WHY I QUIT PLAYING YU-GI-OH

I used to play a lot of Yu-Gi-Oh, but a year or so ago, I finally quit, which I think was a good decision. Here's why.
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[@fraincross8644]

So you stopped believing in the heart of the cards?

[@nigelthornberry7833]

😂😂

[@Jade_Hanson]

@@JaaaaJ6022 I didn't know that... what was the Japanese way of saying it?

[@Jade_Hanson]

@@JaaaaJ6022 dang!!!

[@Mason-kd2zr]

As someone who watched and played Yugioh from day 1, I could not handle when they started playing on motorcycles. Thats where both the card game and the series fell off for me. And Yugioh is a card game that is very, very much dependent on its anime series. I feel like this is where it went downhill for all long time fans.

[@malonee]

Yeah, yugis luck is amped by the puzzle too

[@dogmaticbongo1990]

Remember when the cards didn’t have a million words on them

[@Kevin-rn5ho]

Or, like any words? Besides flavor text

[@andreasklein525]

Or when you still could actually read it.

[@justaguyonearth]

in the original release of cards the morst was on swords of revealing light wich im pretty shure was 157 words

[@red5494]

I mean I would take them out of your hands if you don't want them but I'm broke as f***

[@GXShattering]

Dogmatic Bongo because the less words, the more op. Jar of Greed - Draw 2 Cards. Literally six words. One of the most broken cards in competitive yugioh.

[@bencostelloe3343]

"I spent more than $1000" Me: those are rookie numbers

[@aymanamahda]

How much did u

[@bencostelloe3343]

@@aymanamahda multiply the amount by five and change dollars to euros

[@aymanamahda]

If u have some cards u don't need can u send me some

[@horacthy8577]

I think im at $3000 since i start playing competitively at 2016

[@bencostelloe3343]

@@horacthy8577 very nice my dude

[@ingamrvr]

When I returned to Yi-Gi-Oh, the only thing I really enjoyed was playing against AI, because I can actually create a deck I think might be interesting and make it work. Compared to playing against people where if you don't meta/countermeta-slave you pretty much get to watch someone juggle cards for a few minutes and instakill you.

[@cephgawd]

This

[@mushygingerbread3949]

Literally its so bullshit now now kids kill you in one move when im trying to have fun with not all these bullshit cards

[@maximumoverdrive2676]

Me: I play this card in defense position and end my turn. Them: Good game

[@gremlin1634]

not true tbh, i paid maybe 50 bucks for a speedroid core and was still able to get around 3 wins at 5 round tournaments and have fun. it’s not like every single deck is the super giga mega meta deck that costs 600 bucks and makes a ton of interruptions. it’s returning players who use their old decks and expect to do well that always complain about losing when they can build a half decent deck with less than 100 dollars

[@Mr_Doughkage]

@@gremlin1634 link, synchro, xyz, and pendulum summonings absolutely killed off the enthusiasm most original players had for this game. Those instakill decks absolutely exist. People who encounter these tend to emulate those decks and perpetuate the problems. Because "if you can't beat em, join em" is the new unofficial slogan for this game. Old heads aren't always the issue. Impatient youngsters who can't even sit still for 20-30 minutes to play a card game tend to turn gold into shit on a regular basis. Yugioh is just one more casualty of their war on fun.

[@j.r.5803]

I did quit because im not intellectual enought to figure out the complexity of what the pot of greed does.

[@hazardoussceptile1097]

Pot of greed is really confusing to use

[@jinyboi]

you have to figure out the perfect strategic moment to use a card to would net you +1 with no consequence

[@jjkillaf150]

Not your fault. Pot of greed is a high skill level card that take a lot of practice to use

[@istrafive371]

I know right, i think it says draw 5 cards and discard 2 cards then immediately win the duel

[@otterman_cookem1]

@Marlin Hive yeah it's been banned for ages, a +3 with no consequence is way too op. Not only is it a plus 3 but it can force hand traps as well.

[@TeamAPS]

Sad to hear that you decided to quit playing Yu-Gi-Oh. That said, I totally understand why you quit playing this game and I honestly see a lot of those issues and how they can drive a lot of players away. It's such a multi-faceted problem and there's just no easy fix at this point. I can only hope things get better. Otherwise, I can see this game going away sooner rather than later. And that's coming from somebody who makes videos about it all the time as my livelihood! Also, thanks for giving me a cameo in this video! Much appreciated! 👊🏾

[@grenadeout562]

Hey there

[@pyramidworship]

Real

[@TheMacroShow]

When I watched Yugitubers, you were one of them 😉 not even joking. Keep making good content

[@Maji1]

2 Words *YGO Pro* Solves all Yu-Gi-Oh issues Never spent a dime on cards

[@Beautifulconversation]

I really appreciated this

[@Bindersquinch]

"I spent $1000 on yugioh cards" Laughs in magic the gathering

[@tanzolo4487]

Ryan Collier this.

[@Bindersquinch]

@Henry Lawrence lmao

[@Bindersquinch]

@Henry Lawrence what are you getting mad about bro? I made a joke. I played yugioh too I know it gets expensive, cards cost lots of money.

[@Bindersquinch]

@Henry Lawrence no worries man, have a good one.

[@BigJoe57]

Grips black lotus intensely

[@adambedoian881]

It really is heart breaking. I love strategy games, so of course I love Yugioh. Now the game isn't about who has the better strategy, it's all about who can negate more. I wanted to play a game and instead I end up watching someone summon 50 times and have 10 negates on the field, hand, and graveyard. Cool deck bro. You literally just laid out cards like you were at home by yourself. No game was played. Heart breaking noises...

[@blacklady6098]

I feel you man like when I play somehow online in master duel more often than not I always end up playing against someone who ends up summoning like 7 monsters in one turn and keep going on I'm like *God Damm dude just end your god d*** turn already* it also doesn't help much when the wifi is pausing a lot of times turn turns which makes it even more annoying.

[@VictorythroughUnity59]

All I can add to what has been shared already is Ditto 😆 f®%π I hate what Konami have done to there own creation... All these so called high end players flapping their gums saying it's all strategy now, no, no it's not. All you damn Meta deck weebs aren't playing Yu-Gi-Oh anymore, the game has devolved into who wins Rock Paper Scissors!!! 😂 Cause you don't let anyone else play the game after round 1

[@erik9157]

Play pokemon

[@3inchesisplenty]

Yugioh’s a weird 1 where the game is either 95% luck based or 95% skill based, there’s rarely an inbetween. For a lot of games you’re better off just saving yourself the 10-15 mins and instaquitting But yeah at this point the “game’s” just a chance for collectors to show off their rare cards to 1 another

[@ChosenOne-il4bm]

It’s not the summoning that bothered Me I love the Yugioh mechanics It’s pay to win

[@Gearless13]

Dude I stopped playing when I was in elementary and I beat a kid with my holo Dark Magician. That same day on my way home he jumped me, and stole my card, And I never saw that card ever again...

[@notsquirrel8141]

:(

[@Valor1610]

So what happened? You told the parents and school right?

[@animeprofilepicture9639]

Lol

[@animeprofilepicture9639]

F

[@manwhodoesthings]

what a dick

[@TammyBoy]

"What's the most expensive thing that you've bought?" Everyone: Car, House, Textbooks Me: Card Board

[@criesinpoor1725]

😂

[@ch33zybreadtrellie4]

Well couldn’t someone just call a car, “pieces of metal”? Or a house “wood”.

[@raphithewizard]

@@ch33zybreadtrellie4ahaha very witty take there pal 😅😅😂😂

[@beatermisc1712]

Macro: quits yugioh Years later: Yugioh duel links: Hey

[@AllElite123]

Then speed duels

[@jans1916]

now with Zexal at the End of September coming, f

[@VVRB22346]

I LOVE THAT GAME

[@thibaudw4496]

Duel Links has the same problems (newest decks, p2w,...)

[@jans1916]

@@thibaudw4496 may i introduce you to aromage? ;)

[@ventusace9054]

I have quit this game for about 4 years already. I used to love it, but this game has fallen so far from the fun used to be. Granted if you like Yu-Gi-Oh in it's current state then all the power to you, but I just don't find the easy extending combos and need of hand traps fun.

[@TheMacroShow]

Hey change of plans, I got way too many emails, and it will be difficult to negotiate and deal with payments on such a large scale SO I’m selling this all on eBay. I’ll let people know once it’s all up on eBay, but until then, no more emailing me about Yu-Gi-Oh! Sorry for getting people excited, but its just better this way, and safer for both parties. Final edit: all cards are sold

[@jason-ksa-f1781]

Can you make lucio for noobs plz

[@basilexposistion9211]

Dude I wish I could have talked to you before you quit. The reason you kept loosing is because Your competing against meta. Dont do that. Tournaments are set up to win you bragging rights. Yugioh and Pokemon are similar. With Pokemon you can breed Pokemon for competitive play. Yugioh also has this. You can buy a meta deck that will be good for a week. But theres no point. With Yugioh. If you go against meta. Your gonna loose every time. You can still have fun but dont take this game so hard. You need to understand 2 things. The game can be expensive but it doesn't have to be. And the meta is a pain in the neck. Its like Whitney from Pokemon. Its only hard if you make it hard

[@hoontythesleepy2182]

I can't buy stuff online I'm a kid

[@hoontythesleepy2182]

I agree with u also I got no one to play with sooo yeh

[@Lightsworndark-]

Macro there are worlds

[@samscranage7922]

yugioh and beyblades were my childhood tbh

[@rebellionty]

same

[@pastamanity754]

I lost my "pencil" to my BeyBlade and couldn't use it after that

[@Marcusjnmc]

same

[@voughklry8362]

Bakugo? Anyone No ok

[@naszarts]

@@voughklry8362 meeeeeee

[@Little_Fred]

This is why i like to play for fun and not the "meta" way

[@jeffreyanimates9581]

you and me both

[@valla2dd902]

Same

[@ammazer1229]

I like card games but every one else plays meta and always losing isnt fun so for me its meta or nothing

[@Little_Fred]

@@ammazer1229 Reality of card game is sad

[@tschotkeikaldoon8688]

Same guys

[@Letso-S-Relaeng]

Jokes on you....I play Duel Links and I've never spent a dollar

[@akt3507]

yep and i played that game too but spend 130 dollars on it and i regret it too now im king of games so what its pay to win anyways

[@str8a]

@@akt3507 lol I'm on my KoG streak since the first time I make an account. Didn't spend a single penny still. I started with darklord then invest in dark magician. You should know the meta to stay relevant and spend gems intelligently

[@akt3507]

@@str8a ​ Abang yeah that takes too much time😅😅 and i started late soooo i usually dont like waiting for stuff i dont mind putting effort into things but waiting yeah that aint my thing

[@str8a]

@@akt3507 so in conclusion DL can be played in free to play while still having an option in having earlier access to certain cards/feature through money. I'm sorry, but I don't see it as pay to win. Even the selection pack card will eventually release later on so there's no such thing as "pay wall" to block f2p player from improving in the long run, except of course time.

[@akt3507]

@@str8a but anyways even if you finally after so much time are able to get the deck you want you the meta is gonna change so you in order to win you will have to spend another six months and the same thing will happen again i dont say winning is everything i spent that money on fun decks but in order to win u have to ....

[@Serrafinop]

Macro: STOP BUYING YU-GI-OH CARD!! Also macro: do someone want to buy my yu-gi-oh cards?

[@spiderfrog5764]

Ya

[@bobgaming4064]

Lol

[@RodrigoBen10000_Oboladao]

Stonks

[@klodiandodani2731]

Dude.. I stopped playing but I still have my deck.. I'm just waiting for the forces of darkness to attack once again. I will be ready for that. I'm ready for that.

[@banner1615]

Ditto

[@vegitoblue5081]

I am also ready with my dragons deck

[@AshBash798]

What decks?

[@shinobieevee5941]

I still have my old hero deck and Lunalight deck

[@farbencut]

Muhahahaha! No one can stop me and my Water deck! Just give Up! Lol.

[@Racoon4432]

I was in the same boat. Played yugioh when i was a freshman in high school years ago and it was fun. years later during my final year of college , found a place that has yugioh and other tcg's and to my surprise after people laughed at me bringing in a rubberband full of cards that i had, that the rules and plays have changed so much since. long story short it was too daunting to try to catch up on everything and everyone with their supped up decks with all kinds of effects and plays that seemingly chained together effortlessly. I was outclassed if it wasn't made clear enough. summer of 2018 after bringing an ancient gear deck that i made using 3 starter decks that kept bricking during a local tournament. Lost against SPYRALs due to so many effects and whatnot, and I think the most demoralizing moment for myself was getting OTK'ed by Zoodiacs twice in a row. They had a losers bracket but I decided that enough was enough, i wasn't having much fun at all and I just quietly packed up my decks, and left. I haven't played Ygo or anything related to the tcg since and honestly, I've been pretty happy with paintball for the most part and on occasions RC hobby racing.

[@Racoon4432]

@Vinícius Deniz I'll check it out. I did notice there is a new Vic Viper card in that archetype so that was a little intriguing

[@unkown34x33]

you know, if I was your friend back then, I would Duel you with my classic deck with our loving rules :) I wouldn't be brutal using a link deck, coz honestly... these new duelists with the modern rules, knows that it can make your soul crash knowing, you wouldn't had a change to fight back, and have fun. I would ask you first, classic or link rules? you said classic, I say let's Duel! if I were a modern duelist, and so were you, I would say let's duel! coz it's fair. if I was a modern, I would try to explain the new rules, so we can try. same if you were a new duelist.

[@Deadman7799]

Glad you found yourself a fulfilling hobby and hope it’s still doing it for you 👍🏻

[@erik9157]

Play pokemon way better community and easier game

[@DanielMartinez-nw1pn]

You know a game is broken when it takes more time to explain the rules to someone than the time it takes to finish a fucking match...

[@krab6775]

I play Uno.

[@icecubedirectorofshield6636]

Remember to watch out for the new wild card that sends you directly to the shadow realm in addition to making you draw 2 cards

[@kosmicwaffle]

@bryan diaz varela tres

[@bruh-yi2ii]

Cash grab

[@adamwalkervfx]

I play Jumanji.

[@jaysillynx3190]

@@icecubedirectorofshield6636 Ugh, I hate those, so unbalanced!

[@CommanderSteelTrap]

I’ve never faced any of these problems because me and my friends don’t go to competitive tournaments, so we use the decks we like, don’t keep up with the “good” decks, and this means we just have fun and don’t care about the big things in Yu-Gi-Oh. But hey, that’s just me and my friends when it comes to the game.

[@ghedebaronsamedi]

Competition ruins everything. It's called life.

[@StarboyXL9]

I wish I knew you and your friends lol

[@wishernight]

Can I be your friend?

[@facedowngaming]

I recently do that with friends, we even go full weeb and build character decks as an excuse to play banned cards which is a whole lot of fun. I quit competitively cause it’s not only a lot of money for product but money for traveling expenses to regional tournaments and of course food.

[@froebelvergara4759]

That's also me and my friend even though he goes to tournaments he always say that he hates people who uses meta deck just because they're meta

[@lolexe2859]

I agreed with all the stuff about competitive Yu-Gi-Oh thats why only play it for fun

[@mystic6491]

I agree

[@grapplingbuddy2418]

I think the cool thing about Yu-Gi-Oh! is that you DON'T need to play it competitively.

[@yato7030]

I don't agree fully with what he said about competitive yugioh. Yes it happens that cards get stolen does it happen frequently no. Yes rule sharking exists but most people don't know the difference between rule sharking and someone just tries to maintain a proper gamestate.

[@AllElite123]

That's why they made speed duels

[@brianaguilar8283]

@@AllElite123 the game just needs a reboot

[@darthfury5961]

This is exactly why speed duels exists for those of us who like Yu-Gi-Oh but don't want the hassle of playing the main game in its current form. Cheaper entry cost and simpler mechanics.

[@FoxBallFlat]

G.O.A.T format.

[@alpaca9519]

Rule Sharks? Hahaha, silly boy...even Uno has that problem •-•

[@RJeffersonGC]

in that particular game, it's essentially part of the rules being a rule shark UwU

[@OhDearGod48]

I think that's in every card game

[@GeneticallyEngineeredCatgirls]

@@OhDearGod48 I think its not limited to the card games. Basically anything that has rules has people trying to abuse the loops.

[@RoosterLewis]

I really loved how on all of meetings all my wincon strategy cards lose timing. Left and never came back to that fucking place ever again.

[@dracomancer6237]

Personally I just play Yugioh with my friends and brothers privately, because none of us really care about the competitive scene. Edit: Whoa!! Thats a lot of likes the thanks guys!

[@Papagayo7]

Do the same play with bro

[@MaxWolop]

Dracomancer 623 same!

[@kmk1225]

Lol this, we don't use banlists either

[@MrVariant]

Probably the most balanced way to play, buy a structure and a few boosters every once in a while. I don't trust the game with erratas and bans for the expensive stuff. 5:36 is why I never do tournaments too. I want to play 3-5 games in a couple of hours, not the whole day. I do recommend deckbuilders as the games are self-contained. To arms on Android is free and awesome.

[@CC_Th1rst]

Might as well just play Checkers bro...

[@billyp4352]

You represented the cons of playing Yugioh tremendously well and this is why I'm happy I don't play at the moment as well. I always come back and know I will but it's mainly to try to win with an old deck and then I of course realize that old decks needs to rely on new support to be good and that's the only reason it's "good again". I also play for nostalgia i guess as well cause back in high school this was like one of the few games a bunch of my friends played that I liked a lot, but the meta just was too bad too many times and then my friends stopped playing so I pretty much have to resort to the local card shop and the closest card store is pretty toxic of a place. I used to be cool with the one employee until he told me not to sell cards in the store which would've been fine if everyone abided by that rule but there was this dude that was always there setting up shop at the tables that was not with the store and he also ripped people off. There were many others who sold cards too and the only reason I sold my cards was because no one wanted to make a trade or I needed bus fare to get home lol I wasn't making money by any means or stealing business believe me, most of my money went back into the store of supplies or cards. But yea overall Yugioh is pretty gross of a scene but the game itself can be fun and if you find the right people it can be a great time, but even then you'd need to deal with Konami's lack of competitive support and weird banlist choices.

[@rismu1972]

A normal person and a smash player watch this video. Macro mentions Yu-gi-oh players not using deodorant and the normal person in now laughing their ass off. The smash player awkwardly laughs.

[@yato7030]

The funny thing is that this is more of a card games (mabye even other games beside card games) in a nutshell video then a yugioh video.

[@diamonddust2142]

This comment is cringe

[@rismu1972]

@@diamonddust2142 I agree

[@yato7030]

Why?

[@sponks1337]

yu gi oh is not paid to win it is pay to play.

[@envy851]

it is who ever has the newest deck is going win 90% of the time

[@danilosilva7032]

As someone how played madolche in pepe meta I disagree completely U just won whit a off meta deck if yours oponent it's stupid

[@binnysan]

@@envy851 bullshit bruh its all about the rules. if theres no rules you can whip out some gamebreaking shit

[@thotslayer3214]

All card games are

[@IofSheikah]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Is def pay to win now. All you need is a meta deck

[@Canwegettosubscribers-nk8nn]

I got a Yu-Gi-Oh advert during this video. They clearly didn't get the message.

[@willischefner]

Yu-Gi-Oh! doesn't even make advertisements what are you on?

[@darthmaul8792]

R/woooooosh

[@bl1tzkrieg756]

Same

[@roblox_man_rqs6763]

@@willischefner yugioh duel links bro

[@kurehashinogi9241]

i was about to disagree but then i saw that this video was made in 2018 those where some dark times

[@four-twenty4205]

Imagine catching someone trying to steal your most valuable card? Their jaw would be getting snapped.

[@tammeydavis9750]

Facts 😂

[@Hynotama]

Don't you mean they're getting sent to the shadow realm?

[@tammeydavis9750]

Hynotama that too lol

[@baileydombroskie3046]

@@Hynotama no i think id just turn them into a human pretzel after i batter them with a meat malet so they have lots of sore muacles. Magbe even a kick to the crach to be extra safe and for good measure.

[@Hynotama]

@@baileydombroskie3046 Yes, yes, you're edgy and cool or whatever. Not very smart though as the joke kinda soared over your head.

[@judaiyuki159]

Heroes are my favorite as well. But kinda sad that old cards are irrelevant now and the game got way too complicated in my opinion.

[@ThiagoGlady]

Man, Konami ALWAYS support its old decks

[@Ryuuzakipwnz]

Ha.... yep. Then again I stopped playing just when they STARTED to change rules / add banlist of cards. But that's on me really. I was too lazy to learn new shit. That plus at the time, the money was coming out of my moms wallet, not mine. Since I had no income of my own. I still kept my old deck in one of those card sleeve page thingys just to keep em in my collection... I see the cards they have now a days are a lot more cooler than I remember though. :')

[@dyteriaswinson8370]

I love jaden in S2 for the hero decks

[@todorangelov1906]

Mines too They are my favourite!!!

[@Scumlord]

Heroes are a tier 1 deck right now my dude.

[@dedou7722]

I remember playing Yugioh before Beyblades were a thing back then.

[@octopus8420]

Same! I was born in 94, hbu?

[@riflebusters1]

@the king hello!!

[@EighteenStudio]

Playing casually with friends fixes just about all these issues. We have a blast with meta and non meta decks. Don't care about winning all the time just want to have fun and see cool interactions

[@kirintoad]

I remember when people thought that blue eyes was the rarest card ever lol

[@cyber_xhgt4459]

in my school we all felt that even though we all nearly have 3 copies

[@miguelcardenas6825]

In a certain way it is if you have a dds or starter kaiba 1st ed blue eyes/lob 1st ed blue eyes

[@polos.cavales1104]

My entire Neighborhood dosent have a blue eyes white dragon except my brother

[@spacewargamer4181]

And this is why I only play Yu-Gi-Oh in videogames.

[@loswey123]

Yea the game is cool if you don’t play the card game your a dum ass

[@kakkakapwppwow]

Ygopro ?

[@spacewargamer4181]

@@kakkakapwppwow The console games, but I guess that online versions are ok.

[@statblazerd3449]

The game boy advance versions were fun for me :)

[@youwayo]

I play Duel Nexus

[@jester0594]

Aren’t all card games pay to win

[@Heymisterbadguy]

There's a new game I can't remember that every deck you buy is different and randomized. And it's made to be no-pay-to-win.

[@jarrodmoldan6603]

Yes

[@manwhodoesthings]

nah, The game is P2P (Pay to Play)

[@Ihavealeftbrain]

@@Heymisterbadguy You mean HearthStone? Yeah, that game for me ain't P2W.

[@powerrangerblue8566]

@@Ihavealeftbrain it's definitely pay to win. Or grind for entirety.

[@derpsi1523]

Pokemon is worse u can summon basically blue eyes with no tribute

[@mariosblago94]

In modern Yugioh, you can summon 3 blue eyes, an 8* XYZ, syncro, Link AND fusion your dragons into a bigger dragon... all in the same turn. For all the flaws of pokemon, there's no way to win in turn one. Yugioh is all about winning on your first turn now; you lose instantly if you clogged. So... the answer is just quit and play Hearthstone, at least they don't powercreep nearly as much.

[@SodaQuasar]

@@mariosblago94 i would play legend of runeterra instead

[@billyp4352]

@@mariosblago94 Last time I checked Hearthstone out there were like 10 decks showcased to do infinite damage so I ruled that card game out super quick. I will say I didn't play at a high level ever and when I did play I didn't play much but I really don't doubt that Blizzard messed that up too since WoW is just a mess all the time.

[@mariosblago94]

@@billyp4352 you CANNOT win in one turn in HS. There' literally no possible way due to the mana mechanic. The few infinite dmg decks that have existed through the years have all been due to a combination of cards post turn 10. They are not very consistent because you can get rushed and killed quickly if you don't establish board control. Anyway, HS might not be completely balanced, but I can say with absolute certainty it's the MOST balanced of all popular card games. Especially since cards get nerffed and buffed all the time. HS is also the only card game with a large prize pool for championships. They try to be more balanced, because they are really trying hard to keep it as an e-sport and make money from there too. YGO business model is about selling more paper, that's why they powercreep every single set. In HS, many of the original cards are still viable, powercreep is slower.

[@billyp4352]

@@mariosblago94 Oh, I never said anything about winning turn one. And the video I saw was like about maybe 1 or 2 years in to the games creation if that and there were a decent amount of decks showcased winning with broken combos mid-game. Idk why Blizz bailed on their old WoW card game in the first place. I will say HS seemed kinda fun at first but the app installation was the only thing free about it. My one friend spent a bit on it cause he started to enjoy it a lot so he had way better cards and we all got rolled. Granted we didn't play super long but I know I read every dang card I had and tried my best to shut him up and stop braggin lol. This was of course all for nothing cause the cards he had were just superior, really gave me a buy-to-win vibe after that and I just stuck to Yugioh and Pokemon TCG as my card games from then on.

[@danielkenny8790]

Here’s the funny thing, when this first cake out I was like, true but I still love playing this game fast forward a few months and I literally had the awakening and stoped playing because Roy was far too expensive and I kind of have to thank this video for it, this video alone probably saved me hundreds of pounds, and I can’t thank this person enough for opening my eyes

[@Takethis22]

We can still play yugioh without links or pendulum just play with friends. Lol

[@Oblivionm24]

This. This ad infinitum.

[@Takethis22]

@@Oblivionm24 meaning?

[@Oblivionm24]

ad infinitum - again and again in the same way; forever. I mean that I agree completely; I love playing yugioh without links and pendulums, and I plan to always play without them.

[@Takethis22]

@@Oblivionm24 oh om yeah me to man

[@alain-beast1214]

That’s what I do! It still fun but I see his point

[@francescogirardello9250]

The problem it's not yugioh, the problem it's Konami

[@vascob.n.c4662]

Francesco Girardello dats komoney for ya ...

[@OnePok3monMast3r4gam3rs]

exactly. they thought the link format would fix everything, but it actually sped up its path to being a dead game. no one play it anymore where i live and i dont blame them either

[@vascob.n.c4662]

OnePok3monMast3r 4gam3rs ur absolutely right.....

[@danielvandeputte7588]

The "purpose" of links was to bottle neck the extra deck to require new cards. They also made the summoning method as stupidly easy as possible so its literally impossible not to be able to splash these new cards into existing decks. It IS the link format because konami gutted the field and extra deck rules to make links more valuable. Its obvious as fucking day they intended to "slow down" the game by limiting extra deck monster to one zone. But because they wanted to shill links they made it so links where the only way to get more than one extra deck monster on the field at a time. So now the meta is just as fast as it was but now its all centered around links. Go figure.

[@Doxicyclin]

koMONEY you mean

[@emmaluck6409]

I’m sick of my friends always telling me “hay dark magician is awesome and cooler than blue eyes” and then I said to them “would you rather have a giant white dragon with sapphire eyes that projects lightning from its mouth or have a human in a purple jumpsuit with a large green stick” Yeah that’s what I thought

[@saucegod1617]

Dark magical is better boi

[@krstabankovic9999]

Too bad DM has a lot better support nowadays

[@overthemoon34]

@SHEHARYAR KHAN Probably because the new cards are more fun, no one wants to wait 3 turns just to summon a 2500 beat stick, it's extremely boring and simplistic, I would urge you to give synchro monsters and up a try, they're not even broken, especially when you consider a ritual deck was actually tier 0 during the time of Pendulum, Synchro and XYZ.

[@yato7030]

All the new players like the speed of the game. I showed 3 of my friends yugioh and they really like the speed of the game and they didn't like goat format because it was boring and too slow for them.

[@yato7030]

@SHEHARYAR KHAN Maybe you should try a more trap based deck they are all pretty slow and only special Summon once per turn max for the most part.

[@mastermixterix]

So, is it okay for me if I just play for fun with my friends? I mean... we even played with the banned Egyptian god cards

[@SotaTAE]

jesus garcia nieto yeah, that’s what I do

[@destroyer252]

Casual yugioh is some of the most fun shit ever . Competitive is just boring I came back to the game after a long long while and playing comp is just tedious since you'll run into the same few op decks over and over again that destroy you in the first few turns if you don't play the meta cards that cost a huge amount of money. Building a deck for casual is fairly cheap too, as you don't have to have every single expensive card to have fun with your friends, for example I put together a pretty fun deck that only cost me around $17.

[@XperimentorEES]

@@destroyer252 Gotta agree there, so many niche cards you can build unexpected strategies around and usually dirt cheap. Never could even get interested in the unfun competitive side between the; price gouging, blatant misbalancing, and the last decade of metas being either spammed negation combos or FTKs. Spent more than I'd like to admit anyway, but still got the small collection somewhere lol.

[@jamesalbright7216]

The Egyptian God cards aren't banned. There are printings of them that aren't legal for other reasons. But the gods themselves arent banned.

[@alexdesasvandamme240]

@@destroyer252 I remember back in the day, more than a decade ago, that I bought some stuff to build a Dragon Deck. I don't remember how much money I spent, but it wasn't that much anyway, it was more difficult just to gather the cards. When I finally got my Dragon Deck ready, I quit playing the game, never got the chance to duel anybody and try it. Now, years later, I remember that and I'm like "man, I wanna play some duels with that deck I built", but it scares me to just try and get destroyed in the first turn by some Link-Syncro-Shit combo, with no time to even have fun. I'd like to have some friends to play casual duels with no restrictitions, which is why I got into the game the first time, and the real reason we all fell for this thing.

[@maxw5750]

The problem is the extra deck with other overlays, in essence the sheer amount of special summons and monster effects that essentially can lock out your opponent from playing period.

[@andreabigelow4442]

That’s the point of the game. Set up a big board and hope your opponent doesn’t break it

[@maxw5750]

@@andreabigelow4442 in one turn? No, that system is broken af, too much milling in a single turn.

[@maxw5750]

@@andreabigelow4442 lol I think making your opponent drop to zero life points is the better way to play this game.

[@VictorythroughUnity59]

@@maxw5750 and NOT, in a single f%€π round 😆

[@House_Of_Champs]

It's really clear you're very connected to competitive yugioh with your presentation and address a lot of great point. The prize pool for UDS is way better than most events, but in the end other games have way better incentives for way better prices. Its the social aspect that keeps people tied to yugioh. It feels like once you quit your friend circle can really change because a lot of what your friends want to do is just play yugioh.

[@ovx23]

John make a video about this

[@addonysnova2345]

Sometimes, but what determines a true friend is far more than just playing! I'd say there is still ways to play without buying cards or going to tournaments. you can always discord your friends and voice chat and have a blast in tag duels or doing character duels or custom duels. tournament style isnt the only way to play the game!

[@AmberMetallicScorpion]

what's funny is that i've managed to either get a bunch of people into yugioh or if they already were into it but weren't sure if they should invest in it to get a deck,with me i try to utilise as many summoning techniques as i can(the only summons i can't do are union,ritual and fusion summons because i don't own the right cards *e.g i have rune eyes pendulum dragon and a polymerisation the only summoning requirment i don't have is odd eyes pendulum dragon,i have a ritual spell but no ritual monsters and i just have no union cards in general*)

[@TheMacroShow]

Yeah, all of the friends I used to hang out with from YuGiOh I don’t hang out with anymore. We had really nothing in common except the game

[@House_Of_Champs]

Yeah, I have a few lifelong friends from the game, and the game has made a HUGE impact on my life, but very few who quit bother to stay connected

[@daltonhancock8141]

I spent like 1000 dollars on the game in one year

[@mohamedelhediissa289]

It's not about how much you spent but about how much you had fun with it

[@playerslayer1787]

0:50 finally somebody gets it

[@Hynotama]

We all know Tristan is actually the best character.

[@playerslayer1787]

@@Hynotama That’s so much of a lie I feel like I’m sining just by responding to your statement

[@algylpamungkas6719]

@@Hynotama hahahahahahaha yes that's right

[@carlosjoseorochena3503]

I think we can all help macro’s depression, WITH FLEX TAPE

[@delfox9156]

I agree

[@walterman3958]

i SaWeD a MaCrO iN HaLf

[@areupigeon5162]

FIIIIIIXXXXXEEESSSS ANNNNNNNYYYYY THHHHIINNGG

[@SajtPanda]

Ur right

[@riccardoflorio2800]

Carlos Jose Orochena that's a lot of damage

[@Judai_11]

Mum: reads title. Damn couldn’t this be 20 years earlier

[@Allinguts]

I played competitive from 2003-2006 and all of this is super accurate. I love the old yugioh and I will never stop playing the old version (new version is trash). I just play by my self or close friends. I really like to try magic.

[@jeddon]

Honestly the introduction of XYZ, Syncro, and Link summoning were enough to make me quit. If overloaded cards with million words wasn’t already enough they just had to introduce new ways of summoning monsters that just breaks traditional gameplay/rules.

[@TheMasterKrook]

FeelsKaijuMan Oh, and never forget Firewall Dragon. That things never getting banned. Thanks Konami

[@NexusSpacey]

TheMasterKrook just keep looping, just keep looping, just keep looping looping looping

[@TheMasterKrook]

@@NexusSpacey loop time

[@YatoMAX]

i activate my quick play spell card and i sacfrice 1000 life points to negate and destroy your trap card

[@riccardoflorio2800]

TheMasterKrook i always played dark world because it was funny, but it is too weak now And they banned a lot of cards

[@Marcusjnmc]

@@riccardoflorio2800 the grepher/snoww engine has numerous tops this format, but they're paired with Danger! & those all got bought out on release so are silly expensive, ah weil.

[@matthijsbouma]

If you play yugioh only for winning, it's a very expensive game. But you shouldn't play to win, you should play to have fun with friends and strangers :)

[@elliottvaughn700]

fun deck vs fun deck for the win!

[@metascrub285]

Problem is too many people want to win once exposed to the competitive scene. Games like MTG and card fight Vanguard are alot better games for playing casual decks that still can have fun against meta.

[@matthijsbouma]

I play casual decks in competitive setting, and sometime I'm winning the day

[@metascrub285]

@@matthijsbouma you can win but most of the time u gotta except that most casual decks are at a huge disadvantage, something like sixsams is going to lose 8/10 times to something like full power zoo.

[@matthijsbouma]

True, sometimes it gets very nasty but then i will pick my counter fairy deck untill they're crying

[@wabawabwab93401]

I like the way that Magic has different formats so if you want to use just older cards, just newer ones, use more complex challenging decks or simply just use whatever non-banned cards you want. Although premade decks are coming with cards that don't really add up with value or game performance

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Except wizards doesnt support legacy, like at all its like wild in hearthstone except worst

[@Hynotama]

I tried playing MTG, but honestly if you're going there from yugioh, it's going to be painfully slow and boring. A lot of the charm of yugioh is the consistency and deck manipulation or in some cases using your graveyard as your deck/hand. Magic is a lot more basic and you can't combine cards like you do in yugioh. It's just a different beast.

[@antonisdumb4265]

That’s what I like about magic. Even if the card is like 3 years old it still can be pretty good.

[@QuankyFlacidFilms]

@@Hynotama i know this comment is 2 years old but even then,there are definitely decks in mtg that have the consistency and grave yard mechanics like yugioh. Especially in commander

[@xtrabit05]

Im playing master dule rn and my opponent summoned 4 cards with ap over 2k on the first turn u think thats over kill for a 1 lord of d?

[@kidspuppetshows8422]

First your going to have to duel me You win you could quit I win you can't quit

[@brysonmark878]

Seems Legit

[@leiyoung6535]

It’s time to Du-Du-Du-DuDu-Duel!!!

[@otroweonllamadoseba]

(Draw his Samurai Edge and Shoots) can i quit now?

[@otterman_cookem1]

Macro: *Draws all five pieces of Exodia* Also Macro: Cards not in the meta can't win

[@user-xf6ty4iv9w]

How I quited Yu-Gi-Oh... a *can't quit Yu-Gi-Oh*

[@thekuribouh7772]

I quit yu gi oh for POKEMON

[@dimitris1601]

Ellinas lol😂

[@twotimesfour]

*me who's yugioh addiction started at age 10*

[@itshuy6595]

I played at age 8 :vvv Quick question: do you hate golden boi

[@kevinkramer8817]

Me who is 10 and is yu gi boi

[@michaelcemhalicioglu3209]

As someone who attends competitive events regularly, I agree with several of your points. It's addicting, annoying bad support, but the price is player dependant. It is true that meta decks are usually expensive, but there are counter strategies, as I have been playing an off-meta deck for the last 2 years and been topping regionals and winning big local tournaments. However, the initial commitment matters, as I believe you need to have some "staple" cards, which are now much cheaper then before. If you are commited to spend 150 dollars or so initially for staples that will last several years whilst constantly bending your strategy to counter the meta, it may not be as expensive as it seems.

[@anotherfool9278]

Dude with this game, each card is a god damn book now. Lol. Remember when it was simple?

[@Pigninjius]

Dark omega beast lord Attribute: Dark Atk/Def: 0/0 Fiend/Effect: This card cannot be summoned by normal summoning. It can only be summoned by using “Dark Omega Beast servant” while it has 3 Omega tokens and is in defense mode. When this card is summoned, look at your opponent’s hand and discard one of them. If it’s a spell, destroy all their monsters. If it’s a trap, your opponent cannot activate any effects or trap cards. In the main phase of every turn, you may banish a “Dark Omega” Monster in your graveyard, summon a fusion monster from your extra deck. This monster cannot attack your opponent directly and is destroyed at the end of your opponent’s turn. After that monster is destroyed, you may discard your entire hand, summon as many “Dark Omega” monsters to the field as possible and deal damage equal to the half of the square root of 3 times the total attack of all your monsters. This card can’t be targeted by card effects or spell or trap cards. This monster’s attack increases by 1000 for every link monster on the field. Back in the day: Pot of greed: *D R A W 2 C A R D S*

[@XmortoxX1990]

And dull and boting, yeah I remember tool. The current state of YGGO mioght not be optimal (even I agree there is too much to handle) but you can make so many crazy shit if you remember your plays, it feel kinda like afighting game trying to pull a high damaging combo. I wish the meta gets a bit slower, but in no way I want to come back to old YGO

[@anotherfool9278]

I like playing the yugioh games that has all the cards in it. But one enemy got 3 huge monsters out in the first turn after like 50 moves... I just quit lol

[@East_1305]

*Back in the day...* Elemental HERO wildheart Attribute: Earth ATK/1500 DEF/1600 [Warrior/Effect] *THIS CARD IS UNAFFECTED BY TRAP*

[@East_1305]

you dont even have a time to read the card effect your opponent activated nowaday...

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

I felt so left in the dust when I learned they added metal to Beyblade.

[@Luna-xr3dk]

Hello there

[@biggiez2725]

I'm really tossing around the possibility of quitting. I lose like all the time after spending 100s and 100s of dollars into cards. Competitive yugioh out around our local group has a few people that have know it alls, toxic people, and people that say "oh you're just mad cause you're losing.". It's so frustrating to sink money into a game where in one turn someone can do a million things and sucks the fun out of you even playing.

[@vectorbarreiro4632]

What kind of killed the game for me is that there's barely any interaction with the other players, you just do a big combo set down some cards and try to stop the other person from playing the game via hand traps of traditional trap cards.

[@mihajloculic9023]

When he said cards go up to 200 dollars *cries in starlight rares*

[@sebastianrivera6076]

Few tips and pointers because I've been playing yugioh for a while 1. Buy cards online don't "maybe I'll get is if I buy packs" The odds are against you 2. If you can't buy cards, try trading, you never know who is willing to trade :) 3. You don't have to spend a lot of money for a "good deck" You have to be smart and creative with the type of deck you can make. 4. Join local tournaments, that's the best way to experience yugi and be able to learn to combos and tricks! 5. Lose more than you win? There is always room for improvement! Also gives you time to learn your mistakes and know what to improve on. #getgoodkid jk also because you win some, you lose some. 6. Never be salty, no one likes salt on their cards. 7. Look up KZbin deck profiles for ideas and new ways to strategize :) 8. And most important tip... *SHOWER* *AND* *WEAR* *DEODORANT!!!!*

[@phantomdemon6613]

Sebastian Rivera you got the right idea my dude my deck is mostly made from the original yugioh and I actually won more than lost your right you have to be creative and don’t be salty or a card thief because I know someone who was and I didn’t like him for it

[@Peachsweets]

Buying singles makes it not fun and wack and lame and having everything become unusable or devalued because of newer ones effects or reprints it makes me sad yugioh became such a disappointment because konami laughs in their consumers faces.

[@lylatgang5444]

Konami didn't create the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. The original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime didn't have the card game in it.

[@stormwyvern6981]

Lylat Gang it did have the card game but it wasn’t the main focus

[@NeostormXLMAX]

StormWyvern actually dungeon dice monsters was the actuall game played in it

[@clockwork9524]

@@NeostormXLMAX yes but yugi vs kaiba in a duel like in duel monster's in season 0

[@lbagbonel]

I started yu gi oh with manga

[@GoodNight0wl]

My interest in Yugioh mostly died with the original series. And by died, I mean more it stayed behind. I can still watch the original series, and I still casually collect the original cards, and even some modern cards that are inspired by the original designs. But it stops there.

[@worldcoach6887]

Same! I was so happy when the legendary deck 1 came out

[@silferbuu86]

When they introduced Links is when I gave up on the game. Pendulums were bad enough, but forcing people to play the new mechanics or you're fucked? C'mon really

[@azeemmalik2931]

Later that day... -1000 subs

[@christianwright7581]

Old kinds of decks get additional support sometimes though, like the Six Samurai deck, they got themselves a link monster.

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

I never got into Yu-Gi-Oh (including the anime), though my buddy got me into Magic the Gathering about 10+ years ago. I did quit MTG for a couple of years, though of recently I have gotten back into it a little bit during Covid.

[@j0doe1]

I've played Yu-Gi-Oh since elementary school, then I stopped for a few years until just recently. I guess the only reason I don't feel as bitter towards the new stuff is because the archetype I used to play (if you couldn't tell, it's Galaxy-Eyes) got some decent support for modern play while I was gone. Arc-V came out when I had already stopped so I never knew about the Cipher stuff until I came back. I don't win every duel, but I think I still manage to win a good amount of duels, online and offline. I can't say much since I haven't been to anything higher than a locals, but I've been able to play around with my side deck to counter some of the higher tier decks that I see. It's an expensive hobby at times, but I still enjoy dueling for the hell of it and believe there's a good amount of skill required.

[@TDShogun]

Your points are very valid we got a shitty community in yugioh who are desperate to win when there is nothing to gain from it. the priceof cards is insanely expensive and konami has done nothing to compensate players I've been playing MTG, a game that does not have as much power creep if any. Wizards has done a good job at trying to accomdate as many people as possible. From standard to modern to legacy or any format you prefer to play in. I don't know too much about the competitive format but with the mythic championship, players have a reason to compete and aim for the top. You don't even need the best deck in the format because the game takes so much skill. Last but not least, the people in the community are really humble from what I know.

[@kristiannikolic6284]

dont firget the reason for cards being insanely expensive, konami tcg releases sets month or even months later than their official release kn the ocg which means they can tell which cards from each set is going to be sought after which in turn they then short print.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Kristian Nikolic it’s called price gouging

[@Blitz0555]

Something called waiting for reprints. Also yugioh power creeps so people have insensitive to buy new packs so the game doesn't die out.

[@brianaguilar8283]

creeperagent333 that sounds so corporate, it’s a lousy excuse for a shitty business practice.

[@sigurdvickery3523]

@@brianaguilar8283 How the duck is it a "lousy excuse"?? I'm gonna burst your bubble here: Whether you like it or not, card games are businesses and need to make money. If the cards in the packs didn't get stronger over time there would be no incentive to buy new products, Konami wouldn't be making any money from it, and badaboom badabing you have a dead card game.

[@opmasterclan4726]

That’s cause you played try hard just play casual

[@ratso8193]

Doesn't work too much better, Casual allows more leniency, and people really take advantage at playing obviously broken decks

[@SoulHuN7eR]

Sorry my dude, but fuck you and fuck your casual gameplay. You know what? Im not even sorry. Fuck you and go play some casual clash royale or something. "Casuals" are the reason why hardcore players with bad and i mean fucking unlucky bad matchmakings needs to play a good 30-50-100 games of the game they like, to rank up.

[@barenyeager3936]

@@SoulHuN7eR u drunk?

[@edcellwarrior]

@@SoulHuN7eR "Fuck you for wanting to have fun!"

[@purpleey]

@@SoulHuN7eR TRYHARD DETECTED

[@sbeevee759]

I still have all 5 exodia the forbidden one. Is he still good.

[@ClearanceCollector]

I bought my first Yugioh cards back in college when they first came out. It was a lot easier to understand back then. I don’t play now but I still collect them for their artwork.

[@Deathwish-ky1rw]

I agreed with you The community is what ruined Yu-Gi-Oh! For me I only play with my friends or at my local game store now

[@m.u.igogeta2839]

So do i

[@darkdakurai3292]

I agree

[@samshah1533]

Deathwish 2008 I did too.

[@speed9553]

I’m too young to go to a competition so I just play with friends at school

[@bearboigolden1020]

Yeah the yugioh community is toxic and left a bad impression on me

[@kirakiro3897]

I play magic the gathering and I think they have it down all decks can be tailored to your style and new cards aren’t particularly overpowered but like tailored to you and your style

[@gilscheiner1754]

you are so right

[@Epitaph0660]

If you watch the bestt card in mtg with brian kibler u will see that the best cards are actually old ones

[@sebasstehfish5634]

@@Epitaph0660 Well, yeah but look at Assaisan's Trophy among other newer cards. They are now amazing sideboard options and it is such good value for the card, also it depends on the format as well, and some of the best cards are banned or limited such as moxes and the black lotus, though it doesn't happen often

[@sebasstehfish5634]

@Shashank Shankar I have 0 of the nine power 9. Because the cheapest is like 2000$ per card

[@infernalbaka557]

Magic never really interests me to be honest like 2 cards becoming into one big cards? How does that work?

[@aquilesbos2456]

I live in Argentina so i cant buy Macro's cards and that make's me sad.

[@duality6783]

How much the whole binder

[@jovinprime]

That's why I play Duel Links.

[@deinpapi4764]

SHINYbro PRIME u could argue that duel Links is even worse than regular Yugioh in some cases

[@eccliptikk4757]

@@deinpapi4764 hahaha, or it should be called, trap links

[@ignisterr.9418]

I play duel links too, but i like the real Yu-Gi-Oh too, i just hope Konami don't do any worse shit

[@TrianglePants]

they don't even run THAT well

[@mbmj9539]

YGO pro or dueling book is the way to go

[@NotTheWheel]

MTG is a bit different. While it can be a cash sink (most card games are, just the nature of the beast) for sure at least Wizards of the Coast has different formats to keep old cards viable and valuable.

[@DonPinochi]

Facts, the format I recently got into was EDH/Commander. The fact I can use old cards and play them is actually quite refreshing.

[@joeybergeron7398]

Agree, I just got into MtG and the fact that is there is a format for everyone is awesome, also arguably some the best fantasy card art period.

[@SkyreeXScalabar]

yeah pauper and EDH are the best formats for budget and decks are really cheap and retain their value

[@neotwo8786]

Yea it seems there are only around 5 new cards every set that's good and the rest are just ethier reprints or terrible cards

[@mrantihippie]

MtG has been around for 25 years, and old cards are still good. New cards are still good. The secondary market is awesome in comparison to Konomi. The ban list is reasonabke aswell, unlike Konami..

[@user-rn5xy6gm9z]

Just out of curiosity, have you ever delved into Magic the Gathering?

[@LADDtoast]

One of my teachers has a blue eyes white dragon and dark magician on his wall behind his desk

[@pomf5207]

_Your relationship with Beyblade_ *has deteriorated*

[@chrisfard1866]

Who remembers bakugan

[@caliphthescorpion5220]

Me

[@minhangkhong5302]

Me too

[@tylerjohnson7971]

I still have mime

[@voughklry8362]

YES

[@mastermoussa5491]

I rejoined yu gi oh a couple days a go .i dind not watch all the yu gi oh series .but i learned some things new ...old days when i did not know english i was just spectating the card and generate an effect for it

[@mr.amphibian8418]

“God dammit jimmy” LMFAOOO😭😭😭😭😭

[@cheese0069]

It's time to D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DUEL

[@jaden9368]

eddie cornejo I use pot of greed!

[@CrabbyKingDK]

D-D-D D-D-D D-D-D D-D-D D-D-D D-D-D D-D-D D-D-D D-D-D D-D-D-Duel

[@justvibe664]

D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-duel

[@jameskong6506]

I quit yugioh for the same reason. Crazy power creep makes it extremely unfun. Magic the gathering I find is way more balanced and the existence of a rotating format keeps things fresh.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

But do they have futuristic secret agents? (I love SPYRAL)

[@TheTrueFeetMan]

Any cards can used and you can win any way possible.

[@huyvuminh1048]

@@popeval6654 that too fan boy for me. what you say can be same case for yugioh, MTG have format competitive or not, most of them even fan made so no force wizard thumb up here. even if I don't like MTG, it is much better than yugioh

[@sigurdvickery3523]

@Eduardo Sambugaro How do the cards "play themselves"? Coming from someone who has played Hearthstone, MTG and Yu-Gi-Oh!, I can safely say that Yu-Gi-Oh! is probably the most skill-intensive tcg out there.

[@george6626]

@@sigurdvickery3523 skill intencive ? Most games finish on turn 2 , with the guy being first winning most of the time by playing half their deck on turn 1 and drawing the other half the next turn . Magic has some anoying crap too ofc ( nexus of fate yey ) but its nowhere near this shit

[@jaime2992]

Thank you, I was about to start getting into this then I saw the thumbnail for this video. You probably just saved me hundreds of dollars

[@powercall1703]

I love how the intro doesn’t happen until 1/3 into the bodeo

[@uncleubi9008]

Dino's, frog paleos and burning abyss would like to have a word with you.

[@ButterclawEnthusiast]

Hell yeah, i still play frog paleo to this day. it's a great deck to play on a budget

[@uncleubi9008]

@@ButterclawEnthusiast That's toadally awesome

[@bobobob.1405]

These puns make me want to commit graveyard

[@AmberMetallicScorpion]

oh and the krawler archetype when yugioh vrains and link summons are over and done with,waiting for the next type of summon to come out(fun fact gx is the only series of yugioh that hasn't created cards that involve the extra deck,arc-v did since destroyed pendulum monsters go face up in the extra deck instead what gx did was build upon the previously established fusion summons shown in the original)

[@Nils.Dabeck]

@@uncleubi9008 kzbin.info/www/bejne/enzRm2ealseNn7c

[@victormeimaris3774]

Although I don't play Yu gi oh now cause it has become kind of trash..there is one more option...you just play ygo pro in your computer?!!!

[@froebelvergara4759]

Yes!!! I do that with my frined

[@doncon_380]

What about mtg arena

[@palindromeadept7937]

I think the bit about macros friend laughing over his blue eyes is fucmin hillarious considering the state of online yugioh and duel links play rates. Are there more meta things yes, but blue eyes has a huge following at least digitally

[@bitvomit374]

13 years later and I still don’t know how to play yughio my friends and I just liked to collect the cards and watch the cartoon

[@banner1615]

1:17 This dude scores all the ladies

[@apairofsteeltoedboots4729]

OOOOHHHHHHH yeah

[@BigothyArchibaldBusiness]

I just play Duel Links since it's really simpli- Oh wait they added Synchros and are planning to bring in XYZ. Oh. Uh oh.

[@Dakesz]

Why is it so hard to comprehend that games evolve.

[@BigothyArchibaldBusiness]

@@Dakesz I don't mind games evolving. I just don't think its as fun anymore since duels don't last long. Ilike them to some extent. But having someone bring out an XYZ that negates a large majority of cards just kinda sucks the fun out of it.

[@someperson8569]

How sad they want to improve the game

[@Dakesz]

@@BigothyArchibaldBusiness If your deck is good enough to hold it's own, and if you don't brick, then you can have a long duel.

[@radianzero]

You must have 2 brain cells if you can't comprehend synchro and xyz. "oH nO mY deCk iS sHit anD someoNe uSed aN xYz iLl comPlain abOuT tHe gaMe evOlvIng fOr mE losing!!!"

[@LazySugarLover]

With me, I got back in Yugioh back at sophomore year, I simply made decks with types I was fond of like Warriors. I was invited to a local gathering in a mall near my school and I got wrecked everytime, I saw how pros made very op decks and I just my fun decks so I never bothered to play competitively. I only ply with my friends. With Pendulums i was encouraged even less to play competitively.

[@DoggoDoesStuff1]

This is why I play Yu-Gi-Oh online. Price isn't a problem, since on most if not all of the online services for Yu-Gi-Oh you have every card free, and neither is slow-playing, because you have a time limit for your turn on the automatic ones(not DB, though I still play it since it's closer to the real game and it doesn't play for you).