Otherworldly Archetypes - The Unknown Side of Yugioh

[@frankwest5388]

Kozmo is one of those decks that, despite having a noticeable META presence and certain amount of fan favoritism, never really got legacy support. While other decks get support every few weeks.

[@alguem332]

Let's just take a moment to imagine prequel trilogy Kozmo

[@frankwest5388]

@@alguem332 we also never got the wizard of OZ himself as a card or Yoda/Ben Kenobi. Would be cool Edit: also a prequel Kozmo should be based on JarJar and a Munchkin, so maybe something like “Kozmo small Target”?

[@christopherb501]

@@alguem332 Would the sequel trilogy merge the Gnome-Kimg with Snoke?

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

@@alguem332 We actually do have one. WickedWitch is the Wicked Witch of the West as well as Darth Maul

[@user-lg5xu6id5j]

@@alguem332 there's quite a few prequel styled kozmo cards

[@nadiacarrel3932]

Cards that were not mentioned in the video: Kozmo Goodwitch (Obi Wan/Qui Gon+Good Witch of the South) Kozmo Soartroopers (Stormtroopers+flying monkeys) Kozmo Wickedwitch (Darth Maul+Wicked Witch of the East) Kozmo Sliprider (X-Wing+Red slippers) Also, in Japanese, Farmgirl, Goodwitch, and Dark Lady are called Dorothel, Glindel, and Elphaiber, the last two taken from Wicked.

[@LittleAl016]

The name "Glinda" existed in the original book. It didn't originate in Wicked.

[@ShyRanger]

I feel like ti's also worth pointing out that George Lucas has brought up that, since Star Wars is a big homage to a lot of pop culture things, one of them was in fact Wizard of Oz. Chewbacca being the most obvious, with him being a beast man with some lion sounds for her noises, but also I believe he said the wicked witch's melting helped inspired how Obi-Wan dies in a sort of melting-esque way.

[@mennymoto]

Maybe there is a tinman equivalent too...

[@rimiolek]

Kozmo Delta Shuttle is based on the Imperial Lambda class Shuttle seen in Return of the Jedi, with the design just being flipped upsidedown and are both named after Greek letters

[@kyleyuen245]

It does also have the rotating s foils and weird middle blade of the v-19 so i can see the resemblance but by the name its definitely the lambda

[@thomasfleming8131]

It also wouldn't make a lot of sense to have one random reference to the Clone War era when everything else is obviously the original trilogy

[@17-MASY]

​@@thomasfleming8131 I mean Maul is there..

[@mzephyrus1866]

The background of Kozmo farmgirl card also contains two suns further referencing Tatooine

[@zachnanite947]

I love this series, because nowhere else would I ever think to hear "Oh yeah, Yugioh has an archetype that combines Star Wars and Wizard of Oz"

[@johngancarcik5682]

I need to build one

[@blackmark2899]

Kozmo Lightsword is also depicting the Darth Maul fight from Star Wars Ep. 1. Also the Farm Girl isn't just a 1 to 1 mix of Dorothy and Luke. Farm Girl is a mix of Luke, Anakin, a little of padawan Obi-Wan, and Dorothy. The Kozmo storyline starts at some mix of the beginning of Ep1 and Ep4 due to the presence of the Maul stand-in that Farm Girl and the Good Witch fight against at some point as well as what looks like the "Jedi Temple" still standing in Kozmotown.

[@gensteps923]

I really want Konami to do more of these. I'm surprised they haven't done it yet. They should regularly take two interesting things from pop culture, and cleverly mash them into a new archetype for the game. Kozmo was so well executed.

[@J3Puffin]

If they did it more often, it’d feel less special and open them up to legal issues if they didn’t make the references subtle enough. Much easier to stick to robot dragon anime waifus

[@Bladieblah]

@@J3Puffin Bit of a cheap shot, yugioh doesn't have a lot of waifu stuff, at least from what I can tell from watching a lot of top 10's

[@ShinsouGaming]

@@Bladieblah They do, if you look at the last 5-8ish years compared to, well, before that. Trap Lolis, Labrynth, Dragonmaid, Mekk-Knight/World Chalice, Krawlers :D You get the picture. The monsters are hardly monsters anymore. Which isnt bad, but lets call a duck a duck

[@Deathmare235]

@@J3Puffin we could use more robot anime dragon waifus but that’s legit the only pop culture archetype is one more too much hell one based on other anime like one piece would be amazing

[@Deathmare235]

@@ShinsouGaming only the first 3 also where tf did krawlers come from lol

[@josephtse1848]

You forgot Kozmo Sliprider, Kozmo Landwalker, Kozmourning and at least 1 other. Also, Kozmo Forerunner and Kozmo Sliprider are both LIGHT monsters.

[@GarethXL]

kozmo get no respect

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

Which makes sense since they are the ships belonging to the Light attriibute pilots

[@psyky]

Basically light side things are light, dark side are dark. Kinda surprised this point was missed

[@maximisegenitalia6411]

I thought the same the whole time, it bugged me

[@user-lg5xu6id5j]

He also missed one of the kozmo traps kozmourning. I really like this video love the channel and kozmo but I wouldn't be surprised if it got taken down like the pot of greed video

[@zeke7076]

Another cool archetype I’d love to see covered on this is the Six Samurai. They have an interesting story behind them and they show up on a ton of cards outside their own archetype

[@Ocelot56]

I feel like it's a crime that you didn't mention the artwork of Kozmo Lightsword is literally Maul vs Qui Gon and Obi Wan :o They're even using the correct colors for the lightswords! :O

[@melvinshine9841]

Zexal definitely was the peak of bonkers attack point values in the Yugioh animes. Monsters going above 8000 was really rare in 5Ds, Arc-V, and Vrains, but 10,000 and up happened multiple times in Zexal. I like that Kozmo Farmgirl and her allies are Light monsters, while Kozmoll Wicked Witch and her forces are Dark monsters with the very obvious nod to the Dark and Light sides of the Force.

[@CrnaStrela]

I think the peak was still DM during orichalcos arc but that's only happeend once, while zexal deal with badonkers number in daily basis. It kinda carried over to arc v but cypher dragon didn't have that kind of attack boosting ability and instead we have raidraptor and rebellion dragon series but even they rarely hit 10k.

[@Toby-Wan_Kenobi]

@@CrnaStrela ah yes, the attack power greater than infinite 😂

[@waterlegend72]

Kozmo is not only a fun deck to play with but the artwork is fking amazing Some of my favorite in the game

[@Sllver-Blade]

6:05 The way this man pronounces coruscant has me dying on the floor I understand he's probably not a Star wars guy but he could have at least looked up these words and how to pronounce them I'm not mad though it's hilarious

[@johngancarcik5682]

It's dual logs mispronouncing is part of the routine

[@6dm978]

Kozmo light sword is also just a shot from the darth maul fight in The phantom menace

[@ziggystardust1973]

I wish we got more Kozmo support, they're so cool

[@user-lg5xu6id5j]

There's a lot of star wars and oz media to work with too

[@SpencerCJ]

They didn't even finish using stuff from the original trilogy so I think they could definitely do a whole new wave of support

[@Dwarfcanon]

I have a whole deck built around Numerounia in MD and in paper YuGiOh, and they're heaps fun to play. You'd be surprised how infrequently cards like Raigeki and Dark Hole actually come up in practice. Opponents are usually using those before you get Numerounia out, since nobody really expects you to go past the Numeron Gates or Sunya.

[@fancywoober2556]

I love that Dark Vader character lol. Jokes aside I like videos like this because it points out some thing others may not fully see at a glance. Aesthetically I find I love building decks for fun with archetypes rather than just meta decks which can be just okay or even boring.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

11:57 even if they had a raigeki, you can bet the anime would just give numerounious numeronia a "this card cannot leave the field, except by battle" effect (making it inmune to being used as extra deck material, ritual summon material, tribute summon, banished, tributed, destroye, etc)

[@nexusshark]

Numerounia did in fact have a protection effect in the anime.

[@Grdian]

The idea of the Kozmo series is so good. There is even fanfiction on it!

[@drewcellini5389]

Wow, I'm so glad you decided to do this- just yesterday I was looking through your videos to see if you had covered Kozmos since they're my favorite archetype from that era!

[@youtube-kit9450]

Please, for the love of god, never call him Dark Vader again.

[@ziggystardust1973]

When I read this he just mispoke, but nope, even the image caption says Dark Vader :D. I don't think Duel Logs ever watched Star Wars

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

He also completely mispronounced Coruscant.

[@briansilva3765]

He does it on purpose to trigger people and make them comment, and it always works.

[@youtube-kit9450]

@@ziggystardust1973 Oh no, it's very obvious that he does it like watchmojo - deliberately make such mistakes or a controversial choice (or leaving off something more obvious) to generate interaction with the video so they get pushed by the algorhythm. I know it and I know I shouldn't reward such obvious bait, but that one just hurt.

[@ariavachier-lagravech.6910]

What are you talking about, he pronounce it properly, he said Dark Father.

[@GarethXL]

as alot of people have state you forgot sliprider, you also forgot about land walker and kozmourning

[@katakesh8566]

With the inclusion of Spellbound I fully expect a Dune based theme soon One of few things that makes my life worth the living

[@shawnli4746]

The next main set is duelist nexus or "DUNE" so it might be sooner rather than later

[@wpmer]

No wonder I enjoyed kozmo so much. Didn't even realize what it's inspired by. Thanks, Duel Logs Duel Logs. You're my favorite Vtuber

[@Elpresidente98]

I love the Kozmo archetype. It's one of those archetypes that even if it has fallen out of meta, I still play because I just like it. The artwork and the playstyle. I wish more cards were added to it

[@MayorunderscoreWest]

Loved the video, it's a really nice blend of "Hey lets learn about the mechanics of these cards" while also examining their inspirations. I do have to call ya out for calling Darth Vader "Dark Vader" though honestly, I'm just gonna imagine you did that on accident and thought "Wait, if I don't fix this, nerds in the comments will call me out and that means more engagement, plus less editing" that or maybe I missed some crucial star wars lore at some point.

[@TheDuelLogs]

Did I say darth vader wrong? Yeah that was just a mistake if thats the case

[@seraphinox]

The skits at the end of the recent videos are absolutely killing me, keep them up

[@Ridsssss]

Forgot to mention that iC1000 had destruction protection, target protection, only number monsters could attack it and the 100k stats were its original stats in the anime

[@asethon4430]

In game we have 2 trap card's: one with destruction protection(for all number monster's) and negate card(must be used only if u control XYZ monster). Usually, problem is card's with "back to hand/deck" effects.

[@christophergardner872]

Kozmo is all I’ve played since it came out. It’s certainly my favorite that Konami has released.

[@osblarg]

This video sent me into such a star wars rabbit hole that I ended up watching an entire episode of the mandalorian before coming back and finishing it.

[@bonez994]

Kozmo lightsword's artwork is also the most direct reference to the Darth Maul vs Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon fight I've ever seen

[@qwefg3]

A shame we didn't get more Kozmo support or a more fleshed out story with them.

[@daserfomalhaut9809]

I used to love and still run Kozmos. I remember when they were a menace back in the day. And I swear, despite Konami gagging their artists, GenzoMan's style is unmistakable.

[@MadMax-ok3qn]

12:23 Like Rata Said one time "Who needs combos when you have big numbers?"

[@Gkiss3955]

Never heard of the Kozmo cards before. That's pretty great how they combined those movies

[@mdudegamer]

The little DexLogs skits at the end are fun. Reminds me of that brief period of time when you had ad skits that used... I think it was some kind of vocoded voice? The voice was by far the thing that stood out the most for me from those.

[@kingworldadventures]

This the best yugioh channel out there

[@PrinceK0mali]

You forgot Kozmo Sliprider which is a Dark Destroyer for spells and traps and arguable the second best disruption ship because of it

[@iamabrawler92]

Kozmos are one of the only Yu-Gi-Oh archetypes bound to make one go "damn, I wish there was a movie for that idea."

[@Kirbykid69]

been playing kozmo since they were tier 1 in 2016, i can still get to plat with them on master duel lmao. even in 2023 some decks just cant get over DD or planet well. the main issue with kozmo in current day is they cant link summon pretty much at all, they need to be destroyed or banished to get effects so its really hard to use them as link materials. it would be nice to get some legacy support with something like a link that could destroy the link materials or something so you can float.

[@metalmariomega]

Kozmo is such a wacky idea for an archetype. Amazed they actually managed to add it to Duel Links, I was worried fear of copyright related shenanigans had made it go the way of Air Neos.

[@brendanwiley253]

Did I just hear this man say chorus can't

[@The1AndOnlyGoldenboy]

Kozmo is one of my favorite archetypes, partially because I love Star Wars and like The Wizard of Oz, but also because it was so well designed. It was fun and fair, but viable in the competitive scene. I miss that version of Yu-Gi-Oh.

[@UlricMerlin]

When I see Kozmo Farmgirl I think of Becky Lynch. Becky is a wrestler in WWE. A few months before the card was released, she also wore glasses in her hair. In some cases, her clothes looked very similar to those on the card and she also had the same hair color.

[@supremeking6694]

What's also interesting is that Numerounius Numeuronia is the only Number monster in the game to have iC in it's name, which stands for Imaginary Chaos. In my opinion, the reason it has Imaginary in it's name is because there are no level 13 monsters in the actual game

[@talljoke]

"Wands are the main weapon of the witches in the franchise" is not a sentence I thought I'd ever hear.

[@jokutyyppi9663]

I can't make out whether or not 'Dark Vader' was intentional or not.

[@enzothenet1027]

8:25 the addition of all pay of the three equal 1500 hp like the attack of farmgirl. Your friends help to achieve your true power.

[@bensnap1834]

That was a killer channel ad at the end

[@mikeclark7026]

Bro is now officially my favorite Yugituber AND Poketuber. Truly insane

[@martinlowrimore]

As a massive Star Wars nerd, hearing logs say "Eclipse Class Dreadnaught" is surreal.

[@domimomi3954]

Dark Vader was also rough

[@domicraft6341]

I really like this format. It goes away from the CP Side into something new I haven't seen before. I did know that Kozmo was inspired by Star Wars but didn't know the Wizard of Oz Part. Does Vendread have a Chance appearing here too :3

[@KingArachnus]

I'd be curious to see (assuming you haven't made a video on it already that I missed) a video covering cards that contain references to other Konami properties. Things like the Spyral archetype seemingly making reference to Otacon and other MGS characters, or the Gradius and Goemon inspired archetypes. It's a neat little bit of Yugioh history and I'm sure there're more references I'm not aware of.

[@xCorvus7x]

I'm pretty sure he did talk about Gladius and Vampires/Castlevania before but not the others I think.

[@mohammedsarker5756]

B.E.S

[@refkiriswansyah2830]

You know what they need? Silent Hill based archetype. Just call it Fogtown or Quiet Hill or something. With Alessia the tortured witch, Rust Sirene, Pyramid butcher, etc

[@calvinanderson4245]

​@@refkiriswansyah2830Not until we get more Getsu Fuma support to celebrate the new game, please?

[@rajkanishu]

THAT'S WHY QUIK FIX LOOKED SO FAMILIAR I knew it was that one Metal Gear character but the name just never came to mind

[@dr.veronica6155]

I've always adored the visual designs of all of the Kozmo cards. They have some of the best art of the game IMO. Also another fun nod to Star Wars and Luke Skywalker in Farmgirl is that she's on a planet with 2 suns, like Tatooine.

[@mje71103]

The video that finally taught me what those things on top of towers are called

[@KogashiwaKai]

Kozmo carried me thru 2 events in Master Duel. such a fun archtype

[@faerris]

for a second, c1000 scared me because i forgot that this vid wasnt solely about kozmo

[@CrnaStrela]

The most surprising thing I got from this is star wars was inspired from The Wizard of the Oz. How did I not make any connection this whole time?

[@calvinanderson4245]

Kozmo Rokket will forever be my favorite rogue deck of all time.

[@Majoraspersona]

My favorite Star Wars planet, Chorus Can't

[@davidsoyele7829]

Ayo this archetype is fucking cool. A wizard of oz/star wars fan project would actually be pretty sick

[@christopherb501]

Another idea for Top 10s: Top 10 cards of each year you haven't been Yugitubing.

[@BeaglzRok1]

If not for Scaredey Lion and the Japanese name of Kozmotown, I would not have been convinced that the Kozmo archetype was influenced by very influenced by Oz at all.

[@bendegen8579]

Even with goodwitch, wickedwitch, tincan, strawman, and soartroopers?

[@Atlas.Brooklyn]

Influenced by very influenced

[@BeaglzRok1]

@@bendegen8579 Considering that they pretty clearly correspond to Leia, Vader, R2, 3PO, and Stormtroopers, yes.

[@BeaglzRok1]

@@Atlas.Brooklyn Yeah, brain fart on my part there XD

[@Atlas.Brooklyn]

@@BeaglzRok1 no worries at all, I'm just havin a giggle m8 happens to the best of us

[@jaernihiltheus7817]

Another fact about numeronius numeronia: The "i" in "Number Ci1000" stands for imaginary. If the card seems like some fan's deviant art boss monster, that's because it essentially is - as it's a number that only exists because don thousand made it up mid-duel to keep himself from losing. Technically *every* chaos number is like that, and really every number in general (their stats, effects, and summoning requirements being based on what the original owner needed when they're first summoned), but the chaos numbers - or "number c"s - are essentially doubling up on that aspect and are created on the spot when their owner uses a rank up magic on one of their numbers. This is why while only 25 were used (and therefore printed) *technically speaking* every single number has a number c rank up in theory - it's just konami hasn't gotten around to making any more of them yet.. and no, galaxy eyes prime photon dragon's new chaos number in photon hypernova doesn't count, nor does shark drake veiss, as they aren't made via the canonically busted rank up mechanic.

[@reirei_tk]

7:14 the twin suns in the background are also a reference to Tatooine.

[@alexandriospendragon]

After all these years I can still recognize Genzoman's art style :)

[@leojamesquiambao1047]

@TheDuelLogs, I'm a bit disappointed you didn't mention the art of "Kozmo Lightsword" also being a reference to The Duel of Fates from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace! But still, good that you featured Kozmo in your video. Hopefully, Konami gives these space farers some legacy support, like say, a cross between the Emperor and the Wizard, or Kozmoll Dark Lady before she fell to the dark side.

[@leogmg]

I think I have only fought against Kozmo twice in Master Duel. They actually kicked my ass as I was unfamiliar with their effects and play style. Definitely found its artwork interesting although I didn't make the connection to either Star Wars or the Wizard of Oz at the time. Certainly a fascinating archetype.

[@RogueTabaxi]

I guess Sliprider slipped out of the video.

[@Khanmanlol]

If there were more cards to the Kozmo series, what other WoO/SW combination inspirations would we have? And would we be using the original WoO books, and/or using the movie as inspiration? Are we sticking more to "A New Hope", or does it include "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi"? Maybe The Great Oz/Emperor Palpatine? What'd be the Yellow Brick Road? Who'd be Han Solo? Princess Leia?

[@ZoneZXZ]

You forgot Kozmo Landwalker, Slipridder, and kozmourning, and while you did show them you didn't talk about wicked witch, good witch and soartroopers

[@peteryanes3413]

N dogfight as well

[@TheGuyWhoMakesRandomTierLists]

Video idea if you haven't done it: "Cards that Aren't the Type You'd Think They Are".... or something. Examples: Two-Mouthed Dark Ruler is an Earth monster, despite resembling a Thunder Dragon fusion and having "dark" in the name. Firegrass is an Earth monster, despite having fire in the name.

[@gabbytrio5089]

Day 25 of requesting a video of Top 10 Cards from Duelists of The Roses that are better than their real life counterpart! 🙏

[@LunarWingCloud]

I second this

[@yogsothoth915]

I think Kozmo Wickedwitch is the most clever, it's Darth Maul who got cut in half and The Wickedwitch of the East who got a house dropped on her, and the effect mostly just makes her hard to kill.

[@theearloftea2942]

"Dark" Vader made chuckle just a bit.

[@burntfish123]

Kozmo will always be my favorite archetype and I tried to make them work way longer than they did work lol

[@piercebradley4013]

This was a super cool video! Hope we get more!

[@jojomations2596]

You forgot Kozmo Sliprider, Kozmoll Wickedwitch, Kozmo Soartroopers, Kozmo Landwalker, Kozmo Goodwitch, and Kozmourning

[@Mr.Qwayzar]

Impossible to summon number iC1000 requires 5 lv 13... F.A arch: *Big think*

[@Kuitehkui]

I love the kozmo archetype. I play a few variants of it on master duel with varied success. A very enjoyable archetype

[@TheLimedew]

Holy shit the Kozmo Sliprider is the best iteration of the red slippers of all time

[@omi-kuro4323]

You forgot Sliprider and Landwalker. HOW CAN YOU FORGET THOSE ICONIC ONES?? 😭

[@mavza]

Kozmo is my favourite archetype and I play it religiously. Like tin-can is such a beast 🤣

[@edwardbenson4795]

Am I crazy or is kozmo slip rider not here

[@darryljack6612]

Honestly I would love for them to make more Kozmo cards, a good one would be to combine The actual Wizard of Oz himself with Emperor Palpatine, Maybe call it Kozmo Emerald Emperor.

[@tobsmonster2]

Farm girls art also has two moons in the background like the planet Luke Skywalker is from

[@Semnome-gv5yg]

I loved the video, i didnt know the part of wizard of oz on the kozmo theme

[@SomaEvil]

Another otherworldly archtype that should be cool to see in your videos are the Gradius's spaceships; Gradius (Vic Viper), Falchionβ, Jade Knight and Lord British and their respective bosses, the B.E.S. Spaceships including Delta Tri all of them based on the spaceshooter classic Gradius from Konami.

[@venomdealer22none48]

Kozmo lightsword card seems to be the scene from phantom menace where darth maul was fighting qui-gon and kenobi

[@HoveringAboveMyself]

It bugs how Kozmotown was translated. Card artwork: space ship flying through an ecumenopolis full of miles high skyscrapers. TCG translators: ah yes, that's a fine town if I've ever seen one. Kozmopolis was the obvious choice if they wanted to shorten the japanese name, why are they like this!

[@mmmsheehoo]

Sliprider is an X-wing and its Dorothy's Red Shoes that the Good Witch gave

[@Spooky_Bard]

I think Dark Lady is intended to be more of an Emperor Palpatine than a Darth Vader, as Wickedwitch fills Vader’s role of a sympathetic villain with a connection to the protagonist.

[@deftone330]

I think Kozmo dog fighter is supposed to be closer to the hyena bomber or vulture droid, and the Kozmo shuttle is closer to the imperial shuttle

[@LieseFury]

it's really weird that the Kozmo archetype exists considering there were already Cosmo cards. i get that the Oz pun is really good but that has to have confused someone before

[@LieseFury]

oh man you really need to proofread your videos. a few typos here and there are fine but "Dark Vader" is really bad and some sentences are impossible to follow.

[@reritheguy6756]

Dude really just said *Dark* Vader...

[@Luna-Starfrost]

Reading "Dark" Vader completely killed me and my will to live

[@Keizril]

Kozmos are what sealed me getting into Yugioh about a year ago. Scrolling borely through the filler of packs in legacy of the duelist I saw them and saw the playstyle and references, was instantly hooked. While I wish they got support, any expanded content on either property is awful these days and I don't want an inevitable Rey reference Kozmo Mary Sue the pendulum to be a thing even if it did save the deck.

[@kalp2113]

Its more of like the transport shuttle that Vader and the Emperor used than the v19 also given that its named "shuttle". I also noticed you forgot Kozmo Sliprider card.

[@jesjez]

You can find the Kozmo card artist on deviantart as Genzoman