Exodia Obliterates the Game

[@GameKeeper28]

"So just because he stole your grandfather's favorite card and hospitalized him, that justifies you cheating?" "In every conceivable way."

[@RevenantNeverDies]

i mean id be pretty fucking pissed if some asshole rich kid who owns a kids game company stole my grandpas collection of expensive trading cards and then tormented my friends and family for fun

[@amandahugankiss4110]

heehee

[@jeltevl8868]

I mean beating up a grandfather so he has to get hospitalized is a worse crime as cheating at a card game imo.

[@ddd7254]

The soul of Kaiba's Girlfriend was in that card.

[@MrDj232]

​@@ddd7254 Then why did he rip it in half?

[@corruptsolstice340]

Imagine just Yugi speedrunning the entire show if he never lost Exodia.

[@rikusauske]

Let's see, trip pog, trip jog, trip graceful charity, in that gen Yugi would get exodia within 5 turns 50% of the time. And honestly, considering the formula of the show it narratively would make no difference

[@corruptsolstice340]

@@rikusauske Don't forget about the Millenium Puzzle's ability to alter the odds in his favor.

[@rikusauske]

@@corruptsolstice340 I believe this is what we call plot armor. But you know what's better than devil magic? Statistical analysis. I submit to you that Yugi is actually so bad at the game that even a passing understanding of it would net you a win easy. Like, even when he had exodia he didn't even build his deck around it.

[@corruptsolstice340]

@@rikusauske That was his grandpa's deck, and this was back when the rules didn't make any sense and could basically do anything you desire.

[@Amanwithbones]

There was a video with that exact premise, but it was taken down along with several other videos from a channel.

[@Raph___A]

Kaiba has no problem stealing Yugi's grandpa's card and leaving him for dead, but Yugi cheating at a kids card game is where he draws the line. Seems legit.

[@battlesheep2552]

Well if you knew Kaiba it sounds about right

[@elithornton5217]

A card that Kaiba can make multiple copies of

[@Emperor_x8]

Also a card which he could have just printed another copy of but attacking an old man in leaving him for dead seems like a logical move

[@GameMasterDuelist]

@@elithornton5217 i cant tell if you are trolling as the only thing kaiba owns the rights to make are duel disks Maximillion Pegasus invented duel monsters and to my knowledge never sold it as its why he is so rich in the series.

[@celestialcreeper8736]

@@Emperor_x8 oh no the point wasn't to have the grandpas card,the point was so no one had a blue eyes white dragon except him.Which even more stupid considering this is an old man who isn't going to any tournaments.

[@miscuit8767]

“I’d banish him to an ER” had me rolling on the floor 😂😂

[@sirunklydunk8861]

“You’re kinda a dick Yug” “Joey he kidnapped and assaulted my grandpa for a trading card, this is the least I could have done to him.”

[@cyberprime9355]

Kinda hard to argue when you put it like that

[@ddd7254]

In all fairness that card had the soul of his Ancient Egyptian Girlfriend in it.

[@Envy_May]

​@@ddd7254 he tore it up

[@ddd7254]

@@Envy_May Because he didn't want anyone else to have it, also the other Blue Eyes have her soul too.

[@parklife27]

at least its just a stroke

[@everett6072]

This actually happened at a Yugioh tournament I attended several years back. First match of the day, giant convention hall filled. Judge announces the start and not 5 seconds later you hear someone scream out "NOOOOO" and it eventually spreads throughout the hall that his opponent opened Exodia.

[@OmegaZeroX28]

I would have died laughing

[@sg21yt]

Oh my god

[@chickencurry420]

Isn't Exodia banned from tournaments?

[@matthewblackwood9653]

​@@chickencurry420 It is in fact, not. And it recently placed in one. Reason is - it kinda sucks! Each piece is total garbage as they're pretty much useless individually and that means you've got a lot of dead cards in your deck. Building and running a deck with a cohesive strategy to not only consistently get to those cards, but protect them from removal or your search engine from getting stalled out by interruption is typically considered more difficult than a traditional victory. If anything an Exodia victory is considered styling on an opponent. The chance of an opening Exodia hand is so vanishingly small that it's nearly always the result of a designed strategy to get it.

[@Emily12471]

​@@matthewblackwood9653 The head is limited to one iirc, might have become unrestricted recently

[@rad6946.]

Fun fact: the "heart of the cards" bullshit isn't actually just plot armor. It was a legitimate ability the pharaoh had, fueled by the Millennium Puzzle, which allowed him to draw any card he wanted. Yugi probably should've played blackjack

[@RuffWarl0ck]

Not a plot hole, but PLOT ARMOR

[@sansplayer6254]

Yeah, and it even makes sense in the anime. Almost every time the pharaoh used "the heart of cards" he was on low health, which is the activation method of the skill in the game

[@lnsflare1]

Atem: "Like I said, I was cheating."

[@byronrush9802]

​@@sansplayer6254yeah the fact he can bend fate to his will He's not cheating at all it's just conveniently activates every time he's about to f****** lose, I wonder if it would still activate if someone instantly beat him in one turn

[@MythicOneOne]

Yup, I recall that during the Millennium Duel it gets its official name. Destiny Draw, if I'm not mistaken. The Pharaoh can bend fate and probability to "will" exactly the card he needs to draw.

[@SupHapCak]

“I’d banish him to an E.R. if I were you.” Best line I’ve ever heard

[@DarknetDude]

Exodia?! Impossible, no one‘s ever managed to summon him!

[@JJ_R]

“Why? Because it’s so rare?”

[@seekerofnothingness]

No, because nobody understands the f*ckn game

[@ArunaUtd]

Explodia?! Aaaah impossible, no one's ever managed to escape him!

[@Kalashee]

Technically, due to the rules of the game, it’s literally impossible to summon him, cuz he’s 5 different monster cards, but you win when they’re in your hand. If all 5 pieces had to be SUMMONED before you won, I’d REEEEEALLY like to see how different yu gi oh/exodia decks would’ve played out.

[@iconica9516]

"exodia!? impossible!?" "No its just the card exodia the forbidden one, not the actual pieces"

[@pablomendoza95]

The "WOMP WOMP" and "I'd banish him to an E.R if i was you" sent me so hard that i was OBLITERATED.

[@ElectricalMatthew]

I love how at the end he admits to cheating not caring that Mokuba is still there.

[@frankcalow1389]

What’s he gonna do?

[@Set2Seth]

​@@frankcalow1389Probably cry to his dad or something.... *_OH WAIT._*

[@lucasvandecasteele9904]

you means to Atem?@@Set2Seth

[@MusicoftheDamned]

​@@frankcalow1389Banish his big brother to E.R. Well, that's what he *needs* to do since strokes are rather serious, but Mokuba's a bit useless, so....

[@RimaSuit]

Doesn't matter, Mokuba can't un-stroke his brother.

[@demitrischoenwald1436]

I love how Yami Yugi's response to being called any name after winning is just: "King of Games!"

[@PurooRoy]

The Yu-Gi-Oh episodes are always my favourite, especially the one where Yugi doesn't realise he can't have a stable income with battle cards.

[@battlesheep2552]

The fact that the problem with dueling the police is that they run meta is peak YuGiOh

[@UncannyBeagle]

​@@battlesheep2552NO WAY!

[@xryurax]

Who needs a Stable income when you have Yugi's Grandpa?

[@terakoinfinity9523]

@@battlesheep2552 It makes sense though, the police have no reason to make creative or cool decks when they can just run meta and win lmao

[@battlesheep2552]

@@terakoinfinity9523 one would think it would be way easier to just use a tazer to arrest someone instead of playing a children's card game, but that's what makes YuGiOh stupidly awesome.

[@tdofducksplays]

Yugi: “I draw.” Kaiba’s thoughts: “He didn’t say anything.” Kaiba: “HA ITS NOT EXODIA!” Yugi: “But it is pot of greed.” Kaiba: “oh no.”

[@peterstoric6560]

The pure schadenfreude in Yugi’s with every “womp womp” is just perfect

[@cyberprime9355]

Just about

[@hotcheeto9180]

easily the best part. i laughed so hard every time he said it

[@Meleedroit]

Can someone translate? I cant read german

[@peterstoric6560]

@@Meleedroit there isn’t a direct translation to English, or any language as far as I’m aware of. But it effectively means to feel happiness/joy because someone else is sad/suffering. Like seeing a guy the cut you off in traffic get pulled over by a cop or seeing the villain of a move get what’s coming to them in a satisfying way. Here, yugi was happy that he was completely messing up Kiaba’s event and it drive him nuts. Hence, he felt great schadenfreude. And it’s a lot easier to pronounce than to read incase you ever thought of using it

[@garf7298]

@@peterstoric6560so like sadistic but good

[@fireironthesecond2909]

Fun fact: I once tried to do this by making my deck entirely pieces of Exodia Unless an Exodia with 1 arm and 4 heads is a win I think it’s safe to say it didn’t work

[@zulhilmi5787]

Putting aside you should only have one type of card in a deck, that's not how configure your deck to draw exodia though. What you need is basically an entire deck that can make sure all 5 pieces is called.

[@DarknetDude]

Considering all the crap that Kaiba has done, assaulting people, destruction of property, I would have no more qualms about cheating if I were Yugi.

[@DM-Oz]

Yeah.. In the manga he even made a guy commit suicide for one of the blue eyes. Considering the blue-eyes development that comes later, Kaiba was basicaly a yandere for a trading card

[@RevenantNeverDies]

and yet his heart fucking exploded out of sheer stress because of yugi drawing exodia like 4 times in a row. really shows how bad he is at doing his job if he gonna ragequit from life if he loses@@DM-Oz

[@RevenantNeverDies]

also im talking about the video i have no fucking idea what or how you play yugioh so dont get nerdy on me@@DM-Oz

[@thestylemage2092]

"And all of the sudden that justifies you cheating?" "In every conceivable way!"

[@OmniGman]

The man legit sicced professional mercenaries, and an honest-to-God serial killer with an axe, on a bunch of teenagers and a toddler they were babt-sitting! Seriously, screw Kaiba! Man deserves to get cheated!

[@DeletedTaters001]

Kind of funny how despite claiming to hate him, Seto holds Yugi in such a high regard he didn't even consider he might be cheating.

[@victor-wt5ul]

but also Yugi has such a rigged hand that it is impossible that he is cheating simply because there are no cheating methods that match the heart of the cards (his strange Egyptian magic)

[@Ryanowning]

Fun fact: Yugi is actually cheating by magical means in the show. That... Isn't just a joke, he genuinely wins by cheating through a method nobody can detect.

[@jmurray1110]

Well in this case specifically the lack of card cutting means he’s almost certainly counting and stacking

[@oddistchild5252]

This is why exoidia is my favorite

[@Bragemaster]

same here my avatars neck based around Exodia when the gods tryed to kill him by cutting off his head his neck, his neck broke the axe of death and life so they used there powers to remove his neck making him become a angel without a neck and after he fused with a demon who wish it never existed that's when he got this brown rhombus for a head.

[@ht.ltslts]

Exodia is a really interesting gimmick tho. It’s kinda not that much used in the meta considering that it’s more optimal to use decks like Kashtira, Tearlaments, Purrely (evil), and stuff like that. All my duels I’ve had has never had anyone use it casually and the main time I’ve seen is that one weird ftk that can easily be stopped with an easy Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring.

[@jacobbissey9311]

I actually had that happen in a local tournament back in the day, I was playing a speed-run exodia deck that could draw out nearly the whole deck in a couple of turns to get the 5 pieces in hand ASAP, it wasn't an exceptionally great deck but I won way more than I lost and had a couple local tourney wins under my belt, came to another weekly tourney, got my first match, shuffled, rolled to see who went first, drew my hand and immediately called for a judge because I had just *happened* to top deck the 5 pieces in my starting hand before play even started, ridiculously unlikely but it happened, the judge, my opponent, and I were all pretty equally flabberghasted. I offered to reshuffle and play out the round as normal, but my opponent insisted that it count as my first win because technically I did win the first game in a legal manner, and the judge went with that, so we went onto round 2. I don't recall the outcome of that specific tourney, I know I swept round 2 of that match, but the rest of the tourney kinda blurred together with all the others I played with that deck.

[@Eric6761]

Mad respect for your opponent

[@jacobbissey9311]

@@Eric6761 agreed

[@cincrap]

"Wait you were actually cheating?" " Yeah out my ass" Really cracked me up😂😂

[@Ryanowning]

It's even funnier when you realize solidjj isn't getting it from up his own ass. Yugi is actually the greatest cheater possible: he has a magical ability to rearrange his deck to fit is needs in a method that is both impossible to detect and that he isn't fully aware of.

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

It turns out Weevil was a true hero of Yu-Gi-Oh when he threw Exodia cards into the ocean, thus giving everyone at least some semblance of chance against Pharaoh. Huge respect for Bug Boy.

[@ricardonb6375]

Really? You're giving praise to Insector Haga?

[@twenty-fifth420]

Yeah well, maybe he should have thought ahead when the pharoh would DOROWU MONSTAH CARDO!!!!

[@billciphersleftarm8657]

I’m imagining yugi before the match just filling his entire deck with exodias’

[@commander_frog]

and a single pot of greed

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

Lol😂

[@jethrobarazona1327]

I could only imagine

[@CuppaLLX]

you can only have 3 copies of any card so thats 15 cards, i think the minum dec size is 20. so 3 pots of greed and like id dunno something that lets you pull for the graveyard

[@KieraQ0323]

@@CuppaLLX unless you cheat

[@misterOrca4]

It's so hilarious how he nonchalantly answers "No, it's a Stroke"

[@Shiestey]

Kaiba demanding a rematch has the same energy as when Batman almost died to the riddler because he wanted to solve the riddle so bad

[@Deathmare235]

Wait Batman was really that petty?

[@Shiestey]

No, it’s an older solid jj skit. I can’t drop links in comments but if you search “batman riddler solid jj” it’s like the second video

[@BobBobby-ji4nm]

unironically that's something batman would do tbh

[@Chef_Alpo]

​@@Shiesteyyou should be able to add youtube video links

[@thebfbs8746]

@@BobBobby-ji4nm Especially if Superman was present. He would be kinda like Vegeta in the regard where he would just not submit and give himself 6 handicaps just to prove he’s more skilled and more intelligent than Superman.

[@trollmaster4523]

This brings me back... I have a friend in middle school who has a deck tailored just to draw exodia at that time and he has a huge win rate each time he uses it. It's filled with monsters with high defense to stall and can't be destroyed in battle, swords of revealing light, Sangan along with various deck searching cards and of course a graceful charity and Pot of Greed to increase the chances of completing Exodia.

[@tesseracttitan6445]

But is it tournament legal?

[@adcon00]

@@tesseracttitan6445 Man Pot of Greed hasn't been tourney legal since the early 00s.

[@tesseracttitan6445]

@@adcon00 I know that was my point. You can make any deck crazy doesn’t mean it can be used anywhere but on the street

[@pvshka]

​@@tesseracttitan6445who cares honestly. MTG also has this bullshit where you can only play tournaments with new editions, but combining cards from the old ones is where the fun's at.

[@strigon012]

Womp womp

[@megabladechronicles962]

It's kind of funny to think that a card that instantly wins you the duel is now considered to be low tier.

[@CornyFries]

It’s only low tier if you aren’t cheating

[@Salvare___000]

tbh it was always considered lower tier, it has never been competitive

[@GeraldMMonroe]

What can be higher tier than "I win"?

[@iconica9516]

play master duel it's extremely annoying these exodia decks

[@olukmajn7228]

@@GeraldMMonroe The problem is You put 5 bricks in your deck that are useless unless you have all 5 in your hand

[@chirranmoon_mask]

That scream at 0:43 Is amazing, I felt the energy as it was the same scream I had when I fight any soulsbourne game

[@its_drep]

"You're kinda a dick Yugi" Kaiba literally stole his grandpa I don't think I can even blame him for this one

[@OriOriOhG]

That was Pegasus. Kaiba just stole a card

[@Shagadelic487]

@@OriOriOhG True, but Kaiba did basically kidnap and mug his grandpa to destroy his prized possession. It was extremely gracious of Yugi to settle it by a card game. A lot of people would just take a baseball bat to Kaiba's kneecaps.

[@Marvelfanatic3658]

​@@Shagadelic487or his skull

[@godnyx117]

Seto: "Exodia?!?! That's impossible! Nobody was able to summon him!" Yugi: "Of course Kaiba, it's the first episode..."

[@Lacucarachadefuego]

The Millennium Puzzle alters probability as it’s power, literally every time Yugi is feeling the “heart of the cards” he is subconsciously making it more likely that he draws the card he needs to win.

[@Sephiroth144]

"Sub"consciously my arse; dude it just straight up magically stacking the deck

[@ttv_mrjack6749]

@@Sephiroth144 There was a dude that could legit see your entire hand at any time and he was allowed to be a champion. Having a dude stack his deck is just fair game in their world lmao.

[@dravendarkplays9607]

​@@ttv_mrjack6749to be fair that man also created the game

[@Sephiroth144]

@@ttv_mrjack6749 There's a difference between what constitutes fair play and getting away with it/the rules being unevenly enforced.

[@marchmelloow]

That's is false: Yugioh works on the power of fate and willpower. Characters can draw well because of their strong willpower or because of fate. The Millennium Puzzle has no such power.

[@Set2Seth]

What I absolutely love about the 3rd turn was that it COULD BE POSSIBLE Yugi didn't had all 5 pieces in his hand, and that he gained them thanks to Kaiba. Kaiba literally had only himself to blame for getting Exodia'd a 3rd time.

[@jacqueslin8178]

In the actual card game, it would actually be a miracle if you managed to have your turn considering there are decks out there that will mill your own deck

[@brunocardoso6641]

Tbh sometimes I get all exodia pieces but one who got removed because the drawing eff

[@tommyraven06g67]

Like bruh once i faced a guy who litterally dealt me dmg for ACTIVATING EFFECTS BRUH THAT DUDE HAS TO CHULL

[@finel3141]

That happens nearly in no duel. The game IS more about negate

[@morathehollow4797]

​@@finel3141depends on the format (i.e. Tearlaments)

[@JAWSRULES5991]

@@tommyraven06g67 I occasionaly play the Duel Masters Game and one faced a guy who did that, also had effects where If i took damage I took more damage and also took damage if he summoned a certain monster that would then be sent to the graveyard but would allow him to summon a card from the graveyard which he had two of so I lost all life points in two turns only doing that.

[@SS5K]

This reminds me of that one episode where Yugi played against a guy with nothing but Exodia cards in his deck and Yugi beats him with a card that sends a card AND its copies to the graveyard

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

Despite the guy cheating as well because if i recall correctly the cards were marked

[@gothicbutterfly013]

Yep, special invisible ink combined with contact lenses that could see said ink. Plus iirc his exodia cards and a bunch of others in his deck were counterfeits, to boot. Yugi friggin shredded them when he won.

[@eduardojara6955]

I never knew i needed kaiba to say. " Run it back." Thank you solid jj.

[@V..v..V]

Hearing him say that is crazy.

[@theonewayroad3867]

It perfectly encapsulates Kaiba throughout the series, mans literally made a portal to the afterlife to "Run it back" with the Pharaoh...🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@無教会内村]

​@@theonewayroad3867 >Atem: literally arrivrs at the end of his heroic journey and attains his eternal rest which he's been denied for 3+ millennia Kaiba: "........run it back"

[@Metaknight180]

The man invented TIME TRAVEL just so that he could have his salty runback. His ego is legendary.

[@asafupps]

I can literally hear the bottomless well of pain this man has from playing this game as a child in these videos

[@LordEyepatch]

Uses Card Destruction but ends up drawing *Raigeki.*

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Canonically, the Millenium Puzzle gives the Pharoah the power to control fate, which means that he can control what he top decks. There's a reason why the writers tossed Exodia overboard: If it had stayed in Yugi's deck, he'd just draw all the pieces every time and that... would be quite boring.

[@topcat59]

The only reason he’s always getting exodia parts is because he has 99 luck with that Egyptian puzzle.🐱

[@gormold4163]

He literally has the power to decide what his next card will be. It is not luck, but actually modifying the cards.

[@moistnugget4147]

Roll a d100, then roll for initiative

[@JaharNarishma]

This is the kind of humour that made me subscribe to this channel. It is stupid, it is making the characters somewhat realistic, and it is just straight faced delivery.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

“AAAH! EXODIA! THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE! NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN EVER TO SUMMON HIM!”

[@majoratwili7312]

"Why? Is he that rare?"

[@DeitySkullKid]

Funny enough , the original line was just "You've performed a miracle!" Or something similar, not that nobody EVER summoned exodia It's the fact that he had no draw power , against three blue eyes, and a mediocre deck all things considered, and STILL won, by collecting all the cards to exodia in that situation that's incredible

[@scottevensen2615]

"And now I summon EXODIA!!!" ... “AAAH! EXODIA! THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE! NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN EVER TO SUMMON HIM!”

[@The4Tifier]

And this is why Exodia was shortly destroyed after the first episode; Yugi could just abuse his Heart of the Cards ability to win every duel.

[@phillipwhite948]

...as opposed to what?

[@The4Tifier]

@@phillipwhite948 Reality 1; Yugi still has all 5 Exodia cards, and wins every duel because he can draw any card he wants. Reality 2; All 5 pieces of Exodia exist, and the rest of the seasons and expansions can happen.

[@tomioluwa1284]

1:41 Outside of Exodia Kaiba forgot the most hacked card of all the card know as "Anime Logic"

[@Battfro]

Fun fact: Exodia's gimmick is a side effect of the creator loving a lot of the weird gimmick, blue deck style "alternative win conditions" you get in Magic the Gathering. But, since he originally just made it for a comic book, he never considered how borked it'd be in play. Tbf, it's never that easy or consistent to draw Exodia. You usually really got to optimize your deck for it.

[@Notorious_Grey]

That quick Womp Womp gets me every time 😂

[@ForeverLaxx]

Honestly, I think the best part about this is that Kaiba essentially has his own OTK with that Blue Eyes Ultimate since, in the anime, players only had 4000 LP to start with and that dragon has 4500 Attack. In fact, thanks to the anime "rules," he only needs 4 cards to do it while Exodia requires 5. The only thing holding Kaiba's one-shot back is that it gives his opponent one turn to deal with it, which is all Yugi ever needs to cheat out a win.

[@TheMrMister]

Just imagine if Weevil Underwood hadn’t thrown Exodia into the ocean. Yugi would have done exactly this the whole series.

[@ricardonb6375]

You mean Insector Haga?

[@alosvods615]

“I’d banish him to an ER if I was you” Underrated line.

[@spidersonic0110]

Yugi: "Did you think I became Pharaoh because of hard work abd friendship?"

[@TheZoobZoobs]

This is hands down one of your funniest skits man, I've rewatched it so many times already

[@TheSkaOreo]

“Run it back…” “RUN IT THE FUCK BACK!”

[@XandertheStoryKeeper]

I just imagine Yugi has five exodia pieces that he keeps behind the millenium puzzle just so he can bust out Exodia against Kaiba while distracting him with the Egyptian Magic transformation sequence

[@suimeingwong2043]

I've never watched this show but I can really appreciate Solid Jj's spin on it.

[@AidanDaGreat]

It makes sense that Yugi got the magic card thing even though he shuffled. He only shuffled the bottom half.

[@-ImUniverse-]

“I draw two cards!” “What are they?” “Magical Scientist and catapult turtle.” “Fuck”

[@Amitlu]

WHY DID I DECIDE TO GO TRADITIONAL

[@henrysmith9725]

What a rousing match of Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth-Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker

[@NintendoMan100]

0:43 _Shylily entered the chat_ *Shylily:* WOMP WOMP!!!

[@RealCosmicDarkrai]

Man I love these YuGiOh skits, please never give them up lmao

[@MikayaAkyo]

Kind of expected Seto to play Card Destruction and Yugi to just happen to draw the entire Exodia with that. Exodia is the only set of Cards in the game, i think, that has an entire seperate game-rule which is just "The moment you hold all pieces of Exodia you win" So your opponent can literally just make you win the game if they somehow manage to make you draw all pieces of Exodia xD

[@grimlockbat3954]

Kaiba can't take a break, first Yuig consider to push him, went to New Jersy and now this.

[@elescurridizo4066]

I have only watched the first episode recently and I can confirm this is exactly what I thought. Like, he just does that and he wins? What? I alredy knew about the exodia bullshit but I did not expect it to just happen in the first episode

[@nikeneon3188]

tbf he done it ONLY in first episode, then there would be guy who find ''interesting'' strategy to beat Exodia

[@MrObscureinsanity]

It's only used once by a protagonist. A few antagonist use it too

[@ExeloMinish]

There's a reason the very first thing that happens in Duelist Kingdom is Weevil throwing the Exodia cards off a boat. It's a fun thing if it happens once, but giving your protag consistent access to an "instantly win no matter the current situation" button can't be good for tension. Later Exodia players are antagonists, using actual strategies based around it rather than just teching it into your deck raw and hoping for the best

[@ajbXYZcool]

I think Zexal's Shining Draw has the Puzzle beat. I get the feeling that Heart of the Cards/Destiny Draw simply sorts the deck appropriately. Shining Draw "creates the very card they need", like, just out of thin air, brand new card with specific effects needed. With Atem's power he at least needs to have prepared it in his deck beforehand, Yuma just needs to be a "powerful duelist" and have a good enough imagination. High five the sky indeed.

[@BIastProcX]

Kaiba most likely got PTSD from the first time Yugi summoned Exodia

[@dracoerrarus4834]

“I’d banish him to an E.R. if I were you” is now my favorite Yugioh quote. Thank you.

[@joshuamartin2618]

Exodia is the perfect meta killer especially in this day and age. Because no matter your opponents defenses and strengths, if you pull out this absolute unit of a card combo they are done. Also his millenium item puzzle kinda lets him cheat due to the power of giving him the cards he wants. That’s the power of the heat of the cards. So in reality he kinda was but wasn’t.

[@didierrepolusk7569]

Droll n' lock bird, response?

[@OmniGman]

The hilarious part is, there are absolutely people out there who've started the game with all five Exodia pieces in hand, or even just four pieces, with them ripping into the fifth on their first turn. You can't do anything at that point!

[@DaisiesTC]

@spooderderg4077 It's incredibly rare for someone to get all 5 exodia cards in the first few turns, let alone on their first draw.

[@dewott3754]

​@spooderderg4077Drawing all pieces turn 1 is a 1/658,000 chance I'm sure a lot of people who play Exodia haven't done it

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

Ain't no way you actually think this 💀

[@backtothepoolture6453]

When Kaiba summoned Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, I was honestly expecting there to be a 'Hey, that is like 30 Episodes too early!' joke or something...

[@KirbyStarAnimation]

Actually the millennium puzzle gives yugi the power to will whatever card to the top of his deck so him getting Exodia every duel could happen.

[@byronrush9802]

Except this is the one time The Pharaoh used exodia after this he couldn't use it anymore because weevil destroyed the cards

[@Deathmare235]

Then again it’s the first episode and he still has to figure it out, unless he means that he has to figure out how to top decking all the time

[@KirbyStarAnimation]

@@byronrush9802 I know but he also could have done it in episode 2 against pegusas

[@thecaelspice]

@@KirbyStarAnimation He Could Have, But Pegasus had his Own Millennium Eye Which Lets Him Read his opponents Mind: He'd just pull some equal BS

[@KirbyStarAnimation]

@@thecaelspice Reading yugi’s Mind wouldn’t let him stop yugi from playing exodia

[@mirandathomassen6339]

Yugi's like, "Screw the rules, I might be an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. It's the first episode, I have a lot to figure out."

[@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache]

As a Yu-Gi-Oh fan, I approve of this video.

[@KeizerJirachi]

I dunno why, but hearing Yami say "womp womp" while holding Exodia gives me joy and I love it.

[@LuckySmurf]

This is why Pot of Greed is banned in competitive tournaments.

[@Xelger]

You know, the Exodia trope has been done a ridiculous amount of times... and somehow it still never gets old, haha.

[@neodominoz2649]

“I’d banish him to an ER If I was you” is the most underrated line in this entire thing, I damn near pissed myself

[@Umbra_Ursus]

I wasn't watching it for a moment, and the moment I heard "womp womp", I thought he randomly pulled out a Shylily card.

[@miirico5398]

Meanwhile me in the game: "Oh his taking his time to draw bet his setting up his deck." "His really taking his time drawing with all of these bullshit." "Wonder if he went to the toilet his taki--oh there he goes--ANNNND I lost." Legit traumatizing for newbies ngl.

[@Quilly_DM]

"Banish you to the ER." I'm stealing this for my everyday speech.

[@birama213]

0:12 *I DRAW-* i win

[@Divided0]

So we're not going to discuss how Kaiba managing to draw all 3 of his Brick Eyes, a Polymerization to properly summon Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and Card Destruction to potentially kill Yugi's strategy by milling any of the Exodia pieces to the GY? Also would be funny if Yugi just Raigeki Kaiba's board leaving Kaiba with no cards in hand of field lol

[@52flyingbicycles]

Yugi’s deck was 1 copy of each Exodia part and 35 pots of greed

[@AbsoluteNoOne]

" Womp Womp " " *Talking* ... Wait- did you say womp womp? "

[@WhiteWolfRQ]

My favorite fun fact about yugioh is that the pharaoh canonically has ancient powers that allow him to stack his deck whenever he wants.

[@mnspstudioful]

The "Womp Womps" made me lose my shit. Superb addition to the Lore.

[@Cake-Goku]

"there's exodia, womp womp"

[@sworddomo1951]

In the Japanese version yugi's power is to literally draw whatever he wants.

[@rudymolina2580]

The womp womp was priceless

[@canpiv09]

I'm not sure even all Kaiba's billions are going to be able to pay for the therapy he's gonna need.

[@mmastolin]

"Thats a stroke" literally had me laughing out loud

[@immortaldeath4172]

The biggest mistake of card destruction in first turn is you let your opponent draw 5 cards, which can lead to a full exodia hand in very rare case

[@larrybarker1674]

I simply expecting him to draw Exodia again, but pot of greed was a nice, equally d*ck-ish subversion! 😂

[@lucifersatan8240]

"You robbed my grandfather. You thought I was gonna play fair?"

[@ApollyonAsinus]

Another solid JJ classic

[@JackgarPrime]

The King of Gamrs would know the most important rule: If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'!

[@Drewid44]

The last *womp womp* had me on the floor XD

[@edward9487]

I was expecting the joke to be "the entire deck was Exodia."

[@Urubu_de_terno]

To be fair to Kaiba... Losing 3-0 to an Exodia deck on turn 1 would do that to anyone.

[@kira-dk2mx]

Yugi really said "banish him to an E.R." I'm dead.

[@BugsyFoga]

These yugioh vids are always the riots

[@DragonRaiderX9]

Among everything else, I appreciate that this video explains what Pot of Greed does.

[@mosesmm5473]

There's a reason they removed this from the series before the next arc, writers realized too late it was too OP, tho if Kaiba should hate anyone, it's Pegasus for making that set of cards...but he funded Pegasus...so in a way, he made it...Wow, mind blown

[@Ion0X]

I never thought I'd ever hear Seto Kaiba say run it back. And yet here we are