So I Tried To Master Yu-Gi-Oh's Most Complicated Deck...

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

Vaylantz effects imclude: • Slide to the left • Slide to the right • Criss-cross • Cha cha real smooth

[@evilsheepmaster1744]

∙ Take it back now y'all

[@aidan_savage]

One hop this time

[@agentq5437]

One hop this time

[@skeleton_magic]

Meanwhile: • Everybody do the Fossil Dinosaur

[@whambamduel]

One thing I really like about this series is that you make every deck you play look *fun to play*

[@ethanhopper2467]

It’s almost like most yugioh decks are fun to play

[@__-be1gk]

literally built scareclaw after I saw him beat 4 interruptions with it

[@p2c331]

@@__-be1gk Hows the scareclaw journey going?

[@janjan-xr2qi]

I think every time I’ve seen this deck in ranked it’s either done nothing or lost to itself, so I can’t wait to see what it’s actually trying to do

[@j.d.clayborne5556]

This hurts 😂

[@memereview305]

We NEED Vaylantz Duel Fields, it'd be perfect

[@isidoreaerys8745]

Yes!

[@NerdySatyr]

Maaaaan, these intro's keep getting better and better, doing a great job of capturing peoples attention in the first minute, well done Joe you've come a long way!

[@JonBc14]

god this makes me want to pick up the deck due to how they play that duel 24 was crazy!

[@MCrknight777]

I absolutely adore this deck and have built both the stun lock and otk variant. The stun variant is a guaranteed win if you can make it, but the otk variant is oh so satisfying to play. This deck has little to no issue breaking boards and grand duke is a hell of a card. It just burns for 3k and gets big. Also dom-duke is just snach steal on legs so thats fun. One of my favorite things to do is; if i have hojo and dom-duke on the field i just steal their monster then fuse it with hojo effect to make momonaka for an extra interruption.

[@UrMom-bb2mi]

This deck is just so cool and unique thematically, after watching this video I’m legit just gonna start grinding for this deck it looks so fun, and actually pretty f2p friendly.

[@SupaSneech]

I pulled 1pack and almost have the whole deck(granted I do play pend and d/d/d)

[@yungcrowley1366]

Ayo I just went up against this guy and his first turn combo LITERALLY took 37 mins, I ended up playing solitaire

[@honeyjm8324]

Intros are getting insane my guy, I can’t imagine what you’ll do later

[@HardlegGaming]

It's becoming harder to top myself. Not sure if I'll be able to next time

[@perfectharmony9943]

So many things when joe said toss a coin i just thought of theae cards being a witcher. But also i respect joe for teaching these poor yugioh players to read cause you shoved a card with a star wars opening on each and every card

[@misterghoul9457]

Something funny is watching how different your opinion of vaylentz was this last month versus your opinion of them during let’s build

[@dragonmaster5555555]

Amazing duels!!!

[@AzurezeroArt]

were you singing the thing from psychonauts 2? or was psychonauts 2 directly parodying another song?

[@HardlegGaming]

I've never played Psychonauts, so it was probably a parody you heard.

[@GiafyViews]

THE MINI JOE FIGURE

[@tumage8592]

Ah yes pendulum, together with synchro home to the most interresting and experimental archetypes

[@tommysuter4053]

Joe pulling 2 Expurrely Happiness from the free event tickets making me so jealous. lol

[@MrDev-sn9sq]

the overwatch reference in duel 23 made it for me

[@r3zaful]

-Playing 3 ninja is asking for brick -small world gets you to shinonome -if your goal is going 1st full secret village+ss lock optimize it to going first.

[@karllama386]

Love this series !! ❤

[@starbomber]

It's so weird that Arkdos the XII is not a machine, he's a *Fairy* Yugioh monster types make zero sense sometimes.

[@Red-Rebel]

I want to know who decided to classify the demon burger as a warrior.

[@mermaid_hina2713]

​@@Red-RebelMaybe because he ate the Bistro Butcher?

[@aciesara5444]

It makes more sense if we use the Japanese word for fairy, which is "Tenshi" (Angel). Yes, it's still weird, but in YGO, it's common for advanced mechanical entities to be treated as somewhat divine beings, hence "Angel" (Fairy).

[@adoorwithstaronit8573]

The lore actually states, its part of a different clan/tribe in the vaylantz's board game. Thats why it has different monster type and Attribute.

[@darthdarek7435]

I’m learning valiantz now and it’s fun

[@elin111]

How much would a Hardleg figure cost

[@THEInkedPotassium]

The evolution of his editing is insane

[@linkmanplays]

me seeing purley in the pack openings triggered my fight or flight responce.

[@AzurezeroArt]

is senet switch not good in this?

[@infinymagnus]

I hope we get an Infinitrax run one of these months because EARTH MACHINES!

[@thome6562]

"Enjoy turtle!" 😀

[@babbit09]

I love Vaylantz's concept but their in-archetype endboard is pretty awful, and it takes a LOT of work to get there

[@SuperShadowKinTwitch]

Swipe left swipe right.

[@snifit0712]

Wait, does Joe not know his left and right?

[@lgnmcrules]

If you thought this deck was complex, play machine pile

[@FrostHollow]

did you make this comment before or after he played earth machine

[@rechtehaber]

i again am sorry you had to do that

[@JacobMeans-t7f]

D/D/D is more complex and complicated

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

Not really

[@Quantumhailoid]

Seeing Vaylantz in action makes me feel like they are partially based off of Duelist of the Roses/Capsule Monster Coliseum.

[@rb-lw9wi]

HardLeg needs a new camera and microphone.

[@TrueMnlo]

Finally

[@Visas_Starfrost]

isnt diablosis banned wtf i think your oppenent cheated

[@Squidtoken]

This was a rough episode for me. I don't think even the best showman on earth could make "kaiju/lava golem into full combo otk" or "turn 1 full combo into 5 floodgates" entertaining for me. I know the patrons get to pick but this really seems like it should have been a veto. Not only are the deck's play patterns pretty inherently unfun, but the complexity and obscurity of the deck means that a lot of us viewers won't even really understand the full nature of the gamestate at any point during a given duel. The zone moving thing is novel enough to offer something kinda of interesting, but not for 3 hours. As per always though I'd like to end on a positive note in case you actually read this and say that this is an outlier for me and I usually like your vids a lot, ladder climb or otherwise!

[@HardlegGaming]

I do read all the comments. And I appreciate the honesty. Unfortunately you seem to be in the minority on this one. Quite a few people seem to enjoy the complicated nature of the deck, so I probably wont veto archetypes like this in the future. As always though, I try not to do the same kind of deck too often, so now that we've had a big combo deck you can expect next month to be something completely different.

[@cyrolocker1229]

I love how in nearly every duel you can actively see your opponent pausing for a solid 20 seconds as they read the card and go “WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TEXT WALL”

[@DynosaurYoshi]

That's what I feel like when I face up against some Rouge deck and I have to read all their cards and the opponent is just sitting there for 5 minutes waiting for me to read the great American novel that was the card they played

[@VanessaVersus]

the best part of chess is when your opponent activates gamma to block your check

[@jayd.doubledubs]

The editor for the intro went absolutely crazy Love the script for it, Hardleg!

[@HardlegGaming]

I edit the intros myself, so thank you :D

[@simomare7557]

u a legend leg :D @@HardlegGaming

[@jayd.doubledubs]

@@HardlegGaming I thought so, but I could not remember if that had changed recently. Massive props, Mr. Joe!

[@MegaMetal96]

@@HardlegGaming destrudo/afd seems crazy in this deck. you could activate both field spells consistently

[@Kevin_Anderson]

​@LibtardDestroyer420 Both field spells activate the other to the opponent's field when activated, so you always get both on field regardless. That's why you only run 2 of each. It's essentially 4 copies of both fields.

[@huntersnyder4358]

If I recall correctly, the opening line is usually “with the right deck and a little skill, you can get to master 1” but now it’s the right deck and a lot of skill. Big twost for the season finale

[@HardlegGaming]

I've been changing the intros lately. The last 5 or 6 have been different

[@thaddeusgenhelm8979]

@@HardlegGaming And you did comment, after running a couple of pretty powerful decks, that you felt maybe your intro was not as accurate as it used to be with just how *many* wins you needed consistently to claw your way up without a lot of grinding.

[@Pyroniusburn]

Seeing that Purrley haemorrhage all the attached cards when it's shoved into the backrow and the player instantly scooping cracked me up.

[@AkumaSoul1]

Turn 2: "A quick and easy 500 step combo that wins the game!"

[@burningfox4974]

Calling valiant the most complex isn’t that bad, it’s just playing chess with solitaire pieces

[@FrostBeast5]

I think you mean solitaire with chess pieces

[@bachouvenn3563]

And there’s also six samurai, which is kinda chess and solitaire and freecell combined

[@Caleb-zl4wk]

​@@bachouvenn3563idk if chess works as much there

[@jofx4051]

Fossil Chronochasm pass lol

[@Zer0Blizzard]

Nah, look the duel after 2:04:00, that is insane.

[@colossaldonut5190]

This deck is really really cool. It's just a shame that in reality it just ends up being an engine to set up the most vile, boring end board imaginable.

[@FrostReave]

Floodgate turbo yeah with a single interruption

[@Caleb-zl4wk]

Personally I think the methods by which they accomplish their win condition is sick regardless of what that win con is. But yeah, fair response.

[@reset6292]

Man I miss the vaylantz FTK. I hope cyber stein comes back

[@FrostReave]

​@@reset6292 You are sick in the head for multiple reasons. Konami should lock you up and force you to play against Exodia where they start with all 5 exodia card

[@xCorvus7x]

@@reset6292 What about Gale Dogra? You can do similar nonsense with that (such as Bishbaalkin FTK).

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Was seriously not expecting a Chaos Draft and Master Climb back to back

[@HardlegGaming]

You're welcome

[@MorningStar012]

Konig Wissen really is just "You know what? fuck you! *spell/traps your monster*"

[@MetaKaios]

2:22:38 uh. You could record locally in case anything important happens offline. In place of Gizmek Okami, Hiita the Fire Channeler is a Small World bridge that similarly finds any Vaylantz, but works with Lava Golem and Ass Blassum too.

[@Kagu-fx1un]

pretty much a stun combo deck ,a rare combination though.

[@BushidoBanks]

I love this comment

[@PokemonTrainerChris303]

Pretty much the decks I build honorable mention to combo-control

[@wesley6942]

Does hardleg not know the difference between left and right? "Slide to the right" goes left 😅

[@isidoreaerys8745]

Everytime

[@Slingyman3]

This was a very cool and hard fought climb, so many times I thought you were out of it but you managed to claw back a win 🔥

[@ShadowBaofu]

I think its very impressive that you've grasped the deck enough to get that far though. I enjoyed how much you put it all together and how the deck came into play with each duel. You did great!

[@HardlegGaming]

:D

[@OGCxDaizy]

That duel 24 vs lab was so fun to watch. Great job figuring out the path to victory.

[@demonkingsparda]

Gallant Granite: what is my purpose? Joe: you search Fossil Dyna Granite:........oh my god

[@LordCrota]

Holy this is such a cool deck lol imagine playing this on the playground back in the day 😂😂

[@bachouvenn3563]

The last duel being a mirror is actually kinda poetic in a way

[@deadcastor9680]

“And into the backrow I go” threw me into a fit a giggles. Intro was *chefs kiss* compared to the absolute distain I feel mostly targeted at fossil dyna as ranking up in gold has an unhealthy amount of floo players running it too

[@AJewBag89]

Kinda feels like a better dream mirror. Great video Joe can't wait for the ninja deck next month.

[@giomartino6]

Tf were the people at konami smoking when they made these 😂

[@nytecrow6452]

Flip Summoning Pachy was the best moment. 😂

[@Stormhawk777]

Every time you say you dismantle royals and don't care about shinies I cry and unsub for 5 minutes My man, even crows know shiny = good

[@iammayhem7224]

"Why the monster no die chat?" 😐 😂😂😂 F**king hillarious

[@memereview305]

This deck is sick and I know its painfully degenerate but it can do anything with that normal, as well as the fact the Solo activation banishes itself from GY to trigger. This deck is only gonna get worse as more people test this with other decks (Solfachord, SHS, Invoked), but it can also use cards like Ghostrick Renovation to be degenerate

[@thome6562]

Why one Dogoran over a lower atk kaiju like Kumongous? Is it for FIRE barrier statue or something? Burn damage with Grand Duke?

[@HardlegGaming]

Just extra burn damage I think. I honestly can't remember though. It's also fire attribute, which would make sense if I was playing Small World, but I wasn't yet.

[@thome6562]

Okay, that makes sense, thanks!

[@LunaTheUmbreon322]

I’m getting ready for chess club at my college, and I must say, this tutorial video really did not help

[@HazeEmry]

I've actually been waiting for this! Others I merely got interested because I wanna see how well you do with these randoms decks but while I am really interested in Vaylantz, I'm not touching it with a kilometre length pole

[@AceFondu]

As someone who hasn't played Yugioh since the GBA games, I have no idea what is going on, but you are very entertaining doing it.

[@drastic6411]

Hell yeah Hardleg, respect to you enjoying one of my favorite archetypes! Only pendulums that are based.

[@minifeebas8911]

I genuinely hope the DLC factions remove the need to fossil Dyna ngl

[@ariannadravis3934]

​@@minifeebas8911 DLC Factions is a new term..im not even sure what you mean by it -

[@minifeebas8911]

@@ariannadravis3934 I forgot it was a physical board game and not a digital game, it was expansion set not dlc From vbex 3: "Arktos XII - Chronochasm Vaylantz In the first expansion set of “Vaylantz War”, the 3rd faction is already making its appearance! In this issue, we’re revealing what the boss of that clan looks like. This new clan that can manipulate time and vectors is set to debut with 12 units. Further details will be revealed exclusively in this magazine!"

[@drastic6411]

@@ariannadravis3934 idk either tbh and I know Vaylantz quite well lol

[@GeargianoXG]

​@@ariannadravis3934I think they mean a potential third faction that's introduced after the initial two.

[@ilyshion2047]

Boy Lois this deck seems more complicated than that time I tried to learn Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker with Stephen Hawking

[@friendlyguy1383]

Me watching the first Duel: Oh this isn't that... bad... oh lords now I have to make this myself just to try it.

[@HardlegGaming]

Good luck :)

[@bobhouses2036]

I've never run into either the stun variant or the go second. I've only seen the go first combo that makes a bunch of interactions.

[@lookb4Uleep]

I was so happy that not only did a pendulum deck finally make it on the show again but the most complex one since DDD. Thanks Joe for making amazing content yet again.

[@thomassmith7020]

I thought Vaylantz was going to end up being another slog that would be annoying to face off and use due to repetitiveness, like Kashtira has been so far. Thank you for showing me how much fun this deck can be.

[@the_sid]

After watching you rewatch videos I realized just how much these introductions have advanced. Its worth watching every time to see the updates.

[@isidoreaerys8745]

This is Gold! Well paced. And a delight to see you go from an absolute novice BS-ing his way through the deck profile to a truly commendable Vaylantz pilot! So many memorable duels. That terrifying Labrynth tactical masters grudgematch, Learning what Purrely Delicious memory does, That glorious war of attrition against Dragon Link who psy-framed you when you had lethal, The chaotic neutral sky Striker player, Fossil Dino Pachycephalus IS in fact a Flip Monster!

[@Tokumastu1]

On the one hand Vaylantz is one of the best translations of a table top game, specifically table top war game, to card game format I've ever seen. On the other hand it's end board game plan is just another stun board with the benefit of having some generic extra deck negates thrown in.

[@reirei_tk]

59:35 I would've summoned Saion and Nazuki in opposite spots, make unicorn with saion and beyond, summon Dominator Duke, move him with Nazuki, steal Baronne, boom.

[@Maestro..]

The Amazement UR pulls will be very helpful if you do an episode on it... I hope you do! It seems like the perfect goofy deck for a series like this!

[@BassAndTrebleBR]

Aw hell nah they done turned my man Hardleg into a marketable figure

[@ColdEmperor]

Neat. I've been having a blast learning to link with my Beetrooper deck. The deck is mostly done. Has accesscode talker, Knightmare stuff, and Goddess of the Dark World? The one that needs 5 mats including 1 from your opponent. If this deck is that complicated it might be fun to learn how to use it.

[@deis4632]

i love this thanks for making the series!!!

[@richardtaggart4750]

There's a more complicated deck then D/D/D...that scares me...they are literally a deck with an entire spreadsheet of possible plays, and somehow by some ungodly summon this is worse?

[@jasonfinch3631]

i want to use what you built as a base for a vaylantz deck but i can't make out the names of pretty much any of the non-vaylantz card names, and i recognize the art of very few. mind posting a text-based deck list?

[@Fubga]

"I'll move this card to the right" *moves to left* Me: hmm, maybe he's thinking for his opponent "I'll move this card to the right" *moves to right* Me: Hey he got it right "I'll move this card to the right" *moves to left* Me: hmmmm

[@harrisonbanning5619]

but D/D/D is a deck i thought that is harder than this

[@SerechII]

is it me or does this episode look low qual? I'm watching on 1080 and the screen seems to be all fuzzy

[@dannijulien6707]

Im trying to watch this because ive seen them all....however it just reminds me why i hate pendelums as a mechanic of the game....

[@HavenSatyr]

Asking for ritual beasts. People don't know how to play against it, and none of its effects are a hard once per turn.

[@Nightmare_52]

the biggest buff to vaylantz is playing it in a simulator and not irl

[@RavenCloak13]

Well, going by how the game is in the card art and lore it's supposed to be on your computer but at the same time you could still get the figures.

[@Nightmare_52]

i meant with how generally the deck is complicated to use, even more so in card form and not with the help of the simulator telling you whats legal

[@Funloverparty]

This video could be called lowering the Win Rate of Maxx "C"

[@r3zaful]

My max winstreak this deck in master rank is 8 but the amount of mathmech in current season is making me mad.

[@taob3850]

Favourite family channel swear words! Oh the shame... Lol 2:17:12

[@576gamerdude]

Mad marques is a 3 of!!! It's a vaylantz pot of prosperity

[@MrJerkelm]

This was my favorite of these so far. Vaylantz is so unique

[@Ragnarok540]

It feels like Hardleg did his homework learning the deck before recording, I feel like if you have to read your own pendulum cards while you are dueling you will always lose to the timer. Well done.

[@johnmichaelbushman]

This is an extremely weird retelling of Queen's Gambit..........

[@jico6564]

Whoever made Vaylants Really liked the mechanics for crystal beasts and also plays war games 😂

[@bentenwithouttren]

i think vaylantz are not yugioh cards (i love them all)