So I Tried To Climb The Ladder With Ghoti...

Hardleg tries to see how far he can get on the competitive Master Duel ladder with Ghoti and their various fish synchros! (also some Runicks might show up eventually, no big deal or anything)
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0:00 - Introduction
1:06 - Initial Deck Idea
4:14 - OPENING PACKS
15:55 - Dawn of the First Day (Master Rank Exists!)
17:38 - Explaining How Ghoti Works
24:14 - Duel 1 Vs Blackwing
30:25 - Duel 2 Vs Tearlaments
33:01 - Duel 5 Vs Maxx C
33:34 - Duel 6 Vs Tearlament Again
35:15 - Duel 7 Vs Zoodiac
40:10 - Deck Version 2
41:25 - Duel 11 Vs Maxx C Tearlament
45:53 - Deck Version 3
46:30 - Duel 16 Vs Exosister
48:29 - Duel 18 Vs EVERYTHING
49:42 - Duel 20 Vs Blackwing FTK
51:51 - Duel 21 Vs Swordsoul
54:19 - Duel 22 Vs Rikka
56:39 - Dawn of the 2nd Stream (Deck Version 4)
58:23 - Duel 27 Vs Runick
59:59 - Duel 30 Vs HERO
1:04:41 - Duel 38 Vs Exodia
1:06:17 - Duel 40 Vs Numeron
1:08:33 - Deck Version 5
1:10:02 - Duel 47 Vs HEROs AGAIN
1:13:02 - Dawn of the 3rd Stream (UPDATES!)
1:15:33 - Opening More Packs!
1:18:23 - Deck Version 6 (Sekka's Fish!)
1:19:46 - Duel 48 Vs The Mirror
1:24:25 - Duel 49 Vs Branded
1:26:29 - Duel 50 Vs Prank-Kids
1:30:18 - Duel 51 Vs Striker
1:31:49 - Duel 56 vs Dogmatika
1:33:30 - Duel 60 Vs Pendulum
1:35:10 - Duel 62 Vs Tearlament
1:41:42 -Dawn of the 4th Stream
1:42:15 - Duel 71 Vs Thunder Dragon
1:48:47 - Duel 74 Vs Swordsoul
1:53:12 - Deck Version 6 LS
1:54:23 - Duel 77 Vs Tearlament
1:55:34 - Duel 78 Vs Exosister
1:58:30 - Duel 82 Vs Labrynth
1:59:25 - Dawn of the 5th Stream (+ Runick Ghoti Explained)
2:02:45 - Duel 91 Vs EVEN MORE TEARLAMENT
2:08:12 - Duel 92 Vs Dragon Link
2:10:34 - Duel 94 Vs Click-Yes-Tearlament
2:13:14 - Duel 101 Vs Vaylantz
2:16:34 - Duel 102 Vs Blackwing C
2:17:46 - Duel 104 Vs Tears
2:21:33 - Dawn of the Final Day
2:22:17 - Deck Version 7.5
2:23:46 - Duel 120 Vs Branded
2:26:52 - Duel 122 Vs a 60 Card Pile
2:31:47 - Deck Version 7.7
2:32:13 - Duel 123 Vs Alba Zoa
2:35:12 - Duel 129 Vs Grass Tear
2:35:49 - Duel 130 Vs Thunder Dragon
2:38:19 - Duel 136 Vs Bystial Branded
2:42:12 - Duel 137 Vs Tearlament
2:43:34 - Duel 139 Vs Spright
2:44:33 - Duel 140 Vs Tearlament
2:45:39 - Duel 141 Vs Spright
2:47:36 - Closing Thoughts
2:48:47 - Episode Stats
2:49:44 - Patreon Shoutout
2:50:52 - Next Time on Ladder Climb...

[@ultimatepandaboy]

Give man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, give him a Ghoti and he'll synchro summon for a lifetime

[@crystalcortexx]

Lol 😂

[@Reaper762]

Dr.Seuss fr

[@some2043]

you just said fish twice is that also the name if a certain species of fish

[@ShinOniguwara]

does he need a tuna as a tuner though?

[@thegreataggron]

Damn, these fish really can synchro summon

[@wesley6942]

"I'll remember you all in therapy" is the catchphrase of this climb.

[@HardlegGaming]

lol I definitely used that a bit too much. I'll cut back next month.

[@johnhandcock7239]

​@HardlegGaming Ngl it's gonna be iconic to this episode now

[@kuzidas4213]

@@HardlegGamingI liked it. Let the quips fly!

[@sbevenine2055]

That is the absolute best thumbnail ever Not just in Ladder Climb, not just in your entire yt channel, not just in the entire Yugioh YT but maybe in YT in general

[@gabrielpelletier6202]

Hardleg's thumbnails are a thing of beauty

[@dragapultvmax3594]

the attention to detail is insane u can even see kirtter

[@Champ-0999]

True

[@safeandsound712]

I can't even express how fun it was to see how much fun and joy Joe got out of this ladder climb. This is a priceless episode in the series. One of the best of all time.

[@Ruggi21]

I would like Joe to choose which deck he uses, because it’s just so much better seeing him happy

[@krystallinekris]

IIRC he was having some fun with the Ojamas, especially the jank version because of how unexpectedly well it did... back then. Nowadays I don't think he'd have as much fun.

[@Majoraspersona]

I've noticed that banishing can mean a lot of things thematically. In the case of Ghoti, it means being in the deepest parts of the ocean, which is what it means for Beatuniful Princess and a few other fish cards. A lot of ice themed cards banish, like Trishula and the Swordsoul cards (who channel the power of the Icejades), especially Chengying. It can also mean extinction, like with some dino cards. Giant Rex can special summon itself when it's banished because it's something that's supposed to be extinct but somehow shows up. It's probably the same for the Paleozoic cards, as they're ancient organisms that are all extinct.

[@yasharthpandey6317]

Banishing in Yu-Gi-Oh is meant to represent another dimension, usually: which is why you have cards like Dimension Fusion, Return from the Different Dimension, Different Dimension Ground, etc.

[@krystallinekris]

@@yasharthpandey6317 Yeah, but those are all older cards iirc. Shiranui don't deal with different dimensions; they deal mostly with channeling ghosts of eons past, iirc. Which is why they have so many graveyard effects that banish for cost, though they can recycle their banished monsters, too, through an afterlife summoning circle. So IDK if it's 'another dimension,' but I guess it could be construed that way.

[@jeffjagoda1614]

I love Ghoti. So many different lines to go into, the cards themselves are fun and have really cool designs and the deck has a ton of interaction. Truly one of Yu-Gi-Oh’s greatest designed archetypes.

[@natedude95]

Ghoti has been really fun, and speaking of interaction, lair of darkness + bystial has been really fun this season as well

[@HoodlieRPG]

It’s great to sea Joe having a tuna fun with this deck. Fin a while since he was this ecstatic. Such sturgical profishiency as whale. I’m not sorry.

[@Jyxero]

Least passionate Ghoti player out there, respect

[@aaronrogers4963]

I am lol

[@typeoddnamehere2362]

To be fair, what you said doesn't sound too out of plaice

[@colossaldonut5190]

Finally, the fish have been taught to Synchro Summon. I fucking love this deck.

[@SergeantFrog]

Just wanted to say the Giant Bomb “bigger” Tearlament chain joke was greatly appreciated

[@HardlegGaming]

Thanks to Cvit, the editor, that was his gag.

[@safeandsound712]

"F*** yeah, Runick Ghoti, I love this deck!" I smiled so much when he said that. The joy was contagious. Thank you Joe, I'm a proud patron, you've brought us countless hours of entertainment. I appreciate what you do a whole lot.

[@3P1CN1C0]

Rewatching this because I picked up a Ghoti core and I'm always impressed with the editing in this series. Always a blast to watch and the chapters are so nice for rewatching!

[@MrGeorge1Kin]

While watching youtube videos, i have trained my muscle memory to go to the like button when the video makes me smile. Usually hardleg makes me smile in the first 2 minutes and then i go to the like button 80 times during the video and find it already pressed

[@KirTheBeetle]

2:17:40 And this is the hard leg in its natural habitat fighting it's number one opponent. Maxx C without an answer

[@user-fu9hc3oi3l]

ngl when I first saw that Ghoti was this month's deck, I was like "Ah shit, another 2+ hours of Joe being miserable for our amusement," but I'm glad to see you personally enjoyed making this episode.

[@darkhydrat9096]

This deck is incredible, I always wanted to try Ghoti out and this was a great showcase of what they can do. If I ever buy a real deck, this is a sure contender!

[@Zer0Blizzard]

This is by far the most fun I've ever seen you have with ladder climb, I completely agree with your closing thoughts. This is probably one of your best videos ever, easily top 20 (yes I've seen a LOT of Hardleg videos).

[@anthonyacres8722]

Fun fact, Askaan is just Sakana jumbled up, which is just fish in Japanese. So theming is fun.

[@olliezoop]

I like the naming conventions of all these monsters, they're all jumbled up fish names in various languages

[@Awsomner]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6KxZq1mg5WMf80

[@Pyrrha_Nikos]

Indeed. Zep is Pez backwards, which is the Spanish word for fish

[@XJ-0641]

Hardleg Joe, avid Crystron enthusiast, enjoying a deck that synchro summons durring the opponents turn? Who could have seen this coming

[@No_Plays_Hand_Empty]

I've been curious abou Ghoti ever since they got announced in TCG. This sold me, I built the deck the day after this video came out and now I just hit Diamond wiht my freaky fish boys ^^

[@sharktos3218]

One of the best climbs because you could see how much fun you had. And because Ghoti is awesome

[@Sealbinder]

Ghoti are such a cool looking deck. The art is really neat. Also the floating hats really amused me.

[@001HK0]

No idea why I thought this was gonna be Gouki for some reason.

[@brendancrowley3085]

Don't even see how you mixed them up, Ghoti is pronounced completely differently than Gouki

[@shocknawe]

Dislexya.

[@strangevol5264]

G and i

[@iamshadowfox86]

Honestly, I thought he was playing Ghostrick at 1st.

[@FrostReave]

33:34 luckiest meta chaser on this blue earth. He started with the one field spell he’s allowed to have and drew the 2 best starters. And he snatched the one key card you needed with time thief. And he even won the coin toss. Wtf

[@MatsYoo]

Cringe metachasers when their cards get restricted: 😢 Gigachads who dont play tier 0 decks:😃👍

[@BrassAmbassador]

Incredible how upbeat this man is while ranking against every cancerous deck possible, I believe I’m subscribing

[@HardlegGaming]

Welcome to the club :)

[@nigerianprinceajani]

Paces is an anagram for space but the card name is meant as an anagram for pesca, the italian word for fish.

[@HardlegGaming]

it's a DOUBLE PUN

[@bluekirby_64]

That would be pesce, "pesca" is "fishing"

[@nigerianprinceajani]

@@bluekirby_64 You're right, turns out my memory is fallible, I was sure pesce was plural but I'm wrong.

[@dequanthompson6658]

I usually despise Runick for obvious reasons but this was objectively the most based version of the deck I've ever seen. I guess all they needed was to start working with some funky fish.

[@youcantkillnick]

It's great to watch you playing a deck you actually enjoy. Good going!

[@Tokumastu1]

The thumbnail is pure gold! Perfect for the fisherman that taught the fish how to synchro summon.

[@ADeliberateTypo]

I climbed the ladder to plat 5 with melffy this season. It was a blast

[@anotokinatsukashii]

I have been having a ton of fun with Melffy Ghoti! It tickles me so much that adorable woodland creatures can synchro summon out cosmic sea horrors!

[@ArchiverYGO]

Your thumbnails just keep getting better and better i swear.

[@rainimayonnaise3538]

The win streak at the very end was really fun to watch!

[@icemythic6076]

This deck has a cool game plan and was really fun to watch. Looking forward to the next ladder climb :)

[@NerdySatyr]

This was definitely one of the most fun ones so far, You could tell Joe was having a blast, it was great!

[@starving_princess]

i remember tuning into these streams, and it was so nice to see hardleg having fun. love these games ❤

[@ComicKathy]

I love this deck. Currently my favorite to play. Very cool to see you take on the ranked ladder with fish.

[@erebustheunderworldmonarch6191]

This was so cool to watch,thank you

[@skiffy8121]

woo, runick, im always in favor of it being used as a shot in the arm for several archetypes boosting their output instead of just being a stally mess of a mill deck

[@tokyoenigma8381]

One of the best in the series. Super fun watch

[@demonkingsparda]

WHY ARE YOU BUYING CLOTHES AT THE SUPAY STORE?!

[@acetamerragna2852]

Came from the thumbnail, stayed for the video. I stopped playing yugioh years ago, but seeing this video made it look fun again. Seeing fish balling and you popping off when they do is infectious. A really fun watch 😂

[@Danielss250]

I have to agree, this was the best episode of this series, keep up the amazing work.

[@Lexadin]

Did not expect the final additions to the Deck. They actually seem kinda fun to play and viable against the meta of the time.

[@r3zaful]

Add spright engines my dude. Youre only synchro summon during your opponent turn. Why would you make it hard for yourself.

[@r3zaful]

The ghoti tuners are level 2m

[@Lexadin]

@@r3zaful Don't most Spright cards lock you into 2s? If that's correct, you might aswel just be playing Sprights at that point. If not, sure it could've been a good addition.

[@r3zaful]

​@@Lexadinthey only lock you after you use starter and gigantic. You don't have a single native in archetype negation.

[@r3zaful]

​@@Lexadindon't play low impact cards like ash blossom ghoti can't afford to play through disruption.

[@souldragon777]

Started playing master duel a few months ago and started with Ghoti as my first deck and you are right they are really fun to play! I'll have to look into the Runick cards and see how to use them.

[@elandydelve1]

Maybe commenting late, just saw this vid last night. You're high quality entertainment in here Hardleg, but you're even more entertaining to watch when it's clear you're having fun too. And this is the case. Playing the natural successor of the best parts of Crystron and Metaphys was a bit obvious to me you would've have fun with the deck. And that all makes it incredibly enjoyable to watch. Thank you for the show, I enjoyed it almost as you did making it.

[@misbac6105]

Dang can't wait for springans, I played them in paper and had a real blast (pun not intended). Great work as always! Be sure not to get too disappointed to find out they're an extremely middling deck after reading all those custom card level broken spells.

[@scottsocia7828]

My friend loves Ghotti and I can't wait for him to see this to build a highly competent and top tier fish deck.

[@trevorleitzsey5513]

This was a fantastic episode! Applause all around for both making it as far as you did and for having so much fun all around! Actually watching this episode inspired me to try ghoti myself and it has been so much fun! Thanks for helping not only me discover it as well! In that regard, because I'm still not super familiar to modern yugioh yet, would it be too much trouble to inquire after your ghoti runic build? Would love to give that one a try! Again thanks for everyone and look forward to the next one!

[@HardlegGaming]

You can see the final list at 2:31:49 If you have any questions, feel free to inquire all you'd like.

[@trevorleitzsey5513]

Thank you! Honestly the only reason I ask was I'm still getting use to identifying newer cards by sight and my phone screen resolution isn't the best! I'll try on my computer later though and hopefully be able to recreate the base!

[@julianmorgan79]

This is by far the most fun I've seen hardleg have, it was nice to see this man finally not lose his mind while doing this

[@VanessaVersus]

me, watching duel 62: are u sure about that

[@Silver_Chivalry]

I don't think I've ever looked at the "Like" button only to see I've already liked the video as much as I have with this one. 😅 haha

[@brandonthemyth6331]

You are so great, had me laughing my ass off the entire time!😂 I love this deck; it’s my main ( few tweeks here and there) but im currently sitting on diamond and I think i’ll stay comfortable here lol

[@Pyrrha_Nikos]

Best thumbnail ever

[@michaelbevan1081]

My favourite deck, look forward to seeing more support for it in future.

[@DraconicLich]

the editing is so good

[@janjan-xr2qi]

Wow, this looks like such a fun deck

[@soupdawhoop]

it was awesome to see how much fun Joe was having, this episode was the best one yet

[@gamerwolffang2722]

Teaching fish to synchro, and seeing your old vids compared to your new ones... Wow such progress

[@AwesumVloggin]

That mill 20 and 0 tears was very funny

[@jom861]

Joe, I think this just might be the best thumbnail you’ve ever done.

[@earlmelville2824]

"And that's what I call the deadliest catch" 😂😂 Hardleg you're a national treasure.

[@EJsGameplay]

One of my favorite things about HL videos is when he throws out random and/or obscure JonTron references that remind me of back when I binged watched that stuff all the time.

[@bradyelliottallthingswildo3455]

I will forever here "But it came Back" in the back of my head 😅

[@moringeel]

I fucking love ghoti. I have a deck that uses icejades and ghoti; ain't half bad. Feel like it needs 2 more cards to make the archetype competitive. Great video!

[@KingGladearYugioh]

That tear match where they couldn’t stop milling was gold🤣 at what point did they go I wonder if I should stop😂

[@user-dx9iz7pv9d]

Runick Ghoti was a pleasant surprise. I saw someone running a Swordsoul Vanquish Soul build the synergy people come up with is crazy. Hint Jao is a Wyrm in VSoul so yes they can support SwordS for with reveals ❤️

[@Ruggi21]

Joe is improving so much in the last months, he is definitely working harder

[@calciumgoodness4073]

Assault synchron can kinda slay in the deck. Still figuring out what i wanna run it at

[@dotreant5264]

i f*cking love these series

[@krystallinekris]

I've been gone from Master Duel so long I didn't even realize Master Rank was a thing now. Or that Terraforming is outright banned now. Also, Duel 62 was awesome to watch.

[@seanbon93]

I watch these every night before bedtime gives me cool dreams lmao 🤣

[@HardlegGaming]

lol, happy to help :)

[@lordflarus]

Man, this deck looks real fun. Might make one of these myself.

[@daezondario]

The blackwing ftk was indeed neat, I've never seen that before.

[@Dusk471]

breaking down the royal assualt synchron hurts an amazing 3 of in so many synchro piles

[@homecomin]

This is the best thumbnail I have ever seen

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@happiny4847]

That thumbnail is amazing

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@jamescswindell5302]

I was pained when you said that you'd be fine with disassembling our combo starter at royal finish

[@ODDiSEE_]

That sekkas light build looks really fun. Might have to try it out

[@shado87j82]

Absolute A+ Video Thumbnail

[@mr.backupmyshit8416]

bro this thumbnail is sick!

[@Cassapphic]

Considering especially that this is the first season with master, its probably somewhere close to a low diamond before, as some of the players would need to grind all the way through and not be filtered properly by things like resets.

[@apokelink]

1:31:39 Opponent was so mad, they even destroyed your Baronne.

[@shado87j82]

As I’ve watched this on and on throughout my day, watched your content through the last year, and watched your audience grow, I have come to one very important realization. You are in-fact, THE GEX OF YUGITUBE! Let’s go!!!!!! (1:03:55 for context)

[@HardlegGaming]

It's Tail Time.

[@exafawn]

Greatest thumbnail ever

[@dragonmaster5555555]

I really enjoyed this deck!

[@HardlegGaming]

Me too!

[@edediquette33]

Thank you Patrons ❤ and thank you Hardleg for another enjoyable video to watch as well ❤ keep up the great work Joe! I hope you and all who are reading this have a great day! (And either it be in deep space or on Earth) stay safe out there!

[@Sakura_Sabre]

snopios is another anagram, this time of poisson, the french word for fish

[@Sakura_Sabre]

in fact every ghoti's name except paces and eanoc are anagrams for the word fish in different languages

[@thezestylime0989]

having tested versions of runick ghoti on -the site we shall not name lest konami ban me- its so increadibly fun. the only thing keeping me off of it in paper is the price of runick cards, waiting on reprints for hugin fountain and tip in the fall tins. that and in trying to force tearlament in tcg rn, which is also increadible fun.

[@Emkinasx95]

Thank you Serenity Townes!

[@dizzy_eevee]

"It's not June at the time of recording, but it will be when it comes out!" That did not age well...

[@drewbabe]

"I'm the Gex of Yugitube" lmao don't worry Joe, there's only so many quips one can even have in their repertoire, and you have more than most. You just end up repeating some because of how long these videos are. You're distilling dozens of hours of footage into ~3 hours, of course it's going to leave you with concentrated HardLeg Essence™. You manage to do it pretty well regardless, and shouldn't think of yourself that way especially in the context of Yugitubers. Like imagine if MBT tried putting out videos like this-and this is by no means hate toward him, cuz I think he's hilarious-he would definitely say "the problem is, X is just too good" or "bussy" 100 times in one video.

[@Vidurange]

Everybody gangster till the synchros be fishin"

[@minabasejderha5972]

That Runick build is so effin' sweet.....

[@popoch2]

this is one duel of all times

[@dragojess]

Supay Dustwalker genuinely just sounds like the name of a Magic card LOL

[@XoxoKawaiiGirl]

48:40 Love the Zoidberg reference.

[@HardlegGaming]

I scuttle well

[@dreadking1]

I would love to see battlin boxers or gimmick puppets but the fish was what I was hoping to see the most

[@minabasejderha5972]

Real quick, Paces is probably not because it is an anagram of "space" but more likely an anagram of the Spanish/Portuguese/Italian word, "Pesca," which means "fishing." Aside from Eanoc and the otherwise unnamed "of the Deep Beyond", all of the rest of them are the word Fish in different languages.

[@BigZ971]

Ahh yes. Ghoti. They have their turn, then then OUR turn.

[@GandoraGaming777]

Personally I love playing Punk Gold Pride with Ghoti just because the deck great at turning out Syncros and Fusions on your opponents turn. Punks Syncro on your opponents turn with Sharakusai to make Amazing Dragon which is usually a bounce for 4 cards. As For Gold Pride Not only do they quick Syncro with Leon we’re u can make any Syncro as long as u don’t use the reborn effect and use Gold Pride as material but you can also Fusion summon using Roller Baller which is at minimum equipping two of your opponents monsters too him. Ghoti are small engine in the deck. All you have to play is one Ghoti Shift in main that you can banish from deck by Syncro summoning Arionpos on your turn so you get Shift on your Opponents stand by phase. Don’t worry about drawing Shift because it will just be discard card fodder for Punk Foxy tune and still can be banish using its own attack increased effect either on Arionpos or Punk Rising Carp. Shift on your Opponent turn can either Synchro Askaan or Ghoti of Deep Beyond for powerful interruptions with Askaan in particular setting up A follow up Barron on your turn. In total you Synchro and Fusion about 3 or 4 times on your Opponents turn. But that’s not all in addition to not only playing on your opponents turn you also end on 3 too 5 cards in hand with the amount of drawing/searching your doing with Punk field Spell,Gold Pride Better Luck Next Time and just monsters in general. It’s not uncommon to end on 5 cards in hand with not only Punk follow up but also hand traps. At minimum you will have Ghost Ogre which is searchable in combo but you also end on back-row in form of Gold Pride Start Your Engines and Dangerous Gabu. I love your content keep it up my list is on my channels if anyone interested in seeing how it works. Punk Golf Pride Ghoti has to be one of my favorite deck of all time. It’s truly modern day Crystrons.

[@okamikimo9943]

xeno'jiiva lost his legs there now he's a ghoti