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 July 21, 2025 to July 28, 2025

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

You know a box is good when you get results immediately. Despia mixed with Dark Lord seems very strong. Same for Chimera and Sky, they have potential to be competitive in this format.

Despia has found a way to control the board with Loading... and with the ability to summon Loading... in the opponent's turn using Loading... to wipe the board.

Chimera has so much versatility thanks to Loading... ability to send any fiend, illusion or beast from the deck to GY. Probably we will see various iterations of the deck before finding the optimal list.

Sky Striker is more consistent now. Thanks to the skill, the deck doesn't need to bring Loading... and with the new spell Loading... the OTK potential is higher than before. You can even summon Loading... turn 1 to search Loading... .

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd
Meta Weekly #391 SE 16 Gusto Utopia
Cloudy City Weekly #48 SE 75 Ancient Gear Shaddoll
Suisen Weekly #159 SE 49 Speedroid Gusto
DU Meta #2 SE 60 Utopia Shaddoll
Wolf Series #72 SE 42 Ancient Gear Speedroid
Quantum Dailies #451 SE 53 Despia Chimera
Starry Cup #55 SE 58 Odd-Eyes Sky Striker
Seal Cup #42 SE 30 Despia Despia
Grand Prix #120 Swiss 70 Ancient Gear Despia
Grand Prix SE #53 SE 80 Ancient Gear Shaddoll
Dynasty #28 SE 46 Speedroid Despia
Sky Striker Cup #56 SE 50 Utopia Agents
Duel Links Empire Accession #67 SE 62 Ancient Gear Speedroid
Kuma Bear Weekly #98 SE 22 Despia Speedroid
Evil League DL S13 #3 SE/9 Card Size 32 Utopia Ancient Gear

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Meta Weekly #391 -
1st Place in Suisen Weekly #159 - ラー
1st Place in Cloudy City Weekly #48 -
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #451 -
1st Place in Starry Cup #55 -
1st Place in Sky Striker Cup #56 -

Performance Metric

Remarks

The format is established for a while now. We know Light Galaxy is the dominant deck and Hero, Sevens, Baseball, Dark Galaxy, Red-Boot are contenders because they have OTK potential but less consistency than Light Galaxy.

We know there is a build box coming soon, with a new trap Loading... . The trap is powerful and can be a meta changing card.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd
Rush Duel Links Weekly #34 SE 36 Sevens Road Light Galaxy
Rush Duel Dynasty #22 SE 28 Light Galaxy Dark Galaxy
Cloudy City Rush Weekly #34 SE 31 Light Galaxy Light Galaxy
Quantum Rush #74 SE 34 Baseball Light Galaxy
Galaxy Rush #22 SE 37 Hero Baseball

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Galaxy Rush #22 -
1st Place in Cloudy City Rush Weekly #34 - Maher
1st Place in Quantum Rush #74 - 咲く花