Was Yugi a Good Duelist?! | Yu-Gi-Oh! Deep Analysis

[@MrCinderellaManMMA]

Some one once said Duelist Kingdom was like D&D with Yugioh Which makes it make a lot of sense when you think about it

[@Eric6761]

It was, in the manga duels in duelist Kingdom were more akin to D&D than a card game however they wanted to promote a card game so in the anime most of the plays weren't properly adapted

[@lightning2034]

no wonder why I liked yugioh 1.0

[@Auron1Roxas2]

The rules of the game in the show changed all the time. Yugi didn’t cheat any more than anyone else on the show.

[@BlueSparxLPs]

Atem did cheat, explicitly. In the original Japanese, during the final duel of the show, it's stated outright that Atem uses his power to will the card he wants to his hand. He literally uses magic to stack his deck in every duel (though the dub made up "Heart of the Cards" and just uses this explanation instead).

[@Auron1Roxas2]

@@BlueSparxLPs Literally everyone "cheated" because the rules of the card game barely existed in the anime.

[@BlueSparxLPs]

@@Auron1Roxas2 The anime having different rules for the card game is a very different thing from literally using magic to draw the card you want lmao

[@BigDaddyRich69]

@@BlueSparxLPs wrong

[@LeoA05]

The entire show was about who could out cheat the other. All the Millennium items are all items that have a way to cheat at the game. Yugi's was the most overpowered with the ability to change/control fate.

[@arrownoir]

Yugi/Atem with a modern deck would still be unbeatable. Drawing any cards you want always ensure that you get the game ending combo/hand traps you need to always stop your opponent. Modern Yugi would be even more busted.

[@dudono1744]

He'd play go 2nd Exodia.

[@iRazenrak]

Yami's downfall would be not knowing how his opponent duels. That's why he lost to Yugi despite having the power to influence fate. He didn't expect Yugi to take down all 3 Gods with Slifer, nor did he expect Yugi to stop his monster reborn.

[@Borchert97]

Modern Yugi’s starting hand every duel would be four interruptions or board breakers + a 1 card starter lol

[@BigDaddyRich69]

@@iRazenrak he said he knew Yugi would beat the Gods tho

[@armantrto180]

He's still the best.

[@JPARnum1]

I always said "Light of Intervention" was always the only real continuous trap because its effect lasted for three series. (DM, GX, 5DS)

[@MrGhosta5]

It's explained later in the anime that Pegasus didn't design any of the cards he just copied them from the Egyptian hieroglyphics. He didn't know he was copying actual magic rituals. So it can be theorized that in duelist kingdom Yugi can have his giant soldier of stone destroy the moon because an IRL giant soldier of stone could. When Kaiba took over during battle city he mentioned that he banned a bunch of cards. We know Kaiba was a genius as his duel disk is capable of creating much more realistic holograms than the standard holo stadium. It's reasonable to think that Kaiba was able to patch out a lot of the IRL magic from the cards. The real reason of course is that they just wanted to put Yugi in a seemingly unwinnable situation only for him to come up with a creative solution. Yugi was originally going to play different games each season so the writers didn't bother creating actual rules for the game. Duel Monsters ended becoming super popular and the series shifted to Yugi just playing Duel Monsters. With the shift to Duel Monsters as the focus of the show and the emergence of the physical card game the writers started to actually follow the rules.

[@Drekal684]

Gonna make this comment as I hit the Strings duel. I've long shaken my head at how Strings (well, Marik really) played that one. He got blinkered into relying on Slifer, but really, if he'd summoned pretty much any other monster then he'd have taken Yugi's LP down to 0 pretty quickly. Use those cards in your hand! After a certain point it doesn't matter how big Slifer's ATK is!

[@iRazenrak]

His entire deck is built around defending and stalling. So he didn't have any offensive options aside from Slifer.

[@BigDaddyRich69]

@@iRazenrak he did

[@PendulumBlade]

​@@iRazenrakRevival jam couldve got some punches in before Buster Blader was Summoned

[@chemicdrop541]

Are we talking about Yugi or Atem? If it's just Yugi, then I could say he's an actual skilled player, if not the best. This guy is still considered the best duelist to ever exist even after decades of his story's end. Heck, even Kaiba needed plot armor just to not officially lose. If he would join a modern tournament irl, he's probably the guy who you'd see playing an off-meta that uses techs against the current format. Atem, on the other hand, literally had "draw the out" powers that come with his plot-relevant artifact. It's really hard to gauge how good would he really be in a defictionalized version of the game without his draw the out powers. He did, however, demonstrate that he could at least plan wincons for his games, both on the spot and pre-planned, and that he could also play a deck he didn't construct.

[@Megamanthemachine]

As for the arkana duel he literally spells it out for you he didn’t trust that arkana would shuffle the deck correctly the sub explains that Arkana never cut the deck correctly so he had intentionally did a cut in a way that would garraunte when he cut the deck and then put the card on the top he would have his dark magician in his hand ready of course the win condition you mentioned earlier would work assuming if arkana simply didn’t set a trap when he sees yugi put alpha in attack mode it’s common sense so yugi was overthinking things there but with genuine reason he could tell he cheated the cut so he reset both of their hands.

[@rushalias8511]

I mean I also thought the whole point of the arkana duel is also basically them trying to show who's the better dm player. Like yugi and arkana were basically just trying to see who can one up each other with dark magician. The only difference is arkana played multiple dark magician while yugi played dark magician girl.

[@Megamanthemachine]

@@rushalias8511 true it was a test of either players skill with the dark magician and arkana being an actual magician knew how to play his cards well but he also had a second copy of it

[@SOM-v4o]

If marik was smarter. Marik would ask that rare hunter to give Arkana the 5 pieces of Exodia.

[@romeowhite8380]

Yugi was always prepared and people think heart of the cards is a cheat but in reality it’s more of how your deck is set up that you’ll get the card needed when convient

[@ThePhantomTomo]

I think back about that Strings duel every once in a while, and as cool as the infinite loop seemed at the time, I now think the duel would have been a lot better if Marik and Yugi both knew about the deck out strategy from the start and they were both making plays to either force or prevent the deck out while keeping track of the amount of cards Marik still had left, and the Brain Control play could have just been one of several plays Yugi made to lead to the deckout.

[@TheSupremeKing27]

This was so good the way you explained everything keep up the good work can you do one on Seto Kaiba next

[@khaluu2000]

Props, good editing and commentary

[@conbe86]

Honestly good vid. There's so many obvious misplays in the original DM series as well as weird shit like players have 5+ cards in hand being unused. In Jaden vs Yubel, Yubel had like 6+ cards in hand by the end of the duel while Jaden was basically relying on top decks throughout the duel

[@Theecki]

Awesome video!!

[@vanesslifeygo]

Way better analysis than TGS anime. All he does is repeat the duel summaries in a worse way than any other reviewer.

[@TheAzulmagia]

It's worth noting that some of these are the result of anime changes. For example, in the manga, Yugi's duel with Seeker ends with Seeker immediately forfeiting after Chain Destruction destroys all of the Exodia heads in his deck.

[@vanesslifeygo]

This video was actually HILARIOUS. Do one on whichever character gives you the same ammunition for content. Be sure you watch both the dub and the sub to make the best content possible.

[@sirwolfy9372]

Vs Bakura: I believe that in the manga, Monster Reborn works only to resurrect the first Monster in the opponent discard pile, meaning you cannot really chose the target.

[@mohdeshtiwi629]

Love you man

[@sasir2013]

Ironically enough, Yuya, someone who actively tries to entertain using his duels, throws for content far less than the pharaoh who actually needs to win XD

[@matthewlin1182]

Yugioh Yami Yugi the Main Protagonists of the Series Always about the Hearts of the Cards and the Bond of Friendship to Win a duel against any opponent and Villains In Duel Monster of Yugioh Original Series.

[@vanesslifeygo]

I have a feeling in the original jp dub that seeker didn't still have a stone statue in his hand, so he really did need to play Exodia on the field.

[@KingPat888]

i just thought card effects were different in the anime than real cards

[@treymykel]

They are a lot of times the anime effects are completely different than in real life

[@blueblasterx]

I noticed in the arkana duel you pointed out that yami was being silly playing card destruction right away but didn't yami explain that he did it due to knowing that Arkana would probably cheat?

[@TannerCasey-nv8lj]

Og series and movies are the best

[@sirwolfy9372]

Vs Strings: The anime HAD TO HOLD THE POT OF GREED CARD TO FOLLOW THE MANGA STRATEGIES, since the manga had Slightly different pace and rules for many cards... like rituals and many monster effects... like the God Cards...that has different effects in the manga, anime and the real life card game... kinda funny to think about Also, this duel in the manga was the ONLY TIME THAT POT OF GREED APPEARS AND NEVER AGAIN!

[@xzs432]

the reason for the plays during dulist kingdom was because of the collaberation with dungeons and dragons, they thought it was cool so they for plot reasons allowed weird non sense play in the first season.

[@sirwolfy9372]

Vs Arkana... YES! It would be a fast victory for Yami... BUT DUE TO THE MANGA AND ANIME HAVE DIFFERENT RULES.... The anime had to extend the game to fit the 20 minutes mark... making bad plays like that sadly.... and DUE to the anime having to AT LEAST have the plot points of the chapter/episode... the staff reeeeally needed to: 1°: show the cards to sell... 2°: having a story and the dramatic moments in play. AND YES! IN THE MANGA THE DUELS ARE VERY FAST PACED UNLIKE IN THE ANIME! Kaiba vs Yugi at the Tower had 4 episodes if I remember correctly and that was: 1° Takashi was still finishing the Yami vs Marik duel at the time. EVEN WITH THE FILLER ARC MADE TO BUY TIME! 2° sells even more cards... Even the last duel had to be extended to fit 2 episodes of dueling. Since the duel were rather "quick"

[@sirwolfy9372]

The anime HAD TO HOLD THE POT OF GREED CARD TO FOLLOW THE MANGA STRATEGIES, since the manga had Slightly different pace and rules for many cards... like rituals and many monster effects... like the God Cards...that has different effects in the manga, anime and the real life card game... kinda funny to think about

[@ChronoUchiha]

Did Yuki Judai make any misplays?

[@sirwolfy9372]

Vs Kaiba: 17:43 .. .. COUGH*COUGH! LORD OF D. COUGH*COUGH! Also, Enemy Controller would let Kaiba have a Spellcaster

[@vanesslifeygo]

we all just gonna ignore the fact he called Strings "crackhead Krillin"?

[@Catholictomherbert]

I think of yami yugi were part of an actual yugioh tournament in the real world he would have been the winner of most of the duels and someone like Jaden yuki would be in 3rd place struggling to beat some people and yusei would have been in 2nd place the runner up by. Narrow margin I would hypothesize on a objective level.

[@az_iz_to7458]

Yugi was legit Atem had plot armor

[@s.plissken_91]

He was a good duelist but used magic to cheat and win most of his games. Especially against his toughest opponents.the spirit of the pharaoh is gifted in dark magic and uses it to will cards he needs to the top of his deck.

[@Blighted_Ashes]

Yugis "useless" trap prevented rare hunter seeker from setting his exodia piece.

[@Blighted_Ashes]

Kaiba has the spellcaster Saggi the dark clown

[@sonicgen20]

Yeah, because twelve point zero nine nine points is so threatening. Kuriboh could have taken him out. 25:18 😂

[@tevinhoward4419]

Atem ment a lot to Yugi "it's your move".

[@DTrain2000]

It was the Heart of the Cards

[@TingandWal]

You told us what many know and won't admit. yugi/atem are the King of Cheaters. Puzzle magic is used to top deck whatever either one believes that they need as of that moment.

[@ugochukwunyere3196]

0:55 back then, they wouldn’t say that they ended their turn sometimes. So if yugi made an action, assume that it’s yugi’s turn

[@theentity5201]

Pls cover the orichalchos arc

[@Chief-Remeldian-Olympus]

Are you talking about Yugi or Atem because those are two different people.

[@thatoneguy8801]

doesn't revival jam have a LP cost? strings woulda lost in a couple of turns

[@Courageous91]

Not in the Anime

[@SqualidsargeStudios]

To be fair, all those dark hunters were cheating all the time. So i don’t blame yami for cheating too XD

[@no-Zbee]

Ok this is a little silly the rules of the game in the anime were never full fleshed out im shocked they actually made stable moves based off the way the anime operates also you can’t complain about anime cards being different they are different for a reason (literally all the effects of the god cards) you really shouldn’t nitpick literally everything and act like you did a good job i was expecting a non bias analysis of the way they played

[@thefirespecialist9007]

Duelist Kingdom WAS an Ass Pull. -Electric Attacks on Wet monsters? -Attack the Moon? -Computer Hacking from a 2nd person?? -Castle Flotation Ring? -Kaiba's jumping off a building? -Mai Forfeit's from poor deck building?? -Multiply over 1000 Eyes? Like... Bruh ☠️

[@lillibetyamiatemschoombie]

Atem doesn't cheat at all. He plays with honour and integrity. Stop saying he cheats. Atem is an amazing duelist.

[@alialrassam57]

No one is king in this game😀

[@brianlaureus]

Bro just stop people always love to bring this argument up oh yugi is a cheater and he cheated in all his duels or most of them bro literally everyone in the show was cheating damn near all the time if not all the time it was not just yugi. You’re not a cheater if everyone’s doing it.

[@treymykel]

I mean at this point this argument gets so tiring everybody always like to bring up the duelist kingdom thing even though at the time cuzuki Takahashi even admitted that he didn't have any rules for the game at the time so they would just making things up as they went along it's only when we got to battle cities when they really tried to establish some rules and regulations to the card game I mean everybody I like this man was just top decking all the time when most of the time his opponents Dex was already stacked against him he was just able to pull out a win towards the end with strategy I just don't understand like oh he's a cheater because he's strategizes and because he has the luck of the draw it can happen to anyone it does get kind of tiring to hear oh Yugi's not really a good deal is he's a massive cheater ignoring everybody else in the entire game

[@CoryAnthony-vy4fl]

Yugi wasnt. I mean, he cheated in 100% of his duels. He wasnt the one playing the duels. It was the pharaoh. A pharaoh that had magical powers. And still, the pharaoh cheated in 100% of his duels. Heart of the cards? Another name for setting what card you want to draw on the top of your deck 😂. Seto was actually the better duelist. He may of lost to Yugi. But Seto was playing a fair game 99% of the time. It wasnt his fault that Yugi was letting a pharaoh who has magical powers take over his body to duel. And even when Seto eventually knew about the pharaoh, it still wasnt fair. So no Yugi wasnt a good duelist. He was a good cheater though 😂.

[@Citizen_Nappa23]

No he cheated in almost every match in duelist kingdom

[@zerocalvin]

"finger gun" the version that i watch have real gun... not that nonsensical 4kids botched version.

[@Daniel-ew4fs]

More like the King of Shames

[@alexschmeling2655]

Yugi cheated in nearly EVERY duel 😂 no, he wasnt a good duelist and was even worse at other games lol

[@RyuulGrenden-nq5yg]

Care to elaborate on that last part-

[@alexschmeling2655]

@@RyuulGrenden-nq5yg dungeon dice monsters he got full plot armor against the maker of a game he had literally just learned and actually wouldve lost in the first half if bro wasnt giving him chance after chance to do something till he actually DID start learning the game. So plot armor due to being the main character for that, but I refer to all of duelist kingdom for the rampant cheating lol

[@anish4651]

He dose not cheat the game in the show and the actual card game are two different games the cards in the show don’t have text boxes just attack and defense points and then the honor system honoring whatever the player says the card can do , on top of that the dd game part of your comment like bro have you watched the show the millennium puzzles power is to increase luck and odds like unlike other shows where it’s plot armor yugis power because of the puzzle is plot armor like it was written that way unlike writers of other things just pulling things out of now where yugi is destined to win as long as he has the puzzle

[@alexschmeling2655]

@@anish4651 he used polymerization on a spell card and mammoth graveyard to decay blue eyes ultimate dragon....a combo that straight up doesnt exist lol. His electric attacks on wet monsters gaining him an advantage? Also not a thing 🤣 rampant cheating my guy

[@anish4651]

@@alexschmeling2655 again the card game in real life and the anime game are different the creatures in the anime have duel spirits that was further elaborated in later seasons and series especially in gx and the past season of the original show , dark magician had actually magic , amongst other things and everything you just mentioned gose back to the honor system I was talking about in my earlier comment, in the anime there are cards that don’t even actually exist , and there are times that cards created other cards mid duel and literally anything related to the Egyptian gods , like winged dragon of raws whole things was actually fusing with the player and giving them god like abilities they are unaffected by most card effects and other things like come on lol

[@DrSt-mu4zw]

dafuq is that English? makes the video completely unwatchable. where's this guy from

[@BigDaddyRich69]

you must be new here,sexy accent makes it all the more fun

[@Courageous91]

God forbid that English isn't someones first language. Weirdo

[@nihadbeganovic6545]

I love the content of your video, 10/10. Your accent is hard to listen to. I‘m sorry but I suggest to work on that or just do your videos in (I assume) German. It‘s painful.

[@Darkm9211]

I made a new anime show it's about Yu-Gi-Oh and it will cover battle City.

[@TheGeoXWar]

No you didn’t

[@BigDaddyRich69]

dont remember asking