The DSOD era was wild. Decks like Invoked, Shiranui, Darklords and Blackwings had some insane power that we don’t see in Duel links nowadays.
@jacopodeldeo43083 жыл бұрын
Normal aleister?
@lucapangrazi92173 жыл бұрын
I mean... ddd and melodious are quite good atm
@diegourbina50833 жыл бұрын
@@lucapangrazi9217 they are nowhere near prime power level of the decks he mentioned.
@oscarchrispayana83633 жыл бұрын
@@lucapangrazi9217 i played ddd at tournament, they left behind if u say it on power ranking if u compare it on DSOD era, man i miss that good old days
@174Anime3 жыл бұрын
whats nuts is how a xyz's engine brought back darklords after they gutted it.
@GenericGMR3 жыл бұрын
The fact that the first HALF of the DSOD got an hour long video really shows how absurdly powerful this meta was. Still get flashbacks every time I see 3 set cards or a normal summoned aleister.
@gyrozeppeli48623 жыл бұрын
I hate invoked so much lol
@morbius42963 жыл бұрын
You know whats funny? Invoked cocytus is an R rarity card
@godofmercy1233 жыл бұрын
I still cant believe Scud got released instead of literally anyone else
@luciacabalvelazquez84603 жыл бұрын
Haha moment
@ninstar063 жыл бұрын
Fun drinking game: every time Aleister the Invoker (or Invoked monsters in general) is mentioned, take a shot
@HunterGuy9533 жыл бұрын
Five minutes later:*dies in alcohol*
@shadownightdragon65243 жыл бұрын
I did this.......... Now I'm a ghost thanks a lot.
@orangegalen3 жыл бұрын
Take a sip, and you'll still be drunk in 5 minutes.
@kaelshobel58263 жыл бұрын
Alcohol Posioning the musical
@k-dawgHI3 жыл бұрын
No matter if it’s Duel Links or the TCG… Aleister is omnipresent 😓
@venjacobs61503 жыл бұрын
As someone who is only recently getting into duel links, this series has been incredibly informative. It really helps understanding when and how all the content, which feels so overwhelming at first glance, came out and how it comes together. I didn't even realize DSoD came out that late in the game's life! This has increased my enjoyment of the game significantly. And the videos themselves all well paced, and plenty engaging enough. You're doing a great job, and thanks for putting in all the effort to make these!
@flexican53993 жыл бұрын
👁
@AnimatedCarl3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes! Here we are! My start to Duel Links. I'm gonna go back in time and kick my own ass for building Spell Counters when Invoked, Magician Girls, Gravekeepers, Ritual Beasts, and Blackwings were on the table. ...I used a Dream Ticket on Breaker, the Magical Warrior...
@adriannaranjo43973 жыл бұрын
I dont blame you, breaker was a popular choice. When spending on Dream Tickets you should just also take into consideration the future
@snowwolf1993 жыл бұрын
Oof
@UncrownedKing173 жыл бұрын
Kind of the same for me, I started in July, before dsod released, during the synchro era.
@Jyxero3 жыл бұрын
I was building literally trash decks back then (Scraps & Morphtronic... They have "Junk box") and used Dreams for 2nd Kuriboh & Nobleman of extermination... Spell counter might be useful on Pendulum thou
@treebush3 жыл бұрын
LOL
@zRunes3 жыл бұрын
This was a good time in the game. Banger after banger new archetypes. I feel like the last 6 months of boxes currently haven't gave us nearly as much
@IrregularHunterDash3 жыл бұрын
No cap, the only thing I can remember in the past few months were DDD’s, Harpies and pendulums LOL
@seanhudson73283 жыл бұрын
Yeah this was a good time in the game. Was a fun challenging game that had plenty of different overpowered decks to chose from. Been disappointed lately by the releases konami has had. Feels kind of stale now.
@doctorplague69673 жыл бұрын
Cyber Dragons, Black Wings, Lunalight, Blue-eyes and Shiranui: *Ripping the meta* Me: Building a shark deck one card at the time because sharks are neat
@adriannaranjo43973 жыл бұрын
Absolutely nobody: Konami: "Let's add Aliester to Duel Links, it definitely wont break the game no matter how hard we try to nerf it"
@mohwe10073 жыл бұрын
That didn’t last time well
@eleonarcrimson8583 жыл бұрын
i mean they just needed to hit invocation to 3 and aliester to 3. They just didn't want to since it was a ur.
@RyansFine3 жыл бұрын
@@eleonarcrimson858 Eh it went from broken to unplayable, wouldnt say they fixed it. And its a big fuck you to people that spent money to get 3 copies of 2 sets of ultras in a 200 box set -_-
@DemonGiraffe953 жыл бұрын
To people who didn't start playing until after October 2019 you are blessed for not experiencing Darklords with Beatdown every turn, god what a nightmare that was
@nachosterli79953 жыл бұрын
Played since the release, tried a lot of decks and ended up being KoG a couple of times… Never felt as invincible as I did while playing invoked, that deck was instant destruction. My all time favorite!
@Draco-pn7ru3 жыл бұрын
Heads up, this is a Duel Links story of mine experimental deck builders might find interesting. (text wall warning) 58:45 "HERE IT IS, HERE IT IS" I thought, *"it"* was the final piece I needed to take Thunder Dragons (TD) to the next level and re-invent the deck. Glow Up Bulb released here and made the cut for the final UR tuner that can *SS itself from the GY* in my 30 card Spell Specialist Grass Thunder Dragon (TD) deck. This was an idea I literally saw NO ONE play (for good reason too because the deck had as many Box URs as a full Dark World Deck) It focused on 2 spells being Gold Sarcophagus and That Grass Looks Greener to far surpass the consistency of every other TD deck at the time. *2x Glow Up Bulb,* *3x Jet Synchron,* and *3x Plague Spreader Zombie* made up the roster of tuners that made the multiple Synchro spam plays happen. Now wait your wondering, how the heck are you going draw the spells Sarc or Grass Consistently in a 30 card deck? Well you see there was a busted skill that practically guaranteed a spell in your opening hand called Spell Specialist. It requires you to play 5 different spells to activate, but if you played 3x of a spell you wanted (3Grass and 3Sarc) you would be practically guaranteed to open at least 1 of them with another random spell on average.(I played 1x(Mallet,IntoThe Void,Card Of Sanctity) This skill got nerfed as to take down the probability of you opening up your busted spells sometime later, but for a while you could abuse it to open god hands like a goldmine. The plays would involve either drawing any tuner + Sarc(Combo1) or drawing Grass + TD Hawk(Combo2). What this would do is give you 2 VERY possible hands where you could make anything from double Blackrose, Brionic, Scrap Dragon, basically any 2 Synchros with both combos, but there was a difference between them. The difference: Now If you had another extender like maybe you already drew TD Hawk specifically for combo1 OR you drew TD Duo specifically for combo2, you could also make a Vermilion Dragon Mech in the same turn as your 2 other Synchros (much easier to do with combo 2) Grass on average would mill me 2-3 tuners and at least 1 TD Dark or TD Roar, with the rest of the card in my hand being fodder for the tuners to SS themselves or combo extenders, there is no loss here. I ran 2 Aloof Lupine to fill in the rest of the necessary consistency LIGHTSWORN WAS NOT OPTIMAL. To give you the time period, this was before we got Levianeer but after TD Duo. This deck, this deck was awesome and I was the only one playing it while the rest of the TD players relied on RNG to draw what they wanted. Just goes to show the players out there who also hate mirror matches, knowing what cards the other is playing, and the idea that they have an equal chance of winning as does their opponent will not be so vocal about the actual good decks they unearth through experimentation. Edit: Grammar Fix, if you got this far you deserve a trophy for patience+reading lol
@Draco-pn7ru3 жыл бұрын
Some people might ask how I dealt with backrow, I ran 2 Nine-Tailed Fox (the fire one) because it helped facilitate Synchro plays and it tributes the monsters affected by the backrow. I had a game plan vs SuperHeavy Samurai too, I would throw in a copy of Hyper Psychic Riser because its effect prevents all SuperHeavies from attacking and the game would go to deck out in my favor all the time.
@e.t.19473 жыл бұрын
The most insane era of duel links history with bordeline broken decks like invoked and shiranui
@skream20183 жыл бұрын
I love this Era that was so fun.
@-Yu_Tsugami3 жыл бұрын
@@skream2018 more like powercreep every other deck to the point u only met the same ass deck for most of the time. yep really 'fun'.
@gyrozeppeli48623 жыл бұрын
Not borderline, just busted
@addenanda3 жыл бұрын
@@-Yu_Tsugami definitely more fun to play broken ass deck than really weak tier 1 deck right now.
@winner782223 жыл бұрын
Ahh. Such good memories. Man I love that spellcaster. He was so loyal and he's such a kind king. His reign is truly an era that will be remembered forever in history.
@Ramon____OC3 жыл бұрын
I personally hated this era so much, the power creep level was insane, most higher than some old TCG decks. All the time facing the same 3 decks, over a year.....
@eleonarcrimson8583 жыл бұрын
the same 3 decks? i do not remember ladder being as vanilla as harpies, gaia and clock tower. that era had cydras, invoked, shiranui, crystrons, darklords, ritual beasts, blackwings, dm and some rogue decks like blue eyes, shs, luna lights. You are crazy if u think only 3 decks were playable this era.
@Ramon____OC3 жыл бұрын
@@eleonarcrimson858 you mean: shiranui > blackwing > all invoked variants
@eleonarcrimson8583 жыл бұрын
@@Ramon____OC so rogue decks have no name now gotcha.
@lucidreverie30243 жыл бұрын
ah yes i prefer when the meta was just darklord and other darklord
@nunocarvalho66713 жыл бұрын
@@eleonarcrimson858 if you were playing anything but invoked, bw or shiranui you were stupid and probably losing
@orangegalen3 жыл бұрын
And here is where I started playing. So many powerful decks and cards in this era. So much PTSD as well...
@skream20183 жыл бұрын
That was fun Era i miss this Time.
@elizh14823 жыл бұрын
I started in this era and nothing of the Decks we have today in Duellinks is half so strong like these decks… so much power these decks had….
@RyansFine3 жыл бұрын
This was when I was King of Games. Silent Invoked / berry and chocolate magician girls, lava golemn, and jinzo. Destiny draw and 2-3 Solemn Scold to trigger it more easily by lowering life. Loved that deck was so sad when I couldnt play it anymore
@runningoncylinders38293 жыл бұрын
It's like they just couldn't miss during this era! I remember stuff like Shira, Despa, Cydra, Invoked lasting a while and being tough as nails. Early Arc-V stuff this soon like SHS and LL were very fun. I love how ambitious they were in this era.
@lolly87503 жыл бұрын
DSOD era is boarderline the best year of all without a daubt nower days the meta decks are so weak that its not really fun anymore
@lordwarryl57123 жыл бұрын
57:39 "There can only be one winner, and you're looking at him. Lets go This era is the most impactful of the gens for me, it's also nostalgic since it covers the pre pandemic and pos pandemic year in duel links.
@ARMRStudios3 жыл бұрын
Invoked Magician Girls and Darklords are probably my favorite DL decks of all time
@01loganmc10 Жыл бұрын
A year later, and I’m still disappointed that the script didn’t have you say “the Netherworld Cometh and went” at 36:19 …
@lilsunny73993 жыл бұрын
As much as I hated invoked, this era has a soft spot for me since Dec 2019 was the first and so far only time i grinded out a KoG. most of the time i'm happy hitting legend and idc about a couple hundred gems for hours of torment. The deck i used was ironically, one of the ones he brushed off. Yosenju. Kama 2 + 3 paired well to chip away and search, tsujik was a nice boost, izna could draw through your deck faster, sword sting was insane, oyam (not sure if that was this pack and he didnt mention it, or later) was basically unkillable by battle and not a lot of decks besides invoked had a consistent way to remove a lava golem from their board.
@ThallesHGB3 жыл бұрын
Yes, me too. I toped some tournaments with Yosenjus killikng decks like Invoked, DM, RB, Shira. Yosenjus + shadow game + Lava Golem was too powerfull
@celestial_illusions3 жыл бұрын
i played DL actively from the start till somewhere in the middle of GX era, and returned for a very short time at the release of 5ds, so it's really nice to see these, as it's been quite some time since i've played
@snowwolf1993 жыл бұрын
I first got into Duel Links on the 1st anniversary of the game in the middle of the GX era, and I had not played a single game of Yu-Gi-Oh, I only found the game after watching the anime on Netflix but now I am pretty good at the game (The only problem l have is that I keep on building outdated decks) so these videos are really interesting to watch for me so keep up the good work!
@Winter02632 жыл бұрын
thanks to aleister I kept playing spellbook silent for three years. this era was nasty as hell because Al was dominating DL , OCG and TCG AT THE SAME TIME
@ibilesfighter3.163 жыл бұрын
Man I love that Library theme at the beggining, so damn good
@Jaketruescience3 жыл бұрын
Was waiting on this awesome work on these videos
@SkyFireYZ3 жыл бұрын
I started playing around this time. Its nice to look back and see how broken the decks were
@Jaketruescience3 жыл бұрын
Awesome work on these videos was waiting on this one
@Fencer_Nowa3 жыл бұрын
i hate the fact duel links also had to suffer normal summon aleister.
@rexxereldritch55793 жыл бұрын
This is the time were i started playing. I remember when i knew nothing about the metagame and just wanted to make roleplay decks for fun.
@KiryuRyo3 жыл бұрын
The 2019 November KC Cup was so crazy. The average DP for each player was much higher than most KC Cups. I remember my friend got 75000DP and that wasn't even enough to get top 100 global, but if you got that result now you could get top 10 global. I personally managed to get 61000DP and top 500 global with Ancient Gears which I was really proud of. It's actually the Duelist I decklist shown in the KC report too!
@sagacious033 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for uploading!
@iriswav73793 жыл бұрын
It feels nice to check how people played the decks back in the day, I remember joining DL day 1 when it launched and play naturian strawberry beatdown all day. I left during the middle of the DM era, then comeback at the start of the GX era. I love that I was there for every type of meta besides the DM meta
@seanprice74083 жыл бұрын
That starting music is definitely from an old yugioh game, brings back crazy memories
@Itsnotdiego3 жыл бұрын
HONEY WAKE UP THE LAW POSTED A NEW DUEL LINKS VID!
@shadowxxrami66693 жыл бұрын
The best era in duel links history without a competition. I've been waiting for this one 😍
@jacopodeldeo43083 жыл бұрын
Normal summon aleister?
@sean1oo13 жыл бұрын
@@jacopodeldeo4308 add invocation to hand?
@Straswa3 жыл бұрын
Great vid, I remember how rampant Shiranui was back in the day.
@danieleconvertini49963 жыл бұрын
Your duel links series is amazing, Law! Well done!
@speedygods79733 жыл бұрын
I can’t wait for more video and see more Negative1 reaction to the video to the history of duel link
@syaefullrizcky3 жыл бұрын
DSoD era is so crazy!! So many great and power house decks battle for supremacy Cant wait for Tea DSoD and Witchcrafter to come!
@brycehawes79903 жыл бұрын
This brings me much joy
@theghostwing13 жыл бұрын
I miss Element sabers, it worked so well and was so fun to play.
@B.27y3 жыл бұрын
My favorite decks are from DSoD Era
@toxicjagermain75583 жыл бұрын
I miss old shiranui, the new one is just so lame running only like 6 monsters and a ton of traps. Instead of doing sick combos it's just stall and wait to draw monsters in order to facilitate GY synchros
@lordvaust58302 жыл бұрын
My best friend started playing Duel Links about a year ago. His first deck was Super-Sams, and it destroyed the game. At the time he played it (not when the deck released), it was a monster of a deck because no meta decks at the time had proper outs to their monsters and Sams were extremely consistent. He still plays the deck, even in Master Duel and it’s still serving him well. Never underestimate the big-booty-boys. They will sit on you when you least expect it.
@alvaroalmonfrey84553 жыл бұрын
Yeah this era had probably the highest power level the game has ever seen. Full power darklord, invoked elementsaber and shiranui are stronger than onomats could ever hope to be and far stronger than anything we have right now
@walterblack30422 жыл бұрын
To this day,magician girls with quintet magician is my fav deck in duel links.Its just so much fun and it's not OP
@mako65313 жыл бұрын
Wow! I'm amazed, and also waiting for the next one..
@calebnarsh84592 жыл бұрын
*insert picture of Michael Scott holding a jar of sand saying, "I was there"*
@kristofgriffin3843 жыл бұрын
I downloaded Duel Links in March of 2019, basically around the 5D's era. The most recent Box during that time was Warriors Unite. I remember whenever I got 50 gems I'd spend it immediately, even making a makeshift Synchro deck, with cards like Dark Magician, Red-Eyes, Shi-En, and Stardust Charge Warrior being my deck's aces.
@vanesslifeygo3 жыл бұрын
Blair coming in for DSoD to support the DARKsworns was about as random as seeing Ritual Beasts doing well...I played irl and the games that weren't Duel Links so this is definitely not what I expected
@CharmCityGamer3 жыл бұрын
YES! So happy! Thank you Law!
@emred46532 жыл бұрын
lets go! my boy superheavy samurai
@jozefmauroraponi44343 жыл бұрын
37:37 Death. Despair. Sorrow. Everything bad you could think of, somehow was in that box
@montolonzo38363 жыл бұрын
*normal summons Aleister*
@156-ricardo63 жыл бұрын
Miss the relinquished, dinos and harpies times
@skairuballad24393 жыл бұрын
Love your series, keep it going! I took a break sometime after the start of the DSOD era so this is new stuff to know for sure. Then I refused to return for Zexal because not too fond of that era though when you cover it I'll check that out. I still have my Zexal locked I refuse that era. Returned for a while during the pendulum era start.
@snowwolf1993 жыл бұрын
Everyone: Listens to paper crinkling for ASMR Me: Listens to the meta game of Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links
@danielbeesley13263 жыл бұрын
I saw Kiteroid show up, and a shiver ran down my spine.
@SusPyro13 жыл бұрын
thx for u work here, really good.
@shawesomest3 жыл бұрын
This is gonna have a combined length of a feature film, my lord
@chrismiller35483 жыл бұрын
I got into duel links right as the blue eyes structure came out. Climbing the ladder with karma cut blue eyes was fun
@thecardgame_mercenary3 жыл бұрын
Our favourite Normal Summon
@kionafu3 жыл бұрын
ahhh lunalights.. memories. i hope they bring back bird and marten one day 😔 or introduce panther and leo dancer with arc-v, that would shake the meta so hard
@UltimateRareBingler3 жыл бұрын
flip summon aliester
@raina18483 жыл бұрын
Invoked Elementsaber gave me PTSD, but I still love Invoked Magician Girls. One of my favorites of this era. Next is my favorite mini box, Fortress of Gears! Vision Hero Vyon gets released...only to go right back on the banlist after that KC Cup.
@skream20183 жыл бұрын
E saber invoked was a nice deck.
@danieleconvertini49963 жыл бұрын
Guys, do you think that duel links is ready for Elemental Hero Absolute Zero or Elemental Hero Sunrise?
@garchompdude2 жыл бұрын
I remember running grave keepers in this era whilst trying to pull elementsabers
@Kirisapostle123 жыл бұрын
I cry every time i look at my invoked saber deck..
@radandpaisley3 жыл бұрын
I remember the collective sigh of relief when Shirnaui got nerfed, only for BEWD and Cyber Dragon to jump back on top lol
@AstralTaurus3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for reminding me how much i hated having to deal with invoked lol
@Pitomin693 жыл бұрын
dark cavalry aint once per turn right? as long as u have discard fodder
@lucidreverie30243 жыл бұрын
this was around the time i started playing the game with shiranui being my first deck
@lildannyboi133 жыл бұрын
this was around the time i first started playing duel links. judgement force was the first box i bought from
@mikaelamonsterland3 жыл бұрын
Cocytus was so fucking toxic, im really glad that card got banned
@thisachannel85663 жыл бұрын
Its crazy to think this was just last year.
@Pikatwig163 жыл бұрын
Curious why it is you say the world's name as a phoentic sound instead of just saying "D-S-O-D". Also, a minor correction for the opening bit. The movie was based on the continuity of the original manga, not the anime.
@hyperspacesushi3 жыл бұрын
Personally I love just rolling up with a U.A deck in Duel Links. They're so scuffed and your opening hand REALLY decides the outcome of the duel...but ohmygod they're so fun to use! ...If not a U.A deck, Dragunity has my vote---
@JCBro-yg8vd3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the part where Blue Eyes became a consistent meta game threat almost from day one.
@jefftheninja82933 жыл бұрын
3:56 Dark Cavalry is not a once per turn negate as long as you have cards in hand to discard just a trivial detail thats all.
@ianr.navahuber2195 Жыл бұрын
18:11 And yet, as of this comment in March 2023, "The Tie that Binds" skill, is still a once per turn
@eddie39283 жыл бұрын
Love the duelist of the roses 🌹 music 🎶
@Osindileyo3 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that shiranui was tier 0 with grass. It was almost unbeatable if it resolved grass.
@oscarchrispayana83633 жыл бұрын
shiranui only tier 0 for 1 week, suddenly ALEISTER ES come with 30 trap deck and also crystron killing 30 cards shiranui
@Osindileyo3 жыл бұрын
@@oscarchrispayana8363 killing crystron and shira? You’re high off you’re mind. Crystron was the best deck of multiple formats and tier 0 shira was only stopped by the limiting of grass and the nerf of spell specialist, not by invoker.
@oscarchrispayana83633 жыл бұрын
@@Osindileyo did you even going to MW / MCS? or watch top player playing? You can ask TPC how full power crystron killing Grass shira
@Osindileyo3 жыл бұрын
@@oscarchrispayana8363 i should be asking you that. You’re deluded.
@oscarchrispayana83633 жыл бұрын
@@Osindileyo ofc im joining dkayed tournament, i remember that luke topping tournament with 30 crystrons
@Springy053 жыл бұрын
This is about where I left the game for a while. Lets see what holds in the rest of DSoD and Zexal
@granddoppelganger71383 жыл бұрын
Bizzare era yet so fun to play
@ferdinandpurczeld2343 жыл бұрын
We are still not at the point where I joined. All these historic moments I missed sound exciting.
@diegourbina50833 жыл бұрын
This is where I entered DL and like everyone else I wasted my free couple thousand gems. It’s so nuts and sad we will probably never see power levels like this in duel links again.
@erik64733 жыл бұрын
Seeing people say that this was the best era of DL is so confusing. I assume they started playing around the time DSOD got introduced, otherwise I don't get it. Not even "tier 0" Cyber Angels back in GX did as much damage to the game as the decks introduced in DSOD. With CA you could at least cuck em with an Econ. These DSOD decks? Good luck countering them, especially Invoked, and they lasted for long too...
@coolbird99913 жыл бұрын
The era where I raged the most but despite that my favourite, can't wait to hear you talk about the minibox that boosted my two favourite archetypes: Aromage (the F2P savior) and HERO
@uncontrolledsubstance77053 жыл бұрын
A bit surprised you didn't mention a key piece of support for future resonator decks from soul of resurrection with red resonator.
@zalaathrun203 жыл бұрын
I have a question. The UR and SR drem tickets are to my understanding able to get you any card from any deck or box as long as they're not from the 2 more recent boxes (with the exception of the selection boxes). If that's right why I'm unable to select Ebon Illusion Magician with either SR dream ticket, from the 4th anniversary event from like a week ago, or the one from the arc V world intrudction, even when the box in which that magician comes in is from all the way in sept., and many boxes have been released.
@kenthartig70653 жыл бұрын
Hold up, this man called invoker an engine. There was a whole thing about how he's actually considered a wincon
@brianlucero76563 жыл бұрын
Man, I lived through this era. I remember Grass strategies and 30 cards deck running wild in PVP just to counter Shiranui, it was wild. I had a F2P Darklord deck and man, they were BRUTAL.
@SantosBASED3 жыл бұрын
God I loved this Era
@Sillimant_3 жыл бұрын
god I miss being able to play synchro shiranui and that grass looks greener. it was an inevitable ban, but still
@tpspeed3 жыл бұрын
Man, the DSoD era was when i got back into Duel Links. I still remember running Shiranui right after i gave up on Six Sams, so much fun