Metagame

Metagame is a term that refers to the decks and archetypes that the majority of people in the community are playing or deem very strong. The metagame changes with every booster set released and every banlist update.

Because HCCG is not as competitive as the TCG for obvious reasons, the HCCG metagame tries to be diverse as possible so as to allow for many different deck types to compete in a fair and fun format. If, however, a certain individual deck type proves to be consistently winning against its competition, the broken problem cards tend to be either errata'd or limited the following format in order to promote growth within the game.

The following section depicts "meta" decks, decks that have been popular in the metagame, for each format. Sections are listed in chronological order.

The First Format

 * Cookie Cutter/Splash Dragons
 * Battousais
 * Toons

July 2010 Format

 * Splash Dragons
 * Cattys
 * Battousais
 * Toons

January 2011 Format

 * Splash Dragons
 * Cattys/Planet Cattys
 * Battousais
 * Tanookis
 * Toons

July 2011 Format

 * Splash Dragons
 * Tanookis
 * Battousais
 * LuckySouls
 * Planet Cattys
 * Ice Devils

January 2012 Format

 * Familiars
 * Gliasco Tribute
 * Thunder
 * LuckySouls
 * Tanookis

July 2012 Format

 * 5 Pieces of the Sword Tears/Tears
 * Tartaros
 * Familiars
 * Gliasco Beach
 * Vilelock

March 2013 Format

 * Tears/Gliasco Tears
 * Tartaros
 * Sacred Wyverns
 * Familiars
 * Gliasco Beach
 * Dark Mantis

January 2014 Format

 * Tartaros
 * Tears
 * Sacred Wyverns
 * Familiars
 * WATER
 * Resource Decks
 * LuckySouls

July 2014 Format

 * Resource Decks
 * Technicals
 * Oophagous
 * Tartaros
 * Tears
 * WATER
 * Jurrapdoors