The One Time In Yugioh History Exodia Was The Best Deck

[@SpectreXS]

The history of yugioh videos on youtube rarely talk about OCG, but its early metagames had such different card pools. Imagine having gemini elf / feather duster / crush card virus before the TCG had even launched!

[@nikraa77]

i don't remember what channel it was but there is a video (or multiple parts actually) going over the ocg cards and formats before the tcg existed. It's really interesting

[@alonsoarana5307]

Well Cimo is focusing on mainly the TCG

[@averylr32]

@@nikraa77 its funny because right when cap started his history videos i started my tcg format history videos lol

[@InvaderWeezle]

@@nikraa77 There's a couple different channels I know that talk about early OCG. Maniax Channel has two videos about early OCG Yu-Gi-Oh (Farfa watched these on Twitch), Chaos Magician has a series on the OCG, and Janjo Zone has a bunch of OCG videos too.

[@nikraa77]

@@InvaderWeezle maniax channel is the one i meant. Now that you mention it i'm pretty sure i came across it through farfa's video

[@Zetact_]

The most shocking thing about this is that the OCG apparently thought Trap Hole was too OP and should be at 1 but Harpie's Feather Duster, Sangan, Witch of the Black Forest, Last Will, Pot of Greed and Graceful Charity are fine being unlimited.

[@Borchert97]

One of my favorite decks to maintain is my Exodia FTK deck, it’s been through several versions but I like to keep it as consistent as possible. I actually remember when Exodia was REALLY good with Chicken Game and briefly, Exodia was extremely consistent.

[@LunarWingCloud]

Oooh, interesting video topic! Love whenever Cap comes in to educate on some neat stuff in Yu-Gi-Oh's past

[@darrellfortson4558]

Lol this video came at the right time. I was trying to explain to my friends that yugioh was broken since the first or second set. They were hating on modern yugioh(master duel).

[@kindlingking]

I think there's a video on one of smaller tcg channels (forgot it's name) that goes in depth about OCG since the time if it's inception, when cards still clarified to sent them to the graveyard after activation. That environment was wild - no tribute summons, barely any good spells and basically only one way to play - good_stuff beatdown. Compared to that modern yugioh is paragon of card game design.

[@darrellfortson4558]

@@kindlingking lol so basically "instructions unclear, summon dark magician" *note* my previous comment is not a slight against people who don't like master duel. I personally rather play paper myself and only really play with my coworkers. I think that I might have freed a beast with my first comment and don't want any more wars lol.

[@Chickenbreast9]

And back then the power discrepancy was so large, there were only two or three playable strategies.

[@BonnieBeats]

Modern Yu-Gi-Oh sucks though, ever since they moved to GX and forward it kinda sucked, it was better when it was simple, long, strategic games.

[@darrellfortson4558]

@@BonnieBeats I sadly have to disagree. I believe that the games are still long and strategic. The turn count has shortened agreed, but any competent deck will be actively interacting on the opponents' turn just like some on the best duels in the yugioh anime. But if you don't like modern-day cards, the more power to you. But I play duelist alliance, goats, and Edison formats and honestly, I prefer the speed of today's game. Tl:Dr, it's preferences not objective truth. It's all yugioh to me 😀

[@manjoume5178]

i think that putting the five pieces in different packs/promo spots was a neat way to collect them over time and must have been awesome for those who gathered all five

[@greengandalfziggy1]

It wasn't. The Tokyo Dome incident was a MASSIVE debacle. Putting the cards in booster packs widely available to the public is one thing, making them limited promos is atrocious (with one of the cards ONLY being a very limited promo, and as you know you need all 5 pieces so you need this promo)

[@janxjinx]

I only ran a exodia deck once in the TCG, during season 1, the week Pharaoh Servant released, was able to run 3 Call of the haunted. Only time I played Expedia at a local. Only person to win the tournament with one at that time.

[@Hayato0373]

as a huge yugioh kid back in the early 2000s. videos like this take me back to a time to when Yugioh was insane and so much more fun

[@ParadoxycOnline]

It was cool to build decks around a few staple cards rather than super specific archetypes. Also made pulling packs much more fun since you could often use a ton of cards in multiple decks

[@Rancid_Ninja]

So much easier and turns didn't take forever you did what could could and ended the turn like chess, not ten plus minutes between turns

[@SaberWolf94]

I must confess I never knew the original original effects of Sangan and Witch worked like Burning Abyss monsters essentially, but regarding Exodia as the best deck for a time this was also the case for the TCG as well. In a LOB only format without even the cards from the Yugi and Kaiba starter decks Exodia, while not tier zero as the OCG was still the best deck. This is because there were no hand discarding cards, not even Card Destruction, the strongest beatdown monster with no tributes was Skull Red Bird and and spell and trap removal was very limited and weak. We're talking Armed Ninja and Reaper of the Cards here. Not only would Swords of Revealing Light usually stick around there were multiple low level monsters in LOB with 2000 defence that your opponent would not be able to get rid of easily.

[@McKayCameron]

Now this is some history! Really loving the vids cap and the frequent uploads, those pre pre errata Sangan and WotBF are ridiculous lol better than any custom card I could come up with

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

Everyone who bitches about the ban list or modern yugioh needs to see this.

[@rz7179]

The breakdown of each pieces release was something I never I expected to hear about ever, now I know.

[@red-eyessolares1817]

No wonder the Exodia pieces will never be unlimited again! Being one of the first Tier Zero decks really puts that into perspective.

[@GyroCannon]

I had Yugioh World Championship 2004 for the GBA and the Exodia Rare Hunter was always threatening

[@Rancid_Ninja]

The butterfly dagger exodia deck was beast back in the day, draw my entire deck and win, I still have this deck and loved playing it around 2003

[@tevinssj7609]

At bet around that time in the OCG they had some real life Weevil, Chucking others Exodia overboard lol

[@mohamedabdallah1235]

So at different points in its history the game had: 1- An unlimited number of cards in the Extra Deck/Fusion Deck and Main Deck. 2- A version of Last Will that let you summon monsters every time one of yours was sent to the graveyard. 3- Link Monsters. Would have been interesting to see these three elements coexist with one another in the same format. And by interesting I mean absolutely degenerate.

[@megaspacewaffles]

You'd probably do like, frog FTK I think.

[@mohamedabdallah1235]

@@megaspacewaffles Yeah, any deck having access to a link 1 monster would have access to an FTK by using last will, though even more impressive things could surely be done.

[@megaspacewaffles]

@@mohamedabdallah1235 I mean, you're right I think. But dunno if they'd use links. Maybe

[@StormOS_Dev_Channel]

i like this exodia story, i wanna hear more of it please :)

[@SpankoYGO]

okay gotta keep it real this video was hella interesting good stuff cap

[@walterlopez5054]

i wish konami would give more attention to the alternate win conditions. maybe an archetype based on decking out your opponent. an exodia structure deck, anything besides the usual control/beatdown focus

[@megaspacewaffles]

There is a deck that decks your opponent out. The issue with alt win conditions is that, if they're too consistent, they're broken.

[@Xfighter000]

Mystrune is the new one for decking an opponent out but it's annoyingly powerful going up against if you don't have something to completely stop their quick-play spells.

[@Verlisify]

Even though it was scummy I think it was awesome for the time. A lot of shows and media had protagonists doing treasure hunts to achieve some kind of fantasy, translating that to real life made it a really cool accomplishment that made you a god

[@mythplatypuspwned]

8:21 Yugioh! Power of Chaos: Yugi the Destiny reference, nice!

[@humbletreestump8134]

Oh no Explodia!!!

[@Ronald_Ruck]

I liked Exodia in 2010/11 formats if I I remember correctly. With Library, D-Draw and Trade In.

[@DarkdustDragon]

Absolutely cannot wait for that TokyoDome video. This sounds juicy.

[@abe1sapien]

The Forbidden One knows no bounds!

[@originalsupermommy]

I had a broken draw engine Exodia deck about 12 years ago. I loved winning with it at locals.

[@A88mph]

More or less the deck I used to grind "Legacy of the Duelist." I call it "Exodia Renegade".

[@Shadowrulzalways]

Notice how on the back of the OCG Yugioh Starter Set EX says “対象年齢12才以上” (Translation: “Target age 12 years and older”) Not only does this confirm the OCG is targeted to early teens or older, but even OCG packs to this day, still say that on the back of every pack. The only exception is Rush Duels.

[@Not2Be0utDone]

I remember some kid playing graceful charity 3x in a single turn…fun times

[@jjh7611]

Yeah. I remember when I beat stairway to destined duel and unlocked the no limit option. When you throw 3 graceful charity and pot of greed along with 3 of any of the other useful cards, you could feel how much faster u were winning lmao

[@thatonetacobellguy]

Man, these videos are awesome! Keep them coming!

[@MrHomemPacato]

I love OCG history

[@juppukun]

I never considered how long have I ever played or being curious about this game. Almost 20 years.

[@Ken117yt]

Great vid, keep up the good work!

[@austinwilburn1772]

I haven’t finished the video as I comment this but I still have my Exodia deck. It’s the Blue eyes turbo engine for turn 1 wins. The deck is actually made out of a lot of the Bandai cards. I casually play it by myself Solitary style when I’m bored.

[@MrGabyGaming]

There are a lot of ways to build a deck for exodia, overall in the original anime the only 2 times you will remember exodia is in the first episodes when yugi kicked kaiba's ass, as for the second time it was at the end when yami has gone back in time and Exodia was released to fight the "ultimate dark lord". and when he has defeated by the creator of light.

[@SirAthiro]

DAMMIT HOW DID I NOT ASSUME THIS?!

[@nickmontague3218]

Pro Winiston taking exodia to worlds is one of my top 10 moments in this games history.

[@josephpolk9660]

8:25 I would quit the game permanently if this ever happened to me

[@stardustvideo]

😂😂

[@Outshinedsg]

Regardless of competitive viability, I think Exodia combo is still one of the most fun things you can do in a card game. It's just super satisfying to assemble the pieces and be able to declare the win, no matter how strong the opponent's board is.

[@jamaaldagreatest2748]

for the person playing them sure lol.

[@joshdoughty1789]

Need Crooked Cook // Exodia stuff in my life

[@AC-os1he]

I miss the old yugioh, I tapped out when pendulums became a thing.

[@mix-n-match834]

I mean, Exodia was undoubtedly most powerful deck in early OCG but it had one major flaw - It was also the same time when Empty Jar-style decks became a thing and because there was no ways to recover Exodia pieces from graveyard, it was extremely susceptible to it. It was glass cannon deck - if player did not completed Exodia on turn one or two, chances are that they just lost immediately.

[@vFly]

Grabbed popcorn and getting ready to learn about so truly vile draw engine combos I hope 🥰

[@AhrimanHJ]

Haha I remember when Final Destination came out of the woodwork when it was chaos dragons and Dino rabbit

[@ilovecats3807]

Exodia so iconic, that they even call instant Win combos in other Card Games Exodia

[@armandomarquezmartinez4595]

I played yugioh at that time I hate to say it but the witch effect is when sent from the field to the graveyard

[@TreFKennedy]

More of this cap , along with the OCG history of black magician

[@UranoSteam]

1:28 subtle bm

[@duelrising8721]

More of this please definitely very informative

[@spongebob6664]

Ive heard this dudes voice in kreatom videos, and workout videos. Never would I, thought id hear this malw talk about the forbidden one!

[@moomoo1826]

Cap back at it again with a banger

[@bobsmith8405]

Exodia will forever be my favorite Monster besides the Egyptian Gods and Dark Magician!

[@tylermock9949]

This made me feel old....

[@dungeonsanddisclaimers4950]

Dragon Draw Exodia was epic at one time, would be amazing had they not quickly banned Super Rejuvenation.

[@Yubl10]

I know that this video is a year old. I notice that you don't explain that the volume and booster sets were separate things. The volume sets were the card packs, but the booster set came from a vending machines. I also want to mention that volume 3 introduced effect monsters into the game.

[@nickmac1104]

What does OCG stand for? I know the TCG is Trading Card Game, but I haven’t heard the term OCG.

[@janithernest3929]

will exodia ever be meta again COPIUM

[@pickyphysicsstudent201]

Currently, in Master Duel, it is capable of succeeding in Plat-1. Though this is obviously more so because of all the busted problem cards, that allow easy draw engines.

[@megaspacewaffles]

Why would you want it to be, Ftk

[@danielrobinson7872]

If I ever won with Exodia, I’d give a chuckle and say, “My grandfather’s deck has no pathetic cards Kaiba.”

[@boumerxphajba]

Pre errata sangan and witch would be tier 0 now xD even with the erata they are still good

[@amadorelizondo3848]

I lost to an exodia in master duel not to long ago I was 800 lp away from winning but they drew the last peice at turn 10

[@sorubro2193]

Good content

[@desertknight2188]

EXODIA OBLITERATE 💥

[@yu-gi-ohheathen]

This is why we should have an anime deck format

[@NecroFear87]

Great video like always cap!

[@JMOSORT]

Is very funny you mentioned this deck, because even nobody here believes me, i played against exodia full power the guy top my locals at the time and he was a top player for almost 3 months until the ban list came in and fixed it. Even then he still found a way to stall with wall or revealing light and and even the yata-exodia lock, it was absurd but eventually even that bird got banned.

[@eulefranz944]

Btw what happend to the "subscribing makes life happy" outro? I know the "capital g show" intro was dropped years ago, but binging through all your new videos it seems like you dropped the outro about a year ago..why? :( I always sang along, it was so melodic. Or do you only use it for specific videos?

[@MatheusAraujo-ic6sl]

More history about och pls

[@loneeagle85]

I remember beating a t0 exodia deck with a t2 dark magician deck I piss the dude off baddddd

[@lordofthered1257]

I want to see this on Lithiums cross ban list cup

[@kenhammscousin4716]

Getting beat by exodia first turn.. that's got to piss some people off

[@gramarsheriff6338]

What I got from this video is that exodia predicted master deul

[@eliasjerhada]

I thought this was a TeamSam video 😭

[@kindlingking]

No, this video is good

[@sandman8544]

whoever was running the OCG as far as how cards were distributed must have moved and been running the TCG. it sounds so much like something they would do

[@animeknight99]

I had a LOB Exodia Left Leg. It wasn't in good condition but it was still a good memory of me having a Exodia deck

[@JJJJ-he8bz]

The one way to beat an exodia deck is to take away the grave yard

[@TheREDFOXGaming]

Let's hear about all of it

[@KageNoTenshi]

Let me guess butterfly magician library FTK?

[@monkeysk8er33]

Imagine making it all the way to World's, and then losing to an Exodia hand. 🤣 The great thing about Exodia is that since day 1 of being printed 20 years ago, an Exodia deck has always been viable. It's even more viable now. I always have one built and updated just for the lolz

[@EizaYgo]

Awesome video!!

[@HydeOutPerceptions]

Great job

[@newjumpcityjosh9333]

Exodia will always be lit

[@brandonscott5544]

Yugioh powerful monster best decks 🔮💻

[@mythplatypuspwned]

7:05 HOWEVER

[@TheTrueGlaukos]

honestly, exodia is one of the reasons I stopped playing yugioh. it's a prime example of how the card game is mismanaged. the fact that there are decently consistent exodia FTK decks just makes it ridiculous. It's not even a game at that point. I can understand the occasional lucky draws, but if my only option is to watch my opponent draw cards and shuffle their deck until they get everything they need to insta-win, it's just not a fun game for me anymore. even if I run an exodia FTK deck, it's basically just rolling dice to see who wins with the world's most elaborate victory dance

[@buddasogudda]

You are on fire

[@Matthewcoxinsidetruecrim.e]

What does TCG stand for?

[@zacthemastodonranger]

POG

[@zzzxxx7294]

Nicee

[@trytoo5167]

Randall still doin this?

[@Mornings]

Back in the better days of YuGiOh when you didnt have a college thesis on every card

[@megaspacewaffles]

Toon Dark magican girl? Kek

[@RinaShinomiyaVal]

Relinquished says otherwise.

[@tubbymontana7090]

Could be worse the players back then at least got beat in quick time nowadays I have to wait ten minutes

[@ryleynadhir4685]

You do realize that you can surrender in under a minute, right? Shut up now pls

[@RinaShinomiyaVal]

Use handtraps

[@LV1mage]

bring back premiers 😡

[@FantasyYeet]

Konami is so scummy

[@scrubbingdoubles8585]

Jesus loves you and died and rose again for your sins everybody

[@lordofthered1257]

I've never had much interest in the ocg but this wasn't bad. I miss old yugioh. Back when we had monsters and not a collection if assorted "wiafus". God I hate that word.

[@Greg501-]

Have you even seen Suships?

[@kindlingking]

Old yugioh had just as many waifus, they just weren't very good. And a lot of monster designs felt like rejects from other popular media at a time or were completely random.

[@shuffler45]

You are forgetting about: Dark magician girl Mysticl elf Dark Elf Harpie lady Protector of the throne Gemini elf All of the amazoness And many more There have Always been waifus in ygo Your Life Is a lie

[@randomprofile5853]

Every YGO era had those and people were probably just as crazy about them.

[@soulburner1860]

Clown

[@themugger1959]

Bleach is better

[@billybones6463]

Exodia was the best deck when just LOB and Metal Raiders were available at the tournament held in 2002 at Origins, the biggest gaming convention of the year in the US. Exodia won. Full of counter traps and Sangan and Witch of the Black Forest were not limited yet. It beat a Beatdown deck with LaJinn, efc