How to Beat Snake-Eye Fiendsmith (In Depth Guide)

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Quick update! 1. Yes, DDD Caesar is a special summon negate (oops), doesn't change anything about my recommendations 2. Like I said, there are so many possibilities for end boards. I prefer not using Desirae as its easier to lose to the same cards as the current endboard (unless they have a trap like Black Goat Laughs or a spell like wanted, then they can chain Desirae to negate cards like dark ruler/droplet) 3. The format will evolve and the lists will change (especially after Nats) so I'll update more when it's time! Hope you enjoyed it!

[@joshy5lo]

One choke point you didn’t talk about. If you only open a single copy of imperm or veiler, just save it for when they summon Promethean princess. They have usually gone through flamberge eff, and they won’t be able to get it off the field unless they have extenders.

[@Chackothewacko]

They would have desirae up and usually negate it themselves at times to turn into apollousa. If you have imperm and save it too long, they can use desirae to negate it

[@joshy5lo]

@@Chackothewacko in play testing, players I played against used one engine fully to bait out hand traps, then used the other. But if they start with snake eye and don’t make the fiendsmith boss, this still works very well.

[@Saaltoo_o]

If you Imperm the Princess, the Fire lock will no longer be live, so they can link off for any other card of their ExDeck with it just by having any body alongside Princess (which will always be the case)

[@joshy5lo]

@@Saaltoo_o yes, but they won’t have the snake eye engine to use for those new links. Since they wouldn’t have flamberge or the IP it moves to spell and trap zones. Obviously it’s better to just have more hand traps. But I’m saying it’s the most optimal choke point in the combo for a veiler or imperm.

[@mkultrarare]

step 1: go step 2: first

[@lifequality]

It’s not only the best deck, it is also the embodiment of everything that is wrong with Konami and their way of handling yugioh products and treating their customers.

[@HunterStiles651]

I once saw a KZbin comment that basically pointed out that the reason Konami doesn't use any of their IPs other than Yugioh anymore is because Yugioh players are the only people on the planet stupid enough to still be giving Konami their money.

[@thedarkebika9488]

​@@HunterStiles651 Sadly if we don't yugioh will just, die, no words told or questions asked

[@HunterStiles651]

@@thedarkebika9488 Yeah, that's exactly the kind of mentality the person I'm referring to was calling out. No matter how much Konami drives Yugioh into the ground, no matter how much they openly despise you, you're too attached to the hobby to ever seriously consider not continuing to give them your money. And if people stop giving them money en masse and they pull the plug? No great loss. In fact, it's almost entirely positive because it'll free up a ton of space in the TCG market for new, potentially better games to take Yugioh's place. This applies to MTG too. They're both literal tumors that stopped being good years ago yet crowd out fresh blood by sheer brand recognition.

[@thedarkebika9488]

@@HunterStiles651 the sad thing it be fixef with ease, New archetype anime, good video games, and casts, the banelist is Shit, literally any company that get their hands on yugioh can fix it AND go hella rich. It is sad (and ironic) that yugioh is, along side Ben 10 and ML, both are like yugioh, so great yet are owned by the worst companies ever!

[@servine1212]

​@@thedarkebika9488Edison, goat, etc. Yugioh wont die. It will be like gen 4 OU or melee if the recent stuff is ass, we can always go back. Like if we just boycotted YCS and did small locals with alt formats, konami would be bleeding too much money and forced to balance their shit.

[@Mt.Berry-o7]

Sometimes the winning move is not playing at all.

[@iiboda2577]

Thank God no one in my locals is rich enough for this shit 🙏🏼

[@ArisePass]

@@iiboda2577 damn wish I could show up n ruin it for everyone

[@ivanshekerov8966]

Bro you are lucky 😮

[@cameraman1234567890]

Buddy of mine makes $260 an hour as a tax accountant and goes to our locals and doesnt even buy the deck because he likes drytron which is still an annoying deck

[@thisisit595]

"How to beat snake eye fiendsmith": heres every staple in yugioh. its not enough. oh wait theres shifter tho

[@ZarkionUltimate]

Step 1: shifter so opponent pass Step 2: get handtrapped into oblivion so you pass Step 3: opponent goes full combo

[@NajarinPrime]

@@ZarkionUltimate😂

[@undeadinside3571]

​@@ZarkionUltimate i thought it was Step 1: see your opponent playing snake-eye fiendsmith Step 2: quit game like a lot of pros are doing 😂

[@WarriorUnknown]

This video is extremely informative, especially before nats! Good work!

[@GinFaced]

It’s so easy… all you have to do is: Step 1: Open ash, veiler, double imperm and Nibiru Step 2: Reveal hand Step 3: Go game 2

[@Raphael4722]

No, because if you opened 5 hand traps you can't get your own engine going.

[@GinFaced]

@@Raphael4722 You don’t say??? It’s almost as if this was ✨a joke✨

[@MiscGaming08]

​@Raphael4722 just draw your one card combo on your turn

[@luizcatizane9298]

How to beat Snake-Eye Fiendsmith: wait another month for the banlist

[@MattOsheaYGO]

😂

[@lolsucks3599]

Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess looks broken and too easy to summon.

[@Nikxsy]

So that was a lie...

[@luizcatizane9298]

@@Nikxsy aged like milk

[@kevinalajko2756]

Thinking that almost all snake eye players wont be ending on desirae is crazy. 1 ash ends on apollousa, desirae, princess in gy flam and i:p.

[@connormccarthy6741]

We don’t know that, they could also go the Caesar route to protect themselves from Nibiru since Desirae doesn’t work on it

[@ChickenBoo1989]

Will you be doing a video on yubel fiendsmith as well?

[@W.M_bs]

love the video also thanks again for my runick tip

[@scottkeenan3214]

I haven't even watched this video that long and this is more and more reasons why we need cards like summon limit to be unbanned and put at 3:00

[@quayvo__]

Great, I only need to open 5 hand traps.

[@YoutubeVoyageur]

Or simply soul release + droplet/evenly/drnm

[@undeadinside3571]

Evenly + droplet + some good grave effects of whatever you sac for droplet. Maybe d shifter

[@DevilsAdvocate669]

Step one: Forfeit They can’t play if you don’t either.

[@maosenju5444]

😂true

[@dmendex]

Caesar negates special summons

[@imnotacat5299]

Special summons that start a chain* It can't stop an inherent summon.

[@GutsmanLoL]

Wrong. It negates an effect that would special summon a monster. VERY different.

[@YoutubeVoyageur]

Yes. For instance you make a chain link, your opponent activate super polymerisation to fusion summon something and then you can chain Cae... Oh wait no

[@imnotacat5299]

@@KZbinVoyageur Polymerization*

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Yep, bound to make a mistake at some point! Just so much info in one video!

[@darkrai49874]

I’m on Gravekeepers and usually just slap them with 3 raigekis and a dream and their follow up means nothing going second. Going first is basically an auto win assuming you’re on Lancea + solemns. It’s honestly really funny it’s like Tear format all over again

[@absolute6798]

How to beat snake eye fiendsmith? Ftk them with gimmick puppets to assert dominance

[@TheGothGaming]

Open with necrovalley and pachy

[@darkrai49874]

Back it up with 3 raigekis and a dragoon and they literally just scoop. Then when they finally pop it you just flip up meta verse on res

[@SeekerCSGO]

I think you have forgotten that snake eye will play Fiendsmith Dies Irae, which makes a lot of BB way worse then you explained. Maybe think about this card an make an updated version of this video, because this card alone changes so much. rather then that the video was very helpful, ty!

[@GiovaniMorti]

How to beat shake eye-fiendsmith: king shifter or quit yugioh

[@chukss_]

Can you make a video explaining how to play and use The Unstoppable Exodia Incarnate deck?

[@fluvveh97]

very informative video! is a "how to beat yubel" in the pipeline? been racking my brain on what the optimal setups to beat that deck

[@flawless1237]

I'm not optimistic about the upcoming banlist. the low rarity of moon of the closed sky just screams we will ban that and keep milking fiendsmith for money kinda sad a cool card will take the fall for another version of snake eyes just for being a light fiend and nothing to do with its effect

[@Mr.Bearns]

I just used light inpoisoning and Dino 😂🎉.

[@omega23music]

I think Kash Pure will also be a good Match Up since it can Play shifter; all the handtraps and skill drain as Dimension fissure aswell

[@MattOsheaYGO]

This is a fair point

[@ItSpooling_]

@@MattOsheaYGOI just topped ots yesterday with kozmo kash

[@makenaiyomi1083]

Stealing Monsters is exremely useful against Snake Eyes. My experience is, they almost always go full combo even though I handtrap them so I often side Change of Heart and Snatch Steal and they're doing great.

[@polodoskyz]

can you do one for Purrely Spright? that deck plays like it doesn't choke

[@CybercoreProtos]

Please tell me you're not worried about that as much as snake-eye fiendsmith🤨

[@iLLmindofBEZJ]

Isn’t sphere mode pretty good right now? Most meta decks end on at least 3 monsters.

[@Zack-2-Attack]

It’s crazy to me how we’re still stuck with these Serpent-Eyed Scoundrels for this format.

[@WhoStoleMyNachos]

How 2 beat snake-eye fiendsmith Step 1: Play a deck that can play through 3 handtraps that your opponent will have Step 2: Win the die roll and go first Step 3: if you have ignored steps 1-2 and are going second, open 3 handtraps Step 4: have the remaining cards in your hand be one card starters, and draw an extender that also gets you to full combo Step 5: play your starter and when they negate it with the board they were able to make through 3 handtraps, use your extender you drew to go off and make your full combo anyways. Alternatively, if you opened 4 handtraps, you may be able to skip this step and simply play your one card full combo and win the game. (Results may vary they might make full board through 4 handtraps anyways) This shit so easy to do bro idk why people complaining about this deck it's literally so easy to beat just do that every game

[@CybercoreProtos]

LOL 😆

[@Adam0193Official]

Can you make one of these videos for FS Yubel?

[@MattOsheaYGO]

I plan to!

[@fulloffool5925]

The only way to beat snake eye is to play snake eye

[@MattOsheaYGO]

😂

[@Palladino-Br]

Olá mano! acompanho muito seu canal. Qual a fonte da Letra da tubnail que você usa? Fica bem legal. Forte abraço de palladinobr

[@VSTCG]

Only thing to stop this madness: Play Stun

[@andresespana3216]

its amazing how they're gonna ban caesar hurting effectively all DDD and unchained players

[@spiderbrad7994]

Gonna keep it real here. I miss the What's BOshea, you got Matt here intro. 😢😞

[@MattOsheaYGO]

I'll bring it back in the first video I make after I get back from my honeymoon!

[@webe9008]

do yubel fiendsmith nxt pls, I'm playing subterror and hoping shifter is enough to establish control

[@carlmalek1429]

I love this format actually, been destroying yubels (another accomplice of fiendsmith) with runick clear world. It's a very deceptive honey trap deck and if you can ensnare the yubel player, they are powerless had three of them rage quit when they played me. Have yet to test against Snake-Eye Fiendsmith but glad only three people at my locals are dumb enough to plunk the money on overpriced engravers

[@kotado6414]

My buddy playing SE Infernoids and he may get the Fiendsmith engine. So that be annoying to play against

[@HunterStiles651]

Step 1: Play a different game Step 2: Profit

[@MTC-G]

I’ll play Floo with some handtraps

[@antonBrawlStars23]

Step 1 Play snake eye fiendsmith yourself Step 2 Win dice roll Step 3 Win the game

[@WolfPackAlpha-sn2sw]

“Uuhhhhhhhmmmmmm…. Achsuallyyyyyy I activate Super Polymerizationnnnn by discarding Fabled Lurrieeeeee 🤓🤓🤓🤓”

[@pablopereabohorquez2178]

Make Runick week please!

[@MattOsheaYGO]

I should make a how to beat Runick stun video for sure!

[@francescocolanzi]

Actually the second fiendsmith fusion is better in other deck other then snake eye

[@slifersge]

Go first and summon slifer, he will destroy all the links after they are summoned 😂

[@lulstef-kfye]

Put necroquip in the extra deck

[@lulstef-kfye]

Ariel EATER is better for yubel

[@Treyvonne-hp8xk]

Runick stun simple

[@Masterduelist31]

Dinomorphia best deck

[@ArisePass]

It’s not THE most powerful ever but it’s up there. Definitely not even close to tear full power

[@ShroomOfSorrow]

I would say it's pretty close to tear, but for different reasons

[@MiscGaming08]

I feel like the reason people say snake eye is stronger is because tear allows you to play while snake eye won't, even though the result of you losing is the same

[@SuperMono64]

"How to beat Snake-Eyes Fiendsmith" Step 1: Play the mirror Step 2: Roll a 12 on the dice roll Step 3:??? Step 4: Profit

[@Anima556]

They negate dark ruler with their end board

[@Raphael4722]

They need a s/t to chain to Dark Ruler, and there isn't anything suitable except Wanted or random floodgates (and to main deck floodgates they'd have to play less hand traps).

[@MarcoFisichella-rf2bi]

Simply, PLAY A DECK THAT CAN PLAY SHIFTER

[@casinoroyal93]

You don't

[@GundamModelEnthusiast]

Let them do their thing then super poly the IP and Apo, and just win

[@undeadinside3571]

How to beat snake-eye fiendsmith: open D shifter 😂

[@MattOsheaYGO]

🤷‍♂️

[@AlexanderHernandez-d6n]

Te falto estudiar el deck

[@Salvo_117]

How to beat tier 0? Quit yugioh, save money and sanity.

[@EDTheOneable]

People enjoy this game still?

[@OrionPark-zd8no]

Yeah, cause my locals don't play snake eye fiendsmith

[@u.a.perfectace7786]

How to beat Fiendsmith SE or any varaints of FS? Trick question. You don't. Either play it or pray you win the die roll.

[@abrahamsaenz966]

Just play floodgates like skill drain ggs

[@MattOsheaYGO]

True!

[@enzoattanansio9626]

Tenpai isnt a Good deck anymore against fiendsmith/Snake eyes because fiendsmith stuff can search kuriphoton and just win the duel.

[@chocky4805]

What about mournier?

[@MattOsheaYGO]

What I said about Veiler/imperm applies to mourner. Just with a bit more restrictions

[@saito853]

Engraver is not an interuption on the field what the f are you talking about lmao

[@ZeroGoofs]

“You can target 1 “Fiendsmith” Equip card you control and 1 monster on the field; send them to the GY”

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Someone didn't read the card 🤷‍♂️

[@saito853]

@@MattOsheaYGO You didn't even get Caesar effect right, who's not reading here lmao

[@terra636]

​@@ZeroGoofsbut that's a Spell Speed 1 effect you can only activate during your Main Phase? at that point Fissure and Smashing Ground would count as interruptions lol

[@imnotacat5299]

​@@saito853 okay then you are both dumb, do you want a gold star or something? 😂

[@NorbertSwaczyna]

You cannot.

[@ibytenecks8645]

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[@pudgeypigeon]

My locals is extremely competitive. This format is pushing me away from locals

[@argudo0791]

Take a break brother. Honestly. Better than letting the love for the game die. Or if u can, go to a different locals... if that's an option

[@andrewpalaghia4623]

@@argudo0791or play with friends if that is an option and hopefully they don’t play snake eyes 😅

[@satellarknight9476]

Yea stop the cap, you don't beat this deck until banlist hits 😂

[@Vormanax9]

This format sucks D link can’t hold on with the meta