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 August 17, 2026 to August 24, 2026

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

Vaalmonica showing impressive results, followed by Snake-Eyes. Branded losing the first spot for the first week since release.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Starry Cup #172 SE/No Side 49 Branded Labrynth Branded Vaalmonica
Quantum Dailies #560 SE/No Side 65 Branded Snake-Eyes Vaalmonica Infernity
Duel Links Grand Prix #152 SE/No Side 98 Vaalmonica Snake-Eyes Snake-Eyes Rokket
Suisen Weekly #215 SE/No Side 55 Snake-Eyes Branded Snake-Eyes Centur-Ion
Quantum Dailies #559 SE/No Side 52 Vaalmonica Branded Branded Vaalmonica
Starry Cup #170 SE/No Side 75 Stardust Snake-Eyes Snake-Eyes Branded
Duel Links UX Stadium #5 SE/No Side 77 Vaalmonica Snake-Eyes Vaalmonica Stardust
Meta Weekly #438 SE/No Side 18 Branded Snake-Eyes Branded Branded
Pro Arab Tournament #14 SE/No Side 95 Snake-Eyes Vaalmonica Vaalmonica Vaalmonica
Starry Cup #171 SE/No Side 66 Vaalmonica Branded Vaalmonica Rokket

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

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Starry Cup #172 - Naku_10
1st Place in Suisen Weekly #215 - レアル
1st Place in Starry Cup #170 - Diuan

Performance Metric

Remarks

Gathering results whenever a new tournament is held, but currently, it is not viable to analyze the metagame due to the low player base.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Go Rush!! Grand Prix #33 SE/No Side 15 Red-Eyes Wyrm Red-Eyes Gradius