Yu-Gi-Oh CRYSTAL BEAST vs CYBER STRIKE 3x Structure Duels!

[@TeamAPS]

Thanks for watching the video, guys! These 3x Structure Decks are always a load of fun, so it's nice we got to check out this one early. Be sure to grab your Crystal Beasts on September 30th! 🌈

[@roberttheinfernape]

I’m amazing with Cyberdark cards, I wish I could have duelled him XD

[@jdprophet9089]

Yeah u miss played the cyber dark fusion monster if u had tribute it while equipped with cyber end dragon you could've summoned cyber dark end dragon then combo with its effect, and cyber dark invasion and attack 3x for game but still gg thou

[@MichaelTaylor-jd6rm]

The crystal beast structure deck looks pretty cool,hopefully it will be tier 1 😁😂 I really like crystal beasts

[@austinlim54]

3x must really up the consistency of these decks

[@ryanbrook8384]

@@jdprophet9089 2 attacks not 3 but still game.

[@aHumanBeing97]

My favourite moment in the entire franchise, is when Jesse tried to summon the rainbow dragon that didn’t even exist yet. Classic.

[@rebeccalatty2293]

Ya ultimate wiff

[@kleytomxd]

Yes, i like this momment so much too Gx is the most nostalgic season for me

[@SpecsTube]

Jesse: Meet the most feared creature in history - you’ll never survive. *Jaden shook* Jesse: Just Kiddin’! Jaden: Huh?

[@redfalconfox]

“Only in modern Yugioh does a fusion monster end up in the spell and trap zone.” Relinquished: “Am I joke to you?”

[@dragonlofdeath]

Be honest, how often did fusion monsters get played back then ?

[@akmalfakhruddin7285]

@@dragonlofdeath unless you play magical scientist catapult turtle ftk, next to none i guess 😅

[@stratavosstuff7575]

@@akmalfakhruddin7285 or dark paladin. One of the few that was worth the effort to fusion summon.

[@marciamakesmusic]

Relinquished is a ritual monster, you mean TER, and you're still wrong. It equips other monsters.

[@point-five-oh6249]

@@dragonlofdeath Yeah, fusions didn't really get big until Destiny Heroes came around. Even then, they were kinda outclassed by XYZ as soon as it was released. Synchro was hit or miss at that time. Even with some support, it was still pretty difficult to get any kind of worthwhile synchro monster out until more archetypes came out and more support with Pendulums

[@peanutbutterpandapuffs]

I kinda prefer the best of 3 format that you guys normally do, I feel it gives us a better feel of both decks!

[@justwatchinfunnyvids]

Problem with that is it would be up to 60 minutes or more with these decks that have alot of big combos I'm sure if this duel was shorter they would have

[@KikiCatMeow]

The CB SD looks pretty good honestly. Ash, Belle, and Dimension Shifter?? They’re really doing better with reprints in these recently

[@johnnythedark3090]

If they wouldn't no one would buy this deck. Outside of the reprints it's the weakest SD in last few years and we got charmers and I've barrier... It really feels like an SD you buy just so you can sell hand traps 2-3 years later.

[@KikiCatMeow]

@@johnnythedark3090 nah it’s definitely not the weakest. Charmers and Ice Barriers could barely play with a 3x build, these at least seem competent

[@Jason0binladen]

@@KikiCatMeow tbh the pendulum monsters already made CB viable now they have a win condition and pretty good tech cards I'd say solid B tier, but meta viable Idk harpies feather duster is in the game and lighting storm, but don't buy this for the hand traps no way they're not hitting at least Ash now they printed them in this deck and the mega tins

[@shaunslays2151]

@@Jason0binladen The megatins doesnt change the value on them at all really since theyre a secret rare

[@deanoxd968]

@@Jason0binladen they where never hitting the handtraps …

[@NESHYBeast]

"My crystal beasts are looking kinda crystal based"

[@Anders0429]

Crystal Beast was the first archetype deck I ever built. It was years and years ago, but I remember feeling like Rainbow Dragon wasn't really worth it compared to things like Hamon. Cool to see the new support, makes it even more fun!

[@TeamAPS]

7 Crystal Beasts is a lot but the fusions make good on the commitment

[@joeyglick9866]

Im a big cyberdark fan, but seeing both decks come out with their fusion monsters and everything i found myself rooting for the Crystal beasts. You guys somehow managed to make the perfect duel for these two decks. Keep on making great structure deck videos!

[@AliacadosDuelistas]

OMG, I was NOT expecting this!!! Please make also Crystal Beasts vs Sacred Beasts, it would be AWESOME! I love this channel, omg!!! :3

[@TheClutchUDF]

Nothing hits the nostalgia factor like GX, especially the Hero cards, Cyber Dragons, AND the Crystal Beasts

[@safersephiroth943]

Awfully new for nostalgia considering how old the game is..

[@bankylaw3745]

2002 Yu-Gi-Oh "Am I a joke to you?"

[@zombieindenial_]

Dont forget Ancient gear!!

[@ladonmccabe]

​​@@safersephiroth943 oh hush. As someone who's been playing yugioh since 2002, back when it was released for America, I can say that GX absolutely constitutes as old. Its literally only the 2nd season, and predates synchros, a summoning mechanic that was replaced multiple times over as the "new" summoning mechanic. It also was the first era of Yugioh where the extra deck started to become more important. Lastly for this list of examples, but not of all the examples one could make, the Yugioh GX anime came out in 2005, only 3 years after the card game made it to America, and overall 19 years ago (17 years ago from this utterly silly comment of yours) from today. Yes, GX is old. Yes, you can feel nostalgic for things that aren't as old as GX, too. And yes, you don't need to be condescending, especially when you're just straight up wrong.

[@ryonalionthunder]

I really appreciate that you guys duel like it’s the anime. By which I mean, you always explain what a card does as you play it. It makes it really easy to watch.

[@davidballes5698]

These versus x3 deck videos are all fantastic. Keep up the great work! 👍

[@STRIX-h8v]

My brothers name is david😂😂😂

[@aroukemaru]

That duel was epic. I love these videos, can’t wait for the Dark World structure deck video!!

[@Chupe91]

Dark World's are getting another structure deck?

[@darkdestroyer4228]

@@Chupe91 yep it will be the next structure deck after this one.

[@alecfields1153]

This was a really fun game! The future is crystal clear!

[@darktrunks8820]

Just no😂

[@OG-512]

Indeed

[@FrankOcean--]

... wing synchro dragon, right?

[@TheHakuryu]

I always prided myself on my poker face, but Paul has an indomitable stoic look to him in these duels that I can’t help but admire.

[@amprinzrak6912]

15:36 Alec: activate a card Paul: *N E G A T E* Average Drytron-Hearald exeperience in Master Duel

[@matthewgottshall8087]

Did i miss something, or couldnt have Paul won by tributing the Cyberdarkness Dragon to special summon Cyberdarkend Dragon, use effect to equip, then use Cyberdark Invasion to equip again, get 2 attacks at 6000 atk?

[@hkillerpr]

Yeah he literally missplay the entire reason to summon that monster

[@Osindileyo]

You forget this is a sponsored video. Konami wouldn’t want them to post a video of CB getting absolutely smashed.

[@emiyashirou3135]

@@Osindileyo xD

[@THELORDVODKA]

His rainbow overdragon gains bonus attacks for each banished crystal, making it what 7k? More than enough to kill still.

[@thanatos3696]

yeah but Alec would've already lost before he can even summon overdragon if paul didn't do that misplay

[@KVJoker13]

Man, what a fun duel. I kind of want to pick up both of these structure decks. I’ve been out of Yu-Gi-Oh for awhile so these two structure decks seem like a good way to get back in the game.

[@bonesyt1427]

I am definitely picking up 3 of the Crystal Beast structure decks when they release. It was really cool to see Alec summon the boss monsters. My favorite structure deck is Shaddoll Showdown because that was the first structure deck I picked up at my local retail store that got me back into Yugioh around late 2019 early 2020.

[@beppebraida4502]

I'm happy that Paul decided to not end the duel in the second turn(his) to see the true power of the crystal beasts!

[@DAIIAD999]

Great duel and content, it was fun and that’s what it’s mean to be. Although i hate to be that guy I must point out that I don’t think you can summon Overdrive using monsters in the spell and trap zone. But still it was fun to see one deck set up a massive monster and the other set up an even bigger.

[@teiten3806]

Indeed, they need to be monster on the field or in the graveyard (in the spell and trap zone they’re are counted as continuous spell cards). It was still nice to see some crystal beast action !

[@Slifer29]

On the contrary, Overdrive can be summoned banishing Crystal Beasts regardless of whether they're monsters or continuous spells because the text states on the Field or Graveyard

[@DAIIAD999]

@@Slifer29 I think you are misunderstanding, the summoning requires 'monsters' and when they are in the spell/trap zone they are treated as continuous spells. Now most of their support refers to 'crystal beast cards' which they count as even in the spell and trap zone and then new Crystal Aegis is the most specific which refers to a 'Crystal Beast Monster Card' even when they are treated as continuous spells they are still considered monster cards...just not monsters.

[@KayossSZ]

Haven't actually played YGO in at least a decade, but when I heard of the Crystal Beasts structure deck I had to get it. It's always been one of my favorite archetypes, and the cards themselves are all just so pretty. I don't expect to actually duel with it, much less win one, but it's something I'm still glad to have.

[@mrnaughtycat]

I love these GX themed duels well done

[@stoik.düşünce]

Actually Paul did a misplay, he could send his cyberdarkness that is equipped with cyber end to gy to summon cyberdark end dragon, and since it is unaffected and all can alec would do is use rainbow to summon 7 crystal beasts in defence, and Paul would still have cyberdark end dragon.

[@2luvrufan]

I wondered why he didnt make cyberdark end dragon plus he could've use it with cyberdark invasion to attack more than once and give himself game

[@stoik.düşünce]

@@2luvrufan idk why either, btw if alec uses rainbow invasion gets shuffled

[@nguyencaotrung249]

bro i think he want a cyberdarkness to use his negate stuff and it is a big body too

[@stoik.düşünce]

@@nguyencaotrung249 he dont needs negates since cyberdark end is unaffected

[@nguyencaotrung249]

@@stoik.düşünce but i think paul knows once that ultimate crystal beast is out he will be obliberated so he played carefully with negate and destroy being more reliable

[@kennethstewart572]

I was thinking it would be fun to watch what I like to call the ultimate starter pack battle where you choose three different starter packs and put them together to make an ultimate battle deck and the other one do the same and see who would come out on top of that

[@carter5377]

Ayyy I remember suggesting the 3x structure decks on your community post way back when!!! I hope this video kills it!!

[@andrewwheeler1690]

As someone who grew up playing tag force, I absolutely love hearing the background music every time you bring it in!

[@anthonythomas305]

This duel is so awesome and fun! It's like seeing a live action duel between Jesse and Zane

[@TheStormEmperor]

That OST from the PSP Tag Duel games definitely hit me in the nostalgia man!

[@petereratostene984]

Thank you for posting this! I have preordered Crystal Beasts and just picked up Cyber as well. Seems like two fun decks to share with friends as they seem even enough!

[@ghostlycupid]

Love the fact you guys are using music from the Yu-Gi-Oh GX psp/ps2 games those games where my childhood

[@dubiousbrick4483]

I am so hyped for this deck, it’s really nice to see support for a deck one of my favorite eras of YuGiOh. Takes me back to a nostalgic day of going to a Tactical Evolution pre release tournament and everyone trying to get rainbow dragon. Seems like a lot of good cards in the deck too, the hype is real 🙏

[@rawrimaoctopus5715]

Anyone else think Alec does a great job with the crystal beast deck honestly he made some unbelievable plays this video rip pauls cam :")

[@uselessking4774]

He did play well but in fact really by minute 16:00 onwards (I don't know when that is specifically) and Summons Ultimate Crystal Dragón Overdrive, I should use +7 Crystal Monsters... In fact he had four monsters on the field and three continuous spells (which is illegal since they would technically be spells)

[@rluster01]

I've been dying for this structure to come out. I've been crystal beast since they launched

[@Mastercheese321]

This was fun to watch. As always with cyber darks I get super lost in how they combo, but man do they look cool. Neat support that I didn't know crystal beasts had, cool to see it in action. Thanks for the vid!

[@zera9655]

You cant use the Crystal Beast monsters in the spell/trap zones for the summon of UCRDO since they are treated as spells and traps while in that zone.

[@yojanrodriguez5895]

As a cyber dragon duelist, I'm a little disappointed I didn't get to see Cyberdark End Dragon in action, great job with these decks, I loved this duel.

[@MightyCanary]

Would love to see more cyber strike 3x duels, just picked up the decks myself to get into the game and i've been having no luck beating anyone yet

[@crustless2816]

Those duels are always a lot of fun! I prefer the best of 3 though, it is more entertaining and gives a better idea of the decks 😃

[@GracefulMage3089]

My fav structure deck of all time is probably the newer machina one it was super fun and gave my fav archtype what they always needed

[@TheReaperShyGuy]

I wanted the crystal beasts deck before…but I really want them now! But my favorite would have to be the sacred beast structure decks. I love the shenanigans you can pull with it. Either that or the ice barrier

[@DamianDrake-ot5kz]

Love the legendary crystal beasts and rainbow dragon one of my favorite duel monster just love those guys its nice to see some familiarity in the modern yu gi oh cards of today

[@Kaos9696]

3 relevant handtraps in one structure... buyouts incoming

[@ivanmaterazzo2631]

Honestly, I'm really surprised by Rainbow Bridge of the Heart. That card is crazy good going first and going second. If just we had a lv2 Crystal Beast Spright Tri CB would have been crazy. Still an interesting deck tho.

[@mistriousfrog]

all the crystal beast support is absolutely insane. They are a bit like toons where the core of the archetype is so terrible, yet it is popular so ridiculous support cards get printed for it.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

@@mistriousfrog In fact, some of the earlier CBs were actually good i na vacuum, but the deck is still confined with like 4 garnets

[@ivanmaterazzo2631]

@@mistriousfrog yeah, "all of them are insane" it's a heavy statement. Turboing off Rainbow dragons is cool in a casual environment. As for a competitive standpoint maybe just Ruby and Sapphire are viable plus insane support like crystal bond, rainbow Bridge and the omni negate. They could fuction well with tri-brigades.

[@Chaosnegi12]

@@ivanmaterazzo2631 I've been playing them with Mekk Knights. Very solid and has interesting combo tools with your normal summon focused on pegasus. Crystal.Bond is basically a 1 card 2 column set up

[@michaelshumaker6515]

Love this! I love cyber strike and now we get to see for sure what's in the crystal beasts. Can't wait to get my own. Also with the Cyberdark send the keel or horn or edge instead of claw and cannon. If you had also gone into the Cyberdark end dragon then you equip with effect and with Cyberdark invasion then you would have had two attacks with a 6000 monster and would have won as well. I play Cyberdark all the time in master duel.

[@TheeRookie]

Crystal Beasts. My favorite deck ever. I brought it to many locals back in the day. Always a joy to play back when GBs, SixSams, and the beginning of DAD. Even if they weren’t so great I just loved playing them

[@metalmario1231]

Hey Alec you summoned overdrive incorrectly.....it says monsters but in the spell trap zone the crystal beasts are not monsters so they could not be valid material

[@EclipseAMV619]

for the first match you could have gone in to cyber dark end dragon to be unaffected by effects and have the protection of cyberdark inferno then activated you trap to equip end dragon with a monster then equip another monster to be able to 12000 damage

[@degeneratephoenix8889]

Crystal Beasts and Cyber Dragons are some of my favourite cards, so I'm really glad to see them getting some much needed love and touch ups to bring them into the modern scene. Definitely gonna pick up both of these structure decks asap

[@owendougherty43]

These guys are really fun to watch I don’t get why they don’t have more subscribers, in my opinion they deserve it 100%

[@troystrain2436]

This new structure looks really cool and I'm looking forward to giving it a try! My favorite so far is actually the one Paul was playing; Cyber and Cyberdark are two of my favorite archetypes, so getting new support for both in one deck was pretty sweet.

[@TeamAPS]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@troystrain2436]

@@TeamAPS Oh, Paul, I watched you do a play with Chimera and had a question about a possible combo. Can you use the effects of Cyberdark Chimera and Cyber Pharos from that deck together? Just a thought, but I don't know if the rulings allow it.

[@PsychoKern]

Okay, PHEW...Good to see all the main staples are still in the TCG structure deck! (Ash, D-Shifter and Belle)

[@nubbs1231]

I am new to your channel, only been here a few months but seeing videos from a year ago to today I see you put a lot of effort into your health, hell yeah good for you man, keep it up!

[@josealigueri1570]

Idk whats more amazing, Alec summoning 5 monsters on 1 turn, or Paul summoning a 9000 monster .... still im impresed with the cristal beast deck

[@kristienwhitney-johns5863]

Sometimes I think im bad at deck building. Then I watch aps and feel better 😜😜

[@Decopunk95]

Favorite structure deck is Dragon's Roar. It introduced my favorite monster Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, and was one of the first structures I ever got as a kid. I still have my original Red-Eyes Darkness dragon.

[@OG-512]

This is so exciting man! Crystal Beasts are one of my favorites and this deck looks incredible. Btw Paul could we get a Sacred Beats vs Crystal Beasts? That would be interesting + 3 rounds so we get to see more of the deck, please?

[@johnnynunez1843]

Misplay on Paul’s end. He should’ve sent cyberdarkness to the grave to special summon cyberdark end dragon. He would’ve been able to equip cyber end dragon, then active his trap and equip a 2nd cyberdark allowing him to attack twice.

[@rlyle3308]

True dat....alternatively, he also could've won if he had sent Cyberdark End Dragon to the GY instead of Cyber End Dragon when playing horizon, and then equip it to Cyberdarkness Dragon on its summon.With all other plays remaining the same, this would've given it enough attack points (10k) to OTK when attacking into Amber Mammoth

[@MikeJones-kp2lf]

Thanks for doing what you guys do.. you guys deff need to do more of this been a long time subscriber and always enjoy your really close duels

I recently bought the Crystal Beasts deck and I’m about to bought another two to complete the playable deck. But also last night I played Cyber Strike in Master Duel and I’m going to buy this deck x3 to play both 😂😂😂😂

[@majinrei554]

The background music is very nostalgic, great video.

[@wahdanwael]

Fav deck of all time is red eyes darkness dragon I hope they have a new structure deck for it eventually

[@itsonlythatguy]

I actually recently beat a crystal deck with a modified blue eyes deck. The guy told me blue eyes weren't good anymore, and I took that personally lol.

[@undergroundvagos8481]

Man this was the best duel you guys have done! These two decks are my favorites! It's like a Jesse vs Zane rematch!

[@jacquesgaufillier]

Misplay from Alec at 14:18 he could have used the effects of his turtle to pass his monster in defense position to avoid damage

[@ericbreese3071]

The crystal beast deck looks amazing. Can’t wait for these cards to be added into Master Duel

[@pagananarchist4723]

It's honestly pretty awesome when Konami prints new cards that give a boost to decks that used to be considered bad, like what they did with the Noes/Neo-Spacians and the Cyberdarks. I can honestly see Crystal Beasts at least getting better in the casual scene. I don't know if they could compete with more competitive decks, but at least the new support helps the deck with what it was trying to do.

[@mrbubbles6468]

CBs were able to compete with meta decks before this new stuff. They can absolutely compete now.

[@Scooby2120]

It's thanks to you guys I decided to start learning how to play with Alecs deck from this video 😊

[@DrMACPOW]

I like that you used YuGiOh Tag Force Arc V music. Bring me lots of memories!

[@Riley_Sanford]

You guys are awesome, another duel

[@danieltaylor4943]

I asked for this and it’s amazing

[@BoP]

Finally oh my God I’ve been asking for this type of content forever. Thank you this was a great video

[@JiooguProductions]

Casual viewer here, getting sponsored by konami seems like a big deal, grats guys!

[@azothlegacy]

I was the threat in the neighborhood with my crystal beasts deck back in... when was it? 2006, 2007? I don't even know! But I will always remember the day when I found a metal tin of sapphire pegasus while walking down the street of another city duting a family outing. That (plus the rainbow dragon) was the last piece I needed to ascend to lichdom so I begged them to buy it for me and even if I got 1 single copy of it, I remember my deck improved significantly after adding it to the list. The rest is history. Anyway, I FREAKING love this type of duels, can we have a best of three for the next episodes? Thank you! 🖤

[@nicholashamilton6274]

Good game. Not a big fan of crystal beasts but might have to pick them up just for the staple. As far as my favorite structure deck of all time I think I'll give the award too... Rise of the True Dragons! I very much enjoyed that this deck introduced us basically a whole pseduo archetype of dragon lords that were just an archetype based on syngery of card effects that happen when they are summoned from the grave, not even sharing the same naming convention. Been having fun with these cards still today. Some runners up include Wave of Light Dinosmasher's Fury Gates of the Underworld And Fury from the Deep for an old school pick.

[@leonmarcote8340]

A truly anime duel, the best moment was when cyber darkness trys to destroy overdrive but the OTK effec trigers, a truly anime moment

[@ashfuller3480]

I like that Crystal Beasts has Ash Blossom, I don't play competitively, but I do want the card in my collection

[@ilrosol3606]

I love this kind of thematic duel, they actually make you wonder who's goonna win. Too bad that's really unrealistic for modenr yu gi oh standards, usually the game is decided at turn 1 or 2.

[@Davilas941]

Awesome Duel! I got 3x Cyber Strike and 3x Crystal Beast! So awesome Structure deck!

[@blueoak5262]

I bought the Sacred Beast deck, the Cyber Dragon Deck and already pre ordered this Crystal Beast deck.

[@AreaFiftyJuan]

Paul: Hmmm Interesting. Lol I love this channel and the chemistry that you both have. I have liked the whole team...but you both literally nail how we all played as kids. Thank you! Pass Turn!

[@Skullcaptain27]

This duel was amazing thank you guys for such amazing content

[@azharhassenamod8396]

@TeamAPS PLEASE DO MORE CRYSTAL BEAST DUELS

[@azharhassenamod8396]

Yes yes😊

[@ChengAhLang]

This will sell out fast. Gotta love them Hand Traps!

[@SkywardSpork]

CyberDark Paul and Crystal Beast Alec sounds like names you'd come up with for Adventure Quest Online (throw back to see if anyone knows that) and I love them

[@sirswagabadha4896]

The crystal beast support looks really fun, having a rainbow dragon searchable with crystal beast searchers is exactly the consistency boost it needed

[@Osindileyo]

Consistency was never the decks issue. The actual issue was that the cards are terrible. Konami had a chance to make them better, but the advanced crystal beasts suck just as much, if not more.

[@TheSpectazz]

My brother will pick up the crystal beast deck this month... As one of the last Dark world players around I just picked up the 3 structure decks once again and waiting for December for the RE dark world!

[@vibeyturtle3372]

So happy I pre ordered 3 crystal beast decks!!!! Such a deal and I love this archetype

[@fernie6299]

why did paul look so serious at the start of the video lol edit: aww paul must've been having a bad day because he seemed upset throughout the entire video. hope your day gets better paul!

[@Ohdin42]

Idk if you guys have done it yet. But would love to see a tournament with a decks centered around each of the summons. Fusion deck, synchro deck, xyz deck, etc

[@tonybj7785]

See... I have all the Crystal Beast cards so far so I really do want the new stuff in this structure deck.

[@x-bionix]

Shoutout for Paul following the camera staring at it 0:22 😭😭😭😭

[@KrrZoKillZz]

Paul the way you were looking at the camera in the beginning 😂😂

[@Yuri144Shambles]

holy the tag force duel music in the background brought some memories

[@taylorbruning7287]

Favorite one yet I like the 3 structure decks as it adds consistency so we can see how the strategy is flushed out and it’s less off theme

[@KorawichKavee]

17:18 the perfect alignment! imagine putting fusion as a equip spell there😮

[@Kiribandit]

After only listening to GX season 2 and on in the original language, that intro was a flashbang

[@saviorlemons]

I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR FOR THE STRUCTURE LESS GOO

[@ConstantineGaming]

This was really dope me and my friend just got these decks to duel actually so this'll be fun to play with these really got me back into Yugioh. I think my favs are still hero strike, I'm a huge fan of the Evil and Masked heroes so it's perfect for me.

[@edwincox5720]

I don't play, I think I may have some cards somewhere ( early 90s). I do like watching APS play and the skits are great.