Why I Started Playing YUGIOH ... Again

I quit playing YUGIOH before because of many issues I had with the game, but those issues were solved when I discovered retro formats, but more specifically: EDISON FORMAT
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Edison channels I mentioned/used footage from:
@E3YuGiOh
@Zuczid
@Karpath_
@imnerdpodcast
@swiftdee3919
@asianwithcards
@FeelGoodGaming1
@playtestirl9448
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The Outro song is "Bone Theme" by Michael Wyckoff
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#edisonformat #yugioh #macro

[@TheMacroShow]

If you play Edison, or other retro formats, what’s your favorite deck to use?

[@monikhadka]

I like to play TOSS format and I like using blackwings

[@Goodape.]

Macro pls respond your my favorite KZbinr

[@Ninja-Hunter]

X-Saber and psychic are my favorite Edison decks

[@ahmedgaming4389]

Stardust or junk or heroes or black wing I like these

[@Thawheedi]

HERO, just HERO

[@CyberYGO1]

A wise man once said “you never quit Yugioh you just take a long break”

[@ibotygo598]

That's true... Until new DM/Blue-Eyes supports!

[@pkjk1255]

Have you seen Dragon Magia?​@@ibotygo598

[@orengi39x70]

Thats a minecraft quote!

[@CyberYGO1]

@@orengi39x70 😳

[@okamis3226]

Fuckin yep, left after zoo hits and now I’m back after md released

[@TeamPlasmaNowa]

This really shows that YuGiOh need more officially supported formats. MTG does this so well I hope Konami does something like it sooner than later.

[@Mr.IDK07]

I see what you're going for but there's another format called Rush Duel based on the Yu-Gi-Oh SEVENS anime but it's Japan exclusive but you can still play officialy by playing Duel Links (you need to unlock SEVENS world tho)

[@koro9553]

​@@Mr.IDK07but that is just lame to be honest. Real yugioh is the best yugioh

[@Mr.IDK07]

@@koro9553 I also thought Rush Duels were boring but I tried getting into the format & it was pretty fun ngl

[@four-en-tee]

​​@@Mr.IDK07 Rush Duels is to Yugioh what Duel Masters is to Magic the Gathering Its an entirely different game with its own card pool. Thats not the same as an alternative format.

[@IMGBrk96]

@@Mr.IDK07They should bring Rush duels to the west. But konami of america thinks all we need here is duel monsters nostalgia. Their biggest recent announcement was the unplayable, overpriced steel egyptian god cards.

[@lordzia6919]

This makes me wish masterduel would add format specific queues or events. Id love to play oldschool formats on it 😭

[@JovGar]

Shit would be elite and a lot of fun.

[@mr.narwhal4446]

I’m a huge fan of Yugioh, but unlike most of the audience I’m on the younger side. You don’t usually get younger people or newer people into the game so seeing you get back into the game especially through something like Edison is really cool!

[@user-wx2sb1ym1w]

So am I !! I barely see younger players at locals ever, glad to see there are still people out there :)

[@kingworldadventures]

Corny

[@kingworldadventures]

Boo hoo hoo lil bro

[@asianwithcards]

Hey Macro! Thanks for the Shout-out! I didn't even realize how much content was used here from my channel and I'm glad to see more interest in Edison Format since my return back in Sept 2022. I used to play in this era heavily and a majority of the meta cards I see in that timeframe are still muscle memory. Practically nothing surprised me back then and I'm in love with the fact that I seldomly have to read cards or change my mindset in how classic Yu-Gi-Oh ran. Anyhow, thanks for the video and welcome to Edison Format!

[@repeekyraidcero]

Wish it was called Tesla format tho 😸

[@michaelcrawford1765]

I used to be a competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! player that dropped off shortly after link monsters were introduced. My reason for leaving were the same as yours, whilst my love for the game hasn’t rekindled, I’m glad that yours have and found it interesting you also played. On the other hand, not too long ago I got into the commander format in Magic the Gathering, it’s so fun and casual. As a Yu-Gi-Oh! Player back then I saw Magic as an older guys game but now I wish I had played it sooner.

[@koro9553]

It is. And you are just to bad. Had once a bet with a guy who hated yugioh and told me to play magic after some research I was attending to a tournament the bet was that I should make one of the three first Places. I ended winning the tournament with just one loss. If you are good enough and dedicated enough in yugioh MTG is just a joke for you.

[@peteryanes3413]

​@koro9553 yup lots of ppl did because of links n prize suck n cards costs way to much all other games has better prizes

[@koro9553]

Ok I can see that. But I dont think Yugioh cards are this expensive if you know when to buy them and when to sell them

[@Kingmaxx22]

modern is basically a fighting game where both players don't know what moves the other person has it is stupidly exhausting to play and very hard especially for newer players but it feels hella rewarding if you master it personally for me when my friend introduced me to this game

[@PkmnLovar]

Kinda, the learning curve for Yu-Gi-Oh is steep but there is a certain plateau most people are in. Usually there's not a lot of decks being played so you most likely know what your opponent is playing. From there you have a few questions, does my deck have any response to [X]? Does [X] have a response for my deck? What are the odds of me or my opponent bricking? And, "What responses CAN I play through?" Though the skill ceiling for some decks can truly be incredibly insane!

[@Ramsey276one]

I play Vanquish Soul My Switch has 20+ FGC games XD

[@lordgrub12345]

@@Ramsey276one tbf, vanquish soul is LITERALLY THE fighting game deck 🤣

[@Zuczid]

One of the best videos on Edison Format I have ever seen!! I cannot express how large the smile on my face was the entire time I watched this video😄😄😄 I love the passion you clearly have for the game, and your clear desire to emphasize its most fun aspects! Your zombie plant list is truly legendary at this point and I cannot wait to see what you cook up next. An absolute legend and I hope so many people find out about edison format because of this! Thank you for making this video. 2024 is going to be an INCREDIBLE year for Macro and an INCREDIBLE year for yugioh 🔥🔥🔥

[@ot2900]

On the name of all the comunity We want to thank you for taking all these people to beauty of YU-GI-OH

[@koro9553]

I am also really thankfull. This video is perfect for make dumb and lazy players quit yugioh TCG because then there are more strong players againt the good players

[@ot2900]

@@koro9553 i am a tcg player But realy what you are saying have no sense The game have some big balance problemes and no one can yes no Time wizered is a thing to chouse the format and the speed with balence them e you wants Yes there is some non skill based format but edison is not one of them And from the first is not the reson they leave the game and tcg is not always have some skillfull formats most of tgem pick and learn does not even take 1 day to get the avarage level on the deck

[@CodyYoshida]

Honestly the retro formats is the best way to get people into the game in a more simple way than modern format. I do like the current format but... I can't deny how much fun the older ones are when I get burnt out on the modern format

[@lordgrub12345]

I think this is a great way to say it. While I prefer newer formats a million times over old ones I can understand why it would be overwhelming to some people.

[@CodyYoshida]

EXACTLY! If we had these formats being officially supported, a lot of the issues with the game today would likely be solved and make a lot of older players happy@@lordgrub12345

[@koro9553]

​@@lordgrub12345yeah the people are just to dumb to play modern Formats.

[@DonaDagger]

Welcome back! I just return a couple of years ago. I play the current fomat and love deck building and testing.

[@austinbrown2833]

Edison brought me back to yugioh as well, honestly fills great to have the spark of it back

[@HoodPope.]

Fellow Edison format player. Macro actually attends our locals and I can attest to the fun we have playing this retro version of the game. Definitely check it out if youve played yugioh before or ever wanted to play.

[@koro9553]

Good player here. Just noobs and loosers play older formats. Get good.

[@RuudAwakening]

x”D If your reply is serious, take into account: You base your value off of a game created by other people, who’s rules and tools are completely on their decision You follow what they lay out, keep spending time&energy&money by their standards, not your own

[@RuudAwakening]

* the reply of Koro42069 not FoodPope

[@koro9553]

​@@RuudAwakening I know. But I also like to judge you. I just think you are pathetic loosers that are just to bad for Yugioh and because of that play noob Formats instead. Just my opinion and I dont care how less you care about my opinion 🥱😂😂

[@joshyuwu7735]

I love playing this format its so fun i also play alot of the 5ds tag force games which are VERY fun to play as the decks are really cool to build and also the anime as well

[@zephshoir]

Master Duel not having retro formats kills it. It is way more friendlier to explore old formats first and then try new ones with time rather than being plunged right into a modern and competitive ladder.

[@Ramsey276one]

Suggest it in the Surveys!

[@anthonyslaptheknee9344]

I still remember your video on yugioh Weird how things changed

[@Brett2298]

I am the zombie plant guy my friend and I took inspiration from the twilight rose deck and that's what we came up with! So thank you!

[@oscarnator2324]

Been great having you in the community macro! Always love it when you pop up in keegan or karpaths comment section lol

[@pacmangaming567]

Should totally make another channel of you going to locals or Yu-Gi-Oh content! I'd watch it

[@RoseTheGuy]

I found your channel from Zuczid! Really love the other content you've been making!

[@Mr.Dhan1994]

I legit want to play again this year the Time Wizard Formats! I have that adult money where i can make any deck i want from these formats (thanks to reprints) I missed playing and it was such a fun time in my life! We'll see what happens later on in the year with events being announced!

[@hydropumpyu-gi-oh]

Great video and enjoyable to watch!

[@beenthroughnam3747]

Good to see a yugi bro back in action

[@frankaxe6700]

I recently got support for my decks so I came back For the fun of it and new deck I like and if rush duel comes out that s going to be fun

[@Dnias1]

Damn. This game was insanely fun when it came out in '02. Bunch of friends and I basically had every card in the first three or four sets. Stopped playing in probably '03 or '04. Crazy that this game is still around.

[@bluetooth4916]

I’m coming back to YuGiOh with Edison. Just ordered my cards and have a few friends to play with. I’m super hyped.!

[@McNotSassyLostChild]

I just started playing again it’s nuts and so much different from when I was 12 god 10 years does so much to a game

[@dragonmastersk7913]

I got back into playing again about a year ago. And I plan this year to be Awesome

[@CyberSoulgem]

The way I always play with my friends is by Drafting Cubes, basically simulating what it’s like to open card packs and build decks with what we draw. The fun is that you can balance the card pool to be exactly to your tastes so I have a lot of Edison staples mixed with some early XYZ cards and even some anime nostalgia cards. I highly recommend it!

[@Ramsey276one]

Cubes??

[@Primal_Necrozma]

Personally i like modern more, just because i started playing when the albaz structure deck came out and if you have a friend you could also pivot to just playing constructed, which gives off the pacing of older formats while also having stronger cards or at least functioning archetype decks seen in newer decks

[@professorxavier9991]

I had no clue you were a DuelHead. Blackwings For Life!

[@TheTolleyTrolley]

The timing on this is impeccable, i also just started playing again

[@Asryal]

yo know why i love edison too ? because old DS gamea are basically just edison, right before or right after, meaning that you can totally play through the story of 5ds using edison cards and familiarize yourself with that and rulings there. been playing the wc 2009 and 2010 games recently, lots of fun

[@ElusiveMirror]

If you use an emulator you can easily find save files for Reverse of Arcadia that have the March 2010 Banlist even.

[@Asryal]

@@ElusiveMirror i play it too! i play both, one on my ds and one on emulator

[@ElusiveMirror]

@@Asryal Nice! Thought I should let people know about the banlist save file thing if anyone else came across your comment :)

[@Asryal]

@@ElusiveMirror true!!

[@acetaslive9734]

LESSGOOOO IM SO EXCITED MACRO YYUGIUOH VIDEO

[@TheEXGamemaster]

Welcome back and yes I agree I love that format

[@LilManYGO]

Absolutely love this video! You can truly play anything in this format and do well if you play well. I got 3rd place at the Ultimate Time Wizard Tournament at Nationals with Amaryllis Burn! Practicing and knowing your strategy inside and out will get you far

[@FaolanKitekaze]

Nice to see retro formats get more love and hopefully more support soon, even though I stick to modern stuff. There are just modern strategies like VS and branded that I love enough to deal with more annoying stuff like labrynth

[@sammydray5919]

Imagine hating on lab smh. Modern ygo has way more nasty stuff than lab lol

[@FaolanKitekaze]

I mostly play MD and I'm a mid tier duelist at best. That's just the deck I run into the most and the searchable, recurrable floodgates annoy me. That and numeron, a deck that never got a win that it deserved

[@sammydray5919]

@@FaolanKitekaze I get that but are we gonna pretend branded doesn't have its own searchable floodgate with the whole santcifier puppet lock shenanigans? Because blaming lab for D Barrier and virus cards is basically the same as calling branded a floodgate deck (which its NOT but you can see where it comes from)

[@FaolanKitekaze]

It's probably my bias cuz I like branded and don't play the puppet lock, but yes that and the calamity lock that other decks play is unfun especially in a best of 1 format

[@sammydray5919]

@@FaolanKitekaze Ay man I hear ya. Branded is really fun and especially after the release of quem and other new support that the deck is pretty decent despite the unfair hit to branded fusion. I just play lab as well so I know it ain't as toxic some people say it is and its more of an unfortunate side effect that just like branded and puppet lock, the deck gets a bad name due to D barrier and virus cards.

[@moloinc3495]

Hi I love your videos, would you ever try magic the gathering? I use to play yugioh but didn’t like how the game evolved :( but I played magic and found a new card game that made me feel exited to learn!

[@Ramsey276one]

I first heard of Edison thanks to Magical Hats Now I get to really understand! XD

[@robinvobin9094]

What a good combo, my favorite gam and macro

[@emmanuelboakye1124]

Great video😁

[@Xohmats]

I play a T.G. And floral knight deck that is built towards the tengu plant format with some pack filler cards from recent years

[@mateiolteanu1916]

Didn't even know what edison format was till now. Might switch to that from speed duels, but they did hit Cyber Dragons sooooooo maybe not

[@silentobserver4425]

I wish duelist alliance format was popular! That would be my ultimate time wizard format!

[@thrasos1990]

Man that game is no more.i think they deleted this game

[@brave1_007]

Welcome back Macro!

[@killedby60hz17]

First macro vid I saw was why I quit yugioh and caused me to quit too but I personally love the way how modern yugioh has like an answer for everything or a counter so to speak so that there’s always a bit of excitement when you break those boards but that’s just me tho and I personally love Edison format but the ever changing normal format is my go-tp

[@user-ex1cu9lk1u]

Macro thank you soooo much for bringing love to the Edison community we need more people to help it grow!!

[@koro9553]

Yeah I support this thought. Get the out of the Format for good players

[@historyking9984]

Hey the next team ycs in February is a time wizard format so they’ll be playing Edison decks I believe. You should definitely check it out!

[@Hynotama]

The reason why I don’t really play old formats is because the Red-Eyes support that could actually do anything was released during the pendulum era. Same for the Dragon Lords (an interesting deck that uses Paladin/Guardian of Felgrand and Ruins of the Divine Dragon Lords to summon level 7 and 8 dragons, especially Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand and Arkbrave Dragon, to banish your opponent’s cards and turn these dragons into beat sticks).

[@user-tv6xu9ti4t]

i liked and subed for this reson

[@ThunderWolfSUSYIMPOSTER]

I love edison format but i love this curent modern format. Its literaly edison 2.0 with 14 difrent decks toping on ivents, but yea edison i goated.

[@IhateJacksonMadera]

Yugi oh is golden

[@1upization]

Time Wizard formats brought back my love for Yugioh

[@rayd6400]

I know Hawks nest gaming in GA has a night dedicated to Edison format.

[@monikhadka]

Ain't no way he's back in the grind

[@VOLTSmotion]

you never actually leave yugioh, you just come back with a different mindset

[@josegodoy9809]

I feel you on this Macro, I recently sold my sinful spoil fire king deck for $750 so I can play something I like and not something meta

[@daface7976]

Holy crap I never thought I'd see the day that macro talks about playing yu-gi-oh

[@JolTroll]

fire vid

[@gavinmahony9336]

Welcome back

[@Ramsey276one]

8:04 Try Pendulum Gemini!

[@madgameplay4658]

I know a lot of people don’t like yugiohs modern style but that personally why I like it the only real downsides for me is prices and tbh older formats are to slow

[@some2043]

as a follow chaos(not the archetype) enjoyer i offer you a respect handshake

[@OverDriver05]

@TheMacroShow, where are you covering Rush Duel?

[@sGzBugz]

Man I loved that era from like 2007-2009 of yugioh. I was in middle school and my friends and I would ride our bikes to our locals spot every Sunday. This is about the time that Synchro Cards were first introduced. Outside of the old guy running the locals openly not wanting us there cuz we only went to play for free and trade cards with ppl not spend money cuz we had none 😂. Fun times. No clue about OP decks or a yugioh meta. We just had decks built up over time from cards our parents bought us and we were winning against a lot of adults who had more resources than us to deck build. I loved my Horus Lockdown Deck I spent years building as a kid. I wish master duel added different formats to the game. I recently game back to yugioh over a year ago. Game is crazy now. Cool and lame af at the same time with the 2 turn or 3 turn duels being the norm. Built myself a Branded Bystial deck cuz duh dragons are the dopest cards but I miss old yugioh but can’t commit to playing it irl anymore sadly. Great video man!

[@infinty_yt]

I loved getting cards and trying to one-up both my brothers in 3-way duels. I got into Master Duel a few weeks back and set up a Blue-Eyes deck that while it's basic to basically every pro, a good hand can get me 2 to 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons on my first turn.

[@danielcodoceo722]

One of us! One of us!

[@KingKasper]

Completely AGREE I used to LOVE yu-gi-oh but AFTER XYZ it all went down hill....Synchro was the PEAK for me

[@thecalieffect]

Welcome to Yugioh bud dawg! If you need anything I'm one click away!

[@Thee9thAaroniero]

Did the card text change for cards like judgement dragon?!! It doesn’t make sense to me at all that you can have priority for ignition effects lol

[@marleyjones870]

Love hat format it's wirad to see Yu-Gi-Oh on your Chanel

[@RescueHornet]

Edison format is so good, I love it so many decks and affordable prices is something great

[@SimplyHawa]

He’s getting back into brooooo. He’s cooked 😭

[@lucksury]

Love to see Edison get some love these days

[@saviorlemons]

Hey Marco, have you heard of Speed Duels? Dunno if you played Duel Links before it's basically that but irl.

[@PkmnLovar]

Time Wizard formats are pretty cool because for the longest time they're assumed solved but since no new banlists or sets and people looking to get a competitive edge, metas have changed. Look at the actual tournament results fron SJC Edison and the meta now.

[@Ramsey276one]

Love that they called it that! XD

[@denodrizzshogun2569]

Fun fact i have Yu GI oh on my laptop and I'm still playing this until this day

[@Nephalem2002]

Shit… I need to give Edison a try!

[@goldsyerex4529]

YOOOOOOOOOOOO WELCOME BACK TO YUGIOH MACROOOO Before I even watch this fully I’m gonna guess you’re an Edison guy. You said you played competitively so I assume it’s not gonna be Goat. There’s no other major option so yeah lol

[@theresmorepancakes]

LETS GO

[@kayntrain]

Magic has a similar but different format where instead of cards from the past being used it's cards that are more recent. It's called pioneer and since cards of old MTG are so busted this is like Edison but for magic. Cool video! I'm giving it a try.

[@koro9553]

Magic players are a joke. If you are topped regionals and locals you will find yourself looking down on players from other card games except flesh and blood these Players are really hardcore when they play card games

[@kayntrain]

@@koro9553 interesting take...

[@Ramsey276one]

Edison I JUST REMEMBERED D/D/D/! XD

[@marshalltheo9822]

is there like a site that we can play that? cause i really hated those links and pendulums etc etc. so i really hope there is a site that we can play

[@DiegoParedes-gh3dh]

My man

[@kemperfranklin1935]

I wish we had a format similar to this in magic the gathering

[@dragonshake7798]

Edison sounds great

[@SuperSoaperG]

We need a yugioh for noobs video 😭

[@mickynicky2872]

Is ancient gear alowed in Edison format? i realy liked it before the introduction of link and pendulum monsters, and it was one of my first decks i made.

[@megaspacewaffles]

Wait. Do you think links and pendulums made ancient gears bad? Why’s that?

[@AcroxShadow]

It is legal, old Field Spell rules and all (so you can set any Field Spell on top of Geartown and have it trigger the on-destruction effect). Machina Ancient Gear is my main Edison deck.

[@ZenSilenc]

is "Ancient Gears" any good in Edison Format?

[@9clawtiger]

Hanzo, my boy!

[@petersonkendon]

yoooo plllleeeeaaaaase put some shine on edison format!!! Yugioh is an amazing game!!

[@SS0MAA]

Let's fucking gooooooooooooo

[@Luca-mv9vd]

This may be the only format i will ever try in yu-gi-oh because it reminds of MtG Pauper.

[@AcroxShadow]

The pauper equivalant "Common Charity" (named after a card) does exist but it's not super popular.

[@peteryanes3413]

For hat format 2014 what list we go by for that year i ask theirs more then one list a year n what set we can't pass and ban list? Can someone tell me pls i did like that format and i all these formats in real life at the time they their shit im old 31 soon

[@Ramsey276one]

OH? [pulls Skull Servant] Hello again...

[@M3rtyville]

have you tried Rush Duel? It is fun too. It is a different cardgame tho. You might want to use a simulator for it.

[@klusty5414]

yooo macro i love you!!'

[@user-dq5oo9ju9t]

I am getting into magic the gathering but my first card game was yugioh playing it at school lmfao

[@SuperNickid]

@Marco: What you showed was resolve incorrectly but still end-up that same end result in Edison format. Saying it is priority is a mistake, because it is not only you can activated ignition monster effect when they successfully special summoned themself, you can also activated when you set a spell or trap card, in response to that, as long as it was within you main phase 1, or main phase 2, it was not because ignition got priority, because it was the way it work back then, and it look like ignition effect got priority because the turn player got priority not the ignition effect itself that got priority. they did that, that way back then since they wanted to make ignition effect diffrent than spell speed 1 spell card, since when you activated a spell that is spell speed 1, does card can't activated in response to your own succefully summoned monster, and neither responde to setting a spell or trap card. Also back then their was the weird rulling only for TCG, if a spell speed 2 card got a trigger effect that trigger effect is also spell speed 2, this is also why the card Ultimated offering behave really weird, it take the rulling of ignition effect, but the ignition effect is spell speed 2, and ignition effect can never be spell speed 2 it can only be spell speed 1. This is why in modern yugioh if ultimated offering comes out of the banned list or you play in unlimtited format or traditonal format, it as already been change to a quick effect.

[@astrograph7875]

Speaking of alternate formats, Have you played the format called common charity, Marco? It's basically if yugioh had mtg's pauper format(Basically you can only use cards that were printed as a common). It also solves the problems you were talking about earlier(assuming you use the banlist made by the community). Balanced, cheap to play, and not overly complicated.

[@derbaum8761]

Never heard of this format before but i will give it a shot, because thats the format for a boomer like me

[@huberychen6947]

Thank god here at the OCG, we don’t have to deal with prices like these 5:33 .