Dinosaur and True Draco had their consistency decreased with Dragonic Diagram reduced to 1 copy and Terraforming reduced to 2 copies, but they had proven to be resilient and remained as the top contenders throughout the OCG 2017.07 format.

Compiled from a total of 588 top-placing decks from 100 competitive tournaments held in Japan, China and Asia, here is the final metagame breakdown of the OCG 2017.07 format.

Metagame Breakdown

178 Dinosaur: 169 True King Yang Zing Dinosaur 6 True King Dinosaur 3 Mono Dinosaur

148 True Draco: 69 Invoked Spellbook True Draco 44 Demise True Draco 14 Invoked True Draco 12 Demise Spellbook True Draco 5 Windwitch Spellbook True Draco 1 Artifact True Draco 1 Mono True Draco 1 Trickstar True Draco 1 Windwitch Invoked True Draco

67 ABC: 58 Mono ABC 9 Invoked ABC

30 Invoked: 10 Mono Invoked 7 Spellbook Invoked 5 Kaiju Spellbook Invoked 3 Kaiju Trickstar Invoked 2 Kaiju Invoked 1 Artifact Kaiju Invoked 1 Kaiju Spellbook Trickstar Invoked 1 Windwitch Kaiju Invoked

27 Yang Zing: 26 Dinosaur Yang Zing 1 D/D Dinosaur Yang Zing

19 Trickstar

18 HERO

18 Magician: 6 Performapal Magician 5 Mono Magician 4 Invoked Magician 2 Performapal Odd-Eyes Magician 1 Spellbook Magician

17 Metalfoes Zefra True Draco

16 SPYRAL: 10 Mono SPYRAL 3 Ancient Gear SPYRAL 3 Greener SPYRAL

7 Infernoid: 3 Mono Infernoid 3 Greener Infernoid 1 Greener Invoked Infernoid

6 Kozmo: 3 True Draco Metalfoes Kozmo 2 Demise Artifact Kozmo 1 Mono Kozmo

6 Windwitch Kaiju Luna

4 Demise Phantasm Spiral

4 Magical Musketeer

3 Brilliant Predaplant Gouki HERO

3 Monarch: 1 Domain Monarch 1 Mono Monarch 1 True Draco Monarch

3 World Chalice: 2 Kaiju Brilliant Venus World Chalice 1 Brilliant Venus World Chalice

2 D/D

2 Evilswarm

1 Blackwing

1 Burning Abyss

1 Fluffal

1 Greener Nekroz Phantom Knights Burning Abyss

1 Kaiju Grinder Golem

1 Ojama Paleozoic

1 Shiranui

1 Ritual Beast

1 Windwitch Luna

1 Zefra

Dinosaur

True King Yang Zing Dinosaur begun in the shadows of Invoked Spellbook True Draco, but quickly overtook during mid-format and dominate till the end (almost).

Opening with just Souleating Oviraptor could develop into Denglong, First of the Yang Zing, enabling a double negation with Nine Pillars of Yang Zing and then Herald of the Arc Light.

But more often than not, they could open with a combination of True King and Dinosaurs that develop into Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier to banish a card from the opponent’s hand, and then ending with True King of All Calamities on the field, while still having a Nine Pillars of Yang Zing set.

Even if the opening field was dealt with, they could simply rebuild with Cloudcastle and pressure with Ultimate Conductor Tyranno.

Babycerasaurus – 3 → 1

– 3 → 1 Souleating Oviraptor – 3 → 1

– 3 → 1 Denglong, First of the Yang Zing – 3 → 1

– 3 → 1 Dragonic Diagram – 1 → 0

– 1 → 0 Terraforming – 2 → 1

– 2 → 1 Fossil Dig – 3 → 2

The OCG 2017.10 Limit Regulation hit Dinosaur like a meteor impact, severely crippling their consistency to open with their power play, and brought upon their extinction.

True Draco

Invoked Spellbook True Draco begun really strong. Despite having Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King limited to 1 copy, True Draco was still a force to reckon with. Invoked provided additional fire power and disruption, while Spellbook boosted the consistency.

However, midway into the format, the rise of Zombie World proved to be effective against Invoked Spellbook True Draco. But True Draco was far from done as Demise True Draco picked up from behind and went for a more aggressive control approach with Skill Drain.

Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King – 1 → 0

– 1 → 0 Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter – 3 → 1

– 3 → 1 Dragonic Diagram – 1 → 0

– 1 → 0 True Draco Heritage – 3 → 1

– 3 → 1 True King’s Return – 3 → 1

Aleister the Invoker – 3 → 1

– 3 → 1 Spellbook of Secrets – 3 → 1

– 3 → 1 Terraforming – 2 → 1

The OCG 2017.10 Limit Regulation ensured that True Draco has finally met their demise.

ABC

Having Union Hangar becoming semi-limited and the brand new combos with Destrudo the Lost Dragon’s Frisson renewed interests in ABC.

Zombie World was the key tech card that allowed ABC to beat Invoked Spellbook True Draco, while still having a decent chance against Dinosaur. But their one-trick pony strategy was eventually figured out and they fell off from the competitive scene.

Although short-lived, their impact was so significant that System Down made a brief reappearance in the Side Deck.

ABC-Dragon Buster – 3 → 1

– 3 → 1 Terraforming – 2 → 1

It came as a surprise that ABC-Dragon Buster became limited as ABC had mediocre results.

Conclusion

Out of all 588 decks, 486 deck were running Terraforming. Only 102 decks were not running Terraforming.

Union Hangar, Magical Meltdown, Trickstar Light Stage, SPYRAL Resort. Recent Field Spell Cards are frequently designed with an ability to add a monster of their respective theme from the deck to hand. When played together with Terraforming and Set Rotation, this pushes the consistency of these decks over the top.

With almost every best performing deck in the OCG 2017.07 format running Terraforming, it was inevitable that Terraforming was going to be hit. The question now is whether Set Rotation would be next and when?