Yugi-Oh! Locals Metagame Breakdown

On Thursday 6/19/2014, twelve players showed up to battle it out at Shuffle & Cut's weekly Yugi-oh locals. The metagame was quite diverse this time around with three different archetypes taking first, second, and third places.

1st) Evan Melendez - Geargia
2nd) Inzektors
3rd) Josh Smith - Infernitys

Complete Deck Breakdown (12 Players):

2 Geargia
1 Gravekeepers
1 Inzektors
1 Infernity

1 Zombies
1 Koa'ki Meiru
1 Artifacts
1 Burn

1 Fire Fists
1 Anti-Meta
1 Racoons

We all know local metagames can differ quite drastically from  the metagame of a larger tournaments like a YCS. We asked three of our duelists what the most important card to bring to locals was, specifically here in Orange County. Here's what they came up with, are you sensing a trend?

Brian's Pick - Dimensional Prison

Josh's Pick - Solemn Warning

Jackie's Pick - Wiretap