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 27, 2026 to August 04, 2026

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

Can you play through Nibiru and Lava Golem bro? No?

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Meta Weekly #435 SE/No Side 13 Branded Vaalmonica Destiny Hero Vaalmonica
Starry Cup #157 SE/No Side 50 Stardust Branded Centur-Ion Tachyon
Quantum Dailies #552 SE/No Side 55 Infernity Branded Snake-Eyes Stardust
Cloudy City Weekly #70 SE/No Side 37 Vaalmonica Gimmick Puppet Destiny Hero Stardust
Starry Cup #159 SE/No Side 43 Stardust Branded Centur-Ion Branded
Pro Arab Tournament #12 SE/No Side 90 Vaalmonica Snake-Eyes Vaalmonica Vaalmonica
Quantum Dailies #554 SE/No Side 53 Branded Branded Infernity Branded
JTVCUP Speed #11 SE/No Side 29 Swordsoul Branded Destiny Hero Branded
Quantum Dailies #553 SE/No Side 54 Branded Destiny Hero Destiny Hero Vaalmonica
Latam Showdown #227 SE/No Side 28 Labrynth Branded Branded Blackwing
Duel Links Grand Prix #150 SE/No Side 74 Branded Branded Centur-Ion Branded
Suisen Weekly #212 SE/No Side 51 Branded Centur-Ion Stardust Centur-Ion
Starry Cup #158 SE/No Side 58 Vaalmonica Branded Branded Infernity
Duel Links Dynasty #61 SE/No Side 39 Vaalmonica Snake-Eyes Branded Infernity

Top staples (by % of Top 4 decks using them)

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Meta Weekly #435 - Madara
1st Place in Starry Cup #157 - Diuan
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #552 - Qwerty
1st Place in Cloudy City Weekly #70 - JoshfishyG
1st Place in JTVCUP Speed #11 - Angmar
1st Place in Latam Showdown #227 - asesino987

Performance Metric

Top staples (by % of Top 4 decks using them)

Remarks

No tournaments, the format is dead thanks to Wyrms.

Tournaments considered

Winning Deck Examples