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 September 22, 2025 to September 29, 2025

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

Same as the rush format. Meta is stalled since a while and banlist didn't do anything relevant. In my opinion, meta is diverse enough to not justify a banlist, but there are more factors than just diversity. Some decks are too old by now.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd
Meta Weekly #396 SE/No Side 10 Utopia Gusto
Suisen Weekly #168 SE/No Side 31 Ancient Gear Shaddoll
Grand Prix #123 Swiss/No Side 76 Despia Ancient Gear
Fraud Nexus Circuit #20 SE/No Side 40 Ancient Gear Ra
Dueling Arena #1 SE/No Side 66 Shaddoll Chimera
Starry Cup #61 SE/No Side 47 Utopia Ancient Gear
Sky Striker Cup #61 SE/No Side 35 Shaddoll Nouvelle
Cloudy City Weekly #52 SE/No Side 49 Ra
Dynasty #30 SE/No Side 40 Shaddoll Gusto
DL Weekend League #11 SE/No Side 27 Ancient Gear Utopia
Wolf Series #74 SE/No Side 36 Despia Despia

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Sky Striker Cup #61 - Mesugi
30 cards
1st Place in Grand Prix #123 - Juanita
1st Place in Suisen Weekly #168 - Neo 路易
1st Place in Cloudy City Weekly #52 -
30 cards
1st Place in Meta Weekly #396 -

Performance Metric

Remarks

No new changes, meta is stalled since a while. No new product either, so the only new changes will be the buffed skills after banlist applies. Still, I don't expect a meta change due to banlist.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd
Rush Duel Links Weekly #41 SE/No Side 26 Hero Sevens Road
Quantum Rush #81 SE/No Side 28 Light Galaxy Light Galaxy
Rush Duel Dynasty #24 SE/No Side 26 Sevens Road Light Galaxy
Galaxy Rush #30 SE/No Side 30 Hero Hero

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Quantum Rush #81 -
30 cards
1st Place in Rush Duel Dynasty #24 - ProPlayer