Blue/Green Slips Again in Japan's Gundam Store Meta
Blue/Green remains Japan’s most-played Gundam deck, but its share fell for a third straight week as Green/Purple and Blue/Purple gained ground.
Blue/Green remains the most-played deck in Japan's store-qualifier field, but it fell to 23.5% this week, its third straight decline. Green/Purple was the biggest riser at 14.6%, while Blue/Purple climbed to 12.3%. This snapshot covers the Newtype Challenge 2026 Mission 4 and Serial Card Challenge events held August 31–September 6, as published by Bandai's official Gundam Card Game account (@GUNDAM_GCG_JP).
This is Japan store-qualifier usage share, not a global metagame snapshot or a win rate.
Standings
| Rank | Deck | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue/Green | 23.5% |
| 2 | Blue/White | 15.6% |
| 3 | Red/White | 15.2% |
| 4 | Green/Purple | 14.6% |
| 5 | Blue/Purple | 12.3% |
| 6 | Blue/Red | 10.4% |
| 7 | Green/Red | 2.4% |
| 7 | Red/Purple | 2.4% |
| 9 | Green/White | 1.9% |
| 10 | Purple/White | 1.6% |
Movers vs. last week (2026-08-30)
What went up: Green/Purple (+2.5pp), Blue/Purple (+1.5pp), Red/White (+0.7pp), Blue/Red (+0.4pp)
What went down: Blue/Green (-1.3pp), Blue/White (-1.0pp), Green/White (-1.0pp), Green/Red (-0.7pp), Purple/White (-0.7pp), Red/Purple (-0.3pp)
Blue/Green stays on top, but the gap is getting smaller. Green/Purple gained 2.5 percentage points and Blue/Purple added 1.5, while Blue/White and Green/White each lost a point. The standings order barely changed, but the field behind the leader is starting to bunch up.
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