Master Duel Meta Report - Indomitable Pride

Published on February 7th, 2024 by

Updated on February 7th, 2024

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Master Duel Meta Report: Indomitable Pride

Selection Pack: Indomitable Pride has utterly shaken the core of the Master Duel metagame, bringing forth one of the most fearsome decks in the game's history since Tearlaments released almost a year ago. Superheavy Samurai, longtime YouTube replay farming deck, has received support that brings it to an undeniable pinnacle status and without question one of the best decks in the format. A restriction as heavy as not being allowed to play Spell or Trap cards would lead one to believe a deck cannot be viable, but the insurmountable power of new cards like Loading... and Loading... far outweighs the drawback. The deck notably however has massive counterplay that can end the duel immediately, such as Loading... and Loading... , the latter of which the deck has no ways of actually removing once it sticks, made doubly dangerous due to its non-Once Per Turn effect to place itself in the scale.

Also arriving is Gold Pride, a TCG-original archetype that sadly has failed to live up to its lofty expectations, despite not being completely unplayable. Fans of the deck are still able to enjoy the play style, just not on any level of competitiveness. Sleeper deck Nemleria was met with an overwhelming reaction of apathy by the playerbase, putting players to sleep just as the theming suggests.

Despia remains as the clear frontrunner of the format, with many combo lines, ability to fight through disruption, and a very powerful grind game. A blemish on the otherwise skill-promoting and interactive deck however is the not uncommon use of Loading... , a card which often wins duel immediatelyt with not a significant amount of counterplay. Despite many hits over the last year, Despia is likely to remain as a high contender in the meta as the most powerful Abyss Lore archetype.

Despia

Despia continues to be as Despia is: an extremely potent, variable, and (usually) skill-expressive deck. While many may be quick to discount the potential of the deck due to Puppet locking (or any other monster that fulfils the same purpose), tournament showcasing has shown the deck is more than capable of wiping out anything in the meta through conventional means. As the longest-running meta deck in Master Duel history, those who bought in all that time ago must be celebrating their past decisions.

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Superheavy Samurai

A meme deck thrust hard into the competitive sphere, Superheavy Samurai has a unique playstyle that betrays one of the most generic and boring end boards of all time, though undeniably one of the most powerful. Loading... is the culprit behind this sudden rise to power, enabling endless combo lines and FTKs just by its lonesome.

Despite the banning of key FTK enablers the deck is still more than capable of Scythe locking the opponent, which is functionally the end of the Duel in most scenarios anyway. If not for Despia, SHS and its eternally long turns would be the deck to beat, at least until the pack rotates out of the shop and becomes vulnerable to the Forbidden & Limited list.