The Secret Lore Of Snake-Eyes [Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetypes & Lore Explained: Snake-Eye]

[@MonteScarf]

I was really hoping for a reptile archetype based on the name. Alas, the noodles will struggle on

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

One day. One day we shall get more noodles.

[@greenarchetype]

If they're gonna make a good reptile archetype one day, snake rain would have to get banned sadly though :(

[@spinalspiral9901]

Calling snakes "noodles" shut up reddit is not funny

[@mariki06]

@@spinalspiral9901 what?? reddit?

[@antman7673]

@@greenarchetype Not necessarily. The pyro soul charge is at 3.

[@wyrmshogun5245]

Diabellestarr when see her poster: "They never get my hair right!"

[@ownagemester]

I love when they release the reference art for monsters, always nice to see little stories outside of their card art. If Konami released short mangas for more than just Sky strikers they would make hella cash

[@elijahpadilla5083]

To be fair, OCG Stories is supposed to be adapting all manner of archetype storylines, but because it's only doing one at a time, it's very slow going

[@Jimpipecigarbear]

With your lore hunting they should hire you to work alongside solo and chronicles

[@timmyreobed5043]

Diabellstar seems like she would be a fun protagonist to follow, with the whole "cursed weapon" thing allowing for an arsenal that could be amazing to watch. Guess I can add her on the list of Yu-Gi-Oh cards that I would love to see a proper anime for, alongside Revendread Slayer, Gagagigo, Raye, World Legacy, etc.

[@elijahpadilla5083]

I really hope Konami's new animation department gets on the archetype storylines quickly. I'm so, so very pumped to watch some of these get filled in.

[@peterzelaya9948]

Sky striker has a manga

[@NeosRetr0]

"You can also snipe crystal beasts and Vaylantz" You say it so confidently as if anyone plays either of those (I play both)

[@TheWcasey]

I wouldn't be surprised if the 4th snake child is being used by the hunters to hunt Diabel and I figured Diabel was the Queen or at least may be being groomed to be the New Queen for the Snake Eyes.

[@whambamduel]

I'm just really happy we have a new "-Eyes Dragon" archetype. I started experimenting with them and the new volcanics the day they got revealed.

[@PhenomenalOne1000]

Created a Blue , Galaxy eyes deck now i gotta create a snake eyes now!!

[@nathanbarbaric8879]

It's not a - eyes dragon archetype though. Wierd??

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

1:57 She has Protagonist's Ace Monster Stats 5:04 has the same ATK / DEF as Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. So in my book, it does have Rival's Ace monster stats 9:28 Diabellestar: "My nose is not that big, isn't it?" 15:55 Inspiration of the Snake-Eyes

[@whosthisguy7333]

Snake Eye: What is my purpose? Duelists: You summon Apollousa. Snake Eye: Oh my God.

[@kaitai7302]

Based on recent OCG trends, Diabellestarr’s an amazing addition to R-Ace, since you can search Hydrant. So if your a fan of Maki from Fire Force, you now have just the deck for you.

[@vietdragon5174]

diabellestar looking cute tbh with how lazy she really is behind the scenes and needing the sinful spoils to help her put on her coat

[@e2011ugdia]

16:23 which was revealed to be poppler WHO resembles flamberge WHO IS supposed to be the Grass snake Prince which means they're gonna pull a Buster blader and have poppler evolved into another flamberge

[@blackheart_1852]

I'm really feeling this lore so far, definitely more than I was Visas. I'm excited to see where they take our resident hunter with Bayonetta vibes next

[@halyoalex8942]

I'm glad i'm not the only one who felt like Diabelle's monster companions reminded them of Bayo's demon buddies

[@blackheart_1852]

@@halyoalex8942 Yeah, honestly I'm surprised not to hear the connection more often. Stylish witch with demon companions she summons to battle is the major Bayonetta vibes and as a big fan of the franchise I'm excited to see where Belle goes

[@phoeinxdrop2300]

God why is the yugioh lore always so interesting like it’s literally just a card game WHY IS THE LORE SO GOOD

[@roslihamil5795]

Don't forget another sister of Diabellstar called diabellze

[@nicholaswells6372]

Gem of rebellion can be run in Vaylantz since the in-archetype cards that put monsters in the spell and trap zone don’t work on monsters in the extra monster zone

[@wallycastagnir]

Fanart is the true tresure of lore decks

[@katzuma7641]

I think putting your opponent monsters into the spell and trap zone represents turning the opponent monster to stone like gorgon

[@damiannova5207]

You knocked this video out of the park! Something about this archetype really really appeals to me, and I loved your coverage of it. I’ve enjoyed the shit out of you covering the Abyss storyline, so I can’t wait to see how you cover future archetypes related to these guys! Thanks again!

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Thank you so much!

[@DragonicDude]

Shes basically theaving bayonetta and im all for it.

[@coolton6587]

I don’t know if anyone else mentioned this but I didn’t hear it in your video. One of the things that has me excited about disbellatar is that I think the monster is based on a real person. Belle Starr (nickname) was a real American outlaw and I’m excited to see what they have for her in the yugioh lore

[@aaa1e2r3]

I know this hasn't really been done with a lore archetype before, in tandem with a world release, but I am partially convinced Tistina is another archetype in the lore. In terms of design they have a lot of similarities with Snake-eyes and its setting mechanic seems like something that can be easily turned into a Sinful Spoils tech just like Snake-eyes' spell/trap zone mechanic does. As for my thoughts on Diabellestar as an archetype, it's really fun to see the Devil May Cry type video game mechanic of the hero gaining new tech and weapons based on the boss monsters they beat being turned into the card games.

[@ML1399TheyStoleMyName]

This feels like episode 1 of an anime. We witness our badass outlaw protagonist doing her usual thing, killing monsters and collecting treasures through the use of her abnormal abilities. I imagine that in the next set, episode 2, we'll be introduced to some kind of travel companion/support character for her. Maybe another monster of the same archetype, maybe a rep from a newer archetype made for this story

[@Phanto5692]

I remember researching the figure Diabellestar is named after. I have some ideas about more cards that could be added. And remember, people, lore cards are made up of several sets so I’m predicting at least four more card themes to attach to this.

[@anthonythomas305]

This archetype is sick

[@Tinkhec_best_maid]

Diabellestar is a god dang protag i can't unhear Nep's voice when looking at her

[@LChaos2]

Glaring Ruler covers one weakness with the archetype, its inability to use its removal tools during opponent's turn.

[@danielramsey6141]

But there are other other cards to help fix that issue too.

[@gabrielpelletier6202]

One thing that I'm wondering about is if the Diabelle lore archetypes are going to be super specialized like Snake-Eye is so far, with Diabelle and the Sinful Spoils coming in as generic combo pieces to round out the decks.

[@ricon0suave]

You're fearful of a Pendulum counter. I'm fearful of the Crystal Beast counter. We are not the same.

[@Sta_cotto]

ADHD story brain go brrrrr: Albaz and Ecclesia cross paths with Diabellestarr after she gets thrown out of some bar and they decide to help her out (or need to chase her down after she pockets Ecclesia's wallet, I wish I could actually write these down instead of just imagining them in my head)

[@EthanKironus8067]

Very slick video, I must admit. You've outdone yourself with the intro.

[@DevastatingWarrior]

I'm liking the artwork a lot, kinda wanna try if this can work alongside Evil Eye, tho I don't think there's any direct synergy at all, more just two different playstyles (which I do really like in decks)

[@mrmeteor64]

I don’t know if it would but the snake eyes do remind me of the evil eye

[@professornervegrates6268]

I was thinking the same thing! I recently tried mixing Evil Eye with Unchained for fun and got... ok results.

[@mrmeteor64]

@@professornervegrates6268 Am willing try unchained evil eye what was the build

[@professornervegrates6268]

@@mrmeteor64 1x Abominable Unchained Soul 1x Unchained Sharvara 1x Unchained Shayama 2x Unchained Aruha 2x Unchained Sarama 3x Tour Guide 3x Ash Blossom 1x Serziel Watcher of the Evil Eye 1x Medusa Watcher of the Evil Eye 1x each of Basiltrice, Catoblepas, and Basilius 2x Evil Eyes Unleashed 1x Evil Eye Awakening 3x Abomination's Prison 1x each of Reasoning, Foolish Burial, Monster Reborn, and Called by the Grave 3x Wailing of the Unchained Souls 1x Evil Eye Gorgoneio 1x Evil Eye Selene 2x Evil Eye Domain 2x Quaking Mirror Force 1x Escape of the Unchained 2x Abominable Chamber of the Unchained EXTRA DECK 3x Unchained Abomination 1x Zerrziel Ruler of the Evil Eyed 3x Unchained Soul of Anguish 3x Unchained Soul King Yama 2x Gorgon, Empress of the Evil Eyed 3x Unchained Soul of Rage The side deck was pretty much all the other archetypal cards to make it easy to change out the ratios. You can probably tell I haven't done a lot of work with the deck. Basically just started with what I thought were the best engines of both and haven't yet had a chance to incorporate any meta strategies. Bystial is a staple and probably Dharc that could fit in well.

[@SorenFE93]

If you want something cheeky, mix evil eye with Destiny Board. Which is literally a 15 card side deck basically. Three destiny board, one of each letter, three sentence of Doom, 2 dark Spirit's mastery and three dark sanctuary. So you can still run pure evil eye but then smoke screen into Destiny Board. Which I have managed to pull off twice

[@RebelliousKorlath]

My headcanon is that Diabellstar is hunting the Spoils down to prevent their power from being abused, and she knows too well who wants to do just that. Thus, she's being hunted. Plus, the spoils themselves seem to not like the notion of their power being used for evil ends, thus making their partnership with Diabellstar make more sense.

[@sixlenses1708]

So I guess there will be a diabellstar to set or add a s/t from grave

[@johnhaines3153]

I was so surprised to know this is from a Lithuanian tale! I’m glad Yu-Gi-Oh! is bringing in stories from many different backgrounds, especially considering I have Lithuanian lineage that never got passed down to me

[@Beelcifer6076]

Ok my theory is that nova is involved in this lore i mean the headband and eyes of his avatar are green/have green parts

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

I can neither confirm nor deny this.

[@jordanhansen5934]

I hope that this archetype will eventually get its own dedicated extra deck monsters

[@youtherthyfproduction5005]

i probably not original to come up with this but running this in a link deck would be crazy. flameberge activates if it is sent to gy in anyway, including as link material, giving you two more monsters on the field for material or even more if 1 of the monsters is a snake-eye that didn't activate it's effect this turn, or a jet synchron imagine sending one snake-eye and jet synchron to bring out flameberg, turn one of your opponent's monsters into a spell, flameberge and another monster into a link 2(sunlight wolf), revive the snake and and jet(and maybe return the flameberge to hand with sunlight wolf), use them to do whatever, revive jet again also you could use magician's soul to send diabellester to grave, and if you have hunter fiend as one of your spells, you can send it and the other spell, draw 2, return the other spell with hunter fiend

[@Zephyrin26]

When is Konami gonna just make these stories a part of the anime?

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

They’re making manga based on the stories of certain archetypes.

[@arcanaido6415]

Really?! Where can i get more info about that?

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

@@arcanaido6415 Look up “Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Stories”.

[@TrollBishbaalkin]

​@@arcanaido6415just look Yu-Gi-Oh ocg stories on google. Currently fan translations still stuck on sky striker story, is ending soon though since the manga characters has gotten their card form on the ocg

[@jameshewitt4706]

Please keep me informed on this as well!!

[@flapdraghun7902]

Think the consistency of the deck is the greatest strength. Not overly strong but good enough to get you to the place you'd like.

[@Cwronaga216]

I'm definitely getting Sinbad from the the anime Magi feel from this character like she's going into the dungeons and gaining the powers of as many Djinn as possible continue to run afoul with the Royals who believed that divine power to belong to them.

[@thamsirizombo4856]

Im just so curiouse about Diabelle's next target

[@hagetsuuu]

the artwork of these monsters including diabellestar reminds me of old school WoW

[@PianoBounty]

Konami added the 4th son, and it's the best of them all.

[@funbro99]

1. New deck to pilot as pure as possible cuz funny 2. Wish they made a metroid referenced deck, I want my discuss samus (probably either a synchro or fusion type deck)

[@samwill7259]

If I knew more about GI Joe I would make a Snake Eyes jokes... But I don't so...

[@uteriel282]

id say the archtype has a decent enough gameplan to stand on its own already. put some extra deck support and negates into the mix and you have a deck focused on continuous non-destruction removal with high otk potential. there are already other small archtypes that work just fine on their own with a bit of generic support like dragonmaids and labrynth which both rely on small monster swarming into one or two boss monsters just like snake-eyes.

[@streetgamer3452]

If this is the next lore I hope it still comes around and connects to Albaz because uh, it left with a bit of loose ends and also we didn’t get the universe resetting god

[@PsychoKern]

I hope it won't be crazy expensive on release :( I just want the new meta cards to be straight up super cheap on release. So tired of waiting for 1 year or more for reprints....

[@TheOutcastJacobWolf]

Diabellestarr has very much a Ragna The Bloodedge feel to her. It is as if Ragna and Hazama aka Yuuki Terumi had a love child and I am all for it.

[@jakk2631]

I'm excited for this

[@xaldreca3403]

My Lore theory is that she's going to get overwhelmed by corruption once she gets enough Sinful Spoils and then becomes the Final Boss for another group of Heroes

[@peterzelaya9948]

Hmmm well shes got serious beef with the goblin riders (I hate bikers as tcg name)

[@ChaoticTeen16]

What do you mean "so close to Blue-Eyes"? Literally the only difference is the Attribute!

[@mr.e6983]

I wonder if that half mask will be a spoil

[@divineclaypuppet7460]

Alright, I'm going to go try and make something with this and Vaylantz, it's probably going to be too scuffed to be a realistic gameplan, but I'm sick

[@thempireiain]

I'm gonna become a Diabellestarr one trick

[@Dragon_4046]

I. LOVE. THIS. ART!

[@bfcf99]

Where's the update with the new cards??? 😮😮😊

[@dakotahorner1598]

I’m really surprised no one is trying eka the flame buddy in this deck. On normal or special target a monster card in the s/t zone and summon it to your field. Sinister snake eye puts one there, eka summons it

[@vagadawn]

Wait, doesn't vision HERO cards turn themselves into continuous spells? Idk what synergy they could have in the long run, but that's a feature I remember.

[@maximumcrys1s141]

Goth mommy archetype, Goth mommy archetype, Goth mommy archetype, Goth mommy archetype!

[@SorenFE93]

I can't wait to put them with Lavals! Oak has 200 DEF...Rekindling target!

[@OG-ColorfulAbyss.]

I think the wanted poster could just be a reference to either One Piece or Soul Eater lol

[@microwave4044]

…yugioh…new archetype called snake eye…Konami is making yugioh… they also made a small franchise called metal gear solid If my math is mathing then we’ll finally get a bomberman archetype 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@galacticlord580]

For Flamberge first effect, does the Spell/Trap zone have to be an unused one?

[@vpnvpn-y1d]

I like it, actually I like your all works! 👌

[@deaconhollow]

Does anyone know when the next set of cards in the set is supposed to be to release?

[@AnotherWindaSimp]

Just before anything else, no more duel terminal lore? Now, MILF WOMAN!! (I'm a spellcaster enjoyer)

[@alexanderkazantzis8019]

am i the only one who thinks this is set up is influenced by Dmc or Bayonetta?

[@Ramsey276one]

The Eyes That Never Cried

[@eramferguson1701]

I hope Konami Errata Blue Eyes Chaos max dragon and Legendary Magician of Dark in the next rulings update

[@Ramsey276one]

Why??

[@e-tan3911]

Bruh 1 is a mid tier OTK enabler and the other cannot even be played in a duel. Why errata them?

[@Aethernium]

Do you think that Snake-Eye is gonna go well with Ashened?

[@josephupdegraff9199]

From a lore point of view, is there any connection here with Saambell and Risebell, for some reason those 2 crazy kids popped into my head as soon as I saw Diabellestar, or is there story played out somewhere else?

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Not yet, but always be on the lookout, you never know what wild stuff is gonna crop up in the future!

[@professornervegrates6268]

Calling it now (and I know I'm not the only one 😊) Dia turns out to be the snake queen.

[@uzumakikazu]

What song was that from the intro? That was a bop.

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

First is a map theme from Falsebound Kingdom, the more energetic one is "Flutter vs Gesselschaft" from Megaman Legends!

[@Ramsey276one]

13:44 "AAAITAITAITAITAI...!!!" XD

[@Ramsey276one]

0:20 MICMA! XD

[@ForlornLemon]

Well, now there's Azamina and White Woods, so

[@foekaiser3938]

This has some potential with Vision heroes, especially increase.

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Oh yeah, I can see that. At first I got hung up on the fact that they make themselves continuous trap cards, but as long as you just use Flamberge to set it up, you're all good.

[@BboySquidfoot]

Hello from the future, here to report that we are heading towards a very dark history in yugioh. Buckle up fellas.

[@nightmarearcade2663]

I'm wondering if Diabellestar is supposed to be the queen of the grass snakes?

[@ashikjaman1940]

Flamberge reminds me of Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon

[@Ramsey276one]

13:00 "PIADPH!!"

[@dragonemperor5986]

To protect herself against kashtira or visas

[@skullwolff9442]

diabellstar wopuld probobly bee a good archtype for the new yugioh proteganist. tcg style anime, not rush duel. make it on theme as a tresure hunter to get more cards to make up the extra deck. and boom, you got a base line for a story to work with. as far as i know yugioh story's. they seem to start with the proteganist to base the rest of the story off.

[@nidhoog]

Wouldn't the dragon count as indirect gate guardian support?

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Huh. HUH.

[@monstersackgamingmsg3407]

So with the new support, snake eye populus is the 4th child?

[@dotreant5264]

what does the poster says? i know it says "reward", "dead or alive"

[@bxbro8635]

This card’s theme is based on bayonetta

[@Ramsey276one]

MICMA

[@bxbro8635]

@@Ramsey276one MICMA?

[@RealTHM]

Honest snake eye lore: Konami decided they wanted more money, so they wrote card text that was more annoying than the last card text they wrote.

[@mrmeteor64]

What did the text say it was going to fast.

[@drakkenwilson-chayer7474]

That link 2 is just gallantmon

[@xenosscott3248]

Can someone try them with battling boxers and let me know how it went

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

When this and crystal beat mix deck

[@eramferguson1701]

I see that you like the music from Mega Man Legends

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Give Us The Third Game, Capcom

[@joshuataylor7443]

Who is the artist of these card?

[@lefteron6804]

19:53 Only if branded lost gets banned.

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

Deal

[@AshParth560]

Now what does that poster remind me of? Oh wait, One Piece. 😅

[@Dragon_4046]

Wait, does flamberge work on pendulum?

[@MrJuan_Vzla]

No, it summons monsters treated as Continuous Spells and Pendulums aren't treated as such. But Enigmaster Packbit can do it.

[@RedTheWeeb]

Okay but where is the gamble archetype that's based on rolling snake eyes