Traptrix Combo Guide! How to play Traptrix in 2023 Competitive YuGiOh!

[@SuperMono64]

I like silly insect and plants for funsies

[@MattOsheaYGO]

So does Mesh! 👀 I wonder where his comment is

[@twiggs823]

some notes on the combos, I'm sorry I play the deck too much First combo: was more or less fine, but you should summon redoer rather than ping at the end. this will allow the redoer to have a trap under it as a non-target top-deck, as well as banish itself in order to get both pudica and holeutea in GY at once. Second combo: you could as the second xyz, ping to add vesiculo in order to end on the same board you have there but 2 raff and a ping instead of a raff plus raff or ping and a trap. more dark-ruler-able board, but you're on a trap deck, they ain't siding that shit unless it's the mirror. Third combo: Nothing too bad, just a questionable discard as long as evenly is evenly. Fourth combo: This is by far one of the worst possible endboard for this hand. Plays into nib when you had a 5th summon raff, the setting of the hole was guaranteed the moment you succeeded on summoning a monster, ie. myrm mandatory eff, set the hole, then make raff or redoer, both being more effective on guaranteeing the followup turn than ping, which is only good IF they are on branded and don't read the card. In other words, this board FTKs branded. Fifth combo: It was fine. loses to nib, but playing around that would require normalling mantis, adding campa, campa eff, making raff, and no good discard off tea.

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Appreciate the Feedback! I've been labbing the deck online, and playing at locals every week since it came out (except the last 2) Personally, i like Redoer on the Turn3, since i really want to have the traptrix engine build advantage over the first 2 turns, but its something to look at. #2, i dont play vesiculo, but its a nice extender for sure that i have to test more, #3 evenly is just a place holder for "any normal trap". #4, i see what you mean, going myrm over pudica to set the trap. i really value getting pudica to have two ways to special it, either with Sera or Tea, and thats flawed logic for that hand. #5, its just an awkward hand, which you get sometimes, and while it loses to nib, i have the garden to banish the token, bring back sera and a normal trap. so its not as weak as other boards! Love the in depth comment and thanks for watching! 💪❤️

[@happyclapper7620]

The first combo really depends how you open and the matchup. If I'm not feeling confident i will generally make ping so i can search for more follow up in turn 2. Also Pin can be rlly good in some matchups were you can yoink cards they send to the GY. I think its more of a case by case basis thing.

[@BlazeQuadZ]

You seem to be well experienced with the deck. Do you have any thoughts on the Rikka Engine?

[@matthewvang559]

Make a video of your combo plz lol

[@interstellarfox8037]

Thanks for all the insight. Just started playing the game and found it very helpful 👍

[@lemoncookiec.948]

Theres also the "im not scared of nib" combo xD pudica, parallel ex, any normal trap. Ends on redoer, raff and pingu. Amd a trap hole if that happened to be the normal trap you started with. If the 4th or 5th card happens to be dionea then this plays around nib. And pingu could be a different rank 4.

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Im never scared of nib! But unless you have the field spell you have to respect it 😭

[@288374uche]

Really helpful video since I’m a returning Yugioh player 😊

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Love that! Welcome back!

[@6255gg]

just found your channel. It is fantastic, you will grow so quickly!!! Do you have any insight on how to play true draco in this meta... it is literally my favourite deck, and I have no clue how to do better. Also, would love to see you do a top 10 budget list profile because you explain everything so clearly!!!

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Thank you for the kind words! I've actually never played true Draco 😅 I took a huge break from GX to TOSS and another one from early Covid to about a year ago! My first video on the channel is a top budget list for March 2023, and I plan to make another in the next few weeks! But I'll test true Draco and get back to you!

[@6255gg]

@@MattOsheaYGO you are the best! Thank you, any tips would be amazing. Please do not stop making videos! You will blow-up. It would be great to see you play some of these decks in ygopro as well to summarize your profiles! Nobody is really doing that, and it would really make the deck profile shine!!!

[@Y444KSH]

Great video! keep em coming :)

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Will do! Thanks for the kind words and for watching! ❤️

[@dashingkevs3295]

Beso Matt. Damn from Pokémon to MD. Love to see it

[@MattOsheaYGO]

👀 the switch has been kind to me!

[@dashingkevs3295]

I just happened to be looking into traptrix recently. Been playing Dinos and true Draco's for a while. Recently Runicks but with the nerfs time to check out traptrix

[@REALmyenemy]

Well, I'm the player who always duels against someone with Nibiru and Droll on opening hand when going first, and opens with no handtraps of their own... They told me to go this deck.

[@MattOsheaYGO]

That sucks!!!!! I'm that way when I play dragon link only

[@Cyberse-_-Wolf]

I've done 10 test hands and have yett to see 1 of my 3 Parallel eXceeds for the first 2 combos lol I have the worst luck

[@MattOsheaYGO]

That suuuucks! Have parallel makes the deck so much better! When you do draw it though you'll draw 2 xD

[@carterbowman6916]

Maybe you can help: how come I don’t see people running solemn judgment in Traptrix decks like I see in master duel, aren’t players worried about harpies feather duster, evenly matched and lighting storm?

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Most people in the TCG don't play Duster, lighting storm and evenly in their maindecks since they aren't always good going first and usually are for very specific interactions. It's the same for traptrix going first. Why play solemn judgement over normal traps to trigger my Sera? Instead you play judgement in the side deck when you're going first to shut down those big blowout cards when your opponent knows what is good against your deck! That being said, play judgement! Just in the side deck! Hope this helps! 👍

[@carterbowman6916]

@@MattOsheaYGO that does, thank you! Making the shift from MD to TCG and BOY is it a learning curve!

[@MattOsheaYGO]

@@carterbowman6916 biggest adjustment is the side deck! You want to make sure you aren't playing too many going 2nd cards in a main deck trying to go first! If you're looking for a good deck to try in MD and the TCG, is recommend branded and swordsoul! Welcome to the TCG!

[@jayduel7897]

All we need is some Inzektor support

[@MattOsheaYGO]

I don't even know the deck well enough to know what they would need to be a tiered deck again, but I'd welcome it for sure!

[@jayduel7897]

@@MattOsheaYGO ability to play through normal summing getting interrupted. An actual boss monster that's more than just a relinquished lol. Maybe a game plan better than putting out generic links and XYZ

[@TommytheOtaku777]

Agreed

[@PaperYGO]

Hey dude, your channel is super clean. What program do you use for thumbnails?

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Thanks! I use photoshop, but i used to use a website called Photopea, which is basically the same thing

[@PaperYGO]

@@MattOsheaYGO sweet, thanks dude! Happy yugi…ing 🤣🤣🤣 would love to collab one day :)

[@joshdoe7288]

This was insanely helpful

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Happy to help! I'm playing traptrix at my locals sneak peak this weekend so I might have a new list for it

[@joshdoe7288]

@@MattOsheaYGO can’t wait I watched a bunch including yours and have made my own tweets but would love to see a new one and hear how it does

[@joshdoe7288]

@@MattOsheaYGO how’s that locals go?

[@MattOsheaYGO]

@@joshdoe7288 ended up pulling a quem+Albion so I played branded instead. Won the whole thing!

[@joshdoe7288]

@@MattOsheaYGO trader. But for real gg on winning man! Do you still think traptirx is viable in the meta after playing a little bit of it?

[@calebjohntampol271]

I have a question guys how can he summon xyz. I thought you could only summon to where the markers of the link monsters point to

[@MattOsheaYGO]

That is a previous rule that has since been changed. Link monsters have to be summoned to zones a link monster points to, but synchros, fusions, xyz, can be summoned to any zone

[@M4rk889]

I can activate the 2nd effet of Holutea (banish it from GY and special summon 1 traptrix from GY) during oppnent's turn?

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Yes you can! As a trap card you can activate its effect during either players turn. As long as you didn't use the first effect the same turn

[@M4rk889]

Thanks :))

[@jaharctic7227]

This was my first ever deck

[@MattOsheaYGO]

That's awesome! With this new support or from back when it first came out?

[@FTSKARAOLD]

Are Darkworlds simillarly as good?

[@MattOsheaYGO]

I would say not, but it depends on how you play, and how far ahead you can see! If I had the dark world cards I'd make a deck profile

[@Y444KSH]

@@MattOsheaYGO dark world is so hit and miss, very easy to brick but feel like you can somewhat set up nicely with this

[@Garanoob]

"Rafflesia insulates us from Nibiru", uh... how so?

[@MattOsheaYGO]

As long as you have gravediggers trap hole in deck you can negate the nibiru by using rafflesia effect turning the effect into the gravediggers trap hole effect

[@Garanoob]

@@MattOsheaYGO Oh ok thanks, nasty.

[@El_Eddie7]

Traptrix is a hard deck

[@MattOsheaYGO]

Yeah but it's a fun deck!

[@Blight_89]

Nice combo vid! 🙂 I picked up the deck recently so I'm trying to learn as many plays as possible before I take it to locals. P.S. You're mispronouncing Pinguicula 😖😆 (plant geek here) It would go like ping-we-kyula 🫠

[@MattOsheaYGO]

I'll pronounce it better next time! It's a fun deck! I highly recommend giving it a shot!

[@Blight_89]

@@MattOsheaYGO Oh definitely! I was lucky to have had Zeus and Parallel Exceeds from before, so it was just a matter of picking up 3 SD-s. So glad that they give you every Traptrix card, deck is playable right out of the box.