DARK MAGICIAN - Ten Minute Testing 8/23/20

[@keinelusteinenfakenamenzue7625]

Me: Wait! Dragun is supposed to be played in a dark Magician deck? Stranger with gun behind me: Always has been

[@shadowspector3611]

That stranger is me.

[@anonjohn9760]

Konami wanted to print non-DM cards for the promo tins, but Dragun negated that decision and blew up those responsible for it.

[@JABRIEL251]

@Nio37 It burned their revenue.

[@quantumgargoyle3888]

I’d buy that

[@UltimateBurstLP]

“I promise to kill Dark Magician in real life” Bakura already did that sadly, that’s how we got in this situation in the first place

[@rob19ny]

It was suicide. Not Bakura.

[@gren3515]

@@rob19ny 😱

[@evan-bunch-of-numbers]

MBT: Aren't you tired of Dark Magician? Konami: Haha Blue Eyes White Dragoon go brrrr

[@AaronHeininger]

Lol well they also have heros, cyber dragons, and .... I guess red eyes they can pump out. Plus we get ra support next month too. Hehehehe. But don't know why people are upset at dark magician. Its not like there ruining the metta like certain rock and zombie deck are doing or even a single copy of mystic mine.

[@astogram4321]

@@AaronHeininger it's because we could get other cards instead

[@AaronHeininger]

@@astogram4321 we do get other support and new cards they just also thrown in dark magician cards with some things. It was only the last legendary duelist that dark magicians finally got great support blue eyes or anything kiaba has been more reprinted then yugi.

[@craterdestroyer3604]

@@AaronHeininger it's not that other decks Don't get support, it's just most people consider DM a waste of space

[@AaronHeininger]

@@craterdestroyer3604 and what timelords, malifics, cubics, and even vampires weren't a waste of space none of those decks really work or where worth playing but they took up card slots that other good archetypes could of got. Least dark magicians are good now now unlike most of the other garbage we got. And besides dm was only given support in nostalgia products, movie packs and now one mega tin. So dont see why anyone is sick of it when kiaba was the one getting support for way longer and way more often then yugi. You'd of thought kiaba was a real person running koonami with how often he got product with his face on it then yugi.

[@Gorkzilla1]

this was actually a five-headed link dragon testing

[@Zero-eo8pq]

As a duel links player not playing DM, I'd be more than happy to see Magician's Navigation burn in hell

[@dgayle2348]

MBT wife is cool and seeing her support him in his passion is inspiring, however these skits ain't been the same since cameraman got a job at KaibaCorp.

[@dbgaming274]

I hear ya.

[@Trekkie46]

Ban Anaconda and see Dragoon played only in DM and Red Eyes? I'm fine with that. Especially since Predaplant has yet to be more than a niche engine and Super Poly targets.

[@shadowspector3611]

PLEASE!

[@Blackacre438]

as a DM player I am DOWN for this

[@patrikmiles9342]

I hate you people dragun isn't a problem card it hasn't seen any tops recently why ban a card that isn't seeing play lmao

[@Trekkie46]

@@patrikmiles9342 You realize this post is 4 months old right? Opinions change over time. Dragoon is still a problem, but yes we see it isn't breaking the meta right now. I'm still standing by what I said to an extent. Either ban Anaconda or errata it so it has to be played with its own archetype like it should have been this whole time.

[@RamixTheRed]

I really REALLY hope this is what ends up happening instead of a Dragoon ban

[@Akira2805]

Well played friend. As a fellow Dark Magician player, which I have been for many, many years. Well over 17 years to be exact. Let me say that was some damn good dueling and an awesome presentation of the card for card plays. I followed every single one with ease. Kudos and respect. You've earned yourself another subscriber.

[@AustinNightShadow]

That background is actually perfect.

[@reisen4963]

I literally unsubbed and resubbed just after you gave that incentive

[@scp0535]

Same

[@santiviera]

Same

[@Steele47]

This makes me think how his sub analitycs looks like, google must be having a seizure looking at those

[@internetstranger_]

Did it too, thanks for the idea...

[@SignatureFox713]

Same

[@monkeykingw]

....Why do I feel like I've seen this exact same video before? Like, Dragon Maid that creates Five Link Dragon against Dark Magician seems so familiar....

[@samurexatlas7373]

Joseph. You finally see. The potential in *COMBO* DMaid

[@r3zaful]

@Nio37 it's the slydra deck

[@babrad]

This TMT shall be remembered as M.agician B.lack T.umor (reversed OCG DM name to prevent the copyright strikes....)

[@LReezy1992]

Sees Dragoon, cuts to me looking like Gollum while hoarding Kaijus

[@p0stgravity997]

i felt like you handled this video perfectly. i can tell that you allocate a certain amount of time on each video even when decks havent changed, or not changed much you know what to do so you put more effort into the jokes. i really appreciate all the hard work you put into all your videos

[@lavenderlemonade6665]

I'll upgrade to $15 patreon if you promise to never play Dark Magician again.

[@joshuakelley3875]

Your videos are the most consistently detailed, interesting, and funny out there. I haven't found a better yugioh commentator than you. Thanks for the great videos and keep it up!

[@omgitsdev4568]

The first duel was insane lol I didnt think you could out the link 5

[@leobardoviramontes5587]

she reflects how we feel about the tins, we all love her for that xD

[@dakotamcintire7419]

Christ MBT, you're not just pale, you're NEON pale.

[@dakotamcintire7419]

Seriously though, you ok? You do good work, but don't neglect your health, as hard as that is playing this game XD

[@MrHellsing1055]

I love that there is DM support every year. It’s a great way to keep nostalgia alive.

[@trueacolyte]

3:28 two goons? what about the goonettes?

[@ricebucket_13]

Konami: prints souls People: plays it in literally any spell deck Konami: prints dragoon People: plays it in almost every single deck

[@happylittlemisery]

Souls is arguably better in half the decks then in its native DM deck. In Eldlich its basically Pot of Greed.

[@gleamynightxx5387]

dragoon is only splashable because of anaconda tho. dragoon isn't inherently problematic.

[@ricebucket_13]

gleamynight XX It is untargetable, indestructible, 2 non targeting pops on your turn with a burn effect and 1 negate. You don’t need anaconda to play it because you can just turbo it with insight and 3 fusion in a red eyes deck.

[@gleamynightxx5387]

@@ricebucket_13 Dragoon doesn't make red-eyes or dm decks competitive. Correct me if I'm wrong, but dm and red-eyes didn't exactly jump to tier 1 after the card was released in the OCG. I doubt it's gonna be any different over here. Combo decks summoning dragoon at the end of their combo with zero effort, however, is a problem. The fact that you can still flip summon after activating red-eyes fusion also gives an unfair buff to guru specifically. Dragoon/red-eyes fusion will prob end up getting limited to make dragoon turbo less viable. However, the biggest issue with the card remains that a generic link 2 monster can summon it. I hope they'll eventually ban the snek.

[@craterdestroyer3604]

@@gleamynightxx5387 who knows if anaconda gets banned red eyes might become rogue because they have access to dragun easily (it's still a towers with negation and destruction) I don't necessarily think it makes them good, but who knows I guess

[@MrGshinobi]

Unpopular opinion: im not sick of DM at all, in fact im excited to see how much this big normal monster dingus can improve over time with new support, having legacy decks improve over time is one of my favourite things about this game.

[@jakegrigg4142]

I think Jo knew something we didn't years ago... "This *circular* card", "the deck is far from solved..."

[@QuarkStorm]

The real duel of this session was the raid boss. Imagine this in an anime... would be cool af

[@florianblock5388]

from where do you have an ash blossom? 5:04 she isnt in your decklist

[@blinktwice296]

In all honesty, I still prefer DM getting more support than Blue-Eyes. Both should stop, but I rather see DM

[@theflaminglizard5166]

>Aren't you tired of DM No. I am still dispointed there isn't a Synchro, Pendulum and LInk DM. Or that we still don't have a searcher for the Eye of Tim...

[@shadowspector3611]

Exactly!

[@thisisger]

LMAO that DM commercial actor in the background had me dying

[@sansanfajrian3847]

Man that duel with 5 headed dragon was great

[@quelqunx7470]

Dogmatika player threw so hard when he summoned his golden lord in ATK and allowed the blue boi to get destroyed. Not the most obvious throw but a very hard one...

[@leoshipman7914]

Red-Eyes Socialism Dragoon: Our Broken Nostalgia Bait

[@your_boywee_tam9155]

That background in the duel is the best meme

[@Finalblue1234]

Maybe I'm too young to get it, but what's the reference?

[@your_boywee_tam9155]

@@Finalblue1234 yugioh duel links terrible add. The guy in background drops dark magician and attacks for game. Just watch the ad because it's so bad

[@Finalblue1234]

@@your_boywee_tam9155 oh shit, I didn't realize it was THAT ad lmao. I remember that

[@racl5354]

I was waiting for this for so long

[@NeoGeo57]

What program are you using? And how can I get it?

[@onii-san3851]

It’s so good the hype you put on this but you do know how the duel ends 😩👌👌👌

[@Rael199327]

What if you wanted to go to the next game but FIVE HEADED LINK DRAGON said nah?

[@mattirwinmusic]

Would a Red-Eyes Deck be playable with dragun though? Probably not but hey, It’d be...better? Lol

[@jacobs945]

I died when he said he gonna kill dark magician😂😂😂😂😭

[@gexxel]

You actually made me subscribe with that deal

[@orcustplaya8830]

WAIT DRAGUN IS A SPELLCASTER???

[@craterdestroyer3604]

I know right

[@williamcronshaw5262]

Seriously? Have you guys seen the card? It's just Dark Paladin but with Red-Eyes themed Armor.

[@supermetabros70]

Great deck profile, and awesome commentary!

[@planetofkryk]

i have to correct you on one point. Dragoon is not good. It is, how can i say... broken. Absolute madness. Can't wait to have my own copy, btw

[@Peashooter521]

Why did we get dragun before future dragon and afterglow.

[@Akira2805]

My version of this decks indifference is as follows; 1 Dark Magician Girl 3 Ash Blossom 1 Bond Between Teacher and Student 1 Dark Burning Magic 1 Magicalized Fusion 2 Eternal Soul 2 Gozen Match 2 Impermanence 1 Navigation

[@reaflor91]

Unironically want a Red-Eyes TMT, just so we can cover the 2 decks that Dragun was clearly meant for, before we start splashing him into every other deck.

[@hip2besquare632]

AAAAHHHH GOD MY EYES

[@shadowspector3611]

I didn't even notice the ""summon Dark Magician" guy in the background until the second game.

[@mrdelirious8706]

WITH NO MONSTERS LEFT ON THE FIELD...

[@gorsedh]

At 2:10 i understood "this light machine deck" lol cydra instinct hitting

[@jdudefun1755]

Is this edopro? How do I use edopro?

[@donjuan6996]

We need that Blue-Eyes TMT now.

[@craterdestroyer3604]

I wanna see that happen

[@shadowspector3611]

Which one is he talking about, daddy Endymion?

[@frankaxe6700]

No navigation thud guy is a saint

[@hutzel5080]

I did not play for quit some time. I still watched because of nostalgia, but the first game made me remember why i left.

[@achronos178]

Nice to see him win a game once in a while lol

[@faizamzar1224]

I don't see the point of tagging out into the smaller maids after the battle phase where you can use the higher level ones for xyz or link

[@shakeweller]

Why didn't the Eldlich player use Lord effect to pitch White Destiny to pop a card then use lord effect from grave to summon itself. That way he could have used white destiny in the Endphase to set a card....

[@andrewbidwell6421]

Idk, how long are we gonna have to deal with blue eyes? 😝

[@blaizeott4567]

I'm just now finding this video cause I'm just now looking through the channel. MBT if you see this we went to an event in Philly years back. You played toad/hero and I played dm. Hit me up dude would be great to see how things have been going!

[@sable-eyesonixdragon8642]

A normal poly? Is that legal?

[@pablotorres7659]

I love dark magician 🎩

[@dmendex]

you look like a dad with that shirt lmfao. much love bro

[@mostdefinitely7536]

Dragoon is a badass card only outdone by the incredible bad-assery of five-headed link god dragon

[@TheKinfing]

In which format was DM the 7vth best deck? I couldn’t understand what format he meant.

[@shadowspector3611]

In all of them

[@williamcronshaw5262]

INOV which is the abreviation for the set Invasion: Vengeance. I believe that was late 2016/ early 2017. So it was ABC/ Metalfoes/ Blue-Eyes format. Dark Magician was somewhat relevant as a rogue deck because it had a pretty good tech that hard countered ABC, Magician's Navigation summoning Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer from the deck.

[@TheKinfing]

William Cronshaw Thanks man! Didn’t know that.

[@williamcronshaw5262]

Honestly, I'd use Magicalized Fusion and some more hand traps instead of that lame ass Keeper package. You're playing 7 normal summons right now, that's a horrible idea. Or maybe a copy or two of Jester Confit to help get to Anaconda. Or maybe Instant Fusion to do the same thing and help cover your weakness to hand traps.

[@calvingilliland6646]

And with no cards left on field I summon the dark magician and attack for game!

[@awesomesauce-h1x]

In hindsight I probably could've played better but the shock of opening double CBTG and topdecking Dolphin just made me want to cry. KRETIN FIX SHUFFLER

[@mikaelamonsterland]

verte is probably going to meet Master Plan, hopefully sooner rather than later so that this guy is only usable in the two decks it's supposed to be in

[@mcpherson1222]

Does Mystic Mine stop 5 headed Link Dragon?

[@shadowspector3611]

Yes. Mystic Mine states that your opponent cannot declare an attack. If it was worded like Swords of Revealing Light and said "monsters your opponent controls cannot declare an attack," then Link Dragon would be unaffected. But you as a player are not allowed to make your Link Dragon attack.

[@mcpherson1222]

Shadow Spector thanks! I thought so!!! People online keep talking about a “bug”.

[@shadowspector3611]

@@mcpherson1222 Yeah no. They don't understand how cards work.

[@Ponyboyjuan]

Ayy that shirt is the YCS Vegas special lol nice

[@scrubomega2030]

Do you really feel that if you are going to play dark magician that you should be playing keeper of dragon magic??

[@apfeltee34]

why would you not want to

[@KevinWeiland]

Can u do a trickstarinvokedragun play

[@TheStalenin]

DM. Maybe the worst good shell for Dragoon...

[@Zahiere]

what yugioh game is that?

[@prnkstr4882]

i didn't see my table 500 replay in this. Sadge

[@bandboy33]

Now show us a Red-Eyes build!?

[@felixrodriguez5050]

DM gets actually good meta impacting support. DM players: ewwww good cards.

[@evan-bunch-of-numbers]

If it's not a new version of DMG with bigger boobs and an even more underwhelming effect, they want none of it

[@felixrodriguez5050]

@@evan-bunch-of-numbers they deserve nothing and still are dissatisfied.

[@shadowspector3611]

Just when Konami starts being fair to DM support, people want no more new cards.

[@hiromorisama3067]

Long lives DM yassss

[@Npi13O7]

Wait, Dragun is supposed to be a Dark Magician Card, I thought it was supposed to be a Red Eyes predominant support, having Red Eyes in its name.

[@williamcronshaw5262]

Seriously? Even though Red-Eyes is the optional fusion material while Dark Magician is the required one?

[@Ragoodtama]

You miss one con: Heavy damage to man's wallet. Well i mean DM JUMP, RE JUMP, m. Souls, dragoon, RE fusion super, brown dmg (still have value) and other highest rarity cards :)

[@rayronnyd4659]

DM 4 EVER!!!

[@SW-zb6bf]

Gonna be running Kaiju for a while

[@Aktheman77]

Time for my kuribohs to rise up lets goo verte turboo

[@peterallen6153]

Use triple "the eye of timaus" instead it's gonna be way more effective

[@shadowspector3611]

Or bricky. You need to base the deck around Timaeus to effectively use it.

[@williamcronshaw5262]

@@shadowspector3611 And it's not even searchable.

[@IrrelevantOaf]

Effective? Good luck searching it easily pfft.

[@shadowspector3611]

William Cronshaw: yeah, that's another huge downside. With all the DM draw power, it's easier but it's never guaranteed.

[@potatoexe5410]

Where's the DMG and the cards related to them like bonds, the magic attacks, etc. Also fusion dispatch where.

[@sanauj15]

All those cards are bricks.

[@felixrodriguez5050]

Bad cards are bad.

[@williamcronshaw5262]

Bricky cards in a deck that already is known for it's bricking issues, great idea.

[@shadowspector3611]

Fusion Dispatch is an E X C E L L E N T card in Dark Magicians. What are you talking about?

[@williamcronshaw5262]

@@shadowspector3611 Not really, it cuts you off from Link Summoning. Which is the primary way that Dark Magician fulfils the "Red-Eyes Black Dragon or 1 Draon effect monster" requirement for summoning Dragoon. I mean sure you can use it to get Red-Eyes but you still better already have set up in hand.

[@servine1212]

I came for the legendary MBT

[@Shura143]

Turns playback speed up to 1.25...... ah yes, 7.5 minute testing

[@trumpeter811]

Jokes on your intro there are no promos *cries*

[@AaronHeininger]

But i like dm support yugi is my fav. So you unsweeted the pot.

[@_Asleep_]

I have never been so early to a video. Liked before it even watching lol

[@Bossybill]

Now do a red eyes deck with dragoon

[@zuzu6470]

Dragoon Turbo is a deck which is nice

[@elpasto9390]

mark da gician

[@julianwhaley2885]

"3000 and 5300, well over lethal" hmmm

[@astogram4321]

opponent was at 6k lp

[@draphking]

The only way for Dark Magicians to become viable was to get a boss monster that's only countered by a Kaiju.

[@seizedxshadowx]

The real complaint about playing DM: The price tag. I priced this out for shits and giggles...my wallet seared my flesh even considering it. If one has none of it already, it's about $775 without shipping. T.T

[@spirameowmeow]

DM Pendy when

[@darknight4439]

DM is not bad it got a really good meta support with souls and dragoon if the ban list at any time this year or in 2021 banned needlefiber and block dragon and only if they banned anaconda drgoon wil become a true dark magician card because you can summon it with eye of t or just any poly with your dm and any dragon monster

[@craterdestroyer3604]

The problem never was dm being horrible, the problem was other decks being better

[@shadowspector3611]

Just ban Anaconda. Problem solved. (And errata Magicians' Souls so that you can't summon anything other than spellcasters the turn it's summoned.)

[@m.b.7560]

Dragoon is gonna get Red-Eyes Fusion banned isn't it. There goes my Red-Eyes FTK deck