Duel Links Meta Snapshot: March 2026 - Week #3

Published on March 16th, 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 09, 2026 to March 16, 2026

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

We have some common points related to the previous week. Traptrix and Tachyon remain at the top, but the gap is closer than before. The huge variety of different decks is a good sign too.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Meta Weekly #417 SE/No Side 24 Drytron Gimmick Puppet Traptrix Stardust
Starry Cup #120 SE/No Side 43 Despia Floowandereeze Traptrix Tachyon
Cloudy City Weekly#65 SE/No Side 57 Galaxy Red-Eyes Tachyon Traptrix
Quantum Dailies #518 SE/No Side 52 Shaddoll Tachyon Gimmick Puppet Beetrooper
Suisen Weekly #192 SE/No Side 41 Tachyon Galaxy Galaxy Traptrix
Duel Links Grand Prix #136 Swiss/No Side 76 Traptrix Traptrix Shaddoll Traptrix
Sky Striker Cup #83 SE/No Side 43 P.U.N.K. Red-Eyes Drytron Traptrix
Starry Cup #121 SE/No Side 53 Beetrooper Beetrooper Dark Magician Sharks
Quantum Dailies #519 SE/No Side 52 Floowandereeze Gimmick Puppet Floowandereeze Swordsoul
Speed Duel Dynasty #49 SE/No Side 56 Orcust Tachyon Tachyon Stardust
Duel Links Weekend League #16 SE/No Side 42 Traptrix Galaxy Blue Eyes Galaxy
JTVCUP Speed #8 SE/No Side 31 Beetrooper Beetrooper Sharks Galaxy
The Freshy Cup #3 SE/No Side 32 Evil Twin Stardust Dark Magician Red-Eyes

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Meta Weekly #417 - ZaGaZaGa
1st Place in Starry Cup #120 - PEPE-ARGENTO
1st Place in Cloudy City Weekly#65 - Shelmy
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #518 - Nanashi
1st Place in Suisen Weekly #192 - REDZIN11
1st Place in Duel Links Grand Prix #136 - JhowCP
1st Place in Sky Striker Cup #83 - xing
1st Place in Starry Cup #121 - JoshfishyG
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #519 - Freitas
1st Place in Speed Duel Dynasty #49 - Alone
1st Place in The Freshy Cup #3 - Yami
Skill Precious Cards of the Light
30 cards
Nibiru, the Primal Being
Nibiru, the Primal Being
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
Live☆Twin Ki-sikil
Live☆Twin Ki-sikil
Live☆Twin Ki-sikil
Live☆Twin Lil-la
Live☆Twin Lil-la
Effect Veiler
Effect Veiler
Effect Veiler
Live☆Twin Ki-sikil Frost
Live☆Twin Ki-sikil Frost
Live☆Twin Ki-sikil Frost
Live☆Twin Lil-la Sweet
Live☆Twin Lil-la Sweet
Final Bringer of the End Times
Final Bringer of the End Times
Live☆Twin Sunny's Snitch
Live☆Twin Sunny's Snitch
Forbidden Droplet
Forbidden Droplet
Forbidden Droplet
Monster Reborn
Book of Eclipse
Book of Eclipse
Book of Eclipse
Infinite Impermanence
Infinite Impermanence
Evil★Twin's Trouble Sunny
Evil★Twin's Trouble Sunny
Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis
Knightmare Unicorn
Evil★Twin Ki-sikil
Evil★Twin Ki-sikil
Evil★Twin Lil-la
Evil★Twin Ki-sikil Deal
A Bao A Qu, the Lightless Shadow

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

Red-Eyes emerges as the big winner from the new box, and the meta enters a situation where you have to decide whether to include Shady in your deck or not. No Shady helps Music Princess, but Shady is not very useful against Red-Eyes.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Rush Duel Dynasty #36 SE/No Side 31 Aqua Music Princess Jointech Red-Boot
Rush Duel Links Weekly #59 SE/No Side 28 Red-Eyes Red-Boot Aqua Red-Eyes
Quantum Rush #99 SE/No Side 33 Aqua Red-Eyes Music Princess Noodles
Starry Rush Cup #15 SE/No Side 24 Red-Eyes Red-Eyes Music Princess Red-Eyes
GO RUSH!! Duel Grand Prix #28 Swiss/No Side 35 Music Princess Music Princess Red-Eyes Red-Eyes

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Rush Duel Dynasty #36 - Yadensword
1st Place in Rush Duel Links Weekly #59 - Sak
1st Place in GO RUSH!! Duel Grand Prix #28 - Sak

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