What Happened to Yu-Gi-Oh! (Part 1)

[@NegativeLegend]

Amendment: Prior to the card game we currently know and love, Bandai was originally given the rights to make the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. I thought these cards were fake, but thanks to you guys, you've let me know I was wrong. Here's a link to what I missed: yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Magician_(Bandai)

[@SirBlackReeds]

Do you think that if Bandai did end up making the TCG that it would end up like the Digimon Trading Card Game(s) in the States?

[@lorkhan8565]

@@SirBlackReeds they'd probably be just as greedy if not more so than konami.

[@SirBlackReeds]

@@lorkhan8565 Easily, if it was a success.

[@JSHaataja]

Kinda an off note, the first cards that floated around my school were the bandai cards, some kid sold me Anzu/Tea for a dollar. While the card will never really be valuable I still hold onto it for the nostalgia, a reminder of the year yugioh replaced pokemon :P

[@SirBlackReeds]

@@JSHaataja How long did Bandai's tenure on Yu-Gi-Oh last anyway? That card could have much more than just sentimental value, depending on how many were distributed.

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

Not many people know, but the smell of old Yu-gi-oh! cards fresh out of the pack is the most addictive drug in the entire world.

[@ideeyes4054]

I have had withdrawal symptoms ever since I stopped buying the cards but I have managed to keep myself in check for almost three years now without buying any new packs.

[@xx1097]

FUCK, YES. I literally just opened cards not less than an hour ago. Inhaaaaale.

[@Chazzvc]

I thought i was weird for wiffing packs every week. Friends would tell me "did you just smell that?" I swear going to locals every week and smelling that entry pack was addicting.

[@internetexplorer9492]

Lmao is this legit

[@RegiRuler]

I think new packs have a pretty good smell too, but personal opinions.

[@desireewolf9458]

The worst thing in Yu-Gi-Oh, is hearing the words "you're a 3rd rate duelist with a 4th rate deck." Stings every time

[@jeffdawson7841]

Haha Kaiba

[@QueenManaOfEgypt]

Duel Links is your more recent bane, am I right? (It absorbs so much of my free time. lol)

[@abstraction6212]

Well now its true to be a 3rd rate duelist with a 4th rate deck because of the cancerous meta game with those op otk decks that the opponent spams a million effects all at once then your turn you cant summon or activate anything because the opponent negates everything, end your turn you loose on 3rd turn. Heart of the cards is absolete

[@glazed_waffle5629]

@@abstraction6212 Lmfao

[@SpookySammy]

Describing Joey 😆

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

This might seem kind of weird, but Kazuki Takahashi's journey and inspiration for the Yu-Gi-Oh Manga seems to mirror Maximillian Pegasus's own journey and inspiration when creating Duel Monsters.

[@watchwithkara]

In the manga, Pegasus dies, and is free from being the creator of Duel Monsters.Takahashi was still forced to keep designing them in real life

[@aurumofcyberelius]

Hello there

[@kingsugoyt]

@@watchwithkara Not anymore.... Rip Takahashi

[@barbaralong4362]

RIP Kazuki Takahashi, thank you for the Yu-Gi-Oh universe 🧡

[@ProjectDelta1]

11:45 " I hate the feeling of drawing a card and not being able to play it." 3 out of every 5 Toon users...

[@shoenessperson]

Not as bad as drawing your top end card turn 3 in MTG. Guaranteed.

[@zylo8000]

Lmao

[@jerryrgzz1571]

Funny how at the same time he says the are no issues with the game, when half the time you draw your hand and don't get to play it before the game ends In Mtg you might not play a card right away but the games last long enough that you will probably play it

[@twilightfire93]

I singlehandly credit the OG anime for getting me into Ancient Egypt and everything about it. I thought it was the coolest thing! Hell, my mom got this GARGANTUAN book on Ancient Egypt and I loved every bit of it!

[@xHellspawn13x]

I now this comment is a year old but that the exact same thing that happen to me. I loved the OG anime because of its connection to Ancient Egypt, also 5Ds since it has some connection to mesoamericana and/or South American civilization.

[@sakuraryuji01]

Same but it was a full omnibus of various mythological myths in a huge book. Best $20 dollars from the goodwill in a long time.

[@phyrexian_dude4645]

So the most serious problems are because... Konami. No surprise there.

[@bluesky2011k]

"Konami bad, Kogima good." Way to go NPCs.

[@AzguardMike]

well at least we have metal gear survive.....LOL

[@marialuke2116]

Seriously, when did Konami devolve into such a mess? Did a CEO change? Or did the CEO just go insane? I know their work environment is _awful_ towards it's workers. Especially how they tried demonizing Hideo Kojima to other companies when he was starting up his independent game studio.

[@ExeErdna]

Because the game isn't based on competing anymore. You don't find cards that work together you have the whole archetype even if Konami doesn't FINISH or support most of these correctly. Basically just ends up main characters in the anime their decks are broken as hell. They maybe throw in something "kinda" cool then the rest is bloody fodder because it's either A too damn slow for YGO now. Or B has no protections from the cards now that can instantly shut it down. Konami got rid of fun to make IRL duels basically 5 turns or less. When the game started matches would go on for a while.

[@BIOTREX]

I smell infect in this comment....

[@bocodamondo]

i definetly agree with crediting the artists part, i always wanted to know who drew the aromages card artworks for example

[@frankdamsy9715]

I read a blog where the writer interviewed a prominent artist (the women who drew up the Traptrix cards) and she claimed that was the worst part of working for Konami

[@NegativeLegend]

Where is this blog, please link it, I want to read it so bad.

[@frankdamsy9715]

@@NegativeLegend found it www.google.com/amp/s/aminoapps.com/c/ygo/amp/blog/nfrek-internveiws-akina-fujiwara/ERPu_PuVJYM8Xp8epj4d8Qqze0g4ZN Can't verify if it's real or not though

[@sylvierose2799]

@@NegativeLegend I second that, I aways wanted to know the TrapTrix artist

[@NegativeLegend]

You are a god. This is probably getting its own video. Thanks a thousand.

[@derekmoon7215]

I don't think anyone will forget the first time they got a starter deck. It's a beautiful moment, really.

[@baz1388]

I remeber getting the kabia starter deck I opened that box and as I looked througth the cards I had a huge smile on my face the amount of work I had to do as a kid to earn the money to buy felt like an accomplishment

[@ronaldmaday]

Starter Deck Yugi, two Starter Deck Kaibas, and a Starter Deck Pegasus. How I miss those days so much.

[@avivhaviv8902]

Judge: "the only problem with yugioh is banlist issues, besides that its pretty much ok" 10 seconds later, a different guy: "so my deck resolves around preventing the opponent from playing yugioh".

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

Sort of the goal of every game Card Games: Beat your opponent before they can beat you. The only exception are advantage gaining decks (Sky Striker-esk) which get so many cards their opponent can't beat them. Video Games: Death is the best form of CC Board Games: Set up to get as many resources as possible as soon as possible. Floodgates.deck are not fun but it is not really weird to think of being meta.

[@theeternalslayer]

The problem is pretty much gone since they banned firewall dragon. That was the biggest problem and it was killing the game and making those decks more toxic and irritating to play against

[@avivhaviv8902]

@@theeternalslayer I starter playing 10 years ago. It is never one card that is the problem. It is a cycle of toxic managment by konami. Soon you will have the next game ruinning card

[@avivhaviv8902]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 the problem is that yugioh as a game is built today to prevent playing, not a certain deck, and thats the problem. When i quitted, there were 15 hand traps, maybe including couple of solemns in most decks. And im not even talking about floodgate. From my experience in pokemon tcg you might have 1 floodgate deck, but in 99% of the games you actually play and enjoy the game. Its because the meta is built to play, which is the difference from yugioh. Iv also played mtg drafts, which was a unique experience because the boosters are built for that. Competative yugioh is just the worst thing. And im saying that as someone who spent years on the game and still inlove with it.

[@lampymoth6719]

Seriously, everything negates now. you can't have a solid turn anymore without your opponent saying nope to every move you try to make. Literally every deck has the lock down or otk tactic.

[@lampymoth6719]

Major issue with the game. Duels are done in a total of 2 to 3 turns due to total lock downs or otks. Sure those were amazing to see back in the day, but now its literally the mechanic of every deck now a days. Its practically Solitaire with a spectator.

[@luiszapiola355]

This. Now the game requires no strategy and no deckbuilding. Just googling a deck and spamming

[@ninmastnunyabiz9404]

@@luiszapiola355 The ability to access the internet and buy whatever cards you wanted to duplicate some powerful deck someone else put all the effort into to develop dealt a horrific blow to TCGs in general. No longer were you pressed to work with what you had, eager to open the next booster pack in hopes it would have something you could use. No longer were you gradually upgrading your deck to be better and better, testing it in matches against your friends. Gone are the cries of, "You won't believe what card I got this weekend!" Now, ten year olds just google the decklist of the last big tournament winner, have their parents order the cards online, then come to duels acting like they're the epitome of skill and cunning because they copy-pasted the most broken deck they could find.

[@jemm113]

This is why stuff like commander exist for magic (pokemon is so well made they usually never have this problem, I think evolution & enrgy together limit resources enough to make games slower and more turn by turn play heavy, letting weaker decks have a fighting chance). It can be super casual, and while the competitive stuff is ultra expensive, you realistically only need 1 real copy for an official tournament deck while you proxy the expensive spells at your casual table. The huge difference in speed between 2 tiers allows easy table rulings on what is and isn't allowed, hell my table allows partners outside the printed ones as long as they don't break our own meta. The sheer number of different cards you need and a card to center around in different ways can make even similar archetypes with the same commander feel way different based on who built it.

[@spieleschmiedewulfrath2017]

The Basic Problem with Yugioh is simply that it has NO cost mechanic or whatsoever that keeps you from playing an infinite amount of cards per turn... and Special summoning stacking is not healthy either....

[@ninmastnunyabiz9404]

@@spieleschmiedewulfrath2017 Theoretically, the cost is card advantage. Normal and tribute summons are normally restricted to once per turn, and generally all but normal summons cost you cards in some way, usually other monsters. You can have a couple monsters with 1700 ATK or you can sacrifice them both for one monster with 2500 ATK. More powerful monsters are, theoretically, burdened with greater costs or more difficult summoning conditions, with some destroying every other card you control. There are exceptions to this, of course, and the better an exception is, the more undoubtedly it is considered a powerful play specifically BECAUSE it's the exception, not the rule. The basic problem, then, isn't that there is no cost mechanic, since there plainly is, but that Konami has a bad habit of not thinking through the repercussions of potential abuse when they make an exception.

[@sandvicheatfresh]

I don't like how op and quick the game is now. Most cards now are just: "I summon this to do this and this and this and this and this then I play this to stop you from special summoning then I attack you and win". Theres no slow build up like in the anime

[@markellospatras3039]

It feel's more like a puzzle game where u connect some cards to get a fast win other than a duel game where it felt that u were battling with these cards.

[@JSHaataja]

who even synchro summons anymore, now you literally throw cards at the field and hope you're going too fast for your opponent to realize you cheated even the judges cant keep up with the new rulings. I mean when a player can bring a 200 card deck and end up decking out in the first damn turn....

[@dennyrengganis7682]

@themesongfan cmon man, you dont have to take the literal meaning of every single word he said, the point is you could play roughly half of ur deck in ur 1st turn which is stupid. I know not every single one deck ofnya yugioh is like that, but mostly they are.

[@EpicFableBean]

@@JSHaataja Synchro is a staple now dude

[@JSHaataja]

@themesongfan I might just be that damn old, back in the day there was no deck limit, then some jerkoff made a 2k+ card deck and forced a new ruling stating 200 card max, which appears to have been further limited since. Synchros have fallen out from being the staple they once were as now they seem to be minor middle steps to bigger plays, I know people still play 'em but the joke was on how they went from being mandatory to optional over time. And actually thanks to shit rulings back when I played in tournaments there was so much deck to field cheese that I had an opponent deck out by his third turn (during which i was burning his deck aswell) I dont think he was trying to win, but if he still had 1 card to draw it was his match to win.

[@azzyazu]

Hearing that GBA Yugioh music is nostalgic.

[@ZetaHaru]

My favorite ygo game

[@AwakenedStars]

Yeppop

[@covershopkid]

I don’t care what anyone says, yugioh will always be up there as one of the all time great animes for what it brought and developed within a young American audience. Between that, dbz, Pokémon, and digimon, they changed American youth for sure.

[@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093]

Digimon will always be in my opinion the best out of that group despite it being the last one for me to watch and the one i own no merch for

[@covershopkid]

Ivan Hammell I can’t say I liked it more than the others. For anime it was the second best behind yugioh for me, but as far as games or merchandise goes, it is dead last lol. Still a great show!

[@tl4038]

Nah. It was Dragonball Z. Dragonball Z was the gateway to anime for many people in America and Europe.

[@covershopkid]

T L yeah I said dbz in op?

[@tl4038]

@@covershopkid It was ONLY DBZ lol xD

*How to win yugioh 2019:* *Go first: win* *Go second: lose*

[@raseruuu3742]

@ if we're talking future tense that card's banned wahaha

[@GodzillaFreak]

Sees sky striker

[@Shinochaos]

@ can you do that consistently? Like 90% of all openings can you get all of those turn 1?

[@owenhall3603]

That's literally the direct opposite of how to win. Going first is like forfeiting

[@GodzillaFreak]

@@owenhall3603 How? Very few good going second decks right now.

[@daytonchris8351]

you have a real talent man, no, a gift. i really felt like i was watching a travel channel or history channel documentary. you really put a lot of work in this and i appreciate your content homie.

[@TCG9777]

It's called research but okay

[@daytonchris8351]

@@TCG9777 you missed the point but okay.

[@johnnyaguilar1985]

By the title of the video I thought it was going to be about season 1. Cool vid though. I also had the first starter decks when they came out and played during my high school days when an Exodia set was $200.00. I ended selling my cards thinking I wouldn't play again. Now looking back I regret doing it as my own kids have started to play. I got into duel links and now realized how bad I use to play back in the day.

[@daytonchris8351]

@@johnnyaguilar1985 i had all the started decks too. i still have all my cards. lol yu gi oh was the only card game i learned how to play. i used to go to the card tournaments at books a million. it used to be so much fun.

[@jessejive117]

dayton chris that’s nice. He did do a great job.

[@alexmorrison2911]

I actually was really surprised, in my area the community was so toxic that I actually dropped the game. So its nice to hear that yugioh is actually a lot better as a community than I thought

[@antoniolorenzo8621]

Yeah it's unfortunate that certain parts of the community suck that much. It's a shame because I love the game and people like that kill potential growth and make the overall community look bad. But every community has it's assholes, look at Smash -__- can't even play my favorite game without being associated with the history lol

[@theeternalslayer]

The game itself was getting toxic because of one card firewall dragon. The decks that ftk were always being played and it was super easy to loop those strategies so people stopped playing and going to ycs until the game was fixed, it worked but you still get toxic players that take the game way too seriously, that's in every community

[@Hawkatana]

@@theeternalslayer Well you'd be happy to hear that Firewall is BANNED.

[@theeternalslayer]

@@Hawkatana yeah I was cheering when I saw the ban list last week firewall got the banhammer

[@theeternalslayer]

@@koruoshouji9960 yes point is firewall made it worse

[@EmeraldJuniper]

The only important thing is that Firewall is now banned and everyone can rejoice... except the OCG players. They still have Firewall.

[@vanillathunder2898]

I'm actually one of the few that's sad that firewall got banned😂

[@iSearchYoutube]

But they have nothing to worry about. All Burn monsters (All 3 Cannon Soldiers, Phoenix Cluster etc.) are banned and they dont have Dangers (yet)

[@TheKpa11]

Yay now the game is right back where it started.......by being only partially majorly broken

[@infinitepaladin]

I’m sad! I waited a whole year to get the card cuz it was too expensive and now it’s banned.

[@voluntarism335]

until they make the next bs combo deck, yugioh is a fucked game

[@TGSAnime]

A lot of effort has gone in to this video, amazing work! Looking forward to Part 2! 😁

[@crystalbreaker947]

Hello there... -General Kenobi- *Excitedly waiting for the next episode of Yugi-no to Yugi-Pro*

[@duck6745]

oh so u do watch this channel did not this

[@aurumofcyberelius]

Hi tgs

[@Narutoboi1978]

I watch you I'm subbed

[@detofox]

Yu-Gi-Oh is still around and will never truly be dead

[@aaptai3640]

@Tony Campuzzano that might be true, since i don't watch the spinoff shows and stuff

[@TheKpa11]

I feel yugioh needs spinoff games that utilize the monsters in different ways like a traditional RPG or something. Yugioh at its core takes from just about anything because anything can be considered a yugioh card.

[@Shackled_Spirit]

Tony Campuzzano well Yugi’s story doesn’t need to continue. His story is over. Atem left to the spirit world in season 5 of the original series. DSOD isn’t cannon to the story. It’s just a spin off like the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Movies and capsule monsters.

[@machina5]

@Tony Campuzzano You've got no idea what you're talking about lol It's done nothing but expand and enrich the lore.

[@machina5]

@@Shackled_Spirit Darkside is official canon. The Yugioh manga and anime series follow two different canons, and Darkside is canon to the original manga, but not the anime. It's why Kaiba doesn't believe Atem is gone in Darkside, because he was only present for Atem's passing in the anime.

[@gavletgablae1382]

Actually the first Yugioh cards were made by Bandai

[@matthewchavez5322]

They don't count if you ask me.

[@earthpotato5143]

@Lil Gremlin LOL savage af

[@user-cf2uh4fc5s]

@Lil Gremlin he said if.

[@MagicalWingLT]

@@matthewchavez5322 You say they don't count yet some of those cards are very expansive now

[@holeephuck4421]

@Lil Gremlin I mean he still said it

[@Sleighzal]

Now I have to wait 2 days here, man I have to pull two all nighters

[@socialaccount0000]

Summoned Skull has always been my favorite card. Mostly because of the anime, but mostly because I played around in the "Battle City" arc and stopped playing around when 5Ds ended. Summoned Skull was especially good since it was Dark Magician but only required one sacrifice. Always ran Archfiends/ fiends in general in the games. Never could get enough to run fiends in real life.

[@2Spookster]

This was a great video, really took me back. Keep it up!

[@alucardbunche4197]

Spooky i love your MK vids man

[@aurumofcyberelius]

Hi i love ur vids

[@Sombraptor]

My guess as to why card artists aren't credited are because all of the illustrations for the first few sets were all by Takahashi himself, and when they started hiring more artists, they didn't want to change card layouts. I personally don't think that's an excuse for that, but I think that's the reason.

[@kimshinshiro]

Yugioh is seriously part of my childhood. One of the only anime i rewatch over and over again.

[@tyna__tina]

Yugioh,GX & 5D's were the best ones in my book 👏🏽

[@YTDan]

Very inspirational Video, I truly enjoyed this video. Looking forward to the future installments!

[@JV-vm3fv]

You sent me @YTDan

[@akhenatengames]

Sent here by my boy Dan. And I remember the chills I had when I got my first starter deck and held my favorite card Dark Magician in my hand. Good days... 😢

[@g44r4dd7]

No way, mai boi ytdan

[@lemonamon]

How the frick is this inspirational XD

[@IceshadeComets]

The Original Yugioh Manga was the fucking best. my profile pic is based on chapter 3 when yugi was acting super cool with headphones on.

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

Not anymore

[@chunkytheclown3422]

Firewall is gone *crab rave*

[@isaacdavis1204]

I own my own shop and yugioh is still strong . Altho I don't feel like this guy is saying it's not doing well more of what happened to it sense its official release

[@Smurf5738]

What killed Yu-Gi-Oh for me was crooked judges who rule in favor of their friends at locals. I've tried to get back into it twice. Just couldn't do it. The game isn't even fun anymore to me. It's essentially become solitaire. Decks that take almost 5 minutes on their turn doing degenerate bullshit. The end result of which was you not being able to play Yu-Gi-Oh. I hate the current state of this game that I have so many good memories of. I just want it to be fun again

[@jaynyce5923]

I used to have like 400-500 card deck with all the rare cards and God cards . Ugh!!! Good times 🔥😩

[@shak8791]

Just watching those ads took me back to my childhood. Honestly wish I could go back to the simpler times.

[@ManuYoCom]

Loved the intro, really personal and deep. Made me remember old times when I was on first grade and we used to draw our cards because Upper Deck hadn't started to distribute them yet.

[@ChampinOut]

This Christmas story was legit the exact same thing for me! No lie I had the exact same experience when I got my first YuGiOh cards!

[@rangerjosecruz2520]

Same, I remember my mom getting me a pack of cards just days after the anime aired.

[@MrGameVirus]

Your story about recieving your first yugioh deck on christmas really touched me. It reminded me of my younger days, when my siblings and I enjoyed watching the show but my parents banned us from collecting cards. They were against all the monsters and "demons" in the show. Being the oldest and creative, I had hand-drawn the yugioh cards for us. It was until around 2007 or 08 when we recieved our first computer, I went to yugioh card generators to help create new cards and print them out for my siblings. Overall, I love the passion you put into these videos as well as the hard work you put into them.

[@genostellar]

Okay, I have to say this because it amuses me. This video started with a superbowl ad which had kids introducing themselves. "My name is Grover. My name is Adam..." and so forth. I paused it, telling it I didn't care, as I went over to hit skip and it started to play again. More introductions. I paused it again, saying even louder "I don't care!" Then I finally skipped it and this video starts. "...My name is Negative Legend." ...I feel defeated. XD

[@tarikmuratovic8773]

IM BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON. YOU JUST DARK MAGICIAN

[@fireflyhighh]

BITCH LASAGNA

[@gode2235]

FUCK T SERIES

[@4igami]

clash tube tarik m Buster Blader

[@KairiKeyz]

I was into Yu-Gi-Oh! As a kid, alongside with my brother, until my late teens. Early this year I wanted to jump back since i playing Duel Links, but then I saw the new rules, I was like oh... This is going to be a bit of a rocky return. Although it's kinda weird me as a Female being playing the card game, since I don't see Female Players out there.

[@glitchygear9453]

Duel Links was a good return to form for a while... Til they intentionally messed up the meta in order to get people to buy more cards. And I do mean intentionally.

[@skippernolen5644]

@@glitchygear9453 When has that not happened?

[@SlayerKid]

Well personally, even though I'm starting to get back into the game, it didn't really bother me that not many females played the card game where I live but it's still really fun playing the game with the ones you were able to play with. Heck, some of them even helped with me learning all the summoning types that I didn't know, they even elaborated on any card that I didn't understand the wording of the desc. at times. So don't let that bother you if there are mostly males arpund your area playing the game! :)

[@antoniolorenzo8621]

Welcome back, I hope it's all going smoothly. The new rules can take some time getting used to. One thing I definitely have to say is that if anyone bothers you or acts a certain way, don't be afraid to speak up about it. Of course, not everyone is like that but in a mostly male community, there's a chance that you'll meet a few rude/pervy people that make the community look bad. Hopefully that doesn't happen but it's worth spreading awareness for. Good luck!

[@jesustirado7817]

The Slayer Kid x

[@arix2259]

In 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! arrived to the middle east, and the card game was translated into Arabic, Yugi was a world wide phenomenon for sure, i remember buying the first Arabic prereleased edition after a struggling with the english cards xD. i got in the Arabic edition the all most powerfull cards (Ra,Oblisk, and Slivir), BTW i am an Egyptian and though that show made us very proud back then with our culture and country. xD

[@The_GhostWind]

Aw Yu-Gi-Oh! The game that had broke its own rules and by kids that think that this is the actual effect of the card on the playgrounds of schools back in 2000.... now I kinda miss that but hey I still have a good time on locals.

[@jordancardenas7564]

Well actually in season 1 the rules are that you dont need to sacrifice to summon level 5+ monsters Season 2 introduce the battle city rules created by kaiba himself were you need to sacrifice a monster level 5+ And anime cards are a bit different then real life counter parts for example joeys flame swordsmen is a normal monster in the anime but in real life he is a fusion monster, but in real life we have blueflame swordsmen who is a effect monster.

[@weberman173]

2 years late but.. because i can correct someone i shall Kaiba did NOT create the "battle city rules" the rules used in the battle city tournament are, in universe, known as the "advancd rules" and are rules that existed beforhand, he only added the Ante rule and the Locator card rule to it

[@serenitymoon825]

The gba music in the background reminded me of my childhood and made me go looking for my gameboy. It actually still works!

[@Renekin93]

The answer is unnecessary mechanics and power creep changing the game into something that is completely different. The game is based on speed now rather than trumping your opponent. Having a first turn now is way different than back in the day, the GY is a resource pile rather than a place of cards being "out" except for rare cases, which is now the removed from play pile, boss monsters (even though they were well shit for the most part back in the day) are wasted printer ink and so on and so forth. Long story short, the game developed in a way that fewer people enjoyed, it is not dead and sees many tournaments, but imo people still turn to magic and pokemon, for the simple reason of it being more grounded.

[@stoiccrane4259]

100% agreed. MTG's nuanced structural integration of effects add value and balance to the overall game where as with Yu-gi oh there is none. MTG in my eyes is the better game.

[@t60ss]

@@stoiccrane4259 very true the only cons about yugioh is its easier to teach and less expensive

[@vivienjoly7617]

Yu-Gi-Oh sacred cards ost : you're trully a man of culture

[@rasaroots6309]

I love how you used background music from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! GBA games. Excellent video. I can tell you really put a lot of heart into this by all of the merchandise you possess and backstories you shared.

[@Charlestouchdown]

Dungeon Dice Monsters was the real shit.

[@agr0nianTV]

DDM was cool, but Capsule Monsters is amazing!!

[@bastianrhone9390]

Thanks negative legend I've only been for three years collecting since I was little recently lost my entire collection of Yu-Gi-Oh magic and Pokemon cards to water damage it sucks and I keep up with the games it's creators like you who keep me going

[@Strangeness_coven]

Negative legend, thank you for making this video series. Im so sad that pokemon took the light away from yugioh where i live, and i love when i find people who also love yugioh. Thank you for making these videos to bring awarenes to shows that were my starter animes, like yugioh, winx, ever after high,lolirock, and especially yugioh.

[@justdamo]

Much respect from Canada. I can feel the passion behind this. You really encapsulated the feeling I had growing up with Yugi. Good work! Liked and subed!

[@taco_is_toxic1720]

I just went to Dalez Cardz last week for the first time to buy Yu-Gi-Oh cards for the first time since 2005. I'm not from Colorado either, born and raised in Omaha, NE and moved here 8 months ago. So randomly watching this days after going there is insane. Get out of my head government lol. Amazing Doc man! Keep it up! May see you around Dalez as im practicing to play in the tournaments there. (copied and pasted from 2nd past in hopes you see it)

[@lisabtheplug5630]

my first 3 cards were blue eyes white dragon, dark magician, and later was wing dragon of ra. Years later after gx was 5ds and my favorite card was stardust dragon.

[@francescopassero8369]

I remember my first cards too. It was Yugi starter deck for Christmas, same as you. Thank you for reminding me that wonderful memory.

[@NeedingNewName]

YES MY FAVORITE FRANCHISE

[@davidhong1934]

What about __

[@kumaxtreme]

I love your video. Yugioh was my main game that started my love for card games. I started playing competitively durring 2010 to 2013. In my opinion they were the best years for playing competitely. The meta, game mechanics, and deck building philosophy have changed so much that I feel now that Yugioh is a different card game from what I knew. Hand traps and flood gates is more important than traps. Bluffing and resource management is different. I remember effect veilers and maxx C were all you need and trap cards was more powerful. There was OTK/FTK decks but there was more interaction between players that OTK deck have to work to do their job.

[@rokopavic1585]

Yugioh is in my oppinion is in the best state in months.Firewall got banned and no more cancerus FTK stuff.Now we can play the game.

[@sarthakarora3212]

Except hand destruction and extra link. NOPE

[@wesleytoulouse7186]

December 3rd list just came into effect yesterday, give it time players are creative they will break the game again somehow, especially after savage strike

[@thedawnwalker8889]

Roko Pavić Gumblar: Hold my beer..

[@dyldragon1]

Gumblar, Rhongo, Isolde and Summon Sorc still need to go

[@wesleytoulouse7186]

@@dyldragon1 summon sorc no, europe doesnt even have it yet. Isolde it may become a problem again but we have to see how the meta changes. Gumblar it needs to go they wont get rid of it until a new boss monster comes around. Rhongo well he's an odd one he wasn't used until the reprint in ledd, he will likely be phased out no need to hit

[@qh777]

Ever since I was around 7 years old I've always had an obsession with ancient Egypt. At the time I was into Pokemon and was into collecting my own cards and trading with friends. I always watched Pokemon after school on a cable channel called Warner Bros and it had a section of time 2or 3pm-5pm or something like that to cartoons called Kids WB. I can't remember the line up but I decided to watch an episode of Yugioh when it first came out. What hooked me was the monologue about the shadow games played in ancient egypt with ancient Egyptian iconography and the first duel between Kaiba and Yugi. Another hook was in the first episode and seeing the cool artwork for the Dark Magician and Blue eyes. The monster Exodia caught my attention due to its ancient egyptian inspired appearance (the false beard and nemes headdress worn by pharaohs and ankh on the chest) not to mention wiping out all monsters on the field and attacking life points directly to 0 due to basically exodias infinite attack. I also like the fact that in the story back in ancient egypt the monsters were real and used to fight like pokemon. I lost interest after Yugi and the pharaoh's story came to a close. I really hope they make more seasons with Yugi, Kaiba, Joey, and the gang and keep the the yugioh cards and the story leading back to ancient egypt and other civilizations contemporary with the nation. I recently reopened my yugioh card collection and they all still have that card smell that we all love and remember.

[@skyhunterreyna6980]

I remember my first card... my father bought a pack for me and my 2 other brothers. Held them up and we all picked 3 at random. My first pick was Jellyfish. Good times..

[@norabellerose8560]

Dungeon Dice monsters was definitely ahead of its time but right now in the future thanks to VR / AR in mobile devices and new technologies we could quite literally make a real life Dungeon Dice monsters right now.

[@andrewkeyes5927]

the man in the hat is literally Yugi's grandpa I love him

[@seqka711]

The problem with YGO is that deck upkeep is expensive if you want to keep up. Now that deck types are the only way to play, you find yourself having to create an entirely new deck (almost from scratch) every couple of years.

[@supremacyecg6815]

RIP my master...

[@vanesslifeygo]

I'm so grateful for no set rotation. I'd have no place playing whatsoever if they did that.

[@malisaporisamet9806]

Negative Legend: *waxing poetic about his first Yugioh card Ad: WiSh YoU hAd A bAtTeRy ThAt LaStEd LoNgEr ThAn LuNcH?!?!??

[@sylstudio2240]

This takes me back. I bought my first pack of LOB the day my local card store got it in stock. I still have my dark magician and blue eyes from the starter decks too!

[@johnkoch9315]

My local counterfeits for a good decade featured a different yugioh logo on the back, were often bent/curved to an extent straight out of the box, were unbelievably grammatically incorrect likely due to someone just running them through an internet translator with the descriptions making no sense or featuring words that I don’t believe were English, Spanish, or Japanese but appeared frequently on multiple cards, and often attributed attack and defense points to magic and trap cards. This persisted quite a while, well into pictures of official cards being readily available online, before even attempting to strive for accuracy in their replications and y’know, giving a shit about the quality of their product.

[@shauqiharris2772]

Me, getting one copy of Stardust Dragon as kid : "This is Fate."

[@sentientdumpstersludge]

I spent every dime I got from doing chores on Yu Gi Oh cards. Still got em. Money well spent

[@neoshenlong]

When I was around 6 years old my father came home with a pack of some weird cards. He said he was told kids loved those and wanted to bring me some to see if I liked them. He also bought them because he liked the artwork and thought they looked cool. I had no fucking idea what they were, but the artwork definitely pulled me in and soon I began buying more and more packages. I soon learned it was a TV show and got instantly hooked in. I remember I built decks to play with myself, creating whole stories and even coming up with card effects... kinda like the show was written if you think about it. A couple of friends got into the game and soon we were dueling in between classes at our school. A very religious school that noticed our "behaviour" and decided to take away lots of our cards. What was a trading card game soon turned into a smuggling ring. We brought the cards to school, to play, trade and simply show them off to our friends, but we had to hide them from teachers, we had someone to warn us when teachers were coming and we designed systems to give the lowest value cards to someone and hide the rest in case of an emergency, so that if we got caught, that person could say he was the only one with cards and lose those that we didn't care much about. Of course the teachers at school were stupid for taking them away because they were, according to them, satanic, but all in all I think they made the game even more exciting. By the way when I was around 15 or so, long after I stopped buying cards and was exclusively playing through KCVDS (rip), I found out all the cards I bought as a kid were bootleg cards. I had no idea there were original cards that were so expensive in comparison. I still have thousands of the bootleg cards somewhere in my house in an old backpack. I eventually tried to get into the legit game but it was too late, the game was already far too complicated for my taste (I left around the 5Ds era, last time I played was when the XYZ where being introduced).

[@animeballsdeep]

great vid :]

[@yes5256]

No replies?

[@Raiko01]

Oh that first deck story sprouted so many good memories. Thanks :)

[@ZycheCiorre]

Nice Overlord bg 😉 but seriously this was a really informative video, my thanks for it!

[@pineappleginseng1557]

It's interesting to think about. Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! were the centerpieces of my childhood, as well as most of my friends'. Now, in my mid-twenties, I still find myself opening a box or two every now and then, it feels like I'm the only one of my friends who continued to collect into their adulthood. I feel as though every time I sell some few cards on eBay, I can't help but to feel a little bittersweet. I just hope that kids nowadays are enjoying these cards (regardless if it's Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic the Gathering, or whatever series they collect) like we did as kids.

[@marcoantoniocuevassanchez963]

Man!!! This documentary is so cool! Expecting for part 2.

[@mondaysformatcha]

I was 8 years old when yu-gi-oh made its way to our local Arabic kids tv it was fairly new to us and I was totally obsessed with the very first two seasons (even had my very first anime crush) I remember I couldn’t wait to come back from school finish my hw and watch it on time, the duel cards were so popular at that time if you had one you were one of the “cool” kids i remember when my cousins would come over and we would have a match together such good times 😩

[@Gumunista]

9:15 the lack of girls give me the chills

[@TheKpa11]

Yugioh is pretty sexist towards females; show and monster card(s) wise.

[@maxwellabelson7794]

The game itself shouldn’t be blamed for that. There are great people in the community, but the toxic few can be blamed for warding others away.

[@TheKpa11]

@@maxwellabelson7794 well it's not like yugioh is the only one it's just something many have noticed about females with yugioh's formula. And combined with the difficulty of getting new players in cause of yugioh's rules it's that much harder

[@ExistentHope]

Liam Divine the yugioh tcg community is straight up assholes I hate em so elitist and can't even say your opinion like ban Exodia without an arguement.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@ExistentHope What community lets you say something controversial and if I might say nonsensical without an argument?

[@omarhye3258]

Honestly the best video you’ve made ( not just bc yugioh is my favorite card game anime and franchise) but you clearly put a lot of time and research and the editing is great cant wait to see the next part

[@IcefireC67]

as someone who's been playing for 5+ years, my biggest complaint is that this game and it's players are so focused on trying to win so fast instead of playing at a steady pace is a huge problem. they're so worried about not winning on the first turn that the game itself has become not fun. on top of that, making an entire summoning mechanic just to fix a previous summoning mechanic to fix your game just shows how bad they are at actual game balancing and management. I love yugioh, but I hate what it's become. it's still the "buy good deck to win" game that's it's always been since the ending of synchro era. I just hope link format was an example of how not to do yugioh. I pray something changes because I don't even know if I'll be invested by the time vrains ends.

[@dumpsterplayer5133]

The game has been powercreeping since Day 1. The first OCG sets constantly powercrept each other in ATK and DEF, each new set completely invalidated the old one. The Chaos engine became core in every decks the moment it came out, and back then there would only be 1 viable deck at all times, comprising of 25 or so good singles (or rather cards on the banlist), as well as a small engine and a few tech choices. The late-GX/early-Synchro era was so fucking fast with 3x Destiny Draw/3x Allure/3x Monster Gate/3x Reasoning that Airblade Turbo and variants could literally go through the entire deck by turn 3. Dark Armed variants like Return DAD/TeleDAD were $1k+ decks because of multiple SJC prize cards like DaD and Crush Card, and they were far ahead of the competition like Glad Beast and Lightsworn.

[@jevonsims900]

@@dumpsterplayer5133 What you wrote is why I stopped playing Yu-Gi-Oh at locals. Seems like GX brought about an era of Copy Cat decks that utilized the same cards. I just hated that the focus was no longer about fun but winning.

[@dumpsterplayer5133]

@@jevonsims900 No? Until late-GX introduced archetype, it was literally 1 viable deck, made out of whatever the most busted card is in the card pool, hence Banlist.Dek. Of your 40 cards deck, at least half of it was the standard 1 of staples, and the remainder the chaos engine, plus 1-2 tech choices. What you're nostalgic for is middle school yugioh when nobody knows how to play, not old school yugioh

[@demon2441]

Link summoning felt like a mechanic just to force people to buy link monsters. Many of the link monsters and link support cards focus on special summoning monsters which then open up cards for further link summon and special summons. The only way yugioh would slow down at this point would be to change the rules again. I wouldn't really like that, but it's the only way I could see things slowing down. It should say something that when you can't draw if you're on the first turn, yet you could still end up with a full field of cards and cards in your hand.

[@IcefireC67]

a part 2 to this. I don't hate link summoning itself. I love when komoney makes new summoning mechanics in the game because it gets me a chance to explore new play styles. but, this was a bad way to implement a new mechanic. I know they just wanted to nerf pendulums, but making it also nerf everything else is a bit unfair as well. what about the synchro players who love to play only synchro, or the case with other players. now, they're forced to use link and utilize link to stay relevant. which, if you've ever played synchro before you know why we can't just "add link monsters" to the extra deck. and I mention synchro not only because it was my favorite summoning mechanic, but they were affected the most by this new rule. I honestly don't hate links, I think when done right could've been a more healthy new mechanic. but, komoney jumped the gun on this one and designed it in a way where we're forced to use them. that's not okay and we don't need to enable komoney to do this to us. but hey, that's my 2 cents

[@camerongrow6426]

This video made me pretty nostalgic for my Yugioh days.

[@TheKpa11]

I'm mostly into artwork these days concerning yugioh in real life that's actually a part of the reason i loved GX so much cause the cards shown had interesting artworks whether they be featuring cameos of other monsters or did a different type of shading for the card's graphics.

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

TheKpa11 Ditto. While it may not be in your direction I do personally see Yu-Gi-Oh! As a gateway of artwork. Most tcgs sorta have to follow a style, Pokémon with typical animals with a twist to it, Digimon with a sort of technological shift, Yo Kai watch and some based on mythology, but Yu-Gi-Oh! Has no limits and it’s really interesting to see all the possibilities

[@TheKpa11]

@@firewolf950tfwgaming7 well that can be both a good and bad thing cause whether you like anything or certain things you have to admit it leaves the impression that designs that would be considered lazy or unoriginal could just be gotten away with in Yugioh since there's SO MANY CARDS printed almost every day

[@GabyGeorge1996]

My favorite card is Noble Knight Joan for the artwork alone

[@apprenticeofbeleren]

It's awesome to see someone delve deep into the game that made so many kid's childhoods. Seeing where yugioh is now is... Kind of jarring seeing how much has been introduced into the game. I dropped out at the beginning of the Xyz era and honestly I don't see myself getting back into it soon just because of the sheer complexities of the current meta decks. I have actually moved to a game called Cardfight!! Vanguard. I think it would be interesting to see what other card game communities think about Vanguard and where it's come since its release in 2011. I know you probably won't see this comment, but I feel like I should at least mention the game that I've grown to love over the years. Good job on the videos man, keep up the good work!

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

As soon as Vanguard has some type of online simulator I can play I will learn the game. Until then it is too much of an investment/risk seeing as not many card shops in my area even support Vanguard tournaments.

[@nantokairuman]

He looks particularly hot on that thumbnail art..

[@NoNo-pg5rq]

At least both of you relate to my thoughts cause he is hot.

[@T30BO55]

Am I gay????

[@blossomieproductions7222]

I agree

[@AmuturePokemonPlayer]

I've been to that shop once but that was 3 years ago. All in all this video was very informative. Fantastic job.

[@belzweis9568]

Excellent video, however I feel you went through Dungeon Dice Monsters a little to quickly. I wish they make a another video game around that. I wish Konami Published the Artists names, it's a pretty disrespectful not to mention them somewhere. It would be awesome if the grand prize was to make your own "Yu-Gi-Oh!" card that would be published in a future set.

[@ExodusCardGame]

Design your own dream card is one of the grand prizes at Exodus TCG World Championships!

[@belzweis9568]

@@ExodusCardGame That's awesome! I know you probably mean that in a half joking way, but wording things like that. Will make you appear arrogant to outsiders. Anyways thanks for letting Me know.

[@ExodusCardGame]

@@belzweis9568 You're absolutely right, thanks for looking out! It was meant in the most lighthearted way possible; no disrespect at all to the other games.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

not mentioning the artists name may seem like no big deal (and i never met a player who cared about it at all) but it is probably one of the things that limits yugioh into being only a card game,as oposed to something like magic that is a more diverse cultural product.

[@belzweis9568]

@@ExodusCardGame Welcome, wish you guys well!

[@djtoxicdhg]

Thank you so so much for this documentary I have been such a huge Yu-Gi-Oh fan for over a decade now I absolutely love Yu-Gi-Oh and I find it so fascinating to hear how it started keep up the great work my did you are amazing!!!

[@JoseMolina-yn6ku]

It's a new generation of kids. Something about Yu-Gi-Oh that always appealed to me, is that while it started out basic it grew to be more complex. It grew well with it's initial audience. But now that we are mostly adults we just can't spend all our money and time on a card game. The biggest flaw in Yu-Gi-Oh is they tried to make it too complex towards the end of 2013 and onward, mechanics are broken, cards/decks are op. And they try to fix it by banning cards and limiting them, rather than not making stupid mechanics in the first place.(we all know all that does is create a power creep) Konami got too greedy by pushing more and more archetypes and new packs upon packs upon packs to the players. They should have let the game evolve more naturally towards the end of last decade. This would've allowed a newer generation to jump into the scene. Look at the Pokemon Brand. They have stuck by this ideology and because of this have helped build arguably the best video game company in history. All in all, Konami made a lot of mistakes as a business, and they have shit balancing.

[@yusufbukhari6962]

that just isnt true i have oly used 40 bucks and came in pretty high at locals with a gouki deck, which i got by buying 3 packs and using my old cards, so as long as i spend 3 minutes reading new rules every year and spend 20 bucks a year i have a good rogue strategy and i understand he game. sheesh its only takes five minutes to learn no need to sh17 on the game

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

Yugioh is meant for high-schoolers/college aged kids is part of the thing though. It is not designed for children on the playground. It is designed for people with some level of cognitive function and understanding.

[@JoseMolina-yn6ku]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 literally the entire post was about how Konami is failing to bring in the newer generation lol

[@blackeveryseason]

Dungeon Dice Monsters was a sick concept, I loved it as a kid lmao

[@lakshaykochhar9802]

I wonder, what's your opinion on anime version of that arc, compare to the manga version.

[@MikeVoss]

I stopped playing when Link monsters changed the whole format... I used to love playing junk doppel in the tcg but I just play duel links now.

[@randomprofile5853]

They changed the rules so you can special summon Synchros,XYZ & Fusions as much as you want now.

[@ZERO_42069]

i remember when i first got a kaiba and yugi starter deck, man i miss those days

[@GhstTwnzFnst]

ORICA was a person that made tokens, alternate art and original print "OP" (Anime Style) cards, the persons name has been bastardized to what it is today.

[@Hedgehog3342]

yugioh was my first card game i got into and watched the anime from its beginning. i miss watching and playing it. i still remember the first time i played, around 5 or 6 yrs old. ah good ol days. fast forward 19 years later.

[@Dragunnitum]

before i start watching, your answer is: Link Summoning *drops mic and leaves*

[@monkeydluffy624]

Dragunnitum Wow nice to see you here. Do you play Yu-Gi-Oh!?

[@FreeUrFuture]

This is awesome. I love hearing about the evolution of our favorite card game. Not to mention you have a very soothing voice to listen too, no Morgan Freeman but still very nice. Can not wait for Part 2

[@JorgeSanchez-zk6zw]

18:49 I have experience dealing with this kind of things. The diference is in the card development. It seems that the 1st sets were illustrated by a Konami's team, adapting a lot of cards from the manga and anime, who's original artist was either Takahashi or the card designers for the anime series, which is not the same as the process of Concept art->Brefing-> Final Art, where you can easily credit your final artist. Other card games have the art credited to the single artist (some tomes 2) because of this. I agree with you, Konami should credit their artist on the cards where it's valid (like the noble knights, charmers, kaiju, invoked, mayakashi and other physical card game exclusive archetypes), I just don't know how would they deal with the multiple artirst source (like Code Talkers, Heros, etc), maybe crediting the studio in the later.

[@weberman173]

3 years late while i "get" people wanting artits to get credit. i ABSOLUTLY do not want it on the physical cards... heck if it wasnt 100% required for multipel reassons, i dont even want the setname or copyright info on them

[@deblu2206]

Very nice video, can’t wait for the next part!

[@michaelsegal7443]

I hope the dark age isn’t the synchro Monsters

[@criesinpoor1725]

And pendulums

[@ironwidow8241]

The dark age is today lol.

[@randomprofile5853]

@@ironwidow8241 Not really, current format is fun af.

[@0penthaughtz]

I find that everyone's experience with Yu-Gi-Oh is different and unique to them. My experience was my father was flipping around TV stations, one Saturday morning and found the show on Fox. As I was already watching anime such as Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, Shaman King & so on; he thought I would like it. He was right, I started watching the show and took to it; similar to other kids at the time the cards were not yet a thing so we all just cut up flash cards from our school and started drawing our own. Then about a year later, we randomly found one of the first ever Yu-Gi-Oh starter Decks, in a 7-Eleven; with the Dark Magician on it and the rest was history.

[@StupidWeb]

What do you think Dan Green's signature on a Dark Magician is worth? Asking everyone.

[@michaelmensing6302]

Fun video! Grew up going to Dalez myself to get my cards since I was 12! Look forward to the next video!

[@mikeabbs]

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