Japan Meta
What is winning City League in Japan: 475 top-8 finishes across 60 events, Sun, May 3, 2026 to Wed, May 6, 2026.
See the whole field at once, what every winning deck costs to build from Japanese singles, and the players behind the results. Japan plays each set months before the English release, so the decks winning here are the decks the English format is about to meet. Every card is linked to its Japanese printing in our catalogue, with English text where an official English print exists and an unofficial translation where it does not. Results are from City League top cuts as published by Limitless.
- 1Dragapult / Meowth61 top-8 · 10 wins · avg place 4.112.8%
- 2Dragapult / Dudunsparce38 top-8 · 6 wins · avg place 4.88.0%
- 3Ogerpon / Raging Bolt33 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.56.9%
- 4Dragapult / Blaziken25 top-8 · 5 wins · avg place 4.35.3%
- 5Ogerpon / Arboliva25 top-8 · 4 wins · avg place 4.15.3%
- 6Alakazam / Dudunsparce25 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.95.3%
- 7Garchomp / Roserade24 top-8 · 2 wins · avg place 4.95.1%
- 8Ogerpon / Hydrapple22 top-8 · 6 wins · avg place 4.14.6%
- 9Mega Lucario / Hariyama21 top-8 · 3 wins · avg place 4.34.4%
- 10Mega Kangaskhan / Ogerpon14 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.52.9%
- 11Spidops / Mewtwo13 top-8 · 2 wins · avg place 4.72.7%
- 12Dragapult / Dusknoir12 top-8 · 3 wins · avg place 4.32.5%
- 13Crustle / Mega Kangaskhan11 top-8 · avg place 5.92.3%
- 14Mega Kangaskhan / Slowking10 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.52.1%
- 15Dipplin / Thwackey9 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.21.9%
- 16Toxtricity / Munkidori7 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 5.11.5%
- 17Metagross / Genesect6 top-8 · avg place 6.31.3%
- 18Zoroark5 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.21.1%
- 19Ceruledge5 top-8 · avg place 5.01.1%
- 20Dudunsparce / Mega Lopunny5 top-8 · avg place 5.41.1%
- 21Honchkrow / Porygon24 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 5.00.8%
- 22Ogerpon / Noctowl4 top-8 · avg place 3.50.8%
- 23Mega Kangaskhan / Clefairy4 top-8 · avg place 5.00.8%
- 24Ogerpon / Mega Venusaur4 top-8 · avg place 5.50.8%
55 more decks with a top-8 finish
- Mega Lucario / Dudunsparce4 · 0.8%
- Mega Greninja / Dragapult3 · 0.6%
- Meowth / Mega Kangaskhan3 · 0.6%
- Honchkrow / Porygon-Z3 · 0.6%
- Rillaboom / Dipplin3 · 0.6%
- Archaludon / Dudunsparce3 · 0.6%
- Grimmsnarl / Munkidori3 · 0.6%
- Zoroark / Mega Lopunny3 · 0.6%
- Mega Greninja / Dudunsparce3 · 0.6%
- Barbaracle / Okidogi3 · 0.6%
- Greninja / Dusknoir3 · 0.6%
- Trevenant3 · 0.6%
- Zoroark / Darmanitan2 · 0.4%
- Solrock / Munkidori2 · 0.4%
- Slowking / Latias2 · 0.4%
- Mega Lucario / Solrock2 · 0.4%
- Clefairy / Ogerpon2 · 0.4%
- Dragapult2 · 0.4%
- Ceruledge / Solrock2 · 0.4%
- Slowking / Mega Slowbro2 · 0.4%
- Mega Starmie / Mega Froslass1 · 0.2%
- Yanmega / Dudunsparce1 · 0.2%
- Zoroark / Dudunsparce1 · 0.2%
- Arboliva / Mega Froslass1 · 0.2%
- Garchomp / Blaziken1 · 0.2%
- Ogerpon / Meganium1 · 0.2%
- Crowned Zacian / Trevenant1 · 0.2%
- Dragapult / Mega Starmie1 · 0.2%
- Drakloak / Trevenant1 · 0.2%
- Greninja / Dudunsparce1 · 0.2%
- Honchkrow1 · 0.2%
- Mega Froslass / Bronzong1 · 0.2%
- Mega Greninja / Dusknoir1 · 0.2%
- Mega Greninja / Mega Froslass1 · 0.2%
- Mega Meganium / Ogerpon1 · 0.2%
- Toxtricity / Mega Absol1 · 0.2%
- Typhlosion / Drakloak1 · 0.2%
- Galvantula / Pikachu1 · 0.2%
- Mega Gardevoir / Latias1 · 0.2%
- Mega Greninja / Meowth1 · 0.2%
- Mega Meganium / Mega Venusaur1 · 0.2%
- Meowth / Wellspring Ogerpon1 · 0.2%
- Typhlosion / Dudunsparce1 · 0.2%
- Zoroark / Meowth1 · 0.2%
- Archaludon / Cinderace1 · 0.2%
- Crowned Zacian1 · 0.2%
- Mega Greninja / Solrock1 · 0.2%
- Delphox / Mega Charizard X1 · 0.2%
- Mega Starmie / Dusknoir1 · 0.2%
- Dragapult / Hydreigon1 · 0.2%
- Greninja / Mega Froslass1 · 0.2%
- Ogerpon / Meowth1 · 0.2%
- Archaludon1 · 0.2%
- Grimmsnarl / Froslass1 · 0.2%
- Mega Kangaskhan / Latias1 · 0.2%
How this is counted
Share is an archetype’s top-8 finishes divided by all top-8 finishes in the window. Archetypes are the two Pokémon the source names the deck by, so “Dragapult / Meowth” and “Dragapult / Dudunsparce” are counted apart even though they share a core. Full lists are held for top-4 finishes; the core cards on each deck page are the cards at least 60% of those lists run, with the median copy count. Updated with the weekly refresh; last pulled Thu, Sep 3, 2026.