Black Luster Soldier - Failed Cards, Archetypes, and Sometimes Mechanics in Yu-Gi-Oh

[@jeniskindof]

"oh... Black luster soldier no one can ever know of our forbidden Love"

[@Adamame93]

A fellow LittleKuriboh enjoyer 🤝

[@TimSiddon]

Knew it....😂😂😂 LittleKuriboh definitely have major impact to Yu-Gi-Oh community~

[@miraigaming3109]

No training montage for you!

[@Dru_Stephan]

You beat me to it.

[@Rabbitlord108]

Didn't think I'd EVER see a reference to theretroreplay's Yugioh Forbidden Memories review (Oh. It was a Yugioh Abridged Series reference that was used in said review. Okay)

[@Kolobochok95]

Boys, we all know what this means. Konami about to announce some busted Black Luster Soldier support soon.

[@thatman666]

Only if they be less subtle that BLS is a Gaia evolution.

[@sladevalen]

Please! I love this deck and would really enjoy some support

[@AldoHacha]

Black Luster Circular confirmed

[@Deathmare235]

@@thatman666wdym

[@xenongamer7810]

I WAS GONNA WRITE THE SAME AS SOON AS I WAS ENTERING THE VIDEO xdddddd

[@kawaiiprophet9410]

DuelLogs summoning more support to a failed archetype

[@Bezaliel13]

Oooh, yet another one from the DM era again.

[@IC-23]

Why couldn't he have done this for Vendread :(

[@PhredLevi]

It’s worth noting the connection to Gaia the Fierce Knight is because in the Duelist Kingdom arc, rituals seemed to be used to evolve specific monsters. So Yugi uses Gaia in the ritual to evolve it into BLS the way Dark Magician similarly rituals into Magician of Black Chaos

[@Pen_Slinger]

If that's what they did in the real game Rituals would probably be a little more reliable since it would be like using Mask Change on Hero monsters.

[@romix6427]

Makes sence, doesn't help that Konami makes it all doo doo

[@capsalo5321]

Me: [finds a archetype I like in duel links] DuelLogs: Now lemme tell you why this archetype is a failure

[@Magnet_Chaos]

Also DuelLog: Now to explain how the deck commits war crimes in Duel Links.

[@Bubben246]

@@Magnet_Chaos Excuse you, but it's not a war crime if you win.

[@hey_its_branden]

At least its pretty good in DL tho

[@capsalo5321]

@@hey_its_branden definitely, I don’t have a full tier build and still enjoy playing it. rn I just have x1 Super, x1 Legendary, 2x Envoy and it still gets work done

[@capsalo5321]

Threw in a Gaia origin to avoid being crept over and it makes for some funny plays against decks like ra when they forget I drop it in gy early

[@oceanmantm5665]

Thanks for the Busted support,Duel logs.

[@bryant.3109]

What still puzzles me up to this day is how Konami decided to make BLS - Sodier or Chaos as Earth attribute 🤔

[@danielschott4639]

Agreed. Said card is more a retrain of Envoy of Beginning.

[@rynobehnke8289]

Because for some reason do all BLS monsters with blue borders have to be chained down to Konami's decisions in 1999 to make the original card and earth attribute.

[@Eheroglasiar]

BLS is the evolution of Gaia the Fierce Knight, who is earth.

[@danielschott4639]

@@EheroglasiarDragon Champion, who is wind, is merely Gaia with a different mount.

[@ScionStorm1]

​@@danielschott4639He's Gaia flying on a dragon.

[@whognomes5822]

Big Luscious Soldier

[@normanmai7865]

😭

[@katzuma7641]

💀

[@reversal3628]

Lack Luster Soldier 💀

[@SR3TG119]

Booty-Licious Soldier??

[@MadDragonify]

That hair do be luscious tho

[@dudebladeX]

And now we wait for Konami to make support for the deck…

[@mr.zluxsd539]

Can't wait for chaos ash and luster popler

[@mrbondtux4987]

No need, just make Drytron mechanics like on BLS

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

Don’t forget, the original, _normal monster_ version of Black Luster Soldier is now in the game and completely legal alongside its ritual version, down to having the exact same name. Meaning that Blue-Eyes White Dragon is tied for being the strongest normal monster in the game as far as ATK goes.

[@nazeersadek6705]

Is that in rush duels?

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

@@nazeersadek6705 No you’re thinking “Black Luster Soljersey” This is an actual Warrior/Normal version of the Warrior/Ritual Black Luster Soldier.

[@nazeersadek6705]

@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire i didn’t even know Konami released that card I guess that means summoning the black luster and blue eyes ultimate fusion is now easier but the card still sucks lol

[@MagiRemmie]

@@nazeersadek6705 It was a Japanese prize card that was never released in English. Not surprised you don't know of it.

[@nazeersadek6705]

@@MagiRemmie not surprised lol

[@sleepinthemorningcalm]

Fun fact: “Beginning Knight” was originally called “Black Luster Soldier - Child Soldier” but had to be changed

[@clearandsweet]

Oh, Black Luster Soldier. No one must ever know of our forbidden love.

[@therebelliousaxel8535]

I’m surprised that they never made a SYNCHRO Chaos version of BLS.

[@some2043]

choas angel fits the bill, kinda

[@johnpaulcastillo8403]

I'm surprised they didn't bother with bls xyz or pendulum

[@yuseifudo7987]

synchro bls and xyz when konami

[@wrestlingwombat3821]

Black Luster Soldier was always my favorite. Here’s to hoping for a future

[@calamelli209]

Am I the only person who originally thought Black Luster Soldier was female based on the original ritual monster's card art? The more slender-looking figure and the long ponytail made BLS seem more feminine to me, but then I saw the anime episode where Yugi summoned it and the card art of Envoy of the Beginning and was like "oh wait that's a dude".

[@thewanderingmistnull2451]

It's more obvious it's a guy when you realize it's meant to be a direct evolution of Gaia.

[@christopherfeatherley]

I've won so many duels with BLS Legendary Solider. The effect is quite powerful in non BLS focused decks 😁 I ran one copy in my Shinobird deck, since Advanced Ritual Art is the Ritual spell I used primarily

[@LowTier4Life]

I recall it was ruled for awhile that the lv 4 Knights would not give their inherited effects to a BLS Ritual monster if you used Synthesis since it sends and not tributes for the summon. Even lost a round at locals back in the day since the judge ruled it that way and checked with other judges about it. I guess its finally cleared up or my local judges were just stupid.

[@doyouevendab77]

.....wrong!!!

[@stevendigiandomenico3571]

I was waiting for this archetype

[@dinosore_rs]

You know an archetype isn’t great when you have to write a busted skill where 7 cards are added to the GY at the start of the duel just for it to see any meta play

[@Deathmare235]

In a much slower format also I’m pretty sure it’s at full power in said format

[@Kareempwner]

It was good before the skill came out too, just a bit inconsistent

[@Deathmare235]

@@Kareempwner it was never good without the skill

[@vaxel0068]

It's one of the reasons why I don't take speed duel as a legitimate format, you have skills that just play for you that exist outside of your deck and are uncounterable. They're the only reason tachyon was tier 0 or why sky strikers can even be played at all.

[@Kareempwner]

@@Deathmare235 I mean i hit master rank 1 without the skill before i quit playing master duel.

[@selectivepontification8766]

Correction on the Duel Links skill: You do not get Super Soldier Soul in the Graveyard, only the six monsters for Ritual material and as fodder for Envoy of the Beginning along with a Super Soldier Ritual so you can use the Graveyard effect of Ritual, and they don't get sent from your deck; they get automatically generated in your Graveyard at the start of the Duel from thin air. In its heyday BLS would splash in Endymion, Magistus of Mastery with a Magistus ED package because they didn't need a Normal Summon or Extra Deck space (there's only so many Link Monsters the deck reasonably needed), so Endymion would give them some extra draw and toolboxing, and the deck only died out when the banlist made it so that wasn't an option anymore.

[@Pats007]

As a Gaia player i only play BLS as a extension of Gaia. But I can't wait for the New Blue Eyes fusion card that ties in to the BLS deck

[@lukecacicio6850]

On todays episode of duel logs makes you want to play an archetype

[@ShadowsWrath4]

Grampa, no...... "GRANDPA YEESSSSS....."

[@matteste]

"GRANDPA ALWAYS YES!!"

[@Ayryvyl]

Favorite card in the game. Still have my old BLS from the 2004 Yugi starter deck!

[@jimbo8926]

To me BLS always worked better as a single powerful monster rather than the centerpiece of an archetype. Like Yugi always used him more as a secret final boss character while most of his other monsters have some sort of small engine built around them (at least in battle city and beyond). That's why Envoy of the beginning and Solider of Chaos are much better representations of how the original card felt as opposed to Super Soldier. They're way cooler as these lone wolf style power cards that kind of show up anywhere. Honestly the fact that he's had multiple powerful cards that saw wide use is a good enough legacy for me, even if the actual archetype didn't work out.

[@dylanmac7227]

Idc if it was bad, the name "Black Luster Soldier" is the most raw thing in Yu-Gi-Oh for me

[@shaedeymamlas5496]

BLS - awful deck, but at least two amazing cards that have seen solid play

[@lpfan4491]

Ironically can't even note this as a rare localization win because the japanese name made more sense, even if it was argubly less cool.

[@BB_Promoter]

​@@lpfan4491 well what is it?

[@lpfan4491]

@@BB_Promoter The original name is "Chaos Soldier". Not only are other "Chaos" monsters an actual thing and were not renamed in localization, but it also makes more thematic sense because "Chaos" the way it is used here is often used as meaning a power that is a fusion of light and darkness in fiction, as per CS's original summon condition in the manga and anime's version of the duelist kingdom arc. "Black Luster" just invokes the visual effect of a black material that remains reflective.

[@katzuma7641]

You should do a why amazoness failed video

[@Benderofdemise]

Yes!

[@Netherwolf6100]

Whoa.... when did Duellogs change their avatar from Aki to this cool spider-thing?

[@dinosore_rs]

It’s been their livestream PNGTuber for a while now I like it too ^w^

[@shadow_blaze2317]

There was a community poll a few days ago. It was the option that won.

[@darkshaman98]

He changed it over copyright reasons

[@PANICBLADE]

Oh, right. Chaos Soldier. The Soldier of Chaos, the Soldier chosen especially to be Chaotic, Black Luster Soldier...

[@Neko_Medic]

No ritual spell should, under any kind of circumstance, require to match the monster's level with the materials, nor be hard to seek with generic support.

[@windmirror7083]

Unless they have monsters that treat itself as the entire material, if I were to say

[@MoodyJulian]

The duel links portion of this video is wrong though. The skill doesn’t put the level 1 monster in the graveyard. It puts the ritual spell that can banish itself and a dark and light monster to summon a BLS monster. It is still very good though! Not a tier 1 atm, but very good

[@Priestelar]

if you carefully hear how he read the skill theres a lot wrong there xd

[@MarioMastar]

@@Priestelar Frankly I'm just glad he threw in any Duel Links acknowledgement. a lot of his failed cards videos are interesting, but always talked about depressingly as if you're always playing against meta threats and have lost the duel before you even started simply cause you're playing the deck. Not his fault, as he goes into good detail about how the strategies simply don't work even within the archetype, but it always depresses me when he says "You can't play this card cause it's just "too slow" for the modern game" as if implying "If you're not playing Tears or Spyrals, you're not getting past the first turn." but Duel LInks doesn't usually end games on the first turn (it CAN sometimes but trap cards are actually useful still as most board clears require a good hand or coverage and spell/trap negates are extremely rare) so therefore it's possible to see these "failed archetypes" actually stand a chance, whether due to a boosting skill (like Kite's Galaxy XYZ that gives him a head start) and thus you can see some of these failed cards actually thrive at what they were trying to do.

[@Priestelar]

@@MarioMastar oh im not criticising it, duel links IS my yugioh. its just when i heard the incorrect info im like damn.

[@Yardnoc3103]

Despite it's failings, BLS has always had awesome artwork. So cool that it makes one tempted to add it to your deck despite how unreliable it can it be.

[@samuelbanks8499]

Black Luster Solider is my favorite card of all time :) looks so amazing as an actual card. That and toon world look so good

[@jshtng78]

With that closing line you MUST do a video essay about why it's alright to feel that about a 10+ year old monster but not a fresh new monster in a new archetype.

[@Nagore6305]

That pre-preparation of rites really pissed me off. If it had worked with BLS Super Soldier and they got better counter traps, I think it would have done so much better.

[@Trinithium]

At this point I'm waiting for him to call out the Harpie Ladies, since he's hit basically every Duel Monsters archetype

[@PlatinumHaro]

Bls is one of top 3 favorite monsters up there with red eyes black dragon, and the time wizard

[@buchiklop110]

One of the best things about Duel Links are the skills that allow lower tier archtypes to thrive. While BLS has fallen off in usage, it's still super powerful. Battle Chronicle makes a combo Dark Magician/Blue-Eyes deck ultra successful. Eternal Hero allows you to summon whatever Yubel form or Neos fusion you want on Turn 1, including Wiseman/Kluber. Tachyon Dragon was so strong they had to nerf the skill and ruin its viability. Of course, the current scourge is Shiranui Style Successor, which gives you four Shiranui Synchros in your Extra Deck plus Spectral Sword already in your Graveyard to start, then allows you to send a Level 4 to the Graveyard for a Shiranui Monster from your deck or return all your Synchro/Link monsters in the Graveyard/Banish Zone back to the Extra Deck.

[@KageNoTenshi]

You forgot to mention the BLS normal monster, though at the moment it doesn’t change much until Konami supports it

[@Hanmacx]

It is interesting with Fusion Substitute cards and Dragon Master Knight

[@KageNoTenshi]

@@Hanmacx or the new Dragon Magia Master

[@brandonhowell5096]

BLS really needs its own field spell/some form of union monster/equip that keeps card effects in check, an xyz/synchro retrain that's easier to get out then ritual summoning, a reliable searcher, a good generic monster.

[@GrandSauce]

I wish that rush duel or speed duel can be more popular because I like how these old decks are good like 70% of these failed decks are or were good in duel links

[@kyo1345Reborn]

You are gonna have to fight me for this disrespect.

[@TheLetterJ0]

For the record, the Chaos cards randomly name BLS without doing anything with it because its Japanese name is "Chaos Soldier." So it's stuck in a bit of a reverse "Frog the Jam" situation. (Though I don't know why they don't just give it the "this is always treated as a Chaos card" treatment like Summoned Skull.)

[@agitpolat1061]

Because UNlike Summoned Skull, this affects more than one single Card. As shown in the Video, Master of Chaos and Chaos Form both say "BLS Ritual Monster" in general. Which means they work on not just the original, but ANY Ritual Monster Named "Black Luster Soldier - (insert here)" like Super Soldier and Legendary Swordsman aswell. If they made a "this is always treated as a Chaos Monster" Clause for BLS, they would have to put that one on OG, SSoldier, LSwMan AND every future Ritual BLS.

[@TheLetterJ0]

@@agitpolat1061 Well, those are all "Chaos" cards in Japanese too. So yes, they would have to do that, and it would be a good thing. And besides, the "Archfiend" text affected more cards than just Summoned Skull too. Like Toon Summoned Skull. And a bunch of other non-Summoned Skull cards that got that text at the same time, like Axe of Despair. And all the Summoned Skull retrains with effects that have to include "This card's name becomes 'Summoned Skull' on the field, but is still treated as an 'Archfiend' card," but those were at least created years later.

[@donaldcosenza5535]

Bro this is my favorite monster card, but I knew this video was coming LOL. Envoy of the Beginning is the GOAT.

[@TheYGOenjoyer]

These videos have always been the highlights of my day

[@lucafrancescone5929]

Watching this video while building my BLS deck with card that just arrived :')

[@Mendoza-yi6qk]

Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Chaos is the only Black Luster Soldier with a build in protection that is also good enough to not get destroyed after beeing summoned. It is and most likely will stay the best one for a long time.

[@Irn0x]

I think the issue is that Konami is trying too hard to tie BLS with Gaia when it could lean better as a chaos warrior base deck

[@babrad]

If synthesis tributed instead of sending from the deck not only we could dodge Ash, it would also allows us to use both chaos Gaias for Sacred Soldier. Legendary Swordsman should have required a lvl7 or higher like the link 3 instead of a normal monster. Sacred should have been able to tribute lights darks from hand and field to SS itself while in hand or banished (beginning in hand, twilight in gy, sacred in banished forming a circle). 3 minor changes and the deck immediately works as intended

[@windmirror7083]

Agree with all points. And Evening Twilight BLS wouldve been better if it banished just 1 of each Chaos Attribute or just 1 of them...and make the hand rip permanent...especially if you gotta give up your battle phase

[@foxeye245]

I think that Konomi should try putting Ritual Monsters in the extra deck. They would have an easier time making them work then breaking their backs over and over again just to get rituals to function.

[@Aaron-u3g]

Drytron is very good

[@raisp6073]

That makes every support they’ve gotten over the years literally not work.

[@iceking241]

BLS isn't tier 1 or 2 in DL to this day, but it's certainly still a threat

[@JosephHk743]

I loved Envoy of the Beginning since its release and I also really like the Soldier of Chaos Link Monster for how much of a powerhouse it is for being very generic for a combo deck. It is a shame how the ritual retrains of BLS and the play style was very hampered by how slow it was and no quick interaction protection effects. However, I am happy to see the deck actually faring well in Duel Links. So, while Soldier of Chaos wasn’t a failed card and the play style itself is fine in Duel Links, the TCG environment is where the BLS retrains failed significantly.

[@KageNoTenshi]

They need to errata all BLS support from only ritual to all BLS and give the normal BLS new support like blue eyes red eyes and dark magician

[@aznpikachu215]

I wonder why they called it Black Luster Solider, when his name was just Chaos soldier.

[@Deathmare235]

I felt like they didn’t like the word chaos also what does black Luster mean

[@aznpikachu215]

@@Deathmare235 I mean, something religious about the word 'Chaos'?

[@cloudkitt]

To say nothing of their apparently skittish but not consistent issue with the word "black." Sometimes it gets rebranded as 'dark', most ludicrously in "dark hole," sometimes it gets abbreviated as "B.", but other times they have no problem using it.

[@Deathmare235]

@@aznpikachu215 or maybe they just find it too violent, this is the same company that had 4kids dub the anime after all

[@PhredLevi]

Back then they were more likely to just change the name to something they thought sounded cool and then realize they made a huge problem for themselves when suddenly it’s become an archetype

[@leogmg]

Feels like the archetype could use a Field Spell. Something that states something like "Once per turn you can add Black Luster Soldier or a card that mention it to your hand". Also provides some protection like "During the Main Phase, Black Luster Solider monsters you control are unaffected by your opponents card effects". Tenpai Dragon? What do you mean Tenpai Dragon? I don't know them.

[@PatounesTR]

probably out of context but I wanted to point out that personally this video length was perfect !

[@melvinshine9841]

I'd suggest Archfiends for one of these, but there are so many cards with Archfiend in their name that aren't really part of the actual Archfiend archetype. To narrow it down, Summoned Skull is overdue. I can't think of any other card that's been retrained, like, 8 times and *none* of them are good.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

summoned skull could easily get its own separate video

[@casulscrub5978]

_God, help me._ I wanted to make a summoned skull deck work so bad.

[@YuGoTheSpeedSter]

Potential meta threats in the future Starry knight Darklords Dual avatars Cards starving for support Materiactor Cards that got nerfed hardddd Meklord Egyptian gods Orichalchos seal Number Cards

[@melvinshine9841]

Unless you're talking about the anime versions, the Meklords, Egyptian Gods, and Orichalchos cards were never good.

[@YuGoTheSpeedSter]

@@melvinshine9841 yes

[@Miranha-SupremoV18]

Classic Yugi cards. Classic Kaiba Cards. Classic Joey Cards. All Failed Decks.

[@Danlight1911]

Such a shame because they're aesthetically the coolest archetypes in Yugioh. Won't stop me from running them though...

[@Miranha-SupremoV18]

@@Danlight1911 year.

[@maskpenn9443]

​@@Miranha-SupremoV182024?

[@Bezaliel13]

Probably because of them all being from the *DM ERA.*

[@Miranha-SupremoV18]

@@Bezaliel13 GX Era: Failed Decks. Roid(GX Version). Ojamas(Attack Version). Ancient Gear. Cyber Art(Director Shephed Version). Hero and Neo Space(GX only). Cyber Girls(Asuka Tenojin Base deck). Armored Dragon(GX Version).

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

Idea for an “Envoy of the Beginning” retrain (along with a retrain for Chaos Emperor Dragon): _Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of Creation_ (LIGHT) Level 12 Warrior/Fusion/Effect 2+ LIGHT monsters + 2+ DARK monsters (This card is always treated as a “Chaos” card) _Must either be fusion summoned OR special summoned by its own effect. If your opponent added to their hand (by card effect) and/or placed on the field 5 or more cards this turn (Quick Effect): You can banish 2 or more LIGHT and DARK monsters each from your hand, Field and/or GY, then special summon this card from your Extra Deck, GY or Banishment (This is treated as a Fusion Summon). This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls once each. You can banish 1 other card from your hand or field (Quick Effect): Banish 1 card from the field or either players GY._ ATK/5000 DEF/4500 _Chaos Emperor Dragon- Envoy of Destruction_ (DARK) Level 12 Dragon/Fusion/Effect 2+ LIGHT monsters + 2+ DARK monsters _Must either be fusion summoned OR special summoned by its own effect. If your opponent destroyed and/or banished 5 or more cards this turn (Quick Effect): You can banish 2 or more LIGHT and DARK monsters each from your hand, Field and/or GY, then special summon this card from your Extra Deck, GY or Banishment (This is treated as a Fusion Summon). This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls once each. Once per turn, you can pay 1000 LP (Quick Effect): Send all other cards from the field and both players hands to the GY, then if you do, both players draw 2 cards._ ATK/5000 DEF/4500

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

Funny how BLS is one of the free-to-play decks in Master Duel but I've never seen anyone use it. I've seen Magnet Warriors and Gaia decks used more often. How did they make Gaia work and not a ritual deck with Chaos support?

[@PyronusSouria]

We need Black Luster Influencer - Envoy of the Trend. Your game immediately turns in to a series of shorts.

[@Auriorium]

I remember when Envoy of Chaos was printed, to say my local meta was warped is beyond simplifying it. Imagine going to a tournament and having 90% of the decks being the same deck, like down to the last card in the sideboard.

[@LightningBS]

DuelLogs presents The NEW Desperation from Chaos Booster Pack featuring " Maxx Chaos " " Soldier's Respect (Effect Veiler) " Queen of Lusters ((Zeus + Dragoon + Destiny Wing) × Rhongo) " BLS Part Time Soldier " (10000 ATK 1 turn only XYZ beater) " Chaos Circular " " Gaia The Slighly Menancing Knight " " Soldier's Regret " (all BLS cards return to your deck and you can't ritual summon for the rest of the match) " BLS Retirement Soldier (Tribute this card in your Main Phase. Your opponent wins the match)

[@WilliamReginaldLucas]

I swear they could write on any Ritual monster “Reveal this card in your hand: add any ritual spell to your hand, and if you do; you can add monsters to your hand whose levels equal the level of that monster (their effects cannot be activated this turn)” and still Ritual wouldn’t be a meta threat

[@Ironcorgi2]

If it had something else upon reveal maybe but ya rituals are too clunky, like maybe if the ritual card functioned as a pot of greed upon use or something

[@MarioMastar]

Honestly the easiest way to fix Rituals is to just PUT THEM IN THE EXTRA DECK. BOOM. Not sure why they go through the hassle of forcing us to play Nekroz in order to even use them at all....

[@WilliamReginaldLucas]

@@MarioMastar I’ve always thought this, especially as when ritual monsters first appeared in the anime you never saw them in people’s hands, just the spell

[@raisp6073]

no it’s not. That makes EVERY single ritual support card absolutely WORTHLESS bc they all add stuff to hand, which of course can’t happen if they’re in extra. Also that just makes worse synchros

[@dark_rit]

@@raisp6073 You do realize that the extra deck is functionally a hand right. You can still have search for the ritual spell needed to ritual summon from the extra deck, but it's all the better if you don't have to also search the ritual monster because it's always there at the beginning of every duel.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

This gives me an idea for a new mass summoning Ritual Spell: _Super Soldier Supreme Ritual_ Ritual Spell _This card can be used to Ritual Summon any number of “Black Luster Soldier”(s), and/or any number of other Level 8 or lower Ritual monsters from your hand, GY or Banishment. You must also Tribute monsters from your hand and/or field who’s combined Levels/Ranks/Links equal or exceed the combined levels of the Ritual monsters you summon. During either players turn, you can tribute monsters from your hand, field and/or GY who’s combined levels/ranks/links equal or exceed 8: Activate this card from your hand, GY or banishment._

[@filipvadas7602]

I really wish BLS would just get more consistency support. As much as I love the Ritual version of this deck its just so awkward.

[@MutantsInDisguise]

The "failed cards" episode we've all been waiting for. Nonetheless, I love this black-clad guy, mainly his 'Envoy of the Beginning' for being a non-ritual monster who can be easily summoned and was relentless when it cames to attacks. There you have it, Black Luster Soldier, you deserve better.

[@Priestelar]

Glad to see the option 2 cute spider got used for the pokemon channel! :)

[@tylercooley321]

I would love to see a video on the burger arc type!!

[@UltimateMovieMaster]

I had some ideas on how to make this archetype a bit more consistent -Add a level 1 Gaia the Fierce Knight monster that acts as a searcher for Gaia and BLS or one of their support cards, and a floating effect of giving protection to monsters that use it as material for ritual or fusion. Best to make it a dark monster since some of the more useful Gaia cards are light monsters. Also, it'd be nice to get more searchers for the Gaia archetype as a whole so that it's not as vulnerable to interruptions. -Errata's or retrains of Super Soldier Ritual and Super Soldier Synthesis to remove the level restriction, and so SSS treats those cards as being tributed, letting you use Charging Gaia's ability to search out Envoy of the Beginning -A BLS ritual monster that is actually dark or light so that it's searchable via Chaos Space, best would be a combination of Super Soldier and Legendary Swordsman's effects These wouldn't make Gaia and BLS decks meta by any means but would sure help make them more consistent for causal play. Are any of these going to happen? Probably not, I don't think I've ever heard of Konami doing things like an errata's just so a card becomes more useful, like Eye of Timaeus needs one and instead it got a retrain, so this is just wishful thinking. Side Note: I know that Konami is trying to give purpose to normal monsters by having monsters gain effects through using them as materials, but why do that when the majority of support cards for the BLS archetype aren't normal, and one of the normal monsters is an earth attribute so one of the ritual spells can't use it. It's oddly better Blue-Eyes and Dark Magician support if you want a chance at using its board wipe effect.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

This is one of the archetypes I have no idea how they could support it, just so it doesn't end up bricking most of the time. Let alone make it meta. Especially due to the whole "being forced to be an anime reference one way or another" or how it is now permanently tied to the Gaia The Fierce Knight archetype and the Dark Magician & Blue-Eyes (due to Chaos form) 9:15 get why the gaia was made, but why the level 8 ? 13:11 I think that's the main problem of the Black Luster Soldier Archetype: they focus so much on is aspect of being "a boss monster" with many anime-like extra forms for different situations all focused on making a comeback... but barely try to give BLS something to actually bring the boss monster to begin with. let alone make sure it can actually make said comeback 15:45 shouts to endymion engine boosting the consistency of the deck

[@Aaron-u3g]

They have to completely start from scratch with this one unfortunately

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@Aaron-u3g At least The Soul of Light & Darkness Duel Links Skill shows that, just to begin With, a way to make the Deck playable is by helping it set up The GY and recycle their resoruces from Banishment The link 3 and Legendary Swordman and Even the Master of Chaos fusion Retrains kinda give them a win Condition. The problem is what to do to make the Deck Condition easier to achieve. If You think about it The Illusion of Chaos /Magicians' Souls engine help the BLS Archetype better than the BLS / Gaia the Fierce Knight Support. With just Legendary Swordman (that adds the ritual) & Either Souls or Illusion (Search souls, Souls dumps Dark Magician to GY) + 1 monster on Opponent's Field, You have Everything to achieve Legendary Swordman's Shuffle Effect. Maybe giving them an archetypal Kaiju that helps their consitency would be good for the deck. The problem would be what would be a Kaiju that references something of the anime but that would be minor compared to making something that helps the deck

[@agitpolat1061]

For your first Question, completely blind guess, but I ASSUME the intended Idea was to give Players an in-Archetype way of recycling all the Cards that require to be banished from the GY for their Effects. So like, the Lv4s for their search, Arisen Gaia being able to be used as Material, etc.

[@windmirror7083]

Im fine with them sticking to the level pairs but...They would need a search that allows them to get both half on the ritual fodders. A card that can consistently tribute the Chaos Gaias and/or banish the mini soldiers. And extenders

[@windmirror7083]

​@agitpolat1061 They kinda have that in Sacred Soldier BLS but it's way too slow and clunky to run

[@BIastProcX]

I've always loved the design, looks like a Final Fantasy character

[@danielschott4639]

Why is BLS (rituals and link) earth attribute? Gaia the Fierce Knight got infused with choas, the combination of light and dark, to become a "choas soldier." Ra almighty, he switched to wind when upgrading his mount to Curse of Dragon.

[@Karzeon]

BLS is carried by its skill but it's not currently tiered in Duel Links at this moment. Right now we have Sky Strikers, multiple Zombie decks, and multiple anime decks like TGs/Blue Eyes - all of these have god skills or work fine on their own. And if you have BLS, you also possess Tenyi which is also a meta deck. It can scam in first to 1 but it's the last of our problems right now.

[@Sir_Djack]

I'm sure Triamids will be a great addition to your collection!

[@GemmstoneA]

I actually play BLS in Master Duel, well, not quite, i've mixed it with Branded, which, together, have a lot of synergy, but as a friend said, "Branded combines with everything" lol

[@slifer875]

I just play a go second deck where its just full of kaijus and backrow removal, 1 duster + kaiju + systhesis = OTK.

[@Galaxy-V]

My Gusto are going to be in this series sooner than I anticipated at this rate. Let's hope that being on this list makes Konami finally making strong support for it.

[@TJminty]

Me and my brothers used to put rituals in the fusion deck to make them more accessible.

[@Cortanarama]

I remember one of the rare times I went to locals with my Hopeless Dragons (Future Fusion live, 3x Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon). I had a Blackwing kid top decking, and he ripped BLS. I dealt with it, but then he top decked Monster Reborn bringing it back and ended up winning. Either extremely lucky, or he stacked. It is also funny when Konami releases retrains that don't even power creep (BLS vs 2014 Twilight). I don't envy the position their in trying to come up with new/retrain cards that are somewhat balanced, but they definitely way overstep or way underwhelm sometimes.

[@Cortanarama]

Also, I do kind of like how some Yugi archetypes mesh together (BLS w/ Gaia or latest Sarc/gadgets/Gandora). Might limit them ultimately, but I always wished there was a deck that could utilize most of the favorites while still being somewhat competitive/synergized.

[@Gkiss3955]

Plans to do any Lightsworn/Twilightsworn video? Best of, worst of, history. Anything really. One of my favorite archetypes

[@SirenLuna107]

Notably the gateway of chaos HAS to add on activation so if u can't add u can't activate it which is why in ABC format you'd give your opponent it with Set Rotation to lock them out of union hangar

[@Val825.]

My favorite thing about black luster soldier is that the original one looks like a fusion between Warrior of light from the first final fantasy and the hero of the first dragon quest

[@Yammatti]

I can still remember Black luster soldier envoy of the beginning + fortune lady engine with mind of plana hand sweep on duel links💀 Also the new skill that gave em free graveyard like whyyy😭

[@RobertLydonReviews]

It’s weird that both Dark Magician and Black Luster Soldier ended up being failed mechanics but also having very important tech options that people would use IE Dragoon and Envoy of the Beginning. DM is Yugi’s most important monster and BLS was literally the ka of Yami Yugi

[@fungi1385]

Gonna invest in BLS now

[@DroolingLizard]

I use a couple of these cards that mention Gaia along with the og BLS in a Gaia deck in MD, not even close to meta but it's fun and always keeps me in platinum so not awful either.

[@bionicleanime]

With Evening Twilight and Sacred Soldier being a thing, I'm still waiting for a dark/demon soldier to come out.

[@Cragmortis]

All this deck needed was for super solider ritual to say Exceeds the cost of the ritual summon. It would make the gaias work better.

[@lesterwilliamsjr649]

Deck Idea A ritual deck whose gimmick is to place and summon ritual monsters from the extra deck. Example: A ritual monster with the effect if you draw into it, place it face up on your extra deck and draw again. If the card is a ritual card then you can choose to instantly activate it without having its effect negate.

[@shadowmarez7457]

Ah yes , The song "Secrets of the Earth" by Lama House in the background. I recognized it.

[@al_2331]

Legendary BLS is crazy. I love pulling off that card

[@Kefkaownsall]

Thanks for explaining the dl power

[@crestfallenhussar895]

BLS would be crazy if djinn lock was still allowed since it revolves around a level 4 dark monster but as it stands at least you can bully synchro monsters since there is a level 4 dark djinn monster that makes it so that all synchro monster effects are negated while BLS is on the field.

[@ewutermohlen]

Failed in OCG and TCG make it viable in Duel links. Konami truly milk out all their creations.

[@chrisb.2028]

Yay, I have royal bls, can't wait for bls support.

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

I love these videos they are my favorite on your channel 😁

[@walidkerdi6910]

BLS is my favourite archetype , I hope he gets some love soon

[@sukumuieywang8058]

I knew this day would come… but it still hurts

[@Daustarticmon]

I would like to see Crystal beast, in a later video if posible, always love the deck and now is in a good position, but it was a failed archetype when it came out.

[@dr.dragon8322]

You should consider doing eyes restrict/relinquished next!