How Broken Were Akiza's Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards?

[@TheDuelLogs]

Akiza rulez!!

[@greenicon7972]

gg tho duellogs

[@vishwaarun888]

Top 10 altergeist cards for response video

[@ssengageisop3952]

Trueeee

[@juanrojas6063]

Came to the comments just to look for your comment lmao

[@garymcginnis8511]

Akiza Simp Squad checking in

[@OperatorDirge]

"Akiza is known for using plant-type monsters." According to the internet, that's not the only thing she's known for...

[@seidouhaidara1815]

?

[@nooneknows3520]

@@seidouhaidara1815 It would be for the best not to know.

[@kerresft8745]

@@seidouhaidara1815 for being best girl

[@DKQuagmire]

apart from dark magician girl, shes one nice yugioh girl for rule 34 lovers ;)

[@RodrigoFerreira-cz8td]

@@DKQuagmire oh yeahhhh! I forgot that shit lol

[@christiancastillo1245]

Dzeeff is really reviewing KZbin's 5th Best Custom Card Reviewer and their cards? Man, next thing you know, TheDuelLogs is gonna do a Top 10 Altergeist Cards for their next video.

[@ShadowFox10587O]

She probably would have gotten even better cards if she actually dueled in the anime more

[@ShadowFox10587O]

@@matteo964 what happened with her VA?

[@ShadowFox10587O]

@@matteo964 oh I didn't know about that I always heard it was because they wanted crow to be more involved because blackwings were so popular

[@EinDose]

@@ShadowFox10587O Crow was sort of in the right place at the right time, 5Ds' production got super weird. He already got promoted from 'minor antagonist' to 'supporting cast' because Blackwings exploded in popularity. Then Akiza's role was reduced because of her Japanese VA's pregnancy, and a wild IRL cult situation involving Carly's Japanese VA (who was probably more a victim) led to both Carly's role being reduced and the Arcadia Movement subplot being dropped. So suddenly the show lost a big subplot and had to reduce a lot of two different characters' presences. They had to fill the void with something, and Crow happened to be on the rise for separate reasons.

[@ShadowFox10587O]

@@EinDose yeah 5ds was all over the place for alot of reasons

[@noukan42]

@@ShadowFox10587O no, that's why Leo stopped being the fifth signer despite an early opening having life stream dragon on it

[@theskullboy8700]

Anything: exist Black rose: I will now initiate self destruct

[@OwO377]

Black Rose is the tactical nuke of Yu-Gi-Oh.

[@MsFasty]

Black Rose Dragon - Nuke the whole game dragon

[@midnight_7349]

Basically

[@Slayerthecrow]

I always hated the fact that Yusei and Jack (and even fucking Leo) got evolution for their dragons, but Black Rose, whose one of the best Signer Dragons didn't get any evolution, just the standard Manga retrain, which is really sad because there was even support for Akiza's deck on Sister of the Rose but she didn't get any.

[@Slayerthecrow]

@@matteo964 I thought it was just Carly's VA.

[@J0kerHecz]

Hi, I'm from the present and while I guess this is considered an evolution but there is a Black Rose evolution called Blood (TCG rename TBA) Rose Dragon.

[@-AirKat-]

@@J0kerHecz I’m from the future and they named Blood Rose Dragon _Ruddy_ Rose Dragon

[@coletrain583]

Ruddy Rose Dragon eventually got an Evolution in the card game.

[@BoomDriveProductions]

Best Girl Representation? Finally.

[@fadeddragon123]

Thought that was dark magician girl.

[@Sad-Lesbian]

Though this video was about Akiza and not Rio though

[@Stinkoman87]

She was great through the Dark Signers arc; after that the writers didn't seem to know what to do with her.

[@lolidontknowagoodname9572]

You mean the Arc-V girls?

[@rainbowdragon168]

Akiza’s cards weren’t all that broken to be honest but Black Rose Dragon was though.

[@davidzhou2161]

phoenixian cluster amryllis

[@rainbowdragon168]

@@davidzhou2161 Yeah that was an alright card but I wouldn’t say broken in my opinion

[@res8791]

And glow up bulb

[@firepuppies4086]

While she didn't use them, rose dragons are dragon link

[@Chihiro-Kikuchi]

@@davidzhou2161 it wasn’t broken compared to the cards of today’s yugioh

[@zaksharman]

Finally the Queen of Yugioh gets her time in the spotlight

[@zaksharman]

@ULGROTHA perfect name for the perfect girl

[@lucaslennan3356]

Black Garden is an absurd card that has never been relevant for anything fair ever.

[@slifer875]

i remember falling victim to a rose garden/slifer combo.

[@theskullboy8700]

Konami: no you can’t use a field spell for degenerate combos that wasn’t even intended for the actual card Players: ha ha combo go bbbrrrrr

[@Nobodyss21]

It called Black Garden, not Rose Garden mate

[@lucaslennan3356]

@@Nobodyss21 Yeah you're right my bad. Fixed it.

[@Nobodyss21]

@@lucaslennan3356 My pleasure mate

[@screwtokaiba]

Shoutout to Black Rose Dragon. It basically got misblamed back then Limited to 1 then Konami realized... no it was Debris Dragon that is at fault So they immediately lifted BRD and hit Debris kekw

[@majordukem]

How Broken were Playmaker's card could be fun since they are more recent (and also he used Firewall Dragon, so there's that)

[@acsu96]

I have a soft spot for Giga plant, have fond memories of trying to play plant decks just for that lonefire combo

[@imanalligator9694]

Giga plant walked so predaplant could run

[@martin8guy]

When you read black rose dragon’s stats you sounded like that female robot voice from the 5Ds English dub lol!!

[@payne9682]

How Broken were Axel Brodie's cards? Day 645 of waiting for Good Pyro/Volcanic Support to arrive...

[@rainbowdragon168]

Axel’s cards weren’t that broken

[@ltconfetti4788]

@@rainbowdragon168 Volcanics are the strongest cards ever

[@rainbowdragon168]

@@ltconfetti4788 They were strong back then but not used by many people anymore

[@ub_2001]

@@ltconfetti4788 yeah.If burning your opponent to death with small damage is strong.Seriously,give this man support but please CHANGE its strategies.Burn decks are still hit these days(chain burn link is an example),I will be fine ONLY if they change their mechanics,like what happened with Meklords(from anti-synchro to anti-extra deck otk).Maybe some stun/control deck or maybe a stun/otk(like dragon link or infernoble knight).At these conditions,I will be fine to see them have some good support.I think most people think the same. Also,outside of queen,the other cards are pretty garbage.

[@ltconfetti4788]

@@rainbowdragon168 forgotten but not gone, day 645 of Decent Pyro/Fire support

[@zaknelthepony7124]

The thumbnail made me think this was TheDueaLogs' channel...

[@therealneal3034]

Akiza's cards were never broken, as cards with tears in them can't be used in official matches. :D

[@VirginAfterSex420]

But then if you think about it...doesnt that make them really broken? 😂

[@mikhielbluemon4213]

I believe they can as long as they're in sleeves and as long as the tears don't interfere with the card.

[@Prince_Smugarina]

Yeah, but lets face it, cards in the anime were made of an unknown super polymer, that are as fragile as paper, yet can cut you like a razor-blade. I mean damn, remember "THE CHAZ" hunting down cards in a frozen tundra? All of them were in pristine condition out there. Remember when someone threw a card that cut into concrete that it sat there like a ninja star, yet the card itself showed no damage? So yeah, they can be used in the anime.

[@griffingower1883]

That's not the broken he meant

[@lisaruhm6681]

@@Prince_Smugarina well they are also easily ripped apart...

[@photographychannel3875]

You are allowed to have 3 Black Rose dragons in your extra deck....and there are alot of cards that support it and return it to the field. I love this card. :D They need to make a evolution of Black Rose Dragon, like a 3-headed black rose dragon, or Black Rose Forest Dragon, Black Rose Flame Dragon...something like that.

[@kidkatanatv]

Seems you got your wish

[@zaidabusaleem6427]

This is the first time I realize that black rose dragon is actually fire attribute. Whaaaat

[@r4nd0mguy99]

@ULGROTHA Terra Firma is an Elemental HERO. That doesn't really count. What I DID think about it was that I've always read it as "Terra Former", as in: "shaping the earth".

[@zaidabusaleem6427]

@ULGROTHA nah I've heard of that fact long ago. Its just I always assumed it was earth

[@GrapeCheckerBoard]

Black Rose Dragon is all about self-destruction. The plant/fire combo has to be deliberate, given the context of what it’s effect is and what its owner is like.

[@amberhernandez]

As someone who doesn't play Yu-Gi-Oh anymore, all I could hear during the Glow-up Bulb section was "Chris-chan Hell key Bitebacks."

[@helixier6629]

The year is 2025, Dzeeff is still directing commenters to his Normal Monster video at the start and the end of each of his new videos. Unfortunately even though it was a delight to watch, they never appreciated the humor. 😞

[@markmorris2856]

Magic planter most commonly was used with dead call of the haunted that were stuck on the field after you synchro with the monster or fiendish chain. Otherwise there were other decks like ninjas that use it really well.

[@benallen7704]

It was also a perfect 3x in goofy, but effective, rogue Uria decks. And a deceptively nasty Koaki Meru deck I once built. One of their big fiend monsters is immune to the effects of traps. So Koaki's "Call" can bring him back, but he isn't subsequently effected by it's removal. Free beatstick.

[@markmorris2856]

@@benallen7704 i had a copy of Uria in my ninja deck. Was surprisingly consistent

[@timaeus22222]

5:40 - The anime effect of Glow-Up Bulb is even more broken. Not once per duel, can mill more than 1, and somehow modifies its level in the GY? During your Standby Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard, increase this card's Level by 1. You can send cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard equal to this card's Level to Special Summon this card from the Graveyard.

[@DKQuagmire]

i like using Akiza on duel links, when i want to play aromages in ranked. i don't know why, but playing aromages with any other character in that game, just seems wrong. plus she has that really cool "what grows in the graveyard" skill that puts a level 2 dark verger in your graveyard on turn 1, allowing you to build some pretty interesting synchro combo decks! My favourite use was to summon naturia rose whip, and have it synchro with dark verger to make Aromaseraphy Rosemary!

[@benallen7704]

It took me FOREVER to get her to grind drop "What Grows..." I had her maxxed for like six months, had about given up, played a random Legendary Duelist... I think it was a Trudge... and, boom. Skill dropped. 😅😅😅

[@xAznSkyxx]

I can't wait for "How broken were Emma Bessho's cards"

[@midnight_7349]

Who

[@midnight_7349]

@ULGROTHA oof im lost

[@AJIHIBACHI]

TheDuelLogs?

[@evilproducer9647]

I thought about him too XD

[@bradypahl]

Black rose dragon is my favorite art work of all time. :)

[@guanxizheng1418]

Same until I LOOKED at its feet

[@adventarchivist5789]

I know one video that would be interesting: "How Situation were Yuma's Cards?" I rewatched Zexal since I had nothing else to do and a lot of Yuma's cards seemed to work in very specific senarios. And I'm pretty sure at least some were made into pack filler.

[@juri101]

Nah i think Yusei has more In Zexal most of the villians have more specific cards

[@sodaftpm185]

@@juri101 Yusei's strategy in the first season was to literally just summon Speed Warrior turn 2 and for his opening play turn 1 normal summon (Not set for some reason?) a meat sheild in defense.

[@sodaftpm185]

@@juri101 Yusei's strategy in the first season was to literally just summon Speed Warrior turn 2 and for his opening play turn 1 normal summon (Not set for some reason?) a meat sheild in defense.

[@BratShemi]

@@sodaftpm185 But he had shitton od bs victories with too specific cards just like every other protagonist.

[@sodaftpm185]

@@BratShemi True though I highly question as to why you're commenting on a video that's over 8 months old at this point...

[@dianauwu1312]

Black Rose Dragon will always be "Wrath of God on a stick" to me.

[@benallen7704]

A thorny stick. :)

[@aaronpyrez1573]

I think that Black Rose Dragon saw widespread play now and then until Destrudo was banned.

[@Agreel]

Black Garden was also pretty cool in Bujin. Not only the attack reduction wasn't an issue because of Bujingi Crane, but also it allowed you to OTK fairly easily.

[@maximleijh7239]

in dl i have a otk buijin deck XD

[@Trascist]

I play an akiza plant deck in duel links and it’s awesome! Aromages are dope

[@sloanewalker42]

I see you’re a Duelist of culture as well

[@jacobbrown9894]

An actually good Gemini monster is actually the most impressive thing of all.

[@noukan42]

Il blud: am i a joke to you?

[@r4nd0mguy99]

@@noukan42 Well...yes, it is. The most memorable part of it is the fact that its name looks weird. I'm pretty sure that a Duel Links-character uses it, but I've forgotten which one.

[@benallen7704]

@@r4nd0mguy99 Bonz

[@themarshian5124]

Thats a funny way of saying Black Rose Dragon.

[@donjuan6996]

Ah yes, best girl ❤

[@oceanoccupant1761]

Ye wish she didn't get shafted.

[@davidzhou2161]

duellogs likes this

[@RAnDomMaN0394]

when you realize the reason the eng dub named her Akiza is because of an honorific on her real name Aki-san

[@sloanewalker42]

It could also be based on the word ‘ankahthi’ which is Greek for ‘thorn’

[@wyomingptt]

lol source?

[@theonewingedangel8680]

We did get speed spells in the World Championship video games based on the seasons of 5Ds.

[@mattviggiano]

i LOVE black garden. Its such a game change

[@rafflesiaandfriends]

plant link ftk was a really power in the ocg and tcg konami was like we aren't going to have a bar of it so they banned amaryllis before it got to see any play here

[@insanemakaioshin]

Can you do manga characters’s cards, like Stardust Spark dragon?

[@OneMoreDesu]

Dzeef: "A free mill" Runescape: *heavy breathing*

[@donpacificbobcat9er615]

If I remember correctly, there is one circumstance in which you can actually use speed spells in the actual card game. I believe there are several DS games which actually do have speed spells and speed spell versions of regular spell cards.

[@archiebellega956]

Yeah, like 2010 World Championship or something like that (the title), you play speed duel when on the bike.

[@quinkelly1441]

i wish twilght rose knight and voilet witch were plant type so i could merical feralizer them back in the days when they were first release

[@Kelm_Kisaragi]

Black Rose Dragon: *Is summoned* Also BRD: I shall now self-destruct

[@jcasella78]

Apparently glow-up bulb was not once per duel in the anime. Hell, it wasn't even once per turn

[@Raminator243]

Black rose dragon is an amazing card 🌹

[@cosmichero5464]

Great video! You should do another structure deck review in the future as well!

[@qorv4973]

Such a shame that Akiza's cooler cards werent in the anime like her Rose Angels. Black Rose Dragon support and the fun support options for the Garden spells came much later too. Akiza always struck me as a sprt of Mai character- not the craziest cards but defo had some solid combo pieces and good aces.

[@quincyconnors9391]

Funnily enough, their English counterparts had the same VA. Also, while Akiza is Yugioh best girl, the problem with her anime Deck is that it had lots of really weak cards. Mostly anime only Traps that would take a long time to find decent replacements for. I'm not a competitive duelist, but one of her best combos was Black Garden with Rose Flame, which deals out 500 damage every time a Plant monster is summoned on the opponent's field. Closest card I found to Rose Flame was Just Desserts.

[@qorv4973]

It is criminal that Rose Flame never became a real card. I found the Black Garden to be such a unique card that is very hard to pull off its revival effect with, yet had a lot of field control options too. Rose flame would be glorious. Phoenixian Cluster was a card I played for hundreds of duels on the DS games. Shame the FTK strategies got it banned cuz its crazy fun with All out Attack

[@utopia19876]

I don´t think its ever good to facilitate an ftk... regardless on how much "time to shine" does the card have.

[@OneRandomVictory]

Stick a once per turn clause on the card and it would be fine.

[@RealHumanVT]

Make a video on Yusakus cards from Vrains examples include decode talker firewall dragon and accesscode talker

[@okuu_utsuho]

Of course! That is why Akiza is my #1 WAIFU!

[@JV_VALENTINE6GX594]

I love Akiza she's a sweet girl & my favorite female duelist & she is very attractive same with Alexis in GX

[@benjystrauss2524]

What about Twilight Rose Knight and Lord Poison? No record of them?

[@benallen7704]

Lord Poison was also Marik's and was covered on his video. But, I do agree that it should've at least been mentioned in passing here. TRK, definitely is an overlook though.

[@chimeratcg07]

Akiza my forever YGO! Crush.

[@sodaftpm185]

Why?

[@Dredgen_Smoke]

Rose garden with soul levi is a great combo against combo decks

[@steadyeddienewk]

I think Crow will have the most amount of relevant cards

[@steadyeddienewk]

@ULGROTHA the series is going over how competitive the cards used by the character are. And Crow has a competitive archetype under his belt that has two banned cards in it. I don't care what your opinion is of the character or blackwings, but Crow is the best character in 5ds for this series

[@0Heeroyuy01]

magic planter was good in ancient gears back in the day

[@salehabuluay8158]

Akiza Simp Squad

[@Shiny415]

wassup

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΜ-ψ2ρ]

We want "How broken were Kaito Tenjo's Galaxy Dragons".

[@benallen7704]

Duel Links is still working out the answer to that question.

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΜ-ψ2ρ]

@@benallen7704 can you enlight me because i don't play duel links.

[@benallen7704]

@@ΠαναγιώτηςΜ-ψ2ρ sure. They have just added Kite/Kaito to the game. Thus, Photons/Galaxy Dragons are being heavily used and experimented with. And their release is coinciding with the first KC Cup event. So they're everywhere right now.

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΜ-ψ2ρ]

@@benallen7704 thats amazing.He is by far my favourite character and i play Galaxies for years and with the release of Afterglow the deck just intensifies.

[@benallen7704]

@@ΠαναγιώτηςΜ-ψ2ρ On Links, they're still fairly one dimensional for now. But, there's only one mini box and Kite's lvl ups to work with. It's way too early to release something like Afterglow, imo. But, I definitely think he's going to have the longest lasting impact of the Xexal characters released so far. (Which are: Yuma, Bronk, Shark, Tori, and Kite)

[@rockymanalo965]

Legendary duelist season 2 saves this👍👍

[@janmantsch6675]

One question if I use "Clear Effector" to summon "Black Rose Dragon" and activate the card's effect would it wipe everything except itself? Because that a black hole without the downside.

[@CD-Gaming]

Black Rose Dragon was also Banned at one point and it's Limited, isn't it...? You also forgot Twilight Rose Knight, a Lv 3 Tuner who, upon Nornal Summon, let you Special Summon a Plant-Type from your Hand, not unlike Junk Synchron really, both allowing for instant Synchro Plays! Now, I know she played Lonefire Blossom in the games (*shudders at flashbacks*), but I can't seem to recall if she ever played it in the Animé... In the games, she always went into that really nasty big Plant-Type monstrosity with Lonefire, whose name currently escapes me... Of course, I'd actually forgot it even existed until now, so, as you can imagine, I've jus thought of a nasty use for Magical Planter... with Uria, Lord of Searing Flames!! Now I really want 3 Sacred Beast Structure Decks...

[@Dzeeff]

Black Rose was Limited in the TCG briefly but in the OCG it was a lot longer (maybe it's even still limited idk) Twilight Rose Knight is an interesting card but I don't believe it saw play I don't think Akiza played Lonefire

[@CD-Gaming]

@@Dzeeff You sure? I could be thinking of somert else then... Well, Twilight had good synergy with her Deck anyway, being her main step into Black Rose Dragon as well as stopping your Opponent attacking your Plants! It felt to me like her equivolent of Junk Synchron, you know? And, she might not in the Animé, but she definitely plays Lonefire in the Tag Force and World Championship games! Trust me, I still remember the time she sacrificed her last card, her Tytanniel (who I was trying to think of), when I tried to Target it with Destiny HERO - Plasma's Absorb Effect, even though Plasma's Effect also negates all your Opponents' Monster Effects! I still think he's underrated, you know, Plasma!

[@thatman666]

Sure Gigaplant may be one of the best Geminis, it still suffers for being a Gemini.

[@mfznal-hafidz8592]

Also I think Red-Eyes Archfiend of Lightning is good gemini because it's basically lightning vortex without cost and even more powerful if you equipped it with such as axe of despair, united we stand, etc.

[@aldrinflores4531]

Judai’s cards or Yuma’s cards next

[@andrewvee7078]

Cool series hommie

[@javierfavela2255]

Hey Dzeeff, PLZ do Jack or Crow next!🙏

[@onionlamento]

5DS sub watchers rise up! Day 233 of waiting for Vendread support

[@MrMato]

Ask the guy in duel Links who keeps whooping my ass

[@Dom_Uchihaa]

Battling her in that yugioh game was a headache

[@SuperShadowKin]

I love Evil Thorn but oh does it hurt to draw 2 of those things.

[@rafuruuchiha]

Can you do Jack Atlas next?

[@justinpe8271]

Glow Up Bulb in the anime is broken.

[@BuggytheStar]

Do Anzu's cards next.

[@LegitMan335]

I have yet to complete Akiza’s deck .

[@Policefan234]

What about Black Rose Moonlight Dragon? Or was kind of redundant from Black Rose Dragon?

[@austinnowak5414]

He specified the anime. Moonlight was only in the manga

[@Policefan234]

@@austinnowak5414 Oh right!

[@cutecombo8496]

"How Good Were TheDuelLogs Cards?"

[@lynge62]

Oh look, its best girl

[@TetsuRiken]

I didn't know duel logs was in yu-gi-oh

[@kefkapalazzo1]

They shafted akiza after the first season smh

[@wyomingptt]

i mean to be fair the whole anime takes a noticeable nosedive after the first season

[@Asim-nm1bc]

@kefkapalazzo1 I heard the VA had her pregnancy and/or her honeymoon. Also the VA of carly was part of a cult, which led to drop the Arcadia subplot.

[@kefkapalazzo1]

@@Asim-nm1bc damn those are valid reasons lol I feel bad now

[@Asim-nm1bc]

@@kefkapalazzo1 yeah not everyone knows about it

[@marsproductions7484]

Can you do yubel or Jack Atles next

[@ashketchumoldman1993]

Can we talk about the broken anime cards from Arc V and Vrains please?

[@andrewjacobs1586]

Are there any Gemini monsters that start as an Effect Monster, then gain another effect on the second summon?

[@Dzeeff]

No

[@maximleijh7239]

that would be wierd and a little bit op i think

[@andrewjacobs1586]

@@maximleijh7239 really? Seems like the only way to make the type viable... 2 normal summons is such a steap cost

[@izaiahsundquist6877]

I'm still waiting for the eventual one-take of Dzeef Reading the effects of all the effect monsters.

[@VinegarPotato]

I feel like he could read all altergeist or frog monsters and the would be interesting

[@izaiahsundquist6877]

@@VinegarPotato I liked the humor and asmr

[@thewiser1919]

Can you plz talk about how broken Z-one's Timelords are in the Anime vs the TCG?

[@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu]

In the anime they can't be normal summon without tributes so they are a worst archtype in the anime than in the TCG/OCG

[@McLovin22usmc]

But let’s talk about how broken Tea Gardner’s cards were

[@u-topic4795]

When do pot of generosity be banned?

[@mfznal-hafidz8592]

When Infernity get broken support or when new archetype that use shuffle into the deck as mechanic is released

[@casinoroyal93]

They are not. Except maybe red rose dragon and black rose (playable)

[@nathalieguillaume9213]

My monsters

[@quentinmwilson9837]

Akiza has by far the most character development out of the female's in yugioh.

[@NeroPiroman]

next up jack

[@ub_2001]

Resonator aren't a thing even I duel links lol.The only good card is red supernova dragon which is recent.(of course anime Jack,manga cards are actually better)

[@NeroPiroman]

@@ub_2001 indeed the manga sincros are great

[@DerVasto]

Not as broken as the Armityle in my pants after I looked up Akiza on certain sites.....again...

[@Marreta3105]

Read every effect monster the next video!

[@kenetik13]

Do edo Phoenix!

[@YungBroccoli_]

I remember in one of the DS games she beat my ass I was so salty

[@hightidekraken]

Pls do Bakura eventually

[@skylerfoxwell5107]

Okay but why is she Kallen from Code Geass?

[@TeeteringTod]

Mai Valentine please.

[@GroundBack]

Best girl has the best cards tbh