Shadowverse Weekend Recap: vsai Takes the Last WGP Spot, OCS November Day 1 Wraps
vsai/REV wins the International Wildcard Qualifier with Amulet Havencraft and Fusion Portalcraft, while OCS November Day 1 sends its qualifiers on to November 15.
vsai/REV won the Shadowverse International Wildcard Qualifier 2026 on November 8, taking the event's single spot at the World Grand Prix 2026 in December.
The qualifier was a two-deck, best-of-three event with 103 players, mostly from SVO, STO and SKO. vsai went 6-0 through the Swiss rounds and beat DFM MingiGod 2-0 in the final, who brought Combo Forestcraft and Clue Swordcraft. 화념 (Midrange Abysscraft and Sephie Runecraft) and Kionys (Combo Forestcraft and Spellboost Runecraft) finished in the semifinals.
The interesting part is how far vsai's lineup was from the crowd. Clue Swordcraft was in 42.7% of the field, Midrange Abysscraft in 34.0% and Combo Forestcraft in 32.0%. Those three decks also made up most of the top cut, each showing up in five of the 11 lineups that advanced, according to a community count. Amulet Havencraft and Fusion Portalcraft were brought by only 9.7% and 11.7% of players. vsai paired two control decks for the best-of-three format, and finished the event 9-2 with Amulet Havencraft and 9-3 with Fusion Portalcraft.
The day before, the Shadowverse Online Championship 2026 November ran its Day 1 preliminaries. Cygames' official deck distribution had Clue Havencraft on top at 15.8% of decks, followed by Midrange Abysscraft at 12.0% and Rally Swordcraft at 11.6%. Swordcraft was the bigger story across shells: with Clue Swordcraft at 5.4%, the two Sword decks made up 17.0% of the field.
Players posted 172 Day 1 lineups, collected by SVLabo, and 27 of those players advanced. Clue Swordcraft was in 13 of the 27 advancing lineups. Day 2 and the Finals are on November 15, players can change decks before Day 2, and the finals bracket moves to best-of-three.
The Wildcard showed that the popular decks were not the only way through. In a field built around Clue Swordcraft, Midrange Abysscraft and Combo Forestcraft, a Haven and Portal control pair took the last World Grand Prix spot. OCS November now has a week to show whether Day 1's top decks hold up in Day 2.
Full results: International Wildcard Qualifier 2026 · OCS 2026 November Day 1