off-meta

When there is a set of competing strategies in a game, its meta (plural), any approach that is competitive but not mainstream is 'off-meta'.

DayNine playing MTG: "That's like the first off-meta deck I've been up against in quite some time."
Also DayNine in the same match: "Flork. Flerk."

by WallOfCeiling January 9, 2019

an adjective to describe genres of games, music, clothing, etc., that stray from the current meta. Also a formal term for bootleg.

Person 1: Hey what games do you play?
Person 2: Oh, I mainly play Minecraft.
Person 1: Wow, that's pretty off-meta.

by BigPeewee June 17, 2018