Why I Like Darklords (Yu-Gi-Oh)

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Hey, everyone, and welcome to this fun little rambly video about my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh archetype, the Darklords! This is definitely a bit different from the other "Why I Like" videos I've done, since I'm not focusing on a single character from a piece of media, but I think it still fits the vibe of the series. And I'm actually pretty proud of some of the edits I did for this video, so I really hope you all like it! I've got a couple other videos rattling around in my head for what I could do somewhere later in April, so hopefully I can get something together on that front in the next week or two. Most likely it's either gonna be another "What If...?" or another "Matter Of Character" video, depending on what I'm leaning more towards. At any rate, I hope everyone's April is off to a good start! Also, DRINK WATER

[@Ra88ful]

I love to know what deck you made *^*

[@spatialawareness5384]

Darklords are cool. I like how they integrated the Forbbiden Quick play spells girl's lore (Aka Pandora)

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Right? I love it when you can connect cards together with the story they tell, it's so neat 😁

[@zaekulia]

Eyyyy, a fellow Darklord enjoyer :D Instant click on the video The funniest thing that ever happened to me was placing Ukoback on my opponents field with Indulged and watching with horror as they activated it's effect. One of the coolest games I ever had Also slight correction: Condemned heals you for every fairy on BOTH sides of the field, making her even better

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Yeah, slight goof there, woops 😅 You'd think with all the times I check things in my videos before they go up, I'd have caught that 🙃

[@tobytrooper3928]

10:05 PREACH

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Fewer things more satisfying than seeing that entire field/hand wipe, lemme tell ya

[@FinalPharaoh83]

Master Duel also introduced me to this Archetype and I still adore it. My favorite to this day

[@tacolordc]

You were my favourite Pokétuber back in the day. I remember watching your old vids religiously back in 2016. It’s nice to see that you’re still going.

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Oh wow, thanks for sticking around for so long! Yeah, I'm still trying to do stuff here and there 😌

[@yunikohh]

I love Darklords, if you add in dark honest and use Darklord Morningstar for the fusion summon you can get rid of an opponents cards and have a response for any cards that allow other cards to summon from the graveyard on your turn. Alongside paying LP to get out another Darklord monster.

[@dustyfedora]

Darklords are also my favorite archetype, I affectionate refer to them as Bricklords and I’ve been playing them since I bought a box of Destiny Soldiers to build my first good and proper deck that wasn’t a bunch of random cards that vaguely but not really work together. I pray for new support cards every time Konami releases a new set.

[@lloydbagby8355]

Also My favorite arctyple i have three is blue eyes DDD and anicet gear

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Hell yeah, I love Blue-Eyes! Speaking of which, I actually have a video similar to this about Seto Kaiba, if you ever feel like checking that out!

[@lloydbagby8355]

@@SuperNerdDaniel already have yah while revlor Is my favorite rival kaiba up there mind the number is obligatory as besise anime chazz I don't hate him he jest my lest favorite rival as glad both hate Adrian and he the villain I wanted to lose to main villain not even Marik got that bad

[@DifferentDimensionDreamer]

dude just got recommended to me. this is an amazing video omg, criminal how underrated this gem is. Keep it going! :D

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@DifferentDimensionDreamer Thank you so much! Always love seeing people come in from the recommended feed, makes me feel like my channel might actually have some reach after all, haha. Don't be shy about checking out some of my other videos while you're here, hopefully you find some more stuff you like!

[@DifferentDimensionDreamer]

@@SuperNerdDaniel i am definitely gonna check out your other yugioh content :)

[@MDogman5]

Favourite archetype. Ogdoadic. Such cool creator snakes with amazing lore and beautiful designs. Plus a quirky style of gameplay

[@22co.remixed29]

5:11 indeed Also good vid man I love this archetype and it was the first I gravitated toward

[@RavenTheSensai]

dark lords are one of those decks i always return to. its so much fun. tho i have also been loving volcanics a lot with the new cards in MD. but without a doubt, my favorite archetype of all time has to be suships.

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Ooh, Suships are a good shout! They always look so cool. I just love that the Normal Monster's flavor text is basically a Yelp review (and the reason it's a Level 4 Monster is because the reviewer rated it 4 stars).

[@RavenTheSensai]

@@SuperNerdDaniel best part is that all the cards SR or lower. so they are a super good low budget deck and you can mix them with basically any XYZ deck. tho i will recoremend making a going 2nd suship deck. as much as i love Super Dreadnought Uni as a boss monster... only negating in opponents battle phase is not good... what is good is when you make it and your opponent tries to imperm it, then you just quick effect negate their negate and go: HOLD ON, let me cook. XD its the best feeling ever. and even better then that is if you can get 2 out. god i love when cards are soft once per turn

[@yoshikagekira1807]

Gameplay-wise: Mathmech Lore-wise: The Broken World/Visas Lore cards

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

The Visas lore always looks really cool -- I'm a sucker for else world/alternate reality or alternate dimension stories like that Shame that the Visas stuff is responsible for the existence of Kashtira, haha

[@yoshikagekira1807]

@@SuperNerdDaniel lemme ask u a question does tear work well with Darklords? I've been wanting to play Darklords for a while wanted a reason to play them competitively since my Tear engine is almost done (I'm missing one Schieren) I have the First Darklord IRL as an OCG card in Ultra Rare he's just so cool

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@yoshikagekira1807 Honestly, I haven't tried it? I've mainly focused on Darklords and other Fairy-centric archetypes, though Darklord/Tear probably wouldn't be the worst potential mashup, as long as you take the best and most consistent pieces from both. They do both like sending stuff to the Graveyard, for different reasons, so there's certainly potential there, especially if you run Reasoning or Monster Gate to do big mills. Honestly, probably worth a shot!

[@jamessherman6598]

If you can set it up you can otk your opponent with anthena and superbia amd keep looping them.

[@someone-nu1kf]

Still waiting for God from the solemn cards gets a small archetype maybe finally making the archlords into one and continuing the story

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@someone-nu1kf Oh god, can't wait to see how many negates that archetype would have 🙃

[@someone-nu1kf]

@@SuperNerdDaniel enough to banish the dark lords again

[@VampirusX1]

I love Darklords, but I also enjoy Vampires. The mere fact that I able to steal the opponents monsters and can heal by attacking has always been a joy of mine. I just wish they got more support as well as have a card that allows me to convert the monsters I steal into Vampire-named Zombie monsters.

[@KnightLuciferZero]

I too was introduced to the Darklords by Master Duel. I have Darklord Ixchel in IRL. Little fun fact, the First Darklord is straight up called Lucifer in the OCG.

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@KnightLuciferZero Oh yeah, I knew that, and it's honestly rad -- they really should've found some weird alternative version of Lucifer to use for the localized name, tbh

[@gepapa3633]

you were so real for that ending

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

I'm just out here speaking the truth 😌

[@itzjuniior7354]

I’ve been using darklords and have the same superbias from legendary collection 2 gx back from 2012 they will always be my fav archetype

[@bonzey9895]

Yesterday i just watched a video talking about the darklord lore which has become one of my favourite archetype lore (only behind Vendreads) and im happy to see more people talking about this archetype As for my favourite Archetype, it has to be Dragunity. It's my first ever deck i played in dueling book and Master Duel once i finally managed to play yugioh in some way. The design (both mechanics of equipping your dragon type tuners and the artworks themselves) is incredibly cool (im also a 5ds/synchro kid so theres a bit of a bias there). And their lore being the reason why the ice barrier dragons were sealed is just so epic to me. Oh, and one more thing to say... JUSTICE FOR MY BOY DARKLORD NASTAN!!! HE DID NOTHING WRONG!!!

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@bonzey9895 Oooh, I'm not familiar with Dragunity lore, but that sounds rad!

[@bonzey9895]

@@SuperNerdDaniel Yeah they don't appear that much in the lore. They appear during the Ice Barrier Dragons seals and (at least from what I've heard) stopping the worms a little bit. The last time they appeared is in Dragunity Divine Lance (where basically the Dragunity as a species are long gone and the only thing left remain are parts of the dragons) which was the reason Infernoid Devyati (and to some extent Decatron because Decatron is basically Devyatis Head) was defeated.

[@PendulumBlade]

My favourite archetype's Pendulum Magicians. They're cool and do magic, and they can work with dragons, and one of their main guys to kick some ass is a PALADIN

[@T-Wrecks13]

Pardon me, I wasn’t exactly specific. By DL, I meant Darklord. Like a deck list or even a gameplay video on MD, show us how you wield the dark powers of these Sanctuary exiles. And maybe some deck building ideas and suggestions for my future real life Darklord deck.

[@T-Wrecks13]

Y’know, I’ve started to become fond of these guys myself. I’ve just made my own one in MD, and after mulling over which fairy deck to have in RL I’ve decided on Darklords too. The doubling down effects in the graveyard rather appeals to me also. Between these and Agents, I find our fallen ones more fun.

[@nava461]

finally someone know the darklord and enjoy it

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Hell yeah 😌

[@HoseB932]

Darklords are super cool. I spent 70$ on an Ebay deck + around (a generous, Totally not addicted amount of) 500-600$ to build it with extra staples, Card sleeves, and deck boxes.

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@HoseB932 Jeez, that's some dedication!

[@HoseB932]

@ yeah, honestly, 200 of those dollars were spent on those Mega Packs 2022 for Forbidden Droplets… I pulled some other GREAT pulls like Pot of Prosperity and a few other big hits. I think the deck is pretty fun, I personally would’ve given the traps the ability to affect up to 2 cards each (I.e Rebellion could pop two cards or Sanctified could negate 2 monsters) just because the Cards that require discard costs seem pricey, but still. The deck has some absolute gems worth playing.

[@ShanaReviews]

I was SO happy that we got Darklord support that expanded the archetype and especially loved how they tied it to the Forbidden Quick play spell storyline and Condemned Maiden (Who i believe is supposed to be based on Lilith) Edit: got to the part where you mentioned Condemned Darklord being labeled as Pandora and tbh i don't see it, she has more in common with Lilith who is someone that also was condemned and cursed because Lilith wanted to be equals with Adam, the maiden dabbling in the forbidden items feels like it is closer to how God forbade Adam and Eve from the Fruit of the tree of knowledge. this also raises the question then of how Condemed Darklord got a hold of Zerato since he's supposed to be an archlord, given that we had the quick play Forbidden Droplet and it showing one of the darklords being forced to drink it i think Condemned Darklord FORCED some of the archlords who still served heaven to become corrupted which, yeah kinda makes their revenge less noble looking

[@MrBthomp]

I like the cosmic horror of myutants . It was the first deck I created in master duel

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@MrBthomp Oooh yeah, Myutants are pretty cool! I love a lot of their Monster designs 😁

[@skullwac]

Galaxy-eyes go big number 11200

[@jtm94]

I love Vaylantz. They're so cool the way there is 2 sides of the deck. I really really wish their goofier effects and boss monsters were more viable. I just love scooting my monsters around the field like I'm playing chess.

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Vaylantz is one of those Decks that always seems really interesting to me in the once-in-a-blue-moon occasion where I actually play against somebody who runs them, haha

[@zaekulia]

I made Vaylantz an insane board braker deck by playing a number of Kaiju cards. You get rid of your opponents monsters, push the Kaiju into a spell/trap to destroy it and then bounce it back to YOUR hand with Grand Duke for big dmg, making it extremely easy to otk

[@jtm94]

Yup I've been doing the same thing. If I go first I just setup Fossil Dyna with Heavenly General.

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@zaekulia Jesus, that is GROSS

[@zaekulia]

@@SuperNerdDaniel I know, right? :D

[@AlphaEspadaChannel]

Darklords fan here! They SERIOUSLY NEED new cards/new support that can help them playthrough hand traps like Ash without dying to them! I even came up with some Darklord card ideas of my own. Darklord Herald Zeranoir Dark Lv:4 ATK:2100/DEF:800 Fairy/Effect If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Darklord" card from your Deck to the Graveyard. You can only use this effect of "Darklord Herald Zeranoir" once per turn. You can discard this card to the GY; Set 1 "Darklord" Spell/Trap card from your Deck to your side of the field. Darklord Maiden Reficule Dark Lv:4 ATK:1400/DEF:600 Fairy/Effect If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Darklord" card from your Deck to the Graveyard. You can only use this effect of "Darklord Maiden Reficule" once per turn. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Fusion Summon 1 DARK Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using this card in your hand or on the field and monsters from your hand and/or field. You can only use this effect of "Darklord Maiden Reficule" once per turn. Arch-Darklord Kristya Dark Lv:8 ATK:2800/DEF:2300 Fairy/Effect If you have exactly 4 "Darklord" monsters in your GY, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). If Summoned this way: Target 1 "Darklord" monster in your GY; add that target to your hand. Neither player can Special Summon monsters except "Darklord" monsters. If this face-up card would be sent from the field to the GY, banish it, instead. (Quick Effect): You can pay 1000 LP, then target 1 "Darklord" Spell/Trap in your GY; Apply that target's effect, then shuffle that target into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Arch-Darklord Kristya" once per turn. You can only Special Summon "Arch-Darklord Kristya(s)" once per turn.

[@rihan5426]

Really cool video, alwalys loved darklords🤙🏻❤ My fav archtype is dreammirror, the cards are just so sexy honestly and their playstyle is rly unique and fun, and even now with fiendsmith they have become stronger and more consistent having a blast playing them rn😎

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@rihan5426 Thank you! 😁 Oooh, Dream Mirror's a fun choice! I wanted to pick them up at one point in Master Duel, but I never got around to learning them, haha

[@T-Wrecks13]

Say, ever thought of doing a deck list video, or perhaps a gameplay one? Show us how wield these sanctuary exiles so well? I’m kinda indecisive on my DL deck list, and I’m open to ideas and suggestions.

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

I mean, I've definitely thought about something like that! It's not the sort of thing I typically do, so I don't know how well it'd go over here, but if it's something people would be interested in, I'd consider it. That said, I've never played Duel Links (I mainly play on Master Duel), so I don't know how helpful it'd be for that format?

[@T-Wrecks13]

Oops, should’ve been more specific. I mean Darklord, not Duel Links. Like a deck list or gameplay video on MD. And ideas and suggestions for deck building my future Darklord deck in real life.

[@T-Wrecks13]

Hello? Did u get what I mean?

[@0DeathTheKid15]

My favorites are Yubel and DDD. I grew up with YUGIOH GX so Yubel has a special place is my heart. For D/D/D I kinda like the whole Faustian Bargain kinda side from there Theme. You basically sell a part of youre Life(points) to them and they help you. You want to search a Monster from deck? Sure, make a contract with this Gate. But next turn you have to pay the cost~ You want to Reborn a Monster? No problem, just dont forget to pay. Plus the Art from Machinex on this Throne ready to make a deal is just sick.

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

A fellow Yubel enjoyer! Very nice, good taste. Slightly related, but I actually have a video all about Yubel in Yu-Gi-Oh GX, if you ever want to check that out!

[@Solaris_XT]

Idk if youve ever played it but Darklords just got new support in Duel Links. Now its only been a day since they got released but if you ever want to check it out id be interested in hearing your thoughts about it

[@karterestill]

I have played a "lair of the darklords" deck for years. It's not super competitive, but can hold Its own. I really wish they would get more support. I recreated my deck in master duel as well.

[@KallMe_Kale]

As a fellow Darklord user (i've never used any other archetype) I gotta say...I would sell my soul for new support 😭

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

SAME, my kingdom for some modern Darklord support that puts it on par with the meta and doesn't necessarily have to use Despia as a crutch anymore

[@zacharymccormack881]

My favorite Archetype is Cloudian. Still hoping they receive support soon.

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@zacharymccormack881 Not sure if you've ever seen GoldenNova's KZbin channel, but he has a video all about Cloudians (which I guest-starred in)!

[@zacharymccormack881]

@@SuperNerdDaniel I did! That was a good one. I also really love Clear World and Yusuke Fujiwara from the undubbed 4th season of GX.

[@lloydbagby8355]

I love the archetypes but i do want to build a deck later

[@nolongerhuman17]

i subscribed cuz of that cody rhodes bit lol but this helps with the deck im trying to build

[@Funky_Student]

Personally, I go back and forth between playing Mikanko and GHOTI

[@PumkinSnatch]

By chance do you do Darklord custom card review? Would love to hear your thoughts on some I made

[@cottonuwu3167]

My favorite archetype is infernoids. Kinda for a similar reason you like darklords. The duel terminal lore is rather weird and in it infernoids are seen like the biggest threat yet. But aome say they whete made by the gods which doesnt make sense. In some normal mornsters like the qli its mentioned they are like a virus to life , anti life of some sort. I like to think this machines where made eons ago by a now lost civilization in an attempt to replicate gods themselves at the image of sophia and tierra (and maybe fucking a-vida if we ever get a connection on how that ended in the world legacy lore) but this creations where to much , festering on human souls. Machines overcoming life itself to feed off of souls and destroy everything in its path. Sophia was like “wowowowowowo ….wtf” from here idk much of the specific dt lore but i know sophia herself didnt seal the noids because they had the equal opposite power of tierra by her side. I just love the concept of humas making something to rival god and it going rouge on both

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@cottonuwu3167 Oh yeah, for sure, the whole "Playing God and having it blow up in your face" thing is definitely one of my favorite tropes. It's part of the same reason I like Type:Null/Silvally from Pokémon so much, it's basically the result of the exact same kind of hubris.

[@T-Wrecks13]

U got a deck list for these guys? For real life, MD, and whichever way you play yugioh? I could use some tips and suggestions for my future real life one. Though I might have a list, but what do you think? M: Ixchelx3, Nastenx2, Superbiax3, indulgedx3, Morningstarx1, zeratox1, Amduscx1, ukobackx1, nergalx1, capriciousx1, Archlord Kristyax1or2 with Tezcatlipoca otherwise S: Banishmentx3, Contactx3, Trade-Inx3, Allurex3, Greater Polymerizationx2 T: Rebellionx1, Enchantmentx1, Sanctifiedx1, I’m debating on Descent or a different trap, Necro Fusionx3 E: Firstx2, condemnedx1, numbers 62, 38, 97, 81, and 100 1 each, Gustav Max x1, Avramax x1, decode talkerx1, Knightmare Phoenix and and Unicorn 1 each, Wee Witch’s Apprenticex1, and Underclock Takerx1. I’m open to suggestions.

[@LeahLovesNature]

Wow, I can see why you love this archetype so much. But I never knew that Master Duel was free to play. Do the cards still cost money, like in the Pokemon TCG where you have to buy actual packs and then enter a code to use them in the game?

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Actually, no, you could build a competent Deck totally for free in Master Duel! There's in-game currency called Gems that you can obviously spend real money on, but you can earn them for free just by completing Daily Missions (you get three each day, worth 40 a piece upon completion), as random rewards sometimes after completing Ranked Duels, as rewards for participating in events, and sometimes they'll just give Gems as part of special celebrations, like the one that's happening right now to celebrate the fact that they just hit 60 million downloads! Also, the game has a Solo Mode, with several paths that give you little bits of lore about different archetypes (some have more than others, so the paths are varying lengths), and also each of them typically has at least one stage where the reward is a one-time thing of 200 Gems, and there's a LOT of Solo Mode paths to play through now 2 years into the game. Just to put that all in perspective, a single pack in-game would cost you 100 Gems apiece, or you can pull 10 packs all at once for 1000. That being said, between all the ways you can get Gems just by playing the game, you should be able to put something decent together in no time! And hey, even if your pulls don't get you what you're looking for, you can always dismantle them for in-game crafting materials that you can use to craft specific cards yourself later on. Honestly, it's pretty generous to new players (which is part of the reason why certain challenges requiring a fresh account are probably so popular amongst MD players), so if you're curious, I'd say give it a shot! It's on basically every platform, so you've got nothing to lose, really.

[@LeahLovesNature]

@@SuperNerdDaniel Oh no, I could easily see this taking over my life. I'll have to think long and hard (and get some other stuff out of the way first) before jumping into that. Also, broken record alert, but you know what other franchise revolves around anime teenagers controlling creatures based on figures from various world mythologies and using their combined power to defeat gods? Persona. All the more reason why I think you'd like it.

[@luizfelipemelo1098]

So… their lore is like… over? No more darklord support? Imagine a new darklord monster who if he’s used to fusion summon Lucifer, Darklord of the Morning Star (srry this name is so much more cool then The First Darklord), you gain the effect to dump a darklord spell/trap to copy its effect. I’ve always considered the boss a little lackluster, even tho he’s good

[@kingdomafterinsanity]

See I like this but I don't see the vampire tribe get much respect

[@Thedragonlover95]

Anybody joining the darklords club? I would

[@Kevinhearts]

Rikka

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

Valid! Rikkas are super-neat

[@Izanna3]

W

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

@@Izanna3 Thank you!

[@potatocat112]

solemn johnson strikes again

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!

[@potatocat112]

@@SuperNerdDaniel ikr he never learned