Stop Giving Your Opponents Free Wins

[@triarcness]

Can’t give the opponent free wins if you don’t play the game *points finger to head*

[@shortbread9518]

ShovelDame Automatic forfeit

[@tha1stalchemist]

*Vader breathez heavy* or u just play psy-framez... *Vader breathez heavy*

[@TeamGentlementlemen]

Shovel-chan has never steered me wrong before.

[@TSMSnation]

Can’t give the opponent free wins if you actually kill them with a god card ether.

[@BurdenofTheMighty]

Can’t give them a free win if you eat their cards :)

[@savnana3605]

I just say "Oh sweet" every time I draw a card, because every card in my deck is worth drawing

[@ivantheturtle3701]

*my grandpa's deck has no pathetic cards*

[@kippoilmagikarp]

*but it does contain the unstoppable Exodia*

[@breezierchip8355]

*Dehydrates*

[@Guy117.]

*AH* *EXODIA* *ITS* *NOT* *POSSIBLE*

[@Da_Swifta]

*NOBODY’S EVER BEEN ABLE TO SUMMON HIMMMM!!!!!*

[@kyrudo]

Well... can I atleast tell my opponent that I trust in the heart of the cards before drawing the card over dramatically?

[@dragonkunia6798]

kyrudo yes you can

[@JohnPaul-nb5iu]

kyrudo tbh if you did that id forfeit out of principle.

[@kyrudo]

Btw. Dont fucking lie. If you’ve played this game, you’ve done the Yugi draw yourself you fucking weebs

[@joshuaatehortua7352]

kyrudo I pulled that and got a card I drew and won

[@crusaddy]

Actuaaaaly, it kinda gives off you need this draw and have something really good to play

[@klondikelegitski675]

I give my opponents free losses when I bring Man Eater Bug beatdown to the tournament.

[@nohnohbody]

Larvae Moth Turbo tho

[@yugiohserbia7158]

Hane-hane lock B[

[@NikoNikoAi]

Hide your children! The fun-patrol is here with another tier 0 shit

[@CRJCrombo]

fear my The Winged Dragon of Ra turbo. I pay 4000 LP for his effect and proceed to kill everyone.

[@mikhailvarkovsky4150]

Not even a Man Eater Bug beatdown could beat my Giant rat + Enraged Muka Muka combo

[@MNVinela]

The best way to win is shout SHINING DRAW when you draw. Then give your best anime smile/laugh. Your opponent will scoop right then and there.

Your opponent will scoop out of cringe.

sd sd I can't deny that.

[@Greeds_]

sd sd that's a cringy assumption there

[@freyathedragon899]

I find it funny that it’s an anime card game, and people act all aghast when you act all… ANIMATED.

[@1001011011010]

Just suddenly start talking about believing in the heart of the cards and start countering while announcing everything in a much deeper voice and suddenly...

[@cidium7]

At a local tournament, there was a guy that kept trying to tell me that scrap dragon eff onto my beelze would destroy beelze. All the players around me agreed with this guy(they all knew eachother). So even though I knew for a fact that he was wrong, I was afraid of looking petty by calling over the judge and just let it happen...ended up losing from that. It was just locals, but to this day, it irks me that I didn't stand my ground and let someone win that clearly should've lost.

[@LeafyPeach]

Fck those bastardscheaters

[@lorkhan8565]

Sometimes you gotta be selfish and petty... If you're wrong so be it, you at the very least learn something new.

[@Da_Swifta]

Wait so lemme get this straight.. this guy looked at your card, which clearly states ”cannot be destroyed by card effects” in literally the first sentence of its card text, and then proceeded to claim that he could destroy it with a card effect? The nerve of this guy...

[@romulusnuma116]

"Read cards" I know it's obvious but it needs to be said.

[@lostanimeworld11]

But how can I read cards when we are many yards apart while dueling with Duel Disks?

[@TrianglePants]

and "use your brain"

[@TheFuryGlitch]

Oh the games I've won because my opponent doesn't read Golden Castle of Stromberg

[@TrianglePants]

Then maybe he shouldn't play the game if he refuses to play it correctly.

[@TrianglePants]

anime duelists are the worst kind of cancer

[@LunaLament]

"Don't Overreact/Give your draws away by acting. Also faking it is obvious" so if I say "Tch Darn it" when I draw my 5th piece of Exodia, show my hand to my opponent and they go "Hey wait a minute, you have 5 copies of The Left Leg of the Forbidden One!"

[@JesusMowsMaLawn]

IDK about Exodia decks, but are you supposed to run 5 left legs XD?

[@Mernom]

Might have something to do with the expression 'starting the day with a left leg'?

[@kylefreeburg9353]

Sorry, I have 5 left feet :/

[@dmas7749]

Disqualified for having more than the 3 copies per deck. Actually, 1 copy because Exodia is limited

[@christianmunso7482]

This is a man that doesn't skip leg day

[@blacktimhoward4322]

So when someone asks me how it's going I'mma say I was a right leg short of assembling exodia last round. Then I'll ask if they have a right leg to trade

[@kotzenderkeks61]

Genius

[@Khodakadahmi]

I had a kid complain that nightmare penguin couldnt return his lightsworn monster to his hand because I had to flip summon it myself on my own turn. I told him that wasn't the case and even in the games it works that way. Most cards with the forced self flip has the words "FLIP:" But no, the head judge sided with the kid because i think they knew one another and i was just a new guy. I've been salty ever since.

[@Da_Swifta]

Dude that’s fucked up. How would you even get that wrong though? I mean, everyone knows how Man-water Bug works. Nightmare penguin works in exactly the same way. Just because it doesn’t say *FLIP* at the start of the card text doesn’t mean different rules apply to it, unless specified. Flip summoning a card obviously counts as flipping the card face-up and it baffles me that anyone would argue otherwise.

[@Eagles4theewin]

I always tell my opponent I lost because of Jinzo.... I don't play traps.

[@ifabody960]

Idk if this is a joke, but this is genuinely good advice

[@Guy117.]

You are now my favorite human

[@blockwearingman]

😂

[@WilliamReginaldLucas]

That is genius

[@ScribeAwoken]

joke: telling your opponent how many cards you're side decking in woke: not telling your opponent how many cards you're side decking in bespoke: lying about how many cards you're side decking in

[@SumThingFawful]

Ask to READ the cards. I don't care if the other guy doesn't want you to touch the things. You need to KNOW what everything does before ABC buster started banishing 3 times a turn without tribute (i know a guy ok) Secondly, TAKE A SHOWER. Clear your buns. It proves winrate by 100%. People will enjoy your presence more, let you touch their stuff and more. So do it ESPECIALLY AT LOCALS

[@ColonelZeta]

TheKidFawFul I don't go to tournaments but you always see this, do most yugioh players really just stink lol????

[@HowlingDoom]

Do YGO players have a hygiene problem?

[@SumThingFawful]

ColonelZeta Honestly its not that bad. But most of the people that go to locals are mid teens and older. Tcg's can bring so strange characters to locals. In case of tournaments. Its a large group of mostly men sitting down and walking around in a tiny cramped room. There will be a few odd ball that didn't shower the day before (I personally know one)

[@ShengTooFlash]

How can somebody smell so bad that you smell the guy across a table.I am a guy and weigh around 230lbs,and I only shower with cleaning utensils once or twice a week.Yet im still told that I have a nice fragrance.Are these people only eating garlic,onions,meat and asparagus or whats up with them?

[@theeternalslayer]

@@ColonelZeta some just get overconfident and think "i have the top meta deck i'm gonna destroy him" they see my true dracos "fuck!"

[@uselessinformation9554]

Be as vague as possible. Got it.

[@HowlingDoom]

Be like the card game

[@JojonathanOliveira]

That was the best answer I've seen

[@siphonicatom1982]

"Am I going 1st or 2nd this game?" "Yes"

[@buttnuggetsauce7666]

useless information basically

[@dragonboyjgh]

And look for/tease out as many specifics about your opponent as you can so they aren't vague.

[@Its_Soph_ie]

Thanks! This helps me so much since I'm just getting into competitive yugioh

[@Nocturne989]

At the first tournament I ever played at, I had a set Cardcar D that was a common knowledge card. I had another copy of it in my hand. My opponent on his turn asked me how much DEF it had. Not thinking, I glanced at my hand and told him. He immediately said "You have another one in your hand, don't you?" and explained he knew since I glanced at my hand rather than checking the facedown Cardcar D itself or just saying the number without looking if I just knew it. Never did it again.

[@avaren7660]

Necro-bump! Not sure you'd even have to give them an answer if it's facedown.

[@Nocturne989]

@@avaren7660 I'd have to pull the rulebook out. Not sure since because it was face up when summoned and then set by BoM the Def might still be considered public knowledge. The real issue was that I should have looked at the facedown one before telling him to hide that I had another copy in hand and not give additional knowledge by accident. Funnily enough, I'm a judge now lol need to see how this works against current rules.

[@theolast9727]

I only recently got into Yu-Gi-Oh and man, your vids have helped so much at helping me catch up. Just wanted to say thanks.

[@ninjaelectivire1118]

I’d make stuff up if they ask me how things went. I’d say “Exodia’d five straight guys lmao”

[@chrisdacaveman7103]

Don’t forget premature scoops many times I’ll play a card as a bluff and not have the combo pieces to make that play go for game but my opponent will automatically scoop and then complain about broken cards and how there needs to be a ban list

[@oucyan]

Dude. you just said my catchphrase. I'm a judge and my go to retort for people not understanding how cards work is to "READ CARDS!"

[@derrayproductions8945]

Damn I don't even play anymore. I just find these interesting

[@TheTdbj]

Derray Productions No lie i been watching his videos for a Month and I havent played a match in 2 years.

[@EflowNivek]

Yeah I know that feeling as well I can't remember last I played, I think Spellbooks were just released and yet I find myself watching his vids even if this one was a bunch of stuff I already knew.

[@isaacchadwell5037]

I don't even play yugioh and never really have. I just like the videos

[@Mernom]

Ditto

[@drago3036]

Isaac Chadwell same here

[@lariusx14]

*Opponent draws a card and shuffles hand Dude, wait, you can't just shuffle your hand -What? why not? It's a rule... -What a stupid rule! no one cares about that, what kind of hurt can a hand shuffle make? *Calls a judge So, my opponent start his turn, drew a card and shuffle his hand -Yeah, so what? *Activates Drop Off Judge: Boy, you just automatically lose because you shuffle your hand in front of Drop Off

[@artkondratyev4307]

This video explained more what goes on in a tournament than my friends could explain their experiences.

[@XEndlessSteelX]

Pretty much all you said goes for every single TCG, not only YuGiOh. I really like that you put this out there, it will help players for sure. Heck, even experienced players often have issues with some of these points.

[@JesusGonzalez-tl3cx]

I cannot keep a poker face, I easily let my emotions get the best of me, I once laughed in a proffesional setting in a meeting with my manager, the ceo of the company and a few co workers and it wasnt just a small laugh and it was a serious topic !!

[@JesusMowsMaLawn]

lol

[@LucasFeniks]

I'm getting back into Yugioh and I have been getting used and know the current meta. These videos really help. Thank you

[@squatopia2199]

I only watch your channel for pack openings. What is this?

[@clarkroberts2964]

Squatopia this is not a pack opening channel

[@LiteralApe]

Clark Roberts wooooosh

[@theFPLkiwi]

Erick Estrada wooooosh

[@monchete9934]

Ralph Jordan wooosh You now have AIDS

[@RUN_IT_UP_]

Squatopia I do to bro we won't card openings

[@dennisbernhard3117]

For me it was pretty important to learn that if your opponent asks you what a card does, not to tell them stuff like: “that is the stratos of my deck.“ or “it is like a monster reborn for the archetype.“ Just tell them the exact effect, or let them read the card. You don't have to give away how important a certain card is to your strategy.

[@beanerman9111991]

Had this happen to a friend at locals. His opponent was playing Exodia and got excited for drawing a 4th piece and shows my friend the 4 pieces. My friend activates Mind Crush. Lmao

[@hazenoki628]

The only time I ever went to the head judge for a ruling he ruled incorrectly (and against me). It was very frustrating, but I won in the end anyway. (If you're curious, I had Trap Stunned a summoned Shaddoll Core in response to him attempting a fusion and my opponent wanted it back as a monster next turn. I objected, as it should remain uselessly on the field as a trap card only.)

[@NewNub]

yeah that's true, trap monsters die out and clog the field meaninglessly when you trap stun them

[@TheBloodswordsman]

Pfft. You think that's bad, I once had a head judge allow my opponent to have multiple battle phases to attack. I thought he was joking, but when he allowed it, I was stunned. Couldn't say anything, couldn't even argue. Just shook my head and let my opponent hit me for 10000+ damage in his mutiple battle phases.

[@deaththekid201]

TheBloodswordsman there is a card that does give you more then one battle phase

[@TheBloodswordsman]

deaththekid201 Sigh... There are only 3 cards in yugioh that do such a thing. The first is "Weather Report", which requires someone to run swords of revealing light, the second is "last turn" which is forbidden and the last is "an unfortunate report" which allows your opponent to get an extra battle phases. Can you guess which of these were being run? Hint: neither of us were running "swords of revealing light", neither of us were running illegal cards and neither of us was stupid enough to activate a card to give our opponent an extra battle phase.

[@deaththekid201]

TheBloodswordsman im just saying there cards that can do it

[@brightdrive2071]

can't give your opponent free wins if you open up yugioh card packs instead~~

[@JesusMowsMaLawn]

*slow clap*

[@TheNathanKania]

Honestly didn’t know the “telling them whether I’m going first or second”. I always just kinda assumed you have to tell them if they’re going first before than. Thanks for that.

[@kylemartin2487]

“Remember, Head Judge’s are people too,” 😂 just the way he said that got me

[@JuwanBuchanan]

I had won many games due to the fact that my opponent was a idiot, did some stupid shit to be cute and ended up losing anyway, did some questionable plays that didn't help his position and most of the time these players had the advantage throughout the duel.

[@JohnPaul-nb5iu]

Divine_Wrath was having fun

[@maicoltenjou7572]

Like linking away their entire board into Saryuja for no good reason.

[@MCGalaxy30]

The Yugioh Pro special.

[@sburbtube6766]

BM-ing is usual a bad idea

[@NewNub]

that's what they get for bming lol

[@MuBabylonLeaf]

I actually still use the deck conversion strategy, mainly because I use a deck that runs multiple engines and boss monsters that synergizes with each other. The main issue it leaves me open to specific threats that I can't outright shut down, so I can see the benefit for the current meta of side decking. On the other hand, it is fun to see the opponent think I run one deck, have them side for it, and suddenly think I'm play a different deck that that their siding fails against.

[@lamiaprincess6371]

I...think I've done some of this without realizing (and I'm not even really sure because I don't remember everything and I tend to be an expressive person), but this was a good video and I'm going to keep these things in mind once I head to the FLOD Sneak Peek and...whenever a Regional comes around the area again.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

Emilia Marco hi Emilia I'm John. Your name is quite beautiful and it's nice to meet you. How are you doing and do you like to play Yugioh on occasion?

[@bijuutamer729]

I already learned something. Apparently you don't need to tell your opponent how much you're siding.

[@bretrobinson1590]

Talking about rulings, shiranui spectral sword's effect should count as a synchro summon because you use a tunner and a nontunner monster, and cannot sommons synchro monsters that require certain tunner monsters to sommon.

[@Sp0okeh]

only in a tournament setting: i act intimidating and duel for blood to keep my poker face believable. keep calm no matter what, even when you're winning. but in a non tourney setting, i just show my entire hand (to friends only) to make the game harder to win; it is also good for practice. my friends does that too cuz why not?

[@TheArcher143]

How were your last couple rounds? I was about to lose but I kept top decking Raigeki and winning Perfect way to make them fear over extending lol

[@ifabody960]

Idk if ur joking but this is genuinely good advice

[@Subpar1224]

And honestly hilarious

[@ninijafish]

thank you so much for making this video; now i can just send this to my friends who are switching over to competitive yugioh without having to argue with them

[@suezuccati304]

ChromeBii or you could keep it a secret for everyone and win more than they

[@ninijafish]

KennyJoão Metaleiro but then they'd be giving their opponent free wins

[@Monsterzjw]

Other player: *asks how my last match went* Me: I beat down the last dude with a lvl 3 monster. Only. A lvl 3 monster. Other player: *Press X to Doubt*

[@alisterhanson202]

Mokey rage

[@koalstolz1615]

Wind-up Kitten

[@suneater..]

Gren Maju?

[@owenbegoin9727]

I remember that my friend used to at cyber dragons ( he plays d/d now, which is a much more consistent deck) and he thought that future fusion was immediate, but it's next standby phase. He also did that with cyber dragon infinity, because he thought that he could discard a card to negate destruction, but it's only with spells/traps.

[@themaster80h68]

This was an AMAZING video. Thank you for making it

[@russianbot2179]

This is a useful tip for locals. Do not reveal information to your opponent, even after you defeat them in a match. You will be fighting them again next week. For example. I ran Monster Reborn and Miracle Fusions in a deck. My opponent would side in Macro Cosmoses to block my Monster Reborn and Miracle Fusions, and a few other of my GY cards. Little did my opponent know, that I always sided out those GY cards, so he would literally be siding in dead Macro Cosmosses every time I faced him. I never to this day told him that he was siding in dead Macro Cosmoses because I sided out all my GY cards.

[@ShuraEssays]

Next time I go to my locals, I might have a suprise for this Kozmo player. Kozmo vs. Fa is already a mediocre matchup, but what if game two I get out a cyber dragon and level 7 hang-on mach, use his entire field for a chimeratech fortress dragon, and all his monsters are banished before they get their graveyard effects? I mean, it's locals and anti-spell is really bad in fa decks. What do you want from me, a serious side decking choice?

[@FeanixFlamage]

a lot of the players at my locals (especially newer players) tend to hover their hand over cards like mirror force WAY before i've even considered going into the battle phase. or they'll flip torrential or bottomless when i activate a monster reborn or soul charge (or something similar) so i tell them they have to wait for targets, wait for a response or chain, then i can just pick something that doesn't care or even wants to be destroyed by their trap and just gain a TON of advantage off of it. also people letting me just resolve something like a dragonic diagram even though they have a set mst on the field. now, i try and explain how things work, especially if it's a new deck i'm playing, and at the very least i don't want games to take longer than necessary because my opponent has to keep constantly asking questions or reading my cards over and over, but the fact that some people just don't grasp things that i would assume are pretty basic concepts when they aren't new players just baffles me. especially when i've been playing most of the players at my locals for at least a year, some since i was in high school. another thing i've noticed is people just not keeping track of their cards, especially in decks like lightsworn. i'll sit there and try and play around stuff like fairy tail - snow, and the opponent just doesn't use her effect at all, wonders why they lost, i point out snow, they kick themselves, and then do it again next week. ...... my locals is a fucking joke most of the time, lol. gonna take superheavy samurai tomorrow just so i don't auto win against everyone, especially since we've been having a lot of kids starting up and they're still learning how the game works and i'd rather not ruin it for them by playing true draco, trickstar, dinos, or some other stupid strong deck i could put together.

[@jeremymore451]

Very good video Doug. Thanks for the good stuff!

[@Concap-ej9jj]

Thanks dzeeff, I just started playing last format and these tips helped a lot

[@ChaosDarkLight]

This is neat stuff, never been to tourneys and never will, so I learned a lot from this.

[@AgentKuo]

Great tips! Would love to have more videos like this

[@Sygmus6]

One of the main reasons I don’t want to play competitively (aside from cost) is that there’s so many cards that I have to read them all in the middle of a game. Heck, I still have to read my own cards from time to time. It’s happened a couple times where my opponent tilted like crazy. They still won anyway since I’m garbage.

[@tomduckworth6430]

I have won many games from my opponents not reading my cards. I don’t maliciously leave effects out but sometimes when I’m trying to simplify a cards text so I just don’t end up reading the entire cards out loud things get lost. Once while playing Triamids at a locals I played against someone who asked me what Triamid Hunter did. Realizing I would have to explain every card I made the general statement “He allows me to get an extra normal summon of a rock monster as long as there is a field spell and LIKE EVERY OTHER LOW LEVEL TRIAMID allows me to swap field spells from my deck on my opponent’s turn” I know it’s not a perfect description but when playing a very unknown deck it gets tiring explaining every card over and over. On his turn with hunter and dancer on the field I swapped out two field spells and my opponent accused me of withholding information on dancers eff.

[@Kertezium]

To quote the 'head judge' who ran my locals today... "Either sort disagreements out between yourselves, or I'll make a ruling, and I've got no clue anything recent, so don't complain."

[@stevenlawson2431]

The concept you are talking about with side decking 15 is called smoke screening. I thought it was a pretty wild and potentially risky concept in general, but it sure has shown to work in specific formats.

[@RedMage8BT]

I once let myself get convinced into an unfavorable ruling that was incorrect in retrospect. I still won the duel so it wasn't a big deal, but what he did was basically call a judge over before activating the effect, the judge naturally gave a non-specific answer because he hadn't actually activated anything yet and the whole exchange kinda threw me off enough to accept his explanation after the judge had already left.

[@meowistforlife]

Your second tip can be reduced to have a good poker face

[@SangaXD44]

Quick question. Let's say you ask your opponent during side decking if they're going 1st/2nd in game 2/3 and they oblige instead of saying they'll wait until siding is completed (we'll say they choose to go first). Then, after siding is done and both decks are shuffled, they change their mind and switch to wanting to go second. They claim they can do this because deciding to go 1st/2nd isn't officially decided until after siding is finished. What would happen in this case? Just curious.

[@owenbegoin9727]

So many people say "go back to card openings" and " don't give casuals shit " but you're just telling them the rules of Yu-gi-oh . I am a casual and I find these videos to be extremely helpful when playing. After all, casual means you don't play competitively or get into Yu-gi-oh as much as competitive players, that's it's definition.

[@XanKreigor]

I stopped playing card games during Pokemon, when I found out the damn "Game Masters / Judges" in my town seem to be mentally challenged. If you remember Pokemon, there was a Sudowoodo card that had a PokePower that said "Has a copy of every other pokemon's attack, including energy costs". Some people were playing this as if Sudowoodo can use his Pokepower to attack AND then use his regular attack (this is impossible since the core rule state a pokemon can ATTACK only once). This was broken as hell as it allowed him to do like 70+ dmg per turn with a tiny buildup, which killed most pokemon without giving a chance to counter. So yeah "Read what the card does, doesn't help when the person doesn't UNDERSTAND the card.

[@johnhenry6188]

I carry over the emotions from before so instead of a poker face I react the same by laughing like crazy to everything

[@LowkeySmoothy]

Tell your opponent that you lost last game by drawing too much pendulum When actually you play blackwings

[@EKMgaming2010]

When I was playing ABC stun, after winning game 1 I got the cards I was going to 'side out' in one pile during siding and then the cards I was going to 'side in'. Put the side out cards back in and my opponent made me go first because he thought I had taken all the traps out. It was a total blowout.

[@faisfaizal5194]

Can't lose to your opponent if you never let your opponent play the game. *proceeds to setup board for 20 minutes*

[@tropicallynguist]

Great video. I have been playing Yu-Gi-Oh for years and this video was helpful. Keep doing your thing bubba

[@madness..3449]

*Dzeeff:* Keep a poka-face... *Kaitou Kid enters the chat:* Ladies and gentlemen!..

[@Vexy93]

Stop giving your opponent free wins by using cards like Gift in chain with Simochi because Gift will activate before Simochi, giving your opponent +3000LP instead of -3000LP

[@AdamaximumX]

Going to tournaments sounds very fun; what with meeting other players and all. I've been getting more into competitive Yugioh as of lately, which is another reason why I enjoy your content, dzeeff. Well...that and the 0% of pack openings on the channel of course!

[@kodytiffany5686]

I am talkitive about my decks normally... I do not use meta ideas often (as in expected at pro level, and cheapens a win by making it easy). When I say I am using a frog deck there is a fairly specific formula of monster line up and extra deck consideration going into that. then I play some off the wall cards like solidarity and aqua actresses and the extra deck is mostly for show and the opponent is facing a beat down deck where they were excepting subterfuge. I ask other people what they play and thats more for the knowledge of can my deck handle that; I do not make side decks. Call that ignorant all you like, but ones deck better have everything it needs at all times or the player needs to understand the deck is meant to lose against that build that beat it (this is what makes the game fun is not being able to win every match with out going second to provide your opponent a chance).

[@robychapel9795]

yes thank you so much for this very helpful video, now I know when I don't feel too good about a floor judge decision I can appeal it to the head judge.

[@rebmon10438]

I will never forget how I got screwed for two rounds at a regionals because of a head judge ruling. GB War Chariot cannot negate Honest. The ruling only lasted those two rounds, but I went up against lightsworn both rounds.

[@PxlNinja]

Stop not being a pack opening channel

[@artkondratyev4307]

Pxl Ninja You come to the wrong channel

[@BlueSparxLPs]

I think this is the first video in which I can actually say I don't think I've fallen into any of these traps. I can admit that I've made this or that mistake (from other videos), but not the case here. A lot of this just sounds like common sense.

[@drago3036]

Blue Sparx people rarely have common sense

[@wildwest8069]

So I can't do intentional draws at my events? .-.

[@MrClassicInTheMaking]

Long story short; Knowledge is power, give as little of it to your opponent as possible.

[@darkluigi123456789]

The last tip helped me once cause someone wanted to normal summon that one Dino boss monster in the dinosmasher deck. The rest is also really helpful , now I just need friends to use the of the tips against except that one dude FeelsBadMan . Can't have a pokerface in online games.

[@bradybourgeois9819]

For some reason when someone asked me how my day was going I almost always won. Dunno if Pokemon is different or if people who are trying to gain information like that are compensating or something.

[@DarkRijin]

i don't even play yugioh and i keep watching all these videos, they just seem like really good content.

[@forbiddenspatula4243]

Once saw a guy at locals using Pendulums. He kept using the monster effects in the pendulum zone and vise versa. Some times intentional and sometimes accidental.

[@Tonka-Baby]

Do you think there could be a benefit of saying you bricked with all pendulums when not running pendulums? Maybe if youre running a counter to anti pendulums you make them overly confident idk.

[@thesun5275]

as for the read cards oh my god when I was playing in high school some people were pulling off some bullshit plays but most of us were like "oh ok" because there was SOOOOOOO much text but then once I read it more specifically I realized that one combo he was pulling off where he used one of his own card effects to nuke his card for the grave effect was an illegal move because the card he kept nuking specifically stated it couldn't be destroyed by ANY card effect. twas a big oof

[@travisspicer4395]

I read a lot of cards and its surprising how many players make mistakes that give them advantage because they just assume what their card does or they forget the cards restrictions.

[@HACKERMANNN]

To add to your first point: You should always sideboard regardless if you swap cards or not. This way you're not giving your opponent the information that you actually swapped out cards to adapt to their strategy.

[@XxLoneWolfexX]

I remember playing Glad beasts and hope to win game 1 and side board into E-heroes with a 15 card smoke screen and they would have a bunch of useless cards sided in. Only worked a few times until people caught on but it was fun while it lasted.

[@GoldColony415]

I was just looking into side decking a few days ago. So helpful been trying to get a little more competitive.

[@ShuraEssays]

So I have 2 pendulum related ruling questions, I feel like one is correct and one may not be. So, let's say my opponent uses Ultimate Conductor Tyranno to make all my monsters go face-down. Now, he attacks my pendulum monster, specifically, let's say D/D/D Super Doom King Dark Armageddon. When Tyranno attacks, I've been told that the monster is flipped face up, I take damage, and then the card in a way "checks for the graveyard," then the ruling goes that since it isna pendulum monster, it is sent to the graveyard, but instead goes to the Extra Deck. The issue is that if this monster specifically is destroyed, it places itself in the scale. So, I feel that it goes to the extra deck, but am I wrong? Second, and more confusingly because xyz monsters are these magical things that follow half-logic, if I use star pendulumgraph and then xyz summon using 2 pendulum magicians, say, Harmonizing and Purple Poison, and xyz summon - well, that part isn't important. The materials are no longer on the field, but they haven't left the field, so does Star Pendulumgraph activate? It specifically states "If a 'magician' pendulum monster you control leaves the monster zone or the pendulum zone: Add one 'Magician' pendulum monster from your deck to your hand." The monsters are no longer in the same monster zone... how does that work? Thanks in advance!

[@ShuraEssays]

But what if instead I side deck my Time Pendulumgraph in my main deck for the one in my main deck, wash rinse repeat for wavering eyes and other cards you run extras of in the side. I mean, I probably shouldn't keep extras in the side, but what else am I gonna do? Side anti-spell for the mirror match? Dimensional Barrier . . . For the mirror match? Solemn Strike . . . But it's not in the main deck? Side strike for the summoning matchup, I guess.

[@Mernom]

3:15 I've once played against a player who had an exodia deck in the first round, and a madolech in the 2nd.

[@JiraiyaSama86]

I do not know if anyone else feel this way, but some rulings do in fact contradict some of the generic chain resolving rulings and such that they have installed. I recalled seeing some specific card situations that completely contradict the general rulings, and the explanations were either poor or simply contradicts altogether. While it is true that the judges are human, I feel that there should be more requirements for judges, like an education, and that players should also do the same rather than always relying on someone else to clarify. They should try to read and understand the generic rulings instead of searching for card specific scenarios because otherwise what’s the point of having rules. You either have rules or you don’t. Simply just pointing out the contradictions that get unnecessarily frustrating when people don’t bother with their education or make an investment on trying to understand the general card resolving rulings.

[@Sebto360]

I've been thinking about conversion side decking, but I think I would much rather have outs to floodgates in my side deck

[@rulerofmonkeys1547]

Thanks bro now I can be better.

[@DrMACPOW]

I played my one and only regionals 10 years ago and I was running a defensive burn deck. I thought I'd do good since that deck gave me numerous wins but I ended up terribly disappointed with an embarrassing 0-4. I was very nervous because it was my first regionals. Bad times.

[@RockHeiland]

To every person i might face in a duel in my life: Please, for the love of God, never stop giving me free wins

[@brandonbohannon6346]

I had a head judge tell me you have to use droll before reincarnation and caused me to lose, afterwards I argued with him for 20 minutes or so, explained to him how it worked, provided evidence that I was right, and he finally was like oh shut, you're right sorry i made you lose..

[@DotHackerBlackWing]

actually a big part of any card game is information and misinformation. react as if the good card is a bad one and vice versa for a bad card, but also react in a good way if you good card and vice versa with a bad card. feed your opponent both types of information to cause them to double guess themselves.

[@magnaillusion6085]

It's obvious you have to avoid playing any insect or dinosaur decks to stop giving opponents free wins. Everyone knows only tryhard scum uses dinosaurs and insects, and they will always be defeated by real hero decks, like the ones comprised entirely of chance-based cards, or magician decks whose strongest card is Mage Power.

[@M3G4T3RR4]

Magnaillusion it might actually be possible to win with those if you throw the opponent’s exodia pieces off the ship beforehand.

[@M3G4T3RR4]

Magnaillusion it might actually be possible to win with those if you throw the opponent’s exodia pieces off the ship beforehand.

[@jamesdvorak9680]

Do you have a video on affect timing or order? For example fur hires have a lot of basically simultaneous effect activation when a monster is special summoned, so I was just wondering if you had a video on the order of effect activation?

[@Brionicat]

this sounds a lot like a tcgplayer article you wrote years ago. I remember it helped me before my first event

[@BoardWipeGamingMN]

You should have talked about how a lot of newer players will show what they had set or their hand at the end of a game

[@ShuraEssays]

TeamBoardWipe I think when the match is over, that should be perfectly fine, and if it's kinda obvious, like playing storming mirror force but your opponet was Trickstars - pure burn Trickstars - it doesn't really give any info away. If it's a crazy tech card or a key piece of your strategy you got too late, though, don't unless you just lost for the second time.

[@TonyExists]

TeamBoardWipe Unless it's in a tournament doesn't really matter too much

[@BoardWipeGamingMN]

I said game not match. Also talking about playing it’s pretty much assumed it’s in a tournament. Playing with friends nothing really matters

[@pedrodarosamello64]

The jusdge part is so important, I play phantasm Spiral and man, Pacifis gives me TONS of rulling problems

[@d04lvallier]

In duel links I always forget the effect of this one card that usually can win me the game it helps me destroy a monster at the cost of my own but dude idk why I always think it makes me draw 2 cards 😂