How To Start Playing Yugioh

REASOURCES FOR A NEW PLAYER:
Artist Behind the Purrely meme art - note: great artist
/ antiantart
Yugioh Rules:
• How To Play Yu-Gi-Oh! ...
TCG Deck Lists:
ygoprodeck.com/
Master Duel Deck Lists:
www.masterduelmeta.com/tier-list
MonkeyFight’s “Which Deck Is For You?”:
• Which Yugioh Deck Is F...
Guide for Master duel:
• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Idiots G...
Online Stores: - Buy singles!
www.tcgplayer.com/
www.cardmarket.com/en
Online Simulators:
projectignis.github.io/ -EDOPro
www.duelingbook.com/ -DuelingBook
Konami Store Locator
yugiohblog.konami.com/locator/
DECK LISTS:
Tri-Brigade Fire King:
ygoprodeck.com/deck/tri-briga...
Branded Despia:
ygoprodeck.com/deck/branded-d...
Traptrix:
ygoprodeck.com/deck/traptrix-...
Marincess:
ygoprodeck.com/deck/marincess...
Flowandereeze:
ygoprodeck.com/deck/floowande...
Virtual World:
ygoprodeck.com/deck/armored-v...
MonkeyFight TCG Links:
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0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Yugioh Formats
1:23 - How To Find A Deck? / What is a Modern Yugioh Deck?
4:05 - Where To Play Yugioh Online For Free?
6:13 - What Deck Should You Buy? (Structure Decks)
8:26 - What Deck Should You Buy? (Budget Decks)
11:01 - How Do I Buy A Deck?
12:16 - Where Do I Play Yugioh?
13:39 - Outro

[@raijuko]

Comment for viewers / newbies, from a 18 year veteran player. Play as much as you can. You WONT win every game, you will lose a lot at first, but every loss will make you better. Pick 1 of the summon types and, learn the others from playing friends. Usually synchro or XYZ is the way to go here. Link is easy to summon, but having to place monsters in set zones to get their effects, is tough even for normal players, definitely not a good way to begin learning the game. And most importantly, HAVE FUN! Have fun, play all you can, and the wins will come naturally once you have some experience. I hope this helps, new duelists!

[@four-en-tee]

Says you, link summoning is stupidly easy and Evil Twins was the first deck i learned after Dark Magician when i started playing in 2021. Generally, you just want to look for an archetype that's easy to play if you're trying to ease yourself into a new mechanic for the first time. Either that, or you could be a crazy person like me and dive head first into Vaylantz for your first pendulum deck.

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

Incoming pun: ​@@four-en-tee, how very Valyantz of you to go after pendulums like that.

[@streetgamer3452]

@@four-en-teeevil twin is a easy deck and not a true “link deck” with how hard majoriry are for new players

[@wut9625]

I stopped playing after xyz but I want to get back so thank you for this feedback

[@joellopez5897]

I enjoy pendulum, just got back a week ago

[@SnackMuay]

One more thing; If you are looking for a slower entrance into the game rather than jumping into current the format, you can check if your local game store runs alternate formats like Edison, Goat, or Speed Duel. These formats are much easier to learn from scratch and you can learn the fundamentals of how the game works before diving into the modern game.

[@duyknguyen]

When Yugioh community needs him most, he's back!!! Amazing content

[@windwaker0rules]

As a new player, Yu-Gi-Oh reminds me more of poker or black jack with bluffs, quick games, 5 cards you draw deciding how the game goes, and "card counting" with the extra deck.

[@steel5897]

That is not how it used to be. Play one of the video games (the real ones not the spinoffs) from 2005-2011 and you'll see what the game used to play like.

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

Pretty good video, wish you could have spent more time selling more decks to us since you're great at explaining them and how they function

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Good news for you, I have another video in the works that's exactly that

[@okuda2081]

This is probably your best short video yet great editing too

[@Yous0147]

"So, you're interested in trying to get into Yugioh?". No, nope. No siree Bob. I've had my fill. I do like watching these videos though.

[@CaptainMarvel4Ever]

Woah woah woah Monkey Man, the art is the best part of the Traptrix deck. It's done by veteran artist Akina Fujiwara whom is also responsible for the art of the Charmers, my favorite archetype in terms of art. Konami managed to sell some of the worst structure decks ever made off the back of getting random chances at getting more of her art on promos, playmats, and token cards (worked too, I NEED a complete collection of her charmer art). She also did some of the ghost girl and Gishki cards, as well as a lot of art for many video games like the Final Fantasy series. Shocker coming from a fellow Ghost Trick enjoyer, another archetype with amazing art (unless you actually don't like their art and only enjoy them because you like flipping cards face down and alt win conditions, in which case I don't even think the priests of the Lightsworn can save you...). I actually think not getting every card is a big advantage for Master Duel. Having to work for the cards and start out building incomplete decks is a good way to begin learning. Plus since every card takes a lot of work, it makes you value them more. If a card isn't working, there's no hesitating, you've poured hours into the deck and it's got to go. Find something good and you will not forget that card. Plus if you get lucky on a pack and get a bunch of rare cards you might try an archetype you've never touched before. It's how I got into Element Sabers, Magikey, and Dual Avatar, all of which have been a lot of fun and expanded my view on different engines. My advice for somebody picking a deck is to share the link to the Master Duel Meta secret pack list. I just tell em' that they should click on any pack that looks cool and open it in a new tab, then just go with the one that speaks to ya the most. The secret packs are pretty good at giving you the full win condition and engine package, so all the person needs to do is practice with it. As long as it's a deck they enjoy, they do a better job putting up with any of the frustrating points, and eventually get to the point where they either choose to go full on rogue, or switch over to a meta deck. Good news is most decks these days are pretty competent, so if they don't feel like going full on dedicated, they can just casually enjoy the deck they like. Good job with the budget breakdown. Funny thing is I was recently sorting my collection and realized I have pretty much everything I need to build a dino deck. Maybe not at full power, but it's crazy just how many loose dino cards that can work as engine pieces are all over the place. It's only helped by Wild Survivors and Duelist Nexus offering even more dino cards at common to just float around (so something good came out of Wild Survivors). Other than that, I'd say Skull Servants is the king of budget decks, and has been that way since the goat days.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

The issues with the traptrix art come from the newer arts. I understand the theming but it's still a bit much. fair point with the master duel collecting aspect. However for me personally i hate playing in formats suboptimally. dinos are a timeless classic deck. one of the best structure decks konami ever made.

[@KashtiraFenrir]

2:00 "There is not much to slow things down" Me with the suspiciously Skill Drain shaped mouth.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Alright chain removal

[@jaernihiltheus7817]

Another note for new & (especially) returning players: DON'T try to learn every summoning mechanic at once. Instead use a free sim to test a deck or two of that summoning mechanic to get comfortable with it first, before moving onto the next. This will make it take a bit longer to learn, but keep you from being overwhelmed with all the quirks and intricacies of them.

[@PaulAurelius509BC]

This is awesome, Yugioh needs videos like this so much.

[@gaiden4567]

Veteran yugioh player here. I have been playing for 25 years.

[@niharnanjappamusic]

Great video! Might try to get a couple friends to try playing

[@franchottwoodjr6181]

Legendary video as always sir.

[@melonggamingchannel]

Awesome, i just confused at how to entry yu gi oh then this video come at the search. Quite helpful. Thank you❤

[@bloodshark71]

when my friend first started to play in 2019 i gave him a list of 30ish cards he should buy with the most important one at the top (hand traps, kaijus and general blow out staples) and he bought them all, he didn't understand why at first but he trusts me and it was cost effective due to the release of duel dev, bro said it was the best move he ever made in this game and I still do the for new duelist to the day. in DEC 2023 I told a new duelist to buy a box of the 25th collection and some singles to round it out if he didn't get everything he needed

[@codystrehle6101]

Thank you!

[@ImSumGuy]

While it's quite outdated, I feel like Yu-Gi-Oh Legacy of the Duelist Link Evolved was a great starting place for me getting back into the game and would be good for anyone trying to learn it. You can complete the story mode in a few days, learn all the summoning mechanics, and get a brief overview of many archetypes (though outdated ones). While it isn't particularly challenging, it was enough for me to be confident in the mechanics of the game. Arguably, the solo mode of Master Duel provides a similar experience, but offers far less of a retrospective experience on the game's progression. The biggest downside outside of the older archetypes is the lack of hand traps in the main modes, but it's still worth a shot for a guided experience that lets you try lots of decks.

[@xsedra1]

LOVE your content, please keep the ULTIMATE YU GI OH tier list going! Its my favourite series on yt! When is the next episode?

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Not sure, maybe after I get some other more youtube algorithm favored videos

[@mqu48]

I'm sure it's been commented already but you dont need an invite to attend a YCS. Only Nationals/Worlds require an invite. Otherwise stellar video

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

It has lmao

[@ParadoxialParodies]

I know when it came to me to coming back to playing to Yugioh I can say that I pretty much did some of the things that were mentioned here for example I wanted to play with a Warrior deck cause I always liked Warrior type monsters and well after looking for a while I saw one that caught my eye and that was Amazoness, I watched a deck profile video about them keep in mind at the time this was before Darkwing Blast came around and Amazoness gotten new support for it's archetype. So, after a while I wanted to test this deck out to see how it plays and that is when I said forget Duel Links and Master Duel I don't feel like I want to grind to try out the cards I already have in rl that's when I saw Edo Pro and ever since then I always use Edo Pro to test out the deck I saw on deck profile videos and after playing a few games and decided I liked the cards I just went to TCG and bought singles for the cards I need. I wanted to tell how I got back into Yugioh by doing some of the things that were mentioned in this video and also something else to mention as well if you are not to sure what else you can buy for sealed stuff, keep in mind I am mostly talking about for the casual side of things not the competitive side, I would say you could also buy Speed Duel boxes to help build some your card pulls but this depends on what your looking for when it comes to this since Speed Duel is its own thing when you comapre it to TCG or Master Duel.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

I dont recomend speed duel boxes, but if you have to buy sealed product I recommend the rarity collection. It's all useful stuff

[@ParadoxialParodies]

@@MonkeyFightTCG I agree with this as well and I only mentioned Speed Duel boxes for some people who more causal setting and not wanting to go to crazy with the hobby yet but the rarity collection has done well to give a lot of reprints of staple cards for sure that is how I gotten borreload savage dragon, lighting storm, and dimension shifter. This is a good video and I shared this with some friends of mine.

[@four-en-tee]

Basically this but YGO Omega (that and i went insane for half a year trying to do halqdon combos in Impcantations because i wanted to make Baronne off Hungry Burger)

[@nerdjournal]

Here recently I have really wanted to get in to TCGs because I love RogueLike Deckbuilder games, and it seems like a lot of them are basically based on TCGs so stupidly I downloaded both YuGiOh and Magic last week. Then kind of got lost. I will say YuGiOh is much smarter in how they give you a bunch of gems easily to kind of get you hooked on the dopamine hits of pulling cool cards and unlocking secret decks. But I was overwhelmed trying to learn both at once. I think I am just going to stick with YuGiOh for a bit, I really like the art style of YuGiOh better. This video kind of made me decide for sure to learn yugioh first. So. Thank you for helping a very indecisive ADHD brained dude like myself in to making an actual decision. That and I have about 4k gems to blow in YuGiOh now I just need to learn the smart way to spend them in game. Most bang for buck, if you know what I mean!

[@GVS2001]

tysm!

[@MitchKarajohn]

Haven't started watching yet but here's a tip on how to start playing: Start with GOAT format, it's the "easy mode" of the game :P

[@dudono1744]

Nah, start with edison. Goat is too far from the modern game to be an entry point.

[@MrKelmer01]

Thanks :)

[@mattyorshin]

Share this vid. Monkey fight puts in hard work for his vid.

[@Chewbyy]

I think the art work for traptrix is just fine also I noticed a playset of d shifter on the deck list. I never thought that was a great option for TT considering the gy is rather useful for them.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Yeah, but it just ends quite a few other decks entirely. so you take the L and give your opponent a much bigger one.

[@pedroreis6318]

Nice 1

[@shimapancyra]

Play with your friends

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

This is actually the best advice

[@four-en-tee]

unironically

[@ShmarveyXD]

Don't forget Ygo Omega! Ygo Omega feels infinitely better to play than Edo Pro, hoever doesn't add the newest cards from asia as fast

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

It's also riddled with glitches from time to time and the community discord you're forced to be part of genuinely sucks

[@four-en-tee]

@@NeviTheLettyFan You're not forced to be in the discord server, you're just forced to authorize your discord account whenever you go online. EDOPRO isn't too bad either though, i've messed with both. They each have their pros and cons, as does Dueling Book, but its nice to have options period. I came into this community previously from Cardfight Vanguard, and they only have 1 free PC emulator and its pretty dogshit.

[@Aigis31]

Omega has good presentation, but the discord is awful and is ran by a bunch of moderators who get pissy if people complain that their opponent called them slurs during a game. It's ran by despicable people.

[@ShmarveyXD]

@@Aigis31 fair enough..

[@thatoneperson3113]

Like subtitles for this saying master duel is the only official sim from auto nuclear.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Lmao. I did make them at 5am

[@Aigis31]

Auto nuclear is right, does anyone remember how Konami had to hit D.D. Dynamite of all cards bc of the bot deck meta??

[@thekittenfreakify]

The answer is you don't. Leave before you get cursed by the cardboard masters.

[@kraybus]

hopefully this will make my muka quidzly play yugioh after asking him for the past 6 yil

[@locotaco360]

Nexus Duel is also great for online play!

[@PhoenixPlayz12365]

could you make a guide for how to use all the decks in legendary decks 2 because there is no guide for that you will get some views plus helping lots of people

[@sugarsmile7852]

Surprised that duel links wasn't mentioned

[@four-en-tee]

As long as you go in with the expectation that games don't go past turns 3-4 and that you'll be expected to learn a lot of archetype match-ups (similar to fighting games like Smash Ultimate), you'll generally have an okay time getting into Yugioh. Its more or less how i approached the game for the first time in 2021. Word of advice: main deck Feather Duster. You'll thank me later, RNG's a bitch and your deck should have enough starters, handtraps and/or extenders to where opening a single brick turn 1 doesn't matter that often. You never know when you'll run into a stun player, and its better to not be caught with your pants down. They generally won't run Solemn cards unless they're insane.

[@Sheikah_Architect]

Hey can you make a tier list of only Pendulum decks?

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

No

[@Sheikah_Architect]

LoL! Why not? That would be so cool!@@MonkeyFightTCG

[@shocknawe]

Engagement commento, da.

[@Fullmetal719]

Lol I'd never want to jump into a TCG as developed as YGO as a new player. Just jump into One Piece instead 😅

[@Strow1stofHisName]

What is the cost of the two or three best decks?

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Over 1k

[@Strow1stofHisName]

@@MonkeyFightTCG each or total?

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Each Rescue Ace Diabellstar is about 1k, but that goes up to $1500 next set with new cards releasing Fire King Diabellstar is around 1k as well Third place gets a bit wonky. it could be Unchained which goes for a cheap $400. but it could also be Kashtira or Purrley which are AT MINIMUM $700

[@alexandergeorgiev74]

Download master duel and start 😅

[@richardthompson3499]

Literally didn’t know how to play Yugioh at all, just watched the anime. Downloaded Master duel the month it released, played through the tutorials and fast forward to now and I fully understand the game

[@rephayersecondchannel]

Btw if you guys new to yugioh are wondering where those therms starter extender and so on come from it was patrick the king hoban introducing it and playing modern yugioh requires skill and effort so you cant pick it up go on your locals and expect to top. My first local was back in 2011 and I realy startet to play in dragon ruler format where I was start learning those things. Cool video keep it up

[@braindeadborgerboi8736]

Quick correction, you don't need an invite to attend a YCS.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

You do

[@braindeadborgerboi8736]

@@MonkeyFightTCG I literally went to a YCS a few months ago and did not have an invite. I played the main event. Maybe you are thinking about the second day of a YCS, then you need a certain amount of points from the previous day to continue. The first day is accessible to anyone who wants to register.

[@captainbaku1576]

​@MonkeyFightTCG nope, you're thinking of Worlds n Nationals, hence NAWCQ (North American World Championship Qualifiers)

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Well lmao I guess

[@smgImaj]

I came here not to buy a deck or to play compederive i just wanted to learn the rules

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Well as I said in the beginning that's a different video that's linked in the description

[@Finicky9]

God help you 🤣

[@kingscourge6031]

You forgot to mention dueling nexsus for simulators. Otherwise nice video

[@megaspacewaffles]

Dueling nexus is full of problems

[@kingscourge6031]

@@megaspacewaffles really? I guess I haven't noticed.

[@megaspacewaffles]

@@kingscourge6031 a lot of ruling errors

[@Wuan2347]

For new players don’t play it’s not worth it you will just waste money and time trust me I wish I can take it all back

[@BreadMaker616]

Thanks for the heads up mate

[@ahmedbeziz2681]

The answer: dont play yugioh its not worth it

[@LaDeeGarmadone17]

You forgot two more duel formats that are exclusives, Rush duel and Custom card game formats, in addition to ocg tcg and speed duel/remote duel.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

I mentioned rush duel. Remote duel isn't really a different format. Custom game formats aren't a supported thing and aren't official yugioh

[@jinxy1491]

The art is not great?

[@zojirushi1]

You don’t. To avoid Komoney’s anti consumer practices. Play Dueling book or ygo pro instead.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

That was mentioned directly in the video

[@salmonella7993]

Step 1: Don't. You're welcome. Oh and never EVER buy physical product anymore. The quality is hideous compared to cards from 6 years ago. This game is a blatant waste of money and effort.

[@gamergames334]

yugioh omega is the best online simulator. do not use edo pro

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Omega is great if you like bad rulings and bad players

[@gamergames334]

Huh why bad rulings? Omega has the absolute correct judge rulings for ocg and tcg. litteraly some cards ONLY work in omega properly. Players are not super sweaty and mostly for fun /semi-comp. Ranked however is quite good@@MonkeyFightTCG

[@dkphame]

You don‘t

[@Rayquaza894]

Just don’t.

[@grafzeppelin4069]

Let me save everyone 13 minutes, 56 seconds, and thousands of dollars: "Don't"

[@megaspacewaffles]

Master duel would like to speak

[@kevinlee5753]

Lol why not

[@monkeyfightextra9121]

comment for the algorithm