Top 10 Masked HERO Cards in YuGiOh

the Masked HERO archetype is a small fusion archetype of hero monsters, which have a gimmick of going into fusion monsters with only a single material. In this list will be going over 10 of the best Masked HERO cards.
-The List-
Intro: (0:00)
10-Form Change: (0:12)
9- Masked HERO Koga: (1:03)
8- Masked HERO divine wind: (3:32)
7- Masked Change II: (4:55)
6- Masked HERO Dian: (5:34)
5- Masked HERO Anki: (7:51)
4- Masked HERO blast: (9:21)
3- Masked HERO acid: (11:11)
2- Masked Change: (12:47)
1- Masked HERO Dark Law: (14:38)
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[@varkolak7779]

You did it: we are already have the best Elemental HEROs, Destiny HEROs, Evil HEROs, Vision HEROs and now the Masked HEROs. Jaden must be proud of you.

[@yugiohfan7906]

Yeah 😂

[@milesstorzillo3013]

Now if only we had more Xtra Heroes.

[@yugiohfan7906]

@@milesstorzillo3013 yeah you are right

[@cooldes4593]

Top 1 best contrast heros

[@brennanwn]

That is awesome

[@popstarchamp]

"The reason he's always slouching over is because he has to carry the whole archetype on its back." 😂

[@dragondestroyer3210]

I mean he spitting tho

[@Prince_Eva_Huepow]

@@dragondestroyer3210 Straight facts

[@Wwillow1992]

I died at that.

[@Volt46]

When you already know Dark Law is gonna be number 1 before you even watch the video

[@jaegerjohnson5822]

He should’ve done best Masked Hero Cards not named Dark Law

[@DiegoRiser]

Literally me.

[@robg9726]

🤷who would have guessed??

[@theone1930]

@@jaegerjohnson5822 why, so we can find out the 11th best masked hero card?

[@bnpray2279]

True lol

[@user-ashborn16]

Time for HERO facts: In the GX manga, Judai(Jaden) starts with the Elemental HERO deck that used to belong to his teacher and inspiration. Afterwards, he felt that he should make a deck that he could properly call his own deck, his own creation. Then, he designed the Masked HERO archetype as a way to fix some failures from the Elemental HERO playstyle while maintaining the core idea of the deck. That's the reason why in Duel Links, Masked HERO Blast is a level up reward from Jaden Yubel P.S: The design of Masked HEROs is inspired by Kamen Rider, just like Inzektors

[@albjonhalilaj6745]

That is sudden but interesting

[@ironphantom4912]

Another fun fact: The Masked heroes were both a main and extra deck archetype, but the main deck cards outside of the spells were never printed at the time of writing this.

[@joekerr5418]

Another fun fact: Dark Law is a badass motherfucker who makes me cream whenever I get to summon it

[@coins_png]

They will always be power rangers for me

[@Deathmare235]

@@nmr7203 it’s funny how op his deck is in the actual game

[@ediz6786]

Interesting fact: If you attack directly with anki and then chain a forbidden chalice in the damage step you gain 400 atk and the attack still goes through and the effect to halve the damage is negated

[@Gold.edits44]

Broooo it sounds inconsistent but I'm definitely gonna try this in duel links

[@MEGASTRIX]

@@Gold.edits44 its apparently an old strategy. Haha

[@user-ashborn16]

@@MEGASTRIX good old days when using Forbidden Chalice on Anki was a big brain combo.....

[@sean1oo1]

@@Gold.edits44 dude you had to be there for the anki Meta. it was either forbidden chalice or titan showdown for big brain anki plays

[@MrZer093]

It was a semi popular strategy during 5Ds. Not seen often but always got attention when it was used. Friendly reminder that the omni-heroes and masked heroes were never out during the GX era as they were manga cards and those tend to take their time to see a real life printing.

[@OfficialAJL]

5:44 The disrespect on Koga by confusing it with Goka! 😂

[@user-ashborn16]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rett4433]

Facts

[@SaturnBlade]

Facts the fire and water were released in the same booster. Koga didn't release until few years later in the deck.

[@georgej4027]

Made me sad. I love koga😂

[@norrisglass8490]

@@georgej4027Koga so good

[@billding6032]

Just gonna say, watching a random video from this channel a month ago got me back into YuGiOh everything after more than a decade

[@skeletonwar4445]

Same lol

[@placeholdertag]

Nice

[@TheDuelLogs]

As it should be

[@deshtom]

When a main deck Masked HERO gets introduced, Contrast HERO will become very strong.

[@sebastianmartinez-oj2sl]

I can't be more agree with you

[@brysonreese3664]

You could always bring it out with miricale fusion

[@christianmago7568]

@@brysonreese3664 what no Miracle only works with e hero lmao

[@MrGustass1]

@@christianmago7568 "This card is always treated as an "Elemental HERO" card."

[@christianmago7568]

@@MrGustass1 i thought it was only on field though?

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

So basically what Masked HERO (or HERO in general) needs are: - A LIGHT Main Deck Monster that you could gain benefits from it if it hits the field, so you could play Koga AND maybe even make it so Contrast HERO is viable - A Masked HERO (or main deck HERO) THAT SOMEHOW Grants protection to your HERO monsters ???

[@MasTa_777]

I would have said that HEROES needed an omni-negate, but they already have one in Contrast Hero, so if they got a good HERO Light Monster that impacts the field and gives them card advantage they would solve that issue. And of course a Masked HERO monster that grantes protection to HERO monster, like from being targetted by card effects or be tributed or destroyed by battle.

[@MrDreyven]

@@MasTa_777 I'm not sure card advantage is where they need to go. There's quite a bit of value they can get from the graveyard etc. and there's so many searchers some decks aren't even playing all the searchers anymore. A elemental light hero is probably the obvious one but I think vision heros could use another card and I wonder if you could fit a light type there even though it's usually all darks. Something that allows you to play through handtraps better probably since you are still sort of vulnerable if you don't get your starter going.

[@angka3807]

I think they need main deck masked hero so you can easily summon contrast.

[@HyperGaming-eg9fs]

@@angka3807 I'm not really into competitive play but Imo contrast hero is not much of good card comparing to other boss monsters

[@HispanicatthediscoMTG]

I love hearing this guy talk.

[@SaraphDarklaw]

I just liked the name “Darklaw.” I had no idea how awesome it actually was.

[@Jake19774TW]

Ah yes, the Top 9 second best Masked HERO cards ft. Darklaw at the end

[@thesweetone]

Theduellogs, you sure know how to brighten my day, a new video. Everytime I think its going to be a boring day you release a new video. They are very informative to people like me who were hardcore into yugioh back in the day but left for a long time and trying to get back in the game. Keep up the great work man.

[@alinepiroutek8932]

I don't even care about competitive yugioh anymore but I love watching those

[@TheDuelLogs]

Excellent

[@sirswagabadha4896]

The joke about dark law always slouching caught me off guard, well done

[@u-topic4795]

In the Yugioh GX manga Masked Heroes has a main deck monsters. pretty sure it would be broken even if they're a normal monsters, because of Contrast Hero Chaos, which requires 2 masked hero monsters as materials

[@kingradiance7286]

Alternative title duel log simping on dark law

[@mavericklysander]

Liquid soldier fusing into abzero then mask changing into Acid always makes me happy.

[@somerandomfan2096]

Top 10 Stardust Archetype Cards They Just Got New Support So Yeah

[@justdplmao8749]

Number 1. Starduston

[@U1TR4F0RCE]

Top 10 synchron and synchron support cards could also be neat

[@kentucky_ken]

I love the Masked Hero archetype. It's like a tribute to the Kamen Riders which I loved as a kid.

[@sekaihunter9378]

"If they could change Dark Law from a Normal Monster into the BEST Masked Hero, surely they can create a whole bunch of busted main deck Masked Hero!" Change my mind

[@tuncloud8510]

Just the idea of "main deck Masked Hero" is busted because that means Chaos is actually playable now

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@tuncloud8510 especially if it is a LIGHT so now even Koga is viable

[@BloodrealmX]

What they COULD do to rein that in is print Masked HERO Ray, which was a Level 4 LIGHT Normal monster with 1800 ATK and 200 DEF. Do you think being just a good ATK value Normal monster would balance out how much it could be used in combination with other cards, or would that render it unplayable? Alternatively, they could give it a _decent_ but not _broken_ effect in order to offset how much it would open up plays.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@BloodrealmX That main deck Masked HERO Ray would only need an effect that gives you a reason to put on field and it would still be played because it would make Contrast easier (you would need to get only 1 single masked hero from extra deck to summon contrast), and make Koga useful

[@BloodrealmX]

@@ianr.navahuber2195 In the manga, Jaden summons Ray to _immediately_ go into Koga via Mask Change, so maybe it could have an effect where your opponent can't activate cards or effects in response to its summon and 1 "Change" Quick-Play Spell that turn?

[@taylorholmes2659]

You've been dropping videos pretty rapidly lately, I love it. I could watch/listen to these all day.

[@nicoofthenight8403]

Maybe one day Yubel will get her own list..... Year 13 of waiting for Yubel support

[@placeholdertag]

What about the neos yubel fusion from last year?

[@manuelmarce2544]

I learned from your other video about HERO deck that Dark Law is freaking broken. I play mixed HERO deck on Legacy of the Duelist, but I don't use DL before. Now, DL is a must summon first before others. When I summon Solid, and I have Shadow Mist on my hand, DL is an automatic summon. Just wanted to share this, so thanks TDL!

[@strugglingvgcplayer9120]

damn got here 6 min after it went up, can’t wait to see dark law #1

[@hgsqu33zy]

Hell yeah! I just started playing heros in duel links. This is great video

[@Guspachoo]

Idk if youll see this but ever since Master Duel came out I've been getting back into yugioh and then i found your channel and love watching all your videos

[@robg9726]

I still want my "Top 10 Best Rock-Type Monsters of All Time"...Grand Mole, Morphing Jar, Fiber Jar, Dark Gaia, Nibiru. There are many more but too many to keep track of

[@rand6412]

... Block Dragon, Adamancipators, King of the Sky Prison, Koa'ki Meiru Guardian, Doki Doki, Magnet Warriors, Gigantes, Gallant Granite..

[@diegostecca7319]

isn't nibiru light?

[@robg9726]

@@diegostecca7319 You're referring to its attribute. I'm simply referring to the monsters with the monster type of "Rock". Look in the effect text box, and it will distinguish its type.

[@diegostecca7319]

@@robg9726 OH mb, i misread

[@robg9726]

Cards like "Amano-Iwato" and "Pot of the Forbidden" are decent, until put on paper..So possible outcomes for the list, really matters on what type of impact left once released into the game

[@hoodedshadow7]

Awesome top list, It didn't bother me that you forget about that light and dark mean hero. Your list and facts, really help me and understand a better uses for my hero deck and cards. Thank you very hero fan

[@HyperGaming-eg9fs]

Back then when I was a kid watching Yu-Gi-Oh,I really had fun watching heros merging together to get a better form and up to now it's still my favorite archetype from the franchise,I hope they give them more support or boss monsters, definitely the funniest archetype to play with

[@nuraqilasidek-qk7zp]

I just love how they reference kamen rider designs Acid: Biorider Dark Law (and Anki): Amazon Koga: Shining Agito Blast: Ichigo Divine wind: W Cyclone Cyclone Chaos: W Fang Joker

[@Hugelag]

14:56 made me legitimately laugh out loud.

[@exchromarus2450]

I just got the last two cards for my Masked HERO deck today :o

[@WoodsRunner]

Always happy to see more hero discussion. Minor issue I noticed: I don’t know if you use speech to text or something but, at one point the caption said “master monster” instead of masked hero, and it showed Koga (light) instead of Goka (Fire) when you talked about bad Masked heroes. Which is ironic since Koga made the list of BEST cards.

[@Viridious2]

I Love combining masked hero blast with E hero great tornado! It’s really fun to cut the attack of monsters so much

[@shockumaru-chan5995]

If Dark law has 2500 atk, it would be literally almost way to good not to Ban the card

[@skeletonwar4445]

Uh... no?

[@melvinshine9841]

If Dark Law had a little more attack and some kind of monster effect protection I could see it flirting with the ban list.

[@BlackBeartic229]

I mean OCG limited it at some point I think. Either that or limited Shadow Mist. Or maybe both

[@dibidabua]

Idk It still has shitty protection and the only way to make it last more than 2 turns is by using Favorite Hero

[@spiderman110990]

No wonder Dark Law has been excluded from Duel Links. That would damn near break the game.

[@-Yu_Tsugami]

oh it will coming in the future for sure.

[@voltingmaster5458]

Here’s an interesting idea! Top 10 Structure Deck Boss Monsters.

[@002f4dsw4]

Dark law is so cool, he really feels like a hero with how much he carries your deck. Very fitting

[@phillymccheesy4587]

I always loved using form change to go from Absolute Zero to Acid to wipe your opponents entire board. It was rare that I got to do it but when I pulled it off it was hilarious

[@DaKrimch]

You can just use mask change for that one, no need for form change

[@phillymccheesy4587]

@@DaKrimch I know that now lol, this was back when I was still new to using HEROs and my buddy showed me form change

[@LeafhopperV]

There was also that forbidden chalice interaction with Anki where you just negate the half damage effect and it swings for 3200.

[@angelduranulloa5924]

Top ten Monsters with Floodgates Effects Great video btw

[@sugarsmile7852]

Speaking of A Hero Live in duel links they have an access to a card call D Mind which is A Hero Live but with level 3 or lower Destiny HERO monsters

[@idalwave]

Dian was always so weird to me. Like, here you go, a 2800/3000 monster using just one Spell Card and one material. Obviously, stats don't matter in modern, but I always scratched my head at the plausibility of its stats when reading the GX manga. There was nothing like it in the GX era. Also, a bit of an editting mistake; you showed Koga instead of Goka during Dian's introduction.

[@sekaihunter9378]

Bruh, it's Goka, not Koga...

[@minhao7530]

Top 10 best (or worst) graveyard effect cards pls. Also, luv ur content, keep it up!!!

[@redwardranger7034]

I knew someone will definitely make a mistake regarding Goka and Koga's name and it's actually cute

[@xenochrome27]

New top let's gooooo

[@MrOzono]

I just bought a very cheap masked hero structure deck, this video is extremely useful

[@spencerthomas8215]

I got the masked hero structure deck a while ago and it had dark law and I had no idea it was that good

[@angelcm156]

Top 10 worst hand traps, either monster or actual traps, I suppose there gotta be some

[@thepoweroftheweed2215]

Top 10 Best Xyz monsters? Up to you to do "of all time (including banned ones)" or current

[@thepoweroftheweed2215]

Current means only the ones that aren't banned

[@sammyhain]

Number 1 would b Zeus if it's current

[@sammyhain]

Vfd 2nd

[@lorwon2061]

Nice vid bro

[@alinepiroutek8932]

Good thing about Dark Law isn't only about the effect. It is ultra cool too

[@ulyssenemo3926]

I would love to see a video on the top 10 number cards

[@thomasmurrell9832]

I got into comp yugioh when the structure deck came out and immediately knew "yeah, Dark Law is insane"

[@valtaroy3546]

YEEEEE I TOLD YOU IT'LL HAPPEN. RECENTLY AFTER VISION HEROES TOO Honestly, the Masked Heroes are probably my favorite subarchetype from the whole HERO archetpye

[@tolis19]

Can you make top 10 best / worst infernity cards?

[@bensell982]

Here's an interesting top 10. The top 10 extra deck monsters the require monsters from an archetype to be brought out, but aren't part of the archetype themselves. Like for example Rainbow Neos which despite needing both a hero monster and a crystal beast is part of neither archetype and therefore doesn't benefit from most of the support.

[@Be70200]

Maybe a top 10 field spells video?

[@Gebirges]

Masked Heroes are like a prototype for ranking XYZ cards that can additionally rank up mid battle with the right spell

[@norrisglass8490]

Koga holds a special place in my heart. First time I defeated Dragoon was with him.

[@brennanwn]

A list made for made heros. Well Done 👏😉

[@goldsocks9999]

I am so happy that i started yugioh with masked heroes. They are so fun to me

[@alialluaibi3008]

Please do Top 10 most used link monsters or Top 10 non-Number XYZ monsters or Top 10 fusion monsters that can only be brought out by polymerization !

[@aminezourhlal2952]

Theduellogs just loves some good ol' Darklaw.

[@dmejia51]

This is exactly why I used Dark Law in my Dark magician deck in master dual. I have six targets magicians soul and magicians Rod each at 3 copy’s. Either I search with Rod or special summon soul and get a DM or DMG into the GY.

[@michaelwilburn5582]

I predicted the top 3! Not a shocker, but hey when you achieve something it’s worth feeling good about.

[@Sansmemelordover]

OK, I use Spark man if I need to get Koga but I rarely have to due to the pressure I keep with all the other Masked Hero monsters. Also want this stated, Xtra HERO’s Wonder Driver and Dread Decimator are AMAZING PAIRS WITH THE MASKED HEROS! decimator is for ALL HERO monsters but Wonder can pull any Change, Poly, OR Fusion card from the grave and set it on the feild and with them being quick play, you can pop them on your opponent’s Draw Phase if needed. Also I use Divine wind all the time lol.

[@asimomar7505]

TheDuelLogs: posts a hero video* M.H Dark Law: I'll take that #1 thank you

[@ClubsDeuce5150]

Isolde into Shadow Mist/Dark Law is also really nasty and splashable into any warrior deck.

[@hurricanechaosemerald]

Should do a video about archetypes that indirectly help other archetypes, like the level 3 geargiagear when special summoned searches a change card, which ironically searches mask change lol and the noble knight search card searches that noble knight celtic guardian lol

[@alfaisdone1043]

Dark Law is basically the Batman of the HERO archetype

[@Red-mg4ro]

Hand rip cards: banned, limited, semi-limited, etc. Macro: Limited Dark Law: I don't have such weakness.

[@HRCFre4k]

I mean, slapping Macro in a Deck is easier than DL, but yeah. He is like Dante, evading for ages

[@soliturraldevera1944]

in 5:40 there's a mistake, you talk about masked hero goka but the card you show is koga loved the vid btw

[@otonielalcazar6894]

I don't know if you've done this one yet, but you should do a Top Ten of Cards That Let You Draw 2 Cards But Have A Heavy Downside That Still See Competitive Play. Or Cards That Let You Add A Card From The Deck To Your Hand With A Heavy Downside, such as Left Arm Offering.

[@luxendarcknight7807]

Honestly never knew that dark law was played in multiple non-hero decks. That was genuinely surprising to me.

[@gabrielbrown7065]

What I love about *Mask Change,* Is that you can use a loophole after you attack your monster. Then use it to summon a Mask Hero, then attack agian using that monster while still in battle phase. *Form Change* can be pretty good combo for Absolute zero and Dian.

[@Quintingent]

Unfortunately Absolute Zero's floating effect no longer triggers when returned to the Extra Deck thanks to the most recent Master Rule revisions.

[@gabrielbrown7065]

@@Quintingent I would say, It would be better to use Mask Change as a substitute.

[@ghostofshadow8447]

Not sure if you've already done this, but Top 10 Monsters that cannot be destroyed by card effects would be pretty interesting imo.

[@dragonslayerbond]

People used to run mask change 2nd in dark decks just to get out darklaw for free, but it was generally not viable since you had to discard for it.

[@ToniBlaster7195]

I really hope that main deck Masked Heroes will be released with effects. Then hero decks can finally have proper access to Contrast Hero Chaos.

[@vaaarhoven]

something about dragon decks/support for any dragon deck and more specifically Galaxy Eyes or Photon monsters/support for building a deck with them or the boss monsters at least, cheers !

[@warincon39]

You should do the Assault Mode cards!

[@HamidoBaBa]

Video idea: the cards that are better in other archetypes than their own archetypes

[@Xocrona]

Lol, I've just noticed how Dian and Hero Solid are very similar in their artwork ... almost like if they were connected

[@MasterArchfiend]

Throwing in the usual suggestions. Top 10 Tuner Synchro monsters Accel Synchro monsters (ones that need all materials to be synchro monsters) Goblin cards Sphinx cards Level 4 Normal monsters with 2K ATK (This one is just to see if you can even make a Top X list at all with that criteria.)

[@scottbecker4367]

Dark Law won me the only online ranked match I've ever played. The deck I faced was very graveyard play heavy, and as soon as I got it on the field, it just ruined their entire strategy.

[@Fawlker]

Whenever they enter the field, a music starts playing: "I need a Hero! I'm holding up for a Hero till the end of the night..."

[@marioveca6033]

I'm asking this from a while: top 10 E-hero fusion Monsters which require only specific fusion materials

[@kodytiffany5686]

Absolute Zero+Acid or as I call the combo Acid Splash; is one my friend used often enough that Acid is the first masked hero I think of. Dark Law is great but not against me necessarily; I like banish mechanic decks and Necroface loops. I do not like searching effects because I like slower games... so Dark law is one I forget how useful it is.

[@mbah_dharmo]

Top 10 cards that send card(s) from deck to graveyard as activation cost not as effect. Because this kind of activation cost bypass effect negation like "Ash Blossom" or "Skill Drain" like card. Example : - Avendread Savior - Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon (that's why it got banned) - Cherubini, Ebon Angel of the Burning Abyss - Elemental HERO Prisma

[@quintenroy]

Top 10 decks(archetypes) that would work well in a tag duel together

[@Akwong86]

Lol the back breaking labor of having to carry the whole archtype

[@envan7865]

Also known as the duel logs getting to talk about Dark Law again

[@Trigger99X]

I did use darklaw and Koga in my Noble knights

[@omarortiz9660]

Top 10 or maybe just a talk about "Destroy All" archtypes?? Like Short Circuit, Des croacking or ojama delta hurricane

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

My, after seeing Darklaw so often I'm not really surprised Thankfully Madolches don't have that much trouble dealing with him o:

[@13KuriMaster]

I though super poly was the card that made inherently brought in non-specific fusion materials.... after all, how good would using your opponent's monsters for fusion materials be if you had to use specific materials for all of your fusions? In fact, I think every monster we see summoned with Super Poly in the anime is one that uses non-specific fusion materials.... except for Neos Wiseman.

[@FreakyDudeEx]

the funny thing is in ocg a hero lives was already restricted because airman/stratos was limited to 1 in ocg.... so yea....

[@RyanKufang1]

Hey here’s a idea what about top 10 structure decks over the years?

[@marioalbertofernandez9225]

Can you make a video about best contact fusion monsters.

[@Ash-rl3mh]

wasnt anki in duel links more infamous for the -3200 LP to the face combo? because after the hero player used trunade to remove backrow they prepare anki for a direct attack but in the damage step they activate forbidden chalice to offset the attack reduction to then use another mask change, go into another anki and do another direct attack

[@placeholdertag]

That's a snapple top fact! But yeah, those days were something.