We’re gearing up for the next update to the Genesys points list which will occur next Monday, the 27th. After poring through all the results from Anaheim and São Paolo, here are the categories of cards we’re planning to adjust (we’re still reviewing and fine-tuning, for now).

This will be the first round of changes where we have actual data, so we’re excited! Everything up to now has been through play-testing and theory-crafting, but now that we’ve got actual Deck Lists, we can put the plan in motion. Remember the basic ideas: Cards that get played by lots of people will go up, cards that aren’t getting played as much will go down, but point decay is not automatic and we’ll always keep a hand on the wheel to make sure nothing un-fun creeps in.

Severe Performance Outliers
Certain cards and strategies saw distinctly outsized play rates and success rates. We mentioned Pot of Extravagance being everywhere in an earlier article, but it’s not the only generic draw card that’s gone overboard. For Deck themes, there’s a nice cluster of reasonably popular and successful Deck types, another smaller cluster that are slightly more represented and successful than that, and then there’s Vanquish Soul. We’re glad that many players were able to quickly adapt their Advanced Format Vanquish Soul Decks and try out the format in the first few weekends of events but Vanquish Soul players should expect to make sacrifices in both engine and non-engine on Monday.

Excessive Use Generics
There are a few of these, and several just need to be brought in line with similar cards that are already costed appropriately. These are mostly, but not entirely, draw effects, “Special Summon and get a card” monsters, and Solemn Judgment variants.

New Cards for Themes with Points Already
You’ll get 1 weekend to play it for 0, but The Fallen & The Virtuous will be getting some points come Monday.

Spells That Weren’t Tempting
There are a good number of powerful Spells on the list that seem a little too costly to tempt Duelists into playing them. Mirage of Nightmare is a good example of this type.

Themes That Weren’t Tempting
There are several themes that were very popular internally and still used despite their current point costs that the world at large wasn’t interested in playing. We’ll adjust a bit. Caesar changes his thumb to point up.

Extra Deck “Cheat” Cards
When you have Extra Deck Monsters Summoning other monsters from the Extra Deck, like Bahamut Shark did, it’s going to draw some attention.

FTK Combo Pieces
Some players decided to just run various FTKs over and over again in the hopes of breaking through to the Invitational. None of them succeeded and now we’ll force such players further into the Unrealistic Clickbait Combo Dimension if they want to try again.

Cards Likely to Become an Issue (But We Just Can’t Prove It Yet)
We’re still building and testing Decks internally and there are some cards we anticipate to get unfun and out of hand at some point in the next month if we don’t adjust them now.

Game Administration Troublemakers
A few cards cause issues with the progression of the game or create conflict external to the game between the players that must then be resolved by the judges. An example of this kind of card is Question, which suspends a critical part of the Official Tournament Policy for the duration of its activation and resolution, making trouble for everyone involved. By making it more expensive than Monster Reborn, the use of Question will be… questionable.

This will be the first adjustment based primarily on real-world Genesys play! We’re always looking for more data, and YOU can help by sending in the Deck Lists from your tournaments or posting them online in written or video form. If you can add #YGOGenesys, even better!

P.S. Remember, whenever we update points, the Deck-builder website will always have them first, and we’ll post an article here right away. The point list at the main Genesys page will probably lag behind a little bit. Don’t panic! And keep in mind we’re still in early access and are hoping to revamp this in the near future.