You forgot one crucial data point here: “My grandpa’s deck has no pathetic cards, Kaiba!”

@spiralcrisis

6 ай бұрын

TheDuelLogs: "Yeah, about that..."

@Drums_of_Liberation

6 ай бұрын

Except maybe for Kuriboh

@Deathmare235

6 ай бұрын

Also Yugi: “This card is useless”

@Hundo_Mo

6 ай бұрын

Perfect Cell: “This card hasnt been tournament legal in years!”

@chrisb.2028

6 ай бұрын

Maybe his grandpa's didn't, but yugi's certainly did had pathetic cards.

If history has shown us anything, it’s that none of Yugi’s cards are so bad that Konami won’t try to market them.

@Deathmare235

6 ай бұрын

Or they’re that bad that they’ll do anything to salvage them

@christopherb501

6 ай бұрын

Except for Louise.

@guythat779

6 ай бұрын

No mirage knight support or retrain so far

@purewhiteloverbizarrejelly

6 ай бұрын

Beaver Warrior retrain 2024

@jasonbraza9517

6 ай бұрын

Konami is just out bad they created bustedly good cards and archtypes and ends up downgrade them just because it became tier zero, there is juracs and other so called failed archtypes their playable.😂😂 Konami can be frustratingly funny 🤣 do they even play thier game!?

1:52 It’s ironic that in the anime Brain Control was a broken card yet it couldn’t work on Slifer yet in the real game it CAN work on Slifer yet it’s actually a weak card.

@strangevol5264

6 ай бұрын

Post-errata.

@omegacxv8344

6 ай бұрын

mind control pre errata was a staple lol.

@Kostas_Dikefalaios

6 ай бұрын

It couldnt work on Slifer because of the inherit protections of the god cards in the anime.

@clownplayer7265

6 ай бұрын

Ra and Slifer: "Noooo!!! This wasn't supposed to happen Konami!!!" Obelisk: "Pfff...amateurs."

@chazzitz-wh4ly

6 ай бұрын

In Master Duel’s Solo Mode, you can duel against AI that uses Mario’s Ra deck, and the loaner deck has Mirror Force and Magic Cylinders, you just wait for the AI to dump everything but 100 LO and use Ra to kill itself. It’s so funny but it just showcases how the God cards are lackluster.

Early DM duels were closer to DND than an actual card game but at least we get moments like attack the moon

@ultraburst3358

6 ай бұрын

There's a card called attack the moon

@Neilhammond64

6 ай бұрын

Season 1 duels were DND if the Dungeonmaster was a giant LED table in the woods.

@r3zaful

Ай бұрын

As a reminder that kazuki is not a card game enthusiasts, he just draw the Manga as punishment game and the card game arc was so popular that he was forced to make it. Now konami have to work with a mangaka that doesn't have any experience in game design for probably 3 years and result speak for itself, back to back tier 0 exodia ftk Canon soldier ftk, etc. He is a great mangaka for his time period, but my god his card design is genuinely feels like someone who hasn't card games at slightly competitive level.

@kyx5631

Ай бұрын

And "my catapult turtle shoots my monster at your fortress' floatation ring"

@teapartypenguin1353

2 күн бұрын

@@r3zaful Takahashi was definitely more of a DND enthusiast, and that shows a lot in the manga, especially early DM duels. Imagine an alternate universe where Yugioh developed into a table top rpg series instead of a card game.

As bad as it is, I always enjoy witnessing Dark Sage successfully got summoned via its effect in MD. It's so funny to see old man jumpscare lol

@runningoncylinders3829

6 ай бұрын

It’s the Solemn Man irl.

@justinjones7411

6 ай бұрын

That whole turn was bs. Joey deserved the win.

@finel3141

6 ай бұрын

@@justinjones7411 deserved...... without yugi joey wouldn't had win any duel on the arc. even the duel in itself is a pure 50-50 with time wizard. A card from yugi. That he had on his deck, when he was coming du Duellist Kingdom. So he must have some synergy with his deck. It's a counter for kaiba's blue eyes. Time wizard destroy blue eyes , dark sage, monster reborn, has his own blue yes.

@justinjones7411

6 ай бұрын

​@@finel3141i mean by that logic Yugi didn't deserved any of his wins because the deck he uses are his grandpa's.

@finel3141

6 ай бұрын

@@justinjones7411 Grandpa's given him the deck. And he was a lot harder to use to just coinflip the win x) . Yugi is a good duelist, joey is incredibly lucky.

Fun fact if you read the manga to explain the reason the cards have silly effects is because they’re playing specific rules made for duelist kingdom

@scourgemeltface

5 ай бұрын

You dont even have to read the manga. Its pretty self explanatory to anyone with common sense that duelest kingdom has a different ruleset and the cards don't work the same. Not to mention half the better options for all yugi's "bad cards" literally don't exist yet or have different effects.. this whole video is yugi should've used this card that didn't exist yet based on this rule set we use now which also didn't exist. Its dumb

@DshRendar

5 ай бұрын

@@scourgemeltface true but the manga offers a way more thorough explanation of the rules and how they were intended to work

@JelzSmellz

5 ай бұрын

It was literally a "rule of cool" if you thought up a cool effect/interaction you were allowed to play it. Pegasus valued imagination, hense the toonworld cards (and their broken anime effects).

@RealChialike

4 ай бұрын

@@scourgemeltfaceredditor ass comment lmfao.

@richborn6700

3 ай бұрын

Ironically I find Duelist Kingdom a more fun rewatch because of the loose rules for duels. Battle City on is fun, but leans more toward Magic the Gathering as its source was, as opposed to essentially Dungeons and Dragons style of Duelist Kingdom

In Dark Side of dimensions Yugi uses a trap that lets him draw one card when he takes at least 2000 or more battle damage. Basically a Jar of Greed with a really bad condition.

@arslanzire4430

6 ай бұрын

That does sound pretty awful. And if I remember correctly, there is a continuous spell card that lets you draw one card once per turn if you take a 1000.

@Amsel_616

6 ай бұрын

​@@arslanzire4430it's actually 1 card per 1k of damage you get the first time you take 1k or more.

@zaknelthepony7124

6 ай бұрын

He could have just played Yusei's Defense Draw, instead...

@littlekuribohimposte

6 ай бұрын

I mean, Yusei used Hope for Escape, which is pay a thousand, then draw for the difference in lp

@enlongjones2394

6 ай бұрын

@@littlekuribohimposte well, Hope for Escape can potentially get you a ton of draws. I believe there was a Hope For Exodia deck built around it?

It's astonishing how bad Konami is when it comes to errata; I can't count how often they changed cards to get them off the ban list only for them to end up being absolutely useless.

@ct1296

6 ай бұрын

And then you have imperial order, which got re-banned even after being errata-d. Crazy how they thought the issue with Goyo was “decks running non-earth monsters can summon this too easily”, whilst with IO they came to the conclusion that “it’s the optional cost that is the issue here”.

@RTU130

6 ай бұрын

Ye

@Deathmare235

6 ай бұрын

@@ct1296probably the only exception

@John_1-1_in_Japanese

6 ай бұрын

I wish we'd get errata to make some cards better. Why's it only ever one way lol. Fix some of the bad errata or better yet buff some classic cards. How about giving the God cards effect protection like in the anime? Plenty of other cards that had nerfed effects compared to the anime could be given their intended effect no problem at this point

@Dz73zxxx

6 ай бұрын

"oh, youre free now. Oh wait, lemme disable you partly first, just in case"

This video made me realize that Kaiba, Yugi and Joey all had Normal Monster Animal Wielding Weaponry cards in their deck. Yugi had Battle Steer, Joey had Alligator Sword and Kaiba had Battle Ox.

@Mysticgamer

6 ай бұрын

Also, beaver warrior for yugi

@BmanTheChamp

6 ай бұрын

They also at one point or another had a Rude Kaiser in their deck. I think Yugi uses it first episode or something, Kaiba used it a few times and Joey uses one during his first duel with Kaiba.

@seanquek3231

5 ай бұрын

​@@MysticgamerCeltic guard

@JefeVideoCuras

3 ай бұрын

@@seanquek3231my boy celtic it’s not an animal

The Card of Sanctity nerf was insane. All they had to do was make it Quick Play, require it to be used at the beginning of your opponent's turn, and require that your opponent have an equal or less amount of cards than you in their hand. It still kind of ruins it's comeback potential, but at least the effect is INTACT.

@wilkobadberg5272

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. There were so much better ways to nerf Card of Sanctity. Even something like "You can only use this Card at the Start of your Main Phase 1" might actually be enough. And no other Draws or Searching for the Rest of this turn of course.

@isaacvitela5131

6 ай бұрын

Looking at it now, the anime version aged like spoiled milk when the draw effect can potentially ruin your game if your opponent ends up drawing an out to that comeback. Especially with a lot of hand traps these days, it's more of die less or die more card now.

@supersmily5811

6 ай бұрын

@@isaacvitela5131 Well the idea would be originally to use it when your opponent gains little to no power from it. Ideal scenario they have 6 cards already while you have 0, letting you +5 card advantage for free.

@isaacvitela5131

6 ай бұрын

@supersmily5811 having to rely on your opponent and their resource use reeks of dead card in hand. Because the only benefit you can get that is if your opponent has a full hand EVERY time. Which is borderline impossible unless you help him get there. Even if you ignore the risks of giving your opponent one free draw, it's still risky because of hand traps running rampant. Card can simply screw you over because you give your opponent a free draw to a nibiru or ash blossom.

@supersmily5811

6 ай бұрын

@@isaacvitela5131 Oh I definitely don't expect it to be a good card. But at least it functions with the concept of its original effect intact, which was my complaint. The card as is doesn't even let you get that, limiting your boost to 2 cards. But which do you think is better? Mine might be good for mill strategies, or while you already have a stacked field for defending against your opponent's free turn, or any number of other things I certainly can't immediately think of as a filthy casual.

Dark flare knight needs a retrain. One spellcaster and one Warrior type monster and it's contact fusion and give it a little protection and a good effect

@allovertheworld5048

6 ай бұрын

It has already been confirmed that dark flare knight and mirage knight will have retrains in Maze of Millennia

@jayecks1

6 ай бұрын

@@allovertheworld5048 I bet they'll still try to link the two instead of making them individual cards lol Konami disappoints more often than they surprise

@mrbubbles6468

6 ай бұрын

@@jayecks1Of course they’ll make them linked. They were linked in the anime.

@jayecks1

6 ай бұрын

@@mrbubbles6468 I want them linked but not linked if you know what I mean. I don't want then dependent on each other that's what messed them up in the first place, it would have a feeling of the LV cards archetype and we all know how that went.

Damn, that Brain Control tactic against Slifer was incredible. I totally forgot about that.

@LevelUpLeo

6 ай бұрын

Top tier moment from watching the show in my childhood. Yugi finding the victory condition in that situation was brilliant.

@l.n.3372

6 ай бұрын

Didn't Kaiba realize it first, and then goaded Yugi into not giving up because even a god can be defeated? Seems like Kaiba realized this win condition first.

@lunerblade13

6 ай бұрын

It’s even appropriately thematic. Using the cycle of life death and resurrection to defeat a manifestation of Osiris the lord of the dead and judge of souls.

@MarkofWisdom

6 ай бұрын

would it even actually work like that though? As far as I know, it'd work one time, then revival jam would either go back onto marik's side of the field, or wouldn't revive until the following turn, and would return to marik's field then

@LevelUpLeo

6 ай бұрын

@@MarkofWisdom Its the Anime, things worked however they needed it to. The moon was an equipment card that stayed on the field and was attacked by a friendly monster.

Honorable Mention: *Dark Magic Curtain* Technically not Yugi's Card(it was Pandora/Arkana's), but he used the Effect of the card in the Duel and it was a pretty iconic moment for fans since that card marked the first official appearance of the beloved Dark Magician Girl....a card which *CAN'T* be summoned with the Real Life version for some reason

@wilkobadberg5272

6 ай бұрын

Yugi used this Card in his 2nd Duel against Raphael though. So at least later he had his own Copy of this Card.

@darkerrex1442

6 ай бұрын

He also used this on the Ceremonial Duel against Yugi, i guess he ended up taking Arkana's copy or just find it somewhere?

@BmanTheChamp

6 ай бұрын

@@darkerrex1442 Though it probably wasn't Arkana's rarest card it makes sense because Yugi didn't need another Dark Magician, especially an "evil" one.

duelist kingdom was half card game and half DnD, stuff like changing the tides with gravity spells you then deactivate is in line with a creative TTRPG session.

Dark Sage really confused me when I saw the TCG card because they translated Thousand Dragon requiring Time Wizard to the TCG by just making him a fusion monster. I don't get why they didn't do the same thing for Dark Sage by just making him a fusion as well.

@BmanTheChamp

6 ай бұрын

I guess because Dark Sage's effect is OP and Thousand Dragon is just a vanilla, that's why they did it.

@xCorvus7x

5 ай бұрын

Their translation of Thousand Dragon into the real-life game is way simpler than what they did for the Dark Sage but it fucking sucks: Thousand Dragon is not Baby Dragon and Time Wizard fused together but a Baby Dragon aged up and beyond by the Time Wizard. I suppose back then they didn't have the creative capacity to implement both Thousand Dragon and Dark Sage an a way analogous to the Masked HEROs.

@dancorneanu9144

5 ай бұрын

Those 2 worked like the Masked Heroes in the anime. Why make them fusions or main deck monsters I will never know. Heck, Time Wizard should get an errata that makes him a pendulum that can fusion once per turn.

@xCorvus7x

5 ай бұрын

@@dancorneanu9144 Nah, better errata Thousand Dragon and Dark Sage to sit in the Extra deck but be summoned the originally intended way.

@dancorneanu9144

5 ай бұрын

@@xCorvus7x That is how they were intended to work. When you used Time Wizard's effect, they would come out of the Extra Deck (they would transform). No poly needed.

Time Seal could also be on a list of "Top 10 Terrible Trap Cards That Would Be Broken if they were Spells".

@HazeEmry

6 ай бұрын

"Top 10 trap cards that become OP with Makyura the Destructor" should be a nice video idea

The Shaggy thing is because in one part of the manga says that if you end a turn without monsters you automatically lose. So crashing Battle Steer wasn't an option.

@Aleph3575

6 ай бұрын

The Duelist Kingdom Arc rules were so janky lol. I don't even know if they were the same as the rules from the "Season Zero" manga either.

@connorwood9211

6 ай бұрын

@@Aleph3575 I recall in the duel between Kaiba and Grampa he used all 3 of his Blue Eyes to attack at the same time which combined the atk to 9000

Cards like Pot of Greed and Card of Sanctity exist to keep a good pacing in the anime. A lot of cards from the early anime were printed verbatim, and it was learned later how busted they can be. Card of Sanctity came out over half a decade later than Pot of Greed which is when Konami learned that they can't just print cards verbatim especially when it involves free card draw.

@thewanderingmistnull2451

19 күн бұрын

Card of Sanctity, yes. Pot of Greed, no. They had no way of knowing how powerful Pot of Greed truly was back then.

the thing i like about dark sage is its effect special summons itself from the deck. such a bizarre interaction. cards on the field special summoning something else from the deck, sure. but you’d be activating time wizard, and then rummaging through your deck like “wait, i promise this will make sense once i find the card”

@kyx5631

Ай бұрын

Good point

It's a mistake to call Marshmallon's Glasses anti-synergistic with Marshmallon. The point of Marshmallon's glasses is not to activate them and then summon Marshmallon in attack position but to activate the Glasses on the next turn, after your opponent tried in vain to destroy your set Marshmallon by battle. That's also how the card was used in the manga.

Fun fact Reshef of Destruction actually encourages you to have Dark Flare Knight in your deck but you need an insane amount of Deck Capacity in order to have it and it's ritual material as well In the game, its effect allows you to summon a Flame Swordsman or Dark Magician for free even if you don't have it in your deck

@HighPriestFuneral

6 ай бұрын

Which honestly would have made the card semi-worth it to actually use. I'm not sure why they took out that effect because that is how it works in the anime as well. It should have been "If Mirage Knight is removed from the field, special summon one Dark Magician and one Flame Swordsman from either your Deck, Extra Deck or Graveyard". Especially with all of the Dark Magician themed cards that were already around by that time.

@harrywang4769

6 ай бұрын

reshef was a janky game but kept a lot of that season 1 anime weirdness. i think i beat the 20k or 40k LP final boss using slifer (who got dragon capture jarred) by decking my opponent out

i wanna point out that duelist kingdom's mako battle was different because the duel fields had special properties based where you played, which would be fair that yami didnt know about this effect because under normal duel rules, mako couldnt use the field at such an advantage.

This list really makes it clear how different the anime's card summoning mechanic was. If you ever met the conditions for a card, you just GOT IT. It didn't need to be in your deck or planned for it. Yugi would just pull out random fusions made with partner or enemy monsters cause he'd just get the card. In the game, the fact that you needed the fusion monster card planned out in your extra deck really made the effect that much lamer.

@theking8347

6 ай бұрын

Well, in the anime, they're using holograms and machines with every card's data programmed into them, so fusions and similar things don't really need physical cards.

Speaking of the Giant Soldier of Stone in the Mystical Moon discussion, that very scene would soon be made into a card called "Attack the Moon"

@HERO_Neos

Ай бұрын

Soon?💀 Try 20 years later

My only guess on Grampa playing Battle Steer in his deck was because I think the average duelist at the time played like Joey did in his very first duel with Yugi when he played nothing but weak vanilla monsters and Steer would be able to easily crush that deck. I think cards like Summon Skull, Gaia and such were much much harder to come by, almost as if the level of a monster was more like it’s rarity in the show if that makes sense. This is probably why Rex Raptor was able to come in second place with such a weak deck where twin headed king Rex was his main monster that stomped most the competition with his strongest monster at the time being 2300 I think.

@mrbubbles6468

6 ай бұрын

Helped that the idea early on in the show was skill was combing spells and traps with monsters to make them stronger. So Rex probably did a but of that but way less than Weevil

@BmanTheChamp

6 ай бұрын

I think Rex said he got that card Serpent Night Dragon for making the finals of that tournament.

@mn_seahawk25thehawk64

6 ай бұрын

@@BmanTheChamp No, he got Red Eyes Black Dragon as a prize card from placing 2nd in his tournament against Weevil.

@mn_seahawk25thehawk64

6 ай бұрын

@@mrbubbles6468 I don’t recall Rex really using that many spells or traps, probably 1 or 2 in the early show if even that. Rex was the definition of beatstick, basically the best of the worst type of player in the game at that time. That’s probably why he got stomped by Mai on the boat because she has strategy and spell cards lol.

@BmanTheChamp

6 ай бұрын

@mn_seahawk25thehawk64 I just went back and watched the episode, Rex specifically says after he summons Serpent Night Dragon "This rare card's awarded to the elite few who have made it to the final round of the regional championships!" Go ahead and check it yourself. Season 1 episode 11 around the 16:05 mark

I've been reading the manga (just finished R), and I am convinced that this man doesn't deck build. He draws the most ass card that would do nothing in all situations except the one he conveniently finds himself in.

@MrShukaku1991

6 ай бұрын

This is like, 50% of all Main Character duels in yugioh.

@soukenmarufwt5224

6 ай бұрын

Yusei Fudo says hi

@ricardomiles2957

6 ай бұрын

I mean just what most duelist do? specially in DM, they just add every card they get in their deck and use when they can

@ich3730

6 ай бұрын

i mean, it kinda makes sense since atem is literally cursed to never lose xD So of course he doesnt deckbuild, he doesnt need to xD

@N12015

2 ай бұрын

Tbf, he has a power to topdeck properly in case the situation needs it. You don't need a great deck if you have "The heart of the cards" in your side.

I feel like the reason Yugi never used the Dark Sage ever again after DK was because there was no need to go trough a combo to tutor any spell from the deck into his hand when he could just will that card into being his next draw anyway.

@jettskie1986

6 ай бұрын

Another reason I could think of is bec. Dark Sage requires Time Wizard, which Yugi gave it to Joey.

@GraveDigger35

6 ай бұрын

He never used it again because it required Time Wizard, a card that only Joey had. The only way I see him keeping it is if he was able to get it to the graveyard and if Dark Magician Girl's attack gain effect worked with it

3:14 I think it would be fun if they kept the errata, BUT made the card quick-play at least to give it some new power.

I think my favorite thing about Card of Sanctity is that Konami could've just let you draw three cards and let you have +1 for a tough cost (like a 'balanced' Pot of Greed), but the anime version was such taboo that they felt like ensuring there was nothing positive to using it.

@NexeL_NKC

6 ай бұрын

Honestly? COS isn’t even that broken if you think about it. BOTH players draw until they have a full hand. It gives your opponent more interaction, but also YOU. You could only use it once per turn. And if we’re worried about it, it’s laughably easy to counter with a single Ash. The anime version could come to the Tcg and be overplayed, but it wouldn’t be as bad as pot of greed. There are worse to see advantage generation cards is my point.

@danmanproking2179

6 ай бұрын

@@NexeL_NKCyou forget that most people on turn 1 dump most their cards into a heavy combo, and you opponent uses 1/2 hand traps tops. You draw 4-6 cards, your opponent draws 1-3. That’s card neutral in a worst case scenario, or even a +3 if your opponent has no hand traps.

@TrueReverse74

6 ай бұрын

​@@NexeL_NKCExcept in most duels it's the player who goes first that would gain the most advantage, making an even further uphill battle for the person going second which in most duels uses 1 to 2 cards on average for interaction. A card like that cannot be allowed.

@HighPriestFuneral

6 ай бұрын

@@TrueReverse74 Hmm, a way to fix that could be to add a clause that it can't be used in the first or second turns of the duel, that way (for a game that actually goes 3 turns...) it could be a treat.

@m0002856

6 ай бұрын

You know... hmm... they could have also probably balanced it by making it like... you draw until you have X number of cards in hand (I still feel like six is probably WAY too many so maybe 3 or 4 at most) and then your opponent also draws the same number of cards as you do. So basically: "Draw until you have 3 cards in your hand. Your opponent then draws that many cards." but formatted to the proper problem-solving card text.

This was such a great video, the way you do mini duel breakdowns adds a lot

13:10 I have an idea to make this card better: _The Eye of Omniscience_ Continuous Trap _You can activate this card immediately (From your hand or field) if any number of cards from either players hands are revealed. Your opponent most keep their Hand revealed, and the top card of their deck flipped face-up. Once per turn, during the standby phase, apply the following effects:_ ⚪️Monsters you control gain 500 ATK/DEF for every monster in your opponent’s hand. ⚪️You gain 1000 LP for every spell in your opponent’s hand. ⚪️You can set 1 Spell/Trap from your hand or deck for every Trap in your opponent’s hand.

Speaking of Dark Sage I really wish we would get full archetype that's dedicated to the rare effect of cards summoning themselves from deck under certain conditions. The closest we have to that is the Possessed cards of the Charmers (Awakening of the Possessed and Familiar-Possessed); aside from those the only cards with that effect are Dark Sage, Metalzoa & Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon (which both require Metalmorph) and Theinen the Great Sphinx (which requires both Andro Sphinx and Sphinx Teleia to be destroyed at the same time).

Fun analysis video! Looking forward to more like this from you in the futurec!

It's just so hilarious to me that Kazuki Takahashi wasn't actually writing a card game in that early version, he was writing Dungeons & Dragons in card game form. Half the ooky shit is literally stuff you'd normally roll a 12 sided dice to do XD

Fun fact. The duelist kingdom arc of the anime is explicitly stated to have special, new rules created by Pegasus to make the tournament more interesting. So instances like the moon interacting with Mako's ocean field, are actually new rules they had to figure out as they played. Except Weevil, who stole the rules beforehand, but he got eliminated immediately anyway. So that arc isn't just randomly making up bullshit, it's manufactured entertainment for Pegasus. The ones who take most advantage of these odd interactions, all work for Pegasus as well. It actually makes Yugi and Joey, kinda brilliant for recognizing the added realism to various cards on the fly.

12:30 Battle Steer is actually not terrible in some of the old video games that had strict deck cost requirements and generally very weak monsters. Because it required a tribute, it generally had a pretty low deck cost so you could slot it in as a garnet to be able to play a more powerful card that had a higher deck cost. 18:07 Speaking of cards that are much better in those types of games, Mirage Knight and Dark Flare Knight are insane in Sacred Cards and Resheff of Destruction because you can just summon them. In fact, Mirage Knight makes it so you don't even have to play Dark Flare Knight, and Dark Flare Knight does the same with Flame Swordsman and Dark Magician in those games because summons them from outside of the deck, giving you a ton of card advantage and allowing you to play some really high deck cost monsters without actually having to commit slots in the deck to them.

I knew Dark Sage would be on this list, didn't know it would be #1 :)

Actually, Brain Control is just a Change of Heart for Yugi with no restrictions or downsides.

"Weevil, back then, I played mushroom man. You lost to a duelist that chose to put mushroom man in their deck." -YGOTAS

@tarikkash4282

6 ай бұрын

FUNNY!

@WavemasterAshi

6 ай бұрын

It's WEEEEVIL! What's the worst that could happen?

Great video, I enjoyed the comparison between the anime and TCG cards. One little mistake though is you showed TT Talents instead of Thrust during the Dark Sage portion😅

It will always blow my mind how perfectly they future proofed Dark Sage's effect to prevent players from ever abusing it. You MUST call the coin toss right to get the busted search effect, making cards like A Wild Monster Appears! that can cheat out hard to summon monsters better used on other monsters that don't care how they made it to the field to do their thing.

I honestly hate that a good chunk of these didn’t get retrains. Dark Sage can easily be made into an extra deck monster with a less busted effect, while Dark Flare Knight, Mirage Knight, and Dark Magician Knight can also become Synchros or more easily summonable cards for the modern era. They’re gorgeous cards that deserve to become good or better cards than their originals.

@perfectman3077

6 ай бұрын

Yesss

Now I kind of want to try using Card of Sanctity in a Thunder Dragon deck. Some Shiranui monsters have good effects when banished as well.

Yugi Moto was the King of Games for a reason: That reason being that he's allowed to cheat in whatever way he wants and everybody just kind of has to go along with it.

24:08 Idea to retrain this card to be easier to summon while having a better payoff: _Dark Magician, The Eradicator Sage_ (DARK) Level 9 Spellcaster/Effect _Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by it’s own effect. During the main phase, If your opponent activated 5 or more Spell/Trap cards or effects this turn (Quick Effect): You can negate and tribute as many face-up Spells/Traps on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, deck or GY, then your opponent can set 1 spell/trap from their hand or deck. You can only use this effect of "Dark Magician, The Eradicator Sage" once per turn. Each time a normal Spell/Trap card or effect is activated, apply 1 of the following effects:_ ⚪️Inflict 1000 damage to your opponent immediately after it resolves. ⚪️Increase your LP and this card’s ATK/DEF by 1000 immediately after it resolves. ATK/2800 DEF/2300

Man I loved all of the incredibly flavorful extra effects and straight up "thats not how the game works" moments in the anime and destroying the moon is still among my all-time favorites 😂😂

Dark Flare Knight is the best monster in the game Reshef of Destruction (GBA). It is an effect monster as there is no fusion deck in that game. It summons a Mirage Knight out of nowhere (you don't need to have that card in your deck) when Dark Flare Knight goes to the graveyard, even when discarded. (In that game you can discard as many cards as you want during your turn.) You get a big 2800 Atk monster on the field. And then, it itself summons Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman, still out of nowhere. And Dark Magician is very strong since gets +30% Atk under Yami, so 3250 Atk. That's a benchmark against postgame opponents cause they all have x3 Change of Heart.

I hate when people say yugi(their not joking) was cheating by giving Joey time wizard because yugi gave Joey time wizard and baby dragon meaning it was his cards and his strategy so of course it might result in yugi’s victory.

Admittedly, I haven't played Yu-Gi-Oh in about 15 years, but I remember pairing eye of truth with bad reaction to simochi four a devastating combo back in the day

Believe in the heart of the cards

That was some unexpected nostalgia. I recall a long time ago trying to come up with a reverse burn deck which used eye of truth...

20:44 I thought about this. Still, Dark Flare Knight has one of the coolest designs in the game

ATTACK THE MOON!!

This would be an interesting theme for all main characters. Like a counter of top 10 best cards of main yugioh characters.

Ok but that deck-out kill on Strings was *metal af*

Well, one thing worth noting is that a lot of these “worst monster” cards aren’t actually monster cards in someone’s deck, but a pure transformation of an already existing card. There is no “Dark Sage” card in the anime, it’s just a change to Dark Magician.

Imagine if Yami Yugi used Mirror Force against Kaiba's three Blue Eyes dragons in their first duel and followed it up by attacking Kaiba directly with Curse of Dragon.

I do like the idea if this video and I definitely would enjoy seeing thrse from time to time but I would still like you to continue your best card series

Brain Control is even more busted in the anime because it literally had no LP cost. It was control a monster for free. The 800 LP cost came later. Edit: On Dark Sage, he wasn't a summons in the anime. He was an effect of the Dark Magician aging. So it was a counter-measure if someone uses Time Wizard and gets its effect off. Not a card that Yugi had to tech in. Same with the other Fusion monsters in early Yugioh, which was how Kaiba created Ultimate-Blue Eyes.

17:41 I have THIS here, a retrain for this card in the same vein as Blue Flame Swordsman: _Blue Flare Dark Knight_ (DARK) Level 6 Warrior/Fusion/Effect “Blue Flame Swordsman” + 1 “Dark Magician” monster _This card is always also FIRE-Attribute. You take no battle damage from battles involving this card. If you would take any effect damage, you can lower this cards ATK or DEF (Your choice) by an equal amount instead. If this card’s ATK or DEF become 0 by this effect, banish it. This card gains ATK/DEF equal to any battle/effect damage you inflict on your opponent. If your opponent destroys this card by battle or card effect, or if this card is banished by its own effect(s): You can special summon 1 level 8 monster from your hand, deck or GY, ignoring its summoning conditions, but it’s banished at the end of the turn._ ATK/2200 DEF/800 Basically, it builds off of the “no battle damage” bit, providing some protections against effect damage while allowing it to replenish itself off of any damage YOU inflict to your,opponent, AND as a bonus it basically lets you turn ANY level 8 from your hand, deck or GY into a Mirage Knight.

Remember that time when Marshmallon was the best bodyguard in the past ideal for "Get down Mr. President" tactics?

A series of "staple" alternatives would rock, and more odd tech choices that have been overlooked or crept out. There are strats that gain advantage as changes in play evolve. There's much in older formats that still can slap even current meta.

Honestly, to give mystical moon some credit, I did a little bit of limited pack Legend of Blue Eyes only format a couple of months ago, and in that format, they're pretty good. 1 tribute monsters in that format are really weak. Some level 4 monsters come really close to beating over all 1 tribute monsters with just one of the 300 atk equip spells on them. A 1 tribute monster and an equip spell are functionally the same card investment. If they're removed, you lose two cards. And removal in this format is only normal spells and one trap that can only hit on summon so it can blow out a 1 tribute play but not an equip spell play before you get some value back. The biggest advantage, though, is the ability to equip the same turn the monster is summoned. It's a play that gives you a powerful monster without having to get a monster that sticks a whole round. Honestly, its biggest weakness is that the strongest 4 star monster is only 1550 atk and there are multiple 2000 Def no tribute monsters so beating over those is a little rough. But they're still interesting cards in that format and that format only.

Hearing him talk about the show in the same serious tone he talks about the cards is amazing

OCG/TCG card of sanctity could have gotten away with its anime effect if it had a restriction like: "Both players draw until each players hand contains 6 cards (after activation, You cannot add cards from your deck to your hand with card effects for the remainder of the duel. If you activated a card effect that lets you add cards from your deck to the hand, you cannot activate this card for the remainder of the duel.)

@nine_tails137

6 ай бұрын

Honestly, I hate it when Konami makes the TCG versions worse than their anime counterparts. I get they're trying to balance the game, and not make the cards too broken, but sometimes they make the TCG versions, literally unplayable. Like with Card of Demise for example. Then there's Mind Control that basically turns you into a sitting duck after taking control of your opponent's monster.

@finel3141

6 ай бұрын

@@nine_tails137 Card of demise is actually playable :)

@nine_tails137

6 ай бұрын

@@finel3141 Well, the anime version let's you draw 5 cards, but then they go to the graveyard during the 5th standby phase. Where as the TCG version lets you draw only 3 cards, your opponent takes no damage, you can't special summon, AND your entire hand goes to the graveyard. So unless you have a deck that uses the graveyard, I don't see any use for TCG Card of Demise.

@finel3141

6 ай бұрын

@@nine_tails137 I found a deck that works with it pretty well, and manage to top 3 OTS with it. Sure it isn't a staple, but it's playable. And a lot of deck uses graveyard, like nearly every deck x) You just have to play around it during your opponents turn x). I can call for something like labrynth for example that could play with this card very easily.

@nine_tails137

6 ай бұрын

@@finel3141 Well, even if a card limits you from certain actions, it shouldn't outright turn you into a sitting duck for the entire turn.

dark flare knight was used in jeff leonard's exodia list. two flame swordsmen too for all the various instant fusion type cards. just to get a warrior body on board to make isolde.

Correction at 22:15, Yugi played Monster Reborn first to bring back the 1st BEWD from the graveyard. If he had used Polymerization first, he would've created the Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, but he wouldn't be able to do the iconic play. Remember: Yugi's hand at that point consisted of: 1. Monster Reborn 2. Polymerization 3. Blue Eyes White Dragon 4. Blue Eyes White Dragon 5. Quick Attack 6. De-Fusion So, in order to create Ultimate Dragon, he needed to get the first Blue Eyes back to the field, so that he would have the materials to do the fusion summon.

Brain control was made even better during battle city because under battle city rules all normal spells could be played as quick-play spells. This is why he could activate Brain Control during Marik's turn.

They need to make a card like "Eye of Timaeus" that would let you special summon anything that required "Dark Magician" on the field while ignoring their summon conditions (Maybe using him as tribute) and/or allows you to preform an extra normal/special summon for anything that mentions him for those that need to be normal summoned to activate their effects; to actually warrant the "once per turn" clauses on those like "Rod".

Okay but what does Pot of Greed do?

@rayverbautista6765

21 күн бұрын

Idk, all I know is that crush card virus makes a monster become terminally ill

I recall using Eye of Truth. However I played a handy card called "Bad reaction to Simochi" (whenever your opponent gains life points, reduce their life points instead by the amount your opponent would have gained). This really stapled well with snatch steal (equip this card to a monster on the opponent's side of the field and gain control of that monster. Opponent gains 1k LP each of his standby phases) this way I can steal his monster and inflict 1k damage as long as it remains equipped on the field.

The true power of “The Heart of the Cards” is just topdecking.

Yugis worst cards are my favorite cards. I ran them as a kid and always tried to get them out.

17:35 - I actually summoned Dark Flare and Mirage Knight 3 times to win a game in Master Duel. It was back when Cyber Stein was scheduled to be banned. I wanted to use it while I had the chance but didn't want to use the toxic FTK decks that it enabled.

Weird there's no retrain/support for Dark Flare Knight. He looks so cool and is fairly iconic.

Every card can become viable in the right circumstances or with enough Plot armor

I’ve summoned Dark Sage 1 time since it came out. And I had to use “A Wild Monster Appears” to pull that off.

The first season, IN THE SHOW even mentions that certain cards will affect the duel specifically spells could affect how the duel was played

As a kid, i always thought the dark sage moment in the anime was to show that yugi is a bad friend xD Because he gaslit joey into playing time wizard in his deck, only to use a combo that specifically only works if joey uses it against him. Thats kinda scummy

@Necroverse19

6 ай бұрын

What? He gave Time Wizard to Joey because he was being a good friend and trying to help him out. There's nothing wrong with him using that same card against him later on.

21:18 Idea to make this card “Better” (For both players) _Card of Eternal Sanctity_ Quick-Play Spell _Only 1 “Card of Eternal Sanctity” can be used per duel. This card’s activation cannot be negated or responded to. Each player draws 6 cards, then the following effects are applied for the rest of the duel:_ ⚪️There is no limit to the hand size for each player. ⚪️Players can draw 2 cards during their normal draw instead of 1. ⚪️Once per turn, during either players turn, players can shuffle 1 card from their hand into their deck. ⚪️Once per turn, the turn player can increase their LP by 500 for every card in their hand. So the card is REALLY, REALLY Powerful, but it’s balanced by the fact that it mutually benefits all players in the game at once.

@finel3141

6 ай бұрын

Let me introduce you to time tearing morganite.

@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire

6 ай бұрын

I see it… For the rest of this Duel, apply the following effects. ● You cannot activate monster effects in the hand. ● Draw 2 cards instead of 1 for your normal draw during your Draw Phase. ● You can conduct 2 Normal Summons/Sets per turn, not just 1. You can banish this card from your GY, then discard 1 "Time-Tearing Morganite"; your opponent cannot activate monster effects when you Normal Summon this turn. _Oh, I get it, it’s the middle effect of Eternal Sanctity that had you bring up time-tearing._ Well I figured if Card of Sanctity is both a good and bad card in itself (You draw up to 6, but so does your opponent), I figured I’d play into that “Benefits all players equally” part, whereas Morganite benefits you exclusively BUT locks you out of monster hand traps for the duel… Also, the first effect is basically a permanent version of Infinite cards.

Duel Logs why did you have to do Battle Steer that dirty. Who hurt you?😂😂😂

Fun fact: the anime version of 'Card of Sanctity' is present in the trap card 'The revived Sky God.' It's because during the final turn of the duel between Yugi and the Pharoah, Yugi got to use a trap card as a quickplay due to the effect of a monster and drew Card of Sanctity, which allowed him amd the Pharoah to draw until they had 6. This powered up Silent Magician, and then the Pharoah immediately ysed Monster Reborn to revive Slifer worh a huge attack power. 'The Revived Sky God' trap card does all of these things, as well as your opponent not being able to respond to it.

I saw someone using the Eye in a Nurse deck back in the day , granted its not the best card to use in that deck but I think it still merits a mention .

"Top 10 WORST CARDS!" > immediately lists a card so good it got banned

7:00 I think I can retrain this card to be a smidge better: Current card: _Special Summon this card in Defense Position as an Effect Monster (Machine/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 0/DEF 2000). (This card is also still a Trap.) While you control "Green Gadget", "Red Gadget", and "Yellow Gadget", this card gains 3000 ATK._ Proposed retrain: _Stronghold the Gadget Fortress_ Continuous Trap *_If you Normal or Flip Summon a “Gadget monster”, you can special summon 1 “Gadget” monster from your hand._*_ You can Special Summon this card _*_(From your spell/trap zone, or also from your your Hand or GY while you control 3 “Gadget” monsters with different names.)_*_ in Defense Position as an Effect Monster (Machine/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 0/DEF 2000). (This card is also still a Trap.) While you control 3 “Gadget” monsters with different names, this card gains 3000 ATK, _*_and also your face-up “Gadget” monsters cannot be destroyed by battle or opponent’s monster effects._*

Second Coin Toss raises the chances up to 75% to clear your opponent’s field of monster and summon dark sage. Good 2 hit combos.

Some of my favorite games were doing 2v2's in some multiplayer thing years ago with friends and if we were just messing about against randoms or doing private games i had a gamble deck it was all chance cards like time wizard and the amount of times we were about to lose and id just say TIME ROULLET and activate it and it would just ruin the opponents board for my actual competent teammate to play his sweaty meta deck and clutch it was amazing.

I have a question/request. I notice when you talk about bad fusion cards, you never bring fusion subs like King of the Swamp or Mystical Sheep #2. I always wondered why, and also could you make a listed of good fusion material substitutes.

@aereon_gaming

6 ай бұрын

The ruling with Fusion Substitutes is that you can only use them for named materials, and only for one of the named materials. So using Flame Swordsman as an example, if you use a Fusion Substitute as one of the materials, you still are required to play one of the other materials to summon it, and both materials are terrible low stat monsters with no effects. The materials for a fusion are just as important as the effects of the fusion itself in terms of how viable it is.

@shootingstarships

6 ай бұрын

@areon_gaming While I agree and I've been playing Yugioh since goat and edison era, I like to point out the Cards like King of the swamp are good fusion substitutes. For instance, IT can search poly if you discard from hand, and I find it good for cards like Dragon Master Knight and Shining Flare Wingman, to replace the fusion monsters that need to be used for material. It's in no way, optimal, but it is better than going into it naturally. Dark Flare Knight would also benefit from cards like King of the Swamp. Replace Flame Swordsman with FS (Fusion Substitute cards). For Ultimate Dragon or Black Luster Soldier in Dragon Master Knight. Even Flame Winged Man in Shining Flare Winged Man. I don't it is bad to assume or reasonable to say the fusion substitutes cards are great or terrible. I just feel like that they are constantly overlooked by man yugitubers. But those are my thoughts. But do appreciate your thoughts on the matter and I respect your take as well. 😆

2:52 I’ve been gone from the game so long, I didn’t even know Brain Control had an errata. I will forever remember back in blackwing format when I was dueling my friend in tourney, and I only had “Cards for Black Feathers” and “Sirocco” in hand (no field) and was staring at a “Colossal Fighter” on my opponent’s side of the field. CfBF got me brain control, and that’s how I won the game. RIP Brain Control 💔

Dark Flare Knight and Dark Sage have some really good art might pick em up just for it

Battle Steel ! Brings back some memories ; used to be one of my strongest cards, back then...

"He actually only used it a single time in the first episode of the anime against Seto Kaiba," Konami: QUICK MAKE AN ARCHETYPE OUTTA THAT.

Can you please tell me where you got the screenshots of the show? Ive been dying to watch that version!

From the very beginning, I've had no idea why Brain Control (even pre-errata) existed in a world where Change of Heart exists. Usually, weaker cards come as a replacement for banned original strong cards, but this one existed alongside its vastly superior counterpart.... And then it even got a crippling errata, whilst its superior cousin remains unchanged and even unbanned. Same deal nowadays for Lightning Vortex and Raigeki. LV is literaly a Raigeki but with a cost (discard) and a restriction (only face up), so why choose it over Raigeki?

@HazeEmry

6 ай бұрын

LV was used because Raigeki used to be banned along with Harpies Feather Duster

@gameraz1990

6 ай бұрын

@@HazeEmry I know. Like I said, weaker cards were used as substitude for banned good cards. That's why LV was used in the past when Raigeki was banned. But now it's not banned, and I seldomly see people use LV in their deck (maybe alongside Raigeki, can't be sure), but since Raigeki is cool to use, I'd wager there is no need for LV.

I posted this as reply, but I wanted everyone to give an opinion, what do you think? I think it's alright for DM support, but not broken. "Dark Sage evolution card name Sage of Dark Magic or Dark Sage Warlock lvl 8* Spellcaster/Effect 2800Atk 3200Def: Reveal this card, flip a coin, if called correctly Banish 1 Dark Magician from your Hand or Field, Special Summon 1 Sage of Dark Magic from your Hand. If called incorrectly send your hand to the Graveyard, or pay half your Lifepoints. If Special Summoned by its own effect select 1 effect: •Banish up to 2 face-up monsters face-down •Send all Spell/Traps to the Graveyard and Negate their effects for this turn. While on the field this card is treated as Dark Magician and a Normal Monster. If this card is in the Graveyard banish it, Special Summon 1 Dark Magician from your Deck, Graveyard, or Banished face-up. This card cannot be destoryed by monster or spell/trap effects. (Quick Effect) Discard this card from Hand, special summon 1 Dark Magician from your Hand, Deck, or Graveyard." I don't think it needs a harsh once per turn either giving you another go at the special summoning at the expense of another half LP. I think it gives DM deck better synergy. Anything else that could be added or subtracted or another card to go with it? Other than less text lol😂. Already had to errata my own card text lol.

I wonder if the Moon in the anime was somewhat inspired by Blood Moon in Magic the Gathering, it turns all non-basic lands into mountains, and Mako Tsunami kinda had a “non-basic land” thing going on with the sea. It’s just such an unforgettable episode and I’m sure that was one of the earliest Magic cards.

I don't mean this in a bad way but amazes me how someone can talk this long about why battle steer was a bad play

If Dark Sage was a Fusion Monster, like Thousand Dragon, it would be a crazy good card even for today's meta.

Attacking the moon has to be the biggest ass pull ever

Contact fusion I feel is an underutilized mechanic nowadays, but a lot of the DM-era plays would very easily be replicated through retrains with contact fusion.