OCG 2022.04 Metagame Report #7

Welcome to Week #7 of the OCG 2022.04 format.

This report will tabulate 72 top-performing decks from 14 tournaments that were held in Japan, China Mainland, Taiwan and Vietnam during 14 – 18 May 2022.

• 39 Spright (37 Spright, 2 Adventurer Spright)
• 10 Tearlaments (6 Branded Tearlaments, 2 Tearlaments, 1 Grass Branded Tearlaments, 1 Danger Tearlaments)
• 3 Eldlich
• 3 Shaddoll (2 Grass Tearlaments Shaddoll, 1 Grass Branded Tearlaments Shaddoll)
• 2 Adamancipator (1 Adamancipator, 1 P.U.N.K. Adamancipator)
• 2 Mathmech (1 Mathmech, 1 Code Talker Mathmech)
• 1 Tearlaments Branded Despia
• 1 Abyss Actor
• 1 Drytron
• 1 Exosister
• 1 Luna
• 1 Meta Beat
• 1 P.U.N.K.
• 1 P.U.N.K. Adventurer Virtual World
• 1 P.U.N.K. Infernoid
• 1 Spright Agent
• 1 Spright Tri-Brigade
• 1 Sunavalon Rikka
• 1 Windwitch Invoked

Sun Hao Zhe went 9-0 and finished 1 – 4th in “Yu-Gi-Oh! Spring Duel Festival 2022” which had 1200 participants.

He ran a standard Spright deck build, very similar to the two Spright builds showcased last week. This is possibly the optimized build for Spright in the current metagame.

Onibimaru Soul Sweeper has largely replaced Knightmare Cerberus as the utility removal in the Extra Deck. Although Knightmare Cerberus could be used as Xyz Material to Xyz Summon a 3200 ATK Gigantic Spright, but its effect could only destroy Special Summoned monster in opponent’s Main Monster Zone.

Onibimaru Soul Sweeper on the other hand could banish any monster until the opponent’s End Phase. Banishing is also another advantage when taking out Tearlaments monster without triggering their graveyard effect.

Wang Chia Ching (2018 World Champion) went 7-1-1 and finished 5 – 8th in “Yu-Gi-Oh! Spring Duel Festival 2022” which had 1200 participants.

He ran a Danger Tearlaments deck build, inspired by an article written by Ban (未界域珠泪研究讨论).

Danger monsters provide an additional avenue to activate Tearlaments graveyard effect, when they are randomly discarded by Danger monster effect. Danger! Nessie! is an Aqua Type so it could be used to Fusion Summon Tearlaments Kitkallos or Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart. Danger! Mothman! is a DARK Attribute monster but of a different Type from Tearlaments, so it could be used to Fusion Summon Mudragon of the Swamp. Danger! Mothman! is also a Level 4 monster and could be used to Xyz Summon Time Thief Redoer or Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir.

Since the deck does not run any Fusion Spell except for Instant Fusion, the deck is largely immune to Retaliating “C”. In the Round of 16, Chia Ching’s opponent was a running a Luna deck filled with ‘hand traps’. His opponent sided in Retaliating “C” only to find it stuck in hand as the build does not have Branded Fusion or Fusion Deployment to trigger Retaliating “C”.

Chia Ching also mentioned on his Twitch livestream (Picapicacuu) that the Danger Tearlaments build has many potential for development. He built the deck on Thursday before bringing it to the tournament on Saturday, and did not have enough time to properly playtest and optimize the build.

Spright continues to dominate the lead, while Tearlaments follows behind.

The recently concluded “Yu-Gi-Oh! Spring Duel Festival 2022” with 1200 participants had Spright and Tearlaments taking up most of the Top 16 spots, reflecting the current metagame trend.

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• 2022-05-18 | 86th Next Play Cup
• 2022-05-15 | Asaka Cup (3v3 Team Tournament)
• 2022-05-15 | 48th Yu-Gi-Oh Shin-Kurashiki CS (3v3 Team Tournament) (1st: A, B, C | 2nd: A, B, C)
• 2022-05-15 | 111th Taiyo CS (2v2 Team Tournament)
• 2022-05-15 | 2nd Rai Cup
• 2022-05-15 | 72nd Garosu CS with Osaka Yugi (1st: A, B, C | 2nd: A, B, C)
• 2022-05-15 | SCC Cards Store Tournament
• 2022-05-15 | Battle City Vietnam 2022 HDA
• 2022-05-14 | Asaka Cup (2v2 Team Tournament)
• 2022-05-14 | 20th Hagetaka CS (1st: A, B | 2nd: A, B | 3rd: A, B)
• 2022-05-14 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Spring Duel Festival 2022
• 2022-05-14 | Longzhixingchen Ranking Tournament
• 2022-05-14 | DDD Different Dimension Cards Ranking Tournament
• 2022-05-14 | Qiangxi Cards Ranking Tournament