Swordcraft Joins Dragoncraft in the Early Chronicle Meta

Yesterday’s first look at Chronicle of Destiny made Dragoncraft look like the deck everyone needed to play against. One day later, the picture already looks a little more open.

Looking at 28 new 5+ win lists shared on Shadowverse Wins (https://shadowverse-wins.com) from June 30 to July 1, Swordcraft showed up the most this time with 8 lists. Dragoncraft followed with 5, while Runecraft and Portalcraft had 4 each. Forestcraft and Havencraft also appeared with 3 each.

It is still a small posted-results sample, so we are not calling this the full ladder meta or anything close to that. But compared to the first-day Dragon-heavy snapshot, this second batch looks much more spread out.

The Swordcraft lists look very standard. Orchestrated Silence, Sharp-Eared Operative, Gildaria, Anathema of Attunement, Bunny & Baron, Fate’s Bullet, Knellclaw Lieutenant, and Cesar, Accordant Major were all full playsets in all 8 Swordcraft lists. Basically, Rally Sword.

Mars, Conflagrant Commander was basically part of that same core too, appearing in every list at 23 total copies.

Card previewBunny & Baron, Fate's BulletFollower / Legendary / Chronicle of Destiny / #10824110Illustrated by ni02

Dragoncraft did not disappear. The five Dragoncraft lists in this batch were still on the same basic Ramp Dragon plan, with Lyria, Skydestined, Sloth of the Crestpetal, Dragonsign, Fate of the World, Galmieux, Ardor Manifest, Zooey, Ally of the World, Lumiore & Argente, Shining Wings, and Erntz, Governing Justice all appearing as three-ofs in every Dragon list.

The difference is volume. Dragoncraft is still very real, but it was not the whole story this time.

The new-card chart also tells a slightly different story from yesterday. Bunny & Baron and Mars are now the two most-used Chronicle of Destiny cards in this 24-hour sample, ahead of Wills United and Lumiore & Argente.

Card previewMars, Conflagrant CommanderFollower / Legendary / Chronicle of Destiny / #10824120Illustrated by irua

There are a few lists worth looking at directly too. @Caravan_Mammoth posted a 19-win Swordcraft list, @Makiyui_ had a 16-win Dragoncraft list, @noandsurash posted 19 wins with Runecraft, and @Dayan_sv had 19 wins with Forestcraft.

Full deckRally SwordRally Sword / Rotation / Caravan_Mammoth×3×3×2×3×3×3×3×3×3×3×3×3×2×3

Full deckAggro AbyssAggro Abysscraft / Rotation / uratorikoro218×3×3×2×3×3×1×1×3×2×3×1×3×2×3×2×2×1×2

Full deckTempo ForestTempo Forestcraft / Rotation / Dayan_sv×3×3×3×3×2×3×3×3×3×2×3×3×3×3

Full deckRamp DragonRamp Dragoncraft / Rotation / Makiyui_×3×3×3×3×3×2×1×3×3×3×3×2×3×2×3

The smaller classes are still too thin to call trends, but they do make the format feel less solved than the first Dragon-heavy snapshot suggested.

The takeaway today is not that Dragoncraft fell off. It clearly didn't. The takeaway is that Swordcraft now has enough posted results, enough consistency between lists, and it's pretty good.

If yesterday was “know what your deck does into Dragoncraft,” today adds a second question: what happens when Swordcraft starts showing off?