Overview
In case you missed it, this week's Meta Weekly was the last before Phantom of Rebellion. In the Finals we had
and his Water Xyz take out TPC Alumn and his Magnet Warriors.Interview with BashJackson
How does it feel to win this Meta Weekly?
It feels amazing, been grinding so hard for it and it finally happened, it just feels like it all the effort paid off
Why did you go with Water Xyz this Weekly?
To be honest I feel like the 3 better decks of the format are Water Xyz, Magnets and Gaia up till this day and time, so I picked the one I was most familiar with that also has high OTK potential and Loading... access + Loading... for graveyard effects (I was going to play Magnets but had to help a friend out before the tourney so I didn't have time to build the decklist with 5 minutes left)
How did the day go for you? Any notable matchups?
I had a crazy match on Top 8 vs
on Odd-Eyes and another hype match up vs on Buster Blader in Round 3 (the Loading... vs Loading... . Plus, a rematch vs on Gaia from Round 2 and Top 8 which were really close and of course the duels in the Finals that were super close against
Would you like to explain any of your Deck choices?
To be honest it was a decklist my friend
passed me a while back and I made some changes, as Water Xyz is full of starters I feel like the 2 Loading... is enough, though sometimes you might miss it, you'll either win the games quickly or have to manage your resources, besides that I think the list is really standard and Loading... being a quick play helped me out against Loading... with some Damage Step shenanigans. I wouldn't change much, so switch some Side Deck cards according to the meta and how it shapes but the Side worked perfectly for this tourney. For my Extra Deck I wanted to play a second Loading... target as it comes up sometimes after a Loading... or to gain value off of Xyz material but having Loading... there helps out against Abyss Actor (though I didn't use it that much, it is nice to have the option vs Loading... or Loading... .
Do you have anything else you'd like to say about your Tournament Experience?
It's been awesome, as everything in life it has it's highs and lows but you gotta keep learning, practicing and growing so that when opportunity knocks your door you are ready, I feel like if you put in the work you'll get rewarded, I hope Duel Links and Master Duels can coexist and both grow.
Lastly, do you have any shout-outs you'd like to make?
Shoutouts to my girl (BlueSky) that was supporting me all the time through the tourney, to my sister, my mom, my dad and all my family for supporting me ever since I started playing Yu-Gi-Oh! as a kid, to the Dominican Republic community of DL for all their support and help especially to NutukArt, Shiki, Allinci,Estelar,GabrielBO [VC], UchihaDavid, RodJeanM, El Lider and The Wiri Store, etc., to my first league team Duelist Executioners( 8th Hokage, Troop aka TrooperM1, BTP Che, etc.) , to the fam on DVG, more than a team it feels like family (Voice of Jesus, DVG Yousef, Ends, Dredie, DekuDew, Darcio, Vidugavia,Dragun, Sinmavis, etc.), to the Ritual Beast Gang discord #FreeHawks (Zuyo, DoT Barles, TrickstarPhi, Berry, Dyasil, Rua, SassyBaby, KamiKira123, etc.), to my FL team Only the Goats(Zoni, Troop, Eren, King Fayo, Dizzybat, etc.) , to my Clan Wars team QTP especially QTP Wanted to my boy Siljo123, Papan and Lightsworn for all their help and support, to my mod friends Staceylynn, Tesseract, Shadow3112, Magnar, etc., to all my streamer friends and the whole DL community( Big shoutout to Dimbrotis one of the most awesome people I know, Axmango, Moodtrapper, Seanmatrai, DuelLinksLounge, StevenFreshy, Memaker, Hawks, Whirlwynnd, AU Pilot, Donnygoo, QuantumCubes, Hydra Duels( Moralo and the whole staff), ItsYourBoiA2, Shaleeny88, Acier, Nambiri, Minimizec, AccelerationGate, Senpapi, Nifroth , VenusKaelin, Yamitrapped, LauraBenz, ElaFunk, Moomoosauru, FurritaChan, EvilPaio, Leoblenaru, Waptober, Salvi, Luex_illust, The Society of Light, Soly Nasty and of course DLM and the whole team for hosting this events so well done (also a big shoutout to all the communities and servers that let me help out and moderate/referee: Hydra Cup,B2B, DuelLinksLatam and other streamers mentioned before like Lounge, Pilot, Quantum, Donny, Mood, Memaker, etc. also a huge shoutout to DuelWorld and all the mods that helped my out when I started modding especially to HeyHeyCraig, Magnar, Darkness), huge shoutout to everybody that supported me, believed in me or gave me a chance in any form +everybody cheering me on the stream, you guys are the MVP's .
Winning Decklist:
That's all we got for this DLM Champion spotlight! What kind of questions should we be asking in the future? Comment down below!