So I Entered Regionals with Sky Striker Cards and 0 Handtraps

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[@cyber5787]

Raye: So you use Roze art for Engage? We need to talk....

[@leonardolombardi7353]

Best art ever tbh

[@markywongberg]

Now we know why Josh sarcastically loves Raye. He's been a fan of Roze this whole time.

[@FNigslol]

You don't know what sarcastically means

[@RAMPettersen]

@@FNigslol Neither do you

[@sekaihunter9378]

Roze cosplay when???

[@MarioLopez-xs3vc]

​@@sekaihunter9378I'm concerned it might look too similar to WWII attire to be allowed. Though most of the archetype's actual WWII references are to American and Japanese aircraft.

[@madgameplay4658]

@@FNigslolI don’t think u do either 💀

[@alessandrofranzan6951]

Our beloved chad lord Joshua just can't stop playing spell cards

[@xCorvus7x]

Is he the wizard of the coast? Edit: given how he enjoys Palaeo decks, more like wizard off the coast.

[@Alexalibur13]

Somebody ask him what's the border colour of paleozoic cards.

[@europaboi]

​@Alexalibur13 he will tell you each paleo in color and design

[@MarioLopez-xs3vc]

​@@Alexalibur13 If they were Quick Plays he would still be shoving them in every deck. That said there's some funny Spright Engine stuff you can do with them in Labrynth, and Marella is a LOT better now thanks to Transaction Rollback always being a good mill option for it.

[@loggh552]

Nah i think hes the shadow wizard money gang

[@driptcg]

Based as hell. Actually practiced what he preaches by playing in a more interactive way even if he didnt think it was the most optimal build.

[@hzhcyber1767]

"Oh my god, yes, I love Raye. I would die for Sky Striker Ace Raye. This support card is going to change my life, and it's going to be the best card ever." -Josh at the start of every round

[@TheCoolComando]

Came here to post that.

[@professor0w05]

Imagine he just sits down and stares into your soul while saying this with no emotion and then just keeps playing like if nothing happened

[@aeugh8998]

Winning the mental round I see

[@resir9807]

Is anyone kind enough to tell me where this meme originated from?

[@ShinerCCC]

​@@resir9807 a review on stream of upcoming Sky Striker support, he was being sarcastic

[@percivaldotburgers]

Joshua of the Shadow Wizard Money Gang. Bro loves casting Spells

[@bakerdarcy6001]

Bro is unrionically handicapping himself to have more fun gigachad

[@David-hw9si]

Besides getting demolished by Droll I like this version of the deck much more for the exact reason: it's way more fun than two people throwing hand traps until one person runs out and then gets killed by a one card combo. Your opponent does his stuff, and you have all engine to try to break them. I think you may even consider just playing full second with this deck too, as without Omni negate Talents can be very scary if you attempt to make something like Apollousa.

[@stefaniagerardo7562]

1:50 bro is becoming like trif and i'm loving it

[@francoisnofl5940]

With the Cosmic - IP/divine temple/Flamberge interaction, you can bait Evenly saying BP and they obviously would go Flamberge summon IP. It can be a bit risky but might as well have it in mind

[@gungnir382]

That Regional was sure his Rayelight of the Week

[@DuncanHarbison]

This deck makes so much sense, one of my friends was showing me what the fire deck was and the thing that sticks out is that they pretty much can't touch normal spells with any of their board.

[@daxonion]

Twitch chat finally has a chance to top an event it seems

[@ulqi]

I pretty much built that exact same list (without trust and with called by instead of reborn) during first week of snake eyes, that make me feels so good to see josh playing it

[@UncleMerlin]

The only issue I have with this list is that I'm not Josh and I would get skill issue'd so hard if I played it 😂

[@ulqi]

@@UncleMerlin it is, indeed, extremely hard to play and why I put it aside and started playing HT lmao

[@xSkwintz]

Breaking board is reaaaaaally satisfying this format and I think it’s mostly due to snake eye actually being not that oppressive of a deck. A lot of interaction makes board breaking very engaging and rewarding when you’re able to win out through set ups.

[@IncandescentCrowvus]

I lost because I couldn’t muster up 400 more damage but this just happened for me on master duel They go full combo, I fight through the whole field and end with 7600 damage

[@randomgenretalk8151]

If you go for the zero hand trap version i would play "Link into the Vrains" as a extender but also a way to get ressources back. It's searchable with Thrust and it can help to play around Nibiru more. I play it in my Sky Striker Snake Eye deck it this card helps a lot.

[@vasilboev1383]

what's the idea behind the card?

[@heyesa29]

Man that card looks awesome first time I've seen it.

[@randomgenretalk8151]

@@vasilboev1383 you specialsummon a Monster from your hand with it, link it away which cannot be negated or Responded by your opponent. You also get a Monster back to your hand if your links get destroyed even if you destroy it yourself with for Example promethean Princess.

[@vasilboev1383]

@@randomgenretalk8151 no, I mean... what monster do you want to summon and what link? since I'm not sure which one I'd go for in snake-eyes.

[@randomgenretalk8151]

@@vasilboev1383 Sorry for the late reply, didn't saw your answer. You can banish Link into the Vrains if for example Hiita or Amblowhale get destroyed this allows your to get your Magicians Souls, Diabellstar or one of your Sky Striker Link monsters back. It's there to loop your extra deck monsters around. Or very important key monsters as long as they aligh with your extra deck monsters.

[@Laguzrick]

I unironically love going 2nd in YGO. Breaking boards feels better to me than trying to play combo. That and I just don't have the time to memorize most combo paths.

[@rangeless]

Pokemon osts always hit hard. Congrats again

[@Surged-eu5fs]

Sky striker is returning to its orcsut form… and I actually quite like that

[@jacobjensen7704]

This is what Yugioh should be. Instead of stopping your opponent from playing, both players should always be playing the entire time.

[@whales312]

I mean… if they gimmick puppet me idk about that

[@salbaca1104]

watching this video and the deck creation video has inspired me to cause a little chaos of my own at locals as while i do not have access to striker cards currently one of my buddies is using them while he is gathering a core of his own and returning mine which i then may sell as i have no use for them anymore as it does not fit my playstyle anymore i think i may try a no hand trap version of my creation i call puppet master and its a mix of dogmaticka invoked shaddolls is it going to be good i have no idea lol but it will hold me over till lightsworn support comes out here in TCG as my inner gambler wants to come out and play and maybe this time i won't bubble 3 regional events in a row

[@four-en-tee]

How am i just now learning that holding down the space bar plays the video at a faster speed?

[@mrevilducky]

Noob

[@Endershock1678]

You also get that by holding down the video on mobile. I keep accidentally doing it because I sometimes have my phone nearby and just hear people talking at double speed

[@armandonoriega681]

I don't know if it is because Josh has already won many times that he is more relaxed than other players, but I really like his approach to have fun while competing specially in a format that is not enjoyable for everyone. 👍🏻

[@Sunny-wr5sd]

I've been waiting for this one ngl

[@cognitivegrub0]

Some quick questions, you said the random Sky Striker with a downward arrow didn't really matter, which is mostly true. But wouldn't it be slightly better to replace Kaina with Hayate? Hayate can attack directly, which might come up due to time in the TCG, right? (not a TCG player, only an MD pleb). Also, what are your thoughts on Foolish Burial Goods (FBG) + Metalfoes Fusion (MF) instead of Magician's Soul (MS)? I feel that with MS you will often have to send valuable resources, but with FBG + MF that is different. When you draw FBG and dump MF it basically functions as a Upstart. But when you draw MF there are a couple of ways to get it into the grave (Droplet, Diabell) for an additional draw 1. You will lack the body that MS provides though, and you will run 2 additional cards instead of the single MS.

[@niinbo9620]

i love this variation, just got back into ygoi stopped after skystriker stopped being as strong

[@SYMgenshin]

OMG YES I LOVE RAYE

[@UncleMerlin]

Lol. Lmao.

[@ryuuohdeltaplus7936]

I know, me too

[@sangdrako]

Is this pretty much all available on MD? Well, if you can't get the deck RL (I can't) then MD might be a good call). Its missing Bonfire (which is basically being replace by Wherfore at 2k pay) and SP (which can be that Access Code).

[@MarioLopez-xs3vc]

Yep, this may not be the best build of Snake-Eyes(at the moment COPIUM), but it does well enough into blinds at least(or Bo1 ladder in MD's case). The siding for these kinds of decks after your first win is always annoying though, since it can often be unpredictable whether they want to make you go first or second so you have to run a bunch of "turn netural" board breakers to be safe, and many of those aren't as high impact as the Normal Spell board wipes.

[@ChristosEglezos-nr9js]

One question: in General a lot of players in regionals play Stun decks? Im really happy with my side deck package, but i dont play cosmic clones or lightning storms, cause i like much more handtraps to play. But i know this could be very riskful vs such Stun Decks..

[@gubigubigubigubi]

I was playing almost that same spell/sky striker engine just I was playing 3 canon 3 widow anchor and it was ripping snake-eyes players up. I wasn't playing snake-eyes myself though. And yeah same exact thing as far as fun goes. People were having way more fun playing vs me. I was having way more fun playing vs people. Hand traps honestly just make the game so unfun lol

[@simphuyen1323]

I have a question. What is your board if you ever go first? I mean without amblowhale, the going 1st plan seems underwhelming.

[@ancientsequence]

I love the idea of playing no handtraps! Great job!

[@DewyTheDuelist]

very very cool! always a fan of lists with no handtraps :)

[@mrsquadbot]

I think the right approach is to do play hand traps, but instead of ones that only stop plays that are useless when drawn, maybe play ones that are good at helping breaking boards or stopping opponents' plays on your own turn(cough branded/Lab).

[@dedication1889]

Is there any budget deck that has the same going second approach? I love the spell lineup but can’t spend that much on Bonfire and the Diabellstar engine…

[@Dehalove]

Really cool innovations while still trying to compete

[@tubbytoadinc-yugioh7220]

I had a similar experience at vegas 40 card traptrix turbo no hand traps in the main it was so fun playing

[@feraf4405]

So this might be super situational but have you thought of Birch as a way to send monsters that you steal with Widow Anchor?

[@nicholascouture4073]

This looks so much fun I can’t lie

[@duduvec5971]

Josh must have come from a fairy tale. This absolute unit is talking about prioritizing fun even though he's a pro and i just start sweating from my eyes out of nowhere, i can't believe it.

[@bennett754]

I didn't think this woul work, but I absolutely love this deck

[@justincampbell4527]

Sigh… it’s an engine in tier 0 again😅

[@starbomber]

I wonder if there are any other engines that work with this (other than SS)

[@brycemiller831]

Really cool idea. I think you should update KZbin pic. Full goatee Joshua is powerful

[@miguelarencibia4113]

U are the best .. the greatest brain for Yugioh at 2024

[@jojodosjogos]

Try cooking Snake Eyes with Runicks, I guarantee its gonna be pretty fun

[@jrazzam]

"engage is semi limited for some reason, THIS IS THE CARD THAT GIVES YOU A CARD ADVANTAGE AND PLUS" lmfao

[@LUKANERRO]

Called irony

[@NinthSettler]

I will steal this Sky Striker engine for every going second deck i play for the rest of my life.

[@clashgod98]

Can you do a list of a pure sky striker deck for the tcg meta? 🙏🏻

[@Ragnarok540]

While I really dislike Sky Striker as a deck, I love it as an engine, so I tried a version of this deck in the duelist cup and Josh is right, is a lot more fun than the handtrap version, also is kind of insane that enemy controller is just a N rarity card, in this deck is amazing to evade targeted negation and break boards. As Josh said, probably not as good as the handtrap version but way more interesting.

[@hoangtrungnguyen1071]

Tbh, sky is better with spell board breaker than hand trap since it need feeding spell to make the engine working full power

[@fredplaysbgs5756]

Would play lullaby in side 100%

[@lycidaes4752]

Ngl this looks incredible fun and im super impressed by the deck itself Ima try it on md and lose horrible cause im ass

[@Ragnarok540]

I'm on a 15 game win streak with a version of this deck in the duelist cup. And I don't even think I'm very good at the game.

[@jennaeasley2277]

I think it’d be fun to see you play this in master duel

[@WestwoodOutdoor]

Mensch Joshua. Ich habe so gebetet gegen dich zu Spielen. Es war mir leider auch dieses Jahr vergönnt. Vielleicht sieht man sich ja im September wieder in Dreieich. Aber mich würde mal etwas Interessieren. Würdest du vielleicht ein "Combo" Video zu dem Deck machen? Ich verstehe das Prinzip dahinter, würde aber gerne sehen wie du mit einer random Starthand durch ein Etabliertes spielst 😅

[@s2-railgun718]

I really want to see you play the deck.

[@OsirusHandle]

holy how have i not seen magical spring. seems busted

[@drkdsut17kowalski71]

Hallo Joshua, bitte schau dir doch einmal die Karte ,,Überraschungskette,, an das ist ein random bulk common, grade wenn man goin scnd geht, mit so vielen anderen quick plays ist das eine bessere Version von ,,pot of prosperity,, in Master duel z.b. ist die Karte eine UR. Ich habe komischer weise noch nie jemanden über die Karte reden sehen und ist mein absoluter sleeper pick

[@eliane9860]

we need a thrust target to set vs floo.....

[@tanthientruong3820]

Oh my god i love roze, i would die for sky striker ace-roze

[@MembelDembel]

you didn't explain why secure gardna does a better job getting linkuriboh in the grave than just making a link 2. i was wondering why it's worth the extra deck slot. could you please elaborate

[@andrejv.2834]

You can send it for a snake eye summon from deck, lets say for flamberge, and remain with an extra link material, so kaina + flamberge If you made a link 2 and sent it you'd end up with just flamberge in this example, that's one less link material

[@gianniskarageorgos6040]

Bro sounds like triff

[@casualplayer8464]

GOAT

[@alfredoceballos956]

🔥🔥🔥

[@franciscoavila5943]

I Love you Josh, my favourite YGO pro player

[@justinmartin1946]

always w the guu

[@Nazzyyyy]

Niceeee

[@tristianmeganblagoueakajay9174]

My issue with this build is it is fun and I agree but it does loose to most rogue and branded and when they tell you to go first it could be rough. I don't think it deals with anything very well which is a problem. If they hit snake eye ash it is no longer an option etc. Maybe we will get 3 Engage and a slower format and we can just hop on striker. I would not have played Cosmic at all tbh. I would have played Delta with it if I do I feel like spring and release could have been 2 ofs and I would have sided mind control, so if you do not see Engage we can play with there cards to get to princess and snake eyes lines anyways if we have to Thrust in to other cards. For this build I may have just committed to going second completely and played more Shark cannon. If they make us go first there is always the option to side summon limit. I think Cosmic out side of FK is just bad except for against maybe runnick stun it could have implications for hitting the field spell. I think the one hand trap I may have played would have been ghost ogre, but I can also see why we would not play it as well. It is tough to win with this so your record is impressive. Idk maybe play Engage engine with just Shark cannons and play for a balance between Thrust Talents and hand traps. Not sure but Def have tested these kinds of builds myself and never really found a happy medium I believed was worth playing over pure. In fact, I thought the deck performed much better with Dragon link than it did striker. Making borrelend and negating pitsy for value with the ability to play through hand traps, main hand traps, and break boards and create omni negates felt super strong tbh. Flame was just so good with it and you can keep a small bystial package online for things like branded. In the mirror you will also always get value from them as well. Personally, I think snake eye is an awesome engine and wish it was played as an engine but there is no way to hit fire king and pure without making it impossible to comfortably splash the engine elsewhere. So, yeah. There's that. I think it is just time to let striker rest in peace, Konami may not even give us the third Engage! And if they do there will always be a better option by far and not minimalistically. If we could safely play this deck I would. Also, Droll is a problem. 😂

[@tristianmeganblagoueakajay9174]

Also when they tell you to go first and they have engine and HT there is no way we aren't completely loosing if we don't open optimally and by optimal I mean you pick your 5 cards pretty much.

[@alessiosantoro5501]

The goat

[@sucioization]

sky striker is so fun when its not t1 lol

[@invertbrid]

I can feel black goat buyout incoming xD. Really nice tech in snake eyes deck if running thrust. And it only has one secret printing, obviously coz its new.

[@grodon909]

I bought 3 when they dipped--it's a solid modern trap. I want to try it in some of my horus decks.

[@invertbrid]

@@grodon909 nice, ive seen they rise in price already in TCG player. Good u got em already

[@OsirusHandle]

its already used a lot by lab

[@versutus2699]

When the twitch chat is actually helpful and smart 😮

[@Ltp1305]

Oh mein Gott, ja, ich liebe Raye. Ich würde für Sky Striker Ace Raye sterben. Diese Support-Karte wird mein Leben verändern und die beste Karte aller Zeiten sein. Jokes aside, I do wonder if you can play this deck in MD. Outside of stuffs like Bonefire, pretty sure most of the cards are already in MD, right?

[@schadowkrok]

how does magical spring draw 3? Snake eyes end on temple and I:P only? and flamberge chains to summon I:P, leaving only temple, no? so only draw 1 and discard 1, therefore -1 card advantage? what am i missing?

[@andrejv.2834]

You can sometimes also end with poplar or whatever it sets in the backrow, so spring would draw 3 in this case Chaining flamberge isn't the best idea here though because you can lose ip to any quick play backrow removal

[@metalmariomega]

You use Hayate as your down arrow when you want to close out games or dump key cards deep into a game. You play Kaina as your down arrow when you want to dump Tribute stuff on people and BM in time.

[@lorenztor1990]

I can somewhat agree, Kurikara is NOT a handtrap, it's like if Nebiru merged with Triple Tactics Talent but more like Talent than Nebiru.

[@dragonstwilight6389]

More like lava golem and nib

[@andrejv.2834]

@@dragonstwilight6389 more like lava golem, talents and reborn

[@user-hr4xe4oe4v]

Also been tired of throwing hand traps lately. Took live twin/ runick/spright to a 5 round local last weekend and won(the tournament not my die rolls). Pulled the nicest chaos angel😊

[@Nobodyslittlebirb]

kurikare is a board breaker

[@primedialga]

should we call kurikara a handspell since it can only be used during your own turn?

[@Bloodheist]

It’s a board breaker.

[@salimrichard4090]

People who use the alt art engage never loved striker

[@ziggystardust1973]

Not Sky Striker Runick 😢 (Yes I know those don't mesh)

[@mariozzzzz4661]

no runic no party 😢😢😢

[@Lukas_Daemon]

Love the deck because of Enemy Controller

[@DonaDagger]

Giga Chad

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

Aha yea playing Runick and Snake Eyes so Chad 🤦🏻

[@DonaDagger]

@chaosinfernoid9008 It's those Runick cards that helped Josh win an YCS 😏. Goodbye 🫡

[@thestormtrooperwhocanaim496]

I see you champ. With the anime coming out we gotta flex the cards for future support product. Konami wants us to save raye over moye. Sorry but cosmo queen and War rock skyler got me whataburger. Wont change sides

[@JuanGonzalezZzZzZz...]

There is no anime coming. Konami hates you, Joshua, and everybody else and they are definitely NOT making you happy by bringing an anime. It could cost actual money and Konami is only concerned with ripping retailers. They do not like to take -1 and make the playerbase grow. So my tip is do not act delisional. Nothing good comes from Konami. And you know that.

[@otoasty7757]

Wouldn’t Linkage also be good with a deck like this?

[@toshiyuki4142]

It locks you into sky striker

[@Robina012]

hello mr Schmidt

[@tumage8592]

0:31 @herrito schön für dich

[@kazephirots]

Please bring my boy sharvara back, he is a good doggo

[@jakeblaque2776]

Thought it was pure, boo …..

[@francescodilorenzo4008]

mmh where is the sky ?

[@joruto4403]

I think ilk test it bir without Wanted

[@GodzillaFreak]

Trif meme extra funny since this is a trif deck

[@zilchdelerion4076]

Mans out here PROVING that handtraps are degenerate when they answer EVERY threat. This ain't Go Fish, you shouldn't have EVERY game be answered by "Do you have Ash/Veiler/Droll/etc."

[@th3redcomet374]

So is Josh boardbreakerpilled now?

[@Mattscardcorner206]

Gimmick puppet needs to go, it forces you to change your whole deck to prepare for one card. Unhealthy for the game.

[@vitorapollinario9335]

So does the entire snake eyes and sinful spoils engine, it's a lower ceiling superheavy. But the same characteristics are there: a lot of one card combos, FTK, oppressive board🤷🏽🤷🏽🤷🏽

[@luisfail2012]

300 players... Ok...

[@scott898586]

Can we please not get striker cards back on the limited list or banned? I would appreciate not losing another deck to collateral because konami would rather ban that then the problem archetypes/engines.

[@WarpedByTheNHK]

He didn't even win the regional, Sky Striker won't get hit.

[@vitorapollinario9335]

Sky Striker is completely garbage don't worry. They are probably having engage at three any moment. The only good card in the is hornet drones. The two moments that this deck had shine was with kaiser coliseum and mystic mine turbo, stun decks 😈🤷🏽🤷🏽

[@WOLFZ012]

Interesting until you find out he's really playing snake eyes with a sky striker engine