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 16, 2026 to March 23, 2026

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

Following last week's behavior, the gap between Traptrix and other decks is being shortened again. Some decks, like Drytron and Floor, are having very good results lately.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Meta Weekly #418 SE/No Side 23 Traptrix Beetrooper Gimmick Puppet Galaxy
Cloudy City Weekly #66 SE/No Side 65 Drytron Galaxy Despia P.U.N.K.
Quantum Dailies #520 SE/No Side 52 Blue Eyes Floowandereeze Shaddoll Guardian Angel
Suisen Weekly #193 SE/No Side 51 Drytron Beetrooper Tachyon Traptrix
Duel Links Grand Prix #137 Swiss/No Side 86 Traptrix Galaxy Swordsoul Beetrooper
Sky Striker Cup #84 SE/No Side 48 Swordsoul Traptrix Galaxy Drytron
Starry Cup #122 SE/No Side 55 P.U.N.K. Floowandereeze Gimmick Puppet Beetrooper
6K Duelist Kingdom #10 SE/No Side 57 Stardust Despia Drytron Zombies
The Freshy Cup #4 SE/No Side 47 Dark Magician Red-Eyes Stardust Traptrix

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Meta Weekly #418 - Shelmy
1st Place in Cloudy City Weekly #66 - PR3D4D0R-X
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #520 - Barox
1st Place in Sky Striker Cup #84 - Diuan
1st Place in Starry Cup #122 - Lalau
1st Place in 6K Duelist Kingdom #10 - Silva
1st Place in The Freshy Cup #4 - Zaine tros

Performance Metric

Remarks

Music Princess reclaims the first spot, probably because players stop playing Shady to better counter Red-Eyes.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Rush Duel Links Weekly #60 SE/No Side 31 Music Princess Music Princess Music Princess Music Princess
Quantum Rush #100 SE/No Side 28 Music Princess Aqua Red-Eyes Noodles

Winning Deck Examples