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Best guide for getting started ever, I'm just taking the game buying a pair of start decks but I'm really excited to play this wonderful TCG, nostalgia is doing its job.
@Shocari6 күн бұрын
Thank you! Double Typhoon is probably the best structure deck to buy right now! I hope you enjoy the TCG!
@Chatter_Teeth_Official8 күн бұрын
Complicated at first but not nearly as complicated as Yugioh.
@Shocari8 күн бұрын
@@Chatter_Teeth_Official and thankfully the effects mostly explain themselves! The only real issues are when a couple of them go off simultaneously!
@user-pp8ly2wn6t28 күн бұрын
What a brilliant video. Great advice, simple and practical.
@amaeo5170Ай бұрын
Love how during the physical example, you use a Renamon deck to show the examples. Renamon is the deck archtype I've been trying to build but with how the only local card shops having only a few of the packs with them or having very few individual digimon cards for sale, it's been hard for me to build it. I'll order cards as a last resort, but only once I get some funds in that I can reasonably use.
@ShocariАй бұрын
@@amaeo5170 totally understandable! I exclusively buy singles but that’s just my own preference! Renamon is about to get a much-needed boost in power when BT17 releases on Aug 9!
@ZackathorАй бұрын
So do you draw everytime you digivolve? Whether it's in the breeding or battle area? Feel like this gets glossed over alot.
@ShocariАй бұрын
@@Zackathor every time, regardless of location! The only difference is whether or not any digivolving effects occur!
@LozanoMotoRacingАй бұрын
I just defected from yugioh and Pokémon
@ShocariАй бұрын
@@LozanoMotoRacing I hope you enjoy it!
@alfonsomoreno575Ай бұрын
Could be cool a game like Yu Gi Oh Master Duel about Digimon TGC
@ShocariАй бұрын
@@alfonsomoreno575 check out project-drasil.online for a Duelingbook equivalent, or check out HoangZero for the EDOPro equivalent!
@ZidaneKianoАй бұрын
The only starter that i can see being a support very clearly is Meganium,i mean it doesn't have anything other than average bulk lol.We also need Chesnaught to complete the Kalos starter, he's definetely a defender (Also if Greninja was released later,he could've been a speedster)
@BestgirlJordanfishАй бұрын
God I want to draft this game with friends, if anybody knows what set(s) would be most ideal for that, not having to bank on archetypes too hard
@alberteinstein2195Ай бұрын
I left this game for a bit to play vanguard and now I’m slowly seeing yugioh all over again
@ShocariАй бұрын
Thankfully it’s not nearly enough of a technical nightmare as Yugioh!
@bryantvann1551Ай бұрын
Soild video thank you
@user-pp8ly2wn6tАй бұрын
Thank you a lot for this video. This is very interesting and informative. Keep posting like those amazing videos, this is awesome.
@galvanizeddreamer2051Ай бұрын
Been thinking about getting into this, since it's just about the only game that people play at my LGS. How's the power creep looked so far as the game has progressed? Looking at singles prices, it seems card value is reasonable if you aren't buying alternative artwork or explicitly collectable limiteds, which is nice.
@ShocariАй бұрын
We’re currently in BT16, and there are some cards from BT1 that still see competitive presence! Things do get gradually stronger over time of course, but the inherent design of the game keeps things relatively balanced for the most part, and there’s really only a handful of cards that fetch a higher price tag(ShineGreymon Ruin Mode, for instance, but it’s also a secret rare and a high power blowout card that you’re only running one copy of anyway). Most of my decks I’ve built for $60 or less!
@galvanizeddreamer2051Ай бұрын
@@Shocari That's cool to hear, thanks for the info.
@zahktuthalxalyrion6364Ай бұрын
By the by, leaving the breeding zone is NOT based on levels. It’s based on DP. Notice that all digitama have no DP. The exception is Mother D-Reaper. She is a digitama with 15000DP, and thus is able to leave the breeding zone. Very important for the super unorthodox playstyle that is the D Reapers.
@ShocariАй бұрын
While yes, it is based on DP, it's also technically based on their Level since no Level 2 Digimon has a DP value. Mother D Reaper also isn't Level 2, either, os yes while the DP stipulation does affect King Drasil and Gate of Deadly Sins, they(alongside D Reaper) are also very niche, very fringe cases, though I did not in the video itself that there are exceptions(and they were not worth covering for an introductory video, imo).
@zahktuthalxalyrion6364Ай бұрын
For those who are struggling to learn or explain the game to kids: while Bandai does not have an official online version of the game (which is a damn shame), there IS a tutorial app! It does a VERY good job teaching you how to play the game, and preventing you from doing stuff you shouldn’t be able to do. This video is a fantastic compliment to that app’s information.
@Xaintrix2 ай бұрын
Amazing video. Just saw gameplay videos on another channel but really wanted to know so how it works. The deck summaries and also budget cuts are a massive help!
@Shocari2 ай бұрын
Glad I could be of assistance! That being said, there’s definitely gonna be some new top decks around now that BT16 released!
@weeabooproductions21962 ай бұрын
A question I have here. I just got the double typhoon deck and the mega garoomon has an effect that has both when digivolving and end of attack. Does this mean its effect can be activated after 1 of these or that both of these things need to be fulfilled in order to activate it’s un suspension?
@Shocari2 ай бұрын
It’ll activate once when digivolving, and then each time it finishes attacking!
@weeabooproductions21962 ай бұрын
Thank you so much
@MakaiKishiZero3 ай бұрын
Some of the rules you said don't match up with other rules from other KZreadrs. I'd double check to see how accurate you are if I was you.
@Shocari3 ай бұрын
Were there any ones in particular? I might have explained one or two wrong, but I had the official rules and FAQs pulled up as I was writing this as well as having those linked so others could double check on their own
@MakaiKishiZero3 ай бұрын
@@Shocari 2 off the top of my head: I saw multiple videos saying that there was no mulligans and a few saying that if you run out of cards then you lose. Both you stated the opposite. But idk, maybe you have the newer rules?
@Shocari3 ай бұрын
@@MakaiKishiZero you get one mulligan per game. world.digimoncard.com/rule/pdf/manual.pdf page 5, “setting up the game”, section 4. Mulligans were added last year or maybe the year before. Perhaps the videos you saw were from before that? If you cannot draw a card at the start of your turn, you lose. This was stated in the previous video, “how to play the Digimon tcg 2024”! I believe in this video I said that you can’t lose if you would activate an effect that makes you draw cards but are unable to, which is true. Pokémon has the same rule. The game only cares if you can’t draw as part of the natural phase of the turn. Same link as above, page 12c “ending the game”.
@PlantmandotEXE3 ай бұрын
I hope I get an answer but if not that's fine, if BT8 Blackwargreymon is digivolving and there are tokens or digieggs without play costs available, Mother D-Reaper for example, may I target as many of them as I want for the "Up to 6 cost" targeting requirement or are the exempt because they have no cost to begin with?
@Shocari3 ай бұрын
To my knowledge, almost every token has a play cost given to them for the express purpose of being able to be targeted by certain effects. Mother D-Reaper would be exempt since she doesn’t have a cost though.
@PlantmandotEXE3 ай бұрын
@@Shocari Dang, alright thank you for the reply. I'm brand new to this game and coming from YuGiOh and Magic this game feels almost too straightforward sometimes. That being said I heckin LOVE WarGreymon so this actually came up when playing with a friend, eventhough Mother D-Reaper would have been immune due to it's own protective effect we were not able to find the answer to this question in any FAQ or ruling statement.
@jadajp17823 ай бұрын
I'm new, it's there a rule that stops a player from attacking security when a non-suspended digimon is in the enemies battle area? Is blocker the only way to protect your security?
@Shocari3 ай бұрын
Blocker is indeed the only way, outside of some kind of “when your opponents digimon attacks” effect that would allow you to delete the digimon or reduce its dp etc. Non-suspended digimon effectively do nothing defensively
@Daekael3 ай бұрын
Awesome, needed a refresher. Now to find where to buy up to date cards.
@Shocari3 ай бұрын
TCGplayer is always a decent choice!
@O-01-453 ай бұрын
One playstyle I have a guilty pleasure for is the milling playstyle. Less focusing on trying to win in the main way and instead focusing on winning by having your opponent run out of cards to draw. Are there any options for this playstyle in digimon tcg? And if so, how does it compare in strength or viability compared to mtg or yugioh mill decks?
@Shocari3 ай бұрын
Millith is the main milling strat in Digimon, utilizing the red/purple Guilmon line alongside Lilithmon, and it’s quite effective! It has top cut some tournaments as far as I’m aware! Apocalymon can also mill tremendously and was limited to 1 as a result because it was very easy to slap down 4 of them in one turn and mill your opponent for 32 cards right then and there, although with the limit the deck doesn’t really care about doing that anymore.
@jordanstephens41784 ай бұрын
I will never have anybody to play and learn this game with. Im 34 year old dad of two and my few friends are definitely not digimon fans or would play card games. Son loves digimon but even i cant explain the game to him so we could play together (we do collect though) all this just to say....Make a fuckin app for us to play and collcet online bandai!! Would be the only way i coukd actually sit and learn the game
@angelo55603 ай бұрын
There is a few ways to play on line there is a site and a new auto sim
6 күн бұрын
Amen
@keres-toramonline4 ай бұрын
Wish granted
@Shocari4 ай бұрын
Where?
@seniartkreatif4 ай бұрын
i lost you at merely 30 seconds to this vid.
@Shocari4 ай бұрын
Did you watch the How To Play video that was before this one?
@purge7233 ай бұрын
😂 same , but it’s such a good video . I just learn better in person .
@johnrichmond53424 ай бұрын
My super walmart doest seem to have cards. But you can find and buy online. Both target and Walmart. Only problem is u can use the credit card obviously but u can't use the circle rewards card.
@PaladinfffLeeroy4 ай бұрын
Thanks! Just what I was looking for! I just bought my first starter deck, Ragnaloardmon, it just has to come in the mail. I have been a Yu-Gi-Oh! player since 2007 but also played some MTG. My locals is really diverse when it comes to TCGs, Pokemon, Yugioh, One Peace, Dragonball, and a little bit of Digimon and Vanguard and out of the ones that are not yugioh Digimon appealed to me the most after a friend of mine explained to me how the resource system worked but I never tried getting into it until I played it with another friend, borrowing one of his decks. I dislike rotation systems so Pokemon drops off. I dislike the art of One Peace and Dragonball. I HATE the prized cards in Pokemon. and I HATE the resource systems in MTG and Pokemon. But Digimon has crazy cool art, there is no rotation but a banlist instead like ygo, there are no luck-based and/or slow ramping resource systems like with MTG if you get manaflooded/starved after keeping your hand, I love the shared resource bar, and the inherited effects. So now I am getting into the game :D I just picked a started deck with things that looked cool and I read their effects and they seem similar in looks/effects to an archetype in YGO I love: Springans :D
@Shocari4 ай бұрын
Glad you’re enjoying it! Ragnaloardmon is getting INSANE new support in EX6 in June!
@timeslikethese524 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this just started playing the digimon TCG and i absolutely love it!! Super fun game to play love the memory system! And the no looking through deck is just chef kiss. Great video this really help clarify rulings !!
@Shocari4 ай бұрын
Glad I could help! I hope you continue to enjoy the game! 🫶🏻
@yaboyvickk56354 ай бұрын
Ngl bro u seem like a super nice guy, but im an experienced tcg player and u didnt explain shit on how to play the game as a brand new player to the gsme with 0 knowledge of the game.. all u told me was that turn starts off by flipping over an egg t1.. theres a mulligan and u dont draw t1.. and if memory goes past 0 turn is over.. i still have literally 0 idea what to do after flipping an egg
@Shocari4 ай бұрын
It was explained! After the breeding phase is the main phase, in which you play cards until the memory passes. So you can take any action and as many as you wish until the memory passes to the opponent. Turn 1 this usually means either digivolving a 3 onto the egg and/or playing one additional card, since you’re starting at 0.
@user-hq7js2wf7h4 ай бұрын
Ive tried to get into this i love digimon but the game is way to complicated and still dont understand effects and what order so on done research too
@noxus24584 ай бұрын
Always find it hard to figure out what i wanna play goong tcg to tcg. Always ending up wanting to play many different decks 😅
@Shocari4 ай бұрын
Not necessarily a bad thing! Experimentation is part of the fun! I personally try to just find archetypes that are similar to ones I enjoy in other tcgs!
@mrmeow22974 ай бұрын
Always loved Digimon
@TritiCale-gc8ib4 ай бұрын
Where can I reliably buy new legitimate cards?
@noxus24584 ай бұрын
Tcgplayer has been pretty good for me. Haven't got digimon from there yet but I have gotten pokemon and yugioh cards. <not sponsored>
@DoubleSimm5 ай бұрын
Great stuff man, I'm trying to get into Digimon and you've been a huge help :) Hopefully I can start putting together a deck soon!
@Shocari4 ай бұрын
Best of luck! hope you find something you enjoy! :)
@GigaTanicWaffle5 ай бұрын
Could you elaborate more on how Baihumon Ace ignores additional security checks? From what I understand, all that should happen is: If a deva is flipped instead of doing a security battle, the deva is played, resolve the on play effect, then continue with the rest of the security checks as normal.
@Shocari4 ай бұрын
That's actually my bad! I misunderstood a certain line amongst attack resolutions and by the time i realized it, the video was already posted! So definitely far less effective than I would like but at least being able to get some additional on-play effects and set up for future Blast Evolutions is always nice! But yes you are absolutely spot-on with how the interaction actually works
@itachi65ful5 ай бұрын
I love the digimon card game. I'm a causal player and collector. I'm working on premade decks concept. I want to see them make more copies of certain cards.
@TritiCale-gc8ib4 ай бұрын
Where can I reliably buy new legitimate cards?
@blueauramaster5 ай бұрын
For defensive options I'm going to try out Fullmetal Blaze. Mainly cause I am not liking how strong the Terriermon deck has become. To deal with their ace and any Digimon they play with double typhoon
@vuzyra92115 ай бұрын
dinorex from bt 14 dont allow my opponent to play 6000 or less dp... when he play goldramon or flame hellscyth to set the memory to my side is he allowed to play a digimon or token with this effect?
@Shocari5 ай бұрын
Dinorexmon checks at the instance of play declaration, which is before memory moves. So this will stop them from directly playing a digimon with 6000 DP or less from their hand or digivolving into one from their hand. Playing via effect is different. On play declaration doesn’t check the effect at that time. So if the opponent declares they’re playing either of those cards, the memory will shift first and then Dinorex will check if the opponents memory is 1 or more. If it is, those effects won’t play Digimon(flame hellscythe’s deletion effect still works. Playing a Digimon is an optional effect). If the memory is 0 or less, then those effects do not get prevented.
@vuzyra92115 ай бұрын
@@Shocari ok ty
@Bookie94775 ай бұрын
Coming from yugioh's nightmare rulings these rules make so much more sense, great vid
@Shocari5 ай бұрын
Yeah most of digimon’s rulings are pretty easy to grasp and especially easy to find the actual ruling for to be able to resolve issues
@Sqrtl225 ай бұрын
I haven't seen a lot of these Digimon before (besides Antylamon who I like a lot), so seeing all these artworks/effects with no background context is interesting.
@Shocari5 ай бұрын
Yeah before this deck, I was not familiar with any of the Devas outside of Antylamon, was familiar with the Sovereigns though. So it was pretty interesting
@PioneerBread5 ай бұрын
damn good video my guy
@Shocari5 ай бұрын
Thank you! I appreciate it! 🙂
@johnnypepperonii5 ай бұрын
Really appreciated this video! I found about the game just about half a year ago but haven't made the move to get started. I found someon in my local area who also plays it. What would be the best way to get into the game and what would be the most cost efficient way to get into the game (regarding the release of ST17) ?
@Shocari5 ай бұрын
I’d say cost-wise, start by using digi-tcg.online to be able to build/practice different decks so you can see what you enjoy before committing to a purchase! You can definitely buy sealed product if you want, but I fully endorse and recommend just buying the singles of what you want! Although if you’re interested in ST17, then buying two copies of it will give you nearly 4 copies of everything so you can have a pretty consistent list, and if you wanted anything else to throw in it probably wouldn’t be that expensive to acquire those pieces(depending on what you want of course)!
@johnnypepperonii5 ай бұрын
@@Shocari normally i don't start by building meta decks directly, usually i go for 1-2 starter decks and then just play it until i feel like investing into meta decks is a right choice (e.g. i went for One Piece and got some cards just to be left with this low stock, high price card game and no meta deck at all). I will try it online for sure, but what would you recommend going to for as starter deck? 2x ST17 will cost me ~60 bucks which could also buy a meta decks, buying any other starter deck two times will cost me ~20-30 bucks with something playable. I am also cool with just 1. Just need some reccommendation what would be playable in the actual state and what not, whats easy to get in and what not :) Thanks for helping!!!!
@Shocari5 ай бұрын
@@johnnypepperonii as a starter deck, I’d say either ST17 or ST14 for incredibly solid decks, ST14 especially doesn’t really need anything outside the box unless you really want something. ST16(the metalgarurumon ace) deck is also pretty decent by itself and that would be on the lower price end for 2 copies. Meta-wise, around the same price as 2 advanced STs would be MirageGaogamon, Numemon, Red Hybrid, and a few others I can’t think of off the top of my head. Most of the decks I personally play(their meta-relevance is questionable) are usually very budget friendly! So it really just depends on what you enjoy!
@johnnypepperonii5 ай бұрын
Hey me again, I just got the chance to play it IRL and it was amazing! My local store had ST17 in stock but it got sold out before I was able to say that I want to get into Digimon (even tho it was the same day). After doing some more search I found that I could get either 2x Gallantmon starter for 12 bucks or 2x metalgarurumon ace for ~25 off of Cardmarket. Do you have any other recommendation or meta/anti meta deck for around 30 bucks I could look into?
@Shocari5 ай бұрын
@@johnnypepperonii for around $30 your options will be fairly limited, especially for something meta-relevant, although metalgaruru would be the closest. You could probably assemble almost an entire Numemon deck for $30(which is a top deck in Japan currently, but you’ll need to use the Armor Purge Monzaemon instead of the RB1 Monzaemon, and your options for Lv6s might be a little limited). If you use digimomcard.io to look at tournament decks and then cross-reference with like tcgplayer or a similar website, you can probably get the majority of a top deck for around that price, but you can probably substitute some card as needed for the moment.
@MarkFromTheYoutubeComments6 ай бұрын
Ugh... finally a recent video going over ALL of them. I kept finding videos showing how to play digimon in general, not explaining the different digivolving mechanics. Thank you. Please do this again when a new mechanic is released.
@facug216 ай бұрын
6:10 Activating when digivolving effects is not optional, the way it's written over the sample video may confuse some players.
@Shocari6 ай бұрын
Some of them are in fact optional! “You can” or “you may” are optional as long as they aren’t followed by “then”! It’s roughly 50/50 on When Digivolving effects, unfortunately this was notcommunicated well
@facug216 ай бұрын
@@Shocari yeah, but the way it's worded makes it seem like you can choose not to activate when digivolving effects, even if it doesn't say "you may". Not the end of the world but I thought it was worth mentioning in case it generates any confusion.
@Shocari6 ай бұрын
@@facug21 definitely respect it! Digimon seems to have less confusion over its optional vs mandatory effects(as far as I’ve seen at least) compared to, say yugioh!
@facug216 ай бұрын
@@Shocari yeah, there are no missed timings in Digimon. You have to do everything the card says. The only case in which you would not resolve an effect that doesn't state "you may" is when the source of the effect is not in the battle area anymore. i.e. while your field has -5000 DP because of Shinegreymon Ruin Mode or a similar effect and you play a rookie, it gets deleted by game mechanics before activating any "on play" effects.
@trickyplays2406 ай бұрын
Love how this game took the “shield”zone / trigger effect from DM (Duel Masters) Digimon is picking up in my area so definitely giving it a shot since we will never get Duel Masters
@TheKaijudist5 ай бұрын
RIP Kaijudo (2012-2014)
@trickyplays2405 ай бұрын
@@TheKaijudist Ikik, I’d die to get the game back. DM/Kaijudo is the best game ever made
@lukepopham6 ай бұрын
Hey what box's are for the jesmon deck I know it's more but I like the fun to pull cards I have bt 10 but are there others
@Shocari6 ай бұрын
Several others. I couldn’t say off the top of my head but if you go to digimoncard.io and go to the card database, you can search each card and it’ll tell you what set they’re from
@lukepopham6 ай бұрын
Hi so I think I am going to go with a jesmon starter deck. And then go with a box to upgrade it what box would be best for me to get if I am going to buy the jesom starter deck
@Shocari6 ай бұрын
There isn’t really a good answer because most of the good Jesmon support is spread out across multiple different sets, and the same is true for the majority of decks. It would be very difficult to just take a starter deck and a booster box and make something cohesive, 9 times out of 10. It’s why I always recommend just buying the singles of what you want instead
@lukepopham6 ай бұрын
Hey if I buy a starter deck and 1 box what is the best setup I could do like what starter deck and what box?
@Shocari6 ай бұрын
so it definitely depends on the kind of deck you're wanting to build, for sure! based on the different decks and sets, at the current moment I don't think there's any 1+1 combination of them that would lead to anything super solid tbh! The most cohesive would probably just be 2 copies of ST14 - advanced starter deck Beelzemon! If you're willing to wait, ST-17 Double Typhoon comes out March 8, and that + EX04 - Alternative Being would make a very, very solid foundation for an Alliance deck, with all the cards you need from EX04 being common! That being said, you could build a fully competitive-ready deck for most archetypes for $70-80, which is going to be price of 1 booster box(more or less) anyway, so that's honestly what I would do!
@lukepopham6 ай бұрын
@Shocari so get ex 04 and wait for the other one and those 2 box's will let me make a solid deck
@Shocari6 ай бұрын
@@lukepopham that's if that deck is something that you think you might like! again, you could guaranteed build a full deck for like $70-80, whereas you could buy like multiple booster boxes and not be able to build anything based on what you pulled! Which is just a generic TCG problem really
@ShieldedLoL6 ай бұрын
Didn't even put hunters deck, where's the down vote button smh jkjk
@fighter93pl6 ай бұрын
Question about digisorption: So you have to suspend a Digimon before you digivolve. So when the Digimon you digivolve on with a inherited effect like „when you suspend a Digimon by effect draw 1“ does not trigger because there is no Digimon Above that inherited effect at the time where you suspend a digimon ?
@Shocari6 ай бұрын
That is correct! According to the official Q&A for BT10, the digimon is suspended by Digisorption before the digivolution completes, so the inherited effect could not be triggered at that time since it was not given to a Digimon at the moment of suspension
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Best guide for getting started ever, I'm just taking the game buying a pair of start decks but I'm really excited to play this wonderful TCG, nostalgia is doing its job.
Thank you! Double Typhoon is probably the best structure deck to buy right now! I hope you enjoy the TCG!
Complicated at first but not nearly as complicated as Yugioh.
@@Chatter_Teeth_Official and thankfully the effects mostly explain themselves! The only real issues are when a couple of them go off simultaneously!
What a brilliant video. Great advice, simple and practical.
Love how during the physical example, you use a Renamon deck to show the examples. Renamon is the deck archtype I've been trying to build but with how the only local card shops having only a few of the packs with them or having very few individual digimon cards for sale, it's been hard for me to build it. I'll order cards as a last resort, but only once I get some funds in that I can reasonably use.
@@amaeo5170 totally understandable! I exclusively buy singles but that’s just my own preference! Renamon is about to get a much-needed boost in power when BT17 releases on Aug 9!
So do you draw everytime you digivolve? Whether it's in the breeding or battle area? Feel like this gets glossed over alot.
@@Zackathor every time, regardless of location! The only difference is whether or not any digivolving effects occur!
I just defected from yugioh and Pokémon
@@LozanoMotoRacing I hope you enjoy it!
Could be cool a game like Yu Gi Oh Master Duel about Digimon TGC
@@alfonsomoreno575 check out project-drasil.online for a Duelingbook equivalent, or check out HoangZero for the EDOPro equivalent!
The only starter that i can see being a support very clearly is Meganium,i mean it doesn't have anything other than average bulk lol.We also need Chesnaught to complete the Kalos starter, he's definetely a defender (Also if Greninja was released later,he could've been a speedster)
God I want to draft this game with friends, if anybody knows what set(s) would be most ideal for that, not having to bank on archetypes too hard
I left this game for a bit to play vanguard and now I’m slowly seeing yugioh all over again
Thankfully it’s not nearly enough of a technical nightmare as Yugioh!
Soild video thank you
Thank you a lot for this video. This is very interesting and informative. Keep posting like those amazing videos, this is awesome.
Been thinking about getting into this, since it's just about the only game that people play at my LGS. How's the power creep looked so far as the game has progressed? Looking at singles prices, it seems card value is reasonable if you aren't buying alternative artwork or explicitly collectable limiteds, which is nice.
We’re currently in BT16, and there are some cards from BT1 that still see competitive presence! Things do get gradually stronger over time of course, but the inherent design of the game keeps things relatively balanced for the most part, and there’s really only a handful of cards that fetch a higher price tag(ShineGreymon Ruin Mode, for instance, but it’s also a secret rare and a high power blowout card that you’re only running one copy of anyway). Most of my decks I’ve built for $60 or less!
@@Shocari That's cool to hear, thanks for the info.
By the by, leaving the breeding zone is NOT based on levels. It’s based on DP. Notice that all digitama have no DP. The exception is Mother D-Reaper. She is a digitama with 15000DP, and thus is able to leave the breeding zone. Very important for the super unorthodox playstyle that is the D Reapers.
While yes, it is based on DP, it's also technically based on their Level since no Level 2 Digimon has a DP value. Mother D Reaper also isn't Level 2, either, os yes while the DP stipulation does affect King Drasil and Gate of Deadly Sins, they(alongside D Reaper) are also very niche, very fringe cases, though I did not in the video itself that there are exceptions(and they were not worth covering for an introductory video, imo).
For those who are struggling to learn or explain the game to kids: while Bandai does not have an official online version of the game (which is a damn shame), there IS a tutorial app! It does a VERY good job teaching you how to play the game, and preventing you from doing stuff you shouldn’t be able to do. This video is a fantastic compliment to that app’s information.
Amazing video. Just saw gameplay videos on another channel but really wanted to know so how it works. The deck summaries and also budget cuts are a massive help!
Glad I could be of assistance! That being said, there’s definitely gonna be some new top decks around now that BT16 released!
A question I have here. I just got the double typhoon deck and the mega garoomon has an effect that has both when digivolving and end of attack. Does this mean its effect can be activated after 1 of these or that both of these things need to be fulfilled in order to activate it’s un suspension?
It’ll activate once when digivolving, and then each time it finishes attacking!
Thank you so much
Some of the rules you said don't match up with other rules from other KZreadrs. I'd double check to see how accurate you are if I was you.
Were there any ones in particular? I might have explained one or two wrong, but I had the official rules and FAQs pulled up as I was writing this as well as having those linked so others could double check on their own
@@Shocari 2 off the top of my head: I saw multiple videos saying that there was no mulligans and a few saying that if you run out of cards then you lose. Both you stated the opposite. But idk, maybe you have the newer rules?
@@MakaiKishiZero you get one mulligan per game. world.digimoncard.com/rule/pdf/manual.pdf page 5, “setting up the game”, section 4. Mulligans were added last year or maybe the year before. Perhaps the videos you saw were from before that? If you cannot draw a card at the start of your turn, you lose. This was stated in the previous video, “how to play the Digimon tcg 2024”! I believe in this video I said that you can’t lose if you would activate an effect that makes you draw cards but are unable to, which is true. Pokémon has the same rule. The game only cares if you can’t draw as part of the natural phase of the turn. Same link as above, page 12c “ending the game”.
I hope I get an answer but if not that's fine, if BT8 Blackwargreymon is digivolving and there are tokens or digieggs without play costs available, Mother D-Reaper for example, may I target as many of them as I want for the "Up to 6 cost" targeting requirement or are the exempt because they have no cost to begin with?
To my knowledge, almost every token has a play cost given to them for the express purpose of being able to be targeted by certain effects. Mother D-Reaper would be exempt since she doesn’t have a cost though.
@@Shocari Dang, alright thank you for the reply. I'm brand new to this game and coming from YuGiOh and Magic this game feels almost too straightforward sometimes. That being said I heckin LOVE WarGreymon so this actually came up when playing with a friend, eventhough Mother D-Reaper would have been immune due to it's own protective effect we were not able to find the answer to this question in any FAQ or ruling statement.
I'm new, it's there a rule that stops a player from attacking security when a non-suspended digimon is in the enemies battle area? Is blocker the only way to protect your security?
Blocker is indeed the only way, outside of some kind of “when your opponents digimon attacks” effect that would allow you to delete the digimon or reduce its dp etc. Non-suspended digimon effectively do nothing defensively
Awesome, needed a refresher. Now to find where to buy up to date cards.
TCGplayer is always a decent choice!
One playstyle I have a guilty pleasure for is the milling playstyle. Less focusing on trying to win in the main way and instead focusing on winning by having your opponent run out of cards to draw. Are there any options for this playstyle in digimon tcg? And if so, how does it compare in strength or viability compared to mtg or yugioh mill decks?
Millith is the main milling strat in Digimon, utilizing the red/purple Guilmon line alongside Lilithmon, and it’s quite effective! It has top cut some tournaments as far as I’m aware! Apocalymon can also mill tremendously and was limited to 1 as a result because it was very easy to slap down 4 of them in one turn and mill your opponent for 32 cards right then and there, although with the limit the deck doesn’t really care about doing that anymore.
I will never have anybody to play and learn this game with. Im 34 year old dad of two and my few friends are definitely not digimon fans or would play card games. Son loves digimon but even i cant explain the game to him so we could play together (we do collect though) all this just to say....Make a fuckin app for us to play and collcet online bandai!! Would be the only way i coukd actually sit and learn the game
There is a few ways to play on line there is a site and a new auto sim
Amen
Wish granted
Where?
i lost you at merely 30 seconds to this vid.
Did you watch the How To Play video that was before this one?
😂 same , but it’s such a good video . I just learn better in person .
My super walmart doest seem to have cards. But you can find and buy online. Both target and Walmart. Only problem is u can use the credit card obviously but u can't use the circle rewards card.
Thanks! Just what I was looking for! I just bought my first starter deck, Ragnaloardmon, it just has to come in the mail. I have been a Yu-Gi-Oh! player since 2007 but also played some MTG. My locals is really diverse when it comes to TCGs, Pokemon, Yugioh, One Peace, Dragonball, and a little bit of Digimon and Vanguard and out of the ones that are not yugioh Digimon appealed to me the most after a friend of mine explained to me how the resource system worked but I never tried getting into it until I played it with another friend, borrowing one of his decks. I dislike rotation systems so Pokemon drops off. I dislike the art of One Peace and Dragonball. I HATE the prized cards in Pokemon. and I HATE the resource systems in MTG and Pokemon. But Digimon has crazy cool art, there is no rotation but a banlist instead like ygo, there are no luck-based and/or slow ramping resource systems like with MTG if you get manaflooded/starved after keeping your hand, I love the shared resource bar, and the inherited effects. So now I am getting into the game :D I just picked a started deck with things that looked cool and I read their effects and they seem similar in looks/effects to an archetype in YGO I love: Springans :D
Glad you’re enjoying it! Ragnaloardmon is getting INSANE new support in EX6 in June!
Thank you so much for this just started playing the digimon TCG and i absolutely love it!! Super fun game to play love the memory system! And the no looking through deck is just chef kiss. Great video this really help clarify rulings !!
Glad I could help! I hope you continue to enjoy the game! 🫶🏻
Ngl bro u seem like a super nice guy, but im an experienced tcg player and u didnt explain shit on how to play the game as a brand new player to the gsme with 0 knowledge of the game.. all u told me was that turn starts off by flipping over an egg t1.. theres a mulligan and u dont draw t1.. and if memory goes past 0 turn is over.. i still have literally 0 idea what to do after flipping an egg
It was explained! After the breeding phase is the main phase, in which you play cards until the memory passes. So you can take any action and as many as you wish until the memory passes to the opponent. Turn 1 this usually means either digivolving a 3 onto the egg and/or playing one additional card, since you’re starting at 0.
Ive tried to get into this i love digimon but the game is way to complicated and still dont understand effects and what order so on done research too
Always find it hard to figure out what i wanna play goong tcg to tcg. Always ending up wanting to play many different decks 😅
Not necessarily a bad thing! Experimentation is part of the fun! I personally try to just find archetypes that are similar to ones I enjoy in other tcgs!
Always loved Digimon
Where can I reliably buy new legitimate cards?
Tcgplayer has been pretty good for me. Haven't got digimon from there yet but I have gotten pokemon and yugioh cards. <not sponsored>
Great stuff man, I'm trying to get into Digimon and you've been a huge help :) Hopefully I can start putting together a deck soon!
Best of luck! hope you find something you enjoy! :)
Could you elaborate more on how Baihumon Ace ignores additional security checks? From what I understand, all that should happen is: If a deva is flipped instead of doing a security battle, the deva is played, resolve the on play effect, then continue with the rest of the security checks as normal.
That's actually my bad! I misunderstood a certain line amongst attack resolutions and by the time i realized it, the video was already posted! So definitely far less effective than I would like but at least being able to get some additional on-play effects and set up for future Blast Evolutions is always nice! But yes you are absolutely spot-on with how the interaction actually works
I love the digimon card game. I'm a causal player and collector. I'm working on premade decks concept. I want to see them make more copies of certain cards.
Where can I reliably buy new legitimate cards?
For defensive options I'm going to try out Fullmetal Blaze. Mainly cause I am not liking how strong the Terriermon deck has become. To deal with their ace and any Digimon they play with double typhoon
dinorex from bt 14 dont allow my opponent to play 6000 or less dp... when he play goldramon or flame hellscyth to set the memory to my side is he allowed to play a digimon or token with this effect?
Dinorexmon checks at the instance of play declaration, which is before memory moves. So this will stop them from directly playing a digimon with 6000 DP or less from their hand or digivolving into one from their hand. Playing via effect is different. On play declaration doesn’t check the effect at that time. So if the opponent declares they’re playing either of those cards, the memory will shift first and then Dinorex will check if the opponents memory is 1 or more. If it is, those effects won’t play Digimon(flame hellscythe’s deletion effect still works. Playing a Digimon is an optional effect). If the memory is 0 or less, then those effects do not get prevented.
@@Shocari ok ty
Coming from yugioh's nightmare rulings these rules make so much more sense, great vid
Yeah most of digimon’s rulings are pretty easy to grasp and especially easy to find the actual ruling for to be able to resolve issues
I haven't seen a lot of these Digimon before (besides Antylamon who I like a lot), so seeing all these artworks/effects with no background context is interesting.
Yeah before this deck, I was not familiar with any of the Devas outside of Antylamon, was familiar with the Sovereigns though. So it was pretty interesting
damn good video my guy
Thank you! I appreciate it! 🙂
Really appreciated this video! I found about the game just about half a year ago but haven't made the move to get started. I found someon in my local area who also plays it. What would be the best way to get into the game and what would be the most cost efficient way to get into the game (regarding the release of ST17) ?
I’d say cost-wise, start by using digi-tcg.online to be able to build/practice different decks so you can see what you enjoy before committing to a purchase! You can definitely buy sealed product if you want, but I fully endorse and recommend just buying the singles of what you want! Although if you’re interested in ST17, then buying two copies of it will give you nearly 4 copies of everything so you can have a pretty consistent list, and if you wanted anything else to throw in it probably wouldn’t be that expensive to acquire those pieces(depending on what you want of course)!
@@Shocari normally i don't start by building meta decks directly, usually i go for 1-2 starter decks and then just play it until i feel like investing into meta decks is a right choice (e.g. i went for One Piece and got some cards just to be left with this low stock, high price card game and no meta deck at all). I will try it online for sure, but what would you recommend going to for as starter deck? 2x ST17 will cost me ~60 bucks which could also buy a meta decks, buying any other starter deck two times will cost me ~20-30 bucks with something playable. I am also cool with just 1. Just need some reccommendation what would be playable in the actual state and what not, whats easy to get in and what not :) Thanks for helping!!!!
@@johnnypepperonii as a starter deck, I’d say either ST17 or ST14 for incredibly solid decks, ST14 especially doesn’t really need anything outside the box unless you really want something. ST16(the metalgarurumon ace) deck is also pretty decent by itself and that would be on the lower price end for 2 copies. Meta-wise, around the same price as 2 advanced STs would be MirageGaogamon, Numemon, Red Hybrid, and a few others I can’t think of off the top of my head. Most of the decks I personally play(their meta-relevance is questionable) are usually very budget friendly! So it really just depends on what you enjoy!
Hey me again, I just got the chance to play it IRL and it was amazing! My local store had ST17 in stock but it got sold out before I was able to say that I want to get into Digimon (even tho it was the same day). After doing some more search I found that I could get either 2x Gallantmon starter for 12 bucks or 2x metalgarurumon ace for ~25 off of Cardmarket. Do you have any other recommendation or meta/anti meta deck for around 30 bucks I could look into?
@@johnnypepperonii for around $30 your options will be fairly limited, especially for something meta-relevant, although metalgaruru would be the closest. You could probably assemble almost an entire Numemon deck for $30(which is a top deck in Japan currently, but you’ll need to use the Armor Purge Monzaemon instead of the RB1 Monzaemon, and your options for Lv6s might be a little limited). If you use digimomcard.io to look at tournament decks and then cross-reference with like tcgplayer or a similar website, you can probably get the majority of a top deck for around that price, but you can probably substitute some card as needed for the moment.
Ugh... finally a recent video going over ALL of them. I kept finding videos showing how to play digimon in general, not explaining the different digivolving mechanics. Thank you. Please do this again when a new mechanic is released.
6:10 Activating when digivolving effects is not optional, the way it's written over the sample video may confuse some players.
Some of them are in fact optional! “You can” or “you may” are optional as long as they aren’t followed by “then”! It’s roughly 50/50 on When Digivolving effects, unfortunately this was notcommunicated well
@@Shocari yeah, but the way it's worded makes it seem like you can choose not to activate when digivolving effects, even if it doesn't say "you may". Not the end of the world but I thought it was worth mentioning in case it generates any confusion.
@@facug21 definitely respect it! Digimon seems to have less confusion over its optional vs mandatory effects(as far as I’ve seen at least) compared to, say yugioh!
@@Shocari yeah, there are no missed timings in Digimon. You have to do everything the card says. The only case in which you would not resolve an effect that doesn't state "you may" is when the source of the effect is not in the battle area anymore. i.e. while your field has -5000 DP because of Shinegreymon Ruin Mode or a similar effect and you play a rookie, it gets deleted by game mechanics before activating any "on play" effects.
Love how this game took the “shield”zone / trigger effect from DM (Duel Masters) Digimon is picking up in my area so definitely giving it a shot since we will never get Duel Masters
RIP Kaijudo (2012-2014)
@@TheKaijudist Ikik, I’d die to get the game back. DM/Kaijudo is the best game ever made
Hey what box's are for the jesmon deck I know it's more but I like the fun to pull cards I have bt 10 but are there others
Several others. I couldn’t say off the top of my head but if you go to digimoncard.io and go to the card database, you can search each card and it’ll tell you what set they’re from
Hi so I think I am going to go with a jesmon starter deck. And then go with a box to upgrade it what box would be best for me to get if I am going to buy the jesom starter deck
There isn’t really a good answer because most of the good Jesmon support is spread out across multiple different sets, and the same is true for the majority of decks. It would be very difficult to just take a starter deck and a booster box and make something cohesive, 9 times out of 10. It’s why I always recommend just buying the singles of what you want instead
Hey if I buy a starter deck and 1 box what is the best setup I could do like what starter deck and what box?
so it definitely depends on the kind of deck you're wanting to build, for sure! based on the different decks and sets, at the current moment I don't think there's any 1+1 combination of them that would lead to anything super solid tbh! The most cohesive would probably just be 2 copies of ST14 - advanced starter deck Beelzemon! If you're willing to wait, ST-17 Double Typhoon comes out March 8, and that + EX04 - Alternative Being would make a very, very solid foundation for an Alliance deck, with all the cards you need from EX04 being common! That being said, you could build a fully competitive-ready deck for most archetypes for $70-80, which is going to be price of 1 booster box(more or less) anyway, so that's honestly what I would do!
@Shocari so get ex 04 and wait for the other one and those 2 box's will let me make a solid deck
@@lukepopham that's if that deck is something that you think you might like! again, you could guaranteed build a full deck for like $70-80, whereas you could buy like multiple booster boxes and not be able to build anything based on what you pulled! Which is just a generic TCG problem really
Didn't even put hunters deck, where's the down vote button smh jkjk
Question about digisorption: So you have to suspend a Digimon before you digivolve. So when the Digimon you digivolve on with a inherited effect like „when you suspend a Digimon by effect draw 1“ does not trigger because there is no Digimon Above that inherited effect at the time where you suspend a digimon ?
That is correct! According to the official Q&A for BT10, the digimon is suspended by Digisorption before the digivolution completes, so the inherited effect could not be triggered at that time since it was not given to a Digimon at the moment of suspension