Zexal Ranking - Winning decks and thoughts

As I promised in my last post, here's a summary of winning decks in the Zexal Ranking tournaments here in the Philippines.

Taken this list from the official Philippine YGO forums: http://yugiohphil.forummotion.com

Credits to GRIMLOCK (his blog, though inactive yet) for making the tally.

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SEPTEMBER WEEKLY TALLY

WEEK 1 - Galleria Official Weekly Saturday Tournament results

- Pod 1 - William Sy - Six Samurai

- Pod 2 - Vincent Lim - Karakuri Machina Plant

- Pod 3 - Alvin Lim - Agent Angel

WEEK 2 - Galleria Official Weekly Saturday Tournament results

- Pod 1 - Jomer Flores - T.G. Agent Angel

- Pod 2 - Karlo Bonillo -Graveyard Black Feather

- Pod 3 - Yuki Karikomi  - T.G. Agent Angel

WEEK 3 - Galleria Official Weekly Saturday Tournament results

- WEDNESDAY - Jomer Flores - T.G. Agent Angel

- Pod 1 - Chito Racimo - Agent Angel

- Pod 2 - Karlo Bonillo - Lightlord

- Pod 3 - Junjun Agoto- T.G Agent Angel

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OCTOBER WEEKLY TALLY

WEEK 1 - Galleria Official Weekly Saturday Tournament results

- Pod 1 - Jay M. Camaso - Machina Gadget

- Pod 2 - William Sy - Six Samurai

- Pod 3 - Sergeo Cruz - Six Samurai

WEEK 2 - Galleria Official Weekly Saturday Tournament results

- Pod 1 - Edsel Gozon - Graveyard Black Feather

- Pod 2 - William Sy - Six Samurai

- Pod 3 - Junjun Agoto - Six Samurai

In summary we have:

Agent Angel - ******(6)
Six Samurai - *****(5)
Blackwing - **
Lightsworn - *
Machina Gadget - * 

Karakuri - *

Agents, TG or not, is the deck-to-beat here. Usually in an 8-man tournament, you can see 3-5 persons running the deck. September has been full of Agent decks topping while October there have been none. Reading the other blogs, they say Singapore is now Agent-free in their winning decks. Will we follow suit?

Six Samurai is another notable deck. Considered dead by most, it is the deck dominating October so far. Maybe because people usually dont dedicate cards in their side anymore for Samurais and are caught offguard. Blackfeather decks, specifically Graveyard BF, got 2 wins, followed by single wins from LS, Machina, and Karakuri decks.

No show yet for Junk Doppel, Dark World, Rabbit Ragia, Offering Gadgets, etc.

Apart from Dark World, these decks rely much on promo and asia-illegal cards such as Librarian, Jurracs, Roach, Disigma, Shock Ruler, and other promo Xyz monsters that's why winning is harder for them against the multitude of Agents.

November is coming and so are the premier tournaments. I'll keep this tally updated weekly and put it up here in the blog. I'll place it as a page.

Thanks for reading!