Reviewing Broken Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime Cards

[@kotzpenner]

Seal of Orichalcos is pretty broken. You lose your soul if you lose the duel. That's nearly as broken as Pot of Greed. At least with this one nobody knows what it does.

[@superzenmodeman]

kotzpenner Memes aside, anime orichalcos would be good though not completely game changing. But the upper deck version would be top tier broken since it had a hand trap discard effect that would negate and destroy any card/effect.

[@prodecks2005]

well no part of the cards effect was you lose your soul. so YES it would INSTANTLY banned and then have all copies of it burned as it would be a classified weapon

[@kotzpenner]

At least you would be motivated to build a good deck

[@Gay_Priest]

kotzpenner ignoring the soul effect, back in the early 2010's, the ability to have an indestructible field spell that locks your opponent out of their own field spells would have broken the entire format

[@besg5725]

kotzpenner The seal of orichawcamalos also causes broken Ewndglish.

[@coryn7031]

How much impact would the cards have with their anime effect? None. Banned. All banned. Immediately.

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

You forget that most of the ones that are broken enough to deserve that status are also old enough that they'd exist before the game even _had_ a banlist. Meaning they absolutely would have some kind of impact.

[@logi1999]

Cory N you should check r/masterforgiveme and look at the hot posts. It's literally uncanny that I would see this comment the same day as I saw that post. Small world I guess

[@coryn7031]

Log Rog which post?

[@logi1999]

Cory N it's a post of your KZbin profile. It's the Stephen King dark tower gunslinger mantra but with swords instead

[@coryn7031]

Log Rog holy shit small world no kidding. Haha wow. Cracking through realities.

[@TheLordofMetroids]

Winged Dragon of Ra's anime effect probably has more words then the script of some anime episodes.

[@Carlos.Rivera]

But on game its pretty good

[@kookou13]

I'm pretty sure it's anime effect is "Make up effects as you go"

[@francisbacon5897]

kookou13 it’s effect is *YES*

[@rongneezy41]

@@francisbacon5897 its effect is *win unless you're fighting the MC.*

[@HoveringAboveMyself]

It really doesn't really have that many effects of its own, a lot of what people remember is Marik using bs asspulls with other cards or plot related stuff. Perhaps the dub is also to blame, a lot of people claim that they can't be tributed or bring up the god hierarchy but none of that stuff is actually present in DM.

[@maskedduelist1380]

What about Swords of Revealing Light's ability to hold up castles and then send them crashing down on a field of trapped monsters?

[@MegaMachiOnline]

Maskedduelist 13 It had its irl effect after Duelist Kingdom where the game wasn't real with rules yet

[@codyburgett7962]

Maskedduelist 13 nonono catapult turtle is the broken card, being able to destroy castle of dark illusions flotation ring

[@rynobehnke8289]

If we want to look at this scene with a bit of logic would this be an ridicules addition to Swords of revealing Light given that what actually happened was that its effects prevented Castle of Dark Illusions field nuke effect going off which means that as long as the swords are out are all your opponents monsters effects negated.

[@33dbz]

What about giant soldier of stone? It can destroy the moon!!!

[@wilFluffball]

or multiply to made hundreds of kuriboh

[@SakuraAvalon]

Biggest thing that upsets me about the real Ra. Ra is a Phoenix/Dragon. In the Anime Marik would constantly revive it from the Grave. When revived from the Grave it gained a bunch of effects, including God Phoenix Mode. So, what does Konami do when making the legal Ra? Make it the ONLY God Card that cannot be Special Summoned... -_-'

[@joshuawenninger6439]

Konami - "We're too lazy to think up cool Special Summon effects"

[@Mernom]

He has Sphere mode and Phoenix mode as seperate support cards. Sphere mode can SS him ignoring restriction, and I think that phoenix mode can too.

[@SakuraAvalon]

Marik Zilberman Those are band aids to an issue Konami caused. Also, those two cards came out over a year after the legal Ra was printed.

[@SakuraAvalon]

Mijnisme Uh, to clear 5 monsters, Ra would require 5000 lifepoints. And would die at the End Phase. Kinda seems like a terrible investment. At best, you'll need to waste a card to get Ra into the Grave. Waste a card to revive Ra Pay 1000 per Monster, and all for a removal that targets, meaning a lot of cards aren't even effected by it. At that point, just run Ruin, King of Demise.

[@CrnaStrela]

Also that supposedly God Card support for tribute summoning? (Ra's Disciple) They cannot be used to SS Sphere Mode. Greatest Job Konami

[@nerfirelia8235]

Slifer the Executive Producer and Mega Ultra Chicken are the most powerful cards of all time.

[@dff8088]

Obelisk gets infinite attack points in the anime if you tribute two monsters.

[@Mernom]

Joke>>>> You

[@dff8088]

Well it's a bit hard to distinguish Obelisk's real name from its name in yugioh abridged when they're the exact same.

[@prodecks2005]

^ false comment right here

[@TheKaosKilla16]

TOOOORRRRRMEEEEEEEEENNNNNNTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[@papersonic9941]

Shout-outs to the guy/gal from the Yu-gi-oh Wikia who tried to explain Catapult Turtle's Anime effect.

[@calebchometa1382]

Federico Porcel catapult turtle could do anything

[@pickyphysicsstudent201]

Like launching Gai the dragon Dragon Champion into the floating castle, causing all monsters beneath it to be crushed.

[@1001011011010]

It acted like a catapult.

[@GenesisAUT]

Picky Psychology Student One of the most hilarious Scenes in the entire YGO Anime

[@blacktimhoward4322]

In short, dzeeff still does not know Ra's hidden abilities

[@Mernom]

Well, they ARE hidden.

[@rockerbenjammin7185]

They're written on the back.

[@cozycr8485]

Rocker Benjammin they're written inbetween the card front and back

[@pickyphysicsstudent201]

They're written in ancient Egyptian, too.

[@karelrindo13]

Rocker Benjammin they're written in the secret note hidden inside the dimension who can only opened by ritual using the ra card by burning it under your dog blood

[@bradleysandell2584]

Forgot the ability where you fuse yourself with Ra, shame on you Dzeeff.

[@darkben151]

And that you could be hit by lightning if you try to summon it xD

[@DaFro3713]

Darkben151 don’t you dare anger the god of trading cards

[@joethedragonking7341]

Darkben151 that’s only if you try to play a fake version of Ra

[@BmanTheChamp]

And you could only summon Ra if you read the ancient Egyptian text, unless you brought it back with Monster Reborn.

[@PhantomDusclops92]

And you can get all the LP you paid to boost Ra's stats back by playing Defusion.

[@peskyspider5103]

One thing I never really understood whilst watching the anime is how the hell that version of Toon World works. I was pretty hyped when I got the card irl in the Pegasus starter deck but all it said was "pay 1000 life points" and I was like wtf.

[@kingofgrim4761]

Pesky Spider Quest it was so cheese. You could hide your monsters inside of it, they couldn’t be destroyed without being “tied up” by shadow spell or when toon world is destroyed, if you get ahold of an enemy monster you can make it your own toon version. Mixed with the IRL effect of it where you can attack directly.

[@JoshuaWebbs]

All the effects of toon world in the anime was placed on the monster card effect in the TGC. Toon world just allowed the monsters to be on the field. It was just worded so bad the characters in the anime we all thought toon world was an invincible card. Alot people complain about making up the rules in season 1 but if you really pay attention to effects they have it's not that far off from the TCG effect.

[@1001011011010]

Of course, TCG was after the manga anyway

[@V2ULTRAKill]

@@JoshuaWebbs catapult turtle mah dood

[@tonyhakston536]

Anime Toon World's effect is basically "all your monsters become Toon monsters." Toon monsters, in the anime at least, are the same as their normal counterparts, except with protection against attacks and some other things. The downside is the same as in real life: if Toon World is destroyed, so are all the Toons.

[@Yuutsu6]

Love this kind of stuff. I remember back when I was in middle-school and the Egyptian god cards just got revealed in the anime. They released promo cards with no effect text, so my friends would just use their show effects. It was insane.

[@pinstripecool34]

john giguere thats awsome! Lol

[@tyson123123123]

Anime version of Revival Jam was broken too. Being able to revive him without paying any LP cost was OP.

[@JDBass36]

tyson123123123 indeed it was very broken

[@Dc0sby]

Not if it was only came back from battle.

[@darksideofevil13]

Marshmallon is pretty much the same thing in real life.

[@michaelwong5102]

Revival jam is not that broken now. You can negate this card effect

[@elijahpadilla5083]

It also automatically revived every time it got destroyed by any means, meaning that it counted effect destruction and you didn't have to wait until the End Phase.

[@CKarasu13]

Anime Ra not being able to be tributed by the opponent is one of the weirdest bits of protection afforded to a card back then.

[@motivationintensifies9558]

Counters Kaijus

[@BramLastname]

@@motivationintensifies9558 Which weren't even in the concept phase yet

[@HoveringAboveMyself]

It actually didn't have such protection, having rewatched the battle city arc subbed, Ra was totally able to be tributed, Marik was panicking when Yami Yugi activated Soul taker (which lets you tribute your opponent's monster in the anime). Perhaps it's a dub invention that the gods can't be tributed?

[@BramLastname]

@@HoveringAboveMyself I think it was actually protection given to it in GX, but I'm not 100% sure. I just know there was a GX episode where some guy used Ra.

[@RedRhythm_1]

@@HoveringAboveMyself this is the actual effect of ra in the manga he's more op then in the anime that where he got that effect This card cannot be Normal Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters (you cannot Set this card). The Normal Summon of this card cannot be negated. When Normal Summoned, Spells, Traps, Spell/Trap effects, and the effects of non-DIVINE monsters cannot be activated. If this card is Tribute Summoned, its original ATK and DEF become the total respective ATK and DEF of the Tributed monsters. Your opponent cannot Tribute this card. Control of this card cannot switch. Cannot be targeted by, or leave the field by, the effects of Spell/Trap Cards and non-DIVINE monsters, except by its own effect. Other card effects are only applied on this card until the End Phase. (This effect cannot be negated.) During the End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned: Send it to the Graveyard. If this card is Special Summoned in face-up Defense Position when an opponent's monster declares an attack, OR if exactly 1 monster you control is targeted by a card effect that could of targeted this card, that attack or card effect now targets this card, instead. During either player's turn. If this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard you can active 1 of following effects: ● Point-to-Point Transfer Transfer all less 1 Life Points to the ATK and DEF. ● Tribute-to-Point Transfer Tribute all other monsters you control to increase this card's ATK and DEF by the total of ATK and DEF of the Tributed monsters. ● Instant Attack Can attack all the opponent's monsters and further attack their life points directly. Even if there is a card that would normally prevent this. ●By discarding 1 "De-Fusion" or sending it face-down to the Graveyard; gain Life Points equal to this card's ATK, then decrease its ATK and DEF by the total Life Points you gained. If you use this effect when this card declares an attack, negate that attack. ● Egyptian God Phoenix You take no batttle damage from battles involving this card and cannot be removed from the field except by its own effect. ● During Egyptian God Phoenix form, you can pay 1000 Life Points to destroy all monsters your opponent controls. (negating any effects which would prevent it being destroyed).

[@noname144able]

Should've talked about the broken combo with Kuriboh and Multiply in the anime lol

[@jokernharley666]

Don't forget he explodes on contact. Lol

[@theultimateawesome5516]

Regeki that shit lol

[@M3G4T3RR4]

In GX it was used correctly once, so I think it’s fine.

[@anayos6726]

@@M3G4T3RR4 Yeah, but GX is when they were actually using rules, Haha. Jaden wasn't screwing the rules nearly as much as Yugi or Kaiba, besides a few Miracle Fusion moments.

[@drearydoll6305]

Actually, yes. It would be nice to see more of those videos. Rank-up-magic the seventh ones number C88 gimmick puppet disaster leo Number 6 chronomaly atlantis number 39 utopia beyond Number 61 volcasaurus Number 53 heart earth

[@franciscomenes1369]

Dreary doll Please please please do this ones dzeef

[@sartouhou8349]

He should make a video on my boy DRAWLER

[@rescuerex7031]

Every Number is slightly better cuz of the protection

[@kouthao1575]

Red eyes darkness metal dragon got 100x better than anime effect

[@lordnightblaster]

Neo tachyon is busted ib the anime

[@SproingBoing]

Pot of Greed is the most broken card in the anime, causing a near guarantee'd win everytime it's played. Too bad we don't know what it does in the TCG.

[@skylerward1671]

Haroc even in the anime we needed Dan Green or Eric Stuart to explain it to us

[@darksideofevil13]

What the hell is that thumbnail?

[@dreamEnd]

card of sanctity aka the plot progression card

[@blitzes3177]

Ra also has an effect in the anime that lets it attack when it's special summoned, regardless of which phase or who's turn it is.

[@CarmsCelestia]

It's 1000 LP destroy effect also ignores defenses, like the "cannot be targeted" or "cannot be destroyed by card effects"

[@dragullongblackfang8073]

and its unefected by anithing and its litterly kaiju immune

[@StereoxAS]

Just slap Evenly Matched

[@dragullongblackfang8073]

@@StereoxAS doesn't work cannot leave the field clause

[@StereoxAS]

i didn't notice it

[@parhy4562]

What about destroying the floatation ring of a floating castle with an aimed attack of catapult turtle causing it to crash down and destroy all of your opponent's monsters?

[@Mernom]

Duelist Kingdon wasn't YGO. It was a game played with YGO cards, but anyone could do 'but my card does this!' like a kindergarden spat.

[@rockthahouse1]

That's only if it's the last turn swords of revealing light is active

[@lpfan4491]

they should have made a reprint of actual catapult turtle saying "if you fire gaia the dragonknight at castle of illusion,destroy all monsters on the enemy field the moment sword of revealing light isnt in play.normal battle calculation take place during the fight" just to make a reference to season1

[@nelsonr12]

This card game is a load of bollocks

[@BosSoxFan15]

What if Pot of Greed had the anime effect.

[@DaFro3713]

BosSox impossible, nobody even knows what it does

[@omega6437]

EmptyThrone we may never know what pot of greed does

[@enchantking]

Like create a black hole?

[@crystalqueen9711]

What was the effect?

[@Dc0sby]

Not sure people are going to want to pull a card out there ass.

[@jessedale4287]

Here's one of my favorite ones. Anime crush card virus. It makes Pre-errata crush card seem tame.

[@InvaderWeezle]

Virus Cannon too. Sending 10 spells from your opponent's deck and hand to the graveyard at no cost to you is way too OP. The real life card maxes out at 5 and that's only if you choose to tribute that many monsters from the field.

[@jessedale4287]

InvaderWeezle ya. Dark sanctuary was a weird one in anime

[@InvaderWeezle]

Jesse Dale I'm surprised that they even bothered making a real-life Dark Sanctuary because the anime effect was so utterly impractical without holograms. I see now that the real-life version turned that into a gamble-based effect, which is probably the most logical way to make that effect work.

[@jessedale4287]

InvaderWeezle how about skull dice lol

[@crystalqueen9711]

These days it'd still be shit

[@mekklord]

Actually my Magical Mallet Ra Magical Cylinder turbo won me a local where 4 players entered including 3 kids so...

[@lokao9712]

actual arno you meant four kids?

[@guillermocarrillo8377]

@@lokao9712 oh snap

[@royaldayz18]

Here’s two notable ones if you ever do this again: Number 69: Heraldry Crest Cannot be destroyed by battle, except with number monsters. Cannot be destroyed by card effects. While this card is faceup on the field, negate the effects of all other monsters in the field, and if you do, this card gains those monsters’ effects. Once per turn, if your opponent declares an attack, you can detach 1 material; destroy 1 Card they Control. (Forgot if it targets) Hundred Eyes Dragon in the anime is harder to summon because of the Dark Synchro Mechanic (Dark Tuners subtracting their levels to make negative level Synchros) But it gains the effects of every dark monster in the GY. If it’s destroyed, you can add any card from your deck to your hand. Edit: also anime Utopia Beyond, for making your whole field unaffected by card effects.

[@cherrybansx7398]

Royal Dayz i remember summoning hundred eyes in ygopro with that anime card that mills your entire deck to send geh and the nordic snake thing and gravekeeper girl. Also with extra fusion to send cards from extra. I would summon it with temple of the kings after sending all sorts of cards from both decks. Basicly the end result would be infinite atk+unaffacted by everything+negate literally everything+you cant lose even by decking out. It was the funniest combo to pull.you could literally not do anything except negate effects and watch your opponent deck out even tho you have 0 cards in deck

[@M3G4T3RR4]

I can’t believe he completely ignored the Number Cards this time. They seemed like one of the most obvious subjects to touch on, although cards like Magical Mallet, Card of Sanctity, and Ra were definitely also very relevant.

[@g.n.a4871]

All number can only be destroy by numbers

[@HyperKnuckles01]

Review the anime version of Dzeff.

[@crystalqueen9711]

No Review the manga version

[@puffer_frog]

His anime version is probably a card playing spheal

[@dragullongblackfang8073]

funfact manga ra iis litterly unbeatble

[@vparsa87]

One that wasn't mentioned is Seal of Orichalcos. Let's forget the whole soul thing real quick, it couldn't be destroyed at all plus a new field spell could not replace it. In addition to that, it allowed you to have an extra 5 slots for your monsters and your spells and traps.

[@zad_rasera]

I just finished 5Ds recently, see. Here are some a bit OP anime version effects Z-ONE let's you add any card from your deck, and that card cannot be destroyed by card effects. Sandaion the Timelord inflicts 4000 damage to your opponent after it attacks The Aesirs automatically revive themselves during the End Phase with no cost Valkyrie the Nordic Ascendant lets you discard any two cards to special summon her tokens. (I know this one isn't that OP, but this effect is a stretch compared to hi real-life effect where you need to banish specifically Nordic monsters.)

[@StarboyXL9]

I don't see how the Aesirs auto-rez is broken. Considering how fucked the meta is these days what Konami considers "broken" is just a normal day in the dueling arena.

[@vmarcelo49]

Review every anzu hentai/doujinshi

[@user-bu3xt6mj4s]

This man here.

[@sartouhou8349]

This comment right here officer

[@joseraziel8070]

a man of culture

[@DamienLunas]

They're all fucking trash.

[@Namigumere]

Victor Marcelo please

[@Cetra29]

Multiply: Summon so many Kuribohs (ignoring the field limit) and the multiplication only ends if the opponent manages to defeat all that are currently on the field. Which basically cannot be done because in the anime even duringthe Battle Phase they multplied so not even those Asura Priest cards or the likes would not help. Additional effect: If this card is activated with Kuriboh on the field, ignore the effect of Thousand-Eyes Restrict that does not allow attacks as well as position change. Also Thousand-Eyes Restrict always has to equip Kuriboh when its on the field and a monster is chosen to be an Equipmennt Magic Card. Additional effect 2: If Fiend's Sanctuary is activated, summon 3 Tokens. They can all be used for Tribute Summons.

[@michaelwong5102]

Multiply in anime effect is choose a monster you control with ATK 500 or less then special summon as many tokens as you want with the same effect as the monster you choose.

[@33dbz]

Ur forgetting the 1 card in the anime that defeated kuriboh with multuply in play....mask of dispell

[@tonyhakston536]

Technically, multiply had the same effect as real life in Battle City. It's just that, under Battle City's Super Expert Rules, tokens don't use up monster spaces.

[@BurkinaFaso69]

Who would win, Multiply or Ultimate Conductor Tyranno?

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

God, imagine if Yugi used United We Stand with that.

[@cruelcumber5317]

There's Call of the Haunted which in the anime summons all destroyed monsters from the graveyard as zombies.

[@ThePrinceOfSpace413]

Heh bones was a poor kid.

[@The_Chateau]

How about the anime version of Philosophers Stone? Basically: Pay half your life points to activate this card. Search your deck for a card and add it to your hand. After activation, return this card to your hand. You may activate this effect up to 3 times. After the third activation of this card, this card becomes an equip card. The equipped monsters ATK is multiplied by the number of monsters your opponent controls. Jaden/Judai used this card against Kagemaru at the end of the first season of GX. Pretty ridiculous.

[@jonathansaucedo74]

What about Elemental Hero Bubble man? Anime effect is draw 2 cards when special summoned, when the TCG effect is restricted to only drawing 2 cards when you have no cards in hand or on the field?

[@InvaderWeezle]

Not when Special Summoned, but when it's summoned and it's the only card on your field. The TCG added that you also need to have no cards in your hand.

[@SoftwareNeos]

You should see hundred eyes dragon. Shit is beyond broken

[@sartouhou8349]

Except it's actually ass since it's a Dark Synchro monster. And since it's level -8 and you need to SUBTRACT the Tuner monster's level from the non-Tuner, you'd need a Tuner that's at least level 9. The only Tuner above level 9 is "Flower Cardian Willow with Calligrapher", which not only isn't a DARK Tuner, you'd need to run an entire "Flower Cardian" deck in order to summon it.

[@gameg5891]

Dead Meme #502 majority of good tuners are dark so its not that bad to synchro summon

[@vegeta9501]

Wut it do

[@SoftwareNeos]

The anime one. The one that gains every dark monsters effect in the grave

[@sartouhou8349]

game g Dark Synchro Monsters need to subtract the Tuner's level from the non-Tuner's, so all good DARK tuners won't work bc of their low level

[@Talyrion]

Soul exchange: tributes as many monsters as you need from your opponent side of the field, and attack right away if you feel like it. Especially if you play with 4000LP.

[@zacksmith539]

Golden Castle of Stromberg

[@ChasingABagDrew]

Oh my god yessssss😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Giant Trunade

[@Illdos]

A small selection of cards with anime effects that are absolutely broken: 1. Rank-Up-Magic - The Seventh One (Has absolutely none of the restrictions of the normal card) 2. The Blazing Mars (Didn't have any of the restrictions of the normal card. Also it was just send any 1 of your monsters to the GY to burn for 500. At the time this could combo with Level Eater to burn for 2000, then could send itself and burn for another 500, then it could Summon itself back as a Level 8 again). 3. Soul Exchange (Let you tribute up to 3 monsters. Didn't restrict your Battle Phase). 4. Final Attack Orders (In addition to its normal effect, when activated, both players selected 3 cards from their Decks, and sent every other card in their Deck to the GY). 5. Null and Void (A.K.A. Muko) (Could negate effectively anything at no cost). 6. Riryoku (Halves the opponent's LP, then adds the lost amount to the ATK of a monster you control). 7. Sabatiel - The Philosopher's Stone (Could search literally any card, rather than just Polymerization and Fusion Cards).

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

Duelists of the Roses managed to make Riryoku somehow even MORE broken, because it halves your opponent's LP and adds it to *ALL* monsters you control, _AND_ it doesn't even come with the attack restriction.

[@FootFetishistForeva]

With Sabatiel, I found it quite funny that Banner described the card covets as transforming into "whatever card you wish, three times", yet Jaden chose Fusion Recovery, then De-Fusion, then Miracle Fusion, all of which are valid targets for the TCG Sabatiel (besides the fact each one irl only works once, and you need 3 copies in your grave to activate an effect that pales in comparison to the anime effect)

[@chiliandcornbread09]

Dexxus Riryoku didn’t add the LP lost to all of your monsters, just one

[@thoughestman2837]

earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca .Unaffected by spell and traps . By skipping battle phase reduces your opponents life points to 1 immediatly . Cant be attacked and it attacks directly (Of course there has to be a field spell but unlike in the tcg eartybound doesnt gets destroyed immediatly stays on the field for a while with their effects negated.) Also the most broken thing is IT CAN BE SPECIAL SUMMONED BY EVERYTHING!!!

[@Not_SARU]

Ik its a bit late but Wiracocha Rasca. Its anime effect is kinda redicolous where you can just lower the LP of your opponent down to 1 and kill him with any random burn card

[@ShuraEssays]

Also in the anime you could just straight up cheat with Ra. You could use De-Fusion to, I kid you not, unfuse your life points from Ra! Meaning you gain those life points back! Also, I think it dropped Ra's attack to zero, so you gained more life points than you paid! That hardly even makes any sense!

[@Mernom]

Not sure if he ever used it at the same time with Ra actually having attack points from tributing. He constantly SS'd it from the GY.

[@karasugatonom2020]

Marik Zilberman He did against Yugi. Also tributing additional monsters from the field to boost his points further.

[@tigrex6004]

@@Mernom yeah because all those overpowered effects of ra can be used only if it is ss'd from the gy, the only effect of ra when it's normal summoned is it gains the atk and def of the combined atk of the monsters tributed to summon it, idk I might be talking bs, but that is my head cannon, since atem didn't use any effect of ra whem he normal summoned it against yugi, because he would've beaten yugi easily if he did

[@relivingthedream]

Nice. Dzeef is now an animu channel

[@terribletitan5024]

JCDGodot Did it better

[@vegeta9501]

relivingthedream animu pack opening channel

[@RPK_96]

TerribleTitan i litterly have just found him some days ago

[@terribletitan5024]

the Cross Anime Tournament on his channel shows the shit show that is the broken anime cards

[@Gregorio621]

It's true that anime effects are broken on these cards, but also those duelists for the most part only have one copy of all cards in their deck. Unlike in the TCG where you run 3 copies of your best/important cards for consistency and to pull your combos. I'm sure the cards mentioned in this video are still broken with anime effects but I wonder how would they do if you were only allowed 1 copy of every card in your deck, like in the anime

[@Yugi_Muto_the_King_of_Games]

Please review more anime cards, some potential ideas include: Crush Card Virus Seal of Orichalcos Power Wall Future Fusion Revival Jam

[@InvaderWeezle]

Revival Jam is absolutely broken in the anime. I've used the anime card in YGOpro and managed to get into an infinite loop with Slifer just like in the show, except there was no Card of Safe Return on the field so the infinite loop just continued with no possible resolution.

[@SakuraAvalon]

xD Dammit Revival Jam! Why must you be so revive?

[@blacktimhoward4322]

You want him to do the pros and cons of a card that takes souls?!

[@crystalqueen9711]

InvaderWeezle But Osiris should be destroyed by game mechanics so as to stop a meaningless infinite loop

[@GalvatronRodimus]

Crush Card actually had its anime effect before it was erratad.

[@JoseRodriguez-pi8cx]

I've been totally with you on these vids, but I think it's important to remember that the winged dragon of ra actually had the effect of sphere mode in the anime(i'm p sure marik did that at some point), which makes it a LOT easier to summon and a powerful board disruptor on top of being a master peace. I kinda think it's funny that the tcg had to split it into three cards that don't even cover all it's anime effs cause marik would pretty just make shit up on the fly

[@_Vengeance_]

Another great draw card was Monster Recovery. In the real game it's pretty terrible: it's literally Reload that requires you to also shuffle back a monster you control for NO additional card draw. In the anime however, it gave up its Quick-Play status for a huge effect: you always draw 5 cards. In that same duel another broken card was Mirror Wall. It negated any and all attacks your opponent would fling at you, like a super Gravity Bind that doesn't affect you and affects EVERY monster regardless of level (or lack of) or attack value. It was also guaranteed to halve the ATK of at least 1 opponent's monster (the one you activate this in response to), and anything else that for some reason would still declare an attack with this. Sure, just stopping your opponent from attacking doesn't win you the game, but a "you MUST do something about this or you will never win"-card without any sort of drawback or anything can't be underestimated.

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

How's about printing Mirror Wall and also making it able to stop monsters unaffected by card effects and stop all monster effects?

[@dustlass]

I love your videos. I just wanted to say I'm surprise there's no love for the Numbers of Zexal. They couldn't be destroyed by monsters who weren't numbers! I don't recall if that extends to monster effects too, but that was always something I remember being crazy about that series. Zexal is underrated, imo.

[@13KuriMaster]

To give a hint of how absurd anime "Card of Demise" is..... throughout ALL the times it was used, from the anime, to movies, to the special anime-rule-using YCS duels... Through all 8 the times it got played (9 if you count yugi copying it's effect as a separate use) it's Downside triggered ONCE.

[@tigrex6004]

Ra's anime effect is literally an essay

[@timothyhall4794]

I don't even play this game anymore, I'm just here for a nostalgia overload.

[@HikariOblivion]

I don't know what is worse, how ridiculously tiny the text on that orica is or the fact that even then, it's missing some things (such as the fact that when you use your life points to power it up it's treated as a fusion of itself and your life points)

[@HaydenX]

I think if the god cards had been printed when they were first revealed with their full anime effects, Ra would have been forbidden immediately...mainly because you missed the most important Ra anime effect...you have to say a prayer to it in hieratic or it does nothing. I don't think Konami particularly wants only scholars of linguistics or Egyptology to be able to play the damn game. Jokes aside, if the gods had been printed in 2004 in their current version, Obelisk would have seen tourney play. If they had their anime effects, they'd have all been tournament viable until 2007 maybe?

[@johnhorton6573]

And obelisk and slifer hgv as the same protection they were unaffected by spell/trap effects and other effect monsters effects that would destroy tribute or change control of this card except field continuous spell and trap cards or Divine monsters effects

[@SkorpionDoorman]

Probably the one anime card that's better than it's TCG counterpart that I think everyone can agree would benefit from with its anime effect is Magical Hats. In the TCG it's as follows: "During your opponent's Battle Phase: Choose 2 Spell/Trap Cards from your Deck and 1 monster in your Main Monster Zone. Special Summon them as Normal Monsters (ATK 0/DEF 0) in face-down Defense Position, Set the chosen monster if it is face-up, and shuffle them on the field. The 2 cards chosen from your Deck are destroyed at the end of the Battle Phase, and cannot remain on the field except during this Battle Phase." In the Anime, you special summon three hat tokens, shuffle them with the monster that's being attacked, set each card face down, then at the end of your opponent's battle phase dispell your remaining hats and reveal your monster. Am I right?

[@seprithlicastia463]

You also get to pull one Magic/Trap card from your Deck and set that under one of the hats. If your opponent picks that hat, you resolve the effect of the card.

[@DiddyKongVsLuigi]

Toon Exodia the Forbidden One? His legs and arms could also be effect monsters with the same privileges of a toon. Same win conditions, same atk/def and levels, but now toon table can search them. However, one exception is that you must put all 5 piece on the field and you only win on the other players’s next standby phase.

[@double2254]

About Ra, and most of these cards, look at them when they came out. When Ra was first shown in the Anime we were all normal summoning each other to death. So a giant beat stick that at minimum from 3 1k monsters for tribute would make it Blue Eyes that can pop monsters (something very rare and far between) and make himself over 10k! He is a walking OTK. Would it have saw play? Yes and probably banned instantly Slifer the Executive Producer Anime plus Card of Sanctity makes him an in targetable 6k beater that kills anything not on the field (since Special Summoning wasn’t that big and lv4 monsters were over the 2k limbo). A tribute 3 monsters win the dual? Yes would see play and banned. There are a lot of nuances when you look at these from the era they would have been printed. Konami was right saying that the God cards were too good to be real until they nerfed them into unplayable

[@blacktimhoward4322]

You're way oversimplifying early YGO. Even when I stopped which was way back before synchros these cards were not feared. My deck was ass and I had multiple outs to a god card

[@double2254]

Black Tim Howard Multiple outs to cards that cannot be targeted or affected by anything besides tributing them maybe Kaijus but they came much later? The outs people are thinking about are for the current God Cards that have no protection. All 3 could only be killed with raw power but considering the weakest one realistically from its anime effect is Slifer is a 3k beater with an average hand (3 cards). Play control and amass 4 or 5 cards in hand and it becomes a 5k card that kills 2ks before they hit they can do anything and unaffected by everything? That’s game winning, especially in a format where monsters were the weak link of the deck with dumb powerful spells and traps (3 PoG and 3 GC make it so easy to draw them) making it a really slow format. We need to look at these effects and anime cards as they are in the show when discussing like this. This isn’t like how they are really so all the outs you are thinking of don’t work. You cannot Dark Hole it, you cannot Raigeki it, you cannot Thousand Knives it (lol), you cannot Mirror Force it, hell you cannot Solemn Judgement it (I know that came out later but point stands). So again, what 5k beater did your DM Yugioh deck have to combat these cards?

[@barryfraser831]

5 Headed Dragon ftw.

[@double2254]

barry fraser Bacically that’s it and that’s a fusion card that needs a full board of dragons... like I’m saying if the God cards were their Anime versions they would be too powerful and nothing could even get close besides Envoy of the End and Sixth Sense

[@double2254]

Black Tim Howard What? You missed the whole point, the god cards in the anime are not affected by card effects so Dark Hole, Raigeki, and Torrential Tribute don’t affect the anime versions of these cards. You turned this from a discussion about the cards themselves to personally attacking people. If you don’t want to talk about the cards then why are you here? If you don’t play Yugioh anymore since 10+ years ago then how did you find this video? If you only want to go on KZbin and attack people in the comments for creating a discussion about the cards and theorycraft then you must have a truly sad life. At least the other guy is paying attention and adding to the talk (along with making a joke). If I’m the annoying one that no one likes I can take a stab that your the edgy one in the corner that everyone tried to get to join the group but your “too cool” to be with people so everyone gives up only for you to complain during your mass shooting that “everyone abandoned me and no one ever loved me so I shot up [insert place here] to get attention”

[@BramLastname]

Fossil Fusion is a good example of a card that got better when it was printed, Since a graveyard effect was added that wasn't on the original card, Because in GX messing with the opponent's graveyard was a strong effect already. Also Ojamuscle wasn't searchable in the anime, but is with the printed version, As well as boosting it's current ATK, instead of Original ATK, which synergises with Ojama Country.

[@crystalqueen9711]

Review the anime effect of the Seal of Orichalcos Shit's broken man, I mean, your monsters all gain 500 Attack points for no cost! Oh, and you can summon up to 10 monsters, I guess, but really who cares when compared to 500 extra Attack Points!

[@kingofgrim4761]

Zero Ace and it can’t be destroyed, and you can hide certain monsters behind your other monsters

[@davidjimenez3822]

But Joey, if you lose the duel, you lose your soul!

[@joehanson1187]

Do not forget orichalcos gigas

[@qusayqusay4488]

@RoadhogTime13 cannot special summon from the extra deck

[@qusayqusay4488]

@RoadhogTime13 attacks anything but not the weakest

[@jameszetterman4487]

Ever notice how most "Card of" cards are pretty busted in the anime? Safe Return, Sanctity, Demise, Last Will...

[@dreamEnd]

remember kaibas crush card virus lol

[@MrMarinus18]

One card you could look at is bullet&cartridge. What it does is that when you activate it you mill 4 cards from the top of your deck. Then you draw 1 card and put bullet&cartridge face-up on the top of your deck. It's second effect is when bullet&cartridge is face-up in your deck and you draw it, you have to discard it. So as long as you can activate some effect that allows you to shuffle your deck after activating it, it's essentially a better upstart goblin. Since not only does your opponent not gain life points but you get to mill 4 cards. If they printed it maybe they could remove the draw 1 effect but keep the other ones intact, including it's downside. I think milling 4 cards off of 1 spell card is quite strong and with searching effects being so prevalent shuffling your deck is an easy task.

[@Icalasari]

I think the main reason why the anime god cards are so useful is partly their anime effects, but also partly the connection to the Millennium Items For example, the Millennium Puzzle *clearly* has a luck manipulation ability. It doesn't matter HOW hard a card is to summon when you can literally bend the laws of physics, causing the card you need to be the next one you draw

[@johnhorton6573]

The orica effects of the Egyptian God cards there protection effects in orica version is worse because they can still be bounced back into the deck except the winged dragon of Ra its orica protection made Ra unaffected by all card effects and can't be targeted base line effect

[@Mernom]

What about Stardust spark dragon? his manga (sue me) effect is not limited to once per turn.

[@phanthelia]

iirc, they have an additional protection effect, The Divine Hierarchy, no monster considered inferior to it can destroy it in battle, including other god cards, effectively making Ra invincible, full stop

[@omega6437]

Wiraqocha Rasca's 1 lifepoint effect

[@omega6437]

EmptyThrone true just a simple burn card it's over the skip battle phase isn't really a restriction at all if that got printed with an anime effect it would have been like no spells or traps till your 3rd turn after activation and no battle phases

[@Mernom]

Rex should've waited for Speed World 2 to be released before hatching his plan lol

[@omega6437]

Marik Zilberman yes he would've been the ultimate dark signer for real but do you think that if he had access to speed world 2 would he beat our current meta

[@user-bj5ki6sr6c]

@@omega6437 He took too long to even summon Rasqa

[@omega6437]

@@user-bj5ki6sr6c I forgot how long did he take though also didn't he have a lot of stall so wouldn't he be fine

[@mechspiral]

Bubbleman in the anime does have the "if its the only card in your hand you can special summon", but gets the draw 2 cards effect even if you have other cards on the field or hand.

[@MeiteiReviews]

I was so happy as a child when I found out Card Of Sanctity came out and was really disappointed about the TCG effect. Now I understand that they had to limit it, but changing it completely? NO WAY! Set the card limit to one and change the effect slightly

[@seprithlicastia463]

Or just commit. Give it the Anime effect and just ban it. Some cards can just be for fun.

[@zbird.1239]

The one Earthbound Immortal that gains attack (I believe), in the anime had the effect to attract directly and instantly reduce your opponents life points to 1. I can't remember the name but it was the one Rex Goodwin used (his name might be misspelled).

[@demerzel3798]

Wiraqocha Rasca. Earthbound Immortals weren't nerfed too badly in TCG. They can still attack directly and can't be attacked. They largely kept their unique effects. The main difference is they're unaffected by spells and traps in the Anime. Also in the Anime if a field spell is destroyed, the Immortal isn't immediately destroyed. Only during the end phase. Their effects are negated tho.

[@magneto1992]

Even demise was broke in the anime. Kaiba only discarded once

[@megazard5249]

That was in the movie as well, wasn't it? Haha

[@sebastiantschatordai]

This video only scratched the surface. May I point out that Numbers Evaille into Number 88: Gimmick Puppet Destiny Leo is a one card instant win?

[@acopella431]

*Shuffles in Mallet and Garnet* *Draws a Garnet and Driver*

[@hoanganphanle]

Now I have encountered one better myself : Activate Extravagance, banish 6, draw 2 Extravagance

[@sapphirerose2859]

That Hurts sooooo much guys

[@xero1048]

I wonder what the best way to balance card of sanctity would be. Maybe it has to be the first card you play that turn and then it locks you out of hand traps, summoning, etc.? It’s certainly interesting how to balance such a powerful card

[@zen4realfightman426]

How about Pyramid of Light in the anime it destroys god cards in the TCG it just makes it easier to summon the Spinx monsters

[@V2ULTRAKill]

To be fair, tcg pyramid of light was technically the better card on release

[@samtico8477]

I feel like a part 2 should be made. There are still plenty of cards to talk about and it's interesting to listen

[@adriannaranjo4397]

*But can they beat Chaos MAX?*

[@jernejfric4810]

I remember Card of Sanctity in a gba YGO GX game. It had the same in game description as it did in the anime, but functioned as you say it actually functions. I always thought it was a glitch that it destroys my cards and only draws two

[@cheesebuger13]

Some of the Arc V versions of cards are better and worse than the tcg counter parts. Dark Rebellion XYZ dragon as an example.

[@rescuerex7031]

Paul Corbett 80% of them are worse though except Zarc, and the gates

[@cheesebuger13]

Your right. Most of them have a level 5 stipulation.

[@wubbalubba3923]

Sadly I just discovered your channel, but I've been binge watching your channel and loving the content so far. Also there's this Speed Spell that Yusei used to use in the anime called Angel Baton. Draw 2 cards and then send 1 card from your hand to the graveyard. Back then and even now I think that card is very cool.

[@mekklord]

OH yeah also, for cards that were worse in the anime: Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon

[@RisingMooon]

i think its quite facinating how the anime version of card of demise is would be so overpowered in yugioh, and then you look at pokemon which has a card thats draw until you have 6 cards, with no restrictions except that its once per turn. and draw up to 8 instead if its your first turn. i do love the contrast between the 2 games

[@jay997]

There's is absolutely no way that obelisk would not be played if he had his anime effect.. he can raigeki and inflict 4000 effect damage as quick effect and he is unaffected by alot of stuff. And he 4000 ATK. I'm pretty sure he would be cheesed out of the deck in FTK loops and keep burning for 4k damage.

[@Dzeeff]

Everything you described is only marginally better than Qliphort Towers, a card that didn't see a lot of play (and Towers is searchable)

[@jay997]

dzeeff Fair enough. Plus Kaijus are a very popular thing in recent formats. However I do believe that the card would be abused in FTKs. However so it still is pretty unlikely to see competitive play..

[@cherrybansx7398]

Jonathan Baxter well yh its possible to ftk but cards like cannon soldier or amazoness archer would be more consistent

[@blazrrr-4082]

Wow Obelisk, way to be outclassed by a cannon soldier. The yugioh gods are nothing but trash.

[@cherrybansx7398]

Chris Minana to be fair cannon soldier and toon cannon soldier are banned in ocg for having so many ftk loops. So many people say firewall should be banned but cannon soldier had countless ftks before firewall. Banning firewall still leaves amazoness archer which have been ftking for years. These will keep ftking even with firewall banned and firewall isnt broken without burn loops. How are these searchable ftk cards legal while mass driver is banned is beyond me. Konami thinks its better becus you dont have to summon mass driver? Burn cards shouldnt exist

[@sirwolfy9372]

Magical Mallet should make effect Monsters negated when you use it, since there are Monsters that can be summoned by those plays

[@ThornadoGames2]

"power wall" the anime's effect of this card is broken 😂 even if it's a little slow ( it was used by Zane)

[@Goldhawk7]

You must throw all your cards into the air like you just don’t care!

[@masterofmythology]

Graceful Dice and Skull Dice. In the anime, the monsters' attack are multiplied(Graceful) or divided(Skull) by the numbered roll. The actual cards merely raise(Graceful) or lower(Skull) by the numbered roll x100.

[@JoshuaDDales]

All of these cards, if they HAD the anime effect, would be regarded as illegal cards.

[@alexceous]

You should talk about anime cards that were upgraded. For example, Blast Held by a Tribute in the anime could only target one tribute summoned monster, while in the TCG it targets every single attack position monster and the tribute summoned monster.

[@Bisalina5]

Magician´s Archive. All things said.

[@thefernbi4330]

Dragolina does what?

[@Bisalina5]

Search 1 spell card in your deck, add it to your hand. 3 free cards in your deck.

[@theermac6024]

Burning soul for loops with magical library?

[@Bisalina5]

Exactly.

[@piponkio89]

In Duel Monsters (S01) Call of the Haunted is actually a continuous "magic" card that constantly and instantly revives many monsters from the graveyard in their zombie form, but with higher attack each time they are resurrected. So, basically, your monsters become indestructible.

[@Hyurno]

Mega Ultra Chicken

[@TheCardTrooper]

The anime version of Zephyros had no restriction on how many times its effect could be used and didn't banish itself or shuffle itself back after reviving it. So it was basically a combination of Birdman and Level Eater but on a Lv4 Dark monster.

[@o7_AP]

Small difference with Ra: in the manga at least instead of paying lp until you had 100 you paid until you had 1. Very small difference but it’s a difference

[@musicwalls]

That's also how it was in the anime

[@KHHC12]

Great video, dude. Id definitely watch more like it. And if you need a suggestion for like, anime cards that got better when actually printed: "Mythic Dragon". It was the ritual version of "Five-Headed Dragon" before they changed it to a fusion, lol

[@TopKekkz]

Just imagine: Chaos MAX dragon in VRAINS, being the most busted card ever

[@danielknapp159]

12:42 You forgot about yosenju. My main deck back when i played local tournaments, the card went for over $30. I got lucky and pulled it from the first pack i bought that could have it.

[@danielknapp159]

The trick with yosenju monsters is that they are all easily normal summoned multiple times a turn, and have easy return to hand and search effects. Apparently the ruling on them returning to the hand during the end phase is that you choose when during the end phase each effect activates.

[@killkard5368]

Card of demise??????????????????

[@Greeds_]

KillKard Gaming he literally did it in the video

[@killkard5368]

KA0S I didn’t know it’s anime effect before I saw the vid

[@valkyrieregalia]

Idk, anime Egyptian Gods are way stronger than Towers and Towers saw successful competitive play. Kaijus don't even work on them so they really would just be a win condition. I think if you dedicate an entire deck to just getting your Egyptian God on the field, you probably could make something that is quite competitive. There really just isn't anything worth summoning atm that takes 3 tributes that guarantees a win against 99.9% all decks. The closest we saw to that in a format was Towers and Towers was banned and only came back after it wasn't really that hard to out.

[@gaarassand19]

This isn't an anime watching channel.

[@x500k]

Neither is this YOUR channel, let the man post what he wants.

[@Xhalonick]

Lol @ all the people getting salty. Pretty sure he was kidding

[@blazrrr-4082]

/woooooosh boi

[@colbynevin7215]

There a Skill in Duel Links that allows you to gain the attack and defence points. Which was kinda cool in my opinion

[@MrMarinus18]

One broken card you could also look at is "bullet and cartridge" What it does is that you need to mill the top 4 cards of your deck and then you draw. Then you put the "bullet and cartridge" card face-up on top of your deck. If you draw it then you sent it to the graveyard. It is a really strong card as not only do you get to mill but if you can shuffle your deck that turn through other means you even get to do it without any cost.

[@williamsmith4854]

Review the Signer Dragons from 5D’s? Or perhaps the Earthbound Immortals as a counterpart to the Egyptian/Wicked Gods and Chaos Beasts? Great vid by the way Doug!

[@seprithlicastia463]

My favorite Anime effect is Final Attack Orders. It is a Spell Card, as opposed to a Trap for one. Both players choose five cards from their Decks and send EVERYTHING ELSE to the Graveyard. From that point on, Monsters cannot be set or put into Defense Position. The Duel proceeds as normal. Like... what!? The ultimate mill card, the ultimate Deck strategy annihilator, and Kaiba used it to set up for a 1v1 for his biggest Boss Monster.

[@triste4-21]

Polymerization anime effect where it fuses a mammoth graveyard to a spell card.