The Rise & Fall of I.P. Masquerena

[@RawwkinGrimmie64]

With I:P being able to summon so many powerful boss monsters, the most recent banlist got rid of the worst offender of them all: Linkuriboh.

[@lordofcrows]

I'm urged to tell you that I:P cannot summon Linkuriboh But you probably know that and all of this was just a joke

[@sammydray5919]

I mean just because IP is broken, doesn't mean that Linkuribog isn't also broken lol. Both deserve to be hit 😅

[@undeadinside3571]

The most annoying always used to be I:P into avramax, then it just kept getting worse

[@Miguelvillaloboss]

Duel links player here, why am I hearing about linkuriboh everywhere ?

[@sammydray5919]

@@Miguelvillaloboss In TCG Link Kuriboh just got banned. It provided snake eyes (a hyper consistent and recursive deck of level 1 pyros that spam a whole of material for link plays) way too much both for extension and defensively because its tag in effect allowed dodging targeted effects like Imperm and effect veiler. Not to mention it also provided battle protection for stuff like Appolusa (not once per turn monster negate link 4 which traded attack for negates so the common way to deal with it was to run over it in battle which Link Kuriboh prevented)

[@yuricahere]

IP is so ubiquitous with unicorn, most people think unicorn alt art has IP on it (which is might as well be)

[@Realblack_m0nster]

Poor ib

[@fruitybluieblue098]

Avermax you mean. Nightmare Unicorn have nothing compared to I:P with Avermax. An absolute boss killer that can't be destroyed by card effects because I:P, can't be targeted by card effects, and can't attack anything but Avermax.

[@Goku-zu3rk]

I ve never seen anyone use Unicorn with IP

[@deadmanplays2684]

@@Goku-zu3rkbecause he got replaced with s.p little knight

[@RedMage8BT]

@@Goku-zu3rk masquerena to unicorn was everywhere in the post-Covid format and Master Duel's first year

[@TheArctus]

For what it's worth, Talents doesn't replicate confiscation. That discards. It replicates Pot, Change of Heart, and Forceful Sentry

[@CaptianAlvin3645]

Thought It was pot change and apointer (idk what sentry does lol)

[@hallyuniverse]

@@CaptianAlvin3645 The Forceful Sentry is a Normal Spell that looks at the opponent's hand and shuffles back 1 card. Triple Tactics is 3 OG long-time banned Normal Spells as 1 card (Pot of Greed, Change of Heart, and The Forceful Sentry). Change of Heart is of course legal again, Pot of Greed might eventually come back to 1 copy, but I don't think we'll see The Forceful Sentry again just because an unconditional handrip is really toxic/unfun.

[@JulianneStingray]

Glad I’m not the only one that noticed this

[@anonymous38741]

talents doesn't target unlike change of heart so it's way better, you select the monster to steal on resolution

[@firepuppies4086]

​@@hallyuniversePot of greed ain't coming back as is

[@mystery8820]

Playmaker wasn't actually known for frequently summoning Firewall Dragon. He did play it but not a lot, he played Decode Talker or its evolutions more often.

[@bsgfan1]

iirc, he only summoned it twice in the entire series.

[@kauanjos3199]

Probably because it was banned, if it wasn't you're were gonna see it every othe episode (like how they did darkfluid)

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

He kinda didn’t summon it due to it being band in the rl after verains first season

[@brandonbackup873]

​@kauanjos3199 Even then, Firewall is odd for an ace because it has no real narrative significance. Yusaku doesn't have any affection for it. it's not special in universe outside of its type and it doesn't represent much of anything characterization wise. It's a perfunctory boss to fill a check box.

[@astralguardian5930]

And bonus, she paired excellently with Underworld Goddess, since turned her into a quick effect kaiju and DRNM to suddenly cause plight for the opponent.

[@awildsylveon9896]

The best IP decks (snake-eyes, sprights) can flex between unicorn, apollousa, goddess and avramax depending on what the opponent does. Kinda moot with little knight available tho

[@Jakey_pooh97]

I use it in my danger dark world deck to get into underworld goddess with one of my opponents monsters 😅

[@vitortakara7090]

i play snake eyes on MD and underworld godess is really underwelming with the deck, i was going appo and little knight so much i cut it for a 2nd copy of sp instead

[@davidkraft314]

I was here for the introduction of all these summoning mechanics, I remember Synchros being the end of yugioh and no one in their right mind would play them. Then Xyz were going to end the game and no one in their right mind would play them, then pendulum, and link. LOL Now I feel old.

[@solemnyugioh]

We’re all just yugiboomers

[@dustinvance243]

Except with links everyone had to play them because konami had the bright idea to make MR4 cripple every extra deck mechanic by making it so you could only summon multiple extra deck monsters by summoning a link monster first.

[@Cybertech134]

I remember Synchros being extremely popular on TGDS release. I was obsessed with my Thought Ruler Archfiend.

[@jonny_yoyo]

I had the same feelings myself, i actually quit around that time. Thankfully masterduel brought me back and i learned everything again and love it!

[@rorschach4502]

My first hiatus was from pre-synchro basically until xyzs were released. So I had the pleasure of learning them both at roughly the same time just to play a deck that was viable to even what my friends were playing at the time lol. My next hiatus basically started when pendulums released and I came back sometime in mr4, thus learning links and hand traps dominated the game lol. So I didn't really see every mechanic hit the game, but I've been around since we the first true xyz...blue eyes ultimate dragon. Cause we were definitely overlaying 3 blue eyes before they printed a fusion card 😂

[@BeanMagoon]

very cool video! loved the collabs! a minor correction, triple tactics hand effect was not confiscation (which discards the card to the GY), but actually the forceful sentry, which shuffles the card chosen back into the deck. good stuff regardless tho!

[@SuperSparrow45]

S:P makes I:P extremely good and a staple in a lot of competitive decks, because I:P lets you link off it and another monster during your opponent's turn for S:P, which then allows you essentially 2 disruptions during your opponent's turn.

[@Enzo_Yun00]

You, definitely, have to make more of these videos man!

[@xerospades]

Never have I thought formula synchron in the form of a link Monster be such a menace, especially instead of drawing a card that has a different clause instead

[@alexhill4605]

I love I:P and S:P. Super cute lore and in my opinion great card design. I know a lot of people want I:P banned, and I can see why, but to me if I:P is doing something toxic it's not I:P that's the problem, it's the toxic card she can summon. I don't think I:P into S:P is toxic in terms of game play, but it is toxic in terms of price tag. Reprint, don't ban!

[@sammydray5919]

Nah ban that shit. Love the card but that card is absolutely broken lmao

[@strangevol5264]

@@sammydray5919However, it is also easy to interrupt, as destroying it or an important monster on the field can nullify it.

[@sammydray5919]

@@strangevol5264 You can easily just chain IP to any destruction effect though? And the card that it brings out has destruction immunity for no reason. Best way folks usually deal with it to threaten it with battle phase to force its activation but even then its really strong disruption during opponent's turn

[@alexhill4605]

@@sammydray5919 I do agree the destruction immunity was fully unnecessary

[@zeneck7387]

you fell for the waifu privilege, if I:P wasn't " super cute " you wouldn't mind it being banned.

[@marcusking332]

I:P is still amazing this format

[@boomerangcowboy5801]

There’s no real reason to not play I:P, it’s still a must have tbh

[@HIMMBelljuvo]

DPE is one of the most thematically consistent cards in all of YGO. Meaning that it's name, aesthetics, and gimmick all make sense together

[@arrownoir]

It’s also garbage card design.

[@StrictlySealed]

Incredible video man, don't even play the game but this was incredible enlightening. Definitely do more!

[@raishijtenobles3103]

Schiggys mentioned! (She is I:P Masquerena after all.) Great video, I've always enjoyed long-form videos about yugioh, and yours is especially well researched.

[@solemnyugioh]

Amazing to hear!

[@JustAG3]

This was a great video… I love these trips down history lane cuz I only recently re-tuned into YGO. So it’s really informative.

[@dhesh0066]

I even started playing the I:P into S:P combo as part of my Salad end board and it feels so free its ridiculous

[@mayuri4184]

I:P Masquerena reminds me of Silver Wolf from Honkai: Star Rail.

[@EruditoGaming]

Funny you say that as I’ve always felt that I:p(and even chiyomaru) could easily be from a hoyo game like HSR or HI:3rd. The art style is very similar imo.

[@mayuri4184]

@@EruditoGaming Chiyomaru could be the Seele to I:P's Silver Wolf.

[@salzburysteak]

Banger video. Top tier just like IP

[@safeandsound712]

I really really enjoy these cars history videos. Especially when it's something relatively modern but you make it really detailed and interesting despite the "history" being relatively limited. I love these videos. Keep it up solemn. I'm all here for it.

[@synthetichydra]

Ill never forget the win-a-mat finals I played vs Dinomorpia with Danger Tear. Game 3, I had the IP/Elf setup to zeroboros them and thought I had it in the bag until the opponent went Lava Golem+set 5. I was so sick LOL Great video! I love little essays like this :)

[@EleumNoice]

That was an amazing video, especially with the interviews cut in! Very good job!

[@miguej7831]

Awesome video Solemn, thanks!! It's crystal clear it took you a lot of time and effort (script, material from other sources, merging, edition, etc) but the result is amazing!! For me as a casual and recent player it was enlighting in so many ways...now I understand why she's present in so many decks and how relevant she is for the actual meta. Wish you could do this again with some other "staples" to share all this wisdom with everyone!! Thanks a lot, and congrats for a well done job!! ❤

[@Void-rj3sq]

0:06 small correction, old school yugioh ended with the introduction of cyber dragon, and the normalization of special summons as a summoning mechanic

[@leviathan5207]

Chaos "normalized" special summons, before cydra was ever even thought of.

[@some2043]

monster reborn is there since the first duel in the og manga before even tribute summoning was introduced rituals are there since the 1st year of the game

[@Void-rj3sq]

@@leviathan5207 Chaos was not normalized. It was a bomb that had heavy requirements, and you had to build your deck around reaching the requirements to summoning it. CyDra could be thrown into any decks, and was just summoned for free on t2 just like that.

[@Void-rj3sq]

@@some2043 Rituals weren't good for like 10 years after their release Monster reborn was a 1 of that required a good target to already be in the graveyard Neither "normalized" the mechanic

[@OscarASevilla]

I agree. Special summon was still "special" and required your decks theme to be based around it, most of the time. Especially for ritual summon or fusion summon. Cyber dragon introduced easily summoning a decent attack monster. Hero themed decks (and cards) introduction also signified a great change in yugioh. All of this started chain reaction of having to introduce more powerful spells and traps to deal with these monsters. I remember sakretsu armor being so strong early days to becoming obsolete because then every card in existence could destroy a monster and much more lol.

[@lannobile7260]

I play Kuriboh Brothers (among others) and I:P is basically the lynchpin of my entire strategy. Always fun to face a Labrynth user only for them to go up against the wall that is Avramax with I:P as material. You want to use Transaction Rollback? Okay, but I get to waste the next 20-30 minutes of your day until you figure out some way to remove it. Once managed to deck out my opponent the hard way doing this. 18 turns and like 2 hours later. Suprised they didn't just surrender...

[@RedMage8BT]

It rose, fell, and rose again all within the average Snake Eye combo

[@theleafeonsalad]

i:p macarena is the link monster of all time

[@ezbr91]

I really like this kind of video, hope other people do to so you can make more of them 😻

[@qweschuning]

8:50 MAKE VERTE!!!!!!! ....You just had to be there

[@Maximusls2400]

Sometimes konami bans the correct cards

[@robkiger3434]

I'm curious about what the next summoning mechanics would be. Normal, Flip, Tribute, Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, XZY, Pendulum, and now Link summon. I guess we're now missing is quick sommon. A way to get other monsters out on the feild faster then the other mechanics.

[@KFC-Warrior]

That BODE transition went hard @8:49

[@deatharcana7998]

Correction, it was not Link Summon that let to spamming monster, that started somewhere in the middle of XYZ era and foward.

[@Maximusls2400]

No….. its link summon…. Your just the common link summon spammer that enjoys broken sht

[@Reign7631]

Dpe works with almost any deck that doesn’t lock you into certain archetypes or elements. Since almost every relevant deck special summons their asses off it’s too easy to just have 2 hero’s you probably won’t draw and just verte at the end to bring dpe out for free basically.

[@TainyaGaming]

She was definitely rising and falling on something

[@wubwubdododo5656]

the rise and fall and then rise again when S:P came out

[@OmegafrazGaming]

i dont think the generic boss monsters are the problem so much as there isnt enough ways to punish the opponent for using monster effects during your turn. triple tac and divinecarnate do this part really well and i wish there were more cards like them.

[@gxashxg299]

Your videos are awesome man I can see all the hard work you put in them Keep going bestie ✅

[@reirei_tk]

Very good work!

[@kroffen7]

Amazing video! Love these kinds of history videos!

[@TheoJay615]

Great video essay Solemn!

[@cipper12]

The same song on a key card introduction gets old after the 2nd one but otherwise super good video

[@CatPhil]

Amazing quality video👏

[@sr_pallmeto4542]

God I wish I was I:P's motorcycle so baaaadddd

[@arrownoir]

Pipe down.

[@garyabdullah6966]

Bro... This video was solid! I'll be honest.. I wasn't sub'd. But I will be now my guy

[@Acxelly]

Bro snuck in sp lil bro and thought we wouldnt notice

[@khaisianteh4153]

If new Link 1 Monsters are to be released in the future,it would be better if their Link Materials must be "Specified Name Monsters".

[@yoh_md]

Bro i gotta follow this series.

[@alonsonestebanam5558]

Oh my god yes i love IP : masqareena, i would die for IP : masqareena, this card has changed my life, It IS the BEST card ever. Bad chest

[@StoneWoodNutter]

I love this style of video!

[@ardendavid5515]

The only way to fix the extra deck is to put the extra deck cards to main deck except fusion

[@Cherrydaruby]

Would love to see more videos like this

[@Hanvri]

As much shit pendulums get I will say that link summoning is by far worse than anything pendulum could've done especially with how powerful most of them are.

[@maple1234567890321]

link are too accessible

[@fruitybluieblue098]

Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS you will appreciate Link summoning. I too used to hate Links but watching the anime 2 years later, I started loving Links and found out about I:P in Master Duel who reminds me of Formula Synchron. Now about Pendulum summon, actually they're FAR more busted than Links. Pendulums were so powerful that Konami had to include a new Master Rule were you can only summon 1 from your extra deck than many depending on how many link arrows points you have facing the monster zones. Pendulums at full power rival Tearlaments at full power. Links are just extenders for pendulums (mostly)

[@hecatrice2064]

The fact that they reverted MR4 or whatever it’s called proves they only released links to make everyone buy them and killed a lot of rogue fusion/synchro heavy decks in the process. I was very sad when my synchro Karakuri deck wasn’t playable anymore.

[@maple1234567890321]

@@hecatrice2064 i know that feeling! I took a break from the game under MR4! MR4 did not slow down the game, it made it even faster. Look like grinder spyral, and tell me that was fair

[@hecatrice2064]

@@maple1234567890321 Yep, that's the exact time I quit the game...I've quit and come back a couple of times, but after Links in around 2017, I never returned to the TCG. Only played DL and MR while keeping an eye on the tcg to see what's going on..

[@keikaku9298]

Great video! Very clear you put a lot of hard work into this.

[@KFC-Warrior]

S:P is the final nail in the coffin for I:P

[@joshakaa]

legend

[@Metalseadraking]

A few nitpicks on the video I disagree that its a good thing Chiyomaru is not a S force support card We already have an abundance of powerful Link Monsters that are generic af And S Force is already forgotten enough as it stands, having another Good link monster beyond Justify, would have lead people to test it out at least more. Tho This is more of my opinion ofc and im not even disagreeing with you the video uploader self, just my thoughts Also TTT doesnt mimic confiscation, it does Forceful sentry And the title of the video is misleading as it ends with the fall and not like in your video the rise, the fall and rise again However otherwise a well made and reasearched video!

[@bigmanwonderland2296]

Fall? Am I from the future where its powercrept already??

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

How is pendulum so complicated? Like you get multiple monsters out on the field in one go unless the pendulum monster was in the extra deck it basically summon monster with level between 1-8 which you get 2-3-4-5-6-7 levels out which help you get out synchros or xyz or hell fusion monster out quicker

[@Y4ZYAZ]

Pend scales and the extra deck interaction when they leave the field

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

@@Y4ZYAZit really not that complicated if they hit the field without interference and was destroy they go the extra deck if they didn’t hit the field they go to the Gy and unless they were fusied or XYZ summon with since they aren’t pendulums scales aren’t that complicated either since a lot of them don’t change their scale unless they work with another one of their arctype

[@lylemcdermott2566]

​@@crimsonflareumbreon1290 it becomes complicated whether they are considered monsters or spell cards when interacting/jumping/leaving/returning from the field and other already complicated cards effects.

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

@@lylemcdermott2566if they’re in the spell and trap zone there consider spells like any monsters in the in the Zones like Equip monsters or All of the fusion from claw of Hermos and as long as they’re summons aren’t negated they go to Extra deck when they leave the field unless they were used for XYZ or fusion summons and the affects aren’t that tricky if you build your deck around them which your Basculy already doing with links cards or other summoning gimmicks if anything links are more complicated to actually use due to them needing to be in the exact place were a link is or a certain monster for the link or you have to Relink to get there full affects and if you don’t it basically useless

[@lylemcdermott2566]

@@crimsonflareumbreon1290 they are tricky and can get people confused even referee can't decide correctly sometimes when they're interacting with bouncing effects or when mandatory effects take place, there's a reason people don't play them. Go watch some Jesse Koton or Joshua Schmidt breakdowns on the subject.

[@seemsoverseas4493]

She's like pot of greed. it's effect is not that good on it's own. but combined with a right deck.... it will be lethal. but the problem is not pot of greed...

[@fruitybluieblue098]

You mean a better example is Formula Synchron. I:P is the Accel power of Link climbing into a boss monster on your opponents turn.

[@gabrielevalentini4438]

Most people hate generic ED monsters and yet, I wouldn't be surprised to see Rena in a "Top 10 YGO cards with no haters" video😂

[@gamersnometaallowed2857]

And 5 months later, they've banned a good bit of those generic boss monsters and well...

[@Luigiman59able]

Good stuff my dude.

[@lordofcrows]

Holy christ the beat goes hard

[@JulianneStingray]

6:18 you used art for confiscation but the effect is actually forceful sentry

[@jesusvasquez9095]

Old school yugioh ending when hand traps and the word I set 3 or 4 and pass or the most famous line you activated MY TRAP CARD era

[@Luna-Starfrost]

@@benoitbrown9400 Veiler too. One of the most famous and best handtraps in the game, played by Kaiba: one of the two poster boys of "Old School Yugioh". This dude shows the typical nostalgica-idiocy mixed with no knowledge of the actual game.

[@sepheiba]

link summoning by itself is good

[@SilvaProductions34]

Banger video

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

Farfa: .... .....Now imagine if this had dark jeroid's art

[@Cloroxrants]

What does that mean

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

@@Cloroxrants "would you ban this card if instead of this waifu bait art ithad dark jeroid's art?" its a point he has made in the past about the card

[@ryuujien]

the best era was at the xyz era. nothing too crazy , fun and interactive . With the pendulum and link coming in play, it became modern warfare

[@arrownoir]

So what I’m hearing is that we should ban I:P

[@demonsofrazg]

Love the video man. Keep it up.

[@NokodaHere]

Using the god card theme is appropriate. She’s the true Ra Sphere mode

[@kmyc89]

What kind of _passionate duelist_ remix is in the video ?

[@WheeledHamster]

I summoned fan service trap card.

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

Motorcycle Waifu will not be forgotten in vain

[@OtakuToad]

I'd be the guy who prints the card on a computer and stuff it into a sleeve I'm new to yugioh I'll be trying new things here 😅

[@e-tan3911]

Ahh yes, Orcust's true boss monster.

[@chimeratcg07]

What fall? I:P is still crazy and still sees play.

[@tonypalladino9305]

Thats just the problem, it sees TOO MUCH play, therefore it'll probably get banned in the future by konami

[@chimeratcg07]

@@tonypalladino9305 of course it will see play, it is a great card. Nobody wants to play rubbish.

[@jayblack5942]

​@@chimeratcg07 Did you read the part where he said "TOO MUCH"?

[@maxblanding6949]

Brother you said fall?

[@sadowbeats7081]

I honestly believe that i:p and s:p should stay in the game to give every deck the option to use it. Its generic af but if everyone has finally access to s:p everybody wouldnt mind that interaction bc using s:p is a skill expredsion that i enjoy it alot

[@Maximusls2400]

Words of the common link summon spammer of the community

[@rockkyboyo]

I know another thing that rises from IP masquerena

[@suibear]

10/10 very informational

[@AloneTheorist]

I:p plus Fateful hour = Do you want to have a bad time?

[@AloneTheorist]

Use fateful hour to revive I:p after making a link-3 or 4 and you can use it to interrupt your opponent by summoning a huge link monster depending on spare bodies you control.

[@dominicmallano5633]

I don’t think topologic bomber dragon was as played as this video makes it seem

[@solemnyugioh]

It was. I was literally running it at that euwcq, and so were the players who are much better than I am. It was only later people started doing the curious-gryphon lines Kotton used.

[@dominicmallano5633]

@@solemnyugioh I went back to 2019 orcust deck profiles and I did see it in some peoples extra decks. I always felt Zeroboros was superior to bomber dragon. I guess it’s better than zeroboros vs t dragon.

[@detective_0267]

Well now imma run I:P >_>

[@barrymchugh667]

He said the line! 😂😅 (if ya know ya know)

[@TupacDaDon]

only commenting for the algorythm! great vid m8!

[@haydenbennett3547]

And SOMEHOW synchros continue to break the game

[@troytheboy1985]

if apo gets banned ip will take its place

[@grammysworld5449]

Returning player here.. Would i be able to use Bystial with orcusts?

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

IP Masquerena makes _everyone_ "rise".

[@arrownoir]

She fell? I must be playing a different game.

[@EnforcerNr.XBleublanc]

yoo yoo whats the banger songg at 2:22

[@kingaxolotl262]

18:57 SHE IS EVERYWHERE IN MASTER DUEL AND I HATE IT she is my arch nemesis she destroys cards and negates effects it’s so annoying and I want her BANNED

[@JosephBologna-n8o]

Could she work in a dark world burning abyss deck ?

[@partypat7229]

Pendulum is my fav.

[@TheSandwhichman108]

Snake eyes aka the- This is a fun deck but it’s too expensive so most of us have run degenerate stun decks just to have a fair chance. Wouldn’t be surprised if at some point local tournaments start using their own ban lists because I don’t think anyone wants to play a format where if your too poor the only decks worth playing are stun decks.

[@lambtoken2708]

This is already happening

[@TheSandwhichman108]

@@lambtoken2708 Wait really? Can you give me an example?

[@KrookodileBandit]

VLAD ! ❤

[@MP-ds1ro]

Great Video. I Need more of this NOW 😢

[@Yaboi-h]

so you're saying the only reason I:P has ever not been one of the best cards in the game, just very very strong, were the times when cards THAT ARE CURRENTLY BANNED were running rampant? crazy. Almost like I:P should be on that list too.