Top 10 FTK Decks in Yugioh's History (Decks That Win On Your First Turn)

[@UltimaShadowX]

The timing of this video as Ronintoadin gets banned and Subsitoad is freed is pretty hilarious.

[@hakimdhaou]

It's more or less pouring Salt in an open wound...

[@TheFikFikri]

@@Laszlo_Vasko me as a paleo frog player, honestly i would suffer, as ronintoadin such a good combo extender in my deck

[@shaymincar]

@@Laszlo_Vasko if roanin was erratad to a hard once, it would hurt pure frog builds, but would mean sprights would still get the same value out of the toad engine as they always have.

[@Kylora2112]

@@hakimdhaou Ronin is the problem card (and a problem in Spright). Substitoad is fine without Ronin.

[@Average_CoD_Clips]

I used to main Frog Monarchs as back in 2006ish. RIP Ronin.

[@bsgfan1]

The irony of Exodia is that it also doubles as a balance warning. Like you said, it’s always one card away from being viable. So whenever Exodia starts seeing play, Konami knows some draw card or engine needs nerfing.

[@NotSpecialDude]

I think most if not all the "alternate win" cards are balance warnings. Final Countdown, Destiny Board, Holactie, Jackpot 7, and so on are all impractical but have the capability to be practical. So if you ever see these cards make waves in the meta, it means there is a card that is seriously busted.

[@roncerjani9063]

@@NotSpecialDude I agree for the rest, but Holactie? Konami can't make that card see play even if they wanted do. I mean, look at what lengths they're going to make individual God cards remotely playable. Slifer got a trap version of anime Cards of Sanctity for God's sake.

[@NotSpecialDude]

@@roncerjani9063 Yeah, but if history has taught us anything, Yu gi oh players don't limit themselves to Archetype when it comes to breaking the game. Nightingale caused a ton of FTKs and none of them required using Lyriluscs. And Crystrons have never been relevant but everyone knows of the archtype's Link, Halqifibrax. I'm just saying, Holactie were to become playable. It wouldn't be because the Gods became playable, it would be because a card or combination of cards were made to get around that restriction. Plus on the off chance that an engine can cheat out all three gods in one turn, that would be pretty OP.

[@captainmunchlax4808]

@@NotSpecialDude you literally have to bring out all three god cards for Holactie though, seeing as there’s no way to cheat it out(like with a wild monster appears or something)AND it requires that you tribute three monsters who’s ORIGINAL names are those of the three god cards, so sure it is possible, it always has been, but unless they print a card that allows you to summon all three gods in one turn, gives you extra normal summons, AND allows you to search out holactie ALL in one turn, it’ll never be viable as a win condition

[@dudono1744]

@@captainmunchlax4808 holactile is a special summon no need for extra normal summon

[@Jaice00]

It says Frist in the thumbnail lmao

[@sowhazupguy]

Frist Trun Klil!!

[@Budasac]

I can’t believe DuelLogs would do this 😔😣

[@safehouse432]

New list idea top 10 duellogs bloopers

[@roto469]

It’s for flavor.

[@Alexalibur13]

Even the Duel Logs is writing first so fast he got it wrong. Comment section moment.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

The Supreme King OTK was banned before Verte Anaconda was introduced into the game. Effectively the way you would enable the OTK was by using Instant Fusion (usually searched by Gate Zero and Infinity) to get out Nightingale and linking it off with Electrumite for Zeframetaltron before Pendulum summoning the 4 material needed for both Supreme King Servants to copy lyrilusc to burn for 4000 a piece. The deck usually bought out Electrumite turn 1 via Supreme King Darkwurm (which could search Gate Infinity or Zero) or Astrograph/Chronograph Sorcerer to bring out the other Magician. Usually the Gate monsters in the extra deck would act as material for the Supreme King. Yet Konami rather than hit the issue cards, instant fusion and nightingale decided to hit Supreme King Starving instead.

[@danielak1666]

I think Nightingale hit is enough. Without broken fusion monster to go to, instan fusion is not that dangerous at 1 or 2

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

@@danielak1666 You know what I'll agree with that. I actually like Instant as a one of utility card rather than a crutch enabler for combo abuse so seeing it at 1 is honestly fine with me + it is fairly searchable. Nightingale can die in a fire though, copy and paste effects were never an issue until this card showed up.

[@danielak1666]

@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective actually copying monster from grave already a problem since synchro era. Infernity did abuse that kind of trick to mass an advantage and even hand loop. But consistent way to do ftk burn is something else tough

[@birdmanjon]

For more context, the ftk was in early 2018. Electrumite was one of about three good Link monsters in the game at that point. Not only did we not have the Knightmares yet, we had only had ONE good Link-focused deck in Spyral. We were more than two years away from Verte

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

@@danielak1666 Oh you mean One-Hundred Eyed Dragon? Going to be honest I actually forgot about him. I won't disregard what your saying about the FTK burn though that was so hilariously consistent and TBH if even if you couldn't get all the material there was nothing wrong with using 1 SKSV to copy lyrilusc and use it a MASSIVE beater that was unaffected by other card effects and had piercing. I guess what I'm getting at is you're only as good as the cards you're copying. Phantom Of Chaos was pulling this trick off way earlier and I don't recall any such degeneracy with it.

[@Hugelag]

I have suggestions: Top 10 splashable extra deck monsters for each type Top 10 worst mill cards Best Story cards part 2 Top 10 cards that show actual cards Top 10 stall cards. Top 10 generic pendulum cards. Top 10 special conditions in the games. More Rescue Rabbit, please.

[@allmight2679]

And maybe also "Top 10 Number Monsters"

[@jeromejordanstan4308]

Rescue Rabbit Adventures part 4!!!!!

[@robertoschirmer5530]

@@allmight2679 And at Number 10 we have Number 10: Illumiknight. This is a Rank 4 XYZ monster with...

[@nathanaeljosephkristian7616]

@@allmight2679 shockmaster, rhongo

[@RaceBandit]

@@jeromejordanstan4308 | Probably got derailed by a banlist/errata update.

[@shadowofsunderedstar679]

Just make sure you don't forget about chicken game when you're about to do the final burn in Gishki FTK ;)

[@nattapakniranittikul]

Lyrilusc/Ghostrick FTK is also viable. Assuming that you don't get inturupted by some hand trap then it is consistent enough. But even if you can't pull off FTK you can still end in a good typical board to play in normal way too.

[@Apalapan97]

As I understand it, the Exodia FTK is a good tool to measure how broken an engine is: if the Exodia FTK becomes a little too consistent, then something has to be banned.

[@LORDMEHMOODPASHA]

Honorable mention for Meteor Black Comet Dragon Inferno Fireblast FTK, if your opponent doesn't have an Ash Blossom and you open with a single copy of Red-Eyes Fusion and 2 copies of Inferno Fireblast magic cards and you run at least two copies of Red-Eyes Black Dragon, 8,200 points of burn damage. Red-Eyes Insight makes this even more possible.

[@HarveyDangerLurker]

Played this once lost game one to FTK, won game two because Dark Law shuts it down, game 3 yes Ash Blossom.

[@Wolf_Nations]

Oh yes, I lost to that once, i had lots of cards that cuold stop it.... but none of them in hand

[@simonpetrikov3992]

Prosperity also help this also

[@randomcatname7792]

Honestly that should be number one, it doesn't rely on broken banned stuff and is actually very consistent (assuming they don't stop it)

[@Preceyese-Seyeght]

made in DUEL LINKS, FTK/OTK with "Hayabusa Knight" and "Armed Samurai Ben Kei". I thought; "hey, Links has only 4000LP, time for some beat down FTK/OTK's. I was right, i reached LEGEND Rank, with classic deck. Only newer cards were Drowning Mirror Force and Power Of The Guardians. Hayabusa Knight + Axe Of Despair = GAME (lot of times, opponents dont play a card in their opening turn, i use that opportunity) Either Ben Kei or Hayabusa, i have both in my deck. I only use 2 cards with Hayabusa, i broke record by finishing the duel by battle, also with exact damage. 2 times 2000 ATK. Fastest duel took 10- 15 seconds. Opponent ends turn after 4 or 5 seconds. I summon Hayabusa, equip Axe and 2 ataks. Done !!

[@cdub4626]

I know it wasnt discovered until GOAT format was already over, but the royal magical library + reversal quiz + black pendant FTK deck is ridiculously over powered and should be on here.

[@AtelierGod]

I once dealt with a FTK effect in a tournament, it was a spell counter FTK using an synchro monster to remove said counters to burn for 8000 points of damage and the guy was so confident about its consistency that he would brag that if he went first during the first duel of the match he’d guaranteed himself victory of the whole match.

[@davidagosta]

Would have expected Dark Strike Fighter FTK to make the list. Konami hit the deck on the ban list and it was still viable until they banned DSF. DSF stayed banned until it was errata'ed to be once per turn.

[@dragonmaster951753]

It wasn't really a FTK but an OTK. You would battle and during mp2 burn your opponent by tributing every monster you had for game

[@davidagosta]

@@dragonmaster951753 Ah yes that's right. Back during an era when games normally lasted 10-20 turns it felt like an FTK :)

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@davidagosta Games still didn't last that long back then... but pre-errata Dark Strike Fighter ended games fast.

[@michaelvalentinoyo1259]

@@ShiningJudgment666 imagine dark strike in frog FTK lol

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@michaelvalentinoyo1259 It would be unneeded anyway. Mass Driver was legal and all you needed was the seemingly endless and easy tribute fodder from the combination of Substitoad and Ronin Toadin and a deck loaded with Frogs. The deck was cheap both in price and in play.

[@iCyberDev]

I'm surprised the Nurse Gift FTK dead was not on the list. Combo was nurse or bad reaction to simochi and the drop 3 gift cards or 2 gift cards and one "path" and then nuke them for 8 or 9k DMG at the end of the turn.

[@j0j0dartiste21]

Since it relies on traps, i fell it's more of a "1½TK"

[@bismarckimperia8781]

Its not consistent and needs a few turns if you brick, especially with traps that can be blown easily. It deals good damage when you manage it but being a trap made it easy to deal with it.

[@Teixas666]

~DTK's Cant rely on Traps that are only live once you end your turn as in you cannot actually execute the strat unti lthe opponent ca nstart their turns proper menaing they a lot more power to stop it.

[@bismarckimperia8781]

@@Teixas666 Gift Card, Bad Reaction of Simochi and that card that randomly deals 2k in a coin toss is usually the centerpiece of this combo. 3k x3 and 2k x3 then 3 copies of Simochi, then draw cards. Even then you will most likely to brick and not get Simochi, Makurya, or enough burn damage to finish your opponent. Thats not even including being second, negates, and facedown cards being destroyed, Simochi being destroyed ruins this combo easily. For you to win on your first turn you need to have 3 Gift Cards, 1 Simochi, 2 that coin toss 2k card all in your hand, Makurya or enough draw power to get all pieces. Getting the Adventurer engine is a must here to last at least a few turns to draw the necesarry cards, Temple of the Kings can win games if you failed on your first turn and Lord of Heavenly Prison protects backrow so he is a must.

[@bismarckimperia8781]

@@Teixas666 So yep, its bad as an FTK deck but a good burn deck nonetheless.

[@charlottesfunandfreechannel]

The odds of pulling all five Exodia cards as part of the initial draw is 1 in 658,008. This means that players shouldn't be too concerned about losing to Exodia on the first turn, since the chances are incredibly slim.

[@poochyenarulez]

drawing the 5 cards you need in a deck of 40 is more like 1 in 13. You don't need to draw them in order.

[@devanbrowne8706]

1st card drawn must be one of five cards. Odds are 5/40, or 1/8. 2nd card drawn must be one of four cards. Odds are 4/39. 3rd card odds: 3/38 4th card: 2/37 Last card: 1/36 (1/8) * (4/39) * (3/38) * (2/37) * (1/36) = 0.00000152, or 1/658,008

[@GigaOtomia]

Lanphin is talking about turn zero, though. The initial five cards before the first draw phase (wherein nobody draws anything) even happens. With the right deck and hand, even if you get Ash Blossom'd, drawing all five Exodia cards is a guarantee.

[@randomperson5579]

It's still the ztk with the highest chance of happening, all other ztks require your opponent to do specific things, most notably, Jackpot 7s ztk (due to being the only ztk to appear in the anime/spin-offs)

[@thedarkebika9488]

Yami yugi : i belive in the heart of the cards, I DRAW ( drawing all 5 exodia cards)

[@tho_tho]

Since you mentioned Frogs, a video idea I've suggested before is a top 10 cards whose existence forces other cards to change their wording, like how Frog The Jam forces Frogs/Toads to specifically mention it in their effect every single time or how Weather Report makes monsters that attack multiple times to specifically say "during each battle phase this turn" and so on, they are mostly really old cards so would be interesting to have a list that doesn't really involve meta cards or strong combos!

[@abuhassan8849]

Slash Draw FTK definitely should've been included in this top 10 list.

[@Megaomg00]

I think Mayakashi FTK too

[@joltee2718]

so...... top 10 cards that have "fusion" in their name but DON'T fusion summon. ie Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, Battle Fusion

[@delta3244]

Fusion monsters should be excluded from that list imo, but I like the idea either way

[@anonjohn9760]

An honorary mention should go to Blaze Bombardment Bird, since if you can summon and recycle it enough times it's a guaranteed FTK that you don't need to draw into with the right deck and engines. Cyberstein is the easiest way to summon it, and since it's a Level 2 Monsters it's not all that hard to make a Spright FTK deck that can pivot into its regular plays if overly interrupted.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Magical Explosion has been banned for a long time now in the OCG. Life Equalizer is also banned in the OCG. Exodia was a tier 0 deck in OCG 1999. Not always an FTK, but point still stand. After that format, Witch and Sangan were errated. Pot of Greed and Graceful Charity were at 3 in OCG 1999

[@zukrad634]

Yeah, the fact that Witch and Sangan worked when sent from hand to gy just made the '99 Exodia deck a certified funny deck

[@IyoMaestro]

Don't forget how stupidly broken Last Will was. Special summon a monster every time a monster on your field is sent to the GY during that turn. Sangan/Witch + Cannon Soldier on field + Last Will = FTK.

[@EinSilverRose]

Super early Konami OCG was wild without a banlist. Even with all of that monsters with 900 attack were premium monsters you had to run after they introduced Tribute Summon.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

@@IyoMaestro The Last Will debacle was based on some judges ruling it to be as many times as you wanted in a turn when active vs. the clearly intended once. It's pretty clear that they should have been more specific when they first printed it, I can see it being interpreted both ways, hence the fact that some judges said as many times per turn as you meet the condition and only once in the turn.

[@U1TR4F0RCE]

@@EinSilverRose I believe they had started having a limited list by the time of Exodia FTK. But the format was really crazy.

[@WolodiaStudios]

I thought there would be the Mayakashi Bonetower FTK on this list.

[@williamdrum9899]

Loses to one hand trap

[@PerfectChaos7]

Magical Scientist FTK only needed to use 2100 ATK fusion monsters x7 to deal exactly 8000 damage, not 2200+ ATK that was mentioned at 19:07. There weren't even any fusions Magical Scientist can summon with over 2100 ATK when the FTK was first possible.

[@patrickmangels9171]

Technically there was exactly 1 fusion monster with 2200 ATK that was released before Magical Scientist was banned, and that was Dark Flare Knight.

[@PerfectChaos7]

@@patrickmangels9171 I said "when the FTK was first possible" for a reason. The FTK was achievable without Dark Flare Knight. And if we are counting DFK, then tributing Scientist at the end isn't even necessary, so the statement is inconsistent regardless (not to mention DFK gives us only 3 fodder at 2200+ at the time).

[@Batrstad]

Equip Cards as a whole probably suffer under RoyalMagiclLibrary. The return effect couldve been on alot of cards if it werent for RML

[@puppieslovies]

I'd like to see a list on FTKs in the traditional format, since they have a unique banlist and players expect different hand traps I think they would be interesting

[@MrZer093]

At this point, I think Magical Scientist FTK would be the meta now that a lot of other cards have gotten errata’d (like Makyura and Exchange of Spirit). He’s easy enough to summon from deck now and there’s a few cards that can abuse all the stuff he brings out. As the draw spells would still be at 1 and the discard spells would be legal, exodia really wouldn’t be any good

[@captainmunchlax4808]

I have what I think is a fun suggestion. Top ten best boss monsters, that never see play. Like maybe some of them just have really bad summoning conditions, but otherwise great effects, maybe some of them have a terrible archetype that is incredibly bad at bringing them out.

[@nathanielbass771]

My favorite is exodia incarnate. It has a ton of awesome effects including being immune to any card which affects it directly (ex, destroy all, target X, etc). It can only be special summoned by sacrificing a piece of exodia, starts at 0 attack points and gains 1000 attack points per piece of exodia in the graveyard. At the end of each turn, you return 1 piece of exodia from the graveyard to your hand. Funnily enough, while it does not "directly" benefit from cards, due to being unaffected, you can do things to target its battle phase such as equip cards, field cards, etc and likely other aspects of the card such as "owner chooses 1 card and adds attack" which i've seen affect it with "owner must destroy" etc

[@Charmander_R27]

Idk how long you've been playing, but they used to be very common, and used to come around a lot. Maybe not at the top of SJC/YCS, but especially in the DM/GX era they were a frequent entity you should have expected to regularly see at locals. Hand traps were the biggest killer of these types of decks. Even Herald of Orange Light and Hanewata were common side deck cards in 5D's era due to how often you'd expect to see this kind of strategy.

[@four-en-tee]

You overlooked the fact that you can do Gem Knight FTK with Black Rose Guardian in order to flood your opponent's board and kill them without needing to burn three times. I ran this FTK during, like, the first or second week in Master Duel since Gem Knights were a free deck.

[@wyyyve]

Dragon link ftk was actually topping like a year ago, if you failled the ftk you were still playing the best deck in the format rather than instant losing because plan a failed.

[@BloodfelX]

I feel like Gem Knight FTK is even more powerful when you incorporate Black Garden - which is pretty easy to do given the recent low level Synchro support that card has gotten. Why deal 3000 damage three times when you can deal 4000+ twice? (Well, consistency - but is Black Garden really that much of a consistency hit compared to the benefits it provides to the FTK.)

[@andrewwadsworth1143]

Used to run a dragon master knight /blue eyes deck that could get 3 dragon master knight out on first turn for like 15000 attack. Good times

[@caffeine3845]

Duell logs: faills to succesfully pull of his gishki ftk Duell logs: i should make a video out of this also i saw your play there in the beginning of the video love your content cant wait for the next video

[@animeslayer24]

I knew another way to win in the first turn, I was playing with my little brother and whenever I played delinquent duo he quit and threw his deck to the floor, instant win.

[@Cin_way]

Pure evil...I like it

[@MaxwelloftheClocktower]

I remember an episode of a Warhammer 40k fan based parody called "If the Emperor had a Text to Speech Device" where the main character duelled a Chaos God using Yu-Gi-Oh as a base. The Chaos god used Morphing Jar with Book of Moon, Card Destruction and Magical Explosion and for a while I honestly thought that would be a viable FTK strategy. It probably still could be if Morphing Jar would be more than just limited

[@milezw]

Cover the Morphtronic Cannon Soldier FTK deck, it's really cool and a phenomenal deck!

[@PricefieldPunk]

That one deck that runs Cyberstein to inflict 4000 damage back to back in masterduel is cheap af. Like I didn't even get to draw a card!

[@RuriMizuno]

I was wondering if that one would come up. It's basically a variant of the "Pendulum FTK" at #4, because it finishes its win condition by having two Supreme King Starving Venom Fusion Dragons copy the effect of Independent Nightingale. It even uses Pendulum monsters to start the FTK, too (specifically, Igknights). I hate this deck with a passion and will instantly surrender when I see Sublimation Knight get equipped with Squeaknight.

[@evgeniiferdiuk9535]

Modern yugioh is a joke and super unfun, because even if you don't win on your first turn - all meta decks special summon at least 10-15 monsters pet turn, summon at least 2 creatures who can negate all of your cards, and draw 2-5 more cards to get their hand-traps. When the game Joe the Passion came out - that was the peak of yuigioh. Everything after it was a mistake.

[@Karkesis]

Surprised not to see Blue-Blooded Oni FTK. It was insanely consistent, took 40+ minutes to complete like the Gishki one so no game 2, used a like 90-step loop, and won a Nationals. Thing came out of nowhere and I think was part of why Lavalval Chain got banned.

[@ensamvarg8504]

Yes i love winning on my "frist" turn

[@chriscodling6573]

I'm just here to see if my FTK is on this list

[@Goodiesfanful]

And was it on the list?

[@edwardkelly1262]

I was surprised that the dragon link/rose garden FTK wasn't on the list. It wasn't round for that long but it is probably one of the most recent FTK that could play through some handtraps even.

[@blazingrune8535]

Honestly I would think that the Firewall Dragon FTK is the top 1 imo mainly because like, Firewall Dragon himself literally made up 2018 as an era - The FTK Era. I think that was a really big deal and I would considered putting Frog FTK as like, 3rd, with MAgical Scientest as 2nd cuz of consistency issues and whatnot. But that's just my opinion anyways

[@rodriguebrvd1993]

Could have mentionned the Plant FTK, which was cut short in the TCG with Amaryllis getting banned before Jasmine release, but which was crazy strong in OCG. At least could have group that into a "Topologic Bomber FTKs" group, because both Samsara Lotus and Amaryllis are still banned to this day before of those FTKs. Also Slash Draw ftk also saw some succes even at some big events (YCS Milan ?) as a replacement as a Danger! FTK instead of the Dark World Canon Soldier versions after Firewall got banned (same the card is still limited to this day)

[@nichidoushiro]

I think honourable mention should be given to Tempest Magician ftk, which did not make as much impact as it should be because konami always pre-emptively banned it before it saw a chance to be played, but during that short period when it was unbanned in the OCG it did see competitive presence, given how an Endymion deck could play the game normally, but when the chance arises get Selene and Tempest magician for the ftk

[@HazhMcMoor]

It's surprising how long Tempest Magician FTK can win competitions in OCG until it's banned.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Tempest Magician was a card that was a ban waiting to happen...

[@shapesnatch1341]

Comet Dragon FTK is still my favourite

[@Sour_AppIe]

You need about 16 counters with tempest to win, tempest is the only card on my short history of dualing that broke my heart My set up was usually to try and get magical exemplar I think she’s called on the field, set up citidel magical abductor and another pendulum at the time and then use magical blast to rack damage and build counters for tempest. Sometimes I could just use spell books for draws and counters to gain and then tempest but once I got tempest I knew the game was set for me rarely did she not resolve

[@huckyfunky9852]

As a gem knight player, the ftk is not as complicated as you say, but it can be stopped with two handtraps... But it can be prevented by limiting lady lapis lazuli... Brilliant fusion is not needed for ftk... It is a pity for the deck to be marked by the ftk, because it needs support and it is a wonderful deck, with a lot potential... I wish it gets competitive support 🙂

[@johnt6773]

Gem knight gang rise up

[@fernandorios474]

Yeah for Exodia has a REALLY small frame of getting out on the very first turn on 0.000152%

[@bobbywalker2980]

Very popular opinion. I think that the banlist is wack . Spright and tear need hard hits in order for me to continue to play . If everyone is all playing the same deck then the game is so damn boring.

[@archmagemc3561]

There was an FTK that was as consistent as Toad FTK and could play through 1 interruption without issue, and its the FTK deck that got Ancient Fairy Dragon banned. Harpy FTK. You only needed 2 cards out of 28 cards in your opening hand to do the FTK, and you could play through an interruption if you had another combo piece in your hand which was incredibly common. (Especially since going first drew 1 card as well during that time.) It worked by using the Genex engine and harpy channeler/dancer. You would get Divine wind of mist valley on the board, sync for Ancient Fairy dragon, and use AFD's effect to swap through field spells. Once you had some setup on your board, you'd swap your field spell to Black Garden to flood your opponent's board with rose tokens, then go into fusion gate to fuse off everything into burning phoenix and just burn your opponent into oblivion. It got banned pretty fast in the OCG and was pre-banned in the TCG before it came out here.

[@calemr]

I used to help out at a games store that ran Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments occasionally. Upon seeing someone mill their opponent's entire library turn one using empty jar, consistently enough to win the tournament, I decided that I'd stick to playing M:tG. I would later play a few of the video games though.

[@melvinshine9841]

Kind of surprised Exchange of The Spirit didn't get mentioned. I don't know how it was done, but I'm pretty sure it involved original Makyura and original Exchange of The Spirit, obviously. With Makyura being able to activate Traps from the hand, I imagine it involved using a bunch of the Traps that drew cards, getting 15 cards in your Graveyard in the process, while drawing into Exchange of The Spirit, activating it and milling your opponent's whole deck before their turn ever starts.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

That's basically how it works and it was super consistent.

[@sallas09]

While the FTK was very powerful, it unfortunately was never legal in the TCG because Makyura the Destructor was banned before Exchange of the Spirit was released.

[@joebaumgart1146]

At my last MTG Vintage tourny I pulled of a T1 win. My hand was Black Lotus, Mox Jet, Mox Ruby, Vampire Hexmage, Dark Depths, Swiftfoot Boots, and a Mountain. Black Lotus, Mox Jet, and Mox Ruby a for 4 black and a red, Dark Depths as Land for turn, 2 black to cast Vampire Hexmage and sacrafice it to immediately remove all counters from Dark Depths bringing out Merit Lage. I use the remaining 3 to equip Swiftfoot boots giving it haste. I attack for lethal. The entire match lasted less than 3 mins.

[@ggwp638BC]

I like how older metas had FTK strategies that revolved around making your opponent mill and draw so much they decked out, while today Maxx C is basically that but intentional and it's one of the strongest cards in the game.

[@StarTard8]

Scientist FTK finally gets the coverage it deserves! The OG finally gets the spotlight.

[@robertmystyk1875]

I don't know about these decks but I use cubics as a FTK deck is 🤣 GoldenLordx2 , Summoner monk, necroface, X3 michion t.l, X2 foolish burial, 2x Infa perms, X2 droplets, one ghost oger ,2 ash blossom, 2 moonlitchill, 3vijam, 3 geira gulie, 3duza, one indoria, one buster grundel, X3 crimson nova, one Vulcan, 3 unification Cubic lords, 3cubic karma, one cubic wave, 3cubic dharma, 2 cubic ascension.

[@PracticingDanielism]

Can someone please explain to me how Butterfly Dagger Elma can be used for an FTK when the text says that its effect can only be used once per turn? Why doesn't that stop it from being constantly recycled?

[@mist666999]

I'm not sure where they got that particular picture of the card, but none of the printed releases had the last line about it being once per turn.

[@Teixas666]

no idea where the once per tur nthnig came from, because Elma never had it its in legal form.

[@RetroMaticGamer]

Yessir, I was one of those assholes that got Magical Scientist banned back in 2005. The memories...

[@elegantegotist]

Final Countdown FTK. With Makyura pre-errata and a stupid trap card called clock fire something that allows you to increase the "turn count" by 1. With Transmigration Prophecy and the Bamboo engine to return the clock trap and drawing it immediately to pass the turn count and repeat 20 times to win. lmao

[@tanngrisnir6089]

Verte was not used in Pendulum Magician FTK, it was not released back than. Instead the eff of GateZero was used to search Instant Fusion.

[@superbearchrist1716]

With my magical explosion ftk I use sky strikers though I usually go for an otk to be on the safe side as I was using this on dueling nexus before master duel completely took over and since magical explosion is banned I'd have an easier time using blasting the ruins ftk that utilizes the sky striker engine along with tools for good discard draw cards like trade in or it's level 7 variant mix that with skystriker engage and it's somewhat reliable not on the level of swordsoul obviously but it gets the job done. Side not swordsoul is insanely broken, easy to use, and all their decks are exactly the same to the extent that I asked myself I thought we had a ban list because of the old chaos decks and everyone using pot of greed, graceful charity ect back in the day making them mostly identical to a t

[@foxxinrox]

Treasure panda Exodia is basically unstoppable if you opponent doesn't start with handtraps, and can "relatively" consistently play through an Ash, depending on if your hand started with treasure panda or not. There are a bunch of draw card alternatives that are only slightly less consistent than the TCG limited ones the deck can use. It's definitely not great, or even viable, but it can win probably 80% of turn 1's if it doesn't get interuppted

[@juliusosorio9056]

Love that you talked about decks over individual cards more please!!

[@justinsmith5870]

Was ftked on the ocg and was just impressed. I've seen people mill 90% of their deck then quit so someone actually getting one to work was satisfying to see.

[@evanolsen6925]

I know the Yata Lock isn't technically an OTK, but it's still winning with the actions taken in one turn so could have done with an honorable mention... Oh well, how does a video discuss how Dragunity works, or trying them out on stream? They were the first deck I ever had (Gotta love friends that want to help you get started) and were pretty fun casually!

[@ColgatetheTogekiss]

@@XCodes not to mention that yata needs to attack, so it’s not an FTK anyways.

[@ryanager8029]

Gotta give a shout-out to the Woodland Sprite FTK from Duel Links. THAT was a mistake and a half

[@mortonandroy]

I was particularly fond of the FTK that used Elemental HERO Bubbleman, Elemental HERO Electrum, and Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max. The FTK was possible if you used Bubble Illusion to activate the trap Chain Material from your hand, and then you could cycle Electrums and Gustav Maxes until you've burned your opponent 4 times.

[@albertorodrigomolinasortiz471]

My own exodia ftk deck used coelacanth, fishborg, tg librarian, formula synchron and stuff. Generally opponents surrendered once the second shooting quasar hit the field. That was the first time a bankist hit more than one of my cards.

[@f687sNFM]

where is bisbaalkin

[@supremettt3255]

Another good FTK is Morphtronic FTK, the one that uses Telefon to give infinite fodder to cannon soldier, it is at least better than some of the lower spots on the list.

[@Teixas666]

its just a reskinned Frog ftk.

[@melissatritle1891]

If it's Your first turn but you went second then isn't that technically an OTK not an FTK. I thought a first turn knockout was if you win on the first turn of the duel by going first.

[@PrincipalSkinner3190]

YuGiOh is such a poorly designed game, yet I'm obsessed with these videos lol.

[@DrMDHyde]

Exodia, the lord of sweat. If he breaks free, Konami must call upon the council of the banlist to reseal him.

[@faereman]

I've been a "victim" of the Starving Venom Lyrilusc FTK recently. But that one used Cyber Stein alongside Reproducus and that one equip spell that make Psychic monster effects costless. The rest is history.

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

Magician FTK is my specialty in Master Duel. It's so fun.

[@kirinkirisake8719]

i prefer bone tower mayakashi, but magician's are also awesome at otk/ftking the opponet

[@FiguringOutFantasy]

to be entirely honest, this is why i could never get into yugioh. It seems to be a "does my deck do its thing before yours" type game where there aren't too many player to player interactions per duel which could sway the course of the game. Games like MTG (somewhat) or LOR are much more appealing as there are many interactions per turn and different pass strategies. I will say though, the combos in yugioh are entirely unmatched in terms of entertainment to execute.

[@StereoxAS]

Is that your clip of Mind Augus FTK "attempt" that ends surprisingly unexpected?

[@TaIathar]

Poison Jar FTK is ALWAYS missed in videos like these. The idea is to play 1 copy each of Mask of Darkness and Poison Mummy and 3 copies of Morphing Jar #2. You also play 3x "The Shallow Grave" and the rest of the deck is card draw (upstart goblin) or stall tactics (threatening roar, waboku, etc.)

[@f.ah.c2114]

The ultra mega threat habdtrap to any gem-Knight deck: Psy-Framgear… DELTA!

[@irabee9958]

I was expecting to see plants FTK in here 😅

[@luka3933]

You could make a video with all the lesser known ftk's that have not been meta vialble enough to get hit (like bishbaalkin, six samurai, mayakashi etc)... so basically a table 500 duel logs video :)

[@mist666999]

Top Ten Table 500 decks? lmao

[@luka3933]

@@mist666999 I'd definitely watch that! 😂

[@khoderergin9816]

I don’t get how SS 10 Monsters your first turn, combining them into 4 Boss Monsters, each with effects like ( your opponent can’t play spell cards, activate effects or attack) isn’t considered FTK. You literally preventing your opponent from playing the game

[@Teixas666]

if you have ot attack to win, its atuomatically not an FTK, because attacking is not possible yet. this has nothnig ot do with what the board you built has, its a limitation of the rules.

[@bensell982]

A video on ftks in Yugioh and Cannon Soldier never gets mentioned. That's surprising.

[@mauer1]

Modern exodia decks tend to search for the pieces in different ways. Making the entire thing a lot more consistent

[@Shotgunkingloreisreal.]

Earth machines should get a mention since you can technically summon four gusta maxs and win the game

[@broelocklite3875]

surprised cyber stein otk wasn’t on the list since it created the first emergency banlist

[@smloader]

not an ftk

[@Teixas666]

FTK=/= OTK if your deck needs to attack to win, it cannot FTK.

[@ShinennoHikari]

So there's one I found recently that isn't exactly important, but I enjoy it as it uses trains. It involves chain material, fusion gate to fuse for elemental Hero Electrim, ranking up into gustav, burning for 2000 dmg, fusing gustav off for elemental hero Gaia, then back to electrum to return banished materials and start the loop over again. I know there's a way to make it an FTK instead of an OTK despite chain material being a trap card, but at the moment I can't remember exactly how...

[@delta3244]

There are a pair of cards - Makura the Destructor & Temple of the Kings - which let you, once during the turn they are activated, activate a trap card from hand/the turn it was set. I vaguely remember encountering a more modern card like those two recently-ish, but can't remember its name if it exists.

[@ShinennoHikari]

@@delta3244 Ah Temple of the kings, that's the one I was trying to remember! Makyura had come to mind, but I discarded the idea - having not wanted to review it's effect post errata to see if he'd still work, plus having to use the normal summon that way.

[@Demgam]

Why did you say shadowpriestess of ohm deals 8000 dmg with its effect? It deals 800

[@Number8Novo]

16:53 New frog ftk use substitode to dumb haf you deck in the grave then use draw cards to draw exodia

[@Real1811]

Can you do a top 5/10 decks that won world championships and why. E.g. Rank how strong each deck was compared to the meta, or why it was good. Like why blue eyes saw a resurgence in 2016

[@gatocochino5594]

The World Championship has an unique banlist so that video would just be explaining why certain decks were banned even though they weren't banned in standard formats.

[@Hclody95]

just wanted to mention that magical explosion ftk used to be a thing even before synchros, deck was basically a diamond dude turbo with reasoning and dmoc, then recycle with cyber valley to recover the milled magical explosion, was so consistent that almost won some SJC and was the reason why magical explosion got limited so early. also i mention that the strongest point of empty jar FTK was during goat format, where cyber jar was not banned yet, abuse book of taiyou and the shallow grave and finish with card destruction chained with serial spell

[@Stroimex]

What this video is missing is the audio cutting and switching to Rata when DL is about to say "Except Frog the Jam" and have the former finish the frog segment

[@williamdrum9899]

That would have been hilarious

[@Our_Username]

Igknight ftk or d.d dynamite should be on the list for the master duel players

[@robertoschirmer5530]

Idea: Top10 Competitive Decks over the time Based eg on which one won the most YCSs or topped the most in World Championships and Continental Championships. Something like that.

[@urielduenas8613]

Maybe the Bishbaalkin FTK and Cyberse Clock Dragon FTK could make into the list, but i don't how good they are to be in this top 10. :) Good video.

[@mageius]

Logs, I'm sorry, so sorry, but you completely forgot Library FTK. A deck that in Goat format doesn't see much play DUE to the fact it has a 50% win rate and basically no one wants to play it yet is just that good that people just don't play it because it's a bit undun. Look when you're able to just draw your whole deck and win by using utter Jank on that level of consistency that it's just gotta be talked about. Yes you talk about Exodia but this is a separate deck that legitimately is a deck I could see you playing a gimmick Deck with and then basically stopping because of that win rate.

[@misterbadguy7325]

IIRC, doesn't that version of the deck use Reversal Quiz/Black Pendant as its game-closer? Yeah, I can't imagine Goat Format being fond of that.

[@mageius]

@@misterbadguy7325 Yeah it does. I mean it's not seen online but it's the type of deck I could see people playing in person. You know it's just that deck that you would pull out for some fun with friends then switch to another deck after a few games.

[@99099]

Gem ftk is still very consistent dependent on how you build it as the new support helped a shit ton. Although the banning of halq and chaos ruler hurt a little bit, it is only a minor setback to the deck, as it can still ftk in around 90% of opening hands.

[@simonpetrikov3992]

It would be more interesting if it could do that 45% of the time but after being Handtrapped twice

[@99099]

@@simonpetrikov3992 It can tbh, in the version of gem-ftk that I play, I utilize the punk engine heavily as it helps to make garden rose maiden which searches black garden, which makes up the core of the ftk. As an added bonus, the Punk engine allows me to go into an omega (formally the chaos ruler RIP) which allows me to potentially rip a ht. As well as this, I may choose to go into a photon lord which allows me to make a monster negate to stop any stray ht that may come my way. Similarly, before halq and chaos ruler bans, I'd make an apo. As well as this, gamma and imperm don't really hurt the deck as the opponent will control a monster thanks to the effect of black garden, and dd crow doesn't do enough against the deck to have any real impact. Main ht to watch out for are nib, ash, veiler and belle (potentially droll as well if you didn't just draw the cards you needed to search). Overall though, even if they did draw one ht you can normally play through it. Also, tear plays no ht other than havenis. So basically free wins if you go first and they don't have it or they miss their mills, especially since they now control a monster.

[@iclimbeverything2990]

I find it funny that genex ally birdman's "bounce 1 special summon this from hand" was so powerful that zephyros the elite has a once per duel of that from the graveyard and is considered very good.

[@flamefalcon8140]

What's funny is that an Exodia deck won a feature match.😊

[@vincentd.gaspard4725]

first turn kill deck's just makes people mad and it'll just be straight banned no questioning asked

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

Made made some ideas for the game about rules that could help proof the game against powercreep, OTK’S included, if you could give me some feedback for the idea… _Boons_ I call them. Once per duel (unless otherwise stated) spell speed 4 effects that players can activate when certain conditions are meet that you choose one of before the duel begins, mainly for when the activating player is in a specific state of severe disadvantage. They’re designed to be a lifeline in the face of an otherwise unstoppable defeat, but are supposed to be subtle, conditional, restraining or risky enough to not really be something to surround a winning strategy around: _Before the duel, each player declares one Boon for themselves. Boons cannot be negated, can be activated during either turn (unless otherwise stated), ignore active effects, and cards and effects cannot be activated in response to the activation of a boon. Boons are usable only once per duel unless otherwise stated.:_ ⚫️Boon of Resilience; you start with 2000 more LP, and you can tribute 1 monster in your hand or the the field that you own when your opponent would lower your LP; Gain LP equal to the ATK or DEF of the tributed monster (whichever is higher). ⚫️Boon of defiance; when your opponent declares an attack or would activate a card or effect, and you control no cards on the field, you pay half your LP to choose one of the following effects: _normal or special summon 1 level/rank 4 or lower non-effect monster that cannot attack or be used to summon another monster until the current players next turn._ OR _Negate that card or effect, but afterwards you cannot attack or activate cards or effects for the rest of the turn you activate this effect_. ⚫️Boon of legion; You begin the duel with any number of level 4 or lower normal monsters on your side of the field who’s combined Original ATK/DEF is equal to or less then 1000, that cannot attack or be used to summon other monsters until your next turn. ⚫️Boon of preparedness: When you have no cards in your deck, you can add 1 or 2 cards from your hand, field, GY or banish zone that you own to your deck, but their effects are negated the turn you activate this effect. ⚫️Boon of Heart (of the cards); At the beginning of the duel, you declare 1 type of card (monster, spell or trap). When you activate this effect, shuffle your deck, then reveal the card at the top of your deck: if that card was the type you had declared, add it to your hand, otherwise place it back and shuffle your deck. You cannot activate this effect if “Convulsion Of Nature” in face-up on the field. ⚫️Boon of sacrifice; When a monster you control is attacked by your opponent, you can banish 1 monster you control from your hand or on the field with a matching type or attribute; increase that monsters ATK and DEF by the ATK and DEF of the discarded monster until the end of the battle phase, but your opponent takes no damage from that monster this turn.

[@HeartBurstHD]

It's interesting that no one is mentioning the Trickstar's FTK...

[@Alexifeu]

WDYM EXODIA ISN'T VIABLE?!? I WIN SO MANY DUELS WITH EXODIA FTK EVERY DAY. i got from Gold 5 to plat 1 with Exodia ftk!!!!

[@ixchel3330]

Exodia has chicken game in master duel

[@andrejv.2834]

It's not viable in a real format Master duel is just a bo1

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@ixchel3330 Also Upstart at 3 so it has splashable draw power. The deck however loses to stuff like Effect Veiler and Infinite Impermanence resolving on your Royal Magical Library.