This weekend was the first Regional Qualifier in Lille, France. The results are available in detail from SWU Competitive Hub. Sabine/Data Vault(!) took the crown, which came as a surprise for most of the competitive community. The actual list appears similar to some Han2/DV builds that had been floating around in the past couple weeks, but it took Danish ingenuity to pair that shell with Sabine and take the crown.

While most of the field was a predictable mix, there was one outlier deck- Rey/Green– that made an appearance at Lille. While we’re tempted to add this to our Snapshot, it was run by the indomitable Yehosera who is notorious for powering off-meta decks into top cuts with his play skills. So, much like GrumpyElephant with his Quinlan/Green builds, we’re going to wait until someone else can demonstrate broader utility with the deck before we add it to the snapshot.

Since we captured the primary players in the meta already with our snapshot, this week is seeing only removals.

We’re making four removals – Boba Fett/Yellow, Gar Saxon/Yellow, Cad/Green and Cad/Blue. Each of these leaders had some early success in the Jango meta but failed to show in the top cuts of either the Richmond or Lille events, suggesting that they’re not quite at the power level required to take down a championship. This is a bit of a sad moment, as it means there are no longer any Jump to Lightspeed leaders on the snapshot. Perhaps, next set, if Confiscate and Bamboozle are no longer being maindecked by the meta players, pilot leaders can make a return.

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I encourage all our readers to also check out SWU Competitive Hub, which does a great job keeping up with tournament results!

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If you’re from the UK, Unlimited Power TCG is your one-stop shop for UK tournament coverage.

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Thanks for reading! Check out the full Meta Snapshot here. Any decks you’ve been enjoying that aren’t seeing enough love in the meta? Let us know!

2 responses to “Meta Monday – May 5th, 2025”

  1. is this a failure of set design for past two sets? Kinda lame eh?

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    1. Helgard Muller Avatar
      Helgard Muller

      The way this game is designed sets are most likely to always be disappointing regarding the impact of mechanics. Unless there is massive power creep in a set to make a mechanically themed deck work. The action turn sequence and no colour/leader locks encourages good-stuff on curve decks. It also likely means most meta decks will persistently be good until banned. Sabine is a good example, simply taking all the best cards every set and evolving (even into midrange)- the leader is just fundamentally the best aggro leader to play as well – so the only way around Sabine is to print an even better leader (ideally in another shell). So is Qi’ra, Han etc – these are all essentially good stuff decks riding on fundamentally good leaders rather than some interesting mechanic, tribal affiliation (exception Sabine) or creative deck building – it is mostly just power on curve puzzles.

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