The ACTUAL Way to Beat Unchained (with me, the Unchained Player)

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[@JojosASMR]

Mad lad

[@PhyYuGiOh]

😳

[@camerongrams]

You absolutely stomped me with this deck round 1 in Vegas, this guide would've come in handy if it was released juuuust a little earlier:) My jaw actually dropped when I recognized you after clicking on this video. Thanks for being so friendly and encouraging me to get the top, needed the pep talk and it worked. New sub and I'll be following from here on out

[@PhyYuGiOh]

ahahahahaha. It was great to see that, I first had to run the Vegas regional before dropping this lol. Cool to meet again!

[@eclairis]

marincess gang rise up zealantis non target banishes everything MARINSUS BEST DECK YEEEEAAAAHHH AAARGH (huffing industrial grade copium)

[@iXSIKOBOIXi]

Marincess is unironically not bad

[@eclairis]

@@iXSIKOBOIXi yeah it's actually really good (though I'm biased since I've been playing them since release) I was just being silly lol

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Not to rain on your parade but a good amount of the Unchained monsters are Water XD

[@eclairis]

@@PhyYuGiOh oh damn lmfao I didn't know that well then it's gymir aegirine pass xD

[@casinoroyal93]

My brother is water.

[@08megamon]

Love the content of your channel, keep up the great work!!

[@naiyar3573]

The intro to the video is exactly my feelings 😂😂 I just got the deck before DUNE cuz it was my first deck back in 2021 and I liked that it got new support and now everyone at my locals wants me k!lled

[@panagiotisk3394]

Really well made content fam, i'm surprised you are not already viral

[@ASecretLynn]

Another deck that has a great matchup unironically: Tearlaments. Yes the deck is no where as busted as it used to be, but everything you interact with will build you advantage. All the unchained cards affect you by destroying for the most part, which suddenly makes poppong your backrow, destroying monsters or cards that special summon and interacting with cards like reino, tear kash, kaleido, all has the potential to lose the unchained player the game

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Let me know your techs, something I also could have plugged in were Kaijus, they're somewhat relevant this format and are certainly a usable card vs. Unchained: Lemme know your guys' thoughts!

[@thezestylime0989]

so long as it isn't radian

[@amaury_vtk]

widow anchor 💅

[@jalenbritt7356]

Zombie World

[@Jyxero]

@@amaury_vtk Not specific. can work vs miriad of decks too (Like Chalice), also Sharvara & Escape exist to ensure floating

[@Jyxero]

@@jalenbritt7356 May work with Sharvara or Big Welcome on gy (I play Unchained Lab... curse Clockwork too...), but nothing Abominable can't resolve

[@aidanboulton8288]

I’m surprised Phantazmay wasn’t mentioned! Cool searchable 1 of in the side board for D Link!

[@kaibeh]

Exosister also has a pretty good matchup with unchained

[@PKSparkxxDH]

Great video 🙌🏾

[@hknsytb7578]

i like the way you do your vid bro m gonna sub now

[@ItSpooling_]

Activates necrovalley

[@ZaraKhanComic]

Great video!

[@ThePheonixOfThe6]

I was testing dark hole/raigeki for that reason of forcing all their interation before actually playing. Its been good cuz theres no spell negates

[@GGallade]

Be even funnier and use torrential tribute once they are stupid enough to waste all of their pops and then clear their board in the process

[@NinthSettler]

My love, D.D. Crow. Such an incredible card.

[@jonyfba]

Idk, feels like the man just emoting while tallking

[@TheForbiddenOnez]

Yay this guys actually pretty funny

[@clemfire1772]

Great video mate, was curious if siding out ash would be the way going 2nd unless there’s a critical piece to hit

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Ash is still a strong card against the deck, but not on its own. 80% of the time Unchained can combo through an Ash with the current lists

[@joshuadaugherty5548]

My friend is an unchained player and he won't reveal his secrets!!! Thank you for finally giving me a shot😂😂

[@matthewbrady1562]

It's funny that a Dark Hole, destroying all the monsters on field isn't that bad versus Unchained, to force a reaction or allowing them to float. Phantazmay is a half decent handtrap against them as their Links do target.

[@Jesse-ls8ob]

appreciate your video!

[@ivanmak3060]

Fantastical Dragon Phantazmay sounds good

[@Martianteam7]

I got dougieed on by gravekeepers inscription playing tear this weekend

[@astral9988]

Exosisters with shifter and graveskeeper

[@succubusYT]

Dude hell yeah, content like this is pushing youtube to its next generation.

[@frankieyuen9363]

So the biggest counter is floo with grave keepers inscription

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Yeah, I think I would hate my life lmfao

[@quandaledingle9725]

Out of curiosity, are azathoth effects good against unchained, does Drytron have a chance to be an ok pick again, if kash disappears?

[@spanglishgamingttv1550]

Great content plus funny lol

[@GGallade]

Silent graveyard is a good tech but its little a boneless Dweller. Thank god its a quickplay spell

[@Jyxero]

Any opinion on Lab cards alongside Unchained? Mainly Big W & Lady

[@totalpartykill999]

this deck alone is the reason i added 3 lava golem to my side deck

[@user-wx6ms9rv2m]

that barely hurts them ngl, most of the time they end with only high ceasar on board, so not enough tributes, and if you do manage to tribute they usually have sharvara in hand to pop their backrow to then use yama to reborn rage. I would definitely use crow instead

[@JayDubTcg]

Thoughts on Lord of the heavenly vs them? Keep them from popping their own backrow

[@deanoor9391]

Shadow imprisoning mirror is my side tech

[@Jyxero]

Shyama is water thou

[@SpainLord]

been thinking about using forbidden graveyard for this matchup

[@Jyxero]

Silent Graveyard?

[@thea-listlifestyle]

Different dimension ground shuts the deck out they can’t play around it

[@Duelist07985]

We had an interesting interaction at locals between a lab player who 2-0d unchained opening heavenly prison both games 😂

[@evanhopkins7696]

So Silent Graveyard is amazing

[@antichrxst3516]

I’m running a very weird deck I’ve never seen anyone play but I’m having crazy success with it, it’s Runick Kash Lab with Buster Blader Tech

[@ricardadue3128]

Hypothatically, which card woud be the best to hit with ghost reaper and winter cherries? (yama, wave high king or something completely different?)

[@dragonstwilight6389]

Wave king. It's not once per turn and it gets out of hand really fast if you don't get rid of it.

[@omar_mcbuckets5366]

Just Normal Summon Robina 😤🐦

[@aaronlawrence4218]

Unchained can use that counter trap that protects darks dark illusion

[@Jyxero]

Not all Unchained are dark, but at that point you better play Solemn instead... is not like Mirrorjade or Exo magnifica will target

[@diegoriveramartinez5768]

Great video, really insightful, I am currently struggle against floonderezee, if you can share any strategy to counter them with unchained will be awesome 🙏🏻

[@teomanaslan9827]

Floo mostly boardbreaking, Kaijus, etc. They are playing 3-6 Books and their advent so Imperm and Veiler are Like if they have it, they have it. Sometimes they lose to themselves by bricking. But its a tough match-up. The biggest Bird Empen is a nasty floodgate. And if u get shiftered its obv over. Going second against floo is mostly baiting their stuff and Not trying to normal with field spell on field

[@teomanaslan9827]

Part 2: going first your board should more like a resource loop and popping Cards with trap and the lvl 8

[@diegoriveramartinez5768]

@@teomanaslan9827 TY Bro, you hace the big brains I will apply the advices 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@GrEEnF1Re1]

Ah i guess is back to playing birds, Time to drop the rikka and back to the empen

[@nickfiscella9267]

surprised u didnt mention lava golem

[@jetxiao659]

last thing I remember, nib ended ur turn.

[@dank16]

What do you think on Fenrir? Going 1st / Going 2nd

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Fenrir immediately forces interaction, it’s really annoying. However on its own doesn’t do much.

[@melleen629]

how do you feel about Retaliating C

[@Diwalia]

Thank fucking god you made this, every other video on how to beat this deck is so lacking, they just pick random staples and say they aren't very good lol

[@wyspreegamings6380]

Agreed. D.D. Crow makes sense.

[@endeavor1299]

Two questions. First, I guess we can figure out ourselves going second but, going first, which effect of inscription is the best against you? Second, what's the actual purpose of Abominable Soul? Because it was crucial when it came out, but I haven't seen it being used in any feature match I've watched.

[@PhyYuGiOh]

It's extremely important, it's not the win con, but it is used primarily as an interruption going first to summon from deck, and it is your most important going second tool, a non-targeting pop is really good.

[@endeavor1299]

@@PhyYuGiOh now that I think about it, I haven't seen many so many duels and most of them were mirror matches, so that's likely why I didn't see it on the board ahahaha. What about inscription instead?

[@ryansouthwick2404]

How are you pushing into the mucracker gryphon line after we get nibbed, we cant use the token to make the mucracker so was curious

[@PhyYuGiOh]

If you set up correctly: You should have Soul of Rage on the field when you get nibbed. So you use your extender that you've held to play around Nib, yama summons back soul of rage, link Anguish and then use it and the Nib to make Muckraker, Muckraker summons back anguish, make knightmare Gryphon underneath: Co-Linked. So you typically get Chamber set with a Gryphon lock.

[@ryansouthwick2404]

thanks for the explanation! message recieved @@PhyYuGiOh

[@aaronlawrence4218]

End of Anubis is indefinite and can attack

[@Jyxero]

Labrynth? Spright? (Manequin Cat)

[@lukasunterwaditzer3141]

You forgot lavagolem

[@MerryHaven]

pog video

[@hrg818]

which do you all call via unchained for gravekeeper's inscription?

[@teomanaslan9827]

No grave effs. They cant do jack shit

[@28_Spokes]

Unchained feels like the weakest top tier deck we’ve seen in a long time. As soon as people realize how to counteract it, the deck will fall back for sure. I love the GK inscription, just finding a deck to play that it doesn’t hurt you just as much as it hurts your opponent. Excellent content, keep up the great work.

[@jaimehernandez4962]

Exosister, you dont need GY, you can play shifter if you want to be a GY hater.

[@CafePendejo]

Idk, some guy at locals told me that he didn’t wanna play against my floo deck and it made me sad..

[@theedoomslayerofficial1143]

Ngl i have fun with infernoble vs unchained u cant target any monsters on my field or gy :)

[@harpsw3390]

I'm guessing Ash falls in the "good, but could be better" category? It just wasn't mentioned, it it might fall into that it's obviously good so I won't mention it territory.

[@user-wx6ms9rv2m]

ash it decent against unchained, but they can still play through most of the time

[@evertontsai4496]

4:52 Instant subscribe.

[@jalenbritt7356]

I play Punk Zombie. I think I can deal with Unchained very well

[@victorsainz3729]

some people told me that d.d. crow is bad most the time... but works in grave heave decks like unchained also 9 thousands decks too..

[@DJStriker106]

I just picked up some Kurikaras. Is Kurikara good against Unchained?

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Nope. :(

[@DJStriker106]

@@PhyYuGiOh thanks, and thank you for the video!

[@ShadowSpartin]

How much were you paid to hold off this video until AFTER the past YCS?

[@PhyYuGiOh]

I got tired of winning.

[@hudsonmaese]

Wouldnt raigeki be better than dark hole? Or is something else making it bad?

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Dark Hole has more flexibility as it can clear your own board of annoying things that your opponent nicely gives to you like Knightmare Corruptor Iblee. But if you want to play Raigeki feel free

[@hudsonmaese]

@@PhyYuGiOh ooh okay that's what I thought but I didn't realized that's still much of a thing, as I don't see it anymore

[@thegameguardian103]

The funniest counter is Dark world. Not because they put up some anti-graveyard strategy well maybe if they use dark world puppetry. It’s mostly due to the fact that they can just combo unchained into the ground. If they get the ball rolling, there’s nothing you can really do outside of high king pop danger!. While yes, unchained can float The difference is they are once per turn meanwhile Dark world is not.

[@Commonsensepreps]

Darkworld can darn near make any deck feel like that tho, so don't feel bad haha

[@teomanaslan9827]

Dark World is the weirdest Deck imo. It can smash like any deck through multiple disruptions or u just shuffle your hand and scoop. But sadly its like the prime example of losing to droll

[@user-wx6ms9rv2m]

dark world destroys any deck that doesn't set up a floodgate turn 1 (assuming no brick obv), but dies to most floodgates including droll and dweller. Go for the gryphon lock turn 1 and hope they can't out it

[@marleyjones870]

Deck lock down sit back watch the world burn

[@reactive916]

Tear hard outs the deck as well lol

[@luislopez-ew7kz]

im gonna give you 1 more to think about :3.... Deck lockdown! you are welcome

[@billmoulelis4275]

So theoretically could tri-brigade shuraig work?

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Absolutely! Appo + Revolt is pretty strong

[@Jonathan_Luna]

Rikka KonKon

[@JamFlexx]

Kaiju slumber felt great vs this deck lol. Even though they love popping their own stuff to get there, the end board does not enjoy getting blown up.

[@Raz0rIG]

If they have Caesar they could just negate slumber.

[@hanhyun1]

Alright but how does bro only have 1.4k subs?

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Only? I think that’s pretty high!

[@hanhyun1]

@@PhyYuGiOh I suppose it's a matter of perspective. Your content deserves more :)

[@theblastzone3037]

So what I’m hearing is that to beat Unchained is to play Dino #DinoSupremacy

[@parialife4636]

what about super poly ?

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Most Boards end on a Water + DARK, there is a funny thing you can do in branded chimera where if you Normal Summon any of the Chimera/Illusions guys it opens you to immediately super poly with the board, but generically, doesn't exist.

[@parialife4636]

ty

[@angelchavarria9802]

PLAY FLOO, that’s all lol

[@wilsonator666]

What about Deck lockdown and Prohibition?

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Personally, Deck Lockdown is a card that can be outed, it's a continuous spell, and pretty inflexible against certain decks. Not to say it's bad, but if you want a degenerate floodgate, I like Inscription better.

[@wilsonator666]

Well you can go ahead and laugh at me, but my main deck is Aliens with other reptile cards and Deck lock down is played in there because I can bounce with Golgar so I won't be affected on my turn. I mostly play on Master Duel, but the reason I play Aliens is because I like the under dog cards and I like their design and I'm always improving the deck as best as I can so asking you helps me with tech cards that I can always swap out if Deck Lock down isn't working. @@PhyYuGiOh

[@devonmantle6127]

Bystials are worse now people are making caesar before dropping a dark in the grave. I like the gravekeepers tech thats funny.

[@gamakujira64e23]

I've always been of the opinion that floodgates like gravekeeper's inscription are unfun and should be banned

[@swagnetoeagle740]

Yea you are free

[@chestmut12]

Rikka is pretty damn strong against unchained

[@felipereyes8269]

Wth I know you lol. I played against you recently haha. No idea you were on KZbin

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Shhhh

[@Douglas117955]

A real anti meta deck like mikanko would be beyond painful for unchained

[@gamakujira64e23]

You know unchained can go second right?

[@Douglas117955]

@@gamakujira64e23 I don't understand your point

[@gamakujira64e23]

@@Douglas117955 Mikanko is pretty much incapable of putting up a good board going first, so unchained can pretty easily just go second, break their non-existent board, and otk

[@Douglas117955]

@@gamakujira64e23 1- Mikankos go second game 1 2- us mikanko players expect you to make us go first, so we floodgate the other decks to hell 3- what can unchained realistically do against Mikanko? You can't target and can't destroy

[@gamakujira64e23]

@@Douglas117955 ah yes, the classic Mikanko response of “we’ll just draw the out”

[@ryouichisano06]

time to beat mr youtuber at locals now

[@PhyYuGiOh]

Shaddup Sano

[@kapwns]

tl;dw play dragon link

[@optimusprime6436]

Ty so much for this video. I think unchained is a cool deck but i dont think its as broken as other tier 1 decks and is easily outable with simple cards. I think this deck wont go very far especially if a banlist drops limiting pot of desires. Too many top tier decks rely on this card to fix how fragile they actually are. Kash being a prime example.

[@user-wx6ms9rv2m]

assuming you mean prosperity, and yeah that should definitely be limited

[@TheSnorlax420]

So what exactly do I banish against unchained with druiswurm? The link dude?

[@lz9275]

Always aim for yama

[@Jaysolate]

It's not the best deck most representation doesnt mean best. Means the sheep gravitate to it so you see it more

[@proghostbusters1627]

Yeah exactly Jesse Kotton didnt play it to wi n his 5th ycs cause its the best deck

[@ItSpooling_]

You’re half right, if they are genuinely good with the deck then it’s fine. But you’re copying and pasting a KZbin list it then yea it’s lame

[@donnelleraeburn9207]

unchain is a bad deck, only reason it won ycs in a row is because people refuse to read

[@benzelwasington4059]

What are you smoking it was rogue since it came out