"The Last Stand!" | Week 2 - Dec 2021 OCG Metagame Report + January 2022 Banlist Review

Hey RespectYGOers! Arcknight here and welcome to our Metagame Report covering the top 22 players out of 60 participants on week 2 of Dec 2021. This is the last week tournament before any banlist announcements (which happened yesterday). Yesterday was pretty earth shattering and aside from the usual metagame chart and deck profile, I'll also do a quick January 2022 Banlist reaction. Without further ado, here's last week's chart:

New Products: 

None ( SD43 Delay )

Let's begin!

NEW BANLIST FOR THE OCG HAS JUST ARRIVED!

January 1, 2022 THE NEXT BANLIST IS UP! We will be officially in a new format starting January 1st 2022! New year with a new banlist!

 

"1st Week, Last Chance!" Week 1 Dec 2021 OCG Metagame report + How to prepare for Albaz before it STRIKES

Hey RespectYGOers! Arcknight here reporting this week's meta game report covering 4 different OCG tournament venues and OTS in the Philippines.

"New month, new chapter", this is normally heard when a month starts but not for OCG players who are a month away (or 1 week away ) from the reveals of the January OCG 2022 Forbidden & Limited List. December is the month where PH OTS are holding their Duelist Cup qualifiers and while that is still ongoing, we'll first cover the 16 topping lists out of 40 HC from 6 different tournaments combined from Dec 4-5, 2021:

Let's dive in!

"The End is Near!" - Week 4 NOV 2021 Metagame OCG Report + Upcoming Banlist Speculations

Hey RespectYGOers! Arcknight here. It's the 4th week of November and we're featuring yet another compilation of metagame happenings now featuring 4 different OCG tournament venues in the Philippines. Without further ado, here's the breakdown:

New product: 

Duelist Pack 26: Duelist of the Abyss

Let's get started!

"Is this for Real?!" - Top 4 OCG Nordic Deck Profile Analysis + 2-Card Combo Tutorial!

Hey RespectYGOers! Arcknight here and Odin told me that you're looking for something, the Nordic Deck Profile that topped in our metagame report here. Due to insisting public demand, I will present to you it's deck profile and also a 2-card combo using Nordic! Before this treat, let's have an overview of what Nordic is as an archetype and how did it even managed to land on top 4!

Let's begin!

"The Golden Supremacy!" - Week 3 of Nov Metagame Report OCG + The End of Engines!?

Hey RespectYGOers! Arcknight here reporting for our week 3 November 2021 Metagame Report OCG of the Philippines. Like last week, we'll still cover 3 major tournament areas and the topping lists breakdown. Without further ado, here is our chart! 

New Product release:

Duelist Pack 26: Duelist of the Abyss

Let's dive in below! 

Deck Breakdown: (21 Topping decks out of 94 overall)

Tournament Venues: Toy Shogun, Hyuray Trading & FT Duel Grounds 

Decks: 

5 Edlich (4 Mono, 1 Brave Enforcer)

4 Floowandereeze 

3 Swordsoul (1 Mono, 2 Tenyi)

2 Nordic

1 Altergeist

1 Subterror

1 Shaddol Invoke

1 Virtual World

1 True Draco Brave Enforcer

1 Phantom Knight Brave Enforcer

1 Good Stuff Brave Token Tenyi

Eldlich

This is the list piloted by Ryan Zennyx of Toy Shogun last Sunday, 11/21. Eldlich has been one of the staple decks this format that has been very consistent in top 4 of the meta. One of the reasons is because it can adapt well with the help of the floodgate cards that it can main with little to no drawback. 

Inspector Boarder, a well known stun card in Extreme Force back in 2017 and is never reprinted in OCG, was seen added on this list which helps to ensure that your Edlixir of Scarlet Sanguine and Pot of Extravagance (If Inspect Boarder was present previously on the field) won't be halted by Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Floowandereeze has seen a major impact recently and Inspector Boarder is an easy win against Floowandereeze due to it being reliant on monster effects almost similar to how Skill Drain can impact the field (but worse and with a big 2000 body). Inspector Boarder can also help in baiting negation and will force the opponent to use their resources just to get rid of it allowing the Eldlich player to overwhelm the opponent by freely resolving their cards once the counters have been baited.

Swordsoul

This is the list piloted by Bip-Bip Ducut, a seasoned OCG player in PH who won 1st place twice using this build. 

According to him, one of the major weaknesses of Swordsoul is the inability to make a follow-up after the first Swordsoul summon has been negated or there are floodgates standing in the way like Skill Drain or Summon Limit. He found success by piloting the Tenyi engine which helped bait stuff and also helps in removing problematic floodgates or boss monsters. This also helped him open to more extra deck options and removal to overwhelm the opponent. 

Floowandereeze

This is the build piloted by Julius Bautista of Toy Shogun successful in acing 3 different rank categories. Floowandereeze is the deck that has been very popular both in OCG and TCG due to how versatile it is in terms of strategy ranging from having an easy access to floodgate, negation and removal without the need to special summon.

One of the major weaknesses of Floowandereeze x Empen is when opponent summons monsters in defense position,thus, rendering its floodgate effect useless. Hence, we saw that Final Attack Orders has been added as a tech on this deck. 

With Final Attack Orders face-up, all monsters on the field are forced to be in Attack position thus, strengthening Floowandereeze X Empen ability to control. The battle position cannot change either and Floowandereeze X Empen can usually win battle with its ATK/DEF altering effect (that is not even once per turn).

Summary:

On the 3rd week of November, we saw that less players are utilizing the Brave Token and DPE engine. We have a month or less til we get the official January OCG 2022 Banlist and people are starting to predict that engines may be affected as normally, engines are touched after the 2 forbidden lists it survived in theory. As a result, players are exploring other viable options as early as now to check which decks can work 'just in case' a format reset happens. ( Or maybe they sold the engines as a preventive measure? )

This week's list has been overtaken by Edlich as a strong contender and proved that stun can still overwhelm the meta with the right tech cards and strategy. As we travel towards December, we might either see a permanent switch for exploration or people using their Brave Token/Enforcer related decks for its final arah. As we're not yet in that phase, the upcoming banlist remains a mystery and we know that Konami has always been quite unpredictable especially in OCG. 

Whatever happens, make sure that you're prepared and ready as we welcome a new chapter. Deck change or change strategy - that's something that we'll have to watch out for in the next metagame report!

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Thank you so much for reading today's article! I appreciate your support! 'Til next Monday!

~Arcknight

1st Place - Floowandereeze Deck Analysis and the things I've realized

Hey RespectYGOers! Arcknight here and today, we'll talk about my recent tournament report that took place 11/20/21 where I used Floowandereeze. This is the 2nd time I piloted this deck and has been successful with it but I have some eye opening realizations. Before that, let's dive in to the round report!

FT Duel Grounds OCG

Deck used: Floowandereeze

Format: Swiss 4 rounds (Oct 2021 Banlist Applied)

READ: Will Shark be in the Next Meta? - Post DP26 Deck Profile + 2 Card Combo!

Hey, RespectYGOers! Arcknight here and this is the first archetype review that we'll do this year. Tomorrow (in OCG region), Duelist Pack 26: Duelist of the Abyss will be released where we'll get new support cards for "Shark", "Umi" & "Marincess". 

It's been a while since we got WATER Archetype related support and the boost that Shark got really caught my attention. Because of that, I decided to create a deck profile and I'll also share a 2 card combo tutorial in this article to help aspiring Shark players in a way and unleash their inner Nash 😄 

First, let's have a look at this deck profile!

"Rogue Surprise!" - Week 2 Nov 2021 OCG Metagame Report + Deck Profile

Heyyyyyy RespectYGOers! Arcknight here, reporting this week's results. Huge shout out to our RespectYGOers who followed and subscribed to our Facebook and Youtube Channel - you guys are amazing! With popular demand,  this time, we are now covering 3 different OCG communities in the Philippines. Let's find out what this week's tech cards and strategies are but before that, let's check our pie chart and deck breakdown!

Tournament Venues ( Toy Shogun, FT Duel Grounds and Hyuray Trading )

Dates Covered: Nov 13-14 ( Topping deck lists)

Deck Breakdown: 20

3 Floowandereeze

2 Eldlich

2 True Draco

2 Phantom Knight (Brave Enforcer, Raidraptor)

1 Altergeist

1 Danger Gren Maju

1 Myutant

1 Cyber Dragon

1 Dual Avatar Invoked

1 Drytron

1 Tri-Brigade

1 Dark Magician Enforcer

1 Monarch

1 Hero

1 The Agents

1 Brave Token ( Good Stuff)

Let's dig in this week's deck profiles below! 

"Bird Invasion!" - Week 1 Nov 2021 Metagame Report + Floowandereeze Combo

Hi Everyone! Arcknight here. We are now on week 1 of Nov 2021 and today, I'm going to share our weekly Metagame report + a combo at the end. Without further ado, here it is:

Dates Covered: Nov 6-7

Tournaments: Toy Shogun Weekly Ranking, FT Duel Grounds

Deck Breakdown: 24

Week 4 Oct 2021 Metagame Report - Toy Shogun

Hi everyone! Arcknight here. 

Sharing the metagame report for Week 4 of October 2021 at Toy Shogun - Philippines from Oct 30-31 including the first Official Sanctioned Tournament held on Sunday. 

New Product Release: 

Battle of Chaos ( Delayed in some Asian Regions )

Deck Breakdown ( Winning Bracket Exclusive )

Total: 16 Winners

The King has Arrived! - King of the Sky Prison (BODE) Card Review

Hey RespectYGOers, Arcknight here! It's time for another card review featuring one of the newest cards revealed in Burst of Destiny (BODE) called "King of the Sky Prison". Is this the newest Meta Defining card we've been waiting for?

Why Zoodiac Drident SHOULD stay Banned? - July OCG Banlist Review

Hey Guys, what's up? There is a commotion currently and I figured to make a review. 

Wait, you haven't seen the new OCG July Banlist? Welp, here you go:

3 Archetypes that should get support in the coming releases

As we all know, all archetypes are not created equal. Konami makes newer and better decks as time goes on, but that doesn't stop us from playing the decks we enjoy no matter bad they can be. As a long time Cloudian player, I can verify that garbage decks can be fun. However after a long time, we need new support cards to keep our long time favorites playable in todays bonkers format, and here are the deck that I believe deserve to get new cards in the next formats.

1. WORMS
Some of you may recognize this old flip summon based duel terminal archetype with an awesome boss monster. Duel terminal decks are slowly getting support and even Ice barrier received a structure deck. A deck that used to be playable but has long since been washed away by newer decks. They boast a nice and respectable 1 trap and 1 spell and 25 monsters. Themed after... the alphabet... they all represent a different letter, but the "quality" varies. From flip based tribute summoning to a level 8 that can summon any worm from the deck and yet its still bad, Worms are a mess.






Their best card, their trap card W Nebula Meteorite, being unsearchable outside of Trap trick and also not having a good target. Worm players are forced to play the mediocre Worm King as a target for the unsearchable trap card, which after a while... he begins to be in your opening hand more often than he should. The deck also has a fusion boss monster "Worm Zero" with no way to summon it. The 3 main thing the deck needs are
A. Consistent searching/drawing
B. A better main deck boss monster
and
C. A way to fusion summon their boss monster



2. Deskbots
A deck that requires 6 calculators to determine the attack of 2 monsters, Deskbots have been a big fan of the generic earth machine support that has come out in the past few years. This crew of office supplies with guns were known to go big or go home with a one punch style otk, but the format quickly left them in the dust.



Some of you may have also seen Deskbot 003 and Deskbot 001 being used in Halqifibrax Auroradon combos. We will being ignoring that, because hopefully they will be hit in the future. Deskbots have 2 main win conditions. PUNCHING REALLY HARD and (very very rarely) Hand looping with their field spell Deskbot Base. Their best card being Deskbot 003 and Deskbot 002. Deckbot 003 summons 002 from the deck which searches any Deskbot card, thus making it a plus 2 off of 1 normal summon while still having a major attack boosting effect at its disposal. New support for them could either search 003 or make it easier to resolve their field spell. The new support should lock your plays into machines or just deskbots, and a simple "add Deskbot 003 from deck to hand" is really all it needs to be.




3. Materiactor
Poof, a new rank 3 deck.



A deck that has only recently come out and has 2 cards. It SHOULD get support because if it doesn't then Konami wasted their resources developing a 2 card archetype. The main deck monster can summon HALLO HALLO from the deck so its automatically a good card. The archetype has potential to be okay, but I have my hopes that it'll get at least 2 cards within the next year. Nearly anything will make this archetype better as long as it makes rank 3 spam easier.



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Official OCG April 1st 2021 List: No changes?

Hey RespectYGOers, Arcknight here and guess what, the official April 2021 OCG Forbidden & Limited list is finally here, just a few days after the TCG one. For those of you who haven't seen it, here it is:

Newly Forbidden:

Tempest Magician

Newly Limited:

True King of all Calamities 

Semi-limited:

Performapal Skullcrobat Joker

Firewall Dragon

Union Hangar

No longer on the list:

Altergeist Meluseek

Junk Speeder

Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier

Symbol of Heritage

Sky Striker Mecha Modules - Multirole

Allure of Darkness

Source: Vジャンプレイβ, Ｖジャンプチャンネル

Tournament Report 2.21.2021 | 2-Time 1st Place Gizmek Artifact Control OCG

 Hey RespectYGOers! It's me Arcknight once again and I'm so glad I can finally share a tournament report after some time. I know that it's been a tough time for everyone especially when choosing a deck and you don't know how the meta works because of a very long hiatus because of the pandemic. Luckily I was able to cope with several testing and I have decided what deck to use in this tournament. Here's what happened below:

How to choose the right "Side Deck" cards?

Hey RespectYGOers! Happy new year to ya'll! It's me, Arcknight , and I'm back with a new article. This time, we will talk about a strategy that some may overlook: Side Deck. A lot of meta decks right now either focus on 1-card combos, spam a lot of negation or have floodgate to control the game. Your side deck does a lot of job in countering these strategies especially if it will affect your gameplay. Now, what are the things that you need to consider in choosing the right side deck?