Crossout Designator Bricked Your Deck! - Build Fix Tips

[@Rebornblader]

Can't brick my deck with CD if I can't afford them!

[@DankBot003]

Check mate

[@WTFNameRage]

XD damn

[@theofficialk.a.m...p4760]

Thats why most people stop playing. The secondart market destroys the game. Dont believe me? Explain a $15 imperm in a $14 structure deck...

[@MakoKong]

Lmao

[@Rebornblader]

It's happening more and more often. There are far too many expensive staples. There is no reason why I should have to spend over a grand before I even start on my engine cards.

[@vparsa87]

Issue also becomes when you want to side out dead hand traps against other decks, but you have to keep them in suddenly just because you know they’re siding that hand trap against you. Like before, it used to be easy to side deck against backrow decks because I could side out nibiru, but now I have to keep it in because I know my opponent has it for me.

[@chilogutierrez8760]

But then you drop it down to one

[@LauncherSpiderMk7]

That was a really important note about the OCG meta. Crossout is outstanding in OCG-land because there's so many three-of ubiquitous staples in their meta. It's pretty much never a bad draw.

[@VegettoBlack]

Also 2 called by is great to stop most common hand traps while crossout hits the same cards and at the same time a different range of cards making both complement each other way more

[@ruf2008]

I tried the card in Salamangreat. I only wanted it for Nib and Ash, so I didn’t play any other rando handtraps cause they do not bother me. Here is what I learned: 1) Game 1 people seldom play Nibiru (don’t use Crossout as a specific out if it is not heavily played) so I moved it to the side. 2) If you don’t use Crossout on your turn it is basicly a dead card unless you play mirror or hit a pot card. 3) Crossout is terrible going second and I would rather have going second cards 4) Drawing 2 Crossout really feels bad. 5) Drawing it in the mirror match is absolutely busted and will most likely win you the game.

[@astogram4321]

100% agreed!! People saying "it's mandatory to main in salad" have clearly never playtested it. But is a good sidedeck option for sure tho.

[@TheoJay615]

This. After play testing it in salad, it's a game 2/3 card. After reading this, I'll probably throw it in the side deck. I was consistently powering through hand traps with cards like Parallel Exceed and extra salads in hand for discard fodder (except for the off chance that someone plays Nib in game 1). You can play through 2 interruptions (3 if you draw good) but if they don't have Nib and you draw the Crossout, it's basically a dead card. I'd rather have an extra extender than a silver bullet for one use case.

[@VegettoBlack]

In my experience so far i think its mandatory to side at least 2 if you are playing one of the 3 to 5 most popular meta decks because you will absolutely find it useful game 2 or 3 in the mirror match. Dragon link has been my main since thunder dragons lost their best boy #FreeColossus ... and i thought it would be great in the main deck but d link has run fine without it but i do have 2 in the side to use for the mirror or when i see fit. Also noe that i said it doesnt seem neccessary mained in d link some pro will come out with d link needing cross out to be best again lol

[@averagejoe9229]

I also tried it in Salad and would rather have any other good staple like a torrential tribute that has a high impact on the board-state regardless of the situation. Side decking also uses 3 otherwise good options like floodgates (gozen/rivalry) which Salad can play in and are good against Nibiru.

[@ItzAGr8Day-p4m]

Conclusion: salads best deck 👌

[@ShrankTheFirst]

A guy at my locals ran 3 CDs in his deck, but in game 2 he activated it twice only to realize he'd sided out his targets both times.

[@alexanderbatterbee8369]

I drew my main target with it half the time 😩

[@ShrankTheFirst]

@Daniel Well, yes. Since the declared card (Gamma) was not in his deck the first time, it was an illegal activation and the Crossout went back to his hand, not considered to have been activated at all. He was then Gamma'd. Further into his combo, he activated it again, declaring "Nibiru", which, again, he had sided out. The Crossout went back to his hand again, and he got Nibiru'd.

[@ShrankTheFirst]

@Daniel I [don't understand] that reference, sorry. (Is that a JoJo reference?)

[@cambo006]

No, Tom. I pulled a playset and WILL use them in every deck I play.

[@rapalborde5211]

lol

[@ThePinkishObject]

I have a playset and have nothing go to play it in haha

[@cambo006]

@@ThePinkishObject find something... anything! Or on the brightside they can't make your non-existent deck brick lol

[@ThePinkishObject]

@@cambo006 I would put it in tribrigade, but I'm going to hold off on playing brigade at the moment because I'm going to sell accesscode since it's so high and have other decks, I also got live twin too which can play it really well, but then I noticed the person was trying to scam me

[@twintrbo92]

I’m playing 6 in my deck It bricks everytime but yolo Don’t tell anybody tho 😌

[@P-0-Seventeen]

Crossout Designator = Called by the Deck

[@john1691]

Honestly I only use Crossout in decks that have massive wiggle room and can play lots of handtraps,since it'll be more flexible that way. I did see the problems that you talked about on your video when I was still experimenting with different decks, especially combo ones. Informative as always, thanks,tombox.

[@McNetDeck]

I rather play TTT over Crossout. Crossout feels like a card that was just released too late in the TCG (e.g. wrong format)

[@tonberryking42]

In some fairness about "if only I drew my combo pieces," sometimes you just fail to draw any own of your multiple 3-ofs. Otherwise a valid criticism of the excuse, especially if the tech choices are taking the combo slots.

[@EggoEspada]

Crossout has been great in my Tri-brigade deck. That's mostly because of other Tri-brigade decks and I already run most common handtraps that hurt like Ash, Veiler/Imperm, and Belle.

[@niltonrochamaza3703]

lancea

[@kailee2166]

Love the new Recording setup Tombox!

[@Big1nz]

I mean phantom knights get saved by Crossout negating nib. I know people can play around it but idk, not the same.

[@KaoruMzk]

Personally, I only run 2 CDs (plus 1 Call by the Grave) and just put 1 or 2 targets in addition to my normal deck, meaning I run 42~43 cards. That way you don’t brick as often, at least from my experience.

[@sirernest546]

Tbh that's what I was thinking about doing too

[@jadenyuki312]

Here’s how I did it, I switched up my hand trap lineup to accommodate the cross outs, before cd i would play let’s say 9 ht total, I cut the each hand trap to 2 and added the 3 cd and hasn’t messed my consistency up at all so far I play a 45 card phantom knight deck

[@jonathanalvarez9206]

I can’t do 45 card deck 😕40 max

[@kog-sr5uz]

Honestly the biggest problem for me with cross out is that here in the Tcg the hand trap pool is extremely diverse, so there is almost no way to constantly counter everything unless you want to sacrifice your deck consistency. Meaning there are a lot of games where cross out will feel like a dead card. Imo it works better as a side deck card, since at that point your oponente is most likely to side into the cards that kill your deck .

[@blitzduckvids]

what happens when you chain Crossout Designator to your opponent's Crossout Designator?

[@superbr0ws015]

The original card effect that crossout chained to goes through.

[@twintrbo92]

You open a wormhole in the space time continuum…duh

[@testchannel-mn8ef]

Chain Link 1 resolve normally lol

[@Poske_Ygo]

Not everyone put Crossout... Some of us know its lackluster. Extenders gap Crossout and Cbtg I can understand crossout in decks which dont have remotely good extenders like prankidz but thats the extent of it.

[@quelqunx7470]

Yeah also if your deck doesn't have at the very least 15 free spots, I simply can't see how you can fit enough crossout targets to make it good. (On the other hand if your deck has less than 15 free spots, you probably don't need crossout because your engine is so big)

[@redx4361]

I think there was a general misconception about why crossout is good. When called by went to 1, most people didn’t even understand why. Called by was also being regulated to the side in some decks so that you were drawing your combo pieces more likely. This being said, of course you can’t just slap it into everything. If crossout gets hit here in the TCG, it’ll be for the same reason as called by. Not because it’s necessarily broken, but because you could go first and combo regardless to what your opponent has.

[@VegettoBlack]

Best part about crossout is crossing out the crossout by banishing a crossout : )

[@galaxynight7465]

i think playing TTT can compensate the missing value caused by playing crossout.

[@utopiadagoat8567]

As a Salamangreato player I can be worry free of the frickin rock 😮‍💨

[@MSTTV]

For salads it's worth running for the rock.

[@GundaniumColony]

If you want a cheaper alternative to Crossout Designator I recommend Prohibition! I like it more because It is a proactive card rather than a reactive card. Prohibition also hits every card in the game aside from itself as long as you know the card's names you want to hit. Plus you can bait out negates and S/T removal with it. It's also a heck of a lot cheaper and it's been doing my going second Hero deck a lot of good. Doesn't mean it's for everybody or every deck but neither is Crossout.

[@LauncherSpiderMk7]

Yeah, it's a genuinely great card, it's just tricky to use, especially going first. It's great for calling high-impact cards that you know will kill you, like Nibiru, Lancea, and Droll & Lock Bird. Calling Forbidden Droplet after making a powerful board is really nasty, too.

[@blueoctober555]

Honestly this advice is amazing and helps with becoming a better player. Even a more competitive player as well because I've had such hard time with ratios since I've returned to the game and found out about hand traps lol this helped a TON thanks so much TomBox!!

[@twintrbo92]

Crossout is going to be used mainly for the mirror matches In the tcg

[@TheWorstDuelist]

This is a good take but not 100% true

[@twintrbo92]

@@TheWorstDuelist agreed, I think it’ll see more main deck use Post BODE

[@SurrenderedByGraceMinistry]

Crossout designator is good at 1-2 Three is pushing the brick limit

[@iBleed_RoyLty4368]

I honestly blame the "hypers" of the card. Everyone spoke of so many pros and barely any cons.

[@Cetra29]

Another problem with Crossout Designator: It is super specific and therefore useless against a person who barely plays any regular cards at all.

[@omega5040]

Just play two each of hand traps to keep interaction, one if it can stop you and 3 if it's a blow out card

[@Animusfortemorty]

Got double CS, thinking of using them in ogdoadic (very vulnerable to Nibiru): 2 CS 1 called, 1 nibiru, 1 ash, 1 belle (i use chaos engine), my 3 impermanence and gamma set that would be good?. Thx for the video really having troubles thinking about how to use the CS withouth bricking

[@VegettoBlack]

The decks ive had success with it in: Dinos, Thunder Chaos (as a side board card in my 40 card list and a main deck card in my dumb 60 card list), Sky Striker, and my really stupid "Necro Dragoon Striker... Sky NecroGoonz?". Where I havent really liked to use it is Dragon Link (my main since it was virtually tier .5 til now), monarchs, and Eldlich Invoked Dogmatika. Keep in mind that I dont own BBW (tri b), VW, or Drytron so I cant personally speak for those

[@_Bale316]

The main reason why people think this is a bad card is because we are in a too diverse format where handtraps are not useful against all decks; once the next banlist hits all the 1.5 decks and the new meta approaches you either play the crossout to fight the top hand traps and the new meta decks, or you die If we were like OCG where everyone is forced to play 3 Maxx C and 3 Ash, we'll use it as well Give it a couple months and you'll see

[@Altigue]

Cross out designator should fit into your deck like a hand fits into a glove. Every designator target in your deck should be useful as a standalone card as well and only really throw in the “brick” targets in games 2/3, if at all. If you are using designator for a defensive card… figure out which cards you can play in your deck that are good staples you can predict your opponent playing as well that you can still play even if you open it and don’t see designator (ash, Imperm for example). I run CD in one of my decks and have ash and Imperm as the main targets with supplemental targets being CC and Prosp. All these cards are very useful on their own but Crossout designator makes them that much better because even if I don’t see (for example Imperm) I still have designator to negate it and protect my starter play and I also have trap trick for it…

[@Retro_Gaming]

Won a case tourney today. I have three cross out main decked, but never really needed it. I play tri-brigade.

[@donjuan6996]

I think it's really good in Salad since it hard loses to Nibiru.

[@theofficialk.a.m...p4760]

My first ycs i drew three dark ruler no more, ash and nibiru.... I played 4 draco that day.

[@SWBF24ever]

So I've tested it in plunder and to my surprise: It didn't work well. I got unlucky, everytime I got ashd I didn't see it and if I saw it, it was just a dead card cause I didn't get handtraped at all. Iffy, I'd like to say that this card isn't good in midrange decks that don't lose to a single hand trap and much rather keep card advantage

[@yubelious5584]

Tombox: Turn skip card My brain: Scrubbed Raid

[@zMetal_Gaming]

Exactly just dnt play hand traps, just designator targets especially If ur deck can play thru hand traps

[@quelqunx7470]

4:35 also every single deck in OCG mains 3 droplet 2 called by 2 crossout, so those are cards crossout can hit in all matchups.

[@Retro_Gaming]

How do you feel about triple tactics main decked?

[@chilogutierrez8760]

2023 everyone main decks drill. This did age to well

[@Xaiross_]

I have a ruling question : my opponent have alpha thuban in the grave and they pay the cost for his effect (special summon from grave). I have a response and chain ghost belle. As belle negate the activation, is my opponent able to activate the effect of thuban again ?

[@erickkisreal9398]

yay oversleeves, best business idea I had for MSTV

[@darronpattel]

Unless I'm doing a mirror match I just run one when I run called by the grave.

[@tsunasawada502]

I remembered buying the first print in ocg, and never used it.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I use 1 Crossout Designator with called by the grave; that way I got at least 2 great spell cards followed by useful handtraps.

[@hurnok0114]

Tbh, I bet you just drew 1 out of your case and that’s why u just run it as a one of! I understand. I’m doing it the same way 🤣

[@LowellLucasJr.]

@@hurnok0114 actually I pulled 1 from 4 tins

[@LeLibanaisEnRoueLibre]

I play time thief and i can say one thing is that droll is a big threat for me so should i play One Copy or 2 Copies of Droll(bcz you kmow its still droll)

[@jkromes20]

I haven’t seen a single tin irl. Distribution was horrendous and people bought em all up like crazy. I really just wanted to open one for fun smh

[@cesarogando5426]

That’s why I main 1 crossout .. to stop ash or droll or nib or hand traps

[@eridani8323]

My exact hand in my @ignisters vs d/d/d... I needed this. at 0:11

[@Souls42]

Do you think sword soul should play it

[@maxorous1262]

would you play cross in tri-lyrilycs?

[@shadowofalegend8316]

7:25 guy who I played last week went through that very bit and he ran 3 desires ON TOP OF CD,. Guys, don't excuse bricking for bad deck building: coming from someone who plays vw very often

[@VegettoBlack]

In the thunder dragon mirror its so fun

[@DaOnlyOne]

Crossout inst great since there is no maxx c in the tcg, only reason is main at 3 in the ocg is that, 2 is still good for the nibiru and ash, main targets to nullify to continue your plays

[@Aaron_Heininger]

Lol this is why I play millennium eyes and called by the grave

[@redbars2747]

Only thing is that they don't save you from nibiru and infinite imperm

[@Aaron_Heininger]

@@redbars2747 maybe however getting your opponent to burn two hand traps just to stop one card is still good and nabiru you just need to play decks that can tag into a negate monster before you summon five monsters

[@hurnok0114]

@@redbars2747 and gamma

[@atleepc2108]

I pulled 1 out of my tins. I will run lots of meta cards with 3 archetypes in my deck. If I'm matching an archetype then I'll throw the single one in. Would much rather load my deck with 6-8 hand traps. I don't think I'd ever run a 3 of crossout designator

[@nelsongan5628]

Does it mean the price for other chased cards from mega tins would spike up due to the price drop in crossout ?

[@Goblin_Hands]

If Crossout Designator lowers the sales of the tins, that means other cards may be harder to obtain, so they may remain high; Usually the surplus of cards from buying tin after tin to get the Crossout Designator in this case, lowers their value, so the more product bought, the less the extra cards will be. Cards like Ice Dragon's Prison inevitably increased and is still a reason to buy the tin.

[@Ldujet]

It really hurt me seeing that MACR Ash Blossom being thrown at the first seconds :(

[@quelqunx7470]

I think your deck needs to have 15+ free spots to run crossout. List of one ofs I would play: Called by Both Pots (if possible) Droplet TTT Ash Belle Veiler Imperm

[@Goblin_Hands]

The only deck that benefits from running both pots is Gren Maju and it's variants, but those banish half of their deck anyways making Crossout dead. I guess you can play Striker since they have a lot of 3-ofs in their Extra and search their Engage and Multirole early.

[@quelqunx7470]

​@@Goblin_Hands tri-brigade could in theory play 3 prosp 1 desires, but more testing is needed. invoked dogmatika (no shaddoll main deck monsters) can play both. Virtual world can play both pots but I don't think they can play crossout. Maju and striker aren't decks that wanna play crossout in the first place, since striker doesn't lose to HT and maju wants to go 2nd.

[@cheaterxl243]

Great Tips. Thanks

[@alicepbg2042]

you can't convince me to not run 3 copies on my plunder patroll deck... that is, if I had money to buy copies of it.

[@azulthecerulean2.049]

I'm playing a deck that auto loses to droll so CD is a must, plus droll hurts a lot of decks so I can get away with maining it.

[@fionnalarcom7163]

I’d much rather have two called by the grave then three cross out designator, why well called by the grave is not once per turn 🤭

[@Chrissaywhat]

I love playing 41-42 cards depending on the deck.

[@Raminator243]

Agreed.

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

I only run two, because I only ever want to draw one but I want a decent chance to get it. It allows me to run fewer handtraps that can also brick.

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

I run two ash, one ghost belle, and one nibaru. So far the ratio has been decent for my Drytron deck.

[@TheoJay615]

I tested it at 3 and bricked for me. Seeing two Crossouts in your opening hand just sucks and it's almost unusable on your opponent's turn if you set it. I've gone back down to 2 as well.

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

@@TheoJay615 What deck do you run? I use Drytron which is weak against handtraps so it has saved my first turn combos multiple times.

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

I already ran Called By The Grave so I was easily able to swap them out anyways.

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

I used to play Magic The Gathering which taught me a lot about deck ratios because of mana. Before I use a deck I draw a lot test hands to gauge the consistancy.

[@animebrezel1272]

I just want called by back... I hate crossout exactly because of your explanation and called helps against every deck even if it doesn't stop ht like nibiru or imp

[@colincraigo5793]

Crossout Designator promotes bad deck building. Video over.

[@J98-n5f]

I’m going to play it in live twin

[@flames706]

Holy ADs city bruh

[@MSTTV]

I pressed auto loads these days, KZbin is aggressive.

[@Rmartinezvid]

Need an updated necroface deck

[@MSTTV]

Not gonna lie I want to updated it too

[@Rmartinezvid]

@@MSTTV it's been almost a long year since the last list

[@lucamartina3685]

The best way to play them is at 2 copies. Anyway i don't like it a lot. I prefer called by the grave

[@EltonLeonidas]

TLDR: How to play Crossout? Don’t.

[@EdisonLocalsMK]

Insane in the mirror. 👌

[@sanauj15]

Yep, Crossout is a good card but it's way overrated. Need to be played in the right deck. Also people like to think that cards in the ocg will be good in the tcg when they are totally different formats.

[@Mjuxtapose03]

CD won me so many games yesterday. In a deck like @ignister it’s absolutely disgusting, so don’t let people discourage you from using it. Deck building will be important , yes. But trust me the card is cracked.

[@ElPsyKongroo]

I'm just gonna run 1 crossout, 1 talents and 1 called by lmao

[@Goblin_Hands]

Crossout is best with sets of 2 hand traps, so people could use it to counter Ash and Droll or Ash and Nibiru, etc in which case even using 1 copy of Crossout I would recommend 2 copies of chosen hand traps because you aren't even allowed to banish the Hand Trap in your hand, which I bet a lot of people overlooked. You could also run 1 or 2 of each less impactful/common hand trap/cracker too: Impermanence, Veiler, DRNM, Droplets, Belle, Crow, but if you only run 1 copy of that HT there's a strong chance the copy you need in the deck to stop the opponent won't be there, making all of your efforts in vain. And running all of these Hand Traps, but only 1 Crossout Designator seems like a joke. If you find Crossout Designator bricks from drawing 2 many copies because it is a Hard Once Per Turn (another downside people clearly overlooked), you should run 2 copies; at 1 copy you'll never see it enough unless it is searchable, and at 3 copies you have a decent chance at bricking 2 in hand, but only running 2 copies will almost never brick but also double the chances of seeing a single copy compared to running a single copy.

[@Goblin_Hands]

TL;DR I'd say run 2 to brick less, as well as 2 Ash and 2 Nibiru/Droll or whatever the card that kills your deck is, and if that isn't good enough, bump Crossout to 3 but know it can brick.

[@ElPsyKongroo]

@@Goblin_Hands oh I only pulled 1 from my case so I'm just running 1 until they reprint it haha

[@eetzdun9613]

Pro players win all the time by stacking their deck and not actually randomizing their shuffling as you've made plenty videos covering this. Every pro player legit sits at home and practices how to stack their deck that's why when you get matched up with a pro player you have to do your part in making sure their decks get randomized while they focus on bricking your deck when they cut it. That's really the only trick there is to it.. with an online simulator like Master Duel it will completely cut out this issue and most "pro players" will actually be proven to be subpar when they cant stack and brick their opponents decks anymore. But of course not everyone is like that but we can all agree that the majority of pro players actually know how to do that which is why most arent fans of master duel and talk shit about it.

[@XlllJason]

You sound like someone who doesn’t know how to build a consistent deck

[@ldragoburst7220]

Tell us a deck that can be use with crossout designator

[@CrystronHalq]

TCG is just stupid sometimes. They still need to get used to the card. It requires a good sense of deckbuilding. Shoving in TTT is the same thing as usual. Doesn't take any skill or expertise. OCG is on another level of deckbuilding now as they probably always have cause their meta is just more hardcore. They been dominating Worlds all the time. Thankyou for this video Tom.

[@TheoJay615]

It was trendy to buy out Engraver of the Mark a few weeks ago just to counter this card too. How's that working out lol? Sometimes, you gotta not let hype get to your head.

[@CrystronHalq]

@@TheoJay615 That engraver of the mark thing is ridiculous. You can also just use Lancea.

[@Aaron_Heininger]

Lol funny I figured that be a problem with this card. How many idiots went out to buy this not knowing how to use it? Answer a lot.

[@rashawunjones3281]

Its a hit or miss card

[@chrisgkini3180]

Nah sold my 2 cross out

[@dynastywarriorlord07]

All this video proves is that Yugioh needs a mulligan system

[@kuyagoldlink7563]

Truly, your intellect is dizzying!

[@alessandrofranzan6951]

I think that a 2x is enough in most decks,3x's not a brick only in @ignister

[@Big1nz]

Im glad someone said this. This card in ignister just makes sense, if our link 1 gets stopped its a RIP.

[@Dar2Jee]

nah we wont ever get the same meta as the ocg ... mostly because the combo crybabies who say shit like ygo will die when maxx c comes back

[@eetzdun9613]

Nah tombox the good players arent good because they are good deck builders they win because they are good at deck stacking even you know how to stack your deck in the shuffling you've made plenty of videos and how many pro players get caught cheating all the time let's be real here and these issues only happen because we've yet to have a real online simulator where you cut out irl contact and people who know how to stack and shuffle decks arent allowed to do so anymore cuz now the system does it for them making it a truly equal fair playing ground.

[@RavensSixNine]

I made an insane 60 card drytron . And I just wanna say , I think I broke the game .

[@iainhansen1047]

Don’t main deck it

[@konstantink7310]

Can you stop talking about the worst designed card ever.

[@andrewng5167]

Dude... Love your video, but had to dislike it cuz you're guiding these rich little bastards to victory instead of making them use their own witz ^_^