INFINITE COSMIC POWER...But At What Cost? [Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetypes Explained: Entity]

[@nightmarearcade2663]

I always had the idea that the main deck is supposed to represent earth the normal world while the extra deck is supposed to represent the unexplainable land these incomprehensible entities reside in. If it was intentional I gotta say it was a really nice touch.

[@gamerwolffang2722]

Elder being the oldest extra deck method, Old since synchros always referenced Mayan or Aztec culture (from 5ds at least), and Outer since the Xyz where always Cosmo related, that's how I see it

[@jakethereaper2060]

@@gamerwolffang2722 hmm so maybe make the main deck entity monsters the cultists who worship them? maybe name them after Latin stuff

[@nav3346]

​@@jakethereaper2060Ooo, and the gimmik could be you pay life points and tribute monsters or spell/traps to summon the Extra deck monsters. Like making a sacrifice of your life force. And tribute cards to get extra effects like Rikka's! Main deck monsters could tribute face-up cards to special summon monsters from the Graveyard or hand, or banish cards from the hand to Special Summon Entity cards. Gonna make "Soul Exchange" a staple for sure👍 🌌👾🌌

[@maxritch7955]

What if there was a sub archetype that was meant to play with the entities like "cultists"?

[@spyro2002]

I think they really hit the spot with these, their statistics and effects look about as incomprehensible as the creatures they're based on, yet eventually all of them have found a peculiar unexpected use somewhere, 2 to the point of being banned. So it's as if these creatures where always powerful, but our pathetic human brains could not yet comprehend how.

[@Neon-yj9xw]

Our eyes have yet to open

[@masterblasterT47]

Another Easter Egg in the art of Dark Contract With The Entities: the torn page has the same layout as the character sheets from the Call Of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game. A neat little reference of the if you know you know variety.

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

That's legit super cool, I had no idea!

[@EthanKironus8067]

​​@@GoldenNovaYugiohA Lovecraft video from you would be something, but in the meantime OverlySarcasticProductions has a really good video on the guy that uses some of his stories as illustrative examples of the issues involved. It's a Halloween episode too. P.S. What does "The key is three letters" even mean?

[@mill_ania]

Ngl, having proper Entity supports would be extremely scary, if we seeing how new cards are being made nowadays? Imagine Level 2s that can easily make Generic Synchro 4s, easy access to Hastor and N'tss properly, and if somehow Azatoth get unbanned, EVEN with errata on how to activate its floodgate effect, when these supports came. Not to mention maybe even newer ED monsters that have nastier effects, or Spell Trap cards that actually matters.

[@eshasunrise]

I love that the Outer Entities and the Trapezohedron have MTG style art, given they're supposed to be powerful beings from distant worlds.

[@kevenrules]

As someone who spent 4 months before a qualfier tournament building a elder entity deck after i found azathot in my spares, i want him un banned just make his effect where he needs to be overlayed on and elder card and it takes out 95% of the unfairness. I worked so hard on this deck. Sampleing it in one of the games making those edits to the real life decks to try against my friends. Getting it absolutely perfect and that is saying something as a person who till this day still refuses to use synchros. About a week or 2 before the KY tournament it gets banned because of a card i wasnt even using in my deck. I still to this day say ban the phantom knight rank up, they have 2( if not more since then) having the problematic card banned takes away most of the problem along with my previous suggestion. I was mad and trolled Krawlers went 3-5 because no one knew how to combat them because every yugi tuber said they were trash and not to use them. The losses were mostly by scooping because by the time duel 3 came around my friends were being all whiny and wanting to leave because they lost all their games. So thats why i drive separately now too lol

[@cosmo_cat64]

I just love the idea of a deck based on eldritch horrors beyond my comprehension! I legit would love a full main deck for these guys, but I love using N'Tss in my ritual decks to use as extra spot removal

[@cbdrawer9527]

Fun Fact: DSoD Bakura has voice lines for the Outer Entity monsters in Duel Links. Its a really nice touch.

[@bramgrootveld7846]

I instantly thought of some names for the other extra dex entities: Pendulum: paralel entity Link: Virtual entity and the main deck monster could be called entity servant although I dont know enough lovecraftian lore for any specific names, any one got suggestions?

[@camdenthompson4307]

ok, I don't know if adding more summoning styles would be a good idea, I do feel as though its good with just the main three. however, I would like there to be more cards, especially with how it is as for names, I know a tiny bit, but I'm not an expert. Cthulhu: literally needs no explanation, I could see him being an elder entity since the other 2 have water backgrounds Yosogoth: weird blob thing with arms, as for type; probably old entity I know that there are like 2 others, one being from insmyoth and another being a Lovecraft story based around a goddamn air conditioner (yes that's real), but I don't know their names

[@gamerwolffang2722]

I was thinking Link be "New Entities" or "Dawnbreak Entities"

[@PhantomHunter8122]

The main deck monster could be called Servants, Followers, Sacrifices, you know things related to dark ritual and sacrifices

[@luminumbreon3939]

scapeghost is a good way to get out the old entities

[@JonBc14]

I've always wished for a full on deck with these guys

[@walterlopez5054]

be nice to see this set of cards get some more love. maybe some links or pendulums? if the deck ever gets main deck monsters, they could be based on the non-godlike monsters of the lovecraft mythos. Shoggoths, Nightgaunts, Bholes, Innsmouth Fishmen, Pickman's Model, etc.

[@gManGabe]

Love the fact that these aren't an archetype. The player making contracts with outer gods to borrow their power is a straight-up Lovecraftian plot!

[@gamerwolffang2722]

I would love to learn more about how the Entities are related to the Different Dimension Demons, are they related on the Cosmo level or multiversal way

[@takerofnaps]

Nice music you got for this video! The zero escape series is a goldmine of great songs for videos like this

[@drakofox1362]

FIRST!!!! and my favorite Lovecraftian archetype ever wish they made more for this archetype like maybe main deck monsters that represents us humans

[@OrpheusSpyros5]

I fully agree. I even made some Custom cards for them. You had to toss a card from hand to change them to Fusion, XYZ or Synchro type monster. I based their names off of the stereotypes that were in the Lovecraft books...

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

This archetype makes you wonder "how could they even give support to this?" The only way i can think of is to give it spell / trap support that lets you summon level 2 / 4 monsters from hand/deck/GY so you can somehow summon the entities. probably limiting the main deck monsters to normal monsters, otherwise spright suddenly make the achetype busted beyond belief That or fully commit to the inspiration and make more extra deck monsters (that theorically would make it easier to summon the already printed entities), that make it even harder to play all of them in a single deck (like the earthbound immortals) And even then, the elephant in the room needs to be addressed: what references would you make in the artwork? what would you look for in the source material?

[@fearthychicken4175]

I used old entity hastorr in windwitch to send it to the GY when summoning diamond bell to then use the effect of diamond bell destroying the equiped hastorr to steal a monster. Not very good nor consistent but it was hilarious to do.

[@yepyep86]

That opening fucking rip headphone users Ouch.

[@benthetakodachi8445]

I occasionally played hastorr in speedroid, it adds the utility to prevent or force an interaction while synchro climbing going second and if it sticks you can destroy it with baronne to steal the monster it was equipped to. It wasn't the best, but it added a unique and interesting tool to your extra.

[@linksstruepower7443]

This is the third time I've watch a video explaining this archetype and every single one makes an edit that makes you think something is wrong.

[@hardcoregamer9878]

0:59 has anyone deciphered this yet

[@23gameoverlord]

I gotta say I don't really care about these cards, sure they are cool, but that's it. They just seem to be here for merely style points and reference. And pretty much 2/3 of this archetype are not really worth mentioning when it comes to actually playing. I think what Konami should've done is this: have main deck monsters that are primarily Lv 4, some being 3 or 5, all spellcasters and work as basically cannon fodder for summoning these guys, and have spell & trap cards act like mission cards that helps them become more threatening cards the longer they are on the field, and help recycle your main deck monsters to keep giving the extra deck cards fuel and more bonus effects.

[@neogotham2k39]

That's a great way to start for October!

[@zyairrbissoon]

I’m assuming the baggage you’re talking about is H.P. Lovecraft being notoriously racist, classist, among other prejudices and didn’t understand things like air conditioning and the invisible light spectrum and wrote horror stories about them? He was a funny guy 😭

[@natsu330]

Had a thing for pet names too.

[@tomaja7719]

And lacking the constitution for math and freaking out because he learned he had Welsh ancestry.

[@Thestar17x]

Also, this is the first Korean archetype the second being Burggestoma

[@qwefg3]

Would have loved an outer entity deck.

[@ceastin4935]

Every time you make a homestuck reference it hits me in the gut, especially since I’m currently in the process of reading it so I can catch the references

[@marcroeffen4701]

I used hastorr as a easy to summon lvl 4 synchro in a past quasar deck of mine, and it annoyed people i used it against. Its not the best usage but its there and using it quasar also means being send to the grave for its effect but that was before a time i was able to bring out quasar, blazar and sifr in the same deck cause powercreep

[@samwill7259]

Good thing they never made a monster based on Lovecraft's love of cats...

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

14:53 The cards that are just visual references to the Entities 16:00 I am pretty sure the only deck that could theorically make use of all entities (assuming they are all UNBANNED), and actually summon them, would be a weird spright / melffy / lunalight combo abomination (melffy to summon the synchro level 4, that uses the lunalight black sheep to search polymerization and some rank 4 xyz, and spright to gather the level 2 and xyz materials). That or a Zoodiac deck that tries to fit the melffy And even then those wouldn't probably be good decks

[@Lunaraia]

The funny thing is, with the BS currently running amok, the Entities wouldn't really do anything to broken XD

[@Beelcifer6076]

I want Support for this archtype maybe Maindeck monsters

[@drakofox1362]

We thought of the same thing

[@ERROR_-xv2df]

Bro if most of the entitie archetype monsters weren’t banned I’d play the deck

[@Kuronosa]

During the first N/R event in Master Duel, I actually used Cthugua to remove an entire board of Rank 4s...I had actually forgotten that part of the effect, and was just looking to go into a Rank 4 myself....that saved me in the end...

[@JasonBA96]

2:56 Bro you should've get paid for that joke

[@darryljack6612]

I cant wait for the most horrific of them all, The Omni negate generic Link 4 - "Love Craft's Cat's Name"

[@dreadking1]

I don’t think people ask this enough but what is everyone’s a.I. deck from vrains

[@duke3327]

I remember an AI deck using hastorr with daigusto sphreez

[@rasmusdegn9690]

Honestly i actually don't mind the idea of having the entity cards as silly tech-picks scattered across a bunch of different decks. It adds a fun emergent element of whatever archetype you're playing suddenly revealing themselves to be cultists of whichever entity's in there.

[@We3dCraftLP]

Could Norden be unbanned if it would get the once by turn AND the Elemental hero treatment "can only besummoned using the Named materials"? Would this help?

[@staticvoid7274]

please get into the lovecraftian lore i would love that

[@michaelleyroy9701]

I really wish I could play this deck

[@gaymare6236]

Honestly, I wish all cards like Azathot (Kali Yuga, King Calamity, etc.) would get an erata locking down effects on your turn specifically, because I can't think of any benefit the ability to prevent your opponent from playing would have on the game.

[@calich33sehead]

Are there other Lovecraft stories from which Konami can create Entity monsters?

[@Sta_cotto]

I sorely wish N'Tss only activated its pop effect when sent from the field to the grave.

[@brandol75]

just errata norden to fusion summon and have it a hard once per turn and launch's targeted monster to be a phantom knights monster with the summoning of a phantom knights or an xyz dimension dragon (xyz dragon, rebellion dragon, whatever) and both are good to come back.

[@teamsnowrabbit6386]

The trapezohedron is from The Haunter of the Dark

[@joeywarren60]

I seriously wanna see D/D. After all, what's more terrifying than conquerers?

[@DetectiveBarricade]

Corporations with conquerors as the executives.

[@handan3786]

Another video about the entities would be enjoyable

[@seven121794]

Has anyone deciphered the message at 0:59. Or ran the static through a program that turns sounds into images? Where are our theorists?

[@GreatBigPillock]

I've solved it. The first place to look is the description.

[@absolutelynot615]

Omg... level and rank 4 because they are part of a Japanese game and 4 represents death there... or that was china... or both?

[@teamsnowrabbit6386]

We still don't have any Deep Ones, such as Cthulhu and the Dagon

[@ironicliar2029]

Wish they got a new boss monster just as cool but not broken

[@dakotadoyle7573]

I would play Dreamland in D/D/D

[@MrNone-d5s]

They need more support from cosmic horror!

[@snowboundwhale6860]

It always felt weird to me that the lovecraftian cosmic horror monsters are level/ ranks 4 & 5 due to still having notions from old yugioh where levels were supposed to be at least vaguely representative of "power" in a more abstracted/ lore sense; Monsters on average get higher stats at higher levels, Blue-Eyes was the pinnacle of strength for a monster for a while and was level 8, setting it apart from other strong signature monsters like Dark Magician, Red-Eyes, and Gaia all at level 7 (and Summoned Skull & Jinzo at level 6 even though they're level 7 in the manga), and who's finally matched for base stats by BLS, who is _also_ level 8. Then later the God Cards came out at level 10 and were lore-wise "the strongest known cards in existence" at the time. I get the game's changed a lot over the years and a card's level isn't really considered to be an indicator of how strong it's supposed to be anymore, and that's nice for all the low level strategies it allows for, but it does just feel off for cards like Azathot, who could reasonably have been a bizarre alt wincon card instead but dark hole no more isn't exactly inaccurate to Azathoth either as a being who ends the universe if they wake up because reality is actually just their dream. Rank 5 though, it feels like a purely mechanical decision. It does make them weird, but more in a "did the design team make a mistake?" way. That said, I'm of the belief the play would be using levels 1 & 3 for the syncro enabling side of the deck; Rather than pairing level 2s to make 4, matching 3 & 1 allows for Dreamlands to turn other level 3s into a level 4 on summon, which can then be overlayed with the level 4 syncro you control to make a rank 4. If your syncro was cthugua you'll get a draw from that, if you detach them they'll be a target in grave for norden to set up for azathot's board wipe or even summoning N'tyss if the xyz sticks around. Norden & Azathot are banned of course, but the idea's there.

[@thericeballman100]

Are we not talking about the backwards text at the start?😅😅

[@dragonmaster613]

1) he Unalive, 2) the only one created by his phobia is aptly named "the Black Man", 3) unlike 99.9% of racist scumbags, he was actually afraid of outsiders due to being a sheltered child (this is not justification, just a differentiation). So please do not be afraid to talk about his stuff, one can easily ignore the "Problematic" and enjoy. *C'thulu Fhtagn!*

[@CantSay-lk6np]

As a liberal, idgaf about the Love Craft drama. Please go over the LOREEEEE

[@KimFareseed]

The keys three letters? What?

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

Elder Entity N-word would be too powerful for this earth

[@picasso2559]

I also am a en *tity* man

[@nicholasjones8643]

I would like to point out that instant fusion can't be found on the standard list you can only find it in the unlimited list on Master Duel so they did ban it just not in all formats

[@SnowyDayINC]

SPOOKI

[@dakotadoyle7573]

#UnlocktheShock

[@Nothings_Shore]

You think azathot is bad lol have you played against kashtira shang ira😂 its horrible or ojamma which is still a full board lockout. 1 turn isn’t that bad especially when there are other cards that lock monster/card effects for the entire turn.

[@Fringewonder]

Never been this early.

[@РоманТимофеев-р3ф]

It's ani't anything like yugioh it's just like Demon from prophecy archetype

[@Solzer7]

hit

[@fadeddragon123]

Yay. More cringe jokes.