2026-11-07 Decks to Beat
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Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
Mulcharmy Fuwalos
Droll & Lock Bird
Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit
Nibiru, the Primal Being
Mulcharmy Purulia
Skull Meister
Effect Veiler
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Infinite Impermanence
Cosmic Cyclone
Evenly Matched
Forbidden Droplet
Harpie's Feather Duster
Triple Tactics Thrust
Lava Golem
Typhoon
Solemn Judgment
Pot of Sloth
Hey, Space Trunade!
Solemn Accusation
The Great Gallant Bandit
Inspector Boarder
Artifact Lancea
Mistaken Arrest
Angelechy Strategy Score
Angelechy Opening to e4
Angelechy Bastion
Angelechy Verdict
Dominus Impulse
Elfnote Lucina
Elfnote Fortuna
Elfnote Regina
Medius the Pure
Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity
Radiant Typhoon Swen
Radiant Typhoon Eldam
Radiant Typhoon Krosea
Radiant Typhoon Meghala
Radiant Typhoon Fonix, the Great Flame
Radiant Typhoon Varuroon, the Vibrant Vortex
Radiant Typhoon Vision
Mystical Space Typhoon
Shiina, Twin Tempests of Celestial Thunder
Mind Shuffle
Ars Magna "Citrinitas"
Elfnotes: Rhapsodia of Madness
Theorealize Past Lull
Theorealize
Invocation - "Sword"
Ashtra's Domain
Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos
Black Chaos
Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Light and Darkness
Skull Archfiend of Chaos
Aluber the Jester of Despia
Branded Opening
Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon
Nadir Servant
Aiwass, Divine Spirit of the Law
Magical Meltdown
Destiny HERO - Doom Overlord
Winged Kuriboh Sabatiel LV10
Mermail Abyssteus
Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince
Warchief of Atlantis
Sky Striker Ace - Raye
Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage!
Sky Striker Mecha - Widow Anchor
Fairy Tail - Luna
Spenta, the Magistus Sealer
Crowley, the Gifted Magistus
Artemis, the Magistus Moon Maiden
Domain of the True Monarchs
Toon World
Aleister the Invoker
Witness of the Ancient
Ars Magna "Philosophorum"
Solemn Warning
Angelechy Enlisted
Angelechy Castellan
Angelechy is the most-played deck in the TCG and hasn't won an event since the banlist. Elfnote has won four. Here's where the field's hand traps land and what to side.
- Elfnote takes the most points (18.32%) and the most wins (4). Angelechy: 19.66% of lists, 0 wins.
- Nearly every list plays the same four hand traps: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
- Side Spell and Trap outs. Angelechy lives in the Spell & Trap Zone; Elfnote ends on a monster that ignores monster effects.
TCG Advanced Format, banlist 2026-10-19, results 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-07: 117 published top-cut decklists from 20 WCQ Regionals (sources at the end). Card text and status are from the 2026-11-07 card database. Raw numbers: 2026-11-07 Meta Snapshot.
01Elfnote converts, Angelechy doesn't
Points weight placement: Winner 8, Runner-up 6, Top 4 5, Top 8 4.
| # | Deck | Lists | Share | Points share | Wins | Top 4 | Why it's here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-11-07 Elfnote | 21 | 17.95% | 18.32% | 4 | 9 | Won Cluj-Napoca, Lansing, Santo Domingo and Mönchengladbach. Ends on Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity: "Unaffected by monster effects, except "Power Patron" monsters". |
| 2 | 2026-11-07 Angelechy | 23 | 19.66% | 17.82% | 0 | 10 | 10 top-4 finishes (4 of them runner-up), 0 wins. 3 Dominus Impulse in every main deck. |
| 3 | 2026-11-07 Radiant Typhoon | 11 | 9.40% | 10.25% | 3 | 6 | Won Klein Rönnau (~144 players), Seattle (120) and Graz (37). Shiina, Twin Tempests of Celestial Thunder in every list, 2.64 copies. |
| 4 | 2026-11-07 Light and Darkness Ritual | 10 | 8.55% | 9.24% | 2 | 7 | 7 of 10 lists made top 4. One label, two decks: 6 Ars Magna/Power Patron lists, 4 Dark Magician. |
| 5 | 2026-11-07 Branded | 6 | 5.13% | 4.54% | 0 | 2 | Best finish: runner-up at Richmond. Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon in every Extra Deck. |
| 6 | 2026-11-07 Invoked | 5 | 4.27% | 4.37% | 1 | 3 | Won Fort Worth (103 players); 3 of 5 lists made top 4. |
Next by points: Artmage (4 lists, 4.03% of points, 2 wins) and Fairy Tail (4 lists, 3.70% of points, 1 win). Nothing below Invoked has more than 4 lists.
02Plan every line through four hand traps
| Card | Main | Side | Any | Avg main copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring |
92.31% | 5.98% | 98.29% | 3.0 |
| Mulcharmy Fuwalos |
82.91% | 15.38% | 98.29% | 3.0 |
| Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit |
82.91% | 11.97% | 91.45% | 2.82 |
| Droll & Lock Bird (Limited) |
82.05% | 10.26% | 92.31% | 1.0 |
| Nibiru, the Primal Being |
32.48% | 42.74% | 69.23% | 2.13 |
| Effect Veiler |
24.79% | 5.98% | 29.91% | 2.48 |
| Infinite Impermanence |
21.37% | 5.13% | 26.50% | 2.84 |
| Mulcharmy Purulia |
17.09% | 49.57% | 64.10% | 2.55 |
| Skull Meister |
4.27% | 27.35% | 30.77% | 2.2 |
Ash, Fuwalos, Ogre and Droll are each in 91%+ of lists. Assume your opponent has one. Each hits the top decks somewhere different.
03Ash the search, Ogre the Field Spell, Droll the second add
| Hand trap | Hit this | Know this |
|---|---|---|
| Ash ("Add a card from the Deck to the hand. / Special Summon from the Deck. / Send a card from the Deck to the GY.") into Elfnote | Elfnote Lucina's search, Elfnote Regina's Deck summon. |
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| Ash into Radiant Typhoon | Radiant Typhoon Swen, Radiant Typhoon Eldam, Radiant Typhoon Krosea searches; Radiant Typhoon Meghala's Deck summon. |
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| Ash into Invoked | Aiwass, Divine Spirit of the Law's "Aleister" search, Aleister the Invoker's search. |
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| Ash into Branded | Aluber the Jester of Despia, Branded Opening (Limited). |
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| Ash into Light and Darkness Ritual | Skull Archfiend of Chaos, Mind Shuffle. |
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| Ash into Angelechy | Angelechy Strategy Score. |
Save Ash for Strategy Score. Angelechy Opening to e4 places its Field Spell and summons "from your Extra Deck"; its text never says "add" or "from your Deck". |
| Droll ("If a card(s) is added from the Main Deck to your opponent's hand") | The second search of the turn. The first one resolves; every later add is locked. | Branded loses most: its second search (Aluber or Branded Opening) is the one Droll blocks. Nadir Servant still adds from the GY. |
| Fuwalos ("Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck"; only "If you control no cards") | Every Fusion Summon in Invoked and Branded; Elfnote's Synchro chain and Elfnote Regina's Deck summon. |
Branded's GY revivals don't count. Against Invoked, activate it before the first Fusion Summon: Magical Meltdown stops responses "when a monster is Fusion Summoned this way". |
| Ogre (a monster activating on the field, or "a Spell/Trap that is already face-up on the field") | Angelechy's face-up Field Spell: the cleanest answer in the matchup. | It destroys Radiant Typhoon Fonix, the Great Flame but doesn't negate it: the shuffle of up to 2 of your cards still resolves. A 1-for-1, not a stop. Against Light and Darkness Ritual, hit Mind Shuffle before Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos lands: "Spells/Traps you control cannot be destroyed, or banished, by your opponent's card effects". |
04The second-tier hand traps each have one job
| Card | Job | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Veiler / Imperm (24.79% / 21.37% main) | Angelechy's column banishes from Angelechy Enlisted, Angelechy Castellan and Angelechy Bastion while they're monsters. Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos and Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Light and Darkness ("unless they target this card"). |
Neither targets an Angelechy placed as a Continuous Spell. A Set Imperm still negates "all other Spell/Trap effects in this column", placed Angelechy cards included. Neither touches Black Chaos with a Ritual Spell in the GY ("unaffected by your opponent's activated effects", no targeting exception). Veiler only works "During your opponent's Main Phase". |
| Nib | Counts summons, not bodies: "Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn". Elfnote and Branded both chain Extra Deck summons. | It can't Tribute Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity: "Unaffected by monster effects". |
| Purulia ("from the hand") | Radiant Typhoon: Radiant Typhoon Swen, Radiant Typhoon Eldam, Radiant Typhoon Meghala, Radiant Typhoon Krosea, Radiant Typhoon Fonix, the Great Flame, Radiant Typhoon Varuroon, the Vibrant Vortex. Elfnote: Elfnote Lucina, Elfnote Fortuna, Elfnote Regina. |
A side card: 49.57% side, 17.09% main. |
| Skull Meister ("When a card effect is activated in your opponent's GY") |
Elfnote's Medius the Pure, Theorealize Past Lull, Theorealize. Invoked's Invocation - "Sword" GY recovery and Aiwass, Divine Spirit of the Law's GY revival. |
A side card at 27.35%. |
05Breakers are a side-deck job
Only Forbidden Droplet
| Breaker | Use it on | Careful |
|---|---|---|
| Cosmic ("target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; banish it") | Angelechy Bastion first. It stops destruction of the other Angelechy cards, so banishing it frees HFD/Typhoon for the rest. Mind Shuffle. |
Mind Shuffle only before Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos is on the field. |
| HFD | A Continuous Spell Angelechy Bastion and any non-Angelechy backrow. |
The other Angelechy cards survive: "other "Angelechy" cards on the field cannot be destroyed". Remove it with Cosmic or Typhoon first, then HFD. |
| Droplet | Mirrorjade: negated, not removed, so its float ("leaves the field because of an opponent's card") never triggers. | — |
| Evenly | Any wide board, at the end of your Battle Phase. | The Branded player chooses what to keep, so a lone Mirrorjade usually stays. |
| Spell/Trap breakers | Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity, "Unaffected by monster effects". |
Monster-effect answers (Nib, Ogre) do nothing to it. |
06Side for the Spell & Trap Zone
Most-sided cards, % of all 117 side decks. "Sided most by" = lists with the card in the side, out of that deck's lists.
| Card | Side % | Sided most by | Aimed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purulia | 49.57% | Elfnote 12/21, Angelechy 10/23, Light and Darkness Ritual 7/10 | Radiant Typhoon and Elfnote hand summons |
| Typhoon |
48.72% | Elfnote 16/21, Angelechy 10/23 | "Target 1 face-up Spell/Trap on the field; destroy it." Angelechy's placed cards and Angelechy Bastion; Elfnote's Ars Magna "Citrinitas" and Elfnotes: Rhapsodia of Madness; Mind Shuffle only before Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos is on the field |
| Nib | 42.74% | Angelechy 12/23, Light and Darkness Ritual 8/10 | Elfnote and Branded summon chains |
| Solemn Judgment (Limited) |
37.61% | Elfnote 10/21, Light and Darkness Ritual 6/10, Fairy Tail 4/4 | Radiant Typhoon's Quick-Plays; Angelechy, whose main deck is Spells, Traps and hand traps |
| Pot of Sloth |
36.75% | Radiant Typhoon 8/11, Angelechy 7/23 | "Draw cards equal to the number of cards your opponent controls": going second into Angelechy or a full Elfnote board |
| Hey, Space Trunade! |
29.06% | Invoked 4/5, Elfnote 5/21 | Angelechy's placed Spells, Radiant Typhoon backrow, and Mirrorjade. Mirrorjade's End Phase wipe is still coming: bounce it before you commit monsters. |
| Skull Meister |
27.35% | Elfnote 13/21, Angelechy 7/23 | Medius the Pure, Theorealize Past Lull, Invocation - "Sword" |
| Solemn Accusation |
25.64% | Radiant Typhoon 6/11, Sky Striker 3/3 | "When a Spell/Trap Card is activated": Radiant Typhoon Quick-Plays, Angelechy Spells/Traps |
| The Great Gallant Bandit |
23.08% | Angelechy 7/23, Elfnote 6/21 | Hand traps and GY effects, while you "control this Normal Summoned/Set card" |
| Cosmic / Evenly | 17.09% each | Fairy Tail 4/4 (Cosmic); Elfnote 4/21 (each) | See breakers above |
| Inspector Boarder |
15.38% | Angelechy 18/23; no other deck | Monster-effect combo decks |
| Artifact Lancea |
11.97% | Angelechy 3/23, Branded 2/6 | "neither player can banish cards for the rest of this turn": Angelechy Verdict's "Banish all cards your opponent controls", Mirrorjade's banish, Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity's GY banish |
| Mistaken Arrest |
10.26% | Branded 3/6 | Deck adds. Doesn't stop Branded Opening's Special Summon option or Nadir Servant's GY add |
Boarder is Angelechy's post-side card: 18 of 23 side decks, 3 copies each. Each player's monster effects per turn are capped at the number of monster card types on the field. Angelechy activates almost no monster effects outside its hand traps; you do. Your monster hand traps lose value. Spell and Trap outs (Typhoon
07Other decks people are asking about
Three lists is the smallest sample we analyse.
| Deck | Lists | Points share | Wins | Best result | Core |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairy Tail (Magistus) | 4 | 3.70% | 1 | Nathan Kim won Richmond (123 players) | 3 Fairy Tail - Luna; Extra: 1–2 Spenta, the Magistus Sealer, 1 Crowley, the Gifted Magistus, 1–2 Artemis, the Magistus Moon Maiden. Magistus also shows up in all 5 Invoked lists |
| Sky Striker | 3 | 2.69% | 1 | Moises Pedraza won Panama City (~60) | 3 Sky Striker Ace - Raye, 3 Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage!, 3 Sky Striker Mecha - Widow Anchor, plus 3 Radiant Typhoon Vision and 1 Mystical Space Typhoon |
| Destiny HERO | 3 | 2.18% | 0 | Bernardo Rivas, top 4 at Santo Domingo (58) | 3 Destiny HERO - Doom Overlord, 3 Winged Kuriboh Sabatiel LV10, 3 Impulse |
| Mermail / Atlantis | 2 + 1 | 2.18% (Mermail) | 1 | Lukas Horstmann won Bremen (113) | Mermail lists: 3 Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince, 2–3 Mermail Abyssteus. Warchief of Atlantis in 2 of 3 lists. Three lists, two labels, 1 win: anecdote, not trend |
| Domain of the True Monarchs / True Draco |
0 | — | — | — | No Monarch, True Draco or True King card in any of the 117 lists. Our take: Domain Monarch Analysis 2026-11-07 |
| Toon | 0 | — | — | — | No Toon card in any list. Toon World support arrives with Magnificent Maestros: Magnificent Maestros Forecast |
08Read the numbers right
- 117 lists, 20 events, all WCQ Regionals (one online). Largest: Guadalajara, ~300 players. Below Invoked, 4 lists or fewer: anecdotes.
- Top cut only. Coverage runs from 1 of 5 placements (Eclubens) to 8 of 8. No match records, so no win rates; points share is placement, not game wins.
- Labels are YGOPRODeck's. Elfnote's 21 include one "angelechy-elfnote" and one "ars-magna-light-and-darkness-ritual-elfnote" list.
- Magnificent Maestros hits Official Tournament Stores 2026-11-11, Europe 2026-11-12, and is TCG-legal 2026-11-13 (Konami product page, retrieved 2026-11-06). This ranking is pre-set and will move.
09Bottom line
Side Spell/Trap outs for Angelechy (Typhoon
10Sources
Banlist: https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/limited/list_2026-10-19/. Decklists and placements: YGOPRODeck event pages, retrieved 2026-11-07.
Reads: 2026-11-07 Elfnote, 2026-11-07 Angelechy, 2026-11-07 Radiant Typhoon, 2026-11-07 Light and Darkness Ritual, 2026-11-07 Branded, 2026-11-07 Invoked.