Yu-Gi-Oh! Meta Snapshot - Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Database - ygoprodeck.com (2024)

TCG Meta Snapshot: Tearlaments August 2022The European Championships have just concluded! Let's take a look at one of the strongest decks that the Post-POTE format has to offer, Tearlaments!

TCG Meta Snapshot: P.U.N.K. July 2022P.U.N.K. is a powerful Synchro engine that got released all the way back in Grand Creators. While never the best deck, it has a lot of variants that s

TCG Meta Snapshot: Dragon Link June 2022Dragon Link is up there as one of the most enduring decks in recent times. We'll be going over the Pure, Adventurer, and Adventurer + P.U.N.K versions

TCG Meta Snapshot: Tenyi Swordsoul May 2022Tenyi Swordsoul has risen to the forefront of the metagame, poised to be a powerful contender that can stand up to the might of Branded Despia.

TCG Meta Snapshot: Branded Engine April 2022With the recent conclusion of the Colombian YCS and WCQ regional events throughout mid-April, it's clear to see that Branded Decks are quite prevalent

TCG Meta Snapshot: Sky Striker March 2022Sky Striker is in an interesting spot in the Adventurer filled metagame. It's no longer excelling, but it seems to be holding its own. Let's investiga

TCG Meta Snapshot: Eldlich February 2022Eldlich endures as a resilient control strategy in today's fast-paced metagame. Let's take a look at what the Golden Lord has been up to Post-GRCR.

TCG Meta Snapshot: Floowandereeze January 2022Floowandereeze is a straightforward and consistent strategy that revolves around Tribute summoning powerful Winged-Beast monsters into the fray.

TCG Meta Snapshot: Tri-Brigade November 2021Tri-Brigade exists as a consistent and competitive force in the metagame, albeit to a lesser degree compared to previous formats. Their unique mechani

TCG Meta Snapshot: Sky Striker March 2019Well, comrades, we have reached the end of history. After a rocky month, it’s become clear that no deck can compare to Sky Striker. While it’s unclear

TCG Meta Snapshot: Thunder Dragon March 2019Ahh, Thunder Dragon. Ever the bridesmaid, never the bride. For the fourth time now, Thunder Dragon has placed second in a YCS, managing to do it three

TCG Meta Snapshot: Salamangreat March 2019Salamangreats are an archetype made meta by the recent Soulburner Structure Deck. They’re a very consistent combo deck that sets up boards consisting

TCG Meta Snapshot: Trickstar January 2019The year is 2019. Trickstars have now been meta viable for nearly eighteen months and – remarkably – very little has changed. Since the last time we t

TCG Meta Snapshot: Danger! Dark World FTK November 2018When the Danger! monsters were revealed in Cybernetic Horizon, duelists quickly devised a strategy to pair them with the older Dark World monsters. Th

TCG Meta Snapshot: Sky Striker November 2018Heralded as the second coming of Zoodiac, Sky Striker is a strategy that rewards careful, intelligent play. With only one maindeck monster, Sky Strike

TCG Meta Snapshot: Thunder Dragon October 2018Thunder Dragon is an archetype based around the eponymous Thunder Dragon. First released in 2002 in Metal Raiders, Thunder Dragon received legacy supp

TCG Meta Snapshot: Sky Striker June 2018Sky Striker is a dominant meta deck in both the TCG and OCG. It relies on using a set of powerful generic Spell cards that all require the main monste

TCG Meta Snapshot: Altergeist June 2018Altergeists are a control-based deck featuring a much higher trap count than most other decks in today’s meta. This makes Altergeists more disruptive

TCG Meta Snapshot: Gouki June 2018Gouki Knightmare is a combo based Link focused deck. The main focus of the deck is on utilizing Gouki monsters in combination with Isolde, Two Tales o

TCG Meta Snapshot: Trickstar Variants June 2018After a breakout performance at YCS Secaucus, Sky Striker Trickstar is poised to take the metagame by storm. Sky Striker Trickstar improves upon the T