Review Of The Speculated Big 4 Decks Of The September 1 Format

First things first, the decks:

Lightlords
Grave BF

Undead Decks

Gladiator Beasts

Lightlords

Lightlords have been around since the release of LODT, Lightlord decks have been highly played in the TCG but not so much in the OCG due to the lacking of Charge Of The Light Brigade. But all this is going to change with the release of the Extra Pack Volume 2. And with Lightlords virtually untouched in the September Banlist, we can expect Lightlords to be topping in future tournaments.

Grave BF

A relatively new deck that was introduced in ANPR, it has been topping in many recent OCG tournaments and now that the banlist has come, this deck is almost unaffected by the list and will be a tough competitor in the future.


Undead Deck




One of the top decks in the meta before the March Banlist, this deck was affected severly by the restriction of Mezuki, Zombie Carrier and Card Of Safe Return as well as the Semi-Restriction of Goblin Zombie.
But now with its main card Mezuki Semi-Restricted, will this deck be able to compete with our other top decks as well as it did in the Pre-March Format?


Gladiator Beasts

An all-time favourite, this deck has been around since GLAS but was brought in its prime in PTDN with the inclusion of Gladiator Beast Gyazurus, where GB decks were topping at almost every tournament. But one of its key cards Gladiator Beast Bestiari was Restricted in the March 2009 Banlist, causing an sudden decline in the deck's popularity and forced the deck to resort to an Anti-Meta approach. But this was changed with the release of cards such as X-Saber Airbellum and Gladiator Beast Samnite. The inclusion of these two cards brought Gladiator Beasts to a whole new level which resulted in the Gladiator Beast Synchro Deck which ruled before the September Banlist alongside with Grave BF. So will the Gladiator Beasts be able to continue their reign over the Meta or will they lose it to the other top decks.