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SVO 2021 March Cup Recap

March 25, 2021

For the past two weekends, players from around the WEST and SEAO regions tested their wits in their conquest to come on top as the champion in the Shadowverse Open March Cup. Now we have our second monthly recap of the year, with added content and information.

As always, any feedback is super appreciated, so let us know what you think about our recap in the #all-feedback channel in our Discord server.

Read on below to find out more about this month’s Shadowverse Open!


Shadowverse Open March Cup Card and Deck Data

Starting this month, we are now able to publish the deck data for all users when the tournaments have concluded. The deck data will be compiled here after each Monthly Cup.

For our data-loving players, we have also compiled a list of the top 10 popular cards for each class in each region. The list can be accessed here. The top 1 for each class is also listed down in an infographic below!

Shadowverse Open March Cup WEST

Day 1 (Swiss Rounds and Top 16 Playoffs): March 20, 2021

Day 2 (Top 8 Bracket): March 21, 2021

Watch the archived stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0WbBs9IosQ

To start off with our recap, here’s our final results from Day 2 of the tournament. Congratulations to the WEST champion for this month, Sai/REV!

The updated League Point leaderboard for SVO WEST is as follows.

March Cup winner Sai/REV and February Cup winner YOLO | Rinf dominate the top 2 spots in the leaderboard so far, with Sai/REV gaining the automatic invitation to Contender’s Cup in October for winning this month’s SVO. With six more SVO Monthly Cups to go, the top two players to be invited to the World Grand Prix is still a mystery!

The full leaderboard can be seen from here.

*The 9th player on the leaderboard is Cocoa/REV.

Below are the top card picks for WEST this month, with data gathered from all participating players from Day 1 and Day 2.

After the release of the additional cards for Eternal Awakening, pick rate for 4 classes: Forestcraft, Runecraft, Dragoncraft, Havencraft had gone down; on the other hand, pick rate for 4 classes: Swordcraft, Shadowcraft, Bloodcraft, and Portalcraft had gone up. This behavior directly followed the class picks for SEAO.


Shadowverse Open March Cup SEAO

Day 1 (Swiss Rounds and Top 16 Playoffs): March 13, 2021

Day 2 (Top 8 Bracket): March 14, 2021

Watch the archived stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh3Tmu5HO3w

The final results from Day 2 of the SEAO March Cup can be seen below. Congratulations to the SEAO champion for this month, FlandreS!

SEAO February and March Cup winners Brangwin and FlandreS tops the leaderboard so far, with FlandreS getting that sweet invite to the Contender’s Cup by reigning as the champion for this month. Catching up is TK Yahiko with 12 points, and many players tied at 11 points so far. What will the leaderboard look like when the rest of six Monthly Cups have concluded? Let’s find out… in half a year!

The full leaderboard can be seen from here.

Below are the top card picks for each class in SEAO for this month, with data gathered from all participating players from Day 1 and Day 2.

SEAO saw an increase in usage for Swordcraft, Shadowcraft, Bloodcraft, and Portalcraft. On the other hand, the other 4 classes had decreased compared to last month. Furthermore, all classes were represented among players who made it to the Top 8 Bracket.

With Darkness Over Vellsar, the 20th expansion of Shadowverse, coming in at the end of the month– what will our charts look like in the next Monthly Cup? Stay tuned to find out!