Why Joining Competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! Will Be REALLY Hard

[@seryogal6910]

Less short prints and more structure decks is the solution, but if the people still buy it, it will never change the cycle.

[@Raymond-v5t]

No it's not.

[@otterfire4712]

The solution is OCG structure of packs and boxes. We don't have to follow their banlist, but at the least staples will either be commons and rares or end up as super or ultra rare with secret rare and above variants. This drastically reduces the price on the secondary market for at least the base prints and ensures better average value of cards in packs. Adding in TCG exclusives can be phased out or kept in (I lean against having exclusives, it's just more work from TCG that doesn't need to happen).

[@olaadim7556]

We dont have shortprints on main sets, and all of the cards mentioned are in main sets. The solution is filling the useless spots of commons with cards actually worth playing, like they did with tenpai

[@otterfire4712]

@@olaadim7556 when mulcharmy cards go from rares in the ocg to secret rares in the tcg, I would very much consider that short printing especially when the supply of mulcharmy doesn't meet the demand from the community.

[@LeyMurphyYGO]

I remember formats like Monarch or Salamangreat, where you could obtain a meta deck with 3 structure decks + some staples

[@EdWuncler3rd]

U can buy 3 fire king structures rn and perform …

[@jrtg5758]

@@EdWuncler3rdnot really still need wanted and diabel plus the new fire king monster that’s like 15 a copy now too

[@EdWuncler3rd]

@@jrtg5758 u don’t NEED those to perform. Fire king can hold its on just fine, esp with the provided handtraps in the structure

[@vasto_king]

@@EdWuncler3rd for locals? Sure. But if you wanna go to a bigger tournament like a YCS or even a Regional, 3 Structure Decks and some staples won't be enough.

[@EdWuncler3rd]

@@vasto_king yes, never argued otherwise

[@TheOaklandRaiders1960]

The game of Yu-Gi-Oh and it's second hand market has always been the same. We just got older , have rent and kids to feed.

[@otterfire4712]

Not really, TeleDad format was plagued by the valuable cards being exclusive promos that couldn't be obtained in core or side sets. Dragon Rulers were commons and rares, while the extra deck was a bit more expensive with things like Dracossack and Big Eye, and Super Rejuvenation hadn't been reprinted in a while. That said, Prophecy was made short printed.

[@TheOaklandRaiders1960]

@otterfire4712 yea really. you can cherrypick a certain metagame or two but Yu-Gi-Oh has always been an expensive game.

[@otterfire4712]

@@TheOaklandRaiders1960 Not really, those examples were why those metas were expensive. Reasons being that TeleDad was expensive was for the exclusive promos that were hard to come by. Compare that to this meta which are staple cards that were rare and super rare in the OCG but were all bumped to secret rares in the TCG. I guarantee you that if TCG Konami of today were to print Lord of Tachyon Galaxy, they would have printed the whole Dragon Ruler line as secret and ultra rares. There wouldn't even be a rare print of any cards. Mechanicalchaser was a meta staple in its time, but it was a promo exclusive compared to being a short printed secret rare in a core set. I'm fairly certain that the Salamangreat structure deck as well as Dinosmasher, Hero, ABC Dragon structure decks were all fairly cheap entry points for the game that made it very accessible to players. It's criminal for TCG Konami to bump the rarity of staples without offering lower rarity prints in sets.

[@internetgoat4831]

The reading. The whole lot of reading. Your Deck that you need to master and the possible decks you're gonna encounter and most of the time you're gonna be reading paragraphs and you're not even taking into account other decks that might surprise you in matches.

[@MJ-oi6ul]

A rank 4 with 3000 atk? Power creep is insane!

[@undeadinside3571]

What about dark rebellion?

[@WolodiaStudios]

Borreload Excharge Dragon

[@Acepilot8Gaming]

​People always be sleeping on my boy. If im going to CHOOSE any xyz its definitely rebellion ​@@undeadinside3571

[@ChazBlanks]

The reprints are nice, but they aren't enticing me back into the game. I moved on to Pokémon and on play Yugioh online. Cards being overpriced and prize support being absolutely underwhelming has me only playing this game as a casual.

[@jaykin4927]

I’m right there beside you . Selling my collecting and stealing away for good. Would be even better when they just stop printing cards left and right crazy .

[@mrg2155]

I for one want more card doodles like in the thumbnail

[@n4b5ter41]

I hate that all my decks which were playable and competitive 6 months ago are all literal garbage now. No more money for Konami from me. I play pokemon now. Yugioh is not worth the time or money

[@silv3r7ongue97]

I play lightsworns every format and just adjust, now with the new synchro and baby dragon getting you punishment dragon you don’t auto lose to d shifter anymore. You can also just normal raiden and most of the special summons are from the grave so we have until the next maxx c clone comes out for grave summoning

[@silv3r7ongue97]

Honestly best budget deck to get into for competitive and still have fun.. extra deck is endless and build variations are endless idk how it’s not more popular tbh

[@Raphael4722]

@@silv3r7ongue97 What's the best build in your opinion? Fiendsmith?

[@silv3r7ongue97]

@@Raphael4722 tbh i haven’t even tried fiendsmith yet knowing I couldn’t afford them. I shilled out $60 for chaos angel and then they announced its reprint the same week so I’m waiting for them to be reprinted but that would be the build I would try an go for with the new link 4 coming out I think that’s the way to go forsure

[@Gadjiz]

Solution would be the raritiy distribution like in the OCG.

[@loadding3160]

This is tough…. Feels like this game is in such a weird state. Konami has done a poor job managing the game in the tcg. 🥴 now we’re here. I agree with you 7:54 its all reactive, never proactive.

[@christiancolon5317]

I've been told to play meta because stun is toxic. Why would I ever do that when meta staples are so expensive? Even when they get reprinted power creep is right around the corner. Might as well stick to stun.

[@justalyx7952]

It's impossible. This game has gone too far I honestly can't stand how everything needs to interact and lock your opponent. Konami just likes losing money nowadays.

[@zanzax6438]

I remember formats where my Starter Deck Yugi was plausible. GOAT 4 life

[@victorarrieta3400]

8:56 I think as a community we should try to introduce a different format like domain format

[@red_dll]

As a returning player I was extremely pleased by seeing how many cards got reprinted and became way more accessible to a broad playerbase. It feels like I can play a somewhat competitive deck for less money than in the past. However, cards like Fuwaloss and Impulse are way too expensive, yet unfortunately extremely good. Replacing them is very hard.

[@camdenthompson4307]

if I had a nickel for every time a One-Card Starter deck that's primarily just Hand Traps & Board Breakers, I'd have a ton of Nickels, which isin't a lot, but its concerning its happened more than once. In all serious though, its stuff like this that prevents me from getting back into Physical Yu-Gi-oh. I only really have 4 decks, being Gouki's, and then a Rokket, Slifer, & Obelisk structure deck and nothing else. I do have stuff like Ash & Veiler, which at least help (hell I even have an in-archetype hand trap that's helped a few times), but I can't even name one deck where I'm not left absolutely unable to do anything for one reason or another. It's also happened in Duel Links, but at least I've managed to make more decks and have even made an OTK deck at least, but even then it doesn't feel like it ever works, even with Floodgates like Level Limit- Area B or Wall of Disruption. The only game where I've ever felt like I wasn't just weak was, surprisingly, Master duel, in which I made an actually good version of my Gouki deck and managed to actually win duels I felt like I logically should never have been able to (believe a few examples were actually Tearlament & Kashtira). Point being, I'm honestly worried about where this games going, and I'm praying they actually fix several of the issues this game has, instead of just making cards that specifically counter decks that THEY THEMSELVES MADE, and just expect players to "Draw the Out" (I swear to god, I absolutely despise that phrase, as I usually wasn't expecting to have to play against a deck which the only way I can actually have fun is playing a specific card).

[@kog_txt]

impulse on lab isn't really all that big-a deal. just impulse them back KEKW

[@kenja0685]

Players: Konami, we are tired of getting ripped off. *Keeps buying product* Konami: Sure, whatever you say bozos.

[@secior92]

As long as there are no FTKs, we can still play board breakers which are way cheaper than those hand traps.

[@woofwoofdoggo]

The illustrations on the thumbnail are so funny. Thank you!

[@Squiddys]

glad u enjoy them 👨🏿‍🎨🎨

[@Zmon3595]

Game play keeps getting worse powercreep doesn’t slow down. Prices continue to be shady and predatory. Yeah I wouldn’t join the competitive scene even if I had the money for it.

[@TangoMichealXD]

I found a solution that worked for me back in april and it was called quitting modern and just focus on retro formats lol

[@thefinalskarm1754]

to quote an ancient australian icon "give us ya fucking money ccuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" praise be the TCG overlords pricegating staples and people still buying it anyway so they don't stop!

[@thenicjman]

No hate here, I loved the video and it was very informative! This design choice is why yugioh is laughable for people wanting to get into the game or stay up to date with the game. This is more than power creep it is actually insidious. Konami has just raised the bar for the game, the Mulcharmies and impulse cards have been made to check current decks or decks made before their release, and they are really good at it. But then in the next set they made cards that do not activate in the hand, so these new cards you just bought to counter the meta literally cannot be used, which only makes the idea of "draw the out" even worse. I'm sorry but its just laughable, it really is. Natural progression comes slow in games, if this game was to progress naturally, these new cards would have been designed to activate from the hand and be targeted by the new hand traps, but Konami just come in and skirts over the cards they literally just printed, making it harder for any player to play because every deck is not playing in the same design space, some decks are hurt more by hand traps, some decks struggle to board breakers, some decks can play through certain floodgates and for each deck's weak point they need that "out" card to let them play their deck again, and its just getting to the point where you can just auto lose because you didn't start the game with a card in hand or draw it on your first turn. its crazy and laughable.

[@RobertTHEITGaming]

Konami needs to make the prices equal with the OCG and make the TCG have more fair supply and demand they would make more fans and money but they think they will not make money🤦

[@dudono1744]

They won't make money in short term

[@hrg818]

oh man the squid🦑 still playing advanced!!

[@4spooky8u]

Inflation is eating heavily into Konami's profits. Your point about $300 DADs and $150 Tour guides is correct. There is a ceiling to how much people are willing to pay for staples and it hasn't increased much if at all in the past 10 years. Crazy to think I sold an appo in 2020 when everyone was playing 3 of them in spyral for $175 cad. But something is going to have to give, increasing prices will only further kill the game, but lowering quality more than they already have is also a terrible idea. I don't think the Yu-Gi-Oh! tcg will survive the further devaluing of our currencies by our governments.

[@lordofthered1257]

The solution on their end is to print cards slower reprint faster and have meta cards come in lower rarities more often, but they won't. So what is the solution on the player end? Play casual games with friends like I do. I play Eldlich, Labyrinth, and Branded with friends as well as some jank decks. Also retro formats. Goat, Edison, Tengu Plant, Monarch Pk Fire format, Perfect Circle, etc. Why buy new cards that just get banned or power crept? I am just going to pick a couple of rogue decks for modern format to keep up on and play retro formats with friends.

[@keeperskeeper5338]

Contact C is gonna go so hard against Ryzeal

[@pokerfacedad]

Lab basically won in Japan this weekend what is this guy talking about power creep and 6 ash blossoms.

[@marny129]

Plus you wont see this crap at the vast majority of locals. Nobody playing there can afford 3 of those unless they’re ultimate comp.

[@WolfPackAlpha-sn2sw]

Are… Are you seriously trying to deny power creep? Have you read literally any viable Snake-Eye card? Phantom of Yubel even? Lab is a very format dependent strategy. That deck, because of how it functions, will fluctuate in popularity and playability depending on what non-engine is popular.

[@bijaouisimon]

The game is heading to a weird direction, I really liked playing these past 2-3 years, but I’m really annoyed by the price tag and by the type of decks they are printing. One card combos decks with lot of hand traps is not the greatest yu gi oh imo. The game is still very technical (you have to know well rulings and mechanics to play at a high level) but has less long term strategy (like in Edison or in Lorcana) and interesting games, especially with floodgate handtraps like Shifter 😢 I’m not really hyped by next format honestly …

[@EdWuncler3rd]

The only main deck staple is dominus, if you can even run it.

[@MonsterXIII-2]

Im so glad I downloaded Pokemon TCGP and began to understand and get to like the game. Now, its all about Pokemon, I can build a full competitive deck with less than what 3 Fuwalos could cost me. Good riddance.

[@BboySquidfoot]

Looks like im not playing for another 4+ years until reprints.... Or just go completely digital at this point.

[@Voupes]

Okay, lets take a step back. I feel like you've just looked at the tournament statistics in the ocg and just assumed this deck is completely broken. Malice is far stronger, Ryzeal is seeing more play than it because of its ease of use, its a very linear and easy deck to play, but it certainly isn't a busted tier 0 deck like you're making it out to be. While I agree the non engine cards are too strong and way overpriced, isn't that more indicative of the TCG in general rather than one specific archetype?

[@gamingsuperun]

I have heard malice is also much more expensive than Ryzeal for OCG players which has an impact on the amount of people playing it

[@plabcentral630]

Hey you can try math lab with no hand traps for under 100$. But that deck is kinda bad sooooo

[@Fr3ezeMe]

i dont think they power creep snake-eyes and yubel especially in the tcg. They just hit all the top decks in the ocg and they have mulcharmies + maxx c which puts them in the situation they are in now. However they haver’t got their first wave of support from the main set which is scary to think about.

[@AbysmalRandomn3ss]

Wouldn’t wanna play competitive anyway. As a new player all it looks like is everyone using the same decks the same way, and whoever uses the winning strategy first wins. I’ll stick to playing yugioh with the homies.

[@rangeless]

I like the new staples cuz now there is more to think about when going 1st and 2nd, especially post side. Would be nice if it was like ocg and those mulcharmies can be reprinted in lower rarities. We'll take a super or ultra rare, Konami. Just let us play! 😅

[@MntfYugi]

Not you using my video lol Edit : you can btw. I won’t “claim” it. The screenshot with my wedding ring (wolf eating a skull) in it. Feel free to use any of the shorts or full videos if it helps move the narrative of the video(s) forward. Someone sent me here to see that it was used. Have fun.

[@Squiddys]

@@MntfYugi sorry! ill put the cradit next time in the cornar. thanx so much i rally appriciate that -- i love ur content!

[@MntfYugi]

@ I appreciate the credit but was just saying I approve of the uses. In no way was it malicious so I’m sure it just helped the narrative of the vid.

[@Squiddys]

@@MntfYugi bet thanks my guy! feel free to use any of mine as well 🤠

[@manleyfgc7981]

Pokemon is a better tcg and I'm so happy I made the switch right before fire kings.

[@Acepilot8Gaming]

Ryzeal=inspiration from Gundam. Try to change my mind

[@Custarddolphin]

Hi squiddy I hope you're having a great day

[@saigaryuu7565]

Its not hard but Konami TCG just decided staple cards in highest rarity as possible unlike OCG print multiple rarity

[@dancemademyday3686]

Game is not fun after u know what the major gameplan is.. so waiting for new master is the only Option

[@qweschuning]

As a shs player can I have my link monster plz?!?

[@d.r.6177]

Stop saying Ryzeal will powercreep the meta Snake-Eyes is 100% stronger than it. We need a mot more hits for this to change

[@Voupes]

This. Ryzeal isn't even that strong compared to snake eyes. Malice is far stronger, the difference is that Ryzeal is just easier to play which is why it's seeing so much play. I guarantee you Ryzeal is not the issue with the upcoming format.

[@lennquinn]

Why waste irl money whenaster duel is free for everything as long as you grind

[@spicymemes7458]

Competitive *Paper Yugioh Less of an issue online.

[@Maishopalazzo]

Nice momento to not be playing this shit

[@Retdf-e8s]

its a scam. all you get is a trophy with bragging rights.

[@alexanderbatterbee8369]

This video just shows you how scummy konami is lol

[@Mr1spooky4]

More like hard on the wallet

[@rainbowwitchluv]

moneymaker grindset

[@RobertTHEITGaming]

HARD? DON'T YOU MEAN IF YOUR NOT RICH ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO JOIN COMPETITIVE YU-GI-OH THAT'S WHY I QUIT THIS MARCH I KEPT LOSING TO RICH PEOPLE AND THEY KNEW ITS NOT THAT IM NOT GOOD.

[@EdWuncler3rd]

You don’t need these new cards to win, let alone have fun in ygo

[@jo-ri-oh8950]

Next time, can you please credit the artists of the fanarts you use? 🙏

[@Squiddys]

good point i will cradit the artist moving forward!

[@cristhiancorraliza4592]

Solucion is mass quit yugio

[@cristhiancorraliza4592]

Tha is way stop play competitive is so 😑😑😑

[@cristhiancorraliza4592]

Is more the 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@Lotus_jacobaeus]

The game can be as complex or as simple as you make it

[@TheDragonfriday]

Money is a problem I don't care how complex it get but... nobody got disposable income in the tcg hell my local for yugioh is dying since not many player come in often like 10 each time. I only went few times for fun but sadly it the only local left in my area. I stopped playing tcg physical card game a year now. I can't afford to spend 1 deck whenever I want tk build one.

[@Lotus_jacobaeus]

@TheDragonfriday I mean they run a business that's focused towards maximizing profit. I truthfully don't blame them for it. If the players choose to buy overpriced products why would they ever drop the price ?

[@erichalbert415]

I see ash blossom go the next bannlist to 1

[@Zmon3595]

I wish

[@traplover6357]

Nah, it's effectively a 1 for 1 and it's OPT.

[@pamoon_]

I mean Ash is an answer for the Mulcharmys