Duel Links Meta Snapshot December 2025 Week #1

Published on December 2nd, 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 November 24, 2025 to December 01, 2025

  • Speed Format
  • Rush Format

Performance Metric

Remarks

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

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Meta Weekly #404 SE/No Side 20 Shinobird Shinobird Speedroid Rokket
Starry Cup #76 SE/No Side 49 Swordsoul Blue Eyes Swordsoul Blue Eyes
Suisen Weekly #177 SE/No Side 46 Exosister Swordsoul Blue Eyes Chimera
Quantum Dailies #491 SE/No Side 57 Despia Blue Eyes Adamancipator Shinobird
Quantum Dailies #493 SE/No Side 54 Chimera Chimera Swordsoul Rokket
Sky Striker Cup #69 SE/No Side 50 Predaplant Blue Eyes Swordsoul Exosister
Quantum Dailies #492 SE/No Side 52 Shinobird Exosister Blue Eyes Blue Eyes
Wolf Series #78 SE/No Side 46 Shinobird Shinobird Speedroid Shinobird
Ruby League #107 SE/No Side 90 Blue Eyes Shinobird Libromancer Blue Eyes
Grand Prix #128 Swiss/No Side 106 Shinobird Blue Eyes Shinobird Speedroid
Starry Cup #77 SE/No Side 72 Shinobird Guardian Angel Blue Eyes Predaplant
Starry Cup #78 SE/No Side 59 Swordsoul Predaplant Dino Shinobird
Dynasty #38 SE/No Side 66 Shinobird Beetrooper Mikanko Blue Eyes

Winning Deck Examples

1st Place in Meta Weekly #404 - MParadXyt
1st Place in Starry Cup #76 - SmaSma227
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #491 - Gray
1st Place in Sky Striker Cup #69 - X-Ray-Eys
1st Place in Suisen Weekly #177 - skillShot
1st Place in Quantum Dailies #493 - Muqtada
Skill Chimera Illusions
30 cards
Nightmare Magician
Nightmare Apprentice
Nightmare Apprentice
Nightmare Apprentice
Big-Winged Berfomet
Big-Winged Berfomet
Cornfield Coatl
Cornfield Coatl
Cornfield Coatl
Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws
Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws
Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws
Mirror Swordknight
Mirror Swordknight
Mirror Swordknight
Master Tao the Chanter
Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss
Vision Resonator
Snapdragon
Final Bringer of the End Times
Cosmic Cyclone
Cosmic Cyclone
Forbidden Chalice
Forbidden Chalice
Forbidden Chalice
Chimera Fusion
Chimera Fusion
Chimera Fusion
Fiendish Golem
Mirage Mirror Force
Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts
Chimera the Illusion Beast
Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts
Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts
Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts
Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal
Underworld Goddess of the Closed World
I:P Masquerena
Knightmare Phoenix

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

1st Place in Jinzo Frogly #22 - Kitos

Performance Metric

Remarks

New box incoming. Will it be enough to compete against Jointech? I'm not very sure

Tournaments considered

Format Players 1st 2nd Top 4 Top 4
Rush Duel Dynasty #28 SE/No Side 24 Jointech Royal Rebel Yamiruler Cyber Dragon
Quantum Rush #87 SE/No Side 24 Jointech Jointech Music Princess Jointech
1st Place in Rush Duel Dynasty #28 - Soliman

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