Was Jaden About To Defeat Zane? [The Graduation Match]

[@theyoutube-inator1734]

During the turn Zane defused Cyber End Dragon, what if he instead used Power Bond to fusion summon a 5600 ATK Cyber Twin Dragon? It's more attack than E-Hero Wildedge, and he would have a Cyber Dragon left over. Could he destroy Wildedge with Twin, then E-Hero Bubbleman with Cyber Dragon, then swing for game with Cyber Twin Dragon? Unless I'm thinking this wrong, this could be a major misplay for Zane

[@TGSAnime]

My god I think you are right!

[@theyoutube-inator1734]

Poor Jaden really was outclassed if Zane planned more ahead haha

[@Yusei797]

it just proves that Zane has a high ego thinking no one can defeat him from Red Sliffer and they did that probably on purpose wich makes everything super clean once ur a good player and take notes on something like this , at the end of the duel He changed his mind when he met jaden and he started to have faith in him to be the next good duelist and his own rival

[@jeremymcdaniel4841]

Honestly I think in that situation Zane should’ve just de fused jaden’s wild edge once he did that whole emergency provisions combo

[@Yusei797]

@@mrbubbles6468 zane always goes for otks how's that not a high ego duelist 😂

[@TonyExists]

I would like to see “Was Cyrus about to beat Zane” that duel went really close and i’d like to see it analyzed to see if things could’ve been different

[@luxsage9348]

YES!

[@seismicstar3762]

We need this

[@glazgogprime6905]

I second this request! Is life too see that too!

[@ericlager4512]

The one with the heart box trap card? One of the best GX matches.

[@anthonythomas305]

Yes please!

[@Jawas2225]

On their first duel as Zane took his first battle damage Jaden commented "Really? Not even a flinch?" or something among these lines and I found it very funny. It's like an unwritten rule between duelists to overreact to the holograms .

[@osaka_phong]

In the latin american dub he says to Zane "you could at least blink".

[@thegrimminal9461]

I think it's an unwritten rule that if you don't react at all, your opponent should fear you.

[@Picmanreborn]

💀💀💀💀💀 me taking battle damage in VR but not moving

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

You know i always wondered since they were not taking real damage why they always overreacted like that

[@Wright805]

@@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena Personally if I saw a giant monster/fireball/lightning bolt etc. hurtling towards me, even if I knew intellectually it was just a hologram, I'd absolutely recoil. It's like how say, watching a horror movie produces an emotional reaction even though you know it's just a movie.

[@KINFIN123]

Can we all agree Zane’s opening hand for the graduation duel was insane?

[@alster724]

Or rather in-ZANE

[@jesseamadeus5351]

It's almost like he didn't shuffle it very well

[@abugonapugonamugonarug1653]

@@jesseamadeus5351 or… he shuffled it a lil too well…

[@roberthansen5727]

He was so skilled that he knew how to draw the out

[@virtualcolt]

Zane: *top decks his combos* Jaden: What did you just do Zane: Uhh nothing GET YOUR GAME ON

[@PlutoTheSecond]

You forgot to mention Jaden's best move of the Duel: ordering a buffet for himself!

[@TheSasuke707]

🙈😋🤭

[@alexandriahunter2125]

Wouldn't that have technically disqualified him for taking too long or does Zane agreeing to let him prevent that?

[@cholodelrosari0543]

@@alexandriahunter2125 its just a casual duel , plus it was not an official duel by the duel academy's administrators. that was just Zane's request to duel Jaden before he graduate and pass the torch to him

[@filipvadas7602]

Would be cool to see "Was Bakura about to beat Marik" I feel like Bakura had SO MANY chances to win , but lost due to his desire to crush Marik at his own game

[@WeasleyDodds]

+1

[@AlifieAbsinTh]

+1

[@glazgogprime6905]

Yes

[@MobiusLeader007]

I feel that much of that video would come down to the Exchange play where Bakura should have set Monster Reborn. Its why I prefer the manga version of the duel. Exchange and Bakura taking Ra then tributing it never happen. Bakura just discards Ra from Marik's hand and sets up his Puppet Master combo, but Marik topdecks his own Monster Reborn in the last turn. I prefer this since it doesn't make Bakura look like an idiot for making such a bad misplays.

[@osaka_phong]

Bakura had his destiny board trap early in the duel but did not play it just because Marik said he was aware of Bakurs's strategies. I think if he used his destiny board, Bakura would have had a chance to win.

[@TheKpa11]

Zane’s potential third Power bond could have been Cyrus’s actually, but then again never does Zane ever draw two power bond’s in a duel

[@rainbowdragon168]

The Graduation match between Jaden and Zane was an amazing duel to watch as both played the same card as each other Battle Fusion which was so good to see as both were surprised when they played the same card as one another. Overall the back and forth of their tactics was really good and so was the whole duel.

[@thefonzpart]

This duel is a weird one to watch the dub years later as an adult. They kept insulting Jaden saying he wasn’t playing like himself, but he was making all the best possible plays to win lol

[@Tobylake-jt6gu]

I believe what he ment was Jayden wasn’t having fun and not putting his heart in those moves instead he use his head the whole way through.

[@jacobwilliams1223]

@@Tobylake-jt6gu So the moral is have fun and get OTK'd turn 1? Cause any other move Jaden makes, he fucking loses immediately lol

[@Technoplays29]

How could u fuse into twin dragon if all 3 cyber dragons were in the grave. Defusion got all the cyber dragons on to the field.

[@genjithesheikah1501]

@@Technoplays29I think because a lot of other cyber dragon cards take the name of cyber dragon

[@pn2294]

@@jacobwilliams1223what good is winning if you don’t enjoy it?

[@silverking4215]

Jaden could've won on turn 4. Turn 1: Zane plays Cyber End Dragon and sets De-fusion. Then plays Different Dimension Capsule to banish Card From The Different Dimension. Turn 2: Jaden Plays Elemental Hero Wildheart, equips Cyclone Boomerang. He Plays wild Half on Cyber End Dragon (summoning a token with 2000atk on Zane's field). He attacks the original Cyber End Dragon, to which Zane responds by playing De-fusion (Summoning 3 Cyber Dragons and having a Cyber End Token with 2000Atk). Jaden has no choice but to attack the token, destroying both monsters and Different Dimension Capsule (Inflicting 500Lp damage to Zane). (Zane's Lp=3500). Here is where Jaden makes the winning move!... He sets Draining Shield AND Soul Union. Turn 3: Zane reveals that the card that had been banished was actually Card From A Different Dimension, allowing him and Jaden to draw 2 cards (Zane draws Return Soul for his draw phase then Future Fusion and Cyber Kirin by his card's effect). (Jaden Draws Warrior Returning Alive and Emergency Provisions). Zane attacks directly with all 3 Cyber Dragons, Jaden cancels out one attack with Draining Shield. (Jaden's Lp= 1900). Zane then sets Return Soul and ends his turn. Turn 4 (Jaden Wins): Jaden Draws Polymerization. Jaden Plays The Warrior Returning Alive to bring back Elemental Hero Wildheart. He then plays Polymerization to fuse it with Elemental Hero Bladedge to summon Elemental Hero Wildedge. HE THEN ACTIVATES SOUL UNION to increase Elemental Hero Wildedge'd Atk to 5200 (by selecting Bladedge in the graveyard). Jaden then wins the duel by attacking all three Cyber Dragons with Elemental Hero Wildege, inflicting 3100 damage per attack. Zane looses a combined total of 9300Lp and has no way to defend himself.

[@NigglyWiggly96]

Oh shit, you're right. Lmaooo

[@rookiegamer1234]

I know I'm like 10 months late but I think Soul Uion trap can be activated only when Zane's monster attacks.

[@memeking7273]

@@rookiegamer1234 Checked the card on the wiki, unless is mistranlated It has this effect 'Select 1 "Elemental Hero" monster you control and 1 "Elemental Hero" monster in your Graveyard. The "Elemental Hero" monster you control gains ATK equal to the ATK of the selected "Elemental Hero" monster in your Graveyard.'

[@rookiegamer1234]

@@memeking7273 I checked it too, you're right, Jaden made a misplay that costed him a duel. Also Happy New Year!

[@memeking7273]

@@rookiegamer1234 thanks you too

[@Expelsword]

An interesting one to cover would be if Dimitri (the copycat who stole Yugi's deck) could have beaten Jaden in their duel.

[@Picmanreborn]

Why didn't this have more likes. It was a really close duel even though buddy wasn't even using his own deck

[@freyrimorales4743]

TBH in today's dueling. Meta Decks are seen more and more. People copy champion Decks. Not really any originals 😕 😪

[@user-ko3sd9qj2h]

@@Picmanreborn it's easier to hitch off someone's deck that everyone has seen nearly every possible combination and every possible strategy and every possible counter to every situation be done with. You don't have to run your own strategies when the King of Games already did them a million times before

[@Picmanreborn]

@@user-ko3sd9qj2h that's true, but Yu-Gi-Oh is constantly trying to drill into our heads that it doesn't matter how good the deck is. What matters is his skilled the duelist is, so even if everyone used the same deck as Yugi, not everyone would even be competent duelist because their "duelist spirit" wouldn't be strong enough

[@user-ko3sd9qj2h]

@@Picmanreborn no. Not everyone can be like Atem and draw any card they want on demand. Yugi himself is probably more akin to Jaden, they both have destiny draw. They can't control what card comes out but they always get the card they need in that moment. It's controlling fate vs using destiny. That's the difference between anyone using Yugi's deck and Yugi/Atem themselves

[@mertyil_]

15:51 Zane could’ve won here again. He did draw Limiter Removal along Cybernetic Fusion Support before. Had he actually set Limiter Removal, he could’ve activated it when Jaden attacked Cyber End Edit: Actually, Jaden probably already had Final Fusion set facedown. It would end in a draw in that scenario

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

1:48 can we just talk about how effortlessly Zane grabs his entire 30+ card deck and fans it out with one hand to search through it?

[@akarilight6331]

@Zero Bullet's The point is that he grabbed 30+ cards with one hand. These scenes in Yugioh actually blow my mind as its pretty difficult to hold 10 much less 30 cards in your hand at one time. On top of that Zane has to spread every card out evenly to actually search the card hes looking for.

[@Frenzyshark]

@@akarilight6331 Seems to be duelist thing. Yugi himself does this when searching for the 3 cards he needs after Kaiba plays final attack orders.

[@akarilight6331]

@@Frenzyshark Not exactly. In the final duel against the Pharaoh we get to see Yugi attempt the deck search..... Where he takes out his deck and goes through the cards like a normal person. Atems deck search against Kaiba also appeared at a point in the duel where both have drawn a lot of cards out of their deck. So it's likely they only had to hold about 10 or so cards compared to Zane who does so during the first turn

[@theseeker7692]

Gotta wonder what those fingers can do

[@remrad4315]

Zanes a pro, don't ask questions.

[@scribelord]

What about was Yubel about to beat Jaden? Technically the fight never truly resolved so I'm curious if either one could have put a end to the fight If they hadn't used super polymerization

[@darknesswave100]

Oh now that's one I'd love to see analyzed

[@thegreatscribbles960]

jaden probably would have won summoning neos eiseman at the end because you see at the end jaden fuses neos with yubel the ultimate nightmare

[@mesiagamer5217]

@@thegreatscribbles960 I don't think he had wiseman at that point.

[@nicoofthenight8403]

@@thegreatscribbles960 Two issues, No Wiseman and even if he does It's only Yubel and Neos

[@nutkicker12]

@@nicoofthenight8403 anime wiseman lists a "yubel" monster as material. so any of yubels stages are valid materials. and considering how magical the place they dueled in was i wouldnt be surprised if that was the act that created and summoned wiseman.

[@Pikatwig16]

Fun fact, Cyber End's 36900 attack was the highest attack stat in the anime for eight years, before being surpassed by Number C39: Utopia Ray V and Number 104: Masquerade with 83200 and 41700 respectively.

[@christopherb501]

Highest _integer_ value; Divine Serpent God Geh had literally infinite.

[@lazarx804]

If we're counting filler, then in the duel between Dartz and Atem, both of their monsters (Serpent Geh and Timaeus The Knight Of Destiny) reached ♾️

[@varkolak7779]

@@lazarx804 there's also Obelisk when reached Infinity attack points.

[@pn2294]

@@lazarx804 it’s hard to call it filler since the anime has its own continuity After all, Pegasus is alive in GX despite being dead in the manga

[@genyakozlov1316]

@@pn2294 Technically speaking, filler doesn't mean noncanon, just that it was created to fill the time.

[@pyrotempestwing]

This is probably one of my favorite recurring series on KZbin.

[@SuperSayianWarrior]

The problem with the hypothetical of Zane attacking into Wildedge with the future Fusioned CED is that because of Soul Unions effect, Jaden could wait until that infamous damage step to use it to guarantee the KO onto it. We do know Jaden is the type of guy to wait until the damage step to play cards like that thanks to battle fusion being in his deck.

[@MegaMachiOnline]

The anime is relatively inconsistent if they want characters to acknowledge Damage Step/Damage Calculation instead of Attack Declaration straight to End of Damage Step

[@hamza361]

There was basically no misplays in the second duel. It was as good as they could be.

[@TGSAnime]

Pretty much! They did the best plays they could, with the cards that they had.

[@lazarx804]

@@TGSAnime At 9:38 couldn't Zane use Power Bond to fusion summon Cyber Twin Dragon instead? Cyber Twin would've had 5600 atk points and could attack twice not to mention that he would still have another Cyber Dragon on the field

[@Potimawisus20]

@@lazarx804 Legit Zane might have misplayed there

[@rexcraptor2761]

@@lazarx804 exactly what I was thinking

[@JakeLT64]

@@lazarx804 hero signal would’ve blocked the second attack

[@bladersmosh]

I’m really enjoying this style of these duel vids. For a future one, I recommend doing Kaiba vs Noah and Yugi vs Noah back to back. Why? Because both duels take place immediately after each other and there are circumstances where Noah could’ve won sooner. For example, in the Yugi duel, had Noah used Otohime’s effect on Big Shield Gardna instead of Kuriboh and attacked it with Yamata Dragon, he would’ve won with an additional 200 damage defeating Yugi. What do you think?

[@Flaris]

Now that's a great suggestion. And really works nicely within this format.

[@mystery8820]

The only reason Noah didn’t go for game there is… the guy is more on gloating about his eternal godhood as a digital life form. And he was a spoiled brat.

[@freezasama5802]

This duel was a great duel establishing Zane's connection with power bond and his skill as a duelist (ironic since cyber dragon erata is one of the strongest if not the strongest Yugioh deck in this current meta) and it shows how much Jaden has got to learn and the difference in skill between both duelists

[@Kyzen_Wrell]

Cyber Dragon errata? What was errataed?

[@cheesekimbap2996]

@Ultimate L maybe he was talking about the meta in the anime show

[@MobiusLeader007]

@@Kyzen_Wrell I think he means how originally in GX, Cyber Dragon normal summoned itself for free if the opponent had a monster. The irl card game upgraded it into a special summon.

[@Kyzen_Wrell]

@@MobiusLeader007 Huh.

[@lordflarus]

“Was Team Taiyo About to Defeat Team 5D’s?” I don’t know why, but this is the one battle I’m obsessed with

[@DestroAzureDx]

I respect it, it was one of the coolest duels in 5ds

[@DTran-je1sn]

By far my most favorite, but it will definetely take Sam a while to reverse engineere this 3vs3!

[@mystery8820]

Thanks 4Kids, for never letting us see this duel.

[@alexrazmus1798]

I could understand that. Both teams have been through a lot in their lives and both had big dreams to fight for. Its a shame that duel didn't get dubed to legal issues, but it was still a great duel to watch. Also fun fact: Yugioh 5ds has the most undubed episodes out of any Yugioh series. A huge chunk of season 2 wasn't dubed. Darn you 4kids.

[@mystery8820]

@@alexrazmus1798 Also, that was a break from the shorter Team Catastrophe duel, the one team that broke Crow’s arm.

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

Easily the graduation match and duel is one of my favorites both to establish Jaden's character before the end of the season as well as say goodbye to Zane for awhile. Him getting such a big draw and win against the main character established him as one of my favorite rivals. I have always said that Zane and Chazz feel like two halves of Kaiba taken to the extreme without the other. Chazz is Kaiba's selfish attitude made fully into a person lacking the serious skill that he had to back up his attitude, Zane though was always a honorable duelist (at this point at least) and yet was just as skilled as Kaiba in terms of his dueling ability. The ending though is my favorite, just the big numbers on display the perfect back and forth it's all incredible and I love it.

[@shadowdragon714]

thats a very fair analysis of Zane/Chazz being two halves of Kaiba. Though i will have to concede that chazz is decently skilled, but they give him such a niche deck list. And i guess as writers, knowing how much kaiba is loved by the community, they needed someone to be close enough with out being a direct carbine copy for the next series. all in all, they did a great job with it.

[@FentonHardyFan]

Huh, I don't think Chazz and Kaiba have much in common at all! To be honest, I always figured the writers intentionally made Chazz to be sort of the opposite of the previous show's rival. I love them both through, great characters!

[@lolaandjoe123]

Saying Chazz lacks skill is a bit odd, he arguably ends the series as one of, if not the strongest duelist, no? In one of the final episodes he beats Jaden (He has game against Jaden but was forced to throw the duel because of his pro-duelist contract) and then beats a full powered Aster who just received the final and strongest D-Hero fusion.

[@anikabeauty547]

​@@lolaandjoe123agreed! Chazz was incredibly skilled! The problem was that the rivalry between him and Judai was not treated with the weight it deserved

[@YTauronY]

Duelist: Aha! What are you gonna do now that your big bad metal dragon is down? Zane: Oh no... Anyways my turn *Re-summons Cyber End Dragon for the billionth time* Duelist: Okay, can you not? Honestly I feel like if I didn't physically see Zane summoning other monsters I'd just think his whole deck is just some Cyber Dragons, Cyber Twin Dragon, Cyber End Dragon and a whole bunch of traps and spells to allow him to summon and re-summon Cybers. And I thought Kaiba loved his Blue Eyes.

[@darknesswave100]

Just saw the community post about this video like 5 minutes ago and then it drops with just enough time for me to watch it before I have to head to work. You love to see it

[@Snowmon89]

Well the first duel... Yes, Zane wanted to test Jaden, however, there's a second reason why Zane didn't proceed to win the duel at that moment. He (or at least the writers) wanted to show off Power Bond. Specifically that weird lesson of how to play a card vs when to play it. or something other like that.

[@aceblaze2049]

Which is funny because Jaden did have a way to win because Zane choose to make that move. He he had set up for Kuriboh Lv 10 instead of Mudballman then when Zane went to make his move Lv10 would have destroyed Cyber End Dragon and delt 4000 damage

[@yangchenlhamo7537]

​@@aceblaze2049YES!

[@MordredStarfall]

Honestly think a "Was Yuri about to defeat Yuya" would be neat.

[@AlifieAbsinTh]

awesome pick

[@jaruizm1]

Arc-V truly needs more love, and Yuri is an awesome villain

[@jacobwilliams1223]

I mean in a way, he did win. Yuya got pushed over the edge and the two ended up coming together to form ZARC. So he got what he wanted even in defeat.

[@gonzalojara398]

Nice call

[@WolfPhoenix0]

I'm still voting for "Was Adrian about to beat Yubel" as my top pick. Really want to see your thoughts on this one!

[@roninwarriorsfan]

I doubt it, once Exodius left the field & the exodia pieces in the grave, it's impossible for him to win at that point

[@doublea1148]

@@roninwarriorsfan then again maybe there were a few misplays that happened on Adrian’s side that could have helped him win. It has been a while since I seen the duel in action.

[@_Vengeance_]

Adrien would've won if he didn't use Crest Burn (and thus not Fog Castle's effect, meaning his next Battle Phase is NOT skipped), but instead just used 2x Break the Seal to grab Left Leg of the Forbidden One and summoned it to attack for the win (and what a majestic victory it would've been). He made the right play though. The chance of Nightmare Shuffle having set Delta Barrier was 3x higher than Hand Destruction, and on top of that, thanks to Hand Destruction's 4-card draw he had a far bigger chance to recover from being Hand Destruction'd (he almost did, in fact) than from being Delta Barrier'd. Another big turn was the turn Adrien used his 4K ATK Exodius to attack Uria. If he attacked Hamon instead, Yubel wouldn't have been able to play Armityle, causing Adrien to win. HOWEVER, Yubel also made a misplay here and should've put Hamon in DEF mode to prevent it from being destroyed, since clearly the 1K damage was far less valuable than keeping Hamon on the field. If neither player misplayed (well, really just Yubel as without her misplay, Adrien's misplay wouldn't be possible), the end-result would be that the duel would play out entirely the same, just both players having 1K LP more (since Hamon's DEF effect would force it instead of Uria to be the attack target), Adrien would've had 2800 LP which still would've lost with Yubel vs Grinder Golem.

[@EinManU]

the graduation match between jaden and zane is to this day one of my favorite duels in the entire series. It feels like an actual game, no asspulls, no weird "ah i guess its the anime" - it feels like an actual final game in a tournament irl. There were also almost no anime-exclusive cards. Yes, card from another dimension, but they really only put that in there so we didnt have to watch 2 people brick for multiple turns in a row. Also i have a soft spot for cyber dragons so what can i say

[@Chorongy-]

Great content my guy, been waiting for someone to spark my Yu-Gi-Oh love back to life

[@shuttlecrossing1433]

What's the music used in the background during duel 1? (0:18 and on). Really great vibe.

[@shuttlecrossing1433]

Update: It's Snow Down Remix kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3q1gH6sqtaYZpI

[@RedDragonForce2]

It’s interesting of note that Zane never needed to reveal his Cyber End Dragon. That was both showing off to Jaden, and showing off to us, the viewer. The card Zane drew in the final turn didn’t matter, since Power Bond would allow a newly fused Cyber Twin Dragon to game Jaden by attacking twice again.

[@mattbartels]

It may have been a while since Zane was able to summon that beast. Whatever opportunity to summon it he was wanting to grab I guess.

[@joseph86255]

​@@mattbartelsHe always summons it.

[@mattbartels]

@@joseph86255 not when he dueled Atticus and Syrus.

[@TheKpa11]

It was nice to see Zane actually summoning other monsters other than Cyber dragon, Phoenix especially Too bad he never plays these monsters ever again.

[@HellKaiseROficial]

he summons cyber phoenix again against syrus and a jinzo player

[@delgande]

@@HellKaiseROficial i think vs yubel too

[@asmylia9880]

"Wish Zane would play more than just Cyber Dragons..." *[Zane starts only playing CyberDarks]* "This....isn't what I meant..." I still love the CyDra and CyberDark archetypes, one of my favorite all-time.

[@mageside]

16:17 incorrect, in VRAINS, multiple duelists like Blue Angel to Revolver used multiples of their best cards. Blue Angel practically played a meta version of her deck minus Droll & Lock Bird. Revovler played 3 copies of most of his cards too.

[@phiefer3]

In Battle City, Rare Hunter played 3 copies of all the exodia pieces

[@lolaandjoe123]

Imagine never beating a single relevant opponent with Trickstars in a 4k LP format

[@bysigmarareyouseriously156]

@@lolaandjoe123 imagine being a female character in yu gi oh where almost all female characters are trash so the protagonist's and theirs friend's could shine.

[@JaimeD.]

My personal favorite is *Yuki Judai vs Yubel* and I would love to see a future analysis of *Yusei Fudo vs Jack Atlas* I & II in the 1st season of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds.

[@TheKpa11]

Not gonna mention Jaden “Taking the duel seriously” in the second duel? Cause they make it seem like him letting Zane go first was that mentality factoring in that decision and afterwards all other ones up until Wildedge. (It’s eye rolling sure, but worth mentioning since choreography wise, he’d have lost in one turn if he did the first move)

[@failure4452]

I think he chose to go second in case Zane had a Cyber Dragon in his hand, so because Zane went first he wouldn’t have been able to special summon it. He was just unlucky that he topdecked Cyber End

[@kyuubinaruto17]

With an elite player like Zane denying him a battle phase by allowing him to go first is the smartest move.

[@TheKpa11]

@@kyuubinaruto17 Yeah, but the episode condemns Jaden for trying to be something he’s not for it, even though I respect the smart move and him actually being serious about this

[@kyuubinaruto17]

@@TheKpa11 Not choosing to go first means he's taking the game too seriously? I haven't seen the episodes in question, as when I started working like 18 years ago my schedule was in the same time frame as GX, and I never went back to watch the series as an adult, so I just don't understand the context enough.

[@flochforster88]

Can't put into words how much I love your old school reviews! Brilliant content

[@Zetact_]

It's a good thing that GX established that topdecking is a skill you can train because otherwise Zane's constantly getting all his Cyber Dragons in every duel he goes into despite them being basically the only monsters in his deck would be ridiculous. I'm not joking, GX having that episode is unironically one of my favorite bits of its world building.

[@gabrielcabral6142]

How do they train topdecking? Is it something similar to destiny draw that you have to believe in your deck?

[@Zetact_]

@@gabrielcabral6142 It's like a martial art or something. The golden eggwich episode shows that the characters have some sort of inherent ability to topdecking and that it can be trained.

[@nopunchman]

I too love that they added that detail. I consider that ability (topdecking is a skill) to be canon for every Yugioh series, not just GX. Makes the constant clutch topdecking in so many games by so many different characters make a lot of sense.

[@brunocardoso6641]

@@nopunchman tbh it because kinda is: yugi can mid point or even some earleir points draw what he wants jaiden with power of supreme king can basically increase his luck chance even more with yubel yusei technically never top decks because his deck is good even irl yuma can literally draw what he wants and it even said in the show yuya with power of zarc or using his own power can do that too and playmaker aka yusaku never does this because he plays like real world duels

[@nopunchman]

@@brunocardoso6641 It's not just the protagonists who get clutch topdecks. I vividly remember how, when Marik had no cards in hand or field and was staring down Joey's Gilford the Lightning, he seemed unfazed, and calmly topdecked Monster Reborn, as if he knew he would pull that card. I imagine Marik would've been nervous if topdecking wasn't a skill he had

[@user-pw9vl8vc4k]

These duel analysis are great content. Keep ‘em up!

[@CharmCityGamer]

You're killing me man. I loved these duels, but I want to know if Alexis could've beaten Jaden in Season 2, but I'll be patient! Thanks TGS Anime, you rock!

[@orestisadiku1775]

Man,these kind of videos are my favourite,i would never get bored watching them.Keep them coming!

[@TGSAnime]

Glad you like them!

[@NeptunII]

11:55 also important to consider that in this scenario Jaden doesn't summon Bubbleman from his deck, meaning that his deck isn't shuffled, and the next cards he would have drawn should be different than the ones he actually got, making the rest of the duel completely unpredictable (unless we count Heart of the Cards shenanigans)

[@4137Swords]

Oh that's true! I didnt think of that!

[@HolymanChurch]

Really enjoy this part of the content. I like the analysis of duels. Keep up the good work

[@justinjones7411]

Do Yusei and Kalin's duel in the crash town arc because according to the wiki page there a theory that Kalin could of had a better chance of winning that duel if he had activated Infinity Break on Stardust but he decided to hold back. I like to see your analysis about that.

[@Boysif_]

Loving these vids. It’s nice that you go over the fact that two options could’ve worked. I think so many times as duelist we wonder, how to make perfect plays. Sometimes there isn’t a straight forward answer. I’ve lost duels playing conservatively against decks I felt like I should’ve held back. Whereas I’ve also lost playing aggressively against decks that normally aggression is a better answer. In the end it’s about reading your opponent and recognizing their strengths to know what to play.

[@ukotoa1639]

One I’d love to see is Declan vs yuya and was Declan holding back in all but the final duel between

[@stevenhu4234]

I honestly feel like he was holding back that final duel too. He had nothing to gain from winning that duel and everything to lose.

[@OneWingedRose]

Frankly one of the best duels in all of Yu-Gi-Oh! Thanks for the fun analysis vid!

[@stevenhu4234]

Could you do one for reiji vs yuya. Felt like he was holding back in the last one.

[@gaigeriel]

Would love to see one of these videos covering Shark and Yumas first duel in Zexal. Or any zexal duels in general

[@musicbrush9231]

Absolute best duels in the GX era!

[@gjergj124]

LOVE THIS SERIES YOUVE BEEN DOING BRO. Keep it up man great content

[@silverking4215]

There is one way that Jaden could've won the duel. (Jaden's turn): When Jaden summoned Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster he could've used its anime effect to attack directly (while halfing its Atk). Zane's Lp= 1000. Zane's Turn): Then Zane plays out his next move, which Jaden counters with De-Fusion and Elemental Burst. Cyber Phoenix is destroyed and Zane draws Time Fusion. He plays time fusion (banishing Card From A different Dimension), then ends his turn. (Jaden's turn): He draws Final Fusion, sets it and ends his turn. (Zane's Turn): He draws Damage Polarizer and then an extra 2 cards from Card From A Different Dimension (Cybernetic Fusion Support and Limiter Removal) while Jaden Draws (Miracle Fusion and Fusion Recovery). Time Fusion resolves and Zane summons Cyber End Dragon. Zane sets Damage Polarizer and ends his turn. (Jaden's Turn): He uses Miracle Fusion to Summon Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster, he then attacks directly (for half of its Atk). Zane's Lp goes from 1000 to 0. Jaden Wins.

[@V2ULTRAKill]

You cant defusion zanes monsters with cyber phoenix on the field you cabbage

[@silverking4215]

@@V2ULTRAKill I know about Cyber Phoenix's effect. I used to play it in my own decks in real life when I was a kid. Sorry to confuse, what I meant was: 1) When Jaden Summoned Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster he should've used its effect to attack directly. Zane would only have 1000LP Left. 2) When Zane attacked it, use De-Fusion to Split Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster back into Elemental Hero Burstinatrix and Elemental Hero Clayman, then use Elemental Burst to clear the field. 3) Jaden draws Final Fusion and sets it. 4) Zane uses time fusion, then proceeds to play out his turn as normal 5) Jaden Draws Miracle Fusion and uses it to re-summon Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster, he then attacks Zane directly again, taking Zane from 1000LP to 0LP.

[@Mullet345]

Because Rampart Blaster was summoned using Future Fusion it was unable to attack so that wouldn't have worked.

[@shoryakohli8774]

When jaden used fusion recovery he could have got wild heart instead of burstinatrix, that would allow him to normal summon a monster and still summon shining flare wingman and in turn win the duel

[@ChaddyFantome]

That would have been bad though. Not only does that weaken the boost shining flare gets, but it also means Zane could just attack over Wildheart for game and there would be nothing Jaden could do since Battle Fusion only works on Fusion Monsters. EDIT: wait, Jaden would have hit Zane with it for game, right?

[@nicksands]

He also could win the duel just by using Rampart direct atack

[@xlegacyzero8878]

If jaden had used fusion recovery to add wildheart back to his hand instead of burst lady he could have summoned wildheart destroyed Cyber End dragon with Shining flare wingman and attacked for game with wild heart. Burst lady was already in the graveyard for miracle fusion there was literally no reason to return her to his hand. Also because of how chains resolve Zane's battle fusion would have been chained to jaden's meaning Zane's battle fusion would activate first giving he's dragon wingman's 4900 atk then Jaden's would activate giving wingman 20900 more atk and jaden would win that way too. Jaden should have won twice.

[@JakeLT64]

Not to mention grabbing Burstinatrix was an illegal play: she wasn’t sent to the GY as a fusion material most recently, she was sent by Elemental Burst

[@b1acksteve]

@@JakeLT64 She was sent to the grave with Future Fusion and anime Future Fusion treats the monster summoned as a fusion summon.

[@JakeLT64]

@@b1acksteve yes but then it was summoned by de-fusion and tribute for elemental burst

[@DranzerG3]

Fun fact, Jaden actually did an illegal move with fusion recovery. Because he tributed Burstinatrix to his trap, I'm pretty sure it was no longer classified as a fusion material for Rampart Blaster. Had to learn this playing duel links and E-Heroes for years, But if he got Wildheart back to hand, he would've won

[@Mochi_Madness87]

This duel was VERY close. Ending it in a draw doesn't make either character look weak, as they are both easily the strongest duelists in the series.

[@danielhogue4143]

I would love to see you cover the clash in the colosseum duel between Yugi and Kaiba. That's duel is so nostalgic and awesome, but it'd be interesting to analyze especially when Kaiba plays final attack orders. So many hypothetical scenarios that could arise from that play

[@bobthebuilderman1797]

For the first duel I know why jaden put avian in attack mode Because he was using it as a lure so zane attacked and triggered jaden draining shield to gain lp Edit:I made a mistake thinking that he set draining shield but yeah that’s a misplay

[@eliosullivan2079]

He did set Draining shield, it was MST'd

[@bobthebuilderman1797]

I was right the first time then

[@echowolf4230]

If I may recommend a few duels for this analysis series: Jaden vs Yubel (both Duels), the Pharaoh vs Kaiba in the Colosseum, Yuya vs Jack Atlas (any duel) and Jaden vs Aster (rematch after Jaden gets the Neo-Spacians). By the way I wanted to say that I really like this kind of videos, keep up the good work.

[@anthonythomas305]

I would like to see "Was Aster about to beat Satorious?" I mean, Aster did everything he could to save his friend from the Light of Destruction but in the end he failed, lost that duel, and his hair turns into snow white

[@ReederMG]

I would love to see Jaden vs Dmitri. Another excellent analysis!

[@anthonythomas305]

Zane is an amazing Duelist in GX and both him and Jaden gave it their all in each duels.

[@kyuubinaruto17]

He's just as badass in the manga. He only gets 1 duel, which is against Chazz. On the second or third turn Chazz has gotten all 3 of his boss monsters onto the field. Zane responds by using a combo which has him discard every card in his hand, then summon out 1 giant monster that destroys every other monster on the field and gives his monster 500 attack for every monster banished for it's summoning, wrecking Chazz without losing a single lifepoint.

[@anthonythomas305]

@@kyuubinaruto17 Man, Zane is OP

[@daniela.n6277]

What a pleasant surprise! I just started re watching GX today. Master Duel got me back into the yugioh hype :)

[@rundas2141]

Master Duel got me back into the Yu-Gi-Oh hype as well

[@4137Swords]

In that first duel, Zane literally could've won on his 2nd turn, decides not to so he could test Jaiden, but then decides to win on his next turn. Didn't give him that much of a chance to prove himself lol

[@nuttybuddy7928]

didn't want to make it too obvious he was smurfing on Jaden

[@erenkruger5760]

Zane was disappointed that the only thing Jaden did was fuse a mudballmam 😂

[@aceblaze2049]

Jaden did have a chance to win though. He could have played Kuriboh and set up Lv 10 instead of Mudballman, with Lv 10 effect if Zane would have lost if he went for Cyber End, or would have still had to defuse Cyber Twin and play the two Cyber Dragons in defense to keep them from dying and him losing

[@4137Swords]

@@aceblaze2049 he already used his normal summon on Bubbleman. That's why he made Mudball Man: to stall until his next turn, to where he could use Winged Kuriboh. He only drew Winged Kuriboh and Transcendent Wings because he summoned Bubbleman

[@aceblaze2049]

@@4137Swords Ahh right sorry. Forgot this was like the only duel he normal summoned Bubbleman in

[@JosephG70]

Great video!! I hope to see Yugi vs Kaiba at the clash of the coliseum soon!

[@arrownoir]

If Zane wasn’t so in love with Cyber End, he could’ve won the second duel.

[@randomdude6252]

You're my KZbin crush. I get so excited when you upload!!! Love these almost "what if" series it's so fun

[@TheReaperofHades]

Could Zane have defeated Camula? Even staring his own ace down, could he have mounted a comeback if Camula didn't force him to throw the Duel?

[@mystery8820]

@Dont worry about it Illusion Gate was a cheat card, no dice. But Red Blood Moon is Draining Shield but it also ends the Battle Phase.

[@SpecsTube]

During the first duel, I have thought of a way Jaden could've won. First Jaden summon Avian into defence to prevent taking damage from Zane's 1st Cyber Dragon. Next turn, when he summons Thunder Giant, he also summons Wroughweiler to deal 3200 damage - Zane: 800 LP. After Zane attacks with Cyber Twin Dragon, Jaden would have 1500 LP, and this time he adds Avian instead of Clayman. Duirng his next turn, he can now use Avian and Bubbleman to summon Mariner, set Transcendent Wings face-down, and then attck directly for game. Jaden could’ve won on his second turn during the rematch. All he had to do was set Soul Union during his first turn. Next turn when he summons Elemental Hero Wildedge, Soul Union would boost its ATK to 5200 then attacking all 3 Cyber Dragons would result in a 9300 damage OTK. (Although this does depend if Soul Union has an turn specific activation requirement).

[@LaffyTaffy04]

In turn one of his first duel, Jaden summoned Avian in attack to bait Cyber Dragon into attacking him, so he could activate Draining Shield and start the duel with the life point advantage.

[@Frenzyshark]

Though to be honest sometimes bait like this doesn't work or is risky. Zane would have attacked Avian regardless but having Avian in attack mode means lifepoint damage. At the end of the day it doesn't really matter too much since Jaden gets blasted with an 8000 atk CED at the end of the duel.

[@saokatedo8570]

What can be more beautiful than this Sam's video series? Sam with that hair cut of course!!

[@NinetyLegos]

It's amazing that Jaden would have actually lost faster but actually kept on going because of his opponent and both played practically flawlessly. Their duel for graduation seems a lot like a competitive duel probably would've been like back in the day and was very advanced for its day and age

[@sagacious03]

16:28 Lol. No wonder he was such a good duelist in the anime. Anyway, great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@redundanttrack3321]

Do "was Dartz about to defeat atem" next,I appreciate your work keep up!

[@nintendolife25]

Another great analysis. Love to see the potentially different scenarios in how these duels could have gone…

[@Mocita]

One that popped in my head is Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s first riding duel between Yusei and Ushio. I’d like to know if that could’ve turned out differently.

[@dancostello4872]

There are so many great duels in the series I'd love to see your take on but I feel like you've got to do Zane's first match vs Jesse that never finished, and speaking of season finale duels; Jaden vs Yubel to end S3?

[@luminica_]

16:18 No, the first rare hunter in the series who plays an Exodia deck plays a lot of 3 ofs.

[@Syluxmaster]

Song Name at 12:35 pls. Anyone knows whats it called?

[@Amsel_616]

Fun Fact: Had Zane used Limiter Removal after Batte Fusion this would be the numbers: Zane attack whit 8K CED to 4.9K SFW Jaden uses Battle Fusion (4900 + 8000 -> 12900) Zane uses Battle Fusion (8000 + 12900 -> 22900) then Limiter Removal (22900 X 2 -> 45800) Jaden uses Final Fusion (45800 + 12900 -> 58700 Damage) 900 extra damage

[@SheerDotCom]

8+12=20, scale it up to the thousands and 8000+12900 actually equals 20900 rather than 22900. After Limiter Removal we'd be left with 41800, and then Final Fusion would total 54700 (3100 less than the official total)

[@rattrap316]

Bad-ass analysis... Always enjoy these... Keep up the good work...

[@Raidenleon]

A couple I would like to see is was Joey about to beat Yugi in the Duelist Kingdom finals. The second was Bakura about to beat Yugi in the Battle City preliminaries.

[@asim3105]

Bakura didn't duel Yugi in the semi final...

[@Raidenleon]

@TheRapper10000 Agreed.

[@Raidenleon]

@@asim3105 I meant the preliminaries. On the blimp.

[@jocoolshow]

The 'Was X about to beat Y' series are mainly for duels that could've gone either way or were sort of contentious. Idr Yami Yugi vs Joey in DK, but for Yami Yugi vs Bakura, that was a pretty definitive win for Yami, even if it was only because he drew Slider at the last second

[@Raidenleon]

@@jocoolshow Ok. The downside of both is there were shenanigans, Marik cheating forcing Yami to stop until Yami Bakura took over. And the Dark Sage maneuver in DK.

[@jj209th6]

In their first duel, do we ever see Zane's hand? I would have figured he drew de-fusion on the final turn and had a cyber dragon as the final card in hand. He didn't summon cyber end turn 3 because had cyber twin landed both attacks, he would have won, which wouldn't have been the case with cyber end. Also, as someone mentioned, Had Jaden set soul union along with draining shield, he could've powered up wildedge on turn 4 and won by attacking the three defused cyber end dragons.

[@xrodeks]

Maybe its a bit late, but can you do Jesse vs Jaden when Viper sets the duel? Last turn of Jesse could have easily won if he attacked with his Amethyst Cat after Cobalt Eagle so he didnt have to cut her attack in half. That's just one, maybe you can find another way Jesse or Jaden could have won earlier

[@metalcactuarjumpman7605]

You should do an analysis on the duel between Astral and Tsukumo! That was a crazy duel!

[@pn2294]

I always felt like this was a ceremonial duel even if it was only for season one.

[@christopherb501]

Considering the originally intended follow-up was the "Yugioh vs. GX" movie, that may well have been the structure it was written under.

[@jakepeters1636]

Please keep doing more of these duel analysis, always cool to go back and see where duelists miss-played. Personally I'd love to see Yugi vs Kaiba (BC Finals), Jaden and Syrus vs the Paradox Brothers, Yusei, Jack, and Crow vs Goodwin.

[@kyuubinaruto17]

I know of a potential misplay in the Paradox brothers duel. I forget if Jaden had a specific reason for it, but he crashed his monster into a monster that specifically couldn't be destroyed by battle. His monster wasn't destroyed either because it had an effect where you could sacrifice another monster to protect it. It's been so long since I've seen that duel but I remember back then I thought it was a stupid move because he initiated the attack when he KNEW it would fail. Did it actually have a purpose?

[@Daile0303]

Hey man, i would like to know if Sora was about to defeat Kurosaki Shun in their first encounter at the stadium (episode 33-34)

[@magicalnewsmaneditsbumpers4374]

The grad match is one of my favorite duels in the series. It may be the most important, but it’s one of the best played.

[@mecurseyoumimikyu4701]

Imagine if Zane at the end just chained a de fusion to jadens final fusion 😂

[@camronk1356]

I know fan boy can't moments aren't cool, but I love your videos and much Sam. If I actually made more money and didn't have so many responsibilities, I would pay to see you do a in depth video of the two juden vs koyo duels (with the one shot manga add on) and how it would play out, or an in depth "who is the luckiest?" Video of Jaden(anime and manga) vs Joey wheeler.

[@harryofblades]

As Jaden claimed after his interrupted duel with chazz a few episodes earlier that he would have won because he drew monster reborn Zane won because he had monster reborn, following jadens weird mentality 😅

[@sunflow57]

This is one of my favorite duels in the series.

[@danieldimitrov4785]

Kaiba vs Zigfried would be very exciting for me, I hope for the others as well

[@TwistedBagel7]

These videos really help me fall asleep I appreciate you

[@bazo8275]

Zane was made to be the strongest and greatest duelist ever... If you read the GX manga he is unstoppable there.

[@scottpreik8755]

love these types of videos sooo darn interesting to watch

[@pastorcodymitchell1456]

I'll confess I watched that duel back just for this video but when I finished I was very hesitant to watch this out of respect for such an epic duel but i'm glad i did :)

[@martingamer5591]

Not the duel analysis we deserve, but the one we need.

[@legofan4409]

Gotta say I really love this series, rewatching old duels and analyzing what could have been done is really fun and interesting- keep up the good work!

[@TGSAnime]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@agatheripper9702]

@@TGSAnime watch the comments again judai did 2 misplays

[@raytippin8062]

I have a weird one that could be fun. How about Leon VS Yugi from the season 5 Kaiba land tournament arc? Leon spent a lot of time building a deck and strategy that he thought he could beat Yugi with, but ultimately we don't get to know if that's true, because he ends up playing Zigfried's glitched card and the duel goes off the rails.