YCS VA Top 32

And I just found out the Top 32 decks of YCS Virginia.

Here's the list.

7 X-Sabers
7 Infernities
5 Gladiator Beasts
3 Quickdraw Dandywarrior
2 Cat Synchro
2 Gadgets
1 Blackwing
1 Frog Monarch
1 Frog Quickdraw
1 Herald of Perfection
1 Lightsworn Monarch
1 Royal Magical Explosion

Hmm...

From the looks of things, my predictions were definetely off from what I expected.

The reads on both Infernities and X-Ssbers were definetely correct, both taking 21.875% of the Top 32 decks.

Therefore, 40% of the playing field of Virginia was made up of what most people expected to top: X-Sabers and Infernities.

I did not expect Gladiator Beasts to do so well, representing 15.625% of the Top 32 decks, a very good showing.

Gladiator Beasts, from the looks of things, are still a very reliable deck as the format progresses, but we will see how things change as Infernities and X-Sabers continue to grow throughout the format.

Synchro Cat, Quickdraw, and Gadget decks did relatively well, with each deck having 2 / 3 representatives making it to the Top 32. However, the livelihood of these decks remain to be seen at the next YCS.

While Gadgets did win the whole YCS in the end, I still feel that Infernities and X-Sabers are the more dominant decktype.

Blackwings' weak showing at this YCS, only having one representative in the top 32 was a rather shocking surprise, seeing as how the OCG's metagame has more success with Blackwings in this current format.

Perhaps the TCG-boosted X-Sabers may have had a bad effect on the performance of Blackwing decks. This will need to be analyzed more in depth.

To the other decks, I applaud the deckbuilder for making it to the Top 32.

This has been my analysis of the Top 32 decks of YCS Virginia.

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On another note, expect a locals update tomorrow. No time today to update on that. It's getting late.

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