Which Yugioh Deck Is For You? | What Deck is Best For a New Player?

Justin explains and breaks down the best Yugioh decks in the game to help players understand what deck to play. this video is for the 2024 format.
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Deck Lists:
Snake Eyes Diabellstar
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• Yu-Gi-Oh! YCS Raleigh ...
Snake Eyes Fire King
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Snake Eyes Kashtira
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• Top 16 YCS Raleigh Sna...
Rescue Ace Snake Eyes
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• YCS Team Las Vegas Top...
Voiceless Voice
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• Yu-Gi-Oh! YCS Raleigh ...
Unchained
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• Unchained still meta? ...
Kashtira
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• TOP 32 YCS RALEIGH: PU...
Purrely
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Tenpai Dragon
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Centur-Ion Horus
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Tri-brigade fire king
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Labyrnth
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• Jack Zhou 2nd Place La...
Horus Stun
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• DETROIT REGIONAL 3RD P...
Bystial Dogmatika Invoked
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• YU-GI-OH! - 3RD PLACE ...
Exosister
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• Top 8 Exosister| YCS I...
Floowandereeze
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• YCS Medellín 2024 Top ...
Bystial Runick Orcust
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Salamangreat
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• Salamangreat Undefeate...
Aroma Rikka sunavalon Therion
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Vanquish Soul
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• Yu-Gi-Oh YCS Sydney To...
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - The Meta, Rogue, and Budget Options
2:10 - Price Breakdown
3:08 - Playstyle Breakdown
4:59 - Diabellstar Snake Eyes
6:22 - Fire King Snake Eyes
7:21 - Kashtira Snake Eyes
7:39 - Rescue Ace Snake Eyes
8:26 - Voiceless Voice
9:31 - Unchained
10:25 - Kashtira
11:17 - Purrely
12:06 - Tenpai Dragon
13:07 - Centur-Ion
13:50 - Tri-Brigade Fire King
14:49 - Labrynth
15:35 - Stun Horus
16:12 - Marincess
16:45 - Branded Despia Bystials
17:16 - Dogmatika Invoked Shaddoll / Invoked Bystial Dogmatika
18:07 - Exosister
18:50 - Floowandereeze
19:22 - Bystial Runick Orcust
20:10 - Salamangreat
20:53 - Aroma Rikka Sunavalon Therion (Plant Link)
21:43 - Vanquish soul
22:23 - Outro

[@wyrmshogun5245]

I like that you for some reason wanna bully the Purrely monsters when comes to the artwork

[@BuddhaMelffyQueen]

I must admit I was laughing even though I love the Purrelys.

[@heyitsmroof102]

Seeing my favorite monster (Purrely) change over and over, made me laugh, you deserve more visits!

[@ElTaxMan1]

I have noticed that a few of the extra decks are incorrect. It appears that around the lab and orcust decks, the same extra deck is shown. This is a very good video.

[@Rayquaza894]

The one I can afford…..

[@rangeless]

Runick stun 💀

[@guymcperson9300]

Dinomorphia, evil eye, altergeist, ground-xeno less dinosaurs, ninjas, and pure stun, can all be bought on a shoestring budget. They're all good enough to top a local event, too, so unless you plan on traveling for regionals or higher they'll do you fine. Alternatively, you can just play the free simulators available online. Or you could always play master duel, too.

[@stereotypicalemousername9507]

@@guymcperson9300my locals is a glorified regionals cause it’s one of only 2 places in the entire state you can play so i’m kinda fucked no matter what

[@guymcperson9300]

@@stereotypicalemousername9507 ever give remote duels a chance? Might make for some fun variety.

[@poontycoon7354]

Purrely is really cheap tbh

[@Pazifist526]

Thx a lot. Currently deciding on a new deck

[@duyknguyen]

Amazing video and full of details like usual 😁 keep up your amazing work for Yugioh community

[@demonsofrazg]

Brother, I am been waiting for this video!!!

[@HiImKQ]

All the purrly pics made me laugh

[@caylexeverhart]

A couple of the extra decks were mentioned already, but Exosister's extra deck is also incorrect. It doesn't seem to have been mentioned in the comments yet.

[@timmcclain2519]

Awesome video and really helpful. Thank you!

[@paulbataillon8129]

I love this video series, please keep on doing it!

[@zerses]

I’ll never not wish Ghoti was covered… Great video tho, the visuals are always super high quality

[@med3694]

very needed video thanks for providing

[@mrmeow2297]

I’m gonna build the new sarcophagus deck lol

[@torakandwolf6786]

Same, looks cute and funny

[@ferelpuma]

Awesome video, as always.

[@abdullahnaim10]

would like to see more on stun deck! Great video!

[@Roddan96]

Dude. I love all your content. This amount of quality should be aspired by other channels.

[@AtlasNovack]

Interesting this came out as I consider returning to play in paper. I did the 3x of the traptrix TD a year or so ago, but idk if I should keep going, or pick something up from scratch.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Playing what you want over what's good is usually the best move

[@AtlasNovack]

@@MonkeyFightTCG that's my strategy I think, the question is WHAT DO I WANT, ya know? I haven't played in paper since 2012 with inzektors. A friend recommended blackwing (which I played back then) since they can make towers and so on and so forth. Idk if I can swing it though and if I should just buff up the traptrix since I have 90% of a complete deck right there

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Izectors definitely have some spice. But I think you be doing a lot of work in finding a proper build yourself Blackwings are just solid You could play traptrix untill you get a deck you like more.

[@AtlasNovack]

@@MonkeyFightTCG Oh no I quit the game BECAUSE of inzektors lol. In any case, guess I'll find out.

[@Neptune8]

The best part about a tier 0 format is all the sheep at locals play the same deck card for card , they might differ in their side deck choices between players but for the most part you can expect the same thing and after playing the same decks at locals two things will happen. First , you’ll know when and what to hand trap or interact with. Secondly, you’ll begin to get bored waiting for your opponent to fumble through his snake eyes combo

[@chu-gi-ohYT]

Que buen video, un trabajo de edición excelente en más de un sentido.

[@htedumbprogrammer8658]

Great work.

[@Practicalinvestments]

You absolutely earned a new subscriber this is my go to yugioh channel now. What really annoys me about other channels (Dark armed Lazy Duelist specifically*** because he was actually rude to the people giving advice) I literally commented explaining that me and many others cannot read the cards or hear what card names you say because you mumble the whole video and the cards are all blurry and far away,, impossible to read.. I asked if he could simply put a deck list in the description or overlay the names of the cards on the videos so people can see, This was his word for word response “I’m not gonna do that I can’t be spoon feeding players just because people don’t listen” Like wtf??!! Like guy I JUST EXPLAINED THAT PEOPLE CANT HEAR YOU WITH YOUR MUMBLING VOICE just totally out of touch and I completely blocked that channel from recommended and reported his comment for being offensive But I totally respect and thank you for The way you’ve went out of your way to not only overlay the names of the cards on the video but ALSO THE CURRENT PRICES!! as well as how the deck shakes out in the current meta, totally awesome man this is where I’l be getting all my deck content from now on

[@solo8734]

LETS FUCKING GO NEW UPLOAD

[@Civman-yr8lb]

As someone looking into getting into YGO your videos are fantastic. As an aside, do you think Goblin Bikers could be competitively viable?

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

they're an okay rogue deck. They have a tough time dealing with the meta, but it's not impossible to do well.

[@Diomedes343]

This video came just in time. I prefer non-archetypal decks because I think incidental synergies are more interesting than following an archetype but all of mine (Dragon link, Gren Maju, and Dinosaurs) were hurt by this latest banlist. Maybe I should pick up Dogmatika Invoked Shaddoll until misc goes back to 3.

[@lesbianmorgoth652]

15:37 you've sold me, going for this one :))

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

I recomend also checking out runick stun or one bad day kashtira

[@lesbianmorgoth652]

@@MonkeyFightTCG perfect, 3x the war crimes :)))

[@braindeadborgerboi8736]

I've been gone from Yu-Gi-Oh for a bit. I think this snake eye deck seems neat. One of the engines is from a structure deck. I sure do hope it isn't too expensive...

[@idontwantahandlewhymustidothis]

Thanks! I've been trying to get back into the game for the last few weeks but the complexity creep is overwhelming. I still don't understand links, xyz and pendulums tbh, probably just gonna go play an old format without those mechanics

[@torakandwolf6786]

Surprised you didn't include Raidraptors as a rogue option. Still, good vid!

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

There are a lot of rogue decks I had to settle on a relatively small number unfortunately

[@IIIIXtremeIIII]

What would you reccomend doing for someone who wants to start learning how to play again? I did a few locals back when I was 15 or so, I have little clue of how Pendulums work; I already once tried to build a Marincess deck but didn't complete it due to financial reasons. My budget is very tight, so I would like to first learn, what approach can I follow?

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h33RkHx-pM-hecUsi=9_If5Q0dLexojiPx This is the tightest budget deck that could do okay. Although I'd recomend going with the tri brigade fire king build and watching a full guide. Knowing combos is very important for playing yugioh. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6O7h41oibuKidEsi=pqxi2DM1HjWuvGYb

[@johnathoncostello1015]

I stopped playing before synchro, xyz, pendulum, & link summoning were even a thing. But I decided to start playing because I wanted to see how things have changed since I stopped playing in like 06 or 07. I played an exosister xyz deck & got the hang of it pretty quickly.

[@saitougin7210]

I recommend Raidraptors. It's cheap. It has towers, long combos, can play around hand traps relatively well and I guess, often times you win at least 1 out of 3 games in a match.

[@TheStalenin]

Good Video. While I understand that you can include every Rogue deck, I'm surprised that you didn't mention Runick Stun. Yes, it is not the most exciting deck to play, but objectively (from the pure numbers of YCS Raleigh), it is the second best deck after the Snake-Eyes variants, and it is in a great Anti-Meta pick.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

So a bit of behind the scenes. This video was in development for a few months. It kept getting held back by massive set releases, ban lists, big meta shifts, and me just getting frustrated with the format. after the most recent ban list. I called it and hard settled on a list of decks only adding in a few new options. so i could get this video out. There were a few decks i also cut alongside it. Tearlaments, yubel, and swordsoul were considered as well. plus quite a few budget lists couldn't make the cut. runnick stun was a bit too new for me to add, plus i kinda opted into the fun orust build as a runick pick. because there are quite a few different runick builds seeing some success. I hope this helps explain why i didn't include them.

[@swarrior67]

Meanwhile I'm still playing Predaplant Branded (Thinking of adding a little Despia Package, better than the Shaddoll Package).

[@NickStarr__]

Shaddoll on the list, I approve this video

[@kennydarmawan13]

I kinda wish Yu-Gi-Oh! would focus more on other archetypes than introducing new ones all the time. Give new support for Duston and Ojama players. I'm sure it'll be more worth it than new support for an over-supported archetype.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Konami has been a lot better with that recently. It's just they also sell sets mostly on new archtypes

[@kennydarmawan13]

@@MonkeyFightTCG ah... glad to hear that. And I see. Still, it would be nice to see support for the under-supported, like Butterspy.

[@EliteElk221]

I think traptrix ragnarikka has some serious potential if you can shill out for thrust. Worth looking into at least, maybe even aromage/traptrix or aromage/ragnarika.

[@Priest-Seto]

I play ftks because if you want to win why give your opponent the chance to play the game. They might win after all

[@Practicalinvestments]

Average modern Yugioh player mindset 🤧 *opponent can’t even play the game and sits there watching* @prest-seto: “Wow this is so exciting! Aren’t you having so much fun?!” Like No actually I prefer NOT to play that kind of garbage thank you very much because I actually want to play a game, with an actual person to play with not just a spectator there to watch my combos… if I wanted to just draw 5 and play my entire deck without interruptions I would just play solotaire… But you sweaty players can’t even do that, you can’t enjoy the game unless you force someone to sit there and watch you win right? Then its fun? (But of course only if you win though if someone hand traps you then it’s not fun and suddenly “yugioh is so broken the meta sucks”)

[@Priest-Seto]

@@Practicalinvestments na if my opponent has the out they have the out, I have no complaints about losing I know what kind of deck I’m playing and what I’m getting into by playing it. Plus it’s just a game so no reason to get upset over it. PS if my opponent goes full combo when going first, it might as well be an otk considering all the muti negate boards made these days so I don’t see any difference Pss quit projecting “sweaty players”. Lol Sounds like you’ve got animosity bub, I’m sorry but if we ever duel I’ll make sure to end it quickly…oooh

[@ShiZostu]

i still have no idea what to play there's a WCQ next sunday and my options are either Tenpai, Unchained or Yubel and i can't decide what i wanna bring (each of them is at full power...i pretty much have any staple in the game)

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Unchained would be my pick

[@ShiZostu]

@@MonkeyFightTCG i love unchained, but you also feel that it's not up to date anymore and the snake eye matchup isn't super great plan was to play tenpai, but konami kinda bamboozled my plan a bit by making it low rarity, so people definitely are prepared now lol

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Well, you could always smokescreen tenpai into another build. ygoprodeck.com/deck/kashtira-tenpai-465147

[@RarecuisineSaucegod-ig8bc]

wow this couldnt have come at a better time lol

[@kirishatsu222]

Where is Chain Burn category on?

[@kgrey0582]

Good

[@goncaloferreira6429]

03:21 so are there any actually difference between decks?

[@sebastien5956]

the issue with Purrely is that Goblins have such an oppressive matchup that they serve as a gatekeeper from them ever being a top deck, because just running 3 boom mach as a hand trap will be able to detatch their purrely from the noir and even if it's a towers, it doesn't matter since it's affecting the materials not the card itself. This makes the deck a sitting duck just waiting to get OTKed since Noir's effects aren't quick effects if they don't have Purrely as material. The deck can still be good, and even objectively stronger than Goblins (which it is), but having such a hard counter is devastating and probably means it can never be a top contender ever again

[@chumsalmon9120]

this is true but the thing is nobody is really on goblins it feels (this is coming from a goblin player please play purrley)

[@sebastien5956]

@chumsalmon9120 I am also a goblin player, I was mostly referring to using Boom mach as a generic hand trap, and that having such a simple hard counter means the deck can never be a "best deck", even with everything back at 3 or with some support, not that Purrely needs it. I'm not saying play goblins, I'm saying be aware that Purrely will have to be rogue enough that you don't prepare for it in a standard side deck

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

As someone considering picking up Goblins. This comment chain has been very interesting

[@sebastien5956]

@MonkeyFightTCG I've been enjoying it as a means of playing a more general 3 pile, I'm currently doing it with punk, gold pride, pk and ba, alongside every free level 3 extender possible for a 60 card build, very explosive, has a lot of push, but still dies to droll and nib, so beware, but yeah, I wholeheartedly recommend trying out goblins

[@chumsalmon9120]

@@MonkeyFightTCG goblins are really fun and you can do allot with them I know of pure, punk gold pride, Horus, super heavy samurai, even kashtira. The one funny thing tho is usually the less main deck guys you run the better since opening multiple of them usually bricks you

[@apexishere]

For new players swordsoul even with it being a bit power crept starting off it's one of the easiest deck to pick up and is still strong

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

I agree but Barrone de fleur being banned really hurts the strategy

[@plabcentral630]

I choose the birds

[@EnderianVR]

rikka traprix goes hard

[@xuspirahopte5549]

For once, Tear is no longer worth mention, so long as you ignore that Paleozoic top. But as soon as konami accidentally makes a fusion with materials like "1 Pyro + 1 Dark monster" we'll see so many weird lists.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Tearlament almost made the cut. I really wanted to do a lightsworn build, but it's iffy if they'd be successful enough in the west and I needed to get the video out. maybe i'll do a mini rogue deck choice video with some smaller options.

[@DragosCatalan-rl2di]

2:52 it's BEE-STIAL. It's a portmanteau of "bestial" and "abyss".

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

Then spell it better

[@goncaloferreira6429]

05:50 hence immediately breaking the game into the do you have all the answers right now?

[@truegrit9202]

Snake eye engine was never really expensive. It was the bonfire and sinful spoil engines that were.

[@theazuredemon4854]

Tier 0 formats usually cause stun decks to resurface from what I have seen...

[@joshprice4855]

Makes sense, stun/burn decks fight on a different axis than the average deck. Kind of a "if you can't win a fair fight go for the eyes"

[@suguishi]

No tear?

[@fantasmabrasileiro21]

Why brazilians don't make this type of video very often?

[@DavidEllner]

Let’s turn Counter Fairies Meta 🎉

[@viniciusduarte3420]

I'm surprised Yubel didn't make the list

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

It was close to being added. But I had to get the video out eventually.

[@xenoz1158]

I'm gonna play zombie world

[@daviddavis3939]

Whatever stupid jank I can come up with. Or old archetypes as pure as possible. I don't actually play now, mostly just collecting because I enjoyed the game a lot when I played years ago.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

02:35 nothing wrong with that, right? right??

[@tempestst_pr0to]

1:35 Bro who tf made no fur purrely

[@nael_luna]

Only thing I don't understand is how despia is weak rogue. That deck is an infinite power house no matter the format Basically an infinite energy source🤣

[@marvelousgem8880]

I wouldnt said that branded despia is weak rogue deck 😂

[@TheLVJ]

I know this is mighty petty of me, but the archetype is pronounced "bestial". "Bys" is rooted in abyss.

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

then konami can spell it differently.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

@MonkeyFight TCG Some feedeback if you want it: i am a firm believer yutube needs diferent and better ygo content, specially for people starting out. At the start of the video it seemed this one could be for the new players due to the way your word choice was too much "baby like". But soon the video turned in another direction. Even with great presentation and a good script it goes to a place that is too far for new players. So who exactely is the video for? Just my 2 cents. Until next time.

[@Practicalinvestments]

Average modern Yugioh player mindset 🤧 *opponent can’t even play the game and sits there watching* @prest-seto: “Wow this is so exciting! Aren’t you having so much fun?!” Like No actually I prefer NOT to play that kind of garbage thank you very much because I actually want to play a game, with an actual person to play with not just a spectator there to watch my combos… if I wanted to just draw 5 and play my entire deck without interruptions I would just play solotaire… But you sweaty players can’t even do that, you can’t enjoy the game unless you force someone to sit there and watch you win right? Then its fun? (But of course only if you win though if someone hand traps you then it’s not fun and suddenly “yugioh is so broken the meta sucks”)

[@Telados]

Where is lightsworn? 🗿

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

In the graveyard. They were milled

[@Dwerynith]

OMG stop bullying that poor purrely

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

no

[@goncaloferreira6429]

06:17 so bad design, no balance only profit matters?

[@Devil935]

Marincess really only 150, am i looking at that

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

yep, they're really that cheap

[@Devil935]

@@MonkeyFightTCG for a first deck you think its worth it?

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

It's a good pick. But like any deck i recomend you look up a guide and test it online first before buying it.

[@JoJosDankAdventures]

Disappointed in no hero list, it's been doin as a rogue as of late and it even hit tier 3 in master duel multiple times

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

It's always rogue but never remotely budget. The thing is if I included every deck at that level this video would be several hours long

[@lifedeather]

Anime deck

[@No__Vanity]

bro is putting branded in weak rogue options 😂

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

If you want branded to get higher, then I suggest topping more

[@EMPCraft]

Dont play bricksoul

[@nickfanzo]

Chose a deck: You play flesh and blood, Pokemon, magic, Star Wars unlimited instead 😂 Japanese market games like this or one piece always have warped metas that are unhealthy .

[@dudono1744]

Here's the thing, you don't have to play competitive.

[@vespertinebjorkfan500]

you don't need sp little knight to compete. yes it's a great generic form of removal but telling players they need at least one $100 card is heavily misinforming them. s:p little knight will power up your deck, but it is not going to be the piece that seperates winning from losing. loved the video, but just wanted to share my thoughts!

[@MonkeyFightTCG]

There are ycs events where every player is using one. You need the card for most decks and i won't lie to my audience

[@vespertinebjorkfan500]

@MonkeyFightTCG there are staples that almost every deck runs but aren't necessary to win, S:P is just like Accesscode in that aspect. it's your video, but i would suggest letting your audience know about the prevalence of S:P little knight, and let them make the decision to spend $100 or not on a single card. this is one of the main reasons nobody wants to get into this card game anymore

[@vespertinebjorkfan500]

@MonkeyFightTCG also, nobody starts playing yugioh by competing in a YCS, you can top 100 locals before you need to use 1 S:P little knight

[@dudono1744]

Also you can just use a Knightmare Unicorn instead.

[@EMPCraft]

Dudes runick lists dont even play runick extra deck monsters lel