Six Samurai Explained in 60 Minutes [Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetype Analysis]

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

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[@mohanadnewmine5133]

Sure i will use it 100%

[@psychoticpotato6436]

Any plans for a video on traptrix?

[@alpha34098]

Breakthrough! and every other Trap card are only effective IF you have Makyura the Destroyer or the Elemental HERO Bubbleman/Bubble Illusion combo

[@yanickbrown9342]

Fun fact, Mizuho and Shinai were married which is why they worked so well with each other.

[@condedepiamonte93]

Also, Kagemusha and Hatsume are brothers and offspring of Mizuho and Shinai And, Mizuho herself is Shien's Sister, making Kagemusha his nephew

[@Teachermook]

LORE!!!!! LOVE IT

[@aldrinflores4531]

Ah yes The Samurai Clan that specializes in The Art of Spam and no I'm not talking about canned meat

[@thalente8074]

It puts my Nigerian prince to shame

[@kaitai7302]

According to Rank10ygo, the space in Shi en changes the meaning from blue/ purple flame to DEATH FLAME.

[@rexevans100]

A clever way to exclude it from the other shien support

[@pokeperson1000]

I remember being on master duel, seeing my opponent playing Heroes, and proceeded, on turn 3, to summon Shien’s Advisor and declaring Warrior. Without realizing the consequences of doing so. Neither of us could special summon, neither of us could attack (apparently my opponent was playing a pure variant). We just both had to sit there for turns on end, me with Shi En that I summoned turn one along with Advisor and an ever increasing number of other utility six sams, and my opponent with vision and destiny heroes that were continuously getting buffed by that one continuous spell but unable to attack. Eventually after a game of chicken to see who would lose their patience and surrender first in the 40+ turn game, I assembled enough Hand, Mizuho, and tribute fodder to wipe their board and gain the courage to get rid of advisor for an underworld goddess. Moral of the story: don’t declare Warrior with Shien’s Advisor

[@willthomas4516]

Hey a wins a win.

[@blueyes7873]

I think the way that the Secret Six Samurai fits into the story is by the fact that they are the children of the first Six Samurai way that came.

[@Advent3546]

YES! YES! YES! Six Samurai are my favorite archetype ever! LET'S GOOOO!

[@Kyzen_Wrell]

53:45 Also to add on, you wouldn’t be able to use this in your first turn to negate your opponent’s first turn since Shinobi only skips the *next* turn and not turn current. 55:07 This could actually combo with Shien’s Spy since if your opponent has hard to get over monsters, just give ‘em a weak monster so you could go for game.

[@fabianbeteta5795]

The Shien's spy strategy is genius 👌 👏

[@pokeperson1000]

Insignificant side notes: The substitution effect of the original six samurai or the protection of the secret lineup can be used to circumvent Asceticism’s destruction if you really want to keep the monster you targeted for whatever reason. Asceticism can also be used on Fuma for summoning Kageki to trigger Fuma’s floating effect during the end phase. You miss out on Kageki’s effect, but you can get a quick effect bounce from Enishi, a search from Kizaru, or whatever else you might want to get. It can even be done during your opponent’s end phase if they were too chicken to run over your Fuma. Cunning can be used on the Synchro Shi En if you want to recycle its negation effect after activating it the first time, since it becomes a fresh copy upon being sent for cost and resurrected. Return and Double Edged can also be used to trigger Fuma during the end of your opponent’s turn to get whatever Six Sam you want from your deck in preparation for your own. If you’re still running kagemusha as a tuner, you could play Naturia beast as an alternative to Shi En. If you happen to have a Double Edge ready after summoning Shi En, you could consider making a Baronne de Fleur for a larger body and more utility.

[@yofyo]

I really like your content. I found out about you yesterday and I'm here to stay :) The efforts you go to give context to the various archetypes is greatly appreciated.

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed, hope I can keep it up for ya!

[@Agentbear420]

Ah Six Sams. I'll always love you guys and gals because both you are a sick archetype that basically taught me what synergy can be in a deck and because you inspired Evenly which made the battle phase scary again

[@fabianbeteta5795]

Well said 👏 👏👏👍👍👍

[@vaonir9164]

58:07 No big unaffected guys are no problem for samurais. You see there is this line of text on gateway that says, make your monster gain 500 ATK, that has as consequence that you can push any samurai on field to infinite attack once you have established your red and blue counter loop. Also kaijus are not enogh for samurais because they only get rid of one interruption of the opponent while there will be most likely at least two more interrupts. And there is where the decks real weakness lies: playing through interrupts. ALSO your deck usually wants to go first and kaijus do not add anything for going first.

[@fabianbeteta5795]

Vaonir the six samurai archetype are getting more support.

[@johnnynguyen9240]

I think I figured out the full lore (not sure if anybody else theorised these, but they’re my guesses): I guess I should cover the secret six to work out what happened after Kagemusha defeated Shi En (who later became the spirit of the six samurai and suffered the same fate as he bestowed on Shinai). Rihan: the secret son of Shi En (Kagemusha’s uncle, meaning Mizuho was likely Shi En’s sister/twin sister) who dawned on his father’s armour in the secret skills spell card to get revenge for Shi En before he discovered the truth about his father/his father possessed him. He was then freed of his father’s dark and vengeful spiritual influence. Hatsume: Kagemusha’s daughter who has his red hair and Shinai’s heirloom. The other secret six being the first-ever released samurais’ children or successors based on their attributes. So, before them, Shi En, for some reason, killed Shinai or got him killed. And so, Kagemusha went to Mizuho to disclose about his father’s death and that he became Shi En’s body double to carry out secret missions on his behalf. This led to the final battle in evenly matched. After Kagemusha defeated Shi En, he became the shadow of the six samurai. I hope these make sense.

[@raccoon_lord9430]

I can't be the only one thinking that shien's advisor looks like Jackie chan's uncle in that animated series "one more thing"

[@fabianbeteta5795]

GoldenNovaYugioh, thank you for making the six samurai archetype explanation video. This video got me very excited to watch when I saw the announcement and I enjoyed every minute of your explanation. You made a lot of six samurai players, including myself, happy. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Thank you! I hope it was worth the wait!

[@אביצאלי-כ8ז]

@@GoldenNovaYugioh please do arned dragon next

[@fabianbeteta5795]

@@GoldenNovaYugioh it most certainly worth the wait. Thank you very much. Stay safe and healthy.

[@joecontrino85]

The artwork is what drew me to the archetype. The game play got me hooked. It has some of the most beautiful any OP cards in the game. Always been a fan of the Samurai 😁

[@marcuswillbrandt5901]

I did not like them for years. Don't understand why looking at them now

[@yusheitslv100]

1:31 GoldenNovaYugioh: *forgets Secret Six Samurai - Rihan exists*

[@rosem325]

I mean it's the worst extra deck six sam by a long shot. even they xyz can help close out games

[@herbertwalter8693]

i love my solitaire six samurai deck that gets completely wrecked by a single piece of interaction

[@enlongjones2394]

0:56 Huh. That’s some interesting art for the Strike of Neos pack. Wonder why we never got a card based on that art.

[@pershingdoughboy]

Six Samurai is my favorite archetype i really hope they add to it soon. It really needs help in modern yugioh. Stronger boss monster and some form of searching for the spells and traps.

[@vetohyuga9802]

I’m back for that update my good sir since six samurai got new 5 cards 😀

[@marcuswillbrandt5901]

Six Samurai id such a great theme with loads of toolbox options that I am really stunned it never was the deck of a protagonist

[@e_pffne4190]

I honestly enjoy the ad I've watched this video a few times because I'm a huge fan of six but I appreciate how much effort you put

[@condedepiamonte93]

More Samurai Still need a in-archetype monster negate Maybe another Synchro, since they have enough Tuners to make it possible Maybe a Lv6 Synchro, that explains What happened after Evenly Matched

[@pershingdoughboy]

completely agree. Praying this happens. it sucks to have to use this archetype as just an engine for non six samurai boss monsters and negates.

[@fxlja]

Now your prayers have been answered. New support drops in a few months, and it's great

[@condedepiamonte93]

@@fxlja oh I know And I love them! ❤️

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

hopefully one day goldennova will review superheavy samurai to finish all the most japanese archeytpes.... and clodians too for the lols

[@kennydarmawan13]

14:46 An MtG reference from a Yugioh KZbinr. That's something I don't expect yet wanna see once in a while. Also, I enjoy how Golden brings up Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion, despite him being a ninja. Though tbh, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty doesn't really have any notable high-tech samurais. But the fact that Nashi is an artificer (aka MtG's fancy way of saying mechanical scientist) makes the joke of futuristic samurai gear all the funnier.

[@ex_ceed]

your channel deserves more viewers. its really good for new players like me wanting to get into any deck.

[@Voltexfinal]

I understood that Evangelion reference with Triple Impact

[@yusheitslv100]

When I started following competitive Yu-Gi-Oh, Six Samurai was one of the first decks I wanted to try because I randomly have a Chamberlain of the Six Samurai in my bulk. Didn't because I wasn't smart enough to figured out the deck. Gravitate towards it anyway because of Power Rangers Samurai and MTG. It's Morphin'Time! Samuraizer! Go go, Samurai!

[@neogotham2k39]

Six Samurai is my favorite archetype and they remind me of Ronin Warriors!

[@fabianbeteta5795]

That was my favorite anime series.

[@dragonmaster613]

One of my best decks in Legacy of the Duelist.

[@Lapran3]

I’ve gone from loss to next turn win with Backs to the Wall, it really does round out the deck. It also fits well with the samurai theme, with all of your strongest fighters coming back from the brink for one final “do or die” attack. Either one cracks and the game is over, or they hold through for the most vicious of jumpings

[@EthanKironus8067]

Who else didn't realize that Great Shogun Shien and Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En do NOT, in fact, lock your opponent out of using Spells and Traps entirely? I was already aware of the distinction between negating the activation, and negating the effect, of cards through experience with Cyber Emergency, but never applied that to Six Samurai until a certain chapter of Cards of Remnant, a beyond awesome RWBY fic with a LOT of Yugioh elements, wherein the distinction came in clutch and also highlighted the benefits of a classical education vs. just talent and experience. It is GLORIOUS. I haven't seen Yugioh fiction be that 'meta' since Revolver chain-blocked attack-declaration traps with Borreload Dragon's quick effect (not counting OCG Structures since that's more directly a parallel to IRL).

[@NetherCrafterSMC]

They need some more extra deck monsters, maybe another branch of the six samurai who follow pendulum or ritual summoning could be cool :D

[@fabianbeteta5795]

Not a bad idea 👍👍👍

[@yanickbrown9342]

Awesome!!!! I love Six Samurai, I hope they get some more support soon. Maybe in the form of another 6 Six Samurai monster, with one of them being a Ritual monster based off of Yasuke since Shien is based off of his Shogun, Oda Nobunaga.

[@mohwe1007]

“ Legendary Six Samurai-Shi En is a Level 6-“ Sorry chief, needed to take a second there to make sure I wasn’t high I’m not the only one that heard that, right? 28:16

[@fabianbeteta5795]

I heard that too but golden nova must have been tired while making this archetype video. Edit : realized the level error on legendary six samurai shi en on the description.

[@travisc.7231]

48:31 Really cool looking WHAT?! All jokes aside, that got a chuckle outta me

[@tylerloutzenhiser4308]

Off topic, i love the fact that the wise owl forest theme from dark cloud is in the background during the secret six samurai's. Nice touch.

[@jessegman1869]

I started with 2 Six Sam then acquired more then got them in yugioh duel links six Sam's are my favorite type

[@Xmello517]

Just started getting back to yugio after like a decade later lol lost all my cards and luckily someone gave out a deck for free and it was a samurai deck. Gaining knowledge of this video helped me out to make it stronger.

[@redcoma100]

One of my favorite decks I like to use in master duel.

[@jacksonbowns1087]

I love this archetype and have since I assembled a clunky original Six Samurai deck without any of the good support, not even Grandmaster. When I found out there was a structure deck, years later, I stumbled my way into a semi-competitive deck, though in true fashion I lacked many of the key cards.

[@cheeseburguhgaming9581]

Shiens daredevil actually gives me an idea make we can start adding him into the duel for some testing grounds because now that you can search for cards that places bushido counters he might come in handy with an extra bushido counter

[@nicksnovelreviews8733]

That’s so funny that you made a Plunder joke in this video since Plunders and Samurais are like my 2 main decks

[@daviddoucet6062]

Finally did my favorite archetype!!!

[@KeyLow920]

Used to duel my friends during my high school days and I ran a six sam deck and nobody was ready for it lol. This was back in 2012 so it was just the old style traditional duel lol

[@osblarg]

The amount of lore in these cards, it's so much I can almost taste it (licks popsicle)

[@nexusdevworks]

Have an amazing day everyone. Nova you’re the best!

[@jeikure9078]

60 MINUTES!? I forget how big this archetype is sometimes.

[@jotanzierep1305]

Great Vid Nova!

[@mayonasepizza]

One thing that bugs me is that the six sams dont replace others with themself (as in jumping in to save a comrade), they replace themself with others ( as in they throw another one in front of the attack)

[@Archivist-Immortal]

Out of the original six Samurai Links, Irou, Zanji and Grandmaster are the only ones I use with secret and legendary at the moment

[@Winn0wed]

That triple impact NGE joke was top tier Golden hahaha

[@nategraham6946]

I have a love/hate relationship with this archetype, as it was one I was never able to actually beat when I started playing again, but I find it amazing with great lore, excellent art, and populous enough for my style of play. This archetype is probably the second biggest, second only to the HERO archetypes.

[@logananderson4600]

Perfect timing for this to come out as I'm playing Ghost of Tsushima, a game where you play as a samurai. Get out of my head, Nova! 😆😉

[@christianm7219]

Watched the AD just because the shirt your wearing is the best

[@theonewhowatches869]

It's a shame that you only covered Shien Effect monsters, because you missed out on the most historically important card in the theme, Kagemusha of the Blue Flame, the first card seen in the DM anime.

[@mathewricafrente5984]

Ah yes, the Six Spamurai, my favorite archetype

[@lloydbagby8355]

One my favorite combo decks of all times

[@chrismiller3548]

I love playing with the original 6, hand, and grandmaster in Edison. Combined with gateway, United and double summon the deck is funny. It can also main floodgates like rivalry of warlords and in Edison specifically royal oppression. Also have a shi en/xyz build with the newer samurai for hat format

[@Tacts0317]

I prefer the first generation Six Samurai. It was the first deck I ever completed and dueled with.

[@KaganeInugami]

I was listening to this then I heard the Wise Owl Forest and got hit with PTSD of searching for the Sundew Drop to finish the dungeon. Nice OST selection Nova. I would love to hear your thoughts on Dark Cloud at some point

[@reubenhugo6450]

That Cloudian intro got me hard… I was like my dyslexia is getting worse, I know I clicked Samurai how did I confuse it for clouds??! 😂

[@dimansionseven5863]

So... are you planing on making a Six Samurai lore video as a follow up to this one?

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Not in the near future, but I do want to!

[@dimansionseven5863]

Cool

[@Circ00mspice]

What did the poor Ryko doggo do to deserve such animal abuse from Irou?

[@fabianbeteta5795]

Ryko destroys cards and give fuel to the lightsworn by milling three cards from the top of its owner's deck.

[@nikolaos-thomaskarousos2730]

That dark cloud music... ❤️

[@thesilentedge2123]

Genba might possibly be using smoke bombs so that might explain the defense.

[@cjwillis9934]

I'm going to say blue flames given, that is what it appears to have on the card art.

[@AlexisTort95]

Kinda surprised Six Sam don’t have a ritual monster yet…

[@Vicehella]

The secret six are at war with the ninja monsters

[@kingkongsta4051]

Dang thought u were gunna include some lore, I’ll happily wait for that video tho🙏

[@spyro2002]

I'm waiting for the inevitable six samurai ritual monster. Trust me it'll be great it would trigger shinai!

[@yusheitslv100]

What about a Pendulum?

[@spyro2002]

@@yusheitslv100 not just one. We need 2 to pendulum summon

[@yusheitslv100]

@@spyro2002 implied, but point taken.

[@xavierodom4884]

Now you gotta do Cloudians next just because of the gag

[@xfall5004]

Would you be willing to cover trickstars at some point no pressure your stuff is very informative

[@rimz32]

Honestly, a Dual Wield + Shien's Scheme might be a good 1-2 combo if you plan to play a bit slower or have to

[@kingdragoonmk10]

Let there be SixSam/Shien Lore Video!!!

[@osiah0949]

Cool video, do Drag unity archtype, next

[@DarkslayerNinja]

Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie. - Miyamoto Musashi -

[@mohwe1007]

I run them in master duel and duel links Ppl still forget about Shi en

[@fabianbeteta5795]

I play the six samurai deck on both dueling book and master duel.

[@destructor3152]

Crystal beasts for a future archetype

[@TheDemonBrothersMeiz]

Now I need to go find the lore video

[@TerraEmperor1]

I always feel dirty playing 6 samurai

[@Cheletiba]

Hehe, Secret Six Doji's gun tip looks like a pog face. Hehe, pog gun

[@catriamflockentanz]

About the fact that the Secret Six Samurai Cards aren't Ninjas... With all their glowing clothes, armor and weapons they would be among the worst Ninjas ever. As a big part of being a Ninja is to operate undiscovered. Kinda hard if you run around like you are an reanimated Christmas Tree...

[@reviloojsdv3862]

Still am fearful of a turn one Shien Synchro + Legendary Enishi plus a set Dual Wield in duel links 💀

[@darcytoews8841]

I wish Ninjas would have got the same treatment back in the day like Sams got. Ninjas are okay, but they get held back by their costs to use effects that other archetypes use for free. And they don't really have the same toolbox like Sams do either.

[@laundrysauce1263]

Ohhhh buddy you just wait, they are gonna be nuts soon.

[@darcytoews8841]

@@laundrysauce1263 Yeah. The new support looks really good. I just wish the older "Dragon" ninjas would have less of a steep cost. It would make them much more useful.

[@laundrysauce1263]

@@darcytoews8841 i actually run most the twilight ninja stuff, only problem with that is that the ninja deck in most cases should be built around stalling your opponent as your normal summon is so important, and there are currently only like 3 ninja monsters that can even utilize a special summon. Long story short this new wave of support coming out is going to be more spam oriented with protection sprinkled in there, but none of the new support are warrior monsters so theres that.

[@a_man_with_a_plan]

8:39 11:30

[@mohwe1007]

Rihan should've been a Link 3 considering it's summoning conditions

[@Rod_C96]

Or at least a quick effect to be worth the trouble

[@KaiserVarius]

Huh? You know if you squint a bit Shien’s Daredevil kinda looks like Tetsu Trudge if he was a feudal Samurai warlord or something. But hey that’s just me.

[@abominablesnowman64]

I've been playing the same six sam deck for so long and wanted to spice things up. Theres probably not a person in existence but me dumb enough that plays rescue rabbit and chamberlain of the six samurai or junk warrior. Well its more that I'm bored than anything. P.s I really wish there were a non tuner level 1 six sam sigh

[@JaimeAGB-pt4xl]

Since you've covered Most of my Fav archetypes by now... I must ask the following... Since U constantly use Duelist of the Roses music (Amazing)... what are Ur opinions/insight/review on that game? PS: 6Sam + Saryuja + Gameciel + Tokyo Tower = broken

[@Anthintendo]

Now do a lore video for the theme.

[@alithanar8]

were you wearing a Legend of Dragoon shirt? Also I had real good effect by pairing Irou with Quaking Mirror Force.

[@thedave5015]

Love that level 6 shi en

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

My shame is eternal.

[@pn2294]

18:10 How do you know the plot of Shinkenger?!

[@williamoldaker5348]

Why is Gateway of the Six restricted to 1 in Master Duel? If Six Samurai aren't good at all way should any of their cards be restricted.

[@fabianbeteta5795]

If gateway of the six is more than one, the six samurai archetype would become op with infinite more summoning and more mischief. Also, let's not forget why gateway of the six was forbidden in the first place and later limited.

[@gabrielho1874]

Not once per turn. With two on the field, you can summon a six samurai then recycle or search a six samurai for a one for one deal instead of a two for one deal

[@ltmad1284]

Six Sam lore vid when

[@thecowboyofoklahoma5866]

Shinai and Mizuho may have been a couple...

[@JN1306]

Crystal Beasts please!

[@yusheitslv100]

The Secret Six Samurai are Ninjas because some real world Samurai were ninjas…