Another Tier 0 Format: Full Power PePe (February 2016) | The History of Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@Cimoooooooo]

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[@kirbyale7948]

The guess that card playlist is still missing ep 1 with gage!

[@adrianofeixa5026]

Pepe smile

[@kinofchaos9085]

So they give you ingrediatns and you cook it yourself?

[@Greg501-]

Bro, Draco Face-off is TERRIBLE post-Electrumite, it should be at 3

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

I didn't even notice that the board was a replay until the end of the video, props to the editor for using the replay and editing it convincingly as to not ruin the immersion.

[@your_SecondShadow]

Woo its the best boy

[@mateusrp1994]

I noticed halfway through, when Cimo was taking damage for something I realized the box for typing the numbers was missing. Still didn't really impact my immersion either way.

[@yusheitslv100]

If that's the format moving forward, it should be set to show both hands.

[@tjdasdada3786]

I noticed when cimo activated solemn and there was no bar

[@MasterQuestMaster]

I didn’t notice it until you said it

[@CaramelFrapple]

It's kind of amazing how Konami, knowing full well how important card advantage is in Yugioh by this point, went "Yeah here's a mechanic that casually lets you go +5 every turn but you won't be able to set it up until late in the game!" then a year later they just hand us a deck that can set up that condition turn 1 and now decks have to somehow contend with a full field literally every turn.

[@yoel9396]

Not to mention that half the deck gets you more cards

[@Jobbaz]

@@yoel9396 that's the main reason you can actually plus turn 1. If you hadn't that ability PePe would have been like any pendulum deck existed unitl now (I.e. Qli) where the PS becomes an advantage machine just after many turns of setup/stun.

[@kacpikachu5951]

Ah, Yugioh. The more things change, the more they stay the same…

[@ashuraahunter]

Tearlaments can casually go +5 every turn too

[@doubl2480]

That was the same for Link monsters. We believed the mechanic would slow down the game because they weren't releasing a lot of links with generic materials (see the existence of Linklebell). Then at some point everything went out the window. Konami wants their new mechanics to get popular, so they always end up removing the limiters in a crazy way.

[@theearloftea2942]

My favourite part about this series? Hearing the semi-obvious change in mic quality between the starting narration and the usual intro. Sometimes its the little things that make you dread the passage of time.

[@dappercrow8138]

Scariest things aren't usually the things that look scary, it's the things that look like doofuses that are having a good time. PePe pretty much embodies that joker persona.

[@JDBass36]

Alot of Murderers don't look scary by looks 😂 it's typically the quite ones you have to be scared of more then the Rah Rah person So great point

[@yasharthpandey6317]

In the OCG, PePe had access to Shock Master. Also, they could make Ptolemaeus and rank up into Azathot on the opponent's turn. This was only legal for a weeks, but it was legal. Call Spells with Shock Master, then use Ptolemaeus to go into Azathot and lots of decks suddenly had problems. If you value a negate, you could just go into Cyber Dragon Infinity instead.

[@Stylercom113]

Yes we havnt azathot until 2018

[@ShikanRaider]

OCG also still had access to Lavaval Chain at that point.

[@Pr1est0fDoom]

PePe with Shock Master 😱

[@vyrax401]

@@ShikanRaider lavalval chain send glow-up bulb then make nat beast is legal too right?

[@ShikanRaider]

Glow-Up Bulb was at 3 in the OCG back then, so yeah that's also possible. Either that or sending Trickclown/Zephyros were the most common choices.

[@dynosgarcia7645]

"While Performance Pendulum otherwise known as PePe..." Well that explains how Skullcorbat can search any monster, he thinks they are all only one archetype instead of two

[@cosmetiago]

PePe stands for Performapal Performage, not "Performance Pendulum".

[@dancostello4872]

@@cosmetiago Tbf they were probably supposed to be quoting Cimo in the intro when he said 'Performage Pendulum, otherwise known as PePe'

[@anonymouseicecube91]

This is really dope because they actually let us read the cards and follow what is happening. Might as well show both hands if it's a replay imo.

[@cascada5200]

0:45 FRESH AD 2:16 Deck List / Breakdown 17:53 Duels

[@UnrealGamer6]

God's work!

[@TheMasterBlaze]

I know this makes me another misplay andy, but this series is for historical and educational purposes and I prefer accuracy in situations like these so I'm making these notes. G1: Monkeyboard doesn't go to grave when popped by Ogre. It was already face-up. Ignister Prominence only pops to spin a card. The summon is free AND it summons in Def position. It was game with Trapeeze + double attack Ignister anyways though so it didn't matter. G2: Lizardraw does not go to grave. G3: You cannot summon Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz monsters using Luster Pendulum as material except Dracoslayer monsters. There was no line to get to Infinity + Rafflesia with Joker, Luster, Trick and Sorc which changes how Joseph's entire turn was played.

[@xatuyou8045]

That’s dueling book stuff. Pendulums are a hassle

[@harukidd]

G3: Using Luster Pendulum as material for a not-Dracoslayer

[@TheMasterBlaze]

@@harukidd oh dang. U rite.

[@xatuyou8045]

@@harukidd game 3 doesn’t count in videos where it is a 2-0 because a lot of people stop watching there.

[@alessandramaria00]

@@xatuyou8045 hey a lot of people enjoy watch all games to the end Not everyone is only interested in who wins or loses

[@ReiMizere]

PEND *ACTUALLY* BEST DECK LET'S GOOOOO

[@foxfireinferno197]

Monkeyboard and Skullcrobat ... "Yo dawg, I heard you liked searchers, so we'll search for your searches then search for your searchers."

[@pickyphysicsstudent201]

PePe will always be the best Pendulum deck. The one which every other Pendulum deck wants to imitate. Even something like the 2018 Dark Pendulum FTK wasn't really Pendulum as much as it was just a burn deck which synergized with a lot of Pendulum cards such as Supreme King Starving Venom & Electromite to copy that Lyrilusc Fusion to burn for game. All Fusion decks need a Shaddoll Fusion, just like how all Pendulum decks need a one card scales such as Monkey Board. In addition to a Stratos and everything floating into advantage when popped in the PZ. Because of this Pendulum never sees play besides being close to Tier Zero. It's either BROKEN or broken.

[@arobnugzo6818]

True. I wouldn't say Pend has to be broken or unplayable tho. Qli was a fine stun deck even without Towers (stun variants), Dinomist had some tops back then as a rogue option, both being much different than PePe. Endymion is similar I suppose, but was never truly broken and stayed a solid tier 2 in TOSS imo. Zefra, especially with Yang Zing, had a much more fun game plan with a solid go 2nd plan (Baxia turbo). None of which broke the game and were quite different than build thousand negate pass.

[@XenoMonicals]

I just graduated high school, and was kinda getting back into Yugioh at this point, or at least trying to. When I looked up the new summoning mechanic, all I saw was "haha Pendulum go brr", not knowing what most of the cards do I now know that I was right for all the wrong reasons

[@DARKVEEMON1]

One thing I remember for this format is searching X-Saber Palomuro to make Naturia Beast with Pendulum Sorcerer, strange they didn't play it. Also Norden was really played

[@M3G4F1LTH]

That was a Pre-PePe Era with Palomuro, Brilliant Fusion and Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon!!!

[@DARKVEEMON1]

@@M3G4F1LTH Depends, I remember vividly Palomuro + Pendulum Sorcerer. Also I remember a player making a second normal (cheat) in a tournament in Europe (in PePe)

[@AKingofBacon]

-The "Pot of Greed" play after resolving pendulum sorcerer was often considered to be 'noob bait' since it leaves you open to being blown out by wavering eyes. Since the 3rd and 4th effects are the REALLY devastating effects, most top players absolutely prioritized clearing their scales. -Also in game 2, the scale effect of Pendulum Sorcerer is mandatory while the on summon effect is optional. The pendulum sorcerer in scale would have been destroyed by the one on field before it's attack boost effect would resolve -Game 3, Luster Pendulum can't be used as XYZ or Synchro material for Non-Dracoslayers. It didn't matter because the solemn strike is what won the game, but still for future episodes since I'm sure you'll be using these cards for a little while here

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

0:45 Ad break.... And possible tease of "Coooooking With Cimooooo" 2:16 MBT's Deck: PePe (Performapal Pendulum) 7:51 Cimooo's Deck: PePe Ariadne variant 17:07 Game 1 22:58 Game 2 35:30 Game 3

[@roberthorn9915]

I'm going to be honest I love pepe, it just a really good deck that deserves it's title as one the strongest decks of all time thats right up there with decks like full power dragon ruler's, full power zoo, and all of the others

[@JerseyfreshXx]

The next few episodes are going to be rough. Tier 0 Pepe straight to tier 0 zoo and true Draco :(

[@tyranitararmaldo]

Yugioh basically just fell down the stairs at that point. Hitting every step on the way down.

[@youssefbenali4070]

There should be other decks inbetween, ABCs, Blue-Eyes, Metalfoes, D/D/Ds ..

[@andrejv.2834]

There's over a year in between pepe and zoo Pepe became dracopal after the adjusted list, which was tier 1 for some time but is a lot worse

[@cameraredeye3115]

True Draco is gonna be fun to see. Still one of my favorite archetypes to troll people with 🤣

[@MiiMavis]

Well, Clowns have been scary since 1986.

[@kirbyale7948]

38:27 can’t use luster for ptolemaeus, but the rafflesia did not come up so it didn’t matter

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

It's interesting finally seeing this deck after hearing so many people talk about it. So much of what I heard was "oh, this deck can search anything so they always have setup for next turn and any monster you kill goes to the extra and just gets summoned back", and the thing I realized is that, in addition to that, if you don't have a way to stop them this deck can also just kill you immediately.

[@duelmasteryuya1205]

This Pepe deck managed to do (almost) all summoning mechanics during this time! Just look at MBT casually summoning the 3 extra deck monsters with a singular pendulum summon 33:33

[@lobbynotlob]

Honestly the standout card to me in this was Wavering Eyes, and just how insane that card becomes in a pendulum mirror match, especially as a quickplay.

[@Serpentax1]

i honestly think that in a pendulum format like this, the dracoverlords are cracked while in the scales, vector negating your opponent's scale effects and lector negating your opponent's pend monster effects while they are in the scales can shut down decks like this, and you're still able to pend summon 4s while you have both in the scales

[@toadallynoodle5414]

And then Wavering Eyes hits the board and it's all for nothing as the Monkeyboard/Plushfire you're negating gets cleared and they search another Pendulum monster to pop off.

[@kaiserdragon7233]

15:49 I remember when cyber dragon infinity was first announced. A few people on KZbin wanted this card to be ban from the get go when they didn't read the full card.

[@ZackeroniAndCheese]

Mirror Conductor's main purpose isn't swapping atk and def lol. It's a performage pendulum monster for plushfire to summon. This fills the non-tuner requirement for Ignister Prominence Edit: it's funny to me the swap actually came up in your match

[@AKingofBacon]

Even more importantly is that it's a low scale that's searchable with damage juggler

[@xolotltolox7626]

It came up decently pften since PePe was also often playing Rafflesia who had 300 ATK and 2500 DEf

[@darkstriker00]

Cimoo has a really nice kitchen.

[@firefliesowlcity12]

This was a great episode. Joseph actually breaking down the history of the game is what I'm here for. I would like to ask we get both hands during the replay.

[@Elderunlimited9]

Can’t wait for the Monarch structure deck !

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

We only got SIX MONTHS of Monarch Reaper in GX

[@The_Vanni]

@@cyberdarkturtle6971 imagine thinking that the monarch structure deck plays anything like old monarch decks

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

@@The_Vanni I know, but monarch was so boring!

[@underlyingyugioh4311]

@@cyberdarkturtle6971 I mean you just put a helmet on and there ya go monarch go brrrrrr. FYI I only liked the structure deck cause the cards looked nice until I played against domain lock and then I wanted to burn the decks to the ground.and if you can’t tell that’s a figurative way of saying I despised the deck for a bit.

[@yurisbest2892]

Shoutout to when this deck was not “pepe” but “emem”

[@manjackson2772]

EMinEM

[@wolfekupo5651]

if this is full power imagine the OCG with Shock Master still legal

[@yusheitslv100]

38:32 ur weekly reminder that Luster Pend cannot be used for non-Dracoslayer Fusion/Syncho/Xyz summons. Just Dinoster, Ignister, and Majester.

[@zdelrod829]

So, I actually got into Yu-Gi-Oh during this time, but only played against my dad (I was 12). So, as a result I didn't know the state of the competitive scene. This series has really given me an idea of what I missed out on (some episodes make me glad I wasn't into Yu-Gi-Oh at the time). Since then, I've still been playing casually, but hopefully I can afford to transition into the competitive scene using knowledge I've accumulated watching your series.

[@ReiMizere]

22:18 MBT cheating Prog Playoff style. You can only summon with Ignister's effect in defense position

[@homerman76]

not that it mattered, he had enough damage on board anyways thanks to Trapeze magician's effect

[@kevinmorad9200]

To be fair Cimo used ptolemeus with luster dracoslayer. :O

[@Boohead86]

Seeing 2016 in the title makes me that much more excited for the upcoming Blue Eyes format.

[@bl00by_]

Hell yeah we can see them brick for multiple turns.

[@philipppreiser]

that lithium impression caught me out of nowhere

[@BobbyCorwen42]

Monkeyboard being a common is to this day, much like Pankratops, one of the biggest wins in Yu-Gi-Oh's history. Good cards don't need to be hard to pull, that just makes decks more expensive for no good reason.

[@doubl2480]

Breakers of Shadows was my first sneak peek but weirdly enough I don't remember people talking about PePe at the sneak peek. They were searching for Solemn Strikes and Twin Twisters and the high rarity cards, but it's only a week or two after that I heard of the deck for the first time.

[@maskofthedragon]

Wavering Eyes has got to be one of the silliest cards of all time

[@Alberio1]

Ah PePe. This is a nostalgic format for me. I quit playing YGO in the middle of this format and didn't come back until pretty much the end of the Vrains era.

[@PScaotay]

PePe is so insane like they have almost no RNG involve at all. If you want a card on the field, you will get that card on the field. Even with brick hand, they can make at least 3 interactions which is kind of nut.

[@RisingJericho]

New headcanon that Cimo lives and sleeps in that black hoodie at all times

[@CallMeNevermore]

24:19 From my understanding the use of a die is encouraged by Konami judges to meet an indisputable criteria for "random". Cards like Sixth Sense want the opponent to roll a die because it guarantees the controller of that card won't roll a loaded die for themselves.

[@tongatapu7325]

Every game decided by wavering eyes? Yeah basically sums this up pretty good. If you played during this time,you know how bad it was.

[@johnmichaelbushman]

After witnessing Dragon Rulers, seeing this format in action makes me realize that Plushfire is truly the problem.

[@MysteriousQuiggles]

I can't wait for the dozen of other PePe variants like Dark PePe, Reptile PePe, and Dracopals

[@Catknight4444]

I just had an idea that Konami should steal. A Rank 7 Cyber Dragon that goes on top of Infinity. They should call it Cyber Dragon Beyond.

[@bennylopez8128]

I want that Luster Pendulum which allows you to use him with extra deck monsters other than dracoslayers

[@Andys_Auto]

This is my fav tier 0 deck of all time such an awesome play style

[@broceedwin]

Fun fact. On YCS Atlanta 2016 PePe decks cover 29/32 spots in top 32

[@nnnp634]

Thank you, I really wanted that conclusion (ofc I would google it but still). P.S Obviously PePe won the event and had all of top 4 in case anyone was still wondering

[@Legoluke197]

Pepe: one of if not the most infamous tier 0 deck. Also Pepe: dies to a single hand trap.

[@takodachi1239]

honestly looking at this episode, they probably can't even beat full power Pendulum Magician or Endymion, let alone can full power pepe beat Zoodiac or Tear.

[@hirukashiro5995]

Cimo misplayed a lot this episode. He could have played around Ogre by activating 2 scales before Monkey Board eff so he can chain Weavering on Ogre

[@andrejv.2834]

That's the thing with older decks, even by modern standards tcg pepe's uninterrupted turn 1 setup is fine And the trap highroll version of pepe cimo was playing is very bricky, especially with interuption in mind But most pre 2017 decks can't play through disruptions well, even nekroz's djinn combo lost to one veiler

[@puebloaye7628]

Not gonna lie, Cimo is the only person who actually makes me want to watch ads

[@nnnp634]

It's interesting that the best counter to PePe was PePe since it natively runs Wavering Eyes, Ignister Prominence, Damage Juggler similarly how one of the best counter to Tears are Tears (although Flunder are even better, so it's just a tier 0 format and not 29/32 tier 0 like PePe. I guess decks countering themselves is a good (although not the only) indication of possibly being tier 0.

[@patirck024]

Game finally starts 18:48

[@homerman76]

And skip MBT's exposition on the history of the time, blasphemy

[@VanitysRuler]

I love pendulum as a mechanic a lot and eagerly await Pendulum Magicians during Zoo format but MAN Wavering Eyes is such a back breaking card in the mirror and I'm so glad it's fallen out of favor in modern Pend decks despite how strong it is

[@NecroNathancon]

This one has a special memory for me. One of my friends ordered the cards to build this deck, and within the hour, the banlist dropped, as did all the prices of the cards he just bought.

[@Chaosm03]

Yes! One of my favorite formats of all time. Been looking forward to this episode.

[@europaboi]

I wonder why Cimo has 2 Patrons called "Cimo's Chaos Cooking Draft"

[@googleisskynet9112]

Dark Destroyer was in DOCS not BOSH, normally this wouldn't matter but because of the nature of the adjusted list people who were sitting on them at the time made off like bandits. You could buy them at 60$ each before the list announcement and they spiked to something like 300$ when it got announced. The big Cards in BOSH outside the PePe stuff is Rafflesia, Infinity, Twin twister, tin can, kaomoji and the introduction of kaju slumber. In a financial sense this set and ebanlist were even more messy than what MBT said.

[@sag3009]

Genius way to introduce Hello Fresh, really got me to laugh

[@adamata64]

Ah PePe format. The last format I played before my 6 year hiatus from Yugioh. My last event was the Chicago (Rosemount) Regional with a large attendance. I brought Deskbot (Which IS a deck I'd love to see brought up in History of Yugioh) and made Top 32, 2-0ing every Kozmo that I faced that day as Deskbot 004 kind of just beats the entire deck when they don't have removal present. Funny how that works. Only losses from that day were against 2 PePe players, and there was a D/D/D deck as well as a Tellarknight that I faced at the end which was odd. Infinity Turbo can get you that far apparently. Despite it being considered a Tier 0 format, with the plethora of removal traps available, there was a good amount of back and forth, as well as deck variety that was happening and I appreciated that.

[@TrishulaDaBestBoi]

If I had a nickel for every time someone played deskbot at a Chicago regional in the mid 2010s,I would have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.

[@pissingspeedrun]

Lmao now we have tier 0 that plays through that same interruption

[@shawnjavery]

Card of demise in deskbot was so fun as well. Definitely more of a jank deck though, it was in a good spot pre bosh but solemn strike is such a headache for the deck to deal with.

[@HellfireBowsa]

As a Peldulum enjoyer, I hate that this deck is the primary reason why people hate Pendulums are a mechanic.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

You'd think those people would know that Pendulum isn't nearly as good now. Granted they can still put up a decent enough board in the modern game even without the ability to PS 5 every turn.

[@apollyon1311]

From what I've seen, this is no longer the main reason why people hate pendulum

[@ShrankTheFirst]

This was the last format I played before taking a break in 2016-2017. One guy at my locals was on PePe and I was trying to build a deck that could beat HIM specifically. I finally managed to do it with, of all things, Prediction Princess Nekroz. Then I took the break because I found the format exhausting and when Links showed up shortly after I was not enthused to relearn how to play the game.

[@gocardsandstuffshatteredle2406]

I like MBTs "Killer Bee" dance towards the end. "Fool, ya fool!" Lol

[@DKMonsieur]

I had understood most of the interactions of this deck in advance but this was my first time seeing it in action, and it was terrifying. Playing against this must have been like playing against Ishizu Tear on steroids considering what other decks were in the format at the time.

[@kuma5151]

Am I the only one who absolutely adores mbt's history speeches, i find them mad interesting and also very fun.

[@mo-hunnit9184]

This is where the game plan switches form out resource your opponent to not letting your play and you can see that where the game was going next year with zoo spyral and that abomination of a year in 2018.

[@JDBass36]

Pretty much Pendulum format was the start of Negate or prevent your opponents from playing becoming more common in decks Then Link Era it put it on steroids with 3+ negates and start to introduce interactions like tutoring from the deck that was basically impossible to do pre-link era with certain cards or it atleast opened the card pool for anything to be playable Also making terrible cards become broken outta no where ( Grinder Golem) giving you massive board presence like never seen before. Locking you outta your own Link zones turn 1. Dam link era really accelerated the game. That was a brutal era

[@andrejv.2834]

What about winda, djinn, hat, xyz infernity, spellbooks, wind up's handloop, dino rabbit etc

[@mo-hunnit9184]

@@andrejv.2834 winda was not the game plan for shaddoll like it is now and back then it was easier to get over than now because people actually played spell and trap removal in the main deck. Hat was very intertractable they play moral tech and you could play any deck in hat format that makes a rank 4s constant and a bunch of traps your can grind through. You have to put all your resource in djinn so you could draw out the out. I give you wind up format it was a modern day format back in but Dino rabbit tended to bricked. Even vanity wasn’t as game changing as it would be now. So the reason I bring this up because of the way decks are built now. For a long time it was put all your eggs in one basket and if you crack the board you win. But the issue is if you can’t if I can’t crack it it get mega punished because the game is over turn 3. I guess I am more complian about the lack of opportunity there is game and the speed of it even tho turns take like 20 minutes. Actually don’t have as much of a problem with tear. Even tho I don’t play as much as I used to.

[@andrejv.2834]

@@mo-hunnit9184 the point of my comment was to highlight how 99% of yugioh's competitive decks boil down to not letting the opponent play It doesn't matter if it's by using the words "negate", "banish", "destroy" or whatever, it doesn't matter if it's by setting 5 or comboing for 15 minutes There are very few exceptions, something like the dragon rulers with their double dracosack board come to mind, or qli with towers and those knightmare link decks that'd just co-link all knightmare monsters and end on a protected board with minimal interaction But these types of decks are way less common

[@eulefranz944]

Man... i remember the Lithium video. Good old times.

[@Skizzywizzles]

38:25 Can't use Luster Pendulum as material here! IT HAS TEXT YA KNOW.

[@ygodecktestertube]

It's finally here!!! PePe!!!

[@metalmario1231]

I just remember one day building pure performapal and having it be the most fun deck I ever played...not relevant to much in this episode but I love performapal

[@frankwest5388]

It has one of the most solid draw engines in the entire game, which is fun. Also here is a recommendation, try to adapt the Ariadne build with 2023 format things, there is a lot of cool stuff you can do with that

[@fanusobscurus]

I think the deal with opponents randomly picking being a thing has its roots in gambling. A skilled person can in fact follow your cards as you shuffle your hand around, and can intentionally snatch cards you searched for.

[@Blackfog14]

I remember plaything through this time period and being relieved when we got the adjusted banlist. Then they let everything go to hell with ABC and Metalfoes until it completely devolved into Zoodiac and we never got the reprieve we needed like we did with this.

[@Blizz3112]

Aw, you should've added a scene of you done with cooking and prepared to eat, and then the plate has nothing but Pepe cards instead... :-P

[@Zetsuboulurkswithin]

The acting goes hard on this one.. was Cimoo a theater kid as well?

[@crowsfoot_]

audibly said "oh my god. come on" at the last card in hand during the game 1 pendulumn summon

[@ZackeroniAndCheese]

I wish they'd play on ygo Omega so the rules would be enforced

[@lotannaarinze6581]

22:17 isn’t the destruction of the scale/pend monster only needed for the shuffle

[@andrejv.2834]

Yes

[@pikomdl]

So much nostalgia BoSh and ShVi were the Sets I really got into Yugioh I still have tonns of cards from these Sets. I'm exited for the next Episodes.

[@Sp3llmen]

I played fluffal and zefra in this format. Fucking loved resolving tiger and popping 4 then attacking for game with wolf doing like 19000 dmg in 1 battlephase haha

[@AtlasNovack]

23:28 "Guillermo"

[@ileee1]

there is a special place in the underworld who thought monkeyboard was a fair card....

[@nickgiz377]

Tbh it’s one of the fairer of the cards that started a tier 0 format imo

[@number-qx1kw]

Literally the most fair banned card out of all tier 0 decks

[@ChampionMarx]

This was the set that I entered the competitive scene on. It was ruff

[@tossthegoats4280]

I starting collecting and playing yugioh again with BOSH. Freshman year of college, having no idea what modern yugioh was about. I was so dumb, stubbornly refusing to play Pepe because the cards looked silly. Funny memories.

[@frankyquilavafireblast895]

Set a reminder that this is also the set where we got the infamous Dragun Buster destruction sword, which eventually would enable… The Buster lock, what was with this set!

[@bl00by_]

Ngl that's one of my favorite mirrors to watch, right behind tear and zoodiac.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

"Plushfire no once per turn on this" I mean, specifically the pendulum effect literally is a HOPT. Not that it matters for how it is used and abused.

[@Ironpecker]

I know this was probably not obvious to see but I think alex in both the first two games (especially in game 2) should have always scaled two pendulum monsters and THEN activate monkeyboard, so that if joseph had ghost ogre he could use wavering eyes and still profit off monkeyboard in some ways. The deck takes a bit of skill to actually pilot it well trough handtraps/wavering eyes and optimizing the endboard, I'd love to see at least another episode with this format. Maybe showcasing a palumo build (the reptile x saber) used to make nat beast (I remember siding tsukyomi in my pendulum decks just to shut it down lol), and maybe even kozmo before the blue eyes set, which was already a pretty interesting deck!

[@scythermantis]

Yeah exactly; Cimo didn't really play it very well.

[@cyberstylegaming4713]

That lithium voice was perfect tho

[@blaze3422160]

Back in 2016 I had just recently gotten back into Yugioh since there was a decent sized community of players at my college. I had no idea what pendulum was and reading the cards with effects saying “destroy your own cards” baffled me as to how this could be good. Then we’d go to the card shop and guys were trying to get copies of Ogre and Wavering eyes that were at ridiculous prices and I would be so lost. Boy was I glad I stayed out of this competitive cluster as it went on and just watched from the sidelines.

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

Harambe: Heroes get remembered. But legends never die

[@BDTOO]

Suddenly I am hearing a voice: PENDULUM BEST DECK!! LET'S GOOO!. Wonder what that was.

[@Dyleniz]

I remember this weekend well and by the end of it I quited the game, I remember playing Dueling Network ranked with my BA and just kept losing left and right and tried the deck my self and its so fuckin far ahead than the meta game and Infinity was hard to out for the cards available at the time

[@jamescoppock4341]

We're nearing the advent of one of the coolest decks every: PK Fire!

[@Cjbrehh]

Good job with the editing over top of a replay. But there were several weird audio issues here where theyre just both talking at the same time, but obviously werent cause they didnt react to it at all.

[@Zara0990]

The Ariadne build was only popular in the ocg. We needed shock

[@darkutopia2711]

Was the list that came out when SPYRAL started doing things not the same type of “emergency banlist” as this one? I was under the impression it was.

[@mustafamrouweh7873]

The list used by MBT here is a list i used to get from 230 rating to 946 rating on Dueling Network in less that a week back when Dueling Network was a thing I remember I used to 2 Lance and 1 Chalice instead but for the most part it was one to one copy This dick got solved so fast and it was so strong it was a nightmare to play against luckily for me since everyone was tired of this deck IRL or preferred to play something else online they did not play this so it was free ranking up for me

[@bobdawizard]

This seems like a fun format