Duel Links Meta Snapshot March 2026 Week #2

Published on March 9th, 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 March 02, 2026 to March 09, 2026

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

Konami, what have you done?.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Meta Weekly #416 SE/No Side 22 Traptrix Traptrix Traptrix Drytron
Starry Cup #116 SE/No Side 35 Traptrix Traptrix Shaddoll Tachyon
Starry Cup #117 SE/No Side 49 Traptrix Tachyon Traptrix Blue Eyes
Quantum Dailies #515 SE/No Side 46 Floowandereeze Traptrix Beetrooper Galaxy
Cloudy City Weekly #64 SE/No Side 66 Traptrix Tachyon Dino Thunder Dragon
Suisen Weekly #191 SE/No Side 42 Traptrix Traptrix Tachyon Gimmick Puppet
Starry Cup #118 SE/No Side 58 Traptrix P.U.N.K. Traptrix Traptrix
Sky Striker Cup #82 SE/No Side 43 Galaxy Shaddoll Shinobird Exosister
Starry Cup #119 SE/No Side 56 Traptrix Traptrix Galaxy Tachyon
Quantum Dailies #516 SE/No Side 52 Traptrix Eldlich Gimmick Puppet Galaxy
Fraud Nexus Circuit #29 SE/No Side 51 Traptrix Tachyon Eldlich Eldlich
6K Duelist Kingdom #9 SE/No Side 64 Beetrooper Tachyon Stardust Galaxy
Duel Links Dynasty #48 SE/No Side 61 Traptrix Traptrix Dark Magician Traptrix
The Freshy Cup #2 SE/No Side 52 Gimmick Puppet Gimmick Puppet Stardust Traptrix
Quantum Dailies #517 SE/No Side 32 Traptrix Red-Eyes Red-Eyes Blue Eyes

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Meta Weekly #416 - Shelmy
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #515 - Freitas
1st Place in Sky Striker Cup #82 - IDEQ
1st Place in 6K Duelist Kingdom #9 - Amr
1st Place in The Freshy Cup #2 - Kyard
Skill Dark Stirring of the Dreadful Dolls
30 cards
Gimmick Puppet Rouge Doll
Gimmick Puppet Rouge Doll
Gimmick Puppet Rouge Doll
Gimmick Puppet Scissor Arms
Gimmick Puppet Terror Baby
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
Effect Veiler
Effect Veiler
Gimmick Puppet Bisque Doll
Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll
Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers
Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers
Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers
Gimmick Puppet Cattle Scream
Gimmick Puppet Fiendish Knight
Forbidden Droplet
Forbidden Droplet
Forbidden Droplet
Rank-Up-Magic Argent Chaos Force
The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Launch
Condolence Puppet
Condolence Puppet
Condolence Puppet
Infinite Impermanence
Infinite Impermanence
Infinite Impermanence
Xyz Block
Puppet Parade
Service Puppet Play
Elder Entity N'tss
Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings
Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder
Mereologic Aggregator
Gimmick Puppet Fantasix Machinix
Gimmick Puppet Fantasix Machinix
Gimmick Puppet Chimera Doll
Gimmick Puppet Chimera Doll
Gimmick Puppet Gigantes Doll

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
    2.
  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

Performance Metric

Remarks

Finally we will have a new box, with some promising decks like Excutie, Noodles and more RE support.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Quantum Rush #98 SE/No Side 25 Aqua Red-Boot Aqua Music Princess
Cloudy City Rush Weekly #40 SE/No Side 28 Red-Boot Red-Boot Music Princess Red-Eyes
Rush Duel Links Weekly #58 SE/No Side 20 Red-Boot Sevens Road Hero Music Princess
Rush Duel Dynasty #35 SE/No Side 21 Aqua Music Princess Aqua Hero

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Quantum Rush #98 - iZirius21
1st Place in Cloudy City Rush Weekly #40 - Pro player

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