The 2024 Yu-Gi-Oh TCG World Championship is just around the corner; it’ll take place in Seattle from 7 to 8 September. Already, many have started analyzing which decks are most likely to make major impacts under the brightest spotlight of them all.

Based on the results of qualifying tournaments as well as other recent Yu-Gi-Oh TCG tournaments around the world, we’ve come up with a list of decks expected to figure among the leading contenders for the world title. For anyone watching at home—regardless of level of experience with the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG—this list should provide a better idea of what to expect to see on the playing tables at Worlds.

Snake-Eye

Notes: A highly flexible and versatile deck, this deck makes use of multiple different methods to deploy disruptive Link Monsters to widen the resource gap. This deck’s use of the Fiendsmith engine provides it with multiple counterplay options, thus giving it an advantageous or neutral matchup against a large number of deck archetypes.

Yubel

Notes: This is another deck which uses the Fiendsmith engine to set up counterplay options, particularly against decks which would typically hold the matchup advantage. This mainly defensive deck makes use of opposing monsters as either a form of damage output or Fusion material; it also has a positive matchup against decks which contain many monster cards due to its many cards that counter them.

Labrynth

Notes: Another defensively-oriented deck, this deck makes heavy use of Trap cards. With the aid of the Fiendsmith engine, players are not only more able to obtain and use Trap cards more freely but will also be subsequently able to take proactive stances towards any disruptive cards which the opponent might play.

Runick

Notes: Often utilizing Quick-Play Spell cards to banish opposing cards, this deck also emphasizes the use of other Trap and Spell cards as similarly disruptive tools. The resource gap can be widened by preventing the opponent from retrieving cards from the Graveyard; as such, this deck holds a significant matchup advantage against Graveyard-centric decks.

Voiceless Voice

Notes: This deck is primarily disruptive in nature through the effects of its Ritual Monster cards. A rare example of a deck which places all of its key cards in its main deck, this deck does best against decks which deploy few or no disruptive effect in order to most effectively complete its Ritual Summons.

Fire King Snake-Eye

Notes: In many cases, cards of the Snake-Eye and Fire King archetypes tend to counteract each other’s respective weaknesses; this deck takes full advantage of that quality by playing them together and thus creating additional adaptability and flexibility.

Rescue-ACE

Notes: This offensively-oriented deck makes use of many monster cards with effects set off by those of opposing monster cards. It includes cards which allow the player to obtain and play monster cards throughout the course of the game—including on the opponent’s turn; this in turn enables the player to have more control over the state of the board.

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