Top 10 Yu-Gi-Oh Duels that I Personally HATED!

[@DigiWarriorCallum]

"She runs into the Judai buzzsaw" A quote I wasn't expecting, but it was amusing nonetheless

[@zaneheaston8254]

Is that better or worse than Buzzsaw Kirby

[@inesatt1313]

​@@zaneheaston8254 Kirby is better

[@MakuraZalis]

Does it matter when Jaden is gay?

[@inesatt1313]

@@MakuraZalis don't just don't

[@neo-warkid4edwards222]

and not inaccurate

[@mayborneflower]

That feel when Yuma knows that a tomato is a fruit but Dylan doesn’t.

[@phonepup06]

🤣

[@mayborneflower]

@bruhmanofyear2 Didn’t*, he got over it by the time he won the duel.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

@@mayborneflower I'm not sure if it's dub-exclusive, but there's even a scene in an episode later down the line in which Yuma says when he asks for juice he means tomato.

[@viktorzahariev2485]

I know i'm gonna sound 🤓, but from a culinary viewpoint it is a vegetable, so saying it isn't wrong.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

@@viktorzahariev2485 I know we've always had the cuisine trail-off from biological id of fruits like all kinds of peppers. You're more likely to find these in foods, so I like the idea of accepting it as both.

[@Odd_Eyes]

A real life story about my experience with Yuma VS Tomato dude: I had exactly the same problem as Yuma as a child when watching the episode for a very first time. I HATED tomatoes from the bottom of my soul. But seeing Yuma overcoming his fear of tomatoes and eating one gave me the courage to eat one myself. And ever since that day i eat tomatoes on the table. And just for that reason, i love the duel.

[@chaoos9788]

Tomatoe gang

[@rayhayes7701]

Tomato's rule

[@cameraredeye3115]

Yuma getting trolled by tomatoes was hilarious to watch IMO...

[@gkarak1996]

@@cameraredeye3115 oh I got an eggplant... na....it is an eggplant shaped tomato. Or better, how is that vegetable? ... It is an eggplant-shaped tomato!

[@nouvelle147]

OddEyes lore?!

[@LucianDevine]

TLDR Akiza should have been "allowed" to beat Andre, and either Team 5D's should have lost their first match and the tournament should have been double elimination, or Yusei should have won with the last card in his deck. The end of that team 5D's vs Team Unicorn duel will never not annoy the hell out of me. They spent weeks studying and assembling the anti-power deck for a situation like this, watched tape on team 5D's for 3 weeks, setup the run-in on the practice track, all to get into a situation where they could outnumber team 5D's and deck Yusei out, even talking about how they are a part of something bigger than themselves. Then like a f'ing moron Jean just attacks when he has the win locked up if he just does nothing. If they wanted Yusei to win, they should have just had him win with his very last card like Yugi did against Leon when he had to get down to one card in deck to get rid of the Golden Castle of Stromberg. About the only thing they sort of got right is that Akiza beats Andrei to the first turn, possibly because the overboost system that he used to ensure he got the first turn of the duel also lowered his max speed, but of course the episode where Aki starts to duel doesn't mention that. Hell, they don't even let Aki beat Andrei, which they really should have, since she wasn't somebody that they had likely watched tape on or scouted in any way. They likely watched tape on Yusei, Jack, and Crow for obvious reasons. So Crow's last minute injury and subsequent replacement should have thrown a bit of a wrench in their preparation, in theory.

[@SuperNeos2]

Bro imagine Syrus sneaking into the castle to duel Camula, his friends realizing he’s gone and rush to save him, only to get there and see Syrus winning the duel.

[@thanoseid2883]

that would've been awesome.

[@neo-warkid4edwards222]

that was what should've happened, and it doesn't matter if Syrus wasn't a Key Keeper, in 5Ds, the Dark Signers looked down on Crow and Leo for not being Signers, since Signers and Dark Signers were destined to fight. but Leo and Crow decided to screw destiny by fighting them anyway since they have just as much right to fight for their planet as the Signers (especially Leo's issues with Luna being the favoured twin), and they WON. the same would apply to Syrus since he's not only fighting to save his brother who turned out to have cared about him after all, but also to fight for Academia and prove to stand alongside Jaden and the others, plus contributing to save the world can do wonders for your self-esteem. just look at Tails in the ending of his story in Sonic Adventure.

[@darknessknows1235]

nah Sho shouldn't be good enough to beat Camula until S3. Sucks to suck but lil bro just ain't good enough for such a plot point duel

[@SpecsTube]

I think Aki should’ve beaten at least 1 Team Unicorn member instead of Yusei beating all 3. This could’ve been a good arc for Aki and then she has a duel against Sherry for their “rivalry”. I despise the tomato duel, I mean, how can you make your own rules for an official tournament?!

[@christopherb501]

I'd even be fine with that *everyone* got to bring a custom rule to the table - if pre-approved; no Russian Roulette or something - so there'd be tons of variety and legitimatized wackiness (maybe duelists like Yuma opt out and get some kind of bonus?). Or maybe it's a plot-point, that the tournament organizers are corrupt and will allow select duelists to do this sort of thing. Or there's something Sevens-esque in play and eating tomatoes period is some weird plot point, like curry bread staving off icy death by boredom or mixing curries to create rocket fuel.

[@rafaelbrites3607]

And the worst part: is that dextra and nistro allowed it

[@pn2294]

It would’ve been better if Aki was a part of Sherry’s team.

[@PhenomsServant4]

I wouldve been fine with Aki’s loss if it wasnt the only duel she had in WRGP. She held her own, she sacrificed herself to give Yusei a chance instead. In a vacuum it was a respectful loss where she lost with dignity (Something you cant say about the losses other female characters had) But unfortunately the assholes had to but Crow back in the fight, so she has to get hospitalized (Despite getting injured the exact same way as Crow who was fine aside from his arm in a sling) and the idiot immediately takes his spot back. Leaving Aki never getting a chance to win another duel in the tournament and getting branded with the benchwarmer tag we all know and loathe.

[@7sonicmario]

Too cliche and unrealistic. Team Unicorn simply did their research and found the best way to dominate. Jack and Akiza never stood a chance.

[@Blizz3112]

Its so bizarre how weirdly Luke was written in the early stretches of the series, like not taking duels seriously... Because in later arcs, he basically treats all duels a lot more seriously, even when he tries NOT to do so...

[@alcatrazvongola]

They really weren't sure how to handle Luke's character at all. Even in S2, he continued to act like a selfish asshole whenever the plot needed him too. But whenever things were serious or they needed him to be a 'good friend' to Yuga, then he's suddenly the golden boy of Sevens and the writing team.

[@tristanpelkey9109]

I've said this a lot with my friends, Luke always seems like the guy in like a Roleplay or whatever thats always going "i wanna be the main character why isnt anyone focusing on me" and is a gigantic ass, but when he actually gets attention he acts like a golden child and we're expected to like him

[@matthewbeard8860]

As a Zane Stan I hated his loss to the vampire duelist but it would’ve been so satisfying seeing Syrus avenge him. Also I love Soulburner but I absolutely agree that he didn’t need to beat Blue Girl

[@7StarKarma]

I REALLY hated that duel with team unicorn. It made Jack and Akiza look too reliant on Yusei.

[@silvernapper2797]

I agree

[@randallellison6421]

"Flip Turner on crack!" Hall of fame line right there Dylan, nice one!

[@mystery8820]

Also, his dub name: Pierre LeSuperiere. Very on-the-nose about how he gloats about quizzes.

[@SerenitySpiderMonkey]

One duel I really hate in the same reasons you mentioned for Jaden vs Camula is Jaden vs White Alexis. Really good duel, but I really feel that Chazz should've been the one to take care of that. Atticus and everyone else calling him out for being the one who brainwashed her is honestly really hypocritical when no one ever calls Atticus out for the things he did as Nightshroud.

[@christopherb501]

I dislike it more in hindsight, that it was her last solo duel, and not with her own cards. Heck, dueling AS herself, her last solo duel period was being brainwashed by 'White Thunder'. She truly was a trend-setter for the (Gallop) 'lead girls' to come.

[@StareachValcin]

While it would have been interesting for Chazz to duel White Alexis in order to make up for making her a member of the society of light, I am okay with Jaden's duel with White Alexis. Plus, it was a nice rematch between Jaden and Alexis. Also, I don't think that Atticus was being hypocritical about Chazz brainwashing Alexis. Atticus was just being an overprotective older brother. Not to mention that Atticus didn't have a choice in being Nightshroud the first time around, and became Nightshroud the second time in a attempt to try to help Zane.

[@issacalleyne8665]

@@StareachValcin It's not like Chazz chose to be brainwashed either.

[@ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣΛΑΧΑΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ]

@@christopherb501 I don't think that's fair to call it a gallop girls trend when the problem was never the studio but was always Shin Yoshida

[@christopherb501]

@@ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣΛΑΧΑΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Hmm, I suppose you're right. Say, how did Arc-V turn out?

[@Dave2kool4skool]

Petition for Johnny Steps to be the next Yu-Gi-Oh protagonist. He'll have his catch phrase "Step it up" and will randomly break dance throughout the duels (even when losing). It will be a 200 episode prequel leading up to his duel with Yugi.

[@SilverHyozanryu]

One thing you forgot to mention in the soulburner duel is his total plot device card that stopped him taking burn damage. Specifically burn damage of 300 or less because I guess the writer's realized 200 or less would've been too obvious.

[@pn2294]

How else would they showcase BG’s new monster?

[@oxcare5]

@J.B. but then the Trickstar link that doubles burn would have been useless. But yeah, the person who wrote the duels of every anime has stated that Soulburner was the hardest to write the duels to be close

[@dudono1744]

​@@oxcare5Double burn is still useful

[@oxcare5]

@@dudono1744 probably, yeah, but also, like I saif before, Soulburner's duels were the hardest to write to be difficult according to the main duel writer

[@slenderbear2234]

The reason why kite and aster had to intervene was to waste Yugo’s backrow ughhhhh!!!

[@desertpinkmunchkin7277]

I am so happy to hear that I'm not the only one who hates Soulburner vs Blue Girl, that single duel is what made me start to just hate Soulburner as a character because it just felt like now that they have Soulburner they do not care about anyone else, and then this duel having him pull a win out of no where when he was getting beaten and outskilled just nailed the coffin shut for me, I despise this duel.

[@alicepbg2042]

I like the steps duel... for the simple reason that atem basically goes "bitch, read your cards" at one point

[@adrianawilliams4810]

I have been trying to find hat duel so you by chance know the episode

[@alicepbg2042]

@@adrianawilliams4810 not by number. but it's very early in battle city. on his "date" with tea

[@biggestwanderer8827]

@@adrianawilliams4810 Season 2 Episode 3

[@mylesperhr3218]

What makes yugo vs yuri duel more annoying and I’m a huge yugo fan and have a speedroid deck is that aster and kaito made yugo lose so many resources. Like man he could have made a come back with those cards against yuri

[@jlantern100]

What would’ve made that duel more interesting is that Yugo wins the duel but the evil in yuri corrupts yugo to the point he takes out kite and aster. And then paves the way for the yuya vs yugo duel they teased in the previous season.

[@mariowarion]

Yuri would have won anyway because the plot required it to be since yuri broke the last straws of yuya's sanity. Yugo would have never dueled vs yuya. he would have tried to save the girls, especially rin. yuri meanwhile developped the same goals as zarc. he wanted to be the only one left to prove that he is the strongest. Yugo also lost to Rin. one set card would have not changed the outcome unless it would have ended the duel directly. So how can he dream of beating yuri?

[@L0rd_kurogane]

Literally that duel made me hate kite and aster like they literally had no business jumping into that duel they didn’t help at all

[@Joseph-gy2rn]

Kaito is one of the strongest duelist's in the entire series, even in Arc-V he is still pretty strong, but Yuri have a big stupid plot armor

[@Za_Lup]

"End your damn turn" I'm dying, hahahaha.

[@ace-trainer-aj]

Problem with Yuri vs Yugo was Kaito and Edo picking up the "wrong" opponent

[@armedweiss5531]

All they had to do was kick Yuri to the curb and THEN worry about Yugo. Why on earth would they gang up on one of their allies when he's dueling one of their enemies?

[@bigwingedkuriboh]

I actually really liked your 9 and 10. For number 10, I loved the fact that Johnny just quit after he realized he was facing the king of games. It felt so real to me, haha. He was doing pretty well too, but the second he learned who his opponent was he just gave up and it was the kind of thing I always kinda wanted to see as a kid, yugi isn’t just an icon, but his reputation is intimidating and it was so cool to see it on screen for once. For number nine, it absolutely blew my mind to see shining flare wingman for the first time, it was the coolest moment for me. After seeing Camula being not only so threatening but so overpowered, she was one of the only people who could be a threat outside the confines of the game and beating not only crowler but Zane, who’s always felt like the strongest duelist in the franchise, made it so much more tense to see who would beat her. The way they brought up the medallion was such a shining moment to me, I thought it was such a great moment to me and then with the duel ending with even Camula being surprised at Jaden’s new monster who she didn’t even know existed despite spying on him, it’s always been a highlight for me.

[@luiplayscfv6857]

Yusei is truly a professional Gaslighter confirmed

[@alonsoarana5307]

Taylor Swift's next song confirmed?

[@camharkness]

I mean, you kinda gotta to be when you're an orphan.

[@benedictntekor8415]

ACCEL SYNCHRO! GASLIGHT WARRIOR

[@heavydonkeykong5190]

I feel the Team Unicorn duel either should have ended in a loss or, if Team 5Ds win, should have played out entirely different. I get having Jack lose the first round to build tension, and the way Unicorn utilized the rules of the tournament to form a collective strategy and take advantage of the format was great (the whole arc did a good job of this), but was it really necessary to have Aki lose right after and make Yusei the complete breadwinner? I get it, Yusei is one of the best duelists in the franchise, and him taking on a whole team by himself is epic. But if that shouldn't be the premise of the FIRST team based duel, because it undermines the whole concept. Aki should have at least knocked off their first opponent and roughed up the second a bit.

[@guythat779]

Yes

[@tristenhowe2886]

Yusei had a moment earlier on against Jean to win by setting facedown Cosmic Blast AND Summon Tax, where Jean only would have been able to destroy just 1 of the two. However, I think they wanted to show off Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste

[@cameraredeye3115]

100% agreed with this post. Yusei was doomed to lose via deck out, and having Jean attack instead of end his turn and give his team the W was an asspull to end all asspulls, regardless of the reason. This was undoubtedly Yusei's most undeserved win of the entire series. It needed far better writing.

[@fadeleaf845]

Honestly Yusei should've gotten clapped first to provide actual meaning to the bonds with his friends

[@silvernapper2797]

@@fadeleaf845 lol true

[@krampusapprenticeofdarksan7870]

For the Yugo vs Yuri duel I agree but what I also hated the most was that why tf are they trying to stop Yugo instead of teaming up and assaulting Yuri? Not only that! Starving Venom is supposed to have his materials on the field and in the Debut episode in the fusion dimension of him fighting 5 rebels he fusion summons it correctly but in this duel he can fusion summon it from the hand!? Talk about rushed. But I know for convient sake they would never take down Yuri because of the writing :/

[@thatman666]

Anime Starve Venom materials can be anywhere, it just won’t get the stat buffs if weren’t solely on field.

[@UmbraBeatss]

Anime cards work differently than the real ones like Odd-eyes pendulum dragon in the anime only deals double damage to level 5 or higher monsters, dark rebellion uses 1 material instead of 2, and majority of meklord cards work better in the anime than the real ones. Adding on about the duel though the only logical excuse for Yuri going against them was most likely the ZARC influence on him at the time made him fight against the two since ZARC goal was to get all the yu-boys together. Though Kite and Aster really had no business cutting in the duel in the first place.

[@littlekuribohimposte]

The team unicorn duel is even more infuriating because Yusei misplayed. He could have Synchro summoned Junk Archer and used it's banishment effect to clear Jean's field for game. But because me made a bad play they had to bs it.

[@mayborneflower]

He made two misplays. The other was setting one of two game-changing Traps instead of both when Jean only had the means to nuke one. If either went off, Yusei would’ve turned the duel completely around on the spot.

[@PoisonClaw4]

Looking back on it, a lot of Vrains Duels had the issue of a character going up against another character who you obviously know is just covered in Plot Armor, which I hate. Aoi vs Spectre and Go vs AI are two terrible duels to come to my mind, especially with the second one cause they build up how much Go has grown as a character since before by having him return to using his Gouki Deck... and he went up against AI, who you know couldn't lose cause that would end the whole arc right there.

[@DDuelista]

What I personally hated about the duel between Soulburner and Blue Girl, is that it seemed like Takeru needed to show that he was strong BUT at the cost of throwing away the characters they developed in the first season. Go and Aoi were treated horribly in the rest of the Vrains, and that's why I don't like Soulburner's character, because unlike Crow or Shark he didn't have to work to earn his place. Crow against bohmer in 5ds knowing that he was not a signer, and Shark being able to control a number at will. Then both were "rewarded" Crow becoming a signer and Shark turning out to be a Barian. But Soulburner received a visit from Flame and was like: "I'm special, enjoy"

[@lpfan4491]

I am still not entirely sure what to make of that Shark-reveal. Granted, I only later found out on the internet because Zexal II didn't really hook me after binging the entire first season all-week long beforehand, so maybe my perspective is a bit scuffed. It just feels really conceptually strange to already have a really well developed character and then flip the script completely.

[@Deathmare235]

@@lpfan4491 the twist was amazing it really spiced up the show

[@NarukamiRaizer]

I know its a bit late but soulburner isnt just "special" because he has flame All the lost incident children are exceptional duelist(at least the ones we saw ) because they were "trained"under extreme circumstances in the lost incident

[@DDuelista]

@@NarukamiRaizer I understand, but the question here in this duel. The thing is that Takeru was given 2 circumstantial cards. The first is the one that negates all damage greater than 300. (Like to Stop the Trickstars) and then when he was about to lose they gave him Super Polymerization 🤦🏻‍♂️. too much script power

[@NarukamiRaizer]

@@DDuelista ik i also hate the result of that duel i mean soulburner is my favorite char of vrains together with spectre but i wouldve loved to see blue girl win just wanted to say hes not just special because he can xD

[@AnimaWyrm]

The Battle Beast duel was really something else. On top of that: If that dude physically would have crippled me, then i would have quit entirely. Would i say if i was one of the participants in that duel.

[@christopherb501]

It's amazing to think that that guy would go on to voice Flame, Luke and The☆Lugh, some of the most compelling characters in their respective shows.

[@Tibainium]

I agree with the list. I would also add: Yugi vs Ghost Kaiba - The duel had way too many interferences with Kaiba hacking his own BEWD and lasted too long Jaden vs Tennis Guy - Aside from the humor this duel had nothing going for it and would have made more sense if Alexis dueled him instead Yusei vs School Teacher - Yusei doesn't even attend the school and yet they ask him to save the day. Why not have Aki duel him instead who is an actual student Alexis vs Yuri - This duel was showing off the Ancient Gear structure deck way too much and made Alexis look weak, and that while Alexis needed more duels and screen time

[@mystery8820]

Yusei vs Rudolph Heitmann was hilarious in that Yusei brought tools to fix a broken machine, but that "machine" is actually a cuckoo vice-principal.

[@bluemaiden2894]

I don’t think Soulburner vs blue girl was completely unnecessary as a duel but sb winning was like he didn’t need it even if flame was at stake maybe sb could’ve said something like flame is my best friend please don’t take him which leads Aoi to remember Miyu and kinda start hee own journey to reunite with her and since she knows what’s it’s like to lose a dear friend she doesn’t take flame and grows more naturally into blue maiden

[@krabbekage2124]

This right here is a result infinitely better than how the actual duel ended. From now on, I will pretend that this is how their duel ended, canonically

[@yattarou9956]

but it's a little confusing that a novice (Takeru) defeated a professional duelist (Aoi)

[@ashelygordon669]

Here’s my take on Blue Girl versus Soulburner because I did watched it and while I didn’t mind the duel unlike most people, I just despise the result with a passion mainly because as much as I personally loved both characters a lot, like everyone else mentioned in the comments, Soulburner winning felt unfair and unnecessary alongside Blue Girl going unconscious yet again. 😰🤬 It really saddens me that this was her “only” duel in the Blue Girl alias unfortunately because she does do really well until the result. Yes, Soulburner’s deck was a counter to the Trickstar but he already had strong showings against Bit/Boost and Go prior to this. 👎

[@Irish443]

The thing with the Camula duel is that Cyrus didn't have a Spirit Key, So why would Camula agree to duel him? Retrieving them was her whole mission.

[@Joseph-gy2rn]

Make her a shotacon.

[@stinkyroadhog1347]

Jaden could've simply given Syrus his spirit key as a sign of trust and belief, something Syrus desperately needed

[@neo-warkid4edwards222]

that and Syrus could rile her up to make her duel him since being non-signers never stopped Leo and Crow from fighting the Dark Signers@@stinkyroadhog1347

[@mikefrost5575]

​@@stinkyroadhog1347 would've also given Judai a bit more of that sweet character development that was sorely lacking in the earlier seasons.

[@richeetah5221]

Maybe Syrus finds out a way to initiate a Shadow Game on his own? Maybe have a call-back to the Jinzo duel, and he uses a Duel Spirit with special powers.

[@odd-eyesvon]

Man, I was so obsessed with YuGiOh Arc V when it was airing, but Jesus, there are A LOT of duels from Arc V that would've made this list for me personally. Most filler duels I find inoffensive, but the ones that happen during a tense moment, where you know the focus should be somewhere else, or the duels where the MC gets the limelight when it should belong to the supporting cast are pretty frustrating. I think the duels I hate the most is when a character loses from a blatant misplay.

[@Talguy21]

That review graph for Arc-V was really interesting. Now I'm curious if the other shows have an equivalent. Where can I find them?

[@mikai4738]

Ofc the Battle Beast duels would be number 1 lol. Soulburner vs Blue Girl could've easily ended in BG winning but without her taking Flame. I mean, Sevens also managed to give Roa the win when he dueled Asana even though Asana was in the right - and in the end, Roa apologizes to her and says the way he (and the others) acted wasn't okay. And speaking of Sevens: While I understand why you didn't like Luke vs Yuga r3 (it ended wholesome but overall, unnecessary loss for Yuga), I think you're too harsh on the situation at the end of the Luke vs Chevelle/Doverap duel. I'm not sure why you just point out Luke for acting kinda "douchy" when *nobody* cared to give any attention to Chevelle and Doverap then, not even Yuga. And I think those two having a touching moment wasn't for the others to witness anyway.

[@ashelygordon669]

While I personally don’t like Yuga versus Luke Round three either or that BB duel, I actually didn’t “hate” as much but there are duels that felt pointless unfortunately!!! 🥴

[@JakeGoesOnline]

Great video! I had an idea if you want it. Top 10 one off duelists The most memorable duelists who after they lost they were gone Some examples PaniK, the Clock Guy from 5ds, the Tomato Guy from Zexal, Most of GX… Idk I think it could really fun.

[@christopherb501]

Arkana...Kaibaman...the Iron Chain warden...the Blackship of Corn guy in the manga...

[@oxcare5]

Living lightning that played the Hunder family

[@BillPlunderbonesTew8]

Yuma vs the pro Duelist Katagiri in Barian Invasion and only because the Japanese VA was Miyano Mamoru (Okabe Rintarou of Steins;Gate)

[@SilverHyozanryu]

The team unicorn duel is actually one of my favorites. It has one of the few moments in any of the anime that makes me tear up, that being aki's defeat and breakdown before being supported by her father and the crowd, it's genuinely touching. The ending doesn't bother me as much when you consider team 5d's handicap in jack's crash. I view the ending as unicorn sorta throwing them a bone out of respect.

[@pedroachinelli5431]

And the defeat of Jean is justified, he wanted to end the turn and win for the team but at the same time he wanted to win or lose against Yusei by himself, if he would destroy rapid warrior Jean would have won for the effect of tyrant force.

[@sirkillalot9892]

@@pedroachinelli5431 I get the thing about pride, but there is more. It's just feels odd with how Andre and Breo had a huge plan just to face 5Ds. Using a specialised deck and milling for further setup. Then to have your teammate disregard this in a rare situation where you were forced down to the wire . Because this was practically their toughest duel by a landslide since in other tourneys only Andre dueled. I guess Andre and Breo are the really forgiving type even if it was forced.

[@silvernapper2797]

I don’t hate that duel it’s very good in my opinion but Jean should ended his turn Yusei would have decked out so

[@pedroachinelli5431]

@@sirkillalot9892 they give him theirm answer because undestand how Jean felt, is just like they said when the duel end ´A duel worth of winning´, and you know what is that my firend? A duel that you could lose

[@pedroachinelli5431]

@@silvernapper2797 or he could have something that put cards on his deck or skip his draw phase and make a comeback, i allways remember when i did exactly that against a destruction deck with burning spirits

[@Jochira_VTuber]

I actually can excuse the Team Unicorn duel, since it might be a matter of both pride and mind games, what I didn't like though was how Yusei basically carried the whole team duel though, anyway, for me... most of the duels I disliked was these duels where I felt like the MC had several duels/wins in a row (which is why I didn't like GX S2 and VRAINS S1 much), albeit I seriously disliked Aoi vs Specter, since it honestly felt like Aoi deserved the win, so havin' Specter do this complete unexpected move at S1 ruined it big times for me (and tbh, Specter's character development felt weird for me too), Yuri vs Yugo was also a big dislike for me, especially with how much they hyped it up

[@dmtrsgrksrphl2501]

More rant type content!! I am still craving for more too

[@TheOtherGuy128]

Team unicorn made a deck to specifically beat Jack, there is no reason why that deck should have beaten Aki. It’s fine that Jack lost to create drama for the duel and to make him doubt himself before he got scar red nova dragon to build his character but there was no reason for Aki to lose. They treated Aki as bad duelist that Team unicorn didn’t have to worry about and it would have been cool to see their plan to beat Team 5ds fail because they underestimated Aki. Considering this is her only WRGP duel she should’ve won at least one person if not two. The duel results should have been Andre beats Jack (Jack still gets the scene where he pushes the duel runner), Aki beats Andre, Aki beats Breo, Jean beats Aki, and Yusei beats Jean with dragon knight draco. I gave Aki two wins because this is her only WRGP duel and I’m pretty sure she doesn’t duel again til she and crow duel sherry in the final arc.

[@yattarou9956]

a typical decrease in the strength of a female character, although everyone knows that Aki is the strongest female duelist in 5ds (at the same time she is a witch of the black rose)

[@skywardbound67]

Yugi vs Kaiba in the semi finals of Battle City is my least favorite from Duel Monsters. It wasn’t bad, but it was SO DAMN LONG. Every time there’s some sort of advantage, some sort of leeway, the other immediately counters and then there’s just MORE. I know it’s important, but one of the longest duels in the franchise. The main villain of the arc doesn’t even get that!

[@Alx501]

My least favorite is definitely Yugo vs. Yuri, it’s actually amazing how they manage to do everything wrong in that duel. After all the hype, we don’t really see much action. Kaito and Edo interfere and effectively help Yuri win, making them look like idiots. The duel did nothing for Yugo or Yuri but made the other 2 look worse, kind of impressive actually.

[@noahduffin5492]

My biggest problem with the Team 5ds/Unicorn duel is that there were no cons to losing. We see Team Unicorn dueling Team Catastrophe in the next episode meaning there weren't any knockouts at that stage of the tournament. 5ds losing could've been a great learning experience for the team as a whole and would justify them winning the rest of the duels as they would need to in order to progress. That being said, I'm sure Yusei would have some out to deck destruction residing in his GY.

[@codyhanson1344]

Yeah, a lot of duels, perhaps even the majority of them, that main protagonists get have some significant stakes, so when there really aren't any, its the perfect opportunity to see them lose, especially if they're on an undefeated streak.

[@noahduffin5492]

@@codyhanson1344 If there were any team in Yugioh that I wanted to see win, it was Team Unicorn. They had the dueling experience (in team duels) that 5ds lacked, a legitimate strategy and thoroughly researched their opponents.

[@silvernapper2797]

Yusei should have lost here tbh

[@codyhanson1344]

@@noahduffin5492 yeah, it's honestly so frustrating. Even if the writers wanted Yusei to seem unbeatable, there would still be a bit of ambiguity when it comes to that as it was a team duel not 1v1

[@noahduffin5492]

@@silvernapper2797 It's the one time I'd like to see a protagonist lose. Yes it would be an anticlimactic way to lose but it felt earned. The culmination of a 3-duelist strategy being crafted over that many terms was fantastic. Yusei losing would've been great for his and 5ds character development - and this is with Yusei being my favourite protagonist

[@rigrace]

The Johnny Steps duel was literally one of the best Abridged episodes of all time, so i’m really thankful for it 😁

[@VinTheDirector]

“Johnny Steps is losing! And that’s me!”

[@johnnysizemore5797]

Notes from an Ancient Gear Mechanic; Hey gang! Here's my hot take on these.... 10) I personally agree with you. Tea(or Anzu if you prefer) SHOULD have dueled him.... 9) GX had a bad habit of "Protag Stank" and Jaden is the prime example of it ... 8) meh. I unfortunately haven't watched Rush so I couldn't say anything.... 7) Again, 5D's still had that "Protag Stank" going on..... 6) I like the idea of the quiz deck, but I agree about the Character.... 5) Again, haven't seen Sevens so I can't say.... 4) I personally despise the Tomato guy. The Deck was weird and the Character was even weirder ... 3) I hated this game. Blue Girl HAD it and it tick's me off how they protected Soulburner.... 2) Now I actually LIKE the Predaplant Archetype and think it's a pretty decent Plant Fusion Deck. I Despise how they ignored this Duel... 1) TBF, I like the Gladiator Beasts. I just think the Battle Beast is a wasted character that could've been better used.... Pilot Trevelyan signing off, Game Over!

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Looks like we'll get a slight bit of salt with our feast today, so I'll weigh in on how these duels can go sour real quick: I don't mind much if a result is predictable; sometimes a howdunnit is as fun as a whodunnit after all. But sometimes a result can favor someone who seems less deserving based on personal preference. Blue Angel snubbed here, and even fan-favorite Shun picking up an odd amount of defeats after his explosive debut. Other big red flags are when enemies seem to pull their ultra plot bias to the point of using supernatural abilities because plot-forbid the costars finishing off an arc baddie. That's Marik from Battle City in a nutshell. It can even make said character appear weaker if they do have to stoop to that. Lastly, there are some pretty filler duels here and there which might have good studio reasons behind their existence but don't add anything to the narrative, probably interrupted it tbh, and likely ended with the protag using their current ace against a total rando. GX early slice of life style is pretty sweet, but the duels can become hit or miss based on if you thought the 1-off was cool or funny. Sometimes my least favorite duels wouldn't be ones I'd change the results of if I could, but usually they are. That's just pretty much like it could've been something to get a bigger reaction which should help the whole promotional end too in the long run.

[@SasukeTurkey]

In defense of the Team Unicorn duel, Ithink the problem with it is, that everyone thinks of it in terms of real TCG. In real Yu-Gi-Oh, there are so many cards that can win you the duel in your opponents battle phase, but very few cards that can save you from decking out. But this is not the case in the anime. In the anime, everyone has plenty of very situational cards all the time. So the guy thinking Yusei might have a method to save himself from decking out (reshuffle graveyard cards to deck somehow etc) and attacking to make sure is not that far fetched. So if he ended his turn and Yusei used a card like that and got another turn, it would be a big come back chance. But if he attacks, even if Yusei stops the attack, he would still deck out. It is like attacking from two fronts. He just couldn't have known Yusei had a way to win with his attack. Plus I think Yusei kinda used a Poker strategy and bluffed, and Yusei's confidence made him think he could prevent the deckout.

[@spoonflaps12]

This is exactly the same impression I got when I first watched it. Yusei used several graveyard effects and we had just seen the effect of Infernity Climber about 10 episodes prior, so it's not impossible that he would've had an anti-decking out card to save him for one last turn. Not to mention, the Team Catastrophe duel was so much worse and no one ever complains about that one.

[@DTran-je1sn]

Good point but that does not make up for the writters having Yusei defeats André, Bréo and Jean single-handedly in a row. Aki should have duelled first, then Jack takes over after she have most likely lost to André (not without delivering a good match though), who would then ends up losing to Jack (I was really surprised to see Jack that muchoutduelled by André). Bréo enters then beats Jack (or the two have a draw, like Crow vs the 2nd guy from Team Ragnarok) before Yusei finally steps in. It would have made more sense tactically speaking!

[@spoonflaps12]

@@DTran-je1sn The point is that the team was outplayed by Unicorn's strategy. Everything you wanted could have happened in the Team Catastrophe duel, and it would have been better for it. Aki could have been attacked during the duel instead of beforehand, and Yusei could have stayed out of that round, allowing Jack to seem more heroic.

[@toumabyakuya]

I actually do like the finale of Yusei vs. Team Unicorn because it shows Yusei being clever, it shows him being able to get into his opponents heads and I do like a protagonist that is tricky like this.

[@silvernapper2797]

That’s fair I disagree tho

[@memesThatDank]

yes 👍

[@cameraredeye3115]

Fair enough, but Jean could clearly see that Yusei's deck was empty. One more Draw Phase would have decked him out, giving Team Unicorn the win. He really didn't have a good excuse for botching this one...

[@sirkillalot9892]

@@cameraredeye3115 Unless Yusei had a card in his graveyard that could skip the Draw Phase like Magic Blast. But that's even more circumstantial than a handtrap or even a GY effect like Damage Eater/Necro Gardna(which Yusei has actually used in the duel). God forbid this isn't like TCG, where you cannot check every card that is milled, because that would be even more reckless of Jean.

[@w1nther930]

I don’t because its the biggest bullshit win in the series. This is a major tournament, No one in their right mind would be Swayed by talk No jutsu

[@marimecham]

I will defend the tomato duel for a few reasons, but the most important one is that back when this show was airing, I looked forward to people changing the subtitles for a very serious episode and replacing it with those from that episode. It was absolute chaos and I loved every bit of it.

[@TheReaperofHades]

I think the only reason Jaden won against Camula was because his Shadow Charm negated hers. Otherwise, she would have kept trolling them with sacrificing their own.

[@Yamislittleangel55]

7:28 I'm actually surprised at that chart. For me, the Synchro Arc was the worst arc in Arc-V, and I couldn't wait for it to be over. I even stopped watching it because it became too unlikable. I'm also surprised the Fusion Arc received the most negative reviews. I heard it was bad, but not THAT bad. Yikes! And as for your Number 3 choice, I didn't exactly hate that duel, I just couldn't watch it. Their moves really messed with my anxiety, so I skipped the duel to see Blue Girl get defeated. Thanks for the details on what happened, it makes sense now

[@christopherb501]

The Synchro arc was bad due to its limited effect on the actual story and course of the show, and it's abysmal pace. The material to follow was worse, because...that, plus everything else.

[@blairofair]

‘Oh no. Johnny steps is losing…………. And that’s me!!!!,’ -Johnny steps

[@TheReaperofHades]

Team Unicorn defeating Team 5Ds would have not only taught them a lesson about Team cohesion, but them losing to Team Catastrophe later would have upped the stakes when 5Ds later duels them.

[@aozorahaou2643]

That's what I was thinking looking back it would've been perfect for 5Ds to lose to Unicorn, aftet that they not only learn more team cohesion, but they work on planning how to better their decks in supporting eachothers plays hell Yusei and Crow have almost similar play styles emphasis on ALMOST with Jack's being more focused on power, then Unicorn loses to Catastrophe which ups the stakes like you said.

[@Emmetlovesredvelvet13]

Ooo this is a good list here I'll throw mine in Duel monsters: kaiba vs noah- this duel was one that personally irked me for it's ending they basically ripped kaibas time for Character development to feed yugi a duel that wasn't his to begin with because it's the big bad bs. Gx- Jaiden vs Dimitri - why bring back such an iconic deck and play with fans emotions by using a copy cat duelist and one that's simply insufferable 5ds- jack atlas vs Carly carmine- this wasn't even a duel it just felt like a long drawn out filler story within a plot just to kill time and not to mention the duel ends in such an unsatisfying way anyway Zexal- Yuma vs flip turner-this duel is straight joey vs weevil done bad and flip is such an annoying character how on earth he was even a threat is beyond me at least weevil played the scummy duelist with the looked down archetype focus more entertainingly Arc v-yuri vs the 5 unamed duelists- I get it yuri is strong but what's the point of this duel it's not plot and if anything it's not even that good of a showing to Yuri's abilities as a duelist Vrains-ai vs aoi and her brother - aoi got so strong went through so much character development and is even teaming with her brother only to be curbstomped in a duel that we all know she has to lose for plot waste of a characters potential Now I haven't watch the two new series so lll leave it there

[@TheAandJStudio]

While I understand the hatred for the blue girl duel, it is very realistic losing all of a sudden from your opponents ass pull 🤣

[@UniverseElementalist]

To be fair for SoulBurner vs Blue Girl. Salamangreats are just that good. In fact, I don’t remember where I heard this, but the writer of the duels whoever they are actually had struggle putting SoulBurner in a losing situation

[@GambeTama]

The Team Unicorn duel was so untenably stupid because it highlights the major disconnect between the way the game is played in the anime vs real life. For the most part, the show relies more heavily on battle interactions to progress the duels. This made sense in the beginning, because options were very limited during the DM and GX eras, and you were almost always going to win by running down the opponent's field, and using backrow support to disrupt their heavy hitter. However, from 5D's onward, the game had begun changing dramatically, and the ways in which a person could achieve victory began to become more varied. The horned-beast deck that team Unicorn used was expressly designed to mill out the opponent, and punish decks that made aggressive plays, which was supposed to demonstrate that these guys were geniuses at counteractive deck building - similar to Bastion vs. Jaden, but on a bigger scale. Nobody would normally fault you for making a deck that not only goes against the grain, but actively tries to take advantage of common weaknesses in the most common pays those decks normally make. The key word being "normally." The problem is that the protagonist(s) hold on deeply to this philosophy that "the only way to win is with a clash of convictions," which doesn't make any sense when alternative win conditions are very valid. Even more ironic was that this duel also acted as a sort of microcosm of the season as a whole; the cast's normal way of dueling was ineffective in the face of their newest opponents, and they would have to adapt to survive... only for the solution to be doing what they were doing already, just... bigger. Can't synchro? Make bigger synchro! Battle causes the player more damage than the opponent? Then ask your technical opponent to commit to a battle strategy their deck wasn't made for, so that they hurt themselves and you can make the plays they were actively avoiding letting you make in the first place. It was such an odd moment where the writing really showed its shortcomings, and is the reason why it probably sits as the duel that I objectively hated the most in the series.

[@toumabyakuya]

*"The problem is that the protagonist(s) hold on deeply to this philosophy that "the only way to win is with a clash of convictions," which doesn't make any sense when alternative win conditions are very valid."* Nah, what this duel shows is that more goes to dueling than simply activating effects. Being able to get inside your opponents head and trick them into committing a missplay is as valid as anything else. Yusei was simply the cleverest of the two because he know exactly what to say to win.

[@GambeTama]

@@toumabyakuya I get that, but I still think it was very poor writing. The entire duel these guys had steady heads and a solid strategy, and then threw it away at the last second because Yusei told them "this isn't the RIGHT way to win a duel." I don't know if this line is present in the Japanese version, but I do recall a joke being made in the dub about how the lead guy won a tournament with an all trap deck one time, meaning that the guy is perfectly fine playing off-kilter strategies. And even if the line wasn't there in the sub version, the fact of the matter is that this team was built around being clever and creative in how they play around their opponents, and have a been doing so for a while, so who is this nobody named Yusei Fudo, telling them "there is no honor in this" that suddenly convinced them to throw out their whole strategy and not say literally 3 words to win? I can agree that mind-games are a viable strategy, but this to me just comes off as bad writing more than anything.

[@toumabyakuya]

@@GambeTama *"and then threw it away at the last second because Yusei told them "this isn't the RIGHT way to win a duel.""* However, it was all on Jean for paying attention to him. That Yusei managed to get so much into his brain demonstrates who out of the two of them was the most clever. *"so who is this nobody named Yusei Fudo, telling them "there is no honor in this" that suddenly convinced them to throw out their whole strategy and not say literally 3 words to win?"* The same dude that had already saved their lives some time ago when he defeated Rex and the rest of the Dark Signers, something they should know about. Yusei is more important than you are giving him credit for being.

[@rynobehnke8289]

Its especially odd given that one of the most memorable duels in the OG series was Yugi Beating Slfer/Osiris by using his opponents own card combo against him to have him deck out.

[@GambeTama]

@@rynobehnke8289 That being said, they did also did give Yami crap for the play with Catapult Turtle in Season 4, even though he has literally had it in his deck since day one with the same effect XD

[@slayerbrother5779]

i feel Like the Weakest Duels in GX Were the ones when Judai had to Fight for Asuka mainly the Gameshow and the Tanis Episodes.

[@BillPlunderbonesTew8]

that gameshow one was amusing at least like Judai drinking a hologram of water LOL

[@webtely]

I personally love Team 5ds vs Team Unicorn barring the ending. It has some really memorable moments like Jack doing all he can to pass to Aki, Aki summoning Stardust Dragon even seeing her turbo duel was great because it showed her character growth, Yusei summoning a fusion monster? In 5ds that was insanely cool. Team Unicorn had fantastic strategy throughout the duel and probably deserved to win but still they were fantastic nonetheless.

[@Galaxyeyez]

Nothing like a Dylan rant to brighten my day

[@jayd.doubledubs]

11:38 didn't expect to get attacked this episode lol. Where's my Magic Cylinder when I need it?

[@StareachValcin]

I honestly think that the Jaden vs Camula duel was fine. I would have preferred if Zane defeated her though. Also, even if Syrus were allowed to have a revenge duel with Camula, he would most likely lose because he simply hadn't improved enough as a duelist yet. Plus Camula is after the spirit keys, so she wouldn't have any reason to duel Syrus.

[@rafaelbrites3607]

For me, the most hated duel in the franchise is cat chan vs dog chan, because while tetsuo an class represent were eliminated by almost dying against IV, tokonusuke by being a cheatter, she lost to a dog,and he gave all her heart pieces for free.

[@mystery8820]

Bronk and Caswell losing to Quattro... that won't stop being painful to watch.

[@TheMS991]

I feel like Sho would never have dueled Camula because he wasn't a "key keeper" I'd have liked to have seen personally Zane win and then lose in a shortened on screen duel that hides Amnael's identity.

[@Deathmare235]

Nah I’d rather have Zane take a bs loss than lose to banner

[@TheMS991]

@@Deathmare235 I wouldn't. The only reason, is that as we have it right now, Jaden beats all of the Shadow Riders but TWO. I love Jaden, but the Shadow Riders are lame enough, without him beating them.

[@sxwriter8569]

10. Yeah Tea/Anzu should've dueled, would've added too her 100% win streak. 9. I wouldn't have minded if Crowler had won but having Sho take this duel instead is great. 8. Yuga vs Luke 3 really should've been a draw. If you're going to do an arc between a hero losing to a protagonist, round 1 should be a loss, round 2 a draw, then round 3 is the victory. 7. I swear if this was Crow, Jack, and Aki/za and they had lost/win, that would've worked better. 6. Hey at least Flip had a point in Zexal, and yeah Gallop has some weird pacing issues in some of their shows, especially when things were stretched out to two episodes. 5. I prefer Luke vs Pigeon to Luke vs Schrodinger because a) dealing with traps sucks, and b) the jokes and Yuga's message to Luke were much better execute. I get why you don't like it but I kinda have a fondness for it. 4. I can't remember if Yuma earned a Heart Piece from this episode, but I felt for him. I completely forgot about this episode, but it's nice Yuma weren't using Numbers against normal opponents. 3. Yeah Blue Girl should've won that. Nothing against Soulburner though. 2. I remember this rant. Good times. 1. Anyone noticed Calabro in the thumbnail for the Battle Beast video. Huh, I was expecting Yudias vs Ishida , but to be fair that had some fun turns. You should make a list of duels that should be longer or more fleshed out.

[@mikai4738]

I think he didn't add Go Rush yet because it's still ongoing. Otherwise Yudias vs Ishida would be on the list for sure lol.

[@jacobbiggs7956]

I personally hated Aoi vs Bohman. I get that he's the main villain and all, but I can't forgive A) her loss through misplay, B) getting so brutally smacked down after building herself up again, and C) not getting what could have been a pretty decent subversion of our expectations if she won.

[@abareamphibia6812]

10:25 I hate this one as well Yuma being forced to not attack unless he eats was dumb enough but the whole tomato hybrid thing was so weird I mean good on Yuma for changing his mind on tomatoes but if I were me I’d still hate them.

[@aozorahaou2643]

Thankfully for Yuri vs Yugo a youtuber by the name of Yumers fixed that by showing what the Yugo vs Yuri duel should've been with all the build up the anime had, no interfering just both these guys in the zone. Sadly KZbin screwed Yumers and other YugiTubers over so badly they moved to Odysee with thankfully a shared channel called YugiTuber Resistance almost ALL the fan duel videos that were on KZbin.

[@Joseph-gy2rn]

Revolver Vs Lightning is the duel that I mostly hate in VRAINS series, I hate this BULL. "Lol, I, the biggest brain of all Ignis, I turned the memories of my Lost Child (especially the trumatic memories because he needs to get better in the next season with *magic* instead of therapy) in data and this data in Life Points to win the duel with 1 because I can't give my perfect winrate, even if I gonna to die some seconds later to the Man Bow (Bohman)"

[@brunosanto3488]

Yusei🤝Soulburner🤝Luke Being the best Duelists in their program and considered invincible (undefeated) for a long time.

[@BillPlunderbonesTew8]

did Playmaker lose once?

[@MiriNameThief]

We should go back in time and make Dylan the director of arcv lmao

[@historyking9984]

On one hand I felt the fusion enemies needed more but battle beast wasn’t the best choice

[@tylordeboer7610]

Nitpick one, but Yuma vs Vector at the Sargasso Battlefield for similar reasons to the Team Unicorn duel. Vector was planning to make Yuma deck out and had him down to 1 card left. He ends his turn INSTEAD of using Number 104’s effect to send the top card of your opponent’s deck to the grave. Then boom, backfires on him.

[@ForcefieldDown]

He probably couldn't do that since 104's effect in the anime requires the Deck to be shuffled after milling the card, so your opponent needs to have at least two cards in their Deck.

[@windsonma8209]

I would also have 1= Yami Yugi V Rebecca 2= Rebecca V Viviane 3= Sartorius V Aster 4= (Just About Any Fun Dual In GX Involving A Silly One Time Character Gimmicky Character)

[@noahwhiteside2322]

One duel I thought was unnecessarily was Atticus vs Zane in season 2 of gx I thought I would have been cool if instead of him fighting Zane they did a episode or 2 of Atticus challenging Alexis using red eyes to try and save her from the society of light and in his desperation allows himself to be possessed by darkness again. That to me would have been much better

[@Lightpaladin720]

Yugioh bombers: The worst duels are duels passed DM

[@lunerblade13]

My personal pick for a list like this was sawatari vs Yugo. I knew the writing on the wall that sawatari was going to lose especially since he was in a way dueling against two protagonists with both Yugo and Yuya. But the inner actor in me wanted sawatari to win especially when the odds were stacked against him. and he at one point in the duel had the duel to rights but as he was going to play the finale to their duel Yugo ends up getting bailed out not through personal skill or some final card play from his own deck but by the only deus ex action card that was played throughout the entire duel. Same can be said for the gongenzaka vs crow duel on top of the fact that I was a massive fan of gongenzaka. At the very least when it comes to this duel gongenzaka doesn’t use action cards on principle unlike sawatari who never had the chance to use one at all in his duel.

[@mikai4738]

Shingo really should've defeated Yugo but ofc, the writers can't let that happen since Shingo isn't allowed to win one duel alone for whatever reason. At least the animation was beautiful for their duel.

[@christopherb501]

@@mikai4738 Kerp saying, best they could have done was keep to that...and have _him_ deal a loss to Yuri.

[@-emerald-1553]

The worst part about Sylvio and Gong is that both of them are actually good duelists with good decks, but they constantly get matched up against people who need to beat them for the plot. Gong actually gets wins, but even then he is nerfed heavily since he can't use the Deus Ex Machina Action Cards that carried Yuya through his duels. It gets really infuriating because they were some of my favorite characters in the series, but they were done really dirty, especially when Sawatari should have beat Zarc.

[@lunerblade13]

@@-emerald-1553 speaking of gongenzakas wins something I only really noticed after the show ended was the unspoken brilliance of his duel against Dennis when it came to Dennis’s role as a double agent. In one street performance that was publicized thanks to him gathering a crowd with his theatrics Dennis was able to both glorify syncro summoning and demonize pendulum and xyz summoning by making himself the villain in disguise hailing as the hero (on top of foreshadowing his actual role as double agent) while gongenzaka was the initially brutish thug but was the actual hero disciplining the shenanigans of Dennis.

[@lpfan4491]

@@lunerblade13 Actually about Dennis, was his status as a double agent treated as an actual plottwist in the japanese version instead of just being matter of factly stated to the audience at the start of Season 2?

[@JH-fw5xm]

Here's a duel I know I hated. Revolver vs. Lightning. Lightning kept finding ways to cheat by using Jin as a human shield and using a "not-official" Grit skill to survive a draw. And the most hypocritical thing was Bowman calling him out for the Jin shield and then changing his mind with the survival point. I know you like it Dylan and I cannot remember if you count it as a loss for Revolver, but that petty crap Lightning pulled shouldn't have went through. I will always see this result as a draw.

[@darksoul1004]

You see, Sho defeating Camula would be better storywise, but the problem there is that Sho wasn't a Key Keeper so Camula had no reason to duel him!

[@edwingavilan5637]

It’s funny how Yuma vs tomato is his worst duel but for me that was that got me into yugioh cuz the monster names Yuma summoned was funny lmao but I understand childish but I love Zexal now so it’s a special place for me

[@rainbowdragon168]

I absolutely hate the Battle Beasts duels because there was no point of them and they wasted an arc when they could’ve done something else.

[@shapesnatch1341]

The one I hate the most is Blue Girl Vs. Soulburner. Such a kick in the face to Blue Angel and only exists to make Soulburner seem like the bestest duelist evar

[@BlueAngelYuGiOh]

I pretend to not know Soulburner in Duel Links because I still salty about that duel...

[@vistavistalium636]

Altough I agree it's outrageous for Jean to make that kind of misplay in his last turn. On positive notes, duel is also about mental battle, and in this one, Jean lose to Yusei by falling to his bluff.

[@ForcefieldDown]

That wasn't a bluff. Jean was perfectly aware he would've won by Deckout next turn. It wasn't explained in the video 'cuz he didn't remember why Jean did what he did, but Jean wanted to win using his own strategy, not the one shared by his team, and that is what Andore and Breo gave him approval for.

[@kaitai7302]

That Soulburner Vs Blue Girl duel nearly made me drop Vrains. I only kept watching because I enjoyed your weekly reviews of the show.

[@Freelancer90]

I remember chat wanting to skip the quiz duel during Dylan's arc v watch along lmao

[@proclarushtaonasat]

The quiz guy sucked, but I actually like the concept of quiz cards.

[@Xray19]

At number 6 duel, only thing I remember that Yuya ask the question wrong and use that trap card to reflect damage to his opponent.

[@pedroachinelli5431]

he didn't answer a single question right, not even the duel related ones and then ask about the Ferret theoreme; haha... kill me already dude.

[@vanesslifeygo]

There was little to hate in the duel against team unicorn. Deck destruction, Yusei against 10000 LP, and Aki's summon of Yusei's ace. It's one of my most favorite duels from 5Ds and im surprised its here. However 5Ds sets the standards high

[@sirkillalot9892]

It really was only the ending. All of what you said plus more. Jack pushing his bike as the clock ticked down, Aki inspired by hope and her father, Yusei v Jean having so many fakeouts. The course being a circular ring really made this feel like a tense sporting event. If Yusei just beat Jean with a more 'plausible' tactic, this duel would probably be on a lot of best lists like Taiyo, Ragnarok and New World are. But I imagine some still complaints about this being Aki's last turbo duel and Yusei finishing all the 3v3 team duels

[@jacobwilliams1223]

Maybe it was because the duel had the worst ending of any duel ever just to avoid the main protagonist losing. Also didn't help that in the first team duel of the season they decide "Let's have Jack and especially Aki fail miserably so Yusei can be our golden boy and sweep" which is downright insulting. Fuck this duel. It's all the flaws of 5Ds wrapped in one neat little package.

[@silvernapper2797]

Personally the ending of that team unicorn duel doesn’t do it for me

[@chrishardin6353]

I absolutely hated the Shadow Raiders arc in GX not only did Judai dueled and won each of the Shadow Raiders but the other characters looked extremely bad and it just feels that they had to rely on Judai

[@bopdog111]

10. Yeah definitely a duel Tea (yes I'm going with dub names) should do rather then Yugi. 9. While I agree Jaden shouldn't get most of the duels, we get get Shining Flare Wingman which is probably the part in this match that's forgiving. 8. I have not seen this match but I do know Monster Reborn blanked there memories so I think the loss was needed? 7. It wasn't for Yusei being undefeated though. It was so Team 5D's can stay in the WRGP cause if they lose New Domino is basically done. But yeah Jean shouldn't have attacked. 6. Oh yeag Pierre is just really annoying, and his Deck is probably one of the worst Decks I know. 5. It doesn't really bother me on Luke talking like a pidgeon but Pidgetrap shouldn't be a duelist for this match. 4. Oh yeah this match here is also annoying. Tombilly is a useless character, and I know a fanfic where the basket rule acted up everyone's allergies for allergeric reactions with Yuma suffering one from Tomatos. 3. Yeah it's Violet Chimera. I wouldn't call this match a waste but Blue Girl should have won as nothing would really happen had she won. Biggest problem would be Gate of Fire since it's a Trickstar Counter card itself. The studio had decided 'hey she's a girl she loses all the time cause we hate girls'. 2. Probably because Yugo was berserked is why they interrupted. I agree they should duel by themselves, Zarc was close to manifesting so they needed to snap Yugo out of it and we got Dusktopia with us. Though Aster should focus less on Dystopia rather then make it weaker, and also got Greedy Venom. Arc-V is the studio's second jumbled mess otherside VRAINS, and although I like it it does have lots of problems. 1. No one was killed off though. Sealed into cards is very different then committing actual murder. For this Battle Beast, I find him as okay but his Deck the Gladiator Beasts are a very cool, and interesting Deck to use as a homage towards Jaden's use of Contact Fusion with the Neo-Spacians. If the cast was becoming too much they could do better rather then have someone pick them off I agree but Battle Beast is an okay character but hia Deck is really interesting. The duel I hate the most on the entire series is a VRAINS duel between Varis, and Lightning. There both favorite characters of mine, and although itvwas solid at first it gotten botched at the end not cause of Lightning using Jin as a hostage but cause he gotten the idiot ball! Dude use Magnus Dux's effect on xCharge Dragon or not use Eques Flamma's effect when Gloria use it you survive that way!

[@Fearno]

Not even done with the video yet but I’m having a good time listening to Dylan rant and going into detail 😂

[@Jonathanloh1992]

I agree with you about that BB duel. All of your personal opinions about the duel in this list is great. And also you don’t have to tell us you wanna bring positive to your all video…..nah! 😠We love to hear your positive and negative views. Do what you love to do Dylan.

[@jamieholmes4751]

My list is : Joey/Zigfried (felt like Joey was reduced to a novice during the duel and he wasn’t duelling at his best ) Yuma vs Chester Carlyle (Monsters returned to the hand due to not fitting school rules ??) Jaden/Tanya (hated the soul attack and how Jaden purposely took damage just to use it ) Joey/Valon (Actually hated how both duellists just kept hitting each other with their armour cards ) Otes vs Goha Yuga (not because of the actual duel , but the story . Later turned out Otes was the actual villain, yet he lost to GY and faked losing his memories ? . I seriously think the writers changed their mind on Goha Yuga partway through with how he was written beforehand ) 😃😃😃

[@christopherb501]

1.) I'd have been fine with at least the result had that not been his last duel EVER.

[@hogunthegrim5464]

To rub salt in the wound. The tomato guy is voice by DAN GREEN.

[@Enity-qb4gp]

Well, for some of those duels, I agree. The problem with Judai vs Carmilla is not just there, they went out of their way for her to defeat Chronos and Kaiser, showing how threatening the Shadow Rider is after Fubuki being the first. Then except for the last one, the rest of them are jokes. Yuga vs Luke R3 yes is pointless yeah. While most people dislike Yuya duels with Quizz guy, I personally enjoy that duel, the quizzes as Action Trap is a very creative idea and the quiz guy is for real, he is ignorant cause he deserved it thanks to how smart he is. Also Action Trap is something I like in Action Duel when it added some risk of getting backfired when you try to look for Action Trap then it got removed completely. Blue Girl vs Soulburner is building up Soulburner’s win and it is VRAINS problem, looking at VRAINS characters’ record aside from Playmaker, Soulburner and probably Revolver to see 99% of them are losts. Yuri vs Yugo is a freaking disappointment for sure. Having said that, nice video.

[@shin-gokusatsu645]

*"I watched this duel about 2 days ago just to make sure that I still hate it, & I do."* 😂 💀

[@bryankutchens7495]

Anzu/tea already has the only 100% win rate of the main cast in Yu-Gi-Oh history (unless you don't count ties). She had no need to fight johnny. He had to fight yugi before fighting the real king of games.

[@christopherb501]

Yubel, Lightning And there are a couple who duel once and never again who count "100%", like Kaibaman and Yuran. If we use Anzu as a baseline, I personally only count those we can confirm at least 3 duel results for.

[@calmsunshine511]

And in the same show, Shizuka/Serenity only duels in a 3 vs 1 duel with Honda/Tristan and Otogi/Duke and they won, so she technically has a 100% win record. Also, Honda did take the fall during the duel so adding that as a win or loss for him is REALLY debatable...

[@bryankutchens7495]

@@christopherb501 I'd count yubel vs judai/Jaden as a tie. And didn't lightning lose? Or am I remembering wrong. But kaibaman I'll agree. So let's change my statement to only member of the main cast to get 100%

[@bryankutchens7495]

@@calmsunshine511 fair point. Debatable, but I'll agree serenity has 0 loses or ties.

[@christopherb501]

@@bryankutchens7495 Draws don't count against the win rate to me, especially when you remember one was a deliberate scheme on their part.

[@Megamanlanprime]

I will the entire Battle Beast thing I think was just so that Konami could have a character connected to the Gladiator Beasts which are will known to be one of the most popular non-anime archetypes. But if they were gonna do that, it would have been nice if they at least gave him a story thread that felt like a story and not just a kinda pointless detour…

[@splatdice]

You're missing the dream duel between Jonouchi and that random kid during Yugi/Atem's Battle City duel with Seto. That really disrupted the flow of their duel and I wish Jonouchi just beat Malik, so that didn't exist. Plus, it would've been better for Jo's character arc that way. Would've loved Jo become the Duel king and Seto just gets pissed. Then, if there was a later season with a tournament, perhaps Seto launched a world tour tournament series, starting in Japan, Yugi/Atem could've won it back from him then.

[@armedweiss5531]

Team 5Ds vs Team Unicorn is one of my most hated duels in the franchise and it represents everything wrong with 5Ds' second half to me. Nobody matters except Yusei because Jack and Akiza BOTH do absolutely nothing to Andre. Let's also not forget that this is the last duel Akiza ever gets until her 2v1 with Crow against Sherry at the end of the show, completely wasting her building with turbo duels. And Yusei's plot armor is so absurdly powerful that no only does he win, he wins because his opponent has a last second change of heart of wanting to beat Yusei "for real". Even though Jean's entire thing with his teammates was to never duel for yourself, duel for your team. If you gotta be a sacrificial lamb for the team, do it. You don't matter, your team does, don't let them down. And instead of ending his turn like he could have and SHOULD have at any point and win by deck out, he ends up crashing Yusei for lethal damage. You might as well delete the rest of the signers from the series and turn it into Team Yusei with how this duel shows how worthless everyone else is. If the writers weren't afraid of letting Yusei lose, the problems with this duel would have actually become a strength. Team 5Ds should have lost to show how you can't rely on one guy to solve everything, which could have been why Jack and Akiza did nothing in the duel. But no, instead we get the Yusei show in the worst possible way they could have done it.

[@astreagc1187]

Well at least Camula gives us some cultured material ;)…. But Yugioh Gx is filled with a lot of pointless duels like the Tennis guy, the lab monkey or the Tarzan like guy and the sandwiches…. just to name a few.

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Johnny: if I win I will date tea Yami: deal Tea: hey guys you know I have free will you know

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Should'a dueled Tea, add one more to her perfect on-screen duel record.

[@codyhanson1344]

oof yeah, i always hated that. would have been way better if she dueled him and won fair and square. It was already shown she can step up to the plate when it calls for it, and would be shown again, plus johnny is the perfect type of character you'd expect her having a good chance to beat. No reason for him to run away either. Would have also made for the perfect opportunity to flesh out her deck more too.

[@calmsunshine511]

Agreed. Only reason I even remember this duel is because of Musician King and his weird fusion materials. But yeah, Tea/Anzu definitely could have dueled him or the duel could've just...not happen. (shrugs)