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[@q306005]

My whole strategy back in the day was to stack equip spells onto a single monster, only to find out years later that my whole strategy could be beaten by my opponent just flipping my card face down.

[@JOEHHxFMJ]

We were naive and innocent, good times

[@justsomedangerbigfootwithweb]

I mean Benkei Otk used to be a thing a long time ago before and during Goat format.

[@kyrios0307]

Book of Moon response??

[@ZenoDLC]

That's them being kind Imagine they just yoinked your 8000 ATK monster with something like Brain Control then slams through your empty field directly to your LP with your own monster

[@duusu2608]

Magical cylinder goes brrr

[@marsella527]

The United We Stand and Scapegoat combo was one of my favorite combos back in the day

[@alexandermorales4322]

Same, that and Copycat plus Burden of the Mighty were the OG combos for me

[@ItApproaches]

That shouldn't work as Scapegoat are tokens not monsters.

[@undeadinside3571]

​@@ItApproaches tokens are monsters. It counts

[@ItApproaches]

@@undeadinside3571 No, cause you can't sacrifice tokens for tribute summons and scape goats or stray lambs literally use token cards to represent them. You can't attack with tokens, they are just a token. Been in tournaments before, scapegoats are not monsters.

[@undeadinside3571]

@@ItApproaches you literally can attack with tokens. You can use tokens as synchro material, you can attack with them, you can tribute them (scapegoat specifically doesnt let you tribute them for a tribute summon. You can tribute them for anything else though, like special summons that take tributes, toon blue-eyes for example)

[@rawkguy4896]

Malevolent Nuzzler and Black Pendant saved so many duels for me back in the day

[@Em-VR]

Yeah I was waiting for both of these to get mentioned

[@nmr7203]

It's a same Nuzzled is prone to silly "missed the timing" rulings

[@joshuakim5240]

I spammed Rush Recklessly with 1800 Attack lvl4 normal monsters to an almost religious fervor back in the day. I'm amazed how long that worked despite the caveman tier stupidity of it in hindsight.

[@gingermcgingin4106]

​@@joshuakim5240 "Everyone has a plan untill they get punched in the face"

[@craniifer]

Paired with Maha Vahlo, I was formidable.

[@musiyevonchilla6769]

Also United we Stand was the 1st equip spell which got banned

[@ItApproaches]

Course, the powers that be can't have any unity! Always gotta prevent the people from uniting lol.

[@BLSoldier00]

And one of the shortest banned cards in the game.

[@Dogboy2709]

my old combo was United we stand + Mage Power + Maha Valio. in addition to the eqiup spells effects, it gained 500 atk for each equip spell equipped to it.

[@chiiiiie5608]

Mine was the same but with Benkei

[@imnotyourdaddyimyour001]

plus Megamorph once your LP is lower than your opponent

[@KhanMann66]

Same here.

[@1992crimsonnoble]

I loved doing Hayabusa Warrior with United and Mage power, that ability to attack twice was insane for me in the video games

[@IkanaMaskedMan]

4300 atk with 3 combo cards was boosted back in the day

[@datdude8391]

Also the equip card power of the guardians is good also

[@GladBeastBoy]

Moon mirror shield is also good like that. You will always have 100 more attack than anything that attacks

[@DukeSkylocker]

I remember how much a pain that card was to play against in early Duel Links before they added in all the extra deck types like XYZs, links, etc. You specifically needed to put spell removal cards in your deck because that was the only way to get rid of it. And because for some reason it was only a normal rarity so many decks would put three of it.

[@blackopsmajorr5]

I still run these in decks just because I love equip spells. I've never cared about meta decks and I've even beaten some meta decks using them in master duel.

[@bluedemontr-whisperofwind-2296]

​@@blackopsmajorr5Give Mikanko a try sometime, it's an anti meta deck based mostly on equip spells

[@JP_...__.__.._]

​@@DukeSkylockerI feel sorry for the bad players that still use it thinking it can save them now😂

[@Zetact_]

Equip and Field spells were intended to incentivize running a focused deck instead of a goodstuff pile but the boost was so irrelevant because the best monsters in a respective type would need 2-3 cards of buffs to match a single, completely alone La Jinn. It's the result largely of the first sets being completely arbitrary in the statlines they would give monsters. When trying to solve "nobody is using Equip Spells" the design team assumed it was the Equip Spells that were the problem rather than the unbalanced stat spread of the types and so to solve the issue made equip cards more generic and with even bigger swings of stats. Which did make for some equip spells being playable but it further exacerbated the problem of making pile decks.

[@stock_movie1875]

La djinn only has 1400 so if you have a monster on the field where you need 2-3 equip spells to match him then you are in a bad spot and clutching at straws to survive the turn.

[@cwtsios91]

@@stock_movie1875 la jinn has 1800 not 1400

[@stock_movie1875]

@@cwtsios91 oh they buffed him. But either way my point still stands. 1800 isn't that hard to obtain. Especially with lvl 4 and lower. Crystal Beast sapphire Pegasus has 1800.

[@jobhunter5090]

2 completely different eras of the game my guy.la jinn wasn't relevant when sapphire pegasus was made. You were probably looking at cyber dragon at that time

[@MH_Toffymaru]

@@stock_movie1875 La Djinn was never buffed, it always had 1800 since his introduction in the anime/manga or Dark duel Stories since the year 1999, also by the time La Djinn was META Crystal beast and other power creep we have today didn't exist, the most common deck back in the day (speaking year 1998-1999) was beatdown format with things like Silver Fang or Hitotsu-Me Giant with 1200 atack, with the introduction of La Djinn it was hard for other monsters back in the day to top his Atack power without equips or field spells

[@Thenerd1110]

You should have added moonmiror sheild, now no matter how strong you opponents monster is, you’re +100 stronger

[@Youtuber_YusukeFromGermany]

Actually still good card

[@Mare_Man]

100 or 10,000 attack makes no difference to Storming Mirror Force

[@uglyboi5254]

@@KZbinr_YusukeFromGermanyno it is not

[@germanelkapo1]

False, The Wicked Avatar's ATK and DEF is always 100 points higher than the other highest ATK on the field, even if it's a monster with Moon Mirror Shield and/or stat changes applied during the damage step only (the latter can do stuff like avoiding triggering Buster Rancher's destruction, but not beating The Wicked Anima) It's the only card with a stat changing effect that ALWAYS applies, to my knowledge, so there's no infinite scaling with it, or surpassing it. Though i guess on Master Duel you could carefully overflow it's stats to make them like 50 and go for game, imagine winning a duel like that.

[@archanch]

My rich high school friends, 3 gemini elves, 3 Axe of dispair.

[@CornBreadtm1]

I wouldn't really call that rich. Most kids would trade crap shiny cards for powerful commons. I was trading crap cards like Red eyes for man eater bugs lol. People thought they were getting a good deal till I flipped those bugs up and killed the tribute monsters for nothing.

[@LukeSykpeMan]

My best friend whom I used to play yugioh all the time with in middle school was a dirty cheater. He ran 5 Axes of Despair, and that's not even the worst of it; whenever I'd destroy his monster that had the Axes equipped, he would send them to the GY and claim he "tributes the monster right before it's destroyed" to bring 2 or 3 of them back. Fun times

[@kaikwonfu2633]

@@LukeSykpeManYea I played a few people like that, everytime without fail I’d pull out my deck with that was just pot of greeds, monster reborn, swords of revealing lights, man-eater bugs and exodia pieces. And when they got mad I’d always say, wanna look through each others decks before playing next time?

[@minamorcos8510]

Yes but they still bowed down to my poor friends and poor I. MST ALL DAY 😂😂

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Funny. In OCG 1999 before true power creep. There were plenty of decks that ran those out of date equip cards. Because back then, due to limited monster card pool, and lack of strong attack point monsters. Those equip cards will help in a pinch or get rid of walls. Since at that time. The monster with the highest attack for one tribute was Curse of Dragon and it could not beat over Giant Soldier of Stone or Aqua Mador. Equips did leave a legacy, just this was early OCG only

[@CobyTJay]

You activated 3 of my rush recklessly. 😎

[@uncleweirdbeard86]

I learned early on that boosting attack is good, but building a tower is great. Well all my playground buddies were boosting their tax to insane 5 to 6 digit levels, I was sitting tidy behind a couple of solar flare dragons and enough burn to melt obsidian

[@colinbielat8558]

Ah yes, the unbeatable tripple monster combo that created a wall that your opponent could not attack and burnt them for 1500 LP a turn. I used that alot my self.

[@uncleweirdbeard86]

@@colinbielat8558 Its funny how every starter deck came with Dark Hole and nobody ever used it xD

[@colinbielat8558]

@uncleweirdbeard86 to be fair, most of us as kids probably couldn't figure out the use and value of dark hole because we saw that it destroyed all cards. Using it to clear a disadvantageous opponents field likely never orginally occurred to use, same with solemn judgement, spending half our life points to negate one card was something we would never have considered back in the day.

[@uncleweirdbeard86]

@@colinbielat8558 True. Most new players to TCG games only see disadvantage and not compromise with such effects. Even seasoned players will do the same. Take Pit of Generosity for example. Most players only see the -2 effect and not the fact you can put cards back into your deck that you may need in your deck. I have used it on an old GBA game for a mission where I needed to summon Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon to ensure I could actually summon the 1 copy I had as it was more reliable than Reload

[@FriezaDBZKing69]

Noble Knights sitting there bawling as their Noble Arms become forgotten rustic relics of a bygone era in YGO history.

[@TheRetroReplay]

I remember using United We Stand and Mage Power with cards like Maha Vailo and Hayabusa Knight, just utterly destroying people at tournaments with those 4 cards

[@shindukess]

God tier starting hand was Marauding Captain, Hayabusa Knight or Mataza The Zapper, Tribute To The Doomed, Jinzo, Monster Reborn, Pot Of Greed or Graceful Charity. Damn those days were so much fun.

[@kinkedwinter0312]

Ever try equipping maha vailo with 2 axe of despair and malevolent nuzzler it almost seemed like a cheat to me

[@jakeflake2498]

Then add in premature burial and autonomous action unit your basically invincible at that time attack wise

[@kinkedwinter0312]

@@jakeflake2498 still seems like a cheat almost like getting god mode in games

[@jakeflake2498]

@@kinkedwinter0312 they were probably like wouldn't it be funny to have a small monster gain enough atk beat any of boss monster like blue eyes

[@sparda74]

Maho Vailo was my favorite card when battling against tribute-heavy decks. For every card it equips it gains an additional 150. I would put my favorite equip cards (fusion sword murasame, united we stand, and legendary sword) on it and other players thought it was cheap.

[@osrsbeatrs3249]

Additional 500 ATK per equip I believe, not 150

[@nintendokings]

United We Stand always seemed like the most broken card ever to me back in the playground days

[@LuminousSteel]

still is a really good bait card if your able to summon alot

[@je2996]

United We Stand + Scapegoat on damage step

[@busybeebaez]

Wow, nice combo but, it’s more accurate to say: United We Stand + Scapegoat on “attack declaration”. There are few cards that can be activated during the actual damage step/damage calculation. Only counter trap cards(if conditions are met)or cards that specifically say so. Otherwise nice combo. United we stand + any monster + scape goat= 4K minimum beat stick.

[@ArlecchinoAKAFather]

Scapegoat can't activate on damage step. Specifically attack altering can like rush recklessly

[@imyugimuto]

Mage Power and United We Stands were the goal equip spells!

[@xConceptz1]

Mage Power and Axe of Despair equipped to Maha Vailo was the play back in the day 🔥

[@blue-eyesdepresseddragon3753]

I would LOVE a Megaman-esqe deck that plays like plunder, pulling union monsters from the extra deck to give attack and effects, giving you an advantage from destroyed cards, yours or opponents

[@joshuahoefer2586]

i would say magistus(i think i spelled that right) is the closest thing to that

[@Mendoza-yi6qk]

Not a equip spell but I can remember that "Solidary" in a Blackwing deck was a nightmare the enemy Bora just had 2500 atk for free and he could even be special summoned

[@GrapeCheckerBoard]

*Solidarity.

[@Acidonia150reborn]

Wish thed do a upgraded one of that card was great in Reptiles since they dont have much high attack monsters and worked with their other cards.

[@Mikewee777]

It is hard to believe that equip spells are less helpful than turn one synergy . The game is like a slot machine with how rough the opponents shuffle nowadays. They might as well force players to share a deck with how broken the cards are now.

[@TheDylls]

As a Magic player just learning the game, seems like turn 0/turn 1 wins are the biggest thing holding the game back. That's reserved for only the MOST cut-throat of MTG formats

[@Harmonic14]

​@@TheDylls the lack of oficially supported formats is what's holding the game back. Tons of people love playing GOAT, Edison, and other formats

[@TheDylls]

@@Harmonic14 Multiple formats definitely helps Magic, in that you can play a T1 win format, a T4 win format, or a T6 win format

[@RarecuisineSaucegod-ig8bc]

​@@TheDyllsI hold the opinion that this explosive gameplay is something that other games do not offer and can still be enjoyable despite how things seem. The thing holding Yugioh back is the individual card complexity and lack of new player onboarding.

[@Stormclaw3]

All the mikanko equip spells. While they are archetype specific, they are power creep at its finest.

[@givecamichips]

United We Stand carries me in Yugioh Worldwide

[@Chaos706]

I would like to note I actually won a game due to me drawing insect amor with laser cannon.

[@DDRhappiness17]

I still have my United We Stand 1st edition, with the Magic Card text on it still My fav equip card ❤

[@bambusbjorn3756]

I used to equipe my Axe of dispair on my Obnoxious Celtic knight. Dude could only die to monsters with 1900 or less atk. But he had 2400 with the axe. I was the king of my schoolyard. Good old times.

[@powerghostsenior]

i loved using opticamuflage armor on my boosted king of the skull servants. the face they made when i direct attacked with a 3000+ monster lol

[@BPTK162]

At this point, the only reason to use OG Equips is for a LOB Draft Tournament, which is to say I would love to do a LOB Draft tournament

[@Endershock1678]

Mikanko rolling in with the funniest equip spells they can find to send your life points to the shadow realm.

[@nomorenames5568]

I had a level 3 deck with "Sword of the Soul Eater" which equips to a level 3 or lower monster by sacrificing every other normal monster on your side of the field, it gains 1000 atk for each sacrificed monsters. When your lowly skeleton boi suddenly becomes a 5200 atk beast its pretty badass.

[@sosob3192]

You forgot about Megamorph

[@Jotari]

Megamorph was fantastic in Forbidden Memories (where equips where immensely centralizing), but I think it's actual effect makes it very inconsistent. Something like doubling your attack under certain conditions but halving it other times. Which, if I'm right, kind of pales in comparison to Mage Power and United We Stand.

[@shayoko6]

Megamorph is an amazing card. It affect the printed attack on the card. Doubling it while you're late points are lower and lowering it while your life points are higher It overlaps other effects which means it can't be combined with other buff or debuff. You can clip at 2 an opponent's monster to make them stronger or weaker as well. Imagine giving the opponent to Lava Golem and then buffing them to 6000 attack just to Magic cylinder. And then they take another thousand at their stand by. Unlike United We Stand and Mage power it doesn't require other cards. So you could pull off a turnaround out of nowhere. And with cards like solemn judgment which are already paying half of your life points. It can be pretty easy to stay lower than your opponent if you want it for offensive purposes. With all that said I don't think equip spells are efficient even in goat format. It's easy to lose card advantage with them.

[@AyELTee88]

Mage Power and United We Stand was peak equip. Like it was so insane the boosts they gave.

[@joekurr890]

Holy shit, Lufia 2 music

[@TMan5636]

Axe of Despair is my favourite Equip Spell. No nonsense, no conditions, just an extra 1000ATK. You can put it on any monster and it would turn into a powerhouse. Plus the mental image of small cute monsters like Scapegoat wielding a giant gruelling battle axe is always funny

[@TeamFRU]

*Nobleknight players typing in chat*

[@foxc8646]

👍🏻

[@dylanschoon9371]

An old warrior deck I used to run basically aimed to OTK with high attack and sudden damage. Magic Cylinder and Ceasefire won me so many games it was crazy. I never understood why nobody else played Ceasefire. It was a staple in almost all my decks back then. Let the opponent swarm the field then flip this. It was always so much fun! 3xCommand Knight 3xMarauding Captain 2xThe A. Forces Mage Power United We Stand Magic Cylinder Ceasefire Ring Of Destruction.

[@brandonjones3345]

United We Stand and Mage Power are what I look for in my starting deck for the 2004 World Tournament GBA game I got as a kid. Saved me many times lol

[@Waldo_I_Am]

I dont think I ever knew Axe of Despair was an archfiend card.

[@jgaringan]

That's because they changed the name in the TCG when they first released it. No one had any idea that Archfiends would be an archetype at the time

[@gabdivscorp]

Lufia 2, RIse of the Sinistrals ! Love the music !

[@Squiddys]

yessir! u got it!

[@istolethispfpfromreddit]

I personally never used equip spells, but I did find satisfying to boost the atk of one single monster to ludicrously high numbers. That’s why Cyber dragons were so good for me, and also the reason why I’m so disappointed in the support they got over the years

[@ShinigamiSamaH]

Then: Imagine giving your monster that much attack with one card. Now: Imagine getting a single turn to play the game.

[@ChouRaiyuki]

I recall Horn of the Unicorn also being a somewhat better Sword of the Deep Seated (although iirc the drawback is that recursion is mandatory.)

[@comettamer]

There were entire decks built around Mage Power and United We Stand even up into the post Power Tool Dragon era. Some Noble Knight and Six Samurai builds even abused the crap out of them knowing that a Shi-En Synchro or Artorigus equipped with one would be monstrous and near impossible to stop before it was too late.

[@MasterArchfiend]

I’ll always love equip spells, especially when the anime used to consistently show the monsters equipped with them actually holding them. It was just so cool to me and made me use them all the more. Even to this day when I slap on a Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade for just a little extra boost, I like to imagine the monster grabbing the sword as it materializes and doing some epic pose. Not to mention I totally used Mage Power a lot during the Arc V era since I could control 8 S/T cards at once. That + United We Stand = Yeah…I’m going for that OTK. Imagine taking an attack from an Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon that’s been boosted by 3 copies of Mage Power, 2 copies of United We Stand, a copy of Performapal Cheerful Mole in the monster zone, one in the Pendulum zone, a full board and to top it off a copy of Mystic Plasma Zone in the field spell zone. And I went games where I could consistently pull that off or close enough just because of the sheer amount of search I had with a Pendulum deck. Was it the most optimal way to play? No, but I found it hilarious when I could do so.

[@whatsaeuphonium9077]

That's why I love playing the armor xyz archetype in my shark deck. It's so nice to combo up the xyz armor chain, along with making equipping monsters relevant. It's definitely overlooked imo

[@noahpaynter7613]

The ZS and ZW and the other ones that fall into one of those two equip cards are in my opinion some of the most overpowered ones

[@ArlecchinoAKAFather]

Overpowered if it pops off but it's pretty easy to stop

[@noahpaynter7613]

@@ArlecchinoAKAFather my deck I use it with I had only found a couple counters

[@nightworrior721]

​@@noahpaynter7613like nib. Fuck that card.

[@Talthain]

I never knew that the Axe of Despair we got was censored. Uncensored is pretty cool.

[@jf_kein_k8590]

I mean to remember a Synchro Monster that just straight becomes an equip card with its effect.

[@majestyzx9081]

Raging flame sprite, United We Stand, and Axe of Despair, baybeee. Sucks in current Yu-Gi-Oh, but that was insane back when it was relevant.

[@squintzrules7326]

My first deck that did okay in local tourney AGES ago revolved around axe of despair specifically lol

[@thetruetri5106]

Also power of the guardians really powerful. Not only adds stacking 500 atk each time your monster battles, but also protects it from destruction

[@getscared_x3]

Love the lufia music in the background ❤️

[@Demyliano]

Good call

[@dinoduelist2219]

After a friend in high school got noble knights i learned to absolutely despise equip spells like no other card

[@trollmaster4523]

This reminds me of an idea I have once, an equip magic card that gets transferred to the monster it was sacrificed, fused, used as material for. The effect is that it gains 200 attack points but each time it is passed on the 200 attack points is doubled.

[@turboqueer666]

I have Mage Power and United We Stand in my deck! I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that. Pair that with the Maju Garzett series and Seal Of Orichalcos and you're basically unstoppable!

[@rodneymatthews25]

Me power tool dragron search for equip each round cut and drill mage power united we stand 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 morptrnnics deck with the calculater

[@user-ik9kt1gm6z]

I briefly played Yugioh. Several people I played D&D with also played so I decided to try it out. I ran a Warrior Deck and managed to surprise the guys I played with because within a month I was beating them and came in second in a Yugioh tournament I played in less than 2 months after playing. Unfortunately I lost the deck during super storm Sandy along with 99% of my cards. Also lost my Magic the Gathering cards including a Seedborn Muse, Riptide Replicator Elf deck that I loved playing and was basically unstoppable in multiplayer games. The look of despair on the other players faces when I would create a 150/150 Blue elf token at the end of each turn was beautiful.

[@garrettsmith4034]

Power of the guardians, Salamandra, Axe, Fusion Sword, 7 completed/limiter removal (idc if it's qp), mage power and unitd we stand will always be my favorite chunk of equip spells.

[@ked49]

I love using equip cards, one time when I was playing a generic beat down deck I had blue eyes on the field equipped with 3 mage powers and two axe of despairs with the mountain field spell, I lost the duel, but it was fun having a monster with that absurd power. This was on master duel as I don’t have money for an actual deck.

[@humbertopedraza147]

The simple days

[@jonathanhall218]

Horn of the Unicorn, Malevolent Nuzzler, Megamorph. Not to mention interactive ones like Ring of Magnetism or any that decrease your opponents monster's attack points.

[@malcontender6319]

This is why my signature card will always be reverse trap. Pulled some mighty big upsets with that and flash assailant.

[@Proclaimfame]

Most don't remember the dark times of Maha Vialo and Yata.

[@MaxWeb2599]

I can't recall how man times stim pack rescued me while playing spirit caller. Either giving my monster a "major" attack boost or wait till 4 turns are up and the Oponent ones start regressing.

[@no-relic]

Can’t believe people actually used the equip cards that go to the top of your deck. Some people still use them. It’s a great way to completely stall your momentum

[@Cup0joe23]

Mage power is still used in different fossildyno stun strategies

[@stellerseider270]

I still love to run some Psychic blades in my Lyrilusc deck, just to dome someone over the head with 4x 2000+ atk directly if they're wide open, instead of running the normal draco future lines and stuff

[@jadiekat56]

I'm now an ancient and long forgotten master of Maha Velo and Hyabusa Knight....

[@Citizen_Nappa23]

Favorite equip spell of all time Power of guardians. Not only did it give att/def boosts based on attack if a monster was destroyed you can remove a counter to protect it from destruction so ya it could protect monsters it wasent even equiped to.

[@germanelkapo1]

most blatant powercreep is Three As One, a card designed with Ojamas in mind that can both set and set up the conditions for Huge Revolution.

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

Ok the “convenience” thing in the plot was you missing a line, they’d planned camp near the fire temple, Garmadon tried to use the plan against them with the Nya bodies

[@minamorcos8510]

“Somewhat” 😂😂 do you remember that butterfly card combined with that leaf water thing bullshit, yeah that was game over

[@killingithard8019]

I still used Axe of Despair in tournaments in 2017. I've always found that card underrated.

[@Badbufon]

Axe of despair released alongside the other equips in the gameboy games which were the blueprint for the OCG, so technically is not powercreep, they designed tiered cards from the get-go. in the same game you have all the burn cards ranging from 200lp to 5000lp damage, the later ones were actually nerfed when printed because how absurd they were

[@undeadinside3571]

And then we got moon mirror shield and power of the guardians, making barrier statues finally playable

[@MatTen532]

I remember running equip spells with Maha Vailo back then. Good times

[@cdwilliams798]

Equip spells and Dark Bribe were in every deck I made back in the day.😅

[@sneubert5311]

Ha. On the playground. Geek!

[@kinkedwinter0312]

I think the only monster i liked using was maha vailo equipped with 2 axe of despair and a malevolent nuzzler equip card which puts its atk at 5750. For those that dont know maha vailo gains an additional 500 atk for each equip card equipped to it

[@fishyfinthing8854]

They are pretty handy. One of my favorite monster is Victory Viper XX03. The card can create token which copy its atk and def. So if I equip one, the total damage multiply.

[@brendanboomhour7606]

My favorite equip card isn't even a spell card, Metalmorph, love it's secondary effect beyond it's 300 attack boost, really fun in casual games

[@zecopyninjayt9266]

*Places united we stand and Mage power in an OTK unit* "Res? I use Magic cylinder." 💀💀💀

[@codyjarvis4557]

You forgot Malevolent Nuzzler. Poor man’s axe. 😂

[@usagifang]

My favorite is the book that can only be equipped to dark magician and dark magician girl. I don't even need the magicians, just either set them for opponents to destroy or use Magical hats with them. They give 1000 Life Points whenever they are sent from the field to graveyard.

[@ZephyrBW]

Ax of despair original artwork is so awesome. Wish we didn’t get redos of the original artwork, just print the original

[@bricknolty5478]

Stim Pack is basically the 1993 Magic card, Unstable Mutation

[@nathanielbass771]

there is then the most powerful equip spell of all: power of the guardians. It raises the monster's attack by 500 per spell counter on the card and the card gets 1 spell counter per attack (that actually gets to start the attack, in other words, the attack itself is not stopped or negated) and per time the monster is attacked with its drawback being that if the monster would be destroyed by any effect, you may remove one spell counter from the card. So, if by chance you have 3 of them, you can raise the card's attack by 1500 per time you attack. If you have one of the cards that lets the card attack multiple times... you see where I am going with this.

[@davidd.w.8681]

I used to play with the axe so much. Very useful to break stalemates

[@computersales]

Axe of despair was my jam back in the day.

[@NoOnesBCE]

Funnily enough it was not power creep, its just how powerful that type of card had to be to see any play

[@bobby45825]

They matter far more in Rush Duels, but probably not MUCH more.

[@daverichards9141]

Axe of despair was beastly in the early days.

[@OctalKingGaming]

I literally made a Legend of Zelda themed deck that ran Celtic Guardian, Mage Power & United We Stand. My friends could not beat it when we played for fun lol

[@zachattack4900]

You also can't forget Staff of Despair that's a really good one even though it doesn't boost your attack it's still powerful

[@agentpicka2108]

Moon mirror shield was my favorite and still is today, especially when you boost a kuriboh

[@ink199570]

I liked using Megamorph.Depending on where you stand, you can either double your monsters original atk or shrink your opponents.

[@skullsquad900]

I thought you were going to go into; Angelica's Angelic Ring, Moon Mirror Shield, & Power of the Guardians. Their power creep is devastating

[@Omio9999]

The Calculator prints numbers lol

[@silkytrain5772]

I used to slap axe of despair on Don Zaloog. Felt awesome to break my opponent's hand and spoil their plans. 😁

[@normaleverydaygoldfish748]

I run phalanx pike in my harpie deck, with all monsters counting as "harpie lady" in the GY, whatever you put the phalanx pike on gets BIG!