Hi friends, the January 2025 Supreme Darkness (SUDA) Format has ended following the release of the April 7th, 2025 Forbidden and Limited list update. It ran for over 4 months (11-12 weeks). Let's look at the data and the final tally.
Overview
YCS Count: 8/8 (All Deck types known!)
Known Regionals: 175
Regional Decks: 1235/1400* = 88.21% (Missing deck types not yet reported or made public.)
YCS + Regional Decks: 1587/1760 = 90.17%
CRBR Decks: 952/1587 = 59.99% (Ryzeal and Maliss. No known Ryu-Ge tops at the time of recording this data.)
The Best Decks
569 Ryzeal (335 Fiendsmith, 12 Bystial, 3 Primite, 2 Kashtira, 1 Time Thief, 1 Volcanic)
383 Maliss (19 Fiendsmith, 7 Sky Striker, 5 Kashtira, 1 Danger, 1 Azamina)
Top Tier
110 Ryzeal Mitsurugi (17 Dogmatika)
101 Blue-Eyes (98 Primite, 1 Fiendsmith)
Meta Contenders
64 Atlantean Mermail
45 Crystron (15 Kashtira, 5 Azamina, 2 Adventurer, 3 Horus)
43 Fiendsmith Bystial (26 Maliss)
41 Memento (12 Goblin Biker, 10 Fiendsmith)
33 Tenpai Dragon (13 Fiendsmith Bystial, 12 Sky Striker, 2 Kashtira)
33 White Forest (32 Azamina, 16 Fiendsmith, 7 Toy, 1 Kashtira, 1 Runick)
High Rogue
22 Fire King
17 Fiendsmith Yubel
14 Odion (6 Fiendsmith)
12 Fiendsmith (10 Kashtira, 1 Runick)
Rogue
9 Primite (6 Fiendsmith, 1 Bystial, 1 Kashtira)
9 Branded Despia
7 Voiceless Voice (4 Dogmatika, 1 Fiendsmith, 1 Ryzeal)
7 Kashtira (1 Stun)
6 Chimera (5 Fiendsmith, 1 Azamina)
5 Labrynth
Has Potential
4 Goblin Biker
3 Melodious
3 Centurion (Bystial)
3 Ritual Beast
3 Mimighoul (1 Kashtira)
3 Rescue-ACE (1 Fiendsmith)
2 Mikanko (1 Dogmatika)
2 Purrely
2 Unchained (Fiendsmith Musket)
2 Ogdoadic (Mitsurugi)
2 Orcust (Azamina)
2 Ice Barrier
2 Runick (Stun)
2 Stun (Dogmatika)
2 Gladiator Beast (Tri-Brigade)
One Hit Wonders
1 Floowandereeze
1 Drytron
1 HERO
1 Spright
1 Magical Musketeer (Fiendsmith)
1 Vaalmonica (Fiendsmith)
1 Evil Twin (Fiendsmith)
1 Plunder Patroll (Fiendsmith)
1 Tearlaments (Fiendsmith Horus)
1 Phantom Knights (Fiendsmith Horus)
1 Dragon Link (Bystial)
1 Tachyon
1 Traptrix (Rikka)
1 Volcanic
1 Vanquish Soul
1 Dinomorphia
1 Marincess
1 Salamangreat
1 Sky Striker
1 Millennium Exodia
Conclusion
It's been a wild ride for this format, though some agree that it has overstayed its welcome. The April 7th 2025 Banlist alleviates some of these problems while leaving cards like the Fiendsmith engine untouched going into Alliance Insight. We'll have to wait and see how the format shapes up with this in mind. Until next time folks, Renren out!
