Why Nobody Remembers Bounzers | Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@therealduelist8397]

Zexal era has tons of pack filler Dzeff: It's free real estate

[@jofx4051]

Dzeef literally milking it all

[@Zetact_]

Gauche: "I'm gonna play Bounzers." Gauche: 'I've made a horrible mistake." [switches to Heroic]

[@davidzhou2161]

yes we went from playing bounzers, a 4 card forgotten archetype, to playing the archetype Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad is part of

[@nightshroud9671]

Not if they freaking made more cards for Bounzers. Kind of unfair they got cut off from getting new cards, hence why they were pretty bad on their own.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Sawatari: "I'm gonna play Yosenju." Sawatari: "I've made a horrible mistake." [switches to Abyss Actor]

[@nightshroud9671]

@@runningoncylinders3829 Actually iirc, Reiji took Yosenjus away from him after he lost.

[@ophiuchus_kin]

I didn't even remember him using Bounzers though makes sense for his job

[@isabellesmith7578]

imagine being a mecha phantom beast player and hearing dzeeff correct himself from saying the deck was a rogue contender to saying it was 'okay-ish'

[@squideww]

lmao

[@BronzeAnalystTM]

I heard about them because I was rewatching Zexal lmao

[@Roboshi2007]

Zexel has quite a few forgotten archetypes because the focus was on boss monsters more than any other series.

[@rexdavis12]

XD same and it’s better than I remember

[@rustyanubis1650]

I just saw this episode at the same time that this video came out lol

[@Sad-Lesbian]

@@Roboshi2007 Almost like when you make a series that puts such emphasis on the number cards, most other cards get less attention and end up forgotten

[@Evil_Florida]

I honestly forgot the guy used bounzers before the rewatch lol. Just assumed he always just used heroic champions

[@Lukas-yt1mn]

And I tought GX had forgoten archetypes. But zexal

[@KyunaCookies]

Man you have no idea Butterspy, crashbug, Chronomaly, Star Seraph, Umbral Horror, Deep Space I'd as Heroics as well, but theyve had a good chunk of cards see success

[@frankaxe6700]

Deep space is an atch

[@TheNutmeg33]

@@frankaxe6700 no it’s not qinton (4) had a space theme going but his only strategy was to just summon number 9, he also had stuff like solar wind jamer and planet path finder of all cards in his deck because space theme

[@nightshroud9671]

@@TheNutmeg33 It sucks that Quinton only had one Number for his deck while Trey, Quattro and Tron/Vetrix has 3 Numbers for their arctypes. If you count Galaxy Tomahawk as a Number for his space machine deck(even though the Number belonged to a one-off goon in the manga), he's still one Number short. It just bugs the crap out of me.

[@SwoleTommyPickles]

@@KyunaCookies star seraphs saw play in tellarknights for a while & chronomaly were actually competitive in the ocg due to getting nebra disk before it was powercrept, but other than that I completely agree.

[@joshuapearl6507]

I remember them. What I find so funny is the fact they struggled to summon their actual boss XYZ (Photon Strike Bounzer). It’s like Konami were scared to make a level 6 Cyber Dragon clone

[@joshuapearl6507]

But then again one of the only duels in Zexal with them in it lasted about 3 turns so what did we really expect

[@lord_boneman]

Outside of their terrible effects and lack of synergy, I think people forget Bounzers because what the heck is a Bounzer? I’m being serious, what does it mean to be a Bounzer? Because to me, these are pack filler Beast-Warriors that for some reason are Warriors. The name sounds like they’re bouncers, so they must protect you from attacks and restrict your opponent like bouncers? Maybe they send cards back to the hand, you know, bouncing? No, there is no synergy, no common themes, and nothing to attach to. You know, unless you like hyena Edward Hammerhands.

[@JohnnyMacs19]

Thats what bothers me how are they warriors? They are literally animals

[@frankwest5388]

You might be onto something. Bounzers all look like generic werewolves. Super forgettable by itself.

[@Master00Ra]

Why Strike Bounzer and Papilloperative are also "Photon"? Yeah....

[@nightshroud9671]

They are also bad due to they got cut off from getting new cards due to the writers for some reason had Nistro ditch them for Heroics instead of expanding upon Bounzers there. If they got new cards, maybe they could have set things up but nope. This screams an unfinished deck there, a deck that got cut off from getting the rest of its cards. And also awkward due to Dextra kept her deck for the whole thing.

[@hi-i-am-atan]

@@Master00Ra in the context of zexal, photon cards were designed to be used to be anti-number cards. hence why gauche and droite, as number hunters, had ace monsters that were photon monsters, and why kaito had an entire _deck_ of the things - the whole idea was that if you saw someone tossing around a photon card, yuma wasn't gonna have a fun time with 'em

[@demon2441]

I remember them as the "archetype" that one guy from zexal had before heroic champions.

[@Swoozman]

Gotta love that "Ripped Straight From the Stil of the Anime" art. Tresh.

[@ChoiceSnarf]

Yeah, I remember. I found Blade Bounzer and Bounzer Guard on the ground in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

[@nullvoid7188]

Lol "Opens packs" What is this trash. *throws on the ground before leaving parking lot*

[@S_______D]

I remember them. I'm one of the few big fans of bounzers.

[@lamarpray5324]

What did they do

[@Archtrend]

@@lamarpray5324 nothing, it's not even a deck. It feels like a gx archetype, not a zexel one

[@frankaxe6700]

Sup an other fan

[@taomav]

Same

[@guythat779]

Excuse the rude sounding question... But what's there to like? Other than the boss ofc

[@themarshian5124]

I think it was because Nistro, their user, Switched over to Heriocs to cop that Rongo Bongo before it was banned.

[@nightshroud9671]

Same Its pretty unfair for Bounzers due to they basically got cut off from getting new cards, to expand and finalize their deck. They are basically left unfinished.

[@rainbowdragon168]

When I saw the title I was like: I don’t remember Bounzers.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

I remember most of the obscure stuff he brings up. Not Bounzers though.

[@TheGoodOne1998]

I didn't even know they even exist.

[@funtimegamer8733]

I only had the foggiest of memories of that guy from zexal who used them... for one duel, and then never again

[@rainbowdragon168]

@@funtimegamer8733 Nistro used them in zexal against Yuma in a tag duel with Dextra. He and Dextra were both dueling Yuma a 2 vs 1 duel

[@sushipbestdeck8995]

i did

[@14fluffies]

I remember Bounzers...I wish I could forget them.

[@jinezawa7089]

I feel like this series is just going to be archetypes that show up in the zexal anime once and never show up again lol

[@BramLastname]

To be fair I thought Fossil Fusion was a forgotten archetype, But then Konami announced they won a popularity contest.

[@blacklightjohn]

I kinda remembered Bounzers from when Nistro fought Yuma with them in their first match. However, I had absolutely no idea that these cards had ever been printed.

[@Ninja_Geek]

I only remember them because I have a couple in my "shiny, but not worth anything" binder.

[@patrikmiles9342]

I remember bounzer because rata mentioned it for one second

[@eavyeavy2864]

ADHD

[@patrikmiles9342]

@@eavyeavy2864 okay then

[@mahodoki2891]

Same thing as Crashbugs. I knew about Bounzers from ZeXal, and haven't thought about them outside of that context. Although, unlike the character that used Crasgbugs, the guy that used Bounzers was actually a relevant character that got more than one duel. It's just that he switched to using Heroic Challengers .

[@awesomechaos4034]

1:32 “[...] is a rank *eight* “ Me: **visible confusion**

[@genial24]

In the next line he correct himself immediately

[@ophiuchus_kin]

Me too, but then he corrected it and I just had to go back make sure I'm not just a Rank8 fanatic

[@Ariaofeffect]

There's a skip there, he literally just cut it out..

[@NICKatronMC]

When Nistro was introduced, he used this deck in 1 duel that lasted barely 2 episodes. Then when he quit the Heartland committee, he immediately switched to the Heroic Challenger deck After getting into the game after only just watching the shows, I realize now that some anime decks will always seem incomplete since said decks aren’t used a lot in the shows except for reusing the same cards

[@Luminousplayer]

hammer bouncer being WARRIOR, despite clearly being beast-warrior......

[@Magnet_Chaos]

All of them look like Beast-Warriors.

[@bulborb8756]

then again somehow Butterspy's are warrior's despite looking like insects

[@ronneemazukin]

I remember Bounzers from duel links. I tried playing the one that can normal summon for free in the early synchro era. I arrived when stardust dragon came out. I looked at all the boxes and learned about this card. I stopped playing tcg a long time ago so I actually never heard of the aha monster. I guess that makes me the reverse of your prediction.

[@edir4048]

Not only they're bad as an archetype, their design is so unappealing

[@kotzpenner]

They look like straight up from another franchise.

[@zad_rasera]

There's also another Zexal archetype based from utensils. I forgot their name.

[@jihokim788]

@@zad_rasera malicevourous I think its called

[@BramLastname]

The design would've been okay if they had any form of synergy tho, Kinda like how the Golden Castle Archetype looks fan made.

[@alexbruckshaw1448]

@@jihokim788 except it worked

[@seankim382]

Hammer Bounzer: "Stop, Hammer Time!"

[@irsyadrouyani4073]

Can't touch this

[@ravishing_cadet4625]

I hate both of you I can't stop laughing

[@chito4154]

Rata: Bounzers. Making a deck out of these boils down to "How often can I churn out Beatrice and make it count?" And most of the time, you don't even draw into any of them.

[@XionSteel]

Kinda funny how im going back to these older videos and are reminded of decks that i got to play against at my locals, it really was a fun time since there was indeed 2-3 tri-hards that won every week, the rest just kind of played random things to try and find the next rogue deck. I was heavily into morphtronics > scraps > wind-ups, but i also ran into bounzers, toons, magical wonder fea. dark magician girl, heroes, harold's balls (thats what he called it), crystal beast turbo, etc

[@marylovesdavidcook]

I thought Photon Strike Bounzer was a Photon/Galaxy card. Never realized Bounzers were a thing.

[@sethbennedetti753]

Of course I remember them... I've actually watched the shows DOUG.

[@iceinmehveins6487]

One off deck?

[@sethbennedetti753]

@@iceinmehveins6487 Sort of. The guy who played Heroics played Bounzers first. Think bounzers had 2 duels before he switched??

[@janithernest3929]

Why nobody remembers well that's because a lot of zexal decks are forgettable.

[@goldensimp7729]

Can't even really call them "Decks", since they where just a R#NK engine themed after a characters deck...

[@altonblue6921]

Zexal was just full of anime decks that barely synergize with each other... Until the Barians entered the battle Butterspy Bounzer Zexal's Ninjas The Sparrow Family Stray Cats (Kathy's deck) And that's just to name a few

[@lizard56]

I remember them, packed them as a kid and stuck with me. It took me a while to learn Photon Strike Bounzer is a thing and I was suprised. I do love Photon Strike Bounzer.

[@Dingg00se]

Day 1 of waiting for Why Nobody Remembers Moja

[@pr623145]

I know moja

[@FusselTeddy0707]

I do!

[@Archtrend]

At least the art was freaky

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

Wha

[@johntopping2728]

I remember the exact moment when I realized moja was terrible: I summoned beast strider and resolved his effect, looked at my board and forfeit the game

[@squizzy2796]

I honestly thought photon strike was like it’s own thing, I never even thought it was part of an archetype

[@riqo456]

They were used once by a character in ZEXAL, so that's how I remember the Bounzers

[@quietrioter]

Back at my first job, there was a coworker who was also into Yugioh. The first Xyz packs dropped and we pooled to buy 2 boxes and 2 tins each. He was excited for Bounzers based off card art alone

[@NerdyTransformed]

I actually had Blade Bouncer in my deck as a young teen

[@micahhumes7312]

Bruh the last couple episodes of his "Why nobody remembers" I've instantly recognized and remembered.

[@helixier6629]

7:56 that feel when you want to be kind to mecha phantom beasts, but then remember they were only okay-ish so you have to make another take to not spread misinformation.

[@inciaradible7144]

Dzeeff: 'Do you remember the Bounzer archetype?' Me: 'Yes.' 'When did you last think about them?' 'When they came out.'

[@guroanderson108]

I remember these cards because they showed up in Duel Links a while ago and I considered using them. Pretty much came to the same conclusion you did even in that format.

[@majordukem]

Ah, yes, one of the archetypes that only counts as an archetype because of 2 card

[@lampsonmcstand6150]

Was DM only an Archetype for a while because eye of tomias existed

[@T3chn0TJ]

Back when I was really young, I had a complete mish-mash of random Yu-Gi-Oh cards that I shambled together into a deck. I knew there were a series of Bounzer cards, but I didn't know what an Archetype was. I had Phantom Bounzer and Blade Bounzer. Phantom Bounzer was the strongest card I had in terms of attack points. I think I still have him in my collection somewhere.

[@heftylad]

When building a VW list online, I searched bounzer to find this card and the other bounzers came up. However since this one was part of photon I thought it was just a recurring theme and not an archetype, that somehow didn't occur to me lol

[@ethand4414]

I was a super Zexal fan, so naturally I knew about Nistro and his initial appearance using Bounzers. Haven't thought about them in at least a year, back when I went through lists of archetypes.

[@minininjatorpedo4538]

This series has a big future.

[@TheRyanNeighbor]

Both crash bugs and bounzers were filler commons in packs I opened TONS of back when I was transitioning from casually getting back into yugioh to playing competitively but still buying excessive packs instead of singles because I had a shiny cardboard addiction 🤷‍♂️ Loving this series, super hitting my nostalgia.

[@TheMimi140]

My boy Nistro's first deck working for the corrupted mayor of Heartland City !

[@Lacoodapalooza]

There was actually one interesting casual build I've seen around them with Metalfoes because Phantom Bounzer searches after getting destroyed and it can search itself. So that left a lasting impression on me. XD But, that is about it.

[@platypusfox73]

Yep, this is yet another Zexal Archetype. One interesting thing is the character that used them later switched to a Heroic challenger/champion deck for the remainder of the series after his one duel using the bounzer deck.

[@phenyo_4939]

This is the first video where I actually noticed the voice edits... Great video non the less

[@rescuerex7031]

I roughly knew of its existence because Nistro from the anime played them at some point, but I never actually thought about them ever

[@robloxplayer0003]

Blade bounzer was one of my first monsters. I didn't learn that it was an archetype for 3 years.

[@alynsix2035]

I remember trying to make a desk with these guys, but was never anything worth trying for too long.

[@Swordhand1]

Who could forget Bounzer? He's always kidnapping Princess Peack and the plumbers Maro and Loogie have to save her

[@Anans1_Spyd3r]

I played Yugioh Generations App so I remember this card. PS Also Konami thank you for developing Duel Links and giving me NOTHING for money poured into Generations. I thought a little nod would have been great in the form of in game content.

[@cutecombo8496]

Already becoming my favourite series, I love the obscure archetypes. More please :)

[@DuelistKoi93]

I knew only Phantom Bounzer from an eternal singles folder at my LGS, but sinve I never read the effect, I never knew they were an archetype. I just now found out about their Xyz boss monster.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Photon Strike Bounzer is essentially like Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack or Ally of Justice Catastor. These guys had archetypes, but a generically good boss card may cause the archetype to get overlooked.

[@claytonorender]

I knew these from the Duel Generation game. And with the limited card pool in that game early on I actually used Hammer Bounzer.

[@SageTigerStar]

back when the cards first released, I built a "Bounzer/Butterspy" deck because they were both Warrior-Type archetypes used by partner Jobber characters in the anime. I took it into a locals and had a good laugh when I got 2nd, my final game being against a Chaos-style deck and I ended up winning (even I couldn't tell you how, lol)

[@SageTigerStar]

And yes, I used all the Bounzer cards, as well as all the Butterspy stuff out at the time.

[@josealfredotirado5934]

I remember them because i was an hieratic player, so i bought a lot of galatic overlord's packs. Photon strike bouncer was one of the Main plays of the deck back when one negation was a Big deal.

[@MD-mk3lh]

I knew Hammer Bounzer from Duel Links, where I included it in some early versions of an autoduel Deck. Since most of the NPCs Decks include cards, that can result in pretty random wins and because the AI in Duel Links is (/was) incredibly stupid and can not play complicated Decks, it would help designing a Deck to specifically battle those NPCs. Nowadays the Decks are stronger and maybe the AI got smarter, so winning these Duels fast with a regular Deck is completely normal. (Examples of AI dumbness: There were situations where the AI left a White Stone of Ancients on the field in Attack position, held a powercard, until it could not turn the duel around anymore, etc. There are also events, where you have only 5 turns to beat the opponent, who has increased lifepoints (damage accumulates inbetween duels). The AI didn't know that the duel ends and chose to simply not activate ATK modifier cards on the last turn.)

[@mectainea5575]

Honestly hammer bounzer’s effect sounds like something that would fit nicely in a superheavy samurai deck but really only the special summon effect seems to have value. Even without the awkward level and trigger of phantom bounzers effect, there’s barely much it could search to begin with so its still screwed regardless Blade bounzer is depressing as all it needed for it to be at least okey is make it into a level 6 like the others with a more respectable attack point and simply alter the effect to something like “you can destroy one bounzer card in your hand and this card can attack twice this turn” which would of at least synergied with phantom bounzer even if the search pool is super shallow. Bounzer guard might of been okey (not fantastic but at least have a niche) if there was a bounzer with a similar effect to el shaddoll construct of destroying special summon monsters but alas there is non so its use is beyond limited.

[@yu-gh-oi4677]

i remember getting the main deck monsters in a pack years ago alongside N°11 Big Eye ("not sure if it was the same pack") i only remember cuz its when i started playing YGH again with friends

[@mohmmedazzam1090]

I've known the bounzer architype before knowing the rank 6 and that from duel links, the last time I heard of this architype was when I re-watched zexal

[@jpbutron3839]

I remember that deck when zexal first launched... We played that card a lot...

[@DrDrao]

Phantom bounzer is actually insane if you could search anything good off it. I'd play diagram or even fire King island for that effect.

[@cardinal01]

I remember playing Bounzer Hound in Duel Generations it was like the best card I had in Main deck in my customised starter deck.

[@mushythezombehkiller]

I know about them, and of Photon Bounzer specifically because I played Hazy Flame, so I went from playing a good card in 1 unplayable archetype to a barely playable one, not much changed.

[@ryanthecringeanimator9541]

I remember them before this video, i have an entire deck around them

[@autobotstarscream765]

Interesting, do tell.

[@legendarydragoon]

I didn't know about any of these cards, but of course I didn't play in that era. I played GOAT and came back at the tail-end of pendulums.

[@jkm1022]

I remember them because some of my first cards were these because i got the Heroic Champion: Excalibur tin. I last though about them every now and then because i rewatched zexal and think about my first deck.

[@Duelerama90]

Photon strike and having watched season Zexal are the only reason I haven't (completely) forgotten this archetype.

[@swaphero6656]

I remember Bounzers. They were released in the first sneek peak I ever went to.

[@thomasalvarenga2839]

I think Bounzers need something like this to get them started or something similar to this. Also, ps, if they make a new Bounzer Xyz that copies bounzer monster effects, at that point I can see blade bounzer seem more useful. Screw Bounzer Level 4/EARTH/Warrior/Effect 1700ATK/1300DEF Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 Level 4 monster you control; Special Summon 2 Level 4 or higher "Bounzer" monsters from your hand or GY, except "Screw Bounzer" and if you Tributed a "Bounzer" monster, you can draw 1 card.

[@Darkpyromaniac16]

I knew about Blade Bounzer because I played it in a warrior beatdown deck in the Duelist Generation mobile game. Granted, the free card pool in that game was garbage, so I used any warrior monster with decent stats.

[@Saber_234]

I remember having Hammer Bounzer, years ago, and I still have photon strike bounzer to this day

[@theblazingredcomet1954]

I heard of them because back when actually collected the physical cards I got a few of the other members in packs. I have phantom and blade bounzer.

[@Darkforce213]

I actually ran two Blade Bounzer and a Phantom Bounzer in one of my decks. I only did this because Level 4/1800 ATK and Level 6/2400 were impressive to me at the time, and I only ever play against myself and other decks I’ve made.

[@WarrenKing387]

Yes I remember them I remember being reminded of their existence anytime I would open a pack and find one apart from that no I don't remember them

[@foffingCh.]

I was in high school when all of these era archetypes were coming out, and since I couldn’t afford any actually good decks, whenever I got packs or tins I’d slowly start building decks out of most of the pack filler trash I had gotten, and bounzers and crashbugs were on the higher end of possibly playable, but never actually made

[@spencerpinkston9972]

I remember them as pack filler in duel links. Vaguely remember reading them and thinking “is that it” (They only have the main deck monsters)

[@nightshroud9671]

They could have had more cards is their user in Zexal didn't ditch them for Heroics. Pretty much Bounzers are left unfinished due to being cut off from new cards(given how their user got to duel some more down the line)

[@Digiheart400]

To me it felt like the bounzer deck restrained nistro's true strength and when he switched to his true deck (his heroic deck) he broke the restraints that bound him so he can finally bring out his full power

[@alexandersoudry188]

I actually really liked the bounzer from the anime. They have a cool design.

[@ge789]

Bounzers were the first deck I faced in my first competitive duel Links duel. I was playing Ojamas, so that went about as well as I expected.

[@spencerpinkston9972]

So you destroyed them right?

[@benappleton1554]

Sad to admit it but, used them in a hazy flame deck back in the day worked not to bad vs other non meta decks that were running around

[@harrisonblock]

Dzeef be doing a mini Legacy of the Worthless here.

[@WhoIsSirChasm]

I got three copies of every card available in Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution, and I don't remember seeing any card with "Bounzer" in the name. Best archetype.

[@Dezofmari]

I remembered crash bugs but I never heard of these things before. Not even the XYZ monster.

[@danieltaylor4185]

I'll tell you why I _do_ remember Bounzers. It's because I saw an awful lot of them when I got taken for a ride by Galactic Overlord booster boxes back in the day. I'm pretty sure one of them didn't even have a secret rare, and I pulled absolute garbage on all of them. Including, as you'd expect, many MANY copies of Phantom Bounzer, Blade Bounzer, Bounzer Guard, and nary a good Hieratic card, nor Photon Strike Bounzer in sight. So I am _painfully_ aware of this archetype, why it's bad, and why you don't want to see a single one of these cards when opening a pack. This is why I NEVER buy sealed product. Thanks for teaching me that lesson, Bounzers.

[@Luminousplayer]

i think the new Dzeeff trend is to leave in an outtake in each video? xD , that mecha phantom beast introduction...

[@shadowtyrant1272]

My friend used Hammer Bounzer back in Junior High for the same reason we played Cyber Dragon. I mean it worked seeing as how it was slow Yu-Gi-Oh and beat over Cyber Dragon.

[@TheWizardMus]

I actually was looking back at my old terrible Warrior deck the other day and a good chunk of them were Bounzers

[@animatepokemonadventures7889]

I never stopped thinking about bounzers

[@Bomberman204]

I think I pulled a Blade Bounzer at some point... didn’t know any of the other cards existed. Kinda sat out the XYZ and Pendulum eras... but still bought cards randomly lol shiny cards are addictive 😂

[@ObeliskTGS]

I remember these guys (and a lot of the bad anime villain archetypes) due to our locals having this one scrub who insisted that “I can make it work” when the rest of us were crapping on the deck while cracking packs. He did not and lost often.

[@fabiogarrone9041]

Next episode you cuold talk about star seraph. They have a lot of potential that could be boosted by new support. In fact this archetype was in choice for the structure deck of 2021

[@benjystrauss2524]

I knew of blade and phantom bounzer, might be interesting destroying phantom in the hand to go +1 (depending on the effect used) If blade destroyed phantom in the hand instead of discarding it, this might be an interesting engine.