Duel Links Meta Snapshot February 2026 Week #3

Published on February 24th, 2026 by
Bismut

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 February 16, 2026 to February 23, 2026

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

Meta is diverse, there is no discussion there. But that could mean the next banlist will be a soft one, with no major hits.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Meta Weekly #415 SE/No Side 22 Tachyon Ancient Gear Stardust Despia
Quantum Dailies #513 SE/No Side 54 Ancient Gear Despia Thunder Dragon Chimera
Starry Cup #112 SE/No Side 69 Traptrix Traptrix Beetrooper Dark Magician
Cloudy City Weekly #63 SE/No Side 67 Tachyon Despia Tachyon Drytron
Duel Links Grand Prix #135 SE/No Side 76 Traptrix Despia Despia Traptrix
The Wolf Series #82 SE/No Side 45 Despia Traptrix Tachyon Traptrix
Starry Cup #113 SE/No Side 69 Beetrooper Floowandereeze Traptrix Traptrix
#189 Suisen Weekly SE/No Side 75 Beetrooper Despia Traptrix Tachyon

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Meta Weekly #415 - Norentino
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #513 - J!nzo
1st Place in Starry Cup #112 - Dr Hawkeye
1st Place in Starry Cup #113 - mathfort
1st Place in The Wolf Series #82 - Naku_10

Performance Metric

Remarks

Three months ago, the dominant deck was Jointech alone. Then, the next three months were dominated by Aqua and MP. In the last six months, the only competitive changes have been the addition of Aqua and the decline of Jointech.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Quantum Rush #76 SE/No Side 15 Music Princess Aqua Music Princess Hero
Rush Duel Links Weekly #57 SE/No Side 27 Music Princess Hero Baseball Music Princess

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Quantum Rush #76 - Sak7k
Skill Music Princess's Breath
30 cards
Digisoon the Music Fiend
Digisoon the Music Fiend
Digisoon the Music Fiend
Ensembullfighter the Music Fiend
Ensembullfighter the Music Fiend
Boton the Music Princess
Boton the Music Princess
Boton the Music Princess
Music Princess's Battle Ballet
Music Princess's Battle Ballet
Music Princess's Battle Ballet
Tubardiche the Music Princess
Tubardiche the Music Princess
Tubardiche the Music Princess
Straight Pierce
Shiny Shady
Shiny Shady
The Warrior Returning Alive
Shiny Shady
Elemental Circulation
Fusion
Elemental Circulation
Trombow the Music Princess of Melodic Crown
Trombow the Music Princess of Melodic Crown
Trombow the Music Princess of Melodic Crown
Elemental HERO Avian
Elemental HERO Avian
Elemental HERO Avian
Horn Knives the Music Princess
Horn Knives the Music Princess
Axtion Melody the Music Princess
Axtion Melody the Music Princess
Axtion Melody the Music Princess
Full Orchestra the Music Fiend
Full Orchestra the Music Fiend
Divinebreath the Orchestral Music Fiend
Divinebreath the Orchestral Music Fiend
Elemental HERO Flame Wingman

Prerequisites

  • A registered Konami ID linked to your master duel game
  • Must login to Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards DB using the same Konami ID
  • If the Yu-Gi-Oh! DB website asks to login with Game Card ID just click "I don't have a game card ID" and fill some basic information to proceed

Export Guide

- Via the MDM extension (Recommended): Download on Firefox, or Chromium Browsers
For Chromium browsers (Chrome/Edge/Opera/Brave...etc) just click "Add to chrome" on the store page and it'll work on most if not all chromium browsers.
After using the extension, go to the Master Duel game => Main menu => Deck option => The Card database option at the top right corner => locate the deck you exported and copy it
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- Manually
  1. Click here to copy the export code
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  2. Go to Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards DB and click My Deck => Add a Deck
  3. Once the deck page loads click Edit then do one of the following based on the platform your device is running:
    • (PC Only): Press F12 to open the DevTools window => Navigate to the Console tab in the window => Paste the export code => Hit Enter
    • OR (Other platforms/PC): In the address bar of the current tab remove the URL and type "javascript:" without the quotations then paste the export code, then if you're on mobile look for the *globe* icon and tap on it to run the code (Chrome only), for PC users just hit enter.
  4. The deck will save automatically
  5. Go to the Master Duel game => Main menu => Deck option => The Card database option at the top right corner => locate the deck you exported and copy it

Click here for a more detailed guide

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