RAGNARAIKA - Ten Minute Testing

[@Raminator243]

I love that this video included 3 different versions of the deck. It’s a perfect way to show off an archetype like this!

[@anguswilson1523]

I wish the insect-focussed variant of this deck was good

[@xtrajoker]

It can be

[@xtrajoker]

It’s just very hard to do

[@robertjoasilus5230]

The beetrooper variant is playable

[@apple8398trdduj]

Insect pile WILL be real one day

[@rRemains]

It is playable. Insect deck playable for so long.

[@wraith.ferron]

See raika... Instantly wondering if this will be pure, plant or insect, because that archetype just does what it wants.

[@ollievirus6695]

MBT: Why not all?

[@theobesenval4333]

Reptile you mean maybe ? They are not enough good insect to support it

[@zdelrod829]

Probably all three. Considering all 3 forms/variants benefit from the fact that Aroma and Rikka have some hard-to-out bosses.

[@Petsinwinter2]

Reptile is just missing a monster or 3 to end on. It has all the gas in Ogdoadic but not a lot to do with it

[@wraith.ferron]

@Petsinwinter2 that's why I didn't list it. I was surprised to see reptiles over insect/beetroopers.

[@Shadowsoftime99]

I've been addicted to Raika Ogdo recently, and I love seeing it here, but oh my god this list has some issues: -Snake Rain is crazy. Play 3. Hell, play six if you want to with a Thrust playset. Especially if you can force out an Ash with something before it, it's like a one-card full combo plus. -Melusine isn't summonable with that list. Literally no reptile tuners in the main. Benghalancer is also questionable to make it to. Run Haggard Lizadoise instead, he's budget snake Heatsoul! And he also can gimmick something's attack to zero to let Echidna get a double search sometimes.

[@olyviermonteau4300]

true gonna have to make this a 41 card deck with coatl if you want melusine to be summoned

[@olyviermonteau4300]

i mean it still works but for a reptile deck, it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WEIRD. like sure you'll still be invited to yugioh parties, but you'll ALWAYS be at the back of the line to get food if you play this with coatl in mind.

[@IyoMaestro]

Also isn‘t Promethean Princess played at the moment in the deck? Since I thought you don‘t want to lock yourself so early with the Raika Link 2 and just want to climb into the Raika Link 4 with it.

[@Shadowsoftime99]

@@IyoMaestro Princess is played if you're on the Evols package, since she can bring back a milled Megachirella for full combo. The list would look more like what you're describing, with just one of the Raika link 4 to climb out of Princess and no other Raika. Most people don't try and fit the full Raika and Evol packages together. I do, and it's workable, but the locks are sometimes annoying

[@Shadowsoftime99]

@@olyviermonteau4300 Coatl's a fine extender, but kind of in the same niche as Raika Armored Lizard for being a searchable free-body lv4. But if you're on Melusine you definitely want to play her still.

[@yserareborn]

"MBTplayMadolche... soon..." OK, that had me cackling.

[@nautilus1642]

A 60 card plant deck with only one lone fire is beyond my understanding

[@sweepinbelle]

Lonefire's pretty much just a small world bridge these days tbh

[@DJELEPHANTE]

Its a jess list, and i dont wanna watch the 3 hour combo tutorial. We will never understand it😂

[@geiseric222]

I doubt normal summon line fire is the ideal opening

[@crowcrow7040]

You don't want to NS it, that just begging to get ash You summon it off jasmine so 1 copy is enough

[@fabwizard8102]

@@DJELEPHANTE basically lone fire is used if you start with the aroma line to clear jasmine out of the emz to start the loci combo and about it it’s less of a starter and more a engine requirement

[@exxe2454]

I can't wait for monster effects that say this monster can only leave the field once destroyed by battle.

[@__-be1gk]

"Destroy that monster ignoring its effects"

[@phucdisshiet6838]

Attach a cannot be tributed/linked away on any tower and voila

[@AmazingCrimsonDragon]

Guy at my locals plays a 60 card insect pile, and on paper it looks horrible. In reality, it's nearly impossible to brick, even harder to interrupt, and none of the standard side deck cards work against it.

[@emissaryofcharybdis105]

60 cards is underrated. As long as the cards have harmony with each other, it makes for a big arsenal that takes a lot of time to deplete.

[@TheRadrat18]

I would like to find the list for this 60 card pile

[@videogamesarecool9280]

dude you cant just drop '60 card insect pile' and then not elaborate. what does the deck do, what engines does it run, what are the tech card?!? the people yern for the wasp basket

[@AmazingCrimsonDragon]

@@videogamesarecool9280 I haven't played against him in a while, but it's a small Beetrooper engine (mostly Sting Lancer, Armor Horn, the field spell, Atlas, and Neptune), general insect support like Gokipole and Resonance Insect, the new Ragnaraika stuff, and most importantly, Retaliating C. Inzektor Piko makes it super easy to access your stuff, the Ragnaraika continuous spell and ED monsters make it easy to link climb, and Sting Lancer is absolutely insane going second since it's a pseudo hand-trap. Neptune recycles what you banish from the Ragnaraika stuff (or Armor Horn) and just represents a body. It's really cool and everything synergizes well, but I don't have a complete list. I'll try and get one but no promises.

[@handlethesenutz]

​@@AmazingCrimsonDragon been playing against the same deck! our guy is waiting on some more cards, but it's a pretty ace deck that's hard to slow down (droll can stop it from high rolling tho) and its actually super fun to play against, feels more interactive than i expected.

[@torakandwolf6786]

Now for you to give Shining Sarc and Ancient Gear their own TMT…Come oooon, we all know they deserve more than a youtube shorts vid.

[@maxinesenior596]

Surely ashened comes before those

[@torakandwolf6786]

@@maxinesenior596That too. Hell, he should do all 3.

[@AlboradaGracioso]

Unfortunately they are both very, very bad

[@lilsunny7399]

@@AlboradaGracioso hey now. Jesse Kotton has been saying good things about Shinig Sarc

[@maxinesenior596]

@@lilsunny7399 he also said good things about wave 1 ashened, while playing against Kashtira, the one deck "give them veidos, pass" is an FTK against

[@metrodez]

Remember everyone Run a Synchro you can't make, just for that color privilege

[@ZoltánNagy-m7m]

If I learned anything from watching people play these decks, it's that Jasmine was a mistake.

[@ARC--5973]

As a Aromage fan, it pains me to agree. It always sucks when a amazing piece of support for a bad archetype turns out to be obnoxiously generic. And if that amazing support is banned due to non-archetpye interactions, the bad deck it was originally made for (who usually can't abuse it nearly as much) is just shit out of luck

[@HellfireBowsa]

ngl "One Tearlament Mirror Later" fucking SENT me.

[@xerael4659]

Chain 10 Agido moment

[@denzelmayhew]

Like SENTT 😂. had to screen shot that 📸

[@kalamander8563]

The big thing for me on the Traptrix variant is the fact that you have play going second, which the pure variant lacked.

[@prosamis]

Exactly! Especially with how little monster negation there is or windows that lack it. Managing to sneak a seed effect to resolve gives you a LOT of game going second

[@MrLastGuide]

why is there a melusine in the ogdo version if u dont play any tuners?

[@258thHiGuy]

Planet Pollutant Virus in the second deck still has no problem solving card text, by the way. That’s how old and obscure this support is

[@TheSpiralCurse]

It also has a single printing, which means if you want it you'll have to spend 4 dollars on an ALIEN card in *current year*

[@KateHikes1933]

The original Reactor archetype has only one printing.

[@ashikjaman1940]

Did you know Drytron Nova has exactly 1 printing? I found this out after looking at TCG player and noticing it's now THIRTY DOLLARS

[@SloopYGO]

whats your bet for the next tri-type im thinking warriors, spellcasters and dragons. this wont be busted at all

[@CrimsonKnight]

I want zombie, spirit and maybe fiend? to be one

[@thaddeusgenhelm8979]

I think I took psychic damage from contemplating the results of such a decision.

[@NicoTb4]

the most likely will be psychic machine cyberse, since we got that card that tribute to summon 2 tri-types from hand the one I'd like the most is the sea serpent aqua and fish, but a specific archetype and not the already established archetypes that happen to use a mix of 2 of these 3 types

[@lord_boneman]

Dinosaur/Pyro/Rock for extinction event theme, Thunder/Pyro/Rock for a force of nature theme (aqua already is in their own, and winged beasts serve as wind elementals sometimes), Warrior/Machine/Dinosaur for a tokusatsu theme, Spellcaster/Zombie/Illusion for a dark magic theme, Warrior/Fairy/Fiend for a generic fantasy theme, and that’s all I can think of currently.

[@YamaDolll]

i'm hoping aqua, fish, sea serpent

[@chrisb.2028]

I don't think it accomplishes much specially when ash exists but funnily enough, rescue hedgehog can summon both the sunseed AND the evil seed at the same time.

[@ASpaceFox]

this engine although not competitively viable seems very fun in rogue, that was the most competent I've ever seen Ogdoadic.

[@JABRIEL251]

I've said this before, but man artwork-wise, they look like a tcg-exclusive archetype.

[@prosamis]

I'm excited to try RaikaTrix myself! I believe the non engine slots in that list can be improved upon, most noticeably with triple tac since you can easily play through one handtrap, limp through 2, but die to three. Triple tac makes it so that your board ends up killer (you easily play around nib with raff) and you get to save your raika effects until AFTER you make rafflesia or they stop your rafflesia with a handtrap, hence turning on triple tac Important to note that since you can't imperm sera or raff, it's much easier for the sequencing of handtraps to play into triple tac rather than otherwise

[@gz_magna]

Raika is very fun. I've tried it with Traptrix, but it's not my style. But I tried it out with Naturia, and surprisingly isn't half bad with them

[@jeremyadkins9665]

What kind of build are you using with them? I've been trying to make one for my roommate, and would like advice.

[@gz_magna]

@jeremyadkins9665 It's mostly a link based strategy using the Naturia monsters as fuel for links like Jasmine and Benghalancer. You do play one of Beast and Barkion in case of some scenarios where you can't get into your links

[@evertime123]

Behold the ghoul gardener

[@segajennis2305]

Ragnaraika Beetroopers? Ragnaraika Naturia? Ragnaraika Inzektors?

[@homesiejonesie7672]

last one probably isn't real inzektors really don't like being locked

[@snootydooty3543]

Ragnaraika traptrix

[@fortidogi8620]

Im playing Naturia! Its really good as a small engine to pivot through. Camellia and Cricket really help the deck's weakness to Droll, you can sometimes put up negates before summon 5,, and you can use Blessing on turn 2 to make Beast/etc after the raika lock falls off, or to retrigger a Camellia you used as material last turn.

[@theodupuy115]

Beetroper variant is my fav and the board is decent tbh

[@fortidogi8620]

@@theodupuy115 I really love playing with access to Sting Lancer and Beargram thru Resonance, and pitching Gokipole for Evil Seed's special summon is great, too. I ended up moving to Naturias because navigating the temporary locks on Buggy, the Link2/4, and Saturnas got annoying for the lines I was trying to develop.

[@thelivingchair466]

Honestly I just can’t wait until they make the zombie tri type. I’m thinking Zombie, Fiend, and either Spellcaster or Pyro

[@Ragnarok540]

Maybe Zombie, Fiend and Illusion. Also a Warrior, Spellcaster and Dragon would be interesting, like a D&D tri type.

[@LazurBeemz]

@@Ragnarok540 combined Warrior and Dragon support would be insane

[@crashking9930]

I hope to see the tri type from wasteland (Dinosaur, Zombie, Rock). It would be busted with all the generic support those types have

[@NotoriousYGO]

I love the Lawncel intro

[@thekrispiestkreme5609]

Im a big fan of the beetrooper/ insect pile version of this deck. The beetrooper insect piles most appealing strength was it could play through most anything. Interruptions, hand traps, even nib and shifter but the problem was it never ended on anything impactful unless you just went scary moth cicada king and fly and sting, now with the raika stuff adding more extension to the deck you’re playing not to create power boards that stop your opponents from playing but to drain your opponent of resources that let you win in the grind since most of the meta is explosive in 1 for 1 trades. After actually looking through the lines and how it plays I was able to swipe wins from meta decks that just could not put me down for good. Have to say it was refreshing, surprising, and fun

[@fortidogi8620]

I was playing beetrooper raika with a little naturia in it, and even though Ive pivoted off that version, I still really loved resolving Instant Fusion for Saturnas after the third or fourth handtrap and just going off.

[@hughtube2111]

I play insect/plant pile version of this deck pretty much abusing the fact that the raika insect can bring back Lonefire or Resonace insect for tons of searches or summons. Plus the plant circular guys which can gain up a extra normal summon plus two bodies on board. This all works well with scary moth of all things also beagram futs intot rh deck nicely

[@fortidogi8620]

What ratios are you using for Cyclos/Fairyant?

[@hughtube2111]

@@fortidogi8620 i run 3 of both tho im debating lowering cyclose

[@PhuckedUpPhilosophy]

I want to know what MBT was smoking when he read Snake Rain and thought “Yeah this is a 2 of”. Still the worst deck builder on KZbin.

[@momo-uk6rl]

People are sleeping on the beetrooper variant. They can play through hand traps and still have strong turn 1 boards and is good going 2nd

[@drakomao8805]

So it's everything but Ragnaraika, got it.

[@D4rk0t]

There is not way in hell MBT finally touched grass

[@miep3934]

The only lock any of these decks have to worry about is the Rosalina Plant lock. If you resolve her effect you're cut out from Samurai Beetle plays.

[@seanrollins2383]

Sunavalon for dinner again? MY FAVORITE!

[@residentgrey]

I want this set to be in DL ASAP! It bridges every archetype even remotely relatable, giving them all major support. Sunavalon will be in the meta as of tomorrow essentially so it makes sense to drop Ragnaraika too.

[@guardiangamer6528]

6/10 needs Beargrum

[@JNitroxx]

I've been testing the Traptrix version and I really like it. The only thing that keeps me away from buying the cards is the price. 15 to 20 dollars for these washed up secret rares feels shitty.

[@autobotstarscream765]

At least it's $15-20 for a Secret instead of $15-20 for a _Super_ like the Tenpai sheep are paying. 🐉

[@JNitroxx]

@@autobotstarscream765 the thing is, you just need 3 Paidra and you're done, you get a meta deck. Ragnaraika has two cards that are Secret bouncing between 15 and 20 bucks, and both can be played at different ratios so you might want a playset of each. And the payoff is basically a really mid engine that you can fit in some archetypes .

[@autobotstarscream765]

@JNitroxx There's always the budget build: run 0 of both and just carry the top end with Traptrix, you'll get the same result anyway! 😂

[@JNitroxx]

@@autobotstarscream765 yeah, pure Traptrix feels stronger anyways and is ultra budget. I tried the engine because I love the design and I'm a sucker for plants, insects and reptiles (specially Ogdoadic). Specifically in Traptrix it makes the deck more combo heavy and susceptible to Nib and other handtraps, and overall I enjoy more the control aspect of the archetype, so I guess I'll wait until they are more affordable.

[@christiangarza8122]

Let’s turn plants evil

[@Solanne11]

I was wondering why the plant version was running 60 cards Seeing you go through basically half the deck turn one through Nibiru made me understand

[@danielesquivel9326]

Ah, another day for a shitty MBT Ogdo-including list, must be a day ending in -y.

[@james2944]

Best alien deck ever

[@L1nk2002]

Is this archetype useful? Yes. Is it super top tier? No. Does it have some of the firest arts in the game? Damn yes.

[@thephilosophyminor]

1:36 Australian man jumpscare

[@newgiohguy3711]

Petition to get compilations of the TMT skits like twice a year or something. Love the videos, keep up the good work MBT!

[@scrimblogoggins]

I don’t need to watch the video to know raika bad still gonna get it because my boy ipiria needs a new home

[@voltatrunade]

you are not a viewer of this channel until u know the ygoprodeck ad word by word

[@SoejimaMX]

MBT is an Illusion monster confirmed 0:16

[@SheruMuko]

I chose the Reptile Pile variant. Edit I should probably mention this but I was tinkering with it and created a build that does not lock me into the tri-type lock all the time. If not locked I can go into I:P into S:P as the decks version of Hieratic Seals. I had a friend take a look at it and they said they cannot judge the deck because they cannot tell how it works. The end boards are similar to yours but it has much more durability due to the way I built the deck. I also run more reptiles.

[@residentgrey]

The attribute wipers need to be seen again!! They are all Reptile.

[@vincentlai12]

Sad to not see any mention of the naturia variant as i've seen (and experienced for myself) just how well that variant plays. It can play even without the ragnaraika cards as naturia itself is an extremely strong engine that sets up multiple negates and can easily set up follow-up for next turn. The only issue that variant has at present is minor inconsistency but for the most part, that variant is my personal favorite with how much non engine it can slot in vs most other variants.

[@elcalich33sehead]

My build is the Ogdoadic version. Reptilianne Lamia is good for making Hydra, which can draw up to 3 cards depending on how many monsters you zeroed out.

[@leonshirogane5541]

we go from build plant to try to build an entire garden ecosystem.

[@ceoofjeanneism6777]

This archetype is so cool I have to play it!

[@Kaito2001]

Ragnaraika are the ugly twin of the Tri brigade 🗿

[@gorilawwe5461979]

"soon"... SCREAMS IN MADOLCHE

[@__-be1gk]

I can build a Raika deck with... 4 maindeck monsters MBT, build that deck

[@infinityDivided]

Apparently, the best use for an entirely new archetype is to have four of its cards absorbed into the Plant Pile. Ouch. Edit: My bad, apparently there's a Reptile Pile as well! And a Traptrix deck. It sucks that it apparently only exists to enhance existing combos, rather than stand out on its own.

[@autobotstarscream765]

A lot of archetypes start off like that and become whole with more support, and more Ragnaraika is coming.

[@RamixTheRed]

As an Alien stan, Im glad Zeroll finally has a home

[@Merilirem]

Reptiles are so close to being, something...

[@residentgrey]

I want to see a Jim Cook reptile-focused deck!

[@UshiUshiKakuThe2nd]

While I agree that it isn't quite up to taking on the meta, I will say that Ragnaraika feels like the home that Ogdoadic have longed for since release. Snake Rain (which should be played at 3; what's wrong with you?) actually feels super powerful as a 1.5 card starter. Unfortunately, Evil Seed feels like the exact opposite; I get that 1-card combos are pretty contentious in modern Yu-Gi-Oh, but the amount of things you can do with a single Seed is surprisingly low. I'm not asking for a negate or anything (which I honestly think would be pretty irresponsible to put on a Ragnaraika Link, given they can revive themselves), but more pay-offs are definitely needed.

[@pkkiller_apathy4568]

I hate and love this deck. Reptiles need a lv 9 non light or earth that could do nothing and be amazing because World Legacy Monstrosity would be live so you could get a board wipe and search a plant without using your normal. To get pudica or seed + a draw from Jormunandr. Edit. You can also get 2/3 normal summon by running lonefire,Cyclos,rose girl. That can get you Hastorr to send off Stag making him a pop+negate/snatch. steal.

[@nugzmedallion8929]

I think it's humorous how people organize their main decks by Monster, Spell, Actual Trap, Hand Trap now. I mean it makes perfect sense and all but it's just a quirk I've noticed a lot of people do now 🤣

[@DirtCheapFU]

Atleast MBT covered Rikka. Alot of TCG profiles have been avoiding them lol One guy posting that Rikka's are the worst for Ragnaraika.

[@Ragnarok540]

These cards seem very interesting, unfortunately they will probably do nothing in MD, like what happened in the OCG. Hopefully they are no too high rarity to at least experiment with them.

[@jimothymayhorn]

I've been playing beetroopers at locals basically since they came out without much success and I'm determined to make them work. I'm hoping the ragnaraika stuff helps me out lol

[@Grimsly3736]

I wonder how long it’ll take Konami to have to ban something from this, if this deck ever gets a really good plant-link that’s a boss monster I feel it could push “good stuff plant deck” to be super strong

[@modernkiwi6447]

Once again, we wait for the second/third wave of support to make the pure deck playable

[@angel-memeroftheisles]

Sad I didn't see the bee variant, but itmakes sense pre INFO It isnt that great (Still pretty solid though). Either way, it's interesting to see raika in action.

[@stealthylion9653]

istgg no one understands how to truly play this deck. you can use snake rain to get you into your entire engine for plants and ogdodaics, in addition lonefire is a one card shenshen, benji, link 5, trap, and hyperiton. in addition spore is just such an amazing card in this deck allowing the lonefire to let you get into to lvl 4's to move into king of the feral imps. in addition, this version can play 18 non engine

[@whydnt]

Raikka. Rikka ? No raika. With rikka ? Yah, with rikka.

[@Zusk0]

Beetrooper got snubbed

[@tonys202]

sad that there was no cactus in this

[@OmniKing_17]

The major problem w Raika is all of their main deck cards require some sort of discard like cost to resolve their special summon or effect. I think the lock into tri type is fine, but the cost attached to each effect combined is too damning.

[@Blackguy610]

Funny how the 10 minute testing that has 3 decks is one of his shortest in recent memory

[@0_MikankoChan]

Stupid that it doesnt Work with beetroopers. Why printing a tri archtype Support when one of them isnt even playable cause the bees floodgate yourself

[@kono5717]

You definitely need 1 zohah if you are going to play ogdo so you can one card into full combo with nunu send zohah also coatl is needed and running 2 daybreak is and not having a third copy of snake rain is also uhm questionable

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

I really don't get why you didn't tribute strenna with mudan in game 1, you could've had a spell negate on top of the monster negate and it wouldn't. really change the board other than that

[@winter9348]

Ogdoadik and rikka souns great

[@twiggs823]

Why not play redoer in the traptrix list, I will not understand, anyways Raika trix is a good version of raika and a meh version of trix

[@kazumafellblood9458]

on one hand, the Ogdo set looks amazing. On the other, Traptrix should never ever be given anything that helps them.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

"Ask your local European" no thanks, I've had enough smug for the year.

[@leviathan5207]

I hate that Traptrix is basically a combo deck now. All I want is control of all the holes :(

[@UnusualElan]

I love the artwork, but hate how combo heavy the cards are. This will be a hard pass when they come to Master Duel

[@SaltymanGaming]

"1 tearlament mirror later" and that's why time rules are the way they are.

[@258thHiGuy]

Was it not your sin killed the Knightmare Unicorn?

[@infiniteshay8660]

How did Joseph know i just pulled the last two cards I needed to play Ragnaraika?

[@goodytushoes4328]

Good damage additive to traptrix, gotta get my blooms before the next wave of support boosts thier price

[@JABRIEL251]

We got BBW, now RIP. I vote for PMC next.

[@silenceddark_2239]

How does one even summon "Reptilianne Melusine" in the raika ogdoadic variant.

[@ctusiard9755]

Ragna Ogdo is cool AF

[@XmortoxX1990]

I hope we get a decent variety of plant/insect/reptile support when they come to MD

[@KindredFenrir]

I wish Ogdoadic could do something without drawing Snake Rain.

[@Odin22]

considering that snake rain is full combo, id really think playing it at 3

[@Circ00mspice]

Why is MBT shocked his queer audience requested the plant archetype?

[@percivaldotburgers]

Oh I didn't know MBT had a tattoo. That's cute!

[@wattsynchron]

I really wish it was better pure. Even with the ocg only support it just can not set up much and ends up being "Hopefully you draw some non engine to make up for how bad your in archetype stuff is"

[@fortidogi8620]

earth machine syndrome

[@danielstrakna5081]

Evil Sneed

[@ClarkieReidri]

ngl i almost was tweaking when he said “soon” for madolche.

[@eleventhofanickel]

Is inzektor or beetle troopers a viable build for ragna?

[@notapllicable7178]

When are we getting a supercut of every single intro you made

[@thatguyzach7599]

Always cool to see how this kind of generalist support makes a variety of decks more interesting. I prefer the TMTs that focus on one archetype because you can get a better sense of what they do, but the general overviews are still pretty good.

[@tyblue-vf1pk]

something something mbtoes