The Yugioh GX Era Recap

A overview of all the major events for the game we all love from the beginning of 2005, when the DM Era was winding down and the GX Era was in its infancy, through mid-2008, when DADdy issues were abundant and the Bird was the Word.
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0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Dragons Roar and Zombie Madness
4:47 - Flaming Eternity
8:54 - Dark Revelation Vol 1
12:28 - Blaze of Destruction and Fury from the Deep
13:55 - The Lost Millennium
19:16 - Dark Beginning Vol 2
20:17 - Cybernetic Revolution
23:47 - Collectors Tins 2005
27:49 - Dark Revelation Vol 2
28:54 - Warrior's Triumph
30:50 - Elemental Energy
34:36 - Spellcaster's Judgment
35:55 - DP Jaden and Chazz
37:12 - Shadow of Infinity
41:23 - Starter Deck 2006
44:57 - Invincible Fortress
45:53 - Enemy of Justice
49:38 - Lord of the Storm
52:59 - Power of the Duelist
58:12 - Collectible Tins 2006
1:00:04 - Dinosaur's Rage
1:01:37 - Cyberdark Impact
1:05:50 - Dark Revelation Vol 3
1:08:23 - Machine Re-Volt
1:10:48 - DP Jaden 2 and Aster
1:15:27 - Strike of Neos
1:22:06 - DP Zane
1:26:02 - Force of the Breaker
1:34:40 - SD Jaden and Syrus
1:35:46 - Premium Pack
1:37:30 - Tactical Evolution
1:41:02 - Collectible Tins 2007
1:44:46 - Rise of the Dragon Lords
1:46:22 - Dark Revelation Vol 4
1:47:15 - Gladiator's Assault
1:51:41 - DP Jaden 3 and Jesse
1:53:52 - Phantom Darkness
2:02:14 - The Dark Emperor
2:04:18 - Gold Series
2:08:16 - Light of Destruction
2:19:43 - Retro Pack
2:21:43 - Premium Pack 2
2:24:17 - Starter Deck 5Ds

[@jacobwilliams1223]

Konami banning BLS and Chaos Emperor Dragon only to then release a set shortly after marketing them is just peak Konami incompetence right there.

[@chaserseven2886]

It’s not it’s quite genius actually

[@PhyrexianFleshgorger]

​@@chaserseven2886well no. I mean if you think fucking over customers is genius.... 😅 Then yeah? You win. 🎉😅

[@MrPsyren99]

​@@PhyrexianFleshgorgerhow is it fucking them over? You can still play with the cards casually just not at competitive events

[@toastertubbo]

this era translated so well into the modern day. every single deck is crazy and iconic - cydra, crystals, heroes, dark world, lightsworn, glads, six sam, etc.

[@AlexaRobin21]

I'd say that Six Sam was kinda bland at the time and they only became iconic in the 5D's era.

[@alikcd]

Seriously though, I’ve been watching a lot of theses multiple times. Greatest series recapping the history of competitive yugioh. Many stop with DM or they really skim over a lot. Your style is by far superior. Hope you continue it, but tbh I’d probably stop watching as hard around the beginning of Arc V era cause I quit playing at that time, but will watch em since I do want to get back into competitive yugioh and videos like this would definitely help highlight cards I should learn or consider knowing about. So thank you again

[@Zeradias090]

I kinda whant to give you an advice , play competitive edison is better, modern competitive yu-gi-ho is very unpleasent in my opinion, especially with prices and rare cards, i will be still playing modern yu-gi-ho, i want to experience it as much as i can

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Roobindale was gonna cover the other eras in his documentary series but he also stopped after Chaos/DM 😔

[@topcuttribe3903]

Wish you’d put em on a podcast feed

[@captainsunshine64]

Appreciate what you have, or ask nicely

[@ChiTownOriginator]

KZbin premium makes every video a podcast

[@ExceedSC2]

Fantastic video! I really hope to see more recaps like this, there seems to be a lot of videos for the DM era (even the OCG), a few GX, but almost none for 5Ds, Zexal, Arc-V, VRAINS, and current. I really enjoy watching these history videos of the game, and would like to see eventually everything covered. It's cool to see how the game evolved in what is today. Even recent history has seen us underestimate cards on release (like Runick or Kurikara).

[@kentaylor8601]

fun fact shawn longs shrink card was stolen shortly after that picture was taken cause hes actually blind in one eye, we looked everywere for it but no luck

[@fernandoguillen5996]

This video make me say: Get your game on!

[@arrownoir]

Awesome. Thanks for the recap. Keep up the good work.

[@Sheccidist]

Well, after finishing this exquisite video, day #1 waiting 5D'S era video. Thank you for you awesome work!

[@chadisnotachad]

This is the type of content I want to watch. Good job.

[@BerserkGorilla]

bersek gorilla mentioned

[@RomeoBarnes]

Slight correction. Test tiger was the TCG exclusive and Soul Taker was the ocg import. Great video. Brings back memories.

[@elixirmeow9382]

You deserve more recognition, awesome video!!!

[@Robbbbinator]

First of all great video! Can´t wait for the 5D´s era recap!:) best era for me :)

[@quickdraw5252]

I’m over here waiting for you to cover the year of toss format 👀 love this content so freaking much

[@raymondvanderbunt6402]

For a set that got mostly laughed at during its release, Cyberdark Impact actually provided players with some underrated cards that came in handy years later. The Barrier Statues gave support to Lightsworn, Dark World and Harpies decks, just to name a few examples. It was the Cyber Ogres that really got shafted. A level 5 machine that actually had a crazy power up effect only had support with a special summon trap and a meh Fusion monster.

[@residentgrey]

I never knew Alius was one of the first Gemini's. I was under the presumption that there were other sets of them in the DM era.

[@Owl-yc2yu]

It's weird isn't it? A lot of things I thought were from DM were actually from GX.

[@residentgrey]

@@Owl-yc2yu I am still learning about them. Many interesting cards have been forgotten. I may have found some strats that can bypass some future expected bans. Those that focus on the latest pass on what most won't expect.

[@TobeyFairre7861]

Fury from the deep and dragons roar were my two favorite decks, loved that era of Yu-Gi-Oh

[@eonflutehza131]

Keep it up. We love these videos.

[@iketcg]

Great video! One thing to add from someone who was playing competitively when Cybernetic Revolution released; people didn’t really sleep on Cyber Dragon and its fusions; people knew immediately how good they were, it’s just that you couldn’t get your hands on the cards. Because of how heavily featured it was in the anime, it was impossible to convince kids to trade them. Most of the other cards heavily featured on the show weren’t competitive staples (I.e. Blue Eyes, Heros, etc), so it was a lot easier to acquire them.

[@sploshsqwash]

This is the best channel for Yu-Gi-Oh content. Love this Series!

[@najate2]

Great video!

[@bradcox8754]

Yo i loved Cloudians lol 😅 my friends glads decks always kicked my ass. 😂 Great video covering my years in middle school and highschool before i stopped playing. Thanks for the absolutely amazing walk down memory lane.

[@Skip_Jaymz]

I played Crystal Beasts/Hamon. This video brought me to tears a lot this is when and my dad were playing locals...

[@wellthathappend_2241]

I love those videos !!

[@princeLaharl2]

Its 1:41:53. I've long passed Cybernetic Revolution, the last set I ever opened. I'm somehow still watching 😮

[@KaosSakana]

11:35 I have that complete decklist, and it is quite different then what you show here @TheLawYGO. TCG player briefly released a newspaper of all things back in 2005, just as such a thing was becoming useless. I kept the first 4 issues, and it covers Keanson Ye's deck at that event. Jason Grabher-Meyer wrote the article, and the list in this article included 2 apprentice magician, 3 zombyra the dark, 1 call of the haunted, no cyber jar, no DD warrior lady, no dust tornado, only 1 bottemless, and only 1 scapegoat.

[@Sinthioth]

I love making draft cubes to play with friends on tabletop simulator and it's indescribably how useful these kinds of videos are; really love the acknowledgements not just to the top tier decks but anything with significant tops (like hero city) that I might not hear about otherwise.

[@Tensensei]

Shout outs to Jae Kim, AKA Jaelove. He helped make deck profiles back when metagame used to write articles.

[@blazrrr-4082]

Very phat recap 👌

[@mikusheep]

MALICIOUS IS BACK AT 3 BABY! NO LONGER FOREVER SEMI-D!!

[@wimbledon5353]

Yugioh GX era was like WWF's New Generation era (1993-1997) NG era started out shlockly and kinda underwhelming (with some brilliance) but then got way better in the later years with Austin, HBK, Bret Hart, and Undertaker covering the main event scene in 1997. GX era started out being underpowered with alot of terrible sets, but got way better in the later years with Gladiators Assault, Phantom Darkness, and Light of Destruction.

[@tobluetoblack]

The foundation of so many modern archetypes that are just buckwild right now

[@mollestoff6516]

Yooo cant wait to get Home from work to watch this ❤

[@Adamame93]

Got headphones on while at work lol

[@mollestoff6516]

​@@Adamame93no man i want to watch it in its full glory and dont rush it ;)

[@amienabled6665]

As someone who loves cyber dragon and stein I can say with a non bias the gx era was the best era

[@spartanpiplup6229]

My favourite rescue cat moment in the anime is when Captain-General of the custodes kitten used it to revive his wind up kitten to attack the emperor of manking directly and win the game. Wait, wrong show.

[@cheaterxl243]

Congrats on hitting 20k subs.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

(Me who watched previous episodes through the watchlist) Let's do recap, again!

[@vicentiupredescu7205]

Just a comment as an offering for the algorithm gods.

[@marcelinorodriguez7628]

Pure nostalgia

[@hypnotist1200]

Oh my 2 hours!

[@mythplatypuspwned]

1:42:38 Weren't the hits on Fissure and Smashing Ground because of Gadgets?

[@meischoice]

Is this background music from league of legends howling abyss? at 2:11?

[@joshelderkin9592]

Why dont they make a game where instead of going through the history of the animes they go through the history of the various metas i want that so bad

[@auxcide]

troop, dupe, scoop baby!

[@user-nf8ph1gd4d]

It make me strangely curious, why do many ygo tuber have vfx background, where is it come from?

[@aliastheabnormal]

Swagkage plays Yu-Gi-Oh? We are talking about Itachi Uchiha's number one fanboy right?

[@amitbains6]

You mean number one pedophile

[@HalfarDM]

Yeah😂

[@aliastheabnormal]

@@HalfarDM I'm guessing he piloted ninjas?

[@alikcd]

5Ds next please

[@juniorthethird08]

Structure decks opened the door for “lower class” people to get into competitive. I grew up poor and around families that couldn’t spend a bunch of money on card games for their kids. But for about $25, I could have every staple Spell/Trap card at the time and have a better chance to compete at locals. I don’t think people understand, YuGiOh was literally the only TCG anyone would and could play in my city.

[@bonjouritsready]

Ironically, the structure decks were considered expensive at the time

[@bingbongdingdong867]

​@@bonjouritsready you can pay $30 for a whole deck, or $30 for a single card - still need 39 more cards, too. Structure decks might've been expensive compared to *starter* decks but never anywhere near the financial burden a "proper" competitive deck brings.

[@kinggrimmjow8980]

Shout out to Patrick Smith lol

[@RiotAugust]

what the fuck I just had this on in the background and 59:39 was literally a covid format jumpscare

[@JeWbLaSt23]

42:15 39 card deck?

[@Fruad_jo]

11:24

[@caster25000]

"Thousand-Eyes Restrict just got banned! Why would you ever consider using Instant Fusion?" [Elder Entity Norden will remember that.] [Tearlaments Kitkalos will remember that.]

[@idkdontask7142]

What a boring era of yugioh lmao.

[@bidoof5922]

Then why are you watching this vid lmao?

[@idkdontask7142]

@@bidoof5922 I came to that conclusion after watching the video

[@rileycook6372]

​@@idkdontask7142literally the best era. Current meta is garbage, negate/lock city.

[@lloydbagby8355]

Eh i didn't blame him gx didn't bring much till 2008 and by then 5ds came around

[@e.t.1947]

will you cover the vrains era of duel links now that its mostly wrapping up?

[@MegaMachiOnline]

Vrains Era has functionally been over for years. We’re more like Post-Vrains while Go Rush & Sevens promote rush duels

[@e.t.1947]

@@MegaMachiOnline read the sentence again. In duel links

[@MegaMachiOnline]

@@e.t.1947 You don’t need to be snippy about it, lol.

[@residentgrey]

Covering Duel Links as a whole is another animal, essentially its own format. I would love to see how the deck strats evolved as the cards got introduced and the banlists took hold.

[@residentgrey]

​@@MegaMachiOnlineSevens is official on 28 Sept.