I'm Disappointed

[@EmperorAzriel]

Dw guys they are gonna give us Ashened Ash and Ashened Poplar

[@SmaashingCards]

Nah, that'll be OCG xD

[@timbahr1792]

Already have ashened ash

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

​@@SmaashingCardsand it'll still be bad lol. Can't wait to beat the Ashened players at locals with Ghoti lmao

[@SmaashingCards]

@@ThatOneWeirdFlex Ok... using a deck that has had roughly two years of support, and officially has been getting support made in the OCG. Kinda whack

[@ashikjaman1940]

​@@timbahr1792 we need Ashened Ash Ash

[@rfrff9526]

But you see the deck sucking is supposed to emulate the difficulty of winning in dark souls-actual comment😂

[@deathvai364]

Maybe its a challenge for you 😏 JK i died to the first enemy in bloodborn like 12 times and quit

[@NinthSettler]

Nah dark souls isn't even that hard of a game

[@beet158]

@@NinthSettlerDepends on which one Dark Souls 2? Pretty comparatively easy, the only real diffucult thing is mapping everything out Dark Souls 1? Camera causes most of your deaths, pretty linear and not too difficult to grasp Dark Souls 3? Def the hardest of the bunch, especially with DLC. The thing that makes Dark Souls as a whole really hard though- are the challenges players give themselves. Limiting yourself and playing through as a challenge is where the game's difficulty really shines. But I will admit, it isn't nearly as cutthroat as everyone says it is.

[@lb_anth0ny240]

​@@beet158 Wtf finally someone with a based opinion I always see people complaining that ds2 is super hard, but it was honestly the easiest one of the bunch. Also I agree with the rest. Funny how I found a based opinion about ds on a yugioh vid.

[@EulensteinTCG]

Nioh ist much harder ​@@beet158

[@grantplunkett8410]

How come everyone else gets a poplar and we get a guy that tributes to bounce?

[@MiyaoMeow588]

we don't need more poplars

[@PrettierNPastel]

​@@MiyaoMeow588all shall poplar

[@ryionizer3622]

lol true

[@Senshi00]

Because Tcg exclusive designers are incompetent

[@genkeikyou]

​@@Senshi00 tcg are not allow to design tcg exclusive anymore after danger, they have to give to ocg to objection or not for the card design

[@janieraltreche1989]

They did need the shaman for recycling

[@MiyaoMeow588]

I dunno if Josh has actually tested Ashened before, but take it from someone that has played around with the archetype for a little bit, these cards are in fact better than he thinks. This deck needed some way to recycle it's cards because it runs out of steam otherwise way too quickly, and Shaman accomplishes that quite well, and it pluses you in addition to that. Spearhead by itself isn't very good, but having another level 4 that you can special for free is essential to go into important combo pieces like Banshee. Also it and Rekindling happen to complement each other quite well. You can special Spearhead, tribute to bounce, and if your opponent tries to disrupt it, you can immediately chain Rekindling to shuffle it back and negate another monster's effects, so it dodges things like Called By and disrupts attempts to stop Spearhead Extinguish is just a good card, period. Another way to search Veidos or any of the other high level monsters. The trap is a little tricky. Considering how Obsidim works and it's own nature as a trap, it basically means that unless you can summon Veidos and set the trap on your opponent's Turn 1 by popping one of their Field Spells, you aren't gonna be Superpolying the field away until Turn 3 at the earliest. So it is a little awkward to use in that sense. That said, while the synergy is there, I don't think pivoting to a Fusion strat is necessarily what the deck needed. The fusions are fine. I don't really have much to say on them, but how good they are is dependent on how you got them out to begin with. Using the fusion spell on Embers is probably okay, but obviously you would much rather use the trap to summon Veidos. These cards give you multiple means to access it's lines, gives you recycling, more power, flexibility. They aren't quite enough to shoot it up to Tiered status, but I would by no mean call these cards a total failure. Not quite there with the likes of Gold Pride, but around the level of pre-PHNI Ghoti, maybe slightly better. People comparing this with Tistina and War Rock are capping hard. This deck has a cohesive game plan and relatively easy access to that game plan, which those two barely had if at all Note: You may be able to play Shifter in this, since Rekindling and Shaman both recycle banished Ashened cards, and Obsidim triggers when banished. You may also consider playing Allure of Darkness, but without a surplus of Darks, maybe that's a little risky

[@Dinsho_]

it wont be meta but yeah i feel like its better then he makes it out to be. The only real sigh i let out was when i read spearhead and realized that they didn't make it a quick eff like hero

[@MiyaoMeow588]

@@Dinsho_ I won't argue with that, it probably should've been, but since this deck seems to specialize in going second and playing into boards anyway, I don't think it's a total dealbreaker

[@minepool4343]

In my head they had to give this archetype a monster in the hand that could, as a quick, discard itself to set the field spell to either field zone, this would have given this deck another way to disrupt field spells and another 3 copies of terraforming, putting a gy effect that protects your pyros from destruction to let you use veidos to blow your opponents field on your turn and that's a cool card right there

[@grinreaperTV]

Finally someone who actually properly read the cards and also played the deck

[@gabrieletaranto1978]

Also everyone seems to forgot that in infinite forbidden we basically will have a busted card for the deck, the new cosmo queen, literally a free lv8 that can destroy your field spell (obsidim most of the time to start the combo) to add another field spell, and that's really busted cause you have access to floodgate or a starter for other engines you want to play with the deck. Currently i'm trying it with invoked cause aleister is lv 4 and also you have another fusion based strategy, with cosmo queen the two archetype seems to play really well but i'm sure there are better things to fit in. (Also trying to see if there's a combo to summon consistently pharaonic advent to add DNA surgey along with the fusion trap so you can fusion all you want from your opponent but that's probably copium)

[@thewave-qz9lt]

its criminal that konami printed this archetype with such a banger artwork and so much mid effects.

[@jofx4051]

TCG as per usual half baked archetype

[@teetheluchador]

They low key gave up on the artwork in this go around too.

[@jvsonic2468]

Because OCG can do whatever they want with the TCG. The role of us TCG is lower in the Konami hierarchy, so OCG has their say since Japan, where the card game was created, is apart of OCG. This along with their way of designing TCG sets which makes any of the card markets wallow in high expense just proves Konami just hates TCG countries and consumers

[@colinduchilio4052]

Eh, the first wave was honestly pretty good, it just needed a bit more consistency and a better payoff. The got the consistency, but the payoff is still.... quite bad

[@foramagi8677]

heh Midir effects I'll see myself out

[@TheMasterBlaze]

Time to wait 6 months for the OCG to fix our exclusive archetype... AGAIN.

[@jjasuka]

lmao

[@reservationatdorsias3215]

as if Ghoti didnt fall off after the initial support hype

[@jofx4051]

Nah

[@mimik2098]

OCG won't fix anything

[@johnathanlemus5584]

And they’re the reason Tcg exclusives now suck.

[@genestarwind9922]

Just so it's said before the "it's sucks" bandwagon starts since Yu-Gi-Oh players don't read lol when u fuse in veidos boss you get chain link one dark hole chain link two harpies feather duster ending with veidos being a 4500 atk mini towers. Also the new support makes that mentioned above a one card combo and adds the negate to hand. Also u can main shifter. Please try out cards before making judgements 🙏🏾 **Watch Josh top with this deck then y'all gonna be like this decks broken lol **Also here's some sauce for the haters lol: bonfire can search red nemesis (pyro) to green to make thunder dragon Colossus and earthbound fusion can be used for guardian Chimera on opponent's turn as well which has synergy with your field spell on their side of the field for multiple pluses. Something to think about creativity wise

[@gabrielgois8724]

It sucks ass bro, stop the cope, why would i waste time playinga deck that can barely works?

[@mimik2098]

The moment you get an ashened card you just throw it in the trash, the only exception to this is veidos

[@genestarwind9922]

@@gabrielgois8724 the decks gimmick is the Nuke your opponents field on each players turn which u can do consistently in a one card combo. It achieves that. It's also a shifter deck. I don't know what y'all want.

[@genestarwind9922]

@@mimik2098 on god Josh is gonna top with this then u gonna be like oh this decks broken lol

[@MiyaoMeow588]

​@@gabrielgois8724how would you know it barely works when you have no clue how to play or even build the deck

[@DaShikuXI]

Honestly i really appreciate Ashened. I like a deck where the 'story' of the archetype really shines through in the gameplay. It's why I like Sky Striker as well for example. Even if it doesn't end up being the best deck, it's just fun to play.

[@Mooinator3000]

As much as some of these aren't great, people saying that it's worse than tistina are wild

[@Jrpg_guy]

Like it actually is

[@bidoof5922]

​@@Jrpg_guynah ur wilding 💀

[@MiyaoMeow588]

@@Jrpg_guy tistina is broken not in a "this is busted" way but in a "half of these cards have no synergy with each other" kind of way ashened actually functions

[@k-dawgHI]

@@Jrpg_guy… Ashened has a 1 card combo… Tistina has minimum 4 cards that all conflict with each other making the archetype have to jump through hoops to do the most basic of things. Do you have any idea how much Tistina would kill for a card like Priestess? That deck is truly ass. Not saying ashened is meta or anything but it for sure is no where near Tistina levels of bad. I could win with ashened (at least in play testing today) off of the merits of the archetype’s cards. You can’t do that with Tistina (with the exception of EXACTLY Demigod). TL;DR Ashened is an ok/decent deck that can be fun in casual and get you a set win in local settings (maybe even a regional if you’re lucky) and Tistina is a travesty of game design that genuinely looks like it’s AI generated.

[@teetheluchador]

@@Jrpg_guyyou might actually be blind

[@redlighting844]

Ashen had so much potential and it just died

[@AstralLaVista]

That's the story of most people in darksouls tbf 😅😂

[@malfeasancewithornament7573]

dark souls reference

[@septimus5729]

The sheer difference in card quality, especially when it comes to the main deck, between this and other new archetypes like Tenpai is astounding.

[@frig7014]

I think they want you to use these lv 4 vanilla free summons to just go into infernal flame banshee to add... something

[@flackenstien]

I don't like that lately our TCG exclusive decks start without an Extra Deck and then suddenly start to focus on one. If they didn't burn 2 effects on Fusing and 2 cards on Fusion Monsters, how much better at their main gig would they be?

[@jvsonic2468]

10:15 Konami has been doing this design in archetypes for several years now. We get very few monsters and not enough ways to get to them consistently, or very few Spells/Traps along with the few monsters as reasonable amount of cards for an archetype and expect them to be playable; not a thought comes through their heads to consider playtesting them before release and/or make their impact in the meta as rouge or tier 2 at most that'll survive for several years. OCG has their say over TCG, so we are not allowed to get decent exclusive archetypes in that design. This along with their way of designing TCG sets which makes any of the card markets wallow in high expense just proves Konami just hates TCG countries and consumers.

[@juannavarro8497]

So far, since we need to get Obsidim on the field for the deck to start, that's the main problem to solve. The Priestess and Shaman aren't enough, Terraforming and Set Rotation aren't enough... there's more stuff needed for the deck to work. Let's see what us players can cook!

[@MiyaoMeow588]

i don't think getting Obsidim on the field is the problem. Priestess (+ by extension Bonfire) and Awakening both get you to it I think what would be nice is having an extra way to pop or banish the field spell. So far I think Veidos is the only reliable way to do so.

[@gabrieletaranto1978]

Nah man we need a way to get off the field obsidim, thanks god in infinite forbidden we will receive cosmo queen, a card that special summon itself upon a field spell activation and that can pop a field spell to search another one from the deck, giving you opportunity to play other engines

[@juannavarro8497]

Well, if you want to pop Obsidim, you can try a small level 3 synchro engine and use Ancient Fairy Dragon and Black Rose Dragon to pop the field spell or all cards on the field. We have good access to Veidos with Awakening, Extinguishment and Veidos itself, so there should be enough, but those synchro 7 would maximize the options, or some other choices!

[@generalistvibe3279]

A link 2 Pyro with a quick effect to target an opponents monster and make it a Pyro for the turn, or if you target Veidos, to fusion summon with it… would’ve been a dream come true.

[@NAAAAAIL]

dark pyro goes so hard an attribute-type combo I just wish these were sliiiiightly better

[@KingRoni1222]

Lets hope the 3rd wave will actually give us a main deck

[@SmaashingCards]

Yes, these cards are *way* better than what people are giving them credit for. It's very consistent to build boards now and make them very threatening. Veidos fusion can pop the continuous trap, to make everything Pyro on the opponents turn, so you can do even more super poly plays. Also, with Yubel being a solid choice this meta, you can put in a copy of Yubel Loving Defender in the ED to Super Poly into.

[@isaacsantos6200]

Veidos fusion doesn't pop the continuous trap tho, it's only opponents stuff

[@Jrpg_guy]

Imagine linking veidos off, and your interruption is gone.

[@SmaashingCards]

@@Jrpg_guy Imagine not activating the continuous trap at the start of MP 1 and not waiting til the last moment to Summon Veidos to the opps field.

[@SmaashingCards]

@@isaacsantos6200 the quick effect destruction effect to destroy 1 Ashened card when an opp activates an effect can target your own...

[@Jrpg_guy]

@@SmaashingCards you need to draw it first or get it first, the prriest searches evry ashened card. Without veidos and even then you can't Superpoly your opponents field. So your endboard will be at best hero, a random pyro and veidos in hand in that case. And i think you really need the search of priest for other cards, like the one that searches veidos.

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

….spearhead bounces so you can fusion veidos during your turn…………come on Konami

[@DerSisch]

It's Subterror all over again...

[@l.apastore4208]

2:30. Slightly confused Josh. Do you want these to be broken or am I misunderstanding. Interaction is good. And If it pops off it’s a wipe.

[@jvsonic2468]

I can vouch for almost everyone in the community that we want every archetype Konami makes no matter TCG or OCG to be Tier 2 at most but at least rogue for consistent local tournament win or potential win at a regionals or YCS.

[@MiyaoMeow588]

​@@jvsonic2468bro is pretending to have any kind of authority 💀

[@isaiahshepard289]

Shaman is pretty much Loris lady of lament from the lair of darkness archetype And spearhead is malice lady of lament They ALMOST do what you want but requires investment you generally dont have

[@janieraltreche1989]

Spearhead is weird.don’t know how he plays into the equation.however shaman is great.a level four that shoves the minsters into the deck is exactly what the deck needed so the you don’t need to run 2-3 kings or heros.

[@TheProgenitor]

There definitely could have been some slight alterations to make a lot of these stronger, but I think a lot of people are underestimating the value a lot of these cards have. Shaman is a 2 of that is now a vital part of the mainline combo summoned off king to put back your asheneds and replace the obsidim you popped with veidos. The trap while a bit annoying to get set up sometimes is amazing to set turn 0 if your opponent plays into veidos and that's probably why it can't activate same turn, because that would basically make veidos an FTK vs snake eyes. But once it rolls around to your turn, and especially with the lack of Baronne and Savage in the format, if you can get obsidim to stick there's a lot of neat stuff you can do with these cards. Will it be strong enough to break into the meta? Probably not, even with snake-eyes on paper being a very good matchup. But these cards solved a lot of the problems and holes ashened had in its gameplay from the first wave. Some of the cards just don't quite have enough bite to sustain the deck on 14 cards, even if that's plenty to fill up your engine slots in the main.

[@aldolibreri791]

I actually disagree. The deck needs more pyro extra deck cards. The extra deck lock really hurts what this deck can really do imo.

[@casketbase7750]

I think our best nonfusion play is Infernal Flame Banshee to search Nemeses Flag to then search Archnemeses Protos.

[@michelefumagalli81]

Yes exactly. Ironically needs a better rank 8 than garunix (even though is not bad going second) and a decent pyro link 2. If we get a somewhat decent pyro link 2 i can see this deck performing well in a local

[@autobotstarscream765]

What else is Pyro...Blaze Fenix? 😂

[@brunosanto3488]

ITS ASHOVER!

[@eu4um]

TCG exclusives have me in an abusive relationship. Every time i hold out hope that this next time they'll be better, they turn around and leave me feeling empty inside.

[@jofx4051]

Never hope on TCG exclusive

[@ManyTanks1]

@@jofx4051past the year 2016*.

[@jvsonic2468]

Because OCG can do whatever they want with the TCG. The role of us TCG is lower in the Konami hierarchy, so OCG has their say since Japan, where the card game was created, is apart of OCG. This along with their way of designing TCG sets which makes any of the card markets wallow in high expense just proves Konami just hates TCG countries and consumers

[@justice8718]

@@jvsonic2468 The fact you can tell that the new Ashened cards are Ai prove that the TCG is completely down playing nice with the OCG and wants to take the game to their own direction with the banlist.

[@NetherCrafterSMC]

Still has potential, I hope we get to see new Pyro extra deck monsters in the future

[@lilwnady]

Maybe ashned breaks the "only 2 waves of support cycle" becouse of the 3 dark souls main games?

[@geg8151]

Thing is everyone complained about tenpai and called it doo doo as soon as it came out, but only when it was teir 1 in the ocg did all the sudden get good, ashened has not seen any play yet so id say wait and see 🤷‍♂️

[@captainsunshine64]

The deck is now decent and much more fun to play. Not meta, but that's not necessary for a yugioh deck

[@Ninomann12]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@teetheluchador]

The trap card was actually the most broken for me. I think that cracks the deck open. But that spearhead and quick play spell are GARBAGE

[@krastyantheparamount]

Dw guys Winning a duel with this deck will simulate the adrenaline that you get when beating a DS boss

[@casketbase7750]

They're underwhelming...😢 ... which means the core will become affordable. 😈 Time to snatch em up and wait for the inevitable Spyral Double Helix support card.

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

I don't think even a Double Helix can make these more than casual play only.

[@UBUB101]

Veidos will be pretty expensive though

[@janieraltreche1989]

Viedos actually went up.

[@UBUB101]

@@janieraltreche1989 because of gimmick puppet fs

[@janieraltreche1989]

@@UBUB101 that deck also seems really cool.also tempai dragons use a good field spell

[@alexemp6201]

At this point I don't even care I'm too poor for a playset of bonfire and veidos so as long as they keep doing these cool ass artworks I'm happy. This is the coolest archetype aesthetically by far

[@berserkangel2282]

If they decide to flesh out the Pyro-type extra deck pool through the other tcg exclusive slots, this deck could be decent. For now the type lock kills these cards from even being considered besides some random Ancient Fairy Combo garbage.

[@zerochill4096]

Honestly, I think the main issue with Ashened is that it still heavily revolves around the Field Spell. Honestly if they changed Spearhead into a Commandment-style effect, this wave would be received significantly better. But outside of that, it's not a bad wave like you said. The Fusion mechanic makes a lot of sense in the context of the archetype (which is a rarity in the context of second waves for TCG Exclusives that try forcing in an Extra Deck mechanic) and I can genuinely see this paired with Volcanics for now to help bolster the Deck's pyro count for Shaman, the Fusions and Emperor

[@neogalactic1195]

Honestly ashened needs some better extra deck monsters and a spell that lets them special summon the ashened monsters from grave/banished once per turn given the fact that in the lore, these cards are supposedly still fighting veidos even from the grave and you know... keep coming back!

[@endeavor1299]

I'm now sure about it, this is the scheme of Konami about tcg exclusive archetypes: first captivating wave of cards you'll play as 2-3 ofs, second filler wave of cards you'll play as 1 ofs, ocg broken support cards you'll have to wait for. This is likely the third time in a row they do it, we should have guessed they'd again despite their """effort""" in this theme.

[@johnwhittington2998]

Fusion traps are just a TCG exclusive trope

[@michaelstephens4992]

That trap card is a Great Value super poly

[@thatismesharky3442]

custom field spell idea for the deck: call it "ashened custom(AC)" and the card effect would be: This card is always treated as obsidim, the ashened city. If neither player has activated a field spell this turn (quick effect): you can activate this card from hand once per turn. when this card is destroyed you can add to your hand or set an "ashened" spell from deck except "Ashened AC. you cannot activate the effects of non-pyro monsters for the rest of turn". would make the deck way more consistent and aim it towards a going second deck. which proactively sets up you turn to blow up the opponents field. turn 1: during standby active AC, activate veidos to pop AC. set or add both the field spell and a trap. sets up a field spell early and gives advantage.

[@scottharris6116]

Wait a minute. Since the trap card can be activated in the graveyard to turn opponents monsters to pyro on their turn, doesn’t that mean that Hero now is a quick effect destruction that works on either turn?

[@te-jay6058]

yes, and you can also make the opponent monsters to superpoly targets. Problem is, it is a permanent trap that is not supposed to leave the field that fast, and it is also a waste to play foolish burial goods just for the type altering graveyard effect.

[@bidoof5922]

​@@te-jay6058you are meant to send it for the effect of fusion veidos

[@te-jay6058]

@@bidoof5922 yeah, but then it is also only useful if you have the non searchable superpoly

[@darkolos5836]

as a Tistina enjoyer im very excited about these cards. The Deck wont be expensive because they are not very good but it still seems super fun to play. But its still sad that these Decks have a super interesting design but are always bad....

[@kiraangle2823]

Is the negate really that bad? If you have spare searches, its a negate. At the very least, its a card you might want in the future

[@worthywill9294]

The ashened imperm is arguably the best card.... on top of not being incomplete or arguably out of place

[@UBUB101]

​@@worthywill9294 never heard someone say a worse forbidden chalice is the best card of an archetype but then again it tells you a lot about the power lvl of ashened

[@absolutetruth2481]

Bro wanted the deck to be better than snake eyes lol

[@Mckudenomg]

Its not that bad ... not every next archetype needs to be S tier ...

[@jvsonic2468]

But TCG exclusives should be at least rouge level, at a perfect design tier 2 that'll stick around for at least several years of the game. I heard others in the community say the OCG has the authority over the TCG which would make sense. This along with their way of designing TCG sets which makes any of the card markets wallow in high expense just proves Konami just hates TCG countries and consumers.

[@gabrielgois8724]

Cope

[@Mao_Dedong]

We are talking about a worse forbidden chalice and a pyro exiled force as support wave...

[@UBUB101]

But it could have at least been b tier and not tistina lvl bad

[@peterzelaya9948]

Ashened to endlessness shouldve been a counter trap. Give it the tachyon transmigrations ability to use in hand when veidos is on opponents field

[@doorto6152]

Don’t worry guys: the ocg will give ashened a card that places the trap from deck.

[@shark_2283]

they could reveal a set of extra cards too make the deck alot better. a set of super poly targets that are pyro or some pyro links could be nice. they are close.

[@ferdyoktav]

I think what they need is more consistenly way to get Veidos,more good Pyro Extra Deck monsters and their own archtype Fusion Spell Extinguish Ashened lock you into Pyro Extra Deck while it only has few that synergy with them is ass

[@izaiahsundquist6877]

Cleary what Ashened needs is it's own Poplar.

[@Kolobochok95]

I mean, it's a balanced archetype with an unique playstyle. It's how it should be instead of shit like Snakeyes, Tear etc.

[@deaththesoul8]

What shocks me is that people had expectation for this second wave. When was the las time a TCG archetype got a good second wave? and for the hopeful people that says "Now we have to wait for the OCG to make it good" When was the last time the OCG gave something that makes a tcg archetype GOOD/Competitive? sure, they print card that are JUST fine, but nothing that makes the deck at least rogue (which is what most people want). At least this is no War Rock nor Tistina.

[@timbahr1792]

Just because it isn’t a negate and banish the opponents entire deck facedown doesn’t mean it’s bad. Cards don’t need to be absolutely game warping to be good. I’m so sick of this mentality from every yugituber

[@justice8718]

These cards literally cannot do anything.

[@renaldyhaen]

The trap fusion is okay. Not everything should happen in a single turn.

[@DreamManmns]

I mean its fine but it makes the deck work a lot worse going 2nd

[@ItsDatKoi]

Damn. I was coping hard too thinking these were gonna be a rogue deck at least.

[@yy5173]

do you think it will be that bad??

[@skarn-]

Rekindling can put back your used field spells so you can never run out and keep playing while getting a free negate of a monster seems good

[@UBUB101]

Because forbidden chalice is a 3 of in so many decks...

[@MiyaoMeow588]

​@@UBUB101last I checked chalice doesn't put back important combo pieces for repeated use

[@UBUB101]

@@MiyaoMeow588 yes you are right i forgot its even worse then chalice

[@skarn-]

@@UBUB101 honestly I can't tell if you are just trolling or you actually this dumb

[@julienl.3878]

Imagine the veidos fusion Sais destroy for the cost of its pop effect. U could Pop ur fieldspell and go plus

[@FacetiousEnigma]

Don't worry, guys. Even if the archetype was good, it wouldn't be playable for 99% of players until Bonfire gets reprinted.

[@FaolanKitekaze]

Gonna tinker around with ashened yubel. Never gonna be a competitive deck, but could be fun in a modern casual setting

[@otterfire4712]

Veidos can set Ashened to Endlessness. If your opponent doesn't kill him, you can snatch him up for a big body that goes scott free

[@otterfire4712]

Side note IF Banshee is made notably easier and paths into Volcanic Emperor for the deck.

[@danielthorpe5539]

I think the archetype is good in all honesty. Just needs a creative duelist to take it to the next level

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

I think the Ashened cards are incomplete. Maybe in the future they can be pretty good. I noticed that with Konami, they lay groundwork for decks to be relevant. Ashened might never be relevant but with the right extra deck support and a way to manage it's own resources, this deck can be cool.

[@Yggdrasill-X]

Josh. You should know by now that Konami ALWAYS wastes fantastic artwork on dog shit cards.

[@Zeradias]

bOoHoO... iTs NoT a TiEr 1 Or 0 dEcK

[@mimik2098]

Litteraly no one was asking for a tier 1 TCG deck, people were asking for something playable, something that you could reasonably bring to at least locals without being laughed at for bringing an unplayable deck

[@Zeradias]

@mimik2098 it's playable tho. Just not the version of playability people want.

[@MiyaoMeow588]

​​@@mimik2098you've never even looked at these cards more than once and you're acting like you know exactly how competent they are maybe actually test them before pretending to have an informed opinion

[@malfeasancewithornament7573]

that's what meta sheep will say, and meta sheeps refers to all yugitubers

[@danthraxplague671]

Many options tho... super poly, darkness for draw, dshifter, terraforming, e-con, the krishnerd and multi-universe, extra foolish burial are all options... Alongside predaplants and starving venom for extra deck

[@Mao_Dedong]

The trap and quick spell should have their effects switched.

[@Hitoridoodles]

Can’t wait for the OCG to release one card 6 months from now that fixes the whole deck

[@SatanicWren]

I feel like the biggest issue with this deck is still just the fact that S:P exists. S:P makes it so you need to remove Veidos from your opponents board on their very first summon, otherwise Veidos’s Gy effect gets you no value

[@josoaandrianarijaona2974]

I will try to combine Ashned and earthbound to see where it goes

[@obiwanjabroniX]

Can't wait for this deck to top multiple times to prove josh wrong about it

[@Blight_89]

Spearhead has a very 2013 vibe 🤦 If we didn't need to tribute it then maybe it would have some use, or if it were a quick effect but alas...

[@thecookies6109]

Ashened Yubel , Give opponent 3k beater force them to attack your yubel monsters burn for damage , if opponent would answer yubel super up and removed board.

[@RazielTheUnborn]

Yubel does this already with their Geiss monster that if it hits the Gy gives you another yubel card.

[@thecookies6109]

@@RazielTheUnborn But the geiss monster has a downside to it i believe.

[@thecookies6109]

@@RazielTheUnborn "You can only Special Summon "Geistgrinder Golem" once per turn. You can reveal 1 "Yubel" monster in your hand; Special Summon this card from your hand to your opponent's field, then you can Special Summon the revealed monster to your field. Once per turn, during damage calculation, if this card battles a "Yubel" monster: Your opponent gains 3000 LP. If you Special Summon "Yubel" while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card to your opponent's field." GIving your opponent 3000 Lp in a mirror match = bad , your basically giving them back 3 k life. Giving them 3 k beaters seems bad but giving then an ashen seems better as if they link summon with it it would get the effect right to pop all monsters on field meaning yubel then becomes terror incarnate or ultimate. And its an additional super poly target unlike geiss, (geiss is okay but it should have the option to summon to either sidde of the field when a yubel monster is special summoned).

[@ryuhayabusa6651]

I feel like we say the same thing on every tcg exclusiv 😂

[@SaHa0v0]

Why did they print a worse exiled force and forbidden chalice...

[@Gen0sins]

Today I learned about runick ashened.

[@wylfred]

They should've done a darklords and let other maindeck monsters pay something for cost and activating ashened spell/traps from the grave.

[@dpacula63]

It’s Konami. I’m not shocked.

[@aviatinggamer9051]

I think they should’ve gotten their own version of albaz

[@hoshi314]

DNA surgery and Super Polymerization is...... A more appealing option here

[@autobotstarscream765]

DNA Surgery is basically a floodgate in modern Yu-Gi-Oh! 😂

[@RGARDL]

Rekindling is Not that , allowes you to run 3 Allure of Darkness without being sorry for banishing a monster thats a 1 off in a deck on a first turn

[@Ragnarok540]

Who would win between the recent TCG exclusives, Ashened or Tistina?

[@MiyaoMeow588]

Ashened clears like 9:1

[@malfeasancewithornament7573]

ashened solos no diff

[@cheekyklaude3366]

It should have been a quick play fusion spell would've been a pretty strong card

[@imlaw5395]

4:24 that random chatter has a point she probably could KEKW. i love how cool all the artworks are especially for a souls game enjoyer like me but why make the deck unplayable, atleast make it rouge or something

[@shialecuck4149]

We calling them Asshened now

[@CuttingEdges]

Imagine being an OCG player and having the pleasure and excitement of looking forward to TCG imports. Top Tip: You've got to have a very good imagination.

[@whatthe6871]

I want the Dark Souls Archetype to be a least decent.

[@Shortprinted]

I thought he said the deck will get 2 waves of support is this not the first wave

[@darkstormer6758]

Bro there’s albaz the ashen, are the ashened albaz lore??

[@zweis]

I can't say too much on this, but I know a guy who works in the card design field and apparently Ashened's initial stage was actually a fairly complete arctype but due to reasons it was toned down to not be a meta contender. Spearhead's effect was initially planned to be: "(Quick Effect): If your opponent controls a monster with 2800 or more attack you can discard this card from your hand, and if you do, target 1 Pyro monster your opponent controls; return that monster to the hand" but as I said due to certain reasons a lot of effects were reworked.

[@justice8718]

Amazing. They’ve made the cards become so bad, the TCG demanded that the cards should be AI generated to flip off the OCG. What a beautiful relationship made in heaven.

[@LemonCookies]

When ocg tistina support to save it. 😢

[@SyntaxOverflow]

Can this deck FTK with Blaze Fenix lol

[@trmu6729]

Now give it a Link 1

[@MoodyKev]

Dope card design but lacks gameplay, unfortunate...

[@alicepbg2042]

Guess that is why pompei got destroyed...

[@Pallabon1]

SUPAHEAD

[@mimik2098]

They managed to make a worse TCG exclusive than tistina, with each TCG exclusive we reach new lows in playability.. i just wish konami stopped printing TCG exclusives altogether at this point

[@MiyaoMeow588]

nah, there's a bunch of tistina cards that have no actual synergy with each other ashened has an actual cohesive end goal and it can do so with relative consistency

[@te-jay6058]

Ashened is quite a bit better than Tistina, but that is no big feat.

[@justmega9569]

> Ashened worse than Tistina What

[@Nephalem2002]

I think the OCG just doesn’t want the TCG having better shit from the get go anymore.

[@polabur7]

Very happy these arent amazing, I've been waiting momths for a cheap deck :))