Ancient Wisdom to Win in YuGiOh! | Improving at YuGiOh #2

[@williamfan6646]

It could be a good youtube series where you kind of test for us and walk us through the things you're looking for while testing, the trends you talk about. Or maybe even a series where you summarize the common trends of the popular meta decks.

[@monkeyman100000]

love how once you started KZbin its like a legit Pro youtuber finally showing us the good stuff! I love all my other yugi-tubers (TSX1!) but hearing from the man Jesse Kotton himself!! An actual ycs champion... It is gold!! :D

[@williammarshal4043]

sam only told you this is insane, wow, its like cheating please don't scoop. jesse's about the fundamental on construct winning on top of the current metagame, he give you the thought process didnt necessarily using same card and strategy, but the thought process when building a deck that leads to championship winning. its just different kind of lesson learning session, no ?

[@18nightc322]

I really liked the trends breakdown section, as a master duel only player I had limited understanding of a lot of what you said, but was good. Personally I'd like a lot more videos with this level of expertise describing "Ok so you're going up against this type of board, what are the likely dangers, and what are some of the options for beating it." For popular decks. Obviously you can't have every kind of option, but even getting options out would be useful to get the thought process rolling

[@ethanhopper2467]

Amazing video, super informative and well-thought out! One thing I don’t think you mentioned (but maybe implied?) - I find that the best way to get better at in-game decisions is to try playing the decks you’re struggling against, not just playing against them. Whether it’s borrowing a deck from a friend, jamming games on a simulator, or even just running a couple test hands, it really helps. You understand why certain interaction points are effective, what possible lines they could have. You understand the deck’s weaknesses better. You get reads on your opponents. Playing against a deck enough will get you most of the same experience, but playing with the deck in addition speeds up that process significantly.

[@brianpak]

this may be the single best video you could show to an intermediate player who wants to become a good/great player.

[@nevod.]

It was a little confusing to catch on at the start but the longer the video went the more I understood the way you explained everything. This was an extremely informative and useful video, especially for folks like me who are looking to get serious in the TCG. I do hope you keep making videos like this because they're an absolute treat each time. Keep up the good work!!

[@loadding3160]

I was waiting on this one! I really like how you broke down each match-up, I think the idea of trends is great. Something like this but more general may be good, like "control decks typically have these sorts of tools, mid-range decks have this and this how I would approach these match-ups." All the videos have been helpful so thanks for all the information!

[@90sduelist83]

When I tell people " I don't mind them playing, I just want them to make the less optimal play" I always get that 😮 face. Every game is a grind game when you build correctly.

[@AI0LOS]

love the video, would love to learn more about other topics, like deciding what to side deck, and analyzing the meta in wherever place you play to adjust your deck to that.

[@chrismcdonald6079]

I like what you said about net decking. Not just dogging people that do but explaining that you can’t always understand the original reasons for the ratios and how often they wanna see specific cards

[@Shinde425]

This stuff is gold, please keep making them

[@MagusArtStudios]

my favorite way to test starting hands is the YGOPRO deck editor and the shuffle function. Look at the first 4-5 cards to determine the brickiness and function etc.

[@BigDeckBoy]

Well said, Jesse! We need more content like this from yugioh pros. The DB visuals also really helped.

[@ianthefifth7790]

Big thank you, as always! I love the Art of War quote at the beginning. I figured you'd have read that before! It's a must read for everyone.

[@johank3007]

really like these types of videos calm & explained well

[@metalmariomega]

Knowledge checks are a big deciding factor in many matchups. The more you know, the less you need to read, the less time you need to spend on tricky interactions.

[@chrisshorten4406]

Watching this, you made me realize that maybe I don't need to run 3 Snowdrop in my pure Rikka deck on MD, since it's built differently from my irl deck.

[@andreasschlager2640]

Great video, love the series. Could you cover how to develope filters for cards to determine if they are good or not and how to determine if it's worth it to include it in our decks? Your deckbuilding content is great.

[@yugicool]

Why I'm i just finding your channel? I will share this channel to my yugioh peoples. #SniffGang!

[@kidbrave_7673]

Key advice: Play test your deck a lot. Look up content on KZbin for different perspective and look out for repetitive lines of play from decks and learn how to counter them with your deck. You got that and you’ll win granted you open with the right hand.

[@sawyercooke]

I think this is my favorite series! I also think you explained it well

[@Acornion.doodles]

Side note: your background music is always so good!

[@tedds21]

Definitely a difficult topic to explain, yet still good job on trying to explain it as simple as possible

[@Dinkle0706]

wow i love jesse kotton thank you jesse kotton

[@thefinalskarm1754]

When I was genuinely considering getting into the pokemon online scene (before they cucked my keys) I had a list of matchups, how I w/l, errors I'd made (my favourite one being, lost to prizing both ADP'S), Should've used Mawile GX etc. I was able to identiy win cons (Boss's Orders, basically you force something into active), though I won't pretend I was the best on the math sense and definitely had the wrong mental state for it (Got mad after losing in ladder to 2 1/1 lines which is highly improbable) as for some yugioh, I found myself needing to withhold killing my opponent while I found the way to lethal during brandeds infestation while they were under dream angel as opposed to outing the dream angel immediately and suddenly being unable to OTK based on a HT from my opponent.

[@whiteshadow2535]

My guy, don't apologize for quoting Sun Tzu! Such a man could never be tacky. Many thanks for the video, it helps alot :D

[@drjaybee8615]

When you're talking about all of these examples (like before you showed your Burning Abyss deck), it would be really cool if you were showing them at the same time (maybe prepare video replays to voice over). Loving this series btw

[@NeyoGaming11]

Jesse with the knowledge, thank you

[@edwinmartinez3309]

Thank you sensei wise words. 🙏🏼

[@Kuribohdudalala]

Sun Tzu quotes are kinda nice NGL

[@mostdefinitely7536]

I love summoning a dino token with lost world against Kashtira. Sometimes my opponent will try to crash into my monsters with it and I’ll just protect it with lost world to go plus 😂

[@beboptcg8534]

Love this content. I would Like to see a video on how to practice for fatigue or burnouts in long tournaments whether it be bad beats, stress, exhaustion. I know a lot of players can find success in case tournaments, locals, regionals etc but once they play a ycs/nationals something with more rounds or longer days it gets rough.

[@Mel_ygo123]

Solid learning theory, explained so well!

[@yugiohTeamONI]

It would be nice to have a section with deckbuilding, especially how to build the side deck

[@Kylereeves13]

Master Duel can be good practice, but I really like playing with the physical cards because you can really slow down and run through all the "What If" scenarios.

[@DemisedDill]

So basically…just play swordsoul. Thanks Jesse.

[@zekiel2533]

Swordsoul best deck!!

[@therealrealwizz]

Agree

[@kidbrave_7673]

Haha, facts. Swordsoul is nice nice! It literally does everything. 😀🙌🏽 Don’t sleep on the bystial engine with the deck. I’m still running that and it and it slaps despia, spright, dark world and a bunch of other decks since it’s an open format.

[@therealrealwizz]

@@kidbrave_7673 what ratios

[@kidbrave_7673]

@@therealrealwizz I run 3 of magnamhut and druiswurm. That’s more than enough. I also run 3 nibiru, ash and imperm which makes it 15 handtraps in the main. Sounds overkill, but all you need is regular tenyi and Swordsoul card to end on and bunch of interruptions from the bystial monsters, generate handtraps and your regular 2 synchro monsters first turn.

[@bbzoznova]

I am your number one fan

[@AndrewF430]

hopefully I’ll see you at a ycs one day

[@Jeffet629]

1. Find the out 2. Play to the out

[@skylightts2292]

You can tell sun tzu has been overused when you already know who the quote is from a few words into it lol.

[@N5elix]

Wise words Kotton!

[@yugicool]

Thumbnail is perfect btw. Maybe a karate pose next time? 😆 🤣 😂

[@humphreydeguzman7485]

At 4:18 you say "Iron Mans", what are those?

[@GjemliKallinn]

its a 3v3 where 1 player goes at a time until 3 players of either team have lost. the 3 players play as one so its usually higher level play

[@unforgivenoblivion]

i first thought we were going to sing a sabaton song here lol

[@ld2k408]

‚Talks about how to be a better warrior and duelist‘ - also please use the code Potato10

[@melissawhalen1648]

Wind waker music just hits different

[@mattcornell3264]

The real question is why the BA no die?

[@snuggstcg]

I often find trends when i lose I misplay and then misplay again 😂

[@drynnbavis]

a/v sync on this vid was kinda bad, not sure what happened but feels uncanny lol

[@galthram6099]

Some review of replays would be nice

[@doffle6106]

I could see Jesse hosting a yugioh podcast with TSX1 and MBT

[@90sduelist83]

I like how his videos are kind of podcasts vs. Content.

[@babrad]

Or even better with Pak and Joshua

[@11Zodigy11]

Can you create playlists for your topics?

[@lolgargi4313]

Hi, reacting kinda late on this one but you said that you've learn a lot through Ironman ? I was wondering what was that (a format, other ?) because I'm tryharding the game right now and i really want to improve at playing to maybe one day top at an event so if anybody know, can you help me ?

[@Pleia_Ds]

Here’s the real question: how do you balance helping players while knowing it’ll make it harder for you to top at some point?

[@Niskrr]

The trick is being South African. That’s how you win duels.

[@elliotgreen3203]

how to make cleverer choices instead of standard plays

[@theredspirit9215]

Neat

[@darklaw7635]

SIDE DECK PLEASE. ITS BEEN DECADES AND PEOPLE STILL DONT KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY SIDE OR PICK THE RIGHT CARDS TO SIDE

[@bdbsbdbdbdbd4508]

Just stack.

[@jeremyfrederick4629]

Spoken like a true yugioh player lol

[@hussmanmasterduel]

2 ways to improve in YuGiOh, just draw the out and believe in the heart of the cards 🙃

[@cornonthebob4208]

I wanna play yuh.

[@therealrealwizz]

U a g

[@craigbowerman6122]

First