How does it feel to win your first Meta Weekly?

I have to say it feels pretty good. I’ve had a string of good results recently, so I’m glad I was finally able to close one out and win a Meta Weekly, especially after the close fall a few weeks ago against Yosenju.

Why did you go with Resonators this Weekly?

It’s the deck I’ve been playing for most of this meta. Onomats are the deck to beat, so if you’re not playing Onomats (which you probably should) you have to keep them in mind. With the 21 card build you have a near 75% chance of opening combo + a going second card (Forbidden Chalice / Book of Moon). Similarly, if you go first you have a 70% chance of combo + disruption (Forbidden Chalice / Book of Moon / Treacherous Trap Hole). With Onomats being a bit weaker, and people tinkering a lot with their builds, I thought this was a good standard list to bring to the Meta Weekly to try and take advantage of this.

How did the day go for you? Any notable matchups?

Swiss was pretty uneventful, apart from a close match against my clanmate Jojo. I headed undefeated into Top 32. Top Cut got more turbulent as it went on though. In the Top 16 match I won 2-0 but Game 2 was decided on a 50/50 Cosmic Cyclone and an unlucky misread of backrow. Top 8 and Top 4 were Thunder Dragons and they always had the potential to blow me out on a missed OTK. Goblin of Greed really helped me out with this matchup, especially against Sakura where I managed to keep it on the field for 15 Turns to shut down his plays Game 2. Then in the Finals, I sacked the Gaia player game 1. Game 2 I opened the Side Decked Poisonous Winds but no combo. After multiple turns of stalling him, I finally was able to make my plays. It eventually came down to a 1/11 topdeck to win me the game, as I had no other Level 4s left in the deck but the final crucial Wandering King Wildwind after siding out Doomcaliber Knight. After that, and another topdeck of Poisonous Winds I was sure I had the game won, and I closed it out 2-0. My run was 5 Onomats, 3 TDs, 1 Vendread and 1 Gaia (I finished 10-0).

Would you like to explain any of your Deck choices?

The list I ran is pretty standard, cram as much techs into the deck as possible. Mystical Space Typhoon for backrow, Forbidden Chalice + Book of Moon to play into Onomat boards Turn 2, and Treacherous Trap Hole because it’s the best Limit 2 and I don’t run any other Traps (in the Main Deck). My side was pretty diverse. I ran Obelisk the Tormentor for wins against decks with no or limited outs. I had 1 D.D. Crow just in case someone happened to go with Fire Kings. Goblin of Greed was mainly for Thunder Dragons but also in case of Kiteroid. I also sided 2 Solemn Scolding because it’s strong disruption against Harpies and I wanted more options against Onomat. I messed with the deck ratios a lot in siding, dropping Resonator Calls and Doomcaliber Knight occasionally to fit in more disruption, especially against Onomats. Finally, the 2 Poisonous Winds was for Gaia. Two out of my last three Tops with Resonators have been stopped by Gaia, so I wanted something to really simplify the matchup. It really helped in the final, completely shutting down their plays and should have led to an easy victory if not for a horrible brick.

Do you have anything else you’d like to say about your Tournament Experience?

I’d like to thank the mods for keeping the tournament as smooth as possible and the casters for keeping it entertaining. And also props to Chaosdragon88 who never had used Smash.gg before but made a good run into Top Cut.

Lastly, do you have any shout-outs you’d like to make?

I’d like to shout-out all my clanmates at Den of Thieves, especially the leaders Dizzybat and Viper. Thanks to JoJo and SHOMA for helping me with testing, and to barles for warning me about Sakura side decking Drowning. Shout-out to the SSA Discord for getting me into competitive Duel Links. And finally shout-out to my brother if he happens to read this.

Winning Decklist:

Demon's Resonance

Side Deck:

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