Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Ascent Boston has wrapped up, and our metagame is wreathed in flames! We're going to go over each unique deck with at least a Top 8 record at the event, plus a couple more non-fire decks to look at as the metagame moves forward!!

There are still many decks we could cover - shoutout to Deathatwar's 15th place Fire Oblation/Advent Ciel, one of my favorite decks of the weekend! Hopefully we'll see some more performance and talk about it on the next Meta Update!

What do you think about the new metagame and where it will go with the release of Purifying Thurible? We've got a full video covering that soon, but let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

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DECKLISTS
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DTR Ascent Boston 1st - BobbyTortilla - Fire Ensoul Lorraine
shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/5c501b11-b647-4c85-8dba-eef6cfebbfb0

DTR Ascent Boston 2nd - Picklesword - Fire/Wind Horse and Taxes Vanitas
shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/b4f379d4-4347-44d4-8fe3-c6207b173521

DTR Ascent Boston 7th - Robotron - Serene Fire Luxem Zander
shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/44d7bb63-c91e-4b07-8743-ecc92a69c139

DTR Ascent Boston 8th - Skysama - Fire Specter Suzaku Guo Jia "KFC"
shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/77fc410f-0fe7-499c-82c9-bcbfb3b9feb8

DTR Ascent Boston 11th - Alexsndr - Serene Fire Specter Jin
shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/da939f13-904a-4e6f-b805-48a310ffc442

DTR Ascent Boston 19th - BaniRien - Water Allies Lorraine
shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/08864aae-0b19-4d63-a0b6-bb51e9ace466

DTR Ascent Boston 23rd - AstarohKing - Wind Shadowstrike Tristan
shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/3c6ce5a9-5066-4756-95b8-37908ee84d4b

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The ULTIMATE How to Play Grand Archive video: youtu.be/I_MjH_qyVcI

0:00 Intro
1:17 Fire Specter Ensoul Lorraine
7:29 Fire/Wind Horse and Taxes Vanitas
13:14 Serene Fire Specter Luxem Zander
18:05 Fire Specter Suzaku Guo Jia Aggro ("KFC")
23:29 Serene Fire Specter Exia Jin
30:10 Water Unique Allies Lorraine
34:51 Wind Shadowstrike Tristan
39:28 Outro

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