Joshua Schmidt Reacts to New Monster Reborn and Raika Archtype

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[@BezimiennyMarcel]

Raika is Joshuas worst nightmare, a link climbing plant archetype

[@cancerstinks1]

Not quite yet. Once it gets it’s version of Circular…THEN it’ll be his worst nightmare

[@kingexplosionmurder4631]

​@@cancerstinks1the level 1 plant in the corner 💀

[@chaotixthefox]

​@@kingexplosionmurder4631That's not a Circular.

[@canyouwavedash3298]

Which one, there's three of them @@kingexplosionmurder4631

[@RubenLeyva-uw4lf]

​@@chaotixthefox That's what Konami wants you to think

[@Ankastraa]

For anyone curious: I tested this engine out in Traptrix. Josh mentions 2 things here that stood out to me: A. it dies to nib B. it doesnt need a normal summon Traptrix right now is a fairly low ceiling deck that struggles with single handtraps such as ash, but is good at playing around nib, as we can make rafflesia on the 5th summon with virtually every hand in the game. This means that we can fascilitate the rafflesia+sera+1-2 set trapholes combo AND do this link 5 into the trap play ontop. What do we get from this? Usually the "ontop" plays in midrange trix would be smth like a parallel exceed to make a time thief redoer or pinguicula, very low to the ground. Instead of that we turn this into basically 4 pops (2 of the trap because we have an insect and plant link and 2 of the link) and a kashtira birth. In addition, we can actually use the level 4 as a free extender and traptrix is very desperate for tools to pick apart boards which this does. The grind game of these cards is also kinda insane, as every single turn you can summon back any raika via the spell, then shuffle it back for the link 2,3 or 5. Ontop of this, since we are insect/plant/reptile locked anyways, Aracnocampa is a legit free extender for the entire engine Now what is the synergy between these? and here it gets interesting. Besides the trap being okey at a baseline if we endup drawing it without having a raika combo (its always atleast a generic pop 1 card) we have a level 4 extender but whats more, traptrix can fairly easily fascilitate jasmin to summon the raika plant from deck. Not only this, but the level 3 raika being able to summon back any level 4 or lower, allows us to get additional traptrix monsters on board. This way we can combo from either fairly low traptrix count hands (like aracnocampa and this new raika circular) into a more normal traptrix board (with sera rafflesia) while fascilitating the link5, or we can combo from traptrix into this, while still making rafflesia on the way. I do want to note some things: We can now use the reptile therion technically which is an incredibly powerful card as it represents 2 bodies in 1, technically if you search borea lily (via jasmin or jasmin summon mardel etc.) you can get discollo, search the reptile, link borea off, summon reptile with borea. Use its effect summon borea, and now you have accessto a rank 8. Now this does require some bricks, so here a less cope play: If you have additional extenders you can make Benghalancer first, then link it off to go into the link 3 and link 5 plays, and at the end of your combo use for example sera (link 1) and the link 3 to summon back benghalancer. Realistic endboards i ended on have: Sera, rafflesia, link 5, raika trap, 1-2 set trap holes, Raika Birth. with this you not only have fairly serious setups for turn 1 but also alot of grind potential. And your booties are actually massive together with the spell, allowing you to deal alot of damage very quickly. Also reusing the link 2 every turn means you can basically get link 2 + link 5 back every single turn (and link 4 too if its in grave). Overall i feel like this can fix alot of traptrix issues, its inherent mega weakness of going second getsless obnoxious, it gets a higher ceiling combo that still allows it to play low to the ground, its consistency in its endboards goes up by alot. Now if you just replace exceed, the raika engine takes 8 slots for the combo and 1-2 for the trap so 9-10 slots in comparison to exceeds 3 slots, So we obviously have to think about deck ratios again. Extra deck also feels very tight and i am not sure yet what else to fit in there, as the link 2 has a turnwide lock meaning cards like S:P or rank 4 generics arent as accessible as in pure trix. But i am overall really looking forward to this archetypes release

[@GarethXL]

yeah the first thing that comes to mind when i read the first 3 cards before the link was how much traptrix going to pop off with this engine especially with the new quickplay blink out, the new cards fix a lot of traptrix going second problem

[@i.scooptcg]

Dude, i'm so hyped! I main traptrix rn! and i've been testing agnimal with therion and it works especially with a 40 card build, i run 9-11 hand traps so i can easily just put this engine no worries! 🔥

[@Ankastraa]

@@i.scooptcg Do keep in mind tho thaz the raika link 2 has a full turn lock so you cant access stuff like regulus when you want to do raika plays. My current prototype is moreso a Link traptrix variant feeling very similar to mathmech, where you make some xyz summon first with only a few in deck and then link climb. But the combo is still a blast! my main concern is gonna be board breakers in game two and three but technically ,ou can just do the therion combo by siding it in to setup a negate, or prayge on drawing judgement. Gotta test a bit more for this

[@simonedeangelis655]

ye only issue it doenst fix the main problem of traptriz, which is going second. Arguably, it makes it worse, since the number of defensive cards will decrease to include these cards

[@HurrDurrThe]

Do you have a list that you're testing so far? very interested in this deck

[@Mr.Stitch]

Bro, this deck looks like it'll be super fun to play ngl, it looks like it has so many tech options with the loose lock of insects, plants, and reptiles

[@trippersigs2248]

I wanna like this for their artwork but it just looks like an engine to link climb into a floodgates ATM.

[@strangevol5264]

@@trippersigs2248Nay, it’s a shell for Runick.

[@bobjones4469]

The Raika deck seems to revolve around the ability to keep bringing back your big Link monsters. I guess that's why their effect isn't super broken, cuz you can keep bringing them back and reusing them for almost no cost. Also, you may want to play more than one copy of the Trap, cuz you can keep using all the Link Monster's effects since the cost to bring them back is pretty small.

[@Majoraspersona]

I'm not sure you need more than one trap, you can recycle it with the level 1 plant

[@insertname5371]

“Right English speakers” -realizing how insanely good he is at language

[@grodon909]

I think it's really interesting. It's a 1 card starter in a RIP type deck, so you could hypothetically run pure with a ton of handtraps. The starter is a level 1 0/0, so you can search it with one for one, piri res map, probably other cards. You could play it with a lot of handtraps. Or, with the link 4 effect, you can ignore handtraps and use the ever-popular time-tearing morganite (/s). More realistically, it's a pretty compact main deck engine and a few ED cards for the benefit. If you can fit them, it can potentially raise the ceiling on those deck's plays..... Beetrooper might be good, you can send/banish gokipole and resonance insects, it adds something to do with the link-4 if it's pseudo-towers isn't useful or if you can bring it back with Saturn. -It can sometimes avoid nib with the battlewasp and scale bomber cards as well, so if you can bring either of those out, you can Raika climb fairly safely (especially due to their recursion).- Ignore that, I'm illiterate. I imagine reptile/Ogdoladic, Rikka, Traptrix could all consider a use for these cards. If nothing else, I'm buying playsets because the art is sick .

[@johnofalltrades8266]

I have to ask because I dont know if Im missing something, but how do Scale Bomber and Sting help play through Nib?

[@grodon909]

@@johnofalltrades8266 They don't! I made it up, apparently.

[@angel-memeroftheisles]

You hit the right point. Raika is a 1 card atlas that doesn't require your NS. Raika Beetroopers alone can with the Lvl 1 and an Insect make the L5, sting the poison, raika trap and Sting Lancer with a shitton of grind to back it up. Previously, Bee's biggest issues were the lack of 1 cards n dieing to ash, now you don't die to either of those anymore (Most insects + a raika End up being combo, And any insect + Insect Raika is ALWAYS atlas)

[@angel-memeroftheisles]

Basically, You only die to Nib now, and not even totally if they drop it at the wrong time (most lilely gonna happen)

[@tobiasfrey2793]

18:07 - There's that insect shinobi link 2 that's completely generic (just needs two monsters with different names). So yeah, it's a piece of cake to get out and to get back from the grave if you have any plant, insect or reptile monsters accessible in your deck.

[@endeavor1299]

I'm both a Beetrooper and Ogdoadic player so I couldn't be happier in my life, but I dunno how much those two themes can be mixed. Now I predict a LV2 Reptile and a second trap in the next set for this archetype, because the first thing is missing and an unsearchable spell wouldn't make sense.

[@SeekRed-Byss]

spell card: "monster reborn" lets you summon divine monsters without them going to the graveyard at the endphase, so it's kinda cool.

[@cheshirewise942]

Oh... 😲

[@gabrielsuarez6556]

Being sent to the graveyard is not an activated effect they would end in the graveyard anyway

[@SeekRed-Byss]

​ @gabrielsuarez6556 Mandatory effects are effects that must "Activate" if they meet their activation conditions.

[@MrGshinobi]

i feel like i'm the only person that understands the reference behind the new monster reborn. in the manga in the battle city rules all spell cards were quick plays by default, so the new monster reborn is a quickplay that shows artwork from the manga where yugi used it to revive DM, the name of the card is Yugi saying he's activating the spell card monster reborn.

[@otterfire4712]

You're not alone.

[@darkphoenix00001]

I mean the artwork is literally a monster reborn with a dark magician being reborn so I think it's pretty self-explanatory that yami is activating his spell card to revive dark magician...

[@chewdoom8415]

​​@@darkphoenix00001But understanding the reference to the manga that he mentioned goes beyond just knowing that it is yami using the card

[@Jarjarfunk]

The lab is hot right now cause raika got me cooking out here. Havent been this hype since tri brigade

[@mangavore7426]

All I see when I read these cards is an insect boss monster that ACTUALLY ends on interactions! But really, the insect cards here combo so-well with established insect plays. Just being able to recycle banished cards as a part of extension is something the deck desperately needed. Correct me if I'm wrong, but these can recycle banished ED cards as-well? Unlike something like Absolute Neptune which says it has to shuffle them back to the Main Deck? If so, then these are absolutely insane. Combine this with the fact that the last set of insect support started to tie the cards together with plants (Circle of Fairies, Fairyant, Beargram, Diabolantis). The amount of special summons may even enable killer cards like Danaus to be a consistent threat. Not sure how nicely the reptiles will come in since Insect and Plants are BOTH notoriously xenophobic, but I'm looking forward to playing around with these. Insects finally meta?

[@gamesdevluke4898]

Joshua waiting to have PTSD about a new archetype that uses plants to link climb off of 1 Level 1 Plant Monster. 💀

[@tcoren1]

Normal summon lonefire, tribute for the plant raika. Search the insect raika, special summon it. Make the link 2, revive lonefire with the insect raika, do some generic plant stuff (can even like special orphys scorpio and stuff like that), continue from there

[@DirtCheapFU]

I think this deck will be more of an engine when it releases

[@mozzarellamaniac6300]

I can smell it; Traptrix, Rikka, Inzektor, Beetrooper, Ogdoadic...

[@hamster6216]

link 4 is basically floodgate, it stops garunix, Populus, lady lab to activate card effect in the hand pretty busted if this card just being one of card with full end board of this heavy combo deck

[@chewdoom8415]

I have seen cards like this get analyzed in the context of how they fair against one or two particular decks since they are the best or popular and it never matters in the long run

[@hamster6216]

@@chewdoom8415 its kinda like dweller then, its busted card in tear format but its kinda fine in the other format

[@four-en-tee]

I don't know if its better than Monster Reborn, but it being a quick-play is phenomenal if you're trying to dodge or interrupt GY targeting effects. Since we're all not playing mandatory Ash, Called By and Maxx "C" in the TCG, it'll have proper use cases as a tech card and can rotate in and out of the format like any well designed tech card. If anything, its probably a better going first card since its spell speed 2, but it still has a fair amount of strong applications for going second (someone in the chat already mentioned dodging Called By and Bystials). And this still has a lot of applications in link and synchro climbing strategies among other uses, which helps give it a niche. Like, i'd love to draw into this off of JAM Extreme Session in a deck like PUNK, even if i just have it splashed in there as a 1-of in the main deck. It'd allow me to keep combing further.

[@LIGHTLORD_MASTA_RAWRGER]

It's broken in tear your opponent cant byst or crow called by ect on release I think it's staple 2 of

[@ninezerotwo1778]

This is going to be so good in Eldlich.

[@chewdoom8415]

@@LIGHTLORD_MASTA_RAWRGER Using broken too losely. Being a two of in a deck that loves to mill is enough to make this application of the card so inconsistent to the point that it will not come up enough to be relevant.

[@RR3DSceptyr]

@@LIGHTLORD_MASTA_RAWRGER Well keep in mind, if this is in response to the Tear name trying to Fusion Summon, the effect will still fizzle because that Tear that's Fusion Summoning still needs to be in the GY. So all you're saving it from is banishment and/or bringing out a Bystial.

[@qwertyg3666]

It's also cannot activate it's effects. Cards with continuous effects will still apply. Fossil dyna for example.

[@Videoguygamer]

Just pointing out that if the new Monster Reborn said "negate its effects "instead of "cannot activate its effects" it would read like a stronger Called by the Grave.

[@jeffshittles3664]

kusarigami can be used t3 as your first summon if it's in grave and you have a raika on the field

[@KTN_YT]

wanted to say the same, it's a masquerena target for example

[@mikawachholz-2249]

Both news are so good for Ogdoadic.

[@TraumaCenter13]

Can't wait to try this out in Traptrix and Beetroopers.

[@KevinTangYT]

Yeah ogdoadic have issue with bosses to go into and no issue getting board presence. Dawn of Ogdoadic makes 4-5 tokens ez.

[@katzuma7641]

We can use lonefire blossom to summon the raika starter

[@ohhuhwhatyeahuhhuh.ok.9354]

This deck looks cool af in my opinion. I’m gonna be cooking up Raika/Traptrix ideas.

[@RGARDL]

24:16 think u r missing that monster that's coming out in legacy of destruction that's not Raika but has effect that u said is like basically Matchach Circular for plant reptiles and insects

[@LDExplosionMRDR]

The raika plant monster or spell are one cards to full rikka combo cause we needed another of those

[@WombatOfDisaster]

We sure do since we want diverse format :))

[@earthteamjordan]

Ogdoadic Aliens are looking spicy 🔥 Can't wait to test Raikas!

[@B0lzenlol]

Predaplant support lets go

[@guardian_of_the_rune]

Insects have 10+ different generic extenders.

[@wid.k1194]

Is that traptrick decks useing 2 power between insect & plant guys ?? Is that posible combine this 2 deck i mean rikka ?? + traptrick might be ¯⁠\⁠_⁠༼⁠ᴼ⁠ل͜⁠ᴼ⁠༽⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@Jarjarfunk]

Ok im gonna speculate now. Other tri type archetypes: dino, dragon, wyrm. Psychic, machine, cyberse. Im split on Fairy, Fiend, Zombie or Spellcaster, Illusion, Zombie. Edit: or Spellcaster, Illusion, Psycicc

[@WaLlAb33]

Run 3 of the plant, 3 of the rota/birth spell, and one of the insect. Small tri type engine that gets you into a decent big guy that forces interaction from your opponent before carrying on with the rest of your decks other engine. Just like tri-brigade.

[@prosamis]

Hell yeah, new thing to play with traptrix

[@Renvil_]

I could see Tearlaments use _«Spell Card: Monster Reborn»_ to help dodge Bystials or D.D. Crow and at the same time be able to resolve the activated effect to fusion summon. It’s not negating the effect, it’s preventing them from activating, so if a monster activates its effect in GY and you summon that monster with SC:MR in chain, it will still resolve👍

[@velicaleon]

Tears in particular need to shuffle themselves from the GY though

[@Jarjarfunk]

The question to ask is what reptile deck can force youre opponent to activate a monster eff

[@Rain12093]

more than new tribrigade, this is a new mayakashi

[@Cato_Spright]

Raika is literally the best to me mostly for insect piles im gonna run

[@Shinde425]

Not to mention the old end phase activation on opponents’ turn. You can get their monster and use it next turn idk.

[@MomirViggwilv]

How many plant-only xenolocks does Plant run these days? Getting just the Link 3 for the trap woud be crazy for the plant endboard.

[@OyVeey]

A lot, most notably Sunvine Sowing, which is super early into the combo. It could be played in some plant decks (Traptrix maybe?) but it's not compatible with the Sunavalon engine

[@floflo1645]

the new aroma lvl 1 also locks into plant. Naturia and beetrooper are probably the best options but we never know what the community can cook

[@TheghostofTimmy]

Ima be trying to make beetrooper work with Raika

[@f687sNFM]

Can see using monster reborn with slifer

[@metalmariomega]

Wait a second, doesn't that stop Slifer and Oblelisk from sending themselves to GY for a turn? That could be a nifty trick for those decks to pull.

[@RickertUrgen]

Slifer can't activate it's effect that turn you summon it with the new Reborn which.. doesn't do anything.

[@lucidreverie3024]

​@@RickertUrgen slifer effects beside the sending to grave one is not activated effect

[@chewdoom8415]

​​@@lucidreverie3024It has a colon. It starts a chain

[@solitudini7273]

The monster reborn card is a called by counter too.

[@mozzarellamaniac6300]

It can kill Tear too

[@nfisher5685]

Bro Raika traptrix is gonna be fun

[@Thatonegoose]

Imagine the new reborn being used by targeting a boronne use to make crimson dragon

[@insertname5371]

I need the short version does raika mean we buy out snake rain /s

[@PandaQueen_ygo]

Probably not

[@beanie5983]

Drop this at the end of the turn to get any number of disruption monsters you used in your combos

[@caiolago2486]

Shark Cannon with 3 spells in grave + the restrictions only last a turn and you can target your own grave, pretty good if you ask me.

[@MsMiDC]

Yes, just 1 thing, Shark Cannon is easily searchable.

[@Urmom69xddd]

@@MsMiDC by a bad deck

[@caiolago2486]

@@Urmom69xddd Yup

[@Alucula]

(DJ Khaled voice) Tell 'Em to Reborn the Monster!

[@MeazurAli]

cant wait for Trap Card: '"Solemn Judgement" or Spell Card:"Harpies Feather Duster"

[@KiiroSagi]

You can ken and gen to force the monster effect that enables the handtrap restriction but as Josh pointed out, by then you a re nib-able anyways and before then you would have already gotten handtrapped. I was thinking that if there are loops then this could still be useful but most of these cards have hard once per turns so that's unlikely too.

[@totalwartimelapses6359]

Is it just me or is the audio in these videos really low? I have this one for example opened in one of my tabs, and if I open any other video I have to lower the volume by like 30 (no it's not just one vid, every vid except Josh's works at the same volume level)

[@Rain593]

We all know Jess is ready to make Rikka Raika an European Nats threat

[@romany.1888]

Is this going to be used in Traptrix??

[@PandaQueen_ygo]

Yes it fits rather nice with it.

[@i.scooptcg]

TRAPTRIX RAIKA? THATS NASTY!!! 🔥

[@HIMMBelljuvo]

Beargram, the Forest Shell!

[@genyatus]

New monster reborn might be good in Sky Strikers

[@Mooinator3000]

I really want to try this deck, but at the same time I'm kinda new to the game and so don't really know what archetypes would be good to mix with it. I typically play midrange and combo stuff so really interested in this

[@RGARDL]

00:55 wait what , this is potentially broken if it will be at 3 , u can steal their combo pieces mid combo

[@manyhatsentertainment8685]

You do end on both the link 5+4 and then also if you run traptrix you get sera, sacred tree beast, set trap holes and set raika trap at minimum

[@Shinde425]

15:34 I mean, it could be decent in conjunction with something like crossout or called by 🤷‍♂️ You negate their monster and lock them out for the rest of the turn, but that effect comes way too late. By the time you reach that point there’s not much left for them to use

[@gungnir382]

A Friend of mine got 6-3 at German Open in Essen with Rikka Sunavalon. Deck is still not dead.

[@Funforme-z7c]

Trap trix is interesting sera plus reflasia so your nib proof then end the link 5 plus trap.

[@Bigtoe65]

We can unlimit monster reborn right?

[@noy6291]

Did we ever get a review of new Melodious?

[@fardboi9781]

hey so rulings question, if you activate a monster effect in the graveyard, then your opponent activates called by targeting that monster, can you use this spell to dodge called by? Asking cuz the card says that your monster cannot activate its effects this turn yet you just activated it. talking abt spell card: monster reborn Sorry should've been more clear, I'm aware of how called by works, what I'm talking Abt is the new monster reborn, it's says the monster you reborn can't activate it's effects the turn it is summoned via reborn. So if you activate the new reborn in the same chain you activate the graveyard effect, will it still let you reborn said monster?

[@bromegaman5962]

I'd imagine that it does work. Since you already activated the effect and the card only says "they can't activate their effects". It doesn't say their effects are negated.

[@LightingOfTheRedHawk]

Called by needs to banish a monster to negate that effect,so monster effect in this case would work

[@MiscGaming08]

You should be able to because called by has a "and if you do" so the banishing has to happen or else the negate wont happen

[@LightingOfTheRedHawk]

​@@bromegaman5962called by is used when monster activates effect in the grave to negate it, its chain link 2 so that monster's effect would be negated

[@bromegaman5962]

@@LightingOfTheRedHawk I was referring to the Monster Reborn effect. The question was in that situation, can the player use the new Monster Reborn to dodge Called By. So chain 1 monster effect in the grave, chain 2 Called By, Chain 3 Monster Reborn the targeted monster. But then the question also is about if the Monster Reborn will negate the monsters effects since it says the monster summoned cannot activate their effects. Which it should not negate their graveyard effect because it says "the monster's effects cannot be activated", but the effect has already activated before it hits the field.

[@PyckledNyk]

This is interesting, I could see this archetype being both accessible and busted based on the powerful link cards. I may have to play around with it if it’s affordable.

[@adrienleclercq5795]

Reptile Support 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@lucienmorcrette6905]

does serpentine princess shouldn't trigger because of rule revision that doesn't trigger in private zone ?

[@WombatOfDisaster]

So you like triggering private zones eh?

[@tcoren1]

Did josh forget that monster reborn already targets both GYs?

[@geiseric222]

It’s not a quick play so targeting both doesn’t actually do anything for the original

[@durphymcbob6951]

Wait this deck goes hard with serpentine princess

[@ronniervg3952]

Insect link is real. Beetrooper time

[@Jarjarfunk]

In regards to the link 5. You guys are looking at this all wrong. The arrows and link climbing both this deck and beetrooper can do is insane. Beetroopers problems was resource burn but this archetype resets that while also providing more extenders. You can link lock in beetrooper now

[@crazywhofan6676]

On my way to build Plants.

[@jeffshittles3664]

Raika is kinda inverse mayakashi with links, but instead of dakki reborning, it's the links themselves

[@bl00by_]

Why does the link 5 say 2 monsters instead of "up to 2"...

[@fakhrifr7833]

To triger gy eff of trap.

[@bl00by_]

@@fakhrifr7833 Well yeah, but there are certain situations in which you don't want to pop your own cards. Just having the option to choose how many cards you want to Pop would make it much better. Same reason why book of lunar* eclipse is trash

[@qwertyg3666]

predaplant raika would be cool.

[@berserksaiyan8620]

The link 4 stops poplar effect

[@GrieveIV]

No way any of these Raika names are making it past the localization team. Hell even Raika is going to become some stupid pun name

[@myrmidonprogress5423]

Will raika be enough to make traptrix meta?

[@TheKeksletsplay]

Obviously you pair this with some of the more broken cards. Resonance insect, Gokipole, The plant goodstuff and reptile goodstuff. The deck has unique acess to some very strong monotype links. The Alien Link 3, Jamsin and the Aroma Gang, Beetroopers with their massive link climb abilities and so on. This will be played like Birdup, where a small engine to compliment the already good cards from each type. I don't even think you gonna play anything else than the link 2/3 and just focus on getting a high consistency out of the engine with a lot of recycling and search power. The deck has a lot of options and open up new plays we did not see before, so it will be interesting to figure out the endboards.

[@cesarmarincolquichagua9396]

Reacts of tiaraments still strongest in tcg 2024 plssss

[@autobotstarscream765]

It's a meme at this point, I think people have started doing it ironically to dunk on the Tear diehards.

[@cesarmarincolquichagua9396]

@@autobotstarscream765 Believe me, I have tried tears and it is still a very competent deck, even without the horus engine, obviously the strongest deck is the sinful spoil fire king, but tear is not going to leave the tops in competitive. They should have hit perlereino and tearkash.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@cesarmarincolquichagua9396 How many hits before Tear hits that sweet spot between being the Burning Abyss of Fusions or getting the Dragon Ruler treatment?

[@cesarmarincolquichagua9396]

@@autobotstarscream765 hahaha the same of the OCG, all of the tears main monsters to 1, the five pieces of tear, the forbidden

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@cesarmarincolquichagua9396 No more Normal Summoning Bahamut Shark by dumping Reino with Reino! 😂

[@KiiroSagi]

Reptiles fill GY easily, plants too, enginewise IDK that insects have anything that synergizes with raika except baseball gimmicks (which I haven't fully read/understood tbh). Insects do have some decent generic extra deck monsters though.

[@kennygee3062]

Snake Rain Stocks rising?

[@PandaQueen_ygo]

No 🤦‍♀️

[@jacobwoodard818]

Raika may not seem that insane on the surface but plants insects have a really broken card pool. I can easily see the Raika support being mixed with some of the new and/or old Aroma cards and the Rikka cards. You also have to keep in mind that cards like Resonance Insect and Rikka Glamour exist. I'm almost confident the reason Rikka Sunavalon got hit on the ban list was so that Rikka didn't become tier 0.

[@valjester8342]

traptrix is eating good, but like, mcdonalds good, just ok

[@DecadeMinato]

So if I use this card and target the other player's Ash or MaxxC, can I negate it effect?

[@PandaQueen_ygo]

No bc it's already using its effect. If you chain to there ash or Maxx C its effect still goes off

[@federicoguerini9014]

if it doenst need normal summon u could play brave token with it? am i wrong?

[@abdurachmanromzy4778]

If you could?yes But for most of time you need jasmine/ Special summoned lonefire blossom badly

[@dariuspenner2528]

Another reptile archetype that can’t use snake rain. Very sad. Lonefire Blossom seems like it’ll be one of the better normal summons in the deck at least so it can use some of the old type support

[@beegyoshi1685]

you can pair it with a deck that can use snake rain tho they don't lock to archetype just to reptile insect plant and since the archetype doesn't need your normal summon it can improve the ceiling ıf whatever you pair it with

[@WombatOfDisaster]

As always, Plants bring nothing but innovation & cookery to the game ❤

[@abcrx32j]

I kinda like the idea of the main deck Raikas, but the links are just whatever. The tri-BRigade gimmick of banishing from the GY to summon links would go so hard in here.

[@Zeirnaton]

hmm these cards with Ogdoadic Daybreak could be interesting

[@silaswagner6454]

Wait!! You Can just normal summon gale Dogra and send the link 5. Then you Can Reporn the link Five by placing gale dogra to the bottom. Its a free link 5 for 3000 Live points 😮

[@fakhrifr7833]

No, yoy can't because link-5 not properly summon from ex deck.

[@ianmanuelle7270]

Adventure engine seems nice in this deck

[@yettel8shrjriene922]

No, it locks you into plants, insects and reptile

[@andrijor]

These cards are pretty and if they're not super busted and expensive I will be getting them!

[@andrijor]

Also wait... wasn't serpentine princess part of some ots pack recently, or am I confusing it with some other card...?

[@slayinderp7501]

​@@andrijorI believe it was, alongside Silent Magician, Silent Burning, and Exodius. Edit: Name.

[@eduardomora5244]

​@@slayinderp7501 Which one?

[@slayinderp7501]

@@eduardomora5244 It deleted the link I wrote, so you can find it by just searching "Ygorganization Tournament Pack Vol 1.", and it should be the 2024 one.

[@qwertyg3666]

link 4 absolutely hoses VS and bystials. I don't think this is targeted at hand traps tbh.

[@PandaQueen_ygo]

It's not but vanquish souls dies hard to the link 4

[@Kratos0210]

Monster Reborn: Summon Bagooska in attack, attack, make Zeus, clear field, bring back Bagooska in def = 1 Turn silence.

[@SacForCaius]

Zeus with one material? Edit: It can’t even attack or activate its effects the turn you summon it. So if you summon it during their turn it’ll just blow itself up on your own turn.

[@Kratos0210]

@@SacForCaiusAfter you cleared the field and Brought back bagooska

[@Realblack_m0nster]

I thought Zeus needed to detach 2 Edit: I think you mean summon bagooska normally then use it for detach and then monster reborn it

[@Kratos0210]

@@Realblack_m0nsterYou make Bagooska with 2 Mats and attack your opponent, then you overlay Zeus and activate the effect by send two Mats bagooska included to Grave. Than you bring back bagooska. Do you understand now?

[@Kratos0210]

@@Realblack_m0nsterThats what my comment says…

[@truesdale7388]

15:13 That Chaos dude in the chat is so stupid; its not really for the opponents turn because then you lock yourself out of your handtraps...plus you are thinking about your going first turn and how this would apply to it...i doubt the people who designed this card's effect were actually thinking that day 😂😂😂

[@chewdoom8415]

He is not stupid. I have seen plenty of people in comments mention turning off hand effects for monsters. As you said, it seems like the way it was designed was not well thought out. My rebuttal to chaos and others is that the situations where can floodgates the opponent on their turn are so few or rare.

[@nv4896]

Isn't a Josh a native English speaker?

[@xCorvus7x]

Can't you hear his accent? He's German.

[@bigO26]

​@@xCorvus7x I don't see accent, I'm not racist

[@xCorvus7x]

@@bigO26 I beg your pardon?

[@bigO26]

@@xCorvus7x I don't see accents, I'm not racist

[@xCorvus7x]

@@bigO26 Who does see accents? That's some thing you hear. What does the observation of accents have to do with racism?

[@arrownoir]

I’ll play it.

[@samifaride3245]

Insect, reptile and plant are so bad (except Rikka). They need more support

[@Otzkar]

love the josh react face on all these thumbnails