OCG 2022.04 Metagame Report #10

Welcome to Week #10 of the OCG 2022.04 format.

This report will tabulate 78 top-performing decks from 18 tournaments that were held in Japan and China Mainland during 3 – 8 June 2022.

• 30 Spright
• 20 Tearlaments (12 Ishizu Tearlaments, 4 Branded Tearlaments, 1 Branded Ishizu Tearlaments, 1 Grass Branded Tearlaments, 1 Shaddoll Tearlaments, 1 Tearlaments)
• 4 Virtual World (3 Adventurer Virtual World, 1 Virtual World)
• 3 Shaddoll (2 Grass Tearlaments Shaddoll, 1 Grass Ishizu Tearlaments Shaddoll)
• 2 Drytron
• 2 Exosister
• 2 HERO
• 2 Runick
• 1 Altergeist
• 1 Dark Magician
• 1 Mathmech Code Talker
• 1 Mathmech Swordsoul
• 1 Mathmech @Ignister
• 1 P.U.N.K. Adamancipator
• 1 P.U.N.K. Megalith
• 1 Rikka
• 1 Spright Agent
• 1 Spright Evil★Twin
• 1 Spright Tri-Brigade
• 1 SPYRAL
• 1 Tearlaments Branded Despia

Kinnikun (きんにくそ) went 7-0 (excluding 1 bye) and finished 3rd in “22nd Hagetaka CS” (3v3 Team) which had 30 teams (90 participants).

Running 3 Nimble Beaver and 1 Nimble Angler in the Main Deck is another alternative to Deep Sea Diva. Deep Sea Diva runs the risk of fizzling when the other 2 copies are sent to the graveyard by the opponent’s Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard or Agido the Ancient Sentinel ② effect. On the other hand, Nimble Beaver could Special Summon from the deck or graveyard, so even if all Nimble monsters in deck are sent to the graveyard is not an issue. Nimble Beaver is also a non-targeting effect, and only chooses to Special Summon from deck or graveyard during resolution, hence it cannot be disrupted by Keldo the Sacred Protector or Mudora the Sword Oracle ② effect. Having Nimble Angler sent from deck to graveyard by Kelbek the Ancient Vanguard or Agido the Ancient Sentinel ② effect is an extra bonus as it could Special Summon up to 2 Nimble Beaver from deck.

The increase in board breaking build of Spright results in lesser ‘hand traps’ being played, making Triple Tactics Talent harder to activate, so Kinnikun decided to cut it from the deck.

Masio (ましお) went 7-1 and finished 1st in “22nd Hagetaka CS” (3v3 Team) which had 30 teams (90 participants).

Mudora the Sword Oracle was often played at 0 – 2 copies in the early builds of Ishizu Tearlaments, but with the increase in mirror match, Mudora the Sword Oracle is becoming necessary at 3 copies. Other than being able to fetch Gravekeeper’s Trap, Mudora the Sword Oracle is also a Level 4 monster that could be Special Summoned and is useful for Xyz Summoning Abyss Dweller.

In the final stretch of OCG 2022.04, Spright stayed at the top, but with a diminished hold on the metagame. After 6 consecutive weeks of sitting at more than 50% of the top placements, Spright drops to 38.5% this week.

Tearlaments has been consistently behind Spright, but was lagging by quite a distant. The new Ishizu cards was the power boost that Tearlaments needed to seize a bigger piece of the pie from Spright.

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• 2022-06-08 | 90th Next Play Cup
• 2022-06-05 | 22nd Hagetaka CS
• 2022-06-05 | Muto CS (2v2 Team Tournament)
• 2022-06-05 | 16th Onigashima CS 3v3 Team Tournament
• 2022-06-05 | 115th Taiyo CS (2v2 Team Tournament)
• 2022-06-05 | Qihang Cards Ranking Tournament
• 2022-06-04 | Pheni Cup
• 2022-06-04 | Qidian Cards Ranking Tournament
• 2022-06-04 | Champion Card Ranking Tournament
• 2022-06-04 | SCC Card Store Opening Tournament
• 2022-06-04 | Qiangxi Card Store Tournament
• 2022-06-03 | Evening Star Cards Ranking Tournament and New Store Opening Tournament
• 2022-06-03 | Hanekawa Cards Yanglin Cup
• 2022-06-03 | AAA Cards Store Tournament
• 2022-06-03 | Dongbao Tabletop Dragon Boat Tour Guide Tournament
• 2022-06-03 | Huiliu Wulala Store Tournament
• 2022-06-03 | Panyu PDK Store Tournament
• 2022-06-03 | Jilechi Store Tournament