Subaru and her experience playing Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel for the first time

[@ConspoLopes]

This was streamed before the newest pack/banlist btw! thats why theres no mention of purrely/mikanko

[@LazurBeemz]

I like how she didn't start reading her opponent's cards until Gold 3. Truly, she is already one of us.

[@MeizarFarizky]

that's impressive actually. even platinum players still don't read cards

[@dapperghastmeowregard]

I mean, my biggest complaint about the digital Yugioh implementations I've tried is how unless you have a possible chain it needs to ask about it shows you each card your opponent plays for about half a frame :/

[@anthonynguyen1289]

@@dapperghastmeowregardcan’t you check the graveyard? I haven’t played Master Duel in a long time, but I’m pretty sure other Yugioh games allowed you to view the graveyard as that is a thing you can do in person

[@dapperghastmeowregard]

@@anthonynguyen1289 Yeah, I think so, but still annoying to have them flash fifteen cards at me in the span of three seconds and then have to be like "Okay, let me look at this pile of cards now and try to sleuth out what the fuck just happened."

[@pilidod]

​@@dapperghastmeowregardChecking the log in the bottom right corner helps. Most card activations tells you exactly which effect is being activated if there are multiple. Idk if you already knew this but yeah it can be hard to keep up especially if you haven't memorized certain cards. Dueling a deck I've never encountered is always a trip.

[@Laevant]

Best part was when she added Crossout Designator to her deck to "deal with" Tear and/or Kash but her deck only had Dark Magician related cards. People on twitter had to explain how it works to her.😂

[@tuaninh351]

😂😂😂

[@lanibentz9976]

What did she think it did???

[@dandylion4037]

​@@lanibentz9976she thought it just negates an effect

[@BoggoNewman]

Subaru: "What even is the strongest anymore?" Opponent: *Tributes dark magician with kaiju and summons Mikanko cards with 0 attack and win the duel*

[@hurrdurrmurrgurr]

Opponent: Sits on one very large cat.

[@bryanmerel]

​@@hurrdurrmurrgurrow. You mean Gigantamax Umbreon? XD

[@Mt.Berry-o7]

"With my weakest I will defeat your strongest." - Mikanko, probably

[@bigred212]

I wanna ask how but the answer is probably some bs effect they gave it 💀

[@Ic3Blade97]

Feet strong

[@MeizarFarizky]

"yoku wakannai kedo shinu" that's it. that's the entire Subaru's journey on Master Duel

[@nyansudo1464]

That's the standard experience of everyone getting into Yu Gi Oh / MD :D

[@raseruuu3742]

I dunno what happened but i died LMAO

[@pedrofelipefreitas2666]

Nay bro, that's every ygo player for a solid 6 months. You don't even know why things are happening half the time.

[@valkyriedown]

ah, yes. the true cute little mermaid experience. "Your turn? no. Its our turn."

[@tuaninh351]

yeah, that shit is annoying, unless you add a bunch of defend cards, or you will watch a 15-chain in your turn

[@Satoru3369]

No she was powercreep to the point that it was mid 😢 ... Bring back the chaos ruler and the deck would be fine again 😂

[@Degenerick]

11:32 yeah i remember seeing that feature match where dominic couch used kashtiras to block 9 whole zones

[@trustalk115]

i take bath, clean my toilet, cooking and then back just to see the enemy still not done with his combo

[@eddmario]

I once took a massive shit that made me feel like I lost a few pounds afterwards. When I came back it was STILL my opponent's first turn...

[@para-dx7771]

Yo, who went and dropped a Shangri-Ira and Merli combo on Shuba's Dark Magician? 😭

[@nv4896]

Praying for the day I see her get her turned skipped 😂

[@ex.ver.5818]

Well better that than playing a week later and getting her S/T cards Plump'd into a Noir

[@aokyoutsuki7744]

​@@nv4896radiating sadism ener-jii right there

[@edwn00005]

not me but i would. 😓 i love shuba but i need to climb the ladder.

[@r3zaful]

I love suba, but i have to rank

[@LeonDractus]

Turns are an illusion, poor Shuba.

[@RuggedRing]

"Our turn"

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

Fun is also an illusion in modern yugioh.

[@Wenzan3pm]

Ngl Masterduel isn't meant for the total beginners so her reaching platinum is a amazing feat

[@NightRaven5568]

I recommend link evolution for total beginners the game helps new players understand summoning mechanics without being too difficult

[@JayceCH.]

Shes probably using meta decks outside of her stream.

[@Wenzan3pm]

@@JayceCH. Nope her climb from gold to plat was slow considering there is no rank down in gold

[@adamka-1]

Litteraly bought one structure deck

[@NightRaven5568]

@@JayceCH. Okay anddd what are you trying to prove? Master Duel only awards you if you play the best decks it is how the game makes it;s money

[@Kaos9696]

I aspire to be a yugioh player like her. Enjoying the game using your favorite cards is such a great mindset

[@VixYW]

I used to be like that in the early days of MD using nothing but Sacred Beasts. Then Swordsoul was introduced to me...

[@darebrained]

That's why most people - myself included - play Commander in Magic. YGO not really having formats is wildfto me.

[@bluewolves90]

The only way to do it is play in lower rank. Many veterans have second acc. Only in lower rank just for fun, you will still meet meta but they're missplay so much that you can beat'em with your pet deck.

[@kkacehstrive]

That mindset why i always add incredible ecclesia into iris swordsoul into any decks that can run synchro or rank 4 xyz decks. I really love iris swordsoul design and her effect.

[@Laevant]

Well, depends on what your favorite cards are.😂 If we're talking cards like Dark Magician or Blue Eyes, I still see them around platinum and diamond so I guess they're still playable?

[@kusnorangga3424]

Thank you for not giving up playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Subaru😢❤

[@Jmoranster]

As a Yu-Gi-Oh fan first I am SO happy to know that Subaru was a new player that didnt give up at the beginning. Also 10:36 the Lady Lab and Sheiren doodles give me life. Edit: I spoke too soon 11:06 Fenrir, Riseheart, and Shangra-Ira doodles have cured my depression.

[@Protect_all_ljf3forms]

Love her 100% accurate drawings

[@VixYW]

I wish she streamed that, would love to watch that roller coaster of emotions happen.

[@Chestyfriend]

I don't think that could have worked, chat would have coached her basically and drained all the fun of discovery and earning the win out of it. She played it the perfect way to personally enjoy it. Despite its flaws and the hurdles to "get in to it", Yugioh can be very enjoyable to new players as long as they make an actual effort to learn it.

[@thieftheodore]

Pretty sure cover still haven't got permission to stream master duel. When some of Holostars boys played it on stream, it was on other people channel

[@amethonys2798]

​@thieftheodore I doubt Cover ever WILL get permissions tbh. It wouldn't surprise me if they have an exclusive contract with Bushiroad considering how close they are.

[@shinyanakagawa8241]

@@amethonys2798 Konami already gave permission to Cover to stream their games recently. Pekora already finished 2 MGS games and the fact that Subaru can freely talk about YGO stuff and showing the actual cardboards on stream shows that Konami already forgive and lax on giving Cover to livestream their games. Bushiroad exclusivity has nothing to do with why they cant livestream Konami's games before.

[@aciesara5444]

@@amethonys2798 That's also what I thought. Talking about something in a stream is one thing, but it's hard for me to believe that no one in Hololive has shown interest in streaming MD, not even once. Cardfight Vanguard and especially Weiss Schwarz are owned by Bushiroad, and they even have Hololive cards in Weiss. YGO is also very popular in CN. Maybe, from Konami's side, they are being extra careful, though this is just my conspiracy theory.

[@dubbyplays]

An archetype that plays on their turn and THEN plays on your turn. An archetype that sends your cards to the backrooms and also doesn't let you play a card. *Yep, seems an average fair and balanced yugioh meta*

[@four-en-tee]

"Huh, modern Yugioh is like MMA" Thats a new one. Most people compare it to fighting games.

[@ConspoLopes]

yea, i had to check to make sure my translation was correct. i think she means it in the sense that there's many different styles (summoning methods)

[@MaxiUsagi]

it's not your turn subaru, it's "our" turn

[@LightCrossZX]

Going Hang On Mach, field spell pass against Tear when they can't out it is just hilarious

[@thunderaoi]

Why are they playing on my turn is the YUGIOH phrase of the decade!

[@ariaakee]

I love how her art of Kash Fenrir is smiling but it looks like it's mocking you

[@mokeymale8350]

Seeing the fresh Yugioh experience is always a joy. As someone that’s been playing for 11 years, it’s so fun watching someone learn the lessons of Yugioh

[@LChaos2]

What she says about Bronze rank is totally true. People get intimidated by high level or even mid level play, but low level play is nothing like that. In Bronze, people don't know what they are doing, but new players looking at Master Duel as a whole have this weird notion that everyone plays at a high level even at bronze. While it is true that decks are not restricted by rank and thus you can find any deck in bronze, you're not likely to be facing them, let alone frequently.

[@schokoladereee]

Yeah, i remember my first time duel against someone in bronze rank, seemed like have certain understanding bits about the pendulum combo but somehow put a set card on one of pendulum zone and can't do pendulum summon until lose to a deckout. I only randomly stalled too and left with 100 ish LP in the end. That's too painful to rewatch but yeah, we didn't really know what we were doing lmao.

[@jesuscornstorm737]

Yeah unfortunately she lucked out on that regard, normally i just get meta garbage or ftk'd.

[@hazamax2139]

I do farm silvers and golds tho. I'm not a regular MD player but I definetely know my way around yugioh. Staying at gold 1 each resets ensures I can always climb up to my goal in a couple hours easily and get the same amount of gems I'd get for doing it at higher levels. Still, I do make sure to at least play ojamas or some random shit like that. I really don't want to make a new player's experience worse than it already is.

[@Dread_Maximus]

you spend barely any games in bronze and ppl stay in silver/gold if all they want to do is farm dailies so it's a moot point.

[@DX2ification]

Bronze is the wild west where anything goes and mistakes can happen after than you think

[@gordyuchiha5497]

Thank you for clipping this! I hope she talks about it again. I've been a duelist since the beginning, and it's fun to listen to new players' fun stories.

[@ConspoLopes]

same, thats why i translated it :D i hoped some yugituber watched it, but im already happy it got so many views

[@gordyuchiha5497]

@@ConspoLopes I know she probably can't, but I wish we could watch her duel. That would be such a fun stream.

[@luzllednar361]

@@ConspoLopes well farfa literraly just watch this lol

[@ConspoLopes]

@@luzllednar361 oh shit really? lets goooo

[@Momosexual]

​@@luzllednar361sauce?

[@kenzeeato]

ty for translating a whole 16 min of this 🤣 i really respect subaru she is really one of the bois🤣

[@destructionswordspet]

I love those fenrir, scheiren, and lovely labrynth doodles 😂

[@blue_ronado]

It's cool seeing Subaru's Master Duel experience because it reflects mine so much. I'm someone who only watched the anime in the early days, so coming into MD, I was blasted with information with XYZ cards, Synchro summoning, and learning the concept of hand traps. Despite that, I still wanted to have fun and use cards like Blue-Eyes and Dark Magician because that was what I knew. I hardly cared if I lost often or not, I was still having fun with the game. And man, I felt proud about myself when I hit Platinum for the first time last year. Even now, I still play Dark Magician, though I have branched out to other anime decks like Stardust Synchron and Red Dragon Archfiend. I still enjoy this game, and while I have never grinded to Diamond or Master since I am more casual, I still find enjoyment out of Master Duel. Even watching others or finding people playing more unique and wacky decks is something I love since this game has 25 year history lol. It has issues, partially a byproduct of Yu-Gi-Oh as a card game currently, but if newcomers like Subaru and me can enjoy it while finding success, others can too

[@SYMgenshin]

RDA is capable of reaching Master rank if you really know how to play around today's meta deck

[@blue_ronado]

@@SYMgenshin I think it could along with a deck like Synchrons, but I think it would be kinda rough tho for RDA in it's current state. The new support it got tho can absolutely make it to Master

[@Kris_King]

This feels like a classic case of only remembering playground yugioh. Problem is that has always been different from old school yugioh, people just mix up the terms to easily.

[@four-en-tee]

The problem is that casuals havent experienced old school yugioh period. But yeah, Master Duel ladder provides little to be desired for casuals. You really just have to have friends to play with if you want to play casual Yugioh, or else you're just going to get mad that your non-competitive deck isnt climbing.

[@FakeHeroFang]

I think that's most peoples experience with yugioh, to be fair. Just throwing together whatever garbage you managed to pull out of those DM era packs, or buying like a single copy of a starter deck and playing with school friends/family. It's not 'real' yugioh, but that's what they know it to be because that's what they experienced.

[@popoch2]

i mean back in the day we didn't have arctype so mixing random card you can still work it out

[@pretsal4955]

@@popoch2 The first wave of Gravekeepers and Amazoness cards came out in 2003. We been knew archetypes.

[@1stCallipostle]

To be fair, the 2006 meta players didn't even know how to play their format. We've found so much better things to do with that card pool

[@motoharumotoharu]

You are not a Master Duel veteran if you have never experienced Ash-ing your own cards.

[@eevee4]

this is one of the best videos i have ever seen

[@Saeohh]

Subaru saying Kashtira. What a strange timeline we're in.

[@beowulf04]

This was very amusing to watch as I also went through a very similar story with master duel

[@fathanrakha9295]

Those drawings of Kashtira, Lady Lab and Scheiren is really cute tho lmao

[@Kralex121]

Cool to see that Subaru is also someone who enjoys playing "bad decks". It can be fun to tinker with something outside the meta and see how far you can get with it. You just have to both enjoy the process of winning and losing as part of your own improvement and be willing to make changes to your deck if necessary. She really embodies the trope of player returning to Yu-Gi-Oh trying to win with Dark Magician. Makes me miss when at the beginning of Master Duel everyone had Blue Eyes Decks.

[@knmrt2760]

I boot MD every once in a while and there's still a lot of people in bronze and silver with their trusty blue eyes or dark magician... Sometimes i feel bad to walk over them with a much faster deck but it's the price they have to pay to enjoy their deck xD

[@1stCallipostle]

I've had a Dark Magician player manage to pull a fast one on me in Plat before. I probably bricked or something, but I recall it happening.

[@christianjericho82]

​@raynalldoprime me with Magikey

[@subaerofreeman1957]

Yay, a holomem finally played master duel. Hope to hear more news from the other members too. Still, amazing that she can reach to plat despite not that fammilar with the new cards the game has thrown to her

[@schokoladereee]

Pekora is probably playing too. Hopefully.

[@ritathekiwi]

Yeah it's super impressive she got into plat with only playing modern yugioh for couple months. Especially in this current meta with things like Kash and Tear. Hope we see more hololive yugioh content in the future!

[@hazamax2139]

@@ritathekiwi wdym kash does nothing rn

[@CaptainIchimaruGin]

@@schokoladereeeYea I don't think Peko well play Master Duel as she doesn't have any interest in Yu-Gi-Oh.

[@ifdy1361]

Most of holostars play master duel

[@clarkside4493]

I like to use Normal Monsters because I feel sorry for them, so I understanding wanting to use Dark Magician to win. Though, he's got a lot of support, so it's a little easier to win with him than most pure Normal Monster decks.

[@dsenvy]

13:01 every modern YGO experience

[@RuneSlums]

With tearlaments it’s not your turn, it’s OUR turn

[@nikc101]

Actually this is the exact same mindset when I came back lmao the changes are really astronomical

[@FrnzFrdnnd]

Oh boy, I missed this stream, it seems. Thanks for the upload ;)

[@DarkCT]

I find a lot of this funny. it seems like all she watched was the early anime... and really, if your coming to a game 20 years down the line your going to experience a shock because things have more than likely changed. but she took it rather well. I was asked to try Pokemon, and a similar shock occured for me. "whats a V, Vstar, Vmax, and an Ex? why are ex's designed with so little counter support. whys a dark type charizard stomping on my face for the 15th time toda- oh right, they gave them out freely, so they get used a lot, right. still, why does he get to direct attach energy to anywhere on that side of the field from evolving it?" Her mentality on winning and losing really defines how she handled it.

[@Ixxlostinabox]

Pretty sure shes also been collecting the cards for years as well but she doesn't play with them just likes collecting them.

[@Laevant]

I have the same reaction to Pokémon, I played it before when I was a kid and then I saw the new cards and reserves as confused as hell.😅

[@DarkCT]

@@Laevant adjustment time is needed, is all. granted the pokemon relearn wasn't as complex for me, but the theres not that many ways to pull out complicated or cornercase wins in the current standard format. I think part of why is a double edged sword to pokemons benefit and downside. rotation results in a narrower line of cards, but the pokemon card game also actively sells meta relevant decks near the ground floor, to the point playing the current online version hands you some stuff not far off from their tournament tier decks. this means the meta line in pokemon in that format is far more easily approachable than yugioh, but that also means you don't see as weird cornercase decks because at least in their live client you run into so much meta heavy stuff because people won't go out of their way for worse results often. due to the lack of variant win cons, the only ways to win are decking out your opponent, clearing the whole field, or out prize-trading your opponent, and some of the odder decks require both coin flips on top of normal card luck. Maybe id like their longer term formats more, but it feels like there's just nothing like my non-meta yugioh decks there, which benefit from Yugioh's eternal but banlist format design and amount of alt-wincons. I just pulled a win in the master duel festivals this month by running into a hard staller that let me pivot from paleozoic into an Exodia finish to take the win. meanwhile trying to play United Wings in pokemon always feels like an uphill climb to me when i just can't put enough birds in the discard to effectively prize trade and just see defeat slow-marching towards me, forcing me to either sit for it, or concede because i know i can't regain tempo. had a 6 loss streak of that the other day.

[@abcrx32j]

"Well, if i duel, I'm sure I'll understand" Yes, indeed, you will understand

[@KogashiwaKai]

The master duel experience.... Do wanna see her take on maybe some Nijisanjis and maybe Meika if she ever got perms

[@Azem4144]

I personally would like to see Subaru collab with one of the Nijisanji's in Master Duel because they have several Master Duel players.

[@user-lh7mt7zo7l]

Watching an old yugioh fan walk into the modern solitare yugioh format is always hilarious.

[@KronosTheRevenant]

I was this kind of player. It all started with a starter deck, then an Unga Bunga Ancient Gear deck, then Dragonmaids

[@1stCallipostle]

Greetings fellow Dragonmaid player, how is using the deck that was 10th best at launch and has only dropped fairing for you today? Don't let those whales catch you, and remember; if the meta players forfeit against you, publicly shame them for it. They deserve it.

[@zerocalvin]

as a returning player, learning about the summoning type arent that difficult for me since i keep up with the anime, so even when i dont play the game for almost 10 years, i still know how to summon all those new summoning type... the only difficult thing was to adapt to the modern yugioh pace and style... back then, the game was slower and more tactical, but now, the game is hella fast and it's all about out playing your opponent... literally...

[@Gabu_]

Poor Subaru. I wonder if she's already experienced the full power of my favorite card, Endymion the Mighty Master of Magic

[@hattori6665]

I'm imagining Subaru dueling the recent Kashtira post Arise-Heart release, poor Subaru...

[@kirakelvinart2169]

Welcome to the new age of Dueling Subaru and we all here suffered...

[@bigbobbybutters7562]

Tiaraments strongest! As I say that, the recent banlist has been harsh to finally kill that deck. I can really relate to her struggles in ranked matches facing Kashtira and Tearlaments, since I also play a pet deck, Utopia, during my Platinum rank runs and those decks not only counter my deck hard and they can easily play in between my plays. I do hope her to have fun more in the game I love, even with these strong meta decks running rampant.

[@ignacioperez5479]

tearlaments in OCG had to basically put every card in the deck at 1, banning kitkalos and those bastards kept playing the deck

[@Momosexual]

​@@ignacioperez5479we're still playing it lol

[@the-secret]

@@ignacioperez5479 nah kitkallos are just swamp king subtitute Just paired it with punk(chaos ruler) and/or kash Since branded is dead in ocg i don't know if it's good to have tear branded

[@dandylaion]

Our Duck Magician Girl ❤❤❤

[@zebra8027]

Tear: my turn is my turn, your turn is our turn

[@Starbuk0]

As the goat once said: "Thank you, Tearaments strongest"

[@kimsubaki6389]

the thumbnail really sums up yugioh experience

[@kamasutraspirit9561]

Cant wait for shuba floodgate arc

[@acertainloner]

Subaru : "Well, maybe i'll win the next one." Her opponent : "TSUGI NO TAAN WA NADONAI!!!"

[@saito853]

"The top is Master, then Diamond, then Platinum, and then each one has 一、二、三，四、五、and I'm current at FOUR, yeah"

[@richw500]

Imagine her frustration if she goes against someone who's using a Madolche deck.

[@schokoladereee]

I get that feeling, coming from playing power of chaos pc game, wishing that I can play cyber jar only to get introduced to the banlist. Also took times to get used to xyz, synchro, link and pendulum summons. Seeing now it seems simple, but as a newbie knowing all of them the first time was kinda overwhelming.

[@Luis-jl6oh]

The future is now Old man.

[@kritchawatkid]

*See pendulum Subaru: What the heck os this? Yeah, my thought exactly when i first saw it.

[@s07195]

4:28 "So I was thinking they were played separately in different divisions, but turns out they are all played together?!"

[@Inanis_Cor]

Honestly, if she wants to learn the summoning mechanics, I think her carrying on and watching the other Yugioh animes is the best way to learn imo

[@eddmario]

Yu-Gi-Oh cards back in my day: Sacrifice 3 cards to summon a dragon that's attack and defense stats are based on the current amount of cards in your hand. Yu-Gi-OH cards nowadays: *the entirety of War and Peace on a tiny piece of cardboard*

[@tamamopasta3577]

Arise-heart is coming to MD. Subaru's pain to Kashtira will continue.

[@MICHAELTUMANGDAY]

TearlameNts was the reason why I was forced to play Parshath The only downside is you are forced to play the solemn or other counter trap cards and alot of Lp recovery traps,spells,which occupies half of your deck lol.

[@Mt.Berry-o7]

Kashtiras are supposed to represent anger but they look so chill when shubafied

[@Arteln]

Ah man I wish she'd play it again on stream while playing Mikanko

[@Lamia_Loveless]

I feel your pain Subaru :(

[@sonyriyanchannel]

Master Duel is sure fun, when you prevent opponent to have fun

[@Wynb824]

Scareclaw was like: how come my colleges left me alone?

[@ThePheonixOfThe6]

Konami seeing a very enticing sponsor candidate right now

[@chrisshorten4406]

Honestly it just makes me happy to see a Hololive member play and enjoy Yugioh. That said, she's got me beat. I've never gotten above Platinum 5. Gold players are hard to beat because they can be very...crazy.

[@samjackson9394]

I had the exact same thought comparing modern Yu-Gi-Oh to MMA.

[@john-pauljones9416]

I kinda understand how she felt playing MD as I had the same experience when I started

[@montyturner6511]

Subaru:"Why are they playing on my turn."😢 Me:"First time huh."😮‍💨

[@azuredeath]

Your Turn? More like Our Turn.

[@Chuuruth]

Subaru:"i only know how to fusion summon" Yusei:"Synchro shokan !" Subaru:"synchro what ?!!!" Yuya:"Pendulum shokan !" Subaru:"this is definitely not Yu-Gi-Oh"

[@chiropteran2966]

Welcome to hell Subaru. My advice is to find a rogue archetype you like to dunk on the sweaty cookie cutter meta decks.

[@snailthelostcow63]

silly shuba, turn is just a myth

[@reikolupus136]

The moment she said she started reading the cards, I fully understood she isn't a true Yugioh Player. Yugioh Players don't read the cards! They just press buttons! XD

[@adamka-1]

Laughs in Ɛ1 13

[@updawg6900]

She's not alone, stopped playing after syncro era, I have no idea what new cards do anymore 😂

[@Linkingx2]

Thank you. Tiaraments strongest!

[@eggsee_]

Shuba still plays decently if she can climb to Plat with "cool looking pile of cards" deck 😂 And tbh i was looking forward for more Hololive talents to stream Master Duel like Rosemi

[@MrMichaelisaacs1]

I’m sorry subaru sadly in yugioh most of the time anymore your turn means our turn.

[@s.a.m7297]

bro she learn "our turn" in the hard way

[@justarandomsimp1822]

idk, if i play master duel I'll be flipping my table for sure

[@ahborn6961]

When spells and monster cards are jealous of traps and we as a society demand equality.

[@mizukura115]

Subaru: First ranked match opponent summoned Blue eyes ultimate dragon turn 1. Me: Opponent VW turn 1 VFD.

[@FakeHeroFang]

It's funny how people reminisce on how Yugioh used to be slow and methodical when OTKs have existed since Magical Scientist was printed, and Exodia was unironically the best deck in early OCG.

[@snakevenom56]

and for many of those older formats, people discover just how fast and crazy a lot of old decks can be

[@NakanoHitori]

As someone who quit around pendulum intro, it didn't use to be this fast. A lot of decks were fast but for casual play between me and my brokeass friends. We had slower decks, now in casual, it's fast or die. Also playing all these cards on the opponent's turn is blowing my mind

[@1stCallipostle]

​@@NakanoHitoriYou can still pick up a deck like Traptrix if you want slow. It's almost trolling how slow they make the game

[@NakanoHitori]

@@1stCallipostle I have a traptrix deck, people are telling me it's okay I just need to put in more cards

[@ONIGIRIKINGU]

I only played yugioh in playground and in locals during gx and begenning of 5ds era where synchro were new. Got back into yugioh due to masterduel and got the hang of the mechanics and staples. How do you get into to yugioh and learn, treat it like a fighting game and choose a deck that focuses on a certain mecganics. For example i saw Madolche and that made me want to play. I saw that the boss monster are all xyz. I then read all the cards and they tell you their gimmick like madolche dont want monsters in their grave, then i practiced in solo till i learnt the basic combo. Also its ok to net deck, nothing wrong with that

[@Zero-2712]

Those Kashtira face looks peaceful lmao. But truely, they are locking the field, lock 1, lock 2, lock even more. Not to mention some other decks are just like: Labrynth: i set 5 trap cards and end my turn Tearlaments, Branded,...: your turn? you mean OUR TURN

[@hoanghuy612]

"Our turn"

[@Efgand0894]

Edison is a great format to introduce new and returning players, don't know what the OCG equivalent is

[@xingping2162]

If she want to win with dark magician, i would say try to put some kashtira cards in. DM is level 7 so it works with kashtira and dm also only has like rod as a normal summon

[@1stCallipostle]

There's no point running a fun deck if you're just gonna give the meta sloppy toppy to win anyway

[@josueveguilla9069]

Plot twist: Dark Magician Girl and Oozaru Subaru are both Futanari. Their opponents and rivals are all literally screwed.

[@theskullboy8700]

She has learned the harsh truth. Also any yoga newcomers if you’re getting into the game just play Edison format

[@nickstoneham5629]

In all fairness, I had a similar story when coming back to Yugioh, with all the different summons. It took me a long time to learn them. But I now know how each one basically works. Though, I find myself at odds with the competitive mindset of Yugioh players these days, as all I wish to do is play casual, slow games.