Meta Snapshot 12/29/25-01/05/26 A lot of experimentation this week, but it seems we quickly found a dominant deck: Despia Branded.

Meta Snapshot 12/29/25-01/05/26 Jointech is definitely out. Hero has proven to be a strong competitor with the addition of Hero Descent.

Meta Snapshot 12/22/25-12/29/25 Same as previous week, Aqua and Music Princess dominate the scene, followed by E-Hero. The banlist was effective it seems, because Jointech is not as strong as before.

Meta Snapshot 12/22/25-12/29/25 The performance is almost identical to the previous week, with Shino and Chimera at the top, followed by Swordsoul and Beetrooper. The only difference is Crystal Beast got some interesting tops this week.

Top 4 - Rush Duel Links Weekly #49 R1 Dark Galaxy 2-0 R2 Cyber Dragon 2-1 R3 Aqua 2-1 Top 4 E-Hero 1-2

Meta Snapshot 12/15/25-12/22/25 The banlist was too soft to shake the meta, although Jointech may suffer from the hits.

Meta Snapshot 12/15/25-12/22/25 No Blue-Eyes tops. Aside from that, we keep the same metagame overall. Chimera loses Snapdragon, but new tools like Mischief of the Gnomes remain.

2nd Place - SodaFiizz Off-Meta Tournament R1 DQW R2 Gusto 2-1 R3 Stardust 2-0 Top 4 Tindangle 2-0 Finals Dark Magician 0-2 So if you remove the entire tierlist, then Rokket is decent? 🤡

GRF Top 100

KOG Speed 2025.12 Replays: https://t.co/7D7MwCp4PI

Meta Snapshot 12/08/25-12/15/25 Fewer tournaments, but the tendency toward a diverse meta with 5-6 competitive decks (Shino, SS, Beetrooper, BE, Chimera, and Preda) remains.

Meta Snapshot 12/08/25-12/15/25 The tournament scene reflected GRF performance very well, with Music, Jointech and Aqua as the big decks. There are some archive skills in the top 100, there are no lists yet but it seems were Gradius lists.

R-MAX 2025.12 Replays: https://t.co/HYQZmwnoes

Meta Snapshot 12/01/25-12/08/25 Not a very good first week for new decks (Aqua, RB, Hero) but the meta seems more diverse now.

Meta Snapshot 12/01/25-12/08/25 Meta seems to be starting to stabilize, with Shinobird losing presence, probably due to Droll being in every deck in the current format.

KOG Rush 2025.12 Replays: https://t.co/DnXjWkR9Fn

2nd Place - Rush Duel Links Weekly #47 R1 Metarion 2-0 R2 Jointech 2-1 R3 Jointech 2-1 Top 4 Red-Boot 2-1 Finals Jointech 0-2 Overall a good deck but not outstanding. Jointech match is doable but Jointech is so strong you have to have a perfect run to win.

*there is a rush deck in the image, my mistake

Meta Snapshot 11/24/25-12/01/25 The meta remains the same as before the banlist , with Shino and BE on top of everything else. Imano Iwato's ban gives more decks the chance to compete, like SwordSoul, Speedroids, etc. There is no need to have a way to clear Imano anymore

Meta Snapshot 11/24/25-12/01/25 New box incoming. Will it be enough to compete against Jointech? I'm not very sure