We have a HUGE Problem after Infinite Forbidden

[@Kabu642]

It's pretty funny that konami looked at knightmare mermaid engine and said let's do it again but even better and with less restrictions.

[@destructive_thoughts_]

Tbh I feel that with how much Powercreep we have had in the last few years, we can have Mermaid back

[@bobby45825]

People say i'm out of touch when I say 90% of the yugioh banlist is approaching irrelevancy in today's power creep.

[@Ragnarok540]

​@@destructive_thoughts_mermaid is fine if they ban Iblee.

[@n3kuzya]

@@destructive_thoughts_ Mermaid is dogshit in 2024, like you really think ss iblee or knightmare from deck is gonna warp a format in which Orcust is not even remotely decent lmao

[@reisen9584]

​@@destructive_thoughts_unlike goblin, mermaid is succ due to orcust being succ. Not generic.

[@p60168]

We've been having a problem for what feels like 10 formats mate

[@doneone6988]

This will be a real crazy Problem tho like when the Ishizu cards were introduced. This time tier 0 Snake-Eyes will truly beginn to pop off.

[@jipusuchief]

Oh no, it looks like a specific deck is going to be absurdly stronger than all the others in the format. At least this is the first time this has happened

[@johnpaterson5774]

I liked dune format a ton actually

[@Fencer_Nowa]

Dune thru agov into just before phantom knightmareish was pretty good

[@Zukkoyaki]

We had a nice stretch following the Arisehart ban... like September through December. The Rescue Ace / Unchained / Purrely format with plenty of rogue.

[@dylanwbb108]

Rarity collection 2 , Dragon Master Magia, the infamous "ask your friend," incident, and now a new overpriced must play engine for the fifth time over $300 really shows how much Konami hates us. Especially us old players who use the game as an escape to better times, now a lot of us have bills to pay, mouths to feed, not to mention a game that doesn't even provide proper prizing( doesn't have to be money,but quality prize support you see in Locorna is a prime example.)Either they need to get in touch with their player base or find new management that cares about the player base, rather than scalping us for our nostalgia

[@alexandertsamourlidis646]

At this point, I have to ask, do you copy paste the same comment in every Joshua video or is your frustration so intense you literally type the exact same thing every other day?

[@johnathanlemus5584]

And the comp players will still pay the $300 to get the new OP engine. Komoney TCG will always do this because the playerbase are suckers and will ALWAYS lose no matter what.

[@BanditTools]

@@johnathanlemus5584The comp players will also gaslight the community into thinking the format is “skillfull” and “fun”. Rinse and repeat.

[@RoyaltonDrummer922]

Konami doesn’t give a shit about the TCG though. All of their revenue comes from the OCG. The western market is just a cherry on top but they don’t need us

[@miotakamiya]

White woods can search The Iris Swordsoul and even special summon her since the tuners can be reborn from the gy with negated effects. That's the main (useless) reason I'm loving the archetype since i have a qcr rare one (2€ worth btw)

[@MatthewLoney]

Oh sweet child I packed the starlight rare but I love it too much to sell it, watching the price drop hurts but it's ok fuck the market anyway

[@OsirusHandle]

god i love iris i wish she was good nothing more holy than iris summon melffy wally on opp turn

[@EmanueleOrlando0055]

Nobody asked this bro

[@VentureTCGandMore]

What’s worse is they made this set legal for the NAWCQ. So Konami expects players to pay for a flight, lodging, food, transportation to and from the airport while also investing in a case probably to get the CHANCE to have those cards for nationals. This is the dumbest thing Konami could’ve done as it’s so disgustingly unhealthy for the prize support they have to. So for me, the cost of all would be about $2400 without guarantees of having all the new fiendsmith cards. Konami punted it on the player base and as a guy who also got the invite earlier this year, all the reasons listed before is why the game should not be played and if players expose enough at nats demanding better prize support on things like stream or in mass chanting change the prize support, Konami can’t ignore that damage. Game is fun but Konami just doesn’t even care so why should the player base?

[@josephbaniqued7157]

What’s the prize for the event? Game Mat and Deck Box? LOL

[@AverageInternetCitizen]

Why TF would you buy a whole case instead of just paying the like 40% premium of early pricing, that's like a $700 difference

[@NARFNra]

it's called the infinite forbidden because every meta relevant card from it is gonna be forbidden in a year

[@NeoBlackPrime]

Somebody at Konami R+D forgot to add the clause "You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck except Fiendsmith monsters the turn you use this effect" on the archetype 😂

[@Mt.Berry-o7]

More likely somebody got fired for trying to add that clause.

[@ctusiard9755]

Or just lock them into fiends.

[@nm2358]

Ever since SwoSo and Branded, yeah, the meta has been a revolving door of decks they've refused to add archetype or extradeck summon restrictions, and that's been unbelievably game warping across the board. Like the bulk of these cards, once banned, are going to have a uphill battle getting off the list, because they're all one-card starters that let you go into anything under the sun, lol.

[@Trailblazer1002]

The Link-1 needed to require a non-link

[@ivancito7790]

​@@nm2358Drytron, Tri-Brig, and VW.

[@TouchMe888]

Josh should ask his uncle at konami to ban the cards, just like circular.😅

[@AbyssShark6991]

On skibidi

[@Goldenfire49]

Fiendsmith is another example of a card that needs a lock. Why doesn't the card lock you to light fiends?

[@contagious_noob3651]

Or atleast to fiends unless I'm remembering incorrectly.

[@ndrw7099]

Would have been crap

[@Goldenfire49]

@@ndrw7099 Right. If it was locked, it would have been pack filler

[@fitduckyyt]

If it locked you into fiends it would make it way more balanced. No more Beatrice no more snakes eye fiend smith it’s just fiend support like it’s supposed to be

[@arbitrary5226]

funny how konami just forgot how to put xenolocks on cards post snake eye

[@ctusiard9755]

I know! It doesn't even have to be archetypal, lock them into attribute or type.

[@vitortakara7090]

that started much earlier with tearlaments

[@sendhelp4376]

Post-POTE you mean. I swear almost all of the meta relevant decks since tear doesn't even have any resemblance of a lock or restriction on them

[@travisdinham6084]

Post Tearlaments you mean?

[@mks3eker]

They did.. on salamangreat of fire 😂😂 which is not even a meta staple and its ability is to search salads only

[@dragonmaster951753]

Konami needs to remove all locks from previous decks if going forward they want all these decks to just flow into each other. A light fiend deck meshing with fire pyro shouldnt be a thing. They really stopped caring about restrictions

[@zacharywaller6677]

Wild how much the game has fallen compared to just 8 months ago when we were in a great format and Rarity Collection 1 just released.

[@spicymemes7458]

I'd argue that post pandemic, we really haven't had great formats. Just brief interludes of fun throughout.

[@Wow-hr1gl]

everyone says this every format

[@TheDarknightRemix]

​@@spicymemes7458November 2023 post-AGOV format was great.

[@chestnutmouse6823]

@@spicymemes7458 I'd take this over the pandemic format any day

[@guilhermeblumenfeld1485]

@@spicymemes7458 nah, i really liked the tribrigade format

[@DocTheDog]

At least with fiendsmith on sight, the white woods is out of most people sight and there's a chance the cards are gonna be accesible

[@cuttlefish6839]

Yeah I'm picking them up

[@LynnLyns]

I want to tinker with them a bit

[@rayeeeeeeeeeee]

Konami making a strong archetype that can rival Snake eyes "Strongest normal summon in history vs strongest special summon of today Konami asking to snake eyes "But would you lose?" Snake eyes replied "Nah, we'd pair"

[@Test-mq8ih]

Good one

[@starjadiancloneinvestigato1772]

Konami: Break next week!

[@RoyaltonDrummer922]

We’ve had like 3 months over the last 2 years where the format wasn’t total ass

[@captaincool6268]

And those are not even consecutive months 😂😂😭

[@NicoTb4]

it was, that was the race purrely unchained lab format

[@kashira-0]

AGOV format was peak

[@不只是谁所无名找小二]

POTE seemed pretty dope but I didn't play the TCG

[@mrharvy100]

Ironically that was the format pro players were bitching about because god forbid we have a balanced + diverse format because they get inconvenient on their side deck choices and hate how the game isn’t “solved” in 1 week lol. Then moment when SE dropped..:yeah people really miss those simpler times where the bitching was “I can lose to this RANDOM deck!”

[@williamcampbell4943]

Bro he’s gonna play fiendsmith runick isn’t he

[@somerandomweeb4836]

How would that work?

[@grumpster6425]

@@somerandomweeb4836 make hugin plus a random guy into moon, do full fiendsmith combo, chill

[@Rabidragon9241]

He'll make Caesar that way he can't get nibbed while playing 2 monsters a turn

[@somerandomweeb4836]

@@grumpster6425 I know that, just asking what you want the pay-off to be. And I don't think runick wants to necessarily play that many non engine pieces.

[@MsMiDC]

@@somerandomweeb4836 i mean you play 17 runicks + as many field spells as you can. The rest you can literally play almost anything with it.

[@kevinalajko2756]

The funny thing is dark ruler doesnt even work most of the time vs the omni. They just chain a trap/spell then chain to negate dark ruler

[@colossaldonut5190]

The Snake-Eye Ash limit coming in the next TCG ban list is gonna be coming in clutch for sure.

[@Petsinwinter2]

I'll take an Oak ban at this point as long as *something* in the engine gets banned along with the limits

[@PartyMarty321]

They’re just going to replace the missing copies with the Fiendsmith engine.

[@OlgaZuccati]

@@Petsinwinter2 unless they ban poplar the deck will keep being as obnoxious as ever. the deck can play without oss and oak

[@alexandertsamourlidis646]

limiting ash and wanted would do absolutely nothing to the deck, they'll just make splashing the Fiendsmith engine into the deck an easier decision

[@BanditTools]

Naw, Snake cards need to banned not limited. Limits will do nothing.

[@narfd.8837]

Now that the link 2 Goddess has been confirmed we can safely assume that the next format will probably be one of the most expensive we ever had as literally everyone can use Fiendsmith.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Anyone could use Fiendsmith anyway thanks to White Woman Jumpscare, making White Girl Jumpscare the Super Rare isn't what would have made the new staple engine affordable to everyone. 😂

[@athenaproductions3569]

@@autobotstarscream765cringe

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@athenaproductions3569 Literally the new Tier 0 Zoopressor format.

[@narfd.8837]

@@autobotstarscream765 No one would have made a Link 5 just to access that engine (especially considering you need another body to go into the Snake-Eye engine), but a link 2 is far more reasonable, it's a better Knightmare Mermaid through and through, no discard, no bricks, better compatability and no restrictions.

[@turtle-bot3049]

​@@autobotstarscream765not just her, knightmare gryphon is a light fiend link 4 (with a floodgate effect and can recover any spell/trap from GY). There's also exciton knight (rank 4) that's a quick effect dark hole and there's a bunch of other cards too. Small goddess is the most convenient option, but with how easy link 4s are to make (same with rank 4s and a few synchro levels too), there were never going to be any lack of options if she wasn't released.

[@painteddolphin0324]

As a Fiend player, its horrible that the Fiendsmith cards don't lock your archetype when using their main effects. At least if it locks into Fiends, it has some spot in the meta. But with it being just another Snake-Eye engine, it just makes it harder to enjoy the game.

[@xelastone]

I am excited for the new drytron support because it helps the deck a ton but it has no chance in the current metagame. I am hoping that the ban list helps it out

[@absolute6798]

Maybe we should all play gimmick puppet ftk

[@zeroforcequna9486]

Honestly why not since everything going downhill now

[@danielgoma8907]

Pls don’t, I’m still puppet locking people

[@zeroforcequna9486]

​@@danielgoma8907gimmick puppet don't use nightmare in there deck

[@danielgoma8907]

@@zeroforcequna9486 yeah, but the lock doesn’t affect their gameplan

[@BlackBeartic229]

@@danielgoma8907 Ngl this alone makes me want to actually play GP Fuck puppet lock lmao

[@bizTCG]

The Link 2 Moon girl is confirmed as a super/common

[@eoincarey2817]

Oh so it's getting banned bc otherwise it would absolutely be a secret

[@BanditTools]

Watch the community still pay $20 plus and still blame Konami for prices lmao.

[@SaintStrength0]

​@@BanditTools If it's 20 at super, keep in mind sellers started it at that rate, and/or someone bought it out.

[@ΠολυκαρποςΠαπαδοπουλος]

It could lock you in fiends only for the rest of the turn and it is still broken

[@Gravitysonic0]

Its not a bug. Its a feature of post pote yugioh tcg

[@darkolos5836]

"I hope it wont release in info" that aged like fine cow milk lol

[@ralman88]

The formats have gotten so bad I'm taking a break and taking up fishing and editing videos

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsunwheel]

Yeah they are atrocious just so oppressive to play into why even bother Warhammer is cheaper and so much more interactive than this game now.

[@JamFlexx]

Fishing has been one of the most amazing hobbies I picked up, tight lines brother! Pokemon tcg has been really fun too, quite budget and digestible interactions

[@raffaelecantisani1662]

All that was needed was a xenolock into fiends and Fiendsmith would have been great. It would have been a great support to Yubel, Unchained, Lab, and so on to contest Snake-Eye. It would also have made impossible to go into Apollousa or Beatrice. It's a shame that instead they made it into a cancer engine, because the artwork of the cards is really cool and I liked since they were announced

[@PyckledNyk]

13:49 I believe they were designed that way. I believe this is part of Konami’s new design philosophy: enable crazy blowout combos as consistently as they can be performed, and if players start complaining too much, we’ll limit or semi limit a card and the TCG will do whatever they want.

[@stiffeification]

Konami really testing on how much it takes to kill the game.

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsunwheel]

Probably like 3 to 4 more back to back tier 0 or -1 formats and that will do it. They have essentially killed it in my region, 1 card shop out of 5 stock it and they only hold on due to being the only place in a city that stock. Konami is doing their best to kill it.

[@PandaQueen_ygo]

The game won't die anytime soon

[@metalmariomega]

They just want to kill the TCG. OCG is fine since they can actualy afford their cards. Even Master Duel with its Bo1 shenanigans and constant but low impact banlists is in better shape at the moment(especially if you want to play Ritual Beast when the new cards come out or Sky Striker now).

[@mangohub3252]

Fiendsmith should lock you to fiend

[@9thR8Duelist]

I’ve never wanted to not play the game more than now. I started playing competitively during full power tear format and never really balled out on meta decks but picked up tier 2 and below decks. Snake eyes, diabellstar, and fiendsmith were all mistakes. It’s never been less fun to play this game.

[@gericjohnm.olivar9563]

i like the whole gimmick of white woods, and fiendsmith oh god.

[@chuckydee2951]

Konami got lost in the sauce

[@Lyricaon]

I am usually not that guy but I am considering a few months break from this game until we get a better format. Wich makes me sad since my favorite deck ever just got new support in Terminal Revenge.

[@sallas09]

Treat yourself. You deserve a break if you're feeling burnt out.

[@ivancito7790]

Play Pokemon TCG

[@Lyricaon]

@@ivancito7790 That is not at all the same. Pokemon is completly different game (and not one that I enjoy)

[@reirei_tk]

13:05 yeah it's kinda crazy, I was thinking about doing the "Beatrice dump Ash, revive with Princess" with water monsters because of Coral Anemone. Then I remembered that Coral Anemone requires two Water monsters, whereas Princess doesn't care what monsters you use (besides effect obviously). And it doesn't even matter that one is Link-2 vs Link-3 cause you're using two monsters anyway in both cases.

[@MaliEndz]

No banlist = one piece grind time

[@BGLoscar]

12:40 then 13:47. Answer? Why is Fiendsmith compatible with Snake-Eyes or any other decks? It is because it has NO *XENO* *LOCK* clause. A simple stipulation that states "if you activate this effect", "you can only special summon XXX this TURN" (or for the rest of this turn if THIS TURN is too much). If Snake-Eyes had a FIRE LOCK or a PYRO LOCK, it would not be as broken. If the Fiendsmith had a LIGHT LOCK or a FIEND LOCK, it would not be as broken.

[@IC-23]

I actually had mild success with Tribute stun with Domain and Fiendsmith. Because you can finally search monarch stats you can play the monarch S/T suite with 0 actual monarchs.

[@alchemistarcher02]

Josh touches on it a bit, but I genuinely think Beatrice has needed the ban for a long time. The transaction rollback shenanigans weren’t very meta, so it wasn’t a necessary fix, but Beatrice is where the most toxic options for Fiendsmith show up. And I think that the ability for Fiendsmith to flex into starters for Snake Eye or whatever else is more of a problem than a no-normal summon 1-card Apollousa. That already exists I’m sure, maybe in a bigger package, but the fact it can be either is too much.

[@SunnyYGO]

I would be pretty surprised if anything except Snake-Eyes and Yubel were serious contenders in this format. Maybe a Tenpai player with a good day. The White Woods cards were some of the most hyped cards coming out of INFO in the OCG and were also the most expensive on release (partially due to art). However, players figured out pretty early on that they just aren't good. Personally, as a Memento player, I do think Memento will be better in the TCG than the OCG because the current OCG plan into Maxx C is to pass and hope you draw some extenders to make your follow-up in their draw phase, but as Josh said, it's outclassed by Fiendsmith decks. The engine is slightly bigger and there are slightly fewer one-card starters while also being weaker into certain hand traps like Bystials or Crow.

[@NewtBannner]

16:52 this aged badly

[@AuratticStride]

That's how konami gets you - you're now okay with some one card combos instead of none

[@tefa8927]

Also worth mentioning that the ritual beast link 4 stops fiendsmith requiem

[@arthuryupendragon9725]

Konami needs to put lock in the archetypes again. Tear, Snake Eye, Fiendsmith, they're all T0 because a player can do whatever the hell they wants to do with no limits. And for godsake Sancti needs to be banned.

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsunwheel]

It's just insane you can shift from combo line to an alternate combo line with no restrictions and due to the size of all these 1 card combos you can run so many handtraps or stun cards. It's actually pretty fucked I see why people are walking away from this game.

[@BlackBeartic229]

Those "archetypes dont need restrictions" and "Cards should be super splashable" players quiet as fuck right now. Maybe people should understand that restrictions arent bad for YGO if they are done properly

[@lukasunterwaditzer3141]

I do not want to destroy All hopes for boardbreaker but a singel Beatrice ends your turn with the ghost girl trap and a transacktion rollback. Or it just sends a Black goat loughs and they say no to your most important engine piece

[@Promin3nce]

We are waaaaaay past the point where "hitting" snake eyes helps. At this point they just need to ban the whole deck, and make the whole engine unusable, as long as any snake eyes card is in the game the format if fucked. Look at master duel, all the hits and its still the same format...

[@namesarehard2998]

Yeah honestly as much as I hate it I feel like putting every single card in fiendsmith snake eye to 1 does very very little except for making their combo a little more fragile. Quite frankly the link 1 and flamberge kind of need to go. However imo banning Promethean princess would also go pretty far. Regardless multiple things need a ban desperately

[@sweepinbelle]

Ban birch, problem solved 😎

[@PartyMarty321]

Bro if they hit Snake-Eye hard enough you’ll just have to deal with the next best deck… Fiendsmith Yubel. Format is going to be just as bad.

[@namesarehard2998]

@@PartyMarty321 hence why I said the link 1. Fiendsmith is just way too insane to the point where I know a lot of people at my locals have all said that they are going to take a break until it's banned. That being said fiendsmith snake eye is very clear of fiendsmith yubal to a quite considerable degree.

[@PartyMarty321]

@@namesarehard2998 Snake-Eye Fiendsmith vs Fiendsmith Yubel is basically going to switch the argument from comparing non-engine to comparing engine.

[@dragonqueenniisan4122]

I dont run hand traps these days. My main is 15 go second board breakers with a side of 15 go first stun traps/floodgates. My deck then revolves around the 25 card take to try to make a kill or atleast combo into a good enough grind to win. So Ive mixed Heroes and Heroics. Heroics give me a strong OTK potential after board breaking, and Heroes allow me to Darklaw/DPE with a set 2-3. Its not the most fancy wincons, but, its consistent enough to get some cheaky wins. As for some of my favorite floodgates, Summoning Curse, and Metaverse into Summon Breaker.

[@Shinde425]

Yall ain’t ready for Fiendsmith Salamangreat!

[@AnotherVessel]

Soul Resonator I would say is a great 1 card combo. Limits you to specific extra deck cards, requires your normal, and has a bonus archetype supporting effect in GY.

[@geniegerny]

I am very happy im just playing yugioh casually with my friends and occasionally on master duel for fun. Feels like i can be more excited about trying the different new archetypes without getting blasted away by the top meta decks.

[@GeargianoXG]

I'm only playing casually too, but I feel second hand burnout from all the people who play mostly in tournaments

[@blastchaos4286]

Guess I'm maindecking Droll again

[@munchrai6396]

So glad you mentioned summoning Formula Synchron off of the level 8. Excel Synchroing on your opponent's turn into cards like Satellite Warrior and Chaos Angel is way more interesting than another engine to make Crimson Dragon. Yes, the deck is really good at making level 12 Synchros, but outside of Centur-Ion, its just a less interesting way to play the deck that makes the combo needlessly complicated

[@rovad55]

We need some of the best players mention the current yugioh problems when they're being interviewed post match

[@davenguyen3657]

What application you using at 2:56 @Joshua Schmidt 😎🤓

[@NioNerd]

I'm gonna be picking up White Woods in INFO. I also think the cards look dope and they'll, more than likely, get support in the next core set of INFO. I already picked up the toy cards from BLTR.

[@saito853]

Maybe Circular is not the problem afterall

[@elshaddollconstructor2019]

It is ONE of the problems

[@saito853]

@@elshaddollconstructor2019 well at least it's nowhere near the same level and they don't do as much without access to Circular, whereas every Snake Eye starter is also an extender that leads to the same end board if you don't have a handtrap for every single one of them.

[@mechamedeamigo3984]

Never was

[@Sugoi_Max]

@@elshaddollconstructor2019 Nah, it just enabled some wacky combos but it wasnt a problem, nor would it be in this format

[@BanditTools]

Circular might aswell be a vanilla compared to all the snake one card starters. It’s gotten that bad imo.

[@ludusknight9988]

Nah, the true terror will be Fiendsmith-Runick

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

"today i learned about runick fiendsmith snake-eyes"

[@galaxyvulture6649]

You arent that wrong actually. I play fiendsmith runick magical muskteer and it feels so annoying. Can get some strong fields too.

[@daedalus5253]

One disharmony I can see would be that you block your EMZ with a link.

[@chicof13]

​​@@galaxyvulture6649may i have your decklist? Really interested on that

[@weckar]

@@daedalus5253 But it's a link-2 isn't it? So you can fairly easy Gigantic Spright that outta there

[@kalin310]

Moon Goddess going into the link 1 is just full Orcust combo all over again. Any two monsters into a generic link 2 that goes into a link 1 that gives you full combo.

[@thatguy-nk5wu]

Today , I learned about Fiendsmith Snake Eye Runick 🤗

[@emanuelespinelli5788]

It all depends from the ban list. I think as a branded chimera player (that doesn't play the puppet lock because I want the OPPO to have fun) that the lv10 fusion dragon is a great card. However Joshua is right snakeeye fiend or fiendsmith Yubel might be one hell of a problem. I don't see a ban list so complete from Konami's point of view. They have to sell but they still can limit something (and I guess, once more, that they will touch the extradeck)

[@gyppygirl2021]

General Branded hater here, thank you for not playing puppet lock, at least you aren't one of the toxic ones

[@emanuelespinelli5788]

@@gyppygirl2021 i think there are good "lock" that just slows you down but the ones that completely breaks the game should be banned cause there's no way out no matter the skill or the deck you have. I appreciate the fact they're reducing things like summon limit ecc so I really would like to see every card that literally stops the game out of the way.

[@gyppygirl2021]

@@emanuelespinelli5788 Yes, floodgates should have limits. Completely locking your opponent out of playing the game is just bad, no matter how you slice it...

[@verbalengine95]

The fiendsmith cards are to Snake-Eyes what the Ishizu cards were to Tear

[@joeymayson8279]

They should uncage ishizu tear and test that theory

[@autobotstarscream765]

​@@joeymayson8279That means bringing back Chaos Ruler and Savage Dragon since Tear 0 used those iirc, which also uncages Dragon Link.

[@andrejv.2834]

​@@autobotstarscream765they didn't, the only synchro they used was baronne Punk tear used chaos ruler during pote

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

​@@autobotstarscream765because Dragon Link is gonna be a problem with 1 of each MiniDrag and 1 Chaos Space, even with Borreload back.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@ThatOneWeirdFlex That's what I'm saying, I know it's the Year of FIRE but let people play Dragons other than FIRE if they want with an at least functional Deck...

[@RandomWitcher]

NGL I was hyped to play fiendsmith with my Virtual World deck. But, if Fiendsmith manages to carry a Virtual World deck, then for sure it will be stronger in any other deck

[@autobotstarscream765]

VW doesn't need Smiths to play Beatrice 😂 Have you considered Calamity Locking?

[@WombatOfDisaster]

Yes, agree, the design is so out the window crazy since Snash, Engraver takes the cake for now

[@christopheraponte306]

the only hand trap that can slow down, not beat, fiendsmith is droll as joshua says. Unless you go first and lock down your opponent. That or you need droll and 2 other hand traps to stop them

[@tristanconus3063]

And that's why a nice lil ban would be appreciated right now. Bu-bye Snash or Flamberge.

[@EddieintheLoop]

In my testing, if you open engraver, you can just make caesar without going past summon 5, that's the best play by far if you have your combo, i have no idea why everyone wants to overextend when they don't need to. Sequentia is just in case you started with tractus or need a way to go into a way to extend your plays or even need a way to start. If you open engraver Ash, just stop at caesar and proceed with normal snake eye combo

[@ThatsSoGiorgio]

So my Buster Blader - Kashtira recipe is at perfect timing. I set up my Buster Lock, locking them from both the extra deck and field effects, Dimension Shifter active in grave and the Kash Enginge on field slowly blocking off the spell/trap zones and ripping material with every monster effect.

[@SilDaGra]

Actually, Dies irae can negate dark ruler in yubel

[@MRawesome202]

I feel like we cant really get out of hand traps and into a board breaker format unless they were to ban omega or dis pater, because imo if everyone was going to start playing breakers then snake eye would just go back to hand looping for 3 turn 1

[@Mooinator3000]

Unless I just willingly throw my early rounds, even at locals I'm not able to escape these decks since all of the top half of players are just playing snake eyes even at locals, and so long as I just try to get on low tables. I have no way of escaping this shit

[@Mt.Berry-o7]

May I recommend taking a break from the game? I think it's important not to force yourself when you're not having fun.

[@Mooinator3000]

@@Mt.Berry-o7 that's what I'm planning to do. Haven't really enjoyed it since before AGOV

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsunwheel]

Wow that's pretty busted, we go from 1 card combos that build a board to 1 card combos that build a board and then search another 1 card combo. This shit is fucked well I guess I don't play this season then again.

[@eoincarey2817]

The main thing about fiendsmith is that now everything can just negate nib with caesar if they draw a fiendsmith

[@jimsface]

YGO just goes through waves of tier 1 formats now Edit: tier 0, not 1

[@mujigant]

It's impossible to not have tier 1 decks

[@travisdinham6084]

Iconic picture 😊

[@MaliEndz]

@@mujigantbut its not impossible to just not have one deck be significantly better than everything else. The gap is so ridiculous and makes the game unfun

[@autobotstarscream765]

*Tier 0

[@mujigant]

@@MaliEndz That's tier 0, not tier 1. Nobody sane will argue that tier 0 isn't a bad thing.

[@gatometropr]

not only all of this, but you can also make a 1 card "puppet lock" by sending rollback and mayakashi trap with the beatrice.

[@robertf1309]

If I was playing in the NAWCQ/EUWCQ, I'd be playing Runick Stun with as many floodgates as possible. The format is so toxic right now that it needs to be fought with toxicity

[@cipherwing4211]

Cheering for stun knowing the format is bad haha😅

[@gyppygirl2021]

Sometimes, to defeat evil, you must become evil...

[@robertf1309]

@@gyppygirl2021 You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

[@eoincarey2817]

postives: beatrice dies finally Negatives: everything else

[@weckar]

I'll miss beatrice. She was the last card in Zombie's arsenal to not be banned.

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

Negatives: Beatrice dies, killing BA finally. Positives: "Formats' fine! Trust :)"

[@justalyx7952]

im so glad that Konami keeps clarifying that you have to shuffle cards into your deck/extra deck. I don't know how many times i've shuffled fusions into the main because i thought thats what i was supposed to do. Glad Konami has to be extremely specific on the card text so i don't waste my life and have to quit when i don't have 20/20 vision anymore.

[@UltracoreUltraUranium]

Damned if they do damned if they don’t. Money making is a powerful force. Cards won’t sell if they aren’t as good as the cards that exist.

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsunwheel]

Well they have to change something as my locals are just filled with a bunch of meta slaves and all the semi competitive/casuals are gone and we are down to 16 to 18 guys on average. Shops aren't stocking products anymore or running tournaments now so Konami better get over this level of power creep soon.

[@andrejv.2834]

That's what the banlist is, or at least was for Lile for example striker was meta for nearly 2 years, the banlist took care of them, then they got engage back and became meta again, then verte, halq, mine, scythe and tcboo got hit and they aren't meta anymore Same goes for salad with stallio, heatsoul, the new support and princess Orcust with just 1 harp was really strong before PHNI Danger tear was tier 1, snow got hit, then they got new support, then the ishizu cards, then the massacre banlist killed them, then shayama got them back into the meta snd then PHNI came out There are ways to shake up the meta without releasing format warping cards

[@Hon3yCak3Hors3]

Damn bro, playing Magic Commander casualy looks better by the day

[@kaigaikarano]

13:13 thats true, One card combo is fine if they limited it to certain archetype, and STILL USE NORMAL SUMMON. the fck is can do many shits and summon whatever they wants with probably same board again and again with appolousa, barone or something same as it in the field is basically stupid. At least make them lock to their own archetype konami. omg.

[@sakrailink]

I think Gimmick Puppet is also worth mentioning since OCG just has the Gimmick Puppet of Strings going limited. Meaning TCG could still do FTK.

[@salimrichard4090]

Snake has to cut some non engine to fit in The Fiendsmith engine.

[@rancor4690]

not really. they just go to 45 and it doesnt matter in terms of consistency or non engine. they just replaye kash with Fiendsmith

[@Fencer_Nowa]

They'll just play 45 and cut kash It really isn't a huge deal

[@LynnLyns]

Just play it over 40, even 50 cards can be played without any issues ngl

[@gerbygerbs7705]

ED space

[@jasonwoods1402]

they probably just cut crossout because fiendsmith fulfils the same role of playing through HT

[@stayflyxx]

Does the TCG need to bring back Maxx c? Genuine question. If the OCG isn't going to ban the roach then maybe we're better off with it

[@torakandwolf6786]

No better time to abandon ship when the ship is already below the waves right guys? 😂

[@williamcampbell4943]

What if instead of fiendsmith snake eye we called it freak smith snake eye and it made vicious love to all the other decks oh wait…

[@PartyMarty321]

Fiend-Eye Snakesmith, Snake-Fiend Eyesmith

[@cameronmills2826]

Kino

[@grodon909]

I usually don't mind most archetypes. Like, I'm mostly fine with snake eyes and tear apart from the cost and monotony. But fiendsmith seems a step too far. It's way too generic, and almost every deck that doesn't retroactively xenolock can use it. And even then, I wouldn't be surprised to see some decks like plant link use it.

[@KeitrenGraves]

I'm going to play White Woods because it looks fun. I have Lab and Purrely for more seriously stuff.

[@thelosian4751]

engraver to 1, ban SE ash. doesn't completely kill Fiendsmith it's still cracked so it'd still sell for komoney's purposes but does make it less consistent and more fragile.

[@PandaQueen_ygo]

They won't hit engraver or ban ash

[@thelosian4751]

I mean yea, I doubt they will but they should. Would make the format alot healthier

[@anthill223]

I'm not really liking that almost every other format is tier 0 or damn near tier 0. Like, to go from tear format, to kashtira, to snake eyes, to snake eyes fiendsmith. Jfc give us time to breath, I really miss that time when kash and superheavy sam were nerfed. Random runick piles would top, Exosister, Purrely, Unchained. Not just diversity, but lacked the desperity in power amongst decks.

[@hoshi314]

limiting snake eyes will do nothing, ban them and the hit will hurt cuz they will replace it with Fiendsmith. You want to hurt them more? hit poplar and Bonfire too. Fiendsmith will be king for quite a while cuz that shit is splashable in non fiend decks.... Rescue Ace

[@linyone]

17:06 good job editor

[@javianmorel1268]

What happens if we get a banlist before the next major event and Konami just pre bans Fabled Lurie? Is Fiendsmith still unfair at that point?

[@PandaQueen_ygo]

Won't happen

[@Vuhduhlol]

Josh you missed a vital part, the fiendsmith engine is not only a 1 card combo, but it also has a free GY send on top! I don't know how anyone could have seriously allowed these cards to go through

[@TCG_Deck_Profile_Profiler]

14:00 Just "returning" to YGO and they learned LESS THAN NOTHING - I guess - I go again -.-

[@ZeratoDuong]

POTE broke the game because it enlightened Konami the perfect recipe for making money 💀 just print absurd cards without any restriction on it and call it a day.

[@infern0soracle330]

shoutouts to the one guy in chat that mentioned witchcrafters for white woods synergy

[@gatometropr]

u can chain a s/t to the ruler or droplet (if you didn't discard s/t) and then negate it with dies irae

[@gavinwest7417]

This is my whole issue. So many cool decks I’d love to play. But if I came back to the game and played them I’d just clapped by snake eye and have no fun. Tier zero formats are antithetical to what I like about card games.