15 PROTAGONIST ACES YOU FORGOT EXISTED! (YGO ANIME)

[@Letso-S-Relaeng]

I will forever remember Draco Equiste as that one forgotten card, like my boy Yusei went on a whole ass arc learning to synchro summon on the opponents turn so he could play around Mekk Lords, which were specifically designed to combat synchro monsters and its like, Yusei...you have a Fusion monster in your Extra Deck use it.

[@raygalaxy2717]

I'm not sure if I remember this correctly since its been years, but I heard somewhere that Draco Equiste was one of the countermeasures Yusei got to go against meklords before shooting star was given to him, and that the idea came from the duel he had against paradox with yugi and jaden. Him seeing jaden's fusions showed him the viability of using a mechanic that is not synchro. But when he got Shooting Star, he dropped Plan A for the new one cause Shooting Star could just blip out for a bit before getting snatched, has more versatile effects, and had more synergy with his synchro focused deck.

[@bigfish5544]

Actually, he specifically designed Draco equiste to face the meklords (and was revealed he did so by taking inspiration from Judai) before he could master accel Synchro. It's something himself mentions, as he realizes Synchro summoning just isn't as reliable anymore. However in the only duel that it was used, it was defeated and he obtained shooting star dragon a few episodes after which meant he didn't need the fusion monster anymore... It's kind of a shame, would have loved to see it used at least once more

[@TieflingKumasi]

Draco-Equiste takes a Dragon synchro. Unless there’s a quick play fusion speed spell, or a fusion trap card that doesn’t take the materials out of the graveyard, trying to summon Draco-Equiste is a little slow. And yes, I’m mostly talking about the anime, so I don’t want to hear from any of the IRL competitive nerds

[@streetgamer3452]

@@TieflingKumasithat doesn’t matter in the anime. They use much worse cards on the regular. Your entire rebuttal would make more sense for the actual game not the anime

[@TieflingKumasi]

@@streetgamer3452 True, anime duels are pre-planned anyway But yeah, you’re not wrong

[@guestb8389]

I like how Yuma wasn't entirely reliant on the Number monsters. Sure he used his ace Hope a lot, but he also used many non-number xyz monsters like Gagaga Cowboy/Samurai, Baby Tiragon, Gauntlet Shooter, and Skill Gainer. It also makes the final duel a lot more believable since we already know he can use non-numbers to their fullest potential.

[@HunterStiles651]

His reasoning for using the non-Number Xyz Monsters in the first season was really weak though, namely that he believes it's "unfair" to use Numbers against someone who doesn't have any. It would've been in character for Yuma at the start of the show, but it's something he should've gotten over when Shark pounded Yuma into the dirt with Black Ray Lancer, and it's less excusable in the WDC because it's a tournament to decide the strongest duelist. Intentionally holding back out of a sense of "fairness" in such an environment is disrespectful and arrogant.

[@reimu-ic6lz]

it is unfair though, the numbers are indistructable by any means except for battle with another number or card effects, and theres only 100 (not counting the barians and chaos) which means bringing out any number and putting it in defence makes it only weak to card effects if you dont have another number

[@HunterStiles651]

@reimu-ic6lz >Can only be destroyed by card effects or another number. Well bob's your uncle m8. If you dont have a Number of your own, Numbers for all intents and purposes read "Cannot be destroyed by battle" and even back then we had plenty of ways to deal with such cards as Shark demonstrated in his second duel with Yuma. And if it's something like Heraldry Crest which can't be destroyed by card effects and is a Skill Drain on legs? We had ways to deal with that too even back then. It wouldn't have been easy, but it's a tournament to decide the strongest. If you can't beat it, then you deserve to go home.

[@minicle426]

Poor Summoned Skull. The original, original Ace Monster.

[@tarikkash4282]

2500 ATK that requires ONE less tribute! KONAMI ruined YUGIOH!

[@vanesslifeygo]

In very early Yugioh it was a meta option. Instead of dark magician, it was dark magician of chaos that was usable. However today dark magician himself is used more with all his support.

[@DIESEL-SAVES-LIVES]

Drago Equiste surprised me since I nvr expected Yusei to summon a fusion monster of all things. It's pretty unique and stands out a lot

[@NexxOmega]

I think it was spoiled here in Germany, because about 2 weeks before the episode aired they made ads for the then new set, where they featured Draco Equiste being fused using Stardust Dragon and Junk Warrior. That was the time when they actually showed ads for the TCG on TV.

[@PainYGO]

Draco-Equiste is easily memorable as it's used as a super polymerization target in competitive ygo.

[@dudono1744]

Drill Warrior too for being a Edison staple.

[@silvernapper2797]

That’s a very good one

[@RaineBans]

i dont think this is about remembering the cards but about remembering their appearances in the anime

[@emanuelstornello8009]

It also has a special summoning animation in one of the tag force games

[@MidoriNatsume]

It was? Good for the card, I thought nobody ever used it.

[@CyberseGreninja]

I remember loving the Dark Flare Knight summon and I loved how it was referenced in 5ds on the Speed fusion card. I also loved the triple contact Neos fusions. I wish they appeared more. Plasma Vice is one of my favorite hero fusions too.

[@genex2980]

Drill Warrior will never be forgotten, it was a huge part of QDW (synchrons) back in the days.

[@HunterStiles651]

My thoughts exactly when Drill Warrior was brought up. It's one of those moments where you can tell that Dylan is a Yugioh anime fan first and a TCG player second, because Edison format go brr.

[@janithernest3929]

Chaos neos is notorious for having its effect heavily nerfed from the anime

[@tsunax1400]

I never forgot Chaos and Storm Neos. Judai had a Neos fusion for each Neo Spacian, then performed a triple contact fusion with Gran Mole and Flare Scarab for the first time against Saiou. He then performed a contact fusion with the remaining Neo Spacians in the climactic duel against 'Martin' and the next climactic duel against 'Johan'

[@ekinyurekli]

Draco Equiste is literally one of my favourite cards as a die-hard Yusei fan. Summoning Draco Equiste in Tag Force 5 was epic to me as a kid. I would LOVE to see a retrain in the future.

[@Demigodwater4]

Since metamorphosis is used for elemental Heroes, they should make a metamorphosis that only works with HERO monsters, called something like "Heroic Metamorph" or something like that

[@thomaspaterson1354]

Link gaia makes a bit of sense as from my quick recollection, it was a flashback and it canonised that yusaku's deck pre ai was basically the starter deck that decode talker came out in but its also strange cause gaia was in a core set instead of the starter

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

You know I think my personal opinion is that they were never used again for the next reasons A the summoning conditions were hard Only rare occasions that a duelist knew them that's why used a new monster Or c the other monster had better efect

[@estevaoM524]

i agree with the "other monsters having better effect" part, but the summon conditions seems weird to me since in the anime they constantly pull out their asses cards with the most hyper specific activation conditions like is nothing

[@cardking7776]

​@@estevaoM524 Yeah but in cases like Dark Flare Knight and Dark Sage the player using them doesn't even own the cards needed to summon them so either a match against or a tag team with Joey is the only way to play them. Same goes for another not mentioned in the vid Black Skull Dragon.

[@matthewbeard8860]

Surprised you didn’t include Jaden summoning Electrum from his duel against Banner. Pretty sure that was the first time Jaden used miracle fusion too!

[@marcosrafael7575]

He summon Electrum in at last one other duel

[@silvernapper2797]

Draco equiste is my favorite non ace fusion in 5ds idk why that was a cool moment I’ve always liked that monster I honestly forgot a lot of the other aces in the show

[@yuseifudo6075]

Yusei fusion summoning was so fucking hype. What about ranking your best soundtracks from the series. Or ranking the protagonists themes?

[@ryantran3739]

Kinda shocking not to see nirvana high paladin and enlightment paladin to be on the list. Jaden had an endless fusion deck with so many one offs, same with yusei with synchros. I also remember yuya had those three different odd eyes fusion.

[@jtwatts7990]

I remember freaking out when Yusei fusion summoned. In a series that heavily used its new summon mechanic I didn’t expect Fusion to be shown. Somehow I felt Jack fusion summoning seemed legit but not Yusei

[@bigfish5544]

Sherry also used fusion, and somehow fusion summoning was used a ton more in the manga than in the Anime. Kind of a shame, although I understand this summoning method was considered a lot less effective at the time

[@GrandeBigdor]

Yusei learning to fusion summon thanks to Judai is my headcannon

[@bigfish5544]

@@GrandeBigdor I've heard it has actually been confirmed, but I can't find a reliable source

[@kurosakishun8606]

Always loved Dark Flare Knight and was hoping to see it get a retrain one of these days. Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste is definitely my favourite with Dark Flare Knight and Chaos Neos. A monster you forgot that literally made one appearance was Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon in episode 107 I believe of Arc-V. And Odd-Eyes Ragong Dragon that appeared in 125, and used only once after in the duel against Professor Leo. Those I guess Raging Dragon isn't exactly forgettable lmao

[@BjornV1994]

Dark Sage to me still showcases some of the best foreshadowing in Yu-Gi-Oh!. At first, it seems to come out of nowhere and pretty random but then you remember: it was Yugi who gave Joey Time Wizard. Why would Yugi have Time Wizard in the first place? Because, he had a combo for it, one he didn't necessarily needed to have a competitive deck perhaps but still he didn't just put a brick in his deck. He had it, for Dark Sage.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

I could never forget Elemental HERO Plasma Vice. I loved his design when I first saw it on a mega tin

[@rafuruuchiha]

3:07 what is Playmaker doing with Kite's Photon Thrasher?!?!?! I watched VRAINS but I don't remember that

[@thatman666]

It’s his deck prior to the story.

[@HunterStiles651]

@@thatman666 In hindsight, I think the story is worse off for that episode's existence. It doesn't help his case against people calling him a Gary Stu when he just rolls up with a literal, real-life Starter Deck after not having played for 10 years and starts cleaning house.

[@SoraTheBarianWolf]

vrains is a separate universe from zexal (no the 6 anime are NOT all in one timeline just because the first 3 happen to be) so whereas photons were custom made exclusively for people working under dr.faker and mr.heartland (kaito, gauche, and droite although of the 3 only kaito used photon main deck monsters) in vrains they are not custom made for specific people and just regular cards hence yusaku had photon thrasher and there was no reason to explain why he had it as it was not special in the vrains universe, this is similar to in arc v when yuri had super polymerization because arc v is not in the same timeline as gx so super poly was not a one of a kind card owned by judai as judai is not a character in arc v, (although there is merit to theorizing in the context of arc v that super poly "could" be exclusive to high ranking students/faculty in academia but yuri is the only arc v character we see use it and like photon thrasher being in vrains, super poly didn't need any explanation as to why its in arc v), its subtle worldbuilding thats shows rather than tells

[@endyenderman69]

Funny how out of all of these clay guardian the only one not printed yet

[@brandol75]

my favorite was junk warrior.yusei used it to finish his 1st and the very last duel.

[@ShayTheValiant]

Not exactly a forgotten ace, but I've always really liked Yugi's Gandora the Dragon of Destruction. I wish it had a full proper archetype and not just the 4 Gandora cards, one of which was never released in the TCG.

[@yuseifudo7987]

He did get a new form geas the dragon of destruction that supports sarchophagus of light archetype.

[@ShayTheValiant]

@@yuseifudo7987 I know. That's why I said 4 Gandora cards. Gandora, Gandora X, Gandora Giga Rays, and Geas Gandora.

[@yuseifudo7987]

@@ShayTheValiant Ah my bad man

[@wolfgangfegelein2450]

Dark Sage deserves a retrain.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

3:35 now this is DEFINITELY a forgettable one because he legit only used it ONCE in a filler episode that I had forgotten about. I even remember Elemental Hero Steam Healer being the cover card of a booster pack yet when I saw it I could never actually remember it being in the show

[@Demigodwater4]

Can you do summoning mechanics used in other series that were not the main focus (e.g. fusion in 5ds or zexal

[@misterOrca4]

Dark Flare Knight should get a modern retrain since some O.G Oldies are getting the treatment. And its official card art is so lack luster while it's anime counterpart design, was fire.

[@Alcocode]

I didn’t even know yuya used odd-eyes lancer dragon I thought it was just an odd-eyes variant card like the odd-eyes rituals

[@rainbowdragon168]

Odd Eyes Lancer Dragon and Draco-Equiste are my favourite rarely used aces. You should do Top 10 times where the characters managed to turn a duel around when they were on the brink of losing

[@silvernapper2797]

Yeah those two are really cool

[@bigfish5544]

Isn't that basically every duel protagonists are in?

[@rainbowdragon168]

@@bigfish5544 I never mentioned the protagonists

[@bigfish5544]

@@rainbowdragon168 what I mean is that this list will only be filled with protagonists duel. Maybe it would be better to do "top 10 times where characters other than protagonists managed to turn a duel around when they were at the bring of losing", although that does make for a long title lol

[@rainbowdragon168]

@@bigfish5544 There are other times where other characters apart from the protagonists managed to turn a duel around.

[@koopa8514]

i just cant forget that Yusaku summonend Gaia. Its original form was played by Yugi so when i saw that, i was like holy shit.

[@KuzumiyaRiku]

and he used 2 of very old monsters as its materials

[@MN-62782ii]

6:57 is that real CARDS? in Yu-Gi-Oh? O_O Oh wow, I'm far away from this episode in DM, so when I saw this, I freaked for a moment from excitiment, really surprise view, I need to see this episode right now. Also - it's always funny how everyone are so shocked seeing Yusei Fusion Summon Dragon Knight, even team Unicorn said that there is no data of Yusei Fusion Summon before. Come on, they had to fight way to win with Team Unicorn - Yusei gave Aki Stardust, because no one expect this, and he himself Fusion Summon, because no one expect this too xD Episodes, where they was fighting Team Unicorn was really amazing.

[@nguyenlightduy7020]

As i remember we dont have real life counter part of this card(atleast in TCG) yet. Not sure if they release It in OCG or not

[@TheReaperofHades]

Shame we never see the other Heroes uses Metamorphosis.

[@Jrey1803]

Didn’t yugi also summon that dark magician night in the virtual world arc? I remember that one as a kid but him never summoning it again lol

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

You know it's kinda weird o see yuma using a monster that dosent include dodo gagaga or that sound like a tounge twister

[@thatman666]

That’s the hilarity of onomatopoeia. And I’m glad that’s where I learned it.

[@DittoTheCopy]

that dark sage is the perfect example of fk u its anime duel

[@themantyf1116]

I think Dark Flare Knight is mostly remember not for the monster itself, but because the duel he appears in has a bit of spotlight due to it being the final fight with the Big Five and the appearance of Five-Headed Dragon. Dark Sage is in a similar position, it's the first duel between Yugi and Joey and Yugi turning Time Wizard's effect against join is a very memorable moment.

[@AnotherSWnerd]

You should do a vid like this for the protagonist's main rivals

[@tarikkash4282]

Anything is possible!

[@Za_Lup]

As a Yugi Boomer (with no hate towards the new ones, loving the Rush era) I did remember all of the Yugi ones. 😂

[@silversalamence10]

Out of these rarely used cards, the two I forgot about was the two from VRAINS. Gaia Saber I forgot Yusaku summoned and Vector Square I legit forgot existed entirely.

[@YuyaSakaki385]

I think you forgot odd eyes saber dragon it was during the duel where he fought officer 227 that was the only time Yuya summon it other than just sending it to the graveyard by lancers effect

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Got another from Jaden not a monster but the new skyscraper 2 the card he got from chumley was never used agsin

[@thatman666]

And that’s likely why Skyscraper 3 will never exist.

[@PkmnTrainerEmerald]

Clay guardian I definitely forgot about. For some reason I can't remember the first duel with Judai vs Edo that well. I'll be sure to watch it more though! I like Gauntlet Launcher. Crazy how yusaku had a photon and summoned Gaia saber. Man it was so hype seeing yusei fusion summon. I found it pretty cool whenever yugi/atem would expand an archetype like with the knights in this video or the female magicians in dsod movie.

[@Trekkie46]

A big part of these summons is the theme music in the background. Yusei and Playmaker still have the best two themes, Yami being third.

[@luckyfrog3575]

Road Warrior

[@SalazzleDazzle]

Nice Saturday morning upload

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Oh yeah, Dark Sage. The card that Yugi used because he pulled a Weevil before Weevil did it.

[@Tokuman100]

Yugi: 3 Judai: 5 Yusei: 2 Yuma: 2 Yuya: 1 Yusaku: 2

[@Double_UD]

While it didn't technically land the last attack the wildest for me is odd eyes saber dragon. It requires the original odd eyes dragon (the one Yuya had pre-pendulums) so Yuya has to use performapal bot eyes lizard's name changing effect to summon it. He only does it once in episode 71 against officer 227 in the first round of the friendship cup and then we never see it again. I genuinely thought this card was just some random support or a manga card until I happened to rewatch this episode.

[@notimeoffbaka1186]

Draco knight one of my favorites ever crazy he only has one appearance but it’s a damn good appearance

[@M3rtyville]

I don't think people will forget the triple contact fusions similar to how people won't forget Magician of Black Chaos. Clay Guardian definitively tho.

[@StrangerGamer10]

Surprised not to see Odd eyes Sabre Dragon there or even Black luster soldier.

[@yukikimura8204]

If you included movie, then Sorcerer of dark magic could be included

[@buglifesmatter]

Lancer dragon was packing 😂

[@mitchellslaughter2963]

you showed Chaos Neos and Storm Neos, but not Magma Neos (despite showing Plasma Vice, which is the same duel Jaden summons Magma Neos during)

[@GrandeBigdor]

Its because Judai used Magma Neos a lot. He used in like 5 duels, but Chaos Neos and Storm Neos he only used once

[@thatman666]

Dark Sage, Duel Logs most hated monster.

[@anthonythomas305]

Draco-Equiste was the obviously one for Yusei

[@VPalamedes25]

I feel like Vector Scare Archfiend should've been used more, I'll honestly only remember it for having such weird link arrows + being one of the few non-Fiend/Dragon Archfiends

[@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921]

1:47 what did he stand on?

[@DarkJusticeMetal]

I love Draco Equiste so much but why does it get a summon and attack animation in Tag Force 5?

[@s.e.111films3]

I'd hardly say Plasma Vice closed out the duel for Jaden. He summoned it on Turn 3, and it was destroyed the turn after.

[@victorleppas3067]

Draco Equiste is random but ok for anime standards and shows than not only Jack play fusions in the 5ds anime. And stupid question, to you did Yusei also run polymerisation when not in riding duel as Jack does ? For Dark Sage, it's just logic to me considering Yugi had both Dark Magician and Time Wizard before it isn't mess logic than Thousand Dragon

[@GrandeBigdor]

Storm Neos summon goes hard asf

[@marcelo2169]

I like the video, but maybe you should give some context while the character summon the monster, why did he need to summon another ace? Why was the circumstances? Maybe that spark some interesting in an anime I haven't seen.

[@SmashBros2009]

I hope one day Clay Guardian will be printed! Though I wonder if they would give him another way to be summoned since Metamorphosis is banned....🤔

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

4:03 AND SOMEHOW Draco Equiste doensn't even resemble its fusion materials AT ALL.

[@jordanrocha5653]

It’s probably because it’s materials are pretty generic

[@emma_armie4294]

Can someone who finished Vrains explain why does Playmaker have a photon monster?

[@applecheeks21]

God I remember One Eyed Skill Gained vividly

[@BraveBlitz]

I swear I saw Chaos Neos and Storm Neos used more than once…maybe I don’t know GX as much as I thought or maybe they stuck out so much to me that I gaslit myself into thinking they appeared more than I thought.

[@bigfish5544]

They were shown a lot more than that (notably when the Anime would make a shot of Neos alongside all of its fusions, and in promo arts) but it was never summoned more than that

[@shion1994]

A "protagonist" monster aces in Yugioh DM can be Dragon Master Knight (?)

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1873]

Which yugioh seriese ya think has the most non 1v1 duels

[@JR_Donofrio]

What about aces used by side characters mai weevil Jesse etc

[@narkreean6490]

I will forever remember black magician sage, for how ass pull it is and a cheat to literally counter joey

[@alessandrocioni9502]

One eye skill gainer its ome of the best old cards MY GOD

[@thesnesgeek]

Honestly, Plasma vice deserved more apperances. Why couldn't all of the og heroes be replaced with upgraded Hero fusions.

[@Goldenleyend]

I think Electrum is also only twice? I dont remember

[@Max-zg6ld]

i dont think these count as aces, they arent their main or secondary boss cards

[@alexcox9400]

Enlightenment Paladin and Nirvana high Paladin

[@Raptorlord241]

Yeah the only one I didn't know was gauntlet shooter

[@ahmedndanusa7446]

Funny how you never mentioned dark magician, dark magician girl and gandora for yugi

[@vagabond1845]

Wasnt playmaker firewall dragon stopped used

[@rayhayes7701]

Honestly I remember these cards

[@starry_artist1139]

Yeah I can definitely say I forgot most of these 😅 But they're still fun to watch nonetheless!! :)

[@tsunax1400]

Dark Sage was so BS. Yugi really gave his friend a monster that rewinds time, then used its effect against hi during their duel

[@kuyaboben5300]

It would’ve been nice if you showed how they won

[@Comet_373]

I remember dark sage

[@ryanbeagle7194]

You forgot odd eyes ragging dragon

[@faker3310]

Wow. Actually I remember all of them....😅 and pretty well

[@ResidentEvilWiz]

I love lancer dragon

[@PokeMasrerJ]

And isn't Clay Guardian anime exclusive? Not thst it would really matter lol pretty sure Metamorphosis is banned

[@Twin_Joker]

Yuou forgot yuseis nitro warrior

[@召命神弓]

Since Firewall wasn't on this list. So this is 0/5

[@PrincePakiso-rh2wz]

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[@the_dawn4564]

Rapid fire doo doo feces

[@jesamineali4901]

I bet i wont get 10 likes 11th comment

[@gligarguy4010]

This reminded me just how much I hate Sho/Syrus' Japanese voice. It makes the Japanese version unwatchable to me.