OCG 2024.10 Metagame Report #6, #7
Welcome to Week #6, #7 of the OCG 2024.10 format.
This report tabulates 206 top-performing decks from 39 tournaments that were held in Japan, China Mainland, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam during 9 – 17 November 2024.
Metagame Breakdown
- 54 Ryzeal (53 Ryzeal, 1 Toy Ryzeal)
- 29 Maliss (28 Maliss, 1 Grass Bystial Maliss)
- 20 Blue-Eyes (18 Primite Blue-Eyes, 1 Blue-Eyes, 1 White Forest Blue-Eyes)
- 12 Atlantean (11 Atlantean, 1 Ice Barrier Atlantean)
- 11 Snake-Eye (7 Fiendsmith White Forest Azamina Snake-Eye, 4 Fiendsmith Azamina Snake-Eye)
- 11 White Forest (9 Fiendsmith Azamina White Forest, 2 Toy Azamina White Forest)
- 10 Voiceless Voice (6 Voiceless Voice, 4 Ryzeal Voiceless Voice)
- 7 Memento
- 6 Centur-Ion (5 Centur-Ion, 1 Bystial Centur-Ion)
- 5 Tenpai Dragon
- 5 Yubel (3 Fiendsmith Yubel, 1 Evil HERO Fiendsmith Yubel, 1 Bystial Yubel)
- 4 Grass Branded
- 4 Labrynth
- 3 Crystron
- 3 Fiendsmith Unchained
- 2 Fiendsmith Azamina Chimera
- 2 Salamangreat (1 Salamangreat, 1 Azamina Salamangreat)
- 2 Trickstar Tachyon
- 1 Branded Buster Blader
- 1 Centur-Ion Dragon Link
- 1 Fiendsmith Azamina Rescue-ACE
- 1 Fiendsmith Evil★Twin
- 1 Fiendsmith Goblin Biker
- 1 Fiendsmith Magical Musket
- 1 Fire King
- 1 Gladiator Beast
- 1 HERO
- 1 Labrynth Fiendsmith Plunder Patroll
- 1 Melodious Shaddoll
- 1 Primite Tenyi Swordsoul
- 1 Ritual Beast
- 1 Runick
- 1 Sky Striker
- 1 Tenpai Dragon Dinosaur
Ryzeal
Dimension Shifter is making a return to the Side Deck as we are seeing an increase in decks that relies on the graveyard, namely Blue-Eyes, Atlantean, Snake-Eye, White Forest and Memento.
Retaliating “C” is also seeing a resurgence against Fusion decks, namely against Snake-Eye and White Forest which uses the Azamina package, and Memento.
Uiui (ういうい) went 7-1 (excluding 1 bye) and finished 2nd in “44th RAM Cup Individual Tournament” which had 77 participants.
Maliss
Similarly, Maliss could be seen running Dimension Shifter in the Main Deck.
Dominus Impulse in the Side Deck together with Dimension Shifter are vital against the rest of the decks that are not Ryzeal or Maliss.
Akiyama Mizuki’s Dog (晓山瑞希的狗) went 11-3 and finished 2nd in “China City Tournament 2024 Beijing” which had 487 participants.
Blue-Eyes
Supreme Darkness gave Blue-Eyes a boost in the form of a new Primite card, Primite Another Beryl.
Primite Another Beryl is a Primite card, allowing it to be searched by Primite Lordly Lode. When Primite Another Beryl is Normal Summoned, its ① effect can set 1 “Primite” Spell/Trap from deck, which could be Primite Lordly Lode if you didn’t open with it, or Primite Drillbeam as a disruption during the opponent’s turn. Primite Another Beryl is a Level 4 Dragon monster and that allows it to be used to Link Summon Spirit with Eyes of Blue.
Primite Blue-Eyes plays as a midrange deck. Using Primite Lordly Lode ③ effect comes with a drawback that makes you cannot activate the effects of Special Summoned monsters on the field this turn, but this drawback is minimized as the deck would typically end on Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres or Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon, and both has Quick Effects which could be activated on the opponent’s turn. The Primite cards has raised the floor of the Blue-Eyes deck, as it could end on Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres with a Set Primite Drillbeam when hit by the opponent’s Maxx “C” or Mulcharmy Fuwalos.
rnt66 went 6-1 (excluding 1 bye) and finished 3 – 4th in “44th RAM Cup Individual Tournament” which had 77 participants.
Conclusion
Ryzeal and Maliss continues to be the top 2 decks, but Supreme Darkness came with more surprises than initially anticipated as players discover new strategies.
Primite Blue-Eyes is looking to be a decent contender in the format behind Ryzeal and Maliss, and Atlantean has also made quite a splash in the format.
However, Dimension Shifter is making a return to the format and we will have to see if these decks would still be able to stand up against the counter tech.
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References
- 2024-11-17 | 20th Dark Law CS
- 2024-11-17 | 1st Batti Cup
- 2024-11-17 | Dragon of Galaxy Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-17 | 3rd Pudding Cup Nanjing College League
- 2024-11-17 | Qilin Card Shop Tournament
- 2024-11-17 | 1923CS 3v3 Team Tournament
- 2024-11-17 | Delight CS 3v3 Team Tournament
- 2024-11-17 | Vietnam National Championship 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City
- 2024-11-16 | 44th RAM Cup Individual Tournament (Omori Venue)
- 2024-11-16 | Lord of Dragon Card Shop Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Cosmos TCG Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Chongfeng Card Shop Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | GiveFun Card Shop Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Top Deck Vis Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Yoyo Card Shop Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Liuwuzhimen Card Shop 4th Anniversary Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Champion Card Game Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | 2024 KYLK Annual Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Pegasus Card Shop Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Kami Card Shop Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Illusion Legion Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-16 | Grand Tournament Bandung 2
- 2024-11-16 | 2nd HSCS Grand
- 2024-11-13 | 200th Next Play Cup
- 2024-11-10 | 2th Kinta CS in Yokohama (Individual Tournament)
- 2024-11-10 | China City Tournament 2024 Beijing
- 2024-11-10 | Wondrous Card Shop Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-10 | TeamSword Cards Wuzhilong Wedding Cup
- 2024-11-10 | Delight CS Zenis Cup 1st Qualifier
- 2024-11-10 | HSCS 3v3 Team Tournament (1st: A, B, C | 2nd: A, B, C)
- 2024-11-10 | Battle City Vietnam 2024 HDA
- 2024-11-09 | 4th Ieneko CS
- 2024-11-09 | CardMaster TSMC Cup (1st | 2nd | 3 – 4th: A, B | 5 – 8th: A, B, C, D)
- 2024-11-09 | Top Deck Vis Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-09 | Lord of Dragon Card Shop Tournament
- 2024-11-09 | Cats Island Card Weekly Tournament
- 2024-11-09 | Champion Card Game Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-09 | Beyond the Memories Daboshu Shop Ranking Tournament
- 2024-11-09 | Jitui Card House Tournament
Ryzeal not tier 0? NOWAYING
Anyone able to find the primitie Swordsoul list ? I think it’s a mistake listed
instead of thinking someone made a mistake, try to do better next time. https://tieba.baidu.com/photo/p?kw=上位卡组&flux=1&tid=9281295173&pic_id=a06c7f82b2b7d0a2a5167ebb8def76094a369a95&pn=1&fp=2&see_lz=1&post_id=151265770594
Anyone who’s got the Labrynth Fiendsmith Plunder Patroll decklist?
Honestly even with Maxx C I love these decklists here, this feels like a really fun metagame. Good mix of general control and combo strategies, and what basically qualifies as “midrange” here. Healthy and lot of viability.
No Atlantean review?
Come on, it’s pretty rare to see them topping these days.
Does anyone know the link for the gladiator beast deck?
Damn, I wish for Dark Magician to be able to perform this best. Blue-Eyes was meta 8 years ago as well. Meanwhile DM an Red-Eyes are stuck with mediocre to garbage support
Hi, anyone can explain what Space Omajinai Usagi is used for in the Blue-Eyes deck?
It is a lvl 1 light spellcaster normal tuner that turns Primite Lordy Lode into Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon. Situational and imo not worth the brick but still neat
Anyone got that Evil HERO Yubel player’s list?
Does anyone know the link for the Melodious Shaddoll?
Tenpai Dino??? does anyone know the list for it?