Why Nobody Plays Dark Bribe

[@HyperKnuckles01]

I always use Dark Bribe on my opponent Upstart Goblin. I'll be Damned if they're giving me 1000 Life Points.

[@fubukisses]

HyperKnuckles01 funny thing is, I actually had to use dark bribe so my opponent couldn't give me 1000 lp with my air neos turbo deck

[@murphmuffin9069]

Damn and I've been ashing upstart all this time

[@stgors]

Murph Muffin but ash doesn’t negate dark bribe...

[@joshuahadams]

Nurse Burn flashbacks intensify

[@jacobsmith7818]

Sup butt goblin

[@Cimoooooooo]

People may not know/remember that this used to be a $20+ Card back in 07-08 due to only having a single printing as a promo in Tag Force 2.

[@DarockKarok]

Cimoooooooo I remember playing antimeta against teledad with my 3 dark bribes to protect that Royal Oppression

[@jimmyponciano8186]

Good times.

[@foolishkiwi4546]

Just gotta say I've been using it super effectively in defensive trickstars.~ stacked with dark room of nightmares I generally deal 1600 damage per drawn card.

[@phantomthunderclap975]

I know I'm going to win if I see this card played.

[@jameswebb1978]

Cimoooooooo I haven't played yu-gi-oh since Yata - gara su was legal, but I still play magic and you're definitely correct about cards over life points. The simple way of it is that life points only keep you in the game but cards allow you to influence the game. The more cards you have the more options you have to influence the game in your favor. Life points won't make you more likely to win, they just keep you from losing That being said magic uses 20 life and once you reach about 10 is when you need to worry about protecting your health.

[@scapeghost4212]

But w/o dark bribe how are u gonna counter upstart?

[@randomcatname7792]

Hoss Delgado I've literally done that

[@nickcarney6736]

Jason Ortiz why?

[@randomcatname7792]

Nick Carney I had vandalgyon or whatever his name is in my deck and the 1500 damage was game XD

[@nickcarney6736]

Jason Ortiz oh ok that makes much more sense then

[@KobKannon]

One time I MST'ed a guy's face-down going 2nd [while he had no other cards on his field], and he chained Dark Bribe.

[@SkyrimSoldier]

It's a great counter to Upstart Goblin.

[@magicmanscott40k]

SkyrimSoldier nice one

[@hyejoohye]

Lmaoo

[@bjgabbard92]

SkyrimSoldier who needs the 1000 lp

[@edophoenix3831]

SkyrimSoldier Yeah right

[@legendarysamurai9738]

Yup

[@NinStarRune]

It's the perfect counter to Dark Bribe though.

[@Borchert97]

So back in 2012-14 when Dark Bribe was still somewhat meta, me and a bunch of my friends used to do battle royales with four people at once and we all had 2-3 Dark Bribes. One time we, no shit, had a chain of 6 that had 4-5 Dark Bribes. Trying to track the chain to figure out which cards did and didn't get negated was fun.

[@trutyatces8699]

*The perfect counter is a salty Konami employee.*

[@zin5582]

Tru**ty *atc*es then I use counter counter

[@commodore0648]

Player 1 : I play MST Player 2 : Dark Bribe Player 1 : I Dark Bribe your Dark Bribe Player 2 : I Dark Bribe the Dark Bribe that Dark Bribed my Dark Bribe

[@commodore0648]

Sage Hane Dark Bribe of course

[@MaxLoafin]

Dude that's deep

[@jonkirby1880]

orochimarujes Yeah man I'm also in the Dark

[@thepoketubersupporter7935]

Dude I'm so lost, I feel like I'm high as shit right now its not funny!

[@John_Sturgeon]

I used to have a DN Screenshot of 6 Dark Bribes and a Wiretap in the same chain. It was lost when my laptop broke.

[@Sahilssj4]

"The main reason dark bribe is used is to negate opponents powerful spells" - like Upstart Goblin (its so OP that its limited)

[@suezuccati304]

Sahil Ansari exactly what he said, today the game winners are the monsters, and not magic cards

[@jayz6706]

Lol funny joke

[@Yhsanave_]

I actually had someone unironically dark bribe my upstart once. I had to explain to them why they were wrong. They still didn't get it at first.

[@kyuubinaruto17]

What were they wrong about? Were they questioning why you still drew a card even though they just negated your draw card?

[@nekozombie]

I don't believe that

[@Rigel______]

Same, dude LUL

[@danielnorton9803]

What if I use Dark Bribe, and he draws Garnet? 😎

[@czzy9468]

Isn't sending Garnet a cost for brilliant fusion?

[@DannyEspo]

Daniel Norton Please watch the video, It's quite obvious you didn't even watch half of it if you are commenting something like that. He already mentioned that in the video.

[@BlueEyesFTW1]

It is not.

[@trefields9059]

DannyEspo sarcasm

[@KelvinTrading]

Daniel Norton youre an boss

[@NickersonGeneral]

I find it interesting how much Mystic Mine changed the dynamic of this card. The downside of "it gives your opponent a free draw which they'll just use to pummel you anyway" is drastically reduced when mystic mine has rendered 95% of their deck invalid, AND clears anything within the 5% that can deal with Mystic Mine.

[@Gamerman1018]

Dzeeff: *makes an intellectual and great video explaining in depth why a certain card is not used, using facts and examples backing his claims* Comment section: “I’m still going to use it because 3 years ago at a locals I went 1-5 and I won that one game because of said card”

[@angeloireland576]

Daddy_Dorf it's not that he used good examples of better things but that the card is good in a nitch way and he is denying it as 100% trash is how I'm getting it when people like me are using it to remove the other plays entire hand

[@brianaguilar8283]

He’s not using facts, it’s all his opinion

[@brianaguilar8283]

moe Takagi-san neither does yours

[@garfield1245]

@@brianaguilar8283 it's not an opinion it's a fact that competitively the card is awful in the past 6 years the card has not made it in a single deck to a regional qualifier

[@garfield1245]

@@brianaguilar8283 hopefully a year later you recognized you are wrong

[@YourDivineJudgment]

i am here from the future. dark bribe is used in mystic mine burn

[@trisertricordoh2127]

Use Dark bribe on Pot of Desires, banish ten cards but only draw one card instead of two.

[@eriktorres6994]

It'll be a great story when they draw another desires off that

[@toadsagejacob7896]

I actually had a Pot of Desires get Dark Bribed, I paid it no mind, as I still drew.

[@pullenZX]

I would be more concern for out of the frying pan on desires then dark bribe

[@MaxLoafin]

ya but that card aint shit unless it hits spell cards that are specifically once per turn or like idk the final countdown when you're opponent has less than 4000 lp preactivation

[@Mernom]

Desires is not a -10.

[@Br0oham]

My buddy and I had a game and he activated Final Countdown... I Dark Bribed *I won*

[@tidedetergentyummy]

Ethan Murray wait... You can dark bribe it? Hahahah

[@slevinhyde3212]

of course you can...

[@TheRabbitHasLanded]

Ethan Murray I won by negating his monster reborn. He way about to bring back his red nova dragon

[@trutyatces8699]

*I won by decking someone out with Dark Bribe's EFFECT but Konami was a sore bitch about it.*

[@legendarysamurai9738]

But card advantage

[@KobKannon]

"Dark Bribe has become synonymous with scrubs." Well I like being clean, so I'm gonna keep playing it. =P

[@galaxy-eyesknight4056]

So me(60 card infernoid) vs a friend of mine(masked heroes). I activate left arm, I banish my hand for cost. He activates dark bribe, I top deck grass.😂😂😂

[@frenchiee_96]

Galaxy-Eyes Knight405 :v and he didn't dank law? Cause I got hit with grass and hit my friend with dank law... Rip 50 card mills

[@galaxy-eyesknight4056]

Bryan Nieves he bricked pretty bad.he just made bagooska and passed.

[@salsathe4th]

Cool but then dark law banishes the grass...

[@frenchiee_96]

Joong Kim I made my friend draw garnet last time xD I even kaijued his crystal wing then compulsed the kaiju and kaijued him again only to triverr xD added the kaiju back to the hand

[@MaxLoafin]

Why the fuck wouldn't he just bribe whatever spell u added? Like that's just bad yugiohs right there lol

[@Mauricekaip]

Someone dark bribed me, and I was able to draw my final piece to GG him. Sure I lost Raigeki, but I gained WW-Icebell. I am pretty sure he took it out of his deck.

[@martynkalendar]

M8, I don’t even need to watch your vid to know you’re wrong! I’ll have you know I’m co-leader of team dragon on the WAR discord and I won a 3 player dueling nexus tournament maining dark bribe in my Deep-eyes white dragon turbo deck once!

[@LunaLament]

I can't decide if this is a joke or not :')

[@martynkalendar]

Llew The Last Dream Just go to dzeeff’s other comment sections if you doubt my total seriousness!

[@DannyEspo]

And I topped a 2 man locals playing cold feet.

[@pukalo]

Wow! One counter example proves him wrong in every situation!

[@garretrodriguez]

I agree with you dark bribe literally carried my old school decks against meta decks to victory.

[@mcgoldammcgoldman3922]

There are 2 strategies that could play dark bribe and one of them is sort of meta relevant. And they are: 1. Chain burn, since it does more and more damage, if your opponent has more cards; 2. Mill, I think this speaks for itself.

[@soonverysoon7950]

mcgoldam mcgoldman Appropriate?

[@dragonwings123456789]

mcgoldam mcgoldman Darklaw turbo is a pretty nice gimmick

[@foolishkiwi4546]

Exactly. I play defensive trickstars; I burn from 1600-2k per card they draw. Dark bribe is a godsend. I hate when people say cards are objectively bad when they're just too lazy to figure out where they're good or just don't count certain playstyles as "legit"

[@Kdub1V3G4C]

Mill decks and Appropriate. Both of those cards in the video are crucial to activating your draw engine. Run 6 and it's easy money. Have both recall and dark bribe set on the field? You're almost completely fortified. Recycle these with flip monsters (Mask of Darkness) and jar of avarice to keep your defenses up. Context, context, video author.

[@foolishkiwi4546]

Kdub1V3G4C He's so frusterated about not understanding context that he made a video "calling me out" over a comment explaining that. Chances of getting him to actually fully appreciate the usefulness of cards that aren't currently in the top 3 decks is a long shot; nice try though.

[@inciaradible7144]

*Chains Dark Bribe to Upstart Goblin*

[@SoggyWaffles.]

*Wins by preventing Nurse burn for game*

[@maskofthedragon]

the last time Dark bribe was good was when many staple spells were limited

[@magicmanscott40k]

Staple

[@JustLeagueCuriosity]

I mean, if you ever played heroes aka Dark Law turbo you get to negate a spell or trap and also taking a card out of their hand when they draw

[@crimsonraiza3633]

JustLeagueCuriosity That's like one of the only interactions where it isn't deemed bad.

[@MaxLoafin]

even then, you're still cycling thru their deck for them, so unless u banish a key card in their hand (or they only have the 1 card), they've likely got an equal hand as before and are now free to search with their actual search cards since dark law's effect triggered already. It'd be better to just play a standard negate card to 1 for 1 and wait for your opponent to search (which every deck does) to get a chance at banishing the specific card they added off the search and to leave your opponent in the situation of their cards having less value. DANK LAW OP lol

[@ChaosDarkLight]

I'd argue the last 800~1500 life points matters.

[@MaxLoafin]

Gagaga cowboy would agree with u

[@Effrenatus]

Okay, but hear me out. Bribe + Dark Law to not only negate but also banish a card from your opponents hand. It's a meme strat but it's fuckin neato

[@foolishkiwi4546]

There's multiple strats where this card works out great, unfortunately this video is just kinda wrong. :s

[@waldenotwalled5783]

Foolish Kiwi No, not really. Dark Bribe is completely outclassed in almost every single case by something like Ash Blossom or Scolding

[@MaxLoafin]

You at least admit it's for memes. Like it's not like it's terrible with that combo; you'll get to negate a card and your opponent doesn't gain a card, but you need this combo on field or it doesn't matter. Any person who's like "I'm so glad to give my opponent cards and draw cuz "insert card here" works so well when that happens needs to realize most players want to draw and add cards to their hand anyways. Just let them if you have strategies involved around them doing that. You don't have to give them cards with your cards lol.

[@solamanhuq7780]

I like this format of "why nobody plays" better than most videos you've done. It offers a history, what exactly made it useful while explaining theory, and why it isn't now. Too many of the newer videos will bring up techniques or cards without sufficient ly explaining them or there use.

[@Aelith766]

I'm offended! Dark Bribe is a 3 off Staple in my Localized Tornado Deck.

[@SteamPunkLV]

"Localized Tornado Deck"

[@Aelith766]

It's the best meme, believe me. Run some localized Tornados play Appropriate let your opponent draw a shit ton of cards and deny every attack and then reshuffle your deck while your opp is running out of cards.

[@Harmonic14]

You give your opponent a +1, and decks aren't as reliant on back row anymore. Saved you 12 minutes.

[@mikhailvarkovsky4150]

Thanks. I don't know why I even keep watching this guy's videos. He makes too long and diggresive videos...

[@DaPujj]

This card could counter pot of greed if only we knew what it did

[@waldenotwalled5783]

Pikapie hahaha lmao pot of greed xddddddddddddddddddddddd Why do so many Yugioh players not have any other besides Shapesnatch,Pot of Greed or Stratos?

[@MaxLoafin]

Don't need to know what it does to stop it from doin it I'm a simple man I see pot of greed I dark bribe We all have a laugh I call the judge I win

[@Joker1500100]

Dark Bribe is still a 3of staple in Barrier Stun. And probably in some other weird stun win con decks, Wiretap is only for traps which are a dead breed, it's pretty much only there for Evenly Match. Magic Jammer conflicts with Demise and makes you minus which you probably can't afford if you're playing these kind of decks Dark Bribe has insane range and the +1 to your opponent is not that big of a deal if your stun win con is that great.

[@mcgoldammcgoldman3922]

JokerJack The problem is that Barrier Statues don't have a good win con.

[@mychemicalrobert]

Is it not just play a statue(s), protect the statue(s), and keep attacking until game with said statue(s)?

[@wildwest8069]

From a Magic player's perspective, yes, you are absolutely correct. There are cards that exile your own cards to have an effect that are relevant, but cards that give your opponent cards are never used unless there is some way of making sure they cannot draw the cards due to an additional effect, and even that's gimmicky and niche. My favorite -1 is probably Seven Tools of the Bandit, in YGO btw. c:

[@Ghorda9]

or if you're milling your opponent in 2 turns or something.

[@eduardopereira1915]

Dark Bribe is a good card, especially if you're on a decisive turn (i.e Against limited cards such as Monster Reborn, Raigeki, Mirror Force)

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

Seven Tools of the Bandit is not a -1.

[@JTK_XXL]

It's pretty good in an Exodia Appropriate deck.

[@Celza]

Because people don't like "fair" cards and want to play things like Evenly Matched since it gives you an "unfair" advantage.

[@dielabtec7882]

That's the thing right they play evenly matched you dark bribe them and instead of them going +4 they go +1

[@PhobiaSoft]

How long until Evenly becomes limited? Place your bets.

[@Celza]

Bamlak Bekele "redundant"

[@Celza]

Bamlak Bekele lmao you came to "my" comment and you're telling "me" to "fuck off"? Are you special or something? *LUL*

[@unlucky1161]

Bamlak Bekele Also why are you replying to a "2 month" old comment

[@syedwahab2021]

Think of it this way. Upstart Goblin is a very powerful card and has been limited to 1 for a long time. Dark bride basically turns whatever card you were negating into an Upstart Goblin for your opponent without the drawback of you gaining 1000 LP

[@emissaryofcharybdis105]

Yeah, well when it comes down to giving your opponent a card or letting the Feather Duster clear your backrow, I'll take the former.

[@dazbones6288]

What about a deck-out deck that wants to force extra cards to go through your opponent's hand? I actually run dark bribe and recall and multiple other "force my opponent to draw" cards with appropriate so that I can keep my card advantage as well. It's not a great deck since I don't have a reliable way to get and protect appropriate and I'm running 60 cards so that appropriate won't make me deck out myself, but if it gets rolling, it's pretty fun to play.

[@kuribohking3240]

My friend got his invite with dark bribe. Basically he played Barrier Statues during metalfoe format with the theory that he could use bribe to stop the cards tht could out his board and ur opponent will draw a card which he cant play because of ur statue. Obviously this is a very obscure use for a card and it is definitely an outlier, just thought id bring it up

[@yellowspike3344]

Dark bribe is good in stun decks, such as mystic mine, eldlich, etc. Most people only side about 3 lighting storm or twin twister. They try to pop ur stun card like skill drain or mystic mine you can dark bribe because the chances of them drawing another card to pop your spell/trap is low. Most people would instead run anti spell fragrance but the only issue I have with that a lot of people run twin twisters and they can just chain and pop ur ASF and another card, compared to dark bribe its a spell speed 3. I like to run 3 solemn judgements plus couple of dark bribe in the side to really draw into them because I play eldlich gotta keep protect my summon limit or TCOBO.

[@DannyEspo]

I hate when I play against super casual players, and then they say that they came close since I'm down to around say 5500 LP at the end of the game. They just can't get that card advantage matters a lot more, and that I'm going to pay a lot of LP if it means them not being able to extend their plays and so on forth. If I play a lot of LP, but have an unbreakable board, it's fine. It's not like they are coming close or anything. It's especially annoying when I'm playing Masked Heroes and I activate "A Hero Lives" turn 1. Then they just say I suck for losing half my LP turn 1. *FACEPALM*

[@haogwasakura]

As the video mentioned, LP in Yugioh doesn't really matter, this game is mostly about combos, unbreakable boards, not letting your opponent play (Which actually ends up sucking) and card advantage. If you have card advantage you can mostly always come up with a solution... I have 2 friends that are just like "haha, you were like, 100 lp to lose!" and sadly at Yugioh, that doesn't even matter :/... And yeah, it' sannoying, i agree

[@notoverwatch6991]

Tamaki Kakashi Asakura Suou "What YGO is about" sounds horribly unfun.

[@chunkytheclown3422]

orochimarujes Card advantage is a technical term that only applies to cards in your hand and on your field, regardless of the deck you're running. "Having more cards" is a phrase that's open to interpretation and could refer to any number of things, such as the amount of cards in your deck or graveyard. You can try to object all you want, but the fact that some people genuinely still believe Pot of Desires is a -9 to this day because it removes cards from your deck is proof that we need exact terms like "card advantage" in Yugioh.

[@danduo6814]

The other cards mentioned as subs for dark bribe are more situational, whereas dark bribe can negate both spells and traps. There are several good counter points mentioned in a video by gagexscapegoat along the lines of; if you have an established field with some sort of flood gate like a barrier statue with moon mirror shield, there are very few outs to this combo. If you negate the card your opponent plays with dark bribe, the chances of them drawing a second out from the draw 1 clause is even smaller than it was for them opening with the out. If you knew your opponent was playing only spells you would undoubtedly prefer magic jammer or cursed seal of the forbidden spell, but in a diverse format with paleos running around and utility wire in every deck, dark bribe can be more useful.

[@randomperson2951]

I defeated a guy once with Dark Bribe. It happened just this Tuesday too. My opponent had a monster which cannot be destroyed by battle, but will be destroyed if it is targeted (forgot the name) and burden of the Might. I had a Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Dark Bribe face-down, and some other face down spell/trap on the field. I used Master with Eyes of Blue to send Neo Blue-Eyes to the graveyard to summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate (I only have the two blue eyes fusion monsters). He summoned Vampire Vamp to try to take my Blue_Eye Ultimate, but I used Neo Blue-Eyes to negate and destroy Vampire Vamp. I drew Master again and somehow sent him to the graveyard, summoned Dragon Spirit of White to banish Burden of the Mighty. He drew and summoned Patrician of Darkness, letting him choose the attack targets of my attacks. I drew Sage with Eyes of Blue and used it to sychro summon Azure-Eyes. Twice. (Three sages) We reached a stalemate in which he could not overpower or get rid my monsters, and I could only attack the monster that cannot be destroyed by battle. On his second last draw, he somehow destroyed my Ultimate Dragon and brought it to his side of the field using a vampire effect (don't remember which one), and destroyed my Dragon Spirit of White. I still had like 3000 life points life and he had 1250 or 1350. I drew Honest next. (If I had drawn Honest the turn before, I would have won two turns earlier) On the turn of his last draw, he activated a spell card and I activated Dark Bribe, making him deck out and wining the duel. (note, I summoned Neo Blue-Eyes with Dragon's Mirror and 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons, and when he made me send trap cards from my deck to the graveyard I sent Premature Return and Compulsory Evacuation Device to the graveyard. So I could not summon Blue-Eyes Alternative, nor use Burst Stream of Destruction to get rid of that monster) tl;dr: My opponent had no cards in the deck and activated a spell. I activated Dark Bribe, and made him deck out.

[@babysinclairfan]

Dark bribe's art is hilarious though so it will always have a place in my heart. This card was fun when I first started out. I remember seeing other people play it at locals around that time but it was a while ago. These days you never even see it get sided.

[@tybandicoot9374]

My opinion a free draw is Alot better than letting them search whatever they need

[@Sprachitektur]

Tyler Robinson most decks have about 3 terrafor search monsters rotas and the cards that they want to have so gg

[@poogly123]

Someone just used Dark Bribe on my Terraforming and I drew the exact card I was going to search for.

[@carlosmorera0924cm]

Im not a very competitive player but my deck is actually very balanced and i find that dark bribe is not that bad of a card as long as you know how to use it and not wate it on stupid cards like upstart cause i have seen it happen, and usually i can disrupt a lot of plays with dark bribe and in this format noone expects you to negate that raigeki or soul charge that was supposed to turn the game around and sometimes you dont have the resources to pay for other cards that negate traps/spells and given that dark bribe negates both it is very versatile late game, early game i dont recommend using it

[@vincentsissom4180]

There is one type of deck that could use Dark Bribe, and that is an Deck where you have plenty of searching and summoning choices. A deck I can think of that could run Dark Bribe is Magnet Warriors, and that is because the Deck has so much searching that giving your opponent 1 card is almost pointless, especially if the card you negate is a board wipe. Let's look at the cards: Alpha the Electromagnet Warrior: Searches out your 2 Main deck boss monsters on Normal or Special Summon. Beta the Electromagnet Warrior: Searches out the other Magnet Warriors on Normal or Special Summon. Delta the Magnet Warrior + Magnet Field: Delta places an Magnet Warrior in the GY, which Magnet Field can then revive for no cost. And Delta can be summoned during your opponent's turn by an Electromagnet Warrior's effect. And if you have 3 Magnet Warriors in the GY when Delta hits the GY, you can get Valkyrion from your Deck to the field. Fusion Conscription- Helps you get to Imperion easier, which... Imperion Magnum the Superconductive Battlebot- Unless a Kaiju get rid of it, when sent to the GY, you get both an Valkyrion and a Berserion from the Deck or Hand to the field. Now you see why Dark Bribe is an OK choice for the Deck, because the Deck has so many ways to generate card advantage that giving your opponent a card is barely an issue. Would I use it over the cards you mentioned? Maybe, but sure as heck ain't going to main Deck it anymore. Side, sure, but not main.

[@cordorchips]

I play recall and dark bribe in my weatherly appropriate deck that's uses the aurora canvas to to help set off appropriate. Having the dark bribe in the main helps weather defend against the blowout evenly matched. Btw I have ash blossoms. Also yes I know it's not a competitive deck but it's really run fun to play

[@paulsvensson6948]

Looking back at this video after over 2 years and remembering that Dark Bribe was played at 3 copies per deck in more or less all topping Mystic Mine burn decks during 2019.

[@SandwichGamer107]

Wow, thank you. Was playing Dark Bribe very often until now XD

[@PhobiaSoft]

I never thought about the comparison between discarding a card and allowing your opponent to draw one. I haven't played Bribe in years, but when its explained in those words, I would much rather run a card with discarding as its cost, than allow the opponent a free draw.

[@suddenllybah]

Yup. Yu-Gi-Oh needs to be based more around honest normal summons for drawing 1 card to be worse than resolving a powerful spell/trap. (Double Summon style cards make normal summons less like normal summons)

[@Sterl500]

As far as Bribe goes, Trickstars who use the empty hand combo could use it over something like Disturbance Strategy as it plays somewhat around Ash Blossom for the initial play to meet the condition for Droll. I wouldn't say it's exactly ideal, but it plays pretty well into the Trickstar strategy.

[@cardboard5689]

Wow, your presentation has really gone better over time. Watching this compared to other videos, the newer videos sounds ways better.

[@GeargusArchfiend]

When your spell is negated by DB, and you draw that same spell.

[@sansthedevil]

opponents uses evenly, you chain with dark bribe, the chain occurs and he draws another evenly match, scoop.

[@CloaksCosplays]

The best part about maining Burning Abyss back in the day was that there were so many cards from the past like Magic Jammer and Raigeki Break that now reward us for putting something in the grave.

[@videx9236]

Dark bribe was actually used years ago in dino rabbit deck and saw a lot of competitive play with it. I'm forgetting what was banned at the time judgement or warning but bribe was used because it protected everything and even with card advantage by the next turn you had laggia or dolkka out

[@youtubian1000]

i dark bribed a spell card and that one card he just drew is the one that wipeout my entire field opponent gets an advantage

[@adragonssoul5200]

This card is good in a mill deck because it gets the opposing player closer and closer to decking out.

[@DarkRockerTom]

As a toon player, I am triggered. My opinion should be taken seriously.

[@XJ-0641]

but what if someone dark bribed kingdom and the cards you banished facedown were the other kingdoms? I think you'd be salty enough to make a whole 13 minute video on why dark bribe sucks

[@DarkRockerTom]

This is what is known as sods law

[@ak18luka28]

Mystic mine, speaking from the future

[@patrikmiles9342]

just use solemn judgement

[@yugislavia9870]

Dark bribe was made to counter powerful spell cards like one day of peace (which is LIMITED)

[@jeffchiqui2642]

I run 3 copies in my Mystic Mine Burn/Stall deck because they usually only run 1-2 outs to MM. I don't mind my opponent drawing in that deck since they can't do anything anyways.

[@Reac2]

I remember when I played a Yu-Gi-Oh game on a console (Ps2 or NDS, don't remember exactly) and the Ai Dark bribed my Upstart Goblin. I laughed for atleast 5 minutes

[@justanotherguy8296]

I used Dark bribe back in the day and it helped me win a top 4 game in my first regionals.

[@KuisineMS]

back when i was playing yugioh at a semi competetive level in highschool (2012~2014) where darkworlds, gravekeepers, battlepack tourguide turbo were the "meta" decks, dark bribe were ran at 2~3 in every one's decks. Because our decks were so slow, we didn't really feel as if it was that bad of a card. Certainly has potential in slower formats

[@slevinhyde3212]

yeah because back then people had plays over a few turns, and you could get back that card advantage after having ruined their tempo. But now tempo is a bit irrevelant, since most decks have a big turn where they basically win on spot. And delaying that turn isn't that helpful.

[@170skeith]

That moment when I get an evenly matched of a scrubs dark bribe

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

You know, I used to think Dark Bribe was a no-brainer go-to. I was obsessed with being able to negate card effects, and I even tried to run a Blue Eyes Shining Dragon deck as a result. Of course, I didn't understand what "targeting" was, and that deck basically consisted of a bunch of random cards and the blue-eyes monsters for summoning it. And of course it was 60 cards too.

[@ikiostar]

It's still important to consider fringe benefits for countertraps. A great many times someone won't play it just for the negation, but because of interractions within their own deck that make it preferable to other options.

[@lefthandedscout9923]

10:08 I actually disagree here - Dark Bribe is definitely worth activating if you have a Dark Law because you not only did a 1 for 1 trade, but you disrupted your opponent's play and therefore did something they didn't expect in 2 possible ways: 1 - negating their Spell/Trap that would extend their play 2 - banishing one of their hand cards and replacing it with a card from the top of their deck, making any combos they had envisioned when doing things earlier in their turn possibly stopped So while I still wouldn't main deck it ever, if I was finding that I was always getting out Dark Law in a hero variant then I guess I might consider adding Dark Bribe to the side deck...though it's definitely not going in over something like Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre or any Solemn card.

[@williamthompson19]

It would be good if yugioh had cards that punish drawing outside of the draw phase or cards that punished players for the number of cards in the hand

[@e-tan3911]

To be fair, we have cards like dark law, which is a good anti meta option

[@xmegami5511]

What about in trickstar, because you stop a spell/trap, and your opponent draws a card, which burns them further.

[@zuling]

Alejandro Benett i use recall and Dark Bribe in my trickstar deck and they work better for me than the rest

[@arsia.]

dark bribe was used a bit when it came out, but these days i wouldnt play it cards are to crazy nowadays :o

[@Ghorda9]

this is why you pick an older format with matching cards.

[@Lightwaverable]

"If you Dark Bribe a brilliant fusion and your opponent draws a Garnet" I'd kms

[@llamaryder1]

Also ult prov>jammer then a much larger gap>bribe imo Though scolding is also an amazing option

[@KingJKlass]

Dark bribe was mostly for Dark World budget decks when they created the new structure deck. You used it with dragged down to make sure they had a card. Back then some decks would run out of cards in hand against Dark World early on. Good times :]

[@bryantan4228]

In Magic, its harder to generalize life vs card advantage. There are many decks within the game that can punish you for being even a tiny bit foolhardy with your life total. Like if you drop below half your life in Magic, every turn is a prayer to the gods above not to die.

[@Accrovideogames]

Dark Bribe is actually pretty good in deck destruction decks. Heck, I even abuse Destiny HERO - Defender in my stalling deck. Why should I care if you have six indestructible 3,000+ ATK monsters on your side of the field and fifteen cards in your hand if I keep negating your attacks and protecting my LP with my army of battle phase negating traps? Oh, so you wiped out my field? Then let me introduce you to my hand traps! Oh, you also destroyed my entire hand? Then let me reintroduce you to those monsters you destroyed early, they can negate your battle phase when they're in the GY!

[@Linkiscool115]

I had someone think that dark bribe stopped an attack. I have no idea how he thought that.

[@russianbot2179]

Man I remember Dark Bribe was used in certain protect the castle decks way back a while ago. Also maybe counter fairies used it?

[@kviehdor]

Dark Bribe + Appropriate + Exodia. Variations of this are actually capable of winning some locals.

[@milkshake3280]

I would combo dark bribe with appropriate so that I'd draw 2 cards everytime my opponent draws

[@skunknwolf4295]

Dark Bribe actually saw come competitive success in Mystic Mine strategies

[@VMVXMK2]

I play this with a Appropriate dark world deck in a few year ago, it usually involve destroying opponent card with card effect then beat them down before deck out, it is a pretty fun strategies.

[@inciaradible7144]

Dark Bribe has been okay in Demise decks over the past few years; they relied on maintaining floodgates to win, so giving them a card is fine because they aren't likely to be able to use it anyway. Also, Demise gave so much advantage that a minus 1 was a problem. Problems with the alternatives to Dark Bribe to Demise decks is that you do not have cards to discard--so also no Mind Crush--and well, Wiretap is cute, but usually you're after Spells, not Traps. Counter Fairies have better options, of course, but they tend to also not play floodgates in order to win. Recall is a card that should've been printed in the same set as Dark Bribe, or at least around the same time, because Strike is blatantly better. Then again, when Dark Bribe came out, Solemn Judgment was legal, pretty sure.

[@SkyFire2112]

I actually used dark bribe in heroes during a regionals in 2015 and with dark law’s effect I hit that stupid bird that was so good with the pendulums and he folded. This was turn 2 and I’m not going to lie that was a good feeling. But now I just use the solemn cards

[@williamdrum9899]

0:00 For way too long I thought the guy on the right was getting his hair combed by the person on the left. (The artwork)

[@zeFanciestBard]

It's kind of amusing seeing this video as someone that pretty much only played during the "Set 4/Solemn Trio" times where using bribe on a D-prison, giant trunade, or torrential could easily set you up to win. I also loved this card in Empty Jar for obvious reasons. It's a little sad cause I really liked Dark Bribe just cause the art was the perfect representation of my inner feelings while I threw a wrench in my opponent's plan.

[@dynastywarriorlord07]

The problem with magic jammer and cursed seal of the forbidden spell is that 1, they are not self sufficient and 2, they can only negate spells cards

[@williambielski419]

I built a deck based around the 'cost' of this card and many like it along with the card Greed which does 500 damage to the opponent for each card drawn out of draw phase. I can say that it is easily my worst yet best deck. Has the best 2 card combination in the game with Present Card and Null and Void (aka Noko) where the opponent discards their hand, draws 5, then I make them discard the five with Noko.

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

I got one from the video game and bought the other 2 from Ebay when I played Counter Fairy back then.

[@casketbase7750]

You should do one on “Rank-Up Magic the Seventh One.” I wish that Card was good.

[@Hatzmanialand]

This used to be played in some Hero builds because of Dark Law's lesser known effect

[@abstraction6212]

Dark bribe Errata: Negate the activation of a spell/trap and then destroy it. If you do; you can draw 1 card. Recall Errata: Negate the activation of a monster effect and then destroy it. If you do; you can draw 1 card.

[@LunaLament]

#NotifSquad Also, could Trickstars not use Dark Bribe? Due to their hand destruction and lots of damage from just playing cards

[@KelvinTrading]

Llew The Last Dream that's a good idea

[@KelvinTrading]

Llew The Last Dream 2 seconds later it does demand an sertain setup to do it. Yet still an good idea

[@TheCardTrooper]

It's still bad in that deck for every reason he talked about in that video. Competitive Trickstar decks try to gain advantage with their small engine and disrupt with all the generic good cards they have space for. Giving your opponent a plus with Bribe is counterintuitive to that.

[@LunaLament]

TheCardTrooper ah, that makes sense

[@czzy9468]

it gives your opponent a card. there you go.

[@michaelmireb2314]

The only time I’ve ever played dark bribe was when I was returning to the game the month the hero structure came out, so I’d combo it with Dark Law so they still lost a card out of their hand. Not the best play, but it worked

[@cutecommie]

What do you think about Magic Drain? I always considered it one of the best cost-free counters.

[@ThePuppyTurtle]

I haven't played in years, and when I did play I was a little kid who didn't know anything except how to lose local tournaments, so this Insight is probably either obvious or wrong, but it seems to me that even if dark bribe gives your opponent a dead draw, you're still helping them a lot because that dead draw would have happened during their next draw phase in you're letting them get a good card then instead.

[@sdot422]

You are definitely right about spells and traps no longer being the powerhouse of decks . I lost way more games to heavy storm than any monster

[@mitrimind1027]

I used dark bribe in a gimmick deck themed around appropriate. Drawing 1 more card than my opponent off of dark bribe feels nice.

[@danydady6851]

That moment when you realise dark bribes effect is to turn your opponents spell card into an objectively better version of a card that is limited to one copy per deck (upstart goblin).

[@RedRyuSmash]

If burn/aggro was more prominent in Yugioh like it is in Magic the Gathering then it would matter more being at low life points. Paying life for fetch lands is not much but it adds up fast, especially if you are using Ravnica lands where you pay life for them to be untapped. Then decks like Zoo and burn can make you rethink that as your life total suddenly becomes a lot more important to keep a check on. Magic number of 3 for a lightning bolt. One does 15% of your starting total. Yugioh does not have this to any common degree, that's why paying lifepoints doesn't matter and more beneficial. Magic the Gathering does have cards that make you lose life, but if that is an aggro match-up. That card draw or what you are using to gain life is going to look less effective and worse. Some decks like burn would kill for the chance for giving your opponent a free card for extra damage because they do not care about card advantage, just what life your opponent is left at. It's a difference in game design and key things that play out.