The BEST Resource Engine In The Game!!! [Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetypes Explained: Salamangreat]

[@davidsoyele7829]

I just think it's hilarious that salamangreat just completed eclipsed the code talkers in terms of popularity. Like I don't think any other protagonist's deck got this completely eclipsed by an ally or rival character.

[@jakethereaper2060]

Blackwing?

[@sbevenine2055]

Blackwings kinda eclipsed Synchron however both Synchron and Code Talkers have been receiving way more support as of recently The deck can say would be D/D/D, Borrel/Rokket, and Phantom Knights

[@cancerstinks1]

Blue-eyes?

[@joseruizdiaz9622]

Salamangreat have an identity; Code Talker is generic bs without identity. The designs aren't unique, the effects aren't unique, the playstyle isn't unique, and to some degree it's a tumor to the cyberse type for being so generic.

[@jackmist]

​​@@joseruizdiaz9622Also fuck Accesscode. That destruction effect should have been HOPT.

[@Ragnarok540]

I love Salamangreat, you start the turn with 5 cards in hand, and usually end the turn with 5 cards in hand, a decent board (nothing too broken or unfair), and follow up.

[@lucasthehumanity8240]

I must be doing something wrong then lol

[@MegaMachiOnline]

@@lucasthehumanity8240it’s almost to brick with the deck

[@ffjj3964]

One thing I like about yu-gi-oh is the fact you got an idea how the story would’ve continued by the cards alone. Like Salamangreat of Fire can be seen as Soulburner still cling to his memories flames. Or his synchro monsters trying used the deck his own way. Idk, just seem interesting to ponder.

[@Volti666]

This one is a real treat. I love your Work, Golden Nova. You have the thanks of my wife and myself. We often have a videos of your running during supper.

[@MarioLopez-xs3vc]

When people think of "midrange" in regards to Yu Gi Oh, Salamangreat is usually the first thing to come to mind. They have cards that do everything short of Pendulum summoning, and constantly recur their resources but don't really have something they do that a more specialized deck can't exel in over them. But they still managed to hold their own against 2 other decks and Thunder Dragon Colossus for a long time before banlist hits knocked them down a peg, and were the only one of that group to stay in a playable state immediately after those hits. Deck is probably overdue to return to its former state in the TCG, especially now that they have an excuse with some new cards to shill.

[@Slifer29]

I would definitely say the deck is slowly returning to prominence. Over the last few banlists Miragestallio, and Salamangreat Circle are now at a full set of 3 and Gazelle at this point is the only holdout and I wouldn’t be surprised if it got pushed up to 2 if not a full 3 come the next list. Also with Soulburning Volcano Salamangreat of Fire is an excellent addition to the deck and it even shot up in price.

[@jcplays5831]

Hell 6 years later they are still a competent rogue deck who can put up a good fight against any top tier decks. I’m proud to say I’ve beaten a few snake eyes decks with salamangreat, even if it’s a genuine struggle, but hey sometimes the stars align and salamangreat can still pull through

[@TheUltimateCancerCell]

Eyyy you finally made a video on Salamangreats. Loved Soulburner in the anime and loved the archetype overall from the concept behind the gimmick of its reincarnation summoning (even if we barely used it in the competitive format) and how good it is at recycling resources. Definitely one of the fairest competitive decks that became meta. Sadly, it’s nowhere near as good in the current format but the deck was never broken in the first place. And I like how you emphasized Transcendence as a ‘quick-play spell.’ If you have a good hand, you can set up a Pyro Phoenix + face-down Transcendence as a turn 1 endboard. Then during your opponent’s turn, you can relink Pyro with Transcendence to nuke your opponent’s board while they’re setting up or break their backrow even before they get to end their turn

[@ggrarl]

I'll never forget what happened in Master Duel. I was using a Salamangrate deck, and my opponent brings out a Quintet Magician. I looked on in disbelief at the 4500 attack and defense. I see his effect that he can't be destroyed by card effects. That gives me an idea. I manage to Xyz summon "The flaming wild horse that cuts through illusions! Mirage Stallio!", and then I use him to Link summon Heatlio, and thanks to his effect, Quintet Magician was bounced back into the extra deck. My opponent then tried playing defensively, but it didnt work against Pyro Phoenix. 🔥 Also, the Japanese name for this archetype is spelled Salamangrate, a portmanteau of Salamandra (a genus known as fire salamanders) and transmigrate. The latter means when a soul passes into a different body after death, which coincides with the whole reincarnation thing.

[@רזאלפסי-ק9ת]

Soulburner, one of my favorite ANIME characters. and Salamangreat is one of my favorite archetypes (other ones are: Gouki, Topologic, and Knightmare)

[@pptemplar5840]

Salamangreat Raccoon is one of my favorite cards, I wouldn't say it's "good" but when MD limits the deck 1 Raccoon is usually my first add to make it better, they usually limit your ways to get to your spell/traps and sometimes after interruption your only option to add back to hand with Sunlight Wolf after you make your plays is going to be Circle, with a single Racoon being in deck it makes a set Circle a very versatile form of defensive interruption that is important since maintaining a reincarnated link is so important. My point is Raccoon kind of gives you a janky off-ramp. I will never forget in the Academy event when I had to end on just Wolf with a Raccoon I bounced back to hand for Falco's effect, my opponent Summoned Armityle with 10k attack only to be stopped by Baby Raccoon Tantan Assault Mode.

[@EthanKironus8067]

😂

[@linksstruepower7443]

Crazy. I was just wondering if you had a video about this archetype. And now it's here. I should manifest things into existence more often.

[@Snom_on_a_Bench]

Can you manifest the next card that'll trick people into thinking that D/D/D is good?

[@kaiju9645]

Can you please manifest actually good Red-Eyes support?

[@EthanKironus8067]

Please manifest a remake of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War that's not locked to the Switch while you're at it.

[@linksstruepower7443]

@@EthanKironus8067 Why would a Nintendo game release on anything but a Nintendo system?

[@EthanKironus8067]

@@linksstruepower7443 😑

[@nightmagister]

Salamangreat is the deck that brought me back to YGO and damn I absolutely love it and play it to this day. Very excited for the new cards.

[@omegon2540]

Honestly, What really shocked me was that 1, they arn,t pyro, and 2, their first loss was to hydra drive of all things

[@harrya9458]

If it comes from Vrains, it’s probably a Cyberse archetype. That’s generally the consensus

[@callummilford9346]

Thank you nova now i want code talkers and rokket

[@callummilford9346]

well we got rokket now we need code talkers

[@MakuraZalis]

I love how he showcases how almost all the archetypes he does had some level of competitiveness during their times except for Laval

[@Navek15]

This archetype has a special place in my heart. Today was the first time I played in an IRL yugioh tournament since....goddamn, since Inzectors and Wind-Ups were top-tier. I only won two duels, but that was because I'm rusty with just how much Salamangreat can do. And even then, I was able to hold my own (or at least not get completely overwhelmed) by crazy decks like Fiendsmith and Ryzeal. The fact that a deck that mostly built over five years ago was able to compete once I upgraded it just felt so awesome to me. And I wasn't the only one, because another dude was also playing Salamangreats, and way better than me! He was able to play through 9 negates and still came out on top! I really think this shows just how well-designed this archetype is.

[@rivashanmolefi7326]

Salad. My into into Cyberse decks. Love the deck. I just wish it was better at dealing with Nib

[@Beelcifer6076]

Now this is a beatiful video about salat the best one i've seen... even if i havent watched it completly yet Watched it completly now my opinion hasnt changed

[@Zeroized]

The reference made me get a Salads deck in Master Duel. TAKE THIS! MY LOVE! MY ANGER! AND ALL OF MY SORROW!!!

[@TerraEmperor1]

Glad to see some arc v characters getting some recognition again. I fell off the anime after 5Ds so I aware of these characters and the decks but not their story

[@willthomas4516]

This is actually a Vrains character.

[@TerraEmperor1]

@@willthomas4516 I get them mixed up sorry

[@willthomas4516]

@@TerraEmperor1 It's fine , glad you're learning more about the series.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Oh goodie. The spiritual successors to blackwings.

[@JackTheRiffer024]

What about explaining Kozmo? They're one of my favorite archetypes and their art is absolutely amazing. Would love a video on them.

[@augustusdavis958]

He already covered Kosmo

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

He did it already. The only way he’ll do it again is if they release A LOT of new support for the archetype.

[@okami_kamkam]

My flaming raging boys will burn bright with their reincarnated fires! For some techs I like are the following, Flame Bufferlo as a searchable Normal Summon that also is like a Pot of Greed when used to summon Baleynx, and since Parallel helps a lot with making Rank 4s we can make any Rank 4 with quick effects or lingering effects such as Bagooska or even Abyss Dweller since Miragestallio’s lock is only activating their effects, not their summons, so there are a lot of good options to make and even more stupid possibilities.

[@coreybrittain6178]

Salamangreat is one of my all-time favorite decks. Brotherhood of the Fire Fist was my first competitive deck and I loved it to pieces. When Salamangreat debuted I got the same sense of fun I had with Fire Fist.

[@jacobszilagyi284]

Balelynx: exists Nova: "The link that searches the field spell."

[@DragonKingRyu993]

Okay people are really overlooking salamangreat of fire, even tho that card locks you into the fire, he is a one card reincarnation raging pheonix who will add the rage from the deck to hand, who will blow up 4 card on the opponent field, and can then finish the game a turn after rather they have a monster or not, also you will have the fire back in hand by the end of turn 1, so yeah the new cards are really broken

[@Snom_on_a_Bench]

SALAD BEST DECK. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@TheUltimateCancerCell]

Hell yeah man!

[@markvincentalmanzor5118]

the new link-4 allows u to add the salad trap cards

[@EthanKironus8067]

Takeru is the Crow Hogan of Arc-V. A relatively nice character, adds a slightly different angle to the story, but maddeningly takes away screen time from the heroine WHO DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER (I could totally see Aoi as a Vrains vigilante vis a vis the Black Rose Witch if she had been a victim of the Lost Incident)! P.S. I literally have nothing against Takeru except for his sucking up most of Aoi's oxygen.

[@neovoltron25]

Actually, Crow first appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. You're talking about his alternate dimension version.

[@EthanKironus8067]

@@neovoltron25 Right. Got my decks mixed up, so to speak.

[@coyo-j4q]

one of my favorite archetype, in master duel make me won with a come back in a imposible situation

[@tylertr]

i didnt know that salamangreat got new support! cant wait to get these cards in masterduel and decimate my opponents who dont read!

[@leojamesquiambao1047]

"We didn't start the fire (that was Hanoi)" Good one Nova

[@frankyquilavafireblast895]

Yes, I would like to order one Sonlight Wolf salad please A side order of update jammer And for dessert access code talker cake Thank you

[@NoirEmperor18]

I have been playing Salamangreats for 5 years now and it's by far by favourite deck. (I think the pfp gives that out) The only complaints I have are: 1) for some reason most Salamangreats have a "one effect only" while having 2. It gets annoying sometimes 2) it doesn't have a great endboard 3) That's my personal suggestion but, I would really like a way to cheat out the links in order to quick reincarnate or having monsters change their names like Formud skipper.

[@forthkun03]

i can't believe that after 6 months, i've been using raging phoenix more effectively than accesscode in my salad. you really played the card down here you know it.

[@SpyGaming2005]

Hiita the fire channeler could also be a good tech pick since it's a search for pretty any fire monster you want for the cost of discarding itself and another fire monster with less atk than the card you want which could also be some set up for the grave

[@ZEDEX252]

SalamanGoat time!

[@Nightmare_52]

salamangreat mole and infinitrack tunneller looking at eachother like "brother?"

[@benjaminseelking9483]

Well, this is now about the 10th Archetype i did not care for, only for Nova to make a Video and change my Mind

[@Slifer29]

I also find it interesting that even to this day right now, it is still in the defending champion deck in terms of the world championship

[@SuperPhoenixDark]

Oh, Nova... How you completely looked over Code of Soul and Promethean Princess... These two cards totally pushed Neo Salads into near top-tier status, allowing for some insane combos and ridiculous end boards.

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

It would have been very wild of me if I talked about two cards that didn't exist when I made the video.

[@SuperPhoenixDark]

True. I guess Master Duel and paying attention to OCG more has kinda gotten the better of my judgment. But now that we have those, the deck is so much more bonkers than the initial Neo Salad releases would have led us to believe, I'm sure we can agree on that. 😊

[@eldlichthegoldenlord4624]

Salamangreats with their ability to revive would be good monsters to add to my golden army, but I am worried their fire may melt their gold turned companions

[@TheUltimateCancerCell]

Funny enough, I recall seeing a Salad Eldlich Deck in Master Duel that one time

[@Titanic_Tuna]

I just made a Salamangreat deck so the timing of this video release is impeccable.

[@dokeshithejestorking7147]

I havent played yugioh sense the early 2000s, back in 2018 i had a friend that wanted me to get back into it and he tried to teach me this deck. Now i see why. I ended up being a MTG player for a bit. This deck hits me in the spirit so i might get it. Plus my roommates bf play and i wanna whoop him with this deck

[@ayeemmz]

always have a soft spot for salamangreat

[@Samurrot07]

I love how foxy is able to beat skill drain

[@ODDiSEE_]

I wish burning shell had a secret printing, the art is so pretty to me.

[@adam63667]

Keep up the amazing videos, Nova!

[@Mannymozo]

this is the second deck I've made and can't wait to try it out proxy f seem like my kind of card

[@Trekkie46]

Theodore Hamilton? That's the location of his name? Wow, they really shot for the fences on sounding like a Poindexter.

[@RenegadeStriker7]

This feels like a deja Vu

[@wargreymon25]

My favorite Archetype

[@azzie671]

Love these cards, can't wait to make a deck with them! Don't understand why they're CYBERSE of all types though.

[@SavageTyler91_aka_AlwaysNerdy]

Because of the series they are from

[@Beybladebro824Z]

Do speedroid explained

[@epictoe7179]

The puns are killing me slowly☠️

[@al_2331]

I didn't even realize Circle had a 2nd effect lol

[@Shin_Aniki]

Did my guy literally just call salamanders a reptile?

[@bluekirby_64]

He really did.

[@Shin_Aniki]

@@bluekirby_64 Elementary school teachers around the world simultaneously smashed their screens in frustration

[@SloopYGO]

the "cure for insomnia" archetype

[@calebk4232]

Forgive me for asking, but couldn't Promethian Princess also be a decent tech choice? It can revive fire monsters, it itself is a fire monster, and its a link 3, so that makes set up to go into either Pyro Phoenix or Raging Phoenix, or get the grveyard set up for your Salamangreat effects, such as cards like Beat Bison that can be special summoned if you have a certain amount of monsters in your graveyard (3 in Bison's case).

[@7thHourFilms]

This video was made before Promethean Princess was revealed. That's also why he's so-so on Raging Phoenix because Snake-Eyes wasn't a thing yet.

[@calebk4232]

@@7thHourFilms Oh. I did not see that.

[@DLCJRpc]

The first deck that I ran in master duel and Yugioh in general

[@nicholaswhite2886]

Hey nova I have a question how do u feel about the new cards that goes along with the visas starfrost story?

[@neonlove5456]

Everytime i summon Salamangreat Emerald Eagle in Master Duel (not even the reincarmation version) my opponent scoopa regardless. I guess they just think "Holy shit he is actually trying to do it"

[@brandol75]

skipper, besides parallel exceed, can also search avida.

[@CyVersePyroKing]

Plus Code of Soul is massive, too

[@TheCman97LP]

I’ve been waiting for this one!

[@timothyskidmore1554]

To quote count Dooku "I've been looking forward to this"

[@thewiser1919]

Please can you do the yubel support when it release?

[@hamzahachmieh9539]

does salads ahve a lore ny any chance ?

[@remarit]

7:00- "dont get too hung up in how a world like this sounds like coyote", THE HELL IS THAT SUPP OSE TO MEAN? its coyote, of course it sounds lik coyote!!!

[@neo84401]

Anyone else thought balelynx was sitting in a chair in the card art?

[@donalddowman7325]

I thought it was based on the 32 demons of the great King Salomon

[@LordApoca]

Bring our Gazelle back to 3. Make Salaman Great again

[@Brewcityking]

My 🥗 build: 3 gazelle 2 foxy 3 spinny 2 buffalo 1 falco 1 fowl 1 Jaguar 1 fire (I do not use it as a starter but a utility extender when needed, not a fan of being fire locked ) 1 weasel 3 ash 2 droll 2 nib 2 veiler 3 circle 2 mining 2 will 1 sanctuary 1 called by 3 crossout 1 charge 2 fire recovery 2 roar 1 rage 2 imperm 2 pheonix 3 wolf 2 bale 1 stallio 1 accesscode 1 transcode 1 splash mage 1 heatsoul 1 apolloussa (when not fire locked and searching for will first turn) 1 dugares 1 bagooska 3 evenly 3 droplet 2 lightning storm 1 feather duster 2 dd crow 2 skull meister 1 ghost belle 1 dimensional shifter

[@FinnMclaughlin-v5k]

Can you do symphonic next I know I'm not a patron cause im broke but still

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

While I personally hate Soulburner for being a spotlight stealer, I have a kinda "love and hate" relationship with Salamangreat. Hate due to how it became meta by being a structure that i wans't able to get, and how it made the prices of cyner mining skyrocket. and how annoying it was to go against it. But at the same time, i kinda started to liking it when i played it in duel links, by how the deck is "the one prepared for almost everything", and how i was able to built it up in a F2P way. meaning i was able to secure many victories, even making it to King of the Games rank of Ranked Duels for the first time with them. And the "love-hate" part comes from how is one of those archetypes whose "intended anime gameplays" are tossed aside for the most generic extra deck vomit machine you can do, completely ignoreing their reincarnation summon gimmick (barely using it more in duel links thanks to the skill and heatleo's backrow removal being more useful there) I kinda wish thy were able to ACTUALLY make good use of their reincarnation summon playstyle instead of being flexing to show off

[@anthonythomas305]

Burning Draw! Reincarnation Summon!

[@Ch88246]

LETTS GO

[@redroC171]

Nova... salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles

[@AnotherWindaSimp]

I am still waiting for the lore accurate moment once again smh

[@SupeerHeeeeero]

Salamanders are amphibians 😢

[@lennyface8195]

Mexicans: "Coyote." Americans: *_"KAI-YO-TEE!"_*

[@ggrarl]

Some Americans: Kai-Yote

[@1DivideOne]

Salamangreat Raging Phoenix is not good? That didn't age well.

[@VP-tn1ip]

nibiru token

[@mina-tarahelena2478]

The best salamangreat monster! It's the final boss of every salamangreat board!

[@gwyn4534]

Your combo execution was so bad, i had to read my cards again bruh. No offence but why didnt you link bale and stalio for sunlight wolf and link jaguar of for a linguribo, get the gazele from grave, resummon wolf to get any spell-trap you had in graveand and summon jaguar under new wolf by spining the one in grave and from there you could leave it to that if you hard drew the sala traps or just summon heatsoul?

[@KoNNOBODY]

Some better synchro support and it's over

[@emanuelsemexant7580]

Playmaker deck archetype is better, but that's my opinion

[@dhesh0066]

Doesnt seem feasible? Search Will and summon 4 salads from grave? Thats better than soul charge😅

[@spikeshepard1897]

Aaand other Yugi tuber being wrong about raging phoenix

[@ShikiKairagi]

Ey

[@samu0l095]

How to play Salamangreat. 1 Hate all your salamangreat extra deck mosters and only summon codetalker. 2 there is no step 2.

[@GreatBigPillock]

Truth.

[@TheUltimateCancerCell]

You forgot the step where we cry when our boards get nibiru’d. Fr wish we can deal with that damned rock. All I can think of as a follow-up is Will and Circle. But other than, we get a dumb token and cry on the opponent’s turn.

[@BronzeAnalystTM]

This is one of the archetypes I just dislike for no reason at all 😂 I literally just quit whenever I face them both irl or in MD. Good content anyway