Old School Yu-Gi-Oh is Making a Comeback

[@paulpierce1001]

Its funny cause one of the things that "drew" me to Yu-gi-oh is the art style. I used to draw the characters on the cards all day. I remember, at one point, we were really poor and couldnt afford Yu-Gi-Oh cards but me and my little brother loved playing so I took the time to cut out and draw 2 decks for me and my brother to use. I was a really big Yu-Gi-Oh fan and knew most the card effects by heart so I wrote out all the text as well. Then, I built a homemade battle arena out of beds and boxes for us and it was time to d-d d-d d-duel!

[@craigshearon7034]

That's awesome 👌

[@newchangeunlisted_viewer5594]

You remind me of me and my brother Love the show

[@ichigo9171]

I think the History of Ygo and progression series are doing wonders for ppl who just either never played old formats or simply forgot and just shows how fun they can be.

[@four-en-tee]

Swagkage's Yugioh meta documentary is what got me into Yugioh a few months ago. After that, I jumped into Duel Links and have been playing a lot of Magician of Chaos, which fueled me to start building physical decks. I've currently got a few structure decks (my favorite so far being a somewhat modified Shaddoll Showdown structure deck) and a hand-made Magician of Chaos budget deck that's based off of a deck-list i found online.

[@MentalGains]

@@four-en-tee make sure to continue to play!

[@oromain]

Both those Cimo series really have done it for me. Made me realize how much I vastly prefer old YuGiOh before we hit this "stop or break my board" meta where games are often decided within the first couple turns. I do like Modern YuGiOh for what it is but the power creep has really made the game less fun for me.

[@HieronymousLex]

@@oromain I have to agree. Even if I feel like I’m about to go off, my opponents usually have some ridiculous card to drop out of their hand and win the game

[@justicerowe2005]

well thats cause modern yugioh isnt fun. its just flashy like a casino. you get roped in by the lights and the short attention span, (hence the special summons out the ass) older yugioh makes you think about what you're doing every turn, instead of just how to get the best first turn.

[@kita6502]

I didnt even know this channel existed. Please mention it more on the main channel. I love these discussions

[@frankaxe6700]

Neh it would be a nuance on the main channel

[@ivanguillen3678]

I subbed to this thinking it was the main channel lol still enjoy it tho

[@thetruedaoster8863]

It used to be called Team APS Deck Check :)

[@StevenRoil]

Me neither!

[@scumbag_poon6027]

Facts

[@TheEric_Esq]

The time for a Blu-Ray remaster of the original anime is now.

[@mrbillz827]

YES!

[@davidreiser9663]

Rewatching the anime now. Didn’t realize how great the show is! Being 27 now, I definitely love it.

[@kourysteffani217]

*4k

[@ericsjogren6601]

@@davidreiser9663 The power of friendship! 😁

[@Steezox9x6x]

Faaaaacts

[@Bolvar4dragon]

Old school yugioh is all I've bothered to pay any attention to over the years.

[@DeluxBass]

same.

[@MsMiDC]

What I really liked is the journey through yugioh, begin at the start and just slowly go through the years. It made me appreciate modern yugioh a lot more.

[@snakeoo7ca]

@@MsMiDC nope

[@MsMiDC]

@@snakeoo7ca what a constructive answer! And it's true, even if you don't want to believe it :)

[@xbrandon2252]

Same

[@Zetact_]

Ghosts From the Past like "What should be the cover card for the box?" "There's a Blue-Eyes in the set." 'There's literally ONE Blue-Eyes in the set." "Which means there's a Blue-Eyes."

[@chaliceohearts4658]

The Box was designed by Seto Kaiba.

[@goodguyshuckle9270]

To be fair, that IS a ghost

[@lz9275]

@@goodguyshuckle9270 Kaiba: The souls of my dragons guided a new one to me!

[@Luxorcist]

This was literally me but with Dark Magician! And I actually got one out of my first display ^-^

[@SonataNoKami]

@@Luxorcist nice

[@elementalheroshiningflarew7269]

2 reasons: 1. Investors coming in due to skyrocketing prices 2. Nostalgic adults reliving their childhood.

[@jrodriguez9017]

Exactly... Facts

[@SasukeJR]

Honestly, I was pretty spoiled when it came to Yu-Gi-Oh! so I have a ton of cards that were worth a lot previously but reason 1 is a bummer. I’d much rather people be able to get the thing from their childhood at a reasonable price.

[@joaquincarrillo5354]

@@SasukeJR its about demand, back in the days finding a chaos emperor or yata to play was expensive, cause there was limited amount, now its even worse, cause everyone has more money to spend on the same number of 1st ed cards which is the collectible edition, and lot more cards are worn due to play, time, lack of care, wet, etc, each person that comes to yugioh for nostalgia raises the prices when keeps one to himself and is one less on market, thats why some 20usd ultras and secret rares are 50-100 now in less than a year, ghost and ultimates are even worse cause those were even rarer to pull

[@spaceghost8886]

I’ve been re-living my childhood nostalgically since I was actually a child lmao

[@zackfair6791]

Pretty much. I used to play yu gi oh video games and the card game when i was in my teens in the early 2000's. I bought legacy of the duelist to play the OG card game. I don't give a crap about links, synchro, or any of that other garbage added with later seasons.

[@kristopheradema7627]

I haven't played yugioh in about 10 years and just recently got back into because of y'alls channel. I bought my wife the rokkets structure deck and I bought dinosmashers for myself and now we duel at night.

[@slimehermit]

Is that some expression for sex?

[@alio6051]

@@slimehermit immature

[@slimehermit]

@@alio6051 "Bought my wife the Rokkets Structure deck" Come on!! The pun there!

[@alio6051]

@@slimehermit no its cringy and immature.bye

[@RunicSigils]

@@alio6051 Grow up. Normal functioning adults like jokes. You're the immature one if you can't take a joke 100% of the time.

[@walterlopez5054]

I think the reason the og anime is so ingrained in people's memory is the method through which we all saw it. Saturday morning cartoons and weekday reruns. Ask any educator, the best way to embed information into someone's head is repetition. We watched the same episodes of the old show constantly. Its why duelist Kingdom is so ingrained in our memories because we watched it the first time. Then we watched It again while waiting for battle city episodes. Then we watched it and battle city again while waiting for new episodes of Waking the Dragons. The Kaibacorp Grand Prix and Pharoah's memory arc don't stick as well because we didn't get that repetition. Nowadays, we binge through an entire season of anime in a day, and forget about it until the next season comes to crunchyroll or netflix. It doesn't stick. Its not the writing being better or worse. Its not nostalgia goggles. Its the lack of repetition.

[@cinemacyborg2181]

This is actually incredibly correct we don’t have that level of repotition It’s the same thing with anime that was on toonami as well

[@newchangeunlisted_viewer5594]

Best comment

[@scrubskull]

Us 90’s kids are finally making our own money and can buy the shit our parents used to say no to! Haha I just bought a summoned skull bpt-002 limited edition and it is beautiful! Was my favorite card as a kid

[@DerVasto]

Well, at least it´s a childhood memory, not just a value in a piece of cardboard that you lock away like some people *cough* (Pokemon cards) *cough*

[@SeethingSimp]

This has been the explanation for a decade unless you're specifically referring to 28 year old losers who just got their first paper route

[@RZYP32]

@CaptainBloop Omg same! That was my most valued card as a kid. Hopefully I can pull a summoned skull as well!

[@joaquincarrillo5354]

@@DerVasto thats nostalgia, buying what you familiar with it, by playing or watching the anime, and thats how a person starts to collect, then ppl want all version, diferent arts, decks, etc, like summoned skull he has, he got the tin version, the oldest would be mrd 1st and other nice art version like dpyg or yap1 are good to collect, and if you want more of your favorite monster there are some ocg sick rarities

[@sillystrings9501]

was just thinking about this lol i stopped playing this game right around 12 before they released synchro monsters wand now i’m like oh shit im an adult i can just like buy these cards myself now 😂

[@DownKneeFresh]

It's worth noting that what made old school yugioh nostalgic was also the time we lived in, where there were no flip phones, the internet wasn't fast and was still basic.

[@SeanandStephaniesAdventures]

Yeah, I think you nailed it

[@SasukeJR]

We often hold onto or place more value on the tangible things because we feel that’s all we have left but really what we crave when it comes to nostalgia are the experiences. I haven’t played Yu-Gi-Oh! since the end of GX but every summer, it reminds me of running around with my friends, having sleepovers, and duelling all night.

[@lowtech42]

it has been 20 years since the TCG started and nostalgia operates on 20 year cycles

[@SeethingSimp]

Based on what? Nothing?

[@Anders0429]

@@SeethingSimp based off people who were into it as a child now being old enough to have jobs and expendable income to purchase the cards they always wanted as a kid. It's been observed in lots of other franchises. At around 20 years, they explode in popularity again.

[@Kitsune-Chaos]

Nostalgia and collectible items being on the rise (in both interest and price) at the same time as people getting checks from the government certainly couldn't have been completely coincidental.

[@plaguis1391]

...who is getting checks from their government? That's some fairy tail stuff

[@kevinmclarkey621]

Bruh don't you think the pandemic has more to do with it than gov't checks? Btw, if businesses are paying so low as to be competitive with gov checks, that business deserves to burn in hell

[@arbogast4950]

@@kevinmclarkey621 Sorry bro but people working at Popeyes aren't worth $1000+ a week.

[@arbogast4950]

@@kevinmclarkey621 Its the perfect storm of stay home and here's free money.

[@BeginnersLuck25]

To join the conversation on this channel, while I like the main channel, I really appreciate these kinds of discussions. Matches and deck profiles are nice, but the broader shifts in the game are tougher to understand as a casual observer. Plus, you treat every subject respectfully! Just wanted to echo the positive vibes here and say that we really appreciate what you do!

[@steezeaustin316]

You’re not lying! I’ve been out of the Yu-Gi-Oh loop for 12+ years now but I’ve just recently been getting back into it. As you can imagine a lot of the newer stuff is confusing to me (OG/Classic player) So I’m lost on a lot of it. The classic stuff will always be nostalgic! Thanks to channels like yours and Ruxins for getting me back into collecting!

[@MsMiDC]

What I recommend for returning players is begin again with decks you played in back in the day and slowly work through the years, it becomes a lot less confusing

[@Br0ku]

I’ve bought like 4 decks in the past 2 weeks. Getting old friends into playing it again. Old school Yu Gi Oh is such a fun game.

[@rambosanchez9939]

I watched a video a while back about older cars going up in value and they brought up a pretty good point about those being the cars that a lot of people grew up wanting as a kid but didn't have money for them, and now those kids are all adults with jobs and money to spend. This is definitely what happened to me getting into yugioh in the past couple months, something I've always wanted to get into and now I have money to buy cards and stuff.

[@DLegend16]

Great video! For me personally, I really enjoy the first 3 series in Yugioh. I grew up with DM and GX, and the beginning of 5DS. But some cards from 5DS and even Zexal and Arc V are growing on me. I’ve really enjoyed getting back into the hobby, as a collector rather than a player. Excited to see how the Yugioh collectors hobby will expand and change in the next 3-5 years!

[@thedragonlady5044]

Old-School yugioh is making a comeback? It’s my time to shine!

[@craigshearon7034]

Shine strong...old school is awesome 👌

[@alekiak]

Ngl after watching your guys videos I ended up getting back into Yugioh and playing duel links again. Big props haha

[@sallas09]

For me, I played from the very start, through 2009 when I left home for college. It was around that time when synchro strategies were all the rage, with TeleDAD having just left its mark a few months prior. In school, I haven’t really thought about the game at all until I was at Walmart one day and saw the Marik structure deck, and was completely floored by the decklist! Lava Golem? Mirror Force? Allure of Darkness? Gravekeepers? Magical Stone Excavation? I immediately bought three copies of it. But even then, I never had anyone to play with in school, so I never did much with it. It was in senior year when I started dabbling in online dueling through Dueling Network. I think XYZ monsters were just coming out around this time. But ultimately I’d stop playing that too, and I haven’t thought about the game much since, completely bypassing pendulums and links. Fast forward to 2021, and I stumble across one of my old trade binders, and got incredibly nostalgic about all the cards I was finding. So I then set out on a quest to dig through my attic and my basement to find all my old cards, and started going through them. I couldn’t believe what I had forgotten I had. Including a really strong Extra deck, a fully-functioning Gravekeepers deck, and an Ultimate Rare 1st edition Solemn Warning! It’s also around this time that I started researching Goat format, a way to seriously scratch that yugioh itch that’s being bubbling up while also keeping the rules and games both simple and familiar. And here I am now, considering investing in several Goat format cards!

[@lxenoesl2311]

OG stuff is when I got into the TCG. Once it moved into nothing but effect and special summoning 3 monsters in the first turn i stopped playing.

[@mkrudesign4036]

I think another great example of Konami targeting old school players is that set of Egyptian God decks they are about to release. I'm really excited for it even if it won't be super competitive and playing it with friends is going to be so much fun. I only wish Ra would have received a deck as well because paying for single copies of ancient chant is...rough.

[@sodeep0791]

It would be cool with some kind of anime reboot from a few years after the original anime with the old cards and battle city rules. With all the original characters

[@kourysteffani217]

YES

[@petarkovacevic7681]

I rewatched YuGiOh Duel Monsters, and GX in past 2 months, I forgot how good it is!

[@SeanandStephaniesAdventures]

We did the same LOL

[@serenitynow85]

That pot of greed is scary af

[@yamimarik]

In the TCG and the anime Pot of Greed allows you to draw two cards from your deck.

[@joaquincarrillo5354]

@@yamimarik XD

[@klusps]

I haven't touch Yugioh for more than a decade. This recent collection boom got me collecting cards again I couldn't get when I was a kid.

[@myeternalsin]

Paul: "I don't really think as much about like an Odd-Eyes Monster..." Me: *Sitting here in my 30's cosplaying Yuya listening to this video* N..no not my Odd-eyes

[@spectral5939]

Bruh, Rebellion and Raging Dragons are the bombs.

[@DerVasto]

@@spectral5939 Not an Odd-Eyes fan, but Raging OTK is top kek

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

I wish this trend didn't exist for kinda selfish reasons. I never had the money to buy the classic stuff when it was on shelves with very few exceptions. Now I have the money to some extent, but some cards / classic products have 3-5x in price. 😂

[@joelsasmad]

Perhaps unfortunately someone has tried to make a profit off of literally everything good there ever was.

[@chrisgraham7603]

Well the rare hunters are out and collecting 😂😂

[@Pixiesfairiedust]

Hey same here, I just get reprints, or I buy damaged cards, their cheaper and I only really care about the dueling aspect of the game. I only play old school and I never go to tournaments, I just play duels with friends. Hell, I’ve even played with some fake cards bc one of my friends got duped buying cards online so he gave me the fakes and I put some in my deck. Playing with the homies, they don’t care. I guess I’m just a filthy casual.

[@johnwalker1058]

@@Pixiesfairiedust Same. Also why I'm satisfied with commons. Some nostalgic cards are still dirt cheap if you go after the common versions instead of pursuing secret rare, ultra rare, or especially prismatic rare versions.

[@EM3RALD0C1TY]

I've been "collecting" for the past 5 years buying random sets and decks, last year started watching this guy strictlysealed and that got me on a old school yugioh hunt

[@jokuvaan5175]

One thing tgat got me and my brother excited again in buying cards after 4 years was the legendary duelist sets. Just the anime nostalgia and being able to upgrade our old favorite decks. It's really fun.

[@EVC1094]

When the pandemic started, I didn’t quite know what to do with yugioh since all of my local tournaments and other events were cancelled. But as the months went by, my brother and I started to play a lot of Goat format and Edison format and we love playing these classic formats even more than the modern format.

[@Yomi2012]

It’s time to finish dubbing the entire yugioh duel monsters series using the original Japanese dialogue with the original soundtrack everything uncensored

[@four-en-tee]

As someone who didn't really grow up with Yugioh and only got into the card game a few months ago, all i can say is "I'm really enjoying the Magician of Chaos deck i built." Playing dark magician related cards feels a lot like playing black-blue in MTG (which, coming from someone who gravitates towards Ashiok in Magic, feels really fun). I'm also enjoying the Shaddoll Structure deck that i bought and have been adding on to, it feels like a black deck due to all the graveyard shenanigans. I'll probably focus on upgrading my mechanized madness structure deck next once i have the money for it (mostly since my brother seems to like using it when we play Yugioh).

[@damiang410]

And its also causing the prices on everything to go up. A lot of non YGO youtubers got into collecting and it introduced a lot more people into the hobby that now its almost impossible to find cards anywhere. The pandemic also affected it, but as someone that has been playing/collecting since the early days, I've never seen the demand this high.

[@SexyPotatoDancer]

A lot of that is this rise of follow the leader culture popularized by ruxin, critikal, etc. As well as scalpers trying to mass buyout yugioh, just like what happened with pokemon.

[@jaybird3405]

100% agree. Sucks for someone who wants to get into the game seeing a bunch of these "must have" staple cards sell for $100+

[@SexyPotatoDancer]

@@jaybird3405 to be fair, the rising costs of staple cards isnt really related. That has more to do with last year when konami changed their policies for vendors at official tournaments. They removed the upper limit on how much vendors could charge for singles, which was previously $100 max per card.

[@Big1nz]

It blows because as a person who actually wants cards for their functionality I get fucked.

[@Trueking76]

I’ve come back to yugioh after 15 years. I’m collecting and playing again. A lot to learn cause I’m behind lol. But this channel, Ruxin, team samurai, cyber knight and simply unlucky have done a great job helping me get caught up and informed. Plus, the pack openings are awesome as always! I’m hooked again. Thank you all.

[@SeanandStephaniesAdventures]

It's a big learning curve, we still dont have our heads wrapped around all of it

[@Kraust]

I haven't played Yugioh in over 10 years but still watch these videos.

[@SeanandStephaniesAdventures]

HA!

[@Rovertsmasher]

I've been enjoying the discussion videos on this channel almost as much as the main channel content (Larry in the Hole, skits, duels). Keep these coming Paul!

[@TheoJay615]

I love old school Yu-Gi-Oh... I also love AA Zeus!

[@ragingyuzu1891]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[@sofaking9404]

Who doesnt like Zeus. The art is so sick!

[@BrawlVeteren5Ike]

He's on my buy list.

[@DerVasto]

"And then along came Zeus-" *field wipe*

[@MrNaruto7860]

I love the content on this channel more than the main channel most of the time. I love how you just be yourself ❤️

[@darkmaster539]

Goat format has always been popular, but in lockdown a bunch of us wanted to play and I didn't feel like learning 2021 rules. We played old, pre xyz, because that's what we enjoyed.

[@zilladud3]

I am just getting back into Yugioh, I'd stopped dueling about 6 years ago or so just before pendulum monsters were a thing but watching a bunch of the duels on the main channel got me back into it

[@SeanandStephaniesAdventures]

We love making classic decks with the new support, its a ton of fun!

[@OutlawOtaku]

It's makes sense why some ppl would prefer old school YGO. It was such a big pop culture thing back in the day. The Duelist Kingdom era manga is just amazing and the anime has a place in my heart despite the flaws. The current game has gotten so complicated that some ppl prefer going back to the simpler basic gameplay.

[@yoastertoaster8306]

@@erbz god people have no idea how modern yugioh works its kinda hilarious lmao Format is pretty damn good, the only big combo decks are Dragon Link and Prank Kids but everything else is control based and slower.

[@SakuraAvalon]

@@yoastertoaster8306 People have been complaining that 'modern Yugioh' is '30 combos in one move', for like 10 years. It's hilarious.

[@Kai-jn7pn]

Any new decks in the meta? Same shit every format.

[@jameshendricks6738]

@@Kai-jn7pn its not though every format decks change, decklist never stay the same... get more educated please

[@jameshendricks6738]

@@erbz being outdated and uneducated does nothing but hurt you and make you look foolish, do some research and come back

[@shadowmuniplitive]

I've always been a sucker for Ritual monsters. The Classic

[@Mightybean2014]

These hot takes/discussion videos are great please keep making them !

[@DesperateOak48]

I’m loving this. I love that old-school Yu-Gi-Oh is coming back. I’m hoping that we can finally get that armor archetype from that one character whose name I can’t remember from the Orichalcos arc. Y’all know which one I’m talking about

[@DesperateOak48]

Ah yes, indubitably

[@DesperateOak48]

Thank you!

[@Ruxin34]

Ruxin34! I love that guy!

[@girthbrooks6414]

I heard he’s a douche

[@MarvelGeekify]

You can also see it with what archetypes and themes they release as of late. Dawn of Majesty finally gives us a decent Stardust engine with Majestic Dragon and such. A set previewed recently called Synchro Storm focusing on other Synchro users, the War Rock archetype would be amazing is the old days of the game.

[@pacificgrim4661]

The good days when I ticked off my friend by playing Jinzo or Mirror Force

[@victory7436]

Never forget those days lol 😂

[@davidsparling9631]

Nearly 99% of any single person I ever met in the wild say "I know yugioh, I bet I can beat you" but they absolutely know zero... its upsetting that so many people like something they know nothing about

[@joelsasmad]

Do you mean like people who watched the anime back in the day but haven't kept up with the new ones or played attention to the card game meta for years?

[@truerockfan]

I don't think it's really about playing the cards. Most people in the card communities are getting the cards graded to make money off of them, which is leading to scalpers inflating the prices, making things harder for casual players to get cards

[@christopherb501]

@@DisasterLord It's _almost_ like unrestricted investment capitalism inevitably causes markets to spiral out of control, leaving economic devastation for thousands if not millions of ordinary people in its wake. _Almost..._

[@phaseloli6668]

@@DisasterLord those are called unlimited runs and those are much cheaper then 1st eds.

[@craigshearon7034]

They should do old school style at tournaments. That will be fun

[@tylerconley7739]

I played when the first Kaiba and yugi starter decks came out to right after the battle city arc of the show. I put all my cards away in a box and have dug them out and built an old school cube. It's been a blast to play with those old cards with my son and some buddies. Love me some hitotsu me giant and celtic guardian.

[@SirFailsalot91]

I remember opening my first two packs as a random Christmas gift when I was younger (going back to Metal Raiders) and opening an Ultra Rare copy of Magic Jammer was such a surprise, if only I'd known about card sleeves and keeping them all in a better condition...

[@RobedLogic]

can confirm. i hadn't collected any cards in over a decade til covid. found my old book with my 1st edition lob exodia set and have spent hundreds of dollars ever since. recently pulled a ghost rare blue-eyes alternative :) also can confirm that these new decks aren't all that fun or memorable. i currently am running an up to date blue-eyes deck.

[@dragoon1090]

I've been collecting classic Yu-Gi-Oh cards for years now. The new ones just don't appeal to me.

[@MasalaMan]

Duuuude! If Konami did reboot Duelist Kingdom, they could reboot it with the characters actually playing the rules and using all the support cards that exist now to really make the duels more accurate, interesting and exciting! Like Yugi's Spellcasters versus Mako's souped up water deck. Joey's warriors against Rex's Dinos. Ah man, it'd be so good!

[@ThatShadowPrism]

It’s all about the old school Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@NightKidBrandon]

I just got back into it recently after a 15 year hiatus. After watching your videos I decided to drag my brother with me on this journey of cardboard crack lol. It’s been great, it’s brought us together like when we were kids!

[@arcticbull8845]

I think most of the nostalgia and interest of older Yugioh cards/monsters/Pokémon is due to the fact my generation that saw Pokémon and Yugioh take off in our early childhood is starting to come back with us now having children of our own and showing them our old favorite games and shows bringing interest back to both old and young generations.

[@edwardlara4271]

I have been collecting strictly old school Yugioh sets, including series 1 and 2 OCG + Bandai/Toei era, since it's US release in 2002 until the 5Ds era, took a break in 2011 around the time XZs came out, and got back into collecting in late 2015 and i have noticed that almost every year there was at least 1 product alluding or marketed towards fans of the old school era such as the legendary collections, legendary decks, 2019/2020 tins, reloaded Yugi & Kaiba decks, and the many reprints of BEWD and DM but just like with every other popular TCG prices of old school Yugioh cards and sealed products skyrocketed last year around the beginning of the pandemic. I'm glad more people are getting back into Yugioh especially if it's for nostalgia purposes or being able to own cards/products now as adults that we couldn't have when we were younger when the TCG 1st released.

[@FreedomReigns1000]

This content is great. It's not click baity or over hyped. Like it's great. Reminds me a lot of the guy from Tolerian or MTG. A lore video of your favorite cards please

[@thepachary7565]

I think the reason it is becoming more relevant is because of scalpers and what I call the "seeker hype train." Where people don't really care about collecting or playing, they are in it just for the money and what not. Which sucks because it takes away from people who have always been a fan or new people trying to get into it legitimately. I get business is business, but there was a huge wave of this in Pokemon and now it is making its way to Yugioh and other TCGs. It is what it is.

[@thepachary7565]

I was typing this as Paul was talking and he literally said exactly what I thought lol

[@scylla8270]

i just got back into yugioh a couple months ago again for the first time since 2008 and have been buying mint cards from old sets and the jump and anniversary cards and buildings decks. been having a lot of fun with yugioh again and Magic

[@soupcitybudgetcollecting6146]

I'm one of the people getting back into to collecting classic cards from the anime, and for me it's about the nostalgia and building the collection I always wanted as a kid that I now have to resources to do so. The increased prices are a big bummer, but I'm not as picky with some about the rarity or set, and the great thing (that fans like yourself can get annoyed by as you mentioned) is Konami has reprinted cards so many times to make them readily available. Glad you're welcoming fans back into the hobby!

[@chazzoltremari9978]

Ya know, to the 5 people that thumbs downed this video, get a life. Paul you and Team APS are doing an amazing job.

[@Keyblader7762]

I got back into modern Yugioh a few years ago, but I played for only about a year or so. I hadn't played since 2002 and had to learn everything (Synchro, XYZ, Pendulum, Links, etc) all over again, and it was pretty fun. But my heart was still in the Duelist Kingdom era, and playing modern yugioh just made me miss the OG stuff more. So i love to see this personally, id love to make a duelist kingdom deck and slug it out with normal monsters and simple magic and traps again

[@phillipjordan7146]

I thought this was the main channel I didn't know there was another channel, these videos are great thank you for these

[@julianortiz-rangel8521]

In 2002-2007 yugioh was at its prime

[@anonymousp7717]

I held on to my old cards from back in the day . I still pull the binders out every now and then . Got to love that Cyberdark Dragon 1st edition ultimate rare. Along with soooo many others .

[@prickayeey8420]

Old school yugioh was 🔥... duels actually lasted, strategies and back up strategies took time skill n luck to set up. Cards didn’t have 3 paragraphs of text... summoning mechanics were not obnoxious... now its all about 1 turn kills and setting up massive boards. Flip effects? Na. trap cards? No thanks.. tribute summons? I dont think so . Otk on turn 3 ? Yes please...... P.S i fkn hate link summoning.....

[@sailorfrodo36]

I've gotten back into Yu-Gi-Oh! in the past couple months and its been amazing. Now I'm an adult and can actually afford to buy cards and merch. I've bought a few of the statues Kotobukiya rereleased in 2020 and have preordered the First4Figures Blue Eyes. Playing the game again with my brother has been great, though learning the new mechanics and catching up on the meta has been a bit more time consuming. I'm currently collecting and reading the manga for the first time as well as rewatching the show subbed.

[@VforVictory00]

Don't forget Konami making retrains of those old cards, like the recently announced Ocg retrains of Harpies pet dragon vjump card, giltia the d. Knight, mystical elf and Kaiser glider in the legendary monsters pack.

[@ismHAKUREI]

Love this type of discussion content Paul.

[@richarddegruchy5944]

I had an OG Red Eyes B Dragon as a kid. Was my favourite monster then and still is. Unfortunately, that poor card went through the riggers of childhood dueling without sleeves. I would freak out to have another one today, and am honestly tearing up at the thought of it. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.

[@phantomkrieger2744]

Yeah I can definitely relate to this, I recently built both a Yugi and a Kaiba deck using the oldest versions of those cards I could get my hands on via troll and toad that most closely aligns to their decks in episode 1/duelist kingdom. In short if the card is seen even once in their decks during season one I put it in their along with the Detonate and Attack the Moon respectively.

[@pokemasterskye4231]

LOB came out when I was only 4 years old, going on 5, and I didn't really start playing until the XYZ era (I think XYZ Symphony was my very first Starter Deck as far as I can remember), and I really wish I had started playing much sooner. So seeing older products rise in popularity is something that I'm looking forward to.

[@harveysmith4424]

I’ll tell you that Covid caused me to fall back in love with yu-gi-oh. I dropped off the whole series after the first season of 5D’s and just recently picked it back up. Bought legacy of the duelist. Started rewatching the anime. Saw GX season 4 for the first time. And it really all happened because a lot of the other activities I was into just closed down. So to entertain myself another way. I dove into one of my favorite card games ever and the nostalgia has been so sweet

[@thelastwaltsmedia]

No lie the main channel kicked my nostalgia hard, now a few years ago I learned the game changed extremely and I can't keep up with how it is but like I like watching your videos with the challenges it's still pretty cool!

[@cyberdarkoverdrive9038]

i cant wait for the obelisk and slifer deck but more slifer and the cyberdark deck thats coming out so hyped for them two deck

[@SeanandStephaniesAdventures]

We are as well!!

[@SeanandStephaniesAdventures]

We have a nordic deck too, so we're going to do some God Vrs God Games LOL

[@outtasippies9146]

these discussions are good because its a talking head video, meaning you can listen to the things you enjoy in the background while doing something you enjoy

[@chimmyinfernape9189]

I’m honestly shock yugioh season 0, gx season 4 the missing 5ds episodes haven’t been dubbed and released as a lost episodes sorta thing

[@BrawlVeteren5Ike]

4kids is 100% percent to blame for that entirely and including for butchering 5d's by cutting out key content of the series. the red nova section was also cut

[@spaceghost8886]

Season 0 is pure kino

[@cristoferbecerril]

I actually came back to Yu-Gi-Oh now that I am older due to nostalgia since I got some cards when I was younger. I am really sad I was so bad with my old cards because none of them survived but, now that I am 20 I have started to collect cards and I even got two of my friends to play when they have no experience although it is funny that I am teaching them since I am still learning but yeah I do think nostalgia has been a big role in making people collect Yu-Gi-Oh cards these days.

[@yoshiktheartist8522]

I fully agree, im busy getting rid of my modern cards and im busy collecting exodia pieces, god cards, old E hero fusions and all the number monsters

[@Llnstead]

What I want most out of yugioh is more format support. My favorite time of Yugioh was the beginning of the synchro era. The decks weren't as insanely fast as they are now (where you see first turns taking 10 or so minutes and people spilling out 3/4ths of their deck and extra deck in a single turn to make unbeatable boards), but it also wasn't super slow/bricky/topdecky like early yugioh. I feel it was such a nice middle ground and I really want to be able to play in that sort of format again, but outside of playing with some weird ass ruleset me and my 1 friend made up every now and then, I don't even play yugioh at all anymore and it's sad. I miss this game. I miss the memories I made in 2008 to 2011. I miss the decks and the pacing from that era. But it's now lost to time. Even now in 2021 we really only have Standard, GOAT, and Duel Links (the latter two barely being supported at all). So my only option to play the decks I like in the format I like is just playing my one friend, with the same decks, over and over again (and we both feel like it would be a waste to spend a bunch of money on these cards just to play with each other every now and again).

[@phillipbritton3836]

I'm looking forward to the bandai millennium puzzle box that's coming out in August.

[@wingsarch94]

Love the content that this channel pumps out! I'm in favor of a company cashing in on the nostalgia train if the purpose is to bring in fresh blood into the franchise. YGO has struggled to do so year over year. With every new show announced, YGO loses more audience than it gains. Rebooting is a great way to bring new fans in, but it needs to be planned out very well because it's got to satifisfy existing fans AND try to introduce YGO to new audience. We've seen some success with Digimon recently, but that has yet to proof whether a simple reboot anime could keep the franchise going for the next decade or two.

[@RPGArchive1]

I was huge into Yugioh as a kid, so that older stuff appeals to me! I watch yugioh videos here and there from time to time, and when I watch them they will generally be centered around classic

[@MRkriegs]

I agree with what you said and I LOVE that old school yugioh is still important to the game and community in 2021!

[@-S.a.k.]

I'd love a Duelist Kingdom Reboot with DSOD Designs and colors. Maybe work a way that KC made duel disks prior to the tournament. Minus filler and 4kids shenanigans. Glad the old school cards are becoming popular again. My parents made me get rid of mine to "grow up" course I secretly kept some. Starter Deck Dark Magician, Blue Eyes and 1st edition Relinquished. Idk if theyre worth much, but to me they just remind me of simpler times. Maybe I'll frame them one day

[@NewtBannner]

Can we do another hot sauce challenge? I’ve never laughed so much in my life

[@sungi_ni]

yes!!

[@thetruedaoster8863]

Question: which Team APS members?

[@NewtBannner]

@@thetruedaoster8863 Alex vs Paul would be the most dramatic and hilarious haha

[@thetruedaoster8863]

@@NewtBannner Yeah I'm sure Paul has recuperated from being blasted in the a** with the a** blaster! Actually, have Chris and Calvin done duels like that?

[@joaquincarrillo5354]

thumbs up

[@ShinKyuubi]

For me, I grew up on classic Yugioh, before the full rules were available and playing with cards I bought at a flea market (probably counterfeit) with my friend, using the rules from the show...ooh boy that was rough..and then playing with the ACTUAL rules and it being a big thing among certain groups in my high school..you had the MTG players and the Yugioh players, trading for cards..all that. My memory though sticks most heavy with E-Heroes from the GX series..it's the one I invested THE most time into, even using the manga cards once they started releasing Judai/Jaden's cards he used in the manga instead of just the anime stuff. One of my friends in high school had a hellacious Relinquished deck cause he combined it with Ground Collapse and Gravity Bind..if he got set up right with that before you could stop him, you might as well give up back in the day..2 Ground Collapses to leave you with 1 SINGLE monster zone, and a Gravity Bind to stop you from attacking except with weak monsters and then just taking your monster over and over again for his Relinquished..I'm having horror flashbacks of that set up...I actually prefer the simpler times of how duels went then..now I need a magnifying glass to read a list of effects...

[@Habeev07]

THIS IS YUGIOH!! I love yugioh from before all the wonky art and archetypes from the last 10 years (imo only). I have been getting back into the game for the first time in 16 years. At the end of 2020 I began buying a lot of old starter and structure decks from 2002-2007. Nostalgia. I played a janky Crab Turtle/Relinquished ritual deck (look at the art they look very similar XD) back in the day, played 2002-2005ish but im back now! I like the hip hop group HIEROGLYPHICS (souls of Mischief) and when I saw there was a budget cyber dragon in HIERATIC DRAGON OF TEFNUIT - I was sold. I built an Horus Black Flame Dragon/ Hieratic Dragons deck, to get back into the game. With Ultimaya Tzolkin extra deck

[@JT5555]

i pre-ordered one of those sick gold blue-eyes card things. it got delayed until june for whatever reason (was SUPPOSED to come this month) but i'm gonna get to have one of them so that's pretty neat.

[@PsychoSainten]

pulled my binder out from more than 10 years ago from when i stopped from duel monsters and gx and im glad old yugioh is coming back!

[@trogladite666]

awesome chat mate! I wish they would put classic version battles on games like legacy of the duelist, i don't understand the newer summoning and i don't really want to understand it. but! i would love to play online with some like minded individuals in a classic duel!

[@xiiiunmetal]

As an old school player, I'm fond of these recent throwbacks to the game as I knew it in middle school.

[@markanthonyheart1461]

hey where did you buy that Pot of Green at your back...??? i love that hahaha

[@TuxedoCrab]

My friends and I have been house ruling gx Era decks. Its been fun to run things like battery men and OG heroes

[@Decap1tator]

Great video bro, i agree with you 100%. Im definitely one collector who started in the early 2002's