Tournament Analysis
Hello! This Tournament Analysis article series aims to summarize the tournament-winning metagame based on data from a weeklong period (for both Speed and Rush formats).
Today's report is based on tournaments held from December 15, 2025 to December 22, 2025
- Speed Format
- Rush Format
Performance Metric
Remarks
No Blue-Eyes tops. Aside from that, we keep the same metagame overall. Chimera loses Snapdragon, but new tools like Mischief of the Gnomes remain.
Tournaments considered
| Format | Players | 1st | 2nd | Top 4 | Top 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suisen Weekly #180 | SE/No Side | 53 | Dino | Shinobird | Beetrooper | Kaiju |
| Sky Striker Cup #72 | SE/No Side | 30 | Exosister | Chimera | Mikanko | Swordsoul |
| Cloudy City Weekly #60 | SE/No Side | 62 | Shinobird | Swordsoul | Speedroid | Swordsoul |
| Starry Cup #83 | SE/No Side | 43 | Beetrooper | Shinobird | Predaplant | Nouvelle |
| Starry Cup #84 | SE/No Side | 56 | Chimera | Chimera | Swordsoul | Predaplant |
| The Wolf Series #80 | SE/No Side | 48 | Despia | Chimera | Dino | Beetrooper |
| Starry Cup #85 | SE/No Side | 53 | Speedroid | Beetrooper | Chimera | Dino |
| Duel Links Grand Prix #130 | SE/No Side | 79 | Shinobird | Chimera | Shinobird | Swordsoul |
| Jinzo Frogly Week #23 | SE/No Side | 75 | Shinobird | Chimera | Kaiju | Shinobird |
Winning Deck Examples
1st Place in Suisen Weekly #180 - TAKA
1st Place in Sky Striker Cup #72 - pyama
1st Place in Cloudy City Weekly #60 - Madara
1st Place in Starry Cup #83 - skillShot
1st Place in Starry Cup #84 - Madara
1st Place in The Wolf Series #80 - EL DIBU
1st Place in Starry Cup #85 - Mastercards
Performance Metric
Remarks
The banlist was too soft to shake the meta, although Jointech may suffer from the hits.
Tournaments considered
| Format | Players | 1st | 2nd | Top 4 | Top 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starry Rush Cup #14 | SE/No Side | 31 | Music Princess | Hero | Music Princess | Red-Boot |
| Galaxy Rush #36 | SE/No Side | 33 | Aqua | Music Princess | Jointech | Aqua |