Reviewing Every Solemn Yu-Gi-Oh! Trap Card

[@blacktimhoward4322]

Just politely putting it out there, I like it a lot more when you do the cards chronologically, it's easier for me to follow Konami's thought process in changing the cards

[@8BitKO]

Gonna second this! It's not a big deal, but worst-to-best or chronologically would help me out, alphabetically doesn't do much for me.

[@MariusDSchiller]

Black Tim Howard agreed

[@EpicKingofFail]

Black Tim Howard I was tilted when solemn judgement wasn't first

[@mohammedhussain6749]

Well they all vary from deck to deck and what the current meta. No one card is the best but a general rule of thumb is that the one where you can negate a special Summon is the best as the meta constantly revolves special summons.

[@realzachfluke1]

Mohammed Hussain these comments did actually change how dzeeff handles these types of videos though. He does them more in chronological order these days lol.

[@pielander]

I feel like reviewing them in chronological order rather than alphabetical order would make more sense

[@myrvharon4775]

"Solemn Judgment was borderline overpowered when at 3"... July Banlist: "Y'all hear something?"

[@Kev.in1997]

What about all the pot/jar cards next :')?

[@stewrat0420]

good idea

[@AOTLTng]

Niceeee

[@Mewseeker]

What about all the Jar cards next? :P

[@MrC4ctu5]

BUT ... what does Pot of Greed do?

[@arthurfidas7254]

Kevin Bibow he already did

[@FroggyDoo]

Solemn Warning can be chained to Macro Cosmos just because Cosmos has that stupid special summon Helios effect in it.

[@cynicalswordmage6699]

And starlight road

[@RomeoBarnes]

That’s correct

[@luckycharm1395]

Umm Solemn judgement can negate drowning mirror force?

[@fabianbeteta5795]

Solemn warning can negate rebirth parshath since in the text has summon.

[@diegothepenguin]

One "asseater" monster... wut?

[@XxAgent008xX]

KNIGHT TRYSTEN 😏

[@TheLVJ]

Ayy-LMAO-sear

[@MrJoobafob]

Warning is quite funny because sometimes it catches people off guard. For example, if your opponent activates a card that has two effects and one of them lets you special summon, even if your opponent doesn't activate that effect, you can still negate the card, as long as the ss effect could be activated at the resolution. Pretty funny when the ss effect is one that no one ever uses and forgets about e.g. Macro Cosmos. Kinda fringe, but still amusing.

[@fcrn748]

Same thing with Ash blossom. Its so annoying.

[@shanelin392]

Solemn wishes: when you look at this girl in the rain, you knew....you want her... Solemn Strike: 3 strikes and you're out, cant get the girl Solemn Warning: Warns you last time before you get into trouble Solemn Scolding: when you still don't listen and keep persueing her, you get scolded by the girl's parents cos she told on you Solemn judgment: when sh!t goes down and they took you to court, you know you're being judged and most prob thats the end of your life

[@ironmantis25]

brilliant

[@LeafyPeach]

Story progression series of a simp!

[@maxantonio9312]

Every single rescue card, pls.

[@chaos_magician6689]

The “swords of” series next, please

[@kurtmostat8491]

Aren't there only like, two cards there?

[@AngelRamirez-ul3gh]

KommandantMakaröwitz swords of revealing light,swords of concealing light,wall of revealing light,swordsman of revealing,spiritual swords of revealing light,I can't think of any more

[@ryansaw4589]

Angel Ramirez Half the cards you just listed aren't even swords cards

[@DanBrown4114]

Swordsman of landstar?

[@theqwertyman9309]

Swordsman of revealing light?

[@pherasabraxas]

Solemn Strike....when industrial grade cleaner just isn't enough.

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

Solemn cards: the "you don't get to play YGO" aka the "say no" series.

[@ylmik882]

PathBeyondTheDark Not every Solemn card is like that, specifically one that wasn't covered in this video.

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

UNDERDEAL 88 I know, just in general it's traditionally considered the series that forbids interaction. I'm not fond of the series, if you can't tell.

[@jayzonedc6474]

Each solemn card only negates one activation/card. If it was a card that negated all effects for a turn or something then that could be true.

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

JayzOned C Most decks only have a single play that must go through in order to interact in any way. The consensus is if a Solemn card will completely shut down your deck - such as a deck with one big boss monster or one good searcher - then it's worthless. Solemn cards add onto the issue with the gap between competitive decks and the rest of the 95% of the cardpool. A single card shouldn't be the end all of 95% of the games options. That's just ridiculous and unhealthy for any game. And as for the "everyone has access" argument, a Scottie Pippen on every team isn't as affective as a Scottie Pippen on the Michael Jordan Bulls. The competitiveness of the Bulls and the toolbox boss monster in MJ made Scottie's defense (Solemn series) that much more potent while pseudo competitive teams (decks) and more casual ones would not get everything out of Scottie because MJ laughs at defense (multiple outs). In other words, "say no" cards help competitive decks far more than others since they can get around single negation cards, while using them guarantees the rogue deck can't do anything to them because they have one play they can't afford to have taken from them. It adds control to your aggro deck; an unstoppable force effectively becomes an immovable object against most other decks which are just plain human in comparison.

[@chrisbuskirk5098]

*insert stale rata meme here*

[@louc.6735]

Solemn Judgement saves my ass so often. Strike too tbh.

[@SuperPierre6969]

Great work ! Can you review every "Fusion" card ? Like brilliant fusion, odd-eyes fusion, miracle synchro fusion, red-eyes fusion...

[@orochimochi905]

That would be an interesting analysis.

[@sdsd1801]

And 'Polymerisation' cards too, since Polymerisation cards are technically 'Fusion' cards in their Japanese names, and cards that support fusion cards also support polymerisation cards

[@YohananYGO]

@@sdsd1801 oh?

[@chrisbuskirk5098]

"Aesir" is pronounced ayy-sear , not ass-ear lol

[@chrisbuskirk5098]

*internal screaming*

[@ehehehehehe9661]

Ae-sir Not hard.

[@realzachfluke1]

Lol, that’s that Dzeeff charm though!!

[@maunabesanika]

Fucc i read it eye-seer

[@meh3017]

I played solemn wishes in my lunchroom stall deck back in highschool. I feel attacked,

[@ruyman90]

Solemn cards specially the solemn wishes work very good with the Aroma archtype. Their effects activate when you gain LP regardless the quantity and you end up with a lot of LP to spare

[@kyrudo]

Confessions from a middle school yugioh player back in the 2000’s. I used Solemn Wishes in my deck and felt like every time I drew a card I was winning the game. Loved that card back in the day.

[@fernandomagnotta7268]

Remember Scolding was used by pendulum magician in spyral format to stop evenly matched.

[@the_trash_mane5875]

It got play in a lot of TK Dinos to have another way to protect their boards

[@ExSpectre]

The next “archetype” of cards you should do are the Pot of Greed cards. Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but Warning can negate cards that have the summon optional and as a second effect, like Macro Cosmos, right?

[@danielespitia1776]

Ex_Spectre This^

[@hristokuymdjiev4225]

I know for sure solemn can negate macro.

[@TotallyNotJustCynical]

Solemn warning trickstar reincarnation to stop them banishing your hand.

[@CanaldoGreed]

Ultimate Providence is also a "Solemn" card, by the way.

[@Dzeeff]

It doesn't have Solemn in the name, so no lol.

[@_tking]

dzeeff yeah even Solemn Wishes is a 神 (God) card in ocg. just the normally censored "God' with "Solemn". that's why we have all of these renames for cards that should've fallen into an archetype from the start

[@GorgeousGirlGenius]

Since all YGO english texts follow japanese texts, it's safe to say that Ultimate Providence is technically a "Solemn" card.

[@joewaldeck]

The forbidden spell cards would be cool to do next (forbidden chalice, dress, etc.) Got the idea because the girls in the forbidden cards are in the solemn cards

[@treywebb1603]

There the backstory was fallen angel forbidden is wit she did and punished in solemn strick

[@fernandomendoza4219]

Please do the Swords of Revealing Light spell series, and if you're considering reviewing monster archetypes please go over the Kuriboh cards!

[@Carlitonsp1]

So apparently, all the Solemn cards are originally about god. "God's scolding, God's wishes, etc."

[@cardenw]

I was very confused by Solemn Scolding's card art, looks like the scary man is condemning a Christmas pudding :c

[@wingedbluj1674]

When a card straight up says "NO!" To a normal summon, I call it the "Fun Police"

[@javenlare6900]

Did anyone else notice Solemn no longer has his right hand out casting the lightning in the Solemn Strike artwork...

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

He never did.

[@Trekkie46]

I think it's worth noting he correctly said series instead of archetype. People often don't know the difference, or care because it's a small difference. @dzeeff, since you've been doing series videos, wanna rip off Rata and call this Series Archive? Also noting i didn't notice until now the girls from Forbidden Lance, Chalice, etc. are on Solemn Scolding. I need to check out that lore.

[@Trekkie46]

It would be cool if they made a demonic beast of some kind that is her after strike

[@RobertoWhyyoucare]

Jeffrey Shaffer They did, Condemned Maiden.

[@hyoroemonmeto6874]

While at it, rata's Solemn Johnson.

[@elijahpadilla5083]

Fun fact: "Solemn" cards here in the TCG are "of God" in the OCG. For example, Solemn Wishes is Blessing of God.

[@khoiduongminh5111]

Jeffrey Shaffer condemned maiden and witch

[@darknessnight1115]

I love coming to these videos when I'm nostalgic or thinking about which staple backrows to use. Also enjoy the history of course. Is there one of these for Yu-Gi-Oh book cards?

[@redthalos]

Till this day i still find it hard to accept that solemn judgment can’t negate effect that special summon. Like what is definition and when is it actually specified which is a special summon and which is an effect that special summons? Isn’t special summoning a monster is an effect that special summon itself?

[@thisisiampie6946]

When solemn strike was released I pulled one at the regionals of that year and sold it for 90$ was hype af

[@_Shikabane_]

"Targeting one AssEar monster you control"

[@vmarcelo49]

Review every normal monster!

[@XxAgent008xX]

Victor Marcelo Review every effect monster!

[@vmarcelo49]

Review of every card that have "then" on the text

[@femmefuntime]

Review every card

[@ProphecyPhrase]

Fun Fact: Back in the day Solemn Warning can negate Macro Cosmos as it has that effect to Special Summon Helios the Primordial Sun on activation.

[@thekoifishcoyote8762]

What's the difference between negating an effect and negating an activation?

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

Negating an activation negates the playing of a card, sort of speak, while negating the effect negates the actual effect but the card is still considered played. This comes in play with continuous spells or monsters, for example, where the card will stay in play but have it's effect negated with the latter (for however long it lasts) while with the former the card will be negated and sent to the GY. In most cases, after resolving a negation effect, whether for effect or activation, cards that don't remain on the field - such as normal spells and traps - will be negated and sent to the GY regardless as they normally are. So in those cases, there really is no difference aside from very specific instances (of which escape me atm). Basically, any card that requires "destruction" of the card being negated may trigger if the card's activation is negated and the negation card reads "and destroy that card" while it won't if it's just the effect being negated.

[@MFBosshunting]

Firecracker Koiote Negating an activation is negating when a Spell or Trap is first activated. Like if you activate Monster Reborn from the hand you activate that spell. Negating an effect is exactly what it says. It negates an effect of a card. For example in the instance of this video's Solemn Wishes. Negating the activation is when your opponent activates a Set Solemn Wishes. Negating the effect is when the effect of Solemn Wishes activates. It's then not the activation of Solemn Wishes, but its effect. I hope this clarifies.

[@XxAgent008xX]

Firecracker Koiote It’s the same difference as “eating ass” and “eating da booty like groceries”

[@Ray_SB]

If your oppenent activates chicken game for ex., and you set this card a turn after that, and your opponent activates the effect of it in his, you can't negate the effect.

[@RomeoBarnes]

I’ll make this simple. If I summon say zombie master you can negate the summon or you can wait until I activate Zombie Master’s effect and pay the discard cost to negate the effect.

[@stevelucky7579]

Dinorphia: I see these cards as an absolute win.

[@gibranahmed5788]

+dzeeff, I was wondering if you could give me tips on my Blue eyes deck on how to improve it. Its 45 cards, but I would maybe like to get to 40 cards. I run: Main Deck: 3 Blue-Eyes 3 Blue-Eyes Alternative 2 Dragon Spirit 1 Amorphage Goliath 1 King of D. 3 Ash Blossom 3 Stone of Ancients 1 Stone of Legend 1 Master With Eyes of Blue 3 Sage With Eyes of Blue 1 Maiden With Eyes of Blue 1 Effect Veiler 1 One for One 3 Return of The Dragon Lords 3 Trade In 2 Cards of Consonance 2 Dragon Shrine 3 The Melody of The Awakening Dragon 1 Soul Charge 2 Dragon Revival Rhapsody 1 Foolish Burial 1 Monster Reborn 2 Silver's Cry 1 Rank-Up-Magic Cipher Ascension Extra Deck: 1 Twin Burst 2 Azure-Eyes 2 Spirit Dragon 1 Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon 1 Black Rose Moonlight 1 Neo Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon 1 Number 95 1 Cipher Blade Dragon 1 Full-Armour Photon 3 Cipher Dragon 1 Number 38 Side: 2 Gameciel 3 Ghost Ogre 3 Called By The Grave 2 Twin Twisters 3 Evenly Match 2 Dimensional Barrier

[@royalsoldierofdrangleic4577]

Also it cannot negate summons made by monster effects because is a "when" card so the monster effect will summon another monster it will resolve before judgement

[@cynicalswordmage6699]

All the 2 for 2's(trade in, allure of darkness, cards for black feathers, seven star sword,cards of consanance, solar recharge etc)

[@LazyLee]

Solemn Scolding was also used as an answer to Evenly Matched

[@riot6872]

Do a reviewing of all the "eyes of blue" monsters please :) help me as a new blue eyes (and yo gi oh) player

[@RPK_96]

I think the video flow wil be better if u make the order diffrent In orde or released and relevend Like -Judment, the card and some back ground on it -warning -- - strike -- -scoling -- And the weird oder 2

[@SonoftheKing316]

Can Solemn strike negate handtrap effects? Like Ash or Droll since it says "When a monster effect is activated"

[@Dzeeff]

Yeah

[@planetmezo1145]

8:20 wouldn't you be able to strike soul charge for summoning monster(s) ? I don't know if I'm just wrong or not so please let me know xD

[@drewwinchester4221]

How does Scolding not negate spell or trap effects ? I’m new to Yugioh and I don’t understand why it doesn’t .. it literally says “when a spell or trap effect is activated, negate it” .. I’m lost. Someone help

[@Dzeeff]

I mean this in the least rude way possible: read that part of the card again. I think you may have missed a part of it

[@theundeadempire3640]

I know Wishes and Card Trader aren't good cards in the actual game but on duel links those two cards combined are good for decks that use life points or an Aro-Mage deck because your opponent just can't kill you before drawing all twenty of their cards.

[@armandomarquezmartinez4595]

There is two version of solemn judgment the one in this video and the one when we called spell card magic cards

[@brenthebli]

I feel Judgment USED to say no but monster effects and graveyard effects are much more prevalent than they used to be.

[@dominicmallano5633]

I know it’s not a “solemn” card but I would have liked to have seen scales of judgment in this video

[@PhantomBladesXI]

Can someone explain to me why a Solemn Strike wouldn't negate a Monster Reborn? It says "when a monster would be Special Summomed", a Monster Reborn is special summoning a monster. I understand I'm wrong, but I don't know why I am. There must be some wording or punctuation that makes it so, but I don't see it.

[@jesse8442]

Zane Riverside it would negate Reborn if the wording read “when a card/effect that would special summon a monster is activated”

[@jesseraphael2423]

Solemn warning: “Maybe it will come back to semi limited some day?” Me: “well, technically it never came back to semi limited”

[@timtam2400]

A suggestion from me. How about reviewing the various "draw 2 cards" cards?

[@totalylegit90]

4:36 *glances at divine serpent geh*

[@DragonXZero]

Isn't Solemn Wishes decent in Aromamage decks?

[@servbot128]

Maybe solemn wishes was added to make up for the life point cost of solemn judgement? Idk it’s just so out there compared to the rest.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

I keep a Solemn Strike in my deck. I don't even really care about paying half my life points with Solemn Judgment anymore since after I have cards that can boost them if I need to.

[@titanslayer3567]

I love this type of videos

[@arjanzweers6542]

No side note for Balance of Judgment? I know it's not a Solemn card or a counter trap but it shares the same type of artwork for the Solemn cards.

[@GreatgoatonFire]

Congratulations this is the top video when I search for Solemn Johnson

[@ygorules2]

Not sure if you’ve done them already, but what about the ‘Forbidden’ Quick-Play Spells (Lance, Chalice, etc)? Considering Condemned Maiden is now a thing

[@austinmcmullin6589]

i would never play solemn wishes in a competitive deck because as you said its slow af but when i play legacy of the duelist its one of my favorite cards to draw because that game does not really have a ban list to fallow so you can make what ever deck you want with 3 pots 3 graceful charity ect

[@AzureKite]

Solemn Wishes gives you life for drawing cards, having 3 pots and 3 gracefuls is a LOT of health from wishes.

[@inusan2198]

Every single draw card

[@XxAgent008xX]

Inu San Every single monster that can be normal summoned

[@kuromajutsunokishki7]

every single card that can be drawn

[@MatiasMaldona3]

Inu San literal hundred of cards lol

[@avcio0182]

card

[@SqueezeBakon]

Every card containing the letter "a"

[@connorsweeten2953]

So, which one is better: Jirai Gumo, or Chainsaw Insect?

[@XxAgent008xX]

TheSassJacket's Editor Kuriboh

[@SilverAlex92]

Hey dzeeff I love these videos, tho I would prefer a chronological order. I think the video progression would flow more naturally if we saw the original card of the archetype (the solemn judgment) and then the progression of the new inclusions in the archetype

[@stonalisa3729]

All pot and Jar cards

[@ECDT1089-EtheLamborghini]

Strike is the best imo.

[@edule1]

I love this kind of content

[@theaverageDon]

Can you do a video on generic cards that SS and/or return cards to the hand and/or deck from grave? More importantly the SS aspect

[@lemlem35]

I remember when I started playing master duel I played Solemn Wishes thinking it was a good effect lmao

[@owynholt6447]

Review the “Forbidden” quick play spells next please

[@arsia.]

ahh yes solemn wishes i played that in my first tournament ever, with my legendary ocean and tornadowall... you would call that a rouge deck nowadays i guess xD

[@SproingBoing]

About time Solemn Johnson got some time in the limelight

[@Roboshi2007]

I love the lore they use with the forbidden series of quick play spells

[@Victimxofxprogress]

I thought those women looked familiar. That is cool

[@andrewcullen2527]

Every Jar/pot of card. I think they changed words up, but there like 5 spell/traps and a creature right?

[@Magikarpador]

I don't understand. If the goal of the game is reducing your opponents life points to zero, isn't sacrificing half your life points a huge drawback unless used late in the game?

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

Not really? It is a drawback for sure, but generally speaking, unless you're facing a burn deck (which are rare and usually not that good), you're probably losing already if you take LP damage. Often, it's better to use your LP as a ressource to get into a favorable position, meaning your opponent won't even have the chance to attack your life points. Also, since Solemn Judgement charges half your life points instead of a specific amount, it doesn't usually get you into big trouble - if you have lots of LP, you can afford to pay a lot. If you're low on LP, it doesn't cost that much.

[@kairin5333]

Back in the day 3 Fire Princesses, 3 Solemn Wishes and Gravity Bound. Healing 1500 while dealing 4500 in my draw phases xDDDDDD Fun Times

[@ram5487]

quick question from a casual player here: why cant solemn strike stop soul charge? doesnt soul charge special summon a monster(s)?

[@EmberMcLain87]

pot / jar cards is honestly the only other thing that'd be cool. can't think of any other series of cards.

[@vparsa87]

loverofSaki2 Royal cards

[@axelcampos8396]

@dzeef just asking about the last video. How do i know my opponent will side deck evenly Match?

[@rybr3ad278]

Wouldn't solemn wishes be good with an aeromage deck?

[@Tsukasa_Kudamaki]

possible "forbidden" quickplay spellcard list next?

[@henryyhenryy]

What monsters seems like an okay idea... but what would take to actually make them not suck?

[@chetasaur]

you should review the jar/pots i would love the stories behind em

[@frankrizzo8799]

I run Judgment and Strike

[@FrancistheBrave]

Same I run solemn strike judgment & warning. ☺️

[@CodeBlazeFate]

Every "pot of" or "of greed"

[@ahuevodonvader]

We need to make a solemn card that says "Solemn Banishment of the Mighty" If your opponent would summon a divine creature, ignore it's a effect and banish it to table 500" Approved by Doug Zeef, the terror of casual players.

[@beastritualist9734]

What happens if you use Solemn Judgment with 1 life point left? Do you lose?

[@beastritualist9734]

Thank you. I know in some games they hit 0 if you try to use Solemn with a single point.

[@RomeoBarnes]

Yes you go to .5 then are rounded up to 1. That’s correct

[@SonnyO]

The context of the speech makes it sounds like you think Solemn Judgment is not as old of a card. It debuted WAY back in the second set, Metal Raiders.

[@aidancossin1524]

hey dzeff. do you think an upgraded solemn wishes that gained you 500 for each card drawn so 1500 for 3 at once. would be effective with the current yugioh rules

[@void9165]

Hi Dzeef can you do a video on pots spell and trap cards

[@aguncomon]

What about the "Forbidden" cards? Not counting Exodia obviously

[@Navel_Colt]

What does Pot of Greed do, though?

[@sdsd1801]

Solemn Wishes came out of nowhere

[@scapeghost4212]

Its weird the the solemn guy is the old guy on all the cards except on warning where hes hot af

[@tungle8622]

Maybe it's in chronological order. Warning is the first one where he's giving them the first warning, eventually he blows his top over their continuous bullshit and goes full on Solemn Strike on their ass.

[@but1z]

Scolding was huge in nekroz

[@kurehashinogi9241]

8:25 did you have to say soul charge?

[@Clyde975]

Technically witch's strike too

[@blacktimhoward4322]

I really liked cyber jar and morphing jar back in my day, did they make anymore of that series?

[@EpicKingofFail]

Black Tim Howard fiber jar, dice jar, absorbing jar, dimension jar...there are quite a few

[@lionelvenes6148]

Updated F.A. deck profile???

[@kenetik13]

judgement is the best trap card. there's a reason it was banned for a long time