History of Duel Links - The DSoD Era - Part 2

[@whirlwynnd]

Major Ram :whirlw4Salute:

[@roymathewson]

Regardless of views, likes and comments; thank you for this series. I've played since public release in 2017 and this series has been an amazing retrospective and review of this games history. It's been a joy listening to you talk about past metas and things I've experienced in retrospect. Can't wait for the next part

[@braindeadporter]

Hearing Gouki being called a control deck is so bizarre coming from it's play style in the TCG

[@Exisist5151]

Well you gotta think with no link summoning their floating effects are great for control instead of combo-ing off.

[@sushiroll3795]

I mean, extra linking is a form of control, I guess.

[@e.t.1947]

grinding exp in duel links while watching the history of duel links is the best feeling

[@betoverse8370]

Why I never tough of that

[@bilhi7326]

Wow thanks for the idea bro

[@R3in_Ch]

lol i was doing it with 3 of my phones xDD

[@golderzoa]

I started playing after i watched DSoD and installed the game the same night after watching the movie. and i was very much hooked ever since

[@ابانوباشرف-ي8ر]

This videos makes me feel that i missed alot as someone who started playing dl only 4 months ago

[@alisajwani4538]

Don't take stress, sadly old decks just die out. Most decks in duel links or even yugioh are just one hit wonders unless they have modern support. So later you come the better decks u will get to play

[@R3in_Ch]

@@alisajwani4538 but the feeling of those era will never be felt bro, they doied out and pass by time , we new players will never feel how powerfull the old deck are

[@Jcbryant123]

Yeah, thus far, this was defiantly the golden era of the game

[@Zero-Heroes]

Trust me bro you didn't want to play during those years since most of the top deck back then was pay to play/win

[@worstspytf2824]

41:39 I was only paying half attention at that time and when I heard a card solely referred to as "Masterpiece" I was extremely confused for a second as I though you where referring to Masterpiece the True Dracoslaying King and I was shocked briefly trying to figure out why he of all cards would be put in duel links.

[@alisajwani4538]

Same, the name just brings ptsd when mentioned. Also that card is too strong for duel links

[@MEGASTRIX]

There's some speculation that Konami is crazy enough to put it in duel links. I mean they did put invoke in the game lol.

[@shulker7442]

@@MEGASTRIX and during like the mid synchro era where the power level of the game was just… not 1 card fusion into plenty of good options level

[@asafesseidonsapphire]

​@@MEGASTRIX i mean, i can see it in 2 years.

[@gianstranger]

The Golden Era of Thunder Dragons, feels good to have played the deck back in the days and still loyal to it.

[@alexpalmrose860]

Well, Christmas is early today.

[@haydencameron2893]

Yep

[@hellsangel8825]

Gotta love the “Gotta go fast” attitude of cyber dragons

[@brianlucero7656]

DSoD was the world no one wanted but it gave us the most powerful decks and strategies in Duel Links. The power balance started to rise here.

[@skyslasher2297]

9:42 I’m kind of disappointed that King was not in the game at that point he would have been a hilarious side deck counter pick

[@-AirKat-]

This is when I came into the the game! I joined shortly before the Tea event

[@mayayamato7351]

hell yeah next video will be where I came in to the game, excited to be hit with some nostalgia for the first formats ive seen with my own eyes.

[@gabrielproctor973]

This is the first video that hit home, I started playing right before the witchcrafter box came out

[@2spliffs41lifetime]

same dude, good times

[@doctorplague6967]

I came back to Duel Links when I heard Predaplants were coming to the game. They are my favorite Archetype and even if they had a single monster to actually fuse (Chimeraflessia) I still had a ton of fun early on with the deck!

[@lucidreverie3024]

congrats on the new support they are awesome

[@chrisf.9595]

You mean to tell me you don't play ut only for Verte Anaconda?

[@SusPyro1]

thx for u hard work with this video. im just now cant wait for the xezal era

[@ginjusmingo]

Thank you for the christmas gift, Santa Laws

[@parkouremaster]

The Zexal era gonna be boring, be like "ok new box but onomats still meta"

[@Osindileyo]

You say that, but it took a little while before anything really started to happen for them.

[@Uby_10000]

Tbh we got a good 6 months of tier 1 noble knight with balance, then 3 months of bewd in the same spot and after that a well balanced meta for 3 months until onomat got exa beetle and became tier 0

[@santiagogalf]

Zexal era is shit not because of onomats reign but because it was the era where you could clearly see the direction Konami wants to take with duel links: Nerf every engine and archetype that seems to be good on its own without skill support + Release shitty ugly anime archetype every 3 boxes with Ultra OP skill which will also be nerfed after couple months when they have milked all the money from the sheep (ex. resonators, melodious, D. heros, etc etc). Actually good decks like witchcrafter and TDs still see play even after ultra heavy bans. However decks like gaia, resonators, d heros and ugly melodious would be complete and utter garbage without their skills. Onomats from tier 0 to absolutely unplayable were the proof of that.

[@uchihashinobi123]

I watch the entire series on one sitting XD I really liked the idea thank you , keep it up

[@SilentBower]

I joined in Sept 2020 right after the DSOD era. Cant wait for the next ep

[@mslabo102s2]

At the height of Type Zero Magic Crusher + Witchcrafter OTK, Japanese players started jokingly call the deck メスガキ粉砕機, which could be translated as Gremlin Crusher, as Madame Verre looks like a brat.

[@amiablereaper]

​@@awkwardcultismJesus Christ

[@supershadow125]

Aaayy Valkyrie time! They're my favorite archetype in yugioh cause I love Valkyries and Norse mythology. I would love it if they could get support someday. DL and TCG.

[@NICKatronMC]

While it sucks that Vijam’s are limited to a skill, I must admit that I’ve had lots of fun with them, I even managed to get to Platinum Rank because of them

[@clemdelaclem]

As someone who doesn't know anything about Duel Link every other time I'm listening to one of these videos it goes like "and then they added CHAOS DRAGON LEVIANEER" and I'm like how tf is that in duel links, what's next, Maxx C and Masterpiece? Edit: 41:38 jumpscared me, I swear to go if they actually added masterpiece

[@eleonarcrimson858]

lmao. if u think levi is wild, check the new box leaks.

[@alfian4653]

I mean they already added invoked to DL

[@chrisf.9595]

The new box added Dante, a button of BA, Buster Dragon, Destruction Sword memories, Pendulum Call, Master Pendulum the Dracoslayer, and many Yang Zing cards

[@asafesseidonsapphire]

​@@chrisf.9595 I mean most of these decks did nothing yet in Duel Links, i say this as an Odd-Eyes player.

[@CabbageNpursuit]

Thank you for this Christmas gift !

[@Osindileyo]

‘Gouki, a control deck’ Oh how little some know…

[@e.t.1947]

I request elaboration

[@Osindileyo]

@@e.t.1947 so be it. Gouki is actually a link combo deck that dominated the TCG for well over a year. They used the floating effects to give them almost endless resources while making use of extremely powerful warrior support and powerful link monsters to create extremely oppressive opening plays on the first turn with just a couple of cards. Due to that flexibility, you could either have to stare down a board full of disruptions after having your hand looped, or what’s known as an extra link where you can occupy both extra monster zones, normally a player can only have one, essentially locking your opponent out of the game since they couldn’t access extra deck monsters at the time. I will also mention these extra link boards still had multiple disruptions and had built in protection due to the knightmare link monsters, being the cards that made them as powerful as they where. It’s just funny knowing all of this then seeing a ‘gouki’ deck summon a monster, set 3 then pass.

[@e.t.1947]

@@Osindileyo dear god have mercy

[@Osindileyo]

@@e.t.1947 thankfully we will never have to face such things since the chances of us getting the knightmares and topologic gumblar dragon are extremely low, PLUS the card that made all the floating effects truly matter firewall dragon got an errata since it was extremely broken making all sorts of degenerate combos and loops possible.

[@tedd1659]

@@e.t.1947 In fact Gouki is best Warrior type deck ever for now.It is really consistent and has some ok plays after their initial death.

[@SodaCat16]

THANK YOU KING FOR THIS GIFT

[@mr.w1bu]

Very good series, can't wait for more era

[@CharmCityGamer]

Christmas came early! Thanks pal!

[@ferdinandpurczeld234]

Yay, 46:20 is finally the time when I joined. :D It felt so long watching all the other videos beforehand.

[@Pikatwig16]

April of 2020 was when I joined this game. So, I remember some of these events. How time flies.

[@RedUtopicChampion]

Let’s goooo what a birthday present to me

[@JeffKGaming]

It's nice to get to the eras when I started playing. To be like "oh I remember this!" is fun

[@IrregularHunterDash]

LETS FUCKIN GO HE DROPPING THIS SHIT ON CHRISTMAS EVE BRO

[@raina1848]

Fortress of Gears is my favorite mini box because of the vision heroes and aromage support. And Weather Painters and Valkyries are so much fun.

[@DKQuagmire]

Fortress of Gears has been my favourite mini box too, while most of the new archetypes where fun, my main deck was Aromage, and having 3 new trap cards, a spell card, and Bergamot and Laurel added to the game was huge for me! i emptied the box 3 times, just to get 3 copies of Humid Winds.

[@raina1848]

@@DKQuagmire Yeah, it was especially fun then, but I still love all the Synchro variety you can do with it. I love Splendid Rose from that box and think she is underrated. And I love Ancient Sacred Wyvern. I will never forget that one back then when I used it to beat over a Cocytus and win the game.

[@alishouib5073]

Realizing it's been 4 years since i began playing this game

[@princesscrystal6410]

Same

[@nealmiles9070]

I absolutely love this series

[@Pitomin69]

smug loli be like *TOO MANY CARDS GOING IN THE GRAVEYARD BOOOII*

[@NICKatronMC]

56:44 Literal Music to the ears

[@DKQuagmire]

is this the Aromage history video!? my favourite box ever (the one with aromages!)

[@TheDarkMagic000]

Best xmas gift ever 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@jpawlus33458]

A little misconception here 53:23 , just a small one about madam verre, no it doesn’t negate the inherited effects of weather painters because the effects are still treated as the spell and trap effects meaning you would have to negate the back row and not the monsters. Good video tho

[@jpawlus33458]

And tbh I don’t blame you either weathers are kinda a mess when it comes to rulings.

[@DT-yw4ob]

You're wrong. I've negated Thundery Canvas' bounce plenty of times by negating the monster effects

[@Osindileyo]

It’s an effect that gives a monster the effect meaning it is that monsters effect so it will be able to be negated by verre.

[@four-en-tee]

At this rate, this series is gonna catch up with modern day Duel Links before we ever get Swagkage's next Yugioh video

[@sammydray5919]

Lmao. Well atleast we got a teaser for his next video so that's something 😂

[@Whalordius]

5:20 Me and gyro actually really advanced post nerf despa lmfao. We still dont let the deck die

[@sburbtube6766]

Looked away for a second and got a heart attack when I heard "Masterpiece"

[@alisoleiman7166]

Love this series

[@neighborhood_sama4965]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS GOOD JOB!!!!

[@KeonVioletWilkins]

Had to double take when I heard Shiranuii because I'm so used to the Vanguard Version.

[@shadowxxrami6669]

All hail Major Ram :WindaSalute:

[@Spyce09]

de-synchro was also limited because it promoted a semi consistent FTK

[@Ctrybpkm]

This will be fun

[@gummygunner6956]

What is your content going look like after you catch up to the game?

[@emirt4395]

What is the theme on 18:45 you don’t put it on links

[@FagnerLSantos]

When Fire Kings came to Duel Links and nobody cared about them because of how rogue the META was at the time. I started playing around this time and I got my first KOG with them after Konami killed these opressing decks around the end of this era and the beginning of the next one, before the archetype even got popular, good times.

[@pokeperson1000]

Christmas present, WOOOOOOOOOO

[@r4nd0mguy99]

The Fire King Structure deck wasn't that bad and releasing Invoked as early as they did was a big mistake anyway. I've had a lot of fun with Fire Kings and the biggest problem were the good Blue-Eyes synchro and the Harpie Synchro. To be fair, the deck really needed Arvata. Effect negation is just that relevant.

[@Osindileyo]

The game basically revolved around cocytus and fire kings had no in archetype out. Shiranui also shit all over it unless you where facing a really bad player. You may just be remembering the time after the DSOD decks got nerfed because it was that bad when it originally came out.

[@axzxnxboi]

nice learned a lot of good tips can u should deck profile for sword soul

[@jaredreisinger6745]

Hey are you going to do a video for zexal era

[@Sketchisawesome]

Cant wait for zexal era

[@Number47ftw]

We're still waiting for the new meta vid about duel links, pal

[@changsiah2]

I think I remember when I first saw this and I find it kind of weird how we so far have gone that we were going by anime by original to 5D gangasani just decided to go to Darkside dimensions ( which is a movie by the way of the original series) instead of going to you know that's all zexal ( was there a reason why I didn't go to zexal until a lot later)

[@asafesseidonsapphire]

DSoD isn't even a sequel to the dm anime but the manga, so it made even less sense.

[@santiagogalf]

no more parts? :(

[@tlsenator1221]

MAJOR RAM.

[@mykolt796]

excelente video

[@ferdinandpurczeld234]

He's talking about Fiendish Chain and Stratos, but aren't those only released during the XYZ era? o_O Edit: The timestamp says "KC Cup March 2021", but then proceeds to "May 2020 balance changes". The research has some errors in this video.

[@shawesomest]

They were both selection box exclusive prior to the Xyz era.

[@ferdinandpurczeld234]

That would explain it. Though it is still weird he used statistics from 2021 for a 2020 event.

[@miguelmata4557]

A yes, the infamous period in which Karakuri got nuked in 2 months whereas Thunder Dragons are about to reach 2 years of being viable 🤣

[@2spliffs41lifetime]

rip the kuris 🤣they got dine dirty

[@Osindileyo]

While yes they did go very quickly, I wouldn’t say it was undeserved. Do you remember those turn ones? Something had to be done to stop that going off so much

[@nikc101]

How’s the history of duel links going

[@Kongumon]

remember when they limited Malo because it was a Fire monster? good times.

[@r4nd0mguy99]

Oh, Witchcrafter and Evil Eye...Two decks of which I have no idea how to play them and both are difficult to beat. Witchcrafter, you have to out-negate. I have a feeling they're just more annoying Fur Hires. Evil Eye is literally unbeatable unless you can wipe their field.

[@Uby_10000]

People are already complaining about Zexal era but remember that half of arc v meta still has the decks in the end of zexal era and people are complaining a lot about it lmao Personally I dont think Zexal is really the worst format(gx got 2 tier 0 decks and 5ds lacked a lot of variety lol) also we gotta see how the next half of arc v will evolve cuz atm is just a big disappointment, with the only tiered deck that focuses on pends was D/D/D and only for max 3 weeks barely in tier 3. Let's hope next main and possibly next selection will shake up the stalemate we're currently living for almost an year(i mean it started from the 2nd half of zexal and took the half of arc v lol)

[@e.t.1947]

Abyss Actors are tier 3 you dingus. How did you forget my maddona waifu :(

[@Uby_10000]

@@e.t.1947 bruh they keep popping in and out tho I didnt consider them cuz last time I saw it they were on high potential lmao Didnt know it was tier 3 at all

[@e.t.1947]

@@Uby_10000 they became recently after the new banlist

[@wilfridekoue1405]

@@e.t.1947 tier 3 for now

[@santiagogalf]

​@@e.t.1947 the only reason they are tier 3 is because Dkayed overhypes every single new box Konami releases which results in a "newest deck = best deck" usage bias. Yeah they are good but even decks which arent top tier like magnets and triamids are clearly more powerful. on a competitive format, if they cant get a double wild hope on their pendulum zones they are literally dead since MST and HHG are running rampant rn. Konami needs to release something like Qliphorts or skullcrobat joker to boost performapal ASAP because right now pendulums in duel links are proving to be utter garbage, specially with the 4 card- starting hand limitation.

[@iriswav7379]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@davidramos9206]

Finally

[@Jimmy-yy8rx]

Yeah

[@syaefullrizcky]

I have many meta deck From Cyber Angel, Amazon, Darklord, Blue Eyes, Elsa Invoked, MG Invoked, Thunder Dragon, but.. After Witchcrafter release i have fallen in love with this big brain deck. To bad konami hit it to fast although i still use Witchcrafter until today even though i have Harpies and Water.. I still think Witchcrafter is the 3 best deck of all time with Darklord and Elsa.. And i still use Witchcrafter as my main deck (Water and Harpies for backup) cause it has many answer to many situation.

[@sasukedarkwolf]

Raiding from neg1's stream 💂

[@Evixyn]

Witch crafter was a great meta too bad I could not enjoy it as the deck was emergency banned after a week if I remember correctly.

[@Lu_Kadjolo]

I'm still waiting that Konami give us support for the deck, the golem or the search spell would be great

[@AlphaZeroX96]

It's less of a history on the game itself and more of a history on the meta.

[@Osindileyo]

Well yeah, because aside from the meta, there would be basically nothing to cover if it excluded the meta

[@wingofshu]

Machina my boi

[@r4nd0mguy99]

Necrovalley is certainly an annoying card, but I've literally never seen it being used with Ancient Fairy Dragon. I've heard that it's actually banned in the TCG because of the search-effect, but in Duel Links, it doesn't see any play, unless you need a high DEF monster and the Labyrinth Wall-skill exists. Anyway...I don't care about Carly's cards because she barely played any duels in the anime and Fortune Lady Every is one of the most ridiculously overpowered cards, but the normal Carly has a great background-OST. Easily one of the best soundtracks in the entire game

[@cheriflat9668]

AFD was a staple in any blackwing deck that didn't want to insta lose going first. It also worked for hands that didn't have simoon, since it's a light and gave you protection + necrovally. It was more of a competitive thing that just ladder decks

[@amadeus7447]

Smug loli box 🗃

[@santiagogalf]

Konami Pre-Zexal: Lets release actually good archetypes and if they are too OP we'll semilimit some of their cards so they can still be rogue but not that powerful Konami Post-Zexal: Lets release completely trashy anime archetypes with the most broken skills on the planet and if they are too OP we nerf the skill to make the deck an absolutely unplayable brick wall even in bronze rank

[@MrDuarte22]

Sad, but true

[@NintendoMasterNo1]

I loved Karakuri... too bad they died too soon.

[@honxiu]

Truth Horizon 😄

[@marvel.boys11]

Silksss

[@darkpink8890]

Update man

[@nwgclan1145]

DSOD era > every shitty archetype or cards we are getting now

[@yaccothetaco720]

DSoD is the best era of Duel Links. Zexal is...🤷

[@najate2]

naice

[@MrDuarte22]

Looking back, the dsod era was peak Duel Links, insanely strong decks all around and some of the Best engines in the game were released at that time. Unfortunatelly nowadays, Konami seems to have embraced the meme that "Duel Links is bad TCG", forcing weak anime characters' decks with ridiculous skills that completely go against the logic of a competitive card game.

[@joacopaolantonio]

AAAAA

[@EduardoWeidmanBarijan]

This is the era I started playing. Also, Duel Links should really have stopped at DSoD. That is like coming full circle and they should have focused on other stuff. Zexal onwards made the game go downhill for me. I still play ocasionally, trying to build fun decks, but there is no way to enjoy the pvp content without being a meta slave.

[@Osindileyo]

The power level of the game has SIGNIFICANTLY dropped since the DSOD era. Remember when harpies came out and people where really hoping they’d be good? Yeah, now look at them. Despite multiple hard hitting nerfs, they’re still the best deck currently. That should tell you all you need to know.

[@santiagogalf]

@@Osindileyo Im also getting really bored about konami nerfing absolutely everything and just releasing a crappy archetype in every new box which is totally reliant on an OP skill (ex. D - heros & melodious) which they will surely nerf in a couple months after they have milked all the money from the players. STOP nerfing everything and start releasing actually good archetypes again ffs its time for qliphorts and skullcrobat joker to be released

[@EMD_snow]

Six Sam best deck

[@thundermarisol]

Agreed

[@metagalayasis369]

DSOD: Dark Side of Duelinks

[@Yaboi-h]

I think you should try to add more of your own personality and opinions to these vids

[@mrxyz]

:PETTHELAW:

[@zdelrod829]

Can we just pray Konami semi-limits Dragon Spirit of White? Blue-Eyes decks are still WAY too powerful

[@mayz4681]

Not really...

[@TCakes]

This was peak dl, aside from darklords and full power shira i think they made a mistake downgrading the game like they did.

[@Osindileyo]

People now saying it was peak duel links but absolutely nobody had fun during it. Be careful what you wish for.

[@TCakes]

@@Osindileyo I dropped duel links the moment master duel came out. The power level difference is astronomical and the skill expression makes duel links look like trash. Never looking back, it was fun while it lasted.

[@Osindileyo]

@@TCakesfunny, I played master duel for a few days then left because it’s boring as fuck.

[@IWriteTooMuchForBleachIGuess]

I don't know how I missed the last 2 Videos in this series as the levels I enjoy this series and this channel can't be described. What I also don't know however is: *How did none of these Arc-V Archetypes (outside Lunalights) make any impact at any time during this time period? ESPECIALLY SHS?* Now you could argue the 3 new Cards Melodious lacked until now and the Skills sure, but all SHS got were a new Beater target and a (situational) Omni-Negate. D/D too, as Pendulum just adds a new variant. I probably didn't even play Melodious as intended back then. I don't know. A lot of these meta threats at the time I either didn't face enough or just had no real trouble with. My DL experience is probably weird to most. Thank you Mr. Law for pointing out the playlist of music that I somehow missed right in front of me.

[@TheLawYGO]

As a matter of fact, I have a playlist of every song used in the video in the description of each episode, enjoy!