In Defense of Trap Cards in Modern Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@bodkimalone]

*dzeef mentioning altergeists topping* Me:"he's self advertising"

[@ytmndman]

'Trap cards are not actually good enough to just win a game on their own' Last Turn: Hold my beer

[@ytmndman]

@@korsaiyajinkami3766 Judge then realizes it's a Traditional Format tournament

[@justacoupleofbumspodcast4635]

Lmao you havent been at the receiving end of a crack down at the start of the first turn

[@Michael_Dominic]

imperial order can def come close/

[@pabloramos1022]

Traps add the spice I need, the fear of attacking a monster not knowing if there is a mirror force, the thrill and the pain, the bluffs...

[@BS-gk2cb]

Altergeist poster boy defending trap cards? 🤔🤔🤔

[@skeltaldelegate5408]

Experience in playing trap-centric decks will reveal some good strategies that still work

[@Dourost]

nah

[@doufancyapickle]

“I hope he doesnt know I set my drivers license”

[@payne9682]

Blaze Accelerator Reload is a great example on how to make a great trap card. Having both a field and graveyard effect helps an archetype that needs it. Too bad, that it's been 5 years since that time. Day 193 of waiting for new Volcanic support to arrive

[@KyunaCookies]

The joke is beginning to get very very old I'm afraid

[@tylord96]

Arkyre 193 days old to be exact

[@themonoloco8245]

@@KyunaCookies he should never give up his hopes and dreams

[@jeronado2955]

@@KyunaCookies The lack of new Volcanic support is no joke

[@shiennohajime1495]

@@KyunaCookies hopefully they give Volcanic supports. Not because I care but because, then, this meme will die for good.

[@felipehernandez8884]

Dzeeff: why nobody plays dark bribe Also Dzeeff: maybe you should play dark bribe

[@ValVenusaur]

@@HunterStiles651 Konami finally throwing rogue a bone 🙏

[@suezuccati304]

🅱️erhaps

[@suezuccati304]

@@HunterStiles651 also wiretap exists.

[@suezuccati304]

@@HunterStiles651 but you'll be negating evenly and red reboot with it

[@ImaTroper]

@@HunterStiles651 So what you're saying is I should run dark bribe and solemn judgement at 3 each?

[@coldwintersknight9793]

Incoming "Commenters don't understand Trap cards" lol

[@jolan7765]

,, With no monsters in the field i summon dark magician and attack for game'' add played before the vid

[@tylerwylde4100]

I hate that ad

[@TJackson736]

Season 1 rules, boy!

[@tylerwylde4100]

Lol, indeed it is.

[@hopeforescape884]

its super cringy but i never understood why people said it was an ilegal play you can summon him off ov eternal soul or dark magic veil or something.

[@TJackson736]

@@hopeforescape884 If you look at the field, there is no spell or trap on his side of the field when Dark Magician is summoned. It is 100% season 1 rules where big boss monsters don't require tributes.

[@Logan-tz1ry]

OK so Dzeeff is highkey a Altergeist player. It's not lowkey anymore-

[@xxderpydougexx5113]

He couldn’t stop lol

[@giantl9196]

how can you make a video about trap cards and not mention trap trick

[@jay997]

Admittedly in-archetype searchable traps with good effects are pretty damn good. Salamangreat roar and rage, Orcustrated Crichendo, Cybernetic overflow, Infernity barrier etc.

[@torakandwolf6786]

A trap that I love playing on my zombies is Return of the Zombies. Very underrated trap that banishes a zombie monster on the field but at the cost of Special Summoning a zombie monster from the player’s GY who controlled the monster. By the way, the banishing is non targeting, just like Balerdroch.

[@antonbrown17]

I hate to say it but the card is actually too slow. It killed me to cut it from my zombie deck but it's been better ever since. Screw it, I'm throwing it back in there, it's just a fun card

[@deletedTestimony]

the part that gets me the most is when he starts talking about how face down cards are good because they're face down. biggest throwback to 2005 Yu-Gi-Oh I ever experienced, lol. wait till he flips over my magician of faith or *cyber jar* *or fiber jar*

[@themonoloco8245]

Magic cylinders are 2 good must be limited op op

[@303Thatoneguy]

Should’ve known someone would say that

[@ryancole6766]

This is a awesome video! I’m playing in my first regional tomorrow since coming back to the game. Before coming back I watched these videos. Now I’m going to a regional playing guru control. The very first video that started all of this was the why nobody plays the god cards. Thank you dzeeff! I wouldn’t of ever come back without that video.

[@s.toctopusn248]

handtraps have replaced trap cards

[@goncaloferreira6429]

and so the purity of the games origins are lost.

[@dhanyl2725]

Card design wise, I wish they'd just skip over the loli hand traps and go to stuffs like the tin promo cards instead

[@elijahdavila3684]

Which is bad because hand traps are significantly less interactable than trap cards and offer much less depth to the game. "Is the card he just set a trap that could get in my way or is it a bluff? And should I MST it?" is a lot more interesting and interactive than "Does my opponent have a hand trap in his opening 5? If he does I'm fucked."

[@goncaloferreira6429]

@@elijahdavila3684 they are not so different imo. on the field or in the hand they will have the same effect and the other player always has incomplete information on what the opponent has or not. Mst is an answer to a threath the same way a hand trap can be an answer to another hand trap. it is just a matter of deciding a direction for the game.

[@elijahdavila3684]

@@goncaloferreira6429 Most hand traps aren't answers to each other. Out of the most popular hand traps, none of the ghost girls or Droll or Impermanence interact with each other and a limited number of these interact with hand traps like Phantazmay. Yes both traps and hand traps give the player opposite to then limited information, that is half the purpose of cards like these. But whereas traps give a clear message that your opponent has some form of interaction and you have the opportunity to discern what is is based on the meta and boardstate and either play around it or remove it beforehand, hand traps have little to no tells if they are even in your opponent's hand and little interaction to them other than wasting CA trying to bait one out.

[@suezuccati304]

monster negates: your opponent loses a card, you keep a body on the field trap cards: your opponent loses a card, you lose a card and if you dont have other cards you will not keep pushing forward

[@Byakurenfan]

Continuous traps.

[@suezuccati304]

@shadowdraqon ^this

[@suezuccati304]

@@Byakurenfan it really depends, floodgates are passive cards, for example

[@anthonymorgan5822]

Me and my SO have thought for a while that it would be really cool if Hand Traps became a proper thing; but were actual traps like in the case of Infinite Impermanence which can be activated from the hand in certain circumstances and have different effects when set on the field first. They could even have a little hand symbol in the top right where the continuous or counter trap symbols would be.

[@BmanTheChamp]

I wish that were a thing, only I'd add that the hand would have the middle finger up

[@mataznuiz]

You should consider remastering your trap monster deck profile. It was the first video I saw on your channel!

[@8bitdiedie]

Bunch Berge Yes! I have a huge soft spot for Trap monsters because of Odion in the anime and I wish we got a lot more of them. I really have to thank Dzeef for letting me learn how to play Paleozoics since they actually function pretty decently with some of Odion’s cards like Temple of Kings/Serket.

[@vparsa87]

One of the best trap cards to me will always be phantom knights fog blade. It’s searchable but also it has grave uses for the decks that play phantom knights.

[@Marcusjnmc]

cards in hand '.' the best unknown, though they lack the spell speed of a countertrap & usually impact of a good trap

[@alAnDaaVID]

I really like these essays about your understandment of the game. You're becoming more and more my favorite yugituber.

[@misterlinux9290]

In defense of traps: Its an artistic choice

[@RedEye2025]

Wait, play dark bribe? Guys, I think he finally gone insane.

[@RomeoBarnes]

No dark bribe is very good in a deck that needs to protect its traps. It would be bad in something like paleo where you just chain your traps to create advantage but it’s very good in something like altergiest who want specific timing for their traps.

[@JoelBurger]

Dark Bribe is a staple sideboard card for stuff like True Dracos and Paleozoics, and was a mainboard card for Mystic Mine since you needed to protect your Metaverses at all cost.

[@LesGrosPiedsDeDeejay]

You should use it as a red reboot I think. You must win or you get fucked

[@cmd1095]

My favorite thing about traps is that my old machine fortress deck had so many that now my little brother can be intimidated away from attacking me by playing literally anything facedown, even if I’m using a different deck. It’s hilarious

[@silentobserver888]

All hail Dzeef the god of altergiest and king of trap cards! May his wisdom lead all trap players to promised lands and victory in battle with the hordes of degenerate combo decks!

[@bodkimalone]

Against*

[@footofgod]

I think it would be interesting to see more general purpose trap cards that have a decent activate, but an even better destroy/remove trigger, or conditional negate protection. It would be a balancing act, for sure. There just need to be more reasons for people to double-think if they should nuke your backrow or question if they're really safe. You only need a touch of general purpose, but hard to stop and get rid of to be able to bluff and sneak in the stronger traps... because the fear of removing the wrong thing. Definitely makes it all feel dicier, even with board wipe, negate powerhouses.

[@171xlr]

Konami TCG after watching this video: "Lets unban Feather's Dust now"

[@RomeoBarnes]

Every trap player just plays dark bribe we still good. And no the draw doesn’t matter because you only stop key combo cards aka soul charge or limited cards. Feather Duster is a limited card.

[@loganvonstrangle]

Solemn strike is my new favorite trap. Back in the day I really loved mirror force and magic cylinder.

[@skeltaldelegate5408]

Got into Traptrix a few months ago and building Altergeists now.

[@matty9460]

Do you think reckless greed without the restriction would be played? Literally pot of greed but a trap, or would even that be too slow?

[@TeilzeitFex]

It was played in many paleo builds

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@TeilzeitFex I still see it in Paleo Frog (now with Marincess.) They just chain 2 of them at the same time.

[@peteryanes9339]

Yes it will be I known because I play years ago I was playing spell books n if u know spellbook had one spell that said if u had a spell book in your gy add to the bottom of the deck darw one card on your standby so u use reckless at the end of your oppend turn then on your u can use that spell card n then draw to really u never skip it. U can do it with kozmo too because their filnd card to

[@dylanpappas-8888]

Dzeef is such a feel good channel it's just like dzeef saying "I'll give it the benefit of the doubt"

[@antonbrown17]

The one benefit of traps falling of favor is not having to worry about battle traps. I used to play so scared around set spells/traps but these days you can blindly swing on back row without being punished. Feels pretty good

[@myheroandmadaralover2372]

kind why i love topologic trishbnia as it a beat hevy storm

[@elijahdavila3684]

That's a bad thing, honestly. Having to make hard decisions is the mark of a good game.

[@myheroandmadaralover2372]

@@elijahdavila3684 the fact it heavy storm and cosmic cyclone in one that makes a lot deck hate it

[@GordieKat]

Almost like the game was designed that way.

[@AttP907]

I’ll be honest traps are my favorite card type in the game. If I ever get back into Yugioh I’d absolutely run a trap deck. Tiki Soul Beatdown?

[@redactedsomeone2727]

Kunai with chain and metalmorph are a staple in all my decks

[@ThatsSoGiorgio]

I have a friend who banished or destroys my back row so 90% of the cards I set in the back are cards that will be activated in response to their destruction. I don’t set anything that won’t start my combo if they are destroyed. I don’t keep mirror forces sitting around. Anything I play will be a activated during their turn or will be activated on my next main phase.

[@thebrandonrobert5693]

In defence of NOTHING. I will use Jar of Greed in all of my decks and that is FINAL.

[@christianpanko6086]

If you want to play a trap deck I highly reccomend traptrix. It can be played in it's pure form or you can mix it with other engines like mekk knights, frog/paleos and artifacts and have a cheap competitive deck that will actually reward you for playing traps (thanks sera) and can main deck outs to common cards like redreboot (atrax).

[@scythermantis]

The best counter to trap destruction: *WAKING THE DRAGON* Exterio, here I come!

[@mrevilducky]

Only certain decks can use traps effectively in 2k19, specially against the meta. True Draco, Altergeist, and Paleo are some of the few. Unless of course you count archetype specific traps like Rage, Crescendo, Divine Strike

[@josephcourtright8071]

Everyone is worried about trap destruction. But what about traps that when targeted can always be activated immediately? Take Karma Cut. Its gets targeted by Twin Twisters, so you immediately flip the card over and banish a monster. Yes you have to discard a card, so its a two card cost, but your opponent also played two cards. And you can use it as a makeshift foolish barrier.

[@LE-1]

Really amazing and insightful video. As someone who’s favored combo their whole time as a player, but is now seeking to invest some time in control, this video was really what I wanted to watch. Do you think you could have some sort of follow up on the matter?

[@AmericanBadass-ke7yx]

If dzeeff doesn’t have the best thumbnails idk who does

[@crusixangel9513]

Even though its super casual, i still love playing counter trap fairies.

[@phillipwhite7850]

Thanks Dzeef. This was great.

[@Weasel_Face333]

And that's one of the pluses about Duel Links! You can just focus on PVE when it's a tough format for your favorite rouge deck, and jump online more when it's a good climate to use it. 6k gems and 200 duel orbs is a nice payoff if I do say so myself.

[@Sammy102093]

I was thinking of a completely different type of trap

[@simonrobertson8066]

I picked up altergeist after you topped the uds after just hating how my orcust deck has been playing the last few weeks

[@goncaloferreira6429]

some thoughts: 1-for some of this video trap are defined as negations. that is greatly limiting the variety of traps there is. with that said, yugioh is increasingly becoming a game of all or nothing, where if a player stumbles for a turn(doesnt have an answer right away) the often ends. Negation has too much importance in such a game. 2- the game should not put such defining weigh to going first or second, something that ends up limiting players deckbuilding choices even further. 3- if one of the appeals of using trap cards is playing mind tricks with your oponent, how is using hand traps(or spell cards with the same effects) any different or better?

[@mfdmwells5104]

1. There are plenty of good Traps that aren't negates like Crackdown and Rivalry, it's just that ones that don't interfere with your opponent are basically a dead weight. Hence why no-one is playing Call of the Haunted or its equivalents. Same thing happens with monsters in combo decks: any monster you end on without an interrupt isn't helping your deck. It's interrupts in general that define the game, not just negation. And Traps ensure interrupts are built into the very fabric of the game. 2. This happens in every game to some extent or another. In the Pokémon TCG if you're planning on going second you should avoid slow Evolutions and high-energy attacks, and probably play more "board-break" cards for attacking your opponent's setup like Guzma and Enhanced Hammer. Not building your deck to go first or second takes away a huge advantage you have when you win the die roll/coin toss/RPS. Even in chess, White wins 2 to every Black win in competitive chess because White gets to go first, and this MASSIVELY affects the strategy of both players. White openings in chess tend to be aggressive to try and consolidate the advantage of the first move, while Black openings tend to be more defensive or counter-attacking. I could go on and on, but in short, any time you have a turn based game and one player gets to go first, someone has an advantage. 3. Spells can't be used in response to opposing cards unless they are Quick-play, which is what makes Quick-Play Spells so strong (see: Sky Striker). However, these cards and handtraps are generally weaker than Traps (compare Heavy Storm Duster and Twi-Twi). So the advantage of Traps is they are generally much stronger, and resolving a lot of Traps will win you many games.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

@@mfdmwells5104 1-we used different terminology but again i say, interrupts have too big a role in modern yugioh 2- the pokemon comparison isnt very good. true,some decks prefertogo second(control/stall decks) but they are not built specifically to go second. Also,unlike Magic and pokemon there is no side deck and sideboarding so after the first game players dont make changes to their decks due to going first or second on subsequent games. In chest 1st or second can change your playstyle but not your pieces(cards) 3- that is precisely my point. trap cards, the few that are played, could be printed as quick play spells. nothing stops them from doing so and raising their power level if needed.

[@mfdmwells5104]

@@goncaloferreira6429 1. Interrupts have ALWAYS had a HUGE role in yugioh. The very existence of Traps that aren't battle traps proves that. 2. The point still stands. Any time you have a turn based game and one player gets to go first, someone has an advantage. In some older formats this meant going second because having the first attack/chance to OTK was important. ATM it's going first. And yugioh's speed inevitably means that a small advantage can be rapidly converted to a large one. There's no side in Pokémon, but all that means is the tech options are all in the maindeck instead. And while you can't build going-first/going-second general goodstuff in Pokémon, your deck will very much dictate whether you choose to go first or second. You don't build to go second, your deck just naturally needs to go second (see: Night March) or first (see: pre-Wally ban Trev). 3. Doing that breaks a core mechanic of the game: the existence of Traps. They can do that, but only by basically throwing their core mechanics out the window. There always will be Traps in yugioh and nothing will change that. Whether the majority of decks are playing them is another issue entirely.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

@@mfdmwells5104 it seems i cannot explain myself properly today. 1- how do you define interrups then? 2- i have seen lot of yugioh games that end turn 2- player concedes because cant break opponent board - or 3 beacuse the player going first otks. this doesnt happen in anny other game i am familiar with. going first or second, in conjunctionwith the opponing hand) define lots of games of yugioh. Fair points on pokemon 3- that is my point.decks these day play very few trap cards if any at all. of course they wont erradicate them but in terms of effect they might as well do because other card type could(and do) have the same effects.

[@mfdmwells5104]

@@goncaloferreira6429 1. An interrupt is any Quick Effect (speed speed 2 or 3) that can affect (directly or indirectly) the opposing cards during the Main Phase, with the intention of preventing the opposing player carrying out their gameplan. Some older examples of this include Solemn Judgement, Torrential Tribute, the Trap Holes and Compulsory Evacuation Device. Interrupts have always been a core mechanic of yugioh. 2. Yugioh has always been a fast game. Demise/Doom OTK in 2007. DAD Return OTK in 2008. Wind-Ups in 2012/early 2013. Even really old examples like Yata lock can be executed frighteningly fast. Yugioh always has had massive combo decks, and while it is true that RN the balance is in favour of the person going first, there have been many points in Yugioh's history where going second was at a large advantage. It just depends on what is the meta. If Borrelsword Turbo OTK becomes the meta, then going second will become advantageous, both to OTK and prevent yourself being OTKed. 3. Konmai has not made a rule forcing us to play Traps. People always used to play Traps because they were the easiest means of having interrupts. Now they have a lot of competition in that department, so old venerables like Torrential are having to be put aside in favour of better and better ones to try and keep pace with the rest of the game. And if Konmai doesn't print any good Trap cards and prints better Monster and Spell cards, naturally people aren't going to play Traps. However, the flipside to this is cards like Imperm which is a staple 3-of, and Side Decks with several very powerful Traps in them like Artifact Sanctum to help going first. There are still plenty of Traps in the game, it's just that competition has forced all but the most powerful to take a backseat. And for why you would play traps nowadays, see the video.

[@deviancepurplehaze6045]

Since people tend to forget about tributed summon so I play 3 Quaking Mirror Force nowadays. Dead board with no easy wau to clear out.

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

I still like to try and play Solemn brigade.

[@freyathedragon899]

I love Uria decks, and while they may suck to some people, Solemn Judgment helps. Also, I know this sucks too, but Curse of Darkness helps me limit the amount of Spells people play, even tho LP isn’t much of a vital resource anymore, cuz people will play 8 or so spells in one turn and Curse deals 1000 damage for every spell they play, I thought it was a good idea sorry

[@Nisimono_Goso]

You need monsters. Me- I play 6 monsters in my searing flames trap turbo.

[@rutbencruz7776]

I fell like he made this video just to jursdict why he play a lot of traps in altergist

[@MJ-2797]

just play nurse burn and chain on draw phase kids

[@3rdfitzgerald]

Want to MATA (Make Traps Good Again)? Make them float. Let some active from hand and other immediately +1 without a cost.

[@Swolelax]

I feel like people give too much weight to hand traps in the discussion of normal traps. Hand traps haven’t replaced trap cards, instead they have changed the design of future trap cards

[@goncaloferreira6429]

how?

[@Belllcross]

I want more counter fairy support, maybe more counter traps that activate in hand.

[@TeilzeitFex]

No just no.....

[@YohananYGO]

I want a solemn judgment that can be activated in hand :')

[@cnssegura]

This is valid till Jinzo comes back to being a thing (obviously, a good updated version of a deck using it)...

[@jkromes20]

Games too fast now. As soon as people started doing their full combo consistently turn 1 or three then trap cards died. Bottomless was at 1 for a while. It used to take a but to get all your combos going. Different game now. Still enjoy it but in the back of my head i want bottomless, strike, torrential, mirror force, to still be good. Who remembers old deck profiles where 10 of the cards they would just go "staple, staple" lol especially traps

[@antonbrown17]

I remember the first time I dueled someone using mirror force, I thought it was the most broken card every invented. Now I can't even stop myself from laughing when I see people using it. The game is so different it's jarring

[@LesGrosPiedsDeDeejay]

Remember when trap paralyser was good

[@jkromes20]

@@LesGrosPiedsDeDeejay what?

[@LillLizzert]

@@LesGrosPiedsDeDeejay When I still played Jurracs, trap stun was my goto against negations and especially Mirror Force.

[@darkpaw1522]

Konami is terrible at balance. Traps are supposed to be more powerful for the added risk and wait time. Doesn't help most archetypes either come with few spell/trap (see new Fortune Lady support ) or their trap line up is terrible (see Dinosaur traps). I don't know why Konami is afraid of making a broken trap. Compared to negate boards of monster effexts and auto-advantage spells, is more powerful good traps really that bad?

[@Baioue]

a handtrap that lets you play trap cards from the hand for a turn could be cool. or maybe too broken?

[@caleb8980]

As Makyura the Destroyer is banned even though it is harder to use than a handtrap I think that one would be too busted. ;-)

[@Baioue]

@@caleb8980 i feel like that was something to do with some sort of loop tho. I think it wouldn't be the same if the hand trap was only on the opponents turn

[@afroman5160]

I only play 5 traps in my dino world Ultimate conductor. But not a completive player. Want too check out locals though.

[@vparsa87]

Personally I prefer to play trap/control decks. Your brick hands are not as punishing compared to when you open a one of you want in your deck for a combo deck.

[@harrywang4769]

this from the guy who's duel links stream description literally says he doesn't believe in trap cards

[@Cortanarama]

Crazy to think a third of the game is rarely played nowadays even though the memes are still prevalent.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

Got it, run a deck of 40 Magical Cylinders, you can't lose!

[@giannispapakrivopoulos5455]

A wild... Red Reboot appears.

[@asmylia9880]

Jinzo wants a word with you

[@TheNinjaOfChrist]

I love trap cards and will always have 8 to 10 I use odd eyes pendulum magician and I love catching my opponent off guard when they don't use traps are have alot

[@TheNinjaOfChrist]

Plus pendulum are also magic cards so in a way I still have alot of magic lol

[@GleamingGarmore]

"Maybe you should play Dark Bribe" WHAT?

[@tommyfaust85]

Not what he said

[@noukan42]

@@tommyfaust85 it was used in mystic mine decks lol

[@tommyfaust85]

@@noukan42 still is not what he said

[@enyolstable]

Hot take: All trap cards should be hand traps

[@mwagaha3343]

back here and eldlich is meta

[@kenjineos1059]

Vrains is over, may be the new 20 anniversary anime will show us the return of Yugi Muto...

[@Matthew-bm7xh]

The 20th anniversary show was Arc-v

[@kiertangaming7610]

They revealed the new anime will feature characters from all the seasons of Yugioh, which characters we're not sure but it'll be a big crossover anime

[@Matthew-bm7xh]

@@kiertangaming7610 source or it's not true

[@GigaSeadramon]

I love traps ;)

[@mwagaha3343]

paleos but quick play?

[@Nexit1337]

why would you play a trap card when there is always a spell that does +2 instead with the SAME effect? this is why traps fell behind, konami added spells with too strong effects, even while in the grave they have effects

[@YohananYGO]

I want some mentions

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@YohananYGO The Cubic Archetype. That is mostly it.

[@YohananYGO]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 lol

[@Nexit1337]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 shh dont tell them or someone's gonna actually play that deck

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@Nexit1337 It got some tops a while ago as an OTK deck. Probably could again if anyone actually did play it since no one knows what to negate.

[@Kumanitan]

magic cylinder op

[@snowboundwhale6860]

tl;dr: Traps are called traps for a reason- you need to think of them as you would an irl trap. what is the trap for/ what does it need to do/ be capable of withstanding etc.

[@mannythelazyguy6529]

Commenters dont understand dzeef

[@RenniganEagle]

I still use solemn trap cards lmao

[@M0r7r3d0r]

In trap of defense cards

[@polb.9201]

"It definitely sucks that trap cards have to deal with so many cards". We actually need more cards to deal with them LOL. We need Storm or Feather back.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

??

[@nxamaterasu]

A l t e r g e i s t

[@WhoStoleMyNachos]

Commentators don’t understand trap cards.

[@CidAghast]

Old man who hasnt played since Goat format here if no one is playing traps, and im guessing continuous spells and non necrovally field spells are still not a thing, and quickplay spells are also not as much a thing Why is anyone playing backrow disruption? wouldnt traps be like an anti meta call that folks just arnt prepared for? Or do cards just have anti backrow effects built in and the trap hate is kinda incidental like.... idk Stratos?

[@Dzeeff]

It's kind of hard to explain it without getting into too much detail, but Continuous Spells, Quickplay Spells, and Field Spells are all very popular right now.

[@tylerwylde4100]

I love my True Draco deck, with the existence of triple Judgement I feel like I am a lot safer from twin/reboot/evenly

[@SoftwareNeos]

No

[@TheTrueSavior]

You don’t see me making a 9 minute video complaining about you not doing more meme review Should I?

[@danilolopez9203]

I know that it does metter but My main deck in duel links are basically all trap exept for 1 earthbound immortal 2 witch rider, 2 fortress warrior and 2 wetlands for my paleozoic cards xD

[@N3XTREVOLUTION]

Traps just arent fun to play against though...

[@iSunshine1337]

Negates too. But they all are part of Yugioh

[@noukan42]

I disagree, at least they were when the game was not powercrept so hard. Like, you know how many of them your opponent have. Usually you know which traps are played, so it's just about understating wich action is risky and when to take said risk. Botgomless for example is a card that encourage mind games because one player try to bait it while the other try to hit the right monster whit it. Obviously when the traps are like evenly match it became just frustrating.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

and why is that?

[@diamondsandgold1993]

Idk why everyone brings up Red Reboot like it's a good card.

[@pepenaman]

Silly Yugituber, you can't defend Trap cards in YGO cause they can't go into defense position.

[@onilrodriguez5536]

Laughs in Shade Brigadine :v

[@moviegeek8981]

Like comment if you want Harpie's Feather Duster back in the game! Seriously this card can come to 1 and be a main deck staple again.

[@plzcme434]

Dzeeff, just look at the current meta. There is a reason why trap cards aren't played much right now. Why even making this video?

[@madokakaname5895]

First