LIBROMANCER - Ten Minute Testing

[@NikoAmii]

“Another duel won, in The marketplace of ideas” lmaoooooo

[@alonsoarana5307]

So much for the tolerant left 😏

[@conorreilly1968]

"Back in my day, rituals had specific spells and needed levels equal to the monster being summoned👴" "Sure Gramps, let's get you to bed"

[@r3zaful]

The original black luster didn't specify the exact level for ritual summon

[@theblackx9429]

* Old school ritual player triggered * Back in the day most of ritual spells did not require exact level, but equal or higher.

[@murpl1462]

@@theblackx9429 now they don’t even care about level at all

[@ssj2sensui]

As an "old school" yugioh that was happy with relinquished I take offense lol

[@strangevol5264]

@@murpl1462 that's literally just one deck (Drytron)

[@alexgarciafantauzzi5031]

Not sure if the comments mention it: Libromancer Fire being Cyberse let's you go into the Cyberse line with Link Devotee. You can make Cyberse witch, allowing you to then add Cynet Ritual + their lv 3 or lv 7 ritual while still going through the normal line

[@colinduchilio4052]

The problem with this is: The Level 3 and Level 7 rituals are both not good.

[@CaliburXL99]

Libromancer fire is also searchable with cynet mining.

[@tariqmcmaster8668]

@@colinduchilio4052 the level 7 is good at closing out games

[@Nickscruiser]

Can you explain how fire can make disciple into devotee. I get that you can link off libro fire into disciple. What I don't get is what you're using to make devotee?

[@ratznefumel]

@@Nickscruiser fire searches geek boy which gets field spell which searches the ritual lvl 3. Use fire to link disciple. Use field spell to ritual out the ritual 3 make devotee. Dont want to run the lvl 3 ritual. No problem. You instead search out agent. Summon agent. Add back fire. Normal summon fire as this deck don't need the normal summon. And make devotee. I like this path better as it leaves you with 2 more monsters on board (geekboy and agent) for more link plays. You can instead play cyberse gadget as you normal summon and just use fire as extender. But adding cards dilutes the deck from pure.

[@YuseiTheSynchroHero]

_The Return of MBShapiro like we all wanted!!_

[@SanganY]

Nahhh I need to see more of this!

[@tallergeese]

MBS has a lot to answer for.

[@therranolleo468]

"Technically this deck does not have a normal summon" Invoked it is then! ALEISTER GET IN HERE this is your 27th deck!

[@glacierwolf2155]

"Aleister, time for your 4 PM Normal Summoning!" "Yes, Dear."

[@bursterxp2395]

Have you thought of magikey's?

[@manynukes11]

Owning the meta with facts and logic

[@r3zaful]

Fueled by fact and logic

[@_Quizzical_]

Funnily enough, this deck is the reason I finally started playing the Invoked engine. Especially amazing when you can get a ritual and a fusion under Cross Sheep.

[@awesome54500]

Its also good because you can a.so play set rotation, annpying floowander or being another copy of terraforming

[@dragondonut58409]

Yeah Ritual + Fusion cross sheep can win games by itself, crazy card

[@stuckmeister7750]

Do you have a list?

[@Mt.Berry-o7]

On a side note, cross sheep is such a cool card. One of the best designed link 2 monsters right up there with the knightmares.

[@VisualBasicTuTs100]

Would also be interested in the list :)

[@WhoIsSirChasm]

"Geek Boy" is maybe the most bizarre phrase on a card since "Magical Something".

[@jsd4574]

It's good, but it's no "Interplanetarypurplythorny"

[@geiseric222]

It’s not that weird. He’s a geek who is a superhero.

[@dgayle2348]

Someone explained that magical something is a reference to tabletop RPGs where a character comes across an item of unknown origin simply referred to as "something." I was surprised it had context at all.

[@lucidreverie3024]

wait until you see "Gadget Gamer"

[@deityofdespair3113]

It's awful and I'll bully anyone who summons it

[@Brokenbadge]

The intro was hilarious

[@RanserSSF4]

I will give konami credit on a couple things on this archetype: They actually gave a ritual archetype actual good traps. I really would recommend the new trap that takes control of your opponents monster. Deck pluses very well once it gets going, which is good for a ritual archetype. Unfortunately, its ritual monster pay-off isn't that great so it needs better ritual monsters besides doom.

[@CaliburXL99]

If u establish the level 4 magigirl(who also summons herself out) then u could play the other ritual monster that Libromancer has as a quick effect monster negate. Honestly if the deck had a foolish + reborn type of monster or spell card then it could really go places.

[@thomaswood8405]

@@CaliburXL99 That's not useful since it's only technically a quick effect negate. If your opponent attempts to use a monster effect, you cannot react with Magigirl because Mystigirl will not be able to apply her negate on summon until the chain resolves. Mystigirl is honestly one of the worst modern negates I've seen in a long time.

[@CaliburXL99]

@@thomaswood8405 And this is why I’m playing the deck with dogmatika’s & not pure, heck I was planning on playing her at 1 in a pure build but thanks for the heads up on that.

[@osblarg]

As much as I was crossing my fingers to see you get that best of three, my man evil Longyuan has been overshadowed for too long by Baronne so it was pretty satisfying to see it steal a game

[@alexYu-gi-oh]

Tbh game 1 was winnable for ss but they threw harder than gage did with clown control

[@CaliburXL99]

@@alexYu-gi-oh Tbf if MBT had imperm Mo-Ye game 2 then it would've been a wrap. That was really dumb not to do imo.

[@rustedmoss-u]

At last, rituals now have a whopping 115 monsters, almost a third of links You know, the newest mechanic 🙃

[@KuroeNezumi]

Remember when you either made links or didn't have any extra plays to make? Me neither. Pendulums? What are you talking about? They can only summon pendulum monsters from hand, the ones on the extra are made to proc effects or because they're too cool to go to the graveyard.

[@rustedmoss-u]

​@@KuroeNezumi Pendulums? You must be crazy bro, it's 2012! The only monster that doesn't get sent to the grave is the Rescue Rabbit I'm banishing for Kabazauls!

[@mementomori2365]

Synchros has less cards than xyzs too iirc

[@ssj2sensui]

Wow seriously?

[@ogeid772]

I love how we actually have an archetype with bromance in the name

[@anonjohn9760]

Ritual Archtypes are like a high school comedy club. A few member have what it takes to make it to the big leagues, but the rest flop so hard it's embarrassing and sad to see.

[@Trynottoblink]

Also true of improv troupes

[@ObeliskTGS]

Does that make Vendread the weird one that dresses like a goth but isn't a goth at heart?

[@Nerozard]

To continue the metaphor, the ones doing something different tend to be the ones who do something big.

[@Damini368]

Liberomancer Mystigirl actually reads “your opponent can’t target ritual monsters you control with monster effects”, as in any ritual monster you control, not specifically itself.

[@dubiouslobo9190]

I personally enjoy the Dogmatika variant. Gives you easier access to Cross Sheep to dig for resources and allows you to run Punishment for more interruptions with N'tss and Fossil Warrior. As a personal touch i run the 2 Dogmatika rituals because Extra Deck sniping sounds really really funny to me

[@stuckmeister7750]

Do you have a list?

[@dubiouslobo9190]

@@stuckmeister7750 Gimme a bit, at work

[@dubiouslobo9190]

@@stuckmeister7750 3 Diviner of the Herald 3 Dogmatika Ecclesia 1 Dogmatika Fluerdelis 3 Libromancer Geekboy 1 Libromancer Agent 1 Libromancer Magigirl 1 Cyber Petit Angel 3 Ash Blossom 1 Cyber Angel Benten 2 Libromancer Doombroker 1 Libromancer Firestarter 1 White Knight of Dogmatika 2 White Relic of Dogmatika 1 Terraforming 1 Called By 2 Nadir Servant 2 Dogmatikalamity 1 Dogmatikamacabre 3 Libromancer First Appearance 3 E Tele 3 Dogmatika Punishment 2 Libromancer Intervention Extra Deck 3 Herald of Arclight 3 Wind Pegasus @Ignister 1 Cross Sheep 1 Knightmare Unicorn 1 Knightmare Phoenix 1 Knightmare Cerberus 1 Accesscode Talker 2 N'tss 2 Fossil Warrior

[@stuckmeister7750]

@@dubiouslobo9190 this is cool what about playing maximus?

[@dubiouslobo9190]

@@stuckmeister7750 I debated Maximus and testing still needs to be done with him. If anything I would cut either an Intervention or the Petit Angel for a copy of him

[@so0meone]

Fun fact: Amorphages had Libromancer's gimmick of Field Spells for Ritual Summons way back in 2016, except Amorphactor Pain was dogshit in Amorphages specifically because it was NOT an Amorphage monster despite being an intended part of the archetype

[@dannytincher442]

I love that you're using the side deck for history again-it's really fascinating as a player who's played very limited historical yugioh

[@MeowWBO]

What a hilarious opener. Voice impression was spot on!

[@JABRIEL251]

I tore my stomach open with laughter from the opener.

[@Ussybussymann]

best bit yet

[@grimmtamer1572]

Honestly this deck feels good without just playing the bare minimum. Libromancer is a very good poke over boards which was never brought up. Even against good board I've been able to resolve the bounce. Magigirl can keep Mystigirl on board so running one copy isn't bad and overall the deck can do more then 1 play consistently. The P.U.N.K line lets you add Geek Boy with the new card JAM Dragon Drive and since it doesn't use a normal Ze Amin and Foxy tune let you go directly to JAM Dragon and Amazing dragon, set up Gabu and still go all the way into Doombroker and Mystigirl. Fireburster can get pretty big and with Mystigirl even Firestarted can be really hard for your opponent to just attack over since it keeps getting bigger. Personally I play a branded engine. Mystigirl can be used for Albion and get you Mirrorjade and then you can end on Doombroker + Mystigirl + Mirrorjade with an intervention and displacement set. The branded engine and Libromancer with a bigger package can grind like no ones business, letting it pull through against some Eldlich boards and some other meta decks if you know the lines you can follow. Other people in the comments have mentioned the cyberse line which is a very cool extension that doesn't interrupt other somewhat strong end boards. Better versions of the deck I feel would have pulled longer games against SS (which is already a snore to fight against anyway). I think Libromancer can pull rogue even without having 17 meta staples that everyone and their mom just slaps in rituals cuz everyone likes to call them good.

[@safeandsound712]

These look cool enough, I'm game to give em a shot. I gotta say, Dawg I love your channel and your videos a ton. Please keep this up. It makes my days so much better. This game is awesome, and you're my Michael Jordan for Yu-Gi-Oh.

[@Trynottoblink]

Same, love his Ten Minute Testing and Steal My Deck videos especially, and kinda miss Turbo Tuesday but he’s in law school and is making progression playoff videos so it’s perfectly understandable that he doesn’t do that one anymore

[@safeandsound712]

@@Trynottoblink I love to throw his videos on while I cook, clean, eat, etc. He has a very good voice for this sort of thing, and a likeable personality with an awesome sense of humor. Bruh, the masochist banlist tournament and chalice slime monthlies are too good! You gotta like those too right?

[@Trynottoblink]

@@safeandsound712 Oh absolutely, they’re tremendously entertaining, they’re hands down some of the best Yugitubing content on here

[@safeandsound712]

@@Trynottoblink I couldn't agree more. I'm really thankful for how large and diverse the Library of his previous videos is. Perfect for binge watching 😂

[@SquibbyJ]

I really liked that you had everything but pendulums/normal monsters. Hoping a good pend hand trap is printed for aesthetic reasons

[@surfinlantern5047]

I never knew I needed MBTShapiro, but here we are

[@OfTheMindscape]

MBTShapiro? You mean that dude with the squeaky voice who talks quickly to try and sound intelligent and wants to push his religious views on the country?

[@martinmonett7641]

I love the art and the concept reminds me of Persona, but the cards are so underwhelming that is sad. They really lack ritual monsters that are actually worth playing them.

[@no-rm9wg]

10/10 intro skit, especially the height camera angles, nice touch

[@MegamanXadventures]

School kids that fight evil at night with their stands, is this Persona?

[@eldavid8774]

"Hey libromancer, nice haircut, did you get hehe that hair cut at the preparation of rites? hahaha"

[@justtables3572]

genuinely one of your best intros to date

[@YeetThyMeat]

Who would've thought that removing half of the mechanic for rituals and giving them crazy effects would make them viable :)

[@rendy1222]

Yeah who would have thought that people don't want to use 3 card minimum to summon mediocre monster

[@thepineappleyempireofsuper9612]

Ty for making Ben short, it's what we all needed

[@hickknight]

7:24 Remember you made the floowandereeze joke? Because I do. Sincerely, Your conscience

[@awildsylveon9896]

I LOVE how MBenshapiro has his head barely poking out of the bottom of the screen, since irl Ben is approximately 3 feet tall

[@dantelorell4530]

Yo, I can't believe you got Ben Shabibo to feature in your opening. He's taller than I thought

[@jorgevarela3722]

Intros are really getting better and better

[@glacierwolf2155]

"There's a lot of potential!" I wonder where I've heard this phrase before...

[@PhantomThiefXI]

this intro sketch was kino

[@Slothptimal]

This deck looks like it invites Zaborg the Mega Monarch. So many free light summons, Herald/Pegasus for extension and pop, and eating into your opponent's extra deck just sounds free.

[@LesPixad]

The Shen Bapiro interpretation is on. fucking. point.

[@jotobrosmusic3928]

in my 60-card build I play 60 cards with 15 handtraps (ash, veiled, imperm, mourner, droll), the adventure engine, the UDF engine and cynet mining to search FIRE alongside e-tely for geek boy. The UDF engine specifically is really easy to make with geek boy and any of the handtraps off Halqi. The end board is the Adventure board, UDF, Doombroaker into intervention, Halq, and Artifact Dagda into the Scythe lock (either halq and dagda into the scythe lock or masquarena and the adventure into knightmare unicorn, cause to make Halq and artifact dagda I need the zone of the adventure token, but the adventure engine is just really good not to play)

[@NickersonGeneral]

"It's gonna need a lot more in subsequent releases if it wants to have a shot at being meta relevant" *brings to YCS anyway* What a Chad.

[@garethm9523]

Joseph balling with his cameo guests.

[@crystux98]

Finally someone appreciates the comedic genius of that SpongeBob scene

[@supersam5802]

Bruh that intro skit was amazing, should’ve forced a facts don’t care about your feels joke in too lol

[@GM_MorganV]

That opening almost killed me

[@Marqrk]

It was awfully nice of MBT to give Ben a box to stand on so he could appear in the video I don’t know if he’d be able to reach the camera otherwise

[@mercylessplayer]

Oh my god that opening skit murdered me

[@christophertomes6777]

I wonder if I could funnel doombroker into dogmatika nekroz so I could end on a omni protect for unicorn.

[@chthonichoros9482]

Damn I can't believe Joseph was able to book THE super-hot-popular performance artist, THE Ben Shapiro, for the opening skit. Our boi is moving up in the world o7

[@Shocari]

intro was so good i had to like before it was even over

[@dragonclawygo8052]

God at first i though the camera was wrong,then i remembered he was just short

[@TheGreatDiegini]

The fact that I’m an insane person and watch videos at x2 even I can’t put Shapiro that fast my brain can’t handle that much lib owning at Mach 2

[@__sassan__]

MAN THE INTRO YOU’RE A FREAKING G O D

[@benjaminbrand3714]

These intros just keep getting better XD

[@megamaniak27]

That was a really accurate depiction of twitch chat

[@maskofthedragon]

I love that the basic gimmick of Rituals just does not work

[@Vuohenmor]

Megalith technically has a ritual spell that’s a quick play, and I’m sure at some point Libromancer will also get a functional ritual spell.

[@Rairiky]

They have one actually searchable with pre prep which surprised me to not see but I guess it's more than consistent enough

[@Jrpg_guy]

They have one, wouldn't play it thought

[@tararacothemeowstic5431]

I've been using Libros as a mini engine with E-Tele in other decks to do the Ghostrick F0 combo, been fun so far c:

[@TheKirbyT]

I'm a simple man, I see someone roast benny shapeshapes, I like and subscribe

[@Trynottoblink]

That was the greatest intro of all time

[@Oni-On]

3:35 wym you don't think artifact/destiny/halq/auroradon engine could be shown? I don't think anyone has seen that before.

[@awildsylveon9896]

Finally getting these nerds in master duel and I LOVE midrange combo/resource loop hybrid decks

[@mariolinkmon101]

Convenient the camera doesn't show MBShapiro's booster seat in the intro

[@dman77931]

Did anyone else think of Persona when he was first talking about the archetype or was it just me?

[@ratznefumel]

Doombroker can attack directly during the last battlefase. Which can suffle back shisou

[@90z79]

“The best formats” Oh, you mean the tier 0 frog splight format? I love having 60 FUCKING PERCENT of the games I play be against a pseudo VFD!

[@venturamack]

That intro is why mbt is the best yugi tuber

[@inv4651]

let's say, hypothetically speaking, your ritual archetype doesn't have an internal ritual spell

[@deityofdespair3113]

Dunking on Tiny Ben is always a win.

[@eduardojosafatfriasaguirre6385]

Libromanser can be book magician in Spanish so this is officially spell book 2 electric boogaloo Expect libro juzgante pronto

[@stinkygoat2686]

ive seen the future and its ritual spells that allow u to use materials from deck, or hand and summon the monster from deck or hand.

[@theruder9]

Your impersonation of Ben Shapiro was genuinely good.

[@CommanderWar64]

I like running 1 of the level 3 rituals so that you can do the Ghostrick F0 combo

[@yugijak]

So what you're saying is mix this with my Invoked Impcantation deck for MAXIMUM MEMES

[@aryeknaani6192]

Nice call on the bans

[@exorphitus]

What does it say that the only way to make rituals playable is to basically create archetypes that ignore the actual original ritual summon mechanics?

[@OfTheMindscape]

It means that the mechanic was poorly designed and couldn't keep up with the changing times as it was. I mean, think about it, you have to have both a *SPECIFIC* ritual spell and the *SPECIFIC* corresponding ritual monster in your hand, as well as extra monsters in your hand and/or field to use as tribute. It's too much set-up and that's at least 3 cards (sometimes 4 cards because most ritual monsters were high level and needed around 2 monsters to tribute) 3 cards going form your hand/field to the graveyard for 1 ritual monster that can be destroyed like any other monster in the game. It's no wonder no one played them, so the ritual mechanic had to go through some gimmicky changes in some archetypes to stay relevant. But if you look at it from a broader scope, all summoning mechanics have archetypes that break the rules of that mechanic. Zoodiacs, Utopias and the rank 12 Divine Zeus monster Xyz summon on top of each other. Ursarctic synchro summon by subtracting levels instead of adding them. Some fusion archetypes summon by simply sending the materials from the field to the graveyard without using polymerization, like the E-Hero Neos archetype, or ABCs using Dragon Buster and also Thunder Dragons. Tri-Brigade can link summon by banishing materials from the grave. And I'm sure there's lots more I missed too. Sometimes breaking the mechanics of an old and predictable summoning mechanic can be good and makes you experience it in a brand new way that's more enjoyable. Anyway, I didn't mean to write all this out lol oh well.

[@princeanime7408]

0:40 Megalith does have a Ritual Spell tho. Its even quick play.

[@theblackx9429]

So technically is not a ritual spell as it misses the icon. It Is a quickplay spell that can ritual summon.

[@ashikjaman1940]

Libromancer owned with facts and handtraps

[@Straven93]

Now I'm just waiting for the to experiment with spell counters and rituals

[@prosamis]

Currently I guess its ceiling is that it can pretty easily dpe scythe lock while having intervention as backup That does deal with any one interaction they may have on standby But any combination of imperm bell and forbidden droplets stops that What it CAN do though is do both halqdon AND get DPE and still use the field spell to get their boss monster out So you're looking at, very possibly, dpe scythe + baronne + herald + intervention 3 negates and a scythe lock... Should be enough of a ceiling Alas this means running 5 bricks which I think this deck can survive doing Side deck of dark rulers, sphere mode, and such makes the deck able to do stupid stuff going second Unfortunately most pretty competent and consistent decks that don't lock you (surprisingly few in amount-) can do this This just does it with an extra trap negate on top and a lot of special summoning

[@monkeykingw]

But MBT, you forgot the most important design space for TCG Ritual Monsters! Being terrible via Vendread

[@KuroeNezumi]

What are you talking about? That's not exclusive to their ritual monsters.

[@blazejuddernaut1101]

They're nice with Vendread, unfortunately not a lot of room for hand traps though.

[@Magikey]

Doom broker always gave me Revendread slayer vibes. Really wish i could pair these 2 archetypes together but I'm having trouble

[@blazejuddernaut1101]

@@Magikey I try to go Slayer to to link or Tzolkin with Diviner then search a Benten off Battlelord to get Kristya. The Libros end up serving as a way to protect from stuff like Dark Ruler or just bait.

[@MrZer093]

Why not add Fireburster and Interruption to the deck? Just need one copy of each in deck and while not as good as Doombroker or Intervention, they have their own niche and don’t really take up many slots. A brute force finisher and an option to prevent a boss from coming out are pretty good

[@omeezy21]

BEAR-OWN De Fluer

[@spacesmorgy6820]

Libromancer needs like 2 more rituals in archetype, that actually do something. Than probably just another main deck support card, or even a Link 2 or 3 monster that acts as a negate,or minor floodgate. Hell if we want to get fancy make the link get a powerful effect if it was made with a ritual Monster.

[@mattbaltimore7195]

You're asking for trouble tbh.... If Komoney made that floodgate Link monster generic (ala DPE, Verte and Halq) there's no one you can blame except yourself....

[@firepuppies4086]

They aren't using their stands. They are using their Personas

[@himediatv]

Love the bebo shapipo jokes

[@robinsaputra1483]

TCG exclusive art always interesting.

[@deviantknight7009]

Now if only my Gishkis had some more support

[@emperialx5197]

Bro the beginning of this vid 😂😂

[@Jason-dh3el]

Holy crap I thought this was fox at first.

[@rabiasher]

Why aren’t you playing the 2800 double damage guy?

[@marcosroche4837]

Already waiting for their retrain: neolibromancers 😍

[@spaskela]

13:26 literally Lithium

[@josiahtitus1377]

King of intro games🤣

[@yugijak]

If Time Thief is Persona 5 this is TOTALLY Persona 4

[@gabrielpelletier6202]

Looks like it's a good foundation rn, it just needs some bigger bombs to keep up.

[@AegisOfIgnister]

Sad that you missed a Jojo reference opportunity with the intro. The intro is still gold none the less

[@hickknight]

Disappointing to see dino morphia get hosed liked that. I still want to play that deck, but man is it ever expensive. Thankfully I have a copy of Libromancer doombroker. It is a sick looking card, that's for sure. I just hope it gets a lot more support for the future.