Top 10 Worst Normal Traps in YGO

In the fast-paced game of Yu-Gi-Oh, there are so many ways to win. Some focus on building a ton of negates and floodgates the same way a sadistic monster might play with their food before they eat it, and that’s cool! Some opt for explosive removal and board clears to wash their opponent’s defenses before loading glass cannons, and that’s also cool! Tons of spells, monsters, and extra deck creatures contribute to these strategies, but what’s missing? Well. Trap cards that have to be set a full turn before activation. The best ones can be activated from the hand to circumvent this downside. The worst ones are on this list.
Script by bally
Edited by Iason Autica
├ The List
Intro: (0:00)
10 - The Paths of Destiny: (0:28)
9 - Fine: (2:51)
8 - Terra Firma Gravity: (5:30)
7 - Pyro Clock of Destiny: (9:00)
6 - Curse of the Circle: (11:12)
5 - Virus Cannon: (14:10)
4 - Full Salvo: (17:21)
3 - An Unfortunate Report: (20:24)
2 - Localized Tornado: (23:09)
1 - The Gift of Greed: (25:10)
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[@kirby_08_]

You activated my trap card! I discard 2 cards!

[@CErra310]

Good in dark world

[@Looper109]

​@@CErra310 skull servant

[@firebreakbo3]

😂😂

[@juvielmartineztorres8425]

​@@CErra310 Even in Dark World its not good since they have better options

[@AdamSelvig]

@@juvielmartineztorres8425I mean even so it’s a option it can use

[@CErra310]

"Fine is not fine, Fine is very bad" made me laugh out loud. Thank you.

[@mariozappini7784]

His calm voice makes this even better aswell

[@marcorodriguez8792]

This is why I like watching Duellogs

[@kaizocaster]

That allusion to the VR format was so clean. “Roll my dice- I SUMMON POT OF GREED”

[@blutackart8714]

You never saw this one coming I SUMMOM POT OF GREED

[@mikhailvarkovsky4150]

I feel like climbing some trees now

[@Symonch_]

"Then i attack and i win right? "

[@ThreeEyedPea]

​Oh he's supposed to be here

[@xCorvus7x]

24:06 If you use Localized Tornado to shuffle back your trap cards, you still end up with one trap card in the graveyard, namely Localized Tornado, so Treacherous Trap Hole can still not be activated.

[@bobbyugi]

Localized tornado with convulsion of nature would be OP because you can stop shuffling whenever you see the card that you need to draw.

[@mycreativeandgamerschannel]

​@bobbyugi add ceremonial bell make it even funnier 😅 I mean if you running a practical jokers deck 😂 Shame no trap card that says if you're opponent laughs then u win

[@professorhaystacks6606]

Does TTH check at activation or resolution? If the latter you could chain LT to TTH. LT won't go to the grave until the whole chain has resolved, so there won't be any traps there at resolution.

[@xCorvus7x]

@@professorhaystacks6606 It's an activation requirement. „If you have no Traps in your graveyard: Target 2 monsters on the field; destroy those targets.“

[@EvaristoH]

@@professorhaystacks6606 Ok but if you are activating LT to get rid of your trap cards in the GY then you shouldn't be able to chain TTH, nor would you be able to start a new chain after it resolves and falls to the GY

[@DanTheMan33088]

"You've activated my Trap Card, The Gift of Greed! Draw 2 cards, loser!"

[@MarioMastar]

That sounds like an early Joey Wheeler kind of play or something Season 1 Yuma would somehow do thinking it was a good card only for Astral to somehow make it a win condition like he did baby Tiragon.

[@peterwest319]

Really only works to force a deck out

[@the_letter_j9223]

You could use it in combination with the continuous trap Greed which deals 500 point of damage every time your opponent draws outside of their draw phase. But with Maxx C being a key part of the TCG meta, you probably wouldn't need to. Either way, there are better options for that kind of combo.

[@BahamutEx]

@@the_letter_j9223maxx c is banned my guy

[@alex_zetsu]

I feel really bummed out he didn't try to come up with ways to get use out of this card, like trying to justify it in a mill deck.

[@arkbeetlegaming]

"Fine is not fine, Fine is very bad" I have never heard such poetry, it is beautiful...

[@Matty2Saints]

pot of greed explanation into “VR format” draw 3 😭 i love this guy

[@Timpandashomp]

Thats not what it does

[@elianrodriguez7318]

“An Unfortunate Report” can be a great way to force your opponent into a lose-lose scenario in a Yubel focused deck now that the Yubel archetype has new support cards; namely the “Nightmare Pain” continuous spell which not only forces your opponent to attack your Yubel/Yubel monsters and denies your opponent from dealing damage with battles involving those monsters but also denies the opponent from skipping the Battle Phase outright so the effect of “An Unfortunate Report” will be able to double the amount of damage the opponent will take from the Battle Phase if you’re using Yubel, Yubel: Terror Incarnate and/or Spirit of Yubel which usually only either Yubel: Ultimate Nightmare and the new Yubel fusion monster are able to do under the effects of Nightmare Pain. Admittedly it’s a pretty niche use and requires a bit of setup before you can properly make use of it but it’s also probably one of the best uses for it so far, only thing that you’d really have to watch out for is making sure that “Nightmare Pain” stays on the field.

[@Haosnir]

Or the opponent just skips their battle phase.

[@thecrimsoncreep6665]

​@@Haosnir Only works if they play Runick or something. Nightmare Pain forces them to go to Battle Phase. This is usually not necessary though, because Yubel only needs your opponent to attack 2 or 3 times with a 2k or higher monster to kill you

[@Haosnir]

@@thecrimsoncreep6665 or the player switch any monster to DEF position, since they can't attack it still loses the effect.

[@Deathmare235]

@@thecrimsoncreep6665how does nightmare pain force them into their battle phase

[@selectivepontification8766]

You're missing one thing: Yubel *destroys* monsters it battles so the second Battle Phase is pointless unless your opponent has monsters that are immune to destruction. It's not just a crappy winmore card that requires absurd amounts of setup (you need to have a Yubel monster and Nightmare Pain, as well as hard-drawing into Trap Trick or Unfortunate Report - which, of course, is completely useless on its own so it's the last thing you want to topdeck - and not run into any negation or destruction), but a crappy winmore card that doesn't even work unless your opponent runs a deck that enables it by having multiple monsters that are immune to being destroyed by Yubel while not having a single negate, removal effect, or Evenly Matched. And even then, your opponent has to be dumb enough to set up a board that runs into it, and they still have a whole Main Phase to... not do that. Even Yubel wouldn't touch this thing.

[@lightningfarronxp8899]

25:55 that pot of greed VR reference was next level lmao

[@arthursdl]

"Fine is not fine. Fine is very bad." I love poetry

[@juanpablouriascruz1411]

Top 10 cards with censored artwork (i.e. quickdraw synchron)

[@huntermengel2683]

What was that one censored for? I didn’t know it wasn’t supposed to look like what we saw

[@andrewbeach9455]

Make it even more specific, top 10 with artwork censored for guns

[@juanpablouriascruz1411]

The artwork was changed due to violence, religion, sexuality, etc.

[@TheShadow1347]

Dark Magician Girl and the Harpy Ladies would definitely be on that list

[@TheGirugamesh1000]

​@@huntermengel2683the gun has a red piece in the tcg and lacks the front sight, in the ocg no red piece and has an iron sight. In other words the ocg art is a real gun and the tcg art is a toy gun.

[@kanrakucheese]

The worst part about Pyro Clock is that is it *predates* Final Countdown! It was even worse when it premiered in the OCG! All it did was make Swords of Revealing Light and a nerfed version whose name escapes me slightly less useful. Top 10 worst/best tip cards (from Dark Beginning/Dark Revelation boosters)

[@Bubben246]

Nightmare Steelcage?

[@kanrakucheese]

@@Bubben246 Yes

[@magicball3201]

Doesn't Pyro Clock also make Swords miss timing? As it destroys itself on the 3 turn after it's activated, can't you skip a turn to have it never blow itself up? Modern day, Nightmare Phoenix/Unicorn mean it's trivial to remove it, but in years bygone, spell/trap removal was harder to come by

[@xatuyou8045]

I did see Gift of Greed in Mystic Mine Mill decks, but even in that, there are better cards that you can use like trickstar reincarnation and card destruction.

[@TheNecroj]

I used to use Fine in my Dark World deck (pre-structure deck) as a cheap card to discard two monsters for their effects. So, I was going -3 on my opponents turn to send Khakki for the most mediocre if not outright bad interaction in existance

[@ThePokemap]

for an unfortunate report you might be able to use it with the mikanko field spell witch forces your opponent to attack monsters with equip cards. mikanko have 0 attack and reflect damage and cant be destroyed when equips

[@joshuahadams]

Probably could work up some nonsense with Yubel, too. Plop down a Savage Colosseum, then Lonefire Blossom into Mystic Tomato, and then force your opponent into running all their monsters into Yubel to burn themselves out.

[@jacksonteller3973]

Thank you been wanting this one for a while, i'd love to see Top 10 Worst Continuous Traps and Top 10 Worst Continuous Spells.

[@runedeadthA]

"allows you to draw two additional cards from your deck or three cards in VR format" And it combos really well with "magic force", allowing you to play pot of greed and draw three additional cards!

[@giggukardaguy9077]

Imagine if The Paths of Destiny had been in Duelist Kingdom Just how screwed up things would be

[@user-qc2kt5kd3i]

(Read in gigachad egyptian pharaoh voice) “I reveal my set card: THE PAAATHS OF DESTINY. I toss a coin, AND REGARDLESS OF THE RESAULT I PLAY POT OF GREED TO DRAW 8 ADDITIONAL CARDS FROM MY DECK”

[@ItsPForPea]

Any burn is screwed up in Duelist Kingdom format tbh

[@giggukardaguy9077]

@@ItsPForPea But one that can cost the entirety of your life points or that can have both players out at once is insane

[@FREECIVVIE]

Thats what it do ​@user-qc2kt5kd3i

[@mnorth1351]

I predict shorter episodes!

[@marcorodriguez8792]

2:50 it's little things like that that give me a good chuckle. Never change Duellogs

[@frostedbyte0759]

Great video dude!

[@TaylorVie]

Considering how bad traps have become in recent years except in trap-based strategies it's amazing you were able to narrow the list down to only 10, there must've been dozens you had to review and decide upon. I think "Top 10 Cards you Only Want 1 of in your Deck" would be an interesting idea because there's so many powerful cards that are considered an instant 3 of when they come out, how many cards are pointless if you run more than 1?

[@Neonman1230]

Oh you mean top 10 garnets

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

​@@Neonman1230Number 1: Brilliant Fusion's Gem-Knight... Ooooooh...

[@ViralOtomo]

In regards to Unfortunate Report, you can use it in tandem with Number 2: Ninja Shadow Mosquito. It's a 0/0 rank 2 that forces the opponent's monsters to attack if able and activates (repeatable) effects when any attack is declared: 1. Detatch 1 for a non-targeted counter add that negates the monster's effect. 2. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of a monster with one of these counters (does not target, can be on either field). So, making your opponent conduct their battle phase twice where they must attack with any attack-position monsters becomes a good chance of just deleting your opponent right there. Then again, there are smarter ways to support Number 2 than relying on a trap card.

[@khankhomrad8855]

Love that little reference to Pot of Greed being a draw 3 in VR Yugioh.

[@amogus694]

Some players actually used Localized tornado in duel links 2018 in Sylvans decks

[@selectivepontification8766]

Also in One-Card Wonder stall decks (before OCW was nerfed to hell)

[@zamfy7141]

The main use of this card in duel link was for the 100 summon missions.

[@kochiyamochiya]

I lost to localized tornado once when opponent is playing empty jar FTK and after drawing almost their entire deck, they activate temple of the kings and localize tornado to make sure that we won't decked out at the same time

[@cjenrun7252]

The OCG version of Spellbinding Circle isn't necessarily depicting the Star of David, but the Kagome Crest! The six-pointed star (hexagram) is a pretty ubiquitous symbol with many meanings in many cultures, and in Japan especially you see it a lot as it is a symbol relevant to Shinto. It gets censored and removed from a lot of media and artword exported from Japan because we tend to only know of it as a representation for Judaism, but saying that the hexagram in Spellbinding Circle is the Star of David is as much of a misunderstanding as associating pentagram's exclusively with Satan. (if not more so, because we at least get that from Christians decrying the pagan practices which used the symbol as "satan worshippers", so its at the very least a deliberate and intentional misunderstanding, instead of being a conflation of two different symbols from two different contexts) (i feel a little nitpicky for saying this, but hey i figure if you wanted to nitpick that the pentagram depicted is more relevant to neopaganism than satanism, than what im posting isnt so bad)

[@Zorgdub]

Gift of Greed is one of the best cards in my Greed deck. You know, the trap that deals burn damage based on how many cards are drawn. It can be used in a few other *very* niche situations. I agree that it's pretty bad, but it can be worth the card use much easier than Fine or Pyro Clock of Destiny (I'm _still_ trying to make a deck that uses that card effectively).

[@melvinshine9841]

It's kind of a shame the Top 10 Worst Counter Traps list already happened, since Dinomorphia Shell would've deserved a mention. The other Dinomorphia Counter Traps negate Spells/Traps, or monster effects, or copy other Counter Traps. All Shell does is make a token your opponent has to attack, and it can only be activated during their Battle Phase.

[@MarioMastar]

Personally I think the bigger shame is how 1/3 of the game is virtually obsolete due to the pace and power creep making them fundamentally "too slow" to be worth playing at all. It's a shame cause the Trap mechanic feels so Yugioh, it's just not the same game without it. The whole name of the game is outplaying your opponent and keeping them guessing. Fortunately Duel Links is just slow enough traps still get use.

[@STULF20X6]

Localized Tornado has unironically been a MVP in a lot of self mill decks I play; I prefer a good grind game in a deck if I'm allowed the option Top ten cards that kind of negate a card effect but doesn't (Dark Deal, Fusion Grapha, etc).

[@darknessnaxxion]

We actually have Localized Tornado banned in a discord group of ours because it promotes degenerative stall tactics. Also, in slower formats when you mill exclusively for plus and deck-out, if it resolves you just lose.

[@matthewpelletier4485]

Gotta say this script is great; very well written

[@MarioMastar]

Duel Logs really stands out as he doesn't just Assume everyone's a tryhard Tier 0 deck player. He explains why cards are bad in general and even attempts to give ideas of how the card could be useful to make it clear it's not because "it can't beat Tears" but rather because the effort it takes to get the same effect isn't worth it compared to other cards that could get the effect easier so it isn't even a case of "Run 6" like some of the polymerization cards. It's more like "You need 3 extra cards to run 4". Plus even terrible cards like Cold Feet can be used to decent effect with Mystical Rafpanel, but in Duel Links where Mystical Rafpanel doesn't seem to exist, I think it's mostly for that skill Tea has where you just give your opponent the card and hope they play it or just have it sit on thier board taking up a valuable space (those who play pendulums without using the skill to expand the board will be really upset). So it's something they'd have to deal with either way.

[@hungryhippowdon7141]

Honorable mention to "Graceful Tear" (give 1 card from your hand to your opponent in order to gain 2000 LP).

[@TheGirugamesh1000]

That can actually be useful. Give them a shitty card.

[@TBKOTOROB]

For A Unfortunate Report if you can give it to your opponent and force them to activate it might become useful

[@MarioMastar]

Yeah, and even if they wouldn't use it, it's still a bad card they have to put up with. The mind games could be interesting.

[@Ufoencounter]

A creative way to use the gift of greed I think I saw was in Master Duel their was a 30 second event. Obviously, the hand limit is 6 and you must discard cards if you have more, which drains the timer. So, the deck would give the opponent a plethora of cards so during the end phase, they would time out trying to discard them all.

[@eggs8021]

That's actually genius

[@angelagonzalez8250]

Localized tornado can be good in empty jar to prevent yourself from decking out.

[@a1joryj]

Curse of the Circle did have some niche use in early Duel Links formats: back when tribute summons were the name of the game and Synchro Summoning was very new, Curse of the Circle was an insane game changer that would leave a super weak card on the field that was meant to be summoned as tribute fodder. Sometimes it would be used on a Lava Golem that you’d drop on the opponents field so that they would have practically no way of getting rid of it, leading to very degenerate and gross victories through slow burns.

[@ChrisPTY507]

Localized tornado actually works well with bait doll and any cars that allows you to gift it to your opponent. So give them localized tornado and then use bait doll and they get the terrible effect. You could also use this combo on duel links using Tea Skill of surprise present.

[@kstar2829]

Also fun little gimmick with The gift of Greed it's somewhat used in the Bistro ftk to deck out your opponent. Personally I would've picked very hard to activate trap cards such as assault mode activate or fuh rin ka zan

[@Reflecter16]

Curse of The Circle is even stranger because it came out in Generation Force, where XYZ were first coming to light. I suppose I understand they were using it to counter older summoning mechanics but geez.

[@edmundoandrade5113]

I unironically builded a burn deck around full salvo and won some duels in MD

[@iriswav7379]

Terra Firma Gravity I resolved the trap in the DL era multiple times when the GX World was released and always got cheesy wins baiting the opponent to attack my weak but important monster and they would always attack my Terra Firma thanks to the trap

[@ManuelRiccobono]

A usefull thing that pyro clock does is reset all HOPT effects. Since it is a new turn, you can reuse those effects again, because they were not used this turn.

[@bestaround3323]

That does have so potential

[@Aymungoos]

Oh god dont let someone cook up some abomination of a playstyle with it down the line

[@ManosAlpha]

Pyro Clock forwards the turn counter only, it doesn't manipulate the current turn in any way, so hopt effects can't be reused

[@Ryushiin.]

I once saw a video, where someone managed to win through final countdown and clock of destiny during first turn. It needed pre Errata Makura and basically was a rotation of that card x2 through Migration Prophecy and Primal Seed (and maybe some other card i don't remember...)

[@illustriousspellcaster5252]

Where did you get that from? “Pyro Clock of Destiny” only moves the *turn count* forward by one. The turn continues as normal. Please refrain from spreading misinformation.

[@Stro2101]

Actually there is a way to loop Pyro Clock of Destiny to FTK with Final Countdown. Of course that's very inconsistent and fall easily against handtraps but is possible.

[@truechoas6224]

A question about Pryo Clock of Destiny: Could it be used to use once per turn effects again? Exp. you use Dark Contract with the Gate to add a D/D to your hand, then activate Pyro Clock of Destiny, then activate Dark Contract with Gate to add another D/D to you hand.

[@kwalityhunter]

I saw that Wayne radio reference you snuck in, a spider of culture I see. I bet you use dark cup the strongest card in all of dual monsters.

[@brandonpineda9106]

Localises tornado was mostly used in the infernity discard 2 combo with kalin back in duel links before his skill was nerfed. It was ran in a infinite recycle stall deck by running a bunch of stall and life point increase cards then burn through your deck then activate localized tornado to reset and repeat till your opponent decks out

[@JonkoSplonko]

That's a very interesting top 10, I bet it was a hard to pick just 10 of all the terrible normal Traps. A top 10 worst for Continuous spells/traps would be interesting! Although I'm not a fan of how you went on to explain where some of the cards came from, who used them, and how you mentioned one of the cards used by the Supreme King while trying to find one potential use for Unfortunate Report, you getting sidetracked or something?

[@mudachaproductions]

The only Sneak Peek event I ever went to was for Shadow Of Infinity, the set which included Full Salvo. I'm pretty sure that was the one and only time anyone ever used that card in a competitive scenario. 😂

[@ytmndman]

I ran localized tornado in an old stall deck to prevent myself from decking out. I would usually use it when I had a full board of face-down monsters and backrow, and we were both down to only a few cards in our decks.

[@KaiMacros]

"... or 3 cards in VR format" I died remembering the summoning of Pot of Greed to draw 3 cards from their deck. Thank you for that.

[@Profat6]

Localized Tornado was used in One Card Wonder decks in Duel Links. Your starting hand is 1 card but every draw phase you draw two instead of one card. Your deck consisted of stalling cards and Localized Tornado made you never deck out.

[@mclwhite5289]

You could chain gift of greed with heavy slump as a 2 card combo and mill 4 cards into the deck. Might be fun to set it up with trap trick or as a maxx c counter in master duel lol

[@izab3ru]

I have a master duel final countdown deck that "focuses" (tries?) recycling pryo clock. It's awful but I love it.

[@nelsal6416]

Your days are numbered Mr. Logs if Simul Archfiends is on here

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

0:34 Idea to improve this card while playing into the lore of it: _Paths of the Destined Dai_ Continuous Trap _You can activate this card from your hand or GY if you control a face-up “Grepher” or “Dark Lucius” monster. Unaffected by card effects while you control a face-up “Grepher” or “Dark Lucius” monster. Once per phase, each player can toss 1 coin. If the result is heads, they gain 2000 LP, and if the result is tails, they take 2000 Damage._ 3:03 And this one here… _Hefty Fine_ Counter Trap _If either player would add any number of cards to their hand, except via their normal draw, they must first discard 2 cards._ 5:37 And one for here… _Terra Firma Attraction_ Trap Card _You can set this card from your hand, deck or GY if you Special Sunmon any number of “Elemental HERO Terra Firma”. During your opponent's Battle Phase, if you control "Elemental HERO Terra Firma": This turn, all monsters your opponent controls that can attack a face-up "Elemental HERO Terra Firma" you control must attack it, and cannot otherwise attack._ 9:02 And one for here… _Pyro Clock of Finality_ Quick-Play Spell _Pay 2000 LP. After After 20 turns have passed after you activate this card (counting the turn you activate this card as the 1st turn), you win the Duel. The first time a card possessed by the turn player is destroyed by an opponent’s card or effect each turn, Move the turn count forward by 1 turn. The turn in which this effect is activated continues as normal._ 13:40 This one I’ll leave be for now, since Spellboud is now a MUCH better version of this card. 14:56 Idea to make this an equip spell: _Mounted Virus Cannon_ Equip Spell _Equip this card to 1 monster you control. Tribute any number of monsters, spells and/or traps from your hand or field: Your opponent send an equal number of cards of those tributes respective card types from their hand or deck to the GY (or all their Monsters/Spells/Traps, if lower than the number of respective Tributes). The monster equipped with this card gains 250 ATK/DEF for each card sent to the GY by this effect._ And then one for 17:23, taken straight from the last time Full Salvo came up on the channel: _Retaliatory Salvo_ Counter-Trap _If your opponent would destroy by battle or send to the GY (by card effect) a card(s) from your hand or field: you can Discard your entire hand instead, then apply the following effects X the number of cards discarded by this effect:_ ⚪️Destroy 1 monster your opponent controls, then increase your LP by the ATK or DEF it had while it was on the field. ⚪️Destroy 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls, then shuffle 1 card from your GY into your deck. ⚪️Destroy 1 card your opponent controls, then inflict 300 damage to your opponent. _You can only activate 1 “Retaliatory Salvo” per turn._ 20:49 And one for this card: _A fortune Report_ Trap Card _You can activate this card from your hand immediately after you inflict battle damage to your opponent. You conduct your next battle phase twice._ And then one for… 23:22 _Focused Tornado_ Continuous Trap _During the beginning of each draw phase, declare 1 card type (Monster/Spell/Trap): For the rest of the turn, if a card of the declared type would be banished or sent to the GY, it is instead shuffled into it’s owners deck._ And lastly, one for 25:21 _The Giving Greed_ Trap Card _For the rest of the turn, if either player draws any number of cards via card effect, their opponent can draw up to an equal number of cards._

[@ShikanRaider]

I remember playing someone back in the day who actually used Localized Tornado in their deck. This happened shortly after Final Countdown went to 1 in January 2014. When I asked them why they ran it, they replied; "So that I don't deck out if I don't see Final Countdown early in the game."

[@coreypatterson5827]

Gift of Greed does set up Heavy Slump - but that requires you to draw both in your opening hand - or Gift + Trap Trick.

[@ShinennoHikari]

Idk about gift of greed being number one. I remember, back in the day when destiny hero defender first came out, a big way to use him was comboing him with the continuous trap card appropriate, so that whenever your opponent got to draw a card off of defender, you would draw two. Gift greed would allow a similar way to draw two from just a costless trap card.

[@Lotus_jacobaeus]

I just got the paths of destiny used on me earlier in Master dule and had no clue it even existed before that

[@damonbell2059]

Localized Tornado is extremely useful in Karakuri Decks. Karakuri have an insane amount of card draw card, searching and summoning from the deck. once karakuri have set up its surprisingly easy to go +10 or more in card advantage. all karakuri card effects are built around changing card positions, so if karakuri steel shogun or karakuri anatomy (multiple copy's work best) are on the field localized tornado can be used in a combo to not only shuffle your hand and GY into the deck well gaining card advantege but also triggering every Karakuri card effect on the field. karakuri basically plays like a Rube Goldberg device re-imagined as a Yu-Gi-Oh cards. oddly Full Salvo also works in karakuri but only along side Localized Tornado.

[@ferdinandpurczeld234]

I used Curse of the Circle in Duel Links during Turbo Duel events, where you could guarantee your opponent is going to use synchro monsters. Sadly, it cannot do much when going second, and is also countered by Forbidden Lance. Plus a few boxes later, they introduced Warning Point, which made Curse of the Circle even more redundant.

[@FullMastFlex]

The idea that Gift of Greed is number 1 on this list, yet I actively use it to a decent degree of success, in my mill deck on Master Duel, makes me feel kinda special. Thanks for that, I guess lol

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

20:54 This gives me a nutty idea for a new HERO monster, one where you get 2 battle phases while it’s face-up on the field: _Evil HERO Supreme King_ (FIRE) Level 8 Pendulum Scales: 0⬅️➡️0 _If your opponent controls a monster, you can Tribute Summon Level 7 or higher monsters with 1 Tribute, and if you do, you can increase or decrease this card’s pendulum scale by up to it’s level. If a monster you control attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. You can only apply the following effects of “Evil HERO Supreme King” once per turn:_ ⚪️If you special summon a “HERO” monster from your extra deck: You can Add 1 Pendulum Monster to your hand from your deck or face-up from your extra deck. ⚪️If you Special Summon a “Supreme King” monster from your extra deck (Face-up or Facedown): You can add 1 “HERO” monster to your hand from your deck or GY. Fiend/Fusion/Pendulum/Effect 1+ “Evil HERO” monsters + 1+ “Supreme King” monsters _Must Either be Fusion Summoned or Pendulum Summoned. If you Fusion Summoned this card using “Dark Fusion”, or Pendulum Summoned this card using at least 1 “Supreme King” monster in your Pendulum Zones: Add 1 Spell/Trap to your hand from your deck that mentions “Fusion”, “Syncrho”, “Xyz”, or “Pendulum” in it’s name or effects. Cannot be destroyed by battle. During turns that card is face-up on the field, the turn players conducts 2 battle phases per turn, not just 1. During your opponent's Battle Phase, all monsters they control are changed to face-up Attack Position, and each monster they control must attack this card, if able. If this card would leave the field, you can place it into your Pendulum Zones._ ATK/3500 DEF/2100

[@maniacalmurderer4123]

I came across unfortunate report when looking in the card gallery for some fun traps to use. I chuckled for a minute thinking about the goofy card developer at Konami who pitched this card to them.

[@georgeseitz8275]

You could use dino sewing for your opponent to attack into without having to worry about it being protected from battle, and it would make dino-sewing increase in power more than before because of the unfortunate report.

[@tk24life]

Localized Tornado’s use an anti deck out card was good, at least in duel links. I remember it being used in One Card Wonder stall before the skill was nerfed

[@PortCityBalrog]

It's because when the game was originally designed in the early 90s it was supposed to be a back and forth battle, but the power creep along with the sheer amount of legal cards from sets decades appart can just generate so much power on your first turn that the current game is more about card combos and hand traps. Also the other big difference besides the use of the extra deck for different card types besides fusions is Yu-Gi-Oh decks now are usually tribal where as when Takahashi created the game the characters used powerful monsters that were just good cards but not designed to be played together. I've been playing since Pharaohs Servant and it's been a wild ride so far 😅

[@victornam1847]

Thanks DuelLogs! Just in time for me to copy these with Transaction Rollback!

[@Spacebums]

I used to run a Circle strat with Lava Golem back in the day. It was a sort of control deck meant to make attacking me as difficult as possible while LG burnt away at their life points. It definitely wasn't good, but it still 100% had a use in the deck lol.

[@redlox2]

9:42 to be fair this actually did happen in the Yugioh anime so that’s probably the only way people even know about Pyro clock of destiny

[@stefanocoviello5280]

Since the pyro clock advances the turn counter, what if you play it qith swords of revealing light and activate it on the 3rd opponent's turn to "skip" it, would it make the swords permanent until removed otherwise?

[@CubemasterXD]

daily reminder time seal is STILL LIMITED

[@BDT17]

Virus Canon in Lair of Darkness is pretty heckin goated.

[@Kei-ye8if]

I appreciate that you're letting more personality writing in the scripts! Feels a lot like a Duel Logs video from 3 years ago, but cleaner I don't really prefer either colder or more opinionated scripts, but I do like the variety

[@godyeeter3606]

Actually, in an RP I played in, Paths of Destiny could have been an easy kill or a quick loss. In the RP, we only had 4000 LP. One player (for RP reasons) ran that card and could sometimes instantly win (or instantly lose, or draw)

[@shadou1234567]

localized tornado might be actually Madolche support, allowing for effects of madolche cards returning from the graveyard(including spells), 0ing the monster cards in graveyard(i know madolche have better cards to do it, but just roll with it) and if the settup is right they even go back to hand

[@leojamesquiambao1047]

Suggestion for future lists: Top 10 Worst classic cards (Ancient Sanctuary) and Top 10 worst warrior type monsters. P.S. Noticed you haven't been posting a lot of videos on this channel Mr. Duel Logs. Hope everything is okay.

[@Interesting_Failure]

...can you use pyro clock on your opponent's third turn after playing swords (or a virus) so that they never get an end phase during their third turn and swords remains on the field (or the virus remains in effect) indefinitely?

[@davincameron7627]

Gift of greed is actually broken in lab because it allows you to engineer a situation where you're opponent shuffles their entire hand into the deck.

[@fallencloser5028]

Pyro clock was used in a gimmik deck using the dark magician fusion to keep skipping turns for final countdown 😂

[@Virtual_Rays]

For Pyro Clock of Destiny, if you used it on the 3rd turn of Swords of Revealing Light, would it not stay on the field indefinitely since the end of the 3rd turn was skipped and never happened?

[@joshuawenninger6439]

Localized Tornado wouldn't even be good with Treacherous unless you have a way to banish that card since it itself is a trap.

[@ViralOtomo]

24:50 - I don't play Duel Links, so I don't know if it exists there, but you could use Bait Doll to force Localized Tornado (or any other gifted trap) to activate.

[@lovethatdarkness]

Out of curiosity. Pyro Clock would reset hard/soft once per turn effects, right?

[@AloneTheorist]

Fine! would be good in a Fabled/The Fabled deck as depending on what is in your hand it could consistently get you two special summons on your opponent's turn, as a few Fabled/The fabled tuners have effects that special summon themselves if discarded. Meaning you either get a small defence wall for a turn or you're a normal summon away from a terrifyingly powerful synchro, depending on your extra deck of course.

[@scythesensei3197]

funnily localized tornado did see some play in duel links outside of surprise present decks. Namely for stall decks running the old version of Kalin's skill one-card wonder the old version simply dropping your starting hand to 1 card but allowing you to draw 2 cards each draw phase, pretty much only being used to avoid decking out while a small use it again the wild history of card usage in duel links

[@pamoon_]

I love Battle Mania in Dustons

[@AT-il2ej]

Nurse reficule: i know what paths will do to the opponent every time tho

[@ChrisS-nq1ke]

I'm kinda surprised that you didn't talk about mill decks when you were talking about the gift of greed.

[@ironmike-oi9zr]

I actualy used full salvo in the old gx tag force games. Its a card that was accessable and very good in the "basement" chalenge since you and your oponemt have very few starting life points and you want to win as fast as possible

[@williamdrum9899]

I never noticed it was lucifer backwards. That's cool

[@matthewflora5362]

I can remember having tried to use Localized Tornado to return any accidentally Graveyard-sent Madolche monsters.

[@benjamindavidson4680]

You can just imagine the confusion that would cause "Earth, Fire, Wind, water, Spirit!"

[@hahathatsgreat2]

You can use Gift of Greed to proc Generaider Boss Stage that you activated with Metaverse. It also Procs Droll and Harr the Generaider Boss of Storms. Yes, they have an in-archetype trap that does it better (Boss Fight).

[@23jewfan]

Gift of Greed into Heavy Slump. PORK BELLIES!!

[@Lucarivyle]

Is it weird I play Gift of Greed in one of my decks? Because ir can be quite helpful in my version of Empty Jar, especially with Trickstar Reincarnation being Chain Link 1^^

[@My1xT]

Fine can be useful in dark world maybe if you wanna discard on a quick effect to trigger the effects (like discarding to special summon mid battle phase)

[@HalfBloodBrony]

Wasn’t there a time in duel links where localized tornado was causing issues because of a deck where you used kiryus ability to start with no hand but draw 2 each turn, then run a bunch of stuff like rainbow life and damage stopping traps to make the game keep going (also involving other cards that let you recycle the graveyard) and then when your about to deck out, using localized tornado to reset your deck and basically just make the game last forever until your opponent either decks out or quits

[@My1xT]

Regarding the clock, i would need to check if clock can do this but actually if you skip the final turn of swords (in this case ideally your own) eg with time goddess the swords will stay on the field indefinitely.

[@lucasgaeta4283]

Gift of greed is for a greed deck. A continuous trap card that burns who ever draws for 500 damage. Use it in unison with; Sasuke Samurai #3, and Heavy Slump. If the opponent had 0 cards in hand, you could potentially do a grand total of 5,500 points of damage with that combo.

[@XaoRien]

I know unfortunate report is a bad card but wouldn't it be kinda of good if you use the malicious fiend's combo with bloom diva instead?