LEGENDARY Yu-Gi-Oh Anniversary Duel!

[@TeamAPS]

*Enjoy the duel! Have any of you guys picked up the new Legendary Collection 25th anniversary packs? They're not exactly great for playing modern Yu-Gi-Oh, but they're a damn good hit of nostalgia dopamine!*

[@JaimeD.]

Yu-Gi-Oh! cards from the DM Era until the 5Ds Era will always be wonderful years to remember.

[@milehighgambler]

I picked up 3 full boxes, and gave 2 little boxes each to my 2 nephews to get them hooked on Yu-Gi-Oh. I personally love this set

[@candycover]

If they had the playable versions of the god cards, I would be intrested in getting it.

[@stevenpierce4704]

I have and got a quarter century obelisk and I got a secret rare Gaia the dragon champion and a secret rare vampire lord

[@lordvika2526]

Paul in game 3 why were you not putting your defense monster into attack, and chipping away at his life points?

[@mariob123]

This video brought an old memory of mine (the laughing parts to be precise), when my friend and I used to duel. I remember that he had a singe copy of mirror force, wich was the most threatning trap in his deck. Since we didn't use sleeves at the time, IF your card was damaged, it was very easy to memorize. TLDR, oh boy did I remember that mirror force. Every time he'd set it, we'd cry in laughter about it. Him trying to convice me every damn time that it's not what I think it is was just peak comedy. Tho true fun had begun when I started naming 40% of his set cards (monsters/backrow), before he could even play them. I miss those times man.

[@jimmyha1898]

You eventually gained the powers of the Millennium Eye!

[@Yellaboi4life]

This is funny AF😂

[@TheFatalcrest]

If you still have contact, and a bit of time, you could always reminisce...or challenge him

[@dragonknight1560]

I love the ancient rivalry between Dark Scorpion Gorg the Strong and Nin Ken Dog. That's lore that only buying the Legendary Collection 25th Anniversary Box can reveal! Great duels!

[@vileluca]

They've been battling for 30,000 years, every generation being reincarnated to continue their endless duel

[@dragonknight1560]

@@vileluca And the rest of the Dark Scorpions baffled by Gorg's obsession and desire to fight this ninja dog man alone. A mystery that will never be told.

[@alex__zander]

Three times they dueled out on the field of battle, and three times they were evenly matched.

[@delllee4915]

​@@dragonknight1560 They eventually put aside their differences, became boyfriends, and their children would appear many years later in Rush Duels, used by a buff guy with a dog head

[@Practicalinvestments]

@@alex__zander did somebody say ‘Evenly Matched’ 😏

[@obbscur2]

man old school yu gi oh duels are so much more entertraining than modern competition ones it's crazy

[@Saracenar]

My brothers and I used to say that a card “did Fairy Meteor Crush” damage because that’s the first card we ever saw with a piercing effect - before piercing was a thing.

[@ProfPyro]

SAME! Glad do know my friends and I weren't alone in that.

[@ChristMetalMayhem]

SAME! Here I thought I was the only duelist to say that.

[@darkmaster539]

Castle of dark illusion's original effect only lasted "until the 4th turn after the card is activated.", they actually made it better lol Reaper of cards is the weird attack level 5 monster you were thinking of.

[@cardwars4754]

Got back into yugioh about 6 months ago, I'm 31 and used to play alot when I was younger. The rare hunter series you do is what got me back in. Now my hot wife and awesome kids are into it and I just want to say thank you so much for the content and making it fun.

[@theswarmsquad3606]

Biggest W I’ve ever heard oml

[@PaulBrown-fl2dk]

One day I’ll have a hot wife and kids who’ll play Yu-Gi-Oh! with me 👌😎 Welcome back to the club, man

[@infinatyseal28]

Thanks for finding the nerdest way to tell me I’m single 😂

[@kl1thedominion]

Nice. Stay living your best, my dude!

[@gaba-goo3733]

Wife has a price tag lol

[@JMolKoz20791]

Been teaching my girlfriend how to play and shes picking it up so quickly! I even got her watching TeamAPS with me! You guys have some really great yugioh content, and yall are definitly big influemcers in the community. Again thank you guys! 🙌

[@cdbeatmaster]

Protect her at all cost

[@Practicalinvestments]

@@cdbeatmaster RIGHT! My girl saw my card hobby and I was like “oh u should get in to a nerdy hobby like me” and she was like “yeah thats a good idea, but I don’t think yugioh would be I think I don’t really like that” :( I actually ended up breaking up with her over that (well actually more so I couldn’t get her to do anything with me) So definitely protect her at all costs 😭 I need a girl like that

[@cdbeatmaster]

@@Practicalinvestments Sad to hear bro, well guess thats her loss 🤷‍♂️

[@astupidmonkeyygaming544]

I really love the old Yugioh. I stopped caring after the Numbers' cards were introduced. Glad you guys are bringing them back!

[@ListWizard]

Awesome duel and video! Couple things on the ruling for Morphing Jar 2. Alec was supposed to mill cards until he milled 2 monsters (He only milled a spell and 1 monster) and then special summon either of them if level 4 or lower. Also since flip effects activate before a monster dies. Paul should've have shuffled in his Morphing Jar and milled as well, Morphing Jar doesn't actually get destroyed.

[@sagerhancocks499]

morphing jar was destroyed cause Alex attack it, but your right about milling another monster

[@thunderdragon6318]

the monster thing is right, but jar would have been destroyed (I remember this from that one deck in GX spirit caller, don't know if rules have been edited)

[@ListWizard]

Y'all right, I remembered the effect wrong!

[@christianlay-geng]

To explain why Jar is destroyed, it's because the game state recognizes that it is "marked to go to the GY", thus it cannot be bounced to the hand or deck. Monsters destroyed by battle or non-permanent Spells/Traps that go to GY can be destroyed or banished but never bounced, and this overrides card effects. Else you would never be able to deck out (which is why Fiber Jar was banned in the first place). This is along the same veins of why you can't revive a Nomi monster when a card is "ignoring summoning conditions", because the game state doesn't allow you to summon nomi monster unless properly summoned first, which supersedes card effects.

[@mythplatypuspwned]

8:35 I like when they explain the little bits of their strategy like that.

[@AbesOnAPlaneFilms]

In reference to Terrorking Salmon: the roe are actually the eggs of the fish, not the fish itself. So depending on how you look at it, it's either more or less macabre than you initially thought.

[@TeamAPS]

Good point! It's still pretty dark 😂

[@milehighgambler]

I love this set. LOB was my 1st booster pack that was given to me, and i still remember pulling Tri-Horned Dragon Secret Rare, my 1st ever Secret Rare. Opened my 1st LOB 25th Anniversary edition, and pulled the same Tri-Horned Dragon i did back in 2005. Nothing but happiness

[@ITACHI_UCHIHA1016]

Because of this set release I’m building a GOAT format deck, brings back memories.

[@WesleyParksTTV]

I believe goat format ends with Ancient Sanctuary

[@DeevlishInc]

@@WesleyParksTTV I thought it was Lost Millenium; Ancient Gear Golemn, and the first few Elemental Heros are on the card list.

[@WesleyParksTTV]

@@DeevlishInc yea lol my bad I forget which one is which cuz they both got like a brownish plastic . But yeah you right lll

[@ITACHI_UCHIHA1016]

I’m just building my old deck from High school and then adding more cards I didn’t know about because I’ll be honest, after a certain set I stopped collecting cards.

[@BlackLotusFlame]

I love GOAT format

[@Sigma13Angel]

The look on Paul's face in game three was priceless. Even yet, the plays of game three were epic. I wonder what yall coulda built had there been twice as many packs opened.

[@kslayer55]

The ultimate oh crap face 😂

[@deathtrapsnap]

Loved this so much. Opened a case myself, got reigeki, blue eyes and jinzo in the packs. Was super stoked to get such iconic cards

[@cdgames69]

Note: If a card is banished temporarily, if that card was face down before it was banished, then it's banished face down

[@samwilkins4569]

How can you not think this was a fun era!? I remember running Terrorking Salmon in a deck back in the day, for some reason I made a deck around The Bistro Butcher...I fancy myself a chef!😂 Had no strategy or synergy, just put a lot of food related cards into a deck and hoped for the best. Mystic tomatoes, marshmallon, Hamburger recipe...it was awful but fun! Glad y'all are back!

[@luigifan4585]

Tbh, there just wasn't much going on in a turn, not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just Yugioh actually evolved into a card game with a unique identity that's all about intensive plays and fighting tooth and nail for any advantage you can get off your opponent.

[@EBlade3529]

Because all you did is play one card set and pass for 30+ turns. Old yugioh is boring and traah

[@LuxBellator92]

Yep, I'll take old Yu-Gi-Oh over modern any day! It may be slower, but at least I actually get a turn 1 and am not just watching my opponent play solitaire for 25 minutes 😂

[@samwilkins4569]

@Lux Perfect analogy!😂😂😅

[@LuxBellator92]

@@samwilkins4569 thanks! 🤣

[@lukajovanovic6487]

27:18 when u play "old school" cards and you see link monsters for the first time

[@fruitybluieblue098]

Lol omg XD 29:14 Alec first summons Big Eye then noticed it being a flip to wanting to set it instead😂 Awesome duels guys!👍

[@emissaryofcharybdis105]

I bought one of these, and what's cool is that it gives you enough to make one of those old school cobbled together decks made from the best of what you have, just like the old days. I have the deck I made sitting next to my desk, and it's actually got some decent cards to work with, like Upstart Goblin, Smashing Ground, Kelbek, and Invader Of Darkness. It even gave me one of my old favorites as a kid, Red Archery Girl. I'm very happy with this box. Nice little thing for the old school fans.

[@Nershedify]

I loved that "PIERCING" where he cuts him off while hes explaining how long the old effects used to read.

[@MEpurgolders]

Love it! Me and some friends did this the other night and it was amazing. Most fun we’ve had with Yugioh in a long time.

[@VictorTAnderson]

This video is an AMAZING trip down memory lane!! 😄

[@s.oddity3640]

You look a little like evander holyfield. You just need to know

[@VictorTAnderson]

@@s.oddity3640 Lol thanks

[@CW-hw8nu]

Alec looking at a fish monster with 2400 atk and going "But it taste good!" Os the most louisiana thing I've ever seen.

[@TeamAPS]

If it comes from the water he will eat it!

[@TheFatalcrest]

​@@TeamAPS😂 Just imagined Alec dressed as Mako, hunting one with a giant harpoon

[@Jeff11170]

Love the videos guys haven’t played since the start of GX. Just built a dark world deck and fell in love with the game again. Thanks fellas!

[@gonz1928]

On the booster pack I got Black Skull Dragon and Blue Eyes. Was INSANE!!! I know these versions are not as rare as the first edition, but I will keep these for ever. I’ve never expected something in the boosters. I only paid for an experience of my childhood and it was beautiful.

[@LilBabaG]

I legit love duels that go past turn 2, and where my turn isn't our turn. Keep it up boys!

[@westwardmedia9375]

Why Didn't Alec Banish His Mad Sword Beast Sooner For His 1900 Atk Earth Rock Monster After He Did, On Paul's Turn, Fire Soldier Would Have Been Weaker. Plus That Trap Paul Destroyed If Activated When The Rock Card Was Out WOuld Force Paul's Weaker Monsters To Attack Him

[@RhythmOfWaterTV]

I won my first match in a tournament with a hero emerges into blue eyes again a DAD deck back in the day. So that hit me in the nostalgia with that tri-horn dragon play. Solid stuff Gents 💯

[@majormcknight4339]

This has been one of my favorites so far! Please keep doing classic duel videos in the future! 🤘

[@GreatBocaj]

I got a couple of these, too. I just wish the egyptian god cards had their actual text with the promo color. Would make em more collectable.

[@marcobelli6856]

It’s better like this you can imagine the anime effects 😂😂

[@OutlawOtaku]

Amazing video. This is TRUE Yugioh, not the fake stuff you see at the duel dome.

[@victormonroy3002]

This is the happiest I've seen Paul and it makes me happy

[@weezdajooz9909]

I got that same shadow serpent dragon Secret Rare. Love these reprints. I don’t care if they’re valuable, I love the nostalgia of these original packs.

[@recon7602]

What all do they use for the life point calculator I’ve downloaded a few in the App Store and none look as clean. 6:06

[@akmalfakhruddin7285]

yugioh neuron

[@nicholasgaines1303]

I lost it when Alec said " you and these Nin Ken Dogs!" 😂

[@estebanrodriguez5409]

This is the only kind of Yugioh matches I can follow 🤣

[@d2h655]

So glad you're still here!! You guys rekindled my love for the game

[@tcgacademia]

This was such a fun nostalgia trip. I love how Paul dies every time he has to adjust life points with the Castle of Dark Illusions.

[@Commodore128]

Oh the level 4 normal monster beatdown, that takes me back! Peak Yugioh indeed!

[@TeamAPS]

Yugioh style of play and strategy has changed so much. Sometimes I just want to normal summon a 1900 atk monster and swing

[@sirswagabadha4896]

You guys got some pretty good pulls based on what I've been seeing. Got a display of these coming in tomorrow, hoping for something like that. A tri-horned dragon would be cool, I loved that guy in capsule monster coliseum but never had the physical card

[@Yugiohdeckmaster41]

Morphing jar 2 picked up tell you pick up same number of monster What that basically means is in game 3 you would of milled tell you milled 2 monster and if any where level 4 or lower you summon it/them You only did 1 monster and 1 spell

[@John-xz5te]

I think this may be the first time I have seen castle of dark illusions effect used successfully 😂

[@TeamAPS]

Barely used successfully lol

[@John-xz5te]

@@TeamAPS haha but successful all the same 😂

[@Nopulu]

I honestly feel so bad that you guys spent all that money on the OG boxes, like sealed and everything, just for konami to release the 25th anniversary packs lol But hey, those original boxes made for a much more special series. Keep up the good stuff, you guys are the only yugioh related content worth watching for me

[@jimmyha1898]

To be honest, the reprint cards don't feel the same. The modern printing makes it less nostalgic. There was a bit of a crudeness to the og cards that people who opened them will recognize immediately. It's a different feeling so at least they got to experience the old cards that long time fans miss so very much. Still, it does hurt the wallet :(

[@DuelingKingdom]

You guys are finally back with nothing else but a BANGER! Very cool duel - oldschool with nostalgia screaming out of it! Keep up the work!

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΜελιδονιώτης]

With that mustache Alec reminds me of "that father"

[@HaezeusYT]

Loved the quick edit at 8:23 im sure it went unnoticed

[@captaintalon4485]

Ah the good old days of Yugioh where a turn didn't mean you can get up from the table cook an entire meal and come back only to find your opponent is still taking their turn

[@blankmindcolony4186]

Hey, i have an idea its called infinity reborn, where you guys playing your custom build deck but.... • You can only bring fusion monster to your extra deck, but you can only bring 1 poly and 1 super poly in your deck, shuffle it to your deck after activation and draw 1 card • You must bring 3 monster reborn and 3 call of the haunted, as long as call of the haunted remain face up on the field, you can make monster reborn a continuous spell that can use its effect as a quick effect once per turn that cannot be negated, but banish it when it leaves the field, and if you control these two cards, another two of your spell/trap zone cannot be used, also if you activated monster reborn as a continuous spell, negate the effect of call of the haunted. • You can bring 2 HFD

[@williambrown5934]

I never got into Yugioh aside from watching the series with Yugi Moto, second with Jaden Yugi (thought end to series LAME) and the Yugioh who duels on a motor bike (with that Stardust dragon he gets from his rival/ friend…). I just like watching these dueling videos you do… It’s fun to watch y’all duel. 😊

[@markymarksaddiction]

I'm thinking of coming back to Yu-Gi-Oh after 20 years. Leaving mtg for good. How approachable would you say the game is to new players these days? As an outsider it looks as if the meta is if you don't win on turn 1 win, then you turn 2 lose

[@ImJustANoobs]

Its funny when I was opening mine I couldn't help but think I hope team aps does a duel using these. I got a secret rare chaos emperor dragon from mine. So this set 10/10 for me.

[@Pixaluvsu-g1y]

I’ve been waiting for a mew upload besides the prank Paul played on us a few days ago Alec has a mustache now???

[@scattershot666]

I feel like you could get a few of these and draft with them. Each set of 6 packs can make the draft pack you pass around, each person gets to pick a card and pass the stack to the next person and it continues.

[@daviddent5662]

What a great classic Duel from probably the only great version of getting the first six packs as a bundled product that exists in modern day! Seriouusly loved hearing Paul be all like "I don't like Tear Ishizu" then also was like "Here's Zolga and Kelbek!" Lmao Hyporcite~ Nah you would have been a fool not to use the original non-broken forms as they do have decent stats for Lv 4s. Also every time Castle of Dark Illusions flipped over to mess up Paul's life points was easy to relate to as somebody who has OCD and plays Yugioh and used to watch the life points get into those weird fractions. Kazuki my guy you were a bit nuts when you printed those exactly as they were in the manga.

[@silverroddo1468]

Yugi-yoooo! Serpent Night Dragon! That card should of have some support. I forget the card that made you use high ATK tribute monsters for hand tributes? So, ran Serpent and others in my Duel Generation app deck. It was silly fun.

[@Raiderchris81]

I love this collection set. Me and my friends are getting back into yugioh because of this. We are doing old school duels soon can't wait.

[@emissaryofcharybdis105]

Man I wish I had someone I know to convince to get in on this old school set with me. The one guy I know who even knows how to play spent way too much time in Master Duel ranked, and he's STILL too salty to touch Yu-Gi-Oh, no matter what I try. Sucks, but at least building the deck was fun.

[@I_FORGOR.]

Wait a minute I though paul dip a month💀

[@PatJamma]

You guys should get together with The Professor again to discuss the vast difference in product quality and player reception to the respective Yugioh and Magic anniversary products

[@karlsteffen7804]

This would have been awesome as a house tournament

[@FilthyWeeb27]

Morphing jar 2 should go until the same number if monsters returned are revealed; alec shouldve kept going until he found a second monster

[@RedRamDRA]

I swear Paul's "hmmmmmm"s get a smile on my face every time! :D

[@brucelau2023]

6:08 end of sponsor

[@Frankya92]

These original packs were my shizz growing up. I’m low key thinking about yugioh again. Although, haven’t played the game in almost 20 years

[@Kentanimationnnnnnnnn]

so, not that it matters too much and i know simulators could possibly get rulings wrong, but in edopro, using dimensionhole on a face down monster banished it face down and when it would return to the field, it can't return to the same zone it was banished from and it would also return face down defense.

[@Eamil]

It's so weird to me that they reprinted these old sets using the modern card formatting. I don't hate it, but it means I can't use these to finish my collection of the old sets, because they don't look right in a binder surrounded by the older cards. And the full booster boxes releasing later this year will be these same packs. Well, it's great to see them being printed either way!

[@SkywardSpork]

I got 2 boxes myself, pulled Delinquent Duos, Change of Heart, SR Anniversary Dark Magician & Gaia The Fierce night (so sad i lost my original first edition from my childhood) This was some nostalgic stuff

[@Sunsaparilla]

I bought a display of this exclusively for Relinquished in Spell Ruler, and amazingly I pulled it! I also got a secret rare Serpent Night Dragon which was a nice bonus. Unfortunately, I didn't pull Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon or Thousand-Eyes Restrict.

[@venom17a]

I like how u magnefied the cards, wish other duel videos did that! I skip off them if I can't c wut there playing

[@ren4951]

What are those frames in the beginning of the video you use to frame cards? Honestly I'd LOVE to do that with the cards that mean a lot to me.

[@Momo1jiri]

Do you have an equipment video? Looking to get your mic and was wondering what do you use to also capture the audio

[@Wubbaduckie]

I remember getting the original legendary collection for Christmas as a kid, the one that was the binder.

[@jordanphelan1150]

Also guardian of the throne room used to have red rockets on its back but in this reprint they are Green!

[@LucasBuilds]

Honestly my fave of those sets was Spell Ruler, but only because I pulled my first (and thus far only, at least as far as YGO is concerned) secret rare from one. funnily enough, it was Serpent Night Dragon.

[@Borchyn]

Super fun! Thank for playing!

[@suiway]

I haven't played in like... over a decade? But I might actually buy this just for the fun memories. Invasion of Chaos was my favorite set, because Gren Maju. I play Magic more now but Yugioh was what got me into card games and deck building. My first deck was just a bunch of cards my friends didn't mind giving away. My best iteration of my deck was my build centered on getting out Gren Maju Da Eiza and Gravity Bind, with back up Wave-motion Cannons and a Lava Golem (hahaha and a chaos sorceror just cause i had one). I remember that was the set I bought most hoping to pull a second and third Gren Maju but I never did, I ended up having to trade a lot more than they worth to convince my friends to give me two more.

[@InsaneCarverUpqik]

Dimensionhole banishes its target face-down if the target is face-down on the field and returns it in the same position. Tested on Master Duel

[@InsaneCarverUpqik]

also i think you played morphing jar 2 wrong, your supposed to excavate until you get the same number of monsters that you shuffled in but he just excavated 2 cards total and sent them

[@raymers]

Yaaaaas! Your new set staging is fantastic! Great corner setup with those framed cards! *chef's kiss*

[@Saracenar]

Dark Crisis easily my favourite set, I have loved Archfiends since way back when the pack was first released.

[@yogsothoth915]

Tri Horned Dragon is a pretty cool duel spirit to have following you around

[@jacksonjoseluna817]

Esses vídeos são relíquias, gosto muito.

[@TheReaperShyGuy]

When y’all started talking about betting the rarest card my toes instantly curled! Amazing video as usual!

[@TeamAPS]

Rare Hunters is peak Team APS 😤

[@thenubsie7012]

I was on Alec's side with putting granadora on top. Completely thrown by the rush recklessly. Good game.

[@timzoat]

I build a not that bad deck out of one single box and it happens to be a Last Countdown, Morping Jar, High Defense Stall Deck. Can't wait to play it against the sealed pool of my friend.

[@mitchellbecker610]

Woah, I thought Castle of Dark Illusions was a 5 star too 😮. It must be a… Mandela Effect Monster 😏.

[@RavenWitchShade]

First thing I noticed before anything else, you guys got different boxes compared to the European release - the ones from the release over here are a bit larger/wider and double as storage boxes. Weird seeing the same product in different packaging styles. Nice pulls, though - my box was a complete dud ^^;

[@HoseB932]

Can’t wait for the “hopefully” eventually 5D’s anniversary event. Not really a DM dood but I respect some of the monsters that came out, like Dark Magician and Slifer.

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

Edison format should officially be a thing synchros were peak. Everything afterwards is still cool though

[@HoseB932]

@@Honest_Mids_Masher Xyz was also cool, but it had less of a cool first impression than Synchros. Still love Synchros and Edison: feels like a goated mind game and a funner game.

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

@@HoseB932 Tbh I have fun in anything fast paced and where powerful monsters are within an arm's reach

[@HoseB932]

@@Honest_Mids_Masher true. I love DM as a start for the series but the card game/anime definitely felt like it peaked later. (I still am waiting on more Toon Support tho, I NEED toon Aluber that just searches any toon card or something)

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

@@HoseB932 Toon Accesscode would be funny as hell

[@aidanforbister2250]

Delicious salmon, let's play a game and list yugioh monsters that would taste great, I'll go first.... DMG

[@vantablackecho]

There should be a Tri-Horned Ultimate Dragon

[@TeamAPS]

Yeah! Konami, where's our Tri-Horned Dragon support?!

[@benmaurer2375]

Its been a while for a video!! Glad ur back

[@Zumacia]

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked up 25th anniversary pack and play and didn’t see anything this is awesome

[@pikastudios2850]

I just got into Yu-Gi-Oh a month ago and I think I’ve built a pretty good Skull servant deck, but if you could recommend any cards to add to help that would be awesome!

[@setokaiba200x]

The Invasion of Chaos is my favorite. Pulled a Chaos Emperor Dragon in my first box.

[@Digiheart400]

Please mention the songs you used because I recognize the song from your openings as the loading music used in Jojo's Bizarre adventure Eyes of heaven before getting to the battle

[@rosariocrimson]

I am a bit salty that the quarter century rare god cards are the display versions, other than that, I do really like the 25th anniversary boxes.

[@sgt-deadmetal1566]

where do you get the playmat from? Wouldnt mind having one for myself

[@JaimeD.]

Alec and Tri-Horned Dragon are as strongly connected as Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi with Dark Magician.

[@Infamouscritter]

Ever since seeing yall on the professors channel ive loved yall!

[@Hiromagi_]

"Peak Yugioh is back!" "Oh, so like 2009-2010 er- oh..."