TCG Meta Snapshot: Branded Engine April 2022
With the recent conclusion of the Colombian YCS and WCQ regional events throughout mid-April, it’s clear to see that Branded Decks are quite prevalent. Let’s see what variants are popular!
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Meta Snapshot
The TCG Meta Snapshot is a project by some of the writers at YGOPRODeck that aims to encapsulate the state of the meta for a given 1-2 week period. The TCG Meta Snapshot also aims to rank decks in a somewhat looser tier system than the one used on Pojo.
TCG Meta Snapshot: Sky Striker March 2022
Sky Striker is in an interesting spot in the Adventurer filled metagame. It’s no longer excelling, but it seems to be holding its own. Let’s investigate.
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TCG Meta Snapshot: Eldlich February 2022
Eldlich endures as a resilient control strategy in today’s fast-paced metagame. Let’s take a look at what the Golden Lord has been up to Post-GRCR.
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TCG Meta Snapshot: Floowandereeze January 2022
Floowandereeze is a straightforward and consistent strategy that revolves around Tribute summoning powerful Winged-Beast monsters into the fray.
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TCG Meta Snapshot: Tri-Brigade November 2021
Tri-Brigade exists as a consistent and competitive force in the metagame, albeit to a lesser degree compared to previous formats. Their unique mechanic of summoning out Beast, Beast-Warrior, and Winged-Beast monsters from the Extra Deck at the cost of banishing monsters from the GY allows them to perform powerful plays no other deck can boast. Revolt remains as a key win button in their grasp as well.
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TCG Meta Snapshot: Sky Striker March 2019
Well, comrades, we have reached the end of history. After a rocky month, it’s become clear that no deck can compare to Sky Striker. While it’s unclear if Sky Striker’s continued metagame dominance is due to its innate power or the result of some pact Paulo Prrj Gonçalve made with the devil, Raye is here to stay.
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TCG Meta Snapshot: Thunder Dragon March 2019
Ahh, Thunder Dragon. Ever the bridesmaid, never the bride. For the fourth time now, Thunder Dragon has placed second in a YCS, managing to do it three times in one event at YCS Atlanta. Thunder Dragon’s playstyle has changed significantly since it’s arrival in the TCG in Soul Fusion
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TCG Meta Snapshot: Salamangreat March 2019
Salamangreats are an archetype made meta by the recent Soulburner Structure Deck. They’re a very consistent combo deck that sets up boards consisting usually of a slew of traps with more hand traps backing them up. The main strength of the deck comes not from the deck’s ceiling, but from its extreme consistency and durability. The abundance of one and two card combos lets you perform the same plays to accrue advantage turn after turn. The deck also has strong OTK potential with link climbing combos.
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TCG Meta Snapshot: Trickstar January 2019
The year is 2019. Trickstars have now been meta viable for nearly eighteen months and – remarkably – very little has changed. Since the last time we took a peek at our Fairy friends, builds have cut cheesy win conditions like Chain Summoning for more consistent game-enders like Cyber Dragon and Dinowrestler Pankratops. The deck boasts an impeccable rogue matchup alongside hyper-specific maindeck answers to meta decks. If you’re looking for a deck with staying power, Trickstar remains a viable option.
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TCG Meta Snapshot: Danger! Dark World FTK November 2018
When the Danger! monsters were revealed in Cybernetic Horizon, duelists quickly devised a strategy to pair them with the older Dark World monsters. The two archetypes’ strategies of discarding seemed made for one another. The deck failed to accomplish much in the metagame until the release of Soul Fusion, however. After Soul Fusion introduced new Danger! monsters, especially Danger!? Tsuchinoko?, a few duelists realized that Danger! and Dark World monsters could form a combined engine to perform a consistent First-Turn Kill.
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