Why Nobody Remembers Chemicritters | Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@zippzapp7443]

Yoooo, Shout out to the guy at my locals that still to this day play chemicritters.

[@Malteserteppich]

What a trooper

[@payne9682]

Respect

[@lord_boneman]

A man of my own heart

[@pumpkingkingoftoons6185]

@@payne9682 h4ururu

[@SwagMaster824]

The madman

[@MathewDHennen]

I never understood why some Gemini monsters have a cost. The whole point of the Gemini is that it IS the cost. A shame, I love the concept.

[@smileybones9172]

"Discard between 1 to 5 cards; if you do, you lose the current game and every game afterwards equal to the cards you discarded."

[@Sleepy0173]

I think the discard costs were meant to aid with setup but yeah I agree with you xD

[@MathewDHennen]

@@Sleepy0173 yeah, but it's not just that guy in the archetype. Older ones like Aquarian Alessa, and Evocator Chevalier had a condition and a cost respectively. Given the hoops of gemini, neither should have had to do anything but activate the effect. Give them a hard once per turn; or given their age a soft once per turn maybe and they would have been fine, even good.

[@Checkmate_Bro7]

As someone who likes chemistry, I was deeply disappointed that this archetype wasn’t at least rogue.

[@paddykelly2851]

Same the inner chem nerd in me is crying

[@patrikmiles9342]

Yeah Konami seems to have a stigma against chemistry since the water dragon archetype is also terrible

[@bl00by_]

Maybe they make an archetype out of "Chikyuujin Carbon" for us chem nerds...

[@cax1175]

Same, actually graduated last year with a degree in chemistry and I wish cards about elements and compounds and such were better..

[@emmarickerby7200]

Same here lady

[@lord_boneman]

I think that title should’ve been “Why Konami doesn’t remember Chemicritters.” Because I swear, JUST MAKE A SECOND WAVE OF SUPPORT! They got killed off and were never given a chance!

[@radianzero]

They were just filler archetypes like Dinomist, you'll never see legacy support for them again.

[@lord_boneman]

@@radianzero ok are you asking for a fight?

[@radianzero]

@@lord_boneman No, just stating how it is. Even if we do get support it will be too little too late.

[@BILOUUU59]

@@radianzero And Digital Bugs. And to be fair, Chemicritter never even *was* born, they only have like what? 7 cards? You can't compare them to other Deck when they're not even fleshed out.

[@นวพลเกษเจริญคุณ]

Triamid: Hello there my friend

[@patrikmiles9342]

I'll always remember chemicritters beacuse of how crazy thier field spell is. Like imagine if it was for dragons instead of geminis it would be a better version of mausalium of white.

[@demontferrat]

It would be banned in a few days. For most types that would break the game(Ie Dragons, Warriors, Fiends, Spellcasters)

[@Deathmare235]

Probably why they gave it to a kinda weak type of monster

[@voidblack1706]

I remember using it for a red eye deck o built on ygo. It helped summon red eyes flare pretty easy for rank 7

[@omechron]

I'd never heard of chemicritters before, but I had heard of Catalyst Field. I just thought it was generic gemini support. Which I guess it kind of is, but it's also thematically connected to the archetype. Kinda weird. It's like if Ice Barriers fell even further into obscurity and only Trishula remained.

[@chucklesdeclown8819]

@@demontferrat heck, it would be better in almost every deck imaginable.

[@kreatorkeon4478]

*I. Remembered. Chemicritters. In Duel Links 2019.*

[@fabiomcmuffin]

I played the hell out of them when they came out in duel links, despite being so mediocre

[@kreatorkeon4478]

@@fabiomcmuffin At the time there were the only deck I had enough cards for.

[@Ordinary_Red]

I. Remember. Chemicritters. In duel links 2020. Because that's when I started playing and I thought they were really cool looking.

[@r3zaful]

@@fabiomcmuffin they will back they're xyz deck after all

[@kingwill1192]

LOL felt that

[@twofacecomix]

Remember when chemicritters got us excited that geminis would get the same treatment as unions did? Pepperridge farm remembers

[@Deathmare235]

Unions could use some support as well

[@paulolucero9864]

@@Deathmare235 Unions are busted what do you mean

[@Arl-es]

@@paulolucero9864 It really not

[@paulolucero9864]

@@Arl-es Union Carrier exists my dude

[@lykillcorreli6740]

@@paulolucero9864 Union Carrier is no longer enough to carry Union decks. They're outdated again, just nowhere near as badly as Geminis. At least Unions had their time in the meta spotlight courtesy of ABC, but that time is long, long over.

[@letsgoshuckles266]

The last time I remember hearing about chemicritters was when I saw someone talking about the field spell and how it "syngergized" with King Pyron burn

[@jonathan-6958]

The cards: * Has solid effects.* KONAMI: *G E M I N I*

[@milesedgelord3542]

The only reason I know Chemicritter exists is Farfa asking “what the fuck is a Chemicritter?”

[@kingvire]

I feel like this I just a series were you attack some of my favorite cards.

[@theaverageDon]

Better title would be, “why Konami makes certain monster card types and then doesn’t properly support them”

[@GaussianEntity]

*Screams in Archfiend*

[@deproissant]

Just old Konami experimenting with Main Deck stuff. I think after Gemini they realized that it's pointless to have an actual sub-type in the Main Deck.

[@Begeru]

@@deproissant yeah they did a lot of weird stuff like contact fusion, before synchros.

[@raysin.st.5778]

@@Begeru contact Fusion exists subtil now, even blue eyes have a contact fusion Target :)

[@stonalisa3729]

Screams pyro

[@JoelBurger]

Still hoping that the next constellation archetype after Drytron and Ursarctic is Gemini and somehow manages to break the mechanic.

[@Xeno_Des]

Chemicritters may not be a good deck, but still one of my favs, it was one of the first decks I bought and built on my own when getting back into the game.

[@SilverHyozanryu]

Gemini's are such a cursed mechanic, like compared to all the other niche mechanics in the game like counters and unions, gemini's just feel like they don't need to exist. Unless you give them super broken effects they may as well just be regular effects monsters. That being said Chemicritters are extremely cool and it's a shame they never really took off even as a casual deck.

[@jofx4051]

I think Gemini, Toon and Spirit should have never been existed

[@arekkusubasu4483]

I remember playing an Red Eyes/Chemicritter hybrid back in the day. Oh boy, it sucked so badly!

[@JNitroxx]

How tf do you mix Red-Eyes with Chemicritters? Lol. Now I'm confused and intrigued at the same time.

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

Red eyes is either swarm or burn damage hate how konami mishandled the red eyes archtype

[@JNitroxx]

@@Deadhead-kq4hr yeah, I love the archetype but they splitted it into two different play styles without making either of them relatively competitive. That sucks.

[@otakotako2601]

@@JNitroxx i mean, red-eyes has some gemini cards

[@Jinzo126]

Yeah, i had the Same Deck, but over Time, it Turned into a almost Pure Red Eyes Deck with the CC Field Spell (Catalyst Field?)

[@JABRIEL251]

I absolutely remember Chemicritters and wish they were better. Would definitely like support for them, because while the Gemini gimmick is bad (really bad), I do want more for them as THE Gemini archetype. It's not like it would be impossible.

[@misterghen287]

One of the best ways they could fix Gemini monsters is to change how there 2nd summon is treated, make an effect Gemini monster treated as 2, e.g. An effect Gemini monster can be used as 2 link material or 2 xyz or even 2 tributes. Also some Gemi-dulums that have their pendulum effects be like catalyst field.

[@jayclearmen411]

yes that doesn’t sounds like a terrible idea sound like it would have potential actually

[@jackfaulkner3918]

Wow was literally looking for something to put on in the background and I have to say your videos are perfect for that! Love your content!

[@nooodisaster]

"When was the last time you thought about Chemicritters" Yesterday. Literally.

[@kodytiffany5686]

Its been a couple years for me. Around the time that the Blue-eyes white dragon set/structure deck came out. Catalist force (field spell mentions Lv 5 or higher gemini summoning); made me try to make something with them and after reading the critters I stopped basically.

[@Decayed.Jester]

Just sitting here with my Chemicritter deck next to me on my desk

[@maxoublue1]

Never heard of Chemicritters. At first, when you mentionned Gemini monsters, I thought you were going to talk about an archetype from the fusion or synchro era. I was then completely taken by surprise when you indirectly said that they focused on Xyz summoning rank 8 monsters.

[@yu-gh-oi4677]

New Gemini Concept: make them effect monsters with effects that can be normal summoned again to gain additional effects. i think this should be the natural evolution of Gemini monsters. Like they did with the new LV monsters (speed up the mechanic) without a doubt Gemini are probably the current worst sub type

[@kotkafer2292]

Or make an effect Monster that can be normal Summoned again to become a Normal Monster

[@frogsby996]

Lvls are worse

[@zanpakutoman4225]

@@kotkafer2292 Maybe make an effect non Gemini monster that becomes a normal monster after using its effect? Possibly with the ability to special summoning a itself from hand and a Gemini monster from deck.

[@yu-gh-oi4677]

@@frogsby996 it's debatable. There are probably worst individual LV monsters, but as a mechanic i would say Gemini is worse. and im letting (LV's) the slide a little cuz the new Armed Dragons are bonkers compared to anything Geminis currently Have.

[@frogsby996]

@@yu-gh-oi4677 so ur just gonna ignore gigaplant like that

[@zennim125]

duel links, i have a gemini deck that i really like to use because the supervise dark valkyr combo allow some quick board removal and if you are playing second 6/10 times you can fusion summon using a card equipped with supervise as material and deal exactly 4000 direct damage still bricks like crazy and you can't get past gold with it

[@about7grams]

A concept for gemini: a link 1 that takes 1 Gemini monster and allows you to summon some other kind of gemini monster from the deck with a different name or like the same level, and its considered an effect monster but cannot use its effect until Gemini summoned. This way gemini decks that open 5 geminis can at least go into anaconda/dragoon or halq or something

[@iamsomeone417]

The one deck I never wanted to see in this series, but the one I knew would always end up here

[@nickharper8682]

There needs to be a wave of Gemini monsters released that makes it more than worth it to gain their effects.

[@znea1]

I first and last thought about them when they showed up in one of Hard Leg Joe's Deck Build Challenge episodes. Now I kind of want to try building them.

[@iriswav7379]

I love chemicritters, they need more support tho. Their an interesting archetype

[@playerzo1183]

The last time i thought about chemicritter is when i wanted a hight DEF monter 😂😂 in duel links .

[@jamespatton9806]

Two words: Gemini Pendulum. You're welcome Konami

[@aleksandarpocanic4659]

1.member to have scale1 and 2.member to have scale9,maaaaybe add 3.member.Also it's preferable to have lv2 and 8 and 🔥 attribute and warrior type.

[@GaussianEntity]

Honestly, I'm surprised why that hasn't been a thing already.

[@Ulysses96331]

That’s essentially my Chemicritter custom support lol

[@a1joryj]

The last time I remember Chemecritters was when I was putting their 2100 def monster in my suitcase for 'battle pack' format duels. LOL

[@frogsby996]

Man the duel logs should make a top 10 best generic field spells

[@mn_seahawk25thehawk64]

If I could redo the boss monsters effect or make a new one it would be something like this. Effect- “When a Gemini monster is Normal or special summoned it gains its effects, while this card has XYZ Material Gemini monsters cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects. Once per turn you can target 1 Gemini monster in your banished pile and Special summon it and if you do you can detach 1 XYZ Material from this card and Special Summon 1 Gemini monster from your deck to the field. Once per turn you can detach 1 XYZ Material and banish 1 Gemini monster from the graveyard and if you do you can destroy 1 card on your opponent’s side of the Field then if you do that you can attach 1 Gemini monster in your banished pile who’s effects have been activated to this monster. This monster gains any Gemini effects that are attached to it that have had their effects activated during the duel.”

[@danielguhde-egger1334]

I have a soft spot for them, what I wish is that they just give Gemini monsters just a boost. Like let them have an effect that is based off of how it is summoned, with no this is treated as a normal monster that just hurts geminis in general. Like a Gemini monster that if it is normal summoned normal summon a Gemini monster on the field/hand, with an added bonus effect being that if it you control a Gemini monster special summon if from the hand. Just give Gemini two effect, no treated as a normal restriction, because I think that is what is holding back Gemini monsters so much especially Chemcritters. Another think like you said is they need xyz to only need one Gemini as material to summon. But one thing I thought of is give them a rank two xyz that on destruction/removal from the field normal summons Gemini monsters used as material or in the graveyard like how in science matter can not be created or destroyed.

[@dragonmaster613]

The game: Legacy of the Duelist has them.

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

Dual links as well as bastion level up rewards which makes sense since he uses element theme deck

[@qedsoku849]

The game

[@jtw925]

I remember them, but only because of catalyst field, my friend's favorite monster is red-eyes and he tried to use it to make a control deck with the red-eyes gemini monsters

[@Createrz2015]

Did it work?

[@jtw925]

As well as any other deck you can just put a bunch of floodgates in

[@Createrz2015]

@@jtw925 nice

[@nazeersadek6705]

I actually remember these monsters since Bastian used them (at least he did in duel links)

[@roninrowen]

Geminis need a card that reverses the downside of geminis to regular effect monsters. So your opponent will play with the restrictions of geminis and you will play normally

[@Hanketsu]

Jokes on you, I remember them because Go on LOTD uses them and he's the best DP farm.

[@r4nd0mguy99]

There's a fusion monster which turns every Gemini-monster on the field into an effect monster. I've always wanted to try it out in Duel Links, but I never did.

[@theaverageDon]

The “best” gemini deck is still while using Red-Eyes

[@iceinmehveins6487]

Neos Alius is good too. Not tryna get two tributes or draw connector

[@misterbadguy7325]

@@iceinmehveins6487 You're half right; Neos Alius was good, but he was really only good outside of Neos decks. He let Heroes go into Shining and Koga, and he let Light-type beatdown decks use Gemini Spark. In dedicated Neos builds, he's pretty useless, and there are plenty of strategies to get Neos onto the field that don't involve blowing through your Normal Summon.

[@VicRTH]

Everyone remembers them, Konami doesn't.

[@iriswav7379]

I hope they do

[@jdgx95]

i actually kinda remember Chemicritters just cause i liked the art on them lol got a playset of all their cards and always said il mess around with this deck someday but never did cause they would always come and go from my memory

[@eduardoarias8057]

I've watched all of your videos... This is the first time I didn't even know these existed. Thank you for your content. I'm watching attentively.

[@badegg1262]

gemini have /effect on their rule text, so they can activate effects in hand, graveyard, banished and in the deck or extradeck, problem solved, you can actually print gemini cards as hand traps and graveyard effects, make good extradeck monsters, cards like supervisecore, a monster able to search for supervise discarting itself, i dont know, konami should know how to break geminis.

[@Slayerthecrow]

Some of these cards are in Duel Links, used by Bastion Misawa, which makes sense because he was the scientist guy but personally I think that's kind of a insult for the guy, but then again if the anime treated him like trash why not the game too? I really hope they add more cards to make the deck more playable, something that could be broken in any other deck but not for chemicritters

[@jeremyranger4260]

maybe a field spell which gives gemini monsters their effects while on field and protects them from card effects or something might make them work.

[@hastamanasti]

No sleeperino on chemicriterrino. That megacapitalg title is the only reason I remember them hahah

[@MorallyAmbigousEnby]

Last time I thought about chemicritters was when "Chemicritter Carbo Crab" fell out of my hands while I was sorting my bulk and I preceeded to accidentally step on it for the next 3 days before I finally bothered to throw it out.

[@henrychen4947]

Maybe if you stepped on it with enough pressure it could have become a diamond crab king.

[@DT-yw4ob]

All the deck needs to become playable would be a Link 1 with these conditions: 1- Requires a Gemini monster to summon (offsets the risk of opening only Gemini monsters in your starting hand while fitting the theme) 2- Sets Burnout from the deck and makes it usable in the turn it's set 3- Lets you shuffle Gemini monsters from your hand into the deck to draw the same amount of cards +1 All of this as a hard once per turn

[@GaussianEntity]

Maybe give it the ability to Gemini Summon/Normal Summon a Gemini monster? Honestly, it seems kind of dumb that they don't have an easily accessible Extra Deck card that supports them. Hell, maybe a Brilliant Fusion kind of card that summons that one fusion would be nice.

[@derekwst3-YGO]

Oxy ox was perfect for my ojama deck, Obedience schooled threw it on the field since it was a effect monster, and after xyz my racoon, and then could use it as a piece for tri wright since it was a normal monster from the grave.

[@iclimbeverything2990]

I really like that all of the cards are based on chemicals and have the atoms visible in their design

[@RetroYGOJeix]

I remember seeing their xyz boss always showing up in my ygopro when I was looking through rank 8 xyzs lol, that's about it

[@BramLastname]

I remember Chemicritters, I always liked their theming.

[@Darkrai110]

I still love playing this deck from time to time. They can churn out rank 8s decently enough and Phoenix Gearfried is really good in the deck

[@handledegree6736]

I think the last time I thought of them was when I'm pretty sure TGs anime made a video on them

[@Xyndreamfire]

Last time i thought about them was a bastion event in duel links when they got introduced in that game

[@carlinelder8404]

I loved these guys when they came out, as I was studying chemistry at the time. I loved the chemical bonding aspect.

[@Trackaxion]

I knew someone who dueled with Chemicritters, don't remember what his win ratio was.

[@madsvigan2898]

TBH I remember Chemicritters quite well, as they where apart of my gemini deck I played as my last deck on DL

[@mrl1gma921]

I remembered them from yesterday when looking at Duel links

[@speedbump9299]

What that card theme really needed was a method to let you special summon them from your hand using maybe a continuous spell or a field spell. Like maybe it was where it was you can special summon one gemini monster from your hand or graveyard by discarding 1 gemini monster. That would of helped them by a decent margin. Just having a way to special summon them initially would of helped them.

[@taylorlindow8927]

The chemicritters are chemistry themed, a shock im sure, and catalysts are part of chemistry, so its connected to the archetype in more than the artwork

[@user-wi8bs4kp4g]

Methydraco should at least protect itself too, then the protection would be at least tolerable

[@bottlecapster9586]

Every so often my mind wanders back to Chemicritters, and what it could have been. I really like the concept, and most of them have functional effects (Not you Hydragon), and if Konami ever decided to try and revitalize Gemini, I'd really like them to make more Chemicritter support. I think there's potential for Gemini, they just need support that works with the dual-nature of them being both Normal and Effect monsters, as well as some easier methods of summoning them. Hell maybe a Gemini that can summon itself from hand before needing to be GemSum'd (Sacrilidge I know). While I don't think Gemini can get the same kind of overhaul that Spell Counters got, they could definitely be made more playable, and honestly that's really all I'd want from them. Also because Chemicritters have really cute art and I want more of it.

[@Nephalem2002]

Gemini’s need like a massive overhaul. Like a new engine like Impcantations that makes the playstyle both playable and viable for the modern era.

[@mickey5019]

Saw them today in duel links and someone played them at my locals a year and a half ago

[@PLProfessor4007]

I'm a chemical lab technician. Just recently started getting back into Yugioh through Master Duel. One of the first sets of card packs I drew was a Chemicritter support card and the idea of the archetype just resonated with me. My Chemicritter deck doesn't win games all that often, but I enjoy using them nonetheless.

[@TubbyToadInc]

Dzeef puts a nobody remembers Chemicritters video, Konami..."Hold my beer"

[@supaonyxian]

last time i thought about cemicritters was a few weeks ago when i wished their support was in duel links because they would be pretty fun

[@4horsemenoftheapocalypse58]

RIP Chtonian Emperor Dragon, u were always my favorite

[@boxician_4622]

Chemicritters were my first ever deck I built and I took to a locals so they have a special place in my heart. In the middle of zoo true Draco format I remember beating a true king Dino player while Denglong was legal and feeling really good about myself to then immediately lose every round following.

[@witecatj6007]

I encountered these in YGO Legacy of the Duelist. I looked at them and shook my head. Gemini monsters had a neat gimmick, but they really are hard to fit into any deck that isn't plant (Gigaplant), zombie (Il Blud) or Neos (Neos Alieus).

[@steadyeddienewk]

Chemicritters always seemed so cool to me, and I even built the deck. It just makes me sad they never worked

[@helmijjj]

I recently bought some Invasion: Vengeance boosters that were lying around at a card shop and pulled one of the main deck monsters. Had to think really hard until I remembered them lol

[@SP00KY110]

My best friend plays Chemicritters and we were talking about them like 2 days ago.

[@munchrai6396]

Rata's Red-Eyes Archetype Archive is probably the most recent mention, but you can't really ignore Chemicritters when Catalyst Field is the best Gemini support we've ever gotten. We could even get a Thunder Armed Dragon scenario where maybe the gemini monsters have hand or Graveyard effects to double normal summon one on the field

[@jkurumu]

Well, this time I'm stumped. So far I've remembered all the archetypes you've done for this series, but I don't think I've ever seen these cards.

[@roberthansen5727]

I tried like hell to make Red Eyes + Gemini synergies work with chemicritters and Gearfried but it's just impossible to make anything that's not just awfully weak with Geminis. It's insane that Konami will happily make all of these ridiculous one-card combo meta archetypes and give Geminis garbage effects in comparison. Even if Gemini monsters always had their effects active, it'd still be a weak type of card. The Red Eyes Summoned Skull retrain is the only one I've ever gotten any use from.

[@TankTheDragon]

I thought I was the only one trying this... Hell, I'm still trying this right now. It is not going too well, but I'm keeping the dream alive for us

[@frankwest5388]

Saw an old 101 video from Kaminakat a few months ago. Tired to make the deck myself with updated cards and fire warrior support. Just don’t. Maybe we could get a rescue pet for Gemini monsters? Would go a long way to make them playable. Maybe 2 with different names but the same level.

[@juhovuolinko6446]

Well, the deck at least gave us a solid field spell and a nigh-on meme level attribute + type combination - Carbo Crab ( 7:15 ) is a Fire attribute Aqua monster. You cannot unhear or unsee that now, am I right?

[@Grimblesmith]

i literally only remember these because gore had them as his challenge deck in legacy of the duelist link evolution

[@themegadud]

I built a chemicritter deck when my friend group did a super budget deck tournament, where we could only spend $7 on a deck. This was around 2 years ago, but I still have the deck.

[@enlongjones2394]

I actually remember Chemicriggers fairly often. Mostly because they come up whenever discussing Gemini’s, if only for catalyst field.

[@Trigger99X]

Last time I thought of them was when my friend lost to them in legacy of the duelist with his cyber dragon deck

[@murpl1462]

i last thought about them was today because someone on duelingbook brought up methydraco hand loop

[@Taygon45]

They are so adorable and the best support for a monster type that sorely needed it. I wish they were better.

[@psychicflora]

I only saw them once while digging throught someone's bulk

[@TemplarKnightLBC]

Some of them are in DL. They haven't released all of the Critter cards yet, but definitely would appreciate the field spell coming at the very least

[@ankh-es8os]

I absolutely love them and hate that they are not good.

[@inthenameoftheworld]

Is there an Umbral Horror video? Time to search for it

[@OneWingedRose]

When Synchros were early in Duel Links, I dabbled a bit with Chemicritter Oxy Ox just as a not-terrible-stats target for my Junk Synchrons. That was the first and last time I ever thought about Chemicritters.

[@Icagel0]

I was a Fire/Gemini player when the SD first came out (and still have that deck) so I was pretty hype when the rebirth of Gemini was announced... only to then be forgotten pretty quickly once again. Exact same thing happened with Magnet Warriors and the other decks I love so pretty sure I'm cursed now.

[@n.henzler50]

Considering I've been out of the game for years and just recently learned about this archetype through Legacy of the Duelist, this marks the second time I've thought about these cards in my entire life.

[@munchiesmushrooms2638]

Be honest this was always one of my favorite decks and now I've started building one in Master Duels to give it the love it deserves!

[@U1TR4F0RCE]

Duel Logs mentioned them in a top ten video

[@chrisshorten4406]

The last time I thought about them was when searching for splashable rank 8 XYZ monsters for my Rikka deck.

[@emred4653]

one would expect geminis to have cracked effects since theyre so costly to use but nope. Either weak or medicore effects