Top 10 BEST Classic Continuous Spells (Cards from before Synchros came out)

[@DanTheMeek]

Surprised by the lack of Messenger of Peace, saw that card WAY more then most of this list during the classic era of yugioh. Maybe it was just the meta I was in, but it showed up a lot more then some of the other flood gates because you could shut it off, so it saw play outside of Exodia, mill, and burn stall decks.

[@nnnp634]

I don't think there was any meta with half of the cards on this list either in yugioh topdecks or retroactive playing on format library. Mirage, Prohibition, Limit Area B, Card of Safe Return, Chain Emergy and Wave Motion cannon are fine on the list but others are not.

[@lucalanuzza9630]

Nah, not a lot of continuous spell saw play, mirage of nightmare whilte it was legal and card of safe return just for 1 format and then got banned. But trust me, u never play continuos spell in any tier 1/2 deck even in retro format

[@DanTheMeek]

@@lucalanuzza9630 Mirage saw play but during the days I played there weren't enough ways to special summon for card of safe return to reliably pay for itself, that came later. Personally, speaking as some one who played from the beginning and won thousands of dollars in tournaments, and still has a trophy or two in my closet, I actually can't recall a single continuous spell outside of Mirage of Nightmare that I ever used. But I did face Messenger of Peace in tournaments a number of times, not usually in the finals, but it wasn't uncommon in top 8.

[@HazeEmry]

A lot of continuous spells do really well casually but not in high level sadly. I'm more of level limit man myself but Messenger of Peace is also fun with direct attackers

[@SickBoyOC]

I made a Watt deck that paired both Messenger of Peace and Kaiser Colisseum. Along with some other stuff like swords of revealing light and magic cylinder

[@bakurasensei]

My favorite irl continuous spell is existential dread

[@RobertG-ne2sb]

🤣 Underrated comment!

[@Alexifeu]

yoo i use that everyday

[@user-to9ge8ii9n]

Idk "favorite" but it's def in the deck.

[@stanislavkinov4948]

Weird. On my screen it's one of those rare "for the rest of the duel" effects

[@iamthereddemon20]

Isn't that a trap card?

[@adriannaranjo4397]

Jaden constantly using the Mirage of Nightmare + Emergency Provisions combo will always be hilarious

[@user-qd8wn8cg3x]

Yugi's granpa was the 1st used that combo...

[@TheGreatSalsaMan]

Opponent: Don’t forget to discard on your turn. Jaden: How ‘bout no lol Emergency Provisions goes buuuuuuurrrr

[@FOXZILLA5734]

Hey it's a good strategy, Don't blame him for using it over and over lol

[@RaceBandit]

Probably worth noting that Solomon also used it in a filler tournament after Waking the Dragons.

[@Karanthaneos]

Mirage of Nightmare could have a retrain where the draw and discard are a single mandatory effect even if removed from the field, and it would probably still see play because of discard and graveyard effects, and just for the chance of drawing a hand trap that would be live during your opponent's turn.

[@RavielUriaHamon]

I remember Yu-Gi-Oh! GX doing the Mirage Of Nightmare + Emergency Provisions combo a lot whenever it got sick of Pot Of Greed.

[@infinityfactorial]

As a longtime (and still current) Stall Burn player, I really enjoyed this list.

[@AnarchoCatBoyEthan]

i love the duel logs more than the concept of warmth

[@alfonsotianzon5475]

So early the bots aren't even here yet

[@AdeptRougeOfHorus]

Just like these spell cards.

[@cranapple3367]

You're not supposed to attack when you go first!

[@DarkJono]

Guess again! Beep boop beep!!

[@Yusis-o7d]

​@@DarkJonoBlarpa-blarp!

[@miguel_7515]

Maybe you're the bot

[@haphazardprism]

9:05 "Despite how hard that sounds, its actually a lot easier said than done" uhh... ?

[@tyroy30]

The guy runs like 3 or 4 channels and they all contain small errors every single video... try not to think about it, idk if it's comment farming or he just doesn't revise vid scripts

[@pikachufrankie]

@@tyroy30Wondering if he is content farming. You hear how he says Trio in the videos recently? He’s been pronouncing it like “try-oh”, almost like he’s having an AI do the voice for the videos.

[@tyroy30]

@pikachufrankie honestly good chance he has ai imitating his voice for all his channels, your right on there

[@cullenlatham2366]

eh, it is easy to flub things- human error and all that. It is a consistent problem, but the reason isnt so clear. If it was an AI farm, you would expect a much larger flood of content of much lower quality. If it was comment farming, we wouldnt have instances where he consistently mispronounces an entire archetype's shared naming scheme for the entire video (melodious maestras, as just one example off the top of my head). Can i rule out either completely? no, but assuming the worst is rarely in my nature; i need some reason to distrust before it crosses my mind.

[@pikachufrankie]

@@cullenlatham2366You know he’s used AI voices before for his videos, right? He did it when he was sick; he has trained an AI to replicate his voice. Him using an AI voice for his videos isn’t outside the realm of possibility, and even if it’s what’s happening I’m still watching his content because the scripts don’t seem to be made by AI.

[@hikarishini]

Despia player here, combining 2x Chain Energy with Masquerades of Blazing Dragon is satisfying, especially if I can summon 2 or 3 Masquerades on the first turn. Even if opponent has Lightning Storm in their hand they get 2200 LP damage to activate it from hand, and then still need to choose between taking 1000 damages per hand movement, or 1200 damages per effect activation.

[@LocrianDorian]

In Classic YGO running tons of Spell & Trap destruction is incredibly important exactly because of these. Max copies MST, Breaker, Heavy Storm etc are absolute staples.

[@nicolaistuhlmuller8718]

Tbh all 3 of those were limited to 1 anyways.

[@nnnp634]

Not really. They are good against Snatch Steal specifically, but they are mostly good as one for one or more for one removals. Obviously, some of the burn decks would've been a huge problem without S/T removal, but those are not played mainly for the burn, let alone for Kaiser Coliseum

[@LocrianDorian]

@@nicolaistuhlmuller8718 There was also Giant Turnade and people were also playing Dust Tornado to make up for the MST limit.

[@nicolaistuhlmuller8718]

@@LocrianDorian Dust Tornado was mostly used to deal with Imperial Order, because the card is otherwise almost unstoppable. Once Imperial Order was banned, it dropped off. Giant Trunade was a -1 back then and not that good honestly. There wasn't really any useful continuous card outside of specialized decks.

[@LocrianDorian]

@@nicolaistuhlmuller8718 There were quite a few staples: Imperial Order, Royal Decree, Premature Burial, Call of the Haunted, and also just plain traps like Mirror Force which were in every deck. You really needed removal and you did not have any on demand via the extra deck.

[@MasterArchfiend]

As a kid, one of my opponent's tried to convince me that Ground Collapse allowed you to fusion summon by stacking the monster cards on top of each other (Overlay years before even the idea of monsters like Cyber Dragon and the Monarchs were a thing, let alone Xyz) and the resulting fusion had the materials combined stats. So he claimed his "Gaia the Dragon Champion" had 4300 ATK and I just took it out with a Dark Hole and won anyways.

[@FOXZILLA5734]

Funny thing is when I was little I thought Ground Collapse was a fusion card just based on it's picture lol

[@jamespadgett8660]

The mirage of nightmare/emergency provisions combo was even used in the Yu-gi-oh GX anime by Jaden.

[@AndyisAverage]

Top 10 monsters to be appear in the most card artworks

[@MysticKenji2]

gonna be mostly older monsters: Dai Grepher, Sangan, Dark Magician, Blue-Eyes, Red-Eyes, Exodia, etc.

[@arielcevallos8188]

​@@MysticKenji2newer ones too, like Albaz and Visas

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

0:24 This gives me an “anti-zone-lock” card: _Zone Eruption_ Quick-Play Spell _Can only be activated if you are prevented from placing cards in 1 or more of your Monster and/or Spell/Trap zones by an opponent’s card or effect. For each Monster or Spell/Trap zone you are prevented from placing cards in, Inflict 500 damage to your opponent, then, you can gain LP equal to the amount of damage inflicted. You can activate this card from your GY or Banishment, and if you do, this card is shuffled into your deck after its effect resolves. You can only activate 1 “Zone Eruption” per turn._ So the above card is meant to punish your opponent should they get greedy in locking you out of the game. A full lockdown of ALL your zones by their efforts would result in an even 5000 damage to your opponent, while also upping your LP by that amount. It might not win duels against meta Zone-Locking decks like Kash. by itself, but it would at least give you a fighting chance to hurt them and buy you some time to get Plan B ready.

[@Hugelag]

Chain Energy is a staple in my stall/burn deck. I always get at least 1000 LP worth of burn damage.

[@soft_7019]

"If a burn card can't burn for at least 2000 LP on its own it's garbage" -duellogs

[@UltimatePhantasm]

GOAT format my beloved

[@TheGreatSalsaMan]

Technically Kaiser Colosseum didn’t see much play until the Xyz era and is completely useless in goat and Edison format. As a kid I had the amazing foresight to see the potential in this card but the game was at a point that the speed didn’t matter much but I still ran it in my schoolyard deck because it looked cool.

[@UliZombie04]

I like that Prohibition is one of the most convoluted cards in the videogames, because upon activation the game has to show you the ENTIRE LIST of cards in the game so you can declare the card you want to ban. Some games don't bother and skip this card outright.

[@buchiklop110]

Wave Motion Cannon is great in Duel Links because a lot of missions require you to deal a bunch of effect damage.

[@bvd_vlvd]

Card of safe return is so goated in the zombie structure deck. Book of life + premature + coth + L + ratio. Not to mention it worked with the main boss of the deck

[@KinneyChan]

Didn’t even know level limit area A existed until today one thing I like is seeing cards I never knew existed lol

[@PricefieldPunk]

Chain Energy combined with Skull Invitation in masterduel is pretty fun to use if you can go first. By the time your opponent sets up their board they'll almost be dead and 1 magic cylinder or D Wall wins the game.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

3:41 Idea to make this card better: _Draining Shackles_ Equip Spell _Equip only to an opponent’s monster, and if you do, their ATK/DEF is reduced to 0, and you gain LP equal to the amount decreased. The controller of the equipped monster must pay 500 LP per card each time they would Place a card on the field, activate a card or effect, or declare an attack, and also, the owner of this card gains 500 LP each time your opponent pays LP for this card’s effects._

[@jacksonville9642]

Don't cook ever again

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

@@jacksonville9642 Cook a feast for the next video and every single one after forever, GOT IT!😋

[@andreaspaghetti7342]

Can’t even be activated turn 1 and your opponent can get rid of it just by linking off the monster. Not that good.

[@captainobvious8037]

Last time i played yugioh was when continuous spells & traps were solid due to the amount of potential value over multiple turns. Yeah, you heard that right, TURNS, as in MULTIPLE TURNS 😤

[@nicolaistuhlmuller8718]

Except that all of the cards on this list were super niche except for mirage of nightmare, which actually only provides value if it DOESN'T stay for multiple turns but is destroyed on the spot.

[@basty_gaming5750]

​@@nicolaistuhlmuller8718 Until recently, so...

[@williamdrum9899]

0:40 Artwork reminds me of Negate Attack

[@TindraWhoDraws]

You really have come far mr. Logs ❤

[@InfiniteTranscendence]

Good series. I like the classics. Keep it up!

[@JE3MAN]

I wonder if Mirage of Nightmare would actually be AS broken as it used to be back when it was legal? Don't know about TCG or OCG but I know that in Master Duel, most players more often than not actually end their turn (Especially their first turn) with 3-4 cards still in their hands (More than likely several handtraps or just straight up bluffs) making this card's usage moot. With most games being determined within less than 3-4 turns anyway and what I've just mentioned, isn't it a bit too slow nowadays (A bit like how no one seems to play Spellbook of Judgment or Super Rejuvenation anymore)?

[@nnnp634]

I personally agree with you. Lots of old card are overrated nowadays. DuelLogs was talking how broken Snatch Steal is, but it's completely useless nowadays

[@billykepner4938]

I love using level limit area b on duel links, I put together a slow burn deck for marik and it’s painful to play against 😂

[@dylanogg347]

#01 is part of an iconic strategy brought into prominence by the legendary Mask The Rock. And would be taken wholecloth by a Dropout Boy before the admins decided the player base was having too much fun.

[@IttarraOda]

Chain energy is in my Toon burn deck. And god is it so much fun seeing someone take 2000 LP of damage for just activating a searcher, or summoning.

[@Sax20XX]

Convulsion of Nature + Archfiend’s Oath tho

[@nicolaistuhlmuller8718]

That combo would be much stronger if Oath wasn't once per turn. With Oath being once per turn the combo is pretty bad.

[@Sax20XX]

@@nicolaistuhlmuller8718 Easily banned if it wasn’t once per turn. I run an Exodia Royal Magical Library FTK deck which can draw up to 12 from that combo (not including RML draws) using 3x Archfiend’s Oaths and 3x Giant Trunades. Can also extend it to 15 if I use A Feather of the Phoenix on one of the Giant Trunades.

[@zappafan5694]

I still remember when bought my first booster pack: a PSV and Prohibition was my first rare card ever, never saw to much about it, but it surely is a sneaky punch. Tho my favorite Continous Spell (or Magic card) will always be "The A. Forces"

[@StereoxAS]

Card of Safe Return + Manticore was goated

[@poochyenarulez]

Kaiser Colosseum was great if you had a monster card on the field that couldn't be destroyed by battle. You can then knock down your opponent's life points using spell and cards. I loved that card.

[@ytmndman]

I remember when Bujins with Kaiser Colosseum were one of the best decks in the format, and effectively countered Dragon Rulers.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

13:28 it is so common, even the people in the anime used it and said it was a good combo

[@Y0G0FU]

i LOVE to play chain energy in the first duel of a Bo3 at my Locals. Most decks dont have alot of reliabe Backrow removal and usually sidedeck most of it. So in game 1 you often times floodgate your opponent with it. Its quite fun to watch them be frustrated as they have to stop mid combo because they are down to like 2000 Life Points. And in game 2 and 3 your opponent has to deal with mindgames.. does he replace something for Backrow removal anticipating i keep Chain Energy in? Does he try to predict that i replace chain energy with Monsters to benefit from him replacing vital cards with Backrow removal? ehehehe :D

[@himZ1017]

:D

[@Ultralink1001]

:D

[@rainbowdragon168]

Top 10 Best Continuous Traps released before the Synchro Era

[@BloodfelX]

As much as I love to see Stumbling at number 6 - staple in my old video game decks - I think Card Of Safe Return deserves a higher placement; Spear Cretin, Manticore Of Darkness and The Creator with Card Of Safe Return are absurd.

[@guarianforttress]

I never noticed that cannon soldier is on the mass driver card art. I think Konami knew somewhat what old happen to mass driver lol

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

2:02 Idea to make a Quick-Play version of this card: _Magnetic Accelerator Cannon_ Equip Spell _Equip only to a Machine Monster you control. The Equipped monster gains ATK equal to its original DEF, and DEF equal to its original ATK. Tribute 1 monster from your hand or field, except the equipped monster: Inflict Damage to your opponent equal to that tribute’s ATK or DEF (Whichever is higher, your choice if tied), and after you do, the equipped monster cannot attack, and it’s effects are negated, for the rest of the turn. You can only use this effect of “Magnetic Accelerator Cannon” Once Per Turn._ My headcanon would be that the card would be like if Megatron swapped out his Fusion Canon for a Halo Super MAC. Just this giant arm cannon that would be hilariously destructive.

[@GottaBeAHero]

Best of videos you make are 🔥

[@TheAnimeMegaFreak]

Sadie from Yugioh gx Tag Force used Level Limit Area B and Gravity Bind with her burn/stall deck

[@williamdrum9899]

As a kid I thought you could bring back Malice Doll of Demise after Tributing it with mass driver. I don't think that works since Mass Driver tributes as cost. 10 year old me thought that was a big brain play 😂

[@nicolaistuhlmuller8718]

It actually works with Ectoplasmer and even deals 800 damage each turn that way as opposed to only 400 and also works around Ectoplasmer's disadvantage of being mandatory. Basically the card is made to combo with Ectoplasmer, but even if you shoot 800 damage each turn it's not good enough, so even with Mass Driver's 400 it wouldn't be too strong.

[@williamdrum9899]

@@nicolaistuhlmuller8718 It works with Ectoplasmer because that's an effect not a cost

[@DazeJokerz]

i remember old school yugioh online: wave-motion cannon was my nemesis

[@arrozzblanco]

Have you done a top 10 best or worst classic continuous traps ?

[@tristindurocher-batley4780]

Some cards are so broken that they can never come off the banlist even with an errata that severely nerfs it to the point that it becomes unplayable in the competitive scene and in some cases like pot of greed is just impossible to errata and not make it unplayable for almost every retrain of pot of greed is used in at least one competitive deck in at least one format

[@JakobusMaximus]

Top ten card combinations that don't target each other by name!

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

5:34 Idea to make a card that’s even better, BUT it applies to both players: _Card of Safe Haven_ Continuous Trap _You can activate this card from your hand immediately after a monster(s) is Special Summoned from the GY and/or Banishment. Unaffected by the effects of other cards while a monster that was Special Summoned from the GY or Banishment is Face-Up on the field. Cards and effects that prevent monsters from being Special Summoned for the GY or Banishment cannot be activated, and any that are already in effect are Immediately negated. If a Monster(s) is Special Summoned from the GY or Banishment, Both players can apply 1 of the following effects for each monster that was summoned: ⚫️Draw 1 card. ⚫️Gain LP Equal to the summoned monster’s Total ATK/DEF. ⚫️Shuffle 1 card they own from the GY or Banishment back into their deck._

[@jshtng78]

Chain Energy brings up the point that most TCGs tend to favor multiple countering or negating over imposing extra costs on the opponent. I wonder why that is.

[@YataLock98]

I used yo play Prohibition in power of chaos games just to check all cards in the game before unlocking them

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

6:42 Idea to make this card better at mucking up your opponent’s battle capabilities: _Aura of Dread_ Equip Spell _Equip only to a monster you control. When this card is activated, all monsters your opponent controls are changed to defense position, and any that do not have their ATK/DEF decreased to 0. Any monster that is Summoned is changed to defense position, and any that do not have their ATK/DEF to 0. You gain LP, and the Equipped monster gains ATK/DEF, equal to any ATK/DEF decreases caused by this card._ So basically the card either forces summoned monsters to play defensively, OR it punishes those that physically cannot (like Link monsters) or those that try to resist this card’s effects by draining their ATK/DEF and conferring those drained amounts to you and the equipped monster.

[@siftheadsdude]

Make a “failed cards, etc.” video on naturia please! Also, how about a “top 10 cards NEVER restricted in any way, but were widely considered to be hit on a banlist” (ex. Dante)

[@1414397]

A question. Prohibition work on cards that have the effect of (this card name Is * while face up)?

[@roqsan3513]

I remenber playing with my cousins back in the day and we Banned Chain Energy

[@redlox2]

I found continuous spell cards fun to use (if they weren’t like dead after usage). Spells are always fun to use imo.

[@mario_veca]

Also, on the subject of the video, this list is missing future fusion!

[@FOXZILLA5734]

When I was little thought ground collapse was a fusion card based on it's picture lol 😅

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

7:29 This gives me an idea for a Monster that grows stronger the longer it’s out on the field: _Nimbus, Lord of The Gathering Storm_ (WIND) Level 1 _Winged-Beast/Tuner/Effect_ _You can only control 1 “Nimbus, Lord of The Gathering Storm”. If only your opponent controls a monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). This card’s Level and ATK/DEF cannot be altered by the effects of other cards. Gains 1 Level and 500 ATK/DEF during the beginning of each phase. If this card attacks a defense position monster, Inflict piercing battle damage. After this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent, revert this card’s level and ATK/DEF back to its Original values._ ATK/500 DEF/500

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

12:50 Idea to make this card better, BUT make it so it applies for both players: _Mirage of Horrors_ Continuous Spell _There is no limit to the hand size for each player. Neither Player’s turns or turn phases can be skipped by card effects. One per turn, during their opponent’s standby phase: The Turn Player can draw 4 cards. If they do, during your next Standby Phase after that: They randomly discard the same number of cards they drew (or their entire hand, if they do not have enough cards)._ THERE, the card is mutually beneficial to both players, by A: Protecting them from effects that would make the skip their phases and even their entire turns, B: Providing them a built-in “Infinite Cards”, and C: giving BOTH players the chance to use the OG Mirage’s effects. Now they card hypothetically provides even MORE bang for it’s buck, but with the caveat that it confers those effects to the card user’s opponent.

[@kookou13]

2 ground collapse turn 1 is great. Good times

[@mvp3969]

i always found wave motion cannon to be extremely strong, i always ran it in every deck 3 times, won me countless of duels. well maybe nowadays duels only last 3-4 turns so its not as strong anymore

[@sh4dowsl4y5r]

Would spell economics counter chain energy since it says you must pay 500 LP per card?

[@nyecrozier8663]

I'm surprised Card of Safe Return isn't higher. It wasnt as strong in its own day when special summons from the gy were rarer but still always potentially busted and could never be unbanned without an errata now.

[@GCLU]

"Pacman deck" Oh classic yugioh

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Top 10 archetypes, based on other properties

[@isidoreaerys8745]

😅 I play Ground collapse in Kashtira. It speeds up the lock down and I happen to have pulled a Royal Rare.

[@brotherhood7596]

Top 10 cards better in real life than in the anime/manga

[@vanesslifeygo]

I wonder if ground collapse can be sided against a link deck

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Is Kaiser colosseum good for Earthboimd Immortals?

[@azuredragoon2054]

Top 10 Equip Spells which specify a valid target.

[@thestaubmob6877]

Gravekeeper's Servant or bust

[@Profat6]

Where is Dimensional Fissure and Messenger of Peace?

[@nnnp634]

Dim Fissure was better at its time than every card on this list except Mirrage and Messenger is better than majority

[@SkankSlayer-ki6ek]

Can you do a part 2!!!!???

[@TheSealKnight]

I saw Kaiser’s Colosseum in master duel and I thought “this card is pretty good” literally the next week they announced they’re gonna ban it

[@GodofGoblins]

So here's a question. Can you think of a situation where it would be beneficial to use Ground Collapse on your own side of the field and not the opponents? 🤔

[@archwing3441]

Mirage of nightmare + emergency provision, a Jaden classic.

[@Coreyc04]

Idea what about the most expensive common cards? The least expensive rare cards?

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

Most expensive, Sixth Sense.

[@secretlysaber5654]

Nice video

[@iket.v2554]

You can also activate 3 ground collapse to lock the opponent out of the game

[@izzy8934]

Kaiser Colosseum just got banned in master duel, RIP.

[@DAW.G]

Im addicted

[@leojamesquiambao1047]

Top 10 Worst classic cards 7: Ancient Sanctuary, or Top 10 Worst Warrior type monsters For the non top 10 list: The Unknown side of Yu-Gi-Oh: Beasts of the Colliseum featuring Gladiator Beasts

[@soloalencon2909]

still waiting on best pendulum decks

[@damjanp7920]

Where the hell are Marshmellon Glasses?

[@nicolaistuhlmuller8718]

They are genuinely bad even though Marshmallon itself was super powerful.

[@fox9769]

I miss classic ygo. It was way more fun.

[@bigsteel8200]

Goat format 💯

[@ThomasWeaver1992]

Ground Collapse + Ojama King = no enemy monsters

[@bachouvenn3563]

The custom card guy made 7 new cards during this 💀

[@ChrisPTY507]

Ground collapse would be instant banned if it ever get released on duel links

[@the1magageneral323]

ground collapse is still useful

[@saigaryuu7565]

Wait,where Poison Old Man ?

[@arrownoir]

Traps need more support.

[@MrThemelloman]

Kaiser colosseum is bugged in MD. If your opponent has more than 1 monster you can only summon 1 monster max no matter what. Even if they had 5 on the field and then activate the card. I'm happy it's banned. Just extremely salty😂

[@AJEsspee]

Ojama try-o

[@andrewchristy530]

PACMAN REPRESENT

[@Limes11]

Very Strange. Why are most of this cards banned? MMMM? STRANGE? I also still play Prohibition. Call Super Poly or Skill Drain!

[@WhiteLotus04x]

Ojama "Try Oh"? Come on bro... They even pronounce it right in the anime lol

[@CirnoFairy]

You got engagement baited. You're giving him what he wants.

[@Meanlucario]

Notice how half of these are floodgates.