OCG 2021.10 Metagame Report #1, #2

Welcome to Week #1, #2 of the OCG 2021.10 format.

This report will tabulate 191 top-performing decks from 42 tournaments that were held in Japan and China Mainland during 1 – 13 October 2021.

 

• 28 Phantom Knights (26 Destiny HERO Adventurer Phantom Knights, 1 Destiny HERO Phantom Knights, 1 Danger Phantom Knights)
• 26 Drytron (24 Drytron, 1 Destiny HERO Drytron, 1 Grass Drytron)
• 25 Swordsoul (12 Destiny HERO Tenyi Swordsoul, 5 Tenyi Swordsoul, 4 Destiny HERO Swordsoul, 4 Swordsoul)
• 23 Prank-Kids (16 Adventurer Prank-Kids, 5 Destiny HERO Adventurer Prank-Kids, 2 Destiny HERO Prank-Kids)
• 20 Tri-Brigade (14 Destiny HERO Zoodiac Tri-Brigade, 3 Destiny HERO Tri-Brigade, 3 Zoodiac Tri-Brigade)
• 11 Eldlich (4 Eldlich, 3 Destiny HERO Eldlich, 1 Adventurer Eldlich, 1 Destiny HERO Ancient Warriors Eldlich, 1 Destiny HERO Adventurer Eldlich, 1 Dogmatika Eldlich)
• 7 Sky Striker (4 Destiny HERO Sky Striker, 2 Sky Striker, 1 Destiny HERO Adventurer Sky Striker)
• 5 Invoked (4 Destiny HERO Invoked, 1 Destiny HERO Dogmatika Invoked)
• 5 Shaddoll (3 Grass Destiny HERO Invoked Shaddoll, 1 Grass Destiny HERO Adventurer Shaddoll, 1 Grass Destiny HERO Dogmatika Invoked Shaddoll)
• 4 HERO
• 4 @Ignister
• 3 Adamancipator (2 P.U.N.K. Adamancipator, 1 Sekka Prank-Kids Adamancipator)
• 3 Salamangreat
• 2 Adventurer Virtual World
• 2 Code Talker
• 2 Destiny HERO Orcust
• 2 Endymion
• 2 Evil★Twin
• 2 Phoenix Adventurer
• 2 Thunder Dragon (1 Chaos Thunder Dragon, 1 Destiny HERO Chaos Thunder Dragon)
• 2 Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc
• 1 Agent Fairy
• 1 Adventurer Swordsoul Yang Zing Tenyi
• 1 Adventurer 3-Axis Synchro
• 1 Dragonmaid
• 1 Dragon Link
• 1 Floowandereeze
• 1 Kragen Marincess
• 1 Magician
• 1 Sekka Danger Kaiju Luna
• 1 SPYRAL
• 1 Unchained

 

Hiyama Shunsuke “エクス” (2015, 2016 World Champion) went 6-1 and finished 1st in “49th Next Play Cup (3v3 Team Battle)” which had 26 teams (78 participants).

I:P Masquerena‘s effect can only be activated during the opponent’s Main Phase so the opponent would have the priority to play Dark Ruler No More first. The opponent could also use Super Polymerization on Destiny HERO – Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer and I:P Masquerena to Fusion Summon Predaplant Dragostapelia or Starving Venom Fusion Dragon.

Hence Destiny HERO Adventurer Phantom Knights adapted by adding Artifact Dagda to access Artifact Scythe. The whole sequence of Artifact Dagda setting Artifact Scythe and then destroying it with Destiny HERO – Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer can be played out during the opponent’s Standby Phase, all before the opponent could even play Dark Ruler No More during the Main Phase. Artifact Dagda being a LIGHT Fairy monster also plays around Super Polymerization.

 

Zhonghui (钟会) (3 – 4th in CCT Wuhan 2021) finished 1st in “Evening Star Cards Ranking Tournament” which had 45 participants. He also finished 1st in “Evening Star Cards × Chengdu College League 3rd College Tournament” which had 84 participants.

The popularity of Forbidden Droplet and Dark Ruler No More saw him brought back 1 B-Buster Drake in the Side Deck to be used with Union Carrier for equipping to Drytron Meteonis Draconids or Herald of Perfection to give them immunity against opponent’s Spell effects.

 

Kira went 8-0 (including 1 bye) and finished 1st in “Liberal Arts CS” which had 36 participants.

Swordsoul builds have started running 1 Geomathmech Final Sigma in the Extra Deck. Geomathmech Final Sigma is unaffected by card effects, except “Mathmech” cards, while in the Extra Monster Zone, making it immune against popular cards such as Destiny HERO – Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer, Dracoback, the Ridable Dragon and Forbidden Droplet. Though Borreload Dragon and Accesscode Talker would be able to attack over Geomathmech Final Sigma with the ATK gain from their effect.

 

Peroshan (ペロシャン) went 6-0-1 (excluding 1 bye) and finished 1st in “Asaka Cup (2v2 Team Battle)” which had 31 teams (62 participants).

Anti-Spell Fragrance and Imperial Order have become popular measures to prevent the opponent from using Spells answer such as Dark Ruler No More to break the opening setup. In turn, Kaiju and Evenly Matched are used instead to break the opponent’s board.

 

Feri (World Championship 2018 Japan Representative) went 6-1 and finished 2nd in “49th Next Play Cup (3v3 Team Battle)” which had 26 teams (78 participants).

He dropped both Lightning Storm and Harpie’s Feather Duster from the Side Deck, and instead chose to run 3 Twin Twisters in order to fair better against Anti-Spell Fragrance and Imperial Order. It is crucial to be able to chain and destroy Anti-Spell Fragrance or Imperial Order so as to enable Fire Formation – Tenki and Zoodiac Barrage to be played.

 

With more tournaments from China Mainland during their golden week, the higher usage and top-placing propelled Drytron to the top, alongside Phantom Knights, Swordsoul, Prank-Kids and Tri-Brigade.

The recent metagaming trends can be observed from the deck build changes made week to week. Initially due to Adventurer and Wandering Gryphon Rider causing disruption from ‘hand traps’ to have limited effectiveness, players started switching to using Forbidden Droplet and Dark Ruler No More to break their opponent’s board instead. This in turn saw an uprise in Anti-Spell Fragrance and Imperial Order to stop those spells. Dark Ruler No More is then dropped completely and in place are Kaiju and Evenly Matched being played to circumvent Anti-Spell Fragrance.

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• 2021-10-13 | 50th Next Play Cup

• 2021-10-10 | 58th Taiyo CS (1st| 2nd | 3rd | 4th)
• 2021-10-10 | Tsukuyo CS Team Battle (1st: A, B, C | 2nd: A, B, C)
• 2021-10-10 | Youyou Cards Ranking Tournament

• 2021-10-09 | Liberal Arts CS
• 2021-10-09 | 57th Taiyo CS (2v2 Team Battle)
• 2021-10-09 | 49th Next Play Cup (3v3 Team Battle)

• 2021-10-07 | Dayuzhou TCG Dongwuyuan CS Ranking Tournament

• 2021-10-06 | 48th Next Play Cup
• 2021-10-06 | Evening Star Cards × Chengdu College League 3rd College Tournament

• 2021-10-05 | GiveFun Cards 5th Anniversary Tournament
• 2021-10-05 | Lucky Shop Ranking Tournament

• 2021-10-04 | Youyou Cards Ranking Tournament

• 2021-10-03 | Asaka Cup (3v3 Team Battle)
• 2021-10-03 | 1st Iburi CS
• 2021-10-03 | No-Face CS
• 2021-10-03 | Okayama Orbis Cup Team Battle
• 2021-10-03 | 56th Taiyo CS (2v2 Team Battle)
• 2021-10-03 | Zhongshan DM Tabletop Research Lab Zhongzhu League
• 2021-10-03 | DDD Different Dimension Cards Ranking Tournament
• 2021-10-03 | Huanying Cards Store Tournament
• 2021-10-03 | Huoguoyang Cards College Tournament
• 2021-10-03 | Sanjiu Cards Store Opening Tournament
• 2021-10-03 | Kapiansenlin Store Opening Tournament

• 2021-10-02 | Asaka Cup (2v2 Team Battle)
• 2021-10-02 | 55th Taiyo CS
• 2021-10-02 | 9th YCCS in Soga
• 2021-10-02 | Gogiga CS 2v2 Team Battle
• 2021-10-02 | Qishiwang Cards Ranking Tournament
• 2021-10-02 | Dayuzhou TCG 3v3 Team Tournament
• 2021-10-02 | Evening Star Cards Ranking Tournament
• 2021-10-02 | Dongguang Yu-Gi-Oh! Annual Tournament 2021 Main Event
• 2021-10-02 | Wushan Champions League
• 2021-10-02 | Binbin Tabletop Store swith Challenge Tournament
• 2021-10-02 | Sanjiu Cards Store Opening Tournament

• 2021-10-01 | Langmu Yu-Gi-Oh! Store Opening Tournament
• 2021-10-01 | Dayuzhou TCG Dongwuyuan CS Ranking Tournament
• 2021-10-01 | Shunde CS 2v2 Team Tournament
• 2021-10-01 | Yuchuan Cards Yanglin Cup
• 2021-10-01 | Yuli Cards Store Tournament
• 2021-10-01 | Yizhihe Cards Anniversary Tournament
• 2021-10-01 | Tuanzhijian Cards Store and Anniversary Tournament