Gishki Explained in 34 Minutes [Yu-Gi-Oh Archetype Analysis]

Alternate Title: Fish Are Friends. VERY good friends.
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I Explain all of the Gishki cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! at time of recording, how they work individually and together, as well as synergies with other cards, You might even learn some trivia while you're here!
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Hello Everyone! GoldenNova here! We're at a weird conflux where, last week, we talked about Nekroz, AND Photon Hypernova just released support for a theme that the Tier Zero Ritual Threat draws a lot of inspiration from, both in design and in the Lore, Gishki! This infamous Duel Terminal theme not only acted as a devious antagonist for Age 2.0, but was also a stealth terror at big events for it's ability to strip your hand of cards before you had any way of stopping them. But with some new card, will they be able to stand up to the modern metagame? Only one way to find out!
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0:00 Intro
1:49 Gishki Orange Monsters
12:40 Gishki Ritual Monsters
19:46 Gishki Spells/Traps
27:08 Tech Cards
32:07 Outro
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#yugioh #gishki #goldennovayugioh

[@Dusk471]

entire Gishiki archetype explained in less time than it takes to FTK with Gishiki

[@gabrielkessler6166]

But man is the deck funny

[@bencrandall-malcolm8303]

how am I supposed to read the lore when there's no goldennova video explaining it to me in a calm, soothing voice

[@23gameoverlord]

I think Gishiki is the pinnacle of what a Ritual centric deck should be, a good mixture of monsters that search for the ritual spells, and the ritual monsters themselves being mostly to great choices for big plays.

[@jtalkalot19]

The gishki monsters who are spirits because they died in-universe. The aqua mirror traps shows one of their deaths via ritual summoning. And somehow she gets brought back to life later and becomes a nekroz monster. Ariel gets it the worst though? An ice barrier survivor who becomes part of the gishki who later becomes an shaddoll only to become an evigishki later?

[@thomasbitmail7937]

Idk about the actual lore, but looking at the artworks themselves it becomes clear, that Ariel's current version is still the Priestess of the Nekroz after she has been rescued from one of the Infernoid container-lantern-thingy. If you look at the Nereimanas artwork, she doesn't have the Nekroz Mirror on her hat, only the new Icemirror and the regular Gishki staff. The new Mirror is an anomaly itself tho. I guess they were trying to fill some plot holes in the DT storyline. As for the Shaddoll part, it is also confusing since Nereimanas is kinda supposed to be an upgraded version of Mind Augus, but at the same time it became Apkalone sooooooooo Although i read something about them using the Naturia Tree's mechanism to bring back dead bodies, so maybe she actually died somewhere and then were brought back?? Jsus Konami gimme EXPLANATION

[@jtalkalot19]

@@thomasbitmail7937 the new support of the DT3 archetypes seems to be creating more plot holes then its fixing.

[@Magna_Dragon]

I read somewhere that aqua mirror ritual costs use body and soul separately. One being for two ritual summons of a monster

[@jtalkalot19]

@@Magna_Dragon that sounds really familiar as well just not sure where I read that at either.

[@gabrielhill995]

Ariel is flip, not spirit. She is in shaddoll as base so theoretically it’s forced her into augus post corruption for the fusion. Her staff in nere is nerkromirror, the mirror doesn’t appear in shaddoll on hat but does post fusion. So just assume after fusion she stole it from nekroz as it would have been the blue print for nekroz mirror. Or you could just assume el shaddoll anoyatllis stole it to survive nekroz Trish when they chose to fuse with devyaty

[@fabulousspunky701]

Another interesting tech is Zaphion. It’s a Level 10 Monster that gets rid of Backrow, is Water for Nereimanas and the draw a Card Effect isn’t OPT. So you can make some crazy Combos by bringing it back through some Links and keep Drawing Cards

[@gustavo-fy8tc]

yesss i love this combo I also like using the ghost sister to replenish my LP after/before using Ice Mirror, Zielgigas, etc

[@MrDegan2]

Let's also not forget Mind Augus FTK, was it awful? Oh gods yes, kinda funny though, and was a part of what got ODOP limited

[@StarkMaximum]

Aquamirror Illusion has two of my favorite entries on the Yugioh Wiki's Trivia section because there's just something about the way they're worded. "The effect of Gishki Emilia that negate Trap Cards effects could be like her trying to stop this card." "This card's artwork looks (probably intentionally) like the scene wth Ursula in The Little Mermaid. (Line break) Note that "Emilia" is grasping at her throat. (Line break) This could possibly be the event that turned "Emilia" into a Spirit monster, implying that this card could actually depict a death."

[@MSTGamingTV]

We got Nekroz, then Gishki. Maybe the next is Ice Barrier? Edit: The archetype name is a word play for both OCG (Ritua from Ritual) and TCG (Gishki from Gishiki; japanese for ritual).

[@willthomas4516]

Already done

[@cancerstinks1]

He did Ice Barrier when the structure deck came out iirc

[@GreatBigPillock]

GISHKI GANG A tech I've been having a lot of fun with is Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood. Since Icemirror, Zielgigas and especially Photomirror burn through your LP like they're going out of fashion, you need some way of getting it back to keep yourself alive. And Dogwood can give you plenty when your opponent inevitably combos into it. Furthermore, Dogwood can be easily brought back with Nereimanas for some Synchro shenanigans. Quite a barking mad tech if I say so myself.

[@fabulousspunky701]

There is another card called Morph King Stygi-Gel. You can make this cards Level 10 by choosing a Level 10 Monster, gain 2000 Life Points and make cards like Ultimaya Tzolkin to summon Dragon Synchros from your Deck, just like with Hieratic. It’s nothing special, but all of the other Life Points recovery cards like Altar for Tribute, Mystik Wok, Destruct Potion, Sebek’s Blessing, Supremacy Berry, Rainbow Life, Draining Shield etc. are just plain Recovery Cards and don’t do much else. It’s just hard searching for good cards that do a little bit more than just giving Life Points.

[@matthewdodd1262]

Gishki could have been so much better if they didn't have no many normal summon reliant effects. If at least half were on summon, it would have been better

[@fabulousspunky701]

I agree. At least you can use Cards like Silent Sea Nettle (by making Anemone and Abyss Keeper), Cartorhyn and Surface which helps a bit with the Normal Summoning Problem.

[@tylercranston7226]

Idk I was there for the era gishki were competitive and played them during and well past it. They were plenty strong.

[@matthewdodd1262]

@@tylercranston7226 Classic Yu-Gi-Oh player and not being able to read! Never said they werent strong. I said if they had less 'on normal summon' triggers and more 'on summon', they could have been better

[@notcos978]

This is my favourite deck of all time! Very glad to see this covered by you, thanks so much for giving it some time in the limelight!

[@Kuronosa]

The funny thing I like doing with Forbidden Art, is using the "Urgent Ritual Arts(I think that's what it's called) trap card, to perform a ritual summon during my opponent's turn, bypassing the negative "Cannot Attack This Turn" and getting a Ritual Summon during the opponent's turn, especially if I can get one that will interrupt their plays.

[@krakenskull2557]

We're still waiting for part 5 of the duel terminal lore.

[@Zssprime]

The 1 out of my 2 favourite archetypes ever! i love the gishkis and i am currently working on an insane build for them which seems super strong thanks to the new support

[@ianbramble8182]

Thank you! Gishiki is one of my favorite ritual decks I ever got to play and even though I gave it up a while back, the loops I could pull where fun, especially gustkracken

[@captianblitz]

Surprised no mention of Convulsion of Nature with all the top deck focus

[@fabulousspunky701]

True, especially with Diviner. You can get the Top Card for your deck, Link Summon Coral Anemone with Grim and Diviner, bring Diviner back and get another card. Or you use Magellanica and make a Rank 3 like Nightmare Shark.

[@christopherfeatherley]

I play Gishkis with Nekroz, and whiles the odd and even levels may seem a bit awkward, they surprisingly work very well together, especially since Vison, Grim, Shadow (and sometimes Shurit) help fulfill the exact Ritual cost. They're surprisingly powerful together, being able to support one another and search key support. Just a fun rogue deck

[@hbb5613]

I know it's been a while but, can you share your decklist? Would love to try it

[@alexanderkazantzis8019]

10:23 I can imagine Emilia saying that after everything that went down in act two

[@kennydarmawan13]

Gishki: When rituals start becoming good.

[@MrDegan2]

Gishki crawled so that Nekroz could walk and Dritron could run

[@kennydarmawan13]

@@MrDegan2 And Drytron ran so fast, they caused others to get disqualified. That's right, Eva and Benten took the blame. For certain, the next archetype that'd do something wild with Rituals would be restrained, as seen with Libromancer. Zoodiac held back Springans too.

[@thomasbitmail7937]

@Guilty Hat Drytron just had a nice synergy with Benten, the Herald was already in there, so they just broke it via Eva and Orange Light, and the not once per turn Benten. The Diviner was a nice support there as well. But out of the two decks i would say Nekorz is still the viable one, they just need more ways to recover and play through HT. But they can run multiple going second cards and one Unicore can get decks wrecked easily.

[@kennydarmawan13]

@@thomasbitmail7937 I see. Still, Drytron really broke Rituals like Zoodiac broke Xyz.

[@michaelbevan1081]

Thank you for making this video. It will help me test new or new archetypes of my interest; without wasting money on cards for the TCG format , as well as money and gems on master duels.

[@hbb5613]

Side note: be careful with the interaction of white mirror and abyss since he is a "when" and not an "if" you can lose timing

[@davidsaylors24]

Please do a breakdown of all the different characters and fusions and combos that come from the dual terminal There's extensive lore obviously but there's there's over a 150 cards that are all intermixed in between all the archetypes. Would make for an amazing video series

[@DarthNash6]

More Duel Terminal Archetype? More watchtime from Darth Nash

[@AnotherWindaSimp]

Nothing screams more forbidden arts dark organization than a mother sacrificing her daughter to perform some wacky rituals

[@nkozi]

Gishki support? In 2022?

[@joseftheerazor]

Another of my favorites

[@vivigeass6010]

Hyper nova giving our golden nova more lore in duel terminal

[@theWIIISEguy]

It may be late, but may I please request Valkyrie Explained video? I really like your videos and it'd be sweet to have one on the archetype. It always bums me out when I see you don't have a Explaines video on an archetype I'm looking into. Sometimes I find them way more interesting to watch > watching deck profiles and combo guides.

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Certainly! I don't have any plans in the near future, but every archetype shall have it's day!

[@theWIIISEguy]

@@GoldenNovaYugioh That gives me hope. Thanks Nova. I really do appreciate your content. Several decks I've gotten, because I've seen their archetype featured in your Explained series or Lore videos. Labrynth & Reptilianne most recently. I reccomend my friends to check for your content if they're interested in discovering a new archetype or want to learn more about the lore. The puns are great too. How consistently you find play on words fits really well with the spirit of the game and honestly became impressive after some time. Again, thanks for the response. I'm looking foward to hopefully mount up and gallop towards Vahalla alongside you someday. 💪🏿😁

[@kaitai7302]

I do think there some potential with Gishiki, even if it’s just ends up as a Splight Variant. Still hoping we get either some Laval or Vylon support. Vylon needs some better non-tuners.

[@EthanKironus8067]

I swear it feels like you're trying to help me with my Arc-V fic here, Sylvans and now Gishki? The latter is literally the deck of my main male OC.

[@symantares9171]

Back in college I had a friend that ran this deck, and it was honestly scary

[@Swagpion]

Next on the list of rituals, the rocks that use other monsters as spells.

[@OracleOfTheOasis]

22:40, no in fact, it is NOT forbidden…

[@empressivemagic]

I hear a mention of Aromage in a video where it is decidedly not supposed to fit in, I rush to the comments section. Me and my dumb desire to shove them into decks they don't have inherent synergies with now desperately wanting to see Aromagishki work. Love that Gishki set the bar for decent Rituals with how effective their monsters were. Also, I totally didn't catch that the phrasing on Icemirror skips the level check if you use your opponent's monster, that's so cool!

[@EthanKironus8067]

"...now desperately wanting to see Aromagishki work." - I'm sorry to report that I decided not to adapt Aromas as a Ritual archetype for my long-suffering Arc-V fic, more so because it was for my Ritual Bracelet Girl OC and her Yu-Boy is still getting Gishki. While I was proud of Aroma's appropriateness both thematically and in being easy to write in duels, it was just a little too restricted in its sequence of play for my tastes.

[@wailmerwithinternetaccess7934]

Ohohoho, I missed the day playing Levianima control when I keep drawing cards every BP! I missed the day, tho

[@jamarpressley5958]

I need one of these for simorgh

[@bolthog5914]

can we get some more duel terminal lore

[@KressioGames]

Can we get shaddolls please?

[@Greselkings]

So... Gishki lore when?pls

[@sjaakbakker9944]

Spinning fish

[@Mr.Qwayzar]

Demise Gishki......*notes for later*

[@cashcloakburmy]

Ghoti time 😎

[@aprilm3203]

why was Chengying big chungas

[@Bezaliel13]

Legacy negation,... "negacy?"

[@dakotadoyle7573]

Photon explained?

[@a.iduelist9920]

First

[@xenoexe4954]

Pin me because im 1st