Duel Links Meta Snapshot November 2025 Week #1

Published on November 3rd, 2025 by
Bismut

Tournament Analysis

Hello! This Tournament Analysis article series aims to summarize the tournament-winning metagame based on data from a weeklong period (for both Speed and Rush formats).

Today's report is based on tournaments held from October 27, 2025 to November 03, 2025

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

The new box has problems adapting to a metagame where BE and Shinobirds have inherent board wipes. Dark Magician is finding an optimal build with many interesting tools to be competitive.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Meta Weekly #400 SE/No Side 17 Guardian Angel Blue Eyes Guardian Angel Ancient Gear
DLTC Weekly #1 SE/Swiss 94 Evil Twin Blue Eyes Blue Eyes Blue Eyes
Quantum Dailies #484 SE/No Side 51 Shinobird Rokkets Vaylantz Blue Eyes
Fraud Nexus Circuit #22 SE/No Side 76 Shinobird Shinobird Blue Eyes Swordsoul
Quantum Dailies #483 SE/No Side 50 Blue Eyes Shinobird Shinobird Shinobird
Sky Striker Cup #65 SE/No Side 40 Blue Eyes Shinobird Dark Magician Dark Magician
Suisen Weekly #173 SE/No Side 53 Shinobird Shinobird Shinobird Blue Eyes
Wolf Series #76 SE/No Side 32 Blue Eyes Tri-Brigade Evil Twin Guardian Angel
Quantum Dailies #482 SE/No Side 56 Dino Guardian Angel Dark Magician Chimera
Cloudy City Weekly #57 SE/No Side 78 Dark Magician Blue Eyes Blue Eyes Speedroid
Dynasty #35 SE/No Side 62 Dark Magician Shinobird Blue Eyes Rokkets
Starry Cup #71 SE/No Side 56 Blue Eyes Guardian Angel Dark Magician Blue Eyes
Grand Prix #126 Swiss/No Side 94 Blue Eyes Chimera Shinobird Blue Eyes
Jinzo Frogly #20 SE/No Side 80 Blue Eyes Blue Eyes Guardian Angel Blue Eyes
Seal Cup #50 SE/No Side 13 Shinobird Blue Eyes Blue Eyes Vaylantz

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Quantum Dailies #484 - Syneefro
1st Place in DLTC Weekly #1 - Justin
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #483 - Atomic
1st Place in Meta Weekly #400 - Juanito
1st Place in Cloudy City Weekly #57 - Skillshot
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #482 - Moodyb

Performance Metric

Remarks

Rush Duels are in a good spot right now in terms of gameplay. Games are fun and interactive, and the metagame is diverse. The only issue is the lack of new archetypes and maybe mechanics.

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Rush Duel Dynasty #26 SE/No Side 22 Music Princess Music Princess Music Princess Magnum Overlord
Cloudy City Rush Weekly #38 SE/No Side 27 Jointech Music Princess Music Princess Music Princess
Rush Duel Links Weekly #44 SE/No Side 24 Sevens Road Jointech Jointech Music Princess

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Cloudy City Rush Weekly #38 - Soliman
1st Place in Rush Duel Dynasty #26 - Hit
1st Place in Rush Duel Links Weekly #44 - Proplayer
Skill Master Accel Road
30 cards
3 copies
Sevens Road Magician
3 copies
Sevens Road Witch
3 copies
Amazing Dealer
2 copies
Straynge Magician
3 copies
Straynge Witch
Giga-Tech Wolf
3 copies
Swordsman of Roadstar
Pot of Greed
3 copies
Ghost Cyclone
Talismanic Seal Array
2 copies
Fusion
Trap Hole
3 copies
Shiny Shady
Magical Stream
3 copies
Sevens Paladin
2 copies
Sevens Road Charmy Witch
Master of the Sevens Road
Sevens Road Ultima Witch

Prerequisites

  • A registered Konami ID linked to your master duel game
  • Must login to Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards DB using the same Konami ID
  • If the Yu-Gi-Oh! DB website asks to login with Game Card ID just click "I don't have a game card ID" and fill some basic information to proceed

Export Guide

- Via the MDM extension (Recommended): Download on Firefox, or Chromium Browsers
For Chromium browsers (Chrome/Edge/Opera/Brave...etc) just click "Add to chrome" on the store page and it'll work on most if not all chromium browsers.
After using the extension, go to the Master Duel game => Main menu => Deck option => The Card database option at the top right corner => locate the deck you exported and copy it
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- Manually
  1. Click here to copy the export code
    2.
  2. Go to Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards DB and click My Deck => Add a Deck
  3. Once the deck page loads click Edit then do one of the following based on the platform your device is running:
    • (PC Only): Press F12 to open the DevTools window => Navigate to the Console tab in the window => Paste the export code => Hit Enter
    • OR (Other platforms/PC): In the address bar of the current tab remove the URL and type "javascript:" without the quotations then paste the export code, then if you're on mobile look for the *globe* icon and tap on it to run the code (Chrome only), for PC users just hit enter.
  4. The deck will save automatically
  5. Go to the Master Duel game => Main menu => Deck option => The Card database option at the top right corner => locate the deck you exported and copy it

Click here for a more detailed guide

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