[HitlerJr]

Same decks. Over and over.
Soul Sword, Sky Striker, Tri-Brigade, Phoenix Enforcer, Phantom Knights, Despia.... ect.

Most players that use these 'copy' decks are mentally incapable of using their imagination to create their own decks.

If there was an event to curve around these meta-decks, what decks would make the cut?
InB4 Ojama chads

[Hero_Odet]

Same decks. Over and over.
Soul Sword, Sky Striker, Tri-Brigade, Phoenix Enforcer, Phantom Knights, Despia.... ect.

Most players that use these 'copy' decks are mentally incapable of using their imagination to create their own decks.

If there was an event to curve around these meta-decks, what decks would make the cut?
InB4 Ojama chads

That's not true I can win just fine if I bring my Ghostrick Angel of Mischief Ftk or my Splight Cyber-Stein Ftk with options to side in a regular Splight

[Soulburst200]

I use Gizmek turbo, and I seem to be the only one. Yet it consistently beats almost all of the meta(I'm playing a version I haven't released on here yet btw because I'm still finishing the extra deck that has 4 open spaces). My friend has been playing and consistently wining with pend mag for years, even at times when they weren't popular, right now with monkeyboard back and beyond the pendulum released it's finally able to stand up in meta.

[Lames]

People do this all the time. Weird, seemingly insane builds top tournaments consistently. It requires a ton of hard work, rigorous testing, crazy good deckbuilding skill, and a deep understanding of the metagame to do so.

[BorgarTimeYGO]

Same decks. Over and over.
Soul Sword, Sky Striker, Tri-Brigade, Phoenix Enforcer, Phantom Knights, Despia.... ect.

Most players that use these 'copy' decks are mentally incapable of using their imagination to create their own decks.

If there was an event to curve around these meta-decks, what decks would make the cut?
InB4 Ojama chads

Dude, chill. Every game has an optimal metagame, and honestly we're in a pretty diverse format right now. If you want a real example of a format with no deckbuilding creativity, check out goat format; all the decks there run the same 30 or so staples with a few engine pieces to stand out from one another.

[HitlerJr]

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Dude, chill. Every game has an optimal metagame, and honestly we're in a pretty diverse format right now. If you want a real example of a format with no deckbuilding creativity, check out goat format; all the decks there run the same 30 or so staples with a few engine pieces to stand out from one another.
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I'm plenty chill... its an observation, so no reason for you to be testy.
There's nothing stopping people from using the same decks that other people are using, but if people just do that just to win without any joy in creativity, then they're also taking out the joy of the game for other people.
Don't get me wrong, other decks can still win against the sad-sack meta decks and its a hell of a fun thing, but where is the fun in it to fight the same decks over an over?

[Yura]

you can most certainly win with decks that most lable as "casual", "non-meta" or "uncompetitive." On dueling book i've taken surprising Ws. Although it does depend on how good you are as a player, you won't beat swordsoul with a nonmeta deck if yr not that good

[xX_Sli4 life baby_Xx]

tell me that you can't build decks without telling me you can't build decks
also I haven't gone through the rest of the thread yet, but I can only assume someone already pointed out that someone one need to create a winning deck from scratch before it can be copied

[xX_Sli4 life baby_Xx]

I use Gizmek turbo, and I seem to be the only one. Yet it consistently beats almost all of the meta(I'm playing a version I haven't released on here yet btw because I'm still finishing the extra deck that has 4 open spaces). My friend has been playing and consistently wining with pend mag for years, even at times when they weren't popular, right now with monkeyboard back and beyond the pendulum released it's finally able to stand up in meta.

the main reason things like that would win is the surprise factor, people aren't exactly boarding system down for gizmek turbo

[Soulburst200]

Yeah but stuff like called by the grave and Ghost belle are good counters that are often side decked, and I rely heavily on my gy effects.