EVERY Yu-Gi-Oh! Ace Card Explained In Duel Monsters

[@dennisheyes4561]

Tea's ace monster was "Shining Friendship" because it allows her to go into her main win condition of talking about friendship until the opponents can't take it anymore, and surrender.

[@jacobchandler219]

😂😂😂

[@CQCGRID]

Bruh 😂😂😂😂

[@JoeyLamontagne]

No wonder she has a 100% win rate

[@OfficialBarbarose]

I think since that's her wincon it's more Boss Monster territory 😂😂

[@qpeocn]

Tea is the Sakura of yugioh, except she has better looks 😂

[@TrickyFox93]

I think Summoned Skull deserves a mention as well. In the manga Yugi used it as his ace in his first duel against Kaiba - before he got the deck of his grandpa (or Kaiba his three Blue-Eyes). He also used it in his first duel against Pegasus (the VHS one) to win the game (sadly the timer ran out) - and he also used his own cards rather than his grandpa's deck as well. Later during the cermonial duel between Yugi and Atem - while Atem used the Dark Magician Yugi got to use Summoned Skull. Summoned Skull got overshadowed a lot by the Dark Magician but I do think it is rather notable that it was Yugi's card from the very beginning before the Dark Magician was even a thing and managed to stick around until the very end

[@Camurgladius]

This is a good point. Plus, the "standard" ace monster of extremely early days of the physical card game.

[@voiceofreason2674]

It was in the shows intro along with celtic guardian and gaia the something other guardian, plus that blue dragon. And all of these cards were in his starter deck.

[@minicle426]

Summoned Skull > Dark Magician anyday for me. I dislike how Konami refuses to give it decent support. We need a new protagonist with an Archfiend Deck.

[@ajohnson4395]

Gaia n Celtics guardian need love too

[@TotalEvo7]

​@@voiceofreason2674 Season 1 intro has the Dark Magician, Summoned Skull, Celtic Guardian, Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress, and Exodia

[@christopherthomas8482]

I feels Joey's ace monster is Time Wizard due to fact it has helped him out of binds and it was given to him by Yugi himself as symbol of their bond

[@devilclaw123456789]

True and Tim Wizard synergizes with Joey´s gambling Playstyle

[@delayedknight9421]

I’d say red eyes is his ace due to the symbolism however I would say his secondary is definitely time wizard over flame swordsman since Joey rarely used the card

[@christopherthomas8482]

@@delayedknight9421 which is understandable and I agree why you choose red-eyes

[@delayedknight9421]

@@christopherthomas8482 thx for not being super argumentative 👍

[@DarkEclipse23]

@@delayedknight9421except Joey never used red eyes at all after duelist kingdom.

[@kenslycarpel3140]

Having Revival Jam for Marik's/Yami Marik's ace actually make a good amount of symbolic sense. Revival Jam is a type of slime, and the main quality of slime is how moldable it is, you can shape it into almost anything, it can BECOME almost anything. The source of Marik's conflict is that the situation of his life stops him from being anything other than a Tombkeeper, he wanted to see more of the world, he wanted to make more of himself other than the role he was born into, but he couldn't, and that in turn gave birth to Yami Marik. To Marik, Revival Jam represents what he can never be, and to Yami Marik, Revival Jam represents the desire that essentially brought him to life.

[@THIZzSCO415]

Wow thats pretty cool

[@JasonAizatoZemeckis]

You seem like you can convince a priest to buy holy water, that was good, it made sense, but even if it didnt, you're really good at this

[@kenslycarpel3140]

@@JasonAizatoZemeckis Thanks, I try.

[@psquared2020]

Revival Jam imo isn't an ace monster for Marik but a signature card. The difference between a signature card and an ace monster is that the first has meaning to the duelist or like you said has symbolism behind it. The latter is a monster that a duelist frequently uses to win games. There's also a boss monster which is a powerful card used in an archetype deck.

[@ked49]

@@psquared2020but they can all be the same. Like weevil.

[@Overlordbaal8000]

For Bakura it is noted that even if Dark Bakura was not controlling him Necrofear would still be an ace for Bakura as he canonically likes creepy occult monsters and she would definitely be a pay off for him. We also discover from Rush Duel that the being on Change of Heart is a demon that looks like an angel.

[@demonbullet6548]

Change of heart is also bakuras favorite card if I remember correctly

[@Caden32105]

I love those types of cards too, demonic stuff is just cool.

[@dude5599]

I would have thought diabound since near the end since he uses it a lot in one of the last arcs though it could be considered his boss monster since zorc isn’t a official card at least the one we see in the anime with it god like power

[@edinghyllebert2660]

​@@dude5599yea i think he should"ve atleast mentioned diabound as bakura's real/ secundairy ace.

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

Not only is Red Eyes Black Dragon the embodiment of potential but also change and teamwork! Just look at how many monster Red Eyes can fuse with in contrast to Blue Eyes who only seems to be able to fuse with other blue eyes.

[@papimacaroni7769]

Blue eyes is strong until now 😂

[@Lasherluke]

Yeah, that's true.

[@ChevyRedneckGFX]

And Dark Magician/Magic of black chaos

[@JaimeD.]

Elemental HERO Flame Wingman was Jaden Yuki's Ace in the first season of YGO: GX until he found the Neo Spacian archetype in some outer space dimension or something, thus meeting Elemental HERO Neos, which became his top Ace for the rest of the series.

[@Annihilator27]

Can you do a video of the ace cards boss monsters?

[@dellosayshello5405]

Really from what I remember sure In season 2 and first half of season 3 yes but in the rest of season 3 and 4 he went back to wingman that or im just confusing it with what monster is jaden favorite

[@anthonythomas305]

Don't forget Winged Kuriboh

[@JaimeD.]

@@anthonythomas305 I consider it like his lucky charm, but it saved him on close calls.

[@blackjackbo3]

You right but jaden always consider flame wingman his favourite monster

[@KitsuNerezza]

I think Lava Golem could be a honourable mention/option for Yami Marik; it's a staple in his deck in Yu-Gi-Oh video games like Nightmare Troubadour and World Championship, plus it's quite fitting to showcase his manipulative and sadistic side as shown in his duel against Joey (also Lava Golem is the card sleeve you unlock in Duel Links after you duel 100 times as Yami Marik)!

[@LesondoAnimations.]

I agree with you

[@idzmah1373]

Lava Golem is Mariks ace in duel links with a neat animation

[@beastwarsFTW]

What I find funny is he only uses Lava Golem against Joey when it's a good counter to the godcards. Not only does Joey not have a godcard but thanks to Weevil he knows how to get rid of it.

[@KiSTekken]

Time Wizard basically being a luck based monster and Joey being the luckiest duelist ever definitely matches up

[@Hung_Nguyen_90]

Yeah. The guy who use Arcana force deck in Yugioh Gx was pretty much Joey 🤣🤣🤣

[@therealneal3034]

Joey’s entire play style is luck based. That’s why he’s a third rate duelist with a fourth rate deck.

[@firelordeliteast6750]

Joey isn’t actually lucky, he just spams luck-based cards until he gets the result he needs

[@uiiiii8ooopopp]

​@@therealneal3034😂 show reference

[@joseph86255]

Jaden relies on luck just as much as Joey does. I'd imagine that if Jaden were to use A Hero Emerges against Joey, he'd pick a spell or trap. Syrus: Impossible. Nobody ever picks a Spell or Trap when Jaden uses that card. Aster: Well, you know what they say about first times. *Everyone stares at him* Aster: What?

[@vanesslifeygo]

Yugi has technically used Blue-Eyes several times. He did it against Kaiba's dead/ghostly side, and also in the virtual world arc, where he made Ultimate's attack 9000.

[@zerocalvin]

in the manga, Yugi actually beat Kaiba with Blue Eyes because that card is actually Yugi's card, which Kaiba tries to steal... that is Kaiba's very 1st game of darkness which cause him to call into coma but also drive him to develop duel arena and duel disk system as he consider that game of darkness is the ultimate experience of wizard and magic \ duel monsters... the duel where Yugi win with Exodia happen later in Kaiba's revenge story which take place in Kaiba land which he serve as the final boss.... it's really sad that in the anime they decide to just swipe off that Kaiba revenge story as result Anzu's ring of friendship get presented in a really dumb way...

[@vanesslifeygo]

@@zerocalvin Episode 1 without Season 0 as an intro would have never flown in this day and age... Episode 1 of Zexal, Arc-V was done to work no matter what the circumstance

[@TheTakato122]

@@vanesslifeygo Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime) and Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime) are unrelated, it is not called Season 0 anywhere officially.

[@vanesslifeygo]

@@TheTakato122 A know-it-all who still gets it wrong. they're in the same manga. Do you even know what Drytron Meteonis Quadrantids does?

[@mystery8820]

It’s the Puppeteer of the Dead, a guy Pegasus hired to dress up as Ghost Kaiba. The moment they heard Kaiba is alive, he dropped the pretense and played like normal. After he lost to Atem, he got Mind Crushed.

[@redd3352580]

If it hasn't been said already in the comments I think Joey chose red eyes as his ace because thats his symbol/reward for his first duel where he won all himself without yugi backseat dueling

[@DarkEclipse23]

Except he’s never really used it in any canon material after duelist kingdom.

[@Netherwolf6100]

The anime ans manga are both canon. They each operate on their own separate timelines

[@D-Havoc]

​@Netherwolf6100 The fillers aren't canon, plain and simple. That's why none of those events gets referenced again beyond other filler content. And Joey really doesn't use Red-Eyes in any canon material after Duelist Kingdom unless you really assume he beat Yugi to get it back despite their duel being purposely left ambiguous.

[@Netherwolf6100]

@D-Havoc again, those events aren't "filler". The anime operates on a different universe and timeline than the manga. They're each canon to their own versions. There's a reason why the anime barely recognizes more than half of the events that happens during the Manga's "season 0" or are completely omitted.. For example, Yugi and Kaiba have many more encounters in the manga before ever reaching the Duelist Kingdom arc, but the anime universe doesn't acknowledge any of these events and in fact, he first episode is the first time the two ever meet. Another is due to the fact that Pegasus *DIES* in the manga, the Entirety of GX and 5D's is non-canon by default because Peagsus plays a reoccurring role in GX and Bonds Beyond Time makes the anine 5D's universe canon to the anime DM and GX universe. So yea, don't misuse the concept of "canon" in Yugioh. The manga and anime operate on 2 separate and completely different timelines from each other and don't intersect.

[@jackspicer5261]

@@DarkEclipse23 battle city ? Or was that non canon when he got possessed?

[@ThePuff18]

Fun fact: we DID actually get a backstory for Rex’s love of Dino cards. It’s the first time he say “Hi. I’m Rex Raptor.”

[@GaioSamurai]

Yugi has a ton of Blue Eyes + Dark Magician support in his decks towards the later seasons. The future video would have a lot of basis for the way his deck shapes up.

[@reeseiannacone8074]

The panik ace card is genuinely so spot on. Panik would literally use scare tactics to win duels. Overwhelm i think was the word they literally used in the show. Than if i recall correctly, yugi finally dueled him, was NOT scared at all since he saw through his... "Illusion" .. and panik started to "panik" him self. Its been awhile, im a bit fuzzy but i love duelist kingdom so, ive watches it a bunch. Just jot very recently, feel free to correct me lol

[@flaming_water8603]

I really like to think that little yugi’s ace is Gandora or the silents because during the dawn of the duel arc his last card was gandora and silent swordsman. Even when he was dueling Atem he still pulled out the silents and Gandora

[@JustinOwenthebeardedginger]

Exactly what I was thinking. I would say the Silents are more of his aces due to them symbolizing his growth when they level up.

[@kevinbell5674]

For that deck, they are. However, there is another contender that was in that deck as well(in the anime), Summoned Skull. Summoned Skull was the strongest card in Yugi's original deck before obtaining his grandpa's deck.

[@whatzittooya2943]

Little yugi has a lot of aces, he plays the gadgets and magnet warriors too. Yami yugi's deck is much more linear, he just plays dark magician and god cards.

[@redd3352580]

I would say silent magician(s) are the ace while gandora is the boss monster

[@zeromortals8675]

I think Dark magician is still little Yugi ace monster due to Dark side of dimensions, even tho he used the Silents I feel like he used those to represent he was ready to move on plus something to match up to Dark magician in the ceremonial duel due to not having it which makes sense, Gandora would be another heavy ace along with Dark magician girl for him as well. Even tho we never seen them again I’ll agree silents probably would be the backups to the Dark magician

[@acyclicpepper34]

My ace monster would probably be Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. I always try to find a way to work it into my decks, even if I'm not on pend magician at the time. Though it may be severely underpowered even within its own deck/archetype nowadays, you still can't deny how satisfying it is to set up 2 really good scales and immediately turbo out most of your hand only to end on a bunch of Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and/or Link monsters.

[@decoolfool4166]

Honestly, although it is supposed to be Flame Swordsman for Joey's ace, I think Gearfreid is more like Joey's ace. It has always been reliable and release restraint feels more like joey unleashing the potential within.

[@Shpeedle]

There's also baby dragon

[@beastwarsFTW]

I think in season 1 it was his Flame Swordsman and from 2 onward its Gearfreid.

[@kyrudo]

4:50 I don't think Yugi would have the Blue-Eyes for long. I think immediately after Duelist Kingdom he would give it to Rebeca.

[@pn2294]

5:05 Takahashi originally intended for BEWD to be Yugi’s Ace but he changed his mind because he felt that a big beatstick didn’t really fit Yugi.

[@throwawayaccount6559]

I think that’s just a baseless rumour someone made-up, if anything I’ve heard the author say the opposite & say it was always supposed to be Kaiba’s IIRC.

[@the13thjoker]

@@throwawayaccount6559 No, in some really old art work, you can see yugi holding BEWD instead Dark magician

[@throwawayaccount6559]

@@the13thjoker Where? Besides, being depicted with the art-work does not necessarily mean it was his ace. Duel-Monsters IV had 3 versions: Yugi/Osiris, Kaiba/Obelisk & Jounouchi/Winged Dragon of Ra. I saw an interview where Kazuki Takahashi said he designed BEWD for Kaiba IIRC.

[@pn2294]

@@throwawayaccount6559 considering how BEWD disobeyed Kaiba’s direct order, I find that hard to believe

[@throwawayaccount6559]

@@pn2294 That’s because it was Yugi’s Grandpa’s BEWD card. Kaiba tried to use that, but it didn’t work. He used his own 3 copies later. That happened in the first duel, which was back when the cards were supposed to be a one-time thing.

[@zyxaqc]

I feel like there's also a small case for Time Wizard being one of Joey's aces, especially given how many times he wins Time Roulette.

[@TrevorAllenMD]

It’s fun to think about Yugi having a Blue-Eyes. I’d imagine he’d either replace Gaia (his worst 2 tribute vanilla) or Curse of Dragon (aesthetic). Could then hypothetically proxy these for BEWD every time they popped up in a duel, and imagine he’d have fusion replacements for existing fusions (Gaia Dragon Champ).

[@kng_aster7590]

replace curse of dragon so we can get gaia the blue eyes dragon champian

[@RevaloNodriana]

I think the connection between Black Luster Soldier and BEWD is too interesting to ignore, maybe in this alternate universe Blue-Eyes and a non-ritual version of BLS are Yugi's aces/boss monsters.

[@ToaArcan]

@@RevaloNodriana He _did_ switch from Ritual BLS to Envoy of the Beginning by the time of GX, so probably that one.

[@RevaloNodriana]

@@ToaArcan That works! And interestingly enough, while in the regular timeline Yugi is associated with dark attribute monsters (Dark Magician, DMG and Kuriboh), in this timeline with BLS Envoy and Blue-Eyes as his aces he would instead be associated with light attribute monsters, a total flip from his regular counterpart!

[@maeakin94]

I think it just would have been cool cause maybe during one of yugi and kiba's tag dules Kiba gets two blue eyes on the field but just can't get his third for blue eyes ultimate then yugi summons his copy of blue eyes for Kiba to use in his fusion

[@XJ0461C]

Kaiba's introductory chapter in the manga ends with one of my favourite pictures ever drawn by Takahashi, Atem holding the Blue-Eyes after winning it back from him. He really should have inherited it, then Kaiba could have proven himself later and truly earned it.

[@troperhghar9898]

Arcanea's stage magician motif brings up something funny about the Dark Magician; his natural design is very high fantasy with glowing orbs, pointy hat, plate armor, so on. But all his support cards are more "Las Vegas side show" with dissappearing boxes, throwing knives, shifting cylinders so take away DM's plate armor and give him a tail coat and a top hat

[@Knight41b]

I want to see a variant of DM looking like that. 😂

[@troperhghar9898]

@@Knight41b Dark Stage Magician

[@lytsedraak]

Dark magician girl as ace monster for Tea can work if we consider she might be a reincarnation of Mana the apprentice of Mahad, as the two share some facial resemblences. Most of the ace monsters have their origin in ancient egypt (solomon moto with exodia, Atem with the Dark Magician, Kaiba with the Blue eyes) and Mana never fused her soul with her Ka (like Mahad and Kisara did), so she should be able to reincarnate like the others and she was close to Atem.

[@alinakaiba385]

NOT really you are so mistaken seriously!!! You really DON'T KNOW NOTHING about reincarnation at all!!! I have seen the series and I never seen Tea being spiritually connected to Ancient Egypt nor have she had spiritual Past Life experiences when she was a child nor her damn age. I KNOW all about reincarnation and definitely you are so wrong. Now Mana AKA Dark Magician Girl is a VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTER away from Tea AKA Anzu!!!! The Ba and Ka can NEVER be separated at all and even in reincarnation as well. Seto Kaiba is VERY WELL REINCARNATED with his BA and KA and the ONLY ONE and including Grandpa too. Atem, Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl are NOT definitely reincarnated at all. they are souls in the living world, Spirits WITHOUT a body. Yugi may look like Atem but he is NOT the reincarnation of Atem!!! Tea is also a DELUSIONAL MENTALITY ILL WOMAN WHO IS OBSESSED WITH YUGI THAT DOESN'T DEFINE REINCARNATION!!!

[@RedDragonForce2]

What about Gandora for little Yugi only? It’s meant to be his Ace separate from Atem, but that doesn’t take away from the Dark Magician.

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

Well if we're going with that I'd say gandora is his boss His aces would be the silent monsters

[@carljimen]

I would have said Summoned Skull was his ace before acquiring the Dark Magician.

[@thadjarvis9514]

How he talks I'd say Dark Magician is his Ace and I bet Yami just liked it too for the final fight so Yugi picked something else.

[@carlosxchavez]

@@idosarts_and_kraftsdefinitely seemed like silent swordsman was his ace and gandora the boss

[@RedDragonForce2]

@@thadjarvis9514 no, Dark Magician is Mahad, Atem’s closest friend and servant. He stood by the Pharaoh and not Yugi. Yugi understood he had to defeat Dark Magician to defeat Atem. Just saying.

[@TacoShotgun]

Duke didn't summon Strike Ninja on his Dungeon Dice duel, it was Yami Yugi who used it, Orgoth was the monster he summoned on that duel and the one he had with Tristan and Serenity and since I've been playing Dungeon Dice Monsters for a while I can say that Orgoth is one of his regular monsters to summon, therefore I would consider Orgoth to be Duke's ace

[@zearrak5704]

Joey's ace monster is for sure time wizard. the embodiment of luck

[@kng_aster7590]

i was about to comment the same thing lol , time wizard came in cluch in alot of joey's duels in DK

[@Kr_127]

Flame Swordsman as Joey's ace works too

[@ammarharith5512]

​@@Kr_127 It somehow connected the dots, let me explain. Flame Swordsman's effect is that it can't be destroyed by battle as it would always reappear, this symbolises Joey's unrelenting spirit of fighting till the end even if the odds are against him, such as the moment when he almost beat Yami Marik after being set ablaze by Ra's flames.

[@Kr_127]

@@ammarharith5512 Is that Flame Swordsman's effect? Pretty sure it doesn't have an effect. Though the link 2 mighty flame swordsman allows you to summon a warrior after being destroyed which can symbolize Joey's never give up brooklyn rage attitude

[@22thedon90]

True but Joey does become a great duelist who doesn’t necessarily rely on luck so Red Eyes would make more sense

[@Myron_The_Slavicwolf]

For Yami Bakura, I was thinking his ace would be Diabound Kernel, a level 5 DARK fiend with 1800 ATK/1200 DEF. It has an effect where it gains 600 ATK each time it attacks and it can banish itself until the next standby phase to lower an opponent's monster's ATK by Diabounds current attack (basically an older Linkuriboh that's also a quick effect). The reason for this is because of the connection he has of it in his past life in ancient Egypt. As Bandit King Bakura, he was the last living villager of Kul Elna and the only survivor in the series of gruesome human sacrifices that created the millennium items. His hateed for the royal family grew so great that his ka manifested the evil spirit known as Diaboun Kernel, and he would go on to use this spirit to steal the millennium items and awaken Zorc the dark one (who he would later fuse with via both of them splitting a portion of their souls in the millennium ring, thus creating Yami Bakura)

[@acebesttheiris134]

I always wondered if Dark Magician was Atem's servant and Dark Magician girl was his childhood friend what was Kuriboh? His most loyal pet?

[@blueeyeswhitespiderman1701]

Maybe his duel spirit

[@RFDN0]

​@@blueeyeswhitespiderman1701His duel spirit is Black Luster Soldier. We see that when he mergest with Blue eyes ultimate dragon.

[@acebesttheiris134]

When you think about it Kuriboh is the only monster Yugi used all five seasons besides Dark Magician.

[@adamloga3788]

Kuriboh might have more of a connection with Yugi. It's small, fluffy, often in the company of a bigger badder Monster, but has an unexpectedly high amount of tactical use.

[@rynobehnke8289]

Kuriboh is actually weird when it comes to it. Anime wise do we get nothing and even the manga doesn't give us much only that he summoned Kuriboh ones again Priest Seto to show him how raw power isn't everything by using Kuribohs special ability to defeat Seto's personal KA Duos. The fact that he has to summon it to a stone tablet would suggest that its at least not the Pharaohs personal KA tho.

[@hyperdreamer9483]

Joey’s ace is obviously Time Wizard, he almost always uses this card in a pinch to save the day. Not to mention that it’s a special card given to him by his best friend

[@finaldarkfire]

7:57 You know I'd actually argue that Tea even having a prophetic dream about Dark Magician Girl at all could imply some connection between the two. It's not as if Yugi somehow psychically sent Tea that dream. It also ties into a fun theory that the cases of Deck Masters apparently being sentient and talking in the Virtual Arc was actually the spirits of those monsters communicating with their duelists, which could mean that the spirit of Mana/DMG herself was reaching out to help Tea. Though clearly what we REALLY need is a re-trained Magician of Faith who's now part of the Magician Girl archetype XD

[@CoffeeWitchTiel]

Also worth noting Tea had that other dream where she -was- Dark Magician Girl and Yugi and Atem were like, in the audience while she was on stage. I can't remember the context.

[@shadowfan115]

Plus didn't mana look very similar to Tèa but with a bit lighter hair

[@finaldarkfire]

@@shadowfan115 No, Mana just looks like DMG with darker skin/hair.

[@StareachValcin]

6:59 - 8:21; Dark Magician Girl is clearly Téa's ace monster, even more so than the Magician of Faith, which was more her favorite monster during duelist kingdom. The virtual world arc pretty much solidified this with how Téa and Dark Magician Girl bonded during their duel together. Plus, even the Japanese version had Anzu's dream of dancing linked with a show about the Dark Magician Girl.

[@trickystar4602]

Honestly I don't like Dark Magician Girl being Tea's boss/ace monster , it felt like it was just there for shipping fuel, plus it would literally be dead weight in her deck. Magician of faith and Seiyaryu, are my personal picks for her ace and boss monsters respectively , in my opinion, Tea has already picked Magician of faith, and in plenty of non canon material like the video games/filler , she always has a copy of seiyaryu. But that's just my opinion.

[@myhonestopinion3334]

​@@trickystar4602DM main characters didn't have many duelists except Yugi, Atem, Kaiba and Joey Atem: Black Magician Kaiba: Blue-Eyes White Dragon Yugi: Gandora Joey: Red-Eyes Black Dragon Anzu: - Tristan: -

[@leagueofjinx1831]

Something that is mentioned in Yugioh GX would explain clearly that Dark Magician Girl cannot be Tea’s Ace, which is the episode when the DMG duel spirit came and duel Judai and when she summoned Dark Magician Girl in the field, it was very surprised because it is supposed that only Yugi has the only Dark Magician Girl in the world.

[@pn2294]

@@myhonestopinion3334 Tea: Seiyaryu Tristan: Thunder Dragon

[@randomman5]

I think you could probably count Serpent Night Dragon for Rex - he said it’s only given to regional championship players and we know he kept using it up until Espa Roba won it off him in Battle City.

[@_JamesD]

agreed

[@rawkguy4896]

Did Espa Roba ever give it back? He got exposed as a cheater. He didn't deserve Serpent Night Dragon. Oh well. At least Red got Tyrant Dragon later on.

[@donovanbradford8231]

I think the Teo Headed King Rex is a good choice for Rex's ace be the Red Eyes he lostcto Joey and the Night Serpent he lost to Esper. Plus under battle city/traditional rules it's not a bad card to have a straight to the field of play.

[@kingcasual-casual-gaming-5366]

Well, I assume if Yugi inherited the Blue Eyes, his deck would be part Blue Eyes part Dark Magician, and would feature cards like "Chronicle Magician" (since it synergizes with both arch-types) and made up cards, where "Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon" would be more kin to "Blue-Eyes White Dragonite" or something. Though, would be cool to see HOW his deck would play out, especially since Summoned Skull was his manga ace.

[@Merilirem]

Imagine the white skull dragon! Or the dragon knights but its blue eyes!

[@SpecsTube]

I would love to see this for the other series. I’d really like to see Yuga vs Luke duel analysis in preparation for Sevens World in Duel Links - also could be interesting to see a Sevens Duel Analysis, especially with one of best Yu-Gi-Oh rivalries.

[@christopherb501]

Given how little he brings up Rush, I wouldn't hold my breath.

[@SpecsTube]

@@christopherb501True - but it feels right to make one now - you know?

[@aliastheabnormal]

The invincible idiot versus the biggest loser in the franchise? You are aware that every time they duel Luke ended up winning. And that Luke was invincible until the last episode of SEVENS.

[@SpecsTube]

@@aliastheabnormalI am aware - regardless, I still enjoyed their duels, except round 3, but agreed that Luke was too op and Yuga lost a bit too much I actually wrote a fanfic which I believe does improve their rivalry - if you’re interested; I can link it.

[@aliastheabnormal]

@@SpecsTube SEVENS and GO RUSH to a lesser extent are parody series.

[@sayrux8897]

I would love to see this for the other series. also i feel like joey's ace is time wizard because i always see his duel style is luck/chance (granted case can be said that time wizard would be more like a boss monster because usually it used as wincon for him)

[@darthjoe91]

I honestly wish the anime had Tristan use the Gagagigo cards. His character in Duel Links has special lines for the cards, and it would have been nice to see someone in the main cast using reptile monsters.

[@DarkEclipse23]

Tristan isn’t even a duelist. Duke is more of one than he is. Tristan is just the guy trying to fuck his best friend’s sister.

[@tristarnova3454]

It works

[@Merilirem]

They coulda expanded the lore with his deck too. Woulda been so cool to see all the lore related cards show up in his deck.

[@robertmiller3529]

For the blue eyes you missed a potential owner in Rebecca Hawkins, she won the duel in which this was the wager. I would also say Time Wizard for Joey, if we don't count red-eyes

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Kaiba's connection to Blue Eyes is also partly born out of his connection to Mokuba. Joey also has a special role for Time Wizard. It was his backup rarest card for Battle City, and a major card for him in Waking the Dragons. Yami Bakura's ace is probably Diabound. Weevil's is probably Cocoon of Evolution itself, given how his various retrains turned out.

[@xcmet]

I sometimes wonder what could have been if Kaiba had all four blue eyes and fused them together. The possibilites of its strength is fathomable. Four blue eyes fuzed together would have made a god card.

[@l.n.3372]

Blue Eyes even more ultimate dragon.

[@DustD.Reaper]

Yami Yugi: "My ace is embodied with the spirit of my loyal servant and friend who swore to protect me at all times" Kaiba: "My ace is the most powerful dragon and is infused with the soul of my ancient love interest...and I got 3 of them" Joey, looking through half his deck: "I took this one from the dino boy, this one is from the freaky fish guy, that one is from the phoney psychic, hey Yugs theres the funny time spinner you gave me before our duel in the finals of duelist kingdom where you had the perfect counter to, here are my funny dice cards, that one random card Tristan gave me, that random fusion knight I once was in that weird dream where i was chased by a grim reaper in a graveyard after dying in a duel between evil Bakura and Yugs, my trusty Baby Dragon..."

[@Woodenfan]

I'd love to see you do this with GX! And you really should cover the boss monsters for this and other series too :)

[@nephilimproductions9658]

Actually, in the Manga, blue eyes was originally meant to be Yugi's ace card. Yugi borrowed the card from his grandpa to show off after school, causing Kaiba to then steal it. Yami Yugi dueled him to get it back in a shadow game, and becauses Kaiba's heart wasn't in the monster, it self destruction, giving Yugi the win to then Mind Crush Kaiba as punishment. It was only later on when the series started to turn more towards duel monsters, that Kaiba was given the 3 other Blue Eyes to use as his ace cards, which is when he then rips up the fourth copy.

[@l.n.3372]

Considering that the card game was originally meant to be a one off thing in the manga (with Kaiba originally meant as a one off villain of the week), there's no reason for Yugi to have BEWD as an ace card. Because the card game was never gonna return originally since it was only intended as a one off thing. Why have an ace for something that was never meant to return.

[@elfennaze1552]

i feel like lava golem could have made it in the "ace" category for Marik,since it is considered his ace in duel links,and it had a very impactful role in the duel against Joey.

[@kingcrispy1012]

Seeing this for other series would be great. I really would like to see GX and 5D's

[@erikstensaas1202]

Tea having two aces makes a lot of sense actually. Magician of Faith represents her personality of never giving up on her friends. Dark Magician Girl rrpresents two different connections to Yugi: one romantically and the other as a sort of teacher/student bond in the same way Dark Magician has with the female counterpart

[@destinyshand2049]

My ace monster back in the day was Maha Vailo. In a deck that had 2-3 boss monsters, it was surprisingly powerful, and it was overlooked. I still have a connection to that card and would love to see it become the basis of its own archetype

[@flarexero2161]

That's not bad at all. My ace monster is Arkbrave Dragon and my boss monster is Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand. When I was younger, my deck was what if the rival was the main character or I would be something like Kite from Zexal

[@destinyshand2049]

@@flarexero2161 my initial boss monsters were Relinquished, Blue eyes, and Black Skull dragon (and maha with 3 axes of despair). i later added Dreamsprite as a nice scary bait monster

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

If I was an equip user back in the day like I am with Armed Samurai - Ben Kei in the current age, Maha Vailo would have been one of mine but I didn't have enough Maha Vailos and equip cards back then but I have used it. Besides Ben Kei (one of my favorite cards), my other decks' Ace Monsters are King of the Skull Servants (Wight deck, which is another of my favorites), Thunder Dragon Titan (Thunder Dragon/Watt deck but it is more like my Boss monster, and when I previously had it as a Watt deck, Wattcobra or Watthopper were more like my Aces with its Synchros as bosses, but I could say Watthydra was more as an my Ace but Wattchimera is situationally great to lock my opponent), Ordeal of a Traveler trap card (deck of old strong random cards), and I also have a Cyberdark deck, Fallen of Albaz deck, and the ARC-V and VRAINS starter decks but haven't used those much.

[@Polkaknot]

When I was a kid my ace was Suijin, and the boss was Master of Oz 😂

[@apollojustice5338]

I'm pretty sure that the Battle City bios in the beginning of the BC Arc doesn't show their signature cards but the rarest cards in their decks. As you know, according to BC rules, the loser of the duel have to give their rarest card to the winner.

[@Flaris]

It'd be fun to see this for other series. Think Blue Eyes will always remain my favourite Ace. Just a cool looking dragon and can't deny those attack points.

[@AB-et6nj]

I deny the attack points

[@mattwo7]

12:48 Well she's also known for Tristan and Duke being into her and her softheartness somehow being so powerful that she convinced _Seto Kaiba_ of all people to call for Bakura's medical aid.

[@anthonythomas305]

Every duelists in Yugioh have a ace card in their decks Mine is Red Dragon Archfiend

[@traehdieter634]

My ace card is black winged assault dragon

[@aceclover758]

Mine is Clear Wing Synchro Dragon

[@cliffwarden5934]

Battery man AA

[@falkon8913]

Borrallload Savage Dragon

[@iwoso]

Drivers license (I don’t have mine yet)

[@Don_DeMarco]

I must say, one thing I really liked about Joey was his potential. While other characters were strong at the start and stayed strong through out the whole show, Joey was probably not all too much stronger than Tristan during the start but then became stronger over time.

[@Dinosaur656]

Yes Bandit Keith's signature card was definitely Slot Machine, it was his signature card in Legacy of The Duelist and was his final monster used in his duel with Joey

[@oegamer6398]

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[@brianhawkins8370]

My ACE always seemed to be Dark Blade or Luster dragon. Was always my run to for a bit of a confidence booster. Even as I was bout to lose. It always seemed to make it not feel as bad when I lost

[@zawarshahnigmachangeling7274]

Its always nice when you have your own personal favorite in your deck

[@brianhawkins8370]

I agree. Kinda like putting yourself in the game as they've put it in the show

[@zawarshahnigmachangeling7274]

@@brianhawkins8370 I have a dragonmaid deck in master duel and I like running Charcoal Inpachi. He's my favorite monster in the game. :)

[@brianhawkins8370]

Master duel doesn't have Dark Blade...but they do have Luster Dragon

[@rusto_]

Regarding Marik and the slime cards, the reason why it’s so important to him is because it regenerates, it’s like a spit in the face to being a gravekeeper. Dedicating myself to the sanctity of the dead? Never, my monsters shall never stay in the graveyard

[@Akari-br7ci]

Not gonna lie, I didn't even know Tristan had any duels in the series.

[@XXMatt0040XX]

I think for Little Yugi (pre-DSOD) it was Silent Magician, *maybe* Gandora. When I think of Yami Yugi it's Dark Magician make no mistake, post-series/DSOD I'd say it's Dark Magician Girl though; given his Fruit Magician Girls

[@torazely]

I would absolutely say Gandora as Yugi's ace, with Dark Magician as Atem's ace.

[@Ghostmnm]

My first yugioh experience was DSoD, safe to say I was hooked in immediately with no context, and Netflix removed it soon after (just like with most power rangers)

[@XXMatt0040XX]

​@@torazely Yeah since the reincarnation isn't 1:1 in the series, I find Dark Magician belongs with only Atem. If Gandora had more chances to come out I'd say Ace for sure, but Gandora hitting the field is kinda the *Oh* moment where we find out how capable Little Yugi truly is.

[@XXMatt0040XX]

@@Ghostmnm Oh my comment's being filtered. DSOD + Amazon Prime = Happy.

[@XXMatt0040XX]

@Ghostmnm DSOD hooking you is a testament to it being excellent. The movie critic score is kinda... meh; but that's because they're movie critics. I'd expect someone to think "Wait he has an Alternative dragon?" "Why is he fighting with fruit?" "What Pharoah?" *"Did this man just pull a giant blue god from the ground?" and just get baffled.

[@ThespianDevil]

I want to pop in and say that. Mahad fused his soul with Illusion Magician, otherwise known as Magician of Dark Illusion.

[@fabiangomez7853]

Don't forget Rebecca Hawkins. She's a dragon user who wanted her grandfather's Blue-Eyes.

[@tarikkash4282]

We don't talk about Rebbeca!

[@pn2294]

@@tarikkash4282yeah she’s filler

[@tarikkash4282]

@@pn2294 Besides, she doesn't do much! As is the case with most girls in anime! like Sakura, Orihime, Misaka, etc!

[@pn2294]

@@tarikkash4282 nah that’s just sexism here. Most characters in the anime don’t actually do anything

[@sarahgomez1976]

I love Rebecca Hawkins ace monster, Diamond Head Dragon (wish they’d made already n maybe help dragon archetype in master duel) that was given to by Duke Devlin.

[@LiveErrors]

Tea was accociated with Dark Magician Girl on multiple occasions

[@lytsedraak]

it's my headcannon that Tea is the reincarnation of Mana, so that would work. Mana was close to Atem and had the same big eyes as Tea. And unlike Mahad, she never fused her soul with her Ka, so Mana was still around to reincarnate.

[@LiveErrors]

@@lytsedraak another thing is that (in the english dub at least) Mana has a bird called "Anzu", Tea's japanese name

[@lytsedraak]

@@LiveErrors I didn't know that, but that's another hint of Tea being Mana.

[@EdgyTheHedgy891]

In my opinion Joey's ace monster is time vizard Obviously If I had to pick my own ace, I guess it would be something like odd-eyes raging dragon or quintet magician I was playing duel links a lot, lately, and I just grew to like those 2 monsters quite a bit I guess I just like field erasers Although they are more on the boss monster side, so I'm gonna say it's dark rebelion xyz dragon and magician of chaos As long as I don't feel a real threat or I don't see a toxic stoling deck those 2 are the aces of my 2 main decks Otherwise I'll bring out the heavy hitters

[@myhonestopinion3334]

booo!! Time Wizard as an Ace monster makes no sense!! Disagree!! Joey ace monster will always be *Red-Eyes Black Dragon* while Time Wizard or Baby Dragon can be his deck *mascot* just like how Judai with Winged Kuriboh and Atem with Black Magician Girl and Kuriboh 😉

[@EdgyTheHedgy891]

@@myhonestopinion3334 alright Actually a really good point

[@dragonlord45461]

so if i recall correctly harpy lady 1,2, and 3 are the harpy lady sisters just in three individual cards

[@TheRedMage01]

The reason Rex has a Dinosaur deck is just a naming thing because in Japanese his name is Dinosaur Ryuzaki, Same with Weevil having an Insect Deck since his Japanese name is Insector Haga.

[@adamloga3788]

Subtle.

[@IBW_3000]

You can also say that Black Luster Soldier is Yugi’s ace, or at least a secret ace.

[@davidbelanger9952]

Flame swordsman was the original ace/boss of joey's deck. It was a normal summon in the manga

[@spoontheguy5397]

I think it’s kinda funny and cool how in Duel Links, Mokuba’s ace monster is also Blue Eyes. Not only does the Blue Eyes have a connection with the Kaiba bloodline, but Mokuba also wants to be like his big brother. Mokuba wields the blue eyes to be just like Seto

[@rainbowdragon168]

My favourite ace cards are Stardust, Elemental Hero Flame Wingman and Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon

[@Botan_Katou]

My boss monster is the same as Kaito's, as I run a Galaxy-Eyes deck, Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. Such a cool dragon.

[@dancostello4872]

I think it's also worth mentioning that as of Season 5, Diabound Kernel is objectively Yami Bakura's ace: • It was his ace in the Dark RPG (just as DM & Blue-Eyes were for Yugi & Kaiba respectively) and the centerpiece of his early strategy i.e literally just defeating as many creatures as possible with it (such as Mahad's Illusion Magician & Slifer) to absorb their powers & grow stronger; • They share a spiritual connection, as Diabound was created from the hatred borne in Bakura following the Kal-Elna Massacre (of which he was the sole survivor); • It was the _only_ reason Bakura challenged Kaiba in the present - having Diabound defeat Blue-Eyes in battle let it absorb White Lightning which could contest the Egyptian Gods when he entered the Dark RPG (which ultimately saved his life because it stopped Obelisk from just smiting him instantly).

[@yodazillathekaijulordnewho2070]

I feel like Regular Yugi other ace monster would also be Gandora the dragon of destruction because it is the moment that would make him different then Yami

[@SkyRegalia01]

I would consider Diabound Kernel to be Yami Bakura's ace monster considering in his final showdown against the Pharoah was when he started to get serious and truly show his capabilities. Furthermore Diabound Kernel represents the vengeful souls from the village that Thief King Bakura came from so it also holds spiritual significance for him.

[@customcardguy]

Absolutely. It was only used in one duel (and an incomplete one at that), but being his ka and featured regularly throughout the Dawn of the Duel makes it his ace.

[@JaceyLumino]

9:46 -That's my favorite! "Draws Sephiroth" -Oops, wrong one😅

[@TheLonelySoulja]

Another video from my man TGS anime.

[@shockdiesel3470]

My ultimate monster ended up being Stardust dragon assault mode. But I gotta say that my ace monster. Is either red eyes black dragon or legendary fisherman #3.

[@shauqiharris2772]

Stardust Dragon is badass and it effect was pretty good.

[@Cyberdark780]

Yessss stardust is my fav ace monster

[@YXNGSHARK]

What a fantastic video man I hit the Like button when we were talking about Revival Slime being Marik's ACE card hahaha xD 17:44 great stuff as always man

[@roninwarriorsfan]

The ace card thing applies in Cardfight Vanguard as well: Aichi - Blaster Blade (in his royal paladin, Gold paladin & link joker decks) Kai - Dragonic Overlord (in his Kagero decks Misaki - CEO Amaterasu (it appeare in most of her Oracle Think Tank Decks) Ren - Blaster Dark Theres more, but i think the point's been made

[@yesman1743]

For Misaki I think is Tsukuyomi.

[@mattwo7]

6:46 I always associated Joey with gambling strategies. And yet it's Solomon who gets the card that literally has "Gambler" in the name. Although to be fair he only used it to test Joey's over-reliance on gambling strategies to begin with and it's basically just a younger version of Solomon in card form (which is absurdly weird for a number of reasons. Shimon Muran himself wouldn't have been a card after all as he wasn't a spirit creature like what Mahad had become and him being a gambler when he was younger would strike as an absurdly odd thing given his major role in Atem's court of grand vizer).

[@allaroundlazy2845]

Hey TGS love the video and agree you should do this for every series. and even highlight Yusei and Jaden and yusaku's uniqueness of a favorite vs an ace. ALSO, I agree you should a duel review on all Duels between Luke and Yuga for the rush duel release. You could get that viewership

[@brianwelch-qq3ti]

3:50 her death really hit hard for some reason

[@speedboiae86]

My ace is Armed Dragon Lv. 3 because of it's ability to become Armed Dragon Lv. 5 on my next standby phase. In a duel, I'll often play Masked Dragon on my first turn to have it be attacked and destroyed, so I can use it's graveyard effect to special Armed Dragon Lv. 3 from my hand or deck. My boss monster is either Armed Dragon Lv. 10, Red Eyes Darkness Dragon, or The Wicked Dreadroot.

[@mattwo7]

20:14 They didn't use Labyrinth Wall or Wall Shadow in GX though. Those were specific to the nature of the special duel rules rather than being anything even resembling ace monsters.

[@sloanewalker42]

Will you do anymore character profiles?

[@tylenolthepainkillers101]

Yo I forgot about those

[@thedepressedguydoesstuff]

Another fun fact about Blue-Eyes White Dragon is that from its debut all the way to today it remains as the highest attack ever printed on a vanilla monster, the only monsters that have a higher attack without having an effect are extra deck monsters, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon for example, but in terms of vanilla main deck monsters, Blue-Eyes has the highest attack to this day and it’s honestly my favorite Yugioh fact ever

[@kazonikz]

You’re wrong on Joey, everybody knows his ace monster is Tiger Axe.

[@willnack5315]

I have actually been working on a Yugioh DM Reboot idea for some time now. Not only do I give Tea and Tristan proper decks, aces, and duels, I even give them connections to Atem’s past and reasons why those are their ace cards. I make Joey already have Red-Eyes and instead gave Rex his own unique dinosaur version called “Red-Eyes Dino Dragon” (think Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon, but with Dino-support instead of zombie-support). Tea uses a Parshath Deck focused on counter traps with her ace being the Parahath Synchro. Tristan plays a Battleguard deck with his ace being either Battleguard King or maybe I’ll make a new Battleguard card to be his ace. My version of the story starts with Duelist Kingdom (no RPG-like rules this time), then season two is Battle City with the Memories Arc (no virtual world arc here), and the final season is Grand Tournament plus an expanded version of Dark Side of Dimensions. Seasons 1 and 2 have every summoning bar Pendulums and Links (mostly due to the only decks that would use one or the other or both being Tea’s deck) and season 3 has them both plus Cyberse (which in my version are the only group of cards that can work properly on the god cards due to them not being around last time they got lose which makes them not afraid of the gods like all the other types are)! Sorry it’s long, I heard talk of a redo for DM and thought I would share!

[@minicle426]

I wish Buster Blader was an Ace Monster. It is one part of the Dark Paladin after all.

[@mjvdg4194]

Haven’t watched for a while so could be wrong but I would’ve sworn that Joey’s ace was either Time Wizard or Baby/Thousand Year Dragon!

[@kunari_the_koolist]

My YuGiOh OC Kunari's ace is Toon Red eyes, but his boss monster is definitely Toon BLS

[@Yugigreg]

Bakura’s ace is Diabound Kernel. And Time Wizard could also be a contender for Joey.

[@remini255]

I feel that Red eyes being potential makes even more sense when you remember that Joey won Red eyes in a duel where he wasn’t allowed any help from Yugi showing that he’s growing as a duelist

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

6:56 It's Jinzo obviously. It's just as strong as Red Eyes but it's ability to block traps is pretty handy for Joey and once he wins it, it basically becomes a mainstay of his deck while Flame Swordsman basically becomes irrelevant after Duelist Kingdom.

[@buddyzilla4557]

6:17-Supposedly Joey became Takahashi's favorite character out of the OG main cast and said if the story continued to follow them, he would eventually surpass Yugi and became the next King of Games. Supposedly a hint at this was in 5d during a quick line when someone remarks in disbelief that the great Joey Wheeler is on the tourney ab of it to happen before someone corrects that it is just his cousin. This was only in the dub as far as I've heard and thus is not cannon, though.

[@Spink_Prime]

- Magician of Faith gets her effect when flipped up, not flip summoned. Flipping face up occurs either via Flip Summon or when attacked. Flip Summoning can only happen on your turn, meaning you'd have to spend a turn setting her face down as your only normal summon for the turn, then flip summon her next turn because monsters can't be flip-summoned the turn they are set face-down. However, her getting the effect on just flipping alone means that her effect can activate sooner than your next turn while she acts as a damage sponge against an opponent's attack, and the ease of pulling her effect off, paired with being able to pull a Graceful Charity or Pot of Greed or something is why she's always been hotly contested as legal. There were some ways to deal with this, but a lot of the time, if set a Magician of Faith, they were likely to get the effect because it would often get attacked while stalling for a better card to use in the duel. You could Relinquished, Thousand Eyes Restrict, Mind Control, Nobleman of Crossout, Exiled Force, Mystic Swordsman lvl 2, or Black Luster Soldier Envoy it, but you'd have to draw them and pay some cost for most of those, and some of those cards were either limited or banned at the time. - I don't know if you were using Weevil's description for the effect of Cocoon of evolution, or if you were stating card effects, but if it's card effects, Petit Moth does not evolve into Cocoon of Evolution, and none of the moths evolve further. Cocoon is equipped to Petit Moth, then that Moth and Cocoon can be tributed at different stages to bring out varying strengths of moths, but none of the other Moths can evolve or be re-equipped with Cocoon of Evolution.

[@walterlopez5054]

ages ago, when i frequented my local shop, my ace card was Cannon Soldier. the first rare i ever pulled from a Metal Raiders pack back in 2004. even if he didnt vibe with the theme of my deck, he always had a place in it. and my reputation with him became such that, anytime he hit the field, the other regulars at that shop knew they were about to get shot in the face. once upon a time, i was running frogs. and with Cannon Soldier launching Ronintoadins was able to inflict 5000 damage in a single turn.

[@ryanwilson-wilhite2343]

I play the Pendulum Magicians, so the boss is Zarc, but the ace monster that I use the most is probably Darkwurm because he can set the pend scales, if in the gy brings itself back, has 1800 atk, and with multiple they can create dark rebellion monsters as well.

[@austincatcher23]

I think that my boss monster is blue-eyes chaos max dragon, and I think we need more videos in the future like this

[@zumby101]

oooo yes lets do all the series! i havent played the game in a hot second but my ace will always be the synchro monster collosal fighter, loved that card

[@OnyxRanger09]

Id like for you to explain how Playmaker has 2 aces between Decode Talker and Firewall Dragon

[@HeartbeatCN]

I love that you've recognized that Kuriboh is pretty much the runner-up to Dark Magician as Yugi's ace. Like literally in the Bonds Beyond Time tenth year anniversary, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl and Kuriboh were Yugi's only monsters to appear in the film.