Starter Decks YUGI vs JOEY from 2003!

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We're dueling with the original Starter Deck Yugi and Starter Deck Joey from 2002 and and 2003 respectively! Which of these two first products will win in a sealed-only duel?
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[@gothicfemboy428]

Love the longer duel. Thanks for making the video longer

[@wbrodie55]

Hi Team APS. I really want to record live duel's with my girlfriend after watching you guys for so long but I really don't know my way around a camera. Have you guys, or will you if you already haven't, ever go over the the step by step process's of recording these live duel videos?

[@koalafromtomorrow5656]

Reverse trap does not work on multiplication kartre man only kill himself if he deystoyed

[@koalafromtomorrow5656]

I really enjoy your video where are you located

[@koalafromtomorrow5656]

Reverse trap does work on multiplication or subtraction and you can't attack the turn you use soul exchange

[@genoman3]

Alec attacking with Dark Magician the turn it is summoned by Soul Exchange is proof that no matter how old we get or how long we play, we will never read our cards.

[@Trigger99X]

As soon as he played it I was like “I wonder if he remembered that…then nope.” 😹

[@NovusIgnis]

It baffles me how common this is. I started playing master duel and am playing with modern yugioh cards for the first time ever and while I don't love it, I do love the Weather archetype and so I made a deck for it. But the amount of times that mfers will attack into my monsters with thundery canvas out or try to wipe my back row with aurora for protection baffles me. Hell, people will still try to activate monster effects while I have skill drain out on the field.

[@arbogast4950]

@@NovusIgnis People still target Dark Magician when I have Eternal Soul on the field.

[@RobAdieComedy]

I might be wrong, but I swear to God, this is the second time I've seen him do this.

[@rudradebsarkar1178]

Hey You forgot one thing 🤦‍♂️ how can you all forget that important thing in a duel, Alec was playing Yugi' s deck ,Yami Yugi's deck and for that he had the right to "Screw the Rules",🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TrevorAllenMD]

For lore reasons Alex should be able to make the rules up and roleplay as he goes to make this fair.

[@Rayzersword]

Alec* , Alex is a different guy. :p

[@donovanfaust3227]

If they were gonna roleplay it Alec should also be able to sub out with another player anytime he wants but who ever isn't playing as Yugi at the time has to stay in the other room. Man now I want to see a game where they just use millennium item gimmicks to duel. I'm not sure if you could really play a game like that but it would be interesting.

[@flamboyantwarlock7101]

@@donovanfaust3227 The only ones I think would work would be the Eye and Puzzle. So you've got one guy who searches his deck every turn instead of drawing, and one guy who always knows what that first guy's hand and face-downs are.

[@DeltaShinyZeta]

11:53 Reverse Trap does not work for any multiplication or division changes to stats (this includes any halving or doubling). Karate Man “doubles the original attack” of itself. This means Alec should’ve taken 2000 here. 20:54 Dark Magician cannot attack here. Soul Exchange does not permit you to conduct your battle phase the turn you activate it. FUN FACT: For some reason, Soul Exchange being resolved wrong is one of the most common errors that Yugitubers do among old cards. It’s happened numerous times with other channels as well such as Cimo and MBT. This extra 2500 damage Paul shouldn’t have taken would have given him an extra turn, but it’s hard to say if that extra turn would have ultimately mattered.

[@TterbTheOwner]

Correct.

[@15codys]

That duel could have had a turn around if not for the Soul Exchange goof lol

[@Justins294]

It's funny because these cards are so much more simple than the current cards we use, but they still seem to get the best of us 🤣

[@abcdefg98765]

It's only fitting with anime decks to use cards wrong.

[@donovanfaust3227]

@@abcdefg98765 truuuuue

[@Petrichorscreen]

9:15 The highlight of this game. 😂 " He has 1800ATK points, I used 3 card to make him and I'm happy" Fun fact: Flame Swordsman's sword has a name, it is in fact "Salamandra" A spell-equip card.

[@alecfields1153]

Best friends duel to determine whose problems are worse! Are you team Yugi or team Joey?!

[@alchemist824]

For canon, I'm team Yugi, but I'm team Joey for this video. Also, I'd like to ask why you had two Dark Magicians in an overlay

[@KidOmega-iv4tp]

*Sings* We are closer than brothers...but now we have to fight each other!!!

[@luiss4002]

@@alchemist824 they were overlaying with the original cards just for the nostalgia of dueling them. Wasn’t really giving any advantages if that’s what you’re wondering. :)

[@alchemist824]

@@luiss4002 thanks

[@marcoaureliofernandezreyes1413]

Team Joey 👍

[@Oilyoxygen]

I know the game wasn't exactly as "developed" back then as it was now, but I can't imagine what the thought process behind the stats/summon requirements of Flame Swordsman was other than "Fusion Summoning is cool."

[@donovanfaust3227]

I mean seeing as the game is based off of an anime, which was supposed to be cool to kids so they buy the cards, I would say yes that was the only thought process.

[@Personarose]

I think the thought process was the base monsters were so weak I mean in the OCG very early on hitosume giant was considered a staple

[@blackbot7113]

Could also be that special summons were not as common and perceived as very strong, maybe? "It's weak, but it's a free summon, that's gotta be strong!" or something

[@vahlen5281]

The issue with Flame Swordsman in particular is that it wasn't a fusion monster in the Anime. For whatever reason, Konami just decided to make it one in the TCG.

[@everwv2]

@@vahlen5281 same with Giltia and Karbonala Warrior. Joey's monsters are most good ATK lvl4 warriors that Konami screwed. At least we got Gearfried.

[@douglassantana7653]

I love how Alec got so into characters and then decided to point out how absurd the stakes are for the Joey vs Yugi duel.

[@DickDarkie]

Came out swinging before the first standby with straight facts🤣😂

[@migsby4979]

Can we see a TeamAPS Tournament with these structure decks (Kaiba, Yugi, Joey, Pegasus)?

[@Nerak516]

This please

[@michaeldavis7775]

great idea

[@MegasXRL]

that would be amazing

[@danielburgos6800]

Hell yeah!

[@SerenitySpiderMonkey]

Serenity has a full life ahead of her... I think Joey needs the win more.

[@alchemist824]

Top two prizes were money and asking a favor from Pegasus. No matter which one of them won, it would still work out for both Joey and Yugi, to be fair

[@blendy-_-1138]

😂

[@Mithos_91]

20:43 - 20:55 Correct me If i am wrong, but Dark Magician should not be able to attack this turn because he was summoned with Soul Exchange.

[@YokomichiSilver]

"Target 1 monster your opponent controls; this turn, if you Tribute a monster, you must Tribute that target, as if you controlled it. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this card." So you are correct in soul exchange

[@Sub-ZeruGlace]

Exactly

[@douglassantana7653]

Was Soul Exchange always like that? Because they could have dueled with a before an errata Soul Exchange (if there ever was one).

[@YokomichiSilver]

@@douglassantana7653 The very first Soul Exchange, back when it was still called Magic cards stated "Select an opponent's monster and use it as a Tribute in place of your own. You must skip your Battle Phase for the turn in which this card is activated." So even with the OG version you couldn't conduct your battle phase.

[@jonathan45564]

@@YokomichiSilver lmfaooo

[@angellance17]

Yugi's grandpa lived a long and fulfilling life. We can let him go

[@michaelbread5906]

But his soul is yeeted forever mon! If Joey's sister dies, she can reincarnate, go to heaven or w/e. But Grandpa Yugi is boned forever!!! FOREVER!!!!

[@ff10fire666]

As soon as I saw this video pop up, "No Matter What" popped straight into my head No matter what Let the game begin No matter what May the best man win No matter what We're in this together No matter what We'll be friends forever! No matter what

[@nonsensewalrus]

If this song didn't bring you to tears, are you even a fan of Yu-Gi-Oh?

[@d-skullgaming696]

@@nonsensewalrus facts dude

[@silent9482]

Imagine if yugi learned the secrets of the millennium puzzle and learned its powers and just freed his grandpa himself.

[@samgrubbs9061]

I loved this duel! Game two was probably my favorite with the slow build up leading up to Atems explosive play with ultimate offering. Leave it to Joey though to make a lucky comeback that never should have worked. Game three had my favorite play though, I usually don’t like negates but it was pretty hype seeing seven tools. Can you do Jaden vs Nightshroud rematch next? (Jaden starter deck vs Dragons Roar)

[@yugimuto1639]

you cant use reverse trap on karete man because reverse trap cant change doubleing/halving

[@paladindank8180]

Reverse trap is terrible, who made that shit?!?

[@darkwolfgaming117]

I thought with soul exchange you couldn't conduct your battle phase 🤣

[@jlsp3627]

No matter what, We're in this together No matter what, We'll be friends forever, yeah! (Got reminded of the song because of the duel)😁

[@gothicfemboy428]

I love old school yugioh. I love the Joey deck it's very fun to watch and I want to play it so bad. Love the duel So much more interaction with this game. Then I see in mondern days

[@Iconicbeyy]

Thank you alec for actually saying it I don’t know why Joey thought that was more important lol

[@moaa042]

Yugi's grandpa lived a great long life already. Serenity is like 13 and facing imminent blindness.

[@ducky36F]

They just took each other’s problems at face value and didn’t play the “I’ve got it worse” Olympics. What a time 😂

[@jamesswan8393]

At this point I could just pump OG yugioh straight into my veins, it's all good shit and especially good when its team APS

[@CatychoVT]

Well, if his soul is in a card, then technically he's achieved eternal life... Though it's kinda pointless since he'll never be able to do anything, but hey He'll sell for a *mean* price! Maybe enough for the surgery XD

[@ricardotosatto7147]

Guys, time to do the Starter Decks Home Tournament with the crew. Love the videos!

[@spinni5767]

oh yeah yugis grandfather is still a card. you could get him graded and watch as his worth increases and increases

[@Halomasterchief16]

Love the vids. I've seen others suggest a house tournament of these nostalgic decks and I still want that too, but I would also like to suggest a house draft tournament from the cards in these decks. With everything being a one of and stronger cards clumped into the newer decks, this would balance it a lot and still give us good old big boy beatdown duels with classic cards.

[@BroskiNeeko]

500K subs coming soon… we appreciate you guys at TEAM APS

[@15codys]

Summoned Skull 1 tribute for 2500, Gai 2 tributes for 2300- older yugioh had a wild imagination lol

[@ericbreese3071]

Alec’s “nooo”reminded me of Darth Vader screaming No at the end of Episode 3

[@charleshardesty1828]

I only ever played OG Yu-Gi-Oh with cards like these & this is legitimately the first time I've seen someone fusion summon the The Flame Swordsman! Lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@sergiogutierrez94]

You guys should make a duel with only old school common monsters. Obviously with spell and trap cards but not effect monsters.

[@hamsandwich6685]

I haven't seen the video yet but my prediction for the outcome of this match is that starter deck joey (SDJ) will win. Starter deck yugi (SDY) has some good options: summoned skull, Man-eater bug, fissure, change of heart, monster reborn, dark hole, card destruction, soul exchange, trap hole, waboku as well as other more situational options with reinforcements, castle walls SDJ has some of those shared options in change of heart, monster reborn, fissure, trap hole And has more advanced options like seven tools of the bandit, scapegoat With other options like malevolent nuzzler, Maha vailo, time wizard even Plus has an over all higher base Stat range on the level 4 and lower monsters: gearfried the iron knight, harpie's brother, 7 colored fish, ect. SDY will need a lot of luck and stellar piloting if it is to stand a chance against SDJ.

[@David315842]

Pity this isn't really the anime, where Yugi would go on to face Pegasus and he just gives Joey the money anyway. ;)

[@therogueduelist5504]

Alec shouldn't have been able to attack with Dark Magician due to Soul Exchange in game 3

[@The73MPL4R]

He's just doing his anime accurate Yugi impression

[@seanpons3367]

okay so reverse trap doesnt affect when atk is multiplied, or doubled. only actual addition and subtraction. also, karateman shouldnt have been destroyed because it's effect was reversed. one can argue that since the original effect didnt go off, that the card technically shouldnt have left the field?

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Flame Swordsman; one of the most popular cards from the anime, probably one of the least summoned monsters in all of IRL Yugioh lol

[@TCGfudo]

where can i buy 1 for cheap?

[@KidOmega-iv4tp]

True story: For the longest bloody time, Doma the Angelnof Silence creeped me out. Like a possessed doll on a card

[@Chaosic]

I see interesting yugioh at the beginning had creepy and scary artwork by changed as the games and animes went on.

[@chimpmasterflex]

Straight into the action today lol

[@Torvar]

What would happen if you dropped those soul cards on a duel disk or field?

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

According to Yu-gi-oh! R, it summons the soul of the person trapped within as a hologram that can see, hear, and talk to whoever else is around.

[@robertl.wilson1199]

You could say Alec's offering was ultimate in game 2.

[@Jamephan96]

Go back to the gx theme in the background or something more fun lol, this samurai type theme makes the duel seem to serious. Weird vibe

[@Zeirnaton]

Reverse trap also surprisingly doesn't work against karate man btw

[@RandomGeek12]

I asked in other video that never got answered but is Paul Egyptian?

[@demonhead]

ordered the yugi and kaiba deck from america because the cards weren't in the uk at that time

[@DnDJordanL]

Trying to create a draft cube /battle box mostly for nostalgia and fair-dueling purposes. Question: How would you tweak the rules for fusions and ritual monsters? Context: in a limited format it would be really cool to see fusions and ritual monsters, however they are so painstaking to get out, especially if you only have one fusion material in your deck. My thought would be to treat both ritual and fusion almost like a ritual monster where you tribute and/or discard monster levels equal to what you are summoning (but without the ritual spell/polymerization) Thoughts?

[@pug8714]

Didn't reverse trap say doubling effects don't count? Or was the player saying +1000 in a simpler way

[@Francisco_PT]

For who says that Yugi only always win because he is the protagonist, you can see you were wrong.

[@cesar72093]

Yami Alec went hard in the last duel. Great duel

[@justingovas415]

Trap Hole is SUCH a good card! And I love bottomless trap hole because its just that except its banish right? Also penguin soldier is sooo good

[@wigglytuffgaming]

All these years and the music is still louder than you guys talking, and somehow your audio still sounds like you got a McDonald's employee to set it up. Please up your production for all of our sakes.

[@wigglytuffgaming]

😂😂😂😂 i thought i was the only one

[@verguco6051]

i only know how to play yugioh based on the first anime rules but i understand this duel, its so simple compared to all the bs you see in modern yugioh, the cards are fucking chapters of the bible, i dont understand the effects at all, seeing this makes me want to play yugi, but with the early cards

[@Chaosic]

Well you can if you play Yugioh Eternal Duelist Soul gba Yugioh Nightmare Troubadour DS, Tag force 1,2,3 for psp or just play old school Yugioh with your friends.

[@VictorTAnderson]

I hate seeing friends fight, but it makes for good TV 🍿

[@p_nilly]

All those summons and then to be met with Just Desserts... pretty funny way to lose

[@taylorbenson6284]

Oh, we using playground rules today!

[@HarunoSoul]

I dont think I've ever seen anyone use Doma the Angel of Silence in my entire 18 years of playing.

[@gordonbman2911]

this duel is ridiculous lol. we need a full tournament with those kind of decks. also u get style points for sommuning sub 2k atk stuff with tributes

[@sontheboss]

21:02 can’t attack when you use soul exchange

[@hinatakenpachi6564]

Reverse trap was used too late... he already had stated he was doing it. Which meant it was already done. Activating Reverse trap after his affect had already finished wouldn't do anything to it.

[@Citizen_Nappa23]

Well to be fair nobody has been playing soul exchange for years so I think we can let that one slide "this time" 😎 but either way nice duel with old-school decks 👍

[@Sektorwow]

You guys should start mixing this decks up with other structure deck such as zombie madness and other decks from that time

[@cyberUnit32]

Wait a sec, you can attack with a monster than tribute it?? It’s been awhile since I’ve played.

[@legomaster8823]

Next is kaiba vs Pegasus whoever is kaiba better save mokuba

[@Chaosic]

Good video,old school yugioh when special summoning meant something,and duels last for hours or more than a few turns. New school yugioh and players take forever with their turns and special summons no longer unique.

[@mrnaughtycat]

I love watching them playing yugioh shame me don’t have anybody to play the game with

[@ryanpecora8517]

Was the rules back then that different? U can attack and then summon another monster and attack again like wtf?

[@Chaosic]

You could only attack if the monster is in attack mode or flip it from defense mode to attack them both monsters can attack then that ends your turn. But of course you can only summon one monster at a time unless you have reborn or change of heart cards.

[@Asaylum117]

Joey's starter deck isn't that great. His only strongest monsters on his deck are Red Eyes & Thousand Years Dragon, but that's about it & both only have 2400 ATK points. While Yugi's starter deck has Dark Magician, Summoned Skull, Gaia The Fierce Knight, Curse of Dragon, etc. The only way Joey's deck can actually win is if the person can draw the right trap or spell cards. Otherwise, that person is screwed.

[@exotic6722]

I hope I have friends who knows how to duel too lucky you guys

[@gamerman782]

I remember those decks. Probably the first ones I got as a kid. The memories.

[@marcoaureliofernandezreyes1413]

Good game, indeed. Congrats, duelists 👍

[@craigheartsill6552]

Hey I pulled a Celtic guardian lobe pack the other day I was told on TCGplayer that it’s worth 350 is that a fair assessment?

[@KINGD353]

I don't think that reverse trap play should've worked. I've never been one for rulings but the wording of karate man isn't "increase this cards attack by 1000" its "double this cards attack" and yu gi oh has always liked its rules as written bullshit so I don't think that would've worked at best it would've cut his atk in half since the reverse of x2 is /2

[@Rayzersword]

I'm going for Joey, at least blindness is a thing that exists in real life. XD

[@jmtkf]

I just want to say that you guys make some really good content. Thanks to your channel and a couple of others I've decided to pick up the game again.

[@Runhurd]

you guys made me think of the best idea to respect the maker of yugioh, so I am gonna check all my cards and Remake all 4 original Decks out of respect for them

[@fnafsprings4441]

Should do them again but swap decks

[@madakaruarakumo1598]

I'd love to see Axel Brodie (Volcanic) vs Mako Tsunami (WATER/Legendary Ocean). Really, just Volcanic against a WATER themed deck, couldn't remember anyone besides good old Mako, and iirc you have those cards for sure.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Shark comes to mind, as does Blue Angel's Marincesses and Orca Mega Fortress of Darkness (some one-pump character from GX played it).

[@madakaruarakumo1598]

Shark and Marincess would be way too strong against Volcanic if you played any of them pure.

[@jeancarlodelaluz6415]

If you were to make a starter deck what cards would you make it have and what would be the theme?

[@mmmsheehoo]

DAMN GUYS YOU MADE MY INNER CHILD HAPPY

[@douglassantana7653]

I think that, since Karate Man's effect states that it's attack doubles, the trap thingy would then change the effect to have it's attack halved instead.

[@petersimpson4648]

Close. Reverse Trap only affects numbered increases and decreases, so it would do nothing to Karate Man's effect.

[@thecobra08609]

What app are you using on your phone for the points

[@AndresD.deLeon]

The thing is Joey, you just activated my joke trap. I'm not going to help your sister, and this prolong conversation was for NOTHING. Go now, run back to your sister; tell her you failed! She's in darkness now, as she will be forever, and it's...all...your...FAULT

[@gabrielrocha6723]

these duels are always very cool and fun to watch, a lot of nostalgia,i have Kaiba and Joey's starter deck,i want to see what Joey vs Pegasus will be like

[@Matter_Of_Fact]

You cant attack after Soul Exchange ;)

[@loganraposo91]

And then I pay A N O T H E R 500 life points to summon another monster hahahaha, these videos are perfect and always make my day

[@TheSoundNinja]

If this was the manga, at least Yugi could talk to his grandpa. He was just trapped in a minicam tape, so batteries and rewinding was all they needed.

[@Ronald_Ruck]

The cold opening was kinda irritating.

[@scandireaper5063]

Why did they put a Red-Eyes on top of another Red-Eyes?

[@AviChetriArtwork]

*MY👏GRANDPA'S👏ETERNAL👏SOUL!*👏

[@LukeFromNY]

I am just now building my first ever yugioh deck in the modern card game. I played when yugioh came out that was it. Eldlich golden lord zombie World. Hopefully I can make y’all proud as I learn this complex game

[@akiraishin7141]

Honestly wish they would unbann Ultimate offering. They would need to errata it, but making it something as simple as "Normal summon/set a Normal monster". No one would play it, but it would be really fun for Gimmick decks

[@datwaneshelburn8558]

I have an Idea 💡for a classic duel......Battle City Rules.....Mai vs Marik or Ishizu vs Kaiba classic battle matches 🤔......kinda wanna know if u can reverse the outcome classic matches

[@Mister_BIack]

The Harpies disowned their brother? What the fudge is wrong with them? He was almost as strong as their pet *dragon* and they said "Nope, get rid of him"? I actually didn't know they changed his name, been out of the loop when it comes to modern YGO.

[@MrAchsas]

i thought karate man would still attack for 2000 but increase your life points instead of decreasing them

[@SD-ev8qo]

What calculator do y’all use?

[@UkraineYamaha]

At 03:55 Reinforcement cant be used here since we are in Damage Step. Only Quick Spells can be used here

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

What was the manscaped promo supposed to demo when you're doing it on bare, hairless skin?? 😅 As for Karate Man, his ATK was not increased, instead, is ORIGINAL ATK was doubled. If it was equipped with, say, Axe of Despair, it would've worked that way. But his Original ATK became doubled, coincidentally by 1000, it was not "increased by 1000" specifically.

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

JUST DESSERTS!! 😂🤣😂

[@Unotuchable]

You forget just how awful these old cards were. A vanilla fusion monster with sub 2000 attack? A monster with 1600 attack that requires a tribute to summon and has no effects?

[@supersonicstyle5177]

Man how did you get these structure decks since that they are so old

[@Chaosic]

Ebay or Amazon is probably where they got them.

[@Manjoume]

I always thought it'd be cooler to remove the most useless cards and go from 50 (or 48 for Joey because of the 2 fusion monsters) to 40. Keeps things a little more exciting

[@paulieswalnut]

Interesting fact: Great White isn't just a classic Yugioh card, it's also a band that's responsible for the deaths of many many of their fans. I'm here to cheer people up. 🤗