OCG 2024.07 Metagame Report #7

Welcome to Week #7 of the OCG 2024.07 format.

This report tabulates 161 top-performing decks from 27 tournaments that were held in Japan, China Mainland, Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam during 16 – 18 August 2024.

• 50 Snake-Eye (42 Fiendsmith Azamina Snake-Eye, 7 Fiendsmith Snake-Eye, 1 Azamina Snake-Eye)
• 45 Tenpai Dragon
• 10 Centur-Ion (7 Centur-Ion, 3 Fiendsmith Centur-Ion)
• 8 Voiceless Voice
• 8 Yubel (7 Fiendsmith Yubel, 1 Yubel)
• 5 Memento
• 4 Rescue-ACE (2 Fiendsmith Azumina Sinful Spoils Rescue-ACE, 1 Fiendsmith Azamina Sinful Spoils Snake-Eye Rescue-ACE, 1 Fiendsmith Sinful Spoils Snake-Eye Rescue-ACE)
• 4 Runick
• 3 Melodious Supreme King
• 2 Fiendsmith Unchained
• 2 Gimmick Puppet
• 2 Grass Branded
• 2 Labrynth (1 Fiendsmith Labrynth, 1 Labrynth)
• 2 Primite Ragnaraika Sunavalon Rikka
• 2 Ritual Beast
• 1 Azamina Sinful Spoils Snake-Eye Fire King
• 1 Dragon Link
• 1 Fiendsmith Magical Musket
• 1 Fiendsmith Spright
• 1 Fiendsmith Vaalmonica
• 1 Floowandereeze
• 1 Grass Superheavy Samurai Millennium Fiendsmith Adamancipator
• 1 Meta Beat
• 1 Primite Fiendsmith
• 1 Primite Phantasm Spiral
• 1 Salamangreat
• 1 Tachyon

Retaliating “C” is one of the common counters to Azamina. When the opponent activates The Hallowed Azamina, you can chained with Retaliating “C”. Resolving the Chain, Retaliating “C” is Special Summoned from hand, and it would cause any card sent to the graveyard to be banished instead. The Hallowed Azamina would then resolve by sending “Sinful Spoils” card from field to the graveyard, but due to Retaliating “C” effect, the “Sinful Spoils” card would be banished instead. Since no “Sinful Spoils” cards were sent to the graveyard, The Hallowed Azamina effect would stop here and the next part which performs the Special Summon of the Azamina Fusion Monster would not be applied.

Powersink Stone is a Continuous Trap that has an effect similar to Skill Drain. Each time a monster effect is activated, 1 Spellstone Counter is placed on Powersink Stone. While Powersink Stone has 2 Spellstone Counters, neither player can activate the effects of face-up monsters on the field, also the effects of face-up monsters on the field are negated. A simple play such as Normal Summoning Snake-Eye Ash and activating its effect to add Snake-Eyes Poplar, and then activating Snake-Eyes Poplar effect to Special Summon itself from hand would accumulate 2 Spellstone Counters on Powersink Stone. This results in Snake-Eyes Poplar being unable to activate its ② effect upon being Special Summoned.

The Spellstone Counter is placed on Powersink Stone immediately after the activated monster effect finishes resolving. If only the Monster Effect is negated but not the activation, then the Spellstone Counter would still be placed on Powersink Stone. Some examples of cards that negate effects are Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Fiendsmith’s Desirae and Azamina Ilia Silvia.

Frannick Nezmar Octo went 10-1-1 and finished 3 – 4th in “Duel Spirits 2024” which had 188 participants.

Some Tenpai Dragon has started running Red Reboot in the Main Deck. Red Reboot is useful against Dominus Impulse in the Tenpai Dragon mirror match, as well as against Summon Limit, Skill Drain, There Can Be Only One which Snake-Eye and Voiceless Voice are running in the Main Deck.

SHO went 5-0 and finished 1st in “Yu-Gi-Oh! Area Championship 2024 Fukuoka” which had 61 teams (183 participants).

Snake-Eye and Tenpai Dragon remains the top dog of the format.

If you enjoyed these Weekly Metagame Reports, consider supporting Road of the King on Patreon. Cheers!

• 2024-08-18 | Duelist King Cup Satellite Shop Sapporo (1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th)
• 2024-08-18 | Duelist King Cup Amenity Dream Akihabara Shop (1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th)
• 2024-08-18 | 3rd Shogun Festival (1st: A, B, C | 2nd: A, B, C | 3 – 4th: A, B, C | 3 – 4th: A, B, C)
• 2024-08-18 | 27th YCCS in Chiba Hobby Station
• 2024-08-18 | 297th Taiyo CS (2v2 Team Tournament)
• 2024-08-18 | Duel Spirits 2024
• 2024-08-18 | Star Trail Destiny Ranking Tournament
• 2024-08-18 | Star Sakura Card Shop Weekly Tournament
• 2024-08-18 | HSCS 3v3 Team Tournament
• 2024-08-18 | Delight CS 3v3 Team Tournament
• 2024-08-18 | Battle City Vietnam 2024 TAP
• 2024-08-17 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Area Championship 2024 Fukuoka
• 2024-08-17 | Duelist King Cup Tokiwa Books Moto-Yawata Square Plus GEO (1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th)
• 2024-08-17 | 8th Lance CS 3v3 Team Tournament
• 2024-08-17 | 40th Hagetaka CS (1st: A, B, C | 2nd: A, B, C)
• 2024-08-17 | 41st RAM Cup Individual Tournament (Omori Venue)
• 2024-08-17 | Duelist Land Tournament
• 2024-08-17 | Argean × Maoming Yu-Gi-Oh! League 2.0
• 2024-08-17 | Cosmo TCG Ranking Tournament
• 2024-08-17 | Top Deck Vis Ranking Tournament
• 2024-08-17 | Qiandao CTS Cup
• 2024-08-17 | Huiliu Wulala Card House Tournament
• 2024-08-17 | Zhenxing Cup
• 2024-08-17 | Luye Card Shop Tournament
• 2024-08-17 | 1923 Grand CS (1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5 – 8th: A, B, C, D)
• 2024-08-17 | GDCS 3v3 Team Tournament
• 2024-08-16 | Duelist Land Ranking Tournament