Why Pot of Greed is Banned

[@bughuulss]

*YOU NEVER SAW THIS COMING* " *I SUMMON POT OF GREED!* "

[@johnathonturner2279]

I feel like that is a reference to someone.

[@demonicghost2767]

I feel like this is a duel links reference :v

[@CardbroadM]

Oh no, 3 additional cards!

[@restless276]

*I THEN PLAY MAGIC FORCE WHICH ALLOWS ME TO PLAY POT OF GREED TO DRAW 3 CARDS FROM MY DECK!*

[@stormalexandrioz4308]

*WHAT IS IT DOING*

[@rrett44556]

Yugio should be played like season 1 of the show was... just utter madness anything goes, no rules yolo strats, and the loser ends up in the shadow realm

[@Nadoes5995]

Purple realm

[@junothelazywolf6346]

What if u loose u end up in the *PURPLE RELM*

[@derardas3652]

10/10 best comment here ^^

[@woah3801]

No

[@derekwalter4238]

The shadows are hungry and they're on a cleansing diet

[@tobiasgorgen7592]

Everybody asks: What does Pot of Greed do? Nobody asks: How is Pot of Greed doing?

[@madetofail6794]

😢 🙏

[@darwis1464]

😔 🙏

[@SmugOcelot]

I asked it, and it sent me to the Forbidden list

[@metromangaming8782]

😔🙏

[@Aftertaste_]

It's banned so it's not doing anything

[@ThornEternal]

Rogue deckers:"Give us PoG so we can beat Meta decks" Meta deckers:"you never saw this coming!" "I summon Pot of Greed!"

[@Timikator]

Yeah, like the Maxx "C" argument.

[@Christian-rn1ur]

It does what it do

[@markj7000]

It's banned because the card description is too complicated.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

It says "Draw 1 Card.". What could possibly go wrong?

[@etuann4744]

XxxJim_ the_ ReaperxxX No it says “Destroy 1 spell/trap card on the field”

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@etuann4744 Its just 1 Spell/Trap Card destroyed. What could possibly go wrong?

[@saberblue]

@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx At first I read it like you did, but after 12 hours of intense studies I've realised it says "draw *2* cards", at that point I lost it, too complicated

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@saberblue There is no reason to ban this Special Card. It means that you need to hold back your Trump Card before your opponent gets the chance to draw this card to destroy your other weaker cards.

[@terx7308]

I activate pot of greed which allows me to normal summon all three of my Egyptian God cards

[@dagsmarce4781]

Pretty sure this is the effect of this card.

[@EmblemAsura]

What!? Impossible!!

[@thegamewin100]

subscribe to are lord and savior pewdiepie ah I see that’s what it does no matter it’s banned lol no one can figure that effect out

[@gilgameshlancer88]

Can confirm

[@el-shafey2918]

Then I reply by using the pyramid of light which fuck all of them

[@MiguelHernandez-vq4qv]

Pot is banned because it doesn't specify which deck to draw from.

[@JoseGomez-lp9nu]

Is common sense that few and far between now?

[@WafleEnterprises]

Jose Gomez And we find the difference between those making clever jokes and those who don’t get it

[@poisonpotato1]

Nor does it say who draws

[@maunabesanika]

Ain't it obvious? You should draw from enemy's graveyard

[@surtrkingofflame185]

The clear purpose of Pot of Greed is to play it with Pot of Desires to draw the cards you banished.

[@zenithstudio6819]

Yugioh 2010-15: "at least pot of greed is banned" Yugioh 2016-now: "why is it banned?"

[@nodeberiaestaraqui93]

People have become retarded

[@jonizinjooj7743]

What are you talking about ?

[@wooliewurl3471]

Me running a Exodia deck: "I say we add it back in."

[@darrienjones8917]

In fact don't limit how many I can put in it. Just for reasons.

[@wooliewurl3471]

@@darrienjones8917 hell, let's set the required cards to five

[@piratekingluffy1148]

i say add 3 for any deck to get draw support damn it

[@piratekingluffy1148]

@@wooliewurl3471 lmao now you get it haha

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

Exodia Deck. 3 copies of each part and the rest is copies of Pot of Greed.

[@morenorristhannorris]

Pot of Greed only exists because they needed a way to make up asspulls in the anime.

[@solovoypasando]

I think that's why card of sanctity anime version exists

[@bensell982]

@@AxisChurchDevotee anime version of card of safe return where it was draw 3 cards instead of draw 1 like in the actual tcg

[@choconillacheesecake6757]

More like *deck pulls* I'll see myself out.

[@uknownada]

I mean, that's why every old card exists lol. The game didn't really have strict rules in the manga until Battle City, and even then it was flexible and unbalanced.

[@SuperDavidivan]

And also ass pulls in game :b

[@presidentjoe1959]

The “pog” in “pogchamp” stands for Pot of Greed

[@coolbrotherf127]

Wow, thanks for the info Mr President

[@yugiohlegend]

we did it joe

[@GlenBeebe]

Thanks Joe

[@LebronJahumes]

joe mamma

[@sunnydayzz0]

I LOVE IT IDK HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THAT BUT I LOVE IT

[@nonomen6665]

Me, who literally knows nothing at all about Yu-Gi-Oh: "Ah, what an interesting and cool video!"

[@stameljoe8397]

Boom. Legit thought I was the only one who decided to watch a video about something I know literally NOTHING about, just because it looked interesting. 😂😂

[@Zukos.Honor.]

I believe curiosity is how one can grow 🤙

[@gmorgcyborg]

Same here lol. I loved the anime though

[@stameljoe8397]

@@Zukos.Honor. curiosity is definitely the need to learn.

[@nathanex5122]

same

[@Fluxus_Lux]

I want to brush Pot of Greed’s teeth.

[@flashlord1311]

Alberto Fuijimori extremely underrated reply

[@zeatu7949]

Jerry 0 Oi mate are u Australian mate?

[@joaovc2002]

what

[@Kayta-Linda]

Alberto Fuijimori Wow. Rude.

[@HuongBui-ow3yg]

@@Kayta-Linda how in what way is that rude?

[@rielitty]

*_THIS ALLOWS ME TO DRAW 2 CARDS FROM MY DECK INTO MY HAND._*

[@spyr0guy]

I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you. Could you say that again?

[@josh18230]

Dank

[@spidlenexor]

*NO WAY THEN THAT MEANS YOU CAN DRAW 2 CARDS FROM YOUR DECK TO YOUR HAND*

[@UnnamedHero0922]

What is this magical card? Is it Graceful Dice? Graceful Charity? Oh, I know what you mean now, it's Watapon right?

[@realfloxks_0627]

Klasicccc

[@peterrosqvist2480]

#legalizePotofGreed California and Colorado already have it legalized, why not everywhere?

[@SangaXD44]

Drawing cards is bad for the economy. Can't have those draw addicts running about.

[@charliefluff4382]

Only a week too late on that gag, gimmick infringement alert

[@fireblizard8366]

Peter Rosqvist that’s pot of weed.

[@tipsybun]

Only for medicinal uses in Texas.

[@benbeamon9128]

no its the POT of greed ...lol

[@Raivon]

Guys it's not that hard. Pot of Greed explicitly states 'Draw 2 Cards'. I mean seriously all you gotta do is pick up a pencil and draw two cards. It's not that difficult guys come on.

[@quolpmu1232]

Wait what? Since it never specified I have been making my opponents draw 2 cards with a pencil. What a needlessly complicated card, no wonder it's banned.

[@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046]

@@quolpmu1232 Yeah, like, where does it specify with a pencil, I thought psct fixed stuff like this

[@AmberMetallicScorpion]

you had me in the first half not gonna lie

[@thecoolestprinz885]

So you telling me that pit of greed does is You need to draw a two card on a paper

[@AmberMetallicScorpion]

@@thecoolestprinz885 no, it makes you draw 3 additional cards from your deck, which means to add them to your hand, you have to draw them on paper, it was banned because it tolld the opponent what cards you had in your hand and it stalled the matches for way too long

[@ijustwanttotalk95]

Once played Pot of Greed then subsequently drew the other 2 Pot of Greeds in my banned deck... good times.

[@Dann0343]

Oops forgot to shuffle! Haha!

[@Da_Swifta]

Dann0343 On am unrelated note, I swear my game just sometimes forgets to shuffle my deck in Duel Links. You know how in Duel Links it sorts the cards in your deck based on rarity, card type and level (in that order)? Well basically every time I make a new deck, my opening hand for my first duel using the deck is almost always like 3 copies of whatever my hardest to summon monster is and some trap/spell that I can’t use yet, or like the top 4 cards from the deck list. It’s insane how often it happens, considering it literally plays an animation shuffling your deck at the start of every duel.

[@jancojicanoder]

@@Da_Swifta he said something about it in his "duel link problems" video, about how UR cards are more common in opening hands, or at least it's what it seems to

[@DrakRiku1994]

@@Da_SwiftaIn the mobile game Duel Generations (pretty good game tbh) I once played the exact same duel against Kaiba twice. He played the same cards, I drew the same garbage. Needless to say, I also lost in the same turn

[@jamesmoriarty4236]

Da_Swifta Draw sense low level might help

[@DavidZakuzaRyutashi]

It's banned cuz everyone keeps using the same joke in these comment sections.

[@dinohunter6450]

I know right? Sick of this crappy, stale meme.

[@KingBongHogger]

What joke?

[@syahriful4870]

you're joking too

[@antitheist3206]

Part of why it's funny is to make you guys so salty.

[@murilocelebi]

They joke about it almost as many times as characters explain the effect in the show

[@saintbeau2779]

it's banned because nobody can remember what it does.

[@jamestrotman3238]

makes sense

[@NightmareCourtPictures]

TELL ME

[@EPIKGamess]

hazed BOG is a basic card if you don’t know about It then you clearly don’t have that much YGO experience

[@jeffonspikes5567]

Beatles life it’s a joke chill

[@Sunkem1Not6Hacks]

@Beatles life Chill

[@isaacfaith9369]

You know the saying “God stays in heaven because he too fears what he created”? That’s Konami with the Pot of Greed.

[@loganshaw9198]

Or that one guy god f!ed over that turned into a god slayer like what happened to Aries.

[@SherXP]

Weird saying but i get the joke

[@isaacfaith9369]

@@SherXP haha yeah, just something to jokingly add when you see some messed up shit.

[@brandonlyon730]

To think that quote originally came from Spy Kids.

[@kprojectskurt]

Why nobody plays Pot of Greed: It´s banned

[@thewhizkid3937]

Correcto.

[@piratekingluffy1148]

banned for drawing 2 cards stupidest card to be banned hell pokemon has it all the time to use while this is no brainer

[@deathnote939393]

@@piratekingluffy1148 do you want every Deck to run it? Because if it was unbanned every Deck would need to play it, because it's just too free and good.

[@Videoman007100]

@@deathnote939393 i wouldn't mind if it was limited at least because with how much negates people bring out now a days i don't see it being as broken. Plus almost everyone uses ash so they can just ash it

[@robespierre2837]

@@Videoman007100 I'm sorry but if you have to use cash just to negate 1 card,then its banned

[@MrChillaxin2010]

I swear they could make a pot card that says something like "Pay until you have 50 life points left, then sell one kidney, and if you do, draw 2 cards." and people would play it at 3.

[@mhail7673]

MrChillaxin2010 instantly. I can stock pile kidneys right now if you have inside information...

[@e-tan3911]

@@mhail7673 there is an easier way to get kidneys, all you need ia a knife, a van and candy

[@blazrrr-4082]

Seems kidneys are easier to get a hold of then a yugi draw spell *AMIRIGHT!?*

[@DonPiantissimo]

"Draw 2 cards, then burn this card." At 3 in every top 8 decklist

[@cherrybansx7398]

Its funny cus you can only use it once without dying

[@buffyfish6139]

Pfftt who needs "Pot of Greed" when you can believe in the heart of the cards

[@scragar]

Yami had a magic artifact that let's him cheat just like the rest of the artifacts did(looking at your opponents cards, being able to mind control people, showing where anything you desire is, being able to view someone's memories or even just predict the future). Just because he calls it heart of the cards and makes pretend it comes from his friends doesn't hide the truth, he was rigging the deck in real time to make sure he always drew what he needed. Want proof? Go play with Yugi's deck against anyone he won and see how bad his deck is, there's no way he won as often as he did by so little without a little cheating. The only really interesting part is of course how the deck rigging is done to both him and his opponents in order to ensure that his opponents think they can't lose even when he knows up front he's won, it's like rigging poker so your opponent has a full house and goes all in even when you gave yourself a royal flush.

[@rifarira9160]

scragar A little bit wrong, the puzzle is just an artifact that keep Atem soul after sealing Zorc. Heart of Card was his power as Pharaoh. Already state on the series by Marik older sister And that makes Yugi the best duelist in the series. Cuz he can defeat the biggest cheater on the series. Also, Kaiba realize that atem power. Thats why he make neuron system to compete with Atem natural cheat power.

[@zeimarc752]

@@scragar You can make your poem more simplier "Protaganist are made to win at all times".

[@Da_Swifta]

Zei Marc except when they forfeit a duel because their opponent threatens to commit suicide, or if you’re Jaden Yuki dueling Aster or Zane.

[@Deejayxdeejay]

Judai is that you

[@RaynmanPlays]

For the record, card draw is incredibly powerful in MTG, too. It's why blue is _consistently_ the most powerful color of mana, with black being a close second with its version of card draw. When green and red got their own versions of card draw, they jumped in power. Heck, I'd argue that you could fairly accurately predict how much of the metagame each of those colors take up based entirely around the power of their draw and draw-type effects.

[@abstraction6212]

Ancestral Recall

[@theroyalgamer5871]

lets ignore Esper sentinel shall we

[@RGC_animation]

Draw 3 cards for 2 Mana was considered one of the most broken cards in the game.

[@erikrubino6605]

@@RGC_animation it was 1 mana and it was an instant. There’s a number of reasons it was broken. Also able to be pitched to force of will. The reason blue is powerful is almost entirely based on its counter magic not its card draw. Most of the power of blue lies in force of will et al, and things like delver and snapcaster. The legal blue card draw spells are relatively weak. Treasure cruise being the exception

[@jesseferret2334]

35 pot of greed and exodia. I rest my case (Idc if they banned. Just find a local duelist and challenge them to a no limited match)

[@Krasses]

Not gonna risk getting my face hit

[@alexalvarado2156]

That's a way to piss off/annoy the Fuck out of your opponent lmao

[@slurp661]

This actually work at my locals they don't care if i have some band cards they just want to deal and have fun

[@blahgaming4354]

Ik I wonder why no just did that

[@handoftheking3901]

I'd stab someone for that.

[@DarkOwOLord]

Was expecting a short video saying "Pot of Greed is banned because nobody knows what the card does"

[@goranbratos2097]

That would have been amazing

[@coolkagethe4th]

agreed its just like negate attack I think it creats a portal to the dbz relm and destroys the moon while goku is great ape but I don't know for sure

[@theorycrafters7281]

All they have to do is let Ppl draw on their first turn ugh

[@Broockle]

I dun get the joke xD Does it have to do with the Anime? I haven't played Yugioh since 7th grade and I remember exactly what it does....

[@pukelike2007]

@@Broockle it's a reference to yugioh the abridged series I think, go check it out!

[@tobylim9669]

A retailer sold me set of Yu-Gi-Oh card, I had pot of greed. I told retailer I can draw two more cards but they won't listen...

[@itsdalion6612]

They must go to jail

[@asmylia9880]

@@itsdalion6612 and aren't allowed to draw 2k monopoly dollars

[@hecatrice2064]

+Toby LIM It's because you didn't explain to him what it does, no one knows until you inform them

[@dragonriderxx7888]

Wait... That's illegal

[@ultrashield4804]

Send him to the shadow world

[@logan_wolf]

10:53 That is probably the most important reason Pot of Greed can't come back: between two evenly matched decks, both with 1 copy of Pot of Greed in them, whoever happens to randomly draw into Pot of Greed first, will win, 99% of the time.

[@socwyvern9745]

logan wolf now what if, here me out, the person that drew it was just a fucking dunce?

[@logan_wolf]

@@socwyvern9745 Well then they're part of the 1% who lose.

[@socwyvern9745]

logan wolf fair enough

[@diogorodrigues5527]

Konami doesn't want to have the same card played in every Deck but they sure as hell want the same cards to be played in every Extra Deck

[@bruhbruh4329]

Because you can't luck sack your extra deck?

[@machomanalexyt5736]

@Dakoon Berry CHECK THE BANLIST

[@soarinskies1105]

Diogo Rodrigues ikr

[@midnightttemp821]

It's different

[@theonethathungers5552]

Diogo Rodrigues No, that’s why they made new extra deck support for cards like for example magical musketeer max. Pot of greed is a +1 in card advantage with no costs. Some decks play Knightmare unicorn, some don’t, some play XYZ, some play synchros, some have fusions, some combine them, some don’t even play an extra deck. So, it’s really foolish when old / casual players come out and complain about exaggerated myths in the game because their table 500 deck doesn’t top locals

[@rstitan4791]

Konami: *You're banned!* POG: *Let me in, LET ME IIIIIIN!*

[@officialromanempire8773]

I'm kinda new to yugioh, but what does pot of greed do?

[@byronperez957]

@@officialromanempire8773 Draw 2 cards

[@thegamewin100]

Byron Perez but what does it do

[@byronperez957]

@@thegamewin100 Draw 1 card Wait thats Jar Of Greed's effect

[@thegamewin100]

Byron Perez ah yes just as confusing I draw one card but what does it DO!!!!!!!

[@ghostlygoo2750]

I once used pot of greed... my opponent was hospitalized because a magical pot came into existence right in front of him and started beating the shit out of him. I actually got up and tried to stop it, but it pushed me away whilst foam erupoted out of it's mouth, i had to sit there and watch this greedy pot beat the crap out of my opponent. With great power comes great responsibility, i realized that that day and have regretted winning the duel ever since. At the end of the day... nobody wins in a duel where pot of greed is played, only pot of greed wins... :c

[@Drero]

GhostlyGoo omg 😂

[@Sleepingg1ant]

"whilst foam erupted out of its mouth" im fucking dead

[@BrigadeAkaba]

Lol BTW, I like your profile picture. :-3

[@ghostlygoo2750]

haha thanks

[@EddieB-ready]

@@ghostlygoo2750 Pot of Greed is the Forgotten 4th Egyptian God card

[@TDBM]

You thought pot of greed was op, *I activate my +4 UNO card!*

[@princequincy5421]

Hold up, doesn't that make your opponent draw 4-

[@WafleEnterprises]

Elly Aldo Rivera Lisboa Yep, it’s guaranteed to make them lose. They won’t know what to do with so many cards!

[@alexandermueller8987]

Isnt it called milling when you force your opponent to run out of drawable cards

[@NamDickNguyen]

But they have 40 , what will milling 4 do ?

[@melanielowe5690]

NOT SO FAST! I PLAY MY UNO REVERSE CARD!!!

[@someguyontheinternet2399]

I want a mug that looks like the pot of greed

[@Exile97]

Some guy on the internet I bet amazon has it

[@dakotastein9499]

@@Exile97 there is an oficial real-life pot of greed now

[@Da_Swifta]

Dakota Stein this pleases me. Where may I acquire such an item?

[@dakotastein9499]

@@Da_Swifta heres an article for it,i believe it mentions how to buy one (it is currently only sold directly out of japan from what i understand). soranews24.com/2019/12/04/no-one-knows-what-bandais-real-life-pot-of-greed-does-but-its-still-pretty-cool/

[@jamesmoriarty4236]

Nani?!

[@kektopod5586]

the piece of paper that is someshow magically imbued and is called "Pot of greed" allows your body,therefore your hand,to reach into the pile of cards called"deck",and utilizing your hand take 2 similar magic paper "cards" from the "deck" and put them into the cluches of your other limb which you use to hold other cards. Hope this helped.

[@antioeln]

Nemanja Savic big Brain Hours :)

[@DylansLapplandSimping]

Ooooohhhh! Thank man!

[@ChaosSolak]

Which pile of cards are we talking about though? Ugh, this is so confusing...

[@Fizz-Q]

@@ChaosSolakwha

[@williamdrum9899]

Nope still too confusing

[@jayheizu4844]

Every one talks about what does pot of greed does, but the real question is what does toon world do.

[@Pixiesfairiedust]

Jay Heizu dam you gotta point

[@kiritotakasuko8646]

Dayum boi we got a 200 iq point here

[@Pixiesfairiedust]

Jay Heizu plus did anyone ever legit played toon world back in the day?

[@darrienjones8917]

I still to this day am confused about toon world. I feel like it was the, "I made this fucking game I can do what I want" card.

[@stevendefeo8424]

Jay Heizu nobody says this. Only you

[@TyrantGus]

They will make a new text: "Draw 2 cards, then stab yourself in the stomach". There you you go no one will use it.

[@Symonch_]

I wouldn't be that sure you know...

[@mr.safensound4238]

@@Symonch_ we'd end up with Joey-style duel endings. Players collapsing and passing out before they could make their final winning moves!😁😂😅😉

[@Symonch_]

*slash * "Hah you idiot, now i have 9 cards on my hand...cough...i have so many resources... coff coff...time to start my combo and destroy...you....in one...turn...." *dies*.

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

@@Symonch_ So Joey when he dueled Marik.

[@loganshaw9198]

Every diabetic: does needles of insulin into stomach fat count? As stabing you self in the stomach.

[@josephchillemi7523]

Another aspect that people fail to address with draw cards is the added consistency you gain by effectively reducing your deck size before even using them. Take a card like upstart goblin. Running 3 copies of this card is ALMOST like running a 37 card deck. The probability of drawing a card you have 3 copies of on turn 2, goes from 3/34 to 3/31. Pot of duality is another good example. 1 pot of duality isn't just a -1 to your deck, consistancy wise. When drawn you get to pick 1 of 3, so now instead of a card being say, 3 in 34 of being drawn it's closer to 3 in 30, which is an %11.5 increase. The math is a bit more complex then this but the numbers above are a good estimate.

[@ryandickison3797]

^^this comment. I really didn't see the issue until I read your comment. If your using as small of a deck as possible this would help you drastically getting to your play. Never thought of that Thanks.

[@salgaditho11yo]

Can we get a pin on this comment???

[@8BitGamer4life]

Pot of duality huge drawback is that you can't special summon for the rest of the turn.

[@alanburnsstuff9319]

After many years of hard work and determination, I was finally able to decipher POT OF GREEDs effect. Naturally, I put it in my deck. Because im a nice guy and all, I would always explain POT OF GREEDs effect to my opponent whenever i played it by declaring, "I PLAY POT OF GREED! IT LETS ME DRAW TWO CARDS" and i would proceed with using my hand to pull out the top 2 cards of my main deck and continue using my fingers to add them to my hand of cards by discarding POT OF GREED. But one day, i think the day was September 11th, 2001, i was dueling a good friend of mine when i played the card POT OF GREED. However, for some stupid reason, i did not explain to my friend what it did. This is the biggest regret of my entire life. Without knowing what POT OF GREED did, my friend felt incomplete. He was left in such a state of confusion that he immediately surrendered the duel. I tried to assist him, but he was mentally broken. He could not move, talk, speak, eat, breathe, or sleep. After *2* days he passed away. Konami heard of the incident and instamly banned the card, for they could not impose any such danger among their fans. I now live my life in a deep depression knowing that i am solely responsible for my friend's death. This is why POT OF GREED should never be unbanned

[@jjjjrrrr4353]

Alan Burns Stuff the tragedy

[@DamblerGames]

this is so sad

[@pickyphysicsstudent201]

That was the biggest tragedy to occur on that day, in the world. I sympathise with you greatly.

[@ShuraEssays]

Feelsbadman

[@XxAgent008xX]

Alan Burns Stuff Holy Shit

[@bongoe6997]

Yugi: if I dont draw the right card, this game is over for me Kaiba: ha I won Yugi: * draws * Kaiba: you didn't draw exodia Yugi: I play pot of greed. Kaiba: What!! Yugi: Free Card, Free Card!! Exodia is summoned. Kaiba dies Inside.

[@poisonousdrink911]

Bongoe Videos *koiba (as joey wheela would say)

[@pugzilla71]

But you forgot the part where they explain what it does

[@jeanember8807]

@@afasgewrhjhws the effect is winning the duel

[@duamelrivera2182]

@@afasgewrhjhws it does what it do

[@soupboy-yn8oz]

plot armor

[@siddharthdendukuri941]

I didn't realize how overpowered Pot of Greed and Graceful Charity are until I did an only banned card challenge with my stepbrother and actually played it.

[@loganshaw9198]

Some KZbinrd tried this and did it wrong.

[@wheelotime2581]

Because it can negate an attack and inflict damage equal to the attack of the attacking monster, so broken

[@AthenaAeon]

Don't forget it's secret effect of being able to steal your opponents spell cards and use them against them

[@kimlit058]

Aythan2000 ummm, isn’t that chaos max?

[@andreivaldez2929]

It also gets the combined attack points of the 3 monsters you used to summon it.

[@ape7953]

No, it banishes itself from the field while face down then banishes ur opponents entire deck so broken

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Its Pendulum Effect is to increase the ATK and DEF of all "Gravekeeper" Monsters by 1300, but you can't Pendulum Summon any Monsters except "Gravekeeper" Monsters, and this effect is unable to be negated.

[@Flowerboy.flores]

So i have to be an artist to play yugi yo? I have to draw two cards.

[@aleksitjvladica.]

Hahaha.

[@Flowerboy.flores]

@@aleksitjvladica. lol I forgot I said this and I laughed at my own joke. I'm great.

[@aleksitjvladica.]

Because joke is such a good, you get my likes for it

[@nojuseismasnojuseismas691]

Damn that was so good xD

[@shobreza]

Thats pretty funny haha

[@NickonPlanetRipple]

I miss oldschool, simple Yu-Gi-Oh where normal summons could still have some use. I had to say goodbye to so many of my favorite cards cause they just don't have any mileage in this new landscape where duels can end in 2 turns.

[@BussiDestroyer]

Play GOAT Format online

[@SasukeTheCursed]

I was never a big player but I picked it up momentarily as a kid when I was still interested in the show, and then in college I saw someone play it in the table top gaming club. It changed ALOT. It went from a single duel taking around 12-15 minutes to 2 of 3 wins in about the same time frame. Its crazy how fast that duels go. Not to mention it seemed pretty cheesy at the time because the first deck to fire off more or less won because it just infinitely chained to victory. Didn't seem like a healthy state for the game to be in. Then again that was 3 years ago, but you saying they can end in 2 turns doesn't imply much has changed for the better.

[@WolfPackAlpha-sn2sw]

Black wings still make good use of normal summons.

[@JJMomoida]

Honestly, that’s why I just play casually with my friends. We don’t follow ban lists or anything like that.

[@JJMomoida]

Honestly, that’s why I just play casually with my friends. We don’t follow ban lists or anything like that.

[@newCoCoY6]

8:03 "It has so many draw-backs" Pun-intended

[@sidewalkid]

Draw cards from where? I'm confused! My main deck, my extra deck? My graveyard Someone please help it's been my turn for 30 minutes now

[@Hensley_Jb]

sidewalkid your binder obviously 🙄

[@Exile97]

You actually draw 2 from each

[@hiimhopro9561]

And also ur ennemy decks

[@lucasvillasboas5562]

There are basically two schools of thought. One says you draw them from your Magic The Gathering deck. The other one says you draw them from your ass.

[@ligondis]

This is why it’s banned

[@TheDuelLogs]

How can one ban a card that no one knows what one does?

[@justjonathan8033]

xDDDD HILAROUS AND ORIGINAL!

[@furiousfemmeyazeth3362]

Hey Duel Logs

[@coutiya2007]

How did this meme even start and why?

[@Monkyfapper]

Ferrum et Rosa the user have to explain this card everytime it is used in the anime, which is like every duel

[@Mernom]

It is precisly because no one knows what it does that they ban it. Humans fear what they don't know.

[@ramarblood7697]

Turn 1 Guy:I activate Pot of Greed Opponent: Ok.. Turn 1 Guy: I activate another Pot of Greed. Opponent: WTH? Turn 1 Guy: I avtivate another Pot of Greed. Opponent: What the seven hells. Turn 1 Guy: I use double summon to call upon 2 Obnoxious Celtic Warriors and i equip black pendents to each of them. Opponent: Fark. Turn 1 Guy: I now put 3 cards face down and end my turn. Opponent: *Draws card* Turn 1 Guy: You activate my 3 trap cards Jar of greed! Opponent: FARK THIS GAME!

[@moxi9896]

Im the opponent in my first yugioh game

[@sonicking0]

Ramar Blood Obnoxious Celtic Warriors? Why those. They suck.

[@ramarblood7697]

@@sonicking0 No moster with over 1900 attack can destroy them at least.

[@TheNutshaq]

Ramar Blood fark

[@ryanspell]

Opponent:ok now I activate dark hole, mystical space typhoon and, my three pot of greed. You see how this works any advantage you have I have but, if you don't beat me in one turn then you better be ready to for a duel.

[@randomguy6680]

MTG player here and i want to point out that even if it drew only one card it would be ban-worthy because you would not only be building a 37 card deck, but playing a 37 card deck as well so no deck wanting consistency would pass it. Any kind of draw without drawback shouldn't exist in any game.

[@Easelgames]

2 years later but their is a "draw 1 card" card in yugioh and it's not banned at all. But the drawback? well it's a trap so you can't use it on turn one, and must set it first. Plus you don't really gain anything because you can just swap the +1 card for a card that actually does something :P

[@jxgalaxy3810]

@@Easelgames upstart is still played

[@aorusaki]

@@jxgalaxy3810 yeah but gives your opponent life. Not a big deal but yeah

[@HaHaHaHolowence]

@@Easelgames *but there is...

[@JedidiahSmith1234]

I have a perfect errata for pot of greed: “Explain what this card does; draw 2 cards.”

[@ShuraEssays]

I like how you have to explain as cost, so even if it gets negated you have to risk going into time just to make sure your opponent understands. Well balanced when time is considered, broken when you can just speed up Rata's video on the subject to 5x speed or when time isn't a factor. Limited.

[@zade3488]

Wait, in that case would you have to explain the explanation cost of the card?

[@HashSlingingSlasher539]

May as well keep it banned, it would be a dead card in every deck.

[@wirwir3124]

more like "Explain what this card does and what game you are playing, if your opponent did say that he understand it: draw 2 cards.

[@NameName2.0]

BUT WHAT DOES IT DO?

[@Stefan-hd4jf]

They should nerf pot of greed and let players use it. New effect: Draw 1 and a half card(s)

[@uygarcelik7]

Draw 0.85 cards

[@Stefan-hd4jf]

@@uygarcelik7 hmm, naa, then you would go minus 0.15 cards.

[@uygarcelik7]

@@Stefan-hd4jf Even neutral is considered overpowered though

[@dynohunter_7766]

You have to rip one card in half

[@xxpennyfinderxx11official70]

Ol

[@LoopyLongplays]

But is it a magic card or spell card, that's the real debate.

[@thegamewin100]

Loopy Longplays pretty sure it’s a synchro pendulum tribute XYZ magic speed trap Card

[@terraxgaming4117]

@@thegamewin100 thats actually verry easier to understand, thanks

[@joeycavazos4817]

It's a Planeswalker

[@melanielowe5690]

It's a beautiful card.

[@marcolobos2148]

As a kid I actually thought Pot of Greed was a bad card, because, why would you want a card filling space in your deck if you're going to discard it anyways (because I always thought in terms of the deck instead of the hand). So now that I started to be interested in Yugi Oh again is when I realize it was actually a card that's so good it's banned now... the irony

[@Xynox136]

I see what you mean, and to be honest your train of thought was not wrong back then, now it's a powerful card...

[@TheMansterTruck]

​@Xynox136 it was disgustingly broken even when yugioh had just come out.

[@tommyraven06g67]

I mean,as a kid u would prob topdeck everything anyway so pot of greed didnt amtter

[@MrCmon113]

​@@Xynox136His train of thought was 100% wrong at any time in any TCG.

[@densai89]

My friend used to put a marijuana leaf in his sleeve with Pot of Greed. Every time he played the card against me he’ll say, “I play pot of weed!”

[@texasgun2731]

marijuana users are very obnoxious

[@dylan-kt7kd]

Densai Moua no he didnt

[@highvibes7134]

Densai Moua i call bullshit

[@EMPtaticz]

smoke some weed and maybe it wont be that way anymore you might actually have fun in your life for once!

[@bobbyjohnson5118]

Texas Gun Texans are very obnoxious

[@mysteriousgamerlegend7895]

"and then i play pot of greed, which allows me to .. "i know what it does Yugi

[@tinashechinakidzwa5011]

Draw 2 cards

[@austinbentley6471]

2:15 : Wait a minute... That's not a 2003 deck, Drastic Drop Off was first printed in Phantom Darkness (2008) in the tcg and 2007 in the ocg.

[@Dzeeff]

I believe the deck used "Drop Off" and whoever made the image got it wrong :)

[@GippyHappy]

I don’t even play yugioh. It’s 2 am. I have to go to work in 4 hours. Great vid

[@User_1767]

What size do people see Pot Of Greed as? I've always considered it to be fairly large, like easily cram 2 or 3 adult dead bodies in it size. But then I thought, what if it's just big enough to hold 2 cards, I don't know. How do people see it?

[@MrFlipper9]

i usually imagine it like a coffee mug and he keeps whispering: "drink my insides" but idk

[@xlordday7241]

Size of a Jug.

[@ehvaandal]

Like a gallon

[@Se7en2107]

I always imagined it to be roughly vase-sized, with a convenient handle

[@nothingreallyrhymeswithora9377]

The anime has shown Pot of Greed "being summoned" when activated at least once. If I recall correctly.

[@lxyacht]

Not only is draw 2 cards an amazing thing for no cost, if PoG was just card advantage neutral (draw 1 card for free), just drawing through your deck is extremely powerful. It's like being allowed to run a 37-39 card deck. The chances of getting to your win condition is just that much better. No matter the game, decks that want to see success over a long time need to be as consistent as possible, and free deck acceleration is a clear advantage that probably shouldn't be explored.

[@kenshiroorjotarowithawhite829]

It's banned because it's as good as Magic Cylinder and a fourth one would break the game.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

*Fourth

[@kenshiroorjotarowithawhite829]

Thank you!

[@Mngalahad]

@@runningoncylinders3829 its momotaro from otokojuku.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Mngalahad Okay, I thought it was a reference to Fist of the North Star, thanks for clearing that up.

[@Mngalahad]

@@runningoncylinders3829 I got your back.

[@barelyprotestant5365]

Actually, I think it's more than a +1 card advantage, if you look beyond just the hand. Think about it: in a 40-card deck, your single Pot of Greed adds two cards when you use it. What that means is that in drawing that one card you are drawing almost automatically two more, which means it not only stands in for two cards but also lessens your deck by one.

[@Dzeeff]

The term "card advantage" only refers to how many cards you started with vs how many you ended with. I get what you're saying, but it's a +1

[@deficientfaith7448]

It’s +1 because you have to play a card go get two.

[@IlCremo]

We have reached the point where Raigeki is a Dead card in hand not worth to be played

[@osiris9128]

Weve reached that point 3 years ago

[@mystictomato9466]

Raigeki still is very good.

[@osiris9128]

@@mystictomato9466 its really format depending. Right now its not main deck worthy

[@CookieManFrfr]

Could you tell me why? It's really strong. But then again i only saw the og yu gi oh and a bit of gx and only really played power of chaos

[@mystictomato9466]

@@osiris9128 I don't quite agree on that because in most situations Raigeki can win you a duel if played correctly in a tough situation. A card that literally wipes out your opponent's entire monster zone with absolutely no cost or drawback will always be good. Unless your opponent's monsters are all immune to spells or destruction. So in quite a lot of difficult situations it can get you out unless your opponent negates it. And my claims are backed up by the majority of players. A lot of players have Raigeki in their meta decks and that's why it is very expensive for an old Yu-Gi-Oh! card. A lot of 'opponent's field wiping' spell cards relay heavily on the deck, combos, other cards and situations while Raigeki can be used for every deck in existence, can be played without requirements and doesn't have any drawback so by itself is a very good card even today and will always be a good card. But if you think there are better cards of Raigeki type than feel free to comment their names.

[@NamekuBushi]

Just keep in mind about one thing regarding cards with drawbacks like pot of desires. Alone, the recoil could be painful, but if you work with the "Cost" to your advantage, it becomes a mere formality. Discarded and banished cards can be brought back (Bonus points if it's a good card with a handy effect), Some monsters actually benefit from large graveyards or banish counts, and we even have cards that let you put those cards back on your deck. It's really a matter of playstyle and how you utilize your cards.

[@lucasliduino1827]

Me and my friends played once with some custom cards and we had one that "draw 1 card and lose 500 hp"... we all run 3 copies of that and the one that ended drawing all of them usualy won

[@coolkidsclub9943]

That sounds like what you'd expect! Upstart Goblin is worse than that and that's used as much as possible (draw 1 and your opponent gains 1000 Life Points). Pot of Greed, with 0 downside, is very easily one of the best cards and there would never be a reason to not play it if you could.

[@SleepEvermore]

basically Chicken Game but better

[@igorlopes8463]

The text on PoG's card has 2 words and a number in the middle. With people used to gigantic text now a days with extremely complicated things like method of summoning or dozens of effects, no one can understand such small text. And because of that, nobody knows what it does. And to avoid people inventing effects - such as draw 2 cards - they have decided to ban PoG.

[@mimimikail2603]

Nobody: Pot of greed: hey you can play decks with only 36 cards

[@theonethathungers5552]

Math is off. One pot would basically be two upstarts. So 3 pot are 6 upstarts, thus its 34 cards

[@uygarcelik7]

@@theonethathungers5552 Actually 37 cards and +3 card advantage

[@loganshaw9198]

Draw power makes a max allowed number of cards deck playable.

[@mimimikail2603]

@@theonethathungers5552 since upstart goblin is at one and in this scenario we put pot of greed to 3 copies per deck you have 4 cards in your deck that do nothing but draw cards for no cost which essentially makes it so that you only really have to play 36 cards, the way I said it is slightly confusing but yeah that's the way it was Intended. It's been a year since I made this comment, wow.

[@juri101]

Everybody is forgetting the true Pot Of Greed Cards Of Sanctity(Anime)

[@abstraction6212]

Cards of sanctity the anime version is over power. Especially if you activate spells, set traps and special summon monsters then Card of sanctity is the last card in your hand then you draw 6 and got more options to dominate your opponent.

[@forbiddenspatula4243]

PoG gets set to 3, Exodia is now viable.

[@shortbread9518]

Droll

[@machomanalexyt5736]

@@shortbread9518 jar of avarice

[@lordchampajuice5281]

ForbiddenSpatula42 ban exodia

[@lordchampajuice5281]

Just ban the head

[@DerVasto]

Makrocosm and mill. Bye bye Dia-chan.

[@muelesariocontra]

Yesterday I put this card inside the ATM. Then I went home searching for a wheelbarrow.

[@spinalspiral9901]

Thats some comedy right there

[@andrezits9723]

Guy 1: I DRAW POT OF GREED! Guy 2: OH GOD OH NO! Guy 1: ... Guy 2: What's wrong? Guy 1: ...What does it do?

[@Captain_Mercury]

But what does it do? *insert laugh track*

[@jasondarkflame4948]

Captain Mercury *Seinfeld music plays*

[@discoloredpig2976]

*WhAT dOEs pOt oF GReEd dO???*

[@CrimsonKnightmare1]

Pot of greed makes a 40 card deck into a 38 card deck

[@Kiru_Kahl]

fab u well shit boi

[@nullvoid7188]

Its weed that makes you greedy.

[@candraa3250]

Nah u suck

[@eran1xd588]

*When you draw 2 in uno* 😭💔 *When you draw 2 cards in* Yu-Gi-Oh 😁💞

[@taiberprzemyk9014]

YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS

[@abstraction6212]

That's a big difference cuz Uno doesn't have a life point system

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

We never realized the draw 4 card was actually giving our opponent a double Pot Of Greed. So OP.

[@KRHeroark]

Drawing cards will always be good, therefore broken draw power cards will always be banned

[@xlordday7241]

Cough... Engage... Cough...

[@kingeidous731]

Engage requires a little bit of setup if you want the draw 1 card effect. Engage is still too good imo but pot of greed is definitely better

[@adamtaurusragnathebloodedg8407]

Remember destiny hero disk commander let's you draw 2 cards if it was special summon from the gy once per turn before the change? It was a pot of greed in monster form

[@chelinox4504]

cough...destiny...cough....celestial...cough....duel links

[@joplin4434]

It's semi limited, if it was limited instead the deck would be better.

[@AtomicFlounder42]

Just watched this whole video, still don't remember what Pot of Greed does

[@omorsa2373]

It's banned because it has too much effects and it's so complicated

[@hellothere1433]

whats even worse is that the card description is as long as my essay that was due since 5 years ago

[@bombasticlord259]

Seto Kaiba R/wooosh

[@DKC1011]

Know this video is a year old, but thank you for making it! Only just got back into actually playing Yugioh for the first time since I was a kid and could not fathom why Pot of greed was banned (the original POG), but this video made it very clear why, you're explanation was great! thumbs up

[@ColdEmperor]

I think you mean a worse toxic environment. Competitive was always a toxic environment. Konami never thought that this simple as hell card would be such a problem. Pot of greed, truly a card of legend.

[@forteensatee-8306]

i dont see how its any different to call it “toxic” you fucking numale

[@jimirio4191]

It's actually more than a +1, with the added effect of thinning your deck, allowing tou to more quickly draw into your win condition.

[@beratugursolmaz264]

but are we talking about a 40 card deck or a 41-43 card deck where you added pot of greed because that makes the difference

[@andreivaldez2929]

Berat Uğur Solmaz 40. Unless the other cards over 40 are meant specifically for thinning past 40 (something like Thunder Dragon in a 41 card deck, for example) then it's typically not worth going over 40 cards. You want to constantly only draw cards that do something and constantly get closer to your win condition.

[@beratugursolmaz264]

@@andreivaldez2929 thats pretty much what i meant yeah

[@SangaXD44]

You could look at Pot of Greed as higher than a +1, but in terms of card economy it's strictly a +1. Thinning your deck out is always beneficial, but the concept of having your deck smaller doesn't directly affect the cards in your hand, field, graveyard, etc. The "+" and "-" of Yu-Gi-Oh! card economy theory applies to "real" advantage in the form of how many cards you have.

[@jimirio4191]

@@SangaXD44 You're right, it is strictly a +1 in terms of card advantage. However, with pot of greed played, you essentially have a 1/39 chance to draw the cards you need instead of 1/40. It doesn't seem as drastic as early game card advantage, but it is still important to note.

[@MotorcycleCheetah]

You know what we need? A version of The Men in Black theme that just goes. “Here, comes, The-Pot-of-Greed!”

[@sixoclock4436]

I am almost 21 years old. I started watching yu gi oh when i was 6. To this day i have no idea what Pot of Greed does.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Pot of Greed makes deck construction less strategic, because it will make *every* deck better. Pot of Greed makes the game more random, because it is the best card to draw in any situation. Pot of Greed makes the game less tactical, because you play it the moment you draw it. With a few highly specific exceptions. The same goes for Graceful Charity, except it is slightly more situational. Even with other staple cards, you would not always run three copies. You might even just run them in the sideboard or sideboard them out. Often you do not play them immediately but save them for later. Pot of Greed does not add to the game, it subtracts from it.

[@researchinbreeder]

That whole "but such and such is much better with this universal change" is something I'm seeing a lot in Smash right now. A lot of people point to how the new mechanics of Smash Ultimate buff their character, but conveniently forget that they also buff the top tiers, and probably more than their character. Sure, Zelda can use her tilts offensively now because characters can cancel dash into anything, but so can Cloud. I know which character gets more mileage off that change.

[@e-tan3911]

I dont care, pit is a whole ton better

[@researchinbreeder]

@@e-tan3911 Pit is better because of character specific buffs, like improved normals. I'm talking about people who say that their character will go up significantly on the tier list just because of Ultimate's changes. The only character that even comes close to working for is Little Mac, but even then he may just go from low-mid tier to high-mid tier. That isn't just the Ultimate mechanics though; his side-b not sending into freefall, reversing straight lunge, and being able to shield cancel straight lunge all seriously improve him as a character. That got away from me. My point is, if a character is significantly better in Ultimate than in 4, it won't be just because of the engine change. It will be because of character specific buffs and tweaks.

[@e-tan3911]

@@researchinbreeder no, i was saying that i dont care what people are complaining about, im just happy my main has buffs. Also, some universal changes, like the air dodge change, might screw over some characters while helping others. Characters with bad recoveries have this worse, as they have to take the risk of their recoveries missing the ledge, making them fall in the process, or being gimped. So universal changes do change the character for better or for worse, so there is a point to what these people are saying

[@researchinbreeder]

@@e-tan3911 I meant overall. The airdodge change might make characters with bad recoveries worse, but it also makes characters with strong punish games (a group which heavily overlaps the previous one) better. Admittedly, I was mostly talking about the dash cancelling specifically in my comment, though the phrase "Ultimate mechanics" might have been too general.

[@e-tan3911]

@@researchinbreeder yes, thats the point, some characters dont have good recoveries or punish games, or wont be able to land if their sent into the air anymore, which does put significant stress on characters like cloud, whp is still good, but because of his lackluster recovery, if he gets sent into the air away from the stage, hows he gonna land?

[@RyGuyMemes]

Man watch 2 recommended videos over the last week and one being "why no one plays jar of greed" then I thought to myself why is pot of greed banned and you were the first video to show up. Subbed for consistency. The only Yu Gi Oh I've ever played if for the Gameboy. Road to 100k. Edit: Man that 2003 deck I remember all those cards.

[@lucasvillasboas5562]

POT OF GRRED IS A NEG 3!!! You literally just take two cards in your deck and add them to your hand, making your deck TWO cards thinner, and with pot of greed in the graveyard that just makes it a -3. I don't know why anyone would play this card ever! Having cards in your deck is always better than having cards in your hand, because when you have cards in your deck you're planning for the FUTURE, not to mention that your opponent can't mind crush you if you have no cards in hand!

[@LA-be8fu]

Bruh mind crush isn't even used anymore

[@Subpar1224]

Nono he's onto something. Mind crush maneuver is amazingly thought out

[@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046]

IT'S A NED 4, FIRST YOU LOSE IT FROM YOUR HAND THEN IT GOES TO GY

[@esn_64]

This forbidden knowledge is beyond the meta

[@thomashoeflich468]

I know next to nothing about competitive Yu-Gi-Oh but this was a great informative video. You seem very knowledgeable about the competitive metagame. Great video!

[@kylianos3907]

I think pot of greed is like a power multiplier on a deck. Bringing it back would probably make the power gap between meta and rogue/casual even larger. Because two cards in a meta deck are worth more than two cards in a weaker deck.

[@humanwreckage4563]

In Magic the Gatherings first ever set, Alpha, over 25 years ago, there was a five card "boon" cycle that did something in 3s related to that colours style or philosophy. Lightning Bolt is the most balanced, three damage to any target for one Red Mana. The weakest by far, to the point that it's actively the butt of jokes, Healing Salve, gave you 3 life for 1 White Mana. Blue had the most broken one, Ancestral Recall. Guess what it did?

[@Xodreev]

Counter 3 Spells on the Stack for 1 whole Island.

[@Vaxliscious]

Ancient Pharoah brought back from the year 2002: Did you just summon a bunch of monsters in one turn! That's against the rules isn't it? Upstart Enthusiast: Actually it's the meta now. I have green hair!

[@issaavedra]

Just a correction. Bill wasn't very good (at least not as good as other draw engines), because Pokemon have a lot of ways to draw cards. Professor Oak, Professor Elm, Cleffa and cards to search for those, like Computer Search. In Old Pokemon (Base to Neo) the game wasn't about card advantage, because you had many, many ways to refill your hand. Games where draw engines are scarce (like Magic The Gathering) appreciate those card more, for example, in Magic the best card ever is Ancestral Recall (U, Draw 3 cards, instant).

[@Devin-oh7gr]

issaavedra there is definitely an argument for black lotus as the best mtg card printed.

[@TheGrimaceBSX]

The yugioh i grew up with is dead...

[@ainere7280]

Hold your decks tight. I still have my Man Eater Bugs and Harpie's Brothers.

[@MarcelineSilvermoon]

My brother, his friends and I play old school and it's fun I'm not much of a player in yugioh but it's a nice card game in my opinion

[@countdooku9777]

God speed

[@andreivaldez2929]

Quit crying. You can still play goat format, it's just that a bunch of those old cards are actually more broken than some of the new ones because they had no drawbacks. The new ones usually come with some sort of drawback to balance them out. It's a better metagame for balance reasons.

[@mxchaotic]

it really is

[@BlueDragon1504]

Idea, bag of greed: Draw 2 cards. During this turn, the drawn cards can not be used.

[@cherrybansx7398]

There is no way of tracking which cards are drawn unless you reveal them AND cant use cards with same name

[@BlueDragon1504]

Didn't quite think of that, but that would work

[@BlueDragon1504]

Or alternatively, banish the top two cards from your deck, then during your opponents draw phase, add these cards to your hand

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Reckless Greed and Shard of Greed are still better for the game because it's not free advantage; your opponent can do more things to stop it from happening.

[@cherrybansx7398]

@@BlueDragon1504 still busted

[@ni3kyYT]

Pot is a actually a plus 1.5 because the card being in grave and the potential for spell counters means it's more than just +2-1

[@incognitosecret2377]

I love how the artwork of Pot of Desires shows how it is a deformed version of PoG.

[@Deadganon]

I watched every episode of the original Yugioh and to this day i STILL dont know what Pot of Greed does

[@Darkkefka]

it was banned because its a generic card with no drawbacks. Every deck can use it...meaning that people would not waste money on buying new drawing cards when they can just play this. Koonami doesn't care how powerful a card is...rather they care about if the existence of a card will hurt future sells.

[@andrewsav4865]

I think it's fair to assume a company's main goal is profit but they're equally interested in keeping their fanbase happy considering that's the ultimate source of their profit. I would argue keeping pot of greed legal hurt profits more relative to the latter.

[@SuperPidove]

That is not why it was banned. It was banned because any card that says "Free +1" without ANY drawback INSTANTLY gives whichever player draws the card that game an ENORMOUS advantage. Yugioh is already a "go first and win" kind of game even with only five cards in hand. Drawing pot of greed not only means that you're starting with 20% more cards in your hand than before, it also means your deck only has 33 cards instead of 35. Deck thinning is very important in a combo-based game. And this doesn't even scratch the surface; there's Exodia FTKs that can happen just by unbanning this shit-ass card. The list goes on and on why this card will never be off the ban list.

[@Maddinhpws]

While this can be a reason, the way more important reason is that they need to keep the whole thing cool because if it would have a card that every deck simply has to use, then it destroys fun. And no fun means fewer people playing.

[@SuperPidove]

I promise you Konami does not care about fun.

[@MrPandarilla]

"They don't care about a cards power, they only care if they can powercreep it" wait what?

[@LuvzToLol21]

In all seriousness, I think banning Pot of Greed is the worst thing Konami has ever done to this game. The widespread memeification of it has become a permanent stain on Yu-Gi-Oh's reputation. Imagine you're a brand new player who's interested in playing the card game for the first time. Maybe you've only ever seen the anime, or you overheard your friends talking about it. Now imagine learning that a card with text as simple as "draw 3 cards" is completely banned from the game. Your first instinct is to ask "why did they do that"? There it is. There's the casual filter. It's at this moment when you need to explain to a new player why a card with such a simple effect is banned that they're most likely to lose interest forever and try something else like Pokemon TCG. The disconnect between the simple card text they're reading and the extremely complex strategies you are saying they will encounter at an organized event is too difficult to process, and they realize the skill floor in deck strategy is just set too high and this game is just not made for them.

[@NgiYT]

Because Pot of Greed has the same effect of Magic Cylinder which is insane!

[@matty9460]

It basically like running magic cylinder at six

[@tinierdancer]

Im a Magic player and if a card had "draw 2" for 0 resources it would be format warping

[@abdulmuhaimin9780]

If a card had draw 1 for 0 resources at instant speed, it would be playable. Closest we have is Mishra's bauble, Urza's Bauble and Gitaxian Probe

[@loganshaw9198]

I feel a draw 2 at no cost on the first round in magic would be extreme.

[@loganshaw9198]

Would lower the chances to need to Mulligan and would make a Mulligan less painful if you needed to do so also would make a 2nd Mulligan have no negative effect.

[@timelord2745]

*laughs in black loctus* warping indeed, but dw drawing is no where near as bad as free 3+ mana

[@FawkesB1989]

The thing that bugs me, is NO ONE is stioping you from using PoG casually. It's only banned in advanced format, playing traditional, or even unlimited is perfectly allowable when playing with friends, as long as its agreed to beforehand

[@lucentshadow]

You might be surprised how many people overlook the fact that Pot of Greed technically only gives you a +1 advantage despite the fact that you draw 2.