Forum:Yugioh Wiki tier-list?

I thought it would be interesting for this site to have its own tier list. What decks do you think are competitive and what decks do you think are terrible. Stuff like Monarchs, GBs, Lightsworns and TeleDAD decks would be top. The main idea of a tier list is to help players decide which decks are competitive and which decks are not.

Discuss -RoGE

tires don exits

Joking aside, it's a little interesting, but I find it hard to actually determine the tiers. The only way we can determine this (to the best of my knowledge) is through the tournament standings, but looking at whatever's running through the tournaments there's only a few decktypes around and that's it. --Gadjiltron 12:24, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Tier 1:

Teleport Dark Armed Dragon Deck

Lightsworns

Gladiator Beast Deck

Zombie Deck

To some extent: Monarch Control Deck

Tier 1.5 or below:

Every other deck type (as far as I know.)

82.21.58.198 17:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

^ I think those top 4 are pretty accurate. -RoGE

ZombieDaD overrules TeleDaD now. Just thought i throw that out there.

...Now they are making Zombie DAD decks now? Dang, should have thought of that, so would ZombieDAD be top tier?

Yeah because of plaguespreader zombie. You use Armageddon knight to send him to the grave then special summon him sending a card to the top of your deck (if you have card of safe return on the field then you can draw that card back) Then synchro with him, then get him back with Burial from a Different Dimension special summon again and carry on from there. It's much more effective with 2 plaguespreaders of course.

Well now..
Can't believe people never really thought of running DAD in Zombies until now, now zombies will destroy the competition unless the banlist hits them as hard as GBs. Cloak007 21:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't understand your comment; Glads were never harmed by the ban list. Or are you saying Glads are powerful? Blue-Eyes White Boy 22:44, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Tiers and Stuff...
Well, this is what the tiers are like now:


 * Tier 1

1. TeleDAD and variants (i.e. ZombieDAD)

2. Lightsworns and variants (i.e. PlagueSworn)

3. Synchro-Zombies

4. Gladiator Beasts (I must admit they're dying)

5. Synchro Cat

6. Blackwings


 * Tier 2

1. Anti-Meta Gadgets

2. Anti-Meta Macro (popular in Japan)

3. Little City (LIGHT-Type)

4. Monarchs (used in locals mostly)


 * Tier 3

1. Plants (in my opinion)

2. Counter-Fairies

Ok, just to let you know, this is my opinion and I may have forgot to post a deck type. No offense to anyone. Blue-Eyes White Boy 22:41, 23 January 2009 (UTC)


 * DAD is DEAD, as far as I can tell. GBs are not really dying. Before the banlist the top tier was:


 * 1) Synchro Cat
 * 2) Lightsworns
 * 3) Blackwings
 * 4) Gladiator Beasts

Of course, with the new September banlist we can't be sure. Runer5h 14:54, September 5, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Synchro Cat got hit pretty hard. No Dark Strike Fighter, 1 Summoner Monk, 1 Cat. I was the only person at my locals who ran it, and no one else got hit nearly as bad as I did. T_T 68.54.219.226 22:56, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes it did, but don't think for a moment that it's not coming back. I've played against a Plant Cat deck that stomped me pretty badly, and with the X-Saber support in ANPR I think the deck will become simply more X-Saber oriented. Runer5h 23:22, September 6, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

To my experimenting and research

Tier one 1. Lightsworn 2. Twilight [Zombie/lightsworn] 3. Ancient Forest Glad 4. Vayu Turbo 5. Anti-Meta (Gadgets/Macro Monarch)

Tier two 1. ZombieDaD 2. Synchro Cat 3. Morphtronic OTK 4. TeleDaD (With D draw engine) 5. X-saber

97.96.179.61 02:14, September 7, 2009 (UTC)

My tier list for cards up to The Shining Darkness
Top Five 1.Koa'ki Meiru 2.Gladiator Beasts 3.Lightsworns 4.Synchro Cat 5.Blackwings

My reason for KM at the top...well, just look at their cards!

I play Koa'ki Meirus too, but they are definitely not top tier... At least not yet --Issuxark 04:00, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

For the record...
This is the DECK HELP forum. Wrong place for a discussion such as this. Runer5h 20:10, April 23, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h


 * Fixed. --Blue (Talk) 20:17, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

My very own tier list
1. infernities 2. x-sabers 3. blackwings 4. twilight and 5. vayusworn --Bwinggale 21:59, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

Tier in my view

 * 1) Assault Deck (base on Stardust Dragon)
 * 2) Lightsworn
 * 3) Burn Type
 * 4) Gravekeeper's
 * 5) Blue-Eyes Deck (with Honest and The White Stone of Legend included if playing right)

--FredCat100 22:07, April 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * That is your meta, not the metagame in general. This is more accurate:


 * 1) (Flamvell) Cat
 * 2) Blackwings/GBs
 * 3) Machina/LS
 * 4) Monarchs/Zombies
 * The only thing that is certain is that Cat decks are the top. In the hands of a pro, it is hard to beat. 02:32, April 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, kiss my butt, Blue-Eyes Kids... --FredCat100 02:33, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I will have to charge you for my butt-kisses, but you could kiss mine for free. It is Blue-Eyes White Kid, by the way. 02:58, April 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * No flaming. FredCat, I'm sorry but Stardust/Assault isn't top-tier right now. They're good, but not quite good enough. Blue-Eyes are down so far that they can effectively be ignored... Burn decks too, as the current meta is actually quite a bit too fast. Gravekeepers often can't do the things they need to do - lockdown and beatdown - well enough - I'd know, I've used them. Runer5h 03:01, April 24, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h
 * Correct! 03:04, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with bewk, the cat won't die that easily since there will be more variants or it. E.g. Flamvell Cat. --Hide Head Turtle 07:48, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

Chain burn not that bad
Its not amazing but its better then most non meta decks. Can effectivally elimate you in 2-3 turns if built correctly. Can be stalled pretty easily if you can break the chain with a well played jammer or counter. Steelfallenangel 06:31, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

Update from last topic

 * Tier 1:
 * Infernity (Infernity Gun and Barrier = Broken... x2)
 * Blackwing (New support, barely touched by banlist, even an Allure replacement)
 * Gladiator Beasts (Untouched by this banlist, everything else is slowed down in this format) (Corridor of Suffering does not stop Gyzarus. Spam Gyzarus with Gladiator Proving Ground-->Bestiari and you should be fine)


 * Tier 2 (First few in this list are bordering Tier 1):
 * Cat Synchro (Super Nimble Mega Hamster, Flamvell Cat variants)
 * X-Saber (With Saber Hole and other new support)
 * Lightlord (Despite Lumina, Charge, Foolish Burial and Necro Gardna at 1, Honest at 2. It can still work)
 * Plants (especially Gigavis and Quickdraw Plants, Dandy at 2)
 * Gadgets (with Fissure and Smash at 3 and/or with support from Machina, Anti-meta Gadgets, Machina Gadgets)
 * Monarchs (Dandy, Treeborn and/or Macro variants)
 * Zombies (Mezuki, Burial from the DD, Allure, Foolish Burial at 1)
 * Disaster Dragon or Hopeless Dragon (spamming Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon makes this deck fast in this slower format)


 * Falzar FZ 13:24, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

...........i agree mostly ive dueled some infernity decks and it wasnt that hard when they brought out trishula but eh Raiga 21:21, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

I think that you can drop Lightlords from tier 2. I understand what you mean by "it can still work" but its consistency is somewhat equivalent to the Teleport Dark Armed decks. By the way, this wiki does have a Machina Gadget page.--Hide Head Turtle 06:33, May 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * yea, I'll update my version of the list soon. First I'll consider whether or not to make QD Dandywarrior a seperate type and in tier 1, but then again, now that people are aware of the deck, they will side against it, and also Infernities are released. So it may be tier 2 anyway. Falzar FZ 06:47, May 22, 2010 (UTC)

New tier list
 Tier one (in no particular order): 
 * Infernity
 * X-Saber
 * GBs
 * Gadget and variants

 Tier two or 1.5 (in no particular order): 
 * Quickdraw
 * Frogs (FTK and Monarch variants)
 * Cat and variants

 Tier three or 2.5 (in no particular order): 
 * Blackwings
 * Lightsworn and variants
 * Zombies and variants
 * Dragons

Based partially on the recent YCS, this is my vision of the tier list. 17:57, May 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that seems to be pretty much it. Except maybe I'd have put Blackwings farther down - in the whole top 32, BW was only represented ONCE (not counting the fact that someone else put Gale in their deck). Runer5h 18:49, May 22, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h
 * I can understand that. 20:31, May 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blackwings are higher than Tier three, just look at the OCG, it seems like there's always a Blackwing deck in top 4 of their tournaments. In fact, most of the time, it's either a Blackwing or Infernity deck which comes 1st. X-Sabers and Gladiator Beasts rarely come in the top 3. My source:http://shriek.twoday.net/stories/6317744/ Hebi No David 23:22, May 22, 2010 (UTC)

really? frogs can beat blackwings? what is this metagame coming to?--Bwinggale 23:29, May 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yup. There was one Frog Monarch deck in the top 8 (which main-decked a copy of Arcana Force XIV - Temperance of all things - :0) and a Quickdraw Frog Monarch deck in the top 32. Runer5h 23:46, May 22, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h
 * You have to admit it's kind of funny though xD Hebi No David 23:50, May 22, 2010 (UTC)

Children's Card Games FTW! Don't ask why I posted it. Fallensilence 00:20, June 16, 2010 (UTC)Fallensilence

The reason why X-sabers are not popular (in Japan) because they don't have many choices and all the best card are TCG exclusives.Also, Crow may look great in their opinion.-Pacey291

X-Sabers confuses me with their strategy. Then I found out why. Fallensilence 21:03, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

from a guy who goes 3-0 and has the shining darkness mat
my personal opinion would be... tier 1. 1.infernity 2.X-Saber 3.Gladiator beasts (dying, but i play them anyways.) 4.Blackwing tier 2.(no order) 1.lightsworn 2.DAD(all kinds) 3.chaos decks 4.Machina gaget 5.plant 6.dandywarrior

Also some where in there i want to put herald of perfection faries, my friend played them but he doesnt like them so hes not playing them anymore, i only played them once and won(first time beating him, he is really good so when i won i was happy but i thought i was going to loose next one so we split packs) so only saw them in action once so i couldnt rate them. This is a personal opinion just based on what ive played. reasons why are infernitys are broke, too broke. X-Saber has fast summoning and easy summoning making for synchro summons faster. Gladiator beasts are self explanitory. Blackwing has swarm capability and that also makes for fast synchro and has DAD capability. the others are easy to figure out, but lightsworns got pegged down so hard and dandywarrior is hard to get over when the monster is gone on your turn, most time, chaos isnt so bad, only if your playing with banned stuff, envoy of the end and beggining. This was just a personal oppinion.