The Scandal that RUINED Yu-Gi-Oh (Almost) | Yu-Gi-Oh TCG

Yu-Gi-Oh was a juggernaut in the early 2000's and quickly became that era's best selling card game. Despite its success, a lawsuit between the two companies involved in the TCG's distribution almost brought the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game to a halt in Europe and the Americas.
This video details the story of some of Yu-Gi-Oh's most infamous fake cards, and how they almost ended the game as we know it. This is the story of Konami vs Upper Deck Entertainment.
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Some of the links promised at the end of the video:
The Info About Konami against Vintage:
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Konami Drags in Upper Deck, and the source of the "Mutually Assured Destruction" quote:
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Dutch Court Sides with Upper Deck:
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Konami Wins:
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‪@Ruxin34‬ Video Source of Duel II King opening:
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‪@StrictlySealed‬ Video Source for Various info about the Cards in Duel II King:
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[@CardmarketYGO]

If you want to have a look around for any of the cards mentioned in the video, follow the link here: bit.ly/3ojOvJ3

[@mrummgoat53]

My dad once bought me some Yu-Gi-Oh cards, he didn't know they were fake but I'll never forget one card telling me to "shake the elbows three times and deal damage times 300"

[@milehighgambler]

😂😂😂.

[@princemarkanthony500]

😂

[@Lucario1121]

The jokes Little Kuriboh said when this was going on was pretty hilarious too "Kaiba we may hate each other as much as Konami hates Upper Deck now, but we have to focus and WORK together"

[@robb4606]

He also wasn't wrong when he said "yugioh: the only card game endorsed by Satan"

[@ManofSteel4889]

I remember this going on. I quit Yugioh in 2005 when they banned the most expensive cards in my deck. Which, being in 10th grade at the time, was a huge deal for me. When I was in college I tried it again and i learned about “Hobby League” Cards and I still own a few of them. Little did I know that was one of the reasons they were shit canned.

[@SeelieFhey]

I remember upper deck day. That was actually a scam. The one I went to in New Jersey had an address and there was no event there. Like 10 people drove out there and stood around for an hour before leaving

[@CardmarketYGO]

Crazy! - Adam

[@polocatfan]

I would have protested. Stores aren't allowed to advertise something then not deliver.

[@ilyafoskin]

It sounds like Upper Deck were basically just a criminal organisation using their official connection with Yugioh to produce convincing counterfeits.

[@LordTyph]

I'm pretty sure they were involved with Pokemon TCG too and caused problems there, though I might be getting things confused.

[@chrishusted9296]

​@@LordTyphpokemon was WoTC and then they had deals with Topps for non tcg trading cards iirc.

[@Technizor]

Nothing has changed with Upper Deck.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Upper deck was preying on the counterfeit market

[@Ps.lySaber]

Konami is an evil company, upper deck was merely stupid. Konami has one of the most hostile workplaces on earth, they micromanage and humiliate their employees.

[@VanFactor]

I attended upper deck day. It was awesome. So much stuff was given out. It was quite obvious they just wanted to cash out and get rid of their product before they had to burn it.

[@robb4606]

Dude, i completely lost my shit at "Sealed Dark Big Rabbi". Holy shit. 😂

[@sinjull2256]

I had always wondered why Upper Deck got the boot off Konami. And I was a legal judge for Upper Deck YGO and then all of a sudden my contact person here in Sweden just wrote a mail "there are some problems, there wont be any sanctioned tournaments for a while".

[@DVG96]

I loved this style of video! Great detail and provided a lot of context behind the situation back when I was a kid. Keep up the great work Adam! Hope to see more of this in the future.

[@CardmarketYGO]

Looking forward to making more similar kinds of videos, detailing interesting parts of Yugioh's History! - Adam

[@CaptainMarvel4Ever]

"Or if you're Irish, communion money" lol yup, that line made my day. It's funny there was a time when the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG cared about the reputation of its card quality that much. I know the OCG has always had better everything, but these days the card quality control over here has declined to comical levels. I'm not saying Konami of America/Europe is Wizards of the Coast bad, but it's a real shame that with the rise of popularity of TCGs in the west the quality seems to be on an inverse trajectory, especially since all of Bandai's games have released the same standard of quality control for their cards as they do in Japan. Least we don't need to deal with the bozos from upper Deck anymore. Crazy story though, this was a great video highlighting some juicy history of the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG. Really hope this one gets some traction, it was very well done. I'm curious who edits these, because I think Carl's the main editor (could be wrong) and I don't see him being able to do such deep dive references while editing for a game he doesn't play.

[@CardmarketYGO]

Thanks, hopefully this becomes one of those evergreen hallmark videos for anyone who ever searches for it! Carl is our creative director focusing mostly on Magic content, while editing and animation for all Yu-Gi-Oh produced media is done by our wonderful editor/animator Carolina, and occasionally myself. - Adam

[@CaptainMarvel4Ever]

@@CardmarketYGO Well I'll be sure to share it when citing this event. Ah, well you both did a great job.

[@TheSliferSlacker199]

I spit out my apple juice when you said Konami would be concerned over quality control 😂😂😂😂

[@Lich_V.]

the ocg kind of is, the tcg on the other hand...

[@CamelHoarder101]

The 2000s was a strange time.

[@r3zaful]

I can confirm that ocg cards are Far thicker than tcg.

[@youwayo]

@@r3zafulKorean OCG cards are similar to TCG cards imo.

[@novalaxia]

Konami were well-known for lawsuits throughout the 2000s, they certainly didn't mess around during this time... (how fitting that this video comes up while Konami is suing Cygames) Unlike a lot of other legal pursuits around this time (anyone remember In the Groove?) Konami definitely had much more fair ground here, though they really went around it in a wild way here LOL. pretty funny to see how little things have changed...

[@bongerman42069]

For a company to be more shady than Konami is kinda hilarious considering the Kojima incident and making literal gambling machines to name just 2 things is wild

[@HeneLv]

Knew somewhat about the upper deck situation but cool to know the relatively full story about it now.

[@wakkaseta8351]

Komoney's comment about how the low quality of the counterfeits could hurt the brand is hilarious considering how flimsy and low quality the TCG cards have become over the past decade, especially when you compare them to OCG cards.

[@zandrazoo2112]

This is the same for most card games, even mtg.

[@Hdjdhdhhdhh]

I heart that they aren’t more flimsy/thin. What’s the truth now?

[@paulolucero9864]

​@@Hdjdhdhhdhh nah I tell you they're NOTORIOUSLY worse. Last weekend I was going thru my friends cards and got 2 cards (one from latest packs and one from a couple years ago) and it SHOWS.

[@Hdjdhdhhdhh]

@@paulolucero9864 don’t get me wrong they are definitely completely worse in every aspect. I have many old cards because I collect old holos and I have obviously many new cards and the differents is night and day. But I think the only thing they kept is the thickness of the cards but I could be wrong about it.

[@wakkaseta8351]

@@Hdjdhdhhdhh Nope, I still have a bunch of old cards, and the difference in feel between something like a Starter Deck Yugi common and a modern day common out of the pack is like night and day. Modern holos meanwhile will curl in just a day if you don't keep them double-sleeved because of the thinner cardstock. And OCG cards have been about twice as thick as TCG cards from the very beginning.

[@SakuraAvalon]

"The poorer quality of these cards could cause irreparable damage too Konami's brand identity and have public perception of their product quality drop" *Cut to modern YGO cards*

[@chimmyinfernape9189]

This whole situation reminds me of what happened to the card game chaotic. It was huge for a very short time then one company sued another and it was ent allowed to make cards. Which is a shame cos it was a super fun game I preferred it to yugioh. And it was a juggernaut sales wise where I could have seen it being up there with yugioh,mtg and Pokémon as a 4th game

[@demonic_myst4503]

Not the same nor had that ended chaotic stoped because they rented rights for the game iff a asian comoony that owned the game then made a show and the western producers tried claim ownwrship of the entire thing that legal battle hone on for over a decade and last time i check it was finishing uo back before oandemic and planed a return but went silent after that

[@shawesomest]

Chaotic died cuz of consistently poor sales, with the final straw being an absolute failure of a release during holiday season. The lawsuit had nothing to do with it

[@valrex]

I really don't get how Upper Deck thought counterfeiting the 3 promos would go unnoticed. Of course Konami would end up noticing. Like these arts/or rarity were not suppose to exist yet. They greed for some extra cash in the moment and that cost them their compagny. It's sad but they deserved to fall with what they did.

[@DroolingLizard]

I had a ton of fake yugioh cards back in 03-05 😂 I distinctly remember the BEKAS card shown at 6:56, my brother and I still reference those bad knockoffs to this day. They also smelled really bad, like some sort of strong solvent which could've easily caused some brain damage...

[@milehighgambler]

The smell bro. It smelled like burnt/molded cardboard 😂😂😂

[@cpu_1292]

that new card smell

[@dante9284]

The best summary of the situation I've watched to date

[@CardmarketYGO]

Thanks! It took hours of legal paper digging to find everything!

[@TazzzyBear]

i know nothing about Yu-Gi-Oh, i just watch for Adam x

[@CardmarketYGO]

I know nothing about TazzzyBears, but thank you ❤️ - Adam

[@GoggleCandy]

So I was a YuGiOh judge and hobby store co-owner at the time all this went down. I remember general confusion around the Upper Deck day from my regulars as well as an increase in counterfeit cards coming into the store, generally from a local fair. One thing I will note as well to add to the story that I clearly recall was receiving a package from Upper Deck around the time I heard Konami would be taking over. It was full of booster boxes and swag as a 'thank you' for all the years blah blah. I cannot recall if it was sent to me for being a judge or the store, but I think it was to long-time judges (had been one since 2003).

[@mageside]

Could you discuss the conspiracy theory behind The Anime Art of Dark Magician, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Dragon? The Conspiracy being they made the Millennium Tablet art in conjunction to the UDE lawsuit and lost the rights to the anime artwork. So Konami limits the usage of the anime artwork and often just (LAZILY IMO) use the Millennium Tablet Artwork when it comes to importing those three iconic cards instead of using the obviously more popular artwork from the anime that made the card game itself a cultural phenomena the world over. I haven't found concrete evidence for this theory, it's just wild speculation for trying to quell the nerves whenever DM, BEWD or REBD get reprinted with probably some of their least favorited artwork (Which is just my speculation)

[@autobotstarscream765]

Does Upper Deck own Air Neos in the TCG?

[@edwardlara4271]

I remember I got one of those blisters, similar to Duel King 2, at a Toys R Us in the LA area in 2008 when I culminated from 5th grade but the promos my blister had were the Aqua Neos, Electrum, and Flute of Summoning Kuriboh and they came in standard sized Ultra Pro sleeves(with Larry Elmore art on it) that I still have. Also, back during the sneak peek days of the GX era they used to have promo shirts based on the sets that were releasing and for Hobby League as well, I think those were also an Upper Deck idea since those shirts stopped releasing after early 5Ds era (2008).

[@nauticoom]

I heard about this but never really got into detail. Thanks for history lesson :)

[@noisepollution4473]

Props to Adam and the scriptwriter (might also be Adam! Not too sure but if someone else wrote the script, I wanted to shout them out too.) Well-explained in an interesting way. Great video!

[@mechaotaku394]

I remember pulling so many Ultis from the packs back then. They were always so thin and scratched to hell and back. Say what you will about Konami and quality control, but Upper Deck was worse.

[@zomenis]

Fantastic video my guy! Well researched, well narrated, really well edited. P. S. come back to gamers world we miss you

[@turtvark]

I've been waiting for this! I a proud subscriber of the resleevables and the old podcast version of the resleevables had a wonderful rendition of this because Patrick Sullivan worked for them at the time.

[@04lraffaini]

Great vid about a sort of unknown beef, its famous to an extent but this was very detailed and really well made! Keep it up Cardmarket!

[@GetShwiftyInHere]

I was in middle school when that change happened and I loved the brighter text box and borders, but do miss the classic look. Kinda reminds me of the Magic to Spell card title suit. Yugioh cards have changed a lot, but for the better, I suppose

[@Kylora2112]

My man really called baseball cards a trading card game ;) I was big into football and baseball cards in the 90s, and Upper Deck were one of the REALLY big names (along with Topps, Donruss, and Fleer), and always had incredibly high quality products.

[@CardmarketYGO]

Baseball Trading Cards aren't a "game". They're a way of life. - Adam

[@Leyus03]

Konami vs 4Kids should be interesting too

[@CardmarketYGO]

Juicy. Maybe one day! - Adam

[@residentgrey]

Talking about 4Kids as a whole would also be worth the time too. They changed the shows SO MUCH, they essentially became another entity.

[@Xelorsrs]

Extremely well done video! props.

[@CardmarketYGO]

Thanks, hopefully I helped inform you of how it all went down! - Adam

[@Xelorsrs]

@@CardmarketYGO I was familiar with the base story for a while now, but you filled in many intricate details. looking forward for more!

[@Pen_Slinger]

So that's where my fake cards came from. When I was told by a judge that I had some fake cards in my deck, I was very confused as to where they came from since I always bought from card packs.

[@ryanjohndavies4092]

This story would make a great documentary/mini series

[@joeyvernon9216]

I find the quality of wording in Yu-Gi-Oh, and the ability of dancing around the wording by the players impressive, and consider this; if the players study law standards the same way they study their Yu-Gi-Oh cards, they would be amazing lawyers in a court situation. Also, I'm no lawyer in any way, I have collected Yu-Gi-Oh cards since they came out, and played the game before there was an official rule book. However, I see the connection between two lawyer(dullest) and their arguments( the cards they play) and how what they say, and when they say it matters most of all( timing and activation effects) And because of Yu-Gi-Oh, I took a liking to math and gained a better understanding of how "what you say" matters, but "how you say it, and when" matters too. I would take a Yu-Gi-Oh understanding lawyer with knowledge of the law over a lawyer with only knowledge of the law any day. Too bad they don't exist yet😢

[@SketchingHands]

They did Upper Deck day because after a certain date they legally couldn’t sell the product. Having it the same day as a Shonen Jump Championship was then being petty.

[@guerrerodude]

I won an SJC Cyber Stein at Upper Deck Day, in Anaheim, in a raffle. I sold it on the spot as at the time, they were $500 a pop. Oh well.

[@Draenal]

Really enjoyed this video. Honestly surprised I had never heard of this. Appreciate the research.

[@Arcanua]

I remember this mess XD I actually did an in depth essay about it for high school forever ago.

[@omicronshiri44]

This was mentioned to my FB yesterday and this appeared today. What a coincidence 🤣

[@brcienpartin5462]

I'm not really interested in this topic but like you guys so popping it on.

[@CardmarketYGO]

Thanks! Hopefully you were satisfied! - Adam

[@AllBeganwithBBS]

Too bad Konami doesn't properly reprint the popular cards at lower rarity outside of the OCG.

[@Kylora2112]

Umm...Upper Deck was still in charge when we had $200 cards in mono-deck formats (like DAD). And rarer cards are easier to pull, too (just that the chase cards are way more valuable). I'd rather have core set ultimate rares again, and multi-rarities, but the modern ratios are WAY better than they used to be.

[@bikivlogz8336]

There was more of a mixed transition than you mentioned. Ie a bunch of European nationals were still ran by ude despite having already lost the court case.

[@CardmarketYGO]

UDE Europe is actually quite a sad story, with them never being involved in the shenanigans of UDE America. Sins of the father kind of thing. This is potentially why they still ran events, as a part of an easing out for UDE Europe, as opposed to the American branch just getting completely removed immediately. - Adam

[@CD-Gaming]

So, wait, is that what happened to the "Yu-Gi-Oh! Sized" sleeves then? I used to love them! They were bigger than Small and smaller than Standard (used by all the others,, Digimon, Magic, Pokémon) and the cards weren't as snug or as much of a pain to get in! Plus, Bandai originally printed Yu-Gi-Oh! cards...

[@navygrubbs]

Upper deck were mental!

[@tibalt966]

Can we get a game with some of these goofy counterfeit cards and you guys try to play with them? I think that would be a hilarious video

[@igi-chan]

16:00 Dude CRIMSON CRISIS WAS A SCAM!!! I freaking baught like 4 BOXES OF PACKS!!!!! Because the first 3 didnt land me a single “Totem Dragon” which was the card i needed from that set. Guess what, Box#4 didnt land me one either!!!!!

[@NitroNEXT]

Pokemon TCG had a similar dispute and split around 2003/2004

[@GoyBenius_0901]

2003 yeah, but WOTC weren't producing bootleg cards behind TCPI's back, unless you count releasing Dark Raichu "early" or changing the artwork on a Snorlax promo card.

[@NitroNEXT]

@@GoyBenius_0901 Sure, that's why it's only similar. The dispute didn't get to this level but they still wanted to sever ties with them which resulted in petty actions being taken once they knew they would lose the license. In both cases I believe they tried offloading product as quickly as possible to lower the value.

[@bryanalonso7978]

Konami still has a grudge towards upper deck by excluding us from promos and qcr especially from ocg

[@jerp1994]

I bought one of the blister things they had at Walmart with the fake cards when i was like 13 lol. It had a limited edition Ultimate rare flame wingman which was never a real card

[@Snow-c6e]

To this day we still can't get the original artwork on cars like how they are depicted on the Japanese version

[@FacelessProdigys]

If I remember right wasn't upper deck also responsible for the complete failure of the original digimon tcg outside of Japan?

[@jdunn813]

Why didn't they settle their dispute with a duel?

[@gof666]

This feels like a Fillmore case

[@newbiesama]

I actually played yugioh on Game boy advance before it was on TV where I live

[@dakotastein9499]

6:38 imagine working for a national department like US customs and sent with a task force to scour the area in search of fake yugioh cards,

[@Ozymandias1111]

Fun fact: Up until a few minutes ago, I thought that Brock’s rice ball were just what was considered a doughnut in Japan. Why not? He said there was jelly in them. Last week I saw someone put a pickled plum in a rice ball. I didn’t even bat an eye.

[@spearmintpony7105]

0:54 The Yu-Gi-Oh! anime was not created to sell cards. The manga came first and the card game wouldn't even be introduced until Chapter 9. In fact, the card game that we currently know wouldn't be introduced until the Battle City arc, which begins in chapter 146.

[@flameknightdragon]

the manga was not. but the anime was.

[@spearmintpony7105]

@@flameknightdragon Season 0

[@Reachmond]

Man this channel is so underrated!! I watch all of your vids

[@Zeecarver]

never thought I would be rooting for Konami in a lawsuit

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

interesting history. thanks, cardmarket.

[@BenediktWernicke]

Actually having silver eyes of Anubis was Just cause the Card was unlimited and Not First edition. But If it's First and have the silver eye it's obviously a Fake 🤷‍♂️

[@DerUser94]

I thought this was going to be about the very obvious fake yugioh cards that were floating around all over the place (at least in Germany) they looked like Japanese cards from the card format I‘d guess

[@MaChaoUK]

And now konami themselves are dropping the quality of their cards instead

[@CamKoudo]

Omg how was I never aware of this :O

[@ant-onemusic444]

imagine there was no way to differenciate the reals from the fakes... L from upper deck

[@jbca]

The video keeps referring to sports “trading card games”… but none of them were games, were they? I had a bunch of upper deck cards as a kid and I never saw any game mechanics, just real life stats.

[@flameknightdragon]

it is about the yugioh card game. back in the day upper deck were the people behind distributing the cards in the west.

[@jbca]

@@flameknightdragon I know, but he says multiple times that before they got YuGiOh they were mostly known for distributing sports trading cards games. As far as I know, none of their previous trading card products were games, they were just collectibles.

[@OGCxDaizy]

Its crazy how greedy and stupid people can be. The game was clearly insanely popular and profitable but instead of looking at the long term gains they risked it all and it cost them everything.

[@milesstereo3448]

Man this guy nailed my childhood

[@MSTGamingTV]

If I got a nickle everytime legal action happen over localization of Japanese IP in the west, I would be a millionaire.

[@Shadowrulzalways]

You are aware that only the 4Kids dub of Yugioh was marketed as a children’s show. The original Japanese version was not. The Japanese version is a Shonen. Shonen is a demographic term for both manga and anime that primarily targets early to late teen boys between ages 12 and 18. And even former chief-editor of Weekly Shonen Jump Hiroyuki Nakano himself confirmed this in his interviews and even articles written before his position confirms this. Also the Yugioh OCG (Official Card Game) is advertised for ages 12 and up in Japan. And even the back of every pack all say; “対象年齢12才以上” (Translation: “Target age 12 years and older”) Which is a teen rating by their standards. And keep in mind, this was since 1999 when the game was officially released. So understand, Yugioh was never a “children’s show” in Japan. And still isn’t. The only version of Yugioh that was actually intended for children is Rush Duels and the two anime that promote it. Such as Sevens and Go Rush. I suggest you research more on the Japanese version and less on the English dub because you’ve all been lied to by 4Kids. 😂

[@gerald_axl]

Great video

[@DavidsFeverDream]

this is like a vsauce 2 video

[@spyderman312]

Upper-Deck is a garbage fire of a company. SOOOO many scummy and even illegal actions.

[@maxchenmusterhausen5311]

To be honest, after all these years, i think both sides were equally in the wrong. First of all it was always strange to complain about the people you made a deal with to print cards - that was what they are hired for. So why exactly does your partner begin to print "low quality" (still better then 99% of things konami prints NOW) proxys that had some emotional value but risk it all for virtually very little gain? i was there, in that time the average cost in my country for the VERY high powered cards like Featherduster (still only from a game at this point), CED, BLS, Cyberdragon was maybe 15 to 25 bucks. Everything above was truly rare. And these where established powerhouses. A dreadmaster was not. Why print this? I am 100% certain konami intentionally dictated what exactly comes out and in which quantities. And then they screamed when pretty fair and reasonably prized options where printed. It was about a bottom line for Konami. If these cards wouldnt have these small errors, they would have been perfectly fine cards, not distingushable from the real stuff - because they cam from the same press. This could only happen if konami even rationed the damn paper the things got printed on. It would be so utterly japanese at the time to deliver your print-partner the damn paper because you are so in need to greedly control everything. No wonder the partner turned out to be equally discpicable. But thats just a theory. But unless one would get access to ALL informations, i will lean in that direction. Because on thing is clear: With Upper Deck at least the sanctioned tournaments would have fostered a healthier pro-scene with actually prizes to live on, not childrens toys for the effort.

[@RayGwah]

Thank you Adam

[@JuanMunoz-ym6hp]

Honest what a wild story

[@HomeCookinMTG]

>4kids had proven themselves very capable of adapting Japanese media Did they? Did they really? They purchased a whole bunch of licenses for shows without actually looking at what they were purchasing, that’s why we ended up with a really janky and weird one piece back in the day. They also tried to market card captor sakura young boys. I don’t know that I’d really call them capable at adapting Japanese media.

[@killerbee1974]

I think I still have 1 of those

[@KokujinHibiki19]

Still doesnt answer why havent they not REPRINTED AIR NEOS

[@autobotstarscream765]

Or does it? 🤔

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

I bet it was the masters the very thing konami gave to upper deck

[@Alicious_Al]

Screw Upper Deck

[@irekaias]

We can all agree that Ghost rares are thrash.

[@CardmarketYGO]

I used to agree, but then I pulled a Ghost Rare Sphere-Mode, and I kinda fell in love! - Adam

[@irekaias]

@@CardmarketYGO I really don't like that when you are playing it just looks like a blank white square on the table... But they do sell for a pretty penny

[@EGT392]

sports based tcg's?

[@AyELTee88]

I hate to admit it but i miss those packs lol. Walmart had those by the boatload lol.

[@MuchasDistracciones]

no way we were so CLOSE to being FREE, the curse will last forever

[@MrRiseagainst1000]

Just play goat format bro

[@MuchasDistracciones]

@@MrRiseagainst1000 its just a joke, like, we will never stop playing

[@autobotstarscream765]

​@@MrRiseagainst1000 Everyone switching from Goat to Edison as the cycle of nostalgia reaches 5D's.

[@minabasejderha5972]

I'd be interested in the story of how 4kids got kicked off as well, but I understand that might be outside y'all's wheelhouse.

[@spiderbitedml385]

You must be on something cause every pokemon movie i watch and show called them rice balls not donuts

[@aka_Ingmar]

It's a shame because in hindsight, I wish this never happened cuz uhhhhhh Konami sucks lol

[@evanmccarville4664]

What a shame that this video wasn’t named “Synchro summoning almost killed yugioh” given that this took place in the 5D’s era

[@r3zaful]

Yugioh attendant in 2018 wcs qualifiers at their peak in Japan.

[@TenebraeXVII]

That would have been incredibly stupid and misleading as a title.

[@evanmccarville4664]

I’ll take that as a compliment.

[@autobotstarscream765]

This post was sponsored by Meklord Gang.

[@blankcheck2276]

Major League Baseball, not national baseball league lol

[@demonic_myst4503]

Lol i had the most obvous fake destiny hero dreammaster when i was a kid the text was not same it long and so tiny and brokenly powerful

[@demonic_myst4503]

4kids proven self capable” tell that to anime fans their the most clowned on componies in animd

[@jeanpitre5789]

The wildest part of this is that people dont even acknowledge that Konami scams its players much worse by rarity bumping from the OCG, by short-printing, and by monetizing people's gambling addictions.

[@kkahakusan5591]

Damn ..

[@crystalknighthgaming]

Please do not call sports cards a tcg as there is no game there

[@flameknightdragon]

good thing this is about TCG and not sports cards.

[@crystalknighthgaming]

@@flameknightdragon bro i left this 8 month ago im sure he brought up sports cards in the video otherwise i wouldn't have left my comment.

[@baileyayyy5085]

who else used fakes as a kid with friends because im not buying expensive cards im 10 lmao

[@fastfire7356]

4kids is far from capable