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Japanese Newtype Challenge 2026 Mission 3 & World Championship Store Preliminaries Season 1 Deck Distribution for the week ending 10 May has been released!
If you're surprised that you're reading your third deck color post within the past 7 days, then I'm as surprised as you are. Anyway, this time it only covers the four-day period since the last NTC/WC Qualifier post, so unless indicated I'll be referring to those (instead of the Osaka 1v1 qualifiers one) unless indicated.
First off, to be clear: this post is not about the GCG Fest Osaka 3v3 Qualifiers, as Bandai has not released stats on those (yet). Even then, the structure of that tourney makes any normal analysis too complicated, as you will have to factor in not only individual decks, but how each three-man team worked around the format's rules.
| Color Combo | Kanji | 6-May | 10-May | Week-on-Week Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue/Purple | 青紫 | 19.2% | 19.6% | 2.1% |
| Blue/White | 青白 | 17.4% | 16.3% | -6.3% |
| Blue/Green | 青緑 | 14.7% | 14.8% | 0.7% |
| Red/White | 赤白 | 11.7% | 14.1% | 20.5% |
| Green/White | 緑白 | 12.5% | 12.4% | -0.8% |
| Green/Red | 緑赤 | 7.0% | 7.4% | 5.7% |
| Blue/Red | 青赤 | 6.2% | 6.2% | 0.0% |
| Purple/White | 紫白 | 7.1% | 5.7% | -19.7% |
| Red/Purple | 赤紫 | 3.5% | 3.2% | -8.6% |
| Green/Purple | 緑紫 | 0.5% | 0.2% | -60.0% |
| Other | その他 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
As you can see (see second image), there hasn't been too much unexpected movement compared to last time. Among the top 3, Blue-White dropped by a percentage point but stayed on second place, with Blurple and Blue-Green mostly holding still.
Going down, Red-White taking fourth place back from Green-White was the most significant usage change this week, with a full 20% increase compared to last, while Purple-White went from being a surprise feature in last week's graphic to going back down to its usual position in the rankings, with a usage drop almost mirroring Red-White but in the other direction.
And just for fun, let's compare what the players in Osaka brought for their qualifiers to what the rest of the country was playing that weekend:
| Color Combo | Kanji | 9-May (Osaka 1v1) | 10-May | Difference* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue/Purple | 青紫 | 18.6% | 19.6% | 5.4% |
| Blue/White | 青白 | 20.1% | 16.3% | -18.9% |
| Blue/Green | 青緑 | 15.4% | 14.8% | -3.9% |
| Red/White | 赤白 | 14.1% | 14.1% | 0.0% |
| Green/White | 緑白 | 9.5% | 12.4% | 30.5% |
| Green/Red | 緑赤 | 7.8% | 7.4% | -5.1% |
| Blue/Red | 青赤 | 6.0% | 6.2% | 3.3% |
| Purple/White | 紫白 | 4.9% | 5.7% | 16.3% |
| Red/Purple | 赤紫 | 2.5% | 3.2% | 28.0% |
| Green/Purple | 緑紫 | 0.7% | 0.2% | -71.4% |
| Other | その他 | 0.4% | 0.2% | -50.0% |
*positive difference favors NTC/Shop Qualifiers, negative difference favors Osaka 1v1
Looking at the numbers, the main difference between the two sets of numbers is that Blue/White seems to have been overrepresented at the Osaka 1v1 Qualifiers, at the expense of mostly Green-White and to a lesser extent Blue-Purple. This did not help in the end as we've seen that more than half of the Top 16 were still BP players, with nary a Blue-White player in sight.
New EB01 Card Revealed: Reiji
Lv4/Cost 1
(G Generation) (Support)
+2AP/+1HP
[When Paired] Choose one of your friendly (G Generation) units. During this turn, that unit may choose an active opponent's unit with [Blocker] as its attack target.
New EB01 Card Revealed: Build Strike Gundam (Full Package) (EX)
Lv5/Cost 4
(G Generation) Trait
Link: Reiji
[Breach 4] (When this Unit yadda yadda)
[When Paired (G Generation Pilot)] If you have 2 or more (G Generation) Unit cards in your trash, place 1 rested Resource.
Official Playmat & Card Set -Mobile Suit Gundam 00- Full Reveal!
Official Card Sleeves 02 and Official Card Case Set 02 have been revealed!
GD05 Package Art has been revealed, as well as illustration reveals of Master Gundam and Sazabi
The deck distribution for the Preliminary and Final tournaments of the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 26-27 GCG EXPO 1v1 Qualifiers has been revealed!
| Color Combo | Kanji | 6-May | 9-May |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue/White | 青白 | 17.4% | 20.1% |
| Blue/Purple | 青紫 | 19.2% | 18.6% |
| Blue/Green | 青緑 | 14.7% | 15.4% |
| Red/White | 赤白 | 11.7% | 14.1% |
| Green/White | 緑白 | 12.5% | 9.5% |
| Green/Red | 緑赤 | 7.0% | 7.8% |
| Blue/Red | 青赤 | 6.2% | 6.0% |
| Purple/White | 紫白 | 7.1% | 4.9% |
| Red/Purple | 赤紫 | 3.5% | 2.5% |
| Green/Purple | 緑紫 | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Other | その他 | 0.2% | 0.4% |
...Yep, that's certainly an upset.