Cardfight!! Vanguard - OCG Tournament Results (June 15-16/2019)

New set's out.  How did it fare?  How much should we care when BT05 is gonna just power creep it out entirely if Gancelot is any indication?  Can't say I have the answer for the second one.

GP Akiba Finals (16 Participants that had to win a qualifier to attend):

1st) OTT

2nd) DI

3rd-4th) OTT

3rd-4th) BT

Clan Distribution:

OTT - 4 

GP - 3 

BT - 3 

DI - 2 

SP - 2

RP - 1 

GN - 1

1st Place

Business Trip! Grand Prix Akaba 2019 Hakata (61 Participants):

1st) GP (Ezel)

2nd) SP (Luard)

3rd) GP (Ezel)

4th) NN

Top 8) BT (Caro Shizuku)

Top 8) NN

Top 8) GP (Ezel)

Top 8) GN (Hammsuke Bigbelly)

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

4th Place

5th Place

6th Place

7th Place

8th Place

I hope any would be Neo Nectar players kept their Maiden of Gladiolus from the first Trial Deck.  Those things are pricey now.

2nd Yellow Submarine Kyoto VGCS - VMC Qualifier (unknown but close to 64 participants):

1st) LJ (Messiah)

2nd) GB

Top 4) BT

Top 4) GB

2nd Place

4th Place

Komikaru VGCS - VMC Qualifier (52 People):

1st) LJ

2nd-4th) ???

Lists are still to be posted 

Clan Distribution:

LJ - 10

Kagero - 9

GB - 8

NG, BT - 6 

GN, OTT, GP, AqF, DP - 2

PM, NK, NN - 1

Oka Lab VGCS - VMC Qualifier (57 People):

1st) BT

2nd) LJ (Messiah)

Top 4) NG

Top 4) BT

Clan Distribution:

Kagero - 10

BT - 9 

NG, DP - 7 

LJ, GB - 5 

AqF - 4 

SP, GP - 2

Tachikaze, PM, NN, OTT, MC, NK - 1

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

4th Place

193 VGCS (46 People):

1st) BT

2nd) DP

3rd) LJ (Messiah)

4th) GB

Clan Distribution:

Granblue - 7

Bermuda Triangle, Nova Grappler - 6

Aqua Force - 5

Kagero, Dimension Police - 4

Link Joker - 3

Oracle Think Tank, Narukami, Neo Nectar - 2

Royal Paladin, Shadow Paladin, Gold Paladin, Genesis, Pale Moon - 1

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

4th Place

Credit to the Proofcord for images/results.

...what the f**k is a Kagero?  Like damn I expected DP and Aqua Force to do poorly but Kagero getting completely shut out?  That's a surprise.  Granblue is delightfully doing better than expected (and probably had a hand in Kagero getting yeeted) with it being a deck that is capable of running 12 crits and being able to smash anyone unawares.  The way they're playing the deck is a super aggressive milling strat with "ride Cocytus or die" being your goal that aims to kill the opponent quickly, abuse Greed Shade and your newfound draw power to keep a hand up and likely deck out by the time your opponent would likely kill you (which is usually their 2nd/3rd Grade 3 ride turn).  Shoutouts to Scaredick being well, scary on the final push turn as you have him, Cocytus with his giant 2 crit ass and Skull Dragon or a 2nd scaredick bringing up the rear.

That being said Bermuda Triangle is still killing it being the winner of most tournaments held after set release while Messiah, Nova Grappler and Granblue are following behind.  They're not as overly dominating as before but it's gonna take until Gancelot and Tsukuyomi are released to put them in check.