Exodia was TIER 0 in Old Yu-Gi-Oh! | The History of Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

[@luxendarcknight7807]

Might as well included this entire video in the highlight reel for 2024 lmao.

[@nickschoenherr2238]

True

[@blitzcam]

Minimum need to include the entire game 2

[@Heyhowsitgoin999]

Game 2 could be a KZbin SHORT@@blitzcam

[@Terradragoon]

​@@Heyhowsitgoin999if they cut out the explanations for absurd OCG mechanics and the deliberation over every discard all 3 games could probably fit in a short. More time was spent in game 3 agonizing over the graceful discards than everything MBT did in all 3 games combined

[@bensteinberg2154]

That’s what I was thinking

[@ultrainstinctgokublack9097]

This is why Wevil threw Yugi's Exodia cards into the ocean. He was SAVING Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@lionofash7700]

"YOU GOD DAMN META SHEEP WHALE THE WORLD WILL THANK ME"

[@swancman]

Wevil was the real hero

[@solobugg5087]

Truly, Wevil saved us. Shoutouts to Wevil fr fr

[@Ashacarlosalbert]

never thought about it this way. makes sense now to me

[@Poppipower]

16 seconds. It took 16 seconds for Cimo to win game 2

[@xxpotato_network6367]

Truly the greatest game we've ever seen. Also nice pfp lol

[@marcorodriguez8792]

Even modern decks can't win this fast

[@Poppipower]

@@xxpotato_network6367 Real recognize real

[@nevod.]

No modern deck can win on its own with literally ONE card activation 😂​@@marcorodriguez8792

[@EmilForsberg_GRYBO]

​@@marcorodriguez8792 well unless they literally draw all pieces of Exodia on the first turn that is

[@SpectreXS]

OCG has always been so far ahead, that their "end of yugioh" was 3 years before the TCG even launched🤣

[@Zeradias090]

They had also some cards that we didnt get and had to wait years, like they had not just gemini elf they also got vorse raider and the gadgets if i remember correctly

[@chataclysm2112]

​@@Zeradias090 looking at historical ocg formats is so weird - they got so many cards incredibly early. they had gorz in early gx format.

[@eliascsjunior]

They had toon searchers yeeeeears before

[@kevinmorad2563]

Cimo "I love obliterating my opponent!" MBT "Exodia huh How fun without hand traps!" Cimo "I mean hand traps are fair Moth pot of greed at 3 is fair too surely GOAT will be fair with Mask of Restrict!" XD

[@ryuuohdeltaplus7936]

​@@chataclysm2112it's not "OCG got their cards early", it's TCG side releasing cards incredibly late

[@anotherjason]

9:03 THIS IS THE INFAMOUS EXODIA IN A SINGLE GRACEFUL

[@calls7989]

LMAO

[@YugiSannin92]

it was as funnyy as it was disgusting

[@Ashacarlosalbert]

but funny

[@jamesrussels7766]

Not even a one turn kill, literally a one CARD kill

[@Nico2718_]

"oh damn, 15m?? This is gonna be sooo quick, like 10/12 minutes for the whole duel" *Cimo yapping in the deck profile for 6 full minutes* "oh shit, this is gonna be worse than I thought"

[@michaelgunnels9694]

Mbt: you can't open graceful charity 3 games in a row Cimoo opened with 2: hold my beer

[@therranolleo468]

"I think I'm favored here" famous last words

[@Tribdinosaur]

we're heard of OTK, and FTK now get ready for OCK (One Card Kill)

[@princeLaharl2]

"I MADE ONE MOVE! I MADE ONE MOVE!" *ten seconds later* "YOU MADE ONE MOVE! YOU PLAYED ONE CARD!"

[@randomprotag9329]

Cimo managed to get the second best possible PB winning after activing one graceful, the way it could be better is having all 5 in the opening

[@demonicbunny3po]

I fully expect it to happen one of these episodes.

[@IyoMaestro]

Please don’t forget how busted Last Will was when it was first released for the next Episode. You were allowed to special summon a monster from your deck for every monster that was sent to the GY during the turn Last Will was activated. That meant that Cannon Soldier + Last Will + any monster on the field was game since you could simply special and tribute Sangan and Witches until you had all 5 pieces or simply burn for game if you had enough monsters in deck to special with Last Will.

[@lsp6032]

and so there is, the spell version of firewall dragon(infinite summon of anything in the game to the point of being banned), that summon from the deck instead

[@mageius]

This is why cards that rip cards out of your opponent's hand weren't considered horrible for a while. Because it was basically one of the only ways you could interact with things like this.

[@codyhanson1344]

doesn't matter if they go first and activate one graceful charity

[@IDK-bk1fq]

​@Burger_pants he's saying that those cards weren't considered too unhealthy not bad

[@agentofforce3467]

@@codyhanson1344 most games gave you at least 1 turn to respond.

[@mageius]

@Burger_pants The follow up comments someone made is correct I'm saying cards that let you get rid of some things from the hand weren't as bad because of the fact that they could interact with Exodia ended up being a bit more useful because of getting rid of the hand and all possible pieces in there. Yes later on there were ways to get them back but at the same point it actually ended up helping a player to at least have a chance.

[@TulipQ]

​@@codyhanson1344 Yeah, that makes them "not even very good". Would Deliquent Duo be good in this format?

[@lack_of_reality]

Game 2 is a prime example of Cimoo’s protagonist powers in action

[@bishop_breloom]

Only 8 minutes of gameplay. This episodes peak

[@ramsfanz1]

From start of game 1 to end of game 3 was actually only 6 minutes and that includes rock paper scissors and the down time between games. So probably about 4 to 5 minutes.

[@johnsd3341]

The first play of game 1 was at 7:35 and Cimo revealed his exodia in game 2 at 9:21, for a match with a length of less than 2 minutes

[@michaelgunnels9694]

The explanation was longer than the duels

[@Golladan]

@@michaelgunnels9694As expected of a talky man video.

[@MFMegaZeroX7]

Bonus fun fact is at the time, Sangan and Witch triggering no matter how they were sent to the graveyard included mill as well, which left the strategy of using needle worm/morphing jar to counter the strategy as insufficient as well. At any rate, surely the Exodia deck won't get even more busted once EX Starter Box releases? Surely Konami will release something there to balance things out, right? :)

[@Kiwyko]

Im curious what the context is, besides last will

[@MFMegaZeroX7]

@@Kiwyko As Burger_pants alluded to, the original OCG pre-erata text had the special summon trigger every time a monster was destroyed that turn. So, if an opponent had a monster with 1300 or more attack in attack position, you could do an OTK by, on main phase 1 summoning sangan/witch and playing last will, then attacking your opponent's monster, searching for an exodia peace and special summoning sangan/witch. Then attack again, get another piece, summon another sangan/witch, and so on until you have all 5 pieces and win.

[@Kiwyko]

@Burger_pants sorry yugipedia doesnt seem to google translate well for me, was there a misunderstanding of the ruling?

[@Kiwyko]

@@MFMegaZeroX7 OH LMAO

[@rolkflameraven1483]

@@MFMegaZeroX7 really? Last Will was a continuous effect for the turn? Holy crap, so go first and win like game two here, go second and if they put a monster in attack just win via kamikaze Sangan? That is both awful and hilarious. I get the Graceful is much better, but knowing that Sangan and Witch would work if sent from the hand really makes me long for Sanwitch with that ruling. Probably wouldn't even be that good really, but fun.

[@mattparsons6813]

S'cuse me. I'm trying to procrastinate my homework and you ended the game with 1 card.

[@RedDragonForce2]

The laughter will keep you busy for about an hour.

[@raizen4597]

The deck profile take more time than the actual gameplay 😂 Alex speedrunning with exodia is hilarious ngl.

[@ravinercf]

The fact that if Joseph didn't ask for game 3 the games would be over in less than 10 minutes is insane

[@silviopaolo7282]

"Exodia obliterate!" "No, my Ad revenue!"

[@santinoaguilar8601]

Cimo really lookin like Seeker from Battle City with all those Exodia parts in his deck.

[@Yumil_fab]

A fun fact I learned from the Lost Worlds videos covering that period of yugioh is that Seeker playing exodia FTK was apparently deliberate reflection of what the physical card game was going through at the time, as part of the battle city arc making a stronger effort to follow the rules of the real life game and the normalization of Expert Rules, so, yeah that's absolutely what this is.

[@zimonzieclown1633]

@@JohnnyFish971 Sangan and Witch did very much exist by the time Seeker dueled Joey (ep. 55) / Yugi (ep. 56-57). They were both used by Rebecca in her duel with Yugi in episodes 41-42; she even used multiple copies of them.

[@Felnal]

@@JohnnyFish971 To be fair, Battle City might have had a rule that every spell card was effectively a hard once per turn since Seeker had two Graceful Charities in his first duel against Joey, but didn't use both in the same turn, so running monsters other than Exodia made sense. Probably the anime's way of adapting the manga's rules for Battle City, which made it so that you could only activate one Spell card from hand per turn.

[@Jedasis]

And here we are! This absolutely heinous format almost KILLED Yu-Gi-Oh in Japan. For players of the OCG, the awful coin-flip dependent format came after the terrible format of Base-Gym in the Pokémon TCG, where games were similarly decided by the opening coin flip thanks to cards like Rocket's Sneak Attack, The Rocket's Trap, and Erika's Jigglypuff. It was like a nightmare players couldn't escape from!

[@UTgohan]

Now today in modern yugioh we go back to these times, who ever wins the coin flips, one card can win you the game just like cimo did with graceful charity lol we went backwards with yugioh lol

[@r3zaful]

​@@UTgohanbased on world championship master duel The first turn player had a 57% chance to win the game, still a terrifying number but not as bad as this.

[@UTgohan]

Yeah but modern yugioh is all about making your opponent not play the game, which essential that’s what this is right here lol

[@TheTrueFool]

Funny enough, this was also around the time of 'Combo Winter' in MTG (December of 98 to March of 99) due to the release of the set 'Urza's Saga', which featured some of the most busted Magic cards ever printed.

[@zeke7076]

Dear god this was apparently an absolutely horrible time to be a trading card game player geez. All three of the early big three was just hell to play

[@ryzukumagawa7143]

"You activated 1 card 1 card!!" Clip that folks

[@N12015]

Done it. Clipped the entire game 2 who lasted 48 seconds including post-commentary and setting. Called it "One Card Obliteration (Feat. Cimo & MBT)" or something like that.

[@crazypizzaman4332]

It is my head canon that cimoooooooo will one day open raw exodia against joshep.

[@RaceBandit]

or gage

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

If he did..then like legit he’s peaked. You can’t get luckier than that on your first turn.

[@frankyquilavafireblast895]

It’s absolutely hilarious that if they didn’t do game three I don’t think they would’ve had ad-roll which is hysterical

[@DIGI-PANDA]

Best reaction from both Cimo and MBT. I'm dying of laughter right now.

[@Pikatwig16]

7:24-9:40 This NEEDS to be in the best moments for this year. That was hilarious.

[@Crimson_Dragon01]

This whole episode needs to be in the end-of-year highlights reel.

[@caster25000]

Cimo continues to be the unholy combination of Atem's sheer protagonist powers and Seeker's deck-building sensibilities.

[@wademccormick254]

Game 2 is so good. Only 1 piece in the opener, but of course 2 of Cimo's 3 draws off of Graceful would be unique Exodia pieces.

[@justsomeguyonhisphone709]

Always wanted to see a deck about instant drawing Exodia since I was a kid, and now my dream has come true

[@nickschoenherr2238]

This is the most lopsided decks i seen and Alex winning by playing one card is the top of it all

[@joshmcb6042]

Thank you so much for going over the history of both TCG and OCG. I've learned so much because of you guys.

[@ArunaUtd]

This is the chaos that Exodia should cause, genuine God tier.

[@adav838]

This is the first time ever I see someone win by playing one single card. Not even Yugi can beat this!

[@MamaDragonsTCG]

MBT's reactions are one of the best I have seen in this series regarding getting Exodiaed to death.

[@hunterfitton7592]

I love how man eater bug killed sangan

[@Contenterful]

That Game 2. Just…that Game 2, man.

[@eclipse9727]

What game 2? I just blinked and it was over-

[@doubl2480]

I remembered CapitalG's explaination of this crazy Exodia deck in the OCG, so I was waiting for this! This was completely nuts and I don't think you will ever play a game shorter than than game 2 (unless directly opening the 5 pieces).

[@TheRobmaynez]

On the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Tournament 2006 GBA game, the Shadow Games were games that had no ban, nor limited list. THIS IS THE EXACT DECK I USED (Except I used Jar of Greed)

[@ghastlygibus2121]

Cimo is truly speedruning Exodia. Game 2 is ridiculous.

[@blazejecar]

at least in the modern meta you need to play more than 1 card to get the dreaded unbreakable 10 negates boards. Damn that was evil

[@FakeHeroFang]

I will never understand how this game made it, there's so much cursed shit throughout its history lol

[@evoLPFAN2011]

I am dying of laughter right now. MBT screaming is hilarious

[@fernando98322]

And I thought the funniest Yu-Gi-Oh video was that person getting at the start of the run four unique Exodia pieces and Sangan. I was wrong

[@aaronmorgan5860]

Just for the record, I really want to see Cimooo play Exodia in the Progression series. Would be really funny.

[@Skyrim896]

This is the best video that Cimo has ever uploaded.

[@JadeP24601]

I find it incredibly funny that episode 1 of the Anime goes out of it's way to tell us just how hard getting Exodia is, and the the game releases and now you can semi-reliably get him turn 1 (Provided you have the Protagonist powers of Alex Cimo)

[@gregoryberrycone]

probably my favorite video you've ever uploaded. absolute gut buster

[@mageius]

As a quick follow-up comment, this is also why cards like card destruction and morphing jar were good for this format. As there were some of the only ways to try and get the pieces out of player's hands. Because you were limited to the number of pieces you could have and being able to use the effects to get rid of them gave at least a little bit of counter play

[@gamerskingdom4897]

But you could just hit only duplicates and at that point you only served to trigger more searches

[@chronostrafe]

I know it's only been 5 months, but I come back to this episode every week to watch game 2 end in a single move.

[@esrohm6460]

i heard stories of this but seeing it in action is just illegal, like there is currently a strike squad breaking through my front door and draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@VANduby]

That is the most heinous decklist I have ever seen

[@sebastianl4135]

Cimo explaining that Graceful Charity plus Witch and Sangan is an FTK in the deck profile is somehow half the video. MBT going for a little walk after game 3 was longer than game 2. And it gets worse?! Also these kinds of lopsided strategies *need* to be mirrors, otherwise why are we pretending it’s going to be a match at all? It’s just a demonstration disguised as a match.

[@sebastianl4135]

Also can I just say: 7:35 is the first move of the match. 9:18 if we’re being generous is the last decision of the match. 9:04 is when the final card was played.

[@ee822]

I understand that walk. Man killed himself with Man Eater Bug twice.

[@TheForeverRanger]

@@ee822 The only reason I don't feel bad for Joseph is because he knew what he was getting himself into. I couldn't imagine playing around this time.

[@SEMIA123]

I'm OK with it in this case bc it showcases how broken exodia was for the time. There was basically no response to it unless you also play exodia and went first.

[@sebastianl4135]

@@SEMIA123 Having the match with this deck isn’t the issue. My issue is that if you’re going to have the match with this kind of deck where the probable outcome is so lopsided in one player’s favor, then both Cimo and Joseph should be playing it. The result might have been exactly the same, but as demonstrated by the Game 3, you still have to actually draw into the right cards to assemble the pieces so the match then comes down to who can do it twice first, meaning there’s at least a chance for it to go in either direction maintaining the semblance of a match rather than serving as a mere demonstration. If you want to showcase the other deck too, it’s better to do that in a separate episode where the Exodia deck isn’t a factor.

[@OneWholeFrog]

I feel like this could’ve (honestly should’ve) been the April fools video

[@joseftheerazor]

8:34 After Sangan goes to the GY is traight to the Exodia theme 😅

[@aBomeynation]

Hard to say which tilted Joseph more: Royal Tribute eating his entire opening hand in History of Jank, Cimo eating his entire board for a Chimeratech Fortress, or this entire episode

[@hiimemily]

That wasn't just a first turn kill, it was a first used card kill. A FUCK, if you will.

[@Aeri_shiro]

We finally made it to the point in which the intro is longer than the actual gameplay

[@stegomasaurus6737]

I've heard Exodia was Tier 0, I believed it too, but I was not prepared for just how unstoppable the deck turned out to be in action.

[@prankkidsduelist]

This is reminiscent of the micheal scene from achievement hunter

[@thesavingmenslivesnetwork]

Damn. This episode was a Geneva Convention violation!!!

[@dragonsagesummoner6071]

This deck was single-handedly responsible for the Arata, and the creation of Yata format.

[@TheMightyGiantDad]

My favorite part of this episode is how watchable it is

[@8XHuXBgkok]

After the intro that covers all the essential information, Cimo goes on to talk about his deck for five minutes and the video reaches the 15 minutes mark. Well done.

[@LightFykki]

I am just happy that at some point Exodia was an absolute beast, like the feeling you got from the anime! And seeing that it took place so many years ago and even before TCG, it almost feels mystical. Like, when people speak of "the ancient ones" with true power and stuff; this is something like that. An ancient game with old cards, but one that could smash any deck today. Awesome

[@EmperorZeke]

Game 2 was so good thats what yugioh is all about in my opinion, BACK AND FORTH BABY

[@zhangjun1793]

The actual definition of "speed running Yu-Gi-Oh"

[@minhnguyenhoang6439]

I laughed so hard at 2:30 AM to Joseph getting Exodia speedrun by Alex man

[@amanax1430]

Can't believe I waited a whole week for this episode! /s

[@peepeevs]

That was an interesting deck that Joseph played. Really cool to see it in action like this

[@ashwind6408]

Pretty cool video about the history of Go Fish!

[@Zachurry]

Exodia (5 Pieces) 100%: 9:50 WR

[@AltimaResNovae]

Cimo's fastest win across all the series confirmed :D

[@zerodono]

Man, I would love to see CGB's reaction to this vid now that he understands Yu-Gi-Oh a little bit more lmfao

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

So I can see that Exodia wasn't limited for Lore reasons, it was limited because they had PTSD from this.

[@nnnp634]

I guess limit could allow Needle Worm and Morphing to win the game against Exodia (if that trap didn't exist at the time or if they're lucky to mill head), but I don't see it as a big hit

[@1stCallipostle]

Degenerate draw your whole deck for Exodia strats still exist. And you'd see them even more if the pieces were at 2. Would it be consistent? No. Would it be filthy? Yes.

[@ShredAimlessly92]

It’s funny to think that, even with the extensive hand traps that we have now, this deck could still actually hold its own against modern decks. It’s absolutely hilarious.

[@nevod.]

I mean yeah this deck could still ftk through handtraps barring a hand that contains *exactly* droll + ash or ash + d shifter which is quite unlikely- because any of these handtraps alone is insufficient you have to draw multiples

[@saiyoice]

The person who taught me how to play Yu-Gi-Oh used one of these decks almost down to the card and then whenever I was finally ready to go to a tournament my first tournament experience was against chaos Emperor Dragon Envoy of the end yata lock otk. Wonderful time.

[@Terradragoon]

When the pre-duel jingle is longer than the game itself...

[@nevod.]

We were getting dangerously close to a ZTK with that 16 second exodia game

[@heulg.darian2536]

Revenge for all 2 times MBT has said "folks who needs exodia"

[@donaldlivingston75]

Holy shit, this is the greatest blowout I've ever seen in Prog, History, any of the series. Absolute domination. I honestly thought the deck wouldn't be quite as strong as it was, but holy shit it looked incredibly consistent.

[@Anders0429]

As a kid, my friends and I had no understanding of the limited list. We theorized about making a deck like this for Exodia, but luckily none of us had any way to obtain the necessary cards.

[@koyoyoyo1170]

This isnt even the final form of series 1 exodia. Wait until last will+catapult turtle exodia loop.

[@danplath1]

The way Garfield intended it....

[@RaceBandit]

c h a n n e l f i r e b a l l

[@kateslate3228]

It's always so funny to me when Cimo talks about the game like a real TCG designed with intent to be played and not what it was, a gacha toy.

[@FighBat]

From Turn select to final Exodia piece drop on game 2 was less than 30 seconds... GO FISH

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

It says a Lot about this episode, that it is barely 15 minutes 1:56 Decklist: Exodia Tier 0 6:36 Game 1 8:27 Exodia during the opponent's turn 8:52 Game 2 and Exodia FTK (the fastest Exodia in the history of Cimooo's channel) 9:46 Game 3 10:05 instantly punished 12:22 Not again!

[@MrGshinobi]

THEY DID IT!! they finally finished a match so fast they didn't hit add roll !! (game 2 ends at 9:23)

[@FloatingAmongTheCosmos]

Tbf, I'd rather get Exodia'd in turn 1 or turn 2 without too much waiting than letting my opponent make Snake Eye lines for 30+ mins.

[@sammydray5919]

Utter BS. You wouldn't be saying that nonsense if it was any game other than having a friendly with your pals. Be it competitive or casual because even among friends, this will get hella toxic after like 2-3 games at most. This is far more heinous than anything in modern yugioh outside of genuine FTKs. There is a reason Yugioh almost died back then in Japan because this shit was legal.

[@FloatingAmongTheCosmos]

​@@sammydray5919Not saying that just cause. Being completely honest. Even if it was horrendous for that time or just any time period if tier 0 exodia existed, I repeat, I'd much rather get Exodia'd in 5 seconds rather than waiting for long ass combos to finish.

[@sammydray5919]

@@FloatingAmongTheCosmos And I am telling you that will not be the case unless you are just playing around casual games with your friends. People have issues with long combos because they just dont get to play at all while their opponent is the only one having the chance to play. Same exact thing will happen with this exodia deck. You will not get to play and in turn will be frustrated with this too. The short turn may seem novel at first because its a change of pace from modern yugioh, but once you actually sit around to play, that novelty will fall off really quick and then complaining about the format's toxicity will start.

[@FloatingAmongTheCosmos]

​@@sammydray5919 Probably, but I stand by what I said before.

[@SamTheFable]

The deck should truly be called "exodia any%"

[@clarosk2518]

To think MBT Man-Eater Bugs himself to doom TWICE in this episode. The protagonist is too powerful! (That, and the deck is far too broken) 6:19 The shift in Cimooo's mood to pure evil spells out how the episode will go on its own :)

[@RuggedRing]

Exodia Head was a prize card for surviving a riot

[@noblue72]

"What if Atem never lost those Exodia pieces"

[@lennardwillms]

Are you planning on splitting the deck presentations between Joseph and you once the format gets more varied again? Like you did in history? Where each of you presents their own deck? I'd love to hear his thoughts on his deck too.

[@MiguelMartinon]

Farfa and Joshua Schmidt need to watch this.

[@darkjoey3767]

All of MBT's reaction was too funny 😂

[@connerpaul9401]

This reminds me of the GBA game Yugioh 7 trials to glory. The exodia rare hunter existed in an area where there was no banlist so he played 3 copies of everything and oftentimes you just had to play Exodia to have a chance of winning.

[@258thHiGuy]

Konami really said Trap hole was the problem

[@deregapreyahvattaffdiff]

When you hear people want to ban all handtraps, point at this bullshit