Rally Swordcraft Led the SVO AMEU Field, but Every Undefeated Player Brought Egg Portalcraft
Almost half of SVO 2026 Season 2 AMEU's players registered Rally Sword, yet Egg Portal went undefeated.
The AMEU stop of SVO 2026 Season 2, held last Sunday, July 12, drew 286 players just one day after SEAO, and the field was almost a copy of it: the same five decks on top right, but with the leaders swapped. Rally Swordcraft was the most popular choice this time, registered by 45% of players, with Ramp Dragoncraft second at 35%. The two also formed the event's favorite lineup, with 40 players bringing exactly that pair.
Behind the big two came Tempo Evo Forest (23% of players), Crystal Rune (21%), and Evo Haven (19%). Portal again split into two archetypes, Artifact (34 decks) and Egg (33), and Abyss did the same with Mode (22) and Midrange (20).
Then there's the top of the standings. Alejanpro, Hachimi, TK shincha, and Yoh/REV finished the Swiss rounds a perfect 6-0, and every single one of them has Egg in their lineup. Only 11.5% of the field brought the deck, and it still claimed four of the eight top spots. Rally Sword converted its huge numbers into three appearances among the 5-1 group (iyashiK, AzureCloud, and SVSLV), Ramp Dragoncraft added three of its own, and Evolution Havencraft missed the cut entirely despite nearly one in five players bringing it.
If that sounds familiar, it should. At SEAO the day before, Egg Portal turned a sub-9% share into three top 8 spots, and here it went one better with four, every one of them in an undefeated lineup. Evo Haven is now 0 for 2, missing both top 8 cuts despite being a top-five deck in each region. The supporting cast did change: Crystal Runecraft and Tempo Evolution Forestcraft claimed three SEAO spots apiece but only four combined at AMEU, Ramp Dragoncraft recovered from its rough SEAO showing with three appearances, and Mode Abysscraft snuck a deck into the eight.
A quick note on the deck names: we grouped the 572 lists automatically by how many cards they share, then labeled each group by hand to the best of our knowledge. The few very unique decks were a bit harder to label, but these were fewer than 1%.
The takeaway: two events, two regions, same lesson. The most popular decks seemed to be those people were planning for, turning the top spots into an intergalactic omelette.
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