Why Nobody Plays Your Favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! Deck

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[@GeneralVan]

Because Yugi said that you can’t play a deck that isn’t rightfully your’s

[@JaimeGonzalezBarojas]

Jaiden/Judai said that xd

[@GeneralVan]

Jaime Gonzalez lol true. Yugi also said it to Mokuba in Duelist Kingdom

[@Kou901]

@@GeneralVan wait... Didn't he beat Kaiba with his GRANDFATHER'S deck?

[@SplashCity46]

Juan Martinez His grandpa gave it to him. TOTALLY different. I don’t make the rules on this, I just follow them

[@Hallorenzo]

@@SplashCity46 Toadally*

[@Nocturne989]

"Why no one plays your favorite deck." Remembers Construct is banned Cries

[@blenderowl6495]

We can cry together my friend. One day Construct will get unbanned and by then it will be power crept to oblivion but we will rejoice like men

[@elrockerchido]

in my case... remembers a assault is limit... cries like a little biatch

[@raikaru0]

Alejandro Macias honestly that should be unbanned next list that ban was such bullshit

[@michaelmarkcavita7979]

Dragon Rulers...

[@ronaldrieger2222]

Agnostos Theos rulers could be at one, honestly. It's a hard once per turn.

[@LalitMaganti]

Next video: "Why commenters don't understand your favourite deck"

[@Lorens4444]

You mean "their favorite deck"?

[@NewNub]

@@Lorens4444 no, that doesn't fit with this video's title

[@Arisawa_Heavy_Ind]

The video after that one will be "Why I was wrong about your favourite deck"

[@Swagkage]

My favorite deck (or one of my favorite decks) was pen magicians when both pendulumgraphs were played. the problem is 3 of the 3 ofs are banned and some of the 3 ofs are limited so i can't play the deck as intended

[@sebastianchavez1225]

Lol, didnt expect to see u here

[@connerholmes7045]

Ayyy Swagkage? Didn’t think you’d be here

[@BlueSage19]

You're solidified as my favorite KZbinr. Amazing content and you play Yu-Gi-Oh. Doesn't get better than that.

[@time502]

Oh shit my nigga swagkage

[@FGCfoof]

wait since when does swagkage play ygo

[@Gold139]

This is like the yugioh version of "your waifu is trash" xd

[@rrrocky969]

Commenters dont understand Asuka Langley

[@periachi4961]

Why nobody thinks Erza Scarlet is a Waifu

[@heartofjustice6041]

wtf

[@BramLastname]

@@periachi4961 You take that back! (Just kidding, your opinion is valid, Even though it's wrong.)

[@andreivaldez2929]

It's because no one else knows how to use it correctly like I do, you Meta Sheeps! _Triumphantly_ _holds_ _on_ _to_ _nostalgia_

[@DMD_Yugioh]

To be fair, even I don't play my favorite deck right now A-Assault Core is limited :(

[@blazrrr-4082]

The Firewall Bandit strikes again, stealing another good deck away

[@DMD_Yugioh]

Blazrrr - I Want That Card Banned So Freaking Bad

[@TheNutshaq]

I’m here for you brother. We’re all struggling through this together

[@DMD_Yugioh]

Ethan Hayden I wish there was a consistent way to play the deck with one A But there doesn’t seem to be

[@adrianant93]

So your favorite deck are Dark Magicians? jkjk

[@PreedReve]

Because they're cowards! Hunger Hamburger is a valid deck!

[@UncleMerlin]

Hungry Hamburger otk ftw

[@crimsonmaelstrom573]

No offense intended here but: Hungry Burger is no match for Lightsworns

[@Zyvux.]

HUNGRY BURGER SUPPORT RELEASED, WE FEASTING TONIGHT!

[@PreedReve]

@@Zyvux. Finally! We’re eating like kings tonight!

[@Luminousplayer]

dzeff doesnt play blue eyes because he cant control chaos max's power

[@insertinsidejokehere5799]

Yes

[@insertinsidejokehere5799]

Yes

[@zakd2124]

As a Dinosaur deck player (Dinos with LW and Kaijus)I can confirm that you don't even have to pay $100 for reasonable success, if you don't use playsets of ashes and drolls (I know they're better but Veiler and Ogre aren't TOO much worse than they are). $30 for x3 structure decks +$10 for all the kaiju stuff together +$20-25 for Pills, Overtex, Veilers, Chanbara, Rex, etc and some miscellaneous links/xyz like Underclock and Evolzars, and $11 per Ogre. That totals my build to about $80-$85 which is a steal for a really solid regionals deck

[@YeahTheDuckweed]

"LW?"

[@mynut7087]

Da-Ja's Quality Crap lightsworn?

[@YeahTheDuckweed]

I hope not.

[@YeahTheDuckweed]

Oh, duh. Lost World.

[@suezuccati304]

I think it's better to play Danger! than LS, they already take your Normal Summon which hurts your deck a lot

[@FourthFall]

I remember being really excited when Pendulum Magicians (my favorite archetype since I joined the game in 2016) became the top meta deck. I thought "Finally! I can play my favorite deck competetively!" But I didn't think about how that would change things on the banlist. Electrumite was then revealed, and it all went down hill from there, losing Joker, Astrograph, Starving Venom, and Double Iris. Kinda makes me wish Magicians never became a top deck to begin with.

[@phanthelia]

I feel the pain, 😭

[@Saixjacket]

Get in line with the rest of us lol

[@konikonitrainerwill5969]

Same, though we still have the dimension dragons

[@somebodyelse3507]

When i tried magicians at locals I was just "the cool guy with cool decks" Then when the deck became tier 0-1 with electrumite everyone at my locals called me meta sheep even though i had the deck before mr4. And now that the deck is , not that good they just laugh at me and say that I only got what i deserve for playing meta. That hurts😢 (And the worst part is that i have never even attended a regional so calling meta sheep is kinda stupid) Same thing happened with my friend who used spyral before double helix.

[@Utopia39]

The SAME thing happened to me and it pisses me off lmao That’s why I started using Cyberse and I’m praying that they don’t get really good cards all of a sudden to make them tier 0-1😂

[@maidenlass]

Because Ojama lime not made yet. Ojama lime when Konami?

[@fedrikalternate2130]

Rank 10 ygo approves

[@DoubleBeamRifle]

Nice dead and unfunny meme

[@maidenlass]

@@DoubleBeamRifle Mst negates your comment

[@DoubleBeamRifle]

@@maidenlass cool

[@r4nd0mguy99]

Since when does M.S.T. negate?

[@LazyLee]

I didn’t know no one was playing danger ftk :(

[@xlordday7241]

Your favorite deck is an ftk? I sure am glad I do not know you.

[@mvs-wg5ol]

@@xlordday7241 i think he was joking

[@xlordday7241]

@@mvs-wg5ol So was I...

[@DerVasto]

There are actual people out there that play Danger! FTK casually. I´d sell their cards, and give them an Ojama-Armed Dragon Deck as punishment.

[@lukathomson3369]

@@DerVasto thats a good deck fam

[@amaymon33]

Next video: "I was wrong about why nobody plays your favorite deck"

[@tonyeighta8]

"Yugioh Players Don't Undertstand Your Favorite Deck"

[@LapanNaxela]

"I play "your favorite deck" in duel links"

[@Hynotama]

The guy just likes to piss on red-eyes decks (or at least I think so). I know for a fact that Red-Eyes has more potential than dinos. I beat a pretty skilled dino player myself at the nationals and while I admit I lost one of the 3 duels, in the 3rd one I made the dino guy give up.

[@spank9898]

@@Hynotama Wait did you take Red-Eyes to a national? What's your build?

[@Hynotama]

@@spank9898 It was a pretty weak build. I avoided duds like Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon and Masked Dragon, but it contained 3 wyverns for lack of other cards. And I don't remember exactly but I think I was using Black Dragon's Chick and Exploder Dragon. I didn't even have any Red-Eyes Insight. I used 3 Claws of Hermos with 3 Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword. And my go to card was usually Red-Eyes Fusion to summon Archfiend Black Skull Dragon, though I did manage to make use of the gemini effect of Red-Eyes Archfiend of Lightning once... don't know how that miracle happened. I know I had 2 Black Stone of Legend and 2 Black Metal Dragon plus One for One... Foolish Burial, Dragon Ravine and Dragon Shrine plus a lot of revival cards. I used those to give my deck a bit of summoning speed since the monsters themselves aren't exactly the swarming type. I also had a couple of Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon. I didn't do that well in the tournament, I got my ass kicked by a trickstar player with italian cards (even though we were told at the start that it's an english event and english would be required for everything, but I didn't want to be that guy to win by complaining). It was really annoying cause I didn't know how to play since I didn't know what those cards did and they all looked the same to me. And two Odd-Eyes players beat me but the only reason why they could was No. 11 Big Eye which I could never acquire. However I did improve my deck since then. Actually I got a few Red-Eyes cards right there after the tournament. And I also bought boosters of Invasion Vengeance for a bit more support. I didn't use any links though and that really held me back. Actually I still don't have any links and I don't intend to acquire any. I am not going to compete again until we get some competent Red-Eyes support that will make the deck relevant again. I just don't like the state of the game. I'm just not having fun with it anymore and I don't like changing decks like socks.

[@1001011011010]

Dzeeff flexin' on us with that max rarity crystal beast

[@Flash-Earth2020]

I have max rarity 2011 tengu fableds, he could get mopped up by ancient sacred wyvern and bls otk

[@ColasTeam]

"Dzeeff, what would you say is the worst deck?" "Your favorite one"

[@hollowhope4320]

It's because nobody understands what pot of greed does. My deck has three copies of it and I always have to explain what it does when I use it.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

Do people still think the pot of greed meme is funny? Especially on this channel where there is one every video? Or are they just obligatory likes for using the name Pot of Greed?

[@1001011011010]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 There are phases to memes. When they are overused and turn stale, that's just a part of their life cycle, wherein they go through metamorphosis, much like a catapillar. The form of entertainment had from it changes.

[@sergeantslowpoke1550]

Haruhiro Grimgar Idk man pot of greed is just fucking confusing I just can’t comprehend what it does

[@EtienneDuchesne]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 we need problem solving card text for pot of greed. waaaaay too confusing

[@destructionbroz2038]

Hollow Hope I tried using mind break to break its mind so magic scientist can summon thousand eyes restrict absorb blue eyes white dragon and use burst stream of destruction to destroy jelly bean man and use jelly bean mans effect which doesn't exist to summon Yata-garasu by destroying thousand eyes restrict and then threaten to ftk pot of greed if they didn't tell me what they did. It didn't work.

[@RuneRelations]

Yes I believe everyone has their own “Character Loyalty” deck. That when the planets align maybe playable again.

[@crimsonmaelstrom573]

And the planets align more often than people realize

[@stickfigurejosh]

I’m a simple man. I see a red-eyes monster in the thumbnail, I click fast

[@Hensley_Jb]

Lol

[@paulomendoza5606]

Next video "Why Some Yu-Gi-Oh Players Do Not Take A Shower"

[@istvanmitca5691]

Dzeef straight up became a battle Rapper againts his own community.

[@Mauricekaip]

Thoughts for future video. Why nobody plays Duel Generation.

[@Restrictted]

Which is better then duel links.

[@oussamahamihem5579]

@@Restrictted it's not

[@Herringbowne]

Because the main protagonist cards were locked and you basically had no chance to pull them in RNG

[@duelistemissary7680]

Because it hasnt been updated with newer cards.

[@kristopher4746]

To sum up your second point,essentially power creep right? Like the HAT deck,then came frogs palios, then Altergeist.

[@juliofromthatplace3579]

I love six samurai. Always have and always will, but i understand why no one really plays them now a days. Maybe with the new link support we got more people will play em.

[@pedrorivera9640]

I feel you. They gave them a crappy contact fusion and banishing effects that don't really play to their strenghs.

[@joshschilmeister1934]

The new six-samurai lin is insane. I can definitely see them being a strong rogue with gateway and their link at 3(as in the OCG), and maybe even meta depending on the prevalence of handtraps in the metagame. The deck I think would be in a healthy place if gateway and their link are at 3 and firewall was banned(I can dream damnit.)

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

There is already a guy going to YCS's with them and getting some tops. And I am going to take them to a regionals soon. Also the link monster only seems good if you have 3 special summonable monsters in your opening hand. If you have that then it is ridiculous. If you only have 2 you should just go for Isolde.

[@joshschilmeister1934]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 You can go isolde, grab a +1, then use her effect to special summon kizaru for another +1, then use your kizaru and isolde to make great general and use divine sword to search gateway. In short, you can use isolde to go into general for a bunch of advantage. as for topping YCS, I'd like a source on that. The only sixsam top I know of within the last 5 years was in august of this year in a nebraska regional using all the sweet warrior support that goukis used(a lot of that has been banned tho). Dude did win the thing tho, so I mean the deck definitely has potential, but gateway at 1 really hampers it.

[@garyoak8014]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 you dont need 3 special summonable monsters wtf, the new link makes so six sams have both a 1 card ftk and a 1 card rhongo, and even if you dont pull it off you can just use the combo of isolde into the link for some insane advantage and do whatever you want from there. Six sams will either become the next itineration of magicians doing some broken unbreakable boards or the next masterpeace turbo deck (but instead of masterpeace rhongo which is even better), either way gateway is getting banned hard.

[@yourdoom6554]

Really, the only reason why I continue to stand by my bois the Gravekeeper's is because that strategy is the most familiar to me. I don't have to spend multiple weeks learning and relearning and rerelearning twenty new cards from different base archetypes and what they do and how they chain together, along with however many I'm throwing into my extra deck, and instead inherently know what my deck does and what my main goals are. It's also one that conforms very well to my idea of a good deck; being that while it's not too terrible on its own, playing it in co-op, especially with a second Gravekeeper's deck rolling by its side, makes it more worth it. It's a support that can stand on its own in my eyes, though it is more than a little outdated. I could spend the time to learn, say, the Kozmo deck that I traded a friend for, but at the same time, I'm not a fast player. I don't see going through my deck in a single turn as something that should be praised or accepted in any archetype other than Exodia, which inherently has to. So playing a slower deck just appeals more to me on a playstyle level, a speed level, and a deck style level.

[@neferacronia6798]

I'm a fan of Ghostrick and Madolche archetypes =w=; They probably aren't all that competitive but I just really like the strategies

[@roboman010]

Same

[@MrMarinus18]

With decks like these usually the worse they are the more fun they usually become to play. I really love having to find uses for cards with effects that are all over the place.

[@liebekenntkeineligafurimme6668]

But... but... I play my favourite deck :/ Gate Guardian ftw!

[@rubbegameing5370]

Mathmechs for the win

[@GG_Nowa]

wait people don't play trickstars because of cute girls?

[@LazyLee]

volt gaming No one wants to be called a pedo

[@GG_Nowa]

@@LazyLee smh just say you play em for the burn for game that way people forget that and hate you for being a scumbag

[@danstern102]

Lazy Lee Just LilyBell Is A Loli

[@BurningAzure]

@@danstern102 What about Bloom and Nightshade?

[@JotaroPowered]

volt gaming nice pfp lol

[@PalkiaDialgaGiratina]

As a new viewer and a very amateurish player, I really appreciate how dzeeff speaks to both the emotional aspect of dueling and having fun, while at the same time acknowledging and explaining some of the realities of competitive dueling: efficiency and strategy.

[@PsychoPavilionReal]

I want new Toon Support, I need to see this become playable

[@christofa1094]

Hey you got your support ^_^

[@jdxanadu872]

I really got into Yugioh back when a friend showed me Burning Abyss, before any of their cards were ever on the ban list, and fell in love with them and the game. After some of their cards got hit on the banlist, since I knew nothing about deck building I ended up with a bunch of other decks, my favorite of which was Yosenju. A little after links were first announced my friends and I stopped playing, but I'm getting back into the game now. I want to eventually go to a tournament and since I have some yosenjus lying around I thought why don't I update it, buy the cards, and build the deck. My line of thinking also was "No one is going to see this coming so it'll definitely do good." I started play testing it on YGOPro and, yeah, it sucks and I'd never win with it. Might still being it to a locals though, that could be fun.

[@nakinock5684]

I was confused for a moment when he said dinosaurs wasn’t meta, then I checked the date

[@EnderPryde]

It depends. I don't PLAY YuGiOh but a lot of this logic applies to most competitive tournament format games like MTG or Bloodbowl. And I would tend to agree that if I drove 4 hours to an event, I probably would bring the best option I could, but it depends. Sometimes the enjoyment of playing a suboptimal deck/team overtakes your need to win, and you get lost in the madness of just playing the game. And that's not to say that being competitive isn't fun, too, just that I can totally see how bringing a not-even-rogue strategy to a full on competitive tournament is a load of fun.

[@lex_edard]

Next video: "What red-eyes need to be competitive"

[@matty9460]

A coherent strategy for one

[@Altigue]

matty9460 burn is a strategy. Just not a very good one

[@KevinS_2004]

Because my deck is all about high attack level 4. I won’t even make it through the preliminaries with it

[@blazrrr-4082]

You would if this was Battle City though

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@blazrrr-4082 And then Mai would just abuse cards like Mirror Force.

[@zakd2124]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 Mirror Wall

[@andreivaldez2929]

Haruhiro Grimgar Just use polymerization on your trap cards.

[@suddenllybah]

It's the most consistent deck

[@blazrrr-4082]

*Oof* I am a very salty Cyber Dragon player right now

[@periachi4961]

Same

[@GitraSilvermane]

Why don't people play Morphtronics? ... Oh wait... they haven't been half way decent in about a decade.

[@oliveascolane1561]

omastar444 they can do a nice link spam with the new support

[@phanthelia]

A friend of mine swapped Goukis out for them in a meme deck, less consistent but still managed to get a Firewall Unicorn Extra Link, got murdered by the list tho lmao

[@afwhite888]

Morphtronics can Extra Link though, Cellphone Machine Duplication is a beautiful thing to watch

[@eggwhites4983]

But dzeef, you play my favourite deck.

[@thefaz3744]

"Your deck isnt consistent" "All my monsters search" **Krawler thinking**

[@voidjockey82]

Ah, I whish I got all the Krawler cards. Making a Kralwer Deck would have been great but oh well.

[@aymangani5416]

Commenters don't understand non-clickbait titles

[@ZhouTai08]

I kinda wish Cyber dragons would get some representation in Duel Links. I don’t feel like the 2100 body and summoning condition are too strong or bad for the game compared to all that’s there, and they have a lot of the other cards there already. Maybe they could slide them in with XYZs when Zexal becomes a thing *shrug*

[@unicorngod423_4]

Honestly I’m glad no one plays my favorite decks. When I was younger I used to hope that someday there would be a new line of support and Performapals would be busted and a meta deck. Fast forward to BOSH and I got just what I asked for... then came the emergency ban list and Monkeyboard was hit and I was heartbroken. Then came the regular banlist and Skullcrobat was hit too and now Monkeyboard was gone. I was further heartbroken. While neither of them were my favorite Performapal in my pure variant(that title still goes to Elephammer I love that card) I loved playing them they gave the deck so much more otk potential and even at a local level I was clobbering my friends more than ever. Those were the good old days. So please don’t wish for your favorite cards to get more support and be busted bc you just might get it and then you’ll have to deal with the heartbreak of losing a part of your favorite deck when it gets hit

[@JirachiFatestar]

I love watching your videos like this because you give your own experiences, too. I love how you’ve been both a casual and competitive player and appeal to both sides. I don’t play anymore because I’m busy (and broke), but I still watch your videos every day because your experiences really draw me in. Thanks for all the content Doug!

[@jonathandiaz-hui9397]

I’m actually in a very similar situation to what dzeef was saying. I ONLY play altergeist at locals since my tournaments are very competitive and I feel it’s the best deck I have to stand a chance. It isn’t the best deck but I love it to pieces. Now, I have several pet decks that I WISH were competitive but I don’t want to risk falling on my face and dropping. For those interested, here are my current pet decks: Blue eyes, dark magician, abyss actor, and Ninjas.

[@Spectra_Phantom]

I still like my cubics and timelords

[@cnssegura]

"play cars that are good"...everyone has their own definition of good. Not hating on you or anything, just pointing it out.

[@MrPanda_Cake]

“Why no one plays my favourite deck” Sees how Gladiator Beasts got butchered by links, plus they’re naturally slow to begin with. I miss you, GBs.

[@chibigohan925]

You may want to relook at the Gladiator Beasts, along with their new link monster and newer fusion monsters

[@heartman6314]

GBs have new support in duel links so they're finally good again

[@justinlewis1248]

I play most of my favorite decks: Here's my top 5 favorite decks of all time: 1. Blue-Eyes 2. Red-Eyes 3. Elemental Heroes (this is the only deck on my list I don't have sadly, I'm gonna be trying to get my hands on the deck soon though) 4. Dark Magicians 5. Cyber Dragons

[@Red-qg3ms]

Kishido spirit with copycat, cyber shadow gardna, and the golden apples haha power frame and such..... I wish

[@themagican5797]

Damn I see the thumbnail and then the title and I'm like "Ouch"

[@SpyderByte2099]

My favorite used to be Prank Kids but recently i’ve favorited Muskets. Def an amazing deck

[@krvys7226]

On your point about travel time to a regional: I agree. Your right that a person who has less travel time can more easily bring a risky strategy, cause they dont have to worry as much on travel time. I know I'm likely still the exception reguarding this, rather than the rule, but back when I played, I treated most regionals similar to just a locals.i wasnt there to win, but rather just have a fun day out. Still gave me a chance to interact with people I rarely saw, and learn new stats. I still tried to play to the best of my ability, (never got an invite, but one time only missed out on it due to a tiebreaker from first and second) but I never was overly worried about making it either. Of I had to travel 3-4 hours, that would be a much different story.

[@Solo1028]

Absolutely true. I'm playing red-eyes with other drangon engines, i have fun with it but i know that in most scenarios against meta decks, they have the upper hand. I don't think the deck is bad, but it's really limited what it could do in a match, because usually there is only one way to go with these kind of decks, and if your opponent had a good response to that, your deck dies. Meta decks usually have more then one good response to any move you make. And the other side is that these tier 2 or lower decks usually punish you hard for each mistake you make.

[@Weasel_Face333]

It's cool to hear guys like you even have fun decks to play on the side. I had a spellcaster deck my friend helped me with that ran Village, Decree, Chaos engine, Lightsworn engine, and even a few Gravekeepers, and it was MY deck basically. I don't personally care if people play it, but man power creeps a bitch.

[@balfanghellfire]

Why nobody plays my favorite deck? Because Arcana Force never got completed. Closest I can do is when Sartorious would come to Duel Links.

[@pixelant2377]

I like playing fun decks with my friends I like blue eyes which is an ok strat

[@heroman3259]

About that money investment thing, i remember exacrly how i got my first yugioh cards a few years ago. It was the blue eyes deck from the legendary deck box that didnt exist at that point anymore, but i really really wanted it. In the end i got it for 30€ and was super happy. Also for the next months, all my new cards came from just boosters. If i could tell my past me how he should actually build his deck, i would absolutely and i would have been so much better at the game while actually even paying far less.

[@cactusguy4363]

"nobody plays your favorite yugioh deck" *Looks at Crime & Punishment turbo* You could say that

[@Evil_Florida]

I like to play a galaxy photon deck. pretty fun and able to set a decent board of hope harbinger and cyberdragon infinity pretty consistently. Thats just not good enough unfortunately

[@sauce987654321]

I do wish there were more risk takers that can bounce ideas off each other with lesser decks. It's really neat when someone discovers a card that has an awesome synergy with the deck that brings it up a notch, while making you go "wait, this card can do what!?!"

[@DavidS-gx1ok]

Impcamtations could use More support honestly! Maybe a ritual Spell that summons from the deck, and banishes itself from grave to summon a ritual from hand on opponent’s turn, using only impcamtation monsters

[@jocoolshow]

Junk Doppel Synchrons (Rip in MR4), Rank Up Sharks (Also Rip MR4), And Black Luster Soldier OTK are some of my favorites and of the 3 Sharks are the least played. Basically unheard of

[@cobaltcrusader4935]

still no lightning vortex "exhales deeply"

[@se1578]

I'm going to take my skull servants to tournaments and smile while doing so lol :)

[@yugiohlegend]

I was kinda discouraged of taking Spyral to YCS Pasadena. But when I thought about it, it’s the only deck I have atm and I gotta make due with what I have. Over time, I’ve seen more and more Spyral decks topping events and that gave me the boost to decide to play Spyral. The deck is very good!, just super underrepresented. Amazing video Doug 👌

[@Xapheion101]

My first ever tournament I took a crystal beast deck even though I had not rainbow dragon 🤣

[@AlexanderMadolche]

I play Madolche's to this day. I know they aren't that good, but I will always love and play them. I love the video

[@joshhussung3476]

I’m bringing back my OG deck with high defense low level stall deck with legendary fisherman. Man I miss the days when duels were simple. Pendulums and xyz Simmons confuse people like me old school guys who have played since day one but haven’t played since like 2009.

[@e-tan3911]

If you were playing during the synchro era, then i doubt it was simple, since six sams, frog ftk, and infernitys were a thing

[@nyxtimene9917]

Cyber Dragon is rogue and underdog, but I love them to death and they can be decently successful. They are a stand in until Infinity Chasers and whatever new meta comes about. Nachster is spicy new card coming in Duel Power tho, and maybe pick up Impermeance. I have fully accepted to be a sole CyDra player in my locals. That just means I don't (usually) have to worry about Megafleet and Fortress Dragon. Several people in my locals have gotten invites and usually play meta decks, so I gauge my potential performance in a regional based on my performance at my local. Have not yet topped, so I continue to pick up staples like Ash, Ogre, Belle, Droll, Evenly (and so on) until I am able to top. If I can top at my local with a deck, I'd consider going to a regional with that deck. However, I fully understand that some decks are meta and others aren't.

[@___i3ambi126]

This is why for any competetive game I like building my preferences by watching the pros. If I start looking a rougue or straight up bad strategy through watching the top teaches, I know that I actually like it enough to want to play it past it's performance problems.

[@xbotscythe]

Wow this video came out as soon as I ordered a bunch of cyber dragon cards so I have something good to play

[@abstraction6212]

ANSWER: Because your favorite archetype back then is no longer at its prime and is weak, slow, inconsistent and doesnt hold up to the tournaments power creep.

[@PyroBlitz.]

I took my D/D/D deck to YCS 200 simply because it's my favorite deck and because I was going with a bunch of friends and none of us were planning on winning. Funny enough before I had to leave early I actually went 3-3 and one of the people I beat who was playing a slightly meta deck was actually really pissed off because they lost to D/D/D. Even on YGOPRO sometimes when I beat a meta deck, they'll say something in chat along the lines of "I can't believe I'm losing to this low tier garbage"

[@crimsonmaelstrom573]

D/D/D is one of the most consistent Decks out there. Play your cards right, and you can completely rebuild your field literally the turn after your opponent cleared it

[@Big_Green]

I love my madolches, but it just isn't unfair enough to really compete. At least with things like the new puddingcesseour we could maybe engine out queen in other decks.

[@TVMAN1997]

It’s also cool when you see someone else play your deck because you have that in common with that person.

[@themightysquid7681]

I don't see Generaiders played very often. I play them, but I don't see them at all anywhere. I don't play tournament, so that may be a reason, but even when they were released in Mystic Fighters everybody cared more about Dragonmaids and Mathmechs. I love my Generaiders. Very much.

[@e-tan3911]

Aren't Generaiders the best deck out of mystic fighters though? Pretty sure they have been seeing mild success lately...

[@Kailova07]

I bought the nostalgia bait Red-Eyes deck when it was becoming a thing, mostly because I loved their artwork and I wanted them for nostalgia/collection’s sake. I regret nothing.

[@masterofpotato6004]

I mean, my favorite deck is dragon link soooo...

[@alexreyes4459]

But Doug, I have the secret sauce.

[@rubbegameing5370]

*DougDoug

[@randomguy6932]

I play Ritual Beasts every format. To be fair, people do occasionally top regionals with them.

[@mechdinos3264]

So where do my phantasm spirals fall in this discussion?

[@alexsdg9765]

"No matter how much you like an archetype, it doesn't feel good to spend money on a deck that you know won't be good." Me and my max rarity noble knight collection: "you sure about that?"

[@mirraisnow6050]

Me: *Looks at my Blue Eyes deck*

[@HerrNossie]

I feel like that was an answer to my comment xD Really good video and thank you :D It made me think about it so it reached its goal I guess? :D

[@vladipuff]

I recently started getting back into the physical card game and ended up getting two decks I like thematically, both budget. One is krawler, a casual control deck, that thrives if the opponent doesn't read their effects. It may win a couple of games against actually good and ok decks, but it is just terrible in perspective and I couldn't imagine playing it outside of locals. The other deck I got is Zefra. A basic version with the mandatory good Zefras, Darkwyrm engine, and Chronograph in addition to the basic Extradeck cards. It is definitely not the best deck or even meta, but it is probably one of the better rouge strategies out there (somewhat on the level of dinos I guess), as it can put out multiple negates going first together with the very high consistency of the main archetype and the engines. The only downside is probably that the combos are somewhat hard to learn at first. Seeing how Zefra may have some tournament success with the newly discovered ftk has me hyped (+it doesn't use Firewall) and I may even get the final pieces for it if Summon Sorc stays legal in the TCG (sadly I live in Europe and cannot play it now).

[@kurtsell8376]

Yea, I watched that recent video and after consulting Cimo’s budget deck video for this month I’m getting a new pendulum magician deck.

[@luizbento6240]

fright furs are the big fun for me

[@The_Real_Ryan]

I didn’t know that nobody played thunder dragons. It’s not like it’s topped every regional recently.

[@Meloncarty]

Funny enough I just finished watching an OCG all-female tournament where one competitor ran a Cyber Dragon deck, but it wasn't a highly competitive. It was more or less to showcase that new legendary duelist pack(still was a fun watch just to showcase the female demographic of this game).

[@obi-wankenobi8237]

This should be series finale.

[@Rioluman10]

Interesting idea: Synchros whose summoning requirement is and I quote ! tuner + 1+ other monsters. This would be a slight boost in consistency since having multiple tuners isn't a death sentence.

[@josephabbazia6135]

1000% agree on the Pet deck thing I have played my beloved burning abyss for years and it will honestly always be my main deck But every once in a while at my locals I enjoy breaking out my Harpies (original deck where I wasn’t just throwing cards that looked cool in ) And this weekend I’m gonna break out the toon deck I built my fiancé a while back for the Lols

[@nicholasfoster2564]

I've been out of the Yugioh loop for a while - the last deck I really worked at constructing, learning, and playing was a Blackwings deck and I do have to say it is discouraging, as a player considering coming back in, that the thing I had the most experience with isn't considered good and I might have to start from almost below scratch. The Dinosaurs deck you mentioned in this vid and your last sounds interesting though so I might look into that more.

[@dimensaodocaos7624]

"Altergeist is the rogue of meta" *Remembers Altergeist being at the finals during worlds*

[@Lorens4444]

Seriously? Nobody plays my beloved Sky Strikers? What a shame... Competitive players love their meta decks just as much as casual players love their rogue decks, and even more.

[@voidjockey82]

It is ironic really. I looked through his advise videos to get a better grasp at how to improve my counter fairy deck. Then what is the first image I see, the Guiding Ariadne. And suddendly I have secend thoughts.

[@Goblin_Hands]

Actually rouge strategies are the best to bring to tournaments, as long as you can make them consistent and powerful enough. The problem is sometimes they simply can't be made powerful (like Red-Eyes Fusion creating a wall to limit players from summoning anything else), and sometimes Konami hasn't released cards in the TCG (Like the 16/20 Vrains 2 monsters...we still don't have Needlefiber and barely got Cherubini from Vrains 1 18 months ago). Blue-Eyes was actually pretty good as all you had to do was summon 2 level 8 monsters and you won the game (to summon Dark Matter...easy to do with Dangers, Barbaros, etc), but cards get banned and these rouge decks get worse (Blue-Eyes now has to use the level 5 synchro Ib to search the Guardragon Spell/monster to start everything...rather than 2 level 8's, that's a level 4 and level 1 tuner...a drop in consistency. 2+ level 1 tuners w/o level 4's and two level 4's w/o tuners are DEAD hands, plus the standard Blue-Eyes tend to be dead draws too.)

[@maka1077]

5:31 Madolche player since 2014, no regrets. Eternity Code will come out eventually.

[@e-tan3911]

Orcust fans agree with you...

[@KingCycl0ps]

My favorite is Elementsaber, still love basicly summoning two monsters, 1 destroys all monsters, the other all spells/traps, than hitting for 4k for each

[@sasaki8765]

I love cute archetypes, but what I love more is ritual monsters. Guess what my favorite archetype is.