Luke Patterson has been playing Scraps ever since they were released, and finished the Swiss rounds of this weekend’s tournament with a 9-1 record by using an updated Scrap Deck that takes advantage of Meklord Emperor Granel, Scrap Orthros, and Reborn Tengu. He also just won his first playoff rounds, utterly dominating Gladiator Beasts, a historically poor matchup for Scraps! His Deck is also packed with tech choices like Fiendish Chain and Scapegoat, which have amazing synergy with his monsters and open up a variety of plays that former Scrap Decks were incapable of making.
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We just saw Matthew Nunn defeat Dueling veteran Ryan Spicer in our Round 9 Feature Match, taking a 2-1 victory with an all-new build of Samurai that’s devastated opponents this weekend!  Forget Upstart Goblin: this Deck uses Shien’s Dojo, Elder of the Six Samurai, and Asceticism of the Six Samurai to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En and Naturia Beast with horrifying consistency on turn 1.  Here’s what Nunn’s Deck looks like:
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If you read our Round 2 Feature Match, you saw Alexander Thomas take an astounding 2-0 victory with his T.G. Deck.  Thomas’ strategy is all about big defense: in a format where cards like Hand of the Six Samurai, Gemini Spark, and Gravekeeper’s Descendant often make for crushing second turns that immediately devastate the opponent, T.G. monsters are totally unique.  There are four T.G. monsters that form the core of the T.G. Decks being played here this weekend, and each has a similar effect: when they’re destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, their controller gets to search another T.G. monster with a different name, adding it to their hand from the Deck.  That makes it really hard to wear down a T.G. Duelist’s defenses: destroy an on-field monster and it just gets replaced.  That effect lets a T.G. Duelist chump block attacks and build combos, exploding with Special Summon tricks that are unique to the T.G. theme.

Add some Spirit Reapers and a dash of Meklord Emperor Skiel, and you get Alexander Thomas’ T.G. Deck that we saw claim victory earlier today. Here’s what it looks like!
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Victor Santana is running a new generation Herald Deck that he calls “Heralds of Hope”. Unlike the Herald builds of previous formats, Santana’s Deck isn’t packed with Normal Monsters that fuel Advanced Ritual Art. He’s not even running the extremely high Fairy count that some of the older Herald Decks run. Instead, he’s running Fairies, Fiends, and Spellcasters in his Deck, and that added versatility gives his Deck a lot of flexibility where other Herald Decks fell short. Read more…

The Deck Alex Vansant’s playing this weekend defies description.  How do you name something like this?  Karakuri Gadget Plants?  Ultimate Synchro Tengu?  Vansant is using Lonefire Blossom and its Synchro Summoning cohorts with Gadgets, Karakuris, and Reborn Tengu to create a devious Synchro-based Deck with massive potential over the coming months.
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Many established Decks got a boost from new cards in Extreme Victory: strategies like Dragons, Psychics, Samurais, Fiends and many more all got new cards that made them more competitive.  But perhaps no Deck benefited from just a single new card the way Worms did.  With just 1 earth-shattering Trap, Worms are suddenly bursting with potential, and could suddenly make a strong bid for the Top 32.  The key to this sudden swerve? W Nebula Meteorite.
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