Weekend Recap: Nu Gundam Wins Utrecht, Rocks.D.Xebec Takes Pomona and Porto

Vanillachrona won the Gundam Card Game WCS 26-27 Utrecht Regional on November 8 with Nu Gundam, beating Johannes and his Strike Freedom Gundam build with Victory Gundam in the final.

That gives Nu Gundam its second European Regional title in a month, after Dave won Lille with it in October. The Utrecht Top 8 was also much more spread out than last week's Washington DC Regional, where Strike Freedom took five of the eight spots. Strike Freedom had two players in Utrecht's Top 8, Red/White Academy had two, and Green/Purple Zeon, Shining Gundam and Barbatos Rush each had one.

Full deckVanillachrona's Nu GundamNu Gundam / Vanillachrona×4×4×4×4×4×3×3×4×2×4×4×4×1×1×2×2

In One Piece, KStryder won the Championship 26-27 Season 2 Pomona Regional with OP17 Rocks.D.Xebec. According to the winner's post, the final was a Xebec mirror against Ninssasin, and both semifinalists, kyll and Thomas, played OP13 Monkey.D.Luffy.

Full deckKStryder's Rocks.D.XebecOP17 Rocks.D.Xebec / KStryder×4×4×4×4×4×4×4×2×4×4×2×2×4×4×1

Sydney went the other way. Sirisx won with OP13 Monkey.D.Luffy, and Luffy took three of the four Top 4 spots. Elliot Charters was the only Xebec player in the Sydney Top 4.

Full deckSirisx's Monkey.D.LuffyOP13 Monkey.D.Luffy / Sirisx×1×2×4×4×3×4×4×4×4×4×3×4×4×3×1×2

Porto went back to Xebec. conquest won the Victory Road Regional with Rocks.D.Xebec after finishing second in Swiss, according to the winner's post, beating a Kaido player in the Top 4 and borsaistrash's mono black Marshall.D.Teach 2-1 in the final. Both of them described Swiss rounds full of red/green Luffy, and borsaistrash beat three Luffy players in the top cut on the way to the final.

Full deckconquest's Rocks.D.XebecOP17 Rocks.D.Xebec / conquest×4×2×4×4×4×4×3×4×4×4×4×2×4×2×1×1

Xebec won two of the weekend's three One Piece Regionals, while Luffy was the deck players had to get through in all three. In Gundam, Nu Gundam is making a strong case as Strike Freedom's main rival (which makes me happy because Nu Gundam is my current favorite deck).

Full results: Utrecht Regional · Pomona Regional · Sydney Regional · Porto Regional