What YOU HAVE TO KNOW Before Your First Yu-Gi-Oh! Locals! 🤔

With the influx of players to the game due to Master Duel, there's a good amount of you who want to try going to locals for the first time!
Going to your first yugioh locals or tournament can be stressful, especially if you don't know what to expect or if you've never played in person before.
That's why we made this video! Here are some of the things you have to know before going!
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[@CardmarketYGO]

If you're a new player and want to get into the game, the best structure deck released in recent memory is the Albaz Strike Structure Deck. You can find it and some recommendations here: bit.ly/3HlAIac

[@beagrothus7916]

Spiegel eisjade goes brr

[@markymarc1]

Is that still the best structure deck to get started?

[@emanuelegennari1112]

when the new fire king structure releases it'll probably be the best one by far

[@bretwhitten7038]

i’m new and got the fire king deck and have been able to hold my own pretty well

[@drstrangelove77]

You forgot about the enticing smell of competetiveness that lingers in the air. Especially during the summer months.

[@dv4manu]

hahaha ahh yes the stench of warfare

[@koboldsinatrenchcoat6551]

I activate my trap card! Vicks Vapo Rub under my nostrils!

[@raystrife234]

And when you actually bring deodorant spray, it's like you brought a cross to a meeting of vampires. They'll snarl and hiss at you.

[@WillTBear1]

I've learned that I'll never get good at Yugioh. After all... I take showers and wear deoderant...

[@KaoruMzk]

My first locals experience was getting Yata-locked waaaay back in 2003~2004.

[@CardmarketYGO]

My first experience was getting told I couldn't normal summon BEWD, and then getting Chaos Emperor-ed. - Adam

[@KaoruMzk]

@@CardmarketYGO Lmao, good times.

[@cladiosanchez6865]

Same. I was 12 and wanted to take my summon skull beat down deck. Was super fun.

[@AznYunHou]

I like when I went to locals with Branded, my opponent was good with describing the card effects of their Runick Exosister deck. They said they also played Branded so was helpful with at least letting me learn the ways of the duel for my later matches since I was first round with them.

[@loki.winter]

This is so helpful, thank you so much! A friend of mine asked me recently to join him and his friend group at Locals and I had no clue what to expect untill this video xP

[@MrMarnel]

@ 4:30 First of all, don't grab other people's cards without asking. That's common sense and I'm sure Leoni didn't, but it should be said for the people in the back and for children. Then, simply ask "may I read that?" They say something to the effect of "sure" and you pick up the card and read it. Avoid asking players to explain the cards themselves because they might make a mistake, leave out information and details or straight up lie. It'll usually not be malicious but you shouldn't rely on your opponent to keep track of the game state in general. Some people may not want you touching their cards and that's their right. You can ask them to slide it over so you can read or ask a judge to pull up the exact text for you. Speaking of which, it wasn't mentioned in the video but there should be a judge present for an event. If there's no one else, the TO acts as judge. For ANYTHING and EVERYTHING you need, call a judge. This honestly deserves an entire video to itself. Judges are there to help you and you should never be afraid to talk to one. Most people are generally neutral to positive and just want to play a game. A community's bad demeanor gets amplified online because (a) negative stories have a much higher chance to get shared as they stick out more vividly, it's human nature, and (b) online anonymity greatly increases the BS. And if you ever have a legit unpleasant experience in an LGS, you should inform the TO or owner. I'm sure they don't want that one jerk chasing off their new customers. Also yeah, locals are the most casual, chill you can have while in a tournament with prizes. Yeah there'll be meta decks represented, of course, but also often plenty others and for most stores there's a "local meta" that you can account for (cause idk, Steve is playing Chain Burn again or something).

[@rodrigopinheiro4844]

Please make more of this! Love it!

[@chrisshorten4406]

I feel you. For some reason, with how infrequently I can go to tournaments, I always have at least one game with an accidental illegal activation. One day, I will have one tournament where it won't happen.

[@ireallylikeslugs1769]

going tonight for the first time 🙏 edit: the moment the first duel started the anxiety pretty much goes away. my opponent had to remind me to draw a few times tho lol. i lost twice and won my last game against branded despia red eyes dark dragoon madness

[@adamcogan211]

Fantastic video! Leoni’s personality always shines through in these vids and she and Adam are always a joy to watch! Unfortunately don’t have a locals near me but this is great advice for anyone looking to start somewhere❤️

[@laidbacklenz6782]

I had problems to go to locals because my friends I play since I was a little kid never wanted. One day I just thought f*ck it and drove there by myself. This was one year ago. Now I got new friends and I am there almost every weekend. We also play at home together. I am soooo happy that I did it. The community there was so great and now I am feeling like one of them. Don‘t be scared just do it! Maybe just go there with your trade binder and watch some matches and trade and talk with people. After the first time beeing there you want to play with them I promise! You share the same hobby so what can go wrong?

[@broww.]

Always useful.

[@DavidCrenshaw-wp2cu]

My locals store has a system where they number the tables and just tell which table your opponent will be at so it’s easier

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

thanks for the info.

[@Aleksriku]

hmm eventhough I have my cyber style and pure predaplant Deck ready in RL and bought the cards on Cardmarket, since it was cheap there (obviously no Advertisement hereeee), I still dont know if I can overcome my lazyness to attend atleast one local game. but thanks for your showcase of your experience, should definitely help 🙌💪

[@luciliooliveira]

Yeah all the points you pointing out is a real thing. Also locals really can give you a horm feeling if all people have the same mind or if your are new. If you go to the friend zone or more in compitive side can get a little toxic. So you just have to figure out what type of player you are just ignore toxicity and have fun.

[@DragonWaffleX]

In my first locals I got my ass kicked so hard. I was playing relinquished (it wasn't a complete deck list I literally had one relinquished) and this dude just showed up with DAD in the first round. I ended up dropping out cuz I figured my deck could not win, and then my parents never took me to locals again. I ended up going back years later after learning to play on dueling network. Although I was playing Dark Magician with curtain and my dumbass thought that was good 😂 Edit: The deck even had double summon. Good times...

[@mgreen1003]

Good message.

[@Poppipower]

First locals I went to a shop with a really bad Synchron deck in Maximum Crisis format when I was in high school. Did not feel welcome at all. Next locals experience was in BACH-DIFO format taking @ignister to a different shop. Everyone was super competitive, treating everything like a business/high level competition. Did not feel welcome. Next locals experience was at a different state in early 2023 at a shop where they banned all the top decks of the most recent event. Not as competitive since my @ignister deck came in 3rd and 1st the two times I went, but the players essentially gate kept me since I was new to the area and wasn’t “in the know” yet. Also they kind of shame you if you’re not there regularly or you don’t rotate decks. Again, felt really, really unwelcome there. I cannot say I’ve had a single positive experience with paper Yugioh players

[@Mitochondria281]

unfortunately not sure about eurpoe, but here in Canada and USA they don't give out physical Konami ID cards anymore. Everything is digital now.

[@nakstudios6182]

I got mine a few months ago. Still happens in some places

[@selcukdogancan2755]

Thank you. ❤❤❤

[@magneto1992]

Some places do use table numbers definitely makes it easy to start the game

[@vanitas483]

My first time dueling against strangers was actually a Cardmarket series in 2019. I was SO nervous to duel someone who does not belong to my dueling friends group. And then my first opponent didn't show up. 😅 I still get a little nervous before the first match, but I always had a good time and also met nice people. 😄

[@danielcodoceo722]

Is just great to see someone new at locals. I duel once a guy that was a master duel only duelist, and I try to be the nice guy on earth with him. He end up getting last place, didn't took a single game from any of us, and sadly we didn't see him again 😔. I myself can't get enough of locals, I'm on my way to there rn ☺️. Hope more ppl will give the opportunity to go paper YGO with randoms. Also. Terminally online YGO player are some of the worst ppl in this world 🔥💀🔥.

[@hasnonamelol]

Can i please have advice. I bought 3 dark world structure decks, and have practised with them a couple times irl but mostly on dueling nexus (where i surprisingly made it to diamond rank). How well would you expect me to do at a local tournament?

[@rotwurst386]

​@@hasnonamelol depends what other decks are being ran but you can build tech cards in to side in against cards/strategies that you find yourself losing to .

[@Cascada200]

I’m so scared. I want to play Edison format. I never been to locals….. I don’t know what to do

[@Ms666slayer]

Also if you want to see a cartd that youy oponent activates just ask "can i read it?" and most people will have no issue if yiu just grab the card and read it, some people will just explain the effect and some will just grab the card themselves and put ti close to you to read it, you just need to ask and see how your oponent react, with the grave is different becaus eis supposed to be a public and at least in Mexico most people don't care if you just see tha grave without asking, but i think that i you don't know the dueslist just ask first, some time later you will know whihc people don't care and which ones you need to ask.

[@nauticoom]

I have only played online lol I would like to go to my locals soon.

[@MoreLikeDanny]

I still have fond memories of making the six sam player cry with dragonsworns. He started yelling at me for nuking the field with judgement dragon lol

[@pinobluevogel6458]

This feels a tiny bit more involved than showing up at a game store to play magic. With so much text on those cards and not a real clear visual difference outside a little bit of a different pose and/or name of the card, as a new player you have to read a ton to keep up with what is happening. Like your first experience, my overal encounters with magic players in stores is really positive and the few guys that played at my shop that were doing Yu-Gi-Oh were equally nice and quite inviting to outsiders. It is definitely a little bit of a different crowd, but they both have mostly good people. Thanks for this introduction. Is there anything on this channel that teaches you how to play? I went through the entire video catalogue and this was one of the few introductory pieces I could find. So far, I watched only 2 or 3 of the videos, but I barely understand what this game is and how the cards work, but I'm interested in learning. Having a bunch of positive and fun people playing though it is certainly a good way. I got an introduction to Lorcana from the MTG Cardmarket channel and it was excellent.

[@tsukamesuccess7332]

Being aware of everything on the board and everything that's happened is how you win in paper

[@DeathNote1005]

Soon Beo Soon

[@jakaje3658]

The thing i wish i would have known going into my first locals was the amount of time the duels and all rounds last Ik yugioh can last long and that its best of 3 but i joust didnt expect 5 rounds of 45 mins (about 5 h) of playtime I was expecting at most it lasting 2 h and planed to stay 2 h if i had known it lasted longer i would have planed to stay longer The rest was great expriance

[@omegamanrad]

Love to be the side character to a local tournament

[@Exodiasmysticshineballz]

unfortunatly my locals just has try hards who play toxic decks.

[@Ever4Camper]

You seem like a perfect fit for KZbin ... personality, jokes and stuff. Cutter seems to be very good also. Ceep it up. Greeting from Germany

[@Ms666slayer]

Also important for the table, just don't try find your opponent by name or find them in the room, just go and sit at the table that the list says you arte going to duel, is just faster and better that way.

[@johncenarules25]

Some locals don't have actual table numbers layed out though. Sometimes you just gotta yell a name out or ask the organizer to help find them.

[@alexbiersner3350]

I wish there was more players at my level. The very first game i played, i mistakenly said i will go second. My opponent basically played solitare for a solid 10-15min. He kept searching his deck for cards, which meant he barely shuffled. So when he was finally done with his turn. He shuffled his deck maybe three times and didn't present his deck to be cut. First time was a gimme bc i knew i was gonna loose on his next turn anyway. But after we get more and more games in, he eventually stopped presenting his deck to be cut. I was kinda paying attention to how he was shuffling, but from what i could tell, he wasn't cheating. But its the way he wasnt letting me cut that made me suspicious. I kept offering my deck to be cut, and he did every now and then. So sonce it was my first time playing with these group of people, i dunno if its just the way that they play that they don't even bother cutting. But it felt rrally scummy to me. This is just a casual game, why are you denying your deck to be cut? Why are you possibly trying to cheat against some strnager that wanted to play with people for the first time in a long time; esoecially with Yugioh being a brand new game to me? If i do go a second time, and if i do duel this guy again, I'll bring it up. I'll ask for him to shuffle some more and to let me cut his deck. Bc that's what playing with respect is. Respect for other players and resoect for the game

[@beagrothus7916]

When there are no Lokals near you but you dont have a legal deck anyway

[@dubtroll]

Feeling the same way. Haven't been to locals in 15 years. Maybe I'll go this weekend.

[@cheaterxl243]

Yugioh player should keep track of their effects. If you can’t memorize it then write it down on a piece of paper.

[@trevoratkinson6442]

plus anxiety

[@trevoratkinson6442]

i had one locals experience that was a lil homophobic when i showed up as My very gay self and i just had to leave

[@CardmarketYGO]

I'm sorry you had that experience. Locals should be an inclusive place for everyone and the fact it wasn't is terrible. - Adan

[@hasnonamelol]

I bought 3 copies of the dark world structure deck, and have practised with it mainly on dueling nexus. Is this good enough to win maybe just 1 game at a decently popular locals?

[@dF_fallz]

Same here, just with Crystal Beasts.

[@Michael-Moo]

And just like that... there goes all your money

[@federicoxcc4966]

Many tournament decks are Just toxic

[@JohnnyCProduction]

I only go to locals to play with friends. I don’t want to have to be around strangers and their extremely bad BO

[@Alpha-Scythe23]

Yeah wtf is the deal with these people that have terrible hygiene!?

[@JohnnyCProduction]

@@Alpha-Scythe23 I think it’s because they just don’t take care of themselves and only focus on playing.

[@A.Y.Feditz]

Can i play with a 30€ structure deck😂

[@Paul-fw9kr]

2:23 probably because she was the only girl there lol

[@jarjarbinks4243]

Locals is super competitive non-casual and not beginner oriented. Sweaty 20-30year old males slapping cards around in dead silence the only word being “response”. If you have not played yugioh for at least 1 year do not go to locals they will eat you alive.

[@markymarc1]

Why dose she look like drew Barrymore?

[@Rayquaza894]

People knew who you were cause everyone tends to know each other already. An unfamiliar name will probably be the new person. And I’m guessing you were the only women there with a womans name

[@abominablesnowman64]

Ha ha ha.. yeah. Aren't we all unprepared when we're born? No offense to my parents, but they didn't prepare me for what a shyt show life would be. 😐

[@brucwayn6403]

Locals Nice Non meta Uh huh my locals Toxic Meta heavy Elitest So im glad you enjoyed your experience i havent been to locals in 8yrs but i doubt its gotten better

[@tsukamesuccess7332]

Elitism and toxicity are good. "Meta" is just playing the game properly. If you were pushed away, the system is working.

[@kylo-juju3796]

another truth about locals, if they're nice to you is because you're a girl, otherwise, brace yourself for the biggest a**holes parade, i made the mistake of going to a local store after coming back to the game, and trust me, that wasn't pretty

[@Alpha-Scythe23]

What happened!? Lmao 🤣