Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 Reasons You Should Be a CASUAL Player!

[@alex_fields]

Hey guys, if you had to pick two decks, one for competitive play and one for casual play, what would they be?

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

Lightsworn for competitive(As far as I'll honestly go) and pure Gambling Deck for Casual

[@Shyruni]

Cubic is my main semi-competitive deck, but otherwise I'd love to make Predaplants work as a casual deck. I also have an old soft spot for roids, haha.

[@J-Psilas]

I enjoy Toons for casual play -- they're wacky and fun, and can be built many different ways. I don't have much interest in competitive play, but Orcusts are a good rogue deck to take on meta players.

[@ItsGooseIsland]

DM for casual Cyberse for competitive

[@teivienchau4553]

Casual blue eyes or cyber dragons competitive prankkids

[@YugiohEverything]

I just got into the game not too long ago, and I definitely am having a lot of fun playing casually and at my own pace. Nothing wrong with playing competitively, but I definitely enjoy not constantly worrying about what’s meta and just playing whatever I want to play! Great video!

[@konikonitrainerwill5969]

Who doesn't have fun playing casually? And casual players like us don't have to give a CRAP about the list if we want to.

[@LeoGaming45]

yugioh everything!!! I like your channel a lot keep up the good work

[@validity7256]

Great Gryffindor you also win packs like twice a year , yugioh as a hobby is very easily an investment as well. Locals is casual , regionals and up is competitive bottom line

[@ItsGooseIsland]

Can’t wait for the next Yu-Gi-Oh! timeline Dylan

[@wolfox7776]

We meet again, Dylan

[@wolfox7776]

If anyone gets on your neck for being a casual, you already won

[@nikolasquintero249]

Wait, does that mean if someone gets on my neck for being competetive, I already won too?

[@wolfox7776]

@@nikolasquintero249 WHy wouldn't it? if a casual elitist tells you that you suck for being competitive, you already won the argument

[@validity7256]

ᴀʟᴛ-ᴄᴇɴᴛʀɪsᴛ calling people elitists just puts yourself under them, everyone is equal and luck presents equal opportunity for everyone. A losers mentality is someone who is afraid to lose.

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

@@validity7256 Wait, so we can't call elitists elitists because that would make us... Elitists? Elitistsception?

[@cacaf8989]

@@nikolasquintero249 no, if u win playing competitively then u won

[@ahdurinregion]

This video literally explains all of the reasons why I am a causal player XD I have immense respect for those that can play competitive, but I know I couldn't do that, especially since I'm not the best at constructing decks or learning the ins and outs of a deck and mastering it! I've been getting back into Yu-gi-oh recently, but I know that competitive just isn't for me

[@TeamAPS]

*Thanks for watching the video guys! If you enjoyed it, remember to Like it and share it, too!* *Maybe we should make **_5 Reasons You Should be a Competitive Player_** next?* 🤔

[@breaktube]

Is DDD casual or competitive ?

[@markoselendic9633]

@@breaktube got the same question for ma boiz ABCs (at least if not running any handtraps xP)

[@markoselendic9633]

Yes!

[@matthewroberts198]

Yes!

[@markoselendic9633]

@@newfaces_v2 well it's fun and I've been playing it for half a year now and I still haven't got bored so say what you want I think it's great and pretty strong ^_^

[@jaerockets]

I quit Yu-Gi-Oh over the summer, but this video made me want to start playing again. I think I'm gonna start up again and take a more casual approach. I intermittently play and quit the game, but I always watch you guys regardless and you've been one of my favorite channels for the past 4 years.

[@strikermi9]

It's because of competitive and Konami and some people I left and stop playing yugioh to play vanguard

[@magicalscientist192]

I've always been a casual because I got into the game through the anime. There's just something about the decks from the anime that appeal to me on a different level. Old, new, whatever. And it's pretty fun to see these decks win

[@SuaveTito]

I think it really comes down to how much of your time, money, and emotions you want to spend on the game. I view it in the same way I view my other hobbies that could have been careers. If they were to become more than just a hobby, then you might end up spending way too much of your resources on it than your comfortable with. In that way, it's not just the stresses of the game itself that are mitigated, but also the stresses of how the game interacts with your life that are mitigated.

[@boomerangcowboy5801]

Squidward:im a casual player Spongebob: it means he is afraid of making good plays Squidward: i am not!! Patrick: *making +1* Spongebob: patrick your scaring him!!

[@shadowspector3611]

Underrated comment -unless it was copied-

[@neilarch6277]

This video restored my faith in Yugioh players. Great attitude.

[@troystrain2436]

Hi Alex, I think your reasons for being a casual player are great. It feels like it's all about the love of the game, not just the competition.

[@dannyvalido7408]

I’ve always had a struggle making it into the competitive scene. I also love to play E heroes. Seeing this video, I can definitely relate to this in the sense that it’s not that serious. It is after all a children’s card game and yes older people do play this game, it’s meant to be just for fun. With that said, think I’ll just give up on competitive and just go casual. Thank you team aps, you guys are awesome 🙂

[@sethar6084]

I play HEROS too!! but I play a combination of E heros, destiny and Vision. I always think that its fun to play competitive, adn casual, PM your deck and I will do it with mine :D

[@dannyvalido7408]

I would, but I’m currently reconstructing my deck. But I will once I finish.

[@timbitz079]

You just inspired me to play casual competitively

[@OtakuKotaReacts]

It is quite fun, and when you beat a net deck competitive, their expressions are priceless.

[@timbitz079]

SpiderElite Yeah, I know. Was kidding. I’m mostly casual but I pay a lot of attention to the competitive scene tho

[@elwans]

Melee pfp checks out

[@natha99]

Coming from Magic and playing Duel Links for a little over a year, I finally did the leap over to the TCG during the summer 2018 to build me a functional Cyberse Link deck, because I liked both the art of (mainly) the Code Talkers and the Cyberse cards, and how they played using the newest summoning mechanic of Yu-Gi-Oh!. I am both constrained by a budget and time between these two card games and other life responsibilities. As well as, I just want to build and play YuGiOh deck(s) that appeal to me and enjoy them at my leisure and I probably wouldn't be able to do that without getting curbstomped by the more competitive players, so casual level is where I will stay.

[@nedved1198]

One of the best Yu-Gi-Oh videos on KZbin. Great edition!

[@wolfox7776]

Here's a casual duel experience that was just funny. I was playing a Galaxy-Eyes deck (in a tag duel BTW) and I managed to get Dark Matter Dragon out, while one of the opponents had Quasar on the field. So yeah... nice and stalemate

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

Beautiful

[@wolfox7776]

@@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon it doesn't matter that your monster can OTK if you can't get over another monster

[@hinglemccringle6965]

I was competive until about late 2014. Left the game because I had other more important things to do. Tried jumping back in late 2017, saw link monsters, and said, "Naw.... Imma just buy Cubix and Diabolos decks instead." Recently I got Vamps, Sacred Phoenix, and Gravekeepers. Casual is just more accessible.

[@WShoup9818]

Gravekeeper can be competitive.

[@nikolasquintero249]

I see your point bro. It's hard to get into competitive yugioh if you dont have the drive to do so.

[@odd-eyesdragoon]

OK, This is my favorite video from you guys so far, since it's exactly how I feel about the game. 🖒

[@the199dirtrider]

I'm a casual who likes the GX and 5ds the most. They were the most balanced too.

[@alonsoarana5307]

Cheet0's Conundrums GX and balanced do not go in the same sentence

[@chibobo_]

3 Pot of greed

[@cacaf8989]

When they were prime ppl hated synchros for being op. Lol 2019 and ftk is ruining the game.

[@chibobo_]

Yea ftk are annoying but what’s more annoying are hand traps, there’s just too many of em

[@michaelsantangelo1875]

@@cacaf8989 Idk man FTK are few now that firewall is gone, six card hand lop? That's the real problem

[@nicholashamilton6274]

Love this video and the casual life! I've played tons of yugioh over the years since the game released and my favorite experiences have always been from my dueling groups casual duel night, where we show up with just a ton of our fun decks and just do all these different matchups and see how they play out! It's also fun to be able to have so many different decks that didn't cost much and just always be able to switch up what you are playing on the fly. Anyone who hasn't tried casual level dueling I'd recommend give it a try!

[@deepakdeodathbasdeo1672]

Man I agree 100% I was competitive for a long while and then it hit me I'm not that well off so I was saving and preventing myself from doing other things just to gain cardboard, also I hated that I needed to pay so much money for 1 1! Deck when that same money can grant me access to multiple decks. And another main reason why I quit competitive and rather be causal is the competitive scene and more precisely toxic locals and toxic elitists, it got to the point where Yugioh was no fun anymore and after buying my Friend's collection which granted me multiple decks I was out I have more fun with friends at home than at that toxic locals. I'll occasionally buy the new products mainly structure decks because I love cyberse but my days of competitive yugioh are over

[@sasorioho]

The best thing about playing casually is probably that the players are not too serious. You can chitchat with them during the duel, they kindly explain you how exactly their deck works and both of you just have a fun time instead of worrying about the next hand trap or extra link comin in.

[@Denyed_]

My main reasons for playing casually is because I'm just getting back in to the game, I'm trying to get my friends and also my younger nephews in to the game! Also I don't really have the time to hit locals with my work schedule but I still have a ton of fun playing and collecting!

[@BlackOfTheNight]

Doing a solo video like this is honestly so calming and relaxing to listen to

[@SKULLDERCOMICS]

I can't work up the courage to go to locals since I don't want people to judge me with their eyes

[@sayahhx8300]

Girl same

[@nedved1198]

Dude same

[@TildAbuse]

Don't give up. Don't quit. I've been playing this game for 17 years and I will admit more than half of that time has been spent mired in frustration. Hell, the first time I got Yata-Locked I threw a nearby 20-sided die at a guy's face. Not my proudest moments, although the guy was a total asshole to begin with. But I digress. I stuck with the game. I didn't know why at the time, because if I kept losing and getting frustrated what was the point? It wasn't rational. It didn't make sense. But it didn't have to. It was simply because I liked something about the game, and I wanted to have fun with it no matter what other people said. This game has gotten me through some of the worst moments in my life, and has led me to some truly wonderful friendships as well. It doesn't matter if my reasoning for sticking with it was rational. It doesn't matter if the whole world told me I shouldn't play my deck the way I want to. I stuck with it because I wanted to. And I'm glad I did. One of the best things I've ever done in my life to be perfectly honest.

[@nedved1198]

@@TildAbuse Inspirational. Nice write-up, thanks for sharing!

[@TildAbuse]

@@nedved1198 haha, thank you too. What can I say? I've got words. Lots of words LOL.

[@DeltaPJ]

Every Yugituber: "Guys, Locals is a fun casual setting with other casual players!" Me: *Getting Hand-Looped by Gumblar and Aqua Dolphin, Unable to play because Rhongo, Getting my shit stolen by Widow Anchor* "Why did you lie to me?!"

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

The 4 dislikes are competitive elitists

[@NinjaTerd473]

I play casual simply because I dont like the idea of the meta game where everyone plays the same 3 or 4 decks. I dont see any fun or imagination in that except the first person to think of the decklist.

[@clawsthewolf89]

yea same here

[@dannyvalido7408]

Same, if the characters from the anime can use different decks, why can’t us irl?

[@jonsense4937]

facts

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

Exactly. I just made a working Charmers build that I'm decently sure I haven't seen anyone else playing just for the fact that I had to find a card I had never even heard of before to make it.

[@michaelsantangelo1875]

I feel the same sure t heres a lot more decks to play meta now but we all know only four or three decks will ever really be good

[@Matt_PunchEnthusiast_Morris]

Why do i play casually? MAGICIAN GIRL CARD'S BOI!!! 🤣 but seriously great vid dude 👍

[@albertov137]

Zerotron 123 hell yeah

[@eros439]

Don’t forget the other magician girls like the apple magician girl and the other two

[@Matt_PunchEnthusiast_Morris]

@@eros439 I've got in my casual deck berry lemon apple chocolate and kiwi magician girl card's 👍

[@chasersykes9771]

Yeeee boiiii, thats one of my casual decks aswell. i run a few pen magicians in it for some extra shenanigans lol

[@meganickXD]

There is nothing wrong with playing casually. Me and my friends all agree that you should play the deck you have the most fun with, not the one that is guaranteed to win. Because what’s the point in winning if your not having fun.

[@TKDragon75]

I like making decks that are fun or themed around a type of cad. Like I've already built a Jurrac Deck, Borrel Rokket Deck, and in the proccess of building a Dragon Beat Down deck themed around the Guardragon support cards.

[@DudeeaterPVP]

i love seeing alex talk with more and more confidence as videos progress and as a fan of casual play this video was fun as hell. i play a deck based around getting light and darkness dragon out purely because i love that card ahahah, and for my less outdated opponents, i play water dragons (which are still slow af compared to all the meta decks, but who cares?!)

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

My friends and I play casually with máster rule 2 rules (we don't use pendulum or Links). But we do respect the ban/linited list!.

[@Theringodair]

I play Duel Links and Master Duel. Never really played the game before. Love messing around my decks. I love looking at the artwork too.

[@chimichanga22112]

This kinda goes along with your second point, but I love knowing about all the cards. Me and my yugioh group make wild decks that are all around $15. These fun decks bring up older cards that came out before I got back into yugioh or cards which have neat effects that I haven't considered. A year and a half ago when we started getting back into the game, a friend and I found Superheavy Samurai SteamTrain online and thought it was a fake. Now I have a fun pure SHS deck which I love playing with. I think playing casually opens up the card pool which to me is all the fun. Who else has read every trap card on the yugioh wiki?

[@AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon]

Me and my friend made a working Tribute Summon Lair of Darkness Deck with all Dark Monsters for 35$(Most of which was for the Lair of Darkness Structure Deck that we only used maybe a 3rd of the cards for) and it's just great to see how well it works for such a small price.

[@Gladius714]

Its Ok to be casual player till you get bodied by a Gouki player at locals

[@garysnyder970]

Or Altergeist where all you did was draw a card and they have a full field

[@JohnWaltz]

Love when you guys do videos with the other guys

[@jaketheronin683]

Yeah. Represent us casuals

[@Duelerama90]

I only play casual with friends because of my disability/budget, and the fact that my hometown has 3 of the most competitive players around; TeamSam, Jesse Kotton & Trif Gaming. They'll just FTK me everytime.

[@Umbra_Watcher]

I Really Like the part 7:48, i like that quote and it means a lot to me, it means "Play like a Underdog".

[@miguelmejia7364]

I have pretty much been Casual since the beginning, and the deck I've had that was closest to being meta were Goukis, which I really only played because I like the floating and the artwork.

[@ragingroadhog6073]

I have two try hard friends who only play competitive decks when it’s just me and them. On top of that, they always make fun of my favourite cards. I just want to have fun playing my janky decks.

[@adhue2024]

I’m with you! I prefer playing casually…not just because of the reasons you mentioned (creativity, money, winning, mystery of not knowing your opponents deck), but because...a lot of competitive players that I’ve known have just been so damn uptight while playing and it completely takes the fun out of the game. Plus I can’t stand that stupid hand shuffling crap! I don’t know if it’s a psychological factor for why they do it, but that makes me want to hand scoop.

[@nathanpevlor5046]

For my casual deck, I run a combination of things. I run Black Rose Dragon with a playset of rose garden to cut monster's attack in half for my opponent, forcing them to set monsters. Then I run monsters that destroy defense position monsters without flipping them face up or applying damage calculation like ninja grandmaster sauske, and sasuke samurai. I run a rank 2 XYZ engine when my opponent inevitably feeds me tokens via effect, and of course have removal like noblemen of crossout. The idea of the deck is to force my opponent to choose between giving me free removal or summoning in attack position, which halves their monster's attack and gives me free damage. Haven't played competitive in 15 years and I love it. The look on people's face when I pull out a gishki deck at locals is priceless

[@loganblamires446]

1:29 AWW YEAHHH!!!!! That's my boi, Phantasm Spiral Dragon!!

[@mustardapple8028]

Its awesome how honest you were and made the choice that's better for yourself

[@austinwilburn1772]

I know this is old but I feel like I should mention what I had issues with. I been wanting to get back into Yugioh and after a bunch of thinking about it, I started buying/building all the pre constructed decks and just letting my opponent use one of my many starter or structure decks. It’s lots of fun and takes a load off of stressing on what you really want.

[@hariitokyashimoto3458]

I restarted the game last year and am at home in both casual and competitive worlds. I enjoy tinkering a lot and love the freedom and leisure of just going at it with casual, crazy deck builds that wouldn´t make sense competitively. On the other hand I really enjoy the challenge and the stakes of competitive play and the challenge it represents as well. So I wouldn´t choose a side on which playstyle is better. There are a lot competitive or casual purists, but the real fun for me personally lies in the middle of both :) Decks I enjoy most at the moment: Yubel and Cyberdark-Virus-Combination

[@Snow-gi4lt]

Well as someone who plays both competitive and casual in other card games like Vanguard which I play competitively for the most part. YGO and Magic are my casual games. Never played it competitively and never really thought about playing it competitive

[@MalSilkey]

Woooh casuals unite!

[@WShoup9818]

😶 meanwhile I'm over in the competitive game's Conner because i want the mat and go to worlds.(don't care about winning worlds just want to go)

[@TildAbuse]

@@WShoup9818 dude, if that's how you want to play then play that way! I think that's the thing about the casual attitude vs The Meta attitude. Casuals say you can do what you want. There's nothing wrong with playing meta , but there's nothing wrong with playing casual either. I think there may also be this misconception that casual players don't understand the skill behind meta play. Playing casual is a choice for a lot of people. I think a lot of casual players could go full meta if they want to, but in my experience I sincerely doubt they'd have as much fun. If you play meta , and you get to the point where you win what you're looking for, you earned that! And that's something to be proud of! In that regard I wish you the best of luck dude! Knock'em dead!

[@WillDeez]

Good to see Alex in front of the camera doing a discussion video! All of these reasons are why I play casually. Great video Alex! 👍🏻

[@23jewfan]

I built budget versions of every World Legacy Archtypes and duke it out with friends. It's amazingly fun.

[@kylehenry6096]

I just play with my ten year old and just built a revamped version of my deck from when I was a kid and we have a blast

[@nathanthatoneguy6197]

Since I dropped competitive I mostly just stuck around with using one deck. Being a casual and limiting my collection to just cards I like or that are my favorites allowed me to see this weird evolution over years of playing. I still got better after stepping out of tournaments, and some of those guys thought I was pretty good at the game before. You never have to lose faith in a deck you actually want to play.

[@VoidShepherd]

I mostly play my deck casual because I like the verity of decks you face however my deck is built to deal with the meta as you never know what you're gonna face. I am currently playing a Artifact/Lair Control deck it is not a top tier deck at all but it's fun to play and people tend to underestimate you.

[@joseluisbelinda]

I been playing casual (without knowing that it's called like that before 2016) for long time and I tried to dabble with the meta. But at the end of the day it's about being comfortable of how you play the play and how much you wanna have fun with deck or decks in many cases

[@serry4093]

Gotta say I absolutely love casual Yugioh, got back into Yugioh mid last year with the intention of just playing with mates and family, decks don't cost that much money so we can afford to build more of them so there are much more unique plays and different match ups, it's usually a good laugh and not that stressful, games can often tip either way and it's pretty balanced between a lot of our decks. Overall really enjoy this way of playing, I understand that a lot of people like tournaments and meta and stuff but it's not for some of us and that's what is pretty cool about Yugioh, it's like 2 different games.

[@ryanlordjanie]

I think playing casual is like going to different places nd trying lots of different kinds of restaurants as a pose to going to the same place every single day and having the same dish.

[@josephtate5315]

I xonsider myself a casual player and it sure is less stressful to play that way great video Alex

[@relyksdjoser6429]

I prefer being a casual because it's more fun to me. I've got 3 different kinds of warrior decks (gearfried, e/masked heroes, and lightsworn), two different spellcaster decks (both magicians but different set up for different scenarios), an aqua deck designed with the sole purpose of forcing someone to deck out, a burn deck, and about 5 dragon decks ( 2 blue eyes decks, a light/dark deck, dragon ruler, and a red eyes deck). My favorite and I believe strongest deck is my light and dark dragon deck which was designed by trial and error against everyone of my friends who I used to duel against and myself. We were all fairly competitive, so their decks weren't pushovers and I would keep optimizing and restrategizing until my deck was strong against anyone's decks. It's been a few years since I have actually played though so it probably could stand a few updates and lineup changes but when you work out of town and constantly move around it's not worth the effort mostly.

[@tatsukinomiya]

Yo Alex Fields, I want to say thank you for this video. My roommate and I have been thinking about getting back into Yu-Gi-Oh but for casual play though we both were competitive in the past (XYZ Era being the retire).

[@Gnomater]

While I lean more on the competitive side, I love the fact that the reason I got into it in the first place was going into my campus and just sit down with friends and play casually and it’s the reason I always carry my tourney deck and a fun deck at the same time

[@WeissRose742]

This is why I'm kinda a mix of both. I've beaten meta decks with my Melodious before too

[@AaronJamesMediaProductions]

I’m a casual player with a competitive personality. I run a red-eyes deck and recently found a strategy which gets me red-eyes fusion in my first 3 turns 8/10 times (it’s about 56 cards plus a 7 card extra deck)

[@Anthony-ku2bb]

To me playing casually is way more fun and enjoyable than playing competitively. I always enjoyed a slower game pace of Yu-Gi-Oh. I enjoy experimenting with a unpopular deck and maxing out it's potential to be even better with newer combos that haven't been done before.

[@adamstcg5080]

I love the game I want to be competitive but the cost is crazy, new camera is gorgeous

[@inuzuna]

man, casual is pretty much all I played when I used to play yugioh. but the decks I always had the most fun using were ghostricks, ojama-raccoons, fire kings, gishikis, and the occasional mismatch of monsters for a decent synchro spam deck that didn't build off an archetype. and waaaay back when dueling network was around and xyz monsters were just getting to be a thing, I remember a player saying I was running a troll deck and calling a judge because I was using a deck that used the D.D monsters with the Helios monsters and a few Needle Worms

[@dqvoltheweak6689]

Never been more exciting to play my domain monarchs.

[@KuroRiot]

In casual ive had stalemate games where no one can do anything and its first to deck out which i havent seen ever in comp and its so fun and fumny. Also i can play my half old school blue eyes deck :) i dont like the meta where people play the same 3 decks all the time ugh it stresses me out lmao

[@kamlionn3806]

I've been playing trap shaddolls, and I'd say it's pretty casual, and I've won a few locals with it pretty consistently

[@tahmhenks2972]

This is an amazing video. Thank you for this perception.

[@Nephalem2002]

I was casual, did one Compettive event and last year I beat True King Dinos when they were at full power!

[@Crazy2j0420]

I play casually cuz I like to play character decks it's fun to see my opponents not expect a non meta deck

[@werewolffindergaming896]

I had to make the switch a few years back and I never looked back. All the Goofy and fun decks I was able to build out of it, and even managed to make the best ones I tried even stronger.i end up having so much fun against people on a casual level. It just makes me more and more excited each time a pack is introduce. Cause it means more cards. Or even support for casual decks to make them stronger. Big shout out to Destiny heros. Favorite archtype getting some kick ass support soon

[@FabioLucas-zz8es]

In my opinion, casual yugioh is the best choice. Even because, tournaments do not offer money.

[@Revan225]

I much prefer playing casually for multiple reasons. 1) banned cards become limited to 1 as directed in Traditional format. 2) sometimes cheaper. 3) and this is a big one, since I play casually with others who do the same, I don't have to deal with the current meta of 8+ minute turns, endless hand traps, guaranteed exact same board every game filled with so many negates and interrupts it prevents the opponent from even sneezing. I don't have fun that way, having a game end on turn 3. I like pitting my whits against my opponents and seeing just how we can play around each others cards and strategies - not by making the same exact board every time and swinging for game before anything even got going. 4) easier for me since I got married and had a kid. unable to devote time and resources to keeping up with upcoming tournaments. 5) I find it much more varied and much more fun. I don't run into the same deck 100+ times with only small variations.

[@genoxide9490]

That focus on the camera is so on point it almost makes me think this is a conference on yugioh

[@TheUnlegendary]

I got back into the game last year and I made the mistake of jumping straight into the competitive scene and it wasn't a good idea. It costs far to much and caused a lot anxiety for me. now i'm sticking to casual play.

[@TheSliferSlacker]

Casual has always been my preferred way to play. I like to keep some competitive sensibilities (can't really unlearn them yknow?) but I much prefer to play stuff nobody gives a damn about anymore.

[@buda1013]

I use to play competitively but now im a proud casual player...couple friends and I go to a local shop and just play for hours now...my competitiveness is now in Pokémon TCG

[@kgsax96]

Both casual and competitive are a lot of fun. But if you have enough money to play competitively, I would. Casual is great and sure I love playing a bunch of weird tech choices like Power Wall or Paleozoic Canadia, but for me nothing feels better than taking down a worthy opponent. Sure I’ve lost a match to a rogue deck that I should have been able to beat in the past, but it feels good playing against someone who topped a regionals with their deck and beating them.

[@JaelynMcgee]

Thanks for this video. A lot of videos I've seen lately have talked about how "oh well this deck/this card isn't good in the current meta" and all these implications that whoever plays them is an idiot, it just makes me feel bad. I've been out of the game since Xyz's (our only local card shop closed down back in 17, and the yugioh club at the campus closed down due to the club's president stealing funds) and I couldn't wrap my head around pendulums, I'm just starting to get used to Links. It's just easier to play with friends that use older decks without feeling like an outsider in your own community

[@michaelsantangelo1875]

I first got into yugioh at 2015 or 16, bought three DDD pendulum decks made a decent deck and had at it, bought all the DDD extra deck monsters and before long I had ten casual build decks including dragon rulers (we say fuck the ban list) I enjoy all my decks including the ones I spent extra on to make both more powerful and more creative

[@olddeon9863]

I used to chase that dream of competitive success and man was it stressful lol I love just playing whatever for the fun of it. This vid speaks to me lol

[@kevinnio]

I'm struggling with this exact same issue at the moment. I love the game, but good decks are just too expensive. I don't want to put so much money on what is essentially a hobby for me. Thanks a lot for your sound advice, Alex!

[@deanoor9391]

I'm playing competitive altergeist (with "fun cards like creature swap) and Otk Blackwings (with armor master) so i can showcase my skills with my own techs and add-ons (without expensive cards to make the deck "even good")

[@nbotfsquad3096]

Great video i think people should play the relaxed friendly and challenging as well as experimental style of casual yugioh playing and i think if you pkay causal well enough u can take that same basic syle to competitive

[@mikeyarthur1]

I have been playing yugioh now for almost a full year, collecting and trading for a short time longer. Have only played with friends and locals ...so only casually atm but would be interested in seeing how I go in a competitive sense. My favourite deck at the moment is a rouge gadget build ...and also a standard dino build

[@vincentdelatorre8261]

Me personally I always played casual cause I just liked playing whatever cards I want and have a good time at the Lunch table. I ain't trying to be super elite I'm just trying to chill out with my boys and game out and the one rule we had was if you didn't like what the other person did or played as long as it wasn't cheating you ether counter it and play like a man or pick up your cards and give up. Thats just me and how I like to play if others like competitive then more power to you I just wanna chill and have fun tho lol.

[@akhiil2778]

I play black wings and it's new support is amazing! Does it count as a competitive deck because I see alot of players dissing it but I personally think it's a fun deck and can compete ? Plz reply with your thoughts!

[@just_a_tepig3611]

I play on nexus usually so cost isn't an issue but I still like casual play the most, and I play with my toons deck usually and I do try original stuff like putting in scapeghost and improving it as often as possible but its just for fun and isn't really meant for big games

[@noconaroubideaux9423]

I do love the pricing of casual play. My krawler deck was probably $12 and its actually really fun to play.

[@blazer9797]

I’m actually more of mix between the two I play very casual decks but I have an interest of playing at a higher level but I guess it’s a rare case

[@RingAroundMeReal]

the way he talks about competitive vs casual players is kinda funny in regard to the group i duel with, because there are two people who play real meta decks (at least one builds actual meta decks from the current meta, then ditches them halfway into building them because they get to expensive, and one plays a blue eyes deck, which aren't the current meta, but were around the time he built the deck, plus ik they pop in every so often in the meta) and the rest of us all play some form of rogue/casual deck, dark magician, gravekeepers, earthbound immortals, darklords, fiend deck, red eyes, traptrix, utopia warrior deck, just to name a few, and even though for the longest time no one could beat the blue eyes, but slowly we all found our own playing styles that even for decks that are "scrub loser trash" we all could hold our own to meta level decks, and the best part is we had fun doing it, because even though we are all competitive people and our duels often get stressful. we always end with the duelist having fun, maybe yelling and screaming, and muttering swears when you run into that classic mirror force card, but that's all part of the fun

[@yuseifudo7987]

You are right there are certain things that separates casual and competitive in a lot of ways I have never been in either one of them bec I have never played in a tournament but for me who loves yugioh a lot and devoted my life into creating my own printed yusei fudo anime/manga cards/deck was unbelievable I even lost with it but my real deck that even had synchros/xyz only and with blue eyes white dragon,mirror force,pot of greed,monster reborn won some of them and lost some of them even with the top one player of our school who uses a yusei fudo cards especially stardust damn it a wish I could challenge him again anyway I will buy a yusaku fujiki structure deck,booster packs etc cards that contain yusaku's cards well not just him yuma,kaiba,kaito,yugi,jaden,zane did I forgot someone else anyway characters that literally made me love the game thank you.

[@ripteargaming600]

I just started playing yugioh about 6 months ago and I am going to my first event with my best friends in 20 days as of weighting this and my deck is a lair of darkness and phantom knights deck that I made because I thought the monsters looked really badass and I had fun playing these cards I don’t intend on being the best I just wanna have fun playing a card game with my friends that’s why I play casual

[@cacaf8989]

I've been playing competitive since 2010. Recently I found that playing casually is a lot more fun and healthier. I've got my fair share of toppings regionals and ots so it's time to let others top. It's okay to lose as long as it's fun.

[@chisasa9509]

I play casual. And I'm still here. I survived. Awesome quote!

[@darthzayexeet3653]

Playing competitively just doesn’t seem fun to me. You have to be a meta-sheep and follow the meta, spend large quantities of money and always adapt or you’ll get left behind. You can’t really experiment with deck building, instead you always have to use the “winning” strategy, even if you have zero fun playing it (e.g. Hand Traps)

[@kabalow]

I really liked the video and just wanted to say that the audio was a little low but other than that it was awesome! I play casually too and mainly because I don't have the money for the decks or traveling. But I also just like running into whatever people want to play instead of what they need to play to win haha