Metagame Breakdown 179 Sky Striker (177 Sky Striker, 2 Invoked Sky Striker) 114 Magician (106 Performapal Magician, 7 Performapal Supreme King Magician, 1 Performapal Odd-Eyes Magician) 87 ABC (65 Sky Striker ABC, 21 Grass HERO ABC FTK, 1 ABC FTK) 36 Altergeist 35 Zefra (27 Metalfoes Zefra, 8 Zefra) 26 Gouki (16 Sky Striker Gouki, 10 Sky Striker Malicious Gouki) 16 Trickstar (7 Trickstar, 7 Sky Striker Trickstar, 1 Invoked Trickstar, 1 Mekk-Knight Trickstar) 8 SPYRAL (6 Sky Striker SPYRAL, 2 SPYRAL) 7 Infernoid (4 Grass Sky Striker Infernoid, 2 Sky Striker Infernoid, 1 Grinder Lair Infernoid) 6 Mekk-Knight (2 Kaiju Mekk-Knight, 2 Sky Striker Mekk-Knight, 1 Invoked Mekk-Knight, 1 Kaiju Invoked Mekk-Knight) 4 Atlantean Mermail (2 Genex Atlantean Mermail, 2 Sekka Genex Frog Atlantean Mermail) 3 Burning Abyss 3 Infernity 3 Subterror 2 Bamboo Sky Striker Magical Explosion 2 Kozmo 2 Meta Beat 2 World Chalice 1 Demise True Draco 1 Grass Sky Striker Monarch 1 Invoked Shaddoll 1 Magical Musket 1 Palladium 1 Sky Striker Synchron Skyblaster 1 Zombie Sky Striker Sky Striker was already performing quite well at the start of the OCG 2018.04, but there were still some games where the deck would fizzle out due to not drawing Sky Striker Mobilize Engage
Which is a further disappointment, later on, when you're trying to recruit one of these heavy hitters to be your tag-dueling partner
Skeledirge ex [R] Vitality Song: 50 damage
Not only did it please dedicated fans, while enabling the series to grow and find new audiences ahead of an all-new anime, it provided the blueprint for the card games Western expansion years later
