Tier 1
TPC Comments
.After a long drought of middling-to-low power-level decks, Phantom Knights are a breath of fresh air. The individual Phantom Knight cards are all highly synergistic and make it so bad hands are few and far between. Couple that with capable Turn 1 and 2 set-ups that can easily close-out a game and it's not surprising that they have risen to become the deck to beat.
Tier 2
TPC Comments
Harpies are back to Tier 2. It seems that Neos has found his true home. With the addition of the Loading... engine, Harpies now have an additional starter + big beater + search (sending Loading... ). Bigger Harpie lists might be the way to be able to compete with the power level of other decks, especially against Phantom Knights at the top.
Whoops! Konami expected to provide a low-impact Banlist but accidentally gave Harpies more tools. Joking aside, Loading... being removed from the Limited 2 pool has been a huge boon for Harpies (who currently have no cards at Limit 3). A vital tool for 30-card Harpies, adding an acceptable non-Loading... starter in Loading... mill Loading... (setting up the follow-up play), which was desperately needed to justify the higher-card count. Harpies have already seen success in the Meta Weekly, and it will be interesting to see how they perform in the future.
Tier 3
TPC Comments
Tier 3 is in a weird spot at the moment, while most of Top Player Council agrees that the top five or so decks are highly competitive with each other, there isn't much agreement on what decks constitute the lower echelons. Gaia is functionally Water Xyz with lower brick chance and lower ceiling. It's on the verge of being powercrept but at least its baseline play comes with reliability from The Dragon Knight's Path . Its difficult to talk about Melodious as well considering its relative power comes primarily from its silver bullet qualities. Between Loading... and Loading... Melodious find themselves poised decently well matchup-wise, but their popularity outside of counter-deck formats is dwindling.