Top 10 Worst Link Monsters in Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@leafbladie]

8:06 it's actually Trickstar cards, and Reincarnation can be recovered with this. But it is still a lot of setup

[@marianplatona8147]

@@insanelybored5323 P

[@typhlocf5062]

Agave dragon used to be used for an FTK with red eyes flare and gellenduo

[@jackofaces107]

How tf did that work

[@JABRIEL251]

@@jackofaces107 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SvgGqjjd2Bp9E This and honestly, I don't know why you needed Agave Dragon.

[@greyroot00]

@@jackofaces107 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqnTequtZsR0mpY

[@firepuppies4086]

Gellenduo isn't optional or once per turn, so if say... You get it on your opponent's field with it's effect negated, it still activates but doesn't resolve where it would destroy itself upon damage being taken. This prompts red eyes to cause damage, which makes Gellen activate, triggering red eyes, so red eyes just keeps on burning

[@SakuraAvalon]

There's something admirable about the way people take bad cards, and find a way to make a super situational, absurd FTK/OTK combo with it.

[@payne9682]

You forgot the worst one: The generic Pyro link monster that was never released.... Day 459 of waiting for Good Pyro Support to arrive

[@AlienRsrchPrjct]

Aaaaaand we are back boys.

[@AlienRsrchPrjct]

But FR tho. They brought rekindling to 3 but couldnt even make a link for flamvells or lavals to go into.

[@JABRIEL251]

I'm gonna take a guess and say that next year there will be pyro archetype that is Link based.

[@ZardMasterRay64]

*You know what really grinds my gears as well, the Pyro Ritual Monster that Konami never made.*

[@iBenjamin1000]

Someone wanna elaborate on this monster that was never made?

[@Deoxys_Used_Mimic]

Since Baba Barber points 🔽 you can use its effect during the Battle Phase to respectfully remove yourself from the game because you made the mistake of *running Baba Barber in your Extra Deck!!!!!*

[@aldojay8629]

i dont mean to be so off topic but does someone know of a method to log back into an instagram account..? I somehow forgot the password. I would love any tricks you can offer me

[@harveyamari1815]

@Aldo Jay instablaster ;)

[@skullythekidd0175]

Same energy as the smart car question

[@casketbase7750]

9:00 “Better than a *soft* ogre!” *Expression of confused fear*

[@kentucky_ken]

When you dropped a joke and you kjow ftom the start it sucks.

[@cbdrawer9527]

1:32 Number 10 Arcana Extra Joker *me turning towards my Arcana Knight Joker deck with sadness*

[@ryujijitei]

Baba Barber has some niche interactions like banishing E-HERO Absolute Zero to board nuke (TheDuelLogs did a video on this iirc), but otherwise, yeah, she's terrible. Great artwork though, kinda gives me some Ayami Kojima vibes in terms of artstyle.

[@juri101]

Hold up!!! "She"?

[@iBenjamin1000]

Baba like Baba Yaga.

[@NerdByAnyOtherName]

Honestly, Baba Barber reminds me of a lot of MTG cards, except that in MTG a) there are better options that let you get the monster back immediately and b) those cards are only used in decks revolving around cards that do broken things when they come into play and don't particularly care how they got into play. Kinda feels like someone at Konami looked at MTG and said"hey, that effect is popular and played often! Lets put it in Yu-Gi-Oh!".

[@theaverageDon]

THANK YOU! I was trying to remember who I saw playing that card

[@annedrieck7316]

Fortune lady deck should never play this card

[@hansbauer5997]

Thank you for using that dub clip xD that's literally my favorite one beside the copper stuff

[@RuneTrips]

Whats the copper stuff?

[@mohammadmurie]

your favorite dub clip ever or just from dbz as if that clip is your favorite my I introduce you to Crystal Beef Arnold Mammoth

[@hansbauer5997]

@@RuneTrips kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6C6eX-XgLWdptU This one xD

[@randomaccount9586]

is that a joey wheeler shirt? my god :0

[@butterscotchbeelzebumblebe5425]

You could combo "Baba Barber" with "Elemental HERO Absolute Zero" to destroy your opponent's monsters each turn. That's the best I could think of

[@easternwoyer3876]

12:45 no ddds are a lp gain deck not loose (well except the prouds as their pay not loose or whatever the contacts say that makes them different)

[@johancisarovna6824]

Trickstar Delfindium was actually a good monster to make in Link Star burn decks. She was another trickstar extra deck monster to make under Holly Angel for her burn effect and another name in the grave for Belladonna

[@TrevorAllenMD]

My biggest takeaway, “okay so cool I can add Baba Barber to my Jinzo floodgate deck”. You’ve a new subscriber sir.

[@ShikanRaider]

For Trickstar Delfiendium, it actually counts Trickstar 'cards' that are banished, not just monsters. So you could recur banished copies of Trickstar Reincarnation. Which is like the only way I can see people using that effect at all. Still too much setup needed for it though. For Baba Barber, the only use that comes to my mind, is banishing your Fortune Fairy Light to trigger her effect.

[@pedro-w9i9n]

for the archfiend, I think you can't even use on DDDs, bc they take damage, they don't pay LP. I unironically run it in Abyss Actor, bc Madonna pays LP

[@lancerguy3667]

Actually, back when the link era first started, up until the release of electrumite, he was the *only* link 2 monster D/Ds could make. He was basically just a vanilla in the deck... unless you wanted to take risk a 66% chance of losing a grave combo piece.

[@Hanmacx]

The archfiend can't be used with the chess ones because their field spell stops their maintenance costs

[@JABRIEL251]

Recovery Sorcerer is just waiting for a Cyberse deck that revolves around destruction.

[@rd9669]

It’s sad cyberse are playable and even mega in ocg but here in tcg they are less than rouge with salad holding on for dear life.

[@jonnymaldonado5974]

It is criminal that Traffic Ghost did not make this list. It's a link 3 that requires 3 monsters to make for an 1800 body vanilla. At least all it's arrows point downward. Most of the cards on that list are way more playable than Traffic Ghost. 🤦

[@HaydenX]

How to fix Agave Dragon: set it's base ATK to 3200, make the burn 500LP for each dragon, make the ATP gain 500 for each dinosaur, make the ATP loss 500 for each Sea Serpent, and change the Wyrm effect from gaining LP to excavating X cards for Wyrms, then adding one of them to your hand and shuffling the rest.

[@catisreckless4647]

The attempts at humor hurt my brain. But the list itself is good.

[@emeraldend9231]

Glad to see you are alright, my biggest wish is to see Pendulum Ritual monsters become a thing, that's a concept that I came up with Ritual pendulum hybrid monsters whose ritual spell is their pendulum effect that ritual summons them from the hand or from the pendulum scale to the field.

[@annedrieck7316]

Pendulum ritual spirit

[@petercross1879]

Dave is alive! Nice joey shirt, btw

[@OneFluffyHat]

Baba Barber has one use. Removing cards from the field that have an effect when they leave by card effect. The only use I've found for it is in Fortune Ladies to use the effect of Fortune Lady Light during either player's turn so you can... I dunno. Draw two cards? Blow up a monster the opponent controls? I'm not entirely sure.

[@greyroot00]

masterking archfiend can dump archfiend heiress, and she searches the whole archfiend cards. The dice roll eff is Optional you can skip it if you want.

[@catisreckless4647]

He's still pretty crap though. If only his mill effect was based on a range of Attk/Def values, instead of exactly the amount you paid. Would make him much better.

[@firestylefireballjutsu2792]

glad to see you're feeling good again

[@luisluis7245]

6:09 thats what i was thinking!

[@TheCharlieDelta]

I miss the "set one and pass" days

[@skullzfc]

More like Caveman Yugioh days. I missed those days too where people were normal summoning to death with battle traps.

[@WildKamuran]

i miss the days where it wasn't about Winning fast asap and actually having more than than 4 turns........... ( Epic grind games)

[@WillRennar]

Masterking Archfiend: "PLAY THAT SIX IN MY DECK FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!"

[@kidd32888]

i am so glad that you recovered from Covid-19

[@cbaslee1]

Didn’t know you were a fan of jaboody dubs

[@damonsalvatore3222]

Everyone should be, my favorites are billy mays at jaboody dubs offices and the slap chop dub

[@WilliamTheRailwayTako]

Mentions having *that* virus at the begining..... *DEMONETIZED!!!!*

[@WillRennar]

Use 2 Metalfoes to Link Summon Defender of the Labyrinth, kamikaze it into something, revive Crimsonite and swing for 3K? ... ... ...just a thought.

[@tricktrade6767]

I was honestly going to say that extra joker was a worse mecaba, at least you can keep playing with it

[@magicalscientist192]

Actually Delfiendium returns banished Trickstar CARDS, not just monsters. So you can use this to get banished Reincarnations back. Delfiendium is my favorite Trickstar link, and it's actually won me more games than you might think. It really came in clutch in my Trickstar vs Battlewasp duel (I think that's the right one, I believe it's day 2 of Trickstar) on my channel. *edit* oof and Dave hating on my favorite Gouki link too (Solid is my favorite lol). You would actually be surprised how many times I win a duel where I summon it because my opponent doesn't read the card

[@TheBlackAndWhiteDuelist]

Agave Dragon did saw a little play for a while to win in time or the red-eyes/gellenduo FTK. But what actually surprises me is Masterking Archfiend, that thing is absolutely disgusting in Danger Dark World. Its effect is not once per turn and triggers when a fiend is send to your grave in any way; use them to link summon, discard them, etc.

[@tonykusanagi87]

That sucks that you had the COVID, good thing you recovered tho, no yugioh card that you presented in your videos can ever be worse than that.

[@notgonnasay09]

The only use for Baba Barber I could think of would be for banishing one of your monsters hit by something line Effect Veiler to make sure it's effect returns at the end of the turn; however, I can't think of too many on-field or quick effect monsters that would be beneficial for in that case.

[@lucasprimoroso5952]

Baba Barber is ran in Valkyries as a way to run tech monsters that aren't Valkyries. Mischief of the Time Godess needs you to only control Valkyries so you can link off the non-Valkyrie stuff into Barber, which will clear itself off, leaving the field with only Valkyries.

[@mauritiusblackwell3990]

Should have called the EARTH Wyrm Jim.

[@sekhyhybrid6701]

Duel Link Dragon, The Duel Dragon: The ultimate Detrain of ULTIMAYA TZOLKIN!

[@SakuraAvalon]

Sekhy Hybrid Nah. Ultimaya Tzolkin is the evil manga version of the Signer Dragon. Dule Link Dragon is the good, anime version of Signer Dragon. Therefore, as the laws of nature dictate: The manga was better/Evil will always win, because good is dumb.

[@MontyEggman]

I know why these Link Monsters are making you upset. It's the shirt. Wearing it just makes someone go into some sort of unexplained rage... possibly the type that comes from somewhere in New York.

[@goodpeople25]

Harlem Rage!!

[@dicksonmattxenoblade6491]

One other thing about Agave Dragon, it's arrows are the same as Borreload's arrows and this is far from a suitable replacement for Borreload.

[@novaninja729]

I think you may have forgotten Clara and Rushka, the ventriloduo and Linklebell

[@aaronabbey2604]

No one will bad mouth the twin loli link monster.

[@agavini1]

Baba Barber can be used to banish El shaddoll winda to allow you to continue your plays

[@stevenmael]

I mean, you could summon baba barber to your right link zone and banish your opponents link monster to the left of baba barber, unless theres some rule im missing that states you cant interact with an opponents link monster in that manner, but i doubt that. Also it does say EACH battle Phase, which means you could possible activate it on your opponents battle face? But there are very few reasons why you'd wanna do any of that.

[@SaintoftheHonest]

Baba Barber is ThunDra support? Also, after having literally JUST noted that non-effect isn’t the same as Normal, why would you list the monster that needs *Normal* monsters as usable in Tenyi - a deck that doesn’t have *Normal* monsters and wants to keep around the *only* token (ie, one - not enough to make defender) the deck can make?

[@TheHustlerof2010]

Not only Trickstar monsters any Trickstar cards but it’s actually pretty good if you build the deck correctly

[@skullzfc]

It relies on your opponent in a specific gamestate. If a card relies on your opponent, it is bad most of the time.

[@TheHustlerof2010]

Basheer Katmeh it was amazing for trickstars when it was master rule 4 but yeah not the most reliable now

[@jakelnordstrom]

I'm honestly surprised that Clara & Rushka, the Ventriliduo didn't top the list. I have still never heard of an actual use for that card that isn't far more convoluted than every other Link monster.

[@shawnli4746]

Traffic Ghost and Link Bumper. Should've been there

[@roynicorn8361]

Ok, but where is Clara and Rushka? Link 1, can only be summoned during MP2 and oh yea the only arrow points up, why would you run that?

[@enricogucci6113]

Barber can be used to Evenly Matched after you use a monster to bait interruption or to banish a monster with its effects negated so it comes back with its effects. Example, my opponent once used it and Necroid Synchro to summon a big Stardust boss monster against me :D

[@vaati5000]

Baba Barber is one of those cards that keeps making me think they want to give cards "Enter the Battlefield" style effects and then they just....don't and stuff like it continues to just be worthless. Other than that all I could possibly think of for her is field management, or exploiting any card that has an effect of when it leaves the field due to any effect

[@ragnaricstudios5888]

The trickstar card said any banished trickstar card so it’s supposed to recover reincarnations, it would be better with less set up

[@TheForeverRanger]

If Yugi had a link monster it would be Arcana Extra Joker. The thing is a link version of Arcana Knight Joker and it was probably meant to be summoned the same way minus the fusion. This things effect even sets another one up since you can Special Summon Queens Knight and add Kings Knight to the hand.

[@VampireQueen696]

I'm glad you're feeling better dave

[@redblood421]

I do truly wish when they made duel link dragon they were going to give it the anime effect they left off the synchro one where it gain the attack of all your synchros.

[@Saixjacket]

JOO KNOW WHATS FOR DINNER TONIGHT? BLOOD MEAT ENCHILADAS!!!

[@yugimumoto1]

Glad you brought up all the terrible things about Duel Link dragon. i have an ocg copy only cause the art work is like an alt art of ultimaya tzolkein. but with mr5 you should probably just play tzolkein and not this since he brings out the synchro monster and not a token that has no effect.

[@divemissile8928]

considering that she came out in the same set as a bunch of fortune lady stuff, i think she's meant to be a way to proc the effect of light while being easily accessible in the extra. though, i mean, she's still slow as shit so i don't know how much that matters

[@jasonbrannock1698]

I love your videos! Sorry to hear you were sick. I hope you feel better. When will you do Best of ritual cards? Keep up the good work. I will keep watching. J

[@grafinakaasu9048]

Baba Barber can be used to banish Necroface from your field.

[@krvys7226]

Now, now, you can at least use formula synchron as a the "synchro monster" material for duel link dragon, and draw a card, mitigating that loss, and not losing a major card. That said, you could also use formula synchron to just summon a good synchro....

[@Fencer_Nowa]

holy shit dave i'm glad you recovered from the beer virus.

[@fishchips1159]

But Dave agave dragon was used in a pendulum ftk. I demand a redo

[@MasterofUria]

Happy to see ya dude! Glad you're alive, well and back to troll the meta!

[@johnt6773]

Very glad to see you in better health and on your feet! Daddy Dave was certainly missed

[@frostyguy1989]

Baba Barber looks like it's meant to be used in a deck where your monsters activate effects when they're banished, like Shiranui or Thunder Dragons. Except those decks have far better ways of activating their effects than relying on a weaksauce 200 ATK Link 2 that only does it during the battle phase.

[@danielramsey6141]

Agave Dragon might actually become more useful in the upcoming “Transcendrakes” archetype! As that deck will start using all 4 Types!

[@spyro2002]

I've seen baba barber being used in a weird absolute zero control deck that summons e hero absolute zero and uses cards that banish it until the end phase to trigger it over and over and baba barber was a clutch situation way of doing that

[@chrisrandazzo8894]

That’s nuts you were sick with that man I’m glad your okay I was sick with it too back when the chaos first started I was really sick from it.your one of my fav yugitubers keep the list a comin

[@Shepic01]

Time to learn about shitty links. 😂 And damn! I’m sorry about you getting Corona David, good to hear you’re better.

[@roynicorn8361]

The first thing I thought when seeing Baba Barber was that Black Rose Field Spell, since banishing and returning is not summoning, so the monster has full attack. I guess, you could keep your boss monster big and strong?

[@kewlaldo10]

No need to apologize for the Mexican joke. I love it! I can't believe you have seen the "maldita lisiada" scene! lol

[@brendanwoods7278]

I think something that would have been interesting for higher link monsters would be if yiu use an extra deck monster, the materials attached to it for an XYZ, or used to summon it for like Fusion and Synchro, count as material towards the link, so if you had an XYZ with 2 material you could play that into a link 3. Idk how broken that would be though

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

That makes link climbing a lot easier doesn't it? 2 monsters can become a link 3 as long as they combine into an XYZ first etc.

[@hoodedman6579]

Shout outs to all of the effect monsters that don't have effects, like Cyber Harpie Lady; all she has is the "this card is always treated as Harpie Lady" text, which is not an effect and cannot be negated or anything.

[@firesparks4761]

I'm not sure if this was said or not but I think the idea was that you banished you own monster that effects actives when you banished that monster it does some weird effect like special summon a better monster or hurt your opponent other then that idk.

[@redblood421]

I understand your point, but you should also consider when the link monster was released more so in the OCG. Since links had 2 uses at that point. Being arrows and effects.

[@ultimatedbz2]

Does baba barber proc durring your opponent's battle phase? Maybe suppose to remove a weak monster from the filed so your opponent can't destroy it and get it back next turn? Gotta love that interdimensional matter transporter tech

[@SakuraAvalon]

Poor Signer Dragon. It's finally made into a card(not counting the evil Signer Dragon from the manga), and it's as a terrible Link Monster...

[@daytonelmer1511]

You could use baba barber in thunder dragons to extend plays in the battle phase by banishing thunder dragon roar or thunderdragon dark

[@narfd.8837]

Funny syngergy: Baba Barber works well in Metaphys to trigger Metaphys Dimension or Necroface during the Battle Phase.

[@leafbladie]

You could use Agave Dragon as a type of Cowboy for game in certain decks. Though it is more resource intensive

[@yurisbest2892]

For baba barber I’ve seen it played in Valkyries to banish itself so your mischief of the time goddess is live, and I think they have monsters they want to send from field to grave

[@m2fappy398]

Hope you better unlike Yugioh when a card in this case a human isn't playing well we don't get rid of them Glad your doing better

[@airtempest8945]

The one thing I've ever used Baba Barber for is when I need filler in Master Rule 4 and I wanted to put multiple extra deck monsters in like 2 zones 'cause she can move herself. AKA, she ain't good.

[@WhoIsSirChasm]

I feel somewhat obligated to bring up Linkerbell. Despite it not being released in the TCG proper as of yet, it is in Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution, and its weird ability to be summoned only when you're either going second or otherwise losing, despite having no positive benefits over other monsters with similar arrows and ATK, makes it one of my go-tos for "why is this a thing". It's not even cute, it's just... kinda unsettling.

[@arkbot5071]

Good to see you healthy man

[@georgedoherty47]

You could use barber's effect on your monster ( for example a link 4 ) that was hit with a shadow spell

[@mannyblight6140]

Wow I’m glad you’re ok!!

[@XCATX25]

Dave is back and stronk. Dave is at least in top 10 yugitubers

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

Be very careful now from here on in dude, but glad your doing well

[@barnstorming4535]

LOL you can use baba barber and vorticular drumgon as a combo piece to keep drawing cards

[@sunnyextraordinaire5065]

5:18 is that the shapesnatch theme?

[@w33zythedreadedeagle]

LMAO Vorticular manslaughter

[@PointedHeels1]

Agave Dragon in time with Tenyis xD

[@danielramsey6141]

Defender of the Labyrinth is actually really good now.

[@Ninjasifi]

Baba Barber (not saying it’s good) could be used for a cheesy stall type deck, or if you absolutely need a card for a strategy, you could ensure that it would be safe. Or, in a stall deck, it just makes it so the monster can’t be destroyed during your turn. Again, not saying it’s good, just the possibilities.

[@joelpaultre7440]

Cards you should play instead 10: Isolde 9: Saryuja Skull Dread 8: Transcode Talker 7: I got nothin 6: Literally ANY other Gouki Link 5: Foolish Burial, Armageddon Knight 4: *Halqifibrax Auroradon combos intensify* 3: Interdimensional Matter Transporter? 2: Striker Dragon & Guardragons? Disonorable Mentions: Tenyi Links 1: Borreload, Borrelsword

[@nickgiz377]

Glad to see you ok

[@gynobytewolf]

I guess you could use Baba Barber to activate a Fortune Lady Light. Not sure what the advantage of using Baba Barber over Akashic Magician would be, unless you really want her back during the End Phase so you can activate Light's effect with something else?

[@JayAndNightASMR]

You can use baba barber in thunder dragons. Not the greatest but you can get the odd janky combo off.