The Fiendsmith Kashtira Deck I made Top 32 with at YCS Bologna 2024!

[@colossaldonut5190]

Fiendschmidt.

[@guymitchell9234]

Bro saw the opportunity and captured it immediately

[@captainsunshine64]

I knew this would be top comment

[@reeonboi937]

Ally of the greenschmitd

[@heya-x7n]

Im dead

[@reezyrenzel439]

Someone has dubbed it "Joshtira Fiendsmith" actually

[@jotinhafilho5920]

Lacrima really established herself as the best Fiendsmith card.

[@nouvelle147]

I remember when it first came out that people didn't pay much attention to it. Admittedlly, Beatrice was legal back then, but still

[@ayham613]

@@nouvelle147if fusion lacrima and beatrice were legal lacrima would actually not see much play

[@Anxomaxo]

"The Fiendschmidt isn't real, it can not hurt you"

[@Belowone]

kashtira hand trap is more of a degenerate problem than FS

[@Team-Demise]

It’s the Fiendschmidt Dinh-Khashtira

[@wildwombatarmy]

Fiendschmidt-Kathdinhra

[@colossaldonut5190]

Fiendschmidt Dinhk-Paktira

[@tsaad41]

Thank you for signing my runick fountains! Hope I didn't bother you by asking to do that! Congratulations on top 32!

[@crimsecretxd-ex9fb]

Josh filming out of the basement were his editor rests

[@JoshuaSchmidtPlus]

LMAO

[@chitahitsu4743]

LMAO is that short for Let My Ass Out?

[@TCGSyphax]

as a master duel only enjoyer, seeing 3 fenrir and 3 planet is a fuckin jumpscare

[@thecroza]

Honestly hate how md hits consistency over power, would rather have 3 fenrir 3 planet than ariseheart honestly

[@superpolymerization4169]

@@thecrozano please Them having less ways and openers is 1000 times better than banning ariseheart

[@bearkey5346]

Ariseheart as a boss monster is fine, the problem is when kash gets 2+ arisehearts on the field turn 1

[@easyygo3008]

No, it is not. Killing the problem card while leaving the deck usable as an engine or rogue option is actually way better. Is not like kashtira is doing unfair stuff, is just there and cycles with the format

[@mikeholland6750]

Ariseheart is cringe though. Kash as an engine is fun to use​@@superpolymerization4169

[@artemisgrace8438]

Shoutout to the Lidl bag in the background

[@captainsunshine64]

This deck being in rotation made the event so much more fun to watch. Its very satisfying to see an anti meta pick come out of nowhere and do well

[@peloifrancesco8027]

Thank you so much for stopping and signing my mat while running to your table for the top 64❤

[@dennisbernhard3117]

Insanely cool list! Congrats on the top! :)

[@serycleancooking]

Man the thing i learn from this is insane. I like the way JS taught us so much how to actually use the deck after see the profile.

[@roberthaynes3245]

Nobody else just feels bummed out that it’s 50% handtraps now

[@Lessonius]

Oh I personally absolutely do, stopped playing last year where 15 became the norm. Game became diceroll simulator into handtrap simulator, the actual gameplay is horrendous 90% of games, the 10% of actual back and forth simply cannot compensate. Switched to OPTCG, best decision ever, couldn't be happier. There's actual gameplay there that doesn't feel absolutely atrocious. Given how things are now much worse and keep getting worse just reinforces my belief that YGO is practically dead for anyone who isn't coping hard and/or is too invested/relies on it for income.

[@humbertoalvarez9696]

Not really most hand traps still take skill to properly utilize, excluding shifter and droll. I personally think boardbreaker formats are horrible because you lose to your opponent either drawing the out or not.

[@traplover6357]

Having more handtraps doesn't like a bad development when most are one for ones. It's the one card starters thats the problem

[@NinthSettler]

i quit tournament play because it's unbearable last regional i played fire king sealed and it was great, won the mat

[@easyygo3008]

This isn't different from edison with 16-20 defensive cards. Like... Just because they are hand traps, changes nothing

[@darth_Lefeon]

9:32 quick correction. It’s not a fiendsmith card. It’s any non link light fiend in grave. This card has a lot of application in plunder patrol and other decks that use fiend monsters and 100% would recommend people try out

[@stefano5776]

Might be wrong but pretty sure Plunder Patroll doesn't properly summon the extra deck Ships with Blackbeard, so I assume you can't special summon Lys (light fiend one) back from the GY with the Fiendsmith's Link3

[@darth_Lefeon]

@ the line I normally go with is you do your normal plunder stuff trying not to lock yourself then when I get to Jord and make the light fiend token go into requiem and do fiendsmith line and instead of making the fusion I make lys with your plunders in grave and then link 3 into agnumday special back lys either on ur turn to make him untargetable and really big or on ur opponents as an interruption

[@NinthSettler]

@@darth_Lefeon fabled agmunday

[@RashFaustinho]

Aww, Joshua was here in Italy and I didn't know. It would've been cool to meet him

[@6210classick]

He streams by the way

[@DiploRadio]

The edit of the video is insane. Explanations with cards showed is amazing. Gg josh, this game deserves more people like you

[@KiarouW]

DinkhSchmidt Paktira is just hella funny😂

[@mattex200]

you guys are geniuses for coming up with this deck !

[@roberthaynes3245]

This a troll

[@mattex200]

So i can't say his team genuinely came up with an great idea for one event ?

[@easyygo3008]

They really aren't. Everyone good was already on the known that 20 hand trap / 20 1 card plays was the best deck. They just were the first ones to top a ycs with it

[@stiggy8258]

Long story short, Moon is the enabler this format. I wonder if she'll stay or get put on the chopping block

[@AndresPurrely]

thanks for signing my cards. for me you are the best player ever

[@souliswinter1024]

we throw in 2 splashable engines with a ton of handtraps and called it a "deck"

[@traplover6357]

I mean, this was Sky Striker with going 2nd spells in 2019 and Sky Striker as a engine for Orcust decks

[@NinthSettler]

That lighting makes you look 20 years older than you are

[@abendsonnewarriorcats9474]

This deck looks super enjoyable. Unlucky that I didnt think of this choice

[@roberthaynes3245]

Sarcasm?

[@brittis_n3xus]

It gladdens me that you respected ritual beast and acknowledge their ability to push through regular handtraps. As an RB player myself I feel that detail is often overlooked and it has contributed numerous victories on my behalf. As for the deck itself, I think it was very well thought out, and maybe post CRBR it could be just as good. What were your thoughts regarding Bystials? I havent seen anyone bring it up, and the FS engine is very weak to them, so the Centur-ion matchup is kind of dicey on that regard I would think.

[@Err_Sauce]

Joshtira Fiendschmidt

[@tengeri1001]

Josh just made his own Mathmech deck

[@TruePartyKing]

Ah yes solid list overall but 50% handtraps.. yay … this is why I’m on Edison lol

[@easyygo3008]

Esison is 50% defensive cards LMAO Just learn to play good decks.

[@AhmedNasr-ow1jv]

We have reached a point where half handtraps decklists can top This is a horrid development of the game I'm genuinely sad to see

[@NioNerd]

Super dope deck.

[@TemporalDelusion]

What oversleeves are those? They seem to have a tighter fit than dragonshield overs.

[@cwill102able]

Maybe you would've done the back-to-back if you put Runick in the deck. Cool concept tho, still the GOAT.

[@lightningboltc2683]

Finally pure fiendschmidt (kash is basically non-enigene) is good. Deck seems fun af. Nice work!

[@henniman]

This Deck rocks!! I would love to play it myself at the german open this december. BTW are you going to be present at the german open?

[@Gymantis]

I think this guy bought spreadsheets from a guy called Pak

[@Enby_adams_]

I was really waiting for this

[@RetroYGO]

Dam Josh Really doing everything he can to not use the Pak Century Rare Hand Traps

[@jamismiscreant7514]

Pretty decent Could use more hand traps 23/42

[@SuperNix]

Congrats, cool list! Was wondering, have you considered 1 Ariseheart for the Fenrir combo or you find it not needed?

[@Azkadaz]

It's in the side deck

[@SuperNix]

@@Azkadaz Thanks, missed that.

[@Sir_Gnuby]

Cuz ariseheart is banned I would assume

[@martinschoofs1932]

The GOAT

[@Leyus03]

Finally, the FiendSchmidt

[@ivansosa6116]

Which outersleeves are those? Looks cool

[@uzelac1372]

What do I replace purge and malchurmies with?

[@NinthSettler]

@@uzelac1372 play a different game

[@Leo98pm]

literally nothing

[@RedDarkMoon-Yu-Gi-Oh-Channel]

Das ist ein Fehler in der Überschrift! Es heißt: Fiendschmidt. :D

[@philippsteiner7731]

yo did i miss something? why did no fire king snake eyes top the event? they were the best deck a week ago and now nobody plays them😅?

[@ScorchYGO]

5 Fire King topped the YCS

[@gregorstrugale3203]

Everyone plays 17 plus Ht*s. That means you only get to make any real board around 40% of the time. Also the whole Fireking-Azamina Deck Omega loses to Handtraps, cuz every card needs a discard or an other resource. E.g: With pitch a card. Gets Veilered and then you just traded -1.

[@TgsMaverick]

I got smoked by this deck yesterday at our regional and the pilot finished 3rd. Really tempted to build it but I suspect fiendsmith cards are going to skyrocket, and there may be a banlist soon. Great list and good job!

[@easyygo3008]

They are not going to hit fiendsmith cards lol

[@ShinerCCC]

Putting Blossom and Dominus Purge together is peak meta player brainrot

[@mikc3261]

Hallo Josh, hier dein Fan aus China. Ich weiß nicht, ob du vielleicht irgendwo gehört hast, dass du ziemlich viele Fans in China hast. Viele meiner Freunde fragt mich, wo man deine Videos finden kann(da die meisten in China keinen Zugang zum KZbin haben). Deswegen frage ich hier nach deiner Erlaubnis, diese Video in BILIBILI (eine chn. Webseite) mit chineseschem Untertitel zu hochladen. Natürlich werde ich dabei die Quelle bzw. die Link zu deinem Channel hinzufügen. Falls du Intresse in langfristiger Zusammenarbeit hast, bin ich bereit mit dir in Kontakt zu kommen.

[@thereaper5171]

bro wants fenrir and requiem banned alongside pak and ding kha

[@RuruRampage]

Now everyone going to say i copied you with paradise. Been running it since day one.

[@fredplaysbgs5756]

How do backrow heavy decks feel? I feel like this would struggle to play second into lab or stuff like that

[@easyygo3008]

Trap decks die easily. They have to commit resources every turn to stop recurrable threats. Is very easy to put an engraver at 4.8k that is untargettable and pops cards. FS is really strong vs any type of grind deck

[@masterisac5301]

What is the brand of the double shield?

[@benjaminlahoy1324]

All hail fiendschmidt 💪🏽

[@dingstar308]

What about cosmic cyclone in the side ?

[@easyygo3008]

You can do that, but all of the ht's they played stop azamina decks early enough

[@ianlee5008]

How is the deck gonna look & perform on master duel?

[@Leo98pm]

aaaand purge is now $30 every time lmao

[@traplover6357]

Wonder what the Fiendschmidt thinks of Magical Musketeers with the same concept of minimal fiendsmith + tons of handtraps deck that won

[@ivancannistra1188]

Gorgeus

[@zrq4773]

why Gaia not dark knight lancer

[@frankunodostres473]

so... is fenrir finally gonna get banned now? also I'm shocked you don't play SCR kash birth, when you usually go for max rarity :D

[@herolindgashi3462]

Congrats on the top but man i miss when decks would only run like 9 non engine at more. More then half the deck being handtraps is soooo lame

[@AnotherWindaSimp]

Holy bazonga.

[@gtafan110010]

bologggna

[@massimodecimomeridio6191]

But u all played without a wincon on time?😊

[@michaellockett4044]

54% hand trap is crazy. This game has lost the plot. Good job though.

[@TeaRektum]

❤

[@easyygo3008]

For clarification, agnumday revives non link light fiends, not just fusions. This is relevant because reviving engraver at untargetable 4.8k (or lacrima at 4.2k) does come up often and helps win the hand trap wars as you really don't anything else once lacrima and agnumday are down

[@crimsecretxd-ex9fb]

Hi

[@user-vg1fb6ow7y]

Shame on you to cheat on Raye like that with lacrima 😢

[@wumboneff7155]

23 handtraps in the main deck. What a format trolldespair

[@Greeds_]

dont worry next format ocg players are dropping handtraps for mainly boardbreakers

[@Mightybean2014]

I don’t remember a time in the last 3-4 maybe 5 years a single player was happy with the yugioh format. Tear is an exception

[@TheDarknightRemix]

​@@Mightybean2014November 2023 was a great format. Just after AGOV.

[@alex-plorateur793]

@@Mightybean2014 stop playing, a lot of us had a lot of fun this year. This format in particular is fine

[@Avermra]

People not playing the game telling you the game you are playing right now is not fun is one of the takes of all time

[@anhkienhoang3212]

Question: If Tenpai and Fire variants are the decks to beat, why is Bystials in side deck falling out of favor? Looking back at the event almost everyone is running some sort of Fiendsmith so wouldn't that work?

[@martinschoofs1932]

Question about the agnumday combo: can you also equip the sequence from grave during the battlephase for additional damage, right?

[@subspeciandialect2550]

its not a quick effect so no

[@MrGshinobi]

I'm sorry but decks being able to run 20 + handtraps is just ridiculous, this game's balance has gone way out of control.

[@Rukarin-]

Solid decklist. But does nobody else get kinda sad to realize the game is all handtraps now?

[@Corey91666]

Definitely bothers me a little as well. If you semi limit handtraps combo decks could get out of hand. But i also dont want engines to play through 3 handtraps. At least not going full combo. I definitely like this kind of state though better than the combo madness. I hope though that not all decks become super grindy. If its fiendsmith identity im cool. If every deck starts Recycling stuff when making plays it will lead to a pretty high floor for lower level strategies to climb. Im interested to see where we continue.

[@Greeds_]

​@@Corey91666next format in ocg due to how immune ryzeal is to handtraps everyone is dropping any handtrap that isnt maxx c/ash and running mainly board breakers

[@kemor6861]

@@Corey91666 I think the real issue is that most modern combo decks don't really get punished by Droll & Nibiru anymore. Yubel just specials Phantom, SE summons a Ceasar or leaves the Flameberge on field for a long time. The play around Droll by placing cards they add instead of adding them to the hand. That's why combating modern combo decks requires either a ton of handtraps like this build, a braindead going 2nd option like Tenpai or you have to win the dice roll and put up 5-8 interactions.

[@easyygo3008]

No one is going to drop hand traps. Veiler, imp, mourner and ash are quite good vs the duo drive, which is the card you should be targeting while impermanence actually shurs off dreadner. Also, ryzeal won't be tier 0, there is other stuff you need to combat aswell.

[@easyygo3008]

Also game being all hand traps is no different than retro formats where decks all played the same 20 cards: bottomless, torrential, warning, book of moon, etc.

[@aluberthegoober]

Fiendschmidt

[@NBF803]

FIRST! CONGRATULATIONS JOSH KEEP DOING GREAT AND MAKING GREAT CONTENT !

[@Hunter-s7n6i]

This is just too much HTs, if this is yugioh future it won’t last a few more years…. Congrats tho Josh!

[@easyygo3008]

How is this different than 2011 when everyone ran 20 defensive cards?

[@Lessonius]

@@easyygo3008 You mean cards that you could actually outplay instead of hoping they don't have it? That actually forced people to interact with each other? That didn't instantly end a duel on the spot, turn 1? Where opening 3 of them meant you probably weren't going to be doing much else, as most decks didn't spam out their entire deck from 1 card? The cognitive dissonance to compare modern day handtrap roulette to that is immaculate.

[@TheBluntsmith69]

This is just stun and you can’t tell me it’s not

[@number-qx1kw]

No one's dumber than a yugioh player

[@luisvelez8096]

Welp Fenrir is definitely going to 1 next banlist.

[@easyygo3008]

Lol for a few tops after doing nothing the full rota block? Lmao you are unreal. Konami doesn't hit every deck that tops, especially one with a very fair and honest gameplan like this one

[@AntoRoberts]

As it should, criminal how free kash is in tcg

[@Rynoxe]

@@easyygo3008 are you his communnity manager or simething, if not could you stop denying everyone's opinions that you dont share thank you... bro's been answering to absolutely every comments, get a life.

[@doggymansrcworld9378]

I don’t think the ocg lacrima art in the thumbnail is necessary

[@6210classick]

it is 👍

[@penmustache283]

why are you gae? should i call you mistah?

[@kappamaster7179]

I don't think you are necessary

[@penmustache283]

"should i call you mista?"

[@doggymansrcworld9378]

@@kappamaster7179 what does that even mean

[@roberthaynes3245]

This whole shit felt let Downey. 23 handtraps? Feel like Josh I know pulls up with quirky variants and doesn’t just play 2k in cards that everyone is playing

[@traplover6357]

Bro didn't play the meta favorite, Snake Eyes. And this was a new deck concept playing Pure Fiendsmith so it was a quirky variant.

[@BùiThanhVânân]

Ich habe versucht, meinen Freund mit einem Striptease zu beeindrucken. Es lief gut, bis ich auf meinen eigenen Kleidern ausrutschte und mit dem Gesicht nach unten auf dem Bett landete. Geschickt eingefädelt, oder😘

[@Michele11TCG]

❤

[@trollinggaming9903]

Fiendschmidt