"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)