Hieratic Explained In 21 Minutes [Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetype Analysis]

[@whattum9530]

I thought he had already did this but I was wrong. But now it will exist. I love these Egyptian archetypes that aren't just, *YU-GI-OH NOSTALGIA BAIT ADDITION*

[@niero4201]

Same, to all of it. xD

[@blazepomnoob5887]

What Egyptian archetype is nostalgia bait? Dark magician?

[@whattum9530]

@@niero4201 archetypes usually from og yugioh. Like dark magician yes, but also, blue eyes (which isn't crazy Egyptian but hey) gravekeepers and the Egyptian gods. Most Egyptian concepts aren't being explored because it's involved with og yugioh. Though Ogdagic, nephthys and hieratic involve Egyptian concepts in interesting ways. This game inherently steeped in Egyptian lore so when the archetypes involving it is just *Oh boy dark magician gets more support ooooo* it disappoints me a little. We could be exploring things involving more of Egypt, it just seems that konami running out ways to do it without colliding with og yugioh.

[@niero4201]

@@whattum9530 I agree, though I suspect you were replying to the other person.

[@whattum9530]

@@niero4201 yes...yes I was. Welp. Mistakes were made friend.

[@kingdragoonmk10]

I love how the Ogdoadic Archetype shares Design Aspects with the Hieratic's hinting at their mythological connection, Both wearing Gold Armor but with bodies seemingly being made of a type of Energy, Hieratic's being made of light of varying colors, while the Ogdoadic appear to be made of a similarly Dark Smoke or Shadow like substance (fittingly you cant have Shadows without light and Ogdoadic is a mix of Light and Dark Monsters) Both using tributes as a big part of their mechanics but with Hieratic's using Xyz playing at their grand and cosmic like nature and Ogdoadic using the grave to hint at their more dark and abyssal like nature.

[@Fressbremse]

Ogdoadics and Hieratics actually go together in their Secret Booster in Master Duel! Gods of Abyss and Arcadia is made up of Hieratic and Ogdoadic cards.

[@CorleoneG]

Is there a way of playing them together? :)

[@dealerinfaith8039]

​@@CorleoneG sad to say but it's impossible since ogdoadics focus on reptile monsters and hieratics focus on dragon monsters

[@marclenraymagdaraog691]

THE BIGGEST lore with them is that they probably are based on the anime Bakugan.. basically ball toys that transforms into stuff.

[@al_2331]

I always thought they were referencing Winged Dragon of Ra with Sphere Mode and the Sun Dragon Boss

[@BeauxPhades]

Hieratic Rulers are what got me into actually going to yugioh events. I have a huge soft spot for this archetype. From the ashes with dragon rulers was so nasty back then.

[@henriquebecker4453]

I would also appreciate if the video had showed the reasons why people don't often use Hieratic anymore. Like for the bricks (even with the search spell), for the lack of good low level monsters that can be easily special summoned and for the boss monster having way less versatility and representing way less threat than the other dragon boss monsters that can be summoned way easier in other archetypes such as Borreload Savege and Hot Red Dragon in Rokket decks, more specifically I'm Chaos and Dragonmaid variants.

[@michaelnelson1127]

Honestly, even though I grew attached to these cards in high school…I’ve never heard of Sutekh until now. It was probably a high rarity card for the set since it was some kind of boss monster, but still. Also quick side note: YOU MISSED RABIDRAGON AGAIN!

[@jamesbrincefield9879]

The first time I ever saw that card I read it as “Rabbi Dragon” and I’ve never been able to see it differently.

[@VivBrodock]

13:35 in Egyptian mythology the sky is the ocean you sailed across to arrive in the land of the dead Most notably, Ra is the god of the sun yes, but when he's no longer the king of the gods the role pases on to Osiris and Horus. Osiris is the god of the afterlife. And Horus the god of the sky, Horus also took over the duties of shepherding the sun across the sky. So if we linked this to Yu-Gi-Oh, since the hieratics clearly have a connection to Winged Dragon of Ra, once Ra is gone Heliopolis is both the overlord of the sun and sky. Overlord is also a pretty good descriptor for the king of the Ennead, because the Pharaoh as a living incarnation of divinity is the king of the terrestrial world, while Ra and his successors are the kings of everything, including the Pharaoh. Interesting then that the hieratic king carries the same name as the titular Pharaoh.

[@WilliamTheRailwayTako]

There's also some other useful tech cards not mentioned in the video that work quite nicely. Monster Gate and Downbeat can function as additional copies of nebthet and su, while Artillery Catapult Turtle can fetch out either of the lvl5s. Galactic Spiral is an excellent card to summon with Atum, providing greater access to rank 8s. Gaia Dragon The Thunder Charger allows for a neat interaction with Atum and Creation, where you can summon it over Atum after using its effect, then use creation to make a second Atum. As for normal monsters, Wattail Dragon is a good choice as a non-tuner to complement Labradorite. Other builds of the deck can also make use of Saffira, Queen of Dragons, though you probably need to build the deck around her somewhat in order to get access to both it and the ritual spell. Finally, the number of 8s and 6s you run mean Celestial Observatory and Trade In can be quite helpful for unbricking your hand.

[@somerandomginger9938]

Hieratic - is also a play on Heretic and Hierarchy. These dragons reference real life Egyptian gods and the in game Egyptian God Ra. I think they are meant to be False Gods in Yu-Gi-Oh lore like knock offs of the "real Sun God Dragon" Ra

[@Trekkie46]

False Gods? But they're dragons. Not neck-burrowing snake-head over dressed megalomaniacs.

[@nooneknows3520]

Even in Duel Links, Hieratic is my deck of choice. I just find so much fun in xyz spamming my opponent.

[@nunyabiznes33]

Even at x1 of the box they can surprise many opponents.

[@propheticrain-maker1486]

Same. I made a Hieratic/Blue Eyes combo deck and it is ridiculously fun.

[@anthonycrank6406]

YO! I just made a Lair Of Darkness/Heiratic deck yesterday and it’s insanely fun. Was honestly thinking what other Heiratic cards I add so I’ll be paying attention this video!

[@water2770]

As someone who once bought a bunch of cards for a game convention and never got another physical pack, and these were my best strategy... yeah blue eyes and rabidragon were some cards I had to put it in fulfill my rank 8 lineup since I didnt have any other xys besides dark mist... and these dragons arent making dark mist.

[@zeusoi2854]

Lair of darkness and a level 2 vanilla Dragon say otherwise

[@CozyBoat275]

To be honest I never planned it to be in theme with Egyptian history, nor to be relevant with the previous video. I just really like history.

[@johanandersson8252]

They need lite-clothed priestesses that can become dragon-types. to either summon or add Hieratic cards from deck , GY or Banished to the field or hand.

[@soulhunter65]

Dude I would love to see you make a video about the superheavy samurai archetype. I just think they’re such a cool series, plus all their Japanese names are a play on words so that’s kind of right up your puntastic alley

[@dragonclawygo8052]

Goldennova is the beetrooper to rank10ygo inzektors change my mind

[@Slayerthecrow]

Is a very competent deck, konami new support was a nice boost, if they keep doing support the deck might see some tops at locals or regionals.

[@ObsidianRex-23]

i love hieratics. one of my first and favorite dragon archetypes, and the bricks mean nothing with the chaos dragon package

[@stormraven8484]

I love the Hieratics and just dragons in general. so for me they are nice to play with.

[@endofuwu2146]

How dare! You forgot to mention summoning dragon core hexer to go into bishbaalkin and meme on your opponent

[@darktemplar446]

I feel like heratic seal from the ashes should have been their field spell card. Not a continuous trap. But thats just my opinion.

[@zeusoi2854]

I have played hieratics for going on 12 years now (God I'm old lol) but I have been enamored by their designs and capabilities ever since going to the galactic overlord sneak preview and winning the sneak preview with my makeshift mini hieratic deck. I still have that sneak preview mat to this day. I've evolved and built so many variants of the archetype, Synchro builds, xyz builds, guardragons, dragonmaid, chaos, lair of Darkness, albaz/branded, blue-eyes, red-eyes, galaxy/photon, odd-eyes, Dragon rulers, gishki, nekroz, saffira, and more I'm sure but that's all u can remember lol.

[@TrxPsyche]

I really hope someday we get more Hieratic cards, simply because the archetype was so fun to play. I'm not entirely sure what you could do to make this deck type better besides maybe offering more protection or even a field spell to try and help out but I'd love any excuse to pick up what I affectionately referred to as Dragon Communism back when I played.

[@mavenYGO]

God this brings me back to when I used to play Hierarchic Red Eyes in like 2016, i miss that deck and using the claw of hermos for the red eyes sword for big ass otks

[@654_nosneb]

This was the first deck I ever played. If a structure deck is ever released, my wallet is not gonna survive. 😅

[@yusheitslv100]

Omg I love Hieratics! I tried playing the deck when I first got into competitive Yu-Gi-Oh!. Never did well tho. Honestly wish the Selection 10/Ghosts From the Past support was better, tho… Also, you should have said which Enaed god each on is when you went over it… And with Sun Dragon Overlord become Sky Dragon Overlord, that because Ra and Hours become one and become Ra-Horakhty, ruler of all that is in the sky. And we should get new support that expands beyond the Enneads to their kids (like Thoth and Khnum).

[@hectordubon3487]

All this tribute talk has me thinking of Tenacious D

[@triggerken1422]

I'll be sleeping by the time this premieres but I'm so hyped for it!! Hieratics were one of the dumb decks i actually managed to win a few duels with so I'd love to see some info on cards I missed a chance at pulling and what the original game plan for them was

[@Timorias]

I love these type of monsters that have plasma/neon energy-like bodies or wings especially. Are there any other archetypes besides galaxy-eyes that also have this aesthetic? I'd love to play it. (Some prank kids cards look like that too but I know about those too)

[@jeremysautisticduelcrew6180]

I actually have this deck most of my opponents hate when I use it because I start teaching Egyptian mythology with the deck plus I know Egyptian too well

[@oussamalasfer4860]

i was waiting this ep for so log happy to see my boys been explianed !!!

[@fabianbeteta5795]

Your lucky, I am still waiting for the six samurai archetype video.

[@CarDaMax1770]

[**Insert obligatory Bakugan reference here**]

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

5:45 to be honest, I NEVER realized they looked the same

[@thepikachu176]

What are your thoughts on constellar belt the continuous spell card to prevent light monsters effects from being negated

[@fabianbeteta5795]

Still waiting for the six samurai archetype video.

[@oussamalasfer4860]

i feel hieratic looks more like wyrm than dragons buc they made of light and more transcend looking than normal dragons in the end wyrm just next level dragons like metaphys and their counter part

[@danicamiller6143]

Favorite archetype

[@darylmendoza5650]

this makes a waifu dragon deck of atem... maybe some of them are viable staple for other dragon decks...

[@fedem2651]

You deserve lot more subs, keep grinding

[@xdragoonzero0]

I'm still hoping they get some support announced this year since it's the next year of the Dragon and they're doing LIGHT support.

[@MasterThanatos1301]

I need more support to bring this deck back to its former glory Give me some new starting cards and boss monsters

[@Alice_Haukea]

I would love to know how this theme stacks up against the Egyptian God cards in terms of their Egyptian lore. After this video I'll go look into the lore of the Gods these dragons are based on, but that is just it- what is the hierarchy of these dragons compared to the 3 god cards? Would Heliopolis be an equal to Ra in terms of Yugioh lore?

[@drakofox1362]

What would a Greek mythology deck would be like?

[@TrishulaDaBestBoi]

Negalogias lots of negalogias

[@1145223bena]

11:23 just realized the reference there

[@reaflor91]

Y'know, I'm just glad there was no "Sutehk Deez Nuts" joke somewhere in there. I mean, look at them! The joke is literally floating right there in the Deck!

[@Trekkie46]

Plan on getting around to all the Egyptian themed archetypes?

[@zeusoi2854]

Hieratics should get a vanilla Pendulum tuner and an effect Pendulum monster.

[@lance5190]

I would love to find a way to make Ra consistent in this deck.

[@amedoro_the_owl]

14:36 *"KONO DIO DA"*

[@chrisnichols9014]

If you loved old school Yugioh and it's Egyptian theme, these are the cards for you.

[@felixthescholarlytitan4437]

Honestly I have the Heavenly Spheres in my dragonmaid deck, but I genuinely have no idea how to make them useful in any way. Everything about its effect just makes me think ‘why would I do that?’ Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t understand why it seems to be some big deal with a dragon deck…

[@oussamalasfer4860]

i wonder if OGDOADIC and hieratic has some holy Egyptian war and i wonder who would win XD

[@GreatBigPillock]

Is it bad that I refer to Spheres almost exclusively as "Cheese Balls"?

[@fabianbeteta5795]

Only unless you are hungry and have a craving for cheese balls.

[@Lobomaru02]

So why isn't Hieratic Seal of Creation prefixed with "Rank-Up Magic"? Because that's a Rank-Up Magic.

[@wwmandalore]

I'm kind of sad you didn't go more into the lore of the archetype.

[@JetowTone]

Ancient dragon were sealed away for reasons over time the seals weakened and ended up making them stronger and that's about it hieratics don't have much lore in the first place and as a hieratic player this makes me sad

[@creater-wj6cg]

I usually sun dragon in my blue eyes deck

[@phoenixflameknight]

Any ideas on how to utilize this in duel masters? Any help in designing a deck is appreciated

[@some2043]

When they become mana you can summon a 1 cost with no effect and your turn ends Or 1 cost evolution that return to hand to summon 1 no effect cost 1 from anywhere

[@dracojensei1141]

Hieraritic Sun = Heliopolis or Heliopolis overlord

[@al_2331]

I saw one person was waiting and wanted to say hi

[@r4nd0mguy99]

Hieratics have pretty good artwork, but that's as far as it goes. XYZ-spamming archetypes are just not any fun, unless they're unique in some way. I think I'd rather play Rikka. They also tribute a lot, but it's probably more fun. Also: Support for dragon types is quite oversaturated. Hieratics also have the problem that I can't remember their names and I have no idea how to pronounce "hieratic", but that's only a minor problem.

[@KaisertheDarkWolf19]

can you do Red-Eyes Explained

[@zapthewarrior7577]

i'm sorry did i click a yugioh video or a bakugan video