DJ CDisk Blog.... Breaking down the Meta

[DJ Cdisk]

Thanks to everyone who commented on my very first yugioh blog/article, I really enjoyed everyone’s feedback and hope you guys like what I continue to bring to the Yugioh Community. As we flourish in number let us always remember our past, It may have seemed that I was giving Konami a lot of praise while giving Upper Deck the negative, but without Upper Deck’s well ran organized play and the hundreds of volunteers/workers for Upper Deck, Yugioh wouldn’t be where its at now (probably just another game on the wayside of games). So thank you Upper Deck for that.

As months will go by you will probably see me less at regular Tourneys and hobby leagues mainly due to my future plans in getting married in July 2010. So to continue to help out I will try to keep up with the game as best as I can and giving my best analysis of the game. I know I may not be the best player around, but I can give many new players out there a better insight on the game we love to play. So from time to time I will give new deck ideas for people to try out, “tech” updates, and I will even try to do Player Profiles on Great players here in Hawaii. Metagame.com was such a big channel to improve your game; many will say metagame.com was only for people who “net-deck” which is true, but it also showed analysis of top players and tons of coverage (play-by-play) of the big events. I will try to give a “taste” of what that was to new players. I will try to write a blog every few weeks or so depending how busy I am. Please continue to Comment good/bad because it will help me improve my future writings as well as add some flavor and a different POV. Anyway, onto my topic for today

As our first Konami Regionals have come and passed, the “meta” has defiantly shifted from the last format where Tele-DaD roamed undaunted to other builds. With 96 players wielding so many different decks, what is the best deck to play? I will go through the top 2 decks (Tier 1) and then the 2 decks that are on the rise. These decks will continue to dominate til the next format (which by the way is only 2 months away!!!).

So the number 1 deck in this format is………………………………….Blackwings!
Now I’m not just saying this just cause it won at Regionals, or because 22 players played it then, here is why; it runs 3 Gales and 3 Black Whirlwinds! “Gale the Whirlwind” is probably the best card in the format right now. This little card can take out so many decks by itself, it can kill decks like GBs and Zombies with ease (“I summon Shura/Bora, Special Gale, Use Gales effect to cut Laquari/Gyzarus/Heraklinos by half and attack….gg people”). Against other decks, Blackwings are simply too fast for it. Their ability to swarm the field is mainly due to “Black Whirlwind”, the best support card for a sub-type ever made. The ability to search for a Blackwing is alone a powerful effect, but since it's a continuous spell, your opponent either has to get rid of it, thus losing a card; or let it stay on the field and watch you gain +1 or more card advantage with it. It’s a lose-lose situation for your opponent. With even more new cards coming out with Ancient Prophecy (i.e. Vayu, the Big Flag), Blackwings will be on top for a while.

Right next to Blackwings we have Twilight as like a 1B if Blackwings is 1A. Twilight is interesting because it’s like the two best deck choices from the last format (Tele-DaD & Lightsworn) fused together (Fusion-Hi!!) to try and beat the top dog in this format (Blackwings). Just like Blackwings, Twilight has 2 cards that make the deck so good… “Judgment Dragon”, and “Dark Armed Dragon”. These 2 cards took big hits from the last format by reducing their limits to 2 and 1 per deck respectively, but their powers caused that to happen. Both have huge attacks and field clearing abilities which can change a game so quickly if unprepared. What makes this my deck of choice (special thanks to all that help me finish it), is that it has so many outs if you’re playing from behind, from Celestia, Chaos Sorcerer, and Phantom of Chaos, you can never count a Twilight player down til they’re at 0 life points. They're always a top deck away from swinging momentum or even winning the game.

Regionals also did bring a few new decks to the forefront, Rock Stun and Syncro-Cat

Rock Stun is this formats “Little City”. “Koa’ki Meiru Guardian” from Raging Battle is a beast with his ability to negate a effect monsters effect and destroy it, along with a 1900 attack, it's so hard to get around this card. And speaking of Beasts, “Beast King Barbaros” is huge at 3000 attack and can be easily summoned to the field. Rock Stun is a pretty tough deck to beat using cards like Royal Oppression, Fossil Dyna and Skill Drain to negate Blackwings and Twilight, and should be here to contend with the best.

Lastly, another deck on the rise is Syncro-Cat. A very controlled based deck using the abilities of “Summoner Monk” and “Rescue Cat” to get Syncro Monsters like “Arcanite Magician” and Black Rose Dragon to clear the field. “X-Saber Airbellum” is what makes the deck tick not only because he’s the Tuner that does all the Syncro Summoning, but in his ability to hit your opponents hand if your opponents not prepared for is key. A loss of 1 or 2 key cards in your opponents hand can break the game wide open for you and you can just smack him with Gravekeeper Spies for game.

These 4 decks should continue to rule the tops of many Tourneys from now til September. I don’t see any other deck coming from left field and start winning in last 2 months of this format, so expect to see these decks at every Tournament you attend.

My Next Blog will either be a new deck idea or a player profile; I just gotta find someone to interview (LMK if you're interested). If not I have an awesome Deck Variant that should raise eyebrows if and when I play it. I might even do a Tech Update from a few interesting cards that I saw being used at Regionals. It’s all up in the air. Let me know what you guys want me to write next.

Til then keep playing, trading, and most importantly have fun out there!

Nick a.k.a DJ CDisk

[Asar]

@KJ"I'm in Osaka"Delfino

I guess dats why you gotta give props to BW cuz they can fit the Dev in there pretty easily. LS doesnt really run Dev targets.

Interestingly enough, here's what's winning worldwide:

Japan Nationals:
1. Skill Drain Plants
2. Cat

Ireland Nationals:
1. Lightsworn
2. Lightsworn

United Kingdom Nationals:
1. Lightsworn
2. Lightsworn

Austria Nationals:
1. Dark Skill Drain
2. Lightsworn

Portugal Nationals:
1. Gladiator Beast
2. Lightsworn

Costa Rica Nationals:
1. Gladiator Beast
2. Dark Synchro

Lithuania Nationals:
1. Gladiator Beast
2. Gladiator Beast

Niger Nationals:
1. Gladiator Beast
2. Gladiator Beast

Greece Nationals:
1. Lightsworn
2. Oppression Dark Armed

France Nationals:
1. Gladiator Beast
2. Lightsworn

Czech Republic Nationals:
1. Light Zombie
2. Zombie

Poland Nationals:
1. Lightsworn
2. Hopeless Dragon

Bulgaria Nationals:
1. Blackwing
2. Gladiator Beast

Mexico Nationals:
1. Lightsworn
2. Lightsworn

Israel Nationals:
1. Lightsworn
2. Chaos

[Kurosori A. (Brandon Kinard)]

Canadian Nationals:
1. Synchro Cat
2. Blackwings

Continental Nationals:
1. Synchro Cat
2. DAD Drain

[kjay]

loools. cool GB is still one of the top dogs. everywhere else except japan has the same cards we do right?
lols skill drain is pretty buck haha.

[Asar]

mm korea japan china are ahead of everybody else i think.

from what I know europe has been held up on a lot of cards recently so they might technically be behind on some cards.

[chad]

woo only 2 BW tops lol

[DJ Cdisk]

but i heard Bulgaria players are Boss! j/k

[chad]

lol
but its helps because, the new banlist, might not affect BW since we follow OCG(japan). and top 4 at japan was plant, cat,cat,cat then 1 BW and some other stuff

[Asar]

im pretty sure the banlist is hitting cat n maybe Judgment.

im guessing DSF to 1 n Judgment to 1.

cant say much about anything else although obviously there will be more.

[Derek]

Thats a great list Asar. If I'm not mistaken Europe doesnt have COTLB right? I may be wrong.

[Mario Talub]

so in the isarel nationals what is a chaos deck