What Happened??? Top 8 + Finals! Competitive Master Duel Tournament Gameplay! 118!

[@Dkayed]

Top decks! www.masterduelmeta.com/articles/tournaments/dmc-md-meta-weekly-tournament/118/report

[@BLACKOPSFTWify]

I've never seen a more insane mirror match. Branded is so insanely fun to both play AND watch.

[@zoarzoar4483]

That branded mirror was pure pride battle 😅

[@kevinthomas35]

That Branded mirror was peak Yu-Gi-Oh!🔥🔥🔥

[@caesarzayit2524]

Best match in all the tournament, i haven’t had fun watching a tournament like this in months.

[@robertlaidlaw4592]

how people complaning about people playing yugioh ill never understand, branded is just fun to watch.

[@showme99]

Yes... Unlike watching fire kings and snake eyes :D I enjoyed this a lot :D

[@mihecc]

​@@robertlaidlaw4592fun to watch, horrible to play against

[@Sdjin-H]

The branded mirror is what yugi oh should be , an interactive back and forth duel instead of you floodgate me and i handtrap you to death

[@DestroyedArkana]

Yeah it was great. I would love to see more matches like that!

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

The Mirrorjade mirror match

[@blueping9278]

All decks should be like branded . No need to end up on your boss monster. Little layered plays and disruptions . Having so many lines in order to have that Branded Fusion or play around Ash

[@CrnaStrela]

The irony that both of them got this far by floodgating others

[@amamiyaharuto8407]

Both branded play puppet floodgate....

[@malajmi3153]

That branded mirror is the craziest game I have ever seen

[@Mt.Berry-o7]

When everybody was BraFu fighting, the chains were fast lightning. Though lost was a lil' bit frightning...

[@zaraki9713]

Men ! That Branded miror match was waaaay more exciting than looking a Snake Eyes miror match !

[@caesarzayit2524]

April the Branded GOAT. Branded is such a well designed deck…

[@nopeno-s5r]

Yep, its the dumb puppet abomination that was poorly designed

[@AL_3M_GAMING]

Abo hmood is branded goat Win like 5 meta weakly league with it

[@theobserver480]

​@@AL_3M_GAMING yup you're right

[@caesarzayit2524]

@@nopeno-s5r You’re right tbh, i don’t like using it though.

[@nopeno-s5r]

@@caesarzayit2524 Neither do I, but I still use it on high ladder. Feels wrong to play with a handicap on ladder. Would never use it in friendly matches though

[@SamGBSR]

I never know who’s turn it is in branded vs branded matchups lmao

[@major_alloy]

That branded mirror match was just magnifique

[@joeymayson8279]

Anyone that plays different tcg seeing that Branded mirror will have multiple strokes and a brain aneurysm

[@Nelyak_07]

Everyone in Twitch chat just spamming that people hate Branded, we love branded, we hate the puppet lock. That branded mirror match was a freaking anime duel without the puppet

[@dwightfairfield8859]

Yeah I wish I understood the mentality in banning Retribution and then immediately coming out with a fusion monster that can do the same thing. Sanctifire needs to be banned and Branded will be fine.

[@Aezrael.]

​@dwightfairfield8859 why don't ban the puppet itself?

[@watcher2624]

@@Aezrael.they just replace it with a different card

[@holyhexacross]

​@@dwightfairfield8859just errata the damn card. Adding a "monster special summoned on the opponent side of the field with this effect will have its effect negated" is already enough to balance the card.

[@HyperWhale286]

"Welcome to the top 8 of the meta weekly. Every. Single. Week"

[@Ai_s_a01]

Lol I was reading it the same time as he was saying it

[@ggnore8501]

By watching as long as you can that greatly supports us, and this is with the new banlist!!

[@ComaToast1]

Bro stop whinging you people are so pathetic always crying for nothin

[@jamesbacey7699]

Every single week bro 😂😂

[@est99b]

same 😂 ​@@Ai_s_a01

[@crustykrabboi6668]

Nothings better than a branded mirror match

[@joey-gt4bn]

I think we definitely need abohmod vs april branded

[@yaridoragon57]

Holy shit that Branded mirror match is so fun to watch! April GOAT!

[@D4rk0t]

only here for the branded mirror

[@xmv19]

That Branded duel was so refreshing i wish more duels was this interactive and fun to watch/play, Definitely peak Yu Gi Oh…Thanks April and Stigmata for the entertainment 🫶🏼

[@anboo5117]

April really having to crawl through dirt and mud to reach that top 4 only to get 2-0'ed by tear. Sadge.

[@Test-mq8ih]

At least they got beaten by a YCS champion

[@zetokaiba5867]

Glad to see Branded taking out Branded 😁

[@yoimiyasimp1]

The branded mirror was a sight to behold and also april the branded goat always great to see april's branded gameplay

[@metalmariomega]

If nothing else, this tourney proves people can play something besides Snake-Eyes and do well if they REALLY want to. Kind of surprising that it was Exosister of all things as the non-Lab deck to actually use Arias as a way to turn their Normal Traps into Quick Plays. And of course Tearlaments being the Big Gamba it is found a way to outsack everyone again, and prove that playing 50+ good mills is just as viable if not better than 30+ good mills(and including of course Keldo and Mudora to put back the few things you don't want milled). Branded Synchro might not be the better build of Branded, but it's still one of the few Synchro packages I like playing, outside of Branded I've also made use of it in Orcust and Sky Striker, I should probably try out an RDA build one of these days too since Resonators pretty interesting compared to most tuners, I've even tried them out in Labrynth a few times with varied levels of success.

[@elbayo421]

20:03 genius play

[@Kintaku]

Yo April vs Stigmata mirror was CRAZY!

[@ggnore8501]

A lot of big brain plays that's why I love mw. Please, people keep on delivering such a content.

[@AlensioRedux]

A few months ago the same people said branded was trash and skilless hence why they called it "brain-ded"

[@SoulS467]

Branded mirror match, what a crazy duel!!

[@yasyashin]

non fire deck looks interesting right now

[@Valkyiriona]

The branded mirror was insane. Best duel I've seen recently ❤

[@liangzx]

Tear is factually a better deck compared to SEFK when both at full power. Now both get hit its kinda the same power, if SEFK got hit again tear will be a better deck again.

[@louieguo2909]

Please pair Branded against Branded in future tournaments because that mirror match is to die for.

[@chris-sou-eu8315]

Branded showing how to duel to those relying on snake eyes.

[@anyways827]

that was way more enjoyable to watch( even the purrely matches werent bad imo, broken but i wanna say you can win against purrely unless they draw the perfect starting hand) ggs to all the participants

[@link4002]

That Branded mirror was just insane, this is why we love YGO ! However as a Purrely player, the following match was a pain to watch. The pilot made many misplays, it felt very amateurish

[@TnsuTuba13]

Dkayed I have a tournament idea for you. How about a rogue deck tournament? No fire king, snake-eye, lab, matchmec, etc. I think it would exciting to see underrepresented decks.

[@cubetto_]

at some point i lost track of who's card was who in that branded mirror, they summoned so much shit it was insane.

[@ethansouls77]

Labyrinth Recycling deruma cannon over and over is so toxic wow

[@idontwatchtv]

these chain blocks is something i could never hold a grasp on, i get overwhelmed with the effects and dont know what to do xD

[@bearbectar7173]

real

[@luminousxii]

You'll figure it out man it's not too hard. Least important effect activated last to Block the important effect(s) from interaction

[@draconicepic4124]

I feel like the change in decks might come from top players just being tired of Snake-Eye. That being said, it also might be because everyone is just hand-trap spamming the deck into oblivion.

[@rezstitution]

The one time I had a duel that was tit for tat was a branded mirror match. I messed up a play and I ended up losing - but it was the most fun I had on master duel.

[@apcgermany4460]

Is there any way to Look up the Decks?

[@kiwiruuu]

holy branded, that mirror match was insane

[@dx91mike]

Horus maintains a lot of advantage over the Rev synchron build. Rainbow bridge is now on the radar if Horus gets too powerful. Plus it's SR. Easily can get banned.

[@fulloffool5925]

Omg! The branded mirror match was incredible

[@novian1452]

i feel that this is the most tiring yet fun top 8. that branded mirror is pure joy but it drags too long that i don't have any more energy to watch lab vs purrely

[@thatmemeguy2520]

my god u can tell people ar bored of the meta to the point where bringing back tear and branded

[@nightmaremodeonlife]

Tear on a tear. Great plays!!

[@logcus717]

That's why i always say, yes Gimmick puppet is dirty, but Branded Deck is the most Balanced ans well designed deck.

[@nopeno-s5r]

#BANTHEPUPPET So we can keep sanctifire and nobody has to deal with that bs :)

[@aLousyBum83]

Damn that first duel.

[@Kyugired]

1:27:51 Mannadium suffers a lot from Droll & Lock Bird as well as Maxx "C" so I get it that he plays them as Crossout Targets. However, that being said, you shouldn't play 3 Droll & Lock bird in Mannadium since it doesn't benefit the deck if it gets Maxx "C"-ed going 1st (since you need to search a lot). I understand that this is not pure version of the deck since it includes Bystials, but even then the ratios of the cards necessary for the deck to be consistent is really low. Abscission is one of the best extenders in the deck and only playing 1 copy is really bad for the combo's consistency. Another questionable decision is only having 1 Visas Starfrost while at the same time having Imaginings. The odds of you opening Visas is low with this kind of ratio, and that's terrible if you get interrupted on Riumheart since you, again only has 1 Abscission too. Additionally, are you really only playing 1 Samsara? Cuz the card is not a 1 card combo on its own and you'd rather play 0 or 2-3 copies. Reason being is that, you won't have an extender (Visas/Samsara/Abscission) and would thus lose to 1 hand-trap unlike other decks. Yes, Visas doesn't get to summon himself if you only have Riumheart, however Visas + Meek is full combo. Also, if you have more Abscission you'd be able to Summon Visas/1500 Atk and 2100 Def monster from hand for free (Allowing you to summon Barrone as 5th summon to negate Nibiru). I get the Idea of adding Bystials for a new way of playing the deck, but I would honestly just add more board breakers like Triple Tactics Talent and Thrust (Since the former helps fix hands/break boards and the latter can search Abscission too). Common monster Hand-Traps are generally bad in this deck since the field spell (Calarium) messes up Riumheart's atk if you have a tuner in grave (Like Veiler, Ash, and more). Kinda similar to how Nib and Gamma is bad if you're playing Kashtira since you need open monster zones. Though if you want to have good generic hand-trap, you can add Imperm and if you lose to imperm/trap decks often just add Red Reboot. What I've said is mostly what I think the decklist's issues, things like 1 droplet and 3 Evenly is fine by me, since you want to have a way to counter other decks without commiting too much early. I hope to see you (Mannadium guy) reach top 16 again and maybe even win the tournament. Keep it up and don't lose hope fighting the meta decks. P.S. I do not intend to ridicule nor satirize the player, I'm only stating my opinions about the deck in hopes that it would potentially improve.

[@Pursue.Happiness]

That Branded match was nuts holy..

[@humberkger]

I still think that Mannadium, Tear, and Exosister are ones of the sleeper deck that's not as dope as Fire Deck but fun as hell when played

[@isaiahraumad]

Tear was terrible now it’s controlled it’s time has passed I wouldn’t say it’s a sleeper shits horrid

[@SStrikeFury]

Nah not mannadium

[@Timeater]

"Disrespectful" Hani proving his prowess.

[@HER0333]

What is the prize pool for meta weekly? £1500? Or just £50

[@Vlad_32]

What new darklords card was chat talkimg about? I cant find it anywhere

[@geminitricks2332]

Now that’s a branded game holy shit 🔥🔥🔥

[@Nocerious]

I am so freaking proud to be a branded main

[@arey256]

I got 9k what should I build? Any suggestions? I want something worth building

[@Logbook.hilang]

Branded despia, tearlament.

[@TheRealBimShady]

@arey256, I would hold your gems for yubel, releasing next week I think?

[@arnabsamanta576]

April is a baranded King match went insaan

[@louieguo2909]

26:12

[@Mauroreq]

I like this one a lot.

[@joyboy_3165]

I'm telling you branded and tearlament are easily the most fun decks to watch and play in this game

[@CamaradaPatrickster]

Finally SEFK isnt dominating everything The tournament is way funnier and healthier now

[@skysaber23]

Poor April.. 😅

[@Timelost-MasterDuel]

13:30 why not banish the field spell?

[@celestialumbrage2113]

The reason why is that he wants to trigger the effect of Fire King Island to destroy the whole field. However, by banishing it facedown with Fenrir, it would not trigger. Thus, he chose SP because that reduced the overall interuptions the FKSE player had.

[@Havoc_1987]

I mentioned mudragons effect in the comments when fire kings first came out 😊 nice to know someone switched on 😅

[@Mauroreq]

Waiting for yubel

[@kaitoygo]

Finally Maybach not top16 , Tearaments strongest. Me and Richman are proud of him, he is a good padawan

[@iownstaticz8687]

I wanna see how everyone would react if they just put pot of greed to 1

[@contagious_noob3651]

Unchained only adds to hand once and alot of the time doesn't even need that thats why unchained runs droll is for its another maxxc "negate"

[@TheZackypoo101]

Tearelements is a cesspool on modern Yu-Gi-Oh

[@xMirko777x]

This video is proof that: Snake eyes mirror 😴 Branded mirror 🫡

[@davy9303]

Branded vs Branded was beautiful

[@linardidi]

Kitkalos banned soon I guess xD

[@Ryl1ea]

imagine hating Branded when it is arguably the most balanced modern deck

[@gohangmg2773]

How do I get a chance at one of these

[@alirezaghorbani-cp5gy]

wait, is snake-eye fire king not the best deck anymore?

[@CrnaStrela]

Hani is trully Tearlament strongest warrior, holy shit that fucking mill 😂😂😂

[@xkxk7539]

april simps in shambles LUL

[@prosketch95]

95% of these comments are about the Branded mirror☠

[@TeddyGamesLP]

That branded mirror was good stuff. Edit: Purrely is pure cancer. I hate that deck

[@quia001]

The only way to stop fire king snake eye is to free kitkalos its been 2 weeks having kitkalos in master duel wins agains snake eye hahahah

[@TonyJrMl2]

People who says and liked the branded mirror match are te same monkies who hates tearlament mirror, monkies right.

[@destructionswordspet]

Game 1 in top8 was basically just silver rank 😂

[@guilhermeguilly4944]

''Good meta decks variety'' sure

[@Keizrel]

I hate tearlaments, but hate more those anoying draw 6 fking cats, I guess enemy of your enemy turns out to be your best friend.

[@MoonHael]

Branded is the most fun deck to play

[@ryanstirling9703]

Yo I play cats on the ladder stop doing well with them in tourneys 😂😂 Kinami gonna nerf them again

[@ananta557]

Whens the new pack coming

[@dantevic]

next week.

[@HyperWhale286]

Likely next week

[@giltyakhtar]

NO SNAKE EYES IN THE TOP 4??!! TEARLAMENTS BEST 2-0 LETS GOOOOO!!!!

[@kyleroll95]

Tier become consistent with horus

[@rhosidsidiq10]

Boss monster of purely are maxx f c

[@Shununu]

April is my goat :)

[@vitorrodrigues7946]

Mannadium player makes me feel sick 🤢

[@TheKyronus]

people who ash blossom card destruction are super lame

[@firebreakbo3]

Hani = tear honey

[@SiTdownCh]

pause pause pause

[@TearlamentsReinoheart]

TIARAMENTS STRONGEST

[@KixMusaid]

Ban Fairy Tail Snow