IT'S TIME TO DUEL! | King of Games! Episode 3

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[@touchme4856]

Ruxin roasting them for losing to the AI is the funniest thing i have ever heard

[@8XHuXBgkok]

They lost to the rock AI!! Facts, pure and simple. And so funny.

[@ADioSimp]

He right tho!

[@JohnnyVasquez8]

For real! Saying “these guys were my teammates….” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@seraphwithatank6535]

It was beautiful

[@vishmaster09]

He never got to duel because his team lost both duels

[@mysteriousmartel]

Seeing Ruxin done dirty all episode to be the first immune in the shadow game made me realize there is justice in this world

[@conker1847]

Heart of the cards don't lie.

[@Endershock1678]

The dichotomy between MBT, Gage, and APS's team doing the Dr Strange timeline reading to play around every potential card that could be set while the other team is like "why are they taking so long, its GOAT" and then immediately misplaying is so funny.

[@arkadarkartist]

no no no, it wasn't --the team-- saying "it's goat, don't think"... a couple members actually tried to think their plays.

[@nbassasin8092]

yeah, people act like GOAT is some braindead oldschool yugioh, but theres a reason its still insanely popular its entirely different game of yugioh than we had prior or after it, and it is also one of the rare formats where it being solved is actually an asset and part of the fun rather than killer you dont have combos, but you have reads, play aounds, time to stall and not worry about getting OTKd, indirectly guessing the hand with NOC... its actually much complex than people give it credit sometimes that being said, I still think its a bit overrated LOL

[@nikodemossowski4621]

in GOAT you're capable of actually grasping all of the potential interactions due to limited cardpool so thinking out your stuff starts paying off way more

[@ducky36F]

I love Seerax but man he was annoying this episode. 😂 Old formats may not have gigantic wombo combos but you ain’t going to beat seasoned players windmill slamming any card you got. If anything they’re harder because players have more time to come back from bad starts as we saw.

[@ducky36F]

@@nbassasin8092 eh it being solved down to one deck is still kind of a buzz kill for me but I agree with the rest of what you’re saying.

[@BobFauci]

Genuinely surprised that Cimo didn't bait Ruxin by starting with 'Ruxin, you had the HIGHEST amount of LP remaining after the Shadow Game.... BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO WENT TO 0!"

[@afraid2losebalance303]

What a lost opportunity !

[@bridgeseller7004]

Exactly! It'd be such a great bait moment - you bait Ruxin to think he lost, you bait both of the others to think the other one won... Would be a really fun reveal.

[@ArunaUtd]

he's punching air reading this

[@WDinATX]

WD: He’s going to say that Ruxin had the highest number of life points. Cimo: Congratulations, you survived. WD: NANI!?

[@afraid2losebalance303]

@@WDinATX whats WD ?

[@carpedm9846]

On team farfa, ruxin is the only one thats gone undefeated the whole episode. The goat.

[@Aaronrules380]

It's amazing to see the one team function as a well oiled machine and the other is an incredibly dysfunctional family who hate each other lol

[@alonsoarana5307]

Ruxin being the child of an abusive marriage 🤣

[@grantnielsen1706]

Before watching I am just going to guess MBT will be a a big part of the dysfunction

[@bosniagaming2708]

GOD I WISH THEY WERE WELL OILED 😩

[@henrymai8905]

@@grantnielsen1706nope mbt was the entire machine

[@peepeevs]

I just see this comment, and immidiatly know Farfa and MBT got on a team together.

[@hbenensky]

"Some say goat is a goo goo, gaa gaa baby format, then come clean my dirty diaper, bro" Gage

[@dsamurai4725]

Over confident Gage is the best character in this series

[@kylepinpin3037]

Man has the worst quotes lol

[@ZefraSol]

ngl that kinda goes hard after beating them so convincingly. gage and mbt were DOWNLOADING

[@Revanxbone]

that's why he's my GOAT

[@Gilphon]

Hearing Gage and Joseph discuss counterplay for every card in the format and then eventually land on a play that loses to nothing, and cut over to Seereax claiming there's nothing to think about in GOAT... kinda felt like that was the end of the game just there

[@ChIMeRaTeX]

They literally called every play, every out they could potentially have and how to play around it. This series was a lock from game 1 turn 1 on lmao

[@BobFauci]

It just shows WHY people love GOAT. It isn't a braindead format, it is a thinking format, but about how to play with and against the opponent and judging what they have and don't have. While there is this in modern, it is MUCH more in GOAT.

[@faereman]

Exactly lol. If anything, these duels proved why there ARE things to think about in GOAT, you gotta prepare for every interaction.

[@darkmaster539]

This, lmao

[@Rain593]

​@@BobFauci It's a thinking format... until you have PoG or Graceful or Duo.

[@bradypahl]

A couple things that really surprised me this episode is 1) How lost Paul seemed to be in GOAT format for a classic anime & opening old school deck boxes/ old cases i thought for sure he would have been more comfortable. 2) How freaking well Gaige & MBT worked together as a team there was virtually zero arguments between them.

[@sertiana2512]

1. Playing in simulation feels much different than playing with "playground rules". 2. Not surprising considering they are both co host in various Cimo content after all

[@stayflyxx]

Thing is playing classic cards is different from the actual format where you're doing very careful deck building and creating optimal strategies.

[@itsomegali5342]

paul does not play competitive goat. gage and monobluetron are sweaty goat players tho

[@Linosek279]

@@sertiana2512 You say that, but I’m pretty sure Joseph’s considered firebombing Gage’s house at least _once_ during this season of Saga

[@uuh4yj43]

​@@Linosek279 its so funny to see the dichotomy of them doing this challenge and in saga 😂😂😂

[@Savaris96]

Y´know, Ruxin trashtalking the AI while also taking the most precautions about not randomly getting blown to bits is hilarious and very telling

[@uteriel282]

the only smart member of team farfa.

[@dex1157]

@@uteriel282 Ruxin really impressed me in the Shadow Game. His duel against the AI felt meticulous, and like he only moved when he knew with 100% certainty he was safe. It was really cool to watch.

[@uuh4yj43]

​@@dex1157 i think while he isnt very knowledgeable about the modern game, he is not a bad player.

[@dex1157]

@@uuh4yj43 Possibly but it was more the temperament and methodical attitude that impressed me.

[@doubl2480]

Cimo's brain for creating games and series really shines here. Like the entire concept of that Chicken Game shadow game was so simple, but it's just a very different way to play the game we know and somehow it's way more entertaining than I expected. Love this series.

[@eloanpedraza4603]

Also a perfect cpu that randomly had ways to both gain and lose you lp

[@diegopinto2090]

I think the fact that everyone thought that Ruxin would fall the moment they stepped into a Master Duel challenge and yet today he was the only one in his team who didn't take multiple Ls shows how Cimo's creativity in the challenges he creates can even the field so well while keeping it very entertaining and skillful. It keeps the series unpredictable and I love it.

[@doubl2480]

@@diegopinto2090 I wish they went into the game 3, I wanted to see him play for real. But yeah these games have been balanced taking into account that Ruxin doesn't know much about modern cards at all. On the opposite side, they weren't balanced around the idea that some players like Paul really didn't know much about GOAT, he was lucky to be with two teammates that could guide his every move, otherwise it probably would have been a quick loss for him.

[@traplover6357]

@@doubl2480 cimo's content brain espeically when picking the right CPU too.

[@basanova22]

Seriously, he deserves a ton of credit. The creativity for some of these challenges are incredible. I'm actually surprised the main challenge today was basically straight up goat format. I was expecting some twist (like maybe the card limit is stretched across all three decks on the team). But the fact that no twist, was actually a surprise, just shows how much variety has been shown in this series in just 3 episodes.

[@Ninja_Bryden]

Cimo saw two YCS winners out and went straight to dueling finally lmao

[@Atlantafan21]

This vid was 2 hours. If they had dueled with all 8, it probably would be 3+ hours lol it was the correct decision to wait for the amount of contestants to drop before dueling

[@Ninja_Bryden]

@Atlantafan21 I mean still it's just funny how the dueling started once they were eliminated lol

[@TheUnknownWarrior]

​@Atlantafan21 then again the main bulk of the video is because during seereax's duel the other team spent 5 years discussing each play and it wasn't limited to 300 seconds either

[@Celestia282]

This isn't Cimo. I'm sure he had the entire series scheduled out before he even got the participants for it. This is on the players. Remember, in the previous two episodes, many of them explicitly said that they were targeting Josh and Sam because they saw those two as the big threats for any future battle-centric challenge.

[@zenbear9952]

Are we forgetting that Farfa was also a ycs winner? Now we have 3 ycs winners eliminated

[@alonsoarana5307]

Having Farfa and Seereax on the same team was strategic, tear each other from the inside

[@Exodius101]

And then there is ruxin lol.

[@alonsoarana5307]

​@@Exodius101Ruxin pulled his weight tho, he had one wrong call but the rest he was spot on. It didn't help that Deion's deck was really outdated to the modern iterations of GOAT

[@BluVoyager]

tbh i liked their team better the other team was just too cocky for their own good

[@alonsoarana5307]

​@BluVoyager I'm gonna keep it real, Deion is probably more tolerable in other series, I actually have never seen his content, but he made this episode pretty bad. His rivalry with Farfa made it tense, and the three not coordinating well when it came to deckbuilding really sealed the deal. I'm sad Farfa is gone, glad Ruxin is still in

[@legendaryseph9406]

@@alonsoarana5307the problem here is also no one in this entire series takes him seriously, they all think he’s garbage so it doesn’t matter what he says to these guys because he’s the “dragon ball KZbinr” when he duels regularly against Sam and often wins

[@Halomasterchief16]

This series is still so good. I don't want this to end, but hope a sequel happens afterward. That match was nuts. The greatest irony is Ruxin being the best duelist on that team. Called the play stopping the advantage engine and got completely ignored.

[@Houshamamas]

I agree with what you're saying. But, seereax was right that the snatch was more valuable than that. Keep in mind, the other team already had the bls at that point. It was already a wrap

[@Tuturial464]

@@Houshamamasbut you don’t know for sure. Best thing is to remove the advantage and finding the key cards

[@Ironpecker]

​@@Houshamamas I think that the problem with how seereax played is just that he was too conservative and didn't follow through with a single plan. Like ruxin idea made sense if they wanted to try to kill them with battle dmg (very possible with them leaving weenies out in atk and being around 4k life), and instead stalling them for deck out could have been a great idea but they just didn't have the resources (defensive cards and cad destruction) to actually enact it. He just held every interaction and didn't protect the single threat they had the whole game (breaker). No hate, I probably would have done as many misplays (especially in deck building), but he really struggled.

[@Halomasterchief16]

@@Houshamamas Yes they already had BLS and Team Gage did have a better deck imo, but if they didn't already have every valuable card they needed, letting them draw more is basically ensuring they will get to those cards. Given how conservative Gage's team was playing, they would have waited to drop the BLS until they had the game anyway, so snatch was never getting that value Seereax wanted (as we saw with stealing Sorc being irrelevant because Gage had ring to respond). Whether or not stopping the advantage engine would have won the game, letting your opponent rack up infinite card advantage is the wrong play and basically guaranteed the loss. Not even trying to stop it is crazy imo

[@georgecavert6778]

@@Tuturial464 No, when you're behind you need to gamble. You need to take risks that have big payoffs or else you're still going to be behind after your safe plays! Of course, not every game plays out like that but that's the rule of thumb to follow!

[@diegopinto2090]

Honestly credit to Paul, he was honest to the team and just let them do their magic. Recognizing the situation, leaving pride behind and just letting yourself get carried IS a skill that can help a team achieve success.

[@OdelyxRa]

Ain't no way we calling getting carried a skill

[@jayvman1311]

Hearing Gage and MBT play and talk Goat is nuts man. It was so much fun hearing the interactions and how to play around each one of.

[@BobFauci]

Yeah, it was great and reminds me why they entered a GOAT tournament together.

[@luluchroar]

i always thought goat was boring but they made it so cool

[@diegopinto2090]

​@@luluchroarhonestly me too. I was expecting a series of who can top deck a staple first but the amount of thought and analysis they put into each play was fantastic and very unexpected. Great games!

[@sertiana2512]

I think Gage's comment sums up pretty well. While yes, Goat Format is about throwing staples, your play will be hugely rewarded if you can get around those staples.

[@nbassasin8092]

its entirely different game of yugioh than it ever existed before or after it it is solved, but thats actualy a good thing, theres so many reads and guesses since, you know your opponents deck and what they play its kinda closer to agame of chess than yugioh in some cases

[@MBTYuGiOh]

SPOILERS! . . . . . . . . . . . . . i think we can all admit paul carried

[@TheADHDM]

It was like Pacific Rim, two skilled pilots, one unstoppable Paul jaeger

[@Fxbox920]

Bussy

[@daedalus5253]

⁠@Fxbussy920

[@spofet]

You didn't even do anything this episode

[@alonsoarana5307]

​@@spofethe did tho, him and Gage worked wonders

[@Ruxin34]

Our team could not possibly fail!

[@davidneal4733]

Love the WVU gear!! 💙💛

[@laugh_n_share_life]

you are the hidden goat, my moneys on you winning it all

[@Ruxin34]

@@davidneal4733go Mountaineers!

[@Blizz3112]

That being said, you are quite the trooper, Ruxin...

[@jayvman1311]

Of your team your the only one to go Undefeated, If that's not king of games then I dont know what is!

[@Saimlordy]

Deion complaining about "backseat dueling" in a fucking 3v3 is crazy

[@roysamuels9468]

13:45 Seereax not wanting help in a team format is so Seereax coded.

[@Zeral__]

To be fair he did have some really nice ideas for the plays in Farfa’s game that could’ve given him more of an edge. Tsukuyomi would’ve been tributed for Parshath which either nets them an extra card or gets outed and BLS can hit the board which would’ve turned that into a whole other game. The fact he didn’t Breaker the Mirror Force was odd because at that point there’s no reason not to. I think he opted not to because Farfa said there was a world where he just beats over the set but I could be wrong.

[@josephcourtright8071]

I thing they talked Seereax out of many good plays. The only thing they didn't even consider was using the book on the dekoichi instead of the breaker. If you are going for deck out, they would make then draw cards if they flipped it.

[@Nocturne989]

@@josephcourtright8071 But how viable was deckout even really when you still lose to Heavy BLS and you just make sure they're going to draw it and save it for a game winning push if they aren't braindead...which is exactly what Team Gage did to win the game.

[@felixeisenmenger1914]

@@josephcourtright8071 Deckout is only really a viable out with some kind of defense mechanism *after* clearing the Chaos guys, and Heavy was still in the deck too. Its not like you need particularly long to win after getting up like 6 relevant cards to your opponent.

[@JayceCH.]

@@felixeisenmenger1914 Deckout was only viable if they had Card Destruction or misplay from otherside.

[@rexblizer2161]

Honestly Paul contributet more than he gives himself credit for by just recognizing when someone else is better at somthing than you and letting them do it without needing to force you ideas through. That is a pretty good quality to have and one that seereax is lacking

[@SinamonX]

Yeah even he provided some input into the plays on what he was comfortable about. He did exactly what he needed to do.

[@BobFauci]

@@SinamonX It also helps he said he was willing to Learn. He was actually listening and figuring out WHY they were doing stuff instead of just doing it because they said to.

[@redskared8093]

For real, this could've gone very differently if Gage picked Seereax instead of Paul. Unless he was the anchor, there was no way Deion could handle having MBT and Gage brainstorm every move for several minutes.

[@exocolt15]

Seereax doesn’t understand the concept of a team challenge or that his loss directing impacts the other two so that’s why they tried to give input. Dudes so self absorbed it would appear

[@rajkanishu]

I think you guys are being too harsh with Seereax, his impatence and stubbornness played a decent role in their loss but he did actually listen to his teammates and made some plays he disagreed with for the good of the team, not every turn but sometimes. Also I just wanna make sure you know he's not actually a complete asshole and most of the intense personality he lets through is part of a character and he does it for entertainment value, he wouldn't get invited to all these collabs if he was actually unpleasant to be around yknow

[@thedropshotter115]

the teamwork between gage paul and joseph during those games was crazy good

[@mcpherson1222]

That was legit impressive and fun to watch. Loved seeing the thinking process and synergy.

[@lilsunny7399]

i think you mean Gage and Joseph featuring Paul. He barely spoke up lol

[@uteriel282]

@@lilsunny7399 thats because he knew hes inexperienced in goat and let those two coach him to make sure he doesnt fuck up by making a silly misplay like farfa. better be humble and shut up than be arrogant and the reason your team lost.

[@alonsoarana5307]

​@@uteriel282Farfa wasn't the reason they lost

[@lixiang4051]

@@uteriel282 I totally agree with your take, Farfa arguably the only one on the other team with any goat knowledge should have spoken more. Ruxin should’ve talked less as his goat series has nothing to do with chaos mirrors

[@8castlisc8]

Episode 1: Aww man. They’re not playing Yugioh Episode 3; Aww man. They’re playing Yugioh

[@Cms7899]

Ruxin getting to point out that both of his teammates lost to the beginner rock AI is one of my favorite moments of this series so far.

[@fratguide]

I feel like Paul's gonna win it all by virtue of being the most, "Just a chill guy" of the group

[@NintendoMasterNo1]

"How did they see all their DM staples and we saw none?" - opponents are playing a turbo aggressive draw deck with 3 upstart and 3 jar surprised pikachu face

[@traplover6357]

Its called Chaos Turbo for a reason 😂

[@dpacula63]

It’s actually interesting seeing modern iterations of goat format! I might have to pick up the format again!

[@Blackopsspartn]

I really wish that we still got that 3rd duel just to hear Paul Gage and MBT be a well oiled machine a 3rd time

[@nintendokings]

Really just MBT and Gage, Paul being the cheerleader

[@aclornoque23]

@@nintendokings Nah Paul was a vital part of the team. Him being able to admit his shortomings in goat format and listening to his teammates was what won them that first duel, we saw what happens when someone cant do that in this very episode

[@MrDegan2]

ahh yes a third round of the most boring shit where 2 guys hyper analyse the pros and cons of heavy storming 2 backrow and normal summing sangan for 6 minutes while their team mate might as well go make a sandwich is definitely what this two hour video needed

[@YamiJimbo]

​@@MrDegan2Id watch it

[@MrMrjaymz]

​@@MrDegan2 SeeReax alt spotted

[@yallajalla2068]

Yugioh players: can't read Dragon Ball fans: can't read Seereax is both

[@nothing001-z3p]

what are you talking about?

[@masterofmasters7936]

@@nothing001-z3p It’s a joke that both yugioh and dragon ball fans have that they can’t read (yugioh- misplays and not reading cards fully) (Dragon ball- not reading info fully) hope that helps

[@killuafan4365]

Pretty sure for Db it's cannot listen. I understand that DB cannon is a good standard for power but you often hear DB fans saying things like "Goku solo's Rimuru or Usagi from Sailor moon" or some dumb bullshit. It's kinda tough to be a DB fan hearing those things from a fellow DB fan.

[@naliagonzalez4782]

Dude, Seereax lost because of Farfas bad advice. Every time he went with his gut they were ahead of the game. Every time he listened to the back seat gamers they started to lose. It shows who was right and who was wrong especially since Farfa lost too while ignoring his team.

[@ArunaUtd]

Okay but can we talk about how cool it was to see Gage and MBT just completely analysing every possible play and putting down the perfect play every time? This is one of those moments you see the difference between a good play and a great one.

[@konranbaka1452]

Without a dabt. I love SeeReax with all my heart, but here he's look like ten years old trying to win in chess against professional.

[@MuchSauce]

Mightve been cool to see but was definitely infuriating for the other side having to wait 10 mins for every turn. It's goat format, it's not that serious and there's not that many plays to make so you shouldn't need 10 mins to make a play

[@ArunaUtd]

@@MuchSauce there clearly was, as the other side made tons of mistakes. If you're in a tournament and given the time why not use it and guarantee you're not getting eliminated?

[@Zzod0000]

@@MuchSauce thats why they lost and mbt's team won because they got mad and impatient over a turn based game

[@Nocturne989]

@@MuchSauceYou literally watched them keep saying this cope and keep walking into traps and misplays damn near every single turn. Team Gage literally explained all the plays they were talking to that you are saying don't exist. Were you even paying attention my guy? Is this Deon's alt?

[@nickF_CA]

Sereax talks like hes filming a new employee training video

[@CandlelightWanderer]

sereax is like the annoying friend that drinks to much and talks so much drama... he likes to think hes one of the strongest but honestly hes one of the weakest and so was farfa and sam... im not apolagising... ruxin, mynnym and paul are much stronger characters than searex... by far mbt is the strongest player... hes actually OP at this point..

[@tjr930]

cool story bro

[@ahmadabukhdair7651]

This felt like an episode of survivor. Watching a team that clearly wants nothing to do with each other work together is just painful.

[@raizen4597]

1:43:18 this is why Ruxin is our 9 YCS champion 💪

[@NewtBannner]

That shadow game actually felt like a shadow game. I was sweating for everyone against that AI

[@josephsheehan6079]

Joseph and gage finding the no lose end game was incredible. When he millennium eyed the snatch steal it was absolute peak. The confusion on team farfa over the defense Sorc was beautiful. They literally couldn’t process that they lost.

[@dex1157]

I'll be honest, I'm not sure I get why the Sorc was in defense. I'm positive there was a very good reason for them to do it, I just can't figure out what it was.

[@josephsheehan6079]

@ so they couldn’t use it to attack with snatch steal

[@dex1157]

@@josephsheehan6079 So they steal it, but then can't change its battle position the turn they steal it? Huh...that's really cool. It definitely sounded like MBT and Gage were in their element here, but it's good to understand why better. Thanks for the explanation

[@TheLetterJ0]

​@@dex1157 That's not right. You can change the battle position of a monster you Snatch, as long as it wasn't summoned that turn. I'm pretty sure they put Sorc in defense because it could still remove a token that way, and there isn't anything Seereax would be playing that can get over a defense mode Sorc but not an attack mode Sorc. So they don't lose anything by putting it in defense. But if Seereax drops a BLS, it saves them from losing another 700 LP, which they really couldn't afford. I'm not really sure how the Snatch factors into that though.

[@ShyGuyChozen]

So the idea of Seereax having Snatch Steal in hand was a crazy play I can't lie. Basically, if they play Chaos Sorc in defense, they still get to get rid of a token, and it hard baits Snatch Steal, which was the only problem potentially in Seereax hand. The last thing Gage's team wanted to do was to commit to BLS, for it to get Snatch Steal'd in the process. It would have turned the duel on it's axis even though they had backrow to get rid of it due to it being a 1 of. Black Luster Soldier was both decks' actual win condition despite the beat down capabilities with Breaker the Magical Warrior or Dokoichi. So the idea was to bait Seerex with a powerful enough monster that it would force them to take it and waste the snatch steal before the real threat appeared, hence Chao Sorc. Given what it's effect is if they use it, it can't attack, which was a big brained alternate play. With snatch steal, you can still change the battle position as long as it wasn't summoned that turn so they could have attacked, but they feared their backrow too much and had no real backups viable.

[@PharaohofAtlantis]

I've never rooted for anyone more than I have rooted for Ruxin in this series.

[@MrBread-mg2hz]

For real, the others are very confident and almost arrogant. Hope he wins the whole thing

[@killuafan4365]

It's likely him or Paul, Gage and Seereax already has targets on their backs. Finals might be Ruxin vs Paul or MBT vs Ruxin if they 2v1 Paul in the final 3. Either Gage or Seereax might be eliminated next ep.

[@ZachStachelski13]

"Come clean my dirty diaper bro" - Gage 2025

[@TheAdi360]

2025 : the age of gage

[@UnevenerGgc2]

Loved this episode because my GOATs MBT and Nyhmnim were showing that they’re genuinely really smart players. You love to see it

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

There's a difference between knowledge and intelligence. They are extremely knowledgeable about Goat format, and went out of their way to explain both how and why they became as knowledgeable as they are about that format. They were all playing intelligently.

[@arkadarkartist]

"you don't understand you play to survive I play to win!" "aw dang it"

[@mcrepresentative4232]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@faereman]

Pretty good summary of this episode lol

[@rishnix]

Yeah, but you're leaving out how he then went with their move. His mindset was right, but he gave into them. So they survived a little bit longer, but didn't win.

[@arkadarkartist]

@@rishnix ok, 2 good plays (holding breaker's pop was a good move, risky tho) plenty more where obviously it was never going to pay off. Ruxin had more correct reads

[@zanderblack4590]

@@arkadarkartist actually no seereax called A lot of the plays the other team was going for, and he was right to keep snatch steal but was talked out of it. If seereax played by himself he would have won

[@TheMetallingOne]

>team farfa: "its goat, what is there to think about?!" > proceeds to get their ass handed to them

[@theawesomeali8834]

true LOL, Gage and his team with the high IQ trying to read Seareax’s entire deck and figure out what cards they have in hand and their potential plays

[@nothing001-z3p]

@@theawesomeali8834 Congrats, they won because they draw Graceful Charity first.

[@Rynjinivar]

@@nothing001-z3p They won because they had a better deck and actually took the time to think out their plays. Seereax meanwhile gave them 6 extra cards because he was too stubborn to listen to Ruxin and instead decided to try for the complete copium deckout strat Farfa threw out.

[@killuafan4365]

​@@nothing001-z3p Gage opened terrible btw. Seereax didn't setup an advantage with the leverage they had, they even NOC'd the face down sangan which is game winning with Gages hand.

[@tjr930]

wouldn't Ruxins proposed play just get negated though?

[@MrGshinobi]

That graceful MoF loop in game 2 was disgusting, it sealed the game for them on the spot

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

You weren't paying attention then... we saw the cards. We know how it would've gone if that hadn't happened. Nothing changed. Nothing mattered. They never drew the out to the results of the FIRST Graceful Charity. What actually sealed the game was just the sequence of cards in each deck. Simple as that. Not saying it wasn't a mistake to let it keep happening. Just pointing out that it very much was not relevant to the outcome at all. We know that because we saw the cards. And, like MBT and Gage both pointed out, if their opponent had simply drawn the correct cards they lose. Even as far as the last few turns of the game.

[@luigiluigi-in2wg]

it was as disgusting as gage's diaper😂😂😂

[@vinhnhu9381]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 i mean the game was decided just from deck building tbh

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@vinhnhu9381 To an extent yeah. Team Farfa came in with inferior decks. That doesn't exactly decide matches, at least not with the relatively minor differences between the decks, but it's all about gaining those minor advantages to hedge the numbers in your favor. The best in the world still lose 40% of the time, because that's just how the randomness of the game works.

[@DragoShivan]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 i have to disagree with that one. Rewind the video. After the first graceful resolved Gages hand was strong but not unbeatable. Snatching the train and run over MOF then tributing thunder dragon over would have probably changed a lot. they had good backrow at that point and destroying the loop early would force bls out. rux had the read on bls in hand very early already. It was just careless to keep that tsukoyomi mof loop around. They had that one power card in snatch steal and decided to not use it what lead to their loss.

[@mikov6486]

“I’m gonna blame charity” - Farfa

[@poducha]

This episode and by extension, the series, was SO FUN to watch. The tactical thinking and commentating, the polar opposite teams, the long watch time. It's just a joy

[@Entropic_Alloy]

The fact that the format doesn't have linear archetypal combos is WHY interactive thinking is important.

[@Endershock1678]

The analogy I always use when talking about GOAT is think of every interaction you have as a hand trap and multiple turns as a one turn. You can't just be a blind caveman firing your Raigeki and summoning BLS, or you're gonna end up like you Ash'd the Reinoheart just for them to slam down Grief. You need to think through your lines, read what's in their hand, and find the optimal time to use your interactions to stop their momentum.

[@codyhanson1344]

Exactly. In modern decks you have your starters, your extenders, and your handtraps/board breakers/floodgates. If you see a starter, typically you'll want to figure out how to resolve it then do your combos. In Goat format there really aren't any starters, just different bodies that have their different roles and stats, as well as your backrow, which effectively act the same as your board breakers/floodgates/handtraps, just with a different meta context to think about, while also having to think about the pros and cons of certain plays in the cases the opponent has Heavy Storm, NoC, Snatch, etc.

[@houraisheperd9721]

I described it like competitive Pokemon. In every turn, you have at most nine options (the four moves on your current mon, and up to five available mons to switch to), and so you need to think everything through to avoid losing resources. If you just interact based off what's the best thing to do in every turn, you're going to lose because you lacked the foresight to plan around your opponent's moves. You need to think about what your opponent's doing as well as your own future moves, lest you sac something that will win you the game 20 turns from now.

[@Paytonzane]

God I can't wait for Seereax to see the actual first duel and realize *just how much thinking* the other team was doing. Like, they were legit running through *every* possible combination or counterplay the opponents could have to make sure the next move was the right one; the exact benefit of having two incredible GOAT veterans on your team. Quite literally, that first duel was Bandit Keith versus Pegasus, where Pegasus called a kid down to face him and coached him through the game.

[@timjennings8152]

Ruxin actually emerging as the one with the braincells on this challenge series

[@SuperSayianWarrior]

I mean he was the only one with ACTUAL Goat experience on his team. Like imagine if Paul and Ruxin were swapped, same result just slightly Faster, or longer depending on the arguments of Farfa, Seerexan with Paul having 0 knowledge of the format

[@SuperRedNovaDragon]

Maybe but farfa's duel wouldve went differently if they went with seereax's suggestion and tsukuomi'd itself. However not popping that mirrorforce was the misplay that lost seereax his duel. If he'd have listened to farfa and ruxin he wouldve destroyed a jar of greed. Seereax does play a lot of old school format, however unlike joseph and gage he doesnt popy paste decklists nor does he follow the 2024,now 2025 understandings of goat format. Gage and MBT's knowledge of the modern goat format deck building was really the determining factor. It was an entertaining video nonetheless

[@mtr4nn]

Dion saying "i think they have book of moon" when he couldve just made sure when they NoC'd

[@DOOFydoo]

Gage and MBT are so good at GOAT. They made some great plays (with help of opponent misplays) with an absolute garbage of a hand. I love this format lol.

[@nekipeh7373]

Farfa losing to Abaki burn is the most hilarious thing in this video

[@uteriel282]

seereax not expecting minefield explosion after being hit with minefield golem was even better. shows hes a meta player who doesnt know that 99% of cards exist in this game.

[@FirewynnTV]

​@uteriel282 Seereax almost exclusively plays edison style decks... he even made it to Master V with a Ra deck. I wouldn't call him a META player. But he definitely wasn't around during the time of plays like this. His yugioh playing came mainly from old games like sacred cards as a child and now on master duel

[@waqargh1217]

@@uteriel282my dude this is one of the most dumbest comments ever. I don’t like seereax either but to say he uses meta is a lie. Literally look at his channel and see the master duel videos that he uploads before talking out ya ass. Idiot

[@luispalacios8423]

@@uteriel282 Say what you want about Seerax, but calling him a meta player is disrespectful. No one knew what to expect from the AI. It's like me playing labrynth and suddenly I drop a branded fusion, who could expect that.

[@diggers6243]

​@uteriel282 lmao seereax is 100% not a meta player. I'm not even glazing, but he's one of the only streamers on this who just plays what he's enjoys and has fun, he's not calculated, he just enjoys the game.

[@dracodemondawn9635]

One of the best episode so far, MBT and Nyhmnim were a match made in heaven and I really enjoy their analysis on the duels. It was so entertaining to see them predict every move and how the entire team worked perfectly. The Shadow game was reaaaaaaaaally cool and I loved how Ruxin won this one with his board, which was really satisfying to see how he advanced bit by bit. Thank you Cimoo for hosting the King of games, it such a incredible serie and I wish the best for all the remaining contestants for the next episode!

[@connorrussell2084]

1:23:44 I like how team Farfa was complaining about how long team Gage was taking only for the difference in time to be a little over a minute

[@semihtv6004]

The time resets after a turn. Not fully but you get time back.

[@AnimatedIdiotGuide]

49:11 “Gage was probably out here with his screenshot folder from progression series!” Savage callback 😂😂😂

[@hwud4l]

I wanted Farfa to at least survive the week for that comment alone lmao.

[@Aaronrules380]

Honestly think the strat for the shadow game is to actually keep your life points relatively high, modulate the 100s total by attacking into the big defense point monster, then dump all your life points at once with Wall (and solemn as well if you can). Since you can dump as many thousand as you want with wall, there's not actually an incentive to be low at any other point in the duel, and keeping yourself high until you're ready to win just means you stay safe from their burn stuff. Honestly maybe even have a burn card ready for when you want to win so you can keep them at a few hundred and finish them off whenever you want without even worrying about battle

[@Nocturne989]

Literally this. Its why Ruxin made it out first go and the others got burned out. He waited until he had the two card combo to hit 1000/500 and then made sure he wouldn't lose. Wall and Solemn are chainable in battle. There is no reason not to literally just play the game like normal except waiting to finish them off until you have Wall/Solemn.

[@Vibrosome]

Farfa ended his second shadow game way too early for that exact reason. He had everything he needed to stall. It's like he wanted to be knocked out. Though it also seems like his general demeanor has been burned out/down lately.

[@tacomonsternick]

I loved seeing Joseph and Gage in their element spewing knowledge on TeamAPS.

[@uteriel282]

i loved that paul was humble enough to take it all in and learn from their experience. compared to that the other "team" was just infuriating to watch.

[@tacomonsternick]

@@uteriel282 Ya, after the shamble the other team put on, I was hoping they'd all be eliminated in the shadow game, lol.

[@uteriel282]

@@tacomonsternick well im glad ruxin is still in it. people look down on him because he doesnt play the game all that much but out of everyone there he has the most amount of pure card knowledge. i can see him making it to the finals and duke it out with either gage or joseph.

[@aiou_61]

​@@uteriel282define card knowlede pls (I'm not trying to be sassy I'm genuinely curious what you mean by this since Im not seereax viewer)

[@619Slipk]

Their element is draining all the charisma out of any video they're in

[@polomasterj]

Can I just say, hats off to cimo for these challenges. Because they go way more in depth to a true duelist, more than just knowing how to duel, but actually knowing ur card knowledge and history. These challenges have been a blast to watch and participate with as a viewer and I just had to give you ur flowers man

[@GwynoftheMist]

Not often these days does a video on KZbin draw me in and keep me utterly enthralled, but King of Games is so good I can watch them endlessly. Exquisetly editted with an amazing cast.

[@dai6419]

love watching them playing goat analyticaly while the other team fumbles around and seereax is stuck in his ways about how you play

[@NovusIgnis]

His ways are perfectly fine. Seereax has beaten Pak, Jesse, Sam, and Cimmoo all in Goat format. It's true he might not be up to date on the latest goat format strategies, but he absolutely can hold hsi own in the format. What doesn't help is when you have other people on your ear telling you how to play *your* deck. This would mess with anyone's head in a competitive setting. You even saw the stress eat away at Gage when he was playing until they started making critical mistakes.

[@aiou_61]

@@NovusIgnis gage being stressed was warranted tht starting hand was without a doubt one of the worse starting hand you could have gotten with the deck and his next few draws before noc was also quite impressively does nothing. I'm sure seereax is an entertaining/good duelist ( i really do that parshaft idea was interesting and him pointing out tsukuyomis effect was also a sign of a person who actually reads lol) but him looking down at the format was what costed them the game not the backseating (and mostly the deck building really should have asked more advice on tht part)

[@NovusIgnis]

@aiou_61 He doesn't look down on the format though. He was looking down on this particular style, where he isn't playing against another duelist, he just has the controls but it's his team versus their team. How the format should have been was both duelists get to play a normal game with normal time and their teammates are quiet so the players can actually focus. And then if they want to run an idea or a play by their team, only with the player's permission can the council weigh in. Everyone's commenting on Gage and MBT running through all the plays and possibilities but Seereax literally does the same thing in his Goat format videos. It just doesn't take him early as long because he's not running all of his plays by a committee. That's what really killed the mood this time, is no one person was playing any of these games, it was an entire team playing and that is not how this is designed to be. As for their decks, I agree that Seereax's deck was outdated into terms of the most recent theory and so on, but literally so was Farfa and Probably Ruxin's. They all designed their decks by committee too. It just so happens that MBT and Gage have played "official" goat format mroe recently than the other team so they had a leg up on strategy.

[@aiou_61]

@@NovusIgnis I agree that the team play definitely killed the mood and the decks that team farfa had (which we can never see the entirety of expect for seereax) was quite outdated based on what we saw and I don't watch seereax personally so you can cmiiw but he doesn't seem to actually care wht cards that the other player is playing, he plays in a way that seems adapt and overcome ( if that happens I'll figure it out with wht I can draw and what I have ) rather then looking at it as a solved game like Ruxin has ( if this happens what can we do with what we have right now? And do we have something for the worse and the best outcomes? ) which Is definitely more goat format then the adapt and overcome attitude which is more in tune with playground ygo I agree tho the games should have been individual duels without the other discussing the play with maybe a time out in between to discuss steategies or something lol ( no offense to paul but tht was gage and mbt playing rather then Paul playing ) Time wise cimoo gave 900 seconds for them to discuss plays and they were meant to use that time to discuss the plays tht they should have made, team gage using what was given to them is not an advantage, team farfa not using it is a disadvantage (not sure if it's true but apparently goat format doendt have a time limit lol)

[@konranbaka1452]

Can we all agree that despite Deion behaviour without him this episode not gonna be even a half that entertaining ?

[@timothykrzywonski]

Ruxin's bls lead was spot on. Searaxe and farfa showed why their team lost in that shadow game

[@Delimon007]

Yup, he told them that letting them draw every out in their deck was a bad move too, too bad they didn't listen.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@Delimon007 That didn't really factor into the outcome at all though. We saw the sequence of the decks. It was a bad move, yes, but not one that actually mattered. Part of any card game is randomness. There are only so many things that can be done to mitigate that randomness. Sometimes you just get bad luck. This is ultimately why the best in the world still have winrates around 60%. This is also WHY it's so important to optimize both your play and your deck. Every small advantage matters when the difference between average and best is so small.

[@ccjl9160]

Ruxin might not be the best duelist overall, but if there's one format he could make some noise in, it's goat. They should have respected him more on team Farfa

[@EIFuerte]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 you can mitigate randomness by drawing a lot, it was just a bad play letting them loop graceful. They saw twice as many cards, obviously the chance of them winning is way higher.

[@NovusIgnis]

​@@EIFuerteThey literally would have looped Graceful the same amount of times. The 3rd time they popped Graceful was not necessary at all, they had full control of the game. They were just doing it to wrap things up. No matter what MoF was gonna loop Graceful 2 times because Seereax literally didn't have any cards to prevent this. It was 100% just a matter of luck favoring Gage.

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

This episode alone made me rethink every single series Gage & MBT have ever participated in

[@Blah3210]

Just goes to show how good Cimo is at painting tunnels for them to slam into.

[@uteriel282]

alex, joseph and gage are all pros in their own right with years of experience. the only time they seem dumb is when they play against each other cause theyre so close in terms of skill.

[@luispalacios8423]

why?

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

@@luispalacios8423 see @uteriel282's comment

[@diegopinto2090]

I love how you can see the polar opposite of today's dynamic between them in Dzeef's Master Saga series. Here they are in sync working with each other like best friends and brothers who look up to and respect each other. Meanwhile in Master Saga they act like two monkeys with knives yelling and insulting each other. It just shows how good they are at adapting for the shows they currently are participating in to keep them entertaining.

[@julianb188]

Paul frankly carried by being an agreeable guy and letting the chefs cook.

[@iatdtv4996]

I want Ruxin to finish this series as king of games so much.

[@valleyard8674]

The duality, on one side we have "If we check for that.../They already used it/Oh you prepared that so there won't be a problem/We all agree that this is the best play" On the other we have "Can we check for it?/And he insta skips/Yeah, this won't go well/Backseat gaming" Mildly infuriating, but highly entertaining lol

[@doctorreed_]

as soon as gage and mbt were on the same team this video was set in stone tbh

[@uteriel282]

nah the lynch pin was seereax refusing to be a team player thinking he can solo a well working team. if he had toned down the ego trip things could have went differently.

[@DragoShivan]

@@uteriel282 i agree to that. In retrospective his decision making makes no sense at all. What are you waiting for not removing MOF? Whats your strategy like fr? Was his plan to let the opponent draw into better cards to snatch those? lmao. hearing them talk about deck outs after graceful resolved 3 times for full value pretty much showed that the entire team was already defeated in skill level alone. They clearly did not understand their situation in that duel nor the the entire gamestate and what that means in a duel of GOAT. *Addition* It is okay to be unaware about a format you dont know, however then you should maybe not play with other peoples progression in a video format if you are in the drivers seat. Its okay to be unexperienced in a YGO Format or a card game in general.

[@TheZipding]

@@DragoShivan Paul really demonstrated your addition well. He fully admitted he wasn't super experienced or knowledgeable about the format and let himself be coached by Gage and MBT.

[@SuperRedNovaDragon]

@@uteriel282except if he went with what they were trying to get him to do he wouldve popped a jar of greed... conversly why the hell he didnt pop the mirror force is beyond me. I watch a lot of seereax one thing i can tell you is he does not like backseat duelists and does frequently misplay when people are yapping in his ear, ei yugioh master wheel

[@SuperRedNovaDragon]

@@TheZipdingyes i agree on this paul did really well

[@Gravy-k3u]

"Joseph's day off" was so funny

[@Mooinator3000]

Hearing Gage and MBT talk through that second game especially was actually a work of art. Made me see GOAT in a completely new light

[@carpedm9846]

Seereax has developed into such a heel its amazing. Its going to be very fun when Ruxin beats him in the finale and he has a breakdown over Ruxin winning over him instead of others.

[@konranbaka1452]

O.M.G... Hope you right. It may be hilarious. I enjoy both of them, so much.

[@Sinthioth]

22:00 "niche interaction with Tsukoyomi" yeah I mean most people would call that *the defining trait of all Spirit monsters* but to each their own.

[@MrDanno]

Is it even an interaction if it’s interacting with itself 😭 it’s a mechanic lol

[@Endershock1678]

After he got his ass handed to him by Gage's Shinobirds, he chose to block all memories of spirits from his mind.

[@ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman]

I am rooting so hard for Ruxin my thumbs might die off from lack of blood pumping through them

[@DJKokaKola]

>theyre taking so long bro what are they even talking about >140 seconds into Seerex's turn >Still debating whether "let opponent loop drawing 3 every turn" is something they should answer

[@johnb3rry]

God this series is just cinema front to back. I always anticipate the next episode so much and already cant wait for the next one

[@Nirvanaowns54]

This was awesome to hear Gage and Joseph just absolutely call every play and end on perfect turns. Unreal. This series is great

[@jimbon]

this is some of the best stuff ive watched on youtube. thanks for uploading

[@banettebrochacho5636]

Maybe the final will be a full power ishizu tear mirror

[@Blackopsspartn]

that or a dragon ruler mirror. It could be pretty funny especially considering Josh would have loved those

[@banettebrochacho5636]

@ that can be the 2v2

[@PiePie453]

Why give MBT the free win?

[@banettebrochacho5636]

@ do you really think he’s making it

[@PiePie453]

@@banettebrochacho5636 compared to the rest of them, yes

[@hidinginmycaropeningpokemo9006]

This is such a great series. I hope in the long run you keep doing the series until there are 8 champions, then do an ultimate winner

[@dandyfetus3013]

I would love to be in Cimo position just listening to these guys just trash talk each other and just getting all the laughs

[@blurry9744]

Goat format is my favorite format to play, so this was truly amazing to watch, also seeing both teams trying to cooperate to get the wins, hilarious, much love to everyone involved!

[@WTK55]

Once again Ruxin proves that he is the best yugioh player around.

[@gtafan110010]

his play at the end was great. but seereax DID go even lower. If he was a bit less stubborn this episode he might be at the top

[@TheUnknownWarrior]

​@@gtafan110010 seereax had a 3rd rate deck and 5th rate duelists guiding him with it, there was no chance against the power of friendship

[@Rynjinivar]

@@gtafan110010 Seereax only went lower with the benefit of having seen the deck's entire gimmick in a failed run beforehand. It's like comparing a blind speedrun to a regular one.

[@Mercsin]

I watch these things like a new feature film every episode it's actually so sick. 59:04 "Some people say Goat format is a googoogaga baby format. Well come clean my dirty diaper bro 'cause I am mopping this shit up" I don't know why I laughed for a minute solid at this one

[@laggalot1012]

Cimo chose a downright devious setup for that Shadow Game. Spoilers... The CPU opponent's deck had decently high stat values on the cards, repeatable backrow removal and LP manipulation going both ways. I knew the burn was gonna catch at least one of them. The way that worked out was downright hilarious. Punish their arrogance!!!

[@a-rock6919]

Paul undersells himself, too humble cuz he definitely DID have some good contributions and was strategizing right along with his team. Good work paul, great content cimoo

[@VisionsofDagdae]

God, it's so great to see Cimo being the "presentator" of the show for this. Actually so good at it

[@LP-zn8sc]

I can't believe team Farfa didnt just look up goat results or something for better decklists. They were diffed so hard by the chaos turbo match-up.

[@johnsd3341]

This was a fun episode. Seeing how Joseph, Paul, and Gage were able to cooperate and really get into the weeds vs a team that barely wants to cooperate is a nice dichotomy

[@B353RK]

Farfa the word u were looking for is underrated

[@MiyaoMeow588]

i was thinking underdog

[@TheUnknownWarrior]

​@@MiyaoMeow588 both work even underestimated

[@adarkwind4712]

Figured it was underdog

[@dissssssssssd]

It, in fact, was not

[@pokez117]

its just incredible to watch seereax do exactly what mbt and gage say he's gonna do turn after turn after turn.

[@benjaminvega7186]

Seereax really is the ash's charizard of the team

[@sorablade659]

I'm sure you've picked all of your games that you're gonna have them compete in ahead of time, but something I thought would be really fun is once it's the final 4, one last team game where both members draft a deck, pick 20 of their best cards, put them together in one deck, and basically it's a tag duel type of situation

[@ozmarlopez1890]

49:14 Gage with his screenshot folder 😂😂

[@adamprinceofeternia7509]

I think Paul and seereax are a very stark contrast here. While one was humble and recognized that his teammates knew more than him and was willing to listen to their advice while mot pushing his ideas through. Which ultimately lead to their team having a healthy union. Seereax demonstrated immense ego and and was not a team player at all, and thus his team was at a deteriment.

[@highdark4]

I appreciate the performance he's putting on! Someone has to play the heel.

[@nm2358]

Its goat, the initial aggressive approach by SeeReax sas absolutely the play, the draws were just not there for him.

[@ArunaUtd]

@@nm2358 Not true at all, Seereax had the upper hand at the start cuz Gage opened awfully and drew badly after too and by rushing he lost it when the small advantages Gage eventually built up resulted in them commanding the board.

[@DeanWashington-k2u]

​@@ArunaUtdare you talking about the top deck mirror force. There was no way to know he pulled it and the TEAM just verified it was in the deck one turn ago. It was all RNG not the player.

[@airhead3409]

​@@DeanWashington-k2uthey still had a way to stop the graceful recycle early though, no?

[@ShadowCrescent]

Ruxin got a major W with that Shadow Game. Bro, straight up cooked with that logic. My GOAT fr

[@sildra4755]

This episode was a complete and utter dismantling of Farfa's team was honestly super interesting to watch. You can see every single point where things went wrong. MBT explaining modern goat developments juxtaposed to Farfa's team falling into every single pitfall people who don't know about modern goat fall into according to MBT. MBT and Gage being on similar wavelengths mentally while Paul patiently listens to what they have to say, contrasted by Farfa's team all having different playstyles and conflicting attitudes. The way MBT and Gage are able to correctly call out almost everything they're doing on the opposing team and plan their plays perfectly, thinking so far ahead. It's honestly such a testament to how cool and surprisingly complex older formats can be.

[@danha3107]

the sheer difference in commentary between each team was insane lmao

[@TheMetallingOne]

ruxin chad and age of gage, what an episode

[@GreycatRademenes]

We Return to *TOTAL DRAMA YUGIOH!*

[@HakureiIllusion]

SPOILERS MBT: [reaching through the very fabric of reality to guide Gage to an insane victory through a garbage opening hand] Literally everyone on Farfa's team: "lol why are they taking so long to think"

[@TrevorAllenMD]

This is the only ongoing KZbin series I will actually drop what I’m doing to watch as soon as it comes out. Squid Games? Beast Games? Pass. King of Games is all I know.

[@TheUnknownWarrior]

beast games are just a worser version of squid games anyway, yugioh where it at

[@thatismesharky3442]

they gotta target Mbt. He's too well rounded. He knows almost every format, he can actually duel, he does streamer games like wordle and stuff, he played too many 10 min testings, and he can work in a team. I dont see my favorite pasty white yugituber losing

[@tylerprime6741]

Honestly the brainstorming from gage and mbt helped them beyond playing well, it was tilting the opponents making them play worse

[@EddyCantillo]

Farfa and Reax being the rivals in this is genuinely hilarious. 😂

[@ak47dragunov]

Great episode! Ruxin was absolutely playing his ass off in an old-school environment. I hope they play modern at some point though. I know Cimo's channel is mostly content-focused over competitive, but it'd be fun to see these guys square off with full power meta, particularly the guys who don't know the first thing about what the cards do

[@s0uldr4ke]

Clutchxin34 the sleeper of the series came in strong again!