The History of Tier 0 In The Yugioh TCG : Gladiator Beasts

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[@vollied4865]

glad beasts will always be one of my favorite archetypes and my greatest regret is selling my max rarity collection of them and getting low rarity versions, cuz damn I miss them.

[@tanigarcia100]

So did you keep one card max at least me I kept the bestiary super and today I found some packs tournament packs and pulled a 2 laquari supers

[@TeamAPS]

My personal favorite deck (though I actually used them moreso in the years after their pure dominance)

[@ownedweezybaby]

I didn’t know this! I always thought it would of been heroes or something

[@johnnysizemore5797]

Yeah, Gladiator's are fun to play(especially since they use Contact Fusion MUCH better than Neo-Spacians ever did) but I'll personally always prefer my Invincible Fortress Rock deck...

[@007josebond]

When Cap G makes a GB video, I click. My favorite archetype of all time.

[@GodKiller97]

These videos bring me back to when I had THE most fun in the game. 2006-2008 for me where the premier years for YGO with everything prior being extremely good alert and followed by formats that were also enjoyable but not like ‘06-‘08. Everything about that time was so cool. The card designs, the exploration of new types of cards that hadn’t been seen before, new strategies, etc. if I could I would revert modern YGO to those days and have zero regrets doing it

[@ShyRanger]

Spellbook of Judgment HAS to be in this series, because it being around was the only reason Dragon Rulers weren't the dominant force, and the second it went away, that's exactly what happened.

[@lucynash3647]

its not tier 0 tho. It shares the meta of it's time with another archtype which could also be tier 0 but was stopped by spellbooks.

[@Baioue]

Yh what Lucy said. Spell book was always tier 1 at best. It never had a complete and sole dominance over a meta. It just checked the other tier 1 deck

[@johnjurell8365]

imagine having the spellbook makes the dragon Rulers out of the radar

[@helioizer3366]

hey evilswarms helped with the D rulers too...

[@KayDizzelVids]

You could say the same the other way. I'd do a video on both of those decks, as it was the first time there were two Tier 0 caliber decks at the same time.

[@MaxClawsonYT]

Been too long since we got a lore or new card review vids from you my boi. Glad to see you back with the chill music and informative vid. Hope life been alright for ya during the absence

[@jeune-fou]

I play this archetype in duel links. It's always funny when you face a blue eyes deck and destroys his face down " the white stone of ancients" and he's like: "Ha ha ha in the end phase I'll a summon a powerful blue eyes you're screwed" me: "I activate my GB's effect to summon another GB from my deck. I summon retiari to banish your stone from the GY" Opponent: * rage quits * But for real yeah I remember in old games like gx tag force 2 this archetype was DEADLY. Especially gyzarus. The strong point of this deck (imo) is it's incredible versatility. and at that time having an archetype where almost 100% of monsters could research and summon almost any other monster from the same archetype from your deck was quite incredible.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Slight Correction. Glad Beast are in Tag Force 3. Not Tag Force 2. Tag Force 2 card pool stops at Tactical Evolution. Tag Force 3 card pool stops at Crossroads of Chaos. Very Early Synchro era

[@jeune-fou]

@@soukenmarufwt5224 Oops my bad ^^. I played both games so I mistook them

[@philithegamer8265]

Love Glad Beasts.

[@shadowofalegend8316]

I loved playing glad back then. Had the whole deck including a heraklinos I got from a mate as well as e hero prisma's and the deck was fun and refreshing compared to the other decks of the time.

[@theskullboy8700]

TCG: I’ll try it your way for once Overdose: you know what that mop head hunter’s iconic phrase Dad and the meta: don’t do it Overdose and tcg players: jackpot

[@shmarfle47]

Thank you for this. I love hearing about Yugioh’s history especially in eras where I wasn’t even playing yet.

[@alex_flamer]

I think it's kinda ironic how the first real hit to Gladiator Beasts came in March 2009 after Tele-DAD's dominance with putting Bestiari to 1. Yet for majority of the format, it basically fizzled out. I wonder why this is?

[@guidofalconi1178]

I was a Gald Beast early adopter, so was able to get my cards cheap, sure my Heraklinos was slightly damage but it was still tournament legal. I rode that wave as long as I could. There came a time when I started maining side deck cards like the impris mirrors for regionals, but at some point that’s topped working and is topped topping. I miss the Glad Beast glory days.

[@lamarlatimore7802]

Favorite format. So "Glad" it existed.

[@olliesupreme8425]

Damn. Yesterday I was watching your old glad beast history video from a few years ago. Nice CapG

[@philithegamer8265]

Yeah I remember that vid.

[@Chaosic]

Nice Yu Yu Hakusho reference at the beginning of the video and Dbz World's strongest and good video dude.

[@hamidalhaja]

Love these video essays man, keep them coming!

[@Umbra_Watcher]

Yeah, what @hamid alhaja said. Its been a while.

[@notsquirrel8141]

Can't wait for dragon rulers and spellbooks to be covered in this series, love your videos capg :)

[@Rabbitlord108]

And the weird older cards that saw play because of certain things (Vaskii because of Dracossack being an example)

[@IndexInvestingWithCole]

Happy to have you back, and thanks for the Yu Yu Hakusho at the start 😁

[@youssefsalama77]

would love for u to continue on this series. i only recently got serious abt yugi with master duel release, last time i had played it was as a kid, so i basically missed every format prior to this one. yugi history is interesting

[@srn347]

Surprisingly little mention of cold wave, despite that being the card that unilaterally boosted the archetype to tier 0 rather than tier 1. There were several archetypes at the time whose power level was on par with that of glad beasts, however they all relied on spell/trap cards to some degree, whereas glad beasts didn't (1 searcher isn't being particularly reliant on them).

[@craneadams5934]

Thank you for making this Capital G, Glads were my most anticipated video. They carried me undefeated in nats swiss, til I lost to Lazaro in the mirror of top 8. My favorite deck of all time

[@LV1mage]

Great topic glad to see a video on it! Glads are one of those insane archtypes that people forgot about.

[@turtle-bot3049]

Interesting that this video pops up on my feed right as we get a banlist that's in all likelyhood going to give us another tier 0 format with the ishizu tearelements deck.

[@eddysegafan6655]

Gladiator Beasts have to be up there in my top 2 favorite decks! I enjoyed all the details and work you put into this researching Glads rise to fame as I'm sure seeing even old photos of old champs brings back some version of nostalgia of how sweet the game was then...(minus the outrageous prices for Herk, D.A.D. & crush card 😅)... Imagine...the players just discovering glads then seeing what they could do nowadays, recycling gb comeback 😁 very fun casual deck to play still and VERY much a toolbox deck! So many neat interactions!

[@crisalidx5881]

Great vid cap!, it was my fav deck. You forgot to add that also while Tele-Dad really pushed out the deck in terms of being the king of the format, the thing that absolutely sealed the deal was that Konami on the March 2009 banlist limited Bestiari meaning that a single Bottomless, D.D. Crow or Dimensional Prison hit on Bestiari means instant GG since you are now locked out of making Gyzarus for the rest of that game (and also renders all your remaining Prisma's useless making them bricks). And that was the last nail in the coffin that really pushed out the deck of being a tier 1/1.5 contender to tier 2 or 3 for the rest of the game's history. But even after that I really sticked with the deck for a long time since still was my favourite. And I added the infamous Rescue Cat play into x2 Samnites (for tag out plays) x1 Airbellum's (for synchro plays).

[@dmags0917]

Great recap of my favorite archtype. I didnt expect to see my picture in the recap, very cool! I remember seeing Levitans top and actually bought a Herk off of him between minnesota and st. louis before gyzarrus release. Just re-discovered your channel and you do great work!

[@Rabbitlord108]

1:41 Don't forget about the infamous error where the cover card of Gladiator's Assault had the wrong name printed (Never forget ITS NAME IS RAINBOW DRAGON)

[@dubiousbrick4483]

Awesome vid, I remember glad beasts vividly, first meta deck I played, I had most of the cards and my brother helped me put it together and it helped me win at a locals for a few weeks, prior I always lost, was pretty exciting at the time and nostalgic to look back on xD

[@Verlisify]

Had a friend who had GBs and Lightsworns, he made the investment then monopolized the entire county's tournaments for years

[@RogueHero]

Good video bro , you should do a series on old yugioh pros and see where are they now? i think that's something we are lacking in this community.

[@MrMarinus18]

Gladiator beast has an almost unparraled consistency and versatility. After all if you can battle then you can get any Glad that you need.

[@philithegamer8265]

*Had* that playstyle is powercrept to hell now.

[@Merilirem]

@@philithegamer8265 They still have it, its just not playable in todays Meta.

[@azurabbit12]

Versatility for sure, consistency not so much There's like 4 bricks and a full garnet among the cards, and "if you can battle" is doing a lot of work cus if your opponent does as much as normal summon Stratos (or any other 1800+ monster) you're not getting through there without using a battle trick

[@alexjeannite3506]

Loved the video essay bro, but the background music was a bit loud that it made it hard to focus on what you were saying at some points

[@NevanSlone]

Gladiators really had a unique style. Wish they were better today 🤷🏻

[@Guhleezy]

Fun fact at sjc Costa Mesa Paul legit a played GBs. Everyone there from team overdose including Adam corn all laughed at the deck but everytime seeing Paul’s boards he was dropping the heraclinos. Also side note I think Costa Mesa format was very under explored because everyone went for DAD and otk style with DMOC. Gemini decks were close of topping that event. Buddy bubbled with gigaplant. Also Team overdose would be an amazing series. So cal emon and Adam really ran the ygo card market in so cal back then. Also how shady the team was known for

[@SaberWolf94]

Yugioh era at its peak. Great video man.

[@philithegamer8265]

Explain

[@SaberWolf94]

@@philithegamer8265 Watch my top 10 yugioh gx sets video or my dark armed dragon 2008 video. If you don't agree you don't agree.

[@aliastheabnormal]

Never forget the words of Kaiba: Screw the rules! I have money!

[@sejama6625]

Ahhh, Gladiator Beasts....the first archetype deck I ever used and still one of my favorite archetypes of all time. Which is weird for me to say as I normal gravitate towards sci-fi designs

[@15thobserver]

Man I really enjoy listening to you tell these tales. I enjoy it so much I must risk advice: There were times in this video where the background music kinda drowns you out. I mean I can make out what you are saying but the music is just loud enough to be distracting. Its a great choice in music too, btw.

[@Exiled28]

It's crazy to think that Levitin won a ycs b4 the game warping Gyzarus, such a madman. Thank you for making this video, this is the only deck I was able to win locals, and I was a newbie without Heraklinos and with only 1 prisma and 1 solemn lol

[@RogueHero]

Bruh watching this video gave me so many early 2000s vibes i miss the days before youtube where people actually had to build decks and not everyone had the knowledge of a good decklist those days definately seperated the good players from the bad.

[@Philbythelake]

Haven’t played yugioh in years but when megacapitalG drops a glad beast video, I’m here

[@Linkingx2]

didnt "we" agree that tier 0 means over 60% of top cuts, but I am looking forward to this - many quality decks did exist that did not make that margin, and these upper tier 1 decks - need some "love" too. Gladiator Beasts are a great start - cant wait for more

[@ownedweezybaby]

I’m so excited after hearing that this is a new series and not just one video!! Yessss I love your content and always look forward to your Yugioh history content

[@MajorTeag]

I remember that time when Heraklinos spiked. I had pulled one from either a box or a pack and no one gave it a second look. Then suddenly, everyone wanted the copy I had. I still have it as I quickly learned how much it was worth and never traded it. Also reminds me of my 6 Zaborgs back in the AST days. I kept pulling those things and no one wanted them. Adam Corn wins a SJC with Monarchs and viola! I went from 6 to 1 in about 2 weekends of trades.

[@tyst5927]

Brings me back. I somehow had a Gladiator Beast Heraklinos. I was one of very few locally who had one when the card exploded in price. I won many many tournament with gladiators and they are my favorite deck I played of all time.

[@soccausm7928]

Hey man, love your content and this new series has nothing but ups coming I'm sure! Small recommendation, or request. Could you turn the music portion down a couple tads? Thought it was clashing with your voice instead of being background. Either way, nice video and description!

[@theguardian9629]

And it's the return of the King G 🤴

[@cuttaman8657]

The most fun time I had in YGO was this era Tele Dad, Lightsworns, and Gladiator Beasts.

[@Average_CoD_Clips]

Second comment cause why not. I remember when I first started playing on DN I loved GBs. Chariot was a great trap in that era, and running Waboku in a deck just made me happy. Such an iconic card for me from kitchen table games.

[@Promin3nce]

Paul rocking Supreme 10 years before it was cool

[@KurtHoorah]

Glad to see the Professor is back. Great video

[@joshuaguste6883]

Gladiator Beasts!!!!

[@josephdevita2938]

Great video cap. Hope to see the rest of this series soon

[@theoneafterthelast]

A Yugi-tube video that's not about Master duel? Impossible! Lol Thank you for being one of the last few good Yugi-tubers.

[@iscream4761]

8:53 Cap G rapping on that base yoooooo listen to the rythm

[@jonsmith5245]

Just got into yugioh thanks to master duel. Long time magic player. I naturally gravitated towards gladiator beast archtype. Ofc this is its history.

[@PainfullyCasual]

Babe, wake up! CapG dropped a banger.

[@TheRecklessCrew]

Can't wait to see more Cap G

[@RaidenReborn]

What a fantastic video; doubly so because GBs are my all-time favourite archetype. Liked and subbed!

[@kayden-blodgett9032]

9:32 remember to read folks Great vid as always :)

[@p.m.e.7311]

Maybe if players know that they can boost predaplants with lair of darkness nearly 20 fold, then maybe predaplants could be tier 1

[@Chimerayuri3]

Are used to play in the small local shop where Shane and Paul used to play. I got my small time victory over them. Back in the day

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

I had incredible success at my locals/regionals against Glads using a Counter Fairy deck, I almost never lost to them. They got really sick of Forced Back & Pulling The Rug in no time. I also used D.D Warrior Lady & Grand Mole in the deck.

[@TavernUp]

Awesome video love learning yugioh history

[@MedatonOrtano]

Glads feel like boxing. Bobbing and weaving around hyper offense decks and finding a tool in the toolbox for something to get out of a tight spot.

[@95DreadLord]

I have to admit seeing discarded decks, characters, weapons what have you in variety of games to win something is great. If something is poorly understood because it's deemed bad it might catch people off guard and bring a satisfying underdog victory

[@Trekkie46]

I'm looking forward to your vid on SPYRAL. Hopefully you don't stick to 3 month hiatus's (if the plural is even a word) between content. I never played SPYRAL when they were big or when Magicians Souls dropped but I'm playing them on Master Duel now. The power creep is real.

[@supercanadian0640]

YuYuHakusho intro BatChest

[@dubiouslobo9190]

When the world needed him most, the king returned to his throne

[@superdopesamples]

I haven’t played yugioh in over a decade, but this was a great story. Brings back memories

[@DMD_Yugioh]

I loved this video as soon as Toguro showed up on screen

[@TheNewblade1]

I remember the first time I played vs glads, the guy thought the tag came after the damage step rather than battle phase so he kept tagging and restacking.

[@MelodicMetalCharter]

Glads won German nationals in 2008 as well

[@whiteshadow2535]

Though I didn't know much about them I really liked the archtype and I'm glad Ik their epic history now... it's weird cause I chose my favorite 2 archtypes (salamangreat and glads) and I later found both were insane top meta decks o.O

[@rightinthedome9973]

I built a glass beast after getting absolutely decimated in a tourney by then. They're still my favorite archetype

[@stevedave8415]

I still run GB deck since GX fun deck so flexible

[@ProtossTempest]

Welcome back. Glad are such legacy

[@trost7860]

Gotta do a PePe video, absolute favorite tier 0 deck

[@chrismcdonald6079]

I still love this deck, just with it had more power

[@RaidenReborn]

Facts. GBs need another wave of good support.

[@philithegamer8265]

Oh yes.

[@Shinde425]

Cap, your history of yugioh videos are incredible. Keep up the good work, brotha

[@joshfrost8122]

I remember using glad beast and looked at friend and said this could be good

[@XDuelistX.]

Make gladiator beasts great again 🥹

[@vookudlak1]

When I would go to regionals all my opponents would be scared of the he be GB'S

[@Spirit_Beast_]

Finally a new video

[@gharms2516]

Any love for mermaid players out here, I remember that it was my favourite archetype I love ocean animals and the idea of Atlantis for an archetype was so cool. On top of that it was one of the few decks that could keep up with the big boys at the time.

[@scythermantis]

Awwwwww yeah my fav deck loved the anime intro as well

[@RayGetNasty1]

Thank you for making this video. Commenters and other KZbinrs absolutely disgust me with their disrespect of not labeling glads tier 0. They are one of the most dominating decks of all time.

[@DeathlyBioShock]

please never leave for so long again 😭

[@MegaCapitalG]

Thank you very much for such a kind comment ! I hope you enjoyed the video and will the next one as well

[@tsvetomirsheev3882]

Every format is a glad beast format

[@averylr32]

at 4:14 im as drunk as a fat skunk and this is EXCATLY the video i needed god bless capitalg and all the lower case G's lol

[@satyayana1399]

Me : revive 2 editor using darius Opp : chuckle Me : me overlay 2 darius Opp : chuckle 2x (then notice the revived editor regain their eff) im in danger

[@satyayana1399]

*i dont know whether gb revived by darius regain their eff after darius made as xyz mat or fliped face down is legal or not. But all ygo game / simulator allow this

[@johnnyTimothyRokket]

It was these player on the old yugioh online that use to use Glad beast and light sworn The light sworn dude used to kick my ass so bad. I was running ancient gears. And i used to put damage on him but it was just when i won it was him either decking out or him misplaying The glad beast dude we used to go back and forth. But when he used to beat me he used to really smoke me lmao

[@javiergonzalez3047]

Cap G coming in with the heat

[@ProphesizedHero]

Welcome back. Please do new card readings again. I miss oy

[@ShoXwavee]

Can't wait to watch this

[@aian3964]

Love your videos Caps. I want to know why Konami change the 6 month banlist to 3 month banlist?

[@brianaragon1992]

Love these history videos

[@Killing_Edge]

Glads would have probably stayed dominant for a good while if synchro hadn't came in at the right time. I miss good old Prisma Glads.

[@Stardust_262]

Wasn’t 2008 simply the worst? We went from Tier 0 DAD-Return to Tier 0 Glads to Tier 0 Tele-DAD. Other than the tail end of Perfect Circle in Jan and the first half of Feb, it wasn’t fun to be a Yugioh player that year.

[@MegaCapitalG]

Lots of tier 0 in 2008, but I personally had a lot of fun

[@otangakudyokeman7124]

enjoy the tear meta then ...

[@pk5727]

Shouldn’t the first tier zero be chaos decks? Because of how powerful the chaos mo stars were…it directly lead to the ban, limited lists.