Abyss Actors Explained in 37 Minutes [Yu-Gi-Oh Archetype Analysis]

[@captianblitz]

Gah, I will ALWAYS be a fan of this deck once Silvio used it to defeat Zarc in the best part of ArcV. Yes, Silvio did that. Silvio. No other plot shenanigan's, it was Silvio. Silvio did it.

[@kuribohgremlin5596]

common slivo w

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

Neo New Hyper Mega Ultra Duelist Sawatari is indeed the hero we all needed.

[@ShinySprites]

He should have beaten Zarc, he got done so dirty

[@rontanamo_bae]

@@ShinySprites He really did. He actually got likeable towards them end as well.

[@streetgamer3452]

@@ShinySprites rivals are never allowed to take the final boss out for some reason. I want a Yugioh series where the rival who grew as a character just as if not more then the Mc to beat the main villain for oncd

[@xenoexe4954]

Oddly enough, Abyss Actors was the 1st pendulum deck I fell in love with. These theater kids always had a place in me heart with D/D/D's

[@imanalligator9694]

And also like rookie looks so fucking cool

[@neoxthegamer4930]

Surprisingly i can confirm that too. I usually steered away from pendulum decks but now that they're in master duel i tried them out in the trial cup it was pretty good and i like the concept and design

[@MiyaoMeow588]

A thing I like about Dramatic Story is how surprisingly versatile it is. If you choose to destroy the monster you target, you can obviously trigger Wild Hope's floating effect, but in the case of Sassy Rookie, you can just keep the body for free, because of it's once per turn destruction immunity.

[@landonsacrey9576]

So many small techs you can do with this deck especially with the new cards, thx g

[@thejackshammer7654]

You kidding? I've made so many tech moves with this deck its ridiculous! Here's one. I recall a time where my opponent had mostly beefy bodies. I had Arch Rebel Dragon, Comic Relief and a few other Actors out. My turn comes, and Comic procs, going to the opponents side of the field, giving me the chance I needed to break the wall wide open. I use Arch Rebel's effect, keep the Raiders Knight I used as material, Negate all effects on the feild, Including Comic's 0 Dg effect, and then I attack for game, Through my Comic!

[@ShinySprites]

I will never forgive Arc V for not giving the Abyss Actors the W against Zarc when they came the closest to beating him

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

they could have easily gave zarc i don't know an archetypal monster reborn instead of "I can't be destroyed because there are monsters of the same mechanic as me (fusion, synchro xyz)"

[@Torterra454]

How satisfayong it would have been if after losing to Yuya, Yuto and Yugo, he was the one to defeat Zarc

[@nightmarearcade2663]

I like to think that the destruction effects of the abyss scripts are caused by the abyss actors not knowing what to do anymore and begin going off script.

[@brittleteeth8594]

I'd like to think of it as plot twist

[@storm_kingytb8964]

Sound logic lol

[@spyro2002]

something very important to mention about producer, it is a quick effect, so you can chain it to the effect you want to negate to activate the field spell right before that effect resolves, effectively turning your automatic negate into one you have full control over.

[@MajinGrim2]

Omg I’m overjoyed to see you finally get to Abyss Actors!! One of my favorite archetypes!

[@Partypoopersgroup]

Abyss Actors are my favorite deck. They aren't the most competitive but they're playable and fun. The new support actually is making me think of getting an actual physical deck and hunting down a locals. Always been a simulator yugioh player. Also my favorite abyss Actor is is Sassy Rookie. I don't run him, but I love him. He axe kicked a fucking dragon and he's got more personality then most people in Arc V.

[@anthonycrank6406]

Yo! Finally, my theater kids finally got a explain video!

[@happysmiley9746]

I love this deck. It's a lot of fun and I'm glad they are getting some good support from photon hypernova

[@Beybladebro824Z]

T.G. Explained My favorite Synchro related archetype!

[@captianblitz]

Eventually

[@atimelyjest9551]

Ah yes, awake for the Debut of my Ace performers.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

Imagine if one day, they do a Chazz with Sawatari's decks and make Abyss Actor version of monsters that Sawatari also used (Frost Monarch, Dart, and Yosenju) Think about it. We could have a Kabuki-themed Yosenju. Something like "Abyss Actor - Yosenju Dancer" with a Kabuki outfit A Jester for the Monarchs. Something like this: "Abyss Actor - Frosty Jester" That lets you add a "Mobius the frost monarch" or "mobious the mega monarch" from your deck or GY to your hand (after all, abyss actor only stop you from special summoning monsters outside the archetype. NOT Tribute summon)

[@amiablereaper]

Hyper Director does lock normal summons though

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@amiablereaper dang it

[@MrIsleNFair]

Oddly enough, a card like frost monarch is certainly what Abyss Actor needed, since they are weak to interact with opponent's set card

[@caseybennett223]

This is my main Fun time deck. I already knew about all the support and what they do but it still gives me joy seeing the happy Cartoon actors in the artwork. Leading lady and Sassy Rookie are my favorites and give me so much happiness. I love the new loading screen they got in master duel and want to get a custom playmat of my favorite deck. Consistently enough to give some big meta decks a run for their money

[@chrisshorten4406]

I love Abyss Actors! And the inclusion of Muckracker here makes me feel validated for buying her.

[@M3G4T3RR4]

Dust Tornado was the last card I expected to see, but pulling it off just might make the opponent surrender on its own, even if it doesn't force them into a losing position

[@hikaruhoshina4204]

My favorite archetype! People need to stop using that bugged image for Mellow Madonna. That's not what the card is supposed to look like lol

[@Talestale]

I just thought of a good spell/trap card. The effect would be, "you can target a spell/trap in your grave and treat it as if it was destroyed this turn after this cards effect resolves" it most likely be limited but would be a card in some meta decks

[@itzhamison1591]

I think the idea of slyvio being a rival is fun, but I think it's a lot more fun that he got otk'd by a nameless synchro dimension grunt

[@jakhar5]

FTK’d* Man didn’t even get to have his turn.

[@Torterra454]

Excelente work as always. And Big agree about how Sawatari should have been the true rival to Yuya instead of Akaba.

[@mrbowserm5071]

Ah I’ve been waiting for this one

[@glicsause7100]

Another tech pick for Abyss Actor I use is Waking The Dragons because it literally has the same set destruction effect requirement and it is really good

[@EthanKironus8067]

Almost to 40K! You might actually hit a 100K after all!

[@jamesturner6979]

While I initially lamented the loss of Yosenjus, seeing Sawatari use the Abyss Scripts which actually gave the Actors a costume change was such an awesome detail that the anime didn’t have to do but went hard on. That’s when AA became one of my favourite archetypes. ❤ Also to answer the question posed by the video, my favourite Abyss Actor is Leading Lady because of the card “Stand-In” which while not an AA card, it does have them in the artwork and features Lady complaining to Superstar who thought it was a good idea to have Funky Comedian paint himself purple to pose as Evil Heel for some reason. Leading Lady’s over-the-top expression of “you thought the audience was dumb enough to believe that!” was just really amusing to me. 😂

[@halo3boy1]

I was just about to build this deck in master duel and this video pops up. I should go play the lottery now.

[@zacthemastodonranger]

I smell a galaxy eyes photon video in the future

[@Vinylmelody1517]

It's here! Showtime!

[@Stuckoutsideyourhouse]

not sure if you mentioned this but i just learnt something in master duel if you use dramatic story on sassy rookie, sassy rookies effect with prock for the cost and you get a free SS from the deck

[@temporalguiste4111]

I recently started using these guys and gals, and while they do struggle in some areas, i don't think ive loved a deck more so far. They're fun, their card art is amazing, and they're pretty easy to pick up

[@willthomas4516]

I didn't know this archetype has such a wild field spell.

[@yusheitslv100]

Someone please explain why there are so many "Abyss" monsters, but no umbrella archetype?

[@chrispambo1539]

Lack of synergy between all of them ?

[@yusheitslv100]

@@chrispambo1539 the that to True Dragons.

[@vincentd.gaspard4725]

abyss actors are gonna leave the show in horror hahaha

[@darriansolomon9931]

I've definitely devastated someone's extra deck fire dragons lair, attacking with evil heel, and twinkle little star giving it extra attacks....also with that evil heel will give 3 scripts from the graveyard

[@katzuma7641]

A good combo is (any level four or lower abyss actor and any abyss actor) - normal summon the level four or lower and set scale with the other - link one into hyper director - hyper director summon the scale and place wild hope to any pend zone - link two into super producer - super producer pop wild hope and place playhouse - wild hope search mellow Madonna - place Madonna and search any high scale - pend summon the two you used as material so summon producer. Easy one 1 and 1/2 card combo

[@Monkeysergeant]

Love this funny dudes since they came up in the anime. Biggest advantage is the massive count of letters on them. Yugioh-players doesn't read. So most players does not see the choke points and/or misunderstand cards and effects. E.g. Theater effect or Rise of Abyss King anti-chain-condition. Favorite actor: Comic Relief Favorite artwork (til now): Wild Hope (secret is a beauty) Favorite techs: Luster Pendulum to pop Hope/Rookie and Waking The Dragon (never triggered this card that much in any another deck) With the new support they reach a whole new level and I'm locking forward happily. Thanx for ur overview :)

[@aaa1e2r3]

You could also run triple tactics, since comedian and dramatist are your opponent's effects

[@MrSonicDoctor]

Holy crap, does that actually work?

[@aaa1e2r3]

@@MrSonicDoctor yeah, same reason it treats it as your opponent's effect for the scripts, Tactics would recognize it as that.

[@juliusgarets9607]

I still can't believe that zarc, one of the mightiest duelists in yugioh history, almost lost to rise of the abyss king.

[@phorchybug3286]

These guys are fun. I love my funny spell monsters.

[@Bry13579]

My favourite pendulum deck, favourite art is Twinkle Little Star. I also use Omega Judgement for disruption and getting advantage from Wild Hope destruction

[@endofuwu2146]

It’s honestly one of those archetypes that is good But everything else is just better

[@duncanw5644]

39K BOYS WE’RE SO CLOSE!

[@Advent3546]

Abyss Actors got me into pendulum monsters. Maybe it was the theater kid in me.

[@namegeneric9344]

6:01 The monster's name didn't change

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

20:49 Unexpected crossover

[@g.n.a4871]

Ah yes the theater kid deck

[@magicarpegayeminegue1963]

Best yugioh archétype ever Lets gooo!!😅

[@MrIsleNFair]

Downloaded master duel a week ago aaand....my 2nd archetype to finish is this one, by RNG (opened lots of amazement pack and always got AA), gonna try it currently 😂

[@SAMURIADI]

i never realized sassy rookie has A BULDGING EYE?? and several others on him??? i always thought that was glasses

[@zeonightshade8440]

This seems to be a few spell cards I can’t find in Master duel

[@raptorheroz2919]

Love this deck so much I'll always remember my duels with this deck my favorite is when I board wiped a floowander deck man was it funny 🤣

[@kingsilverwing1854]

Fun fact u can mst ur scaled wild hope and it will still search

[@yepyep86]

Hey Nova would you recommend using these cards to learn how to play pendulum I am always extremely wary of them

[@tratufo921]

Abyss actors isn‘t that hard to start playing, however it is extremely hard to master (it‘s hard to see the best combo lines). Other decks like Zefra, Dinomist or pure Odd-eyes are probably better to learn the mechanic ( abyss actors is not a bad choice either though)

[@HeavenPrinceofChaos]

My favorite is Abyss Actor- Leading Lady.

[@johnmichaelbushman]

Ladies and gentlemen, GoldenNova presents: Theater Kids the Archetype!

[@nunyabiznes33]

Was Comic Relief good in TCG? It's only available as a one off in DL.

[@megaspacewaffles]

It’s a snatch steal, so why wouldn’t it be good

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@megaspacewaffles was it ever limited in the TCG?

[@megaspacewaffles]

@@nunyabiznes33 no actor was. But snatch steal is still banned to this day

[@DarkCT]

id say yes, Relief is very good. in my experience in pendulum it's a great scale and it's creature swap-like function can help you set up lethal plays while stealing the enemies big monsters in many situations. Ive ran all the high scales in this deck at some point, and he's my personal favorite of the batch for his potential utility.

[@MrDieALotETC]

I was just gonna make a deck and PERFECT TIMING!

[@fudouakio4759]

26:26 You wouldnt be able to use Comic relief to pop Wild Wagon regardless since comic can only destroy set Abyss Scripts. You're better off trying for the field

[@zeusalternative1270]

In my language we have a saying: "Sawatari Shingo mola un chingo" which means "Sawatari Shingo is really cool"

[@everestmendoza8164]

Is there such a thing as pendulum link if not I'd love to see it

[@ZEDEX252]

The theater kids deck

[@flockinify]

Yeah, the bad one.

[@ZEDEX252]

@@flockinify then it's even more accurate

[@MEGASTRIX]

The mbt deck.

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@flockinify is there a good theater deck?

[@flockinify]

@@nunyabiznes33 Despia.

[@23gameoverlord]

To frank I've never been a fan of pendulums, because it sounds and acts like a broken mechanic, and most times 2 of my back row is used up where more important cards could be set or taking space. But even with is I think this is a cool archetype.

[@gamerule18]

Holy shit that was a junior journey reference

[@lunabutterfly4081]

Silvio and yuya always felt like Chazz and Jaden to me

[@vimastermob1316]

I love Abyss Actors

[@nunyabiznes33]

I've built them in DL, I hope to see more cards.

[@megaspacewaffles]

They just got 3 new ones :P

[@shiroiku9314]

Have you heard of "Waking the Dragon" card

[@chanofrom69th]

so you’re watching master roulette too?

[@lunerblade13]

Hopefully a video on the superheavy samurais will come in the future.

[@halfrohp]

I wish he had more time with Yosenjus, or they had been given to someone else to actually use them.

[@veiltyrant7014]

Why some of these card look bad. Did something happen to the jpg?

[@tratufo921]

It‘s because images found online for some pendulum mosters have this bug/problem unfortunately.

[@Nobodyslittlebirb]

Xtra is literally me😊

[@KaiserVarius]

Let’s hope Nova doesn’t find out that Wrestling is staged then.

[@everestmendoza8164]

I'm trying to make this decision k but I'm having trouble keeping the deck at 40 If someone could give me there deck list or cards to not of semi limit would be nice Please Nd thank you

[@benjaminseelking9483]

Well, only 300 Subscribers to gain till Warhammer is reached.

[@natsu330]

I mean aggro fiends sounds like Dark Ruler Ha Des is needed

[@SAMURIADI]

uh why are twinkle little star and bella madona's art so squished? infact madanos background is most of the art

[@JeongTatoPotato1001]

I hated him and then liked him. I basically watched Arc V twice by now.

[@pikachufantastic]

Im no a fan of abyss actors honestly granted i thought Link and pendulum styles were disbalanced. Though that might be a the old school mentality

[@wolfkingomega1405]

This 😂 video didnt age well. As i haven't lost to a single tear player with abyss actors. Abyss king & dramatic story destroy effect has been reking the tear players i been up against. As i have been just sending there fusions back to the extra deck. In clearing there traps with abyss king. They cant respond lol

[@doubl2480]

Abyss Actors are on the unfortunate list of those archetypes that seem like they were not designed with Master Rule 4+ in mind. Nowadays, being a no-extra deck shenanigans full pendulum archetype, but also with cards you want in the backrow, is rather difficult. I was really mad when all of what the Link VRAINS pack gave to AAs was a Link-1. THEY NEED ARROWS, YOU IDIOT, GIVE THEM A LINK-2 AT LEAST. It's cool that Super Producer is a step in the right direction... but it's still not cool that Mellow Madonna, a card created during the Link Era, locks you out of your own link monsters. Come on...

[@jakhar5]

Eh. It’s way easier now to set up a board before being locked. Usually Hyper Director is one of the last things you do now.

[@arthurmcdaniel3943]

Nahhh it was the guy from the fusion dimension that used the abyss actors the red hair or orange hair dude that used them in arc v

[@armandocolon6076]

First some of this card do not exist, second the field card is once per turn.

[@neo84401]

The deck that belongs to the biggest jobber in the yugioh franchise.

[@I-Yui-I]

First 🎉

[@Bezaliel13]

Strong disagree about Reiji, for a rival should be of a different path and contrast the protagonist.

[@aldrinflores4531]

And also a sign of much needed improvement given the fact Yuya after his first duel against Reiji starting to implement Fusion, Xyz, and Synchro monsters to his strategies it worked

[@Bezaliel13]

@@aldrinflores4531 Right? Exactly!

[@AuthorTheIdiot]

Honestly, I expected Sawatari to beat Zarc. It would be just so good.