Hello everyone, Fuji here! If you don’t know me, I’m a European (Italian) Gundam TCG player since the beginning.
I don’t use my socials much to talk about it, but I sometimes do on my Metafy.
This past weekend I attended a Regional Championship in Greece, and I managed to win it. The crazy part is that I didn’t lose a single game. Today I’m going to talk about it a bit—what I faced, how I approached the matchups, and my general thoughts on the deck.
This wasn’t my first major top, but it’s definitely my most important one so far!
The tournament had 7 rounds of Swiss, with a Top 8 cut.
So only X-1 players were allowed into playoffs—not easy, I have to say. In a BO1 format with a lot of RNG, staying almost undefeated is really hard. Right now, you can lose to almost any deck—that’s my opinion.
First of all, I’m going to show you my list:
I think this is the most consistent way to play the deck.
Actually, -1 White Base +1 Show of Resolve would probably be better, but I decided to play 1 White Base because I felt more comfortable having 3 bases, hoping to flip one from shields. I was also a bit scared of how much Red I might face. But honestly, I don’t think that choice made a huge difference.
Before starting with the rounds: I can’t say I highrolled much or that it was just “my day.”
I didn’t make any Link units until round 5, and I didn’t do Mikazuki + Barbatos until the last rounds. I was basically improvising plays with 2/2 units + pilots lol.
Matchups
ROUND 1 – WING
I was scared as hell to face Wing (LOL), because it’s that “outdated” meta deck that can still highroll and kill you sometimes.
I don’t think my opponent made the best choices. I started first, and I remember he played a Base on turn 1, which you should almost never do. I had a good curve with a double drop on turn 2 and Corsica on turn 3.
At that point he used EX Resource for Sword + Kira to bounce my Talgeese token and attack Corsica—something I didn’t really like. If Wing uses EX Resource too early, it becomes harder for them later. I rushed pretty quickly and closed it out.
ROUND 2 – THE O
This was a fun game because my opponent was really nice.
And honestly, I still don’t understand how I won.
I only realized he was white-blue after like 5 turns—I had only seen white cards. By the end, I faced 4 Aile Strikes (twice), 2 Gundam + Amuro, and The-O + Scirocco.
I really don’t know how, but I won that game!
ROUND 3 – PURPLE BLUE
Nothing crazy here. I started second, neither of us did anything insane.
I think he made one trade I wasn’t sure about, but overall I just rushed earlier than him.
ROUND 4 – THE O
I faced Luca, an Italian player—super friendly and nice. He also made Top 8.
He didn’t have a great draw, I could tell. We both played everything we had, but I managed to avoid his blockers and get good value. Here, the choice to play 6 copies of the 4/3 units really paid off.
ROUND 5 – PURPLE BLUE
Against Mario! A friend of Luca (Round 4) and Giacomo (Finals).
Guys, don’t hate me—I didn’t love their decklist, mainly because I think you want to play faster. They were running NT1, Lupus, and 2 Rebake. But in the end, their list worked since they made finals.
In this match I think I was just faster, but I actually won thanks to a lucky Amuro draw that let me close the game. It was super intense against a strong player.
ROUND 6 – WHITE RED
My biggest fear!
I’m scared of this deck’s burst. Luckily, I didn’t see anything crazy from shields. I controlled the field well with good trades and closed the game before he could drop anything too big.
ROUND 7 – PURPLE BLUE
Concede!
Yes, you heard right. At this point, all X-1 players were already in Top Cut, so I had no reason to play.
I preferred to talk with my opponent—he was an Italian player at his first major event. I wanted to give him the win and let him go 7-0.
Also, having 40 minutes to rest and not revealing your decklist to a potential opponent isn’t a bad idea.
Top-Cut
TOP 8 – WING
My god… Wing again!
I won 2-0. I started first in Game 1 and second in Game 2.
My opponent was very nice, but he didn’t see anything crazy. He was playing Shenlong, which can be dead against me, and he didn’t find it. He tried to make plays, but nothing really worked, so I closed both games.
TOP 4 – WHITE RED
Same opponent from Round 6, from Athens—super nice guy.
I won 2-0 again.
In Game 2 he used something like 5 removal effects on my units (3 Close Combat and 2 Improved, I think).
In the end, he ran out of cards and didn’t draw anything impactful. He played Providence twice in a row, but I already had too much board, so I just kept swinging at shields.
### FINALS
Against my friend Giacomo.
We were joking earlier because he said he built his list for the mirror match, and I was like “yeah… too heavy for me.”
I don’t know, but it felt like karma was on my side—he bricked both games.
In Game 2 he had something like 2 Show of Resolve, 2 Bases, and 2 Pilots in hand. Meanwhile, I had 6 resources + EX and played 4 Guntanks and 2 drops lol.
But yeah, it is what it is.
I won the tournament with a deck I refused to play since the beginning.
Thank you guys for reading!
If you want a deeper breakdown beyond matchups, you can check my Metafy for free.
Hope to see you soon at a tournament!