Top 10 Oddest Cards Placed On The Ban List in YuGiOh

[@InfiniteComboReviews]

A guy I played against during the early years of Yugioh used back up soldier to put 3 pieces of Exodia back into his hand after using Painful Choice to put them in his graveyard.

[@gargravarr2]

I don't think Backup Soldier is the problem card in that combo.

[@Masahane]

In the very early days of Yugioh, the graveyard wasn't much of a resource. You had some cards like monster reborn, call of the haunted, etc and then a few others like magician of faith. But graveyard effects were nonexistent, as well as effects that really involved the graveyard in any meaningful way aside from returning them to your hand with flip effects or reviving a monster. I remember Shadow Ghoul being pretty unique when it came out, and I doubt it saw play because it needed 9 monsters in the graveyard just to match summoned skull. Plus Backup Soldier is the only card I can think of in early yugioh that returned monsters from the GY to the hand.

[@narutogt5]

Can you do top 10 cards/ and monsters used to link climb and make tokens

[@tranuctrung4583]

That combo appears in Joey game, Konami sets that Exodia deck for hardest level

[@johnymousAnonymous]

Yeah this is why backup soldier was banned, even without painful choice it was a decent consistency boost (for the time

[@HaydenX]

Backup Soldier was on the list *purely* for Exodia. You seem to forget just how important Exodia was to the very early days of YuGiOh. It was a legitimate tournament strategy until the beginning of the chaos era.

[@DukeApples]

People were still Winning Global tournaments in 2014 with Exodia.

[@chaddoom7993]

Try explaining this to all the arrogant noobs on here, though! God knows I can't get it drilled into their thick skulls! I've tried.

[@DroppedMyMarbles]

@@DukeApples pro winston was fucking scammed on that one, I am still mad

[@CoreZeroPH]

Ah, I remember playing Power of Chaos with that deck.

[@InvaderWeezle]

That was my thought too. Backup Soldier was a staple card of old school Exodia decks.

[@1lol2lol76]

The good ol' days of YuGiOh, when the first 10 turns where just to set up your strategy or combo. Good times

[@neotono5536]

The game has evolved since then. I use the term evolved loosely though as the game just isn't fun anymore.

[@anayos6726]

@@neotono5536 Yeah, I look at the meta now compared to then, and the game is lucky to last even 4 turns. It's much less about setting up a combo nowadays, but more like who can make the most fuck-off boss monsters with 3+ negates in one turn. Not to mention, having to watch the opponent play a game of solitaire for 10 minutes while you twiddle your thumbs and order a pizza in the middle. Where's the fun in that? Shit, I barely see any kids playing Yu-Gi-Oh anymore (can't blame 'em though, the rules are a hot, arbitrary mess that can be broken whenever.), thus, the meaning of "children's card game" gets more and more moot every year. Sure, the games "evolved," but it went in the wrong direction. But I guess it happens when the creation of the game was based on a parody of MTG. The game has such an astounding lack of a proper resource system, that it allows such things like FTK's and OTK's to happen. It irks me that normal summons and tribute summons are limited, yet special summons aren't.

[@undeadinside3571]

@@anayos6726 why do you think its based on magic in any way? Literally all aspects of it are completely different. Even basics are completely different besudes phases (draw, standby, main, battle, main 2, end)

[@paradygmshift7826]

Yeah there's usually not even 10 turns in a match nowadays

[@martindouge1947]

@@undeadinside3571 The author of the manga intended the game played during the original Duel Monsters Arc (before the Yu Gi Oh mange was only about the card game, it was about any game) to be Magic, but due to fear of copyright strikes, he created Yu Gi Oh as we know (or rather, what the Bandai YGO was) as a parody of Magic The Gathering. At first, there were barely any rules. The current rules were fixed later (I can't remember if it's the manga or Konami that fixed it first), and now the rules of the game are basically up to Konami.

[@ReviewerRandom]

Gadgets were semi-limited because at the time, the meta was just using lots of removal (Smashing Ground, Fissure, etc) to attack directly. And Gadgets assured a kind of consistency other decks lacked, assuring they always had enough monsters to attack with.

[@duodecim3452]

Pero madre mía reviewer que haces aquí compañero?!!!

[@l8631]

I miss the 1 for 1 meta.

[@WikiHL]

Wena weon

[@hugoarturosalassalvador1871]

Lol nunca imagine encontrarme aquí al Reviewer random :0

[@cdg670]

Lol, ¿Pero qué haces aquí? xDD

[@andrewwright7520]

Gadgets were restricted due to a deck called 5th gadget. It was a 45 card deck that focused on one for one removal and always having a gadget on the field. Pot of avarice would always make sure you had gadgets to play, while removal cards like smashing ground, fissure, and bottomless trap hole would destroy opponents cards. Keep in mind this was a much slower format, and special summoning was extremely rare. You would essentially out tempo your opponent.

[@l8631]

I actually played this deck at casuals and people thought it was the most busted thing ever. 😂

[@TobeyFairre7861]

I love that deck so much lol

[@ShadowBaofu]

@@TobeyFairre7861 I was that one guy who played Decree Gadgets but Fifth Gadget was busted, especially in that Yugioh 2006 GBA game.

[@kailikwoh498]

I think Snipe Hunter hit the Limited list around the same time, too. The Gadgets really showed what card advantage meant.

[@andrewwright7520]

@@kailikwoh498 you are correct. We knew the concept of " if i have more cards, i win", however once gadgets hit, it was shown how huge a detail advantage was. When I played 5th gadget, i always won being +4 or greater advantage wise.

[@michaelromero-salas5221]

I’m going to pull the old man yelling get off my lawn moment. Injection Fairy Lily was the one card you never wanted to see on the field during it’s heyday. It was devastating to have your level 6’s on the field and watch as they got crushed the turn Injection was on the field. And, they could activate the effect whenever it participated in battle. Trap hole and bottomless trap hole did nothing. So unless you had monster removal, that card ruined your day.

[@nerdlord2288]

I'm there with you,a 3400 attk monster popping out of nowhere killing the jinzo,or worse snatch steal and drop fairy for the GG

[@wickederebus]

goes second opens BLS RItual and Spell, BLue-Eyes, Monster Reborn, heavy storm, and IFL. nuke backrow, make a rutial using BEWD, reborn BEWD, summon Lily swing with 9400 on board fun times

[@mrthanasoulis1249]

Had injection fairy lilly with the Gaia earth field card... dominated. Easy 3900 attack points.

[@wickederebus]

@@mrthanasoulis1249 and 3 Invigoration equipped

[@Yoshixandir]

Yep and she was a monster you hope you can defeat fast. Back in the day, One of the most annoying thing were the ones are when people gave her an equip card that made her stronger and had a way of healing there life points like solem wishes, guardian angel joan, sobek blessing etc so they constantly can use her ability. She was also great when spellbook of judgment was released

[@Drakorre]

Injection fairy Lily was the og utopia the lighting

[@kimyona9746]

*double

[@Prince_Smugarina]

@@kimyona9746 Play that with an Honest or other of a few cards, and Lily really would run away with the show, but thats only in the "good days" of the game where everything wasn't being banned for looking at you funny

[@azurecreed9119]

Drako that card was annoying to deal with

[@princepersona]

Injection Fairy + Mage Power + United We Stand was so OP.

[@azurecreed9119]

Prince Persona ugh don’t remind me it was horrible 😑

[@danielbakergill]

Backup Soldier was only included in Exodia decks, then as now.

[@soulistthedarkshadow]

Normal pendlumns that e Xyz

[@DragoSmash]

i was going to comment on that, but yeah, Backup Soldier was limited because of Exodia decks

[@TheDuelLogs]

Thats does make more sense

[@grimreaper9477]

TheDuelLogs painful choice + backup soldier exodia pieces, thats why

[@fastfurious6718]

I was about to say exodia when he didn't mentioned it until i scroll down.

[@gaelgalvez7762]

Hard to believe some of these cards where banned for being "too good" and doing "too much" Nowadays you'll do 10 times that in one turn lol

[@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137]

So true

[@Draco_WarriorEX]

@@nobody-xh6ii I hate links and haven't played much since they came out. One of the biggest reasons I hate them is because the game was REDESIGNED just so they could exist. I'll never play against anyone who wants to use them or use the rule about that special monster card zone monsters from the extra deck have to be placed in. Also, side note: Hey PENDULUMS, Pick a lane already! Monster OR Spell, not both. A monster with spell effects is called an "Effect Monster", duh. There's no need for these to exist either.

[@DrugsAreForWinners]

Draco WarriorEX When I learned that you NEED Link to use other extra deck monsters because of the stupid arrows? I was done. That mechanic ruined every deck that I liked.

[@uuu12343]

Draco WarriorEX I found synchro to be the last best unique gameplay feature Maybe xyz, but not pendulums

[@Draco_WarriorEX]

@@uuu12343 I agree. xyz monsters could be OK, but they are a bit too extreme, and also, they have "Ranks" which breaks the game. The game had to be modified just to accommodate xyz monsters which imo means they shouldn't exist. What good is my "Amulet of Ambition" which makes my Normal Monster gain 500 attack x the difference in monster levels when my monster battles a "Higher Level Monster" when the enemy "monster" doesn't even HAVE levels? Besides that, a "Rank 4" monster can be as powerful as a "Level 6" monster or so, so even if I got the boost it would be inadequate compared to what I should get. With all that being said, Synchro is indeed the last good idea they had. p.s. Ritual Monsters should be in the Extra Deck.

[@anrikurisuto4432]

I remember, that back in the days absolutely everyone used Injection Fairy Lily, and it was aburdly annoying, because it was a literal "kill whatever bossmonster the enemy has" card. So her inclusion isn't really odd at all.

[@Xylarxcode]

Yup, there was a period of a few months when IFL was considered one of the best cards in the game. If not outright the best. Didn't last very long, but that thing dodged pretty much everything that was dangerous back then. It was the biggest beatstick in the game that didn't require any set up at all and it was immune to trap hole and bottomless trap hole, which were very popular removal cards at the time. It also danced around Gravity Bind and Messenger of Peace for people playing stall decks. It was good in everything during that time period, really. Number one card to have at the time.

[@bigmeknurgle]

Lily got done dirty. Sure, she could overpower any monster, but at a hefty price. She may survive, but she can be easily be pressured as you can only use her two-three times max, at serious risk to yourself. Tribe-Infecting Virus, Exiled Force and D.D Warrior Lady could also get rid of any boss monster, and they didn't cost you 2000 LP. Lastly, she was a secret rare. My old Hobby League had about 25 people in it, and only two of those actually owned one.

[@jonnylawless6797]

I actually hated Injection Fairy Lily, it made duels too easy. I remember selling it to a kid I went to school with for 30 bucks and 300 cards of my choice (within reason). I pulled the Secret Rare version from its original set, but it wasn't First Edition.

[@jonnylawless6797]

@@bigmeknurgle when her set came out, I got lucky and pulled her from the first pack I bought, but it wasn't first edition 😔 lol I always missed the first edition runs

[@feder373]

@@bigmeknurgle But the alternatives you mention cost you card advantage, which was more valuable than Life Points. And in the case of Tribe-Infecting usually needed to be drawn and Normal Summoned, while you could summon Fairy Lily straight from the deck off a destroyed Giant Rat, stopping the opponent from beating you on their turn without losing field presence, unlike D.D. Warrior Lady.

[@GeneralVan]

Friend: Emergency Provisions sucks. Why go minus for life points? Me pulling out my copy of Mirage of Nightmare: Wanna duel?

[@trueblueryu5713]

GeneralVan I blame Jaden for making that a go-to combo early in GX.

[@Cameytoe]

@@trueblueryu5713 Yugi's grandpa did do that combo first in Season 5, but Jaden did popularize it

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Jadens duel with Titan Nightshroud/Atticus Jinzo Bastion among others

[@firepuppies4086]

@@trueblueryu5713 For someone who sucks in school. He is pretty good with card economy at times

[@jknkjnkjnkj8967]

I love judai

[@dnr-vs1lk]

I always read this as “oldest banned cards” and now I want a top 10 of the oldest cards that are banned today

[@varisrevolver4061]

Yata Garazu, Pot Of Greed. That's the only 2 I can think of

[@VegettoBlack]

Yata is 100% the oldest. I think pot and charity survived for a while into goat format but we never got yata back. Maybe magical scientist also? Or did we have him in goat or at least for a format right after yata lock

[@varisrevolver4061]

@@VegettoBlack checked it and you're right, Pot was wasn't banned

[@fedro168]

@@VegettoBlack yata is back

[@veinssupreme]

1: pot of greed

[@Holz_Kohlegrill]

That Slifer Slacker Jaden always used Emergency Provisions with Mirage of Nightmare. I knew he was just lucky in all those Duels!!!

[@magma90]

Oh hi Chazz

[@SuperJutah]

CHAZZ IT UP!

[@Ace_of_SpadesVoDs]

Manjome thunder!

[@jurtra9090]

@Broly The Sarcastic Savage his brother is the sore loser because they were Chazzed with 0 ATK Point Monsters

[@Descro382]

That Slifer slime...

[@jaggededge11]

7:00 - Backup Solider was limited due to Exodia. Having access to cards like Graceful Charity, Card Destruction and Painful Choice made it extremely easy to get 5 monsters in the grave. 10:10 - Banisher of the Light comboed with it. 12:10 - Drop-off comboed with Tsukuyomi and Mask of Darkness (Which was also limited to 1 in 2006). If you got the combo off, you'd be able to lock your opponent out of drawing cards for the rest of the game. 15:15 - IFL was able to get around Gravity Bind, Trap Hole, Bottomless and Messager of Peace. At the time, those cards were the cards to keep monster heave decks in check. IFL was able to get around all of them (As well as being an absolute powerhouse in it's own right).

[@nostalgicumbry3279]

Drop off combo one, holy crap, i forgot all about Tsuku and MoD combo possiblity.

[@wilhammartins9898]

those who played GBA yugioh know the truth...

[@VegettoBlack]

YES DROP OFF WAS BECAUSE OF TSUKIOMI! dude I've been tracking my brain about what it was banned for. It's crazy that even yugioh historians like duellogs came into the game after some of the early days. I remember gravity bind and level limit area b deck. So obnoxious but it was fun to play

[@VegettoBlack]

GBA yugioh is the true hard core yugioh meta. 50 card decks with 40 normal monsters 3 effect monsters 5 spells and 2 traps. Lolol

[@tomazod]

HOW DARE YOU SAY DARK SCORPIONS ARENT GOOD!? DON ZALOOG! ATTACK HIM DIRECTLY!

[@PhantomBgaming]

I had a dark effect damage deck that ran a lot of the dark Scorpio cards. They were really mean and necrovalley just locked the graveyard. Soooo much fun lol

[@zvieoercane7093]

(Don Zaloog rather than attacking, solemnly turns around and walks over to you) He's right you know, we aren't a very good deck, we never were, and probably never will be. (Don empathetically places his hand on your shoulder.) You should be playing a different, more powerful deck. The Dark Scorpions and I just can't compete with newer cards, we barely even competed with some of the cards in our heyday. We have low attack, never got any new support, hell Gorg is essentially a level four monster that was printed at level five as some cruel joke. Using us in a deck essentially puts you at a disadvantage, especially nowadays where we could accidentally fuel your opponents more than help you. (Don looks at you with a sad expression on his face) What are you talking about Zaloog, I don't care about playing a meta deck, I just enjoy playing this strategy, now get out there and make that guy randomly discard. (Don looks at you with pure happiness and a single tear on his face.) Yes sir! They were defeated in that game, but they had fun, so they really didn't loose.

[@joeblow6805]

Hard to believe some of these cards where banned for being "too good" and doing "too much" Nowadays you'll do 10 times that in one turn lol

[@davidagosta]

Drop Off (and Mask of Darkness) was restricted due to the Masks of Tsukuyomi deck that could prevent an opponent from drawing any cards. It was unlimited when Tsukuyomi was banned on the next ban list.

[@jaymacdonnell4730]

Time Seal too. It was a three-combo Yata Lock.

[@bigkroner766]

Cards that didn’t get good until decades after they were released

[@r3zaful]

Droll and lock bird

[@sayyidrose6307]

Ancient fairy dragon

[@lambsaucefinder7407]

Grinder golem

[@despawrite2532]

That Neo-Spacian Dolphin thing.

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

blue eyes white dragon / dark magician

[@JaceGarrdok]

Lily also allowed you to duck under Level Limit - Area B as well as Gravity Bind, two cards that were extremely popular during that time.

[@xerael4659]

Ah yes, Final Countdown decks. And fuck you too, people who played them.

[@joeygathe5453]

Wasnt back up soldier used in exodia decks to be able to get three pieces from the graveyard?

[@rusto_]

Yep, Amon/Adrian in GX tried to use it against Yubel for his Exodia deck

[@DarkCT]

this right here. i played exodia back then, and there were so many ways to set up the graveyard to retrieve those pieces you sent with that, it wasn't much a concern to drop one or two pieces. I miss the days of painful choice/graceful charity/ AND pot of greed at one per each.

[@Apostheb3st]

Gadgets were also used in a minor resurgence of Exodia decks since they helped thin out the deck.

[@Xylarxcode]

@@DarkCT IIRC dropping any of the arm or leg pieces of Exodia was no big deal to them, since they had several ways to easily fetch them back, but losing the head to the GY (or even worse, to banishment) usually meant they were forced to scoop. In very early days, it was not so easy to fetch from the GY as it is today.

[@renatoreyes2817]

@@DarkCT no es cierto porque ya hablaba contigo en el grupo es un placer y me

[@josephandrews8740]

Backup soldier was banned because of exodia, wasnt odd at all.

[@keshersygo]

i mean exodia wasn’t even that good, they were just scared

[@AznYunHou]

@@keshersygo Reminds me of how in Pokemon TCG, Unown was banned cause it had a win condition ability and they didn't want that to happen no matter how slim of a chance it had

[@anayos6726]

@@keshersygo It's times like these where I wish Makyura was unbanned, just so we can see the level of degeneracy it can pull off in this mess of a meta; not just with Exodia, mind you. Imagine being able to use something from the hand like Trickstar Reincarnation, Evenly Matched, Jar of Greed, Reckless Greed, *fucking solemns,* and so much more.

[@jessejive117]

Joe Lin I wish they would have just banned certain combos and not cards

[@owenpickles4486]

@@anayos6726 We'd have the Final Countdown FTK back.

[@FormerRuling]

For #7: Backup Soldier was semi-limited because the game was slow enough that Exodia was a realistic win condition and they wanted to make it less consistent.

[@connora3659]

holy hell, most of these cards were meta when i last played, makes me feel old when you mention they years the cards were in play.

[@agr0nianTV]

With Emergency Provisions you could use the effect of Mirage of Nightmare to draw up to 4 cards then send it to the graveyard before you had to discard the following turn to keep all the cards you drew. Fun trivia this combo was first used by Grandpa Muto in classic Yugioh and Jaden used this combo 5 times in the first 30 episodes of GX then it was written out to coincide with Mirage of Nightmare getting banned.

[@thewanderingmistnull2451]

Oh, Gravekeeper's Servant...you will always hold a special place in my heart, along with Manga Ryu Ran and The Reliable Guardian, because you were in my first ever Yu-Gi-Oh! pack, back when Spell Cards still had their proper name of Magic Cards.

[@julias01]

Backup soldier was limited not because of the advantage it got you, but because it grabbed up to 3 exodia pieces from the graveyard

[@wickederebus]

shame peopl couldnt combo a second of the spell and trpa to just add all 4 pieces and 2 discard fodder, and Snagan or WoTBF the head

[@firefang92]

For my money Twin-headed behemoth's "cause the rulings were a pain in the etc." was the oddest reason.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

They were because hard once per duel wasn't really a concept back in the day it was released. It has since been errata'd to fix that issue.

[@asianguy2136]

Twin headed behemoth caused ruling confusions because if you ran multiple copies of it, since back in the day it said this card. With that, running multiple copies of it would allow you to reuse its effect. Also, something like pot of avarice would reset the card effect. But as we know now, twin headed behemoth has been errataed because of that.

[@firefang92]

@@asianguy2136 yeah, and it was on the banlist pre-errata, the videos called "oddest cards placed on the banlist"

[@asianguy2136]

@@firefang92 yep I no. I agree with u.

[@Tekkaras]

The Gears actually released with a *bit* of support, like the Trap Monster that could Union Equip one of them.

[@oscarbravo5670]

In regards as to why the Gadgets were semi-limited. A gadget deck in 2007 had excellent syngergy with other cards/decks such as and in no particular order: * Sniper Hunter - Gadgets had the ability to help you get hand presence once they are summoned, making them useful for fodder for sniper hunter during an era where destroying one single card on your opponent side of the field could give you a safe trip to winning. Pot of Avarice was very important to this deck as well * Chimeratech OTK / Limiter Removal swarm - they were machine type and it was a format where using Future Fusion, ultimate offering, Limiter Removal and Overload Fusion were pretty much a factor to conducting a OTK either on there own or combined. GADGETS WERE GREAT DECK THINNERS IN THIS META because it raised your odds in drawing those specific spell/trap cards by having one less of their own existing in the deck. *** GADGET BEATDOWN ------ THE deck only really needed 12-15 monsters or so and the rest comprised of cards that would keep the Gadgets on the field or do a one-for-one field removal such as: Smashing Ground, Shrink (this one very important), Sakuretsu Amor, Fissure, mirror Force, compulsory evacuation device, trap/bottomless trap hole, torrential tribute, dark holw. In This deck having all 9 gadgets along with Sangan, Giant Rats and sometimes a Lily Fairy would be more then enough. The opponent would feel guilty to spend resources in destroying a "puny" monster and they were also immune to bottomless trap holes. You could always recycle your gadgets with pot of avarice too. * field tribute / Monarchs - this was a meta of monarchs and they also saw play in some monarch decks, although destiny heros and treeborn frog did a better job. I have no mention in newer cards after the gadgets got taken off the banlist.

[@TheDuelLogs]

Yah I could find no info at all on 2007 gadgets so this comment kind of makes more sense. I spent the most amount of time researching the gadgets too so I looked pretty hard and still came up with nadda.

[@dragon-id5uj]

snipe hunters what i was thinking of too

[@sku11zairsoft22]

Played that deck back in they day it won me lots of locals and almost a regional with it. It was a good deck missed those days.

[@Epsilon514]

Backup Soldier was semi-limited because of Painful Choice and Exodia Decks...you would pick the 4 vanilla cards of Exodia....your opponent most likely sent them to the graveyard and you would bring them back to the hand with Backup Soldier

[@TheForeverRanger]

Then you would crash Sangan or Witch to get the final piece.

[@asianguy2136]

Yes, but with backup soldier you would only be able to bring back three of them. You would have to use monster reincarnation or something along that line to get the remaining 2 pieces out of the GY into your hand.

[@shawnjensen6800]

Lily was banned back then because it was really really easy to put heart of clear water. And make her a unkillable beat stick. Buster rancher was a second favorite against Tyrant Dragon decks.

[@MrWhirlywind]

Great video! I haven't followed Yu-Gi-Oh for a while, so I really appreciated the way you slowed down and gave context. A lot of other channels assume you know card effects and their contexts already, which can make them hard to follow.

[@Kaitokid730]

Small history lesson : Backup soldier was limited because you could add 3 pieces of exodia from it GY to hand, And as I remember painful choice wasn't on the banlist yet. So u could activate painful choice and select all 4 normal monsters then add them back with backup soldier

[@TheAwesomenessOfJay]

Everyone else: Hand of Nephthys Duel Logs: Hand of NEFFFTHYSSSS

[@taburzblism3287]

i got something to say about emergency provisions other then the jaden mirrage bs people keep spamming the comments section with. Firstly you made a mistake in the video. The sending of cards to the graveyard part is a COST. costs are always paid upon activation. therefore the sending of spell and trap cards happens BEFORE resolution not upon resolution like mentioned in the video or after. With that being said the card is quite useful in a number of ways since it says send rather than destroy and also can be chained with stuff like fairy wind or that solemn judgement scale balence drawpower trap thingy that counts card advantage. its useful at times to chain burn players lol. just chain it after chaining a bunch of other traps since theyre still technically on the field until the chain resolves anyway so its free lp. just dont get chucked by using this the same turn as intending to use chain strike. that emergency army food in those cans is delicious and allows you to potentially be able to eat up an attack to the face without losing the duel. hopefully. also an interesting ruling situation came about at ycs long beach many years back when ceaser gonzalez attempted to use this to get around royal decree since decree negates traps used on the field and doesnt prevent their activation like jinzo does. however unfortunately the situation got ruled in the opponents favor instead due to trap "effects" of those activated cards remaining on the field even though they themselves are psychicly in the grave their affects remain on the place where activated. with monster effects this is ruled differently however like a skill drain not being able to stop a carcar d or rescue rabbit since they remove them self as cost and costs can still be paid. anyone reading feel free to correct my grammer and badly half assed inccorrect ruling at the end of my comment. mainly the flawed comparession of decreee vs traps being compared to skill drain vs monster effects.

[@TheNixedOne]

I thought it said oldest for a second. Which I wouldn't mind either.

[@rescuerex7031]

Me too

[@berk3494]

@@rescuerex7031 me 3

[@dracometeors3010]

Also 4 me

[@codenamePori]

And cards in this list is very old too. I just notice when video end.

[@gamerofthetime]

Me 4

[@AsherX9]

Top 10 BEATSTICKS TOP 10 WORST RITUAL MONSTER

[@runningoncylinders3829]

There are a lot of normie blueberry-vanilla Rituals like Javelin Beetle, Fortress Whale, Crab Turtle, Zera the Mant, and others that'd clog up the list. The original Black Luster Soldier was probably the best of these.

[@fuukatrice]

Nah the best vanilla ritual was the burger

[@lambsaucefinder7407]

Hungry burger

[@Deathkeeper43]

@@runningoncylinders3829 Top 10 worst non-vanilla rituals?

[@wickederebus]

@Springtrap Yugioh not necessarily, he could add points for style, meme quality, and history. Dokurorider being one of the earliest in the game, BLS being a first turn Blue-Eyes Burger being the meme it is, Litmus being a Chemistry joke

[@Goblinboy666]

Duel Logs: “Makyura the Destroyer will never come off the ban list” Makyura: “You underestimate my power”

[@asju4]

Makyura after the errata: "I've won... but at what cost?"

[@Goblinboy666]

@@asju4 “Everything.”

[@Prince_Eva_Huepow]

More like "You overestimate my power!"

[@MasterArchfiend]

Backup Soldier was a staple in Exodia decks. It let you use the normal pieces for cards like Graceful Charity so you can get them back after getting Exodia.

[@danielbakergill]

Ah, Breaker-- I played avidly in the early years when your deck was just a pile of awesome cards like Breaker.

[@bruffle8829]

kids nowadays: ok boomer

[@Heil_Seitan]

Breaker recently saw play as a one-of tech in an Endymion deck, where he ran it as searchable spot removal for floodgates.

[@danielbakergill]

Jose Gonzalez Could you elaborate? I haven't played in years, not since the Endymion constructed deck. Do the new Endymion cards use lots of spell counters like the old days?

[@l8631]

When you'd tribute your breaker after popping the counter for summoned skull so you could beat over jinzo. Ahh good times.

[@Heil_Seitan]

@@danielbakergill Endymion Magicians use lots more spell counters than the old decks and usually run a small engine of Mythical Beasts who also use spell counters. The big boss is Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic who nukes the board on summon.

[@ShadowBaofu]

Fifth Gadget was a thing on their release, called that because it was a 45 card deck and one fifth of it was gadgets. This was a dominant deck at the time because these cards immediately replaced themselves and you outgrinded your opponent by playing a ton of 1 for 1 removal (fissure, smashing ground, widespread ruin, sakuretsu, even hammer shot) and it basically felt silly to beat your opponent with a bunch of tiny floaters. I can't be sure but I think Injection Fairy Lily was also on the banlist because Magician's Circle was a battle trap that made both players summon a Spellcaster with 2000 or less ATK in attack position. And CORRECT me if I'm wrong, but if your opponent said they didn't have one, you were allowed to check their deck to verify they couldn't resolve the effect properly while you got a Fairy Lily straight from your deck.

[@melvinshine9841]

This is just a guess, but wouldn't people use Backup Soldier with Painful Choice in Exodia decks to put three pieces in their hand, hope someone chose to discard those pieces, then activate Backup Soldier to put those pieces right back into their hand? Or would shenanigans like that be more indicative of why Painful Choice will be exiled for all eternity? I can count on one hand the duels against actual humans I've ever had, so I wouldn't know.

[@yocelestia]

disagree about fairy lily. it was pretty much a staple in every deck when it was limited

[@FormerRuling]

I played competitively in early Yugioh (from Pre-ban list times, past the Chaos format) and Lily was never what I'd call a 'staple'.

[@kingofgames3431]

Lily was a staple for me. I played rat box in most decks I played during early yugioh. Giant rat creature swap into Lily direct was devasating

[@markmarkem1572]

Lol bro lily was a staple the day it came out and even after it got limited back in those days. It dealt with anything while getting under the trap hole cards at the time. Please find a deck list during that era that won and it wasn’t in it at all.

[@GobxLee]

Gadgets were pretty op when they came out. They were the top used deck in japan and used 1 for 1 cards like fissure, smashing ground, sakuretsu armor. It was an era of card advantage and they were always a +1. I remember shrink was huge and was the top prized card at shonen jump because it was op with gadgets

[@bodkimalone]

Side note: apprentice magician looks like a younger version of dark magician

[@victorlima875]

he is using a robe really similar to dark magician's, but dark magician has a purple hair I think, it could not be him. Edit: I did look and some cards Dark Magician's hair is blonde, so I don't know, could be him.

[@bodkimalone]

@@victorlima875 a younger version.

[@bodkimalone]

@@victorlima875 as you age sometimes your hair goes from blonde to brown/black,an example is my brother,and I speculated this as a joke tbh.

[@chrishansen1842]

@@bodkimalone Mahad. The original version of Dark Magician has brown hair. The conspiracy deepens.

[@bodkimalone]

@@chrishansen1842 mhm...it does

[@calvin8857]

Backup Soldier was limited because there was no reliable way to banish cards from your opponent's graveyard. Exodia players could dump exodia pieces in the GY with graceful charity or as defense position monsters to stall them pop backup soldier to win the game.

[@SeNs3NoEviL]

Drop off was hit because there was a lock with Tsukuyomi and Mask of Darkness. Emergency Provisions was used in Chain Burn which was actually pretty good at the time, it kept them in the game. Backup Soldier was used with Exodia.

[@Erick-lz1fx]

What about... Top 10 cards in the anime that were never brought to real life

[@gustavoneridesouza120]

after 1 year, i support this idea

[@drakath5727]

All I've gotta say to explain Injection Fairy Lily: Unstable Evolution. 5400 ATK per 2k LP. It could literally kill a five headed dragon at that point. And Unstable's downside still boosted the attack regardless.

[@volteer1332]

Except five headed dragon is immune to destruction by anything except light monsters

[@Dur_zo]

Lily pretty much countered/ greatly devalued 1/4+ of staple cards during her time which is why she saw play. Just to name a few: Mirror Force, Magic Cylinder, Ring of Destruction, Gravity Field, Level Limit - Area A, Reflect Bounder.... You get the idea, control was the name of the game and stall/burn cards saw a ton of play. Lily bypassed a lot of the stall cards and it never felt good having to "waste" a strong burn card such as Ring of Destruction on a mere Lily.

[@Giatosc]

The gadgets were actually an amazing deck back in the day. Imagine a deck with 2 of each gadget, some staples and a whole bunch of cards like fissure, smashing ground and soul taker in a deck. That was meta back then.

[@archmagemc3561]

Another thing you don't have for Injection Fairy Lily is that, during the TCG rulelist that it existed, it was the only card in the game that got around Honest, as it applied its effect the phase after you could use honest, but before monsters could be destroyed.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Honest wasn't even around when Fairy Lily was banned and Fairy Lily wasn't Meta relevant when Honest was released.

[@thesoulesssavior2017]

You fail to realize that in the early days of Yu-Gi-Oh lots of shops still did traditional format days limiting things like chick the yellow was important for those tournaments. They had traditional format days so that people would still buy the banned cards they had in the display case.

[@jessicamarshall1975]

As soon as Apprentice Magician appeared I knew it was the interaction with Breaker that got it semi-limited.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

That was one reason but being a good recruiter with good targets for the era (Magician of Faith, Old Vindictive Magician and even another copy of itself which were good back then)

[@maxrichard2244]

On a bit of a nostalgia kick here with Yugioh, and oh boy do I remember my brother having an Exodia deck using 2 or 3 Backup Soldier, 3 Magician of Faith, 3 Graceful Charity and 3 Pot of Greed (we played the 1st few years, loved seeing cards like Injection Fairy Lily, United we Stand, and Call of the Haunted here as well)

[@314walker]

You should do a list of top 10 cards people thought we're going to get banned or limited but never did.

[@dusttheotter4000]

I used to love Yu-Gi-Oh when I was in elementary and middle school. Then, it turned into “How do I defeat my opponent in the least number of turns possible” I have no desire to try Yu-Gi-Oh anymore. I don’t find strategies like that interesting. Good thing I still enjoy hearing about it.

[@hangfire5944]

thats how the game has always been but sure

[@sekaihunter9378]

How about top 10 archetypes that nobody know about?

[@mfznal-hafidz8592]

Majestic Mech

[@Kazuk.i]

@@mfznal-hafidz8592 Ojama Blue Eyes Chaos King (Ojama King x Blue Eyes Chaos Dragon)

[@sonofulti1859]

Gishki

[@akim1909]

Fabled

[@TheReptain]

Clear World

[@BlueRabbitKing]

Gadgets were not too popular here in the tcg But the ocg had a version of the deck called "5th gadget" where theyd play 45 cards, 9 gadgets and few other monsters to be able to consistently go turn after turn drawing spells and traps while keeping monster presence with the gadgets. It was the perfect japanese deck. And since we shared lists at the time, gadgets went to 2 on the banlist

[@exotichi3]

I searched up why the gadgets were semi limited, I found that they just swarm the field or just work well with other machine monsters

[@matthewgillis393]

For Backup soldier, I think another reason for that would be for Exodia decks, considering that you needed all 5 pieces to win automatically

[@supremeverdict359]

Ahh.. "The Interdimensional Prison" known as the Banlist.

[@chaddoom7993]

All the best cards are always treated like criminals!

[@zaphkieltokisaki596]

Gadgets are used sonetimes for Ancient Gear. Some Ag monsters have effects when you tribute summon them with Gadgets...

[@logan_wolf]

9:25 Pot of Avarice has an interesting looking 'stache, there.

[@shaynehughes6645]

Just a heads-up, I think it's supposed to be like the Japanese stereotype, not the German one.

[@AxisChurchDevotee]

I just noticed Pot Of Avarice has a Hitler mustache.

[@logan_wolf]

@@AxisChurchDevotee Nah, it's the Charlie Chaplin 'stache. Too bad they went outta style, though.

[@Atmapalazzo]

16:11 Oh I remember saying that... until I suffered the rush down of IFL.

[@Epsilon514]

With Injection Fairy Lily people were combining her with Fairy Meteor Crush to inflict piercing damage and comboing very well with Gravity Bind/Messenger of Peace to seal off your opponents attacks and allow her to attack since her effect doesn't go off till the damage step

[@ace-trainer-aj]

Rebecca Hawkings was annoying because of that combo. Injection Fairy Lily's LP cost works very well when you use a LP stall deck.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

@@ace-trainer-aj Nightmare Troubadour Rebecca used Gravity Bind with Servant of Catabolism, and I made sure to leave the Copycat or some other Level 3 card(s) in my deck in case she came up.

[@ace-trainer-aj]

@@runningoncylinders3829 The thing about Rebecca is every single freaking card in her Deck is tailor made to annoy you to no end. Level 4 or higher monsters? Take a Gravity Bind. Level 3 or lower monsters? Taste Mirror Force. Have the upper hand? Eat a Lightning Vortex. Going for a direct attack? Scapegoat will stop you. Attacking a facedown monster? D.D. Warrior Lady says hello. Using Dust Tornado to get rid of Gravity Bind? Seven Tools of the Bandit says "MUDA MUDA MUDA" at your strategy.

[@Mystwarrior1]

emergency provisions was a perfect combo with mirage of nightmare. that combo even made it to the GX series. what pisses me off is how GX uses a lot of cards/combos that were on the ban list. i literally had a drinking competition where me and my friends drank every time pot of greed was played.

[@jakrispysunshine5844]

I remember the days when gadgets and shrink deck was tier 1 for one format. I'm pretty sure the semi limits was for that specific format before power creep emerge.

[@TehWhiteTiger]

Yeah it was. Everyone played 2/3 sets then just shiz tons of 1 for 1 removal cards.

[@SamLabbato]

I love reading the comments on this video, where people around during those formats can actually explain why they were really on the banlist

[@joshuadickerson9176]

Limiting A - Assault Core for one format was so silly and should’ve been on this list

[@Battleguild]

Injection Fairy Lily was banned for 2 reasons: 1. It was an easy way to get rid of an opponent's bigger monsters with little loss if the deck had some life gain to compensate. 2. IFL was brutal when given piercing effects and could trample over flip effect monsters which had very low defense at the time.

[@shawnli4746]

They hit Drop Off at the same time as Time Seal because they thought the Tsukuyomi lock would work with Drop Off as well. How wrong they were

[@daveinspiration7333]

backup soldier was only useful for Exodia... it was strong with Painful Choice

[@martinbaraldilobe3334]

Drop off just happened to be near the broken gang when the banlist police arrived

[@l8631]

I actually got drop off in my first LoD pack all them years ago. I put it in purely cos it was a new shiny card. Was never any good unless you luckily hit a jinzo or something

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@l8631 Hand control decks and being able to deny your opponent a draw helped. Keep in mind Forceful Sentry, Delinquent Duo and Confiscation weren't banned at this time, not to mention Yata-Garasu came out in that same set as Drop Off.

[@johnh8546]

I remember running a relenquished hand control deck circa 2005 and doing really really well on the local scene. That deck would be way too slow now, but card advantage was the name of the game back then. Even though hand control was loosing popularity by then.

[@hairypancake]

I love when you find a side-channel, clicked on this video having never heard of this channel and immediately thought "I know that voice!".

[@wanted1995sully]

Crazy how 67.5% of viewers don't give a h*ck

[@xaoc6084]

I remember playing from 2004-2009 good times those were.

[@reafirilluminutty5857]

BUT!!

[@AnggaTangerang]

Number 1 : *Pot of Greed* Still banned even people don't know what it does.

[@skw333831]

1 for 2?

[@DarkCT]

unban pot of greed.

[@astralguardian5930]

It is basically a +1 for the user, *for absolutely free*

[@DarkCT]

@@astralguardian5930 i hear that exact statement about a lot of cards these days. then that basically free card gets ashed.

[@frozenbinarystudio]

WHAT DOES IT DO???

[@cartman414]

Drop Off was banned for the "poor man's Yata lock" combo with Tsukuyomi and Mask of Darkness. Time Seal was the alternate, only differing in that the latter is still banned.

[@rfatih95]

Man i miss those period when the duels were “slow”

[@rickkcir2151]

To be fair they’re still slow, mostly because each turn takes 10 minutes for the player to look through their deck 6 times.

[@iiiDandudeiii]

Would be a bit faster if they just shuffled there deck at end of turn instead of seeking a card shuffle then seek another card using effects shuffle and so on

[@mellowasiam]

Same.

[@mellowasiam]

@@rickkcir2151 This is why being able to have too many actions in a turn is bad.

[@ang47]

I avoid pendullums and synchro on purpose. Or endless special summons. I just use tribute summons, or fusion and xyz. Simple, old yugioh. Still beat the crap out of the so called "meta" . True, sometimes I lose in like 2 turns, but what's the fun winning so fast

[@Avatar56773]

TheDuelLogs: banning emergency provisions makes no sense. Random commenter who actually knows what they’re talking about: Because Mirage of Nightmare

[@Mike-fv4ms]

Makyura should come back to make traps relevant again :0

[@btf_flotsam478]

I mean, you could then use Solemn Judgement (Limited) to pay half your life points to act as a stronger version of Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring or Effect Veiler (both Unlimited). Seriously, it's surprising that they are Unlimited and no-one's asking if they should be banned, while Solemn Judgement is Limited.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@btf_flotsam478 Solemn Judgment is unlimited. Also Makyura is back and has been errata'd with tougher conditions and a limit on the amount of Traps you can use as hand Traps.

[@josephmay852]

The only card I understand is fairy injection lily. And that cause of Rebecca Chambers on the ygo Ds game. Cause she was literally the worst

[@cutekitty1212]

I have an Egyptian god card. It says on the card that it can't be used in a duel.

[@ShiakKazim35]

Only against your good friends :DDD

[@fernandosano7598]

If it's "Winged Dragon of Ra" I see why... You won't want to use it

[@rogueboner8138]

Ahhh yugimanz. I remember when you used to get to play if you got stuck going second. Now you just proceed to game 2 v.v

[@Jason0binladen]

You have no idea why they banned back up soldier do you? I've only seen it used in Exodia decks

[@KernelCory]

I don’t watch a lot of 20 minutes but I enjoy these having never played competitively in the old days

[@Play-On7]

Wow seeing cards I actually went up against in a list feels pretty unreal. Old Yu-Gi-Oh was a completely different game in both game play and card design. And good choice on the background music it brought me to tears as I remembered the old days.

[@thomasfox1959]

I thought Backup Soldier was limited due to exodia decks running a muck or something. I’ve been out of the game too long to know but find your videos fun to watch how it evolved

[@silvermyr3268]

Okay, let's try again: How about a video on the best Trap Cards ever printed? The tagline for this game is "You activated my Trap Card," after all.

[@SwoleTommyPickles]

it’s actually “it’s time to duel”

[@Drakorre]

Solemn judgment Sixth sense Exchange of the spirit

[@knightshousegames]

Ah yes, I remember in the title sequence of the anime when Yami goes "You a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-activated my Trap Card!"

[@boraaksitozgun9912]

@@Drakorre you dissin mah boi Royal Friggin Oppression?

[@prickayeey8420]

Early yugioh Employee: which card should we ban? Konami: ban all of them

[@danielcardozo9083]

4:10 “Protector of the shrine”

[@dragonfire7354]

Just what he does on weekends. Turns out protecting the sanctuary doesn't pay very well for the long hours.

[@chaddoom7993]

Completely useless card. It should be banned just for having no purpose! LOL

[@pugness]

When I was a kid everyone played injection fairy lily and I was so jealous

[@nivek.arevir]

Maybe do something like "Top 10 Cards That Can Get an Errata".

[@TheDuelLogs]

I like that idea

[@GatorRay]

I can name two cards that can get an errata to make their effects a HOPT. Substitoad & Firewall Dragon.

[@korisucks7363]

give an errata to Majespecter Unicorn - Kirin so that its effect only works if you target another Majespecter monster you control instead of any pendulum monster

[@dillonking5774]

Backup soldier was used in a slow format to make exodia more consistent, painful choice Dumo 3 peices get them back with soldier it was easy to pull off

[@Diabl0Mask]

How about top 10 decks that are easy to use for inexperienced players.

[@DanielFlores-fo1ee]

Great suggestion 👍 Hope he sees this.

[@Borko781]

mystic mine lmao

[@andrewhunt7328]

@@Borko781 I find magician deck to be pretty user friendly

[@kimyona9746]

Nah. True Draco

[@a66cc]

D/D/D i think

[@matthewlinker7138]

Offering turbos the gadgets out then they were tribute fotter, for the big boy Ancient Gears. Just an FYI

[@finners4465]

“I’m chick the yellow I’m 6foot when I jump” best line in GX

[@mitazil]

Dude, Backup Soldier were used on Exodia combos