So I Tried to Conquer Master Duel With Construction Equipment...

EARTH MACHINE EARTH MACHINE EARTH MACHINE
Hardleg tries to see how far he can get on the competitive Master Duel ladder with Earth Machine, a macrotype deck that makes use of several similar statted archetypes including Machinas, Infinitracks, Trains, Ancient Gears, and Superheavy Samurai.
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0:00 - Welcome To Ladder Climb
1:26 - This Month We're Playing Earth Machine!
3:53 - Please Join the Patreon :)
4:42 - Opening Packs!
12:23 - Dawn of the First Stream: Opening the 2024 Bundle
15:17 - Deck Version 1
19:50 - Duel 2 Vs Kashtira
26:58 - Duel 4 Vs Raidraptors
30:50 - The Dawn of Hardhat Joe
31:40 - Deck Version 2
32:46 - Duel 9 Vs Ghoti
35:37 - Duel 10 Vs Labrynth
39:18 - Duel 12 Vs Labrynth Again
42:34 - Duel 13 Vs Kashtira
49:32 - Opening Arby's Gift Cards
51:57 - Duel 19 Vs Runick Stun
56:07 - Dawn the of 2nd Stream: Deck Versions 3 & 4
58:48 - Duel 39 Vs Tri-Brigade
1:08:44 - Duel 44 Vs Erradicator Labrynth
1:10:57 - Duel 46 Vs Branded
1:12:10 - Duel 54 Vs Kashtira...Vanquish Soul
1:19:35 - Duel 55 Vs Labrynth
1:24:30 - Dawn of the 3rd Stream: Now With Chat!
1:25:22 - Deck Version 5
1:27:29 - Duel 63 Vs Kashtira
1:31:51 - Duel 65 Vs Rescue-Ace
1:44:27 - Duel 66 Vs Swordsoul
1:50:46 - Duel 67 Vs Sky Striker
l:56:18 - Sleepy Time Junction
1:57:28 - Duel 76 Vs Mathmech
1:59:37 - Dawn of the 4th Stream: Superhevays Are Here!
2:04:49 - Opening Superheavy Samurai Packs
2:10:44 - Oh! The Banlist Changed by the way.
2:11:49 - Deck Version 6 (Superheavy Earth Machine)
2:12:38 - Duel 78 Vs Swordsoul
2:16:50 - Deck Version 6.5
2:17:51 - Duel 84 Vs Umi Control
2:20:07 - Deck Version 7
2:22:00 - Duel 92 Vs Branded (With Puppet Lock)
2:28:04 - Duel 94 Vs Weather Painter
2:29:10 - Dawn of the 5th Stream: Deck Version 8.5
2:30:32 - Duel 98 Vs Buster Blader
2:35:18 - Duel 99 Vs Evil Eye Gold Pride
2:38:02 - Duel 105 Vs Reading
2:39:17 - Duel 107 Vs Sky Striker (Full Combo)
2:46:05 - Duel 108 Vs Superheavy Samurai
2:47:37 - Duel 109 Vs Dragon Link
2:53:23 - Duel 119 Vs Dragon Link (And time)
2:58:41 - Dawn of the Final Day
2:59:37 - Proficiency Test 8!
3:02:39 - Duel 121 Vs Superheavy Samurai
3:06:06 - Deck Version 8.7
3:07:03 - Duel 132 Vs Mannadium
3:12:55 - Duel 137 Vs Pendulum Magician
3:16:48 - Deck Version 9
3:18:33 - Duel 142 Vs Branded
3:23:47 - Duel 145 Vs Labrynth
3:26:09 - Duel 152 Vs Mathmech
3:28:28 - Duel 154 Vs Mathmech
3:34:31 - Duel 158 Vs Branded
3:36:35 - Final Thoughts
3:38:35 - Episode Statistics
3:39:50 - Patreon Shoutout
3:40:59 - Next Time On Ladder Climb...

[@zachariahm.kemper7406]

I am actually forklift certified

[@GunnarWahl]

same =)

[@williaint6564]

Same :-)

[@CalculatorGolem]

Same

[@xryuran]

Same but only by technicality

[@andiyukine]

Same, but also only technically

[@erndaman8641]

Hardleg: "Negate and saw their bones in half. No amount of flex-tape will fix that!!" Damn my sides are splitting.

[@LIKEMIKE593]

Souned like a play on Phil Swift and Flexseal. It's sawed the boat in half. Sawing their bones in half is funnier tho

[@brendancrowley3085]

It wasn’t that funny

[@sharktos3218]

​@@brendancrowley3085Bro you are literally a revolving door on top of a Chinese mountain

[@itshonk7313]

Your sides are splitting and flex-tape can't fix that either

[@streetgamer3452]

@@brendancrowley3085neither are you

[@MorningStar012]

this is now my favorite intro from any of these LMAO

[@user-dx9iz7pv9d]

As a Crystal Beast player I died when he knocked out that imposter Joe. 😂

[@vassanguis]

I like how it starts as a train deck but then about halfway through (post-update) it becomes Superheavy Samurai and sometimes a train shows up

[@superboomn]

just imagine the super heavy samurai army line parting slightly making room for a HUGE ASS BAZOOKA TRAIN

[@firepuppies4086]

At least it seems to stick with it

[@1doobiedoo]

This deck is OSHA-certified.

[@Nightmare_52]

opening packs with earth machine is like digging for ore veins, sometimes you hit dirt, sometimes you hit iron, gold or diamonds

[@HardlegGaming]

True!

[@yogsothoth915]

Some times you find more than a full set of diamonds and the market value drops.

[@ShadowBaofu]

So sometimes you hit pay dirt.

[@stepexgd6628]

I mean, doesn't that happen with every pack? I'm not experienced with YGO packs, so I couldn't tell.

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Mean Machine MEAN MACHINE MEAN MACHINE!!! ANGER KNUCKLEEEEEEE!

[@12thLevelSithLord]

I love how the proficiency questions swing wildly from lore questions and asking "what rank is above diamond" to expecting you to explain complex card interactions.

[@ILikePi31415926535]

And some of them are just wrong Like claiming XYZs only ever use 2 materials

[@lancerguy3667]

After I saw the puppet lock, and knowing how branded had basically infinite recursion and gas, I was scrolling the timeline to skip the rest of the duel, figuring I knew where it was going from that position... I'm glad I didn't, because that was... quite the sight.

[@Ragnarok540]

That duel was incredible, puppet lock three times and every turn they found a way to miss lethal. It takes a special kind of duelist to achieve that.

[@user-zj4qr6ny9l]

I was never even a Yu GI oh fan untill I found your channel where you actually explain wtf is going . As a out sider it's hard to catch up on what's going on .btw, watch this in one sitting that how interesting this has been for me ,😂

[@cosmo_cat64]

I think this was an accomplishment you should be proud of, you climbed 2 full ranks at a time where lots of people are finally playing decks other than Kash, and on top of that you haven't been feeling well, which I can attest can cause your focus in duels at high level to suffer as I also was sick and tried playing and felt it incredibly difficult to think on combos and would fumble and make errors i normally wouldn't. What you did earned you a good break hardleg and you did a great job with a deck i thought was genuinely super cool! I always wanted to play earth machine but its so daunting but damn even after all this time it's a deck to be respected i feel

[@Pyrrha_Nikos]

It's so unbelievably funny that this deck is super omega turbo carried by Goliath, which is almost a link 1 with no effect. Link 1s are such good game design :)

[@Loguer002]

my beloved Earth Machine .... what an amazing video!:') looking at all the versions you tested maybe the version with auroradon (including karakuri and shs) was missing. :0

[@patrickodonnell4271]

Great to see you here! I love your Earth Machine videos.

[@andrewshewan4551]

Love your work with the deck

[@AedricScourge]

It's been 40 seconds and I already love this intro bit 🤣

[@olliezoop]

It brings me incredible joy to hear a yugituber reference Scanners of all things, I never expected to hear that lmao

[@PrivatePikachu1]

Earth Machine is absolutely my comfort deck. Sometimes I just bring it out and choo-choo all over my friends. Great video as always Hardleg, I hope that you enjoy your break!

[@Lukecario1216]

Love the thematic intros, and I also love the little touch during the duels where you don’t reveal the deck you’re fighting against until the first card reveal. Makes it more dramatic in a way.

[@Alma-kz4zo]

I like this thumbnail, this thumbnail makes me smile

[@cerezscypher549]

"Digging" is sometimes used as a term for drawing cards, like "digging for answers", and a number of those earth machine cards are some kind of digging machine, so in that way, it might be somewhat thematic for earth machines to dig through most of the cards in your deck to find tech cards.

[@Pyroniusburn]

There's a funny list out there where if you get a good hand you can get out Hyper Librarian and then synchro vomit to draw cards, inclduing climbing with karakuri and drawing with bureido. Tunneler is also in there. Can draw an absolutely stupid amount of cards while setting up an ok-ish endboard.

[@Tsubatt]

After watching hours of your gameplay this month editing this climb- You did a great job getting to Master, ESPECIALLY given the circumstances. Can't wait to see you again in March!

[@oliveremmanuelargotebrito7526]

Hahahahahaha, I loooooooooved that intro with all my heart.

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@Lexadin]

Oh that intro is amazing. Actually all of the editing is amazing. Hope you're feeling better soon.

[@CoralPallet]

Duel 119. Being hit by the darude sandstorm acappella. Glorious. 😂😂😂

[@rexusthevaliant6311]

Love this series, I don't get to catch your streams but I like seeing more rogue strategies, thank you for putting it on KZbin. I'm still playing mostly your ninja deck and loving it. Edit: "that's it" fixed to "thank you" "Living" fixed to " loving"

[@brycekehoe1890]

You are officially my new favorite yugioh duelist. Your light heartedness and hilarious comments make it easy to not get upset when somebody combos out for 6+ negates on Dat ass.

[@Ragnarok540]

I really liked this episode, I have been playing the deck for a while in MD and you are right, it is somewhat strange, since is not a single archetype but cards that have a lot of synergy from multiple archetypes (similar to Dragon Link). I have a few suggestions in case someone is interested in stuff this deck can do that didn't appear in this video. (1) Scrap has a lot of synergy with the deck, a scrap engine can help you break boards and build them with ease. Scrap Recycler was printed in 2010 and they didn't knew how important were hard once per turn effects back then, so with it you can send infinite machines to the graveyard. (2) Platinum Gadget is a link monster that can special summon Infinitrack Harvester in case you can search it (with Gear Giant X or Heavy Forward) but you already used your normal summon (on Machina Gearframe). Of course, if you are playing SHS you are probably searching something else with Gear Giant X. (3) For some reason, Auroradon is still legal in MD, you can use it to summon all the Karakuri synchros and build extremely silly boards. (4) Infinitrack Roadroller helps you make Kashtira Ariseheart in this deck. This is not a joke. Normally you get locked into Earth Machines when you use Brutal Dozer, but there is a combo where you use Infinitrack Crab Crane to search "Outrigger Extension", a continuous spell that lets you summon a machine XYZ monster that is 2 ranks higher than a monster you control, so you can convert River Stormer made with Road Roller into Ariseheart, then you get locked into earth machines. Outrigger Extension gives it targeting protection, you can easily put Infinitrack Goliath under Ariseheart to give it destruction protection, and Road Roller puts opponents monsters in defense position. Is not the most consistent combo but the result is hilarious. (5) Machina Redeployment is a 1 card combo to put 2 machines in the field, you need to play Machina Irradiator and Machina Megaform, after searching them special Irradiator by discarding Megaform, destroy Irradiator to summon Megaform, then use Megaform to Summon Metal Cruncher from the deck. Metal Cruncher can search a random earth machine (I like searching Scrap Recycler to do the scrap line). (6) Phantom Fortress Enterblathnir is a card I didn't see Hardleg playing but for me is really important, the non targeting banish comes up very often. (7) This deck has a lot of bricks, I really think is OK to have more than 40 cards to minimize opening the bricks, you have plenty of starters so a few more non engine cards don't hurt a lot. As you can see this deck can do a lot, and often feels like it can solve any board state and has a lot of tools for every situation.

[@dextergoodman6446]

I actually love the deck. It takes soooooo much work to get the job done, and only after a hard worked day, much like how the theme is around construction equipment

[@matthewshapiro250]

EARTH MACHINE, BABYYYYYYYY

[@MrGshinobi]

8:48 Me as a speedroid player: hey, you got something against wind machines >:(?

[@hsalfesrever3554]

This comment reminds me of the fact I need to build Speedroids in Master Duel again, they are such a fun deck

[@adrog3434]

The skit at the start got you insta-liked my good sir. Thank you patreons for Choo-Choo-Choosing this deck

[@marioalbertorojastorres520]

I ain't even gonna lie, I'm pretty certain I have rewtched this vid in my sleep like 20 times because I wake up with it like playing halfway through all the time. KZbin be doing some shenanigans hahahah

[@SirFuesch]

As always, the best intro of the series so far.

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@punac3644]

Thank you for all the effort you put into these videos joe! I think having chat visable in the video is great and I hope you can keep chat there in furure videos too!

[@VenatorXVenator]

*Whispers softly in your ear* “I watch these as I go to sleep, rewind to where I fell asleep at, and let the ads play out in full every night as I sleep.”

[@Labrynth-13]

Puts on hard hat and instantly wins a duel. The power of work safety equipment is unrivaled

[@gcodas94]

Funny enough hardleg with that duel where you had PEP against sky striker, the anime does has plenty of moments where they act shocked that they got outplayed just to be like "I dont think so yugi" when their monster attack to reveal they had an ace up their sleeve. Granted i think there was never a moment where they try to use an effect on an unaffected monster, like the egyptian gods in the anime and the villain go "oooooh nooooo" even though they know its unaffected

[@MarioLopez-xs3vc]

Oh, this is gonna be a FUN three hours. Construction equipment, ancient robots, TRAINS! And other miscellaneous mechs, including tons of Japanese flavored ones too!

[@liljon042]

Thank you so much for showcasing my favorite deck style of all time! This video makes me so happy you don't even know ahhhhhh

[@MAX-yd2bs]

That match against Rescue Ace though! beating Rescue Ace with +4 draws from MaxC with Earth Machines deck

[@LunaTheUmbreon322]

As someone who is forklift certified, that intro was perfect

[@sneakymagic]

Great job Hardleg you persevered through your sleep troubles and you got to Master

[@BahamutDX]

The added chat is great! Please keep doing it because I really enjoy it!

[@noobgetslayed]

I really loved the intro to this and all the jingles you add throughout

[@Kishorikun]

This is my new favorite thumbnail

[@fugax_vulpes1797]

This and him riding the Gothi of the Deep Beyond are the best

[@No_Plays_Hand_Empty]

Once again a ladder climb inspires me to build a new deck... Already had the SHS stuff, so I went looking for something funny to combine them with and ended up on Symphonic Warriors. I like to imagine my opponents sheer confusion trying to read cards like "DJJ" and "Synthesss" before they just immediately quit when Wakaushi hits the field

[@l.apastore4208]

Duel 92 was a chad duel. Anna Kaboom would be proud.

[@phoenixvance6642]

That 15fps facecam gives me fmv vibes like on the philips cdi and it's kinda nostalgic

[@menaatefadly]

Omg That intro was Masterdul! You massively improved dude!!! Love it!!

[@HydraRaptorCH]

Damn, love the intro on this one, Joe. Keep up the fine work!

[@reverendtaco1012]

Amazing intro joe, very well done

[@HardlegGaming]

:D Thanks!

[@yogsothoth915]

If you watch this listening to Mashed's "Grand Theft Loco, Tommy 2 Trains" its transformative.

[@misterneubertus4080]

Great stuff as usual ;) looking forward to the new projekts this year. But first, get a good rest this month

[@derpinic335]

2:07:50 im not a doctor, but i think Joe singing throughout the night may be the issue, rather than sleep apnea 😂 (Is jokes, i hope the CPAP is helping!)

[@levcharsw6074]

Definitely love this content i binge watch it please dont stop joe

[@jonas162]

I love these videos, i dont have rime to watch them in 1 go, so i usually return 5-7 times until im finished. Its like 5 videos in 1

[@rizon98]

Hell yeah, always a good day when more Hardleg content drops!

[@garchompdude]

Catching some of these streams gave me the impression that this deck broke Hardleg. I’m really hoping he gets to play something fun when he returns

[@scorpioncox8978]

Honestly one deck I could see Hardleg having fun with would be Myutants. Not only do they have unique interactions with their main and extra deck monsters, you can mix them with other archetypes like Ghoti, Kash or even punk/gold pride for synchro plays.

[@Syluxmaster]

I love these Videos so much.

[@YamiRemi44]

How did I not get a notification for this 😫❤️ can’t wait to watch! love hardlegjoes content!!

[@nevod.]

The train -> superheavy samurai pipeline is real and we got to witness it unfold in real time over the course of this video

[@Dexter_1309]

BEST DECK BEST DECK BEST DECK EARTH MACHINE YES THANK YOU

[@lucarioknightb7685]

Having finally finished this one, I honestly think it ge first version of the deck is by far my favorite. Machina is one of the coolest decks I've ever seen, especially when you take into consideration it's rocky start.

[@TheMattyMayhew]

Joe your intros for this series just get better and better with each new climb and as an earth machine pilot this video makes me incredibly happy . Ty For these banger vids joe and can't wait for your return

[@user-eq9go6ob4u]

Thank you for the video !!!

[@Kintaku]

Man I swear these get better every time!

[@sonic3ism]

Rockin the dewey under the hardhat, great vid 😂

[@kingbeerz7978]

Good to see you bringing your nephew Machina Fortress onto the show, glad that he's doing well :)

[@bass-dc9175]

My most favourite part of earth machines is: Ancient gear. So many earth machine decks use Ancient gears in them, but the degree to which is allways hillarious. 1 Box. 1 Ballista. That is it. Because Box searches Ancor drill and Ballista searches Box.

[@bobshnitzel2608]

It also makes box the most annoying brick in the deck

[@RealGothGirlHours]

Glad to see one of these with earth machines, it's one of my favorite decks!

[@Thalimon]

Dang, he didn’t go with Hardhat Joe in this one. Ah well, way to mail that intro Hardleg! Like genuinely, that kind of consistency is really hard to do.

[@scottsocia7828]

Joe explaining Stun is just him talking about control. Combo and stun are the same thing, but get there differently. Your opponent resolves nothing and lose. Control is slowing the game state so nothing explosive occurs. A good example of control is Sky Strikers

[@xCorvus7x]

1:05:27 What an endboard. Apparently they forgot about the fineprint: the Tri-Brigade's effect to cheat out a Link monster locks them out of using monsters that aren't WBWs as Link material for the rest of the turn (and Al'miraj is a Cyberse).

[@flyingeaglex6960]

Oh nice you went with the forklift certified! I actually liked that suggestion 😂

[@eomerseored]

its 3 am and I really need to sleep thanks for taking me to sleepy town junktion Joe

[@HardlegGaming]

Happy to help :)

[@ninjaboy1694]

1:44:00 I like how he just started losing his sanity here 😂

[@mustafaoh9866]

I love good old Joe he's nice and funny and wholesome i wish there was more youtubers like him

[@SergeantFrog]

That Duel 54.5 popping up after the Pantera reveal got me so good

[@lazavphenax4541]

As someone who plays variants of this deck quite a lot this is quite the ride to look through the decklists, especially the part where we pivot into SHS combo. Not to say theres anything wrong with that but that is kinda getting away from the spirit of EM. Of all the parts probably showing their age the most, its probably the Machina starters. While Gearframe is one of the few 1 card starters the deck has access to, needing that normal summon and the multicolor attribute clashes with some of the stronger support the deck has gotten in recent years and tends to limit your ability to play through interaction. Not to mention that harvester can fulfill the same role with a fully one card combo to lethal, and works on SS. With Ariseheart legal as well, the Infinitrack cards have some insane payoff and grind potential, needing only a normal summon to prevent hands from getting too bricky without making the deck weak to droll. In recent times, the deck has benefited a lot more from a scrap starter engine alongside the Vernusylphs to basically mill everything you need with a lack of OPT on recycler, and wyvern being able to meet the summon conditions of Citadel to chainblock the summon from deck. Regardless really fun to see this deck getting more attention! Much love

[@Elshi3400]

fun climb thanks for the vid

[@FirstBaka]

just started watching and the edits are already amazing.🤖 Like-ing process initiated

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@Badbufon]

the intros keep getting better and better

[@TheBlackBilly]

That maple darth vader edit had me weak af😂😂😂😂

[@xCorvus7x]

58:21 Idk, it seems pretty in-theme: you're using huge, more or less sophisticated machines to mine your deck and hopefully excavate useful stuff. Edit: Tunneller is employed in the ground (buried in your graveyard; no regard for ancient curses) and digs deeper (becomes banished) to find resources (let you draw cards). The combo even runs through your tools so they wear off (they're sent to the graveyard), and the cards you draw are the payoff for that.

[@thaddeusgenhelm8979]

So, funny fact, while I was pretty sure they were referencing a martial arts movie too, all signs point to the "A true master paralyzes his opponent. Leaving him vulnerable to attack" line being from Linkin' Park, as the two places it comes up in are a Linkin' Park song... And another Linkin' Park song that sampled the first one.

[@notsoninjaninja1819]

I JUST realized the PsaiYGO reference, and I'm actually acquainted with him, we go to the same locals. Good dude. I just whooped his butt in a recent tourney.

[@julienkupet1989]

I live for those ladder climb intro man, hardleg is such a great content creator

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@dragonlord45461]

the funny thing is that the target and destroy effect of fortress would not have activated since its must be sent to the graveyard and ariseheart banishes all cards

[@squiglyboygaming1000]

ok that intro had me in stitches 😂

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@mattbks]

Let’s go! Earth Machine!

[@ODDiSEE_]

That rescue ace game was crazy.

[@Shyiev]

"Stuck in a hell of their on creation" well...that is very accurate

[@HazeEmry]

This weekend's meals are gonna be banging 😂

[@tomasgoes]

Hard summoning Zeus is still the funniest thing ever.

[@marshalldowdy699]

I swear. Rescue Ace always gives me the longest battles. I remember a 30 min game with my pure Amazoness deck and it was a slog.

[@Jolfgard]

3:26 To a degree, this resembles my approach to building and learning a deck, even though I usually don't start with 60 cards.

[@HydraRaptorCH]

Honestly, it's a good way to test once you know the basics of a deck. Not necessarily 60 cards, but building all gas and testing to see what engines and techs you prefer. It doesn't work for a lot of newer players because it requires a fair amount of base card knowledge, but it's a great way to test things and become better at building.

[@EnergyBurst2]

When it comes to earth machine I find I generally enjoy playing an infinitrack trains mix that has the cydra nova to infinity Extra Deck line as an alt win con to the usual rank 10 shenanigans.

[@ecbrd8478]

watching people open packs in this game always reminds me why i shouldn't play it. glad you do it so i don't have to, earth machine is my favourite shit

[@doctoralakazam2283]

As someone who use to play a ton of trains, I have done the Dora target the opponents monster instead of Derricrane a ton myself so don't feel to bad.

[@elvisthao9161]

There's a RR player all the way up in Plat? And they were there at the start of the season, meaning they possibly ranked down from even higher? Mad respect to that guy. I see him, and I appreciate. Represent.