Top 10 Best Floodgates from Classic YGO

[@HektorMD]

I still remember stoping a Jinzo and a BLS Envoy with a single Swords of revealing light. It gave me enough time to dark hole and attack for game with the double-attack Hayabuza. Man I miss the good old Yugioh days.

[@xarmanhsh2981]

Goated

[@transroid93]

As a Gravekeeper's main, I LOVE seeing Necrovalley get the respect it deserves.

[@novamaster9645]

So are we not doing intros anymore?

[@Venom-cd7tw]

he became lazy

[@spartanq7781]

​@@Venom-cd7twNear 30 minute long video with tons of research and testing necessary is lazy now? Ok Mr. Hot Shot.

[@Tirgo69]

You know you made it when you got haters in the comments still giving watch time 😂

[@baggelissonic]

To be fair. His older intros were word salads most of the time. Also, it risks losing engagement. In any case, I still think it would be nice to at least explain what floodgates are at the start

[@bankylaw3745]

WHAT UP! IT'S YS BOI....SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON AND SUBSCRIBE! hope that helps

[@michaelguinnee-sh9xd]

The crazy thing about Obama king is that it will break duel links if they release ojamagic, since it would lead to an incredibly consistent lock down deck with the Ohara country skill.

[@sowhazupguy]

I recognize and appreciate that you only spelled ojama correctly once.

[@FordGuattari-dn9jd]

“Obama king” He wasn’t quite a king, but you aren’t TOO far off.

[@KiwiHavok777]

obama king👑

[@edgydoggo8647]

W

[@cammike10]

It'd be a good April 1st one day release, drop it like it's gonna stay and let it be osama day

[@BeaglzRok1]

As someone that's enjoyed Necrovalley since Structure Deck Marik, it's very frustrating to face Yubel and likely more decks that can get things out of the graveyard as cost rather than effect, such as by summoning Phantom of Yubel. We've already had to get an errata to stop things in the graveyard from getting themselves out, at this rate it'll have to be buffed to say "cards in the graveyard are unaffected by other cards and effects" and then every Gravekeeper's card that can't be negated by Necrovalley gets errata'd as well.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Joey winning a ritual monster, but not its required ritual spell 🤣

[@TheMeteoDragoon]

Not to mention he could of won an egyptian god if he played number 6 on the list.

[@keyblademasterclark]

​@@TheMeteoDragoonif it weren't for marik using shadow magic Joey would have won

[@Skolladrum]

​@@TheMeteoDragoonin the manga he did summon Jinzo but got Lava Golem'd by Marik

[@kyuubinaruto17]

@@keyblademasterclark I see people say this all the time, but they always ignore that Marik only played the way he did BECAUSE of the shadow magic. Marik deliberately held back on multiple turns because he wanted Joey to suffer more. He never intended to win by bringing Joey's life points to zero. Even in a theoretical scenario where it wasn't a shadow duel and it went exactly the same until the final turn, Marik simply wouldn't have revived Ra with Monster Reborn. He either would have summoned back his unkillable for three turns monster to buy time to draw an out, or summon back Lava Golem and risk the life point drain to out Joey's biggest monster.

[@aleeceb4993]

don't you do intros anymore? The Divine Monsters video also had such a cold open, it feels really weird, to be honest

[@lordofcrows]

Yeah I kinda miss them already

[@Elchlord]

I can imagine that he planed tomadd the videos toma supercut later and simply forgot to add the intropart to the single video

[@lordofcrows]

@@Elchlord So we are assuming that both of these videos had the same error? Because in the newest video, there is an intro

[@Elchlord]

@@lordofcrows This makes my idea even more likely

[@SlimShady-tc5mb]

Horus + King Dragun was my main deck back in the days, it's so good to use

[@dinopower901]

Imagine if they made Imprisoning Mirror's for the other elements like the Barrier Statues. Bet we'd be seeing the fire one a lot right now

[@thema1622]

That would at least lead to a meta with decks that have 2+ attributes or where we have at least some other option than the tier 0 mono-attribute. For example you would see Snake eyes and Umi control being "Evenly matched" for some time before something else with wind element is released, which is amazing a diverse meta is always more fun. The only real downside I can see to printing imprisoning mirrors is that all side-decks would include at least one copy of each. Which is bad for the game, example being Maxx C forcing MD players to use more than a quarter of their decks to nullify his existence. But also... Why would you not have any Anti backrow in your deck? Specially now that Twin twisters is also a setup card for gy.

[@larryla6121]

​@@thema1622trap eater side meta

[@yuricahere]

there's basically a wind version called Poisonous Winds. but as neat as the idea is, the game needs less floodgates, not more.

[@Loli-Knight]

@@yuricahere Not really. Floodgates are everywhere and anywhere these days and continue to get made because the pace of the game has long since become absolute lunacy. For countless years now the object of the game, in essence, has been to essentially keep your opponent from playing as much as possible because there's simply too much a player can do at any given time. Whether you like them or not, floodgates aren't going anywhere until the game itself receives either some sort of reset, or a massive overhaul of the rules.

[@MarkWhiteartist]

The fast moving transition background that just keep going from 6:26 was giving me anxiety lol

[@nathanielzuranski]

There's a new Goat deck that's using the Horus engine and it's doing pretty good. It just took some more thought on how to make it work.

[@EuroMIX2]

As a Horus enjoyer, I'd be interested to see if you could point me in the right direction. KZbin has been fussy about links recently, so feel free to just tell me what keywords to search for if that helps.

[@TurntOddish]

​@@EuroMIX2 I see a GOAT Format one posted by "The Retro Expert" 5 years ago as the most recent post about this deck for GOAT Format.

[@clericofchaos1]

Skill drain and necrovalley can still have a lot of impact on the game. You also have Vanity's fiend, which when paired with jinzo and horus (or a similar combination) means you win. Idk if vanity stops handtraps but stopping all special summons is awesome in the modern meta...i have Jinzo and Vanity in my old Monarch deck.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

5:18 So, this card would be A LOT stronger IF Facedown monsters were more relevant… Allow me to make a “Morganite” style card that does just that: _An Age of Hidden Dangers_ Spell Card _For the rest of this Duel, apply the following effects._ _⚫️Monsters can be Normal Set in Facedown Attack Position, and Normal Summoned in Face-up Defense Position._ _⚫️During their Main Phase, the turn player can conduct up to 2 Normal Sets per turn, in addition to their Normal Summon/Set._ _⚫️During the End Phase, If a Player Flip Summoned a Flip Monster this turn; They can Normal Set or Special Summon Facedown 1 Flip Monster from their hand, Deck or GY._ _You can banish this card from your hand or GY, then Banish 1 card from your hand Facedown: Draw 1 card for every 2 Facedown cards you control._

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

2 vids in one day? What’s the occasion?

[@Alexalibur13]

Shifter limit broke him

[@spartanq7781]

​@@Alexalibur13What?

[@FOXZILLA5734]

Skill Drain is such an powerful card that even Jaden was severely crippled when Trueman used it against him.

[@Raziel543]

As true fan of Ygo since it's release i support your work, Love your video keep it❤💯👌

[@F1ghtGam3r]

I wanna point out that Judgeman was surprisingly not affected by the swords in episode 1

[@Lucarivyle]

The ruled it differently on the anime back then, they counted only the monsters that were on the field during the activation.

[@keyblademasterclark]

SORL in s1 worked differently. There were plenty of times where a monster would be summoned after the activation and would be able to attack

[@jackbradley6720]

Saw someone with a branded ojama deck on MBT’s dueltaining series cheat out ojama king and knight turn one to fully lock the opponents monster zones

[@ariavachier-lagravech.6910]

Logs whimsical intros is what made sleeping to his videos easier imo

[@nathanchristman6660]

How did mystic mine not make this list? It's literally the greatest floodgate of all time and the only one that will be on the ban list forever.

[@uuh4yj43]

old school is in the title

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Top 10 archetypes, based on other properties

[@Nerobyrne]

Shout-out to Starlight Accelerator, where you could hack the game so you coul put Speed World into your deck. This floodgated all spell cards except itself. Combined with Jinzo, it was a turn one full lockdown 😮

[@Thos_Draken]

There is a new deck coming out that likes to banish itself instead of going to the graveyard.It's going to be the Allison wonderland deck.It's still in japanese right now , but eventually it will probably find its way here over in america

[@grovesy333]

My favourite old school monster that’s a floodgate is jinzo it’s way too good and it was hilarious dropping it

[@gavinerickson9392]

Chazz turbo is a crazy deck the gets out the Armed Dragon Cannon, A to Z Dragon Buster Cannon, and multiple Ojama Fusions, not very good but has a crazy floodgate and high ceiling.

[@johnboona4048]

Limit Level Area B, One Day of Peace, and Vanity's Emptiness hated those cards lol

[@Thos_Draken]

There's the Effect Hourus that's not a Hold on quote level requirement.Instead, you can tribute some of it has a similar effect.Except you get to choose not Opponent I think.

[@malrofo]

I run Horus Lvl 8 in duel links. I most often get it out with mirror wall on my opponents turn when they crash into lvl4 or lvl6. About half the time i get a forefit

[@lebenskaputt]

I ran it for a while playing Over the Nexus, combining it with Royal Decree, AND IT WAS BRUTAL. I rarely pulled off both of them together though and only once I really needed this combo to save me. All other times it was a mere win more combo.

[@raynightshade8317]

Man i want a Necrovalley Deck for Master Duel

[@GodlikeCreationz]

There we go

[@TheStyler2710]

It's a cold winter night, you drive a lonely country road. Suddenly from the backseat: "RISING TO START THIS LIST OFF-" Goddamnit DuelLogs would you please at least give me an intro?

[@DavidTabakian]

GRAVEKEEPERS MENTIONED ‼️‼️‼️

[@blacklady6098]

No, last warrior from another planet?

[@Itama22]

Few people know of it's existence, yet it probably has one of the most powerful effects in the game. I'd love to see him on this list too.

[@ryu411]

Eradicator Epidemic Virus in Lair of Darkness is amazing! Tributing *their* monster to activate and resolve EEV is so disrespectful, and I love it!

[@Jhizzle2495]

Horus is real easy to get out, it’s killing it in goat format

[@Eternal_Genin]

I went into a duel tournament back in Arizona the year guardians deck came out and nobody was ready for how they lock down GY bounce cards from monster zones and summon each other out. Very oppressive for old school ygo

[@Nepu_Nep]

Virus cards are also super strong with the lair of darkness archetype.

[@arrownoir]

Floodgates are the lifeblood of Yugi-oh!

[@Possiblekim]

Horus died out not becasue of too slow to bring it out. It is because a certain Spell Speed Level 4. People would used it as a target to bring out our the Five headed Dragon or other etc.

[@Goku-zu3rk]

Silent Magician lvl 7 is actually the better spell floodgate, because it doesn't activate and negates cards like droplet, dark ruler no more and super poly. And it's also easier to summon.

[@omniwolf1877]

Since we're talking about floodgates and you seem to be familiar with YGO in different forms of media, how about Top 10 Floodgates for Anime/Manga Decks, ranked around when the card came out, how generic it is, and how much plot armor said character would need to destroy it.

[@MattiaMMM]

Wrong time stamp

[@KoffeeKitten]

I love every duel logs video

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

0:01 Idea for a mashup of the Horus and Hieratic archetypes (because both are some of YuGiOh’s MANY Egyptian themed archetypes.) _Horus - Hieratic Dragon of the Black Flame_ (LIGHT) Level 8 Dragon/Xyz/Effect 3+ Level 8 monsters _This card’s original attribute is always also FIRE. While you control a face-up “King's Sarcophagus”, You can also Xyz summon this card by using 2 or more “Horus” and/or “Hieratic” monsters you control as materials (Transfer their materials to this card). During the beginning of each turn, declare 1 card type (Monster/Spell/Trap): For the rest of the turn, cards of the declared type that would be banished are instead attached to this card. If a card is activated (Quick Effect), you can detach 1 material from this card: Negate the activation, and if you do, banish it. If this card with 3 or more materials leaves the field by an opponent’s card or effect: Add to your hand or shuffle into your deck 1 card you possess that mentions “Horus” or “Hieratic” in it’s name or text._ ATK/3000 DEF/1800 THERE, it’s an Xyz like the Hieratics, while it also pays homage to the OG LV 8 Black Flame Dragon in its effects and stats.

[@CyberStein619]

Imperial order anyone ?

[@Brendanj101]

I dont remember, but that might be on the list of cards he no longer uses in videos because otherwise it would always show up.

[@brotherhood7596]

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

[@BigBossIsBack]

We got time to record a food ad but we ain't got time to record a 30 second intro

[@Tampisaaw]

there's a Spell Canceller Monster Card counterpart of Jinzo

[@12Salamence]

Level up does not work on Horus level 6 because it’s unaffected by spells. You can’t summon level 8 that way.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

8:27 Idea for an improved version of this card that can negate any single attribute per turn while making itself immune to the effects of monsters with said attribute, BUT you’d have to tribute a monster with that attribute first: _Element-Imprisoning Mirror_ Continuous Trap _Tribute 1 card Monster from your hand or field; For the rest of the turn, Negate the effects of all monster with the same attribute(s) as that Tribute activated on the field, in the GY, or from Banishment, and also, this card is unaffected by the effects of Monsters of that Attribute(s). You can only use this effect of “Element-Imprisoning Mirror” once per turn._ So it’s more costly, and has an OPT the originals lacked, but also more flexible and thorough in what it does, being able to affect monsters that are banished while also being immune to monsters of the attributes it’s negating.

[@druxx-wl1hd]

Can you make more duel links videos? I really like them.

[@W007itsTyler]

mate the background on Swords of Revealing Light hurts

[@Did_No_Wrong]

Floodgates. The one card type I hate in Yugioh and the type that Konami gives to support old archetypes instead of making them good. God knows getting such down by Umi is torture

[@Loli-Knight]

I mean, that's really not why they continually get made or used. They keep getting made because the entire focus of Yugioh now (and for many years prior) has been focused on keeping your opponent from playing as much as possible because players can simply do too much at any given moment. The pace of the game has long since gotten out of hand, and Konami is well-aware. They wouldn't keep on making things that screw with the pacing otherwise. Floodgates, love or hate them, will continue to get printed and used until the game receives some sort of reset, or a massive overhauling of the rules to slow the pace down. Until that time they're here to stay.

[@Submissive-Soul]

you ever kick ball through brick wall?

[@BurgerBoss875]

bro so successful he doesn't want to do intros anymore

[@Blackwingdesigns]

I’m okay with OP flood gates if…they’re hard to summon like Horus

[@anonamos225]

Then you get cards like Rhongo and VFD. I prefer if Floodgates have an upkeep, affect both players, and cannot attack, so you still need to play another card to actually win the game. I think the purpose of floodgates should be to slow down the game and alter the way your opponent plays, but if a powerful card just also happens to prevent your opponent from playing for free and doesn't affect you at all then what's the point?

[@coolerjr]

I've filled this modern error of yugioh.Metamorphosis doesn't need to be banned anymore.But that's just my opinion of someone who grew up playing old school Yu-Gi-Oh

[@saigaryuu7565]

2 video in one day ?

[@marcorodriguez8792]

Poor blue ghost. Always ignored...

[@Meddling_Mage]

so cool!

[@deiansalazar140]

Is the fact you made two videos a day today reference to floodgates? Also you need sleep pls pin me to have good dreams

[@redlox2]

This will be a fun video! Who doenst love floodgates lol?

[@lionofthebluevale7170]

If there was a way to turbo out horus it would still be a ggood floodgate, a one sided imperial order?

[@staren1991]

how can you mention Swords of Revealing Light without mentioning the duel vs Panik ? it was after all the card that held Castle of Dark Illusion floating even after its "flotation device" was destroyed by Catapult Cannon :P

[@ShadowDeathG]

Heck yeah

[@DatAsuna]

Is the cold open just an oversight by the editor? Cause the timestamps are all off as well, perhaps an intro's worth of "off" even.

[@fumoffu_l]

Had to skip Swords due to the flashing backgrounds.

[@GeordoStuartClaes]

Too bad, Ojama got beaten by everyone

[@curval5413]

Havent we seen this video before?

[@ryubreathoffire1]

No Gravity Bind?

[@b3productions974]

More like the WACK flame dragon! Am I right folks?

[@tdarkhorse4]

uh so the hello fresh ad kinda screwed up the chapters...

[@CharlesGreen-u2d]

Thanks for sharing such valuable information! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

[@mrbondtux4987]

So, the infamous Mystic Mine wasn't classic after all.

[@kingbouncer1314]

DIRECTLY diving in. I am loving it, keep it up!

[@leojamesquiambao1047]

Top 10 Worst classic cards 7: Ancient Sanctuary, or Top 10 Worst Warrior type monsters. Or Worst monsters that cannot be normal summoned or set For the non top 10 list: The Unknown side of Yu-Gi-Oh: Beasts of the Colliseum featuring Gladiator Beasts

[@artydomi2466]

No more intros to your videos?

[@HuntersGamingx]

Ahhh quick question…Can shadow imprisoning mirror negate jinzos effect.

[@snootydooty3543]

No

[@Thos_Draken]

Dark Hourus

[@raynightshade8317]

Really early for once

[@KageNoTenshi]

I recently started domain monarch so… domain as well as either of the fiends don’t even get a mention? No special summoning or no special summoning from extra deck basically say NO to modern Yugioh decks

[@humanyoutubeuser]

Joshua Schmidt origin story

[@Ishogamble]

I run Messenger of Peace in Yubel just to guarantee only I can attack

[@Devasterium]

Is Vanity’s fiend not considered classic Yugioh?

[@benediktmuellner1124]

When the game was the best

[@hoangthanhlam1584]

can we summon horus lv8 with waking the dragon ?

[@snootydooty3543]

No

[@zerocalvin]

please dont reminds me of horus lockdown, the combination of horus dragon lv. 8 and royal decree \ Jinzo still give me nightmare.

[@AlexanderMadolche]

Why didn't royal oppression make this list? 😮

[@blaqkkatt7994]

No shifter?

[@Alsyoutubeaccount]

The judgmental tone of your constant critics bothers me as this content is free, but I do wonder why no intro. Just a short intro to the topic adds a lot.

[@Nonnerb69]

Wow ad break in the middle of a sponsored ad. How lovely

[@KirblOwO]

What happened with this video?? No Intro and the timestamps are completly wrong.

[@DM-zi2up]

Imperial Order?

[@evilreiko]

Level Limit Area B

[@scorpionsapprentice3248]

swords and the virus cards are not really floodgates as they are lingering effects that only last a few turns. to be a floodgate, it needs to remain as a continuous effect that can remain indefinitely on the field regardless of cost. horus level 8 is technically not a floodgate because the negation is optional. the virus cards are removal effects but don't shut down activations or effects.

[@Loli-Knight]

Objectively incorrect. A floodgate is anything designed with the intent to slow down OR stop specific actions or a match in general, which all of the cards you mentioned do.

[@scorpionsapprentice3248]

@@Loli-Knight except that can be any single turn stun card which is not the case such as with lancea or dimensional shifter. those are not floodgates. they are single turn stun cards. floodgates are indefinite multi-turn card effects that cannot responded to (once active) in which they limit or shut down plays.

[@scorpionsapprentice3248]

swords is floodgate like, but it is still technically not a floodgate as it is a temporary effect. horus is not a continuous effect and you can chain to its effect negation unlike silent swordman level 7. virus cards can still trigger graveyard activation effects when they are drawn. also the wiki lists it as a continuous effect.

[@uuh4yj43]

​@@scorpionsapprentice3248 dimensional shifter is 100% a floodgate, the name implies it slows down the flood, any card that does so is a floodgate. your definition of floodgate is not used widely in the community, and as floodgate isnt an official card type but an agreed upon category of card, you are wrong.

[@scorpionsapprentice3248]

@@uuh4yj43 yugipedia lists a floodgate as a continuous effect. shifter only lasts for one turn. if the effect remained as long as it was in the graveyard then yes it would be a floodgate. the reason shifter is a problematic card is because of how your opponent can activate it before you make a move and its lingering effect remaining for a whole turn is costly. it is no different than cold wave shutting down plays for one turn.

[@SirPreyas]

👍

[@rbhandlechange]

Are these made with AI?

[@daikatarokamegawa542]

Dude, you really, REALLY need to switch your background effects. First one wasn't so bad, but swords of revealing light? That shit was horribly distracting and disorienting, and shadow mirror wasn't that much better.

[@midnighttheumbreon]

Obama king 💀 lmao

[@Semmeltaube]

I clicked on the video when it was posted 49 seconds ago, that‘s a record.