Can I Get Into Plat 1 With CRYSTRONS?!

Hardleg tries to see how far he can get on the competitive Master Duel ladder with just Crystrons.
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#hardleg #yugioh #masterduel
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Initial deck idea
3:30 - Pulling Cards!
4:47 - Deck Version 1
5:20 - Vs Invoked Eldlitch
9:48 - Vs Skill Drain Eldlitch
16:17 - Easiest Battle So Far
16:46 - Deck Version 2
17:04- Vs Cyber Dragon
18:57 - Deck Version 3
19:25 - Vs Cyber Dragon AGAIN
20:58 - Deck Version 3.5
21:58 - Vs Pendulum
26:58- Vs Drytron
30:00 - Deck Version 4
30:27 - Vs ANOTHER Cyber Dragon
33:51 - Vs Ancient Gears
39:01 - Deck Version 5
40:01 - Deck Version 6
41:08 - Vs Pure Eldlitch
45:20 - Invoked Shaddoll (The Musical)
47:41 - Deck Version 7 (The Serious One)
52:44 - ANOTHER GODDAMN CYBER DRAGON DUEL
56:39 - Vs Rikka???
58:24 - Why are we Putting in a Mana Dragon Zintron???
1:00:52 - Deck Version 8
1:01:35 Vs Time Lords
1:05:23 - Vs Dark Magician
1:20:55 - It's Been A Long Road...
1:22:11 - A Properly Timed Ash
1:23:35 - Vs Sky Strikers
1:27:06 - Final Ranking
1:28:31 - Deck Statistics
1:29:28 - Patron Shout-Out
1:30:40 - Next Time on Ladder Climb...

[@qsnitch3342]

Came for the crystrons. Stayed for the nations of the world.

[@XTempestBuster]

BASED LIST! Thank you so much for carrying on the legacy of "what's a turn?" The deck

[@saninorochimaru2]

Our turn now deck

[@Otzkar]

Based and crystal pilled

[@tombrakey6022]

Wait till floowandereeze joins master duel... that’s when people gonna hate this statement

[@rachelmiller8127]

The communist yugioh deck.

[@RickJay13]

​@@tombrakey6022 do you still think so?

[@Piggly8w8]

Really loved your rendition of The Nations of the World. Thanks for making my day Joe!

[@HardlegGaming]

I'm just glad memorizing that song in high school finally paid off.

[@A.C_B.]

Seeing cards like Halq, Isolde or Electrumite being played in their intended archetype is weirdly satisfying. Playing more cards in decks with garnets is actually pretty good, because it reduces the chances of drawing the garnets.

[@edb36mar]

Electrumite worked so well in its intended archtype it made the deck almost a meta contender because it could almost do all the things magicians could do..... However at that point magicians already existed so just play magicians and it's less of a headache to pilot.

[@chaosbug7]

Watching this early, and now being able to comment on it; I think this is a perfect way to fill the void of What a Deck. The edits are entertaining & we get to see the thought process as you continually update your build throughout the month as you climb the ladder. Crystrons were also a great deck to start with. Not only is it an underrated archetype, but for older fans, they know its your flagship deck too; so it’s a good jumping on point

[@thatsthamove]

I got into plat 5 with gladiator beasts. Praise me. So many drytrons, so many eldlich. The horror

[@kindklan8020]

idk those are pretty bad but that one tri lyrilusc deck and live twin are harder to deal with imo

[@alfian4653]

@@kindklan8020 Tri lyrilusc first turn board is indeed scary but they aren't as good as tri zoo going second. Live twin is really bad in master duel because they don't have their link 4 yet.

[@nguyentandung42]

@@alfian4653 yeah going second without handtraps against birds is just pure hell, I really hate that simorgh also protects the thing it summons from being targeted

[@user-sw3od5pb2d]

1:20:44 damn sometimes I forget hardleg can actually sing holy Crystron best deck.

[@loganwest4899]

Cvit being amazing at editing as always

[@seanwall2846]

Hes pretty goated

[@supermintsoda743]

"Your turn? Don't you mean OUR turn." -Crystron Citri probably

[@UltimateBurstLP]

Absolute shoutout to Cvit’s editing which absolutely compliments Joe’s humor and made this so much fun to watch

[@Ruby_Mullz]

This is a much more entertaining series than What A Deck in my opinion. The editing is really entertaining too. Even though it’s once a month I would consistently watch this!

[@LazinessInPerson]

I'm absolutely LIVING for the musicals in this. Already looking forward to the next one

[@swishersnaaake8208]

This is great. Fell in love with Crystons in Duel Links, where they were meta for over a year before they got slaughtered on the banlist. Now we can play them again. Thanks for showing how to build a good deck on a budget.

[@niendumb]

YES A CRYSTRON VIDEO!!!!! I love playing them on Master Duel and thanks to you I now have some new techs to try out :)

[@mysteriousstranger6367]

Imagine actually playing Halqifibrax in its home archetype and using it for cool synchro plays on the opponents turn. I couldn't imagine using it for auroradon combos that everyone is tired of or link setups that could get multiple tuners banned.

[@mykellwillits3495]

While I realize this is more intensive and expensive, the level of production just on the opening is really strong. I appreciate the editing solely for quickness and I think you still did a good job explaining

[@HardlegGaming]

Thanks! :D

[@naturion4118]

Wow, that Dark Magician duel was a damned fever dream

[@GeargianoXG]

Now that I watches the full thing: This was great, enjoyed every second of it. Seeing your deck going through iterations is great, it just shows how much thought you have to put into making non-meta deck work, especially in a best of one setting. And some of the duels were really intense, like that Dark Magician one towards the end, I was at the edge of my seat :D

[@MrGeorge1Kin]

If you do the thing and you do it right and your opponent doesn't screw you over: it works, it just works

[@santaisajalah]

Amazing content! From the deckbuilding including the thinking behind card choices, each quantities, and combo possibilities till the galaxy brain play! Again, i cant say it enough, great content mix with great personality

[@d15t0rted4]

Awesome way to open the new series! While I didn’t think what a deck had to go and definitely didn’t want it, I love how you’re still using random decks; and cryston is a pretty cool way to open an main. Great job!

[@DevonVoixVO]

Just straight up giving a like just for the perfect rendition of "Countries of the World"

[@cynicalswordmage4591]

Whoever edited this is on another level

[@HardlegGaming]

That would be Cvit! Their channel is in the description if you want to check it out :)

[@lineker8466]

The Dark Magician duel was a beautiful thing to watch

[@MattAnd]

This is great! Especially to know you’ll be doing it with different decks. It could be nice to have an explain the combos section, though that would obviously depend on the deck. Otherwise a great vid, looking forward to future ones!

[@krullachief669]

I just watched a man belt out the countries of the world off the top of his head. What a goddamned legend.

[@No_Plays_Hand_Empty]

This was really fun! Hyped to see more episodes of this in future :)

[@markmiengo9503]

Brother, you and your editor got my respect. Thanks for keeping this 1 hour video interesting until the end. Hand-off to Mr. Editor and Mr. Hat you all are talented

[@MatterTheCause]

Omg this is so entertaining. Tip your editor for me, it's gold

[@KuroeNezumi]

Nice to see a good new show from Hardleg, and that Cvit is well and doing amazing editing work for Hardleg after the Chaos Draft S2 opening.

[@martinnielsen2470]

Not that I've seen the video yet, but if anyone can, of course it's gonna be you. Awesome effort. Love that you managed to get that far and hope you enjoyed the journey as much as we enjoyed the show. An amazing start to our new What A Deck and can't wait for more :)

[@munchrai6396]

1:22:46 Hardleg pulling out all the Jedi Mind Tricks IN SONG. You will surrender. You want to go home and rethink your life

[@tommysuter4053]

While swapping the hats was entertaining, I can no longer imagine you in any other hat. Also I am eager to see how well Crystrons do, makes me happy to see you started with your favorite archetype. Edit: now that I have finished the video would be interesting to see how the decks Master Duel price compares to buying the deck on like TCGplayer or something. Also nice editing there Cvit made it really enjoyable to watch.

[@gersubdenis6724]

You absolutely need to keep track on how many coin flips you win when deciding who goes first. It is honestly the greatest indicator of who will win the match and it is important to keep track of it to see how good your deck actually did. If you win 50 of 100 coin flips and proceed to win about 50 games than you actually did worse than if you only won 20 coin flips and still got 40 wins, you know?

[@HardlegGaming]

I've already recorded a lot of episode 2, but I might just do that for episode 3

[@DemetrisBarnes]

I'm a huge fan of the crystrons. They are definitely underrated.

[@netcat22]

I absolutely love the editing. If this is the spiritual successor to what a deck, I'm more than satisfied!

[@HardlegGaming]

:D Glad to hear!

[@thatdidact7893]

Fantastic new series! The spirit of What a Deck lives on.

[@jacobdevers4701]

Yo, I wasn't expecting such high-quality editing in this video, but this is nice!

[@2short4gravy]

Holy crap the editing in this one!!! Great work!

[@simonotaku]

Okay the nations of the world memorization was IMPRESSIVE

[@snowconesyrup2698]

Hell yeah time for the Crystron video! I've been looking forward to this!

[@sadisopod4333]

Edits are top tier, super entertaining vid

[@yurei3714]

Nice editing Cvit!

[@orochimochi905]

It seems to me as though the question "Can I make to to Plat 5?" has the same answer as "Can I beat Shaddolls?" Since the rest is lower tier jank or DM/BE players.

[@Badbufon]

love the new style, top notch content.

[@infiniteshay8660]

I'm liking this, hardleg. I was really disappointed when whatadeck concluded but I think this is really nice and I'm happy to see the quality of editing has increased with this new age of hardleg gaming : )

[@AvariaDemon]

anyone who can sing the nations of the world without making a mistake is awesome that was amazing! great video and cool deck

[@chromosomeking114]

Love the editing

[@CrowsCalling]

Love thus style of video. The editing is great.

[@nekroz_of_super_dora3477]

13:38 Hell yeah, the old west salesman said my thing!

[@robbietruss3856]

45:53 That was perfection!!!

[@LunaTheUmbreon322]

so this is the new what a deck? this is going to be fun :)

[@az7433046]

22 seconds in and Im dying already. Really missed your videos Hardleg. You're honestly really funny.

[@alexanderuckert1316]

That's the content I want to see, more tryhard climbs with fun decks.

[@blackmark2899]

What a day this is! To see Halq be used in its home archetype and using its second effect. Never thought I'd see the day.

[@XCATX25]

Omfg he knows the entire song and he can increase the speed too!

[@ajbroaj2881]

I’m trying out Crystron Adventure it’s working out pretty well You can get a free bounce back to hand with the token And a free level 7 that can be used for synchro or negate Also I’m playing White Howling which is a good way with Crystrons to get rid of those pesky spells

[@vampireraef]

You convinced me to subscribe with that nations of the world song

[@linkmanplays]

Not gonna lie, I actually played the crystron deck quite a bit in MR3, in paper, and loved the hell out of it. Sadly once MR4 came out it made the deck kinda tank hard, with the exception of Halq's release. And my inability to pick one up due to them being so expensive and my want to play paper waning. It's great to see you playing them, and I might give them a pick up on MD.

[@adolphnathan]

I built your old turbo fridge deck on master duels and it is so much fun to use on here.

[@mill_ania]

Those fucking vine booms when talking about Mathmet and some other key pieces being UR and SR. Love it. Also, ngl, this long form kind of highlight is fun to watch, imo.

[@bgammax5842]

This entire time I thought Citree was a turtle, turns out its actually a little friend

[@olliha3935]

Nice soundeffekts and background meme music 👌

[@XCATX25]

I imagine leg still edits his own videos, and the dance wanted to represent exactly the grey alien dance meme

[@andreasdasda4382]

Hope that be a series

[@YumeBoi]

Yooo that's a nicely edited video, pace is just right and memes are fun. Really good job. Also the list is cracked and I wish it was more resilient to 2nd turn in general but it is what it is, last time crystron got a good support it was the end of tuners Curious to see if the gemcount will reset monthly or if it's a sum of every climb/every transaction hardleg makes even for his personal decks

[@HardlegGaming]

Gem count will reset every month. I'm trying to figure out the cost of each deck.

[@XmortoxX1990]

I knew you'd try with Crystrons first since they're your favorites.

[@hunterbrandt7800]

I made a crystron/dinomist that was really fun. Having the dinomist engine gives a bunch of free non-tuner summons and targets to pop that immediately bounce back to hand.

[@HardlegGaming]

Neat idea!

[@murpl1462]

"sometimes you win because your opponent loses" It do be like that sometimes

[@R3dbul7]

You eventually took out Mana Dragon Zirnitron, but if you still want a level 6, consider Psy-Frame Driver alongside Gamma of course. Gamma's a decent handtrap at SR, and Gamma can even summon the Driver from GY in fringe scenarios

[@TheDragonfireblade]

please someone clip that whole heart of the cards bit, it was great.

[@ParmMannREBORN]

*sees a Neos* Neo Spacian Platinum is gonna be a hell of a video

[@butlerknight8107]

loved the video

[@NoelYoshi]

wow man I gotta say, while I like your content always this video / video style is especially good. thoroughly entertained visually and substantially. good shit mr leg

[@Nero017]

Subscribed purely for the animaniacs country song! Legend!

[@chairtron5559]

Alright you gotta keep this editing style for master duel content this shit is hilarious

[@XxHalfricanxX]

I’m 4:20 in(Peter Griffin laugh) and I’m loving the new edits. 😂🤣

[@shiftingflies]

climbed thru gold with Dragunity and tech'd the deck out with koa'ki meiru Drago and harpie's feather storm. its was a fun climb locking out light and dark decks

[@zainy_inc154]

Great video man, plat 3 is very impressive with crystrons.

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@MZZE-my7hz]

First experience with the channel and it includes nations of the world from animaniacs over a win. If i hadnt already subbed for stuff earlier in the video this would have won it for me lol

[@blakemaddox3681]

Crystrons remind me of my Morphtronics, but the Morphtronics are like a Crystron and Adamancipator combo, synchro on your opponents turn and spam, spam, spam the dice rolling haha, you should do a morphtronics video ! :)

[@TheForeverRanger]

Might try this with my favorite deck, Yosenju.

[@HardlegGaming]

Good luck!

[@Kingminer13579]

10/10 editing.

[@starbomber]

18:48 I did this exact same thing to Raid Raptors, except, I maxx C'd them, they took the CHALLENGE and tried to deck me out, but I had Power Bond in hand and they left their link 2 on the board :P

[@thebassist140]

I’m so happy you are playing Crystron. I love when a duelist plays the deck he/she loves

[@killiantruegames3670]

I fell off this channel for a while, but I’m glad to be back

[@HardlegGaming]

Glad to have you back :D

[@Yog-shi]

only watched the 1st 2 duels so far, but great series debut. looking forward to these monthly? 1 every 2 months? videos. Gotta stretch out the fun time so probably wont watch this all at once

[@nigthwgth2910]

Wow what a based deck thanks for give us a big brain duels mr hardleg

[@kerryannegarnick1846]

Mathematician is a good enough card that I think it’s worth crafting at least 1 or 2 copies. Obviously Crystrons aren’t very good, but this card is really good in general. It’s really good to send Harp Horror, it’s great in Shaddoll, and it’s just a generically good card. With that said, I don’t think 3 is necessary. 2 is a perfectly fine number.

[@n64central]

I like these videos, you build a deck and go online. I would love to see more of these.

[@matthewodell9129]

I listen to my videos sped up, and I gotta say, the Countries of the World song at 3x speed is a trip.

[@Yog-shi]

come for the yugioh, stay for the musical

[@somowaya]

keep up the good work

[@jacobdial2448]

as a cyber dragon main i gotta say that first cydra match with the overload for a billion was the dream

[@MarioLopez-xs3vc]

I wonder how many people even realize Halq was originally intended for making Synchro plays on the opponent's turn with how often it's used for link climbing. I'm preparing to piece together a janky water control set running everything from Paleos to SS Ace Shizuku and think some Cryston Synchro plays might be an interesting addition.

[@syzygy350]

If it isn't too much, it would be cool if you also did a card by card showcase of the decklist (saying why it's in the list) and showed some common lines of play, at least for the first version of the deck.

[@KaruHart]

very entertaining!

[@zgaryoz7787]

so damn lucky with the pulls

[@bluemethetys9267]

FYI 5 War Rock plat-1s have been recorded so far. So keep in mind basically anything is possible!

[@Danjo1996]

"Getting into Platinum Tier 1 is every duelist goal." Judging by what Reddit is currently saying many of them only will be going for Gold I because Konami skrewed the rewards again, and it doesn't look like they plan to change anything.