TOP 5 META DECKS | Lorcana Guide (July)

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In today's video, I'll break down my thoughts on "The Big Four" of Lorcana Set 4. These are the clear leaders in the competitive meta right now, and have been for a while now. Will Ruby Amethyst continue to pull ahead of the pack, or will innovation keep all 4 decks in the race for the Best Deck in Format? I also take a brief look at the next 4 decks before covering what I consider to be the 5th strongest deck and the best deck for upsetting the power struggle of the Top 4. Hope you enjoy! - Zach / Steadfast
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DECKLISTS
Emerald Steel
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Ruby Sapphire
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Sapphire Steel
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Ruby Amethyst
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5th Deck
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
01:54 - Emerald Steel
10:53 - Ruby Sapphire
19:51 - Sapphire Steel
25:20 - Ruby Amethyst
32:55 - The 5th Contender
Music by Lofi Girl
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[@LorcanaGoons]

Been waiting for your voice

[@ssteadfast]

pin of shame

[@webwarriorfanatic]

Awesome breakdown. Love that Amethyst/Steel got an honorary mention! I'm a huge fan of broom decks and hoping to make it competitive.

[@ssteadfast]

Brooms will have their time, it’s coming together slowly but better each set. Thanks for tuning in :)

[@webwarriorfanatic]

@@ssteadfast Heck yea! It's comforting to hear you say that haha

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

good fun the brooms, but sheriff control got the upper hand often by snuffing Yensid n Mickey

[@TheDrTwist]

What a clean video, this is probably the best version of this kind of "top meta decks" videos. The Visual are super clean. Worth shouting out some kudo's

[@ssteadfast]

Thanks man! Much appreciated! 🫡

[@ssteadfast]

wait I forgot to mention my Green/Blue secret sauce :P

[@jsturm5hk8h]

Yea. My Emerald Sapphire deck would Smash all these decks. The Secret weapon.........LORE. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7

[@jsturm5hk8h]

Or Fibanocci 1 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 8 + 13

[@jsturm5hk8h]

The OTHER Secret. Ahimsa.

[@techkeepup7207]

@@jsturm5hk8hcould I see your deck?

[@Ukulelelessen]

I am curious about your deck too

[@mikerodriguez7917]

Steadfast! Your back homie!💪🏼🔥 Missed your content man!💯

[@kimdijkstra1135]

Wow, what a beautiful video (both video/audio quality) especially given the amount of views. Well done!

[@matthewdickson2715]

Hands down the best breakdown of this topic I have seen 🎉. Thank you so much. Keep making content

[@ssteadfast]

Really appreciated:) Thanks for watching! ✌️

[@mikeo7527]

Merlin's Magical House while talking about amythest is a slick little touch 👌

[@mjp3898]

Awesome video. Been sticking with brooms on and off since set 1, the one main advantage of it is that they seem to get cards each set. Yen Sid is such an amazing power boost as well as the 1 drop. Hopefully they can rise to top 4 soon!

[@user-ox6ig5jt7y]

Hey there, i just wanted to mention that the quality of the video montage was incredible between the background, the way to display the decklist, really high quality montage bravo. The one thing i wanted to say is the background music is perhaps a bit too loud, but really great job :)

[@ssteadfast]

Thank you! Great feedback 👍

[@avyangoned763]

100% agree

[@fabricebailleux1593]

Super high quality content ! keep it up Steadfast !

[@ssteadfast]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@lukieq12]

love the KH music, very fitting choice

[@StoneBrandCards]

Hey look, another steadfast video 😮

[@anthonyching3099]

Great video as always. Love the use of Kingdom Hearts music in the background and hope that it finds it's way to Lorcana at some point. If you're playing set champs at Kingslayer again I wish you luck dude. Sadly won't be able to play this time around.

[@TM-cc3qd]

Great work on this video! Good summary of the current meta. Liked hearing the kingdom hearts soundtrack mixed in there! In regard to future videos, on the topic of set champ preparation, it would be interesting to hear what your thoughts are surrounding mulligans for specific meta decks into a variety of matchups. Also, how you might plan your game going into the mid/late game as well.

[@ssteadfast]

Yeah I want to dive in deeper, maybe I can next time!

[@HiyaaGeorgie]

Another Banger.

[@ssteadfast]

🔥🔥

[@Aaa.....165]

Love this video. Thanks a lot!

[@ssteadfast]

Thank YOU!

[@Firstto20]

Great video as always brother. I’ve been rocking Blue Red teched for my worst matchup (RP). Hoping to pick up an Ursula this month!

[@ssteadfast]

I saw! Keep rocking it 🫡

[@kevthesickboy8430]

what techs you running?

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

Amber-Steel / Amber-Emerald, I now love to use the sneak trick of Daisy Duck Musketeer, to make the oppoenent dioscard as she enters play, to back up in case you don'T get Ursula, Eric's Bride, to shift on Ursula , Devceiver (2). Usually You' don'T shift her on deceiver of all, evidently, and as cost 2 singer 4 singer self, she is better used non-shifted, unless you already got an ariel or Cinderella on the way thus making that cost 2 yellow Ursula shiftable for the devil that is Eric's Bride!!! Worse than Bucky sometimes

[@FlameWingPhoenix]

Great video! What are your thoughts now that they sacrificed the squirrel? Also no love for ruby amber? XD

[@jasonhu6262]

He's back! lets get back to weight sets!

[@ssteadfast]

💪🏽💪🏽

[@kimdijkstra1135]

You manage to make every deck seem to be the best one in the current format.

[@ssteadfast]

Yeah, well I do think any of the 4 can win any event. Normally I like to rank decks #1 - #5, but it’s not that simple right now. Thanks for watching!

[@garethsmith7651]

Vs emerald steel Peter pans shadow is so powerful. A magic carpet turn two also adds some fuel to a diablo killer

[@rileydickerson5356]

Awesome video! Love how high quality all of your videos are! What are you thoughts on A/S jafar for set championship? I ran it for the last set championship and it got me a stitch, but I don’t know if it will preform well for this set.

[@ssteadfast]

I don’t think it’s as strong as last set, but it’s one of those decks where you can just win if you find the right cards (as I’m sure you know) If you’re comfortable on it, you should do it! I would just practice through some matchups against the top 4.

[@parttimecomix]

I think amethyst steel is number 5 but still missing something to compete consistently

[@jessegonzalez1817]

Music from kingdom hearts noice!!!

[@ssteadfast]

👍👍

[@mangounchain]

Steel/Amethyst too

[@bwiz77]

Destiny islands music 🔥

[@ssteadfast]

A fellow man of culture ✌️

[@joshs674]

Can you please do a revise of this since 'Bucky' will no longer be able to be played in games/comps

[@Baazinga-fc7yn]

Bucky has now been errataed to cost 3 Ink instead of 2 and removed his Ward :( It's going live now, but from 30th July its Live and the new rule for events

[@RyanBreaker]

Since your Pawpsicle video I've loved the playstyle of Ruby/Sapphire with items, though I'm surprised you didn't mention Nick Wilde at all for it or am I just out of the loop and he isn't as strong as he once was?

[@ssteadfast]

He’s not unplayable, but it’s hard to fit him in the list. With Tamatoa you can typically fish out any Popsicles you need.

[@ceasarsempire8851]

How do you feel about sapphire and amythest

[@ssteadfast]

It’s a fun and diverse combo. Lots of options for lore between goat, locations, and dime. The problem is it lacks the removal of Ruby or Steel. You can make due with Let It Go, Hades, etc but in some metas it can’t keep up or properly answer top lists. If you like the ideas though, you should rock it! Cheers.

[@Baconsizzler84]

Taking develop your brain and gramma Tala out of my Ruby/Sapphire deck was a huge mistake. Not being able to cycle through your cards to find what you need really hurts this deck.

[@StreetLegendzEnt]

I've been on amethyst steel (Blue fairy Floodborn ) for a while now and it really can beat anything.. but like all decks it can lose to everything too lol.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

aND.,.. THEY JUST eRRATA-eD bUCKY! cOST NOW 3, NO WARD. nOW YOU MUST SHIFT THE FLOODBORN FOR IT TO TRIGGER...

[@lindseys3918]

New Errata update; they’re completely changing the Bucky card now

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

Sapphire-Ruby ther emissing the Ariel with +3Lore for items She just changes the game when they think Tamatoa is done for, add her and the lucky dime gets its power back 2 of her on the table and you win in 1-2 turns with a dime, when steel sing together 10 to kill her, they must take off one of their own character if ytou dont have 2 allies with Ariel :P saw it happen many times on Pixelborn, myu opponents were furious

[@RogueVisionary]

Is there a shorter format to this video?

[@ssteadfast]

What do you mean?

[@RogueVisionary]

​@@ssteadfastI guess I'm used to deck videos that are around 20 minutes, 40 minutes seems much longer to me. It is cool that you have them time stamped though

[@RogueVisionary]

​@@ssteadfastby the way, isn't Bucky 3 ink?

[@pavel3778]

I would go for emerald amethyst agro for this time

[@ssteadfast]

Nice!

[@anthonygamache9856]

Is it true that Bucky is getting errata'd ?

[@ssteadfast]

Yes!

[@DigitamaHatch]

Why is lorcana full of control decks???? Is there where blue players from MTG went??

[@ssteadfast]

I think only the 2 Sapphire decks really feel like true control decks, and even then, Blue Steel often feels more like a combo deck. I do agree the game is slower than usual, with aggro decks struggling to perform except in rare cases. This will change no doubt, there will always be a cycle of aggro being strong again.

[@CodeRedDamax]

I’m stuck between running 🔴🔵 and 🔵⚪️ at my set championships this weekend. I know there’s gonna be at least 3 🟢⚪️ Bucky decks and only one for sure 🟣🔴 deck

[@benlewton3526]

so basicly if you dont play gray or red you can just dont show up for games 🤔?

[@ssteadfast]

There’s definitely some real upset potential from Emerald/Amethyst and other aggro decks. But in general, yes, Ruby and Steel are running things.

[@bSamadhi]

**** the big four it’s just big ME ;)

[@ssteadfast]

nice

[@ZwartCode]

Where is the Bluerple?!?!?

[@ssteadfast]

Getting Be Prepp’d

[@ryandowling4026]

emerald steel dead less than 24hours later :(

[@firecrusades3397]

did you realize you can shift diablo turn 2?

[@ssteadfast]

yeah

[@Darksaber252]

Bucky got worse