RISE MY ARMY OF THE UNDEAD!

[@SilverKarlov]

The trick with Voivode is that you're never tributing your own monsters to summon it. You use ghost on your opponent's turn with Sucker and Zombie World to tribute your opponent's guys for it on their turn.

[@BramLastname]

It's still a very slow card no? Like yes, I understand it's playable, But it does seem like you're trying to do a lot for relatively little advantage.

[@SilverKarlov]

@@BramLastname yeah i mean vampire’s not a super powerful deck, that’s true. voivode’s really the best thing to summon with ghost on your opponent’s turn

[@BramLastname]

@@SilverKarlov I suppose, Since it's already something the deck does normally It's less of a garnet than it sounds like.

[@SilverKarlov]

@@BramLastname honestly, i’ve used it going second before too just hard summoning it. 2 tributes is a lot, but it represents zombie vampire + sheridan by itself on summon, since you can steal two guys out the grave and use one and voivode to make zombie vamp, then get one of their guys off zombie vamp and use the two remaining stolen guys to make sheridan and steal something else, so even then it’s pretty good.

[@MrPikminmaster]

@@SilverKarlov thank you for putting it all together for me. Would you recommend this deck in MD for fun? or is it more frustrating?

[@billman__1010]

What people don’t know about Voivode is that it actually could negate a lot more than it normally does. When activating something like Ash Blossom, for example, the opponent would first declare Ash’s activation, then pay its cost (sending itself to the GY). By the time that is done, Voivode’s conditions then check to see if Ash met them; because the opponent activated "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring", and now there is an "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" in the GY, Voivode is allowed to negate the activation, as it checks after the cost is paid. This also works on monsters in the GY that activate their effects there (BA monsters) or Lonefire-style effects (SE monsters) for example. Be sure to read your colons, people, and check the text properly!

[@ptbaxter96]

The most important bit about Voivode is: he looks cool and has a summon animation

[@torakandwolf6786]

I'd like to see you give Evil Eye a go for next week for the next spooky deck!

[@alexandergeorgiev74]

Unchained with evil eye is cool

[@torakandwolf6786]

@@alexandergeorgiev74Oh absolutely, yeah! Although I play Evil Eye pure with a decent amount of non-engine.

[@ShinerCCC]

Evil Eye engine showing its capability of getting out two level 3s and two level 4s in a recent LukeVonKarma sub replay that pendulum summons CUM. Pretty wild

[@doctorreed_]

WHAT IS A MAN in all seriousness bram stoker's original novel is a masterstroke of literature. no wonder the idea of the vampire has endured so strongly

[@andresospi8005]

I got that reference, man of culture

[@John-ng8fx]

The idea of vampires existed long before Dracula and their general reemergence in modern culture is entirely a product of Hollywood.

[@doctorreed_]

@@John-ng8fx bram stoker's vision of the creatures is more or less the archetype that endures to this day buddy. also, remind me which hollywood movie it was that made the vampire iconic oh yeah DRACULA.

[@keybladeapologist.1131]

But a miserable pile of secrets

[@sugondiesthephilosopher]

What if Dracula was freaky? and instead of bram stoker, he was bram stroker. And instead of sucking my blood...😜

[@MiyaoMeow588]

Voivode is not a Turn 1 monster. It's meant to push for game on Turn 2 or 3, or as a potential interrupt on your opponent's turn (with Ghost) by stealing resources from their graveyard. That it negates their effects doesn't really matter because youre always likely to overlay them for Sheridan or Zombie Vampire The negate effect also works on handtraps like Ash and Veiler, as theyre in the grave at resolution The two tribute requirement would be a pain, but cards like Domain and Sorcerer and Sucker allow you to bring it out with less cost or no cost at all

[@jessekottonygo]

decks in modern yugioh should not be buildtlike that though, it is too slow and costly to be effective in a modern landscape.

[@bloodarcher7841]

If you mill with undead vampire you can then revive with sucker and then problem solved.

[@mrg2155]

I guess Jesse Kotton is wrong about this and the randoms are right

[@EdWuncler3rd]

@@bloodarcher7841how do you get his normal summon effect then?

[@Black18Mamba]

@@mrg2155not the randoms, the vampire community. Jesse even said he’s never tried the deck before, it’s not intuitive to a new player that you’re tributing two of your opponents monsters on their turn to normal summon it. It’s a massive interruption that plays around protection effects and insulates you from hand traps / grave extension

[@xTxCxMx]

As an enjoyer of all things zombie: people like voivode because it feels really good when you actually get to make him do his thing. Like, you're already playing vampires, if you wanted to play with good cards you'd use a different deck that doesn't

[@AzrielTheOne]

7:11 most people do not do the combo correctly. Paired with Vampire Sorcerer, you normal summon without tribute for free on your opponent's turn. 1 NS vampire Ghost pitching bat/dog; add vampire sorcerer, send bat/dog. 2. Activate the first bat/dog, sending sorcerer, add voivode/ spell trap 3 activate the opposite, sending Ghost to grave, add voivode/spell trap. 4. Continue onwards. If you're opponent has interruptions, you banish both Ghost and Sorcerer to summon voivode, take two monsters and convert on Undead Vampire.

[@lunarshadow5584]

On top of that, Vampire players would often have Uni-Zombie as another normal summon since their two effects to dump from hand and/or deck can get vampires or zombie world rolling (depending on what's in hand)

[@AzrielTheOne]

8:02 sucker turns it into a zombie. You do not need zombie world for that effect.

[@patrickhyde702]

To stick with the spooky theme, I'd like to see the Ghost/Underworld/Ghost Fusion deck

[@charnor2727]

Something you missed on Vampire ghost normal summon effect, it adds a level 4 or higher vampire as well as sending the one to grave. Also, the monster sucker reborns is brought back as a zombie, which is part of the reason why voivode isn't absolute ass to summon.

[@PhantomFalcon13]

"For enternal hunger-" Chicken Big Mac ad plays.

[@lunarshadow5584]

I enjoy vampires, it was the first deck I crafted and had a lot of fun reaching diamond with them because of my unorthodox method of using them (aka, didn't watch a combo Vampire combos video and only did what zombie combos i could with the decent knowledge i had). Now, I would love for them to be made better, especially since there is a brand new Zombie support card coming, but I know that ain't happening. All we would need is a link 4 vampire that has all the best of the archetype's abilities. LP gain for damage, special summon destroyed opponent's monster to your field, and the last one could be one of these three options 1. add Fraulein to hand every end phase from deck or gy (maybe banished too) could him "Vampire Suitor" in this case with the idea he's the strongest and there for the best fit to wed for the young vampire princess 2. Negate the effect of 1 card activated on field and destroy all cards of that type in your opponent's hand and on their field. (an evolved version of the "let your opponent choose 1 designated card in the deck" with a twist of being a possible play to negate your own card if you know your opponent's deck) 3. All monsters summoned from the gy become zombie monsters. (more of an aesthetic choice considering Sucker turns an opponent's monster it summons into a zombie by that effect, comboing the idea that it allows you to tribute your opponents monsters if they special summon too many from grave for Ghost to summon over) but if you want it to be a stronger choice, maybe add an effect that zombie monsters can't attack vampire monsters while the link 4 is on field (or in gy if you want to be evil enough)

[@smackheadedsqueakyweasel4624]

voivode has hands down the coolest art in the entire game, that's what it does lol

[@shiftyshitter348]

Kinda weird to be so adamant that Voivode is a bad card, it needing to tribute two monsters is the only bad thing about it, that's why Sucker has the first line of text on her effect, you're meant to cheat that, it is good going second if you can get the effect to immediately make a Zombie Vampire or a Sheridan, but the negate is also deceptively good and if you're going first you can just special him to use the negate. Also, of course you also have the "quick effect lava golem" if you have ZW up with Sucker and Ghost in GY, it's a strong play since it bypasses any sort of protection bar being unaffected (literally just because then they won't be zombies, otherwise it would), even though it's kinda meme, it's an option. I for once don't see why you'd wanna play Shadow Vampire, a Tour Guide on a tribute summon is not good, he's the always the card that does the least when it's the only vampire I draw and the fact it's a level 5 makes it so it's only function is being an extra body to link off, which you can get without needing a tribute summon. Now a thing I don't get is people that play vampire never use the continuous spell that gives you an extra normal, but this deck doesn't have much gas unless you're milling like crazy and have a bunch of GY extenders so getting that extra normal makes a difference a lot of the time and after you activated it you can just send it as a cost for the low levels. As a final note, one thing that vampires are good at is using the Ghost Fusion engine, it gives you a one card Beatrice + a draw + another foolish for a zombie, since Beatrice is ZW setup by herself that can help extending past interruption, but it also requires playing more zombie cards which aren't always good to draw, however, with Horus there's usually ways to discard then for value.

[@charnor2727]

another thing about domain, the continous spell, you get that normal summon as long as the effect resolves, even if it leaves field. this means you can use domain, then send it off for the cost of familier/retainer or even ghost in a pinch, and still get that extra normal summon.

[@Tuetenbratwurst]

Voivode is actually pretty cool you can use ghost and sucker to lavagolem the opponent on their turn and the negate comes up in most matchups but against some decks situational summoning them denies some decks reviving them after you tributated them.

[@austinpowers3659]

This was my first deck ever in yu gi oh, I didn't know what I was doing kept cancelling my effects with my own ashe blossom, its super cool though and I pulled a Rainbow Zombie Vampire Lord without even knowing how rare it was until recently.

[@JasonSoul91]

Vampire Voivode is mostly used for the fact it's a lvl 8 special summonable monster for your lvl 8 xyz as a 1 copy with a negate until its used with an opps monster. Its other effects sometimes come up to tribute their field as well which isn't useless but sure, lackluster. Overall though as a 1 copy I've noticed it perform well multiple times for me, enough that when I didn't have it, I still found times I wanted to summon it.

[@jmart1526]

I think when october is over you should do a complete cut in theme MAKE MELFFYS GREAT AGAIN

[@todesschnitzelesser]

That thumbnail is cursed af. Love it though. Would also love to see a Gate Guardian deck played by you, Jesse. It's really fun!

[@MrDreyven]

Pretty sure the intention is to use vampire sorceres effect to summon voivode without tribute. If the opponent has 2 revive targets you get to make either XYZ with just your opponents monsters and keep the negate. Or you link it off and tribute the stolen monsters on their turn to get the negate back from GY.

[@charnor2727]

or use the monster sucker summons back plus itself as the tributes, since sucker summons the monsters back as a zombie, meaning it's draw effect is already used by then.

[@skeeterious1]

Voivode can be normal summoned ny having vampire sorcerer in the grave and removing him from play. It counts as a normal summon and he still gets his effect.

[@wolvenhammer6082]

So the only effect on Voivode that really matters is the second one. It negates monster handtraps.

[@willyliu4165]

This is my favorite video series on KZbin, keep up the great videos! ❤

[@thesonicslasher75]

welcome to the latest announcement of how cool it was seeing Jesse do well with such a bad Halloween themed deck. And also how I look forward to the eventual Red-eyes Zombie Dragon video Where He will no doubt make great work of the main deck Red-eyes Zombie Dragon and the 2 synchros. This was genuinely a great video. I loved the vampire archetype for a while, but it never felt good enough to actually play. So thanks once again Jesse for showing me that the deck can do well given the right circumstances.

[@fwflamewingman]

EVILSWARM NEED TO RECEIVE THE JESSE META TREATMENT 🥺🥺🥺

[@mauakeyumain6490]

oh Vampire :O I actually like zombie and i play only yugioh as a zombie player since 2009, in the vampire archetype i like 3 card that you can always side in a pure zombie deck (40 or 60) Vampire sucker ; Vampire Fascinator ; Zombie vampire The tech that i like is : in zombie world setup with a body and Vampire sucker : Reborn a monster and draw 1 Link 3 for V.Fascinator Effect 1 : on summon Reborn a monster from the graveyard of the opponent Effect 2 on trigger : Change of heart one of his monster ( cost is a vampire which usually fascinator ) So like that you can XYZ summon Zombie vampire no matter the stars level. So at the end you manage to draw 1 ; Steal 2 monster and overlay them and a possibility to mill 3 (y)

[@sadboisoup]

Also vampire sorcerer would be a good addition by allowing search on destruction as well as allowing normal summons without tributes for other card like Voivode and Vampire vamp which depending on situations can allow decent plays however the deck within modern yu gi oh is heavily underpowered

[@JorgeLuiz487]

I think voivode is better than it looks cuz vampires has spells that facilitates normal summons of high level vampires, thats why it was a powerhouse on dl for a bit Also sucker helps

[@manuelciancarella7152]

I personally love Voivode beacause of its unique design and gameplay pattern, it is not a insanely broken card by any means but i love how it plays into the idea of what Vampires want to do as their main gimmick i like that it gives you an XYZ summon of your Sheridan or Zombie Vampire and i think the called by effect is kind of cool, i love the Zombie World + Sucker + Ghost set up for the double Kaiju + steal. the third effect tho that on is really dumb.

[@MadebySTVR]

I love my 2 vamps deck it was one of the things that got me back into this new ygo meta era a couple years ago

[@JustYuura]

Vampires are hands down one of my favorite archetypes artwork wise so this is a great watch

[@Duelerama90]

Omg, that thumbnail! SO GOOD! 😨 😂. If only we were closer; I have a real Dracula cape costume right here.

[@Okoru]

that lightning storm into tenpai is literally every other master duel game rn 😂

[@jaapjrcgaming2718]

It would be really cool to see you playing Valkyrie again, I still remember netdecking your list in 2018

[@Friendly_T_Girl]

Morphtronic? Haven´t seen those beepers much at all. But they´re so fun!

[@irgan2611]

It would be cool if you did a series with only Normal/Rare cards. I’d personally watch it every day

[@studiobaguette7781]

Vampire sorcerer is here for that

[@gtulius1352]

the best card is Vampire Fraulein, its non once per turn effect can get so many people off guard.

[@michaelthornton8096]

I would love to see a Vylon deck be meta. Also, great content! Keep up the good work!

[@rickynicky4443]

Your skin looks great, Jesse! I wish you continued improvement😄

[@ForlornLemon]

Vampires are dark lords. You know what else has dark lords? Cubics

[@PhantomFalcon13]

I really want to see Deskbots, not for Spooky, but just a regular make it meta.

[@mrjghostbell3807]

The Lv 8 is good cause its a body that negates monster effects, what more ya want and with ghost u van normal summon it without tributing. Use his eff mill bat, add level4, use bat discard lv4 summon eff search this card eff of lv4 in gy you can normal summon it for free. Boom. But odds are you want it in deck for the trap that summons from deck.

[@tsig62]

For next week I'd say a zombie deck like mayakashi, shiranui or vendread would fit the bill.

[@ShinerCCC]

If you don't want to play the usual "going 2nd" steal spells like Change of Heart, Snatch Steal, Mind Control, and Brain Control...try Crackdown, you might have some from Legacy packs

[@quantumgargoyle3888]

DAMN all the voivode fans are out today in full force! Guess they must know better arguably one of the greatest players to ever touch the game!

[@balgossa7896]

nice vampire deck might have to play it Maybe Psy-frame Mekk Knights?!

[@darkwolf9637]

I would like to see fusion based lunalight, lunalight has been good but never for what it was made to do which is fusion summoning its always just been used as an xyz spam deck

[@Guvna__]

Vampires my favorite archetype. have you done Myutants or aliens? two decks that seem cool but i havent figured out quite yet.

[@BramLastname]

I remember trying aliens and just feeling they're too clunky, Like there's probably a deck in there, But the cards never seemed to work out how I thought they would.

[@FakeHeroFang]

Alien is too slow to be played by itself, you have to rely heavily on other reptile archetypes to pick up the slack.

[@waylaymaster6198]

Can you make Qliphorts modern meta playable? I've been a long time player but they seem so slow so I'm curious what you'd do differently

[@cuttlefish6839]

What killed Qlis was actually the pendulum changes they were the only fair pendulum deck at the time and they got butchered for the sins of pepe

[@_yiggy]

Game 1: Retainer could send your ghost to add backrow and then you can continue as regular

[@andrewy3026]

I'd love to see p.u.n.k. zombie, I've been having a ton of fun merging those two, and it's Spooky themed

[@draganarto13]

Solfachords, i think with the new melodious stuff it could go nuts on MD

[@draganarto13]

Coming soon stuff😊

[@Mel_ygo123]

The intro is SPOOKY! 👻

[@d1fferen7]

Vampire Familiar = Fabled Lurrie. The art is super similar.

[@TURBO1000YuGiOh]

RIP no Vampire Grace on field effect

[@guymcaulay8996]

Another banger video, another comment asking you to look at Harpie Ladies!

[@uuh4yj43]

yeah i'd love to see what to do with them in md, it was so fun in dl

[@Tuxedoggo]

Frightfur would be a great spooky deck to do next! I’ve been using it in Master Duel and as a dedicated go-second OTK deck, it’s a lot of fun! I use an extra deck that combines the Frightfurs, some Dark SuperPoly targets, and some water-focused XYZ like Stealth Kragen and Dweller for more destruction, burn, and pivots to more control style strategies when going first or if you get stopped. Of course throw in a little extra spooky mood with one Eldlich the Golden Lord to eat Toy Vendors and Royal Penguins Gardens and dish out some extra damage and removal, and it’s a good time all around!

[@jadeluminescence]

It's good to see vampire content for once. Rose dragons please!

[@vampireguy92ryan81]

Its a shame that vampires are still just too slow and cant really combo off that well. They're so cool, but if they get more support like extenders and a draw card maybe they could dump and revive more vamps from the gy or banishment, then maybe they could really stand up

[@1doobiedoo]

Voivode goes hard af in lair of darkness decks

[@sempurpleaqui4695]

Maybe pure zombies next?

[@12mannation]

Id like to see you go for shiranui zombie

[@BladeEdge86]

I have a lot of Shiranui cards in my Eldlich Zombie World deck, it is the best zombie archetype aside from Eldlich.

[@andrekvitko6285]

PLEASE DO EVILSWARM!!! (maybe even on the halloween theme) 🤩🤩

[@DaviRenania]

What is weird about Sheridan and Zombie Vampire is that they work better in Darklords than Vampires

[@jessedyer1034]

Would it be possible to make Leo's power tool dragon meta? Was my favorite arc type back in the day

[@DuelSkiller]

I've seen the thumbnail and the intro and I think its official... Jesse lost his mind... I'm just 5 seconds into the video... (I was not ready for thumbnail Jesse either)

[@ghostwithknife416]

Dormamu, I've come to request Suships.

[@rhyshuffaker8658]

Lair of Darkness would be so dope

[@fwflamewingman]

Please make Evilswarm meta again!!!! 😢😢

[@beowulf04]

we have a new set releasing called SUPREME DARKNESS and no new vampire support, its criminal really

[@Falco_Will]

I would absolutely love to see you turn x sabers meta. Konami did them dirty with the rubbish support we got for them from the anime. Please try and fix their mistake.

[@DaviRenania]

Break Vylons. I've never seen anyone playing that thing, but I feel like it has a couple of broken cards that can be somehow used.

[@glomlymac4641]

I desperately need help building melffys my girlfriend is new to yugioh and fell in love with them but she's struggling with deck building and they don't exactly fit my playstyle to put it lightly i have a fairly basic list built but would love to see what you could think of cause I have no doubt it would be a hell of a lot better than anything I can think of lol

[@kevinkcomt4336]

The one deck I wanna see you try to make meta is Super Quantum

[@Lagattutasal22]

Castlevania is goated. The anime is peak

[@alexandergeorgiev74]

If you want goated anime watch hellsing the ultimate

[@ivatio]

wait until you play the games

[@Lagattutasal22]

@@ivatio i can't tell you the amount I've played bloodlines, SOTN, and Super Castlevania IV

[@malaxianos374]

I wasn’t ready for this intro

[@fairulazmeir3rdseeker852]

I love playing vampires but there is nothing i can do when the opponent seal my graveyard.

[@blaxkstar1431]

Love to see some vendread duels

[@icarus4377]

Do you think Gold Pride Vampires would work better than pure vampires?

[@strongram27]

Man... i need you playing weathering painters😢❤

[@crimsecretxd-ex9fb]

Can you do springend it’s my personal favorite deck it has a bunch of combo potential

[@DragonGamer64]

Voivode is cool but not necessarily good, especially by 2024 standards, also I'll never forgive konami for giving him an animation instead of Zombie vampire, but both have cool art, so I'd take both. Fun fact: this is an archetype where they've reached to their other IPs, and Voivode is Castlevania Dracula, with a zombie vamp being his true form, and scourge is Alucard.

[@nickyohare2839]

Only played voivode for the meme, and to say i played every vampire zombie card in a deck

[@TinPrince]

"bellow" is spelt "below" btw, in the "leave a comment below". Idk if anyone has brought this up before.

[@dragonMaster24921]

YES YES YES THE GOAT IS COOKING

[@kinseongwong2531]

I would very much like to see your take in Dark World for the next episode

[@troylandon]

I never thought I would ever see something like this 😢.

[@MagicalGirlContractor]

LETS MY GOAT!!! GOD I LOVE THESE VIDEOS

[@brennanmichener5190]

Abc!!! Maybe xyz hyper dragon cannon when it’s on MD!!

[@MUHZOMBEHS]

Where the small ghost fusion package at tho 😭 you can actually make insane boards with it and search it during the combo

[@RayderRDRRS]

honestly that was one i was really hoping for a video i want necroz or magikey OwO

[@fakename2890]

Take a look at Ancient Warriors.

[@HerrMajorWalnut]

I can’t wait for vendreads. Those cards aren’t touched

[@vexxlxs5346]

subterror plz but not just the guru package would be interesting with your deck building skills

[@colepedigo3389]

How about a battle guard meta deck it actually has alot of potential just saying

[@TheFreakyVader]

ITS ABOUT TIME

[@Reed1527]

Vampire Sucker is the GOAT (to me)

[@cjcayer2232]

0:23 Unsurprising, the world champ of yugioh is a nerd, and is the champ because he's the only one who reads