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

[@rachelmiller8127]

56:00 that whole speech was very touching. R.i.p Mr takahashi and everyone else that has and will ever lose their life. Well said Mr hardleg joe

[@lokidiablo4769]

Ah yes, Angry Dog archetype. They truly munch all of the opponents shoes.

[@dalinarthered]

i play a meme rokket link deck that ends on Unchained Abomination. I call It "Dog with Gun". The big combo loops 2 monsters out of the ed

[@jaythephoenix]

Opponent: **pulls out rolled newspaper** Unchained Doggo: "Hakai."

[@abitofsupport601]

Not my Bite Shoes!

[@pptemplar5840]

Love the section for Mr. Takahashi, the day of felt so surreal, I cried because this game has always been part of my life, and I talked with a friend as soon as she woke up, she loved the manga and took it worse than I did, I only met her because of the game and we spent the day together playing it and talking about how we felt and comforting each other. It's amazing how much a stranger from the other side of the world can do for you without realizing it.

[@Chikadesu.]

😊km😊😊ok😊m

[@jis11]

Fun interaction with unchained cards. Link summoning with an opponent's sky striker link will NOT trigger raye to come back.

[@HardlegGaming]

You may see that in the episode ;)

[@Syrinfox]

They don't trigger a lot of things. Because the effect that link summons simply targets and has already resolved when you link summon.

[@HyperFlame64V1]

*Just Remember Joe, there's a Young Man from Canada screaming in pain anytime you have opened the Doggo in this Deck. Some say he is a DistantCoder, but others call him...* *The Unchained God Of Meme*

[@pablomadrid6962]

NearbyProgrammer

[@Prettyboyhaku]

@@pablomadrid6962 this killed me 🤣

[@Yslohr]

Pet the dog!

[@azurequill3851]

Unchained: *taking Diamond tier 1* Flundereeze: Swipper no swiping

[@rachelmiller8127]

34:50 the battle damage is still dealt and you still take the damage it is just put to zero for you. I found this out because it's an important part of one lyralusc line that comes up often. Also i only found you recently through mbt junior journey and i came over, I absolutely love your energy and enjoy every video of yours I watch. You never fail to entertain.

[@crusader6660]

So… you can still win with flying elephant even if its damage is zero

[@rachelmiller8127]

@@crusader6660 no. How I explained it defiently isnt likr the ruling as too why, thats just how i think of it. Like the order of operations is attack, the damage is deal to both players, then it registers that you take none, but your opponent is already taking the damage because you would have been damaged if not for x effect. I'm bad at explaining

[@Xehanort107]

Essentially, it's a combination of wordings. The Timelords protect its controller from the battle damage, and the sword says "both players take the battle damage" had either one been worded slightly differently, it wouldn't work. But since the timelord doesn't protect your opponent and the sword forces the calculation for the opponent as well, the opponent has no choice but to take the damage. It's the irl version of Kaiba's Ring of Destruction/Ring of Defense combo.

[@harryc657]

I love Unchained. A few tips for anyone who wants to main them. 1. You only need 1 abomination. He's not the best to have in hand, and he's very readily available when you need to link or disrupt with him. 2. Unchained is very adaptable. You can play floodgates like Skill Drain and banish floodgates without hindering your plays. Crap, I don't even go into my extra deck half of the time. All of the festivals on MD can be played with Unchained and easily get all of the rewards. Unchained main strength is their ungodly longevity. All of their monsters float. Their link monsters can recover from the grave. I've had eldlich players exhaust all of their traps before I had problems. You don't have to go first with them to be successful with them, even without boardbreakers. If your play them carefully, they can break negate boards on their own, and their floating will make sure you survive.

[@yoruichirules893]

you have a deck list willing to share? I love unchained and been attempting different versions of it looking for the best

[@harryc657]

@@yoruichirules893 I went with a trap heavy build. You have the core (three copies of all of the lv3 monsters, and of course 3 of the searcher). One copy of each of the big main deck monsters. 2 copies of their archtype trap. That's it for the core. What I did was run 3 Trap Trick and ran powerful disruptive traps, such as Torrintial Tribute and Ice Imprisonment, as well things like evacuation device. I've been experimenting with other traps, such as booboo game if my backrole gets whipped (you can chain trap trick to it and get it set to be destroyed), or if your feeling crazy, you can use your URs to craft 2 Waking the Dragon and use that to summon game ending monsters such as Ultimate Falcon.

[@matija5748]

This monthly climb videos you do are my favourite.

[@infiniteshay8660]

I've always really liked Unchained. They're so deceptively simple and yet they do exactly what you need them to.

[@SerechII]

Thank you for that speech, I didn't feel as connected to Kazuki Takahashi but this did really resonate with me as I felt just like you described when Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berzerk, passed away

[@PrecursorIdeliron]

I wasn't expecting to hear "Meatball Parade" during the "Why Everyone Hates Floo" but damn if it doesn't fit the struggle against the Birbs to a T. Props to the Editor! Great work as always, Hardleg! I'm almost scared to see what the next month's attempt is...

[@J3Puffin]

The moment you realize you are deeply and inextricably woven into the tapestry of humanity when some part of that tapestry is unbound...Thanks Kazuki, and thank you Joe, for making my life better. I have been effectively reminded.

[@johnmichaelbushman]

I found your channel via the What A Deck series and it was this archetype that got me back into YGO. And now to see you pilot it on Master Duel feels so..... surreal to me. Like a sense of deja vu just came over me. I now wanna take the angry doggo and his compatriots and desutroy everything in our path again. Thanks Joe!

[@SaiyoNot]

Thanks you hardleg! I studied eastern Chinese religion in school so unchained and it's taoist theme has a special place in my heart. Love your streams and long videos!!!

[@TheLetterJ0]

I can't believe this started with Joe getting 2 URs and _11 SRs_ from one pull. Sure, only 4 of those SRs were cards he needed, and most of the rest were unneeded duplicates or just not very good, but it's still quite a way to start the challenge. You have a 4.4% to banish all three Link-2s with Extrav. So it should happen about 5 times over the course of the video. Still feels bad every time. For the Timelord damage thing, I'm pretty sure it works the same way as the Recital Starling + Assembled Nightingale interaction. Which probably doesn't actually explain why it works, but I'm pretty sure you're at least more familiar with those cards. "Did I just play against TheDuelLogs?" is the best reaction to seeing an apparent mess of a deck. And the Dog Rate came out just about right in the end. Math says you should open it around 12% of the time with 1 of them in a 40-ish card deck, and you did occasionally play 2 of them, which gives around a 20% chance.

[@MrGnarVar]

Master Duel desperately needs a crucifixion banlist. I get that the first one was light because it's some ppl would quit if you're f2p and your one meta deck gets hit, but the game has been out long enough that ppl can easily build multiple decks. I'm very sick of the meta being all adventure variants of piles, prank kids, and VFD/rongo turbo decks.

[@bjarneleigh4589]

Your hat and shirt combo at the start looks really stylish against the Master Duel background

[@ebi88]

ah yes, i remember when reached diamond with this archetype because most of the opponents refuse to read my card effect. The satisfying moment when link summon using opponent's halqifibrax

[@NerdySatyr]

"Don't Ash this it's my Birthday!" Absolutely wheezing 😂

[@EggOfNobleArms]

Unchained is one of my favorite archetypes! Can't wait to see your takes on it to try to take it to the top.

[@shinjidz]

The speech made me cry, it was beautiful Thank you HardLeg!

[@Pardot_]

I was looking to play a livetwin deck because they were cute and ended up using a unchained/Live twin deck. After a bunch of game I realized the unchained part of the deck was much more fun. Thanks for the video.

[@HardlegGaming]

Happy to help :)

[@darthdonkulous1810]

I LOVE playing Evil Eye with the Unchained engine (1 Disaster, 1 Abominable, 3 Rakea, 3 Aruha,2 Sarama, 2 Escape of the unchained and 2 Abominable Chamber, 3 Abominations Prison, 1 Wailing with 2 of each Link monster). IT SLAPS! lol

[@KingGladearYugioh]

That was a great speech joe that was very deep and mindful. RIP to the creator and thank you for making this content joe.

[@JustADerpfisk]

There’s something about him opening only the unchained traps, setting them all, and hoping the opponent might destroy one of them. It is the same energy as turn 1 set a Babycerasaurus in Dinosaurs when my only line is negated.

[@logandaley1544]

I love the penguin in the thumbnail. I’ve never seen this archtype before but it looks like fun.

[@justafellagaming]

And with my last dying breath I will utter the words "hard to say, hard to leg"

[@jaythephoenix]

Thank you Takahashi, thank you everyday workers that keep our world running, and thank you Joe for helping me get through hard times with laughs, thoughtful commentary, and keeping Ojama Lime at bay.

[@steelblake]

The weird thing is that Joe isn't wrong about Unchained being strong but and a big BUT here even before the Floo and adventurers came the power cealing of the game was already above Unchained. Still really entarteining episode Joe, good work to you and the editors and yeah Que en paz descanze Takahashi. His message about how games bring people toghether and help them form bonds with other peope is always going to live, being in his manga or this game that he loved so much

[@averyreyna4211]

Thank you Hard leg Joe and RIP Takahashi 🙏

[@paulfitzgerald762]

The floo montage/bit was great!!

[@silase.quester3519]

You definitely have some great content Joe! Love this series and the Chaos Draft. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into it all!

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@soulstarved4116]

Unchained used to be really good in this game because they can go first or second, but Floo really makes it alot harder.

[@misterghoul9457]

Its possible that I mess up... METAPHYS

[@b2air1921]

50:27 "Your lemons are dry and crusty" There's no coming back from a burn like that. Well said good sir *Tips Top Hat*

[@squelto]

Very touching speech Joe, and very well put.

[@darthdonkulous1810]

Really lovely and poignant words regarding Kazuki Takahashi, Joe.

[@jis11]

48:19 that's not exactly fair. You didn't show them making VFD.

[@phantom31971]

I combined unchained with the fire kings that the pack came with. I played fire king when I was young, trolled my sister quite a lot, and it was nice to play it again with new archetype combos like nepthys and unchained! People often quit when I take their monsters for linking, pretty entertaining

[@dank2804]

I tried creating a similar deck ("nephthys", fire Kings and unchained) also using "nine-tailed fox", but doesn't yet work consistently enough for me. Do you mind showing or linking me your deck list? I love making use of older archetypes and would be curious to see what you cooked up.

[@krillgrimm]

thank you for being such a great person

[@TheNeoninja2215]

Your speech got me. Very well said Joe.

[@JurassicMajin]

Honestly i think floodgates are fine in platinum and diamond. Let's face it, lot of unfair decks out there.

[@frankobeanie5227]

what da dog doin

[@ratioed1438]

Everything changed when the Floowander nation attacked...

[@delta3244]

35:25 In short, it turns out that effects which cause damage you take from an attack to be redirected occur before effects which cause you to take no damage (and also effects which convert damage to life gain iirc). Deeply counterintuitive, but in fairness to Yugioh, this situation is similar to the one which MtG's Layers system solve, so there will inevitably be dumb interactions. (While MtG's Layers system is very well-designed, it too creates nonsense. It is possible for a card which has no abilities on the battlefield to affect other cards with one of its abilities in that game!)

[@aeneas6377]

The amount of times I open with Dog is stupid. I feel you

[@LSparkzwz]

Impressive work on the thumbnail btw

[@HardlegGaming]

Thanks! Glad someone appreciates the effort :)

[@huntersnyder4358]

I looked into the deck. I put one together. I played the Duelist Cup event. I learned that people don’t read. God save the person who dares to play Mirrorjade against Unchained. That’s a recipe for disaster.

[@DrAiPatch]

Ok I had to look up the ruling for Double-edged sword the damage your opponent take is not counted at battle damage but effect damage the damage you take is battle damage which is why only you took damage.

[@HardlegGaming]

Weird

[@fisicogamer1902]

no, the thing is the timelord. TImelords when they battle, they nullify the battle damage. the only damage they do is effect damage. double-edged sword reflects only battle damage, not effect damage.

[@krullachief669]

2:05:54 *Sees Golden Coin and Popperup* "Did I just face against The Duel Logs?" Classic.

[@Average.writer]

Oof that optimisim in the beginning

[@kingronnie76]

This video was one of the most entertaining I've seen in a long time. You are a legend IMO Hardleg!

[@HardlegGaming]

Thanks! Tell your friends!

[@Elliasal]

Only downside to the killer hat is not being able to see some of that killer collection :P.

[@devinburkett3846]

Much love to you hardleg always been one of my favorite content creators wish I could do much more ❤️

[@YumeBoi]

This is genuinely a really good video, maybe the best if it was not for the mind crushing meta we have rn

[@pedro3588]

"I'm going to beat this opponent so hard even Naruto wouldn't believe it." 😂😂😂 I lost it. Lol

[@HardlegGaming]

I wish I could claim credit for that joke, but I heard it in an old flash cartoon in like 2009 lol.

[@pedro3588]

@@HardlegGaming I feel like I vaguely remember that.

[@Kirbyquaza]

still watching these vids long after quitting master duel, good stuff

[@drastic6411]

Love you too big dawg. Respect for the speech and I'm about to play some Unchained now

[@nytecrow6452]

My favorite Tech Pick for "Going First" Unchained is Dark Coffin. You set this trap, pop it with Aruha or the Quick play Pop, and snipe a card from their hand. Ideally, Aruha takes advantage of this trap Pop by Special Summoning.

[@HardlegGaming]

lol neat.

[@papersage69]

My favorite going first tech pick is Summon Limit. They can work around it very easily and pop it themselves if needed. Works wonders against Floo as well XD.

[@dlsan9415]

I dont know why i always like climb videos like this 👌

[@aringrey]

always impressed with these videos

[@safeandsound712]

I really hope Joe revisits the newer unchained support in master Duel. I'm sure he's at least aware of it. Wouldn't have to be a full ladder climb. I'd just like to see his thoughts and opinions into how the deck evolved since this era. I think the new dogs do a lot for the archetype. Love your channel Joe. Keep up the good work brother.

[@foehammere4192]

Lesson learned...UNLESS YOUR DECK IS BANISH FOCUSED OR HAS AN EXPENDABLE EX DECK DO NOT USE POT OF DESIRES!

[@OHarleyOo]

44:00 none of this fucking matters into queen 🤣 love it

[@jj209th6]

34:55 I believe it's because it says you both take damage. If it said "Your opponent ALSO takes damage" I believe you wouldn't take any Basically the effect inflicts damage to both players, then the timelord reduces the damage taken by the controller to 0, but not your damage because your damage isn't based on how much the opponent took (or would have taken) like it would be with something like amazoness swords woman It's the same ruling that would apply to something like chithonian soldier

[@ComicKathy]

Darn, still no Amazement. One of these days. Until then, I will watch this super fun Unchained deck destroy everything.

[@PotBellyLion]

Next time you play Unchained, I recommend mixing in some Fire Kings like Supreme Garunix. He's basically a Mini DPE that proxies off of getting destroyed by effects, comes back next turn and destroys all monsters on the field. You can also use Fire King Island to pop your cards, and use the Circle of the Fire Kings to pop Aruha to bring out a fire king. It's a pretty powerful combo. They have Unchaineds, Nephys and Fire Kings all in one deck, all 3 together, if properly built, are absolutely nasty. 10/10 recommend, if and only if, you know what you're doing

[@dougla517]

I didn't feel much for Takahashi - I am saddened by his passing, but it was fleeting... Especially compared to when Sir Terry Pratchett passed away. But I understand the grief many feel, and I shared in the solidarity in that time. Losing a creative and expressive person, who has certainly inspired countless others - maybe the ones who achieved major success numbering in the dozens or hundreds, and those who just managed to pursue a decent living or source of modest income in the tens, maybe even hundreds, of thousands.. it certainly hurts. A mind, and even more so, a PERSON who can do that is very rare. Rest well, Kazuki Takashi.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

That 10th match vs. Timelords, the guy's name is "people who use DPE are r**arded" How lovely.

[@HardlegGaming]

oof

[@maple35]

You should do the Toon archetype. I think it's really fun to play. Plus it's gimmicky like ojama

[@elin111]

"This degenerate crap stops the meta!" Not when the meta uses said degenerate crap.

[@ensamvarg8504]

It does. In a way, if you happen to resolve maxx c and your opponent is on T H E P I L E, you will (probably) end up with enough resources to eat all the negates and do your thing afterward. Or just otk them on your first turn if they decide not to play into it. Like, yeah the argument is still just stupid but at least it makes sense to me looking at it this way. Problem is that this is a naive way of thinking. Similar to "pot of greed can be legal, itll be an ash magnet anyway". People like to see things from just one perspective, often the more casual one, and never even consider the rest

[@Yaboi-h]

hardleg ranting about how komoney wants a pile meta so people will play only sr or ur cards while showing a deck that has mostly rare or common cards in main deck

[@mikemosc3254]

The dogs to beat the birds. My goodness. How could I not see it before now????

[@salzburysteak]

God damn it Hardleg is hysterical, funniest man in the game no question

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@ac-t2152]

i like that you show the losses aswel as wins

[@HardlegGaming]

I try to keep it real.

[@ac-t2152]

@@HardlegGaming for real bro, you have my subscription keep keeping it real!

[@Acxelly]

Just for that speech im rage commenting so you see me at least once ; good tribute laddy 🎉

[@NightingaleAlt]

I've been able to get Kozmo to Diamond 5, but it having hits on master duel to cards that you can play more of in the TCG REALLY sucks. (Super Poly/E-tele/Gamma/etc) But yeah, hit me up if you wanna see where I ended up with the decklist.

[@HardlegGaming]

You're a bit too late unfortunately, the Kozmo climb has already been recorded and is in the process of being edited.

[@shadow-faye]

extravagance is painful and i personally wouldn't be risking it without curse necrofear or something

[@sudonahm6940]

"Can we do it in style?" I mean, did you factor in a fashion and grooming budget into the deck cost?

[@seanbrazil3349]

I heckin love Hardleg.

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Genuinely amazing tribute to Kazuki Takahashi and everyone else

[@GanonSlayer101]

35:00 I believe it's because it doesn't say "Your Opponent takes the Damage instead" and rather says "Both players take the damage" it is calculated as such: What's the Damage? 5000, so both players take 5000 but then Raphion's stipulation reduces only the damage the Timelord player takes. I'm sure I could word this better but that's my rough estimation of why that works.

[@Syrinfox]

2:00:00 I understand that feeling just recently my opponent opened Lava Golem breaking my 2 monster board and next turn Sphere mode to exactly break my 3 monster board.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

I finished the video now, gotta say, I empathize with your struggles a lot. I've faced so many pile decks where I open no hand traps and just sit there falling asleep as they do the same starter to Halq to Auroradon to Barrone and a few Sword Soul and Yang Zing synchros... then they summon the Adventure stuff and also somehow manage to set an omni negate on the off chance I have Dark Ruler No More. Good thing Konami will probably not ban or limit anything UR unless it's at release... I mean they're clearly never going to release any cards you would want to craft or pull that are UR rarity from here on. I mean, you gotta look at it this way: they already got the money for those URs, if they ban them, then in all likelihood there will be more new URs than 1:1 crafting material and people who are already loaded on URs are going to already have everything they want staple wise or otherwise. It isn't like Konami is going to stop releasing new meta relevant URs. I was also a little upset to not see the new Albaz stuff since it was datamined. I guess that'll be next card pool update. I already have a good despia core, and enjoy playing the Despia part of the deck enough. I know people got sick of Mirrorjade before Verte was banned in the TCG, but I quite enjoy Despia's/Branded/Albaz play style. Using your opponent's stuff to fuse is always fun. The Albaz stuff got me to buy the structure deck when it released, the calculated error I made was that I don't have any locals near me and right now traveling to and from isn't really all that feasible. If I get off work at 5 PM and locals starts then, and is 30 minutes one way... :\ Oh well, I can think of a worse way to spend 30$.

[@ultimateblazes8938]

If Hardleg Joe is able too, I would like to somehow see him make Dinomorphia's, not because its decent, but to see how interesting it would be against a lot of top tier stuff... plus Morbin time

[@pacmangaming567]

Speech was awesome man 👍👍👍

[@DirtyMonkeyIndeed]

Have you done a Carrotweight, Rose Girl, Rose Princess, deck that is beside the Rose Dragon Set? My favorite personally. Unchained is my secondary deck so this video made me very happy

[@wills2673]

I hate to say it but I play Floowandereeze. My wife saw the art and said, you should build that deck. I only play it when I get to gold. Up until then, I play Nouvelles.

[@HardlegGaming]

Hey, play what you enjoy. No shame in liking a deck, even if I think its annoying.

[@montetribal]

I know there are literally hundreds of potential decks for this series, but I would love to see a ladder climb with a NR legal deck

[@HardlegGaming]

It's all up to the patrons.

[@RaggerBagger]

Finally! Been waiting on the full video. I've been watching the new one live now.

[@ragnarok9594]

My fav tech choices was adding 3 of dark holes to abuse their recursion

[@UniformFaux]

Unchained is one of my fave decks which I like to experiment on, I like to add 3 Supply Squad cause Im insane, but when it works, its really fun. +3 on one of your Unchained’s destruction is very satisfying

[@wileycorgi4138]

Always enjoyed this Archtype, big fan of the link doggo's card art. Makes me wants to give master duel another shot. Thanks for the video!

[@TheDocperian]

2:09:05 I really need one of those political caricature comics where some overweight player is yelling it, while behind a now-full hand + field of Baronne/DPE/Borreload/IP/Union carrier/Imperm/Droplet, at some cowering child normal summoning Aruha with an average starting hand. Idk if it's actually useful or would just be shrugged off as propaganda, but it's how I always imagine this argument being said. Great episode, sad MD is becoming more and more unfriendly to rogue strategies but us viewers at least appreciate the joint suffering.

[@absoluteunit8334]

Yeah, the current MD Meta has me not touching the game and I am actively playing the current TCG format. Its basically the meta from 8 or so months ago but with a bunch of other unfair cards that weren't legal at the time. Maxx C makes the entire format incredibly painful, multiple Meow-Meow is agony, and BO1 just does not work in format with multiple meta decks that each require different points of interaction. I don't even know if a banlist can save it, BO1 is that bad. Also Cvit is a fucking treasure, mans knows how to bring the funny.

[@lineker8466]

Such a testament of the frustrating state of md meta right now

[@kuroistorm8347]

oh he didn't say "i'm hardleg Joe if ya didn't know". i'm sad

[@Freedom-yv8gv]

Surprise that Distance coder didn’t say something in comments trying to defend this deck

[@brutalnobody5240]

1:17 didn't expect a fate/ reference here

[@HardlegGaming]

I've never played that game, so the reference is accidental.

[@brutalnobody5240]

@@HardlegGaming lot more than just a game in recent times