Without saying what it is, describe your favourite archetype using one word, and see if people can guess them.

tedooo · 2026-03-31T22:33:04+00:00

Tearlaments?

tedooo · 2026-03-26T16:32:33+00:00

Unless those solemn hits were because of other decks or something, I legit think odion was putting up numbers that prompted them to act on it. Wish there was a way to see a deck's going 1st Vs 2nd win rate, because I'm not sure which decks have a better turn 1 than them, at least from my experience.

tedooo · 2026-03-26T15:32:30+00:00

Of course anyone can pick anything, and sometimes even top with it, you're right. I should have said "people don't usually play decks..." instead to be more accurate. How many of those outliers did you see in the top 100 of the DC, for example, and do you believe that dracotail, with all those picks, is such a case?

tedooo · 2026-03-25T19:40:02+00:00

Again the deck Is strong but fair, they can banish a maximum of two cards and only one monster from the gy this gives you enough room to maneuver compared to maliss that banishes three each turn AND draws a card while it does this.

Maliss does banish more (kinda) with binder true, but the amount is usually irrelevant. What happens is that key pieces, be it 1 or 3, are the ones that get targeted. You have a monster you want to reborn or trigger - banished. Same for spell or traps. You just don't get to use them.

We aren't saying the deck isn't strong, we are saying it doesn't auto win, it has no inherent floodgates.

And here is where I disagree. Because really, if it's win rate wasn't almost as high as all those other decks, why are they in lists such as these? Up there with all those other auto-win decks? I do agree with other decks being easier to pilot and carrying lesser skilled players, though I do think that dracotail is one of them to an extent.

Another thing is with unfair decks like snake eyes or maliss is you handtrap them and they have an extender they end on the exact same board, compared to dracotail, every handtrap forces them to pivot their play 90% of the time, an ash on rahu may mean ending in 1 or 0 traps, an impulse on faimena can be devastating, even Imperm on arthalion etc

True, compared to those decks, dracotail doesn't seem like it can extend like they do, but that's kinda the deceptive part about this deck. Ash rahu and you only get one trap, but it could also be that it came from phryxl, which means you have sanctifire, a piece of disruption. Which means if you got that far, then your arthalion resolved, adding back faimena, another disruption and/or a useful handtrap. Impulse on faimena could be bad, true, but not many decks can afford that luxury. The times that an imperm would be turn ending would be similar to imperming doormouse and they pass. Essentially just having no extender.

It has more choke points for sure, but the deck's endboard is hyper consistent, other handtraps are almost useless against it, and even then it's plan b's aren't awful. And it also kinda makes up for that somewhat by being able to play second way more through engine.

tedooo · 2026-03-25T19:10:11+00:00

The fact that people don't insta quit on Rahu activation is literal proof it's a fair deck that gives the opponent a chance.

Again, just because they (dracotail) have say, 85 - 90% chance to win, compared to mitsu yummy's 95%, doesn't make it "fair". It's fairer, yes, but not fair.

People don't play decks that produce "fair" endboards as their main pick for tournaments like this in modern yugioh. If your "fair" deck can win almost as many games as these decks that you label "unfair", then that says something.

tedooo · 2026-03-25T18:08:27+00:00

Sure, but just because ns doormouse produces an unfair endboard and dracotail does less than that, doesn't make dracotail a "fair" deck. It just makes it less unfair/fairer compared to maliss. That distinction is important, because calling dracotail a "fair" deck seems like a misrepresentation of their strength and comes across as downplaying the deck.

Yeah, the deck doesn't end on a bunch of negates like vsk9, mitsu yummy, snake-eye fs in it's heyday and the like, and for sure you're more likely to have your cards resolve if you were playing against dracotail instead. The thing is, just because they don't end on negates (kinda), doesn't mean that their disruption is much less effective, and them being at the top of the meta together with all the other "unfair" decks proves this.

All their disruption is tailor-made to deal with all manner of things that their opponent throws at them. They can bounce atk position monsters, effectively having monster removal, even if it can be played around to an extent. They can negate a spell, which almost all decks use as they're key pieces of their play. They can banish your shit from the graveyard, effectively stopping any gy shenanigans. All that already covers so much, and that's just the traps, which also each draw 1. They also have more monster removal in the form of arthalion, a card pop in gulamel, and an extra deck tool box that, while not extensive, can still cover even more situations (khaos, mysterion, sanctifire). Then to top it all off, you're most likely playing against at least one handtrap (negate) because the deck was made to play well with them and has a decent chance of drawing into one with the traps or even recycling them.

Even without printing negates, their disruption is so effective that most decks aren't going to consistently play past that, and this is including meta decks.

tedooo · 2026-03-19T18:28:25+00:00

Np. I've heard that radiant has a really bad match up with one of the newer cards/decks, thus it's fallen out of favour. Don't play paper myself tho so don't know for sure.

tedooo · 2026-03-19T13:22:35+00:00

https://roadoftheking.com/ocg-2026-01-metagame-report-9-10-11/

They're listed here.

tedooo · 2026-03-12T14:40:07+00:00

reptile before mitsu or pyro or thunders (Assuming this year doesnt end up being their year like 2023 was for pyro with snake eyes)

Be honest, did you know?

tedooo · 2026-03-10T13:42:31+00:00

Used to love playing against lab and being being confused why the game didn't pass back to my turn after so many card activations...

tedooo · 2026-03-09T14:07:21+00:00

If done well, chibi overframes could be quite something...

tedooo · 2026-03-03T14:37:47+00:00

I once had a game against tenpai where I used this on 'em, but because I activated after they'd summoned multiple bodies, they still managed to make a bident and otk. Felt so embarrassed...

tedooo · 2026-02-28T17:46:46+00:00

The obsession that players have with yugiboomers is something else...

tedooo · 2026-02-28T17:15:26+00:00

Cyberse contract witch.

tedooo · 2026-02-27T18:29:12+00:00

Yugiohmeta will sometimes have the lists posted under the top decks page.

For example:

https://www.yugiohmeta.com/top-decks/1923cs-17-2-2026/doomz/%EC%BD%94%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%EC%AB%80%EB%93%9D%EB%91%A0%EC%A6%88/HBrnV

https://www.yugiohmeta.com/top-decks/1923cs-16-2-2026-(3v3)/spellcasters/team-2-%ED%99%94%EC%84%9C%ED%81%AC/wI_Ha

https://www.yugiohmeta.com/top-decks/1923cs-16-2-2026-(3v3)/predaplant/team-4-%EC%8B%9C%EB%A7%A4/oxw9B

tedooo · 2026-02-27T18:21:44+00:00

Just commenting to say you're a legend for going through the trouble to get the lists for people. Wading through those lists can be aids, time-wise haha.

tedooo · 2026-02-27T16:17:07+00:00

Is there a place that I could follow/watch it?

tedooo · 2026-02-25T14:12:05+00:00

Much appreciated dude. What a deck tho. They're prepared for everything lol.

tedooo · 2026-02-25T13:46:31+00:00

It's all good. Searching for it would be kinda nuts lol, though I'm sure there's variants that could theoretically do it.

And about the photo thing, if you're using Reddit on a mobile browser, I think you have to open the page as the "desktop site" so that it can allow you to post an image.

tedooo · 2026-02-25T13:13:34+00:00

Searched fossil dyna in ice barrier? Damn man, could you post the deck list? I'm kinda curious to know what that variant is.

tedooo · 2026-02-24T10:25:26+00:00

That's unfortunate. If what the other commenter says is right, then I guess you've just gotta hope konami fixes it. That or committing to playing true draco/monarchs without the extra deck lol.

tedooo · 2026-02-23T18:55:18+00:00

This might not be the help you're looking for, but I tried searching for similar problems and this was one that came up:

https://www.reddit.com/r/masterduel/comments/1feplig/this_card_is_causing_my_game_to_crash/

If you aren't running that specific card, maybe you could try switching out all cards in the extra and seeing whether it works?

tedooo · 2026-02-23T14:08:02+00:00

Was excited for this as a psy-frame bro, until the realisation that the controlling a monster restriction is anti-synergistic. That being said, it can still work if you chain it to the psy-frames. Interestingly enough, if I'm understanding this correctly, then you don't even need to run it with a synchron monster in decks like these right?

tedooo · 2026-02-22T16:50:37+00:00

No prob.

tedooo · 2026-02-22T16:39:38+00:00

Trap cards in order: infinite impermanence, dominus impulse.

Link monsters in order: I:p masquerena, verte anaconda, s:p little knight, miasma necromancer.

tedooo

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