Gundam Card Game GD05 tier list: Strike Freedom leads with 5 wins

Roughly one in three spots in every published top cut tracked went to Strike Freedom decks, a field share between 33% and 38%. Toronto saw the deck claim first, second and third place along with six of the top 8 slots. Just 24% of its top cut finishes sit in the top quarter of the cut, and the site's automated tier list gives it an A grade.

The deck's tools include Overflowing Affection, two Kira Yamato pilots and Strike Freedom's Deploy for card draw. Aile Strike Gundam sends a small Unit back to hand, while a paired Strike Freedom puts the enemy Unit with the lowest level on the bottom of the deck each time it attacks.

The Red/White Master Gundam list holds 2 Regional wins, 32 Regional top cuts, and 6 top cuts at smaller events. It won Düsseldorf and Shanghai EXPO (512 players, August) and was Top 2 at Lille and Mexico City. The source also mentions a second place in Sydney.

Around 32% of its top cut finishes fall in the top quarter of the cut, the best rate of any deck with meaningful volume. It is the only GD05 deck graded S by the site's automated tier list.

When it attacks, Shining Gundam pulls Special Move Commands back from the trash and readies a Resource. Master Gundam converts two used Special Moves into 5 damage to a Shield with each attack. Darkness Finger costs 1, deals 2 damage to any Unit, and draws a card if Master Gundam is in play.

Tiers 2 to 4

Tier 2 holds Blue/Green Nu Gundam, with 2 Regional wins (Lille and Chile), 24 Regional top cuts and 3 in smaller events. It was Top 2 at Rotterdam and Top 4 at Brazil, and is third by volume of Regional top cuts. Blue/Purple Strike Freedom Gundam has 1 Regional win (Brazil), 18 Regional top cuts and 3 in smaller events, plus Top 2 at Milwaukee.

Tier 3 lists Green/Purple Zeong (1 Regional win at Mexico City, 17 Regional top cuts) and Blue/Red Strike Freedom Gundam (13 Regional top cuts, 2 in smaller events, Top 2 at Auckland). Also placed here are two decks with a single win each: a Blue/Purple original Gundam and Char's Z'Gok build that took Play!TCG Milwaukee Regionals (500 players), and a Red/White Justice Gundam list with Gundam Aerial that took TAK Games Brisbane Regionals (166 players).

Tier 4 covers Green/Purple Char's Zaku II (5 Regional top cuts), Red/White GQuuuuuuX (Omega Psycommu) (1 win at Gen Con, 2 top cuts), Blue/Green Zeong (4), Blue/Green Gundam (4), Purple/White Gundam Barbatos 1st Form (2), and Purple/Red Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee (Destroy Mode) (1, Top 4 at Milwaukee).

How the list was built

The data spans 14 Regionals or similar-sized events and 4 smaller events. Two Regionals played in the EB01 format in late July are left out.

For events of 100+ players, a win scores 10, Top 2 8, Top 4 6, Top 8 4, Top 16 3 and Top 32 2. Events under 100 players score 2 for a win and 1 for Top 8. Large events counted include Gen Con (512 players), Sydney (207), Rotterdam (230), Shanghai EXPO (512), Mexico City (290), Auckland (141), Toronto (512), Chile (256), Brazil (202), Düsseldorf (191), Milwaukee (500), Lille (200), Brisbane (166) and Melbourne.

Why it matters

Regionals have permitted the new starter decks ST11 to ST14 since early October. Stardust Trails [GD06] is reported to release in English on October 30.

TCGKing has also covered the Regional Finals in four regions in January 2027.

What it means for players

• Strike Freedom decks took about a third of the spots in every published top cut tracked, and they show up in several color pairings.
• Master Gundam has the highest top-quarter rate among decks with real volume.
• The list reflects GD05-era play, and GD06 is reported for October 30 in English.

What is still unknown

Which GD06 cards could change the meta is not announced yet. The October 30 release date is reported.