Introduction
Hey all! Today we're trying something new, and introducing a weekly wrap-up of the latest TCG/OCG related discussions, fan art and news from across the Yu-Gi-Oh! Reddit Community to our site.
Be sure to click through to the original posts - and our own dedicated page for news on set reveals, events etc and leave your own thoughts in the comments below on everything that's happened this week, and what you'd like to see in these articles going forward!
North American WCQ
Last weekend saw over 2600 Players compete for the chance to be invited to the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2024, and was the first major event with The Infinite Forbidden legal meaning it was Fiendsmith's time to shine - being used in all 6 of the Worlds Qualifying Decks (5 Snake-Eye Fiendsmith, 1 Yubel) between the NAWCQ Main Event and Points Play-Offs.
Naturally, this didn't come as a shock to anyone..
This has to be one of the worst metas we've EVER had
Our top decks right now are Fiendsmith Snake Eye, a deck so overpowering that it can't even break its own board consistently, Tenpai, a braindead, ignorant, going second pile of non-engine, and Yubel, essentially a worse Snake Eyes in many ways, but still incredibly annoying to deal with their non-OPT effects/summons + easily summonable monster negate that acts as an extender.
I don't know how you can write a worse format bar making every deck a literal FTK/lock. It's not even an issue on pricing at this point. The gameplay of this format is dog water. We've got people on stream making dumb plays and still winning because of how ignorant the top decks currently are.
GenOverload
You do genuinely have to be doing something unfair to win games against a competent deck like SE or Yubel this format. Turn skipping, puppet locking etc are your only options when the top decks operate on such an advantageous loop from one card combos.
Affectionate_Show867
Good news everyone, Snake-Eye isn't T0 anymore /s
Welcome our new T0 engine Fiendsmith.
dragunityag
However, the Event did lead to "One of the most hype Feature Matches we've had in a while, Ancient Gear 2-0'd Fiendsmith Snake-Eye"! Check out Corbin's Deck Profile below, as he unfortunately did not make it to Top 64.
You could tell the SE Fiendsmith player got shook after game 1, even going so far as "jokingly" asking the audience to help him between siding.
I've been there before. Deck that wasn't even on your radar is somehow on the top tables and your brain just breaks and you just start doing random stuff. Happens. Awesome for the AG guy.
HenrikCrown
25th Anniversary Tin Reprints Announced!
Konami revealed new information about this Septembers Mega Tins, including reprints of Loading... and Loading... but then swiftly rescinded it citing "incorrect information".
Here's what players thought of the cards revealed so far:
No Sanctifire or Flamberge reprints, huh... I smell smoke. Are they about to get banned after all?
DragonsAndSaints
Bold of you to assume that S:P and the Diabellstar package won't still be prohibitively expensive.
GreatBigPillock
I am hopeful a Yama reprint means they will unhit Sharvara, it was an unnecessary move when Fire King and Snake-Eyes were coming in to nuke the format anyway. Plus it would give people more reason to run fiend decks and push Fiendsmith, as if it needs anymore help.
bofoshow51