OCG 2023.04 Metagame Report #9, #10

by · 13 June 2023

Welcome to Week #9, #10 of the OCG 2023.04 format.

This report will tabulate 230 top-performing decks from 36 tournaments that were held in Japan, China Mainland, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam during 27 May – 6 June 2023.

New Product Release

  • Duelist Pack: Duelists of Explosion
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Stories Sky Striker Ace Arc Volume 2 promotional card: Sky Striker Ace – Camellia

Metagame Breakdown

  • 23 Rescue-ACE (22 Rescue-ACE, 1 Infernoble Knight Rescue-ACE)
  • 21 Purrely (13 Purrely, 5 Dark World Purrely, 2 Adventurer Purrely, 1 Kashtira Purrely)
  • 20 Runick (19 Runick, 1 Naturia Runick)
  • 19 Branded (11 Branded, 8 Grass Branded)
  • 17 Mathmech (16 Mathmech, 1 Code Talker Mathmech)
  • 15 Adamancipator (12 Grass Superheavy Samurai Ishizu Vernusylph Adamancipator, 2 Fossil Vernusylph Adamancipator, 1 Vernusylph Adamancipator)
  • 15 Tearlaments (8 Ishizu Tearlaments, 7 Ishizu Kashtira Tearlaments)
  • 10 Kashtira
  • 10 Superheavy Samurai (5 Superheavy Samurai, 2 Superheavy Samurai Gallis FTK, 1 Superheavy Samurai FTK, 1 Vernusylph Superheavy Samurai, 1 Zefra Superheavy Samurai)
  • 8 Vanquish Soul
  • 7 Dragon Link (4 Bystial Dragon Link, 3 Grass Bystial Dragon Link)
  • 6 Labrynth (3 Ishizu Labrynth, 2 Labrynth, 1 Ishizu Tour Guide Labrynth)
  • 6 Mannadium (4 Scareclaw Mannadium, 2 Kashtira Scareclaw Mannadium)
  • 5 Sky Striker
  • 4 Dinosaur
  • 4 Salamangreat (2 Salamangreat, 2 Mathmech Salamangreat)
  • 3 Magician
  • 3 Mathmech @Ignister
  • 3 Synchron (1 Synchron, 1 Adventurer Bystial Synchron, 1 Adventurer Kashtira Synchron)
  • 3 Traptrix
  • 2 Adventurer Infernoble Knight
  • 2 HERO
  • 2 Scareclaw (1 Scareclaw, 1 Kashtira Scareclaw)
  • 2 Shaddoll (1 Branded Shaddoll, 1 Grass Dogmatika Magistus Ishizu Tearlaments Shaddoll)
  • 1 Adventurer Ishizu Lightsworn
  • 1 Blackwing
  • 1 Branded Chimera
  • 1 Crystal Beast
  • 1 Dinomorphia
  • 1 Dogmatika Invoked
  • 1 Dracoslayer
  • 1 Floowandereeze
  • 1 Grass Ishizu Vernusylph Naturia
  • 1 Grass Superheavy Samurai P.U.N.K. Ishizu Lightsworn Da Eiza Catapult Turtle FTK
  • 1 Grass Superheavy Samurai Zombie
  • 1 Luna
  • 1 Marincess
  • 1 Mikanko
  • 1 P.U.N.K. Bystial
  • 1 P.U.N.K. Phantom Knights
  • 1 Sunavalon Rikka
  • 1 Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc
  • 1 Unchained
  • 1 Vaylantz

Rescue-ACE

Albert Wijaya went 7-2 and finished 3 – 4th in “Duelist Cup 2023 Indonesia” which had 120 participants.

Rescue-ACE could easily disable the opponent’s Expurrely Noir using Rescue-ACE Impulse. As written in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Database (R－ACEインパルス Q&A), Rescue-ACE Impulse ① effect is an effect that is applied to both players. Thus even if a monster that is unaffected by effects is selected, that monster’s effects on the field cannot be activated this turn. The opponent could respond with Expurrely Noir effect by targeting Rescue-ACE Impulse, but Rescue-ACE Impulse ② effect could be activated in a Chain and tribute itself as cost to Special Summon 1 Machine “Rescue-ACE” monster from your Deck.

The core of Rescue-ACE’s disruption comes from using Rescue-ACE Turbulence effect to Set up to 4 “Rescue-ACE” Quick-Play Spells / Normal Traps from deck to field. As such, the opponent would use Effect Veiler or Infinite Impermanence to negate Rescue-ACE Turbulence effect. Rescue-ACE could first Special Summon Proxy F Magician and use its effect to Fusion Summon Mudragon of the Swamp. Before Special Summoning Rescue-ACE Turbulence, activate Mudragon of the Swamp effect to change itself to FIRE Attribute, making FIRE Attribute monsters cannot be targeted by Effect Veiler or Infinite Impermanence.

Purrely

Tsuie Cheng Hao went 7-1 and finished 2nd in “Duelist Cup 2023 Taiwan” which had 59 participants.

Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World, Cosmic Cyclone and Evenly Matched in the Side Deck are removal for the opponent’s Continuous Traps in the Runick match-up. Evenly Matched could also be used against Rescue-ACE, as Rescue-ACE effects interacts only with Monsters, making them vulnerable to Spell/Trap removals.

Runick

Cengceng Xiaoqiu (蹭蹭小酋) went 10-3 and finished 3 – 4th in “China City Tournament Guangzhou 2023” which had 562 participants.

2 Dimension Shifter and 7 Continuous Traps in the Main Deck has become the standard build for Runick. There Can Be Only One and Gozen Match are the key tech against the current metagame, but Rivalry of Warlords is still necessary at least in the Side Deck. In “Duelist Cup 2023 Singapore”, Control Runick has the highest count in the top cut with 5 of them in the Top 32. However, Vanquish Soul took down two Runicks along the way to become the eventual champion. There Can Be Only One has no effect against Vanquish Soul, resulting in Runick being unable to setup control.

Branded

A.No went 7-2 and finished 3rd in “1923CS with Next Play” which had 104 participants.

Fusion Duplication in the Side Deck is an option that could be searched out by Triple Tactics Thrust. If the opponent used Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring on your Branded Fusion, then Triple Tactics Thrust could be used to set Fusion Duplication from deck to field. During the opponent’s turn, Fusion Duplication could be activated to banish and copy Branded Fusion effect.

Mathmech

Kyororo (きょろろ) finished 1st in “22nd Lotus Cup” (3v3 Team) which had 33 teams (99 pariticpants).

He ran 1 Firewall Dragon Singularity in the Extra Deck. When opening with Mathmech Circular and an extender such as Mathmech Addition or Mathmech Subtraction in hand, Firewall Dragon Singularity could be Link Summoned to provide an additional disruption.

The standard Mathmech Circular opening combo would lead to Primathmech Alembertian, Transcode Talker, Splash Mage and Link Decoder on the field. Transcode Talker, Splash Mage and Link Decoder would be used to Link Summon Firewall Dragon Singularity. Mathmech Addition or Mathmech Subtraction could be Special Summoned from hand in the Main Monster Zone below Firewall Dragon Singularity. Primathmech Alembertian effect would tribute Mathmech Addition or Mathmech Subtraction to Special Summon Mathmech Circular from the graveyard. Since a monster that Firewall Dragon Singularity points to is sent to the graveyard, its Trigger Effect could be activated to Special Summon Transcode Talker from the graveyard. Transcode Talker, Primathmech Alembertian and Mathmech Circular would then be used to Link Summon Firewall Dragon Darkfluid – Neo Tempest Terahertz.

Conclusion

Week #9, #10 had 5 more Duelist Cup 2023 tournaments, and brings us to the end of the the World Championship 2023 qualifiers in Asia. Up next will be the “Duelist Cup 2023 China Mainland Finals” and “Duelist Cup 2023 Asia Finals” which will decide the representatives going to the World Championship 2023.

The metagame has become diverse. Rescue-ACE, Purrely, Runick, Branded, Mathmech, Adamancipator and Tearlaments are in the lead but the difference between them are just a count or two apart.

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13 Responses

  1. BaSO₄ says:
    13 June 2023 at 4:48 pm

    Will there be 2022.10 and 2023.01 summary Meta analysis？

    Reply
  2. S3VeNic says:
    13 June 2023 at 5:16 pm

    Any chance there is photo or source for the Dragon Link decklists?

    Reply
  3. SorataTenma says:
    13 June 2023 at 7:44 pm

    Where can I see the marincess decklist?

    Reply
  4. Ky says:
    14 June 2023 at 5:40 am

    anyone find the Mannadium decklists?

    Reply
  5. Kaiji says:
    14 June 2023 at 7:34 pm

    Amazing how quiet the infernobles d*ck raiders are where did the “best deck of the format”, “the next tier 1 deck” go?? its almost like the new support solves absolutely nothing for the deck you still surrender going 2nd or to a floodgate. 1-2 TOPS BTW after multiple tournaments and zero tops in the WCQ tournaments. where did the Isolde complainers go to now? “the most broken link in the game” can’t top a single tournament why is that? I guess I wasn’t an Idiot for calling this support overhyped.

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    • ken says:
      14 June 2023 at 10:05 pm

      You must be hurt.

    • William D. Ly says:
      14 June 2023 at 10:13 pm

      Those d-riders are in the TCG. Not OCG…

    • PEPENATAS says:
      15 June 2023 at 6:21 pm

      no you aren’t an idiot for calling it overhyped, but you an idiot are for writing that cringe asf comment.

    • shen says:
      20 June 2023 at 2:16 am

      so when you call out the Duellinksmeta toxic fanbase that insult you for calling the support useless and then months later its clearly was useless and you still sucking on dlm? the only cringe loser is you I agree with the infernoble support being overhyped and there is nothing cringe to calling the TOXIC cancer community that is DLM

  6. William D. Ly says:
    14 June 2023 at 10:16 pm

    Got to give the Rescue-Acers some props. Playing a fun deck to the spotlight.

    Reply
  7. Fuldrer says:
    15 June 2023 at 5:48 am

    Anyone know which link is the one where the infernoble rescue ace is? i couldnt find it in any of the links

    Reply
  8. Hopifull says:
    7 July 2023 at 11:56 pm

    You can never kill Tearlaments! 7 cards not banned ,still Teir 1 deck! No, not 7 not hit card 7 LEGAL NUMBER OF TEAR NAMED CARDS , 20+ cards specifically named Tear or boosting the strategy are on the banlist !

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