5 Things You Can't Do At Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournaments

[@billyh3511]

You can't have a phone on the table face-up at a tournament. If you Set your phone in face-down Defense Position, however, this is perfectly legal

[@ebox147]

Anna is a bad character

[@NoNameHasBeenFound]

I like to xyz summon my phone with my wallet on the table, is that legal?

[@kylianos3907]

@@NoNameHasBeenFound No, you can't xyz summon using face-down items.

[@paulsvensson6948]

@@kylianos3907 but what if the wallet was already face up?

[@abcq2]

you can't bring a phone unless your lock screen wallpaper incorporates the words 'may not be flip summoned'

[@retrovortex624]

Rule 6.: you can't yell "say goodbye to your exodiiiiaaaaaaa!" and throw your opponents Exodia deck into the ocean.

[@AtomicArtumas]

Technically you can, you just have to make sure no one saw it and there's no hard evidence you actually did it. ;)

[@prometheusstarr5103]

You can if you bring a gun

[@shannonzirpoli5418]

I wonder where you got THAT one

[@MicBur17]

Ooooh that’s why I got kicked out of my locals

[@sadowheart7620]

@Alex Davies pretty sure the rules say nothing about that

[@NetGhoul666]

"JUUUUUUUUUDGE, HE LOOKED AT THE TOP CARD OF HIS DECK!!!" "...but it's my draw phase..."

[@JSHaataja]

Now if you want a total BS case: Same scenario but convulsion of nature is on the field... I got fucking disqualified for drawing an already visible card because I forgot my opponets 5 minute fail otk chain had a skip draw phase card.

[@xekon14]

Joshua Haataja You get disqualified for that? Did you use the card or anything along the line?

[@farzanehk4287]

I am a God at school and I was in my draw phase so I draw my opponent calls judge for looking at the top card.

[@Figgy20000]

@@xekon14 With convulsion of nature drawing the card would allow him to see the next card. There isn't really any coming back from that and would quality as a game loss in a sanctioned event.

[@alexlandsbergs]

@@JSHaataja not BS at all. pay attention.

[@2pointSummer]

things you cant do in YGO tournaments: 2020: *attend them*

[@DarthPyrusTheVirus]

That was the sound of a collective sharp inhale.

[@camsterdam3896]

Boom

[@vrtx-mk6124]

Nope

[@danedreyer3406]

Made the joke before I fucking could

[@gabudaichamuda2545]

That's what happens when people are so retarded that they need the media and government filth to tell them how to live.

[@JABRIEL251]

If only there was a rule to bathe and use deodorant...

[@leehigh2611]

Logical Juan this is only for competitive players. Casuals know how to shower, since they don’t spend all of their money on the cards

[@FiddleMiA]

Lee High pleASE I HATE BEING IN MY LCS DURING YGO, ALL OF THEM STINK

[@TheLocalman2012]

FOR REAL THOUGH

[@JABRIEL251]

@@leehigh2611 Eh....I don't know about that.

[@leehigh2611]

Logical Juan nah fam, I’m just being honest. I’m not a casual or competitive, but when I’m at my Local game store in LA, yugioh happens before my dragon ball super tcg tourneys and those guys smell horrid. Back when I did play yugioh in high school, us “normal kid casuals” never smelt like that. A shirt that’s barely considered a shirt? Shorts that are xl but should be 3xl? Flip flops and it’s winter? B.O out the a$$? I know where their money went to, that competitive deck. No time for showers when they have all that practicing to do and those potato chips to eat to fuel their carb needs for energy.

[@isaiah8770]

Can i bring my abacus to keep track of my life points?

[@johnathanortiz991]

The card or the object used by ancient mathematicians, scholars and merchants.

[@TMW_ShadowStarr]

Isaiah only if you paint it gold and add an eye to it.

[@winddracoon]

Only a Fatal Abacus

[@SgtKickass926]

Only for quick calculations

[@theycallmeseeker8892]

I fucking dare you to bring one to your next event. Film that shit, I wanna see the judge's face when he inevitably gets asked.

[@lucykoo7859]

“Just roll a dice, or two die”. I’m so freaking nettled right now

[@RetroPillowcase]

Hah

[@Commie-Comrade]

O, death!

[@aaroncallahan119]

Wtf does that even mean. The sentence you typed out makes literally no sense. A nettle is a plant of some sort. It cant be an action.

[@verbatim7508]

@@aaroncallahan119 Nettle (verb) 1. irritate or annoy (someone). "I was nettled by Alene's tone of superiority"

[@thewanderingcreative7173]

So you can send your opponent to the shadow realm? I’m not hearing a “No”.

[@tenara-kun5979]

i mean if kaiba allowed it

[@Santeneal]

Can I trap their soul in a card and leave their lifeless body?

[@TheUrbanGaze]

What about activating the seal or orichalcos and taking their soul directly?

[@lorenzjohnjago3784]

Well just bring a Seal of Orichalchos 😂

[@minecraftWithDanielD]

One girl I dueled against at a locals tried to take my soul once. She was fun. Didn't really see her after that......

[@memorymix8884]

>using a graphing calculator capable of advanced calculus to track lifepoints in yugioh my college professors would be proud.

[@lightartist7600]

@Big O just be like I don't need one I got one in my head u can check it latter to see the history

[@fenixchief7]

College professors? Those calculators were standard in middle school...

[@Santeneal]

Nah just use a duel disk like everyone else

[@tyelerhiggins300]

Who uses a graphing calculator in advanced calculus? I'd love to program my calculator to do lebesgue integration, for whatever reason

[@Keryusupercoologuy]

"You can't show up intoxicated at a YuGiOh Tournament" You can if you're not a coward.

[@cameraredeye3115]

And then the event security whips out the breathalyzer and finds you drunk, so you get disqualified on the spot.

[@jaygardner6639]

@@cameraredeye3115 fucking coward

[@cameraredeye3115]

@@jaygardner6639 Fucking idiot for showing up intoxicated. Enjoy your DQ and subsequent ban m8

[@theSixPathsOfTrains]

I did once and came in third place rofl

[@nuurahk83]

@@cameraredeye3115 holy shit get a load of this nerd

[@connorhealy3562]

When you realize that Konami has a better chance to ban calculators than they do to ban Firewall Dragon

[@jjjjrrrr4353]

Connor Healy :(

[@sasir2013]

Connor Healy well.. Actually...

[@CryloBen]

Plot twist; Konami slayed the dragon.

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

Hahaha

[@connorhealy3562]

@@sasir2013 I know... I know.... Geez, who knew one day could make such a difference?

[@superventbros]

Ya know, TECHNICALLY Konami has never explicitly said that you cannot banish your opponent to the shadow realm after losing

[@ducklett01god]

Or use the true effects of the orichalchos

[@ReederMG]

Back when I played MTG I remember hearing that you could play with proxy cards if you had the actual cards on your person to show that you did in fact own the cards. The reason was so you could play with super expensive cards but not have to risk damaging them. I thought that this made sense. If I have a $200 card, I don't wanna not use it in a tournament simply because I'm worried about it being damaged and losing value

[@emoimo4171]

I think Yugioh used to have a rule like that. I know when I was a kid, people would use Orica cards (fake cards with different artwork, usually to look more like the show), but they’d have to have the real card with them Same for cards in other languages. You just had to have the English card with you to reference for other people That might’ve just been my locals though

[@ellechero7597]

Plastic case is a couple bucks bro. If it's that valuable you'd guard it well

[@zakd2124]

Things you can’t do at tournaments: Win with your Egyptian God Card deck. Edit: This is a *joke*. I really do not understand how y'all don't understand that.

[@Perioro]

its so harsh but true :(

[@edule1]

Yeah that's because they're so powerul they're forbidden

[@calumennis4529]

"But I beat my friends in casual friendly matches using them so they must be good in competition"

[@nohnohbody]

Unless your opponent bricks and you draw a god hand

[@rumovonzamonien]

Just play them with danger darkworld and you will be good.

[@patirck024]

I rock paper scissors to see who rolls the dice first

[@lucykoo7859]

...... What? Why? Are you... making a joke?

[@patirck024]

Lucy Koo I'm serious lol

[@lucykoo7859]

That’s just... why? It literally doesn’t matter who rolls the dice first. And if you’re already playing Rock Paper Scissors... why not just do that?

[@patirck024]

Lucy Koo eh just kind of got used to it I prefer the dice roll

[@lucykoo7859]

Then just roll dice?

[@thestormblessed1436]

If I cant have my phone face-up on the field can I set it?

[@squishsquishimafish6348]

Only if you clearly write TOKEN on it with a sharpie.

[@tylerburge1496]

As long as they don't have nobleman of crossout

[@KingRumar]

Imagine your opponent stabs your face-down phone with a fucking sword or dagger then hurls it out of the event. "It has been removed from play!" Now all you can do is hope his cell phone is also the same kind so you can return the favor.

[@KertaDrake]

Just load up a jpg of a card as the BG and claim it's a proxy!

[@JAE512]

Ramko Zhuban As long as you have “burial from a different dimension” to put it in your grave then use “Item reborn”

[@SwoleTommyPickles]

I never understood the topdeck thing. Like say you look at the top card to see if you should scoop and see you ARE going to draw sphere mode. Now you DON’T scoop? Now I’m supposed to let you continue the duel with knowledge of your next draw? How can you even attempt to believe that isn’t bs?

[@BeauxPhades]

Not to mention that if you're getting tilted about the combo half way through and are thinking of scooping, why not just wait the extra minute to see if you just scoop on your draw phase? It drives me crazy, along with the people who have to keep shuffling their cards in their hand constantly. I get that if you reorganize your cards in your hand you might see something differently or whatever, but CONSTANTLY moving them without even looking at them is obnoxious.

[@SKRUNKLES]

@@BeauxPhades b Nervous/bored during your turn so they shuffle

[@HerrNossie]

@@BeauxPhades I think that Shuffling could make sense. Like you have a bad card on your hand and can't get rid of but you want to. You don't want your opponent to know which card it is in case he activates an effect which allowes him to destroy a card in your hand or something like that. Just something I could think of.

[@SwoleTommyPickles]

@@TN-vm9db If you think this turn is do or die you may expend more resources to survive the turn but if you look at your top card and see you're going to draw an out you can just keep all your resources & hand traps because you know you can out the board without them.

[@ShuraEssays]

@@TN-vm9db if you know you can't win and you scoop, you now have several extra minutes on the clock to be able to win the next game and potentially win game 3 without going into time, and while that seems fair, it's also taking an opportunity away from your opponent. I don't agree with the logic, but I also don't think you should ever be allowed to know what your next card is. What you SHOULD do is think about what singular card could get you out of your current situation a la sphere mode or a kaiju. If your deck doesn't have an out, absolutely, you should scoop. If your deck has one or two cards that can out their board, it's your choice to play it out or not. If you have a draw spell you could get, well, then we just get into another thought process entirely. If you have confidence in your deck and your ability as a duelist, and you think you have a way to win, you probably should play it out. Either way, it's your choice.

[@matteopepe28]

"Commentators don't understand how MST negates"

[@wirwir3124]

yeah i always negate monster effects with mst lol (not realy)

[@moonstruck8505]

that's actually how I learned that mst doesn't negate. I went to a small local when I was like 10 and tried to mst negate. I was also playing 54 or so cards and a lot of other not great stuff. I'm now consistently top 8ing at my locals, so I guess I fixed things a little bit at least.

[@sburbtube6766]

it can negate that new blue eyes spell tho

[@jasonstricklin2602]

As long as the spell/trap that gets activated is a continuous spell/trap than MST technically negates because a continuous spell/trap has to be face up on the field to activate and resolve it's effect

[@abdul-hakeemrussell1588]

@@jasonstricklin2602 whoooosh

[@quintoncrewell8351]

*Sees thumbnail* can't play morphtronics at a tournament? I know they suck but you don't have to be that harsh

[@pipsieverything3195]

Lol same

[@LoLSkydestroyer]

So I know this is like a super old comment but I was doing some looking and honestly Morphtronics could probably be decent as a rogue deck. Am I missing something?

[@beanie3565]

KT Ciller morphtronics are low key underrated. I used to play them back in the day when dueling network was live and I was able to place top 100 out of the 4000 some ranked players running morphtronic OTK and sometimes I’d like to play morphtronic shooting star quasar.

[@ChefDynamic]

You also cannot double sleeve cards. I believe you used to be able to, but people started putting pieces of paper in the sleeves to bulk up certain cards as a way of marking them so it was banned

[@greedow]

Really? Ok then...

[@KingRumar]

Same for the sleeves with patterns and art on the back. People would mark cards by scratching certain details off of the art.

[@lemonworm]

wow thats why everyone uses white card backs? i thought they were just tasteless lmao. thats hella unfortunate tho i love card protector art

[@greedow]

@@lemonworm we all do. But theres always one asshole somewhere, fucking it all for everyone else

[@GRSZiik]

White card sleeves? Real men use Pink; with Frog FTK inside it :D

[@styx84]

"You can't show up drunk to a event." Me: "Hold my beer."

[@JustInCaseD]

“Sure, I’ll finish it and join you”

[@sheevpalpatine1105]

but you need that beer

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

styx84 try L5R. They actually have a draft (heh) event where alcohol is mandatory. Puking and/or passing out is an automatic DQ.

[@EzDoesitYGO]

5 things you can't do at yugioh tournaments: Number 1: Play Morphtronics

[@TEXfrowg]

Hey FUCK U, MORTHRONICS ARE THE BEST DRCK IN EXISTENCE!!!! THEY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST 50 CARD COMBOS IN THE GAME!!! Waaaaaaait......

[@schooleyman]

I remember this 1 particular friend who would proxy entire decks to learn the deck before dropping money on them. (I mean real nice color photo copies and everything everytime.) I was running a casual tournament at our library that he came to. He had lost the deck he was using and asked if he could use a fortune lady deck with some proxies. I reluctantly agreed and after the tournament wouldn't you know it right after the tournament his completed deck was found. I dismissed it until I found out some of his proxies were just cards he made up... tl;dr people cheat and the rules are there for a reason.

[@HatTrex]

Sounds like bullshit

[@schooleyman]

rex like I'm making this up or he was lying? Because if the latter that was kinda the point...

[@deaththekid201]

Using proxy to test a deck before buying it is fine just don't use during tournament

[@KingRumar]

How about the hentai proxy cards on ebay? Can we just use those? Surely nobody will say a word when DMG comes on the field.

[@GRSZiik]

Of course they would - but knowing most YGO players, those words would be "why does she have weird growths on her chest?"

[@oskyrim6411]

1: have a shower

[@AJUniverse]

Hey dzeeff, did you see the latest ban list? There's somebody in the forbidden section that I think you'll be happy to see there.

[@_tking]

I'm pretty sure the official rule book says to use rock-paper-scissors

[@simplysteve68]

Troy K, yup, but how about this scenario: Judge: We use R/P/S to determine who goes first. Player #1 shows Scissors, Player #2 shows Rock. Judge: Player #2 goes fir.... Player #1: No, they don't, I do because my scissors are "Enchanted Indestructible Scissors"! Player #2: I won the right, by virtue of my "Pharaoh's Anti-Magic Acid Stone" which dissolves your special scissors. Player #1: Not before I put my "Rock Covering, Paper Trap" over it! Player #2: oh yeah? Well, I used my "Super Shearer" to cut your trap to pieces! Player #1: oh, no you don't, bec.... Judge: I declare both disqualified, get out of my tournament!!! That's if they followed the anime way of playing Yugioh, wouldn't be able to get past the "who goes first" bit! 😝 Lol

[@leehigh2611]

If players try other means such as rolling dice, I instantly call for a judge and try to get a win due to them violating official rule book rules.

[@HerrNossie]

Seriously? I can completely understnad that people don't do that cause it has something to do with mind games

[@_tking]

@@HerrNossie "Play rock-paper-scissors or flip a coin. The winner decides to go first or second in the Duel. For your next Duels, the loser of the previous Duel decides who goes first. If the previous Duel ended in a tie, determine who starts first in the next Duel with another coin toss, etc." Page 33

[@leehigh2611]

Troy K I ignore the coin toss. It gives the option so both must agree. We either sit and waste time ending in a potential draw or they Rock Paper Scissors me.

[@BS-gk2cb]

As someone who has been to 0 events, I have the authority to say that this video is entirely wrong. Everything. All of it. Experience has taught me, at least at the last YCS that I didn’t attend, that Dzeeff is credibly a fraud.

[@nimisisblademedia866]

Lol

[@saulkid7232]

Thank you for your testimony sir

[@thegreatkylini]

I went to a local once and I think so too

[@TOOxPHONKEE]

Lmao

[@overdamygoitamore1677]

AHAH lmao

[@eliasgonzalez7998]

Many regionals let people use their phone apps for life points. However, the head judge always clarifies that if there were to be a lifepoint dispute, he’s gonna side with whoever has written proof (pen and paper). At least the regionals I’ve been too all do this, they don’t ‘ban’ phones.

[@flake-e5245]

Why am I watching this I play magic the gathering

[@Aorpheat]

Same, but I used to be heavy into Yu-Gi-Oh maybe seven years ago. It's interesting checking in and seeing if the same problems exist that made me stop playing. (They still do.)

[@drazi3356]

Same. It showed up on recommended. I used to play yugioh before the whole "our cards now look like power rangers all had optimus prime's baby"

[@adamwolski8450]

Mtg is big shit

[@modernminded5466]

@@Aorpheat well most of these rules aplies to mtg as well.

[@melikechoc0]

And I used to play MTG before I realized they're never going to find new themes for their art, lmao. MTG's art all looks like they failed to be in a Renaissance art gallery.... cmon, it's a different art style. Many people that play YuGiOh prefer the clean art style over the painting/watercolor style that MTG has. Not to mention almost all MTG cards share one theme, high fantasy.

[@thenerdytiger9306]

Write on a card with sharpie?!! The collector in me had a heart attack

[@mistreviews]

When I was middle school, I actually did this because we had an annoying gang of card thieves. I still remember missing one of my Harpie ladies I marked with a star, and years later saw it in a card shop's commons. Great for a laugh, but not for value 🙃.

[@rasnirat]

1. Play magic cylinder against dzeef 2. Play chaos max against dyeef 3. Say that dzeef isn't a pack opening channel

[@hoppyman11]

4. Not Dark Bribe Dzeef's Upstart Goblin

[@squishsquishimafish6348]

Man, the rule about not having cards that aren't a part of your deck really gets me. I always carried around a Headless Knight card in my deckbox for good luck since I first started playing. Glad you told me about that rule before I got in trouble for it.

[@Dr4gonDestroyer]

SquishSquish ImAFish You can always write "TOKEN" on it

[@GeneralVan]

Things you can’t do: Actually play the game because Firewall Dragon

[@nikhilstephen]

Its banned.

[@CryloBen]

I come to you from the future, one day later, Firewall has been slain.

[@FunkBastid]

B&

[@br0wn676]

Well do I have good news for you

[@chrisbelair5916]

I BANNED IT NOW!! PRAISE ME!!

[@terrellfair9812]

Make sure you link your heart to the cards at any competitive event

[@Octo4533]

Yeah. Don't forget to -rig your deck- bond with your cards.

[@Lorens4444]

...and Yata Lock the opponent. XD

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

1: have fun 2: stick to your old cards 3: be creative 4: find respectful players that won't bend the rules as far as possible 5: win

[@yoursempai.7556]

Was

[@jesussknight4918]

Joan Aguayo Planell How event players are forced to believe because of Konami. Number 1: Tournaments are all about winning Number 2: Condition rules. Either perfect mint or unusable garbage that’s it. Number 3: Meta Deck or get out! Number 4: Every player rule sharks (I couldn’t think of a better one.) Number 5: If you don’t give up your preferred deck for an expensive or degenerate deck.

[@criesinpoor1725]

I feel like yugioh player isn't creative anymore. THEY USE THE EXACTLY SAME DECK

[@vintersjelmorksorg7741]

@@criesinpoor1725 I'll show up and destroy bitches with my Chronomaly deck.

[@totallynotzokix11_mc21]

We've found the salty casual!

[@f5673-t1h]

3:02 "you can't have a phone on the table face-up... you must set it face-down in defense position"

[@arturfernandes101]

Dueling with someone for more than 5 turns, aparently

[@McpcLands]

That's actually sad. This game really needs to be slowed down

[@SatanicWren]

The game often goes over 5 turns actually....

[@vintersjelmorksorg7741]

Shit....sometimes it takes a player 10 minutes just to pull off one combo ffs.

[@exstreamise302]

I edited this comment because I don't want to be wooshed.

[@shadowtheimpure]

I stopped playing right around the time the fusion deck started being called the extra deck. The game stopped being strategic and being 'who gets the turn-1 kill' and I don't have fun with that kind of meta.

[@Mauricekaip]

Using proxies is like using rental Pokémon. Use what you have. Edit: I only look at my top deck during friendlies. And even then it’s only when we are testing decks. It’s a matter of not wanting to waste time. But no, I would not allow my opponent or myself to do it at an official tournament. It’s information that hurts both players.

[@nimisisblademedia866]

I have a proxy.😂🤣😂

[@wjefoiafjalfkjadfjk7045]

Using proxies is nothing like using rental Pokemon.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

@@wjefoiafjalfkjadfjk7045 Using Proxies is just like using Rental Pokemon. 1. They're not used for any type of play except their own exclusive facility. 2. That facility consists of exclusively rentals. 3. Proxies would really only work for testing purposes or casual play in Yugioh, not for tournaments.

[@wirwir3124]

By my "local" proxies are allowed outside of a tournament. But only for cards that your already own and just have in another deck.

[@stonalisa3729]

I genned my pokemon when I played VGC. Took so long to breed and train

[@Corrupted]

Yo I played like 10 years ago, whats a token card he mentioned people need write to on?

[@angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474]

Those are the cards that the rule book say that you can use a piece of paper to represent them. For example if you use Scape Goat 4 monster spaces are used on your side of the field. You can place a piece of paper there to show that they are there.

[@VSDeluxe]

There are also real tokens. Even back than. Grey Cards with some Monster on it. Remember the spellcard Scapegoat? All of the t Monsters are tokens you will get in your field. There are Cards for these.

[@jrbirdman7491]

Wanted to thank you for making this. Personally found it very informational. I'm about to attend my first tournament November 7th and am nervous of looking like a noob or someone that has no business of being in a tournament to begin with. Thank you for this video! Liked and subscribed.

[@yorithadon4513]

But dzeef, i show up intoxicated all the time...

[@nimisisblademedia866]

Me to. I even bring my vadka and drink it at the table I play at. No one bats a eye.

[@1001011011010]

Public intoxication is a legal violation in various areas. In general one should always attempt to be sober minded and reasonable.

[@wjefoiafjalfkjadfjk7045]

1OO1O11O11O1O You must be a lot of fun.

[@1001011011010]

@@wjefoiafjalfkjadfjk7045 Indeed, I can be!

[@TOOxPHONKEE]

Same

[@donvalentino9822]

4:00 Rock, Paper, Scissors is lowkey my go to and I had no idea that was a thing

[@stonalisa3729]

These are stupid to even think of doing in the first place. What's next yelling Restart and reshuffling your opening hand?

[@KingRumar]

Asking your opponent politely if you can redo the draw or borrow some of their life points

[@yoMamaKV]

"sad duellinks sounds"

[@stonalisa3729]

Emil Schiller forgot about that skill

[@OGCxDaizy]

Someone tried to chain bottomless to my jinzo and asked me if they could undo it once I explained why it didnt work. I said sure kuze I thought I would win. I lost to the bottomless lol. Lesson of the day:HAVE NO MERCY. THIS MISTAKE WILL BE YOUR LAST!!!

[@Kaneki-hk5io]

The only thing I can't do Is winning :(

[@wirwir3124]

Just get a T2 or even T1 Deck that you like to play.

[@Kaneki-hk5io]

@@wirwir3124 it's just a joke ;)

[@Saixjacket]

I will show you de way to winning

[@nohnohbody]

@@wirwir3124 That be expensive usually

[@wirwir3124]

@Nohbody Important It depends on the Deck. Ba isnt so expensive or Altergeist. Really Expenisve are today sky Striker and of course Thunder Dragon. The Rest you could get for 200 or less without Ash and Imperance.

[@cheshirecats6974]

"Dont use proxies" *me who just bought proxies earlier this day

[@nathanreid2457]

Regarding the proxy rule, my brother was playing ritual beast and asked the judge at our locals if he could use three proxies and the only reason the judge said he could was because the actual cards where in the mail

[@leehigh2611]

dzeeff you should do a video of the top 5 things that should be a rule for competitive yugioh players. Basic hygiene practices, bragging about their scores on yugioh pro, getting angry if you ask a question about a card you don’t fully understand because they now have to take time out of their day to “explain” something, finding newer players who don’t know much, find their best cards they have pulled from packs and trade them way under value knowing they can get away with it. Now mind you, these aren’t ALL competitive players, but a decent amount of the bunch. Would just be interesting

[@jeromeschattin7673]

Hey dzeeff, I returned to Yu-Gi-Oh! now after 6 years. It's so impressive how difficut the game is now, maaaan. You are making so good videos man keeep gooooiiin !

[@kylianos3907]

Half of these things were really useful to know, thanks a lot. The other half sounded so obvious, it made me wonder how people can even argue against them.

[@kechidonick]

Nice to see the "commenters don't understand tournaments" video.

[@coolbrotherf127]

They should just ban anyone who uses a Firewall Dragon OTK.

[@ticluna5295]

theacp127 it’s banned :D

[@TheRicardobtc]

Wish granted... well, the dragon is...

[@asdflkawj2165]

Well boy it's your lucky day

[@DavidZakuzaRyutashi]

You're in luck

[@cameraredeye3115]

Don't worry. Firewall on the banlist means no decklist containing it will be accepted. Players that sneak in a banned card or two get an automatic DQ when they're found out. Depending on how bad it is, they might also get banned from my locals for a year.

[@maximiliandemarco5869]

One I learned recently that I’m not sure I agree with is, you can’t write down information from your opponent’s hand or deck if you get to see them by a card effect of some kind. I don’t really play competitive YhGiOh but I do play MTG competitively where this is perfectly fine and common. Could someone explain why this is a big deal in YuGiOh?

[@Dzeeff]

It promoted slow play when it was allowed

[@maximiliandemarco5869]

dzeeff I can see how that makes sense, but that still doesn’t really distinguish between different games to me. Couldn’t it promote slow play in any game? Or is this more of an issue of the community? I guess what I’m trying to get at is, what uniquely makes it a problem in YuGiOh? I hope this confusion doesn’t make me seem ridiculous or come off being dumb. Just trying to understand a bit better.

[@Dzeeff]

I'm not well versed with Magic, but moreso than any other card game I've played slow play is most prominent in Yugioh

[@wirwir3124]

Yugioh is compared to MTG very very fast. Killing your opponent in the very first turn or losing before you had a turn is very more common in Yugioh. This year its exceptional extreme in that matter. You have in a tournament only 40 minutes for the entire match. So writing for 2-3 minutes in the entire Match is a huge deal.

[@maximiliandemarco5869]

WiR WiR that’s always made me think knowing your opponents hand means less though knowing that the games don’t last very long. Where as having information allows you to plan for several turns ahead in MTG.

[@Shiegao]

Number 1 you can't steal people's cards some people at ycs Pasadena forgot that

[@menekenkack]

Things that are against the rules huh ? Sooo summoning a bunch of monster in one turn ?

[@Wannabechefguy]

That's called "Special Summoning".

[@frankwest5388]

menekenkack actually there are multiple scenarios where summoning multiple monsters in one turn in this game can be considered absolutely legal.

[@tesseygo]

U-link

[@TheHandsInc]

(In the pink panther guys voice) "Good Juan."

[@runningoncylinders3829]

It's not even "Special" anymore. It's more normal than normal. Normal Summoning should be called Traditional Summoning, and Special should be called Extra Summoning.

[@FawkesB1989]

I went to a local card tourney once I was eliminated pretty quick, and started playing casual games with some of the other eliminated players, and I decided to (with permission of the other player) show them my blaze cannon reload deck concept which did use proxies, and some kid came up and tried to get me in trouble for using proxies. Once it was established that it was a) not a tournament duel and the deck I had used for the tournament was completely legal, and b) both players looked into the proxied cards to ensure accuracy and allowed the use of the cards in a casual duel, the whole thing was dropped. The player to whom I'd shown the deck to was actually super interested, as he hadn't heard of the that deck type yet, despite his having destroyed me in the tournament using a constellar knight deck, I think? Fun times.

[@lindenskywalker6881]

Only time i look at the top card of my deck is when i lose. Just to think “what could’ve been” lol

[@Lorens4444]

If it's a gamechanger - you'll feel disappointed. If it's not - you'll feel even worse. Sometimes it's better to never know. Took me a while get rid of this habbit. XD

[@akbop3749]

You cant show up intoxicated. I can. And I will.

[@HyperCrush4life]

Lmao I thought not allowed to use proxies would be common knowledge. Theres always that one scrub who asks if he can proxy a playset of ash blossom, as well as raigeki and monster reborn though

[@ZenoDLC]

What if your opponent takes your card and throws it into the sea in the middle of the tournament?

[@Steph-sk3xb]

“You can’t show up intoxicated at a yugioh event” I use my functioning alcoholic effect. I can show up over the legal limit at any event and appear somewhat sober 5 times a week.

[@GamerCainey]

Something I think is important to include is take backs. Newer players are always the ones who try to take moves backs or change what they searched after theyve already done something after or if they get mirror forced stuff like that. That kind of thing is fine for testing when youre learning to play around certain cards sometimes but its considered cheating as obviously neither player has all the information at any one time and must read all the cards in play. Itd be completely insane for takebacks to be allowed at events.

[@weberman173]

tbh.. the only Takebacks that need to be allowed are ones that require you to search something from your deck.. you most likely wont remember all the cards you havent yet played and if a Card requires you to search a Certain card and that card isnt in your deck anymore... you technicly could not activate thec ard and thus you never activated it as far as the game is concernd and you would go back before that card was played

[@22shadowfreak]

So question about the deck box point, if a player has a duel deck box, one with 2 slots, is that also against the rules?

[@Dzeeff]

Correct

[@BeauxPhades]

It's a pain to clear out a dual deck box just for an event, but when I took mine to events I put my side and extra deck where the second deck would normally be just for organization purposes.

[@byssted]

​@@Dzeeff When it comes to that "no extraneous cards in deck box" ruling combined with the no-proxy ruling, would it be fine to have something like cards from an entirely different TCG (like magic lands or pokemon energies) as tokens in your box? Stuff that you obviously could not slip into your deck and try to pass off and play. My only completed deck is Fluffals and it doesn't have any tokens, so I haven't needed to know up to this point, but if I make another deck I may. If not I can just use dice I suppose.

[@noahtackett6264]

@@Dzeeff wait, so I can't even use my dual deck box to only hold one deck and have the second slot hold extra card sleeves?

[@charlescooks9360]

@@noahtackett6264 you can

[@errir4042]

🥴 Me using the McDonald's Yugioh cards from the Happy Meal.

[@scottjohnson9672]

I remember years ago at a regionals tournment in Detroit. I was wearing a "I love hot moms" shirt. The tournament organizer told me i had to remove my shirt. So I did and when he realized i wasn't wearing a undershirt. I was told to turn it inside out. That was great.

[@Brohoodius]

I feel like that intro was unnecessarily long to get over 10 minutes😂

[@adeade3978]

OMG THEY ARE EARNING MONEY FOR THEIR WORK! HOW COULD THEY!?

[@SAiLORmARs08]

@@adeade3978 No one said that. And I agree that the intro was unnecessarily long. Might as well have kept the intro short and add another thing you shouldn't do at tournaments. More content and not fluff to justify being paid as a content creator.

[@Helmutschmackr]

Never heard of the thing about looking at the bottom card for who goes first. My first tournament was the London YCS and my opponents were nice enough to correct me on the "not having other cards in your box" rule, as opposed to sharking me for a game loss.

[@Kevin-kg7ok]

Had someone try that look at the bottom card thing for the first time on me ever at the philly regional last week and i was baffled. Every place ive ever played just did dice rolls up until that.

[@leehigh2611]

Kevin hopefully you weren’t rude to the individual and just let them know you don’t believe that is how it’s actually decided and would like to use a method such as a dice roll instead?

[@Kevin-kg7ok]

@@leehigh2611 i asked him what the hell he was doing and when he explained i just told him to reshuffle. If he went for my deck i would have called a judge but since he didnt no need.

[@leehigh2611]

Kevin I feel calling for a judge would of been a bit overkill UNLESS you explained once that isn’t how the game works, and of course like you said made him reshuffle. Then it’s fine.

[@Zthewise]

my friend and I did bottom card for friendly duels until we figured out some archetypes will just go first no matter what that way.

[@CryloBen]

@@Kevin-kg7ok Shit me too. Call the judge. Take that L. We used to do that casually at school mostly because it was quicker than a coin none of us had or doing RPS for 5 minutes.

[@teamluckyrubberducky8638]

So glad your doing videos like these it helps a greater majority of players and appeals to a large audience. No matter what people say i support you and your channel and have for a very long time (since space mambo and before). Keep up the good work hope u hit 100k subscribers :D

[@CezaMVO]

So what you’re saying is that I can’t rip my opponents cards to automatically win?! Wow Yu-Gi-Oh has gone down the drain

[@TheIncinerator12]

with how many times he said "maliciously" I'm surprised no destiny heroes were mentioned

[@robbthy]

Things you can't do at tournaments: Be a commenter and understand

[@RobWSS1]

I went to my first YCS in london last month, was great experience! Played thunder dragon dino, went 5-3, and met Sam and Farfa.

[@just_a_tepig3611]

Good to know, just got yugi and kaiba starter decks and I'm going to use them to dominate at locals, I even got exodia in the yugi deck!

[@kursna]

Some of the things I hear about going on at Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments seems super mind blowing. Mainly play magic and I can't imagine somebody looking at the top card of their deck in a high level setting unless they're a very young child who doesn't know better. Tournament dq or match dq if the judge is feeling especially lazy that day

[@edwardwilliams6354]

Top 5 things you can't do at YU-GI-OH! Tournaments Number 1: Summon Firewall Dragon

[@Capybara1997-o1l]

I just took the judge test. There's been a change since this video came out, about phones. YGO/Konami has a specific YuGiOh life point calculator/app. You ARE allowed to use this to assist with calculations. You still must keep track on paper, but you ARE allowed to use this app (and ONLY this app) on your phone at the table during a match. You can find this on this PDF: img.yugioh-card.com/en/gameplay/penalty_guide/YGOTCG_Policy_v_2_1.pdf On page 17, section E about Neuron.

[@ratchet1freak]

Why would bottom deck peeking to decide order ever be a valid strategy? First of it's biased based on which cards you have. Sure it's impossible to build a good deck from the 'a' list but you would always be able to decide turn order. And it reveals information so if your best card is at the bottom it cannot be drawn unless you had to reshuffle or it is searched. Both players know that and can then play with that information in mind right up until you need to reshuffle.

[@Coboxite]

Knowing what kind of deck your opponent is playing is way too much of an advantage, and keep in mind that this happens before you even know who's going first. If I see a Mekk Knight at the bottom of their deck and I get to decide who's going first or second, I'd make that player go first every single time. Or if I see a Burning Abyss monster, I'm going to make an Abyss Dweller.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

It is a fun casual thing to do. When my friends and I duel using table 500 decks we like to check the bottom card. Not at tournaments though. Pro tip: Don't try to beat Earthbound Immortals with Penguins

[@afish2281]

I remember the first time I messed up by forgetting to check the ban list. Kirin was used against me in a tournament, I get Kirin, literally the next day it's banned and I didn't know. Luckily they understood and let me swap it with Oblisk and continue the duel.

[@jamesyoung2428]

I have a question DZeeff: can you use those officially licensed double deck boxes at official tournaments? Or just stick with a single deck box?

[@wesleycantrell332]

Haven't attended my first local or any other sort of tournament but still good to know rules

[@DirkLasermaster]

Playing mtg with my friend: Me: "Hey can I use proxies for this playset of cards? (Liliana, the Last Hope) Him: "No." *Spends 120 on singles* Motherfucker has his own Liliana Proxies

[@GreycatRademenes]

Here in Poland I remember that if you were using other catds as tokens you ideally should write it on the card with a marker. I recall that one judge warned that if you have unlisted cards in your deckbox during a deckcheck he can use a permanent marker on those for or you're disqualified, you choice.

[@Jaimeyoo]

Work at a brewery and I showed up intoxicated once to a Yugioh tournament & got 2nd Place lmaooo😭🍺

[@joaopedrolisboa3499]

That's lovely. Your mom must be proud.

[@dustinburr2426]

Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments are some of the most fun I've had fr. That was back in 06-07 so IDK about recently, but every one I went to was a great time with an awesome energy and just genuinely good people that all really loved the game.

[@TheAdal36]

@DEZEEFF I’ve dueled against someone using proxy’s and even though I knew it’s not allowed I wasn’t sure if I should call them on it because I didn’t want people to think I’m just a shark and doing it cuz I was gonna lose. Locals are more just for fun for me as I play casually but i still feel like we should be playing under the same rules.

[@siri4040]

Well at my locals proxies are allowed. I mean not an entire proxy deck but like 3 proxies are ok and it must be an important combo piece.

[@claraladuelliste5769]

the reason for not being allowed to use proxies is probably just because the probability that they have the exact same weight and such as real cards is really low and that could easily change the way the deck ges shuffled

[@CryloBen]

There's probably a million reasons... figuratively.

[@KyanbuXM]

That and it's a fake card. And thus isn't allowed.

[@blazrrr-4082]

Gotta love those daily Dzeeff uploads 👌

[@quasi-stellarcatastrophe4555]

Leo- I summon morphtronic smartfon. Konami- wait, that’s illegal.

[@danield.2998]

You can't attend tournament intoxicated? Poor Dave.

[@HeroesNights]

You can't show up at a tournament intoxicated YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER

[@idothewiggle]

"They just roll a dice or two die" 4:50 This is top tier troll

[@Dzeeff]

As an English major I always get great fun out of misusing die and dice just to mess with people

[@RedMage8BT]

You can't show up "intoxicated"? If that includes weed then a lot of people I know blatantly break this rule

[@Awzn123]

0:40 I show up high all the time

[@worldme8153]

Carlos Corona same lol not to tournaments as it impairs playing but for fun hell yea😂

[@Awzn123]

World me well once you get your invite

[@syckouchiha306]

I can only play this stoned as fuck

[@theofficialk.a.m...p4760]

The artwork is so nice baked like a cupcake...wake bake , now "it's time to dddddddd.. dude did you see my post I shared about the iguana in Alaska?

[@vegatdm]

When I ran a gaming shop, yugioh players showed up intoxicated more than every other TCG we supported combined.

[@raikazuchi2516]

How does one find out about things like locals? I'm sure there are communities and such online, but any insight besides just "Google Yugioh tournaments near me"?

[@Dzeeff]

There's a tournament store locator on the official Yugioh site, but that one only covers official stores. When I travel I usually just Google "yugioh tournament City Name" and see what comes up

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

Go on Duelingbook. They have the "tournament locater." Just google the places it lists until you find somewhere you want to go.

[@DC_Joker187]

Honestly just look up card shops or comic book stores in your area. Just go in and ask. Usually what I do.

[@IngwiePhoenix_nb]

Look for shops selling TCG cards, or use search terms such as your town, and "yugioh turnament". This is how I found my shop/community. o.o

[@acheron1872]

Went to one local advanced format, and that night I almost quit playing yu-gi-oh. Even when I go in just to chill and play other games with friends I see it and just feel like it’s super alienating.

[@xPharis]

#1: Have Fun

[@anghbalahr2971]

Aha hahaha hahaha...you mean having fun at tryhard-con? XD Good joke

[@darkrules1]

I've shown up intoxicated and high. Makes the duels much funner and realistic

[@bubbo2745]

You can't play at events is the #1 rule

[@charlescooks9360]

what?

[@onihyabasa6230]

I'm a little amazed on how magic box shakes its question marks when I shake my phone forward and backwards

[@John-qu3no]

The phone rule is probably because of that one episode when yugi was dueling the jinzo guy and his brothers were sitting on a tall building with binoculars and feeding him intel

[@Lorens4444]

Joey?