We were all beginners once. What tips do you have? #AskTheSquad

@ericp.3592

5 жыл бұрын

Enter a national tournament and find the toughest guy there

@turkychuck3679

5 жыл бұрын

Have you tried dueling nexus? Its a very good simulation as well amd has a cool vibe

@jcrutak777

5 жыл бұрын

@@turkychuck3679 yeah but it will shut down in 12 days It has the ygopro vibe

@Luchux177

5 жыл бұрын

@@jcrutak777 that's only if they don't get enough donations. You new there? Cause they put that up every month.

@Luchux177

5 жыл бұрын

My tips are these: -Begin the game at a simulator based on the YGOPRO engine, the cards and effects are automatic and so you won't have any problems if you misunderstand the effects when playing against someone else, a "lol, misplay" will fix the problem. -Don't worry about competitive on your first few months and ignore anyone that gives you shit about your deck because it's "too casual". -Related to the above, ignore the link rules for the first few weeks too and play on the pendulum rules to grow accustomed to the game without restrictions.

Sleeves make shuffeling like 50 times easier as well

@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093

5 жыл бұрын

I got a youtuber like nice

@kinglegault

5 жыл бұрын

I disagree honestly I hate sleeves they make it harder for me honestly

@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093

5 жыл бұрын

@@kinglegault do you use bad sleeves or something

@kinglegault

5 жыл бұрын

@@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093 I use the kaiba Corp sleeves I just hate sleeves I only use them cause some tournments won't let you play unless you have them

@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093

5 жыл бұрын

@@kinglegault those might be a crappy brand. The sleeves i use shuffle real easily

My tip: Bring the minimum. A deck box with your one deck inside, and a mat. Wait to bring trades and other cards or multiple decks until you find a group of friends who you trust, I gurentee you will get your things stolen otherwise

@Nephalem2002

4 жыл бұрын

The Duelist708 I learned the hard way. Shitton of my stuff was stolen.

@mathdarven5634

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on your group and its size. But yeah, the less you bring, the less you have to watch over.

@Zypherfox1

4 жыл бұрын

xp i had a group of friends who coulda been considered trust worthy and they still jacked my rares because i didnt use um.

@kurroshin750

4 жыл бұрын

The reason I quit twelve years ago is because someone decided to steal my card bag with all of my decks and about $2k worth of trades while I was at nationals in '08. I'm just starting again and I'm finding out that my old collection would've been close to $20k now... I'm a little miffed.

@jaredbowers9503

4 жыл бұрын

@@kurroshin750 ..... Ouch. That hurts to read, I'm sorry buddy

"A game you play in the dark in your room" I feel personally attacked...

@Lewku

4 жыл бұрын

card text reads what you want it to in the dark :(

@pinguhero4311

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lewku so the gods are good again?

It sucks that I scared of going to my local because half of them act very elitist

@majorfrederick7356

5 жыл бұрын

Dr. Cure09 I moved away from my original locals loved every moment of going there. The new shop I’ve only been to twice since I’ve been at my new home

@mekk-knightsarecool222

5 жыл бұрын

Not everyone there is like that, I almost guarantee it. Just try it out and see if you like it.

@majorfrederick7356

5 жыл бұрын

Jacob Shawver my whole locals are *elitist* I’ve met maybe 2 people on occasion there that weren’t like that

@baldemarortegon9926

5 жыл бұрын

Do what i do and embrase your scrub self lol. Play what makes you happy and you'll get better either way

@jgod93

5 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly, a LOT of people in YGO are elitist. At least in my locals. My recipe to success in finding friends/friendly acquaintances in yugioh are to duel those that are either alone or not actively a part of tournaments at your locals. Just approach someone and ask to duel. Its very likely these people feel the same way you do.

Some years ago, I went for 2 weeks in a vacation village near the sea. Every time I was going to the beach I always spotted some kids playing yu gi oh on some tables near the beach's restaurant. One day I ordered something to eat at the restaurant/bar and set in a table near them to hear some duels. They were 5 but one of them was something like 4 years older than the others and was making fun of them calling them noobs and claiming to be the best in the region. He won every match with his monarch deck because the other kids built some decks taking inspiration from the anime. The next day I appeared out of nowhere and challenged him, I did all my best to appear like a scrub. I was acting like in the anime, i brought a paper mat and I removed my sleeves. Laughing he accepted my challenge... I won 4 games in a row. Making some excuses he left and I helped the others understand the game better and made them realize their errors. We need to improve the yugioh community because this game is becoming less beginner friendly as time goes on. (Sorry for eventual errors I'm not English)

@T-Rev0716

5 жыл бұрын

Har dope

@josephnieto9335

4 жыл бұрын

Sick

@zagondragon9912

4 жыл бұрын

You really stood up for them and I respect that

@baconsir1159

4 жыл бұрын

This man acting like Yugi in GX

@four-twenty4205

4 жыл бұрын

Biggest pack of lies I've heard for a good while. You think you're a protagonist in an anime or something?

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@richiegarcia4329

5 жыл бұрын

I'm inspired to play Yu-Gi-Oh again I haven't played since when the cards first came out thank you for making this video

As a Yu-gi-oh veteran, it's always refreshing to see these types of videos.

@gjelamarndreja6856

4 жыл бұрын

So for me

@feyhood

4 жыл бұрын

I'm a new person I'm gonna watch all the anime first before actually buying those cards

@blazereaper7890

4 жыл бұрын

@@feyhood have fun

@RandomPerson-yf4ox

4 жыл бұрын

@@feyhood also anime effects usually arnt the actual card effects

@stephaniepogue1246

3 жыл бұрын

@@feyhood have fun it gets really fun I guess I'm new to but no at the same time

5:44 Man, I felt that hurt in your soul all the way over here 😢

For the longest time I was a "matless" player. I could never find one that I liked in terms of design, or could justify in terms of price. Finally, Christmas last year I got one I really liked, designed after zombie world. I was extremely excited to finally have a mat instead of playing on the table. Then I won 2 mats from the Ignition Assault sneak peek. (One from first place and another from a random raffle the next day)

Your video quality has definitely improved over the years! I haven't played YGO in months but I love to watch these videos and keep up with the game :]

Sadly, I have no stores at my place, at all, where I could buy any stuff with Yu-Gi-Oh!... Edit (2020-06-09): Thank you guys, for all the answers and ideas. Sadly, If I would have a deck, still wouldn't have to play with anyone, because in my country Yu-Gi-Oh! is barely known in my capital city. Thank you, again!

@c17bykenshi67

4 жыл бұрын

Everything after this isn’t going to answer your question so i‘ll just out my answer right up here: online stores, I know people who built entire decks with a 10$ budget from eBay, there are many other places to get single cards too, so you can build your own deck or if you want to just buy a whole deck from the internet Kinda same, I have a store which sells one single type of booster packs (battle pack 3 monster league) and I bought their last 7 packs lol. A couple minutes ago, when he said video game stores in his video I got reminded of that one store which sells video games and I do think that they probably sell yugioh stuff too although I won’t be checking it out this week or maybe not even next week cause school starts tomorrow

@beamoflightningd601

4 жыл бұрын

Wow I didn’t know rick Sanchez plays yugioh

@kilist174

4 жыл бұрын

Rick Sanchez just search OTS stores near me you will find a list of all stores in you country and look for the nearest

I just bought 2 packs of sleeves and 2 deck boxes just for a tournament in Miami and I live 1 hour and 15 minutes away from Miami and the torunament is a small tournamnt Thx for liking dude/dudet

@mooonmoon

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, have fun my dude! Good luck too! Though it can be frustrating to lose alot (if u do), tourneys let you improve so much faster and gain an even greater understanding of the game. Mad respect for having the courage and drive to go! Hope you meet some hella cool people, the community is generally really supportive :D

F for Dueling nexus. An unsung hero

@hectorbonillapardo7207

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@unicorngod423_4

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I enjoy nexus personally

@cheekycherryl

5 жыл бұрын

I still play it ...

@CrowsWithize

5 жыл бұрын

f but does anybody remember when it was just dueling network?

@yukureimu8403

5 жыл бұрын

@@CrowsWithize Pepperidge Farm remembers but not me

Really seems like you want to contribute to the channel's content. The passion to give us your ideas is showing. Look forward to more of this

These videos have actually been perfect for me lately. Just in the past week or sonive gotten back into yugioh and have been trying to figure out everything and these have been very helpful

Great and helpful tips, thank you for posting this! 🙌 I just started collecting cards again around 2 years ago and a few weeks ago I got my first set of sleeves and deckboxes. Today I ordered my first playmat. 🤗 I'm excited to start playing!

Thanks for making this video! Those are all good tips to know for all new Yu-Gi-Oh players. I got back into the game when Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS came out and back then, I never thought of getting a game mat. Luckily, I managed to win a Flames of Destruction Sneak Preview Mat.

I hadn't touched my Yu-Gi-Oh cards for years since no one at my village was interested in Yu-Gi-Oh. But recently i discovered your channel and decided to start playing again. Thank you.

I'm not a new player by any means, but I am just getting back into yugioh after leaving it for magic at the beginning of master rule 4 (I still play magic now i will play both). But thank you so much, Team APS. These kinds of introductory videos are invaluable for getting new people into the game! I like y'all a lot. Keep doing what y'all are doing.

You guy's are really stepping up your quality and the look feels very professional and polished! Props to you guys for getting team aps into a buisiness!!

I really appreciate your content, it really gives me good vibes that yugioh is still popular enough to spend money on and find fellow duelists! Your content feels very professional, like it's meant for everyone. I watched the shows as a kid and played the games as well, and I kinda wanna try it out so thank you :)

Been playing for 12 years now and videos like this always remind me to play online and set a budget. Easiest things to forget in this game

A very old video I know. But I just started playing Yu-Gi-Oh after neglecting the card game my entire life but loving the anime. This video really helped me find out what to do, so thank you!

Top-tier video! Thanks a lot! As someone who originally played back from 2002 to 2012 and is just getting back into the game, this is super helpful. I especially appreciate the mention of YGOPro! That'll help me figure out what deck I wanna play!

ive heard about the first website alot but never knew exactly what to look for, acronyms are insane in this game. so thanks for the link in the description.

Completely new to this. Gotta say that after knowing about it for so long I regret not starting years ago

Thanks man, definitely helped a lot! I collected and traded in middle school and like 8 years later finally trying to get into the real thing. 😁

Just wanted to let you know you are the best YuGiOh channel of all time. I'm super new to the YuGiOh game, and you guys have helped me so much. Thank you once again. You guys are frickin awesome.

I have been playing Duel Links for a while and thought about getting into the real game. I already have an idea for my deck, been looking for some deck boxes, sleeves and mats, watching some tutorials etc. This helped me out a lot but the sad part is... Here in Brazil, I can't find shops or people that know the game even exists. Still looking forward to it ☺

@StarboyXL9

5 жыл бұрын

Hey that sucks, but at least you're not in a situation most players find themselves in nowadays. It reminds me of the old sailor's adage: "Water, water everywhere. But not a drop to drink."

@Sohodollie

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you can be the person to start YuGiOh where you live

@thiagovidal1998

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, aqui no RJ tem várias lojas diferentes pra jogar. Deve ter no lugar onde vc mora tbm! Há algumas lojas mais conhecidas como solo sagrado, fênix tcg, legion tcg, duel shop, loja do toguro... Mas há algumas 'escondidas' nas cidades, qlqr coisa procure por alguma loja de Magic. Maioria delas tem YuGiOh tbm.

@1ce_s0n1c

3 жыл бұрын

Same I live in Ukraine, and there is little to none chance to see someone who know about Yu-Gi-Oh

I'm currently learning to play....your vids are very informal...keep making more!

Was very impressed by the quality of this video, keep up the great work!

I love videos like these. It’s great seeing people looking out for new players. I even followed one of these tutorials

I wanted to be a 50 dollar player, now im in like 200 bucks hahaha

@akashafofo6939

5 жыл бұрын

i feel that 200 are nothing to this game

@joselicano98

5 жыл бұрын

@@akashafofo6939 i understand now haha no worries more cards are coming

@alecfields1153

5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I'm a $200 when I only have $20

@joselicano98

5 жыл бұрын

@@alecfields1153 story of my life hahaha

@GhostlyNomad130

5 жыл бұрын

I Play A Ritual Monster Demise/Ruin Deck. Cost me 10 Dollars on EBay 😝

This is helpful to this day as a guy trying to get back into the tcg due to master duel sparking the duelist within me lol

I shudder at the thought of my young self keeping my cards together with elastic bands! Both YuGiOh and Pokemon cards all getting destroyed and bending! Thankfully I’m past all that now! I LOVE tubes for mats!

@SpoopyKatt

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

Really solid video, man. I'ma send this to my friends who just got jumped in.

I swear you guys are the best resource for new players. Thanks again y’all.

Thanks so much Alec, I was trying to find out a way that I could get more competitive on Yu-Gi-Oh!

I think it’s important to mention that along with setting a budget you have to know what that budget means. See how much it’s going to cost you to build several decks or just the one you’re interested in before purchasing cards.

I'm from Brazil. Tanks for using a clear e proper english. A fan of yours, and yugioh!

So, I just recently got back into YuGiOh and oh boy was I surprised by all new rules and cad types. There's only ONE OTS in my hometown, and I go there to buy newer stuff, upgrade my collection and slowly prepare for tournament. Don't expect to win, but would be nice to experience it at least once. Still preparing for it, mentally and building decent deck. Would love to have vampire deck, but alas, only have three vamp cards... 😅 This video was helpful, and love your channel. 😀

Thank you for this. I LOVE Yu-Gi-Oh! but I am totally new to the game. This vid is helpful :)

YGOPro is great for new players learning rulings and new card effects. When playing new decks against decks I have I have never heard of it's often hard to keep track of what card can do what when and YGOPro helps keeps track of those things for you while you focus on just playing the game. When you feel confident in your knowledge playing ranked on Duelingbook is a great way to test yourself on how will you've mastered your cards and other popular strategies being played by others.

I recently got back into yugioh after years of not doing so. (Last time was during the zexal era) And after playing on duel links and finding a new card shop, I thought I'd try getting back into it. So I made an Aromage deck and are hoping for the best.

Just found this channel. Starting to get back into the game after playing on the Xbox. Awesome channel.

love all your videos, can we see some OG deck builds team APS builds. maybe your favorites tournament. thinking of building a few decks specific for types/archetypes- would be awesome to see some ideas and rivalries/counters. quite overwhelming to get back into after nearly a 20 year break

I want to play yu gi oh so much but unfortanely in portugal there are just stores with ygo and stuff in Lisbon and Porto (far away citys of my house)

I joined the discord after seeing this video, and just wanted to say how helpful everyone has been

@alecfields1153

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the #Squad

i have been playing yugioh for several years now, but i still watch videos like this

Thanks for this great video! You guys are the best!

I didnt buy a playmat because I was on the budget side on decks but my mom got me a powercode playmat for christmas and I love the feeling of it

@alecfields1153

5 жыл бұрын

All you need is one 😉

@peteryanes9339

5 жыл бұрын

Lucky kid when u get older u won't get cards like when u 21+

@summermermaidstar756

5 жыл бұрын

Is it rubber?

@TissueBox

5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah yeah

@HOGPO

5 жыл бұрын

I think it's made out of rubber it feels like rubber

good tips ... being a new player to the game but around card shops for a while .. about the only other things i could say ... if you are trading with someone be clear how you are trading ... just casually ... or value ... and if value is said .. don't be surprised if the other person points out the condition of the card that was just tossed in a box with others over one from a binder.. :) and second thing ... a little more welcome to newer players .. we are obvious .. playing with older cards ... stopping every moment to read a card to try to figure out what it does ... and yes, we ask a lot of questions ... most everyone at my LGS is friendly about me being new to the game .. some slow down and explain stuff .. others just start talking to a different person instead.... we all gotta learn someplace!

I find really useful thanks a lot 👌👌 great content 🙏🙏

When I was a beginner to yugioh I didn’t care about nothing like that but now I am 3 months into yugioh I bought some sleeves and it felt good to know that none of my cards are not going to get chipped also I like the fact that he said a 50$ budget and mean while I am here with a 15$ budget

Well... I'm a new player and I love this game and all the series no matter what, seriously how can someone possibly be a hater???

It's also important to have cards that have special abilities (effects) that help each other for summoning or boosting attack and defense points etc

Yall hear that Charger 1:44 the still great tip im already into the game but these still helped me out

I’m a noob and I’ve been playing some legacy of the duelist on the switch and it’s helped me learn and it’s fun.

Dealing with players, rulings, and having to call judges is why I prefer YGO Pro. For the most part explaining things to players who are getting things wrong is pretty easy, but the hassle when you get someone that's scheisty or stubborn it ruins the fun. So since I just wanna playtest/play for fun and click my way through it's perfect.

Thanks you! As a new player, I'm really gratefull!

I fell out of yugioh for a bit (when scyrho monster were first introduced) and the new rules with stuff like link monster are really confusing. Is there any place you guys recommend going to learn the new rules

Where did you get your orange dex box? I like how it opens. Is it leather and closes with a magmet? Plz and ty

Thank you this helped me a lot!

Dude the only vid ive ever seen dis good

Not bad of a video TeamAPS, I would recommend maybe trying to do a band list video if you guys can. This would be very helpful for most of us in this community.

@alecfields1153

5 жыл бұрын

It's coming! 😎

@dragonrockstars3862

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

I built a rokket deck and I was surprised because I didn’t run chaos space, seyfert or savage dragon and it turned out well. (My strat was bringing out zeroboros and banishing the field and then getting another zeroboros to annoy my opponent)

Legacy of the duelist for pc,xbox and i think ps4 is also a good game to try out decks and learning the game.. I also use the game to find good cards because those cards will always be in the database there so u can with eaz find everything you need to complete ur real life deck

Thanks guys keeps up the good work

This is why I love this channel

I mainly play with my friends at lunch. Once we get good enough we may try local tournaments.

either always have your bag with you or when with trusted friends always have atleast one friend watching everyone's bag if you need to go to the rest room, pick up the food you all ordered, or going to the counter to pick something up. also my second advice, don't pick up a box if you are looking for specific cards for a deck by that point just invest in singles. If you want multiple things besides a specific deck from the box THEN go for it

Tournament sleeves are not to protect cards at tournaments, but to prevent card cutting and other cheat techniques that rely on morphing the cards.

I'm just kinda starting out myself! I've watched the anime but I haven't really played the game. I've been trying to make a deck so far! You know, in case Kaiba wants to deul!

nice video, the only problem in Las , or in my country, Chile, the price of the card and the decks are really different, in example, a normal deck, of 7 dolars, it cost 4.576 Pesos, but they sell the deck not for that price, they sell it for 20 Dolars, it's 13.000 pesos Chilenos. soo, it's hard to get that things without using the money that you save for more important things.

You should make an update to this for Covid. Especially as someone who’s almost 30, your other videos about coming back to the game was spot on

Theres a lifepoint calc on amazon for 6$ that has been a huge help at tournaments cause it shows both players life points and is easy to use

Great vid as always

Really should have mentioned Dueling Nexus. It's a really handy resource.

If your just starting YUGIOH, run Cyber Dragons. The structure deck is amazing and the deck is very cheap for how good it is.

@maelstrom8242

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO! Metro *cyber emergency intensifys*

@cameronhodum8031

4 жыл бұрын

Rokket/borrel dragons is how I started 2 weeks ago

@baconsir1159

4 жыл бұрын

Rokkets are a solid engine, but hard to run on their own. A lot of their monsters feel like normal monsters (thank god for Tracer, Absorouter, and Striker Dragon) that just happen to have their own E-Tele

Just getting back into yugioh. Thanks for the advice even though I'm a year late lol

Thank you, I wish I could save this video, or talk to one of them.

Thanks, this help me a lot.😁

Thanks man for some tips!

As far as budget, also know what deck you want WITHIN your budget, cuz I originally set a budget of $200 but realized that was NOT enough for the red eyes dark dragoom deck I wanted, so I knew what the deck I wanted was but originally it was out of my budget I set, but because I knew I would enjoy the deck regardless I splurged, and I enjoyed it because it's a deck I enjoy, moral of the story, have a budget, but equally as important, know what deck you want and base your budget around THAT

I honestly agree with the table, I bought speed duel cards and I played with the deck I made by buying the starter decks.I dint have enough sleeves since I just had enough for my Normal deck.After we sat down I then find out people spilled honey due to the little stains.My cards were marked by the stain and I’m still crying to this day

Really wish I could get into yugioh...but none of my friends play or want to play, and I don’t live anywhere near a locals. All I have is duel links, which is really fun, but it just isn’t the same as being across from someone

I have always used the Egyptian God card obelisk the tormentor because it is one of my favorite cards

I see you flexing that top 8 regionals mat from 05. I got one those too. ;)

GOMAB my bro. I saw your wrist band lol

Also, get new sleeves every now and then. Maybe not if you take a break from the game unless they are somewhere where they can be damaged, but replace them often, especially if you play often.

Thank you :)

I live in a smallish city in England and there's no card shops

@annagorczynska8523

4 жыл бұрын

Me to

@harrisonmilner7394

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Leeds and we have a shop with tournaments

@romeo.2010_

3 жыл бұрын

What city?

@lukaramavideos1801

3 жыл бұрын

@@romeo.2010_ Bath

I havent played yugioh yet but I'll try it if I have myself a deck

Thanks for sharing.

Time to say thanks for the advice

You didnt put Ygopro and dueling book links

@alecfields1153

5 жыл бұрын

We'll fix that!

@alecfields1153

5 жыл бұрын

@@spicygurl3862 leave him alone!

@zekondlyfe2555

5 жыл бұрын

Spicy Boi lmao

@RealRinka

4 жыл бұрын

What's with people deleting their comments after being called out, feelsbadman

@christophercasanas386

3 жыл бұрын

@@RealRinka what did he say before it was deleted?

this is crazy i thought people stoped thank you so much

@SpoopyKatt

5 жыл бұрын

All the card games are more popular now than before

@PatternLand

4 жыл бұрын

You thought people stopped? Lmao they have videos of tournaments and they have cards in supermarkets and game stores

I always play with sleeves but they get a little damaged when I shuflle so idk if it's the way I shuflle or is that the sleeves are kinda weak

love this content