Rising From The Ashes......

[@-Conn-]

These no BS In-depth analysese from a very skilled player on non-meta strategies through a FULL local tournament is one of the greatest contributions I could ask for in the Yugioh scene. PLEASE keep doing these.

[@heretocommentyou]

this

[@theWIIISEguy]

Agreed. Insight is valued.

[@NelkaPerson]

10000% Agreed - this is INCREDIBLE. Not only am I getting to learn Ashened as an archtype, the overall game knowledge here is seriously wonderful.

[@calixtoguzman1886]

Free coaching.

[@ShadowNESX]

Only problem is not showing a list is a downside for those trying to play the deck 😊

[@jbd2267]

The commentary over the gameplay is a really nice touch that you don’t see others do with locals gameplay videos. Thanks for the extra effort!😁

[@YeahTheDuckweed]

i recall pak doing this

[@Dophish]

Can we have the decklist please? Or was that mentioned somewhere and I just missed it? Anyway, thank you very much for doing a video on Ashened! It's definitely nowhere near as bad as people were saying it is.

[@duelistzach]

47:36 The fusion trap requires you to use Veidos as fusion material. You used TY-PHON and Memento Dark Blade to fuse Embers, which was an illegal play. It's why I like running spoly to fuse with my opponent's monsters without Veidos access.

[@quickestturtlez5362]

Yeah not running 3 super poly in a pure version especially is just wrong.

[@deaconhollow]

@@quickestturtlez5362how does super poly work exactly? Don’t the monsters need to be pyro to be used or dark attribute or does it really not matter?

[@quickestturtlez5362]

@@deaconhollow need to be pyro, you turn them into pyros using the field spell or ashened to endlessness grave eff on your opp turn.

[@georgew8388]

The formatting of these videos is great and love the breakdowns cause a lot of tubers skip over the little details in their play, this is a great resource for the community.

[@TrueScotsman96]

1:05:00 Veidos the Dragon of Endless Darkness is not a negate. It is a Ghost Ogre.

[@aetherblackbolt1301]

Adding timestamps and chapters would make longform videos much more watched, since people will give it more of a chance.

[@safeandsound712]

Absolutely. Have your editor add chapters plus. To these longer videos and preferably to the Vods too. That would be a huge improvement. The content is already good! No hate intended at all. I love these videos but there is a way to make it even better.

[@llluminary]

is there a full deck list anywhere?

[@nico9912]

In the last round in game 2 your opponent used the scale to search the melodious spell even though he couldn't because he controls a non melodious monster

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

Judge! Judge! Someone grab the judge.

[@magicalibra]

Lol

[@RamsHeadRepair]

I’ve been running this deck since lede dropped day 1. It’s gotten a crazy amount of hate but I’m glad to see it’s getting the recognition it needs! It’s a super fun deck with a fun play style that’s hard to get around if you aren’t prepared for it. Even as a pure ashened build without the usual kash or volcanic engines, it can hold its own no problem.

[@godzkinkong]

i just threw these with snake eyes (minus witch) and I have so much fun playing, not gonna lie 1) at minimum you'll have like 4 pyros from your field + veidos for the fusion at all times. 2) soooo many bodies. but nib spooks, BUT you can play a liiiitle bit around it 3) the only problem is, if you absolutely need to use rekindling or awakening, you'll have to do all the snake eyes first and then ashened plays. 4) but with a perfect hand. you'll be able to intertwine plays seamlessly. 5) from all my playing. my build at least peaks mid- early late game. your climax board wins a majority of the time. but if they survive, you'll have some SCARCE resources. but that's where snake eyes picks up the slack with all the recursion. 6) with all the high level monsters, you’ll be very susceptible to bricks, and there’s so many engine cards that I’m having trouble figuring out what to take out for more draw power, with prosperities or even the 1 of chicken game

[@dante9284]

I miss the days when we could rely on a TCG exclusive archetype to be good before they got their OCG support

[@GatsbyCioffi]

I wanna build Kozmo out of protest 😂

[@idkdontask7142]

Was this ever really the case? For every BA or Kaiju we got a UA or subterror

[@dante9284]

​@@idkdontask7142 Realistically the only good ones (pre-OCG support) I can think of are BA, Kozmo, Kaiju & Dangers. I wish our exclusives weren't so hit and miss, especially when OCG R&D team can reliably make competitive archetypes out of 7-10 cards in every core set.

[@idkdontask7142]

@@dante9284 yea and among those, kaijus are removal spells so TCG exclusives were never really busted to begin with. But I agree with you but for whatever reason we can't have nice things

[@J_orphh]

Also, he should have lost the round 3 game 2 ! He fusion summon a Monster but was not allowed to perform the fusion summon ! His opponent didn't know about the deck (illegal play at 47:34) 😂

[@thepixelknight1690]

Ashened actually synergises really well with melodious as the melodious engine can easily make a banshee inorder to search veidos and hero of the ashened + melodious fusion makes dracossack allowing you to do a bunch of link spam combos

[@OWTLAWSTAR63]

Thanks for showing off Ashened! I'm the only one where I live that runs the deck because everyone else thinks it's trash. I love this deck to pieces

[@BabadoeTTV]

I literally got back into Yugioh because I love the deck so much. I haven't played since before 2008. Dark Souls theme just looked too cool and now I'm super interested again! Ashened is now my main deck for fun alone!

[@Ivan-dd6ew]

Great video, love hearing an in-depth + gameplay analysis of TCG exclusives. It’s cool to have another perspective with these decks that a lot of people want to immediately can because it isn’t an insane powerhouse.

[@alexemp6201]

This is the second time I watch this. I'm absolutely obsessed with this deck. Can we find your deck list somewhere?

[@Ninomann12]

It’s coming out in January in master duel idk if u care

[@alexemp6201]

@Ninomann12 thanks for that

[@Meme-pg5tw]

I feel ashened is super close to being good but all the cards are like one change from being really good, why is spearhead not a quick effect why can veidos be ashed, why are the fusion cards locked into pyro fusions, why does the rota lock you into pyros, its just annoying since these are very small changes to make the deck feel so much better

[@angel-memeroftheisles]

You'd be 100% correct! It's extremely annoying because if the deck wasn't Pyro locked, a type that has NO Links that support it, it could be way better

[@mrbubbles6468]

Are you really asking why the a volcano monster can be ashed?

[@fracampa903]

Interesting and well made video, would have been nice to see also the deck profile. I also noticed that in game 2 of the final, the Melodious-Snake Eye player used Couplet's pendulum effect to search for Concerto while controlling other monsters beside Melodious ones, and this can't be done because of this same effect's requirement to be activated.

[@richardwicker8456]

35:00 This is why it's important to read and understand your opponent's face-up cards. The opponent could have avoided such a huge misplay if he had checked the field spell beforehand.

[@Hangiinjohnny]

Whoever did the art for ashened needs a raise

[@therobotchickenMLP]

For anyone wondering about whether Obsidim can trigger by activating another field spell, the reason it can't is because field spells are no longer destroyed by game mechanics. They were up until mid-2014.

[@jamespierce1811]

Is there a decklist for what you played during this tournament? Anything you would of changed in the list that you played?

[@ImGoose5731]

I have been waiting for your follow up on Ashened since your first video and I am impressed

[@J_orphh]

47:34 Jesse ! You can't fusion summon Embers with Eternity here, since that trap forces you to use one Veidos from either side of the field to perform the fusion summon ! It's not really a super poly ! 😂

[@watusagamer]

He corrected it couple seconds later.

[@joshchurchill9071]

Anyone know if the list is available anywhere please? Got most of it figured out but not sure😁

[@cold_slayer]

I also figured it out..but missing 2 cards 3 Priestess 1 Hero 1 King 1 Shaman 3 Veidos 3 Ash 3 Veiler 3 Nibiru 3 Extinguishing 3 Obsidim 3 Pot of Prosperity 3 Awakening of Veidos 1 Called by the Grave 1 Terraforming 1 Bonfire 3 Impermanence 1 Eternity 1 Endlessness Thats 38. I saw a rekindling at the start of the video but never saw it during the matches. Perhaps the 2 missing are set rotation and chicken game? Or maybe another eternity or Shaman

[@joshchurchill9071]

@@cold_slayer thank you! You got further than I did😂 tbh I'd personally probably cut the bonfire and play rekindling anyway, but that's because I'm poor not because it's better😂 The last two slots I'd probably just take talents or something rather than field spell goo

[@cainadamYGO]

You might not believe me, but in Tistina's defense, I tried doing for it the same study that you did for Ashened, and I honestly felt stunned by how much it was misunderstood by the players. The archetype has actually the clearest game plans both going 1st and going 2nd, and its randomness only makes it more flexible, especially when it comes to the xyzs, which act as tools in the same way they were used at the beginning of their own era.

[@theaxelxion]

I would love to see a decklist. Im playing ashened and i would love to see ratios to figure out what are needs and nots

[@junevue9665]

The basic core, - 3 Priest - 3 veidos - 2 of all the other ashened monster - 3 ashened city - 3 extinguished - 3 the awakening of veidos - 1 ashened if eternity, 1-2 ashened of the endless - 1 terraformer - 1 set rotation - (optional) reight of ashened, ...the rest is up too u

[@cleansedworld]

sometimes this deck can be very slow to close a game ,thusi am using 1 volcanic emperor for an extra 3100 atk free summon and burn potential.you can dump it with banshee or you can add 1-2 copies of fire ejection,if you dont care about losing some consistency.

[@grodon909]

I've been using horus as a side engine. It ignores the board pop, and threatens them when they try to disrupt you. Embers is level 8, so it helps with the rank 8 plays and facilitates otks

[@nilsrosenmeier9054]

In a Time where there are so many link monster, is veidos Even strong? No idea when to use veidoss effect

[@TonyJrMl2]

So true most, by the time u can even respond theyll link it off which makes u cant even respon.

[@nilsrosenmeier9054]

@@TonyJrMl2 I mean the idea itself of the deck is cool, but with veidos beeing the only threat...then sry I dont have the urge to buy the deck

[@TheMatt_SD]

1:01:02 he can not use Couplet to seach, because he controls S:P and Diabellstar.

[@Hikariinu124]

i really wish you would put a final stinger image of your decklist in these videos so we could potentially use them as a base. I really wanna make this deck but I'm short a copy of veidos and without knowing your HT ratios its hard to decide what to do with the stuff I have vs don't. PLEASE consider adding a list either in the description or in the video.

[@cold_slayer]

He played 12 handtraps. Pretty sure ratios are: 3 ash 3 imper 3 nibiru 3 veiler

[@darkolos5836]

you should check out Volcanic Emperor. you can send him off flame banshee, and he is an instant 1500 burn, then 500 burn when your opponent special summons and can set the trap that burns for another 2800. this makes it way easier for the deck to kill

[@cold_slayer]

Problem is that you'll surpass the 5 summons to bring him. Jesse was really playing preemptively against nibiru.

[@darkolos5836]

@@cold_slayer I mean it makes sense but nibiru doesnt kill the deck. I guess its personal preference if you want to take the risk or not.

[@cold_slayer]

@@darkolos5836 You'll have to end with the field and a Veidos in hand to don't really care about being nibiru'd I guess. Because in my combo Infernal Banshee is the 5th summon (veidos, king, priestess, another lvl 4, Banshee. Then fusion to ember, then emperor)

[@magicalibra]

I did pull an ashened card in a pack and it looked sooo cool so I wanted to play a deck around it so your video was the first that popped up, and after watching I’m glad to see it’s a decent deck seeing that I won’t go to ycs much… but nice to know it can beat snake eyes and my favorite deck: Tenpai!

[@danlay638]

these are my favorite of your videos. would love to see you play the (non branded) illusion chimera deck edit: for feedback, really liked how you gave the quick profile on the yugi deck, but we didn't get one for the ashened at the start of the video. adds a lot to see the decklist quickly lined up and broken down at the start of the vid

[@maikatiemuj2706]

Imagine having to play fricking Jesse Kotton at your locals

[@oli1213]

I would really love to see you giving Unchained another shot

[@TheSeventhChild]

I liked the look of Ashened and seeing its one of those "forward thinking" decks is great since I find those most interesting. Ninjas and to some extent Vanquish Soul felt like that too

[@Pallabon1]

Hey, great video as always! It's super interesting seeing a pro player dive into these more "underwhelming" decks! What I personally would be really interested in would be Virtual World and Centur-Ion (but more Virtual World; also Centur-Ion without Calamity). There are some people who put those two together even, but that's off topic. Virtual World was one of my favorite decks and I really really like Shenshen, so it would be interesting to see what you make of either of those decks!

[@nicholascouture4073]

Is there a deck list we can check out?

[@ernestofilippucci3611]

minute 47:41 you can't fusion with the oppo stuff you don't have veidos in your own or your opponent field

[@mikeyfeliciano7174]

Hey where can we have a deck profile of Ashened? I dont find it anywhere in your channel

[@shayanbes]

1:01:10 opponent can't actually use couplet's pendulum effect bc they control a non-Melodious monster games were really fun to watch still overall, well done !

[@guitaralex0515]

So happy about this. Been playing and having so much fun with the new support

[@KeKu333]

Great content as usual and I remember you saying roughly what was changed but was hoping for a full list or at least skeleton included somewhere

[@HapsterHap]

Veidos is just a solid card in the current meta that it feels like Ashened it almost decent. I love a good control deck and the art on these cards is sick. Hoping the next wave of support gives it a little more flexibility of what it can do rather than just printing more bodies.

[@sirdumon7258]

Love these kind of videos. In my opinion the best local kind of content. Good explanations of your train of thoughts. :)

[@tongatapu7325]

I've played against Ashened and all it needs is a well timed Cosmic on their fusion trap. Once its gone, all their disruption is handtraps. Also it dies to a single ash blossom on Veidos most of the time, as you cannot set up the super poly play for your opponents turn.

[@RhysMog357]

Any chance youre releasing your decklist? Absolutely love how this works and want to bring it to locals

[@BigGooch6_9]

Would love to have seen a full deck profile with this if it was possible

[@paraladani]

Is there a decklist posted anywhere?

[@FloydKinworthy]

You're just naturally funny, it's hilarious.

[@fakename2890]

What support would Mayakashi archetype and Ancient Warriors archetype need to be considered good.

[@Guan-wu5pm]

Ancient warriors needs a link one that prevents nibiru, summons there 1800ATK monster from the deck, and protects all of there searches. A locked in pot of greed would be nice too, but even then they are too bricky and there effects are all over the place.

[@Mulcam29]

Mayakashi is good, I don't know what you've been smoking.

[@fakename2890]

@@Mulcam29 Do you have a decklist, I get walled off at diamond 2 in MD as them. AWs stops just past them touching M5 rank.

[@Mulcam29]

@@fakename2890 I'm working on a list for them. Kinda focusing on other archetypes I don't know as much to play currently.

[@fakename2890]

@@Guan-wu5pm A link one with those three effects would help a lot, there effects cover a lot of threats and all contribute to winning under various situations. Which going second is somewhat required to play under different restrictions the opponent's board might place you under.

[@junevue9665]

What it needs - a card tht act or is always treated as The ashened city (field card) for example umi. There's hella umi cards tht act as if it's umi - another boss monster thts easy to summon - another searcher - Super poly

[@LechugaBelica]

Thanks for the effort this is great content! love the ashened deck

[@pedrovillar4391]

Was hoping for you to post a decklist, the gameplay was nice though.

[@Senarak]

If he imperms the Veidos Fusion at 52:30 wouldn't the monster nuke of the original Veidos also destroy the fusion? Its destruction protection would be negated there.

[@charnor2727]

He didn't activate the effect of the gy veidos. Importantly, your opponent cannot target the fusion, so the impern shouldn't have worked anyway.

[@Senarak]

@charnor2727 I thought he did but perhaps not. But you can't target Fusion Veidos with monster effects - traps like Imperm work just fine on it

[@soupdawhoop]

I would love to see you try out majespecters! It's a cool control deck that can be very strong going first with searchable secret village and kirin, especially against decks with lots of targeting effects. I've been playing it for about a month or two and have been really enjoying it

[@MiyaoMeow588]

Seeing this deck go 4-0 at a locals, one of which was against a Snake Eyes opponent, is really validating. Especially after some of the misplays I knew this deck was competent and this is a good showcase of that

[@cplgsleight1661]

It also depends on who’s playing the deck. It’s Jesse Kotton

[@MiyaoMeow588]

​@@cplgsleight1661If a highly skilled player can get results with a deck, I think that proves that the deck itself isn't necessarily the problem Because frankly, when the 2nd wave was dropped, no one was interested in even TRYING it

[@MiyaoMeow588]

@@cplgsleight1661 well that's the thing, the truth is that a lot of decks that people wouldn't think twice about are in fact perfectly playable if the right pilot comes along and takes the time to familiarize themselves with the deck only thing is, when wave 2 was revealed, no one wanted to even TRY it

[@JunoTCG]

@@cplgsleight1661him knowing choke points of the decks he played against shows how good he is.

[@luckyjc8702]

Thank you for the very long 1h video, it was clearly very high effort.

[@cainadamYGO]

The content I was most waiting for this year.

[@charnor2727]

How would DNA surgery in the side sound, for game 2+ when going first?

[@johnnickfanaccount3492]

54:59 why don't you veiler the fusion instead of refrain so he can't even get to it

[@22Alex5]

I'd love to see you take the Lightsworn Horus Bystial pile to locals, that deck is crazy fun to watch and play

[@braxtonallred412]

YOO where is that frog playmat from it’s fire Also love the video, wish more pro players did deep dives into rogue arch types. Would love a series on GP

[@KeKu333]

Mana Moon, formerly Amanda LaPalme. I don't believe it was ever restocked so you'd have to get it secondhand.

[@henbro271]

Kind of a off topic question, but do would you say it's better to play 3 yama in Unchained or play Ty-Phon?

[@Infinigeek-Host-Zero]

Chaos archetype would be a cool deck. I love those cards

[@YGOandMasterDuel]

Asheen needs more support to be good. But it can be a good support engine tho

[@codzombiesam]

I love this video style. Hope u make more.

[@Ovasiig]

I’ve been tinkering with this deck for a bit and I think I have something with this new support.

[@King_of_Blue-Eyes]

The Ashened is amazing, I beat a lot of Meta decks with my Ashened deck! It was especially funny utilizing Tenpai players monsters to my advantage. 😂

[@marcelloc.parelion7503]

I really liked your previous video on this archetype, thank you for the sequel, this kind of content is amazing!

[@Blackwingking]

They fixed that after geartown because that was broken for field spell destruction versus placement. I wish that worked

[@charnor2727]

52:20 videos the dragon of endless darkness cannot be target by your opponent, so the imperm shouldn't have resolved.

[@PeTr0o0L]

Id love a visit to gold prides. Its another tcg exclusive that feels way more up to par than the others recently

[@Rabidragon9241]

After InFo releases can you try Fiendsmith D/D and Memento?

[@shterkz777]

Could we get a list of the ashened deck?

[@yololivesonce]

can we get a decklist? or did i miss it in the video?

[@JackLodge18]

Hi Jesse, thanks for the great vid. I would love to see Ice barrier closer to its release. It has a very good multi 1 card draw four comboes and could do better in TCG with the lack of Maxx c :)

[@ΑντώνηςΖαχαρέγκας]

I would love to see the deck list

[@oscarrivero3060]

This deck will eventually has it's time to shine. People are being too rough on it. Try it out with Volcanic, Jesse!

[@19messi33]

The best player in the game giving inside in new decks, a more control deck, hopefully they will get some more support that gives it even more power.

[@marcovargas9285]

Will you be uploading a deck profile vid?

[@aledefra8592]

Hi Jesse, good content buddy, I love this archetype and I was wondering if you could share with us your profile and some changes you would do after the local experience

[@fatezero7480]

i find it amazing the way u play it's clear u have a lot of experience but do u have a deck recipe or are u gonna keep it a secret (fair enough to keep it a secret)

[@Saens406]

opp activating rivalry during your turn with veidos on his field, when you have obsidim is such an hilarous fail. It already happened once to me and it's was the only way i could win x)

[@jordan3802]

Seems like a lot of work for a dark hole

[@DadyBoi-j1w]

Ashened is awesome in my opinion

[@Ficek333]

Omg where can I buy that jacked???

[@treypaul1676]

I would love to see goblin riders!

[@angel-memeroftheisles]

Would love to see some Beetrooper Raika once INFO drops. The deck's actually pretty competent with the level 4 and the in-built talents bees have (Sting Lancer). Even though it's more raika n generic insects that actual beetroopers buuuut that's for another dau

[@awesometubing9471]

This deck goes so hard with trains. There's a fusion that deals dmg and the materials are 1 pyro and 1 machine. Nothing locks you with the machines.

[@markburns2621]

The new pyro + machine one that looks like a metal dude? Been wondering what to do with that and the other two lil guys since seeing them.

[@GatsbyCioffi]

Ah yes! Blaze Phoenix, the Burning Bombardment Bird! 😂

[@awesometubing9471]

@@GatsbyCioffi yeah that one. It's funny when you can make 2 for idk 5600 and Gustav max for 2k with this new ashened support. It's been wrecking havoc at my locals. It's either I play Toxic Ash or Floo. I'm a menace to society ik but I like making my opponent squirm and seeing their faces when they realize that they have to break my board going first after making their LP's 400 if I had 1 level 4 monster in the combo it would be able to FTK your opponent.

[@awesometubing9471]

@@GatsbyCioffi swarm board with infinitrack and trains, then make the ashen combo get back cards to make double blazing phoenix 🐦‍🔥 and set everything you can and going second Juggernaut Dreadnought and big DMG from the ashened monsters to break boards and push for game, plus main deck for blind second so nibs, triple tacts and ghost belle because of tenpai being so prevalent in today's format.

[@markburns2621]

@@awesometubing9471 the new guy also burns so with the need to tell us I assumed it was that one and not the one everyone knew.

[@DEMONiCKRUSH]

Round 3 Game 3 . Did he imperm the Veidos fusion? I thought it couldn't be targeted

[@tristianmeganblagoueakajay9174]

I think you should do videos of melodious testing similar to how you did with lightsworn that deck is like if pends and gouki had a baby 😅

[@desertoctopus2611]

I enjoy these vids maybe a lightsworn deck next?

[@xsnezzz]

The fact you got 16 packs for a first is crazyyy, I think out first is 2 packs + OTS pack 😆

[@dazk5317]

Couplet cant add because he controls non melodious monsters 1:01:14

[@timbahr1792]

Ashened needs just a little more support to be there competitively. Veidos is a very good card as is and next format will see a lot of play outside of ashened. The deck as Ana archetype needs a just a little more to really thrive.

[@xxl3nox]

Play Chimera please! Would be fun to see the deck in competend hands

[@francoserra6296]

Do a deck profile pls 🥺