All these words… FOR WHAT?

[@adamquenano8563]

I swear these effects are here to make sure the players can read

[@docb8712]

Cause you know.... [Reading is fundamental.mp4]

[@docb8712]

True facts

[@osblarg]

I’ve already made a vow to never read the ancient warriors cards and these fall right there with them if I find someone playing them online I’m just gonna let them do as they please.

[@TheTrueLeafless]

@@osblarg Endymion standing in a corner: "Splendid"

[@DarkCT]

@@TheTrueLeafless shoulda went with Aku going "EXCELLENT!"

[@masterofchaos7282]

Can’t wait to see how Trif explains how these are the most broken archetype of all time that makes infinite negates with 1 card

[@uyoass]

He called them "24 pendulum extenders" on Farfa stream today

[@thomasbitmail7937]

as i can see, there is really only like 1-2 negates, that you could get on board from the generic stuff, because the archetype itself is more "control" focused i would say. So packing out negates like some combo decks do, ain't really gonna happen until they get a negater themselves.

[@AkagamiTcg]

Yeah that sounds like something Trif would do lol. Then he would go into explain why if electricmite wasn't banned these cards would be the best cards in the game lol

[@goldenarmour7975]

they look good imo

[@TobikunOuO]

@@AkagamiTcg electrimite is getting an errata.

[@Nightbird-67tm]

I like how we went from Generaiders being an rpg boss rush inspired deck to Valiants where you basically play a board game with your opponent.

[@DarkSymphony777]

or league of legends, just replace column with lanes

[@VCXZ883]

Reddit post pointed out the archetype has Fire Emblem influence, which explains the weird attributes, since in FE, blue units are yours and red units are the enemy's. I was really wondering why the guy with a giant, flaming sword was WATER, now it (sorta) makes sense.

[@ScionStorm1]

I hope we get more Valiant sets for EARTH and WIND attributes and a couple more field spell options later since they only have two but they don't list their opposite field spell by name.

[@herotacticianmiles1698]

@@VCXZ883 when you think about it, it kinda makes sense? All the Water monsters have classes available in FE, Fates specifically. We have Ninja, Sniper, Bishop, and swordmaster (no idea why the level 8 that fusion summons looks like it was based of Roy of all people but I digress) meanwhile almost all the Fire monsters look like they wear heavy armor. And armored bosses are the most common in FE. The column changing effects are referencing how the movements are done, but in a more Yugioh way. As for the level 4 effect specifically, I’d like to think they based it off a Sniper holding a Killer Bow, which has a chance to crit, that’s why the half atk effect exists.

[@Sagamanz89]

I think the archetype as a whole is based on tactical turn-based rpg, like the spellcasters represents Fire Emblem and the machine could be either X-COM or Advance War

[@dspace4514]

The two Field Spells give me Dream Mirror vibes.

[@victorsandeen2694]

Good vibes or bad vibes?

[@emokniet]

@@victorsandeen2694 bad

[@IP2CxHistorian2]

@@emokniet lol proof that these ppl dont even play or pay attention to the game 🤣

[@emokniet]

@@IP2CxHistorian2 to be fair their double field spell isn’t as bad and dream mirror cause realistically you can only play the water ones.

[@VtuberTimestamper]

Player: "I'm playing Valiants." Opponent: "I'm playing Meta.deck!" Player: (gives opponent field spell) "Nah, you're playing Valiants too." Opponent: ".....Wait what?"

[@cameronphenix2096]

**USSR Anthem** _Our_ deck

[@slimehermit]

This is the decks game plan. Very unique. Stop playing your deck and play mine! I hope for a Flood gate in the first wave of support to negate all card effects except "Vallent" cards.

[@mekudu-man3804]

@@slimehermit I am exited for mirror duels

[@CriticalChaosx]

Valiants: a deck to share

[@TobikunOuO]

@@slimehermit well with the fact that eletrum is getting an errata I highly doubt that

[@vaughnrudy8084]

Its been too long since we've gotten a pure pendulum archetype it looks epic

[@HappyVtuberFan]

Solfachord werent that long ago

[@DarkCT]

@@HappyVtuberFan thats how memorable they were. sorry, still annoyed with them.

[@IP2CxHistorian2]

@@DarkCT your feelings do not negate truth...OP was wrong...simple

[@spacewizardpip1111]

Endymion, Solfachord, Abyss Actors, Quliforts, the juggernaut of Performapal Magician, Odd-eyes.

[@XmortoxX1990]

IKR

[@Advent3546]

I don't know if I'll play this archetype but that artwork is absolutely aces.

[@Hella_Animations]

Only tabletop rpg players will be able to utilize this well

[@ScionStorm1]

Bakura would be totally down for this.

[@ryanmcconnell7410]

i actually really like that they have scales but aren't designed to funnel down a rabbit whole for a whole pend summon mess, gives these guys some original legs to stand on while using the mechanic. i'm about it

[@EeveeReturn]

Kind of like *Metaphys Decoy Dragon* or *Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon* except applied to the whole archetype rather than being a singular unique card.

[@nightshroud9671]

@@EeveeReturn It bothers me how Metaphys and Counter Fairies only have 1 Pendulum instead of at least 2.

[@roguedecksonly5014]

I love that while pend summoning is definitely very possible, it's not necessarily a necessity

[@madjester9844]

This is a deck that uses pendulum rulings as if they were crystal beasts. Genius

[@roguedecksonly5014]

@@madjester9844 wait... Imagine using that one field spell that summons from the spell and trap zone with that new trap that searches a field spell and a Crystal beast by banishing it's self from grave

[@SproingBoing]

So they effectively made "What if Mekk-Knight, but Pendulum?" and made pendulum summoning their recovery/toolbox mechanic when their boss monsters get popped. I can dig it.

[@NikoAmii]

The title has me dead, that’s exactly what I was thinking

[@xbot02]

I was so confused by the 2 CLEARLY different themes going on for these cards, but then seeing the art of the field spells it all made sense

[@christopheraponte306]

This is actually the most detailed review of these cards that I've seen... bravo 👏!

[@kicker19539]

*(godzilla had a FUCKING seizure trying to read these cards.)*

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

It’s like if you took Alien Infiltrator’s board moving ability and Kaijus intended gimmick of replacing your monsters creatures so you can smash kaijus with your other kaijus (and recreate the movies). It’s pretty cute considering they seemed to be based on table top war-games type things but man that’s a lot of words.

[@emperorjack8946]

I swear it's like reading a essay 🤣.

[@YuseiTheSynchroHero]

We're really gonna be playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Table RPG IN 2022, huh? Well... guess _that's_ a thing! And just LIKE a Table RPG, there is gonna be a lot of reading. And we ALL know that Yu-Gi-Oh! players can't read cards. ಠ_ಠ

[@PrScandium]

You can consistently get pend monsters in any Spell & Trap zone, which means WE HAVE A THIRD PENDULUM SCALE, LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

[@BaldLover]

The dedication to read all these effects is much much appreciated,thank you Drew I couldn't do it.

[@triplethree4331]

To play this deck, dont think it is a normal YGO duel . For short, it change the game into a turn base table top strategy game. You can recognize from theirs fields artwork. It has a panel for 'control' . - the field change the rule to made each player can play the board game. Witch has 2*5 slots to play. - each cards can move 1 slot. - all cards come into play trough the P.Zone. So... just play it like a board game lol.

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

Just yesterday I was on the subreddit, and after accessing the translated page about these cards, I read most of their effects in your voice, DP.

[@tomfranck8821]

Why are Ninjas and robots fighting? Are they fighting? Are they supposed to be video game teams of something? I'm so confused by this artwork

[@mekudu-man3804]

its Japanese from the past and da futurrrrr

[@thatman666]

Tabletop RPG

[@HowlingDoom]

Moba I think

[@TheRoseReaper]

It's XCOM, but humanity only has Samurai and Shinobi.

[@MrHerbertbauer]

you already know triff is gonna go crazy about new pendulum cards

[@weedleisopcute3626]

PEND BEST DECK LET’S GOOOOOOO

[@GoneJuwan]

@@weedleisopcute3626 *beard dandruff proceeds to fly everywhere*

[@JonBc14]

oh man this is what I like Drew. He condenses everything down to the meat and cutting the fat....and then memes on us 🤣🤣

[@mrshadowcristal]

You know, it seems like a novel deck idea, its a fun concept if nothing else

[@kokp]

I just read the notification and I already know what he's talking about😂🤣

[@dynomite9524]

God these guys are just jank incarnate and I am LIVING for it

[@weedleisopcute3626]

*D-Scale flashbacks* (Moving the monsters between adjacent Monster Zones)

[@rustedmoss]

All the people complaining about card effects being un-original (even though there's 10,000 +cards, so of course some cards are gonna have similar effects): Here's your archetype. All other archetypes after this one are downhill from here in comparison to this thing's absolute wackiness

[@MrTmb64]

Their mechanic is extremely unique, but very fun

[@dgds2254]

This archetype sure made a knot with my brain.

[@MoldMonkey93]

Starting to notice that Konami is making a lot of archetypes either have the same attributes and same types or different attributes and different types to avoid people using Super Poly as much.

[@KingLazy93]

That ending clip never gets old.

[@danilofracoi]

The art is lit!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@u.a.perfectace7786]

Quantity of card text over quality once again. Time to put on some reading glasses! At least they are trying to go for a unique style of play. Has potential for the D/D/D style of IQ you need to take advantage of Valiants.

[@zachherskovitz6162]

I really like this archetype and I think the effects are neat, can’t wait to try them.

[@Carlitonsp1]

Every now and then I forget why Pendulums are under supported, and then I see the essays on the cards. "I REMEMBER NOW!"

[@JonFord]

Look at those paragraphs.....

[@somerandomweeb4836]

Every year these card effects are becoming more and more niche

[@Thanks_is]

i kinda love it ngl makes everything more fun and interesting to me :D

[@namenlosNamenlos]

@@Thanks_is katt Williams: damn sure is.mp4

[@nicopootato2330]

At some point all the words on the screen just meld together and I don't even know what I just watched

[@utfrts39sk]

So their mechanics are: 1)Specialing from the Pend Zone. 2)Rolling dice. 3)Using multiple Field Spells like Dream Mirrors 4)Moving to adjacent monster zones. 5)Fusion with Pendulums. Like... How do they EXPECT this to work? Each 1 of those mechanics would be more than enough for an archetype on its own. This is an unfocused mess that can only function if they get a sh!tload of brainless consistency boosting.

[@BlackBeartic229]

Idk but it looks fun af LOL. I play Valiants? YOU ARE ALSO playing Valiants LOL. Jokes aside though I think the more streamlined focus is to gain advantage by moving the cards and then going into their fusions. (Optimally with both fields up). The rolling dice and coinflip effects seem more like flavor to me. Besides, they're already better than Solfachord. Mostly cuz konami weren't being a bunch of scared toddlers when designing their effs just cuz "PENDULUM HAHA".

[@picklemccool4079]

Actually the dice is only on the fire lv 6 valiant and the water lv 4 has a coin flip effect so I don’t think you can really call it a mechanic of their

[@johnnickfanaccount3492]

@@BlackBeartic229 Idc about the coinflip because the effect for it is bad anyway, but the dice roll one is definitely relevant. 1/3 of the time the effect does nothing

[@omikura]

They only need to gave them a quick change of zones

[@BlackBeartic229]

​@@johnnickfanaccount3492 Neither card is super vital to their gameplan. And the coinflip one is far better than the dice roll lmao. Between the 2 coin flip effects there is literally only 1 "bad" outcome and the second set of coin flips has the potential to be a quick effect if their support down the line gives them SS2 column moving. The dice roll effects aren't even needed. You get an RNG based psuedo search that can whiff and a 2/3s chance to extend. Meanwhile the rest of the deck has a searcher and can extend without RNG

[@Melphisto_]

This deck is absolutely getting a dual structure deck product in the coming years.

[@claudiofanelli3759]

A structure deck like this would be a nightmare for new players due to all the text

[@ether2275]

I'd be down

[@degeneratefest]

@@claudiofanelli3759 *laughs in the endymion servants structure deck

[@doubl2480]

There's only two in-archetype ways to move monsters from MZ to MZ and these are the level 6 caster and the level 2 machine. No, the fusions don't count, they're REALLY HARD to get in the pend zone just for that. 2Mach and 6Caster are HOPT, can't move themselves, and there's 8 things you want to move to get their effects including themselves. God, usually I refuse to say too soon if an archetype is bad, but unless the 13th card revealed can move monsters, you have to play freaking SENET SWITCH in that deck to make it work. SENET SWITCH.

[@Ryuujin721]

Lol, looks like you predicted it. Senet Switch is a honorary Vaylantz.

[@edwarddrewitt6407]

I'm still waiting for that Asian you're all free now guy to punch the wall old school followers of this channel know what I'm talking about

[@ScionStorm1]

I had an idea for a field Spell like this but for Trains.dek it was called Inroad Railroad and could be activated in your opponent's Field zone if you controlled Revolving Switchyard.

[@GreyVictory1510]

Thats also a cool idea!

[@metastabillity8991]

I already discovered an OTK with them lol. They are the modern Chain Material OTK like destiny end Dragoon was. Use material and gate to summon 2 of each Fusion. Use the spellcaster to put a monster to the backrow for burn. Use one of the machine Fusion for another burn. Then use the archetype field spell to bounce another guy to the spell trap and the second machines eff to burn since he's not a hard once per turn. Then you can use the 4 of them for 2 superdreadnought for a bonus 4k to top it off lol. Not consistent but doable.

[@issjgohan8488]

I found you~~~

[@ColorHeroGamingPINEAPPLES]

:)

[@TobikunOuO]

The deck loses to a single ground collapse...

[@metastabillity8991]

@@TobikunOuO never said if was good. Heck I even said it's not consistent. Also who even used Ground Collapse any more?

[@galaxyburst7208]

They turn Yu-Gi-Oh into a Tabletop RPG and I love it. Don't know how practical it will be, but the theming is 10/10

[@osblarg]

These feel like a whole different game

[@louaidz1929]

I really like the concept of this archetype

[@ericedwards9799]

The art work for some of them looks cool I wonder what rarity they will be

[@Sergio-le7nz]

Pendulums. I’m not surprised it’s an essay.

[@pridentelishants3701]

Ohh yeah so I played with it when you place a card in the spell/trap zone as a continuous spell it’s not actually a pendulum monster and doesn’t get its effects and you can’t special summon with it 👀 you need to activate the new spell var’ that searches for the field spells 2nd effect. When it’s banished then you can place the fusion in the pendulum zone from the face up extradeck which is why viscount isn’t very good unless you have the ninja which is wayyy to circumstantial for my taste…. But keep in mind this deck is harder to play it’s not always as easy as read the card with this archetype…. You have to play it to really get it

[@munchrai6396]

I do like how open ended these effects are because being able to special summon monsters from your backrow is a mechanic seen not only in Pendulums, but also in Crystal Beasts, Vision Heroes and a couple of other monsters. Though, I am curious if that actually works or if Pendulums are the only cards that are still counted as Monsters in the backrow

[@TheTicatic10]

Anyone else missing the fact that when a card in the pendulum zone is moved out of a pendulum zone its no longer treated as a pendulum card and get's its pendulum effects? Like, yes they count as a spell card when in the pendulum scale but scaling a pendulum is different then just having a pendulum monster in the S/T zone as a spell.

[@blackmark2899]

The archetype made something as useless as Senet Switch an actual option to activate effects. I'm actually impressed they made me think of that card as an actual option.

[@StardustDragonZ]

Wut it do tho?

[@blackmark2899]

@@StardustDragonZ Senet Switch? Just target a monster on your field and move it to another column.

[@JamesSamson487]

I have 3 copies of that. Maybe I will pick up this deck…

[@StardustDragonZ]

@@JamesSamson487 Concidence? I think NOT

[@elijean-baptiste3122]

Imagine if they had Link Monsters too. Castle Link would be viable as well

[@CryHavoc12]

I love the idea, look and design of this deck. I will win locals with em.

[@fatjontredhaku388]

Mekk-Knight support? I have a feeling this going well with Mekk-Knight oooo columns!!

[@rivashanmolefi7326]

The artwork is insane 😱

[@zzz-king-awakening2936]

Pendulum monsters with THAT ART work! Fuck it I’m making this shit work regardless

[@cameraredeye3115]

All dat *T E X T* for what? (UhUhUh...NothingThat'sRight.mp4)

[@threeprongedfork7061]

It seems like you would run one of each of the field spells and then like zombie world and use set rotation? So your opponent doesn't get to activate effects that might help them?

[@dragonjames4500]

the title is every recent arc type in a nutshell.

[@yolohulan2837]

Now that's a pendulum when you look at them its just wall of text not one but two wall of text

[@darkrider8428]

Feels like paradox brothers in a nutshell

[@4horsemenoftheapocalypse58]

It's cool we're getting more Pendulum ED Hybrids

[@sun332s7]

Oh no people have read to play these

[@xebenatrosxeracroft5178]

What set are these cards in? I assume a set we dont have yet, unless it's already out & I somehow missed it, been trying to get any Dragonmaid & Swordsouls I can get, which at this time is all the spells & traps, but NONE of the damned Monsters.

[@gdvlogz6089]

My god The amount of words

[@A.C_B.]

Konami is making sure that we don't forget how collumns or pendulums work.

[@kagemushashien8394]

You play this archetype, you play a RPG: Shinonome is the Healer (but blue) Saion is the Damage Dealer (but green) Hojo is the Tank (but red) and Nazuki is the support I think. Also Valiant means to show and have Courage and Determination.

[@kylenguyen7371]

Honestly, these monsters gave me more of an OverWatch vibe. Two teams, each with their own home fields. Heroes vs Omnics.

[@arjanzweers6542]

A pendulum archetype that can't pendulum summon...unless you jump through some hoops

[@slowmo5186]

Nice, an archetype that instantly loses with one card: Ground Collapse

[@darkdjinniumbrage7798]

Lmao that sounds funny as fuck

[@donnyvo2626]

Sooooo… is anyone going to mention how Saion looks like Hanzo from Overwatch? (I didn’t want to, but I didn’t see anyone mention it at the time of posting this.)

[@partyrock4144]

Do you really need to pendulum summon in this if you can already dump your entire hand on the board with the pendulum effects leaving your pendulum summon open for summons from the extra deck

[@nikolasleonard119]

I'm simply surrender or throw Mystic Mine when i see those effects 😂

[@ashemabahumat4173]

Oh shit. A _dice effect._

[@joseantoniogomezrodriguez1724]

I made a similar deck in custom dueling book with effects that activate when moving lol. Finally i can put them in Ygopro with the new code for this effects.

[@pietrobrattico9272]

Ayo this archtype seems really cool

[@CrashHeelin]

The awaken of Pepe 2.0 is upon us

[@dakotadoyle7573]

"At least the didn't give us any shitty ass traps." Watch the rest of the archetype be all traps

[@jofx4051]

Adding Spirit Pendulums with Scale 9 could help you spam easier plus return themselves to hand

[@brathering8644]

I don't care how good they are, they have fucking style

[@Shadowx157]

Awesome video, great work

[@RxAxIxNxBxOxW]

They look very cool and seem to be very very versatyle! I´m excited to test them!

[@TobikunOuO]

A single copy of ground collapse fucks the deck over hard lol

[@maysachan9921]

@@TobikunOuO but who play group collapse nowaday beside Ojama player LOL

[@Noxara]

I think the reason they don't have any spell/traps is because there effects allow them to more anywhere on the field.

[@whirlysquirrely3368]

It's so the opponenet won't wanna read the cards so you'll have an advantage

[@therealcroman]

Everything these cards do could have been done just as well, if not better, with half as many cards with half the amount of text. Konami is obsessed with overcomplicating the simplest effects and smashing multiple single cards into 1 card while simultaneously taking the novel idea for a single card and dividing it across an entire repetitive archetype. It's so stupid. Also, this archetype is going to be top tier just because your opponent will never read or comprehend anything you are doing, and when the game inevitably goes into time from both players trying to decipher the game states, BURN!

[@MrSharp14]

All Fire Force fans seeing "Shinrabansho" 👀 🔥 😆

[@ragnacrossx4047]

I really wanna try this deck out it's a cool idea and the artwork looks pretty neat

[@sentasuS049]

You know what Valliant are missing, a couple decent traps

[@griffgoldsteinreference]

Honestly I feel like this is an Archtype that has a lot of potential IF you got like a PhD in Yu-Gi-Oh. The average player ain’t going to have a good time with this - the deck functions like a tabletop rpg on crack

[@_nicoperaa_4339]

There are a lot of Words to remember haha

[@Mitochondria281]

The true win condition is that opponent doesnt read the cards

[@fakydfakefake9515]

FLIP: Target 1 monster on the field; destroy it. In 10 Years we will still remember what this card is, but none of these.

[@swallow_skyla3602]

holy shit lol

[@cameronrobertson9800]

You literally just do the regular pend stuff and then use these as extenders from the pendulum zone. Not the worst but not the best either

[@BlackBeartic229]

Something that bothers me about this archetype (and it's not even the archetype itself) is how people are reacting to it (gonna show some examples followed by my response) "OMG they only have 1 scale number, but why?" - Because it's not meant to be a pendulum summon archetype lmao, it's clear y'all are too used to pendulum good stuff garbage. "These don't have the same impact as Endymion, Qlis, Pepe" - Yes because these are well designed and those weren't. NEXT "How am i supposed to play this deck if i can't mash it with good stuff pendulum" - Maybe read the cards and you'll get an idea? Like I ain't saying this deck is gonna be meta but people are writing it off almost exclusively cuz it's not a poorly designed mess and actually has an identity outside "throw this in with a bunch of pendulum engines and make the same board every pend deck makes". I personally think konami did alright with this cuz unlike Solfachord you could scared they weren't scared to have actual pends with good effects. (Pre Solfachord there is no way we would've gotten a deck that is essentially a bunch of OPT Curtain Raisers) And it shows that the good Symphonic support wasn't just a fluke. We'll have to see what later support they get and if they'd ever become meta relevant. Either way they look fun lmao.

[@TobikunOuO]

Uhhh Granduke is ass.

[@BlackBeartic229]

@@TobikunOuO Nobody mentioned Granduke and you're wrong either way lmao. And it's totally not like we have another fusion in theme or anything even if that was the case or anything

[@destinedfumbler]

If you put the machine field spell on your opponent's field zone, would blowing up your own cards count as being destroyed by your opponent's card effects? Potentially cheating out dumb stuff with Waking the Dragon?

[@ScionStorm1]

I think it technically would...

[@iBloodxHunter]

No, just tested it. I think it doesn't work because of the way it functions. I think what it's doing is the same thing that happens to field spells when you replace one(after the change a decade ago.)

[@iBloodxHunter]

It does trigger Artifacts though.

[@herbertparlari5799]

I hate that if you look at the field spells' art there are 2 up arrows, indicating we're getting 2 more field spells

[@endeavor1299]

Perfect title.

[@The_Nerd_King]

And I thought endymion had a lot of words!