Top 10 Power Crept Cards That Still See Play in YuGiOh

[@reaper16542]

I don't even play yu gi oh anymore I just like to listen to this guy talk about cards

[@boyedoge235]

LMAO I thought Im the only one

[@Resener1]

I never played competitive yu gi oh and I still like to listen to this guy talk about cards.

[@omaraguilera4125]

lol same me

[@waterlegend72]

Havent played competitively since 2018 Still listen for the nostalgia and general interest and his cool voice

[@igormendes3783]

See you are a man of culture as well

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I noticed the pattern that by being power crept, a lot of these cards have simpler effects that give them more flexibility.

[@LazurBeemz]

Yeah like, I never considered Denko Sekka to be a "better" Jinzo. Less attack, can't be special summoned, not a Dark Machine, only works when you don't have any backrow yourself... it doesn't take a tribute and also turns off quickplay spells, but those benefits clearly come with costs. It's just a different card, and I'm not surprised that Jinzo sometimes sees play for the various advantages it has.

[@princesscrystal6410]

Good use of KISS-Keep it simple stupid

[@jshtng78]

@@princesscrystal6410 Can't apply it only to Konami if players ignore it and break simple effects in every one of the infinite ways NOT mentioned on the card.

[@Aryzo]

Is that the bisexual flag on a pokeball?

[@thenerdbeast7375]

@@Aryzo yes, yes it is

[@TailsTheFox32]

Polymerization, cuz not all decks have alternatives, and it has support cards like fusion recycle plant

[@ssengageisop3952]

Feels bad man😅

[@vergillives9890]

And actually want to run their field spell

[@regulusroll-beyblade6126]

Frightfur is one of my favorite Archtypes to play and I still run poly in it because of Frightfur Patchwork

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

HEROs still rely on Poly cause of Vision HERO Vyon though usually as a one off

[@wyomingptt]

I would argue Poly has not _directly_ been power crept. In my opinion, it's like saying Monster Reborn is power crept because of searchable archetypal Reborn spells exist. Like sure in those decks it is, but most decks gave to play the original if they want to use that type of effect. I guess it's just a matter of opinion, the other cards on this list ignore archetype specific alternatives and instead focus on staples.

[@blueythedragonknight3949]

Mystical Space Typhoon is a classic that will never truly go away.

[@afroman5160]

Play 2 in my lost world Dinos lol.

[@FuriedHearts]

I agree. Obsessed with the minimalist art as well. The aesthetics of the game/cards are why I got so into this as a kid

[@MUSQUIZanimation]

I haven’t played competitively in years. I’m glad Jinzo is still around.

[@alexandrubragari1537]

Yeah when he said he was still used in 2018 i was amazed, i dropped ygo in 2012

[@orga7777]

It really isn't. You see Spell Canceller more than you will see Jinzo.

[@astralarkgamingandmore1341]

He got new support cards

[@orga7777]

@@astralarkgamingandmore1341 Yeah. And it doesn't help.

[@astralarkgamingandmore1341]

@@orga7777 it probably doesn't help your strategy maybe.

[@InfiniteChances]

As an old school Yu-Gi-Oh! player, I appreciate this list.

[@BGLkhagva]

Agreed. Specially when the effect veiler is new in my eyes

[@annedrieck7316]

Whats ur favorite?

[@InfiniteChances]

@@annedrieck7316 From this list? Or like, favorite card in general?

[@annedrieck7316]

@@InfiniteChances both

[@InfiniteChances]

@@annedrieck7316 Hmm... that’s a tough one. From this list probably MST. Of all time? That’s even tougher. I used to love Chimeratech Overdragon way back when you’d Future Fusion/Overload Fusion your whole deck and OTK your opponent. I also liked Horus.

[@Ocsttiac]

It's also worth mentioning that Effect Veiler is WAY cheaper than Infinite Impermanence.

[@stevenceja4706]

It's kinda funny how these days most Yu-Gi-Oh cards are crazy cheap and don't cost what they use to, except the ones that see all kinds of competitive play. Then the jack up of the price ALOT lol

[@unkown981]

@@stevenceja4706 it's cheaper so newer players can start playing but the top tier are expensive cuz yugioh needs dat money

[@aubreyhuff46]

​​@@unkown981nah, Konami only controls how many go out. Not how much people sell it for. The higher the demand, the less the supply and the more expensive it gets.

[@emplays4265]

Not anymore!!!

[@certifiedicecreamtruckmoment]

This is why I only play Master Duel

[@MercuryA2000]

Half this list is pretty much 'yea, the effect's so good we just want more of it.'

[@karfsma778]

Turns out, effect density is pretty good.

[@boy19901]

I think jinzo get played so much in 2017 because of " evenly matched " since denko cant stop some hand trap

[@BmanTheChamp]

Let's not forget Jinzo is harder to get over, all you need to get rid of Sekka is a decent lv 4.

[@catisreckless4647]

That's a good point. And that's why I don't really consider Denko to have powercrept Jinzo. They have similar effects, sure, but Jinzo does more than Denko, in exchange for being harder to bring out.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

​@@catisreckless4647 Yeah, I disagreed with DL's suggestion that Denko was "better". As you said, Jinzo does more for the cost. Whether Denko is worth the trade-off depends on what deck your opponent is running.

[@TheMakumakumaku]

Barrier Statue of All the Other Attributes? Can't say i have ever seen or heard of that card before.

[@tratanlightbreaker6029]

It's the one for Divine atribute

[@mdudegamer]

Now I actually really wanna see what that would look like. Maybe an above shot of all six barrier statues standing back to back, and the ring of symbols around them is multi-color?

[@Cantona7thebest]

How about top 10 monsters with the same attack and defense values except 0. Seems specific enough.

[@cloudstrife532220]

To the point where Duel Links has a skill specifically about supporting them.

[@jaytheshadowpaladin]

Great idea

[@michaeljohnson5167]

Timelord player here. Sandaion is a 4k/4k indestructible normal summon. Can't deal battle damage and spins itself in your standby, but if it battles it can burn for 2k at the end of the battle phase. It's part of the deck's otk

[@thepronoob4039]

@Vinícius Deniz no.

[@lord_stapelchip3461]

The barrier statues

[@WarmLillie]

Mirror Force and MST are two card that classic that I always prefer and try to put in my deck Polymeration because I can search for it easily with Luna Light sheep.

[@TheMegapossum]

There's a bunch of reasons why Effect Veiler tends to see play, and not necessarily alongside Imperm. One big reason is that it's a disruption you can bluff in your hand during your opponent's turn while you actually have board presence, whereas Imperm becomes weak to backrow removal. Also, the fact that it's a Tuner is not irrelevant in the slightest. You get to snap it out of your deck with Halq, link into Selene, revive it with Selene, then link those two off for an Accesscode with 5300 atk and minimum 2 pops because of Halq being WATER and Selene being LIGHT. You can even go deeper and make Relinquished Anima if you need the third pop, even better if your opponent has a link monster pointing to one of your zones that you can suck up with said Anima to effectively get 4 removals and 5.3k damage out of just making a Halq.

[@Spartan-sz7km]

This happens all the time now in master duel lmao

[@alkabissvyvorant573]

@@Spartan-sz7km and now it doesn't anymore, rip halq lol

[@jeremyranger4260]

also it's a level 1 light tuner, which mean it's searchable in blue-eyes with sage :D

[@TheGreatSalsaMan]

Plus effect veiler is waifu

[@timondimare1976]

i remember having a lava golem deck that had a card in it which prevents monsters with many stars from attacking. it was nice

[@jamesthera]

Level limit area B or gravity bind

[@UhOhDovah]

I have a deck like that on duel links

[@daverichards9141]

I ran that deck also!

[@bismarckimperia8781]

Good old Gravity Bind+Lava Golem+Rivalry of the Warlord+Solemn Judgement. Complete lock for summoning plus burn damage per turn, also Solemn is there to stop MST or Heavy Storm.

[@niewbieparadise8376]

I personally think that the reason Effect Veiler still sees play is because it's much cheaper than Infinite Impermanence. You can get Effect Veiler reprints on structure decks very easily meanwhile Infinite Impernanence was a short print and it's insanely expensive and thus it's more difficult to get your hands on it.

[@anteante2332]

that could have been the reason people play jinzo. its cheaper then deko seka

[@finndershood5557]

@@anteante2332 No Denko super cheap and Jinzo probs more expensive tbh Denko was in Dude

[@catisreckless4647]

I'd say it's more so because sometimes you'd rather have a monster than a trap. Veiler can always be used for a Synchro play, plus him being Spellcaster type lets him play well with certain decks.

[@omega5040]

Effect veiler has uses being a lvl 1 tuner, plus certain decks prefer not having traps on the gy to get certain effects off. The price is the reason I play it.

[@morganwithaneevee246]

@@anteante2332 plus you can special summon jinzo

[@Letso-S-Relaeng]

Top 10 cards whose effects change other card's effects. I have typed this down so many times that my phone auto predicts the entire sentence just from the word "Top".

[@MrNFree]

do you mean stuff that gives lingering effects?

[@groken2365]

@@MrNFree no, like bambosling shadow. Change effect to draw card. Or artifacts durandal to destroy backrow

[@MrNFree]

@@groken2365 Oh right, that's niche as fuck

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Dark Worlds have stuff for that.

[@triggerken1422]

My guy, you got your list!

[@joekimlee9057]

Top 10 “Number” cards when?

[@jonathan-6958]

Number 1 through 10. There.

[@nieton292]

@@jonathan-6958 lol

[@Drakorre]

Rhongo Will be 1

[@scp0535]

@@Drakorre shock master is a number

[@monkey_blu]

Humongous Oculus.

[@kayewh7274]

I love the subversion of the "whatever percent of my viewers aren't subscribed" thing at the end so much

[@r4nd0mguy99]

I don‘t like it it, because it gets annoying quickly, but it‘s at least unique. I don‘t know of any other youtubers who do that.

[@hhaavvvvii]

@@r4nd0mguy99 I know of one other, but they go more for absurdity in their statements.

[@anarchist135]

Jinzo was probably my favorite card as a kid. Loved the effect since my brother/friends played lots of traps. And I love it’s design

[@monk3110]

It’s not my fave card but will always have a soft spot for gren maju. I only really played when it first came out, and the look in people’s faces when I’ve banished a bunch of stuff, which was odd at the time, only to drop him for a OHKO

[@flamingrubys11]

jinzo was the first psychic type

[@MrCmon113]

Was meta defining for way too long. Plus control decks shouldn't dominate in a healthy game.

[@t_s_albatross3270]

Blazing Mirror Force is a sidegrade due to the damage hurting you as well. If you have low life points or your opponent has high attack monsters, it can take a chunk out of your health and possibly kill you. Mirror force is more consistent in that respect that it can’t accidentally kill you.

[@abuhassan8849]

With Red Reboot limited to 1 copy, Jinzo is still a viable option.

[@nodeberiaestaraqui93]

Red Reboot is honestly a card that changes the game for the worse. It being at 1 is good

[@lucaslucas6207]

@@nodeberiaestaraqui93 i love red reboot, but yeah its a little bit unfair

[@lloydbagby8355]

@@lucaslucas6207 i will at 1 it fine but fuck control decks

[@catisreckless4647]

@@lucaslucas6207 There is tons of things about the game that "isn't fair". Singling out one card is a moot point.

[@omega5040]

@@lloydbagby8355 what's wrong with control decks? They are more fair than decks the spill their load and half the deck turn one.

[@Mrgentlemans_vault]

I stopped playing yugioh back in 2009 but I still love these videos. I was a regional/national competitor and even though I don’t know much past XYZ era stuff I still have enough understanding to see how newer cards can be abused and love listening about older cards for nostalgia.

[@vaultboy5492]

regional champ? just like weevil holy shit

[@EinDose]

I use Lava Golem in my Shaddoll deck (who's in their structure deck, so I guess it's intentional), mostly because for them it's a really useful form of both removal and momentum. It's best wielded alongside Super-Poly, as you can immediately use it to summon El Shaddoll Grystia (who's not bad if you're like me and run all the Shaddoll fusions solely so Super Poly is always viable removal). It can also get immediately disintegrated by El Shaddoll Construct, leading to a fun niche situation where you actually can let Lava Golem burn the opponent because Lava Golem permits Shaddoll Fusion from the deck, so you can immediately slap down Construct, and... well, now suddenly it's easier for you to get rid of it than them. It's also, funnily enough, the card that gets the most attention in my deck from ex-players. Everyone at least KINDA remembers Lava Golem, so it's fun to see it's still seeing play.

[@Wozz33]

I feel like with some of these "better cards" you didnt go over the bad side to them that makes them harder to play than the "worse card"

[@RoyMatzem]

Yeah, i never see them like a better version, more like a especific user version

[@luissaumeth8000]

I really dont understand why people use pot of desires, you really want to draw 2 cards and banish 10? what if you need to draw an specific one and you end up banishing it? it doesn't make sense for me

[@aceattorneyhdclips]

@@luissaumeth8000 Draw 2 is almost always worth the banish of 10 cards. If you run a 40 card deck with your key cards being 3-ofs, then banishing 10 cards is unlikely to completely remove all 3 copies of a card. Sure, it can happen, but it's almost always worth the risk for an otherwise unconditional +1 in card advantage. Even in the worst case scenario, losing all 3 copies of a certain card is usually not going to be a failure condition of your deck unless that card is particularly central. Decks that can't afford to lose certain cards, whether those cards are just super important or are limited to 1 (e.g. Branded) don't play Pot of Desires for exactly that reason. For everybody else though, the drop in consistency is worth the power of a draw 2. Not to mention, banishing 10 cards face-down is actually beneficial in Gren Maju da Eiza decks and maybe a little bit in Swordsoul If you start turn 1 with a 40 card deck, you will draw 5, leaving 35 cards in your deck. Let's say you really want to draw Card X, and you have 3 copies of Card X in your deck and none in your hand. The chance of banishing all 3 copies of Card X from the top 10 cards from a 35 card deck can be calculated using a hypergeometric distribution where the population size is 35, the number of successes in the population is 3, the sample size is 10, and the number of successes in the sample is 3. The output is a 0.01833 probability. That's a lot of oblique maths, but the point is, there is only a 1.8% chance that will happen. In other words, 98% of the time, that will not happen. 98% safety of nothing bad happening with a +1 in card advantage sounds pretty good to me. Now, granted, that probability is only for banishing all 3 copies of Card X - maybe it will banish 2 copies of Card X (~20% chance) or 1 copy of Card X (~50% chance), but that usually doesn't matter. And of course, maybe it'll banish your copies of Card Y or Card Z that you care about too... but for most decks, it's just not worth caring about. The 1.8% chance is only for it banishing all 3 copies of the same specific card - for it to banish all 3 copies of any card at all, it's a little bit more than 3 times that, or roughly 6% chance. That's still an overwhelming 94% chance of it not banishing all 3 copies of cards at all, or in other words, particular cards you really want will remain and be searched out assuming theyr'e all 3-ofs. To put it another way, so long as you can search out those cards, Pot of Desires doesn't do anything negative to your deck at all. Now you could say that that's also assuming you have a 35 card deck, when often you might play Pot of Desires later in the game where you might only have 30 or 25 cards left etc. Sure, if you have a 25 card deck left and still somehow haven't got a particular card you need yet, then the chance of it banishing all 3 copies of Card X is an overwhelming... 5.2%. Seriously. It's still really unlikely even in the late-game, and honestly by then if you haven't already drawn that key card in the first place then your deck is doing something wrong anyway. Pot of Desires screwing over a deck that is made up mostly of 3-ofs is rare enough that the power of a draw 2 is more than worth it. And even if you do banish all 3 copies of Card X, a card you really want... you'll probably be able to get by anyway now that you have +1 in card advantage to your opponent so can more easily play through their interruptions. Let's re-examine this a little bit more though. Let's say we only have 1 copy of Card X in the deck and we really want it. The chance of banishing 1 card that has 3 copies out of 10 banished cards of a 35 card deck is 50%, but that is very different to the chance of banishing 1 card that has 1 copy out of 10 banished cards of a 35 card deck. The chance of banishing our precious 1-of in the early 35-card scenario is a 29% chance. For most decks, banishing a precious one-of a third of the time is too inconsistent to deal with... even so, over 2/3rds of the time, it's fine. So even decks that have one or two one-ofs can throw in Pot of Desires if they feel particularly risky anyway. The payoff is just that worth it.

[@michaelbowman6684]

@@luissaumeth8000 If you are playing a deck that doesn't draw every card in the deck every game, you can think of those 10 banished cards as cards at the bottom of your deck that you would have never drawn that duel. That's a simplification, but one that makes sense to me. Most duels don't come down to fatigue, and most good decks don't draw through a majority of their deck in a few turns (because usually Komani doesn't like strategies revolving around drawing every card in your deck, so they'll end up nerfing them eventually.) And if you are running a deck with multiple crucial combo pieces, then you wouldn't run Desires if you don't like your odds of discarding said combo pieces. The more pieces you have, the less viable Desires is.

[@yugimuto9763]

As someone who played yugioh in school and now plays duel links I was fascinated to see mst get brought in only recently

[@jasonfox6932]

Meanwhile pot of greed exists somewhere and no one knows what it does

[@tree3214]

Doesn't it discard 2 cards?

[@marcodestefano7119]

@@tree3214 pretty sure it draws 2 from your opponent's deck

[@rleor5694]

@@marcodestefano7119 *opponents graveyard

[@intellygent-alienking5651]

I thought it brought back 2 cards from being banished. Strange days indeed

[@BigZlinker]

The effect actually allows you to destroy 2 cards on field then draw 2 cards from your banished pile then your opponent takes 2 damage and any monster summoned will now have 2 less attack points

[@SaintBriars]

Polymerization is also essential in fluffals. none of their poly searchers can search polymerization cards, they all search polymerization specifically.

[@Alephandros00]

I moved about a year ago; and haven't really had the chance of bringing most of my stuff. This vid gave me mad feels. I miss most of my stuff and my cards man.

[@diamondsanchez224]

Worth mentioning, for Laval Golem, Drytron also plays it as a side deck option since the player can only Special Summon monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set.

[@JamieCraigy]

Lava Golem has been in my side for over 15 years lol

[@thefisherman0074]

It’s super nice to be able to have him remove annoying cards and damage the opponent’s life points.

[@bryanmerel]

It's just nice to have a Level8(Trade in Target), 3000 atk(Good Beatstick if you are desperate) Fiend Type(Good Dark Spirit Target, searchable by dark Spirit Mastery), Fire Attribute (weird attribute, so it can be quircky to be taken advantage by opponent), that tribute 2 monster on opponents side of the field(sometimes you just have to remove one more card on the opponents' side of the field.) Not to mention its a perfect fit for my Unchained Deck.

[@doopness785]

So glad Lava Golem made the list. That card has a special place in my heart.

[@noonetoldyou5100]

I believe effect veiler was also used over impermanence in some decks as a link climbing mechanism to go from haq into selene into access code, since it's the most useful level 3 or lower spellcaster type tuner monster.

[@MrCmon113]

It's crazy to think that mirror force has been powercrept. When I played it was game defining. It was at 1, everyone played one and you always played around it. So it had a huge effect even if it wasn't even drawn.

[@MsMiDC]

I heard Torrential Tribute was being played now because VFD. Decks like Trap-Shaddoll likes to TT, Nonetheless, TT still plays nice in some decks :)

[@thepoweroftheweed2215]

What is VFD?

[@arrownoir]

@@thepoweroftheweed2215 Variable Frequency Drive.

[@ILOVE50.50]

@@thepoweroftheweed2215 True King of All Calamities aka Very Fun Dragon

[@endinessendiness7842]

@@thepoweroftheweed2215 VFD was a powerful floodgate monster that makes it so your opponent can't attack or activate monster effects. It had 3k attack. It was a Dark Wyrm. Rank 9 XYZ. IT IS BANNED NOW

[@bijuutamer729]

When playing, I’ve come across more situations where sphere mode was dead because they didn’t have three monster on the field.

[@mirraisnow6050]

Storming mirror force can really bite you if you use it against some decks. If lets your opponent reuse flip monsters, search on normal summon monsters, and hurts pendulum decks less than destroying and sending to the extra deck where you can only summon to the extra monster zone.

[@defaultkoala2922]

Yes but with floating mirror force classic is sometimes not much better. Both tend to be side deck cards anyways so running a mix of 2 of each is often seen.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Just in case it comes up again, "Fecundity" is pronounced "feh-kund-ity". Fecund means "fertile". It's a reference to being bountiful.

[@supercalefredjalist]

Nah bro it's 'fucendity'

[@tratanlightbreaker6029]

That's just dumb.

[@BmanTheChamp]

wanderesq You must be new here, mispronouncing card names is kind of what he does.

[@jayclearmen411]

It’s basically the function that allows animals like cats dogs etc..to spawn offspring from multiple sires/progenitors

[@Ms666slayer]

Torrential is really good in Eldlitch because the deck allows you to trigger it yourself in your opponents turn practically on every phase, just activate Conquistador, Huaquero or Sanguie the use Torrential, also if you summoned The Golden Lord by it's own effect it would be indestructible so it's a plus that you can destroy all of you oponent monsters and you still keep 1.

[@eloanpedraza4603]

Pot of duality is directly power creep by the new pot card that excavate 6 and dont locks your specials summons

[@ShiningJudgment666]

So it's been power-crept 3 times now.

[@MrZer093]

While you aren’t wrong, I’d say it would still see play in those decks because it’s still extra draw power for the same reason as it sees play with those pots. Having more consistency is always a good thing.

[@skeletonwar4445]

Pot of Prosperity is also just... not out in the TCG yet

[@thepoweroftheweed2215]

Pot of Disparity (yeah, prosperity in tcg, I prefer the original name) kinda has harsh restrictions, like "you cannot add from your deck anything the turn you use it" and technically it's still a neutral card advantage like Duality. Duality restricts special summons, but at least lets you draw other things if you just so happen to draw another pot

[@eloanpedraza4603]

@@thepoweroftheweed2215 no, has the restriction that you can't DRAW for the rest of the turn

[@Gebirges]

Cards like "Avatar of the Pod" need erratas or new versions that work with all the pods. Imo

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Avatar of Pots! All the Pots!

[@TheWatchmanOfTheEnd]

I've mained a tech copy of Lava Golem in almost every deck I've ever played that wasn't normal summon dependent because getting rid of 2 cards is always better than getting rid of 1 in metas where multiple lockdown cards prevent you from playing, and where players are smart enough to reserve resources and not dump them all into 5 monster boards and lose to a Sphere Mode or Nibiru

[@zeduarte198]

My man literally said "don't subscribe"

[@vincentlai12]

One card I can safely say you missed is Stardust Dragon. Despite Stardust Spark Dragon coming out among other synchros, the original Stardust Dragon still sees play because of 2 reasons. 1. A card called Starlight Road can bring it out without the need to play tuners, giving some decks access to a strong protection from destruction effects. 2. Sometimes it is just good to have a reusable protection effect and as such Stardust Dragon is just good for that reason without being a spell/trap. Also being a synchro does matter sometimes but for the most part not really. You could count that last part as a 3rd reason but it does tie into not being a spell/trap.

[@WikiHL]

Early comment, hope Jinzo makes it in

[@underpressure1954]

He did.

[@paysonfox88]

Jinzo is always smoothly shaven because he checks his beard in the mirror Force. that joke totally makes no sense because mirror Force cannot be activated in his presence, so I assume he shaves blind.

[@maskofthedragon]

10:54 That has to be the most random support card in the entire game

[@gulgaffel]

Kinda makes sense. Torrential tribute is a torrent. So makes sense for there to be some benefit to water cards. Support card searching out torrential tribute and then protecting a monster from your own torrential tribute is kinda cool. I'm sure there are more random support cards than that.

[@dudono1744]

when top 10 random support

[@bryanmerel]

I mean, Torrential Tribute is basically a Sleeper Unchained Turbo. Xd

[@PrimeGamator]

Torrential Tribute's real name is Tidal Wave. And Kairyu-shin is like the king of the oceans so it makes sense that it can bring forth tidal waves

[@johnkim6920]

9:33 Torrential Tribute is a no brainer main in eldlich trap, eldlich dogmatika dragoon 60 card variants, and also other slow trap control decks. Torrential tribute is actually played in competitive play. However, I did not see lists that even played evenly in the side deck.

[@Janders797]

An additional reason to run Effect Veiler: The specifics of this cards (Tuner+Spellcaster) mean that you can summon it with Halqifibrax, then link summon into Selene, use Selenes Effect to summon it again and climb into Accesscode, who gains 3k from this combo. It’s also searchable in Blue-Eyes, but that deck isn’t meta RN, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@SonofIiberty]

95% of decks are not "meta"

[@Janders797]

@@SonofIiberty that number will be much closer to 99.9%

[@G1ingy]

This video is oddly wholesome and heartwarming in a way. Like seeing the underdog still got fight in em. Also as an OLD yugioh player who no longer plays it, it's crazy that MIRROR FORCE was apparently power crept.

[@RDhomemusic]

I recommend if you run a toon deck use 3 copies of turintal tribute, especially if your using toon Kingdom. It makes for a powerful combo

[@dannydanggang1675]

Barrier statues are some of my favorite cards because you can use one in almost any deck, locking out your opponent most of the time while still working with the deck your running.

[@Keanu252]

I love effect veiler it fits so well in a Blue Eyes deck! Level 1 light tuner, hello!

[@four-en-tee]

The wind attribute Barrier Statue is seeing play currently in Flundereeze, and it's pretty good in that deck. I also threw Evenly Matched and Red Reboot into my burger deck to provide some protection against Altergeist (since that's more of a problematic match-up for my meme deck).

[@ripleycastle5668]

I think the reason effect veiler would still be used today is because you can only have 3 ghost belles or ash blossoms.

[@SaviorMachine84]

The one thing that set yu gi oh apart from other mainstream ccg's is that all cards can still be used, there is no rotation. Great list, it's pretty cool to know that the cards i grew up with are still occasionally being used.

[@mdudegamer]

I still remember when I thought Woodsman was the coolest thing because he could search out Polymerization.

[@BloodrealmX]

No bully Woodsman! It's not his fault that board wipes happen 3 times a turn so he'll never see a Standby Phase! Woodsman is still cool in our hearts.

[@Synactive]

veiler is also a spellcaster for selene, drawable in the ocg off of maxx “c”, a monster with good stats for small world, and a light monster which makes it nice for some decks like ones that played chaos ruler

[@Random1nesss]

I was thinking of envoy of the beginning and effect veiler

[@catisreckless4647]

Envoy isn't really powercrept. He's easier to get out than Levianeer, and his banish is still useful. Now Chaos Sorcerer, yeah, he's powercrept.

[@tootsie_]

I wouldnt say Veiler has been powercrept really. Other handtraps are more niche in their application than Veiler. Ghost Girls only hit specific areas, Gamma on your opponents turn is usually minus and all main deck Psy-Frames require a soft garnet (Driver), whereas unless your opponent plays Mystic Mine Burn, you will have targets for Veiler. Plus it has a way better typing than most hand traps in most decks. Light Level 1 0/0 has a lot of good interactions

[@nicoofthenight8403]

@@tootsie_ I hate the ghost girls For such powerful effects there's no set up you just use it and nothing else The worst part is the stupid artwork Little rats

[@azureic3]

I use Effect Veiler instead of Impermanence sometimes, because this card is light Tuner, that allows me to summon el shaddoll construct for example.

[@PsychSoldier756]

+Respect for saying needlefiber’s actual name

[@fushigiman140]

Speaking of Mirror Force there's a card called Needle Ceiling this trap card is counterpart of Mirror Force and Torrential Tribute it destroy only face up monsters but can active only 4 or more monsters on field

[@Observador_Pol]

Top 10 Ritual Spell cards.

[@thepoweroftheweed2215]

Number 1: Nekroz Kaleidoscope Imagine being able to summon a Skill drain for extra deck monsters while also getting a free ritual monster or spell in the process

[@Observador_Pol]

@@thepoweroftheweed2215 I think Dawn of the Herald is better. You can recover part of the resources you use who can be used to negate thinks with Herald of Perfection

[@aimanmustaqim2141]

@@thepoweroftheweed2215 draiton more spammeble

[@Beatbot400]

Chaos Form

[@joshuawenninger6439]

I would like to add that with the arrival of Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon, Blue-Eyes decks now also have an easy way to search out Polymerization as well. Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon makes for a really nice fusion target imo.

[@Ironwill3004]

Alright lets try this one more time: Top Ten “Number” Xyz Monsters please!

[@hhaavvvvii]

April Fools is coming up soon. You may get your wish.

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

I use 3x polymerization in my Melodious deck in duel links, the fact that it can use cards in your hand as materials is what puts it above the countless other substitutes in my opinion. And melodious also have two fusion cards within their own archetype, Fortissimo and Soprano the Melodious songstress, but both only work with cards on the field, so it’s nice to have polymerization as an option.

[@NexeL_NKC]

What about a list of underrated budget cards? I have Typhoon, a trap that can destroy two cards on the field and can be used from the hand of your board’s empty. And Gizmek Yata the Gleaming Vanguard. Pretty easy to summon and has a couple cool effects.

[@BurlapRat]

I don't play Yu-Gi-Oh and I haven't since the very first sets but I still watch these videos. You got my sub sir!

[@riseupforthegaming8173]

Top 10 cards that activate only when they are targeted (for example: Treasure Map)

[@mfznal-hafidz8592]

Cairngorgon, Antiluminescent Knight Slacker Magician Master of Blades

[@riseupforthegaming8173]

@@mfznal-hafidz8592 yeah

[@cbbblue8348]

Maiden with eyes of blue?

[@riseupforthegaming8173]

@@cbbblue8348 yeah and that card too

[@notinterested9615]

duality got even more powercreeped once prosperity came to play with literaly the same effect with the opption to excavate 6 but with the cost of banishing extra deck mon and that also dosnt restrict sp

[@PascimanArc23]

MST and mirror force are so iconic, kinda glad they are being played still even though I never played competitively 😅

[@MrCmon113]

Why? The fewer staples there are, the better the game. MST and mirror force were in every single deck when I played. Basically means you only get to choose 38 cards (actually fewer bcs of other staples).

[@Number8Entertainment]

Always love seeing a video pop up in my notifications!

[@theaverageDon]

In the case of Lava Golem, I'm surprised you didn't mention that it can be searched out as well thanks to that Destiny Board support card that searches out level 8 fiends

[@DaRkLoRdZoRc]

Doomdog Orthros?

[@figlego]

Dogoran, the Mad Flame Kaiju is easier to search but Lava Golem is still good for taking out 2 monsters.

[@d.structive2633]

Pot of Duality also sees play in Floo and Monarch decks. And I'd say Pot of Prosperity is the new power crept version of it even though it isn't useful in OTK decks.

[@leonardolim8976]

Top ten archetype that need their own structure deck 1. The dark magician archetype 2. Toon archetype 3. Harpies archetype 4. Thunder dragon archetype 5. Black luster soldier archetype 6. Ojamas 7. Red eyes archetype 8. Vampires archetype (not the one with vampire genesis in 2005) 9. The different dimensions warrior archetype 10. Dragonmaid archetype

[@BmanTheChamp]

1. Yes 2. Sure, why not 3. Oh absolutely 4. Meh 5. Ok I can get behind that 6. I guess, but not really that interested 7. Yeah 8. Ok, sure 9. Maybe 10. Woah, buddy. Look at me. Look at me. Look. At. Me. YES.

[@leonardolim8976]

@@BmanTheChamp the thing that bothers me is that the dragpnsmaid don't even look like dragon. They look like 3 sexy woman. I mean sure if they r like mystique that can transform into dragons then yeah I buy it

[@leonardolim8976]

@@BmanTheChamp alot of peeps say blue eyes shining dragon is terrible bc of its summoning condition. To me I don't think it is since today cyberstein is unban so u could bet both ultimate and shining out alot easier. Just my main beef is shining has 1500 atk less than ultimate and even it gains 300 atk for every dead dragon its still a lot of work to get 5 of them to the graveyard. The reason red eyes darkness is even better even though it has the same effect but 600 less atk is bc darkness is alot less convoluted. Now if shining already has 4500 atk to begin or if they errata the effect to tribute blue eyes white dragon then it wouldn't be half bad

[@leonardolim8976]

@@BmanTheChamp ojama may lack in ATK but they are good at locking your opponents out from summoning monsters

[@door-chan]

@@leonardolim8976 Well that's literally the Dragonmaid archetype's mechanic, that they transform into dragons, and also there's more than 3

[@americangizmopied]

I just started playing master duel after having quit TCG during e-drag days, it's so strange to me that cards like mirror force and mst just dont see play anymore. those cards were in EVERY SINGLE DECK when i played. i've played MD for about 70hrs now, hit plat 1 twice and haven't seen a single mst or mirror force. the only classic staples i see at all are solems from eldlich players and even that's rare. maybe something from the holy trinity (monster reborn almost exclusively, p sure heavy storm is banned). the game is so different now

[@daffamustafa]

When duellogs upload its a good day

[@chewyster3033]

Don't even got anything to say. Just like the channel and know comments help. Keep it up, you basically got me into Yugioh, So thanks

[@TheDuelLogs]

Glad to hear it!

[@korsaiyajinkami3766]

Top 10 Cards with Downsides that Ended Up Being Beneficial

[@danielobrien1134]

Painful Choice number 1

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Of their own volition, not with Bad Reaction to Simo, or Mystical Refpanel.

[@BloodfelX]

See basically the entirety of Gren Maju decks. Pot of Desires, Gizmek Orochi, Pot of Extravagance, Golden Castle of Stromberg, etc.

[@sephikong8323]

I now think of a "certain" Dragon that can Foolish Burial 3 dragons from your deck as a cost and still has good effects, stats and is an extra deck monster on top. No, such a thing would never be print...

[@BloodfelX]

@@sephikong8323 2007: "Let's make a card that gives you 2 tokens, but you have to summon it to your opponent's Field." 2020: "Well, I have Grinder Golem in my starting hand so I guess I'll start by going into a Link-4 monster."

[@mikecar9899]

I don't even really play competitive Yu-Gi-Oh but I just love hearing you talk about the game

[@123ftw1]

Jinzo is still one of my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

[@kuyagoldlink7563]

Great list, only thing you missed was card of demise power crept duality, and they were also played heavily in true Draco. But I still subbed cause this was gold!

[@userzero6555]

F in the chat for pot of Prosperity, didn't even get mentioned even though it's just a better pot of duality...

[@MetalHeartGunner]

20:22 effect veiler also occasionally saves you from secret village of the spellcasters since it's a spellcaster itself, that's super situational but it is another niche use it can have

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Veiler has that niche of being more situationally useful than Imperm. It also doesn't have a board limitation like Imperm to be used as a hand trap. Just being limited to your opponent's main phase. And it's a level 1 Tuner though almost never really used for Synchro/Halq plays.

[@MetalHeartGunner]

@@ShiningJudgment666 True though just as you said: the example i gave and that one about it being a level 1 tuner comes up like once every 100 matches unless you have a way to search it like with abductor in pendulums or with halq, it's primary strength is in it being a hand trap, and imperm being an actual trap card can be better in certain hand trap heavy formats where gamma sees lots of play especially in main decks to counter said hand traps since they're mostly monsters, also monster effect negation tends to be more prevalent than spell/trap negation which is the players' fault, s/t negation should always be considered ever since imperm and called by the grave came out and especially with these other very strong going second cards like evenly matched.

[@SquibbyJ]

You can’t set quick play spells with denko Sekka and also Jinzo is cool.

[@Illidandavid]

Happy my second suggestion made it into a video too. All on the premise of: It's funny how Poly still sees competitive play, despite being powercrept dozens of times. Polymerization is truly the epitome of card design from LoB, the very first YGO set to be released. To folks like me that picked up YGO cards at a time of innocence and no idea about the actual rules of the card game (S1 anime says hi), we would have never guessed that this would be the most played card of the set many years later into the game's existence. Enough of me rambling, umm suggestions for future videos: Top 10 equip spell cards or something around the lines of 10 reasons why Butterfly Dagger Elma will never be unbanned. I don't know if this is one long enough to make a list: Top 10 cards that accidentally fit into an archetype (And Konami just rolled with it) ^note: This is basically something around the lines of Summoned Skull being effectively made into an Archfiend later on. Cards that include "Guardian" in their name (Gate Guardian was a funny meme rather than being viable for the archetype) I apologize if I mentioned ideas that already have a video covering them. Appreciate the effort as always.

[@danielrogers7098]

I feel like this video was made a few weeks because Stormwinds definitely sees more play now.

[@catisreckless4647]

Not sure if they've had any success competitively, but I know Simorgh decks can abuse Stormwinds to no end.

[@danielrogers7098]

@@catisreckless4647 Simorghs deck no, but the Simorgh link is used by tri-brigade decks to summon it.

[@catisreckless4647]

@@danielrogers7098 That's a shame. I still think Simorgh has a chance to be at least rogue tier, because their turn 1 board is simple, but can be extremely hard to deal with. They just can't make it consistently. Maybe if there was a way they could get Dark Simorgh and Apex Avian out at the same time.

[@simas4609]

Effect veiler also sees play as budget replacement for infinite impermanence

[@WarmLillie]

There are some cards with abilities that are so powerful that it’s able to surpass time and other cards.

[@vergillives9890]

Dragon rulers you can't go wrong and only gain advantage

[@danaltamirano2546]

Pot of Greed and Raigeki, basically.

[@gravekeepersven82]

Super polymerzation is one of them for sure.

[@ssengageisop3952]

@@danaltamirano2546 ;p;

[@kofioghenebrume3322]

Pot of greed

[@stefeehd3307]

Looks like im not the only one that watches ur videos in the background just cuz u talk in a way thats is nice to listen to idk why. Came from ur wow channel, started playing Master duel and i found out u have yugioh channel.

[@thereaper5171]

u forgot the most recent pot, pot of prosperity

[@homunculy]

what does that powercreep?

[@JinTGC]

@@homunculy It lets you dig 6 cards instead of 3, while also not having that huge Special Summon downside. It has downsides, but they're not as inhibiting.

[@hugoinconnu371]

He didn't forgot it. The pot isn't release yet, it will be released rlly soon but as it isn't released yet nobody play it. He makes the video by watching the number of times a card was used in competitive event

[@Scorpion404100]

Great list. Surprised didnt see pot of prosperity mentioned as a better version than duality.

[@POKENAR]

My guess for Jinzo was to counter trap cards that could activate from the hand, which Denko could not.

[@Ms666slayer]

Yep it was really good if you didnt want to get Evenly Matched if you went first.

[@MrZer093]

You can also special summon it too. It isn’t the easiest to special summon but the option is there unlike with Denko.

[@feinsanity]

A couple weeks ago I was at my local tournament and I actually jinzoed someone and had to kept reminding them that they can't play their traps despite how hard they wanted to try and play them. I still lost the match but I'm glad I got to play jinzo

[@djspit8929]

MST being a 3 of staple in every single deck when i was in highschool lol. I remember i had a trio of ghost-rare MSTs that everyone at my card shop wanted to buy from me, not anymore though

[@pandemonic66]

lava golem is also good with eldlich deck, because sphere doesn't work well in decks in where you "only special summon". 2 monstes is much easier than 3, than still stronger than 1 monster for kaiji. wind statue is good in floowandereeze deck, and sphere mode is good against floowandereeze (since floowandereeze is anti special summon which block kaiju and lava golem)

[@hritvikk1811]

You saying "period" gives me life

[@Corvidae10]

Veiler and duality were also both released in the same set as well.

[@noc12345]

I’m a simple duel links player. When I see karma cut, I click

[@jackiethomas6578]

At least karma cut wasn't like wall of d. You got wall put on you, it was gg hit surrender.

[@mfznal-hafidz8592]

Karma Cut seems powercrept by Paleozoic Dinomischus in TCG/OCG because it can banish any card, not just monster and discard is an effect not cost so works with Dark World

[@runningoncylinders3829]

@@jackiethomas6578 Someone didn't have Ballista or Providence. They really will use WoD or Drowning to set up the OTK. (I have set monsters before in anticipation, usually doesn't make a difference.)

[@jackiethomas6578]

@@runningoncylinders3829 I'm talking about wall of d on release. There's tons of answers to it now.

[@cheaterxl243]

I like these comparisons. There are so many cards that are so similar but still very different.

[@adamwade6243]

Excuse me, The Duel Logs. What would have happened if Maximillion Pegasus had made a Toon Blue-Eyes White Dragon Jet?

[@LedosKell]

What if he made Toon Thousand Eyes Restrict?

[@meta4knight]

That ending statement is so true, the algorithm loves you and that other guy who’s name I can’t remember