Joshua Schmidt Reacts to Trif making Top 4 with Mannadium

[@joeymayson8279]

"My unmatched perspicacity, coupled with sheer indefatigability, makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavor." - Strongest Mannadium player

[@darethepolarbear5647]

*Least scary Manadium player

[@redshirtrisay]

​@@darethepolarbear5647*most scary

[@Ben2k109]

@@darethepolarbear5647*most scary

[@threevelayt5302]

Least scary is correct

[@chewdoom8415]

Emory Tate

[@lobsterbisque333]

As Josh said, this is art. Its impossible to brick unless you brick. You lose to droll, but its easy to play around it. This. Is. Art

[@AzureTears]

I mean, to be fair, he's right. Mannadium is not bricky at all, literally half the deck is a one or two card combo, and the fact that fenrir leads into more gas than it does in actual kashtira is hilarious to me lol

[@Manuelbacon40]

@@AzureTearsthis is the way... combine all the visas lore into one deck

[@XxlMaS3lxX]

@@Manuelbacon40 what I want to do

[@OdachiTetsunoko]

Trif be like "they tied me up. Stole my deck. 2-0"

[@duelme1234]

At least he didn't win after oversleeping this time XD

[@itsjayn4538]

trif and joshua is like yin and yan ... we need both in this world

[@hypnotist1200]

He built it correctly for that event. Congrats to trif

[@Arrhythmatica]

Trif played in one of DBGrinders tournies with this deck, pre-AGOV, and did some MAGIC going second to break boards. It was crazy to watch, its in one of DBGs posted videos. Watching that will help with understanding how he broke the Tearlaments board.

[@tehy123]

Yeah he COOKED

[@MuhammadReza-te9ct]

I was in awe watching that

[@geek593]

His approach to deck building is to maximize consistency and always have a way to play into boards. His priorities show up hard in how he plays and it's always fun to watch.

[@k-dawgHI]

Trif is truly the politician of YuGiOh. Does his best to speak extremely eloquently. Makes the most outrageous hyperbolic claims about the given topic (in this case his decklists). But god forbid you ask for the how 🤣. Josh was bang on when he said that the whole “talking so much without saying anything” is an art form! Literally like watching a political speech.

[@simplydreamers]

True triff is literaly that dud that makes absolute mind boggling decks (sometimes borderline trash) but when you see him play it, its literaly the most genius thing u see

[@vedantgupta2145]

true but this deck build was actually good, he understood that mannadium needs more resillience and not more win more cards

[@ducky36F]

Facts 😂

[@ivanZ.4]

A man that plays 0 hand traps in the main deck , fears nothing 😤 !!! 🤴🏆

[@keithjunior6130]

typical pendulum player. all gas no breaks and dares you to stop them

[@renaldyhaen]

That's why he call it as Pendulum deck without scales

[@dave9020]

@@keithjunior6130 Gotta stick to the gameplan, just like the tattoo on his arm says

[@Vendetta162X]

In a format like this 1 hand trap isn't enough for the top decks so you might as well make your deck to just push through

[@Manuelbacon40]

Remember every card is a full combo

[@donjuan6996]

“This deck loses to Droll but there are ways to play around it.” How? Explain. “Play the deck perfectly.”

[@GodzillaFreak]

He does explain though, you either draw the called by or thrust for dbarrier into the auto win matchup

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

The way Trif MANHANDLES these cards make me cry laugh. Never realized how delicately people treat their cards till this vid

[@aczeos]

"Saying so much while also saying so little...it's almost an art" -Joshua Schmidt 2023

[@iewad8761]

„Uhh, yea. Play it, thats the corrct ratio“ „..ok“

[@luisf.caballeroc.885]

I remember that one time I trust Triff 100% and play 60 cards electrumite turbo telling everyone I can make 10 negates and break any board, for some reason i get first place in that OTS and did everything I said, I think that’s the Triff’s experience

[@Saixjacket]

I mean, if the room isn’t opening counters against you and you are playing an “ignorant” deck that you can play blindfolded, you should top unless you’re unlucky.

[@Ironpecker]

I think that Trif's biggest strength is that he builds decks in ways that aren't the standard, and he thrives in format where combo decks are strong and he has a lot of wiggle room in his decklist to adjust it with peculiar choices that work for him (like tons of extenders/starters, board breakers etc). Honestly being so mindful of your own strengths and playstyles you excel at is a kinda underrated skill, a lot of people try to optimize a decklist in a vacuum (which isn't a bad approach) but being able to fine tune a decklist to your playstyle needs while taking into account the meta is really impressive.

[@DamnZodiak]

That's the first good thing I've ever heard about triff that I actually agree with. He might be the antithesis my preferred type of content (and person) but this is a genuine skill of his.

[@Jdnrr-nu1bf]

I'm French and have a masters degree in English language and literature. This deck profile has been the most challenging piece to understand in one straight listening.

[@batsman83]

Your problems is you have a degree in "English" to understand this you need one in "Merican"

[@dkphame]

You have to feel it

[@aaronlawrence4218]

English and American are two different things your degree is ASS

[@batsman83]

@@lafaetah obviously didn’t get the joke

[@xCorvus7x]

​@@lafaetah And where is Canada?

[@Kentanimationnnnnnnnn]

All I know how to do anymore is activate engage, it's been so long. I don't know what yugioh is anymore. The other day, I activated RotA and tried to draw another card after I searched. Everything has become sky striker to me. There are no other spells, no monsters other than Raye. The only trap i know how to activate is impermanence. Occasionally I negate something in its column, and I cry a little. I attack for game but wish I was being gamed instead. It's become a joke of sorts, or maybe it's just my life. I can't go anywhere without seeing strikers. I went to feed my dog the other night, but instead of eating she summoned a 1500/1500 token. I had to put her down. I sit in the corner now counting down the days, the days where we shall see sweet release from this torment, the day when link summoning was about multiple monsters having a special bond and creating something beautiful. Those days are long gone. I have seen God, and I have seen the devil, but they are one and the same. I stared into the abyss and screamed, and it screamed back: "kagari add engage"

[@Createrz2015]

Engage into engage

[@morningstarrss]

Lmaooooo

[@TheDjdeath45]

I'm still malding we don't know the details on that tear game, like how, literally how did he win that.

[@Createrz2015]

Had a better deck box

[@LegitSk8ing]

gagaga cowboy that's how.

[@jamessimbolon3887]

@@LegitSk8ingGagaga cowboy attack position eff is pretty strong after all

[@bernardosales1044]

7 negates, 6 negates

[@doughbag2951]

I'm thinking Evenly. Maybe in conjuction with another board breaker.

[@woodwire7150]

Trif is THE ONLY Yugioh player able to Cowboy for game on stream without even being on feature 😤💪💪

[@NolenJacobson]

This deck profile is Trif gaming trying to explain the work of Trif accounting.

[@LS-qs9ju]

The answer is simple, Tear player use Kelbek and Agido, milling cards that benefit Visas Samsara or Vicious Astraloud. Combine it with cards that already in his hand, it become winnable.

[@chewdoom8415]

Exactly.

[@gerharddamm5933]

Mans was facing full Tear board with fenrir, perlerino, sulliek, all fusions, imperm set AND HIS OPPONENT HAD A GUN. Obliterated him, ez

[@PKSparkxxDH]

I watched Trif's breakdown of his Mannadium deck and wrote it off b/c the way he speaks confuses me. But having you translate it makes a LOT of what Trif's saying make sense lol A lot of his decisions are incredibly smart. Good stuff.

[@Saixjacket]

If you see American, you’d be racist, but since you aren’t, we will let it slide 😂 🤡

[@phoisguud]

Trif is the GOAT

[@Otzkar]

josh needs to pay for a coaching lesson from trif

[@DeepSolid43]

Trif is an outstanding player. You see him surgically dismantling boards in db replays and his streams with engine alone He memes a lot but he should not be discredited, his skill has been proven time and time again over the course of his career

[@geek593]

I love how everyone doubts him and his deck building until they lose to him.

[@absentmindedshirokuma8539]

​@@geek593nobody doubt his skill, just his attitude sometimes give them doubt if he was serious or not. Also as josh said, he mastered art of talking a lot without actually telling anything.

[@aaronlawrence4218]

​@@absentmindedshirokuma8539and Josh doesn't do the same thing?

[@absentmindedshirokuma8539]

@@aaronlawrence4218 what do you mean same thing?

[@aaronlawrence4218]

@@absentmindedshirokuma8539 talking alot without actually telling anything

[@thanderhop1489]

gagaga cowboy's attack effect is really powerful

[@lockednumero1]

Trust me I was right there watching the top 16 match and I must say it was the best yugioh I’ve ever seen played before. How he did it is so convoluted that it’ll take forever to explain the play by play.

[@mrbubbles6468]

Someone aleeady did

[@zerochill4096]

Chat being Chat was amazing. I wheezed at the insanity

[@chrisdavis245]

Chat is by far the worst part of Josh's vida

[@jackpino-wn8bu]

3:38 without scareclaw kashtira you literally lose to unteargettabke undistructable monsters like ZARC it’s so funny

[@ducky36F]

I love how he said that “Cowboy attack position” line with a completely straight face 😂

[@BandannaBread]

5:07 Have you ever seen Trif do a banlist review? It is just this, and it's one of the greatest things I've ever seen.

[@aka_Ingmar]

You heard it here. Triff called pendulum shit

[@SteveMichael-ik9br]

Master rule 4 have killed pendulum

[@aka_Ingmar]

@@SteveMichael-ik9br I know, it's a joke

[@BLAST3RJOK3R]

So i was there when it happened and i vaguely remembered how he played that game 3... he was under dweller the whole time and avoided playing the balls and started pick-pocketing the board/interruptions. he had samsara and both hearts/field spells in hand to pull it off. he just kept making plays which i don't remember unfortunately but i do remember he was played into super poly from the scareclaw field spell but kept playing. he had enough materials in grave to contact into astraloud (he popped one of the monsters to gain atk) and enough link materials on board to make a 4300atk accesscode talker which was able to pop 2 or 3 more cards (again i don't remember) because he had enough link monsters with different elements in the graveyard and still had the visas and heart monster in the gy to make another astraloud which pop JK's last monster and gain the atk by then proceeded to go into battle phase and go berserk. tear player was gassed out by that point. Edit: Econ was also used during this turn.

[@ricardoalfaro2580]

This whole thing is so funny. The deck profile, the chat and the gifted subs were hilarious

[@mohwe1007]

It took droll 2 games back to back to stop this guy

[@sburbtube6766]

Trif dodging another ban thanks to cowboy has to be the best part, this video was full of great moments

[@xCorvus7x]

Dodging a ban? For what?

[@sburbtube6766]

Trif got banned once for like a year or even two from official Konami events because he made a deck profile where he said that he used Cowboy to win in time. Konami thought that was admitting to slow play and stalling and banned him. Thats why he joked about playing Cowboy for the 2500 atk instead of the burn damage. @@xCorvus7x

[@xCorvus7x]

@@sburbtube6766 Ah, okay, lol; thank you.

[@zelandmusic]

Trif's deck profile made sense to me. He just covered all of his bases, and even noted what he lost to a lot and just made the adjustments. He's been hyped about the deck's potential for so long, it wasn't too hard for him to perform consistently.

[@eu4um]

Josh asking the sarcastic rhetorical questions in such a naive voice is so fucking funny.

[@wadedavids1276]

Triff is right, i OTK'D through Dimensional barrier with this deck... You can't lose with this deck.

[@snipeshot556]

The good ol access astraloud KEKW

[@ethansmith1991]

in one of the dbgrinders tournaments, he broke a full tear board and otkd through it like twice💀 super fun to watch

[@xCorvus7x]

Can one see that still somewhere?

[@ethansmith1991]

@@xCorvus7x its on dbgrinder streams channel

[@xCorvus7x]

@@ethansmith1991 thx

[@xCorvus7x]

@@ethansmith1991 Do you mean the two-days-old video from this event?

[@Zensei_Tensei]

It is like two different worlds when I watch both of these KZbinrs

[@yuseifudo6075]

PENDULUM BEST DECK LET'S GOOOO!!!!! . . . . wait wrong video but true statement

[@Frame206a]

only trif can comprehend his deck build strats

[@hectormoreno3940]

Oh my god, yes, I love Raye. I would die for Sky Striker Ace Raye. This support card is going to change my life and it's going to be the best card ever.

[@thanhlengoc3805]

Triff is the living embodiment of "Git gud"

[@justusneubeck]

Joshua just wants information so he does not lose when worlds come around so he wants to know what they cook but trif aint telling him he just does.

[@thevexxus8055]

hes using eulogy to get cards in grave to combo thats main reason i think the rest of effect is bonus

[@Jjepwns]

I played this list. Play's through everything it's sick. If you don't have droll you just keep going. Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop GG's

[@jangaman7823]

But how though?

[@SamBsound]

@@jangaman7823 dude if you're gonna ask questions at least watch the video smh... just play perfect

[@myoblivion420]

​@@jangaman7823You don't need an explaination. Just like Trif concluded: He broke it easily 😂

[@jangaman7823]

@@SamBsound I was being sarcastic

[@jangaman7823]

@@myoblivion420 I was being sarcastic

[@jcw034]

This the "releast nigga deck" profile. We need more people like this that just go balls to the wall for the lols

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

Trif is single-handedly one of the most interesting yugioh players, both a problem and a solution for the game as he is.

[@uriel6873]

How is he a problem for the game?

[@biglickerj4150]

@@uriel6873 JOKINGLY

[@poontycoon7354]

Bro will say it’s easy to play through 8 interruptions then not say how💀

[@tcg-channel3761]

Trif:“You have to play this and this and this and when you play it otherwise i will slap you and so u win.“ Joshi:“HOW?“😂

[@FVDE420]

this video was comedy gold

[@pilarius3973]

Just wait until Trif finds out Cowboy really has 3k attack

[@mrstealcar4702]

Stop asking how he did it. No ones gonna explain their 30 min combo on how he broke the board. The focus on the deck list is the cards and why he played them and he explained it just fine. For those roasting Triff saying hes a clown in the YT chat; then you try getting top 10 in a YCS. Triff is a great and entertaining player. Just because he isent so "serious" like you guys dosen't mean that he's any less of a player.

[@Nexit1337]

brother got caugth on camera again with cowboy 🗿certified trif canon event

[@Yoyo4lyf]

The people subbing without the sub message didn't know how to send the message

[@im_yucky]

I genuinely believe that trif is tge most insane Yu-Gi-Oh player in the world. Bro invented pendulum and inovates with every deck he plays.

[@barrymchugh667]

This feels like Steiner Math the deck profile

[@SlackerXYZ]

im not even a fan of triff but the yugioh community needs personalities like him

[@tubbytoadinc-yugioh7220]

So how many years of schooling do you have to take to speak fluent trifanese

[@luisvelez8096]

00:48 "HOW THO?" 😂😂😂

[@garethm9523]

Trif style over content personified. The perfect deck that has the same success rate as the cologne "Sex Panther" 😂

[@krni1592]

We need 2010 recap pls

[@isaacsamuel6035]

Remember when triff would say every deck he played was tier zero lol

[@lenabo9929]

hes the donald trump of yugioh

[@metalmariomega]

When almost every card is a starter, your only brick hands are overdrawing into your same named HOPTS. It doesn't take an entire video to explain that unless you're trying to be as entertaining as this dude.

[@edwardlynch6550]

The reason he didnt need to explain it. Is because mannadium players already know. There is no path. You just do it. Break the board.

[@deshtom]

What’s more unhinged: the Trif deck profile, or Josh’s twitch chat.

[@evanrobbins2411]

If you wanted a modest review you picked the wrong guy xD Triff is a trip

[@trokolisz3702]

His sideboard is on masterduelmeta, so it isnt that much of a secret

[@mauricioramirez5948]

You know they say all decks are created equal, but, you at look at my deck and you look at your dexk and you can see that statement is not true! See, normally if you go one-on-one you got a 50/50 chance of winning. But I’m a gifted duelist and I’m not normal. So you got a twenty five percent at best at beat me! And then you add Appalosa to the mix The chances of winning drastically go down. See you got a thirty three and a third chance of winnin now But I got a sixty six and two-thirds chance of winning, cuz my opponent knows he can't beat me and he’s not even gonna try.”

[@arukorubasuke]

it wasnt enough negates. thats how

[@KingoftheAbyss]

God we love triff I hope he never changes. This is my deck list but explains it the triff way.

[@jelasby2809]

The Beauty of Trif is saying so much yet almost nothing at the same time lol. “I played through 20 negates, I won’t tell you how, but I played through 20 negates”

[@jelasby2809]

Trif in all honesty probably has no clue how he was breaking these boards or at least he can’t recreate it in his mind so he brags about it, but can’t explain it.

[@D-vb]

​​@@jelasby2809I would say the same too, I brag but I won't be able to tell how (cause it's hard to explain or I either went through a hundred matches to forget how I won over it), but if I have a replay I would gladly share how I won certain match ups.

[@jamespage7924]

@Joshua he drew into his most powerful card in the deck (credit card). 😂

[@geek593]

His list was actually one of the cheaper ones in top cut if you can believe that.

[@jaybeecaranza9471]

Pend god is doing it

[@herbertcharlesbrown1949]

Oh my God yes, I love Raye and I would die for Sky Striker Ace Raye. This support card is going to change my life and it's going to change my life forever

[@naunghtonwilliams6946]

"What he is trying to tell us is"

[@davecatss6652]

PEND BEST DECK LETS GO

[@matthewescamilla123]

16:15 Kippenberg messed up and made dweller vs mannadium.

[@fotiosvakakis1723]

Trif be politicianing

[@bluie639]

visas starfrost

[@mcth0ny]

that man is cracked out

[@walkmanstudios9733]

I regularly take my locals with mannadium because no one there seems to run droll or dark ruler or they never draw it lol

[@MomirViggwilv]

enough about the decklist; what is going on with bro's moustache?!?!

[@definitelynotmany4972]

I have wet dreams of Triff classifying for Worlds. He goes undefeated out of the camera, then arrives at the finals with the reveal that he is playing “Pendulum Best Deck.” It will not happen, but it would be the best moment in Yugioh History.

[@hisnameiskish4874]

Watching him get upset about the Raye meme was by far and away the best part of the whole video.

[@tykirklin7102]

bro hyperanalyzed a Trif deck profile for half an hour, great content 👍

[@lenninho5113]

it’s funny cuz as a German, Joshua is still reading “Rescue Ass” as Rescue Ace

[@lawrencewilson3862]

this man is like a used car sales man, whether you like it or not you are driving of that lot with a used car.

[@laby1827]

Funniest deck profile with funniest twitch chat lmaoo

[@joebey7446]

someone get triff a link to a hyper geometric calc app, 13 defensive cards in 40, wants to open 2.....47.7% up to 64.4% with ur 6th card, slightly off from 90-100% but i got nothing but love for trif his energy is so great we can let him exaggerate a bit

[@sakulugh]

what happend with the pend god ;D was looking for some siilly pend tecs ;D

[@theniteowl7007]

that gold rota is just killin me

[@arcvigaming8198]

5:11 HOW SWAY?!

[@jofx4051]

So pendulum isn't best deck, lesgooo?

[@brandonkick6142]

Pro players like Pak and Joshua crying about the new format. Here comes Giga Chad Trif is all you have to do is correct deck build, knwo your deck, and overall knowledge on the game. Instead of just studying that one deck to beat play a counter and be a “pro” 😂

[@maplethemann]

breakthrough skill?

[@BusnelliR]

I loved the "I thought it was impossible! How did the impossible happen?".