da Eiza
- 1 Grinder Trickstar Sky Striker
- 1 Infernoble Knight Six Samurai FTK
- 1 Megalith
- 1 Mythical Beast Endymion
- 1 Subterror
- 1 3-Axis Synchro
Dogmatika Invoked
Yankim went 6-2 and finished 3 – 4th in “05.02 Guangzhou Yuefu CS Labour Day Tournament” which had 64 participants.
The main form of disruption that Dogmatika Invoked has are against monsters. Dogmatika Fleurdelis, the Knighted negates the effect of a face-up monster, while El Shaddoll Winda restricts Special Summons. Although Invoked Mechaba could negate a Spell/Trap Card or monster effect, but as the deck runs very little Trap cards, so it is very unlikely for Invoked Mechaba to be able to negate Trap Cards.
This makes Trap Cards such Evenly Matched a reasonable answer against Dogmatika Invoked. Evenly Matched is also useful against Eldlich and Sky Striker.
To compensate for the weakness against Trap cards, Dogmatika Invoked could side in Solemn Judgment.
Dragoon Orcust
Iverukana went 6-0-1 and finished 1st in “Yunnan Yu-Gi-Oh! 1 May Brother Yuanfei Ranking Tournament” which had 34 participants.
Nadir Servant adds a Dogmatika monster or Fallen of Albaz from either the deck or graveyard, making it vulnerable to both Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion.
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion could also negate Invocation and Shaddoll Schism.
However, Dogmatika Invoked would Fusion Summon Invoked Mechaba first before playing Nadir Servant, so it is very unlikely that Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion could be used against Nadir Servant. Magical Meltdown would also prevent the activation of Invocation and Shaddoll Schism from being negated. Against Dogmatika Invoked, the usage of Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion is still rather narrow.
Infernoble Knight
Infernoble Knight is a sub-theme of the Noble Knight, and the new cards from Rise of the Duelist has propelled it to top contender status.
Infernoble Knight has a weaker setup compared to other Combo decks such as Adamacipator and 3-Axis Synchro, but having Smoke Grenade of the Thief to look at the opponent’s hand and discard a card allows you to plan your disruption more efficiently to play around the opponent’s strategy.
Fat Sheep (肥羊) went 9-0 and finished 1st in “05.02 Guangzhou Yuefu CS Labour Day Tournament” which had 64 participants.
His build is very well optimized by focusing on just the core combo and having enough extenders to play through the opponent’s ‘hand traps’. He has written a tournament report covering his card choices: 我也叫伊索德——焰圣骑士夺冠战报与卡组浅谈.
Conclusion
Dogmatika Invoked and Dragoon Orcust are the current top two decks, a battle of LIGHT against DARK.
Super Polymerization for Predaplant Dragostapelia has become a popular tech choice against both decks, being able to answer Invoked Mechaba + El Shaddoll Winda and Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon + Predaplant Verte Anaconda / I:P Masquerena.
Dogmatika Invoked’s poor match-up against Trap heavy decks has also resulted in Eldlich having a better showing.
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References
- 2020-05-05 | PDK Cards 51 Ranking Tournament
- 2020-05-04 | Shanghai Chaoyi Cards 5.4 Lingmu Cup
- 2020-05-04 | Zhuhai OCG 27th SCCS
- 2020-05-03 | [Zhongshan] Dadaxiong DM May Ranking Tournament
- 2020-05-03 | Yaoyao Cards Offline Tournament
- 2020-05-02 | [Xiamen] Chuixue Xiaowu 2 May Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament
- 2020-05-02 | Zhanjiang Chongfeng Cards 51 Holiday Tournament
- 2020-05-02 | 05.02 Guangzhou Yuefu CS Labour Day Tournament
- 2020-05-02 | Huoguoyang Cards Celebratory 51 Ranking Tournament
- 2020-05-02 | K-Club Ranking Tournament
- 2020-05-01 | Chengdu DDD Ranking Tournmament
- 2020-05-01 | Taizhou Fangwen Cards 51 Tournament
- 2020-05-01 | Yunnan Yu-Gi-Oh! 1 May Brother Yuanfei Ranking Tournament
- 2020-05-01 | Feixue Cards 5.1 Duel Space Expansion Opening Tournament
- 2020-05-01 | Manzu Cards May First Ranking Tournament
hmm, what is the deck builder u are using??? it looks so cool :)))
The official Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Database.
No Origami CS? Why?
My focus is on the physical card game. Online tournaments such as Origami CS might develop a different metagame due to the limitations or bugs in the system that they are using.
does someone has the megalith profile?
Somewhere here: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GouiXAI92NxdWGv0BaBuTA
Hi! Very good content! Can someone tell me what’s the card beside three tactical talents in the dragma decklist? Thanks!
which one? designator of crossout or mystic mine?
Thanks! It was mystic mine!
what’s the purpose of the sacred beasts part in orcust sared beast dragoon and dragma saccred beast dragoon?
easy 4k untargetable indestructible beaters + extra draw 2, dark beckoning beast gives you an easy way to get almiraj on board for dragma, the seven gates unleashed is a discard outlet and link material for orcust I suppose
Hi, someone has the 3-axis synchro list ?
What’s the difference between Dragma Shaddolls and regular Dragma lists? Don’t Dragma decks already use Shaddolls?
Dragma Invoked (as featured above) is an Invoked deck. The main threat is “Invoked Mechaba”, supported by Dragma.
Dragma Shaddoll is a Shaddoll deck. It runs Shaddoll monsters, “Shaddoll Fusion” and “El Shaddoll Fusion” in the Main Deck itself. The purpose of Dragma here is mainly for “Disciple from Nadir” as it can fetch any Shaddoll card from the deck by sending “El Shaddoll Apkallone”. An example of the deck is the 1st place of K-Club Ranking Tournament.
Ah! Everything makes sense now. Dragma cards sure did boost a lot of different decks in various ways.
thanks for the report, appreciate it!
Where can i see decklists of the origami cs?
man.. that one 3-axis guy on top of his game.. topping left and right.. lmao
good job as always.. looking forward for another combos/tech choices with all these new cards half a year into 2020
does someone has the Dragma Invoked Shaddoll and Dragoon Invoked Shaddoll profile? thank in advance.
Where can i find the dragoon red-eyes buster blader deck?
Where is the decklist of dragoon sacred beast orcust?