Hi friends, the December 2024 Crossover Breakers (CRBR) Format has come to a close alongside the conclusion of the ROTA Regional Season with the upcoming release of Supreme Darkness on January 24, 2025. It ran for over a month (5 weeks) and was a respectable mini-format. Let's take a look at the final tally!

Overview

Known Regionals: 65

Regional Decks: 485/516* = 93.99% (One regional was not big enough and only the Top 4 were given prizing/invites. Missing deck types not yet reported or made public.)
Miscellaneous

Fiendsmith Total Stats = 58.97% (Number of decks that utilized the Fiendsmith Engine)

CRBR Decks = 65.36%  (Ryzeal and Maliss. No known Ryu-Ge tops at the time of recording this data)

Top Tier

*Bystial variants are decks that run a big package with Lubellion + Regained. Otherwise, most decks use Bystials as defensives.

222 Ryzeal (Mostly Fiendsmith. Non FS Variants: 38 Pure, 2 Kashtira, 2 Toy, 1 Shark, 1 Bystial, 1 Melodious)

95 Maliss (35 Sky Striker, 20 Pure, 10 Kashtira, 13 Bystial, 14 Fiendsmith, 1 Azamina)

Meta Contenders

29 Tenpai Dragon (Fiendsmith Bystial/Kashtira variants, 2 Sky Striker)

26 Fiendsmith Control (20 Kashtira, 6 Magical Musketeer)

19 Fiendsmith Yubel

12 Memento (8 Pure, 1 Goblin Biker, 3 Fiendsmith)

High Rogue

9 Labrynth (3 Fiendsmith)

9 Voiceless Voice (1 Fiendsmith)

7 Bystial Control (All Fiendsmith)

Rogue

5 White Forest (4 Azamina)

5 Goblin Biker (1 Fiendsmith, 1 Kashtira)

5 Fire King (2 Azamina, 2 Kashtira)

5 Centur-Ion (1 Fiendsmith, 5 Bystial)

4 Ritual Beast

3 Plant Link

3 Dinomorphia 

3 Atlantean Mermail

2 Floowandereeze

2 Melodious 

2 Gimmick Puppet (Horus)

2 Dark World

2 Mimighoul (1 Fiendsmith Purrely)

The 1-ofs

1 Dragon Link (Bystial / Rokkets)

1 Thunder Dragon (Bystial Horus)

1 Scareclaw (Kashtira)

1 Invoked (FS Azamina)

1 Chimera (FS)

1 Buster Blader (FS Bystial)

1 Tearlaments (FS Horus)

1 Rescue-ACE (FS)

1 Orcust (Horus)

1 Kashtira 

1 Branded Despia

1 Sky Striker

1 Drytron

1 Blackwing

Conclusion

We'll have to wait and see how Supreme Darkness (SUDA) will shake up the metagame! Ryzeal and Maliss shaped most of the format with decks having to prepare for them. A few meta contenders such as Tenpai Dragon, Fiendsmith Control, and Memento found decent success despite the CRBR duo's dominance. The Fiendsmith engine continued to be the most popular engine by far for most decks, with Bystial and Kashtira also proving to be popular picks to supplement strategies. Azamina saw some light experimentation but was still relatively unexplored, which may change in the next set. Until next time folks, Renren out!