Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duels - Everything You Need to Know! (Cards/Decks/Skills/Sets)

[@TeamAPS]

Hopefully this video was informative and convinced some new players to give Speed Duels a try! They really are a lot of fun! If we missed any important details in our guide, please let us know and we'll try to add them to the video description! Thanks for Watching! Happy Speed Dueling! 😃

[@santiagoandreslariosricaur1158]

Speed duels are literally Duel links but in real life, I'm excited for all this crazy new stuff. Guys u are the best and hello from Colombia

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

It's convinced me I need to get off my ass and make this damn video of mine about impromptu yugioh

[@azer_lord-pyro2550]

So now instead of not spending real life money in duel links I can spend that money in real cards and now I'm playing duel links in real life...

[@Carlos.Rivera]

For casual players this it

[@windsonma8209]

Unofficially if you get Bored you could Close your Eyes and Shuffle the Skill Cards and Randomly Place the Skill Cards on the Ground, and Randomly Pick One again with your Eyes Closed. And your Opponent would be doing the same.

[@MartyD171]

Duel Links reminds me of the old rules that we used to play back in the days if Starter Decks Yugi/Kaiba and Joey/Pegasus. It's great for players like me who fell out of Yu-Gi-Oh for years and are now trying to get back into it.

[@BrockitGaming]

Speed Duel meta shaping up to be pretty fun! need more speed duel players!

[@alecfields1153]

We're trying to spread as much awareness as we can

[@Gabu_]

Have you played Duel Links? Half of the playerbase is complaining most of the time.

[@lewys9204]

At my locals out of 365 only 8x are interested in it

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

I'm so glad you're making this!! I love speed duels, they're super fun!! It's literally Yu-Gi-Oh but smaller and a little twist. SO GOOD. :) I'm glad a big yugituber is finally taking it seriously.

[@alecfields1153]

These are my favorite Speed decks right now: Zombies, Gravekeepers, and Gearfried! What are you playing? #AskTheSquad

[@windsonma8209]

Toons, Blue-Eyes and Harpies/Amazoness

[@flameboy13]

I’ll try out Dino’s once that Double Evo Pill skill comes out

[@alecfields1153]

@@flameboy13 it's out now! It's available in Scars of Battle

[@captainnightblood627]

I like to play Gravekeepers, and once I am done Arcana Knights.

[@Mailed-Knight]

Mostly Toons. Haven't really found someone to play with.

[@RooksTable]

Great representation of the Speed Duel format! Hope this helps bring more people to the game!

[@RooksTable]

@@mcmiscellaneous4706 Speed Duel uses a lot of the classics too so the nostalgia factor is definitely strong

[@Ruby_Mullz]

Simplified answer: it’s a physical version of duel links! Rather than playing on your phone or PC, you use actual cards and play in person with kfbsr people.

[@Kranon]

And your cards have some REAL value now. Unlike Duel Links where all your money goes down Konami's Arse

[@ImPolonn]

A downgraded version of duel links, it lacks a lot in the card catalog, but i think its a good thing, its like a reboot of the game, a lot simplier for newer player and an entry point so that people some day enter the tcg

[@991yugioh]

@@ImPolonn also it's a physical card game and not a digital one. So there is actual value in the game than claming to have powerful cards if all they are are just 1's and 0's.

[@ImPolonn]

@@991yugioh at the end, you have a way better experience playing duel links, you can play anywhere at any time, as i said the format its a lot more advanced on DL, and maybe you like the trading cards side of the game, thats cool, maybe you enjoy going out of your way to go to your locals and what not, but at the end of the day its the same game and its way better on duel links, and the "value" you give to the cards its super subjective so to each their own i guess

[@Gabu_]

@@991yugioh Because your cardboard is oh so valuable.

[@matknack67cm]

speed duel is sooo fun guys In France nobody know about it and it's so sad. Many of my friends discovered it from me and I converted many friends to players. I wish Konami will manage the things to push the game at its best potential. My dream would be to challenge stranger in the street like in the anime, I mean the game could have this potential for sure

[@SirNilooo]

Haven’t played yugioh since I was back in middle school, 2001-2003. Seems like what we used to play is now called Speed Duels. Except for the fact that less cards are involved, it all seems to be like how we would play cards all those years ago.

[@Darkpyromaniac16]

I think speed duels is a cool idea/format, but I'm waiting for more cards to be added to make it really worth getting into. Also because no one near me plays it. I do think it's a great opportunity for reprints, especially if they add old archetypes and cards that don't have many reprints

[@commonviewer2488]

I like what I'm seeing in Speed Duels. Modern Yu-gi-oh can be convoluted, so this somewhat simplified version of it is easier to get people into. I also like having characters with abilities adds a personal touch to the deck that makes strategies work that normally wouldn't.

[@skeliskull]

I like how you get a box that gives you 8 decks to play with. Will be fun to try out with some friends. I don’t really care much to learn new metas and build modern decks so its nice that you get some interesting decks right out of the box. Seems very similar to the commander format that magic has which is fun for people who don’t really keep up with modern yugioh or have never played

[@hammer8879]

the speed duel format is a ton of fun! that being said, don't let Konami's "only use these cards with this specific text on them" hold you back from playing! Just buy the skill cards because you are literally buying the "speed duel" text on most of the cards in the boxes and decks.

[@alamlion]

Love seeing Speed Duels getting some love. Hope the format has a bright future! Thanks for the video!

[@TeamAPS]

Glad we could do our part to help!

[@SnivyTeamLeader]

Don’t worry too much speed duels are basically Yugioh duel links

[@TheRomanTribune]

But better cause it's only classic yugioh

[@braydenroberts9551]

@@TheRomanTribune well yes, but actually no. Speed duels is sorta like original duels but they still have the extra deck and extra deck monsters which wasn't in original yu-gi-oh

[@Tsukune2001]

They are the same thing

[@Ryan-ov5jj]

Speed duels got me into yugioh! I play with ny cousin constantly

[@alecfields1153]

That's great! I need to bring my cousins in

[@TeamAPS]

What decks do you guys play?

[@crusixangel9513]

Some of my favorite skills Joe palominzation. I have a great fusion deck with fusion monsters i pulled from the boosters like meteor b.dragon and ryusin. Ultimate evolution pill rex - replaced serpent night dragon with 2 jurrac tytannus i pulled. So from the deck i can get a 2500 dino that can tribute 1 dino to get 500 atk and gets another 300 per monster it destroys.. Thats just a couple of my decks. In total i built 7 speed duel decks so far and im loving them.

[@LirouMage]

Are the cards we can use to build a deck only from the speed duel decks and packs or it can be any card from de tcg (except the xyz, pendulum, link and related)?

[@RvBnerd618]

Kinda late reply, but the speed duel rules state that cards must have the special Speed Duel text and watermark for a legal deck. But you can use the Speed Duel cards in the TCG

[@LirouMage]

@@RvBnerd618 I've already figured that out, but thanks anyway :D

[@bryandraws5647]

Some idiot: “We want Yu-Gi-Oh to be simpler and slower!” Konami: “Ok, here you go.” *Releases Speed Duels, with a ton of really old cards* Some idiot: “Ewww this sucks!! Just play Duel Links!!” Konami really can’t make you guys happy.

[@tuesdaysagenda9530]

Konami: (makes duel links)

[@Terminator550]

Thank you for the explanation. You guys create helpful information about Yu-Gi-Oh! that is helping me learn about this great game.

[@Silver_Chivalry]

Something else I like about the time at which they started printing cards for Speed Duels is they can learn from their mistakes over the course of the entire real world OCG/TCG, and any mistakes they made in Duel Links, so at least hypothetically Speed Duels could be the most well managed variation of Yu-Gi-Oh! so far. That is if Konami is actually learning from their mistakes.

[@AJIHIBACHI]

When I heard about speed duels first coming out I thought of yugioh duel links but I wasn't too sure until now. Thanks Team APS

[@mechanicalstar1102]

I enjoy speed duels content, yall should try making deck profiles

[@Kingdra321]

One thing that I really like about Speed Duels is the printing of old school cards that we use to see in like old yugioh games but never been/or once a tournament pack printing cards. Now I can finally collect them. :) Also in sleeves topic. Buying a pack of 60 yugioh sleeves covers 3 speed duel 20 card count decks.

[@TeamAPS]

Two very good points! It’s also my favorite thing about sleeving Speed Duel decks, too.

[@HexiKat]

2:16 im the ojama king demon 😈

[@phillytothej4001]

Are you doing a video about opening the new speed duel stuff??

[@TheDonitus]

Alec please tell me that was a Resident Evil 3 Reference! That “SCARS” reminding me of “S.T.A.R.Ssssss”

[@alecfields1153]

It wasn't, but I did just buy the RE3 port on pc

[@SargeWolf010]

This is my favorite format ...

[@indexwarrior6100]

lads i don't even play this game..... last time i played jinzo came out in packs... this looks AMAZING, 27 going on 14 again :D

[@kylemcgee8964]

yooo team aps... ive tried it but havent gone too deep. you made it sound more fun

[@draxxus]

Been waiting for a video like this - finding comprehensive info is hard

[@khoablink]

Why does it feel like no one know about Duel Links? Which is online speed duel, with amazing animations and voice lines. Before I played TCG and found out about team APS, I played the free to play game Duel Links.

[@991yugioh]

We do. We jist don't talk much about it since it a Digital card game and not a physical card game.

[@khoablink]

@@991yugioh Okay that's fair

[@CrazyJEmery]

I don't have a problem with Speed Duels, but I rather stick to official 5 monster zones and 5 trap & spells zones and two extra monster zones.

[@markislostsomewhere]

Please make more speed duel content!!!! I just bought a speed duel battle city box. I would like to see a video on that from y'all 😌

[@Silver_Chivalry]

On the note of building one's Deck around their skill, in Duel Links I had a Deck that was based on Draw Sense: High Level or Draw Sense: FIRE. I'd use a bunch of Trap cards to increase my life points so I could afford to take damage to add Lava Golem to my hand off Draw Sense, and then keep stalling from there until my opponent burned to death.

[@NahItsJustBre]

I used speed duels to try to introduce my mom to the game and it ended up taking us an hour to play one duel lmao

[@chozo914]

Nice vid guys! Going to my first local today, wanted to get a crash course and this was perfect. Random, but shout outs to inked gaming! I've been messing with them for nearly a decade! Bringing my old custom mat to locals in fact.

[@randomprotag9329]

the egyption gods are coming to speed dueling at somepoint. they might actually see play then

[@Alex-ws8ic]

Speed duels is the physical version of YuGiOh Duel Links and the God Cards see more play in duel links! There are some good decks that have the potential to create some havoc in Speed Duels as it evolves.

[@geovanigleidson8967]

For me, speed duel is the real yugioh

[@LucarisTalks]

I might get into speed duels. They seem fun. Also if they are going season by season im curious if we will get Synchros like in Duel Links.

[@TeamAPS]

Likely so. Maybe by the end of next year?

[@jaycipolloni727]

I play speed duels but with normal size decks and field monster and trap zones with 8000 life points. I love the simple way a lot more. Like you said it reminds you of how Yu-Gi-Oh should be. That’s how it was when I was a kid.

[@jasper_4278]

This sounds really awesome! I think I might try it to get a few friends into the game 😅

[@fishfaceff2927]

Did duel links come first then were the irl speed duel cards released?

[@tys356]

Wow, I've just started playing Yu-Gi-Oh for a few months on a duel links app and just realized from your video that I've actually been speed dueling the whole time. I didn't even realize I wasn't playing the regular way.

[@TeamAPS]

Yes, they're very similar. I like that it let's me still use physical cards, which is just more pleasing personally. But both work.

[@Yuutsu6]

I’ve been tryna keep up with the speed duel stuff while simultaneously getting back into the main game. It’s a nice break from the usual meta, and it’s been a great way to get my brother into the game! Gotta say though, that new Weevil deck is insane...

[@The_Hero74_]

My little sister loves card games and likes yugioh but finds it a bit difficult at times even though we play the old school way. Luckily I discovered Speed Duels a few weeks ago and now know how it works, I can’t wait to have an easier simpler game for us to play.

[@thor22ify]

When will Espa Roba and Jinzo, and Odion and Mystical Beast of Serket get some decks and skill cards for speed duels on the way?

[@cunningsmile4166]

Espa Roba - Psychic Roulette. Halt an Attack. Choose four monsters to be targets along with both players. Assign a number between 1 and 6 to each and roll a die. The result is the new attack target (if its the player, its Direct Damage) if there are less than four monsters and the result is no target, the Battle Phase ends

[@Ked7]

Now

[@Ked7]

On duel link skills, I use the skill where you can normal summon a monster(with no tributes) if it is light or dark, spell caster or dragon, with 2500 atk or def. I use it in my kiaba beat down deck

[@MonadoSaga94]

Just played Speed duel for the first time with my twin brother. We had a blast!

[@fi1689]

I'd started watchin your videos by accident and now I'd like to start playing. Sadly shit is expensive as fuck in my country, so gonna stuck to the digital stuff until I can save for a starter deck :P

[@randomrickreviewsrrr4662]

Glad they came out with this version of Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@seabass1352]

Man I'm really hoping speed duels don't die off like other spin offs like dice monsters cause it genuinely looks pretty fun

[@h311o8]

Plz do a 2019 exodia deck profile thank you

[@IcyHyoudou]

I'm kinda hyped for it to be honest. It sounds really interesting and I'm quite familiar with Duel Links, so it sounds like it would be pretty fun c:

[@bears.beets.battlestarjuju]

This is wild to me. I've watched so many of their videos and sometimes its like they're speaking a different language. But I understand ALL OF THIS. Just found my way back into some Yugi-Man

[@tannermccollum7060]

Speed duel is really fun because of the skill cards giving players a special ability. I play Serpent night dragon (try to be show accurate).

[@JediasHertz]

I like to play something we call 'Vintage Format', we can use cards from any era but with pre-Sinchro master rule, so no Sincros, Xyzs, Pendulums or Link cards, so its a slower game but still prety cool. A lot of those Speed Duel cards are prety usefull on that.

[@Carlos.Rivera]

I play like that with friends. Someone called us Boomers

[@CrazyJEmery]

Can you use Speed Duel Branded cards in the new Yu-Gi-Oh.

[@NerdXlife]

The first time I got introduced to speed duel was with the weevil and Rex starter decks, i alwayed liked weevil deck just cuz I never got a chance to run a proper great moth deck

[@Kranon]

They should fucking kill Duel Links and carry on with Speed Duels.

[@LexCrafttoons]

At first the idea of 3 zones really put me off, but when I finally downloaded Duel Links I found myself really enjoying Speed Duels. I do hope this won't overtake the main TCG and will serve as originally intended, a bridge for new players.

[@drankmilk6913]

Its literally Duel Links

[@Kranon]

No, because your cards are physical and have some real monetary value now.

[@ThinhNguyen-jw7bs]

@@Kranon you dont have to spend any money on Duel Links if you dont want to.

[@andreweyster9989]

No one Paul:aNd ThAt ReAlLy ImPoRtAnT bEcAuSe

[@plosflow7556]

Will there be more speed duel decks and booster boxes coming out this holiday season and next year?

[@Marcusjnmc]

'.' this game literally was started with a top tier OTK deck in it with consistency boosting skill support too , even though it often doesn't go through it's still a large presence in the game

[@CrazyJEmery]

I'm running an Exodia, Blue Eyes, Dark Magician and banish my cards deck. I have a card where when I banish a monster I can send a different attribute from the banished monster to the graveyard, hint throw Exodia in your graveyard from your deck bring it back to your hand.

[@BakedApple989]

As an old school fan, I'm interested in this format. But what's with all the crazy price variation like Battle City Box? I really want that one...

[@mr.uncreative7174]

Me and my friends speed duel like in vrains with are regular decks

[@jemtaylor3738]

Everyone is always talking about duel links but if your looking for normal yugioh (without master rule four or pendulum) check out duel generation on iOS or android

[@slyfox9834]

Awsome video as always guys :) and speed duels are really fun and also do you guys know if the Weevil Metamorphosis skill is a once per duel skill ?

[@psionictransvection]

Hey there I am just coming back to Yu-Gi-Oh! . I am one of those who played back in 2002 for a couple of years and recently purchased the legendary decks 2 with the 3 classic decks yugi kaiba and joey. Also bought the latest game Legend of the duelist : Links edition and just beginning to understand how much the game has changed. All these new mechanics xyz , pendulum, links are new to me. Do you think it will be worth it for me to invest in speed dueling or should I start learning the new mechanics since I am already familiar with the basics of the classic Yu-Gi-Oh ?

[@Raminator243]

Maybe I could get my duel links friends into this

[@TeamAPS]

Definitely give it a try. It's so much fun and easy to hop into.

[@theinsaneman4611]

So basically duel links success brought this about. Once synchros and six samurai are introduced GG lol

[@derrekakashockwave2853]

Can y'all start playing speed duels please. It reminds me of good ol days

[@bryconthompson4868]

So basically it's just Yugioh duel Links but actual cards

[@SnivyTeamLeader]

Brycon Thompson yep

[@dirtywookie9868]

Do they have pro speed duel tournaments?

[@nightowlyt5570]

So is this like how you play in yugioh duel links? That was how I learned how to play yugioh so thanks for introducing me to speed duels as this will help me get into paper yugioh easier as I'm more comfortable

[@TeamAPS]

More or less, they're the same. I find real life play to always be preferable to an app, though.

[@sayer445]

@@TeamAPS same but my friends always wanna play on dueling nexus or something

[@Raventommm]

Do skillcards go in spel/trap or fieldspel zones? Because there not exactly spelcard... Its a skillcard. Like yugi yumi skillcard(i think) gives 200 to spellcasters and fiends... But its a skill card. No spellcard so does it have to go to the fieldspelzone or not?

[@Dexwin09]

I've been wanting to get back to ygo after I stopped since 5Ds came out, but I am confuse. Which cards are legal? Is there an official card list, is it the same as duel links? Where can I look up the rules. All I see on their official site is just current banlist for the og TCG.

[@terogamer345]

If we get XYZ and Syncros back into Speed Duels wouldn't it defeat the original goal of the format? Back to crazy fast first turns, combos, and paragraph long effect cards?

[@sirshysenpai4497]

It would be awesome if you guys recorded one of your speed duel house tournaments. I would absolutely love to see that.

[@RedUtopicChampion]

How does the side deck work in Speed Duels?

[@jetnova16]

Couldn’t you just use current TCG Cards in a Speed Duels Deck and Speed Duel Cards in a standard TCG 40 - 60 Card Deck? One of my friend had me add a few cards from a Speed Duels Starter Deck to one of my real TCG Decks since the Card is too expensive to get.

[@jetnova16]

Jon Stover Okay thank you. All my friends prefer regular TCG Yu-Gi-Oh than Speed Duels so being able to use Speed Duel cards in my TCG Decks can make completing some quicker.

[@xannplayz]

So can you use any deck like in duel links?

[@knightheart3166]

I want to see more speed duels battles here guys it really seems fun

[@FaytTheXpert]

so hard they sell the same cards again and i cant use my old cards for speed duels xD can you make a video pelase how the skill deck works ?

[@burger5853]

Can I use speed duel cards in my normal deck?

[@christophluger793]

Is there a shop that has all decks and boosters in stock? English version, I cant find English cards here in Austria (we speak German) Thanks

[@BrockitGaming]

22:54 you actually can NOT use pale-o-mine-zation skill to summon Arcane knight Joker as he required exact fusion materiel (no substitutes) 🙁

[@TeamAPS]

You're right. Sorry for the misinformation! We had a lot of notes to get through and made a few small errors.

[@spinomanderhaarige4501]

Thanks I momentanly making my fish deck but I think the zombie one is also cool. :D

[@unfazedo]

So basically a Duel Links format. 20 - 30 card deck as well. 4000 LP. Skill cards similar to character skills in DL. No main phase 2.

[@ghostie5916]

Unfazed ysah

[@azer_lord-pyro2550]

As I scroll down the comments I notice that all this video need to say is "to learn speed duels, play duel links"

[@grimreaperoverlord6225]

Well they are right, the only difference is the card pool TBH.

[@kencult]

Thank you for making this!

[@zweiwing4435]

Can Speed Dual card can play regular Yugioh game or use in the Regular Game of Yugioh?

[@Firestar4041]

Searched around, and seems like yeah. As long as it isnt the Skill Cards, the monsters, spells, and traps, are all okay for normal TCG.

[@Yuvia_Rain]

I was hoping for something like Yugi Classic but this is close enough...

[@Bystanderx79]

Simpler cards, looks at Heat Wave. sure. Heat Wave going to get a hit way too good in this card pool. No otks, looks at Blue-eyes decks. sure Black Skull dragon isn't in Speed Duels, yet, Meteor Black dragon.

[@TeamAPS]

One outlier example doesn't disprove an entire trend. You can't deny that the cards are much simpler than the regular TCG. Heat Wave is also very fair in this format. Most decks have strong monsters they can set, and the effect is only one turn. Blue-Eyes also has plenty of checks. It rarely actually OTKs on the first turn thanks to all of the game's defensive Traps, and its unlikely to actually go off perfectly to begin with. Have some faith! 👌🏾

[@gronnlundfrompaga1775]

if they keep making ones based on anime characters/decks then I hope they eventualy get to the big 5 because then they could maybie turn final artillery into a skill, I have always liked that ability~

[@JT5555]

I Highly Doubt The Big Five Are Ever Getting One: They're Not NEARLY Iconic Enough That Enough People Would By The Decks (Rex And Weevil Are One Thing,But Do You Remember The Names Of All The Big Five Members? Cause I Don't).

[@bryandraws5647]

Demonic Queen Arkana and Para/Dox are in Duel Links, and Bonz is also in an irl Skill Card, so I don’t see why the Big Five can’t get in.

[@JT5555]

@@bryandraws5647 Easy: You Know Their Names. It's Unlikely You Remember The Names Of The Big Five (Most Do Not),Because They Were Just Not Important Enough While Arkana Was One Of Marik And Had His Special Dark Dark Magician,The Paradox Brothers Introduced The Concept Of Team Duels And Bonz Was The Most Memorable Of Bandit Keith's Goons And Was A Repeat Villain. The Big Five,Though Were Just A Group Of Greedy Bastards That Wanted Kaiba Corp In A Filler Season And Then Were Never Mentioned Again. No Use Making Decks For Characters Most People Don't Even Remember.

[@JinjaDragon_77]

When do you think that the Speed Duel banlist will come out?

[@michaelcolemire7391]

What is the strongest speed duel deck to you guys

[@issacboyd3035]

I love speed dueling and I love duel links but if speed duels turn into duel links with so many otk strategies I'll be ticked off

[@DualSwordBesken]

Maybe I missed it but I don't remember it being mentioned. Do I have to use cards with the "Speed Duels" text on the card or am I able to use older printings?

[@TeamAPS]

Sorry, we forgot to mention it. Yes, you have to use cards with the Speed Duel text on them.

[@Bob-vp3dc]

But why not just buy a couple classic starter decks and play by legacy rules? 🤔