Yu-Gi-Oh History! 1st Place Plant Synchro/Tengu Plants Retro Deck Profile! Billy Brake YCS Ohio 2011

In YuGiOh Competitive History, Billy Brake claimed his second title and back-to-back wins at YCS Toronto and YCS Ohio in 2011 with his Plant Synchro or Tengu Plants deck, solidifying himself into Yugioh lore as one of the best players of all-time and Plant Synchro as one of the best Synchro decks ever! This was only the second time that a player repeated a win back-to-back since Ryan Hayakawa. In this retro deck profile, I cover the ins and outs of the Tengu Plant deck and Extra deck capabilities relative to the meta at the time and some of the market values of cards too!
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[@CaptainvSwirl]

Great video! Please keep doing these retro deck profiles, they’re a huge nostalgia trip. I remember this was when I was first seriously invested in the game and as a kid couldn’t afford it but always netdecked and had a blast on Dueling Network. You do the deck justice with all high rarity cards and thanks so much for your insight

[@gaelridge6501]

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[@jaxxwade2873]

@Gael Ridge flixportal :P

[@gaelridge6501]

@Jaxx Wade thanks, I signed up and it seems to work :) I really appreciate it!!

[@jaxxwade2873]

@Gael Ridge glad I could help :D

[@eg7586]

I remember buying 20 hyper librarian from a site on a pre order for like 15 a piece. Then went to nats that year and sold/traded them all but 1 for me at 50 a piece. So much profit that day. Thanks for the memory.

[@12legohero]

No one: Twiz: here’s my 500$ unplayable max rarity plant deck

[@twizYGO]

lol. it's probably closer for a few thousand dollars but sure.... :P

[@12legohero]

twiz my bad 😳

[@Ket-omg]

unplayable? Too many people I know sit down and play 2011 yugioh, not standard

[@caesar1512]

You should do more retro deck profiles

[@alexwyckoff8962]

Tengu Synchro. The last deck of its kind. God, I loved this deck. Thanks for the nostalgia video!

[@SuperHuscarl]

I love how concise and well paced this video is. You break down why and how every card had it’s value and what made them good in the deck. This vid makes me wish I had those beautiful max rarity cards, it’s such a stunning deck.

[@michaelflanagan7718]

Keep these sort of videos coming bud loving this stuff

[@Paktcg]

Dope video bro! I love these retro deck profiles, I'm looking to learn this format and was super informative: D

[@BrockitGaming]

one of my favorite decks of all time, thanks for the video!

[@alexanderklein3071]

The old X-Saber profile would be dope..possibly the Michael Grüner one from YCS Bochum, keep up the good work, love the segment :)

[@ethan7359]

another amazing video man. keep bringing out those quality videos

[@edwardlynch6550]

This deck was just the best cards in the game in one deck

[@Simpanzee0313]

I miss generic yugioh. Archetypes are cool but they shouldn't be the only thing we can play.

[@xxdinorabbitxxschannel5083]

I hear warriors and zombies are doing ok, why dont ya play dose

[@Simpanzee0313]

@@xxdinorabbitxxschannel5083 those are cool but thats only 2 options in comparison to hundreds of archetype based decks. I'd rather have more options than just those 2.

[@thedawnwalker8889]

Nicholas Rowland I play Felgrand Dragon Deck. It is good but you need to know the game mechanics and the cards rulings to play well and get around stuff.

[@rosalbadejesusorozcohernan52]

@@thedawnwalker8889 it is not good

[@rosalbadejesusorozcohernan52]

@@Simpanzee0313 what about dinos???

[@temptlessmonk9331]

Love this, a blast from the past

[@Emporkommling]

I play a slightly tweaked version of Billy’s list (it’s like 37/41 cards the same) with a few of my friends. It’s fantastic mirror match and really encapsulates what Yu-Gi-Oh! was like back then, that sort of “middle Yu-Gi-Oh!” that took place after Goat but before the ‘break my board’ / hand trap meta of modern formats.

[@deedee4651]

JakeTheFakeReal what cards did you change to make the mirror better?

[@anthonyliberati3200]

I ran something very similar at the time, the nostalgia is gonna make me cry 😭

[@TheSRamos92]

Thanks men! Amezing work, keep doing it. Maybe a Chaos Deck next time?

[@twizYGO]

I usually just let people vote on what decks they want to see in a community post every now and then. But I’m always open to suggestions! :)

[@orchidquack]

Thank you, finding this made a bad day better.

[@orchidquack]

Being able to look at these awesome looking cards that I know I’ll never afford is amazing.

[@WhoNeedsMeta]

I played this format all day today. Good times had all around.

[@crayonjambe7515]

how do you play older formats online? are their online communities for that, or was it just irl with friends?

[@WhoNeedsMeta]

@@crayonjambe7515 irl. We have a group of 10-15 guys who just have collections of old formats. Right now I have a deck from every format from September 09 through April 14.

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

I loved this deck so much.

[@tesorosdetinkertown8310]

I really loved my TenguPlant deck on that days!!!

[@pandablue518]

Oh mon ancien deck ! Et mon préféré encore à ce jours

[@FirstLast-dd9ym]

You didnt talk about one for one dandy debris dragon! Awesome video tho lol I owe you a big thank you for these retro vids tho i binged on them all then subbed afterwards haha

[@twizYGO]

Glad you’re liking them man. And I can’t go over every combo but yeah one for one dandy debris was absurd in how many pluses it netted off the TGHL and Formula.

[@DMD_Yugioh]

Here within the first 30 views! I love synchro decks and miss them a ton. I understand why Level Eater and Dandylion had to get banned but I still miss stuff like this

[@ruski2376]

Dark Magician Duelist don’t forget maxx c got banned as well

[@DMD_Yugioh]

Yeah, true. I miss Maxx C as well, as sacky as it is

[@ruski2376]

Dark Magician Duelist lol yea but this deck you made before the cards got banned it’s looks like a really fun deck to do

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

Oh man this was "The Deck" to play when i started taking Yu-Gi-Oh more competitively. It was only ever online matches (i couldn't afford those cards lol) Although i did do that agents deck. Buddy played Dark Worlds.

[@pete9023]

the fact that pot of avarice is at three now goes to show how busted t is, good video cant ait to start

[@theyugijoker5856]

Do you have every ultimate rare??? Holy moly Every video looks more expensive than everything I own.

[@RollerDerbyHigh]

I quit because of power creep. The plant era was my favorite by far it was so fun and there were so many options.

[@SmilingDio]

I’d love to see a Chaos Dragon deck or Monarch Frogs

[@TheDoubleX54]

Loved this deck back then. But one little thing that you missed was that, the sangan ruling was changed right after leviathan came out. From my memory, YCS Indianapolis was the only event (With Grenesaurus being the only Rank 3 out) where that ruling was in place and then it was changed before YCS toronto. Correct me if I’m wrong though.

[@twizYGO]

I’m pretty sure I mentioned that the ruling was incorrect at Gen Con that year but afterwards was adjusted. But yeah Gen Con was the reason TGU shot up to well over $100.

[@bdove2007]

I remember this tourguide was 100 then they reversed the sangan ruling then it went down back to 10 bucks. Then people realize it's still good and shot back up to 100

[@modernwaffles9438]

What was the ruling between Pot of Duality vs Reborn Tengu?

[@twizYGO]

You guys asked for it. Now smash that like button :D

[@kylegrams1252]

Wasup shooting quasar dragon played at this time and what was the status of formula synchron and tg hyper Liberian

[@gyu9058]

Hey Twiz why don’t u do a bubble beat deck profile

[@StarJoker2]

nowadays common tour guide is like $0.15 . my have times changed

[@dannyrose8101]

Do toadally awesome heroes pls! It’s my favourite! :P

[@6701kirby]

Ulti bulb and dandy look so good need a set

[@jasongrasham7094]

can you do a video of Edison format

[@michaelflanagan7718]

Any sign of you coming back to making videos of this sort?

[@Nemo00013]

XYZ material were never considered on the field. No official tournament ever ruled a Sangan search off of a detach that I remember. I was around from 2010-13.

[@CaptainSoviet1]

Back when playing the game wasn't decided after the first turn, when comebacks were possible.

[@skippernolen5644]

Megafleet would like to have a word with you...

[@deproissant]

Is there any format that is cheap around that time? I mean, Tele-DAD a few years earlier was stupid expensive, Dino Rabbit after this was also nuts. I remember wanting to build a Tengu Plant Deck like this one but it was also expensive. Speaking of prices, while I do miss the generic days, I think the fact that it's mostly archetypes nowadays helps a lot in lowering the costs. Gone are the days of a one-card-fits-all like Tour Guide or Dark Armed which, due to their high impact and splashability, were in high demand in their respective primes thus causing the price hike.

[@twizYGO]

I’d rather play generic Yugioh because innovation is far my important across all decks and you can utilize cards far more loosely, without being restricted by archetypes/themes unnecessarily. Also, there’s plenty of formats you can look into that are far cheaper pre 08, just depends what decks you’re interested in.

[@Jurracs25]

It's been years since i've been on yugitube. Is this intch95? Did he get into law school? Or was that someone else?

[@CosmicDogoran]

Do spellbooks next

[@killkard5368]

Could you maybe do like 3 test hands?

[@rasenganb41vtx]

2012 dino rabbit or judgment spellbooks

[@twizYGO]

Ahhh two of my most hated decks....perhaps....

[@johnmilos5591]

Link for decklist?

[@DeHydraInFusion]

Was dark worlds with grapha actually legal for Tengu Plant

[@LyrogTCG]

Can you do shaddoll next

[@bobop8755]

Would it be possible to see duels with this deck?

[@twizYGO]

Probably not because I don’t have the cards to make multiple copies. Second it’s already hard to find people to play with and record in real life because I don’t go to locals often. When I do go, I want to relax and have fun with friends, not force them or myself to record stuff, I’d rather play tourney and such. I want my free time from KZbin so I can actually enjoy my hobby. And thirdly, it’s even harder to find people who actually KNOW or remember how to play some of these older formats well enough to warrant high quality gameplay. People always get bashed in duels and it’s very disrespectful. At most, I might do fan duels on DB on stream or something one day.

[@Zentrick81]

deck profile Chaos Dragon plz

[@rosalbadejesusorozcohernan52]

could you do e heros??? (before stratos)

[@jacobguy3343]

They didnt matter before stratos e heros never were much of a part of yugioh history as much a Destiny heroes ! The hero engine was a big part of the gx era and some of the 5ds era

[@nerudaab4265]

No monster reborn?

[@Waffleswcheese]

Just wanna point out. At the time of this deck. The xyz ruling was fixed

[@twizYGO]

Not at gen con that year it wasn’t.

[@arkanamaster4961]

Just to let you know your debate on pot of avarice coming back would not be great for the game but it’s at 3 in the ocg but I understand why it is not at 3 in the tcg because of danger

[@twizYGO]

I think it’s super unhealthy and a really strong power card unfortunately in this day and age. I guess I’m just living in the nostalgia of when stuff like that was relatively fair because there was a mid and late game.

[@andrewmurray4643]

Do full power chaos dragon Edit: Do full power ignore any backrow.jpeg

[@darkpaladin18]

Imo retro is a deck from a time of the old school sets 2000-2005 or so

[@twizYGO]

Russe R Yugioh didn’t come to the tcg until 2002, but if you know something about some sets before LOB let me know so I can Profile it 😂😜 retro just implies past format. This was 2011, 8 years ago roughly. That’s longer than some players have been alive so as far as I’m concerned this definitely falls under that umbrella of retro/pastime.

[@crisbrown792]

@@twizYGO he is just a fake og trying to sound cool

[@iaaannnq4830]

Does 2014 HAT/FAT format not count as generic YGO?

[@twizYGO]

I mean sure, but it wasn't necessarily the best deck of it's time. Plants was the last time that a generic deck was definitively the best deck hands down. You have to remember during 2014 we also had Geargia, Sylvans, Infernity, LS variants, Bujins, etc, all relatively equal in the playing field, but all archetype based.

[@michaelflanagan7718]

Any chance you’ve the list written out I could just copy mate instead of writing these all out individually? Please go back to these sort of profiles my favorite ones on KZbin

[@Waffleswcheese]

Michael Flanagan just google bill brake tengu plants YCS Columbus.

[@Protech428]

Can we Get A modern Day version?

[@twizYGO]

Maybe but with dandy banned among so many other cards, it’s far less viable.

[@Protech428]

Ok that’s understandable, but I hope you can

[@tuavaresm]

I don’t recall maxx c being that high back then

[@robinhill4540]

I think I remember 80-90ish for a while

[@jeremymcbride]

went from 10 to 100 basically overnight when billy won the first YCS maining 3

[@steeventuil9614]

I want play tengu in 2020 but dandelion bulb ban :/

[@Christianjkd1]

Can this deck be good in todays format?

[@smileywater]

Please test hand this deck

[@TigerT242]

New Camera?

[@twizYGO]

No. I just did this in 60fps as opposed to 30. Although it takes longer to render and upload, I do like how it looks on cards more so than 30fps. I haven’t bought a new camera (other than my vlog camera last year for my second channel) for this channel in over 3 years I think? Unfortunately, KZbin doesn’t cover the expense of a nice new camera, I don’t have enough patrons, people who get Merch, or viewers yet for that. Maybe one day down the line I’ll be able to get newer better equipment.

[@TigerT242]

@@twizYGO Oh cool. It looks nice!

[@mes98yng22]

No reason to not run “Call of the Haunted”, well he won a YCS not running it, so........

[@JonathanPhillips2k]

So we're just taking decks that did god and showing them off in highish rarity. Deck needs trooper to help out thubder king in the mirror.

[@twizYGO]

I liked trooper as the format went on to out TKR, but there’s tons of power cards I hated milled tbh.

[@bigk1555]

Ahh 360 viewer

[@barbarajonesor]

Does it worrk???

[@Waffleswcheese]

Barbara Jones ????

[@barbarajonesor]

that was the joke lol😂

[@yu-gi-nintendo2660]

Those nasty supers

[@anthonypeluso3775]

Roach to out caius/bls etc. Ya man come on stop blasting him. "Im keeping it simple" tf you mean lets see your tengu plant list so we can blast your choices since his deck was just so basic

[@rodrigogomes2064]

I think you should try to make your videos shorter Although I like the explanations 28 mins is too much But I like these retro deck profiles 👍🏻

[@twizYGO]

You could always try to put the video on a faster playback speed? As much as I’d like to trim down the fat or commentary, I enjoy it and it’s what comes most natural for me so it would be disingenuous to try to hurry it up for the sake of some abstract time constraint. I can’t please everyone, some people don’t mind it, others dread it. Editing would be very time consuming if I sat there trying to do jump cuts on a half hour video. Editing my 2nd channel videos gives me enough editing practice and flexibility when it’s comes to that stuff. I’ve also never been one to do more than a single take for a video unless I trip over the into or something happens like me getting a phone call. I usually do my stuff unscripted to keep it as natural as possible. I just want to be authentic.

[@anthonypeluso3775]

I been enjoying the retro videos. But can you do 1 thing and stop trying to blast his deck choices he won mutiple ycs's with this deck. Im sure he would of heavily blown you out in that format. Be a bit humble but keep up the great videos. Im working in that tele dad deck you profile its fun af

[@Laid2Sleep]

Get to the profile and stop talking so much. Trying anything to get talk for no reason.