Yu-Gi-Oh! - Ishizu Archetype

[@TGSAnime]

Playing Egyptian God Ra Deck: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqLJlWmgls2Lrc0 Ishizu Vs Kaiba Analysis: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHzMkmuMoaeVrtU

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Hand Collapse got Fellow Traveler's effect from the anime (minus hand revealing)

[@varkolak7779]

I would love to see the Red Dragon Archfiend/Resonator/Jack's Demons archetype.

[@ethanbryan3748]

Evil Eye analysis when?

[@Random_guy09]

Can you make Timelord archetype next. ❤❤❤

[@roninwarriorsfan]

@@Random_guy09 he already did that one

[@madambutterfly1997]

I love Ishizu. Her role in the anime was very brief but I enjoyed every minute of it

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

It was expanded a bit more in the anime, mainly with some filler recaps, but I liked seeing her as a caring sister to try and get her brother back

[@perrytran9504]

She's pretty much Kaiba's foil and while I would've liked to see her duel more I don't think she was shafted like say Alexis or Akiza. It still seems kind of weird nobody knew she was competing in Battle City though - you'd think Kaiba would've just checked the registry or something when there was one finalist not accounted for.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

@@perrytran9504 I think once marik, odion, bakura, even Joey entered the tournament, registry was just abandoned

[@perrytran9504]

@@patrickzalatoris3206 Kaiba 100% fired his IT head after Battle City was dominated by cheaters, frauds, and cultists.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

@@perrytran9504 kaiba: Why are most of the finalists in my tournament not even properly registered duelists? IT guy: I'm sorry sir, we didn't think people would just for their way into a children's trading card tournament where there's not even a cash prize except trading cards! Kaiba: Well guess what, you're 120% wrong on that, and speaking of cash, if you want your last paycheck, you better clear out your office by the time I get to my fucking step dad's island, or you won't even get a recommendation to work for fucking twitter or amazon!

[@joshfarmer8408]

Ishizu is such a cool character, and I wish she got more attention. Also, she is one of the hottest yugioh girls, fight me

[@DarthInsomnis]

I will not. She is also my fav. So i am in complete agreement with you

[@lynxofsyria8655]

Faxx

[@Khoobus]

One of my favourite fmc

[@shadowmaster978]

Well that is the truth 😂😂😂

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

She got plenty of attention and facts, best girl

[@kyleoliver637]

Ishizu is my favourite character. I wish she had more of a role, and I wish they showed her using Gravekeepers.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

I wish people give the same standard to Blair and also showed using Lightsworn like in Tag Force 3. But what do I know. This community is notorious biased against unpopular characters like Blair.

[@kyleoliver637]

@@soukenmarufwt5224, Ishizu isn't that popular either. I think her revival came with Duel Links with the Gravekeepers being paired with her, and again when her Earth Fairy monsters received a re-train. I would also love to see an analysis and more support for Blair and the Lightsworns. Compared to the two, Lightsworns at least has a Link monster, whereas Gravekeepers only have a Fusion monster as their boss, and the entire archetype isn't as viable for play, but more so for fun and possibly rogue deck. Overall, I do agree that Blair and the Lightsworns should have support, so I'm with you there.

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@kyleoliver637 they should have given Blaire some Lightsworn skills. A better Gravekeeper skill for Ishizu would also be nice but it seems her best skill is still Prescience.

[@klockenberg2299]

Do you know that pre errata Exchange of the Spirit is her actual signature card?

[@FruityGroovy]

I like to headcanon that Marik's original deck was Gravekeeper's, but when Yami Marik took over, he changed the entire deck to be torture themed.

[@roncerjani9063]

Why would Marik theme his deck after something he hated?

[@ProcyonDei]

@@roncerjani9063 Do you mean normal Marik or Dark Marik? Marik didn't hate the Gravekeepers, they were his family after all, he only hated the fact that they were subservient to the Pharaoh...

[@roncerjani9063]

@@ProcyonDei He hated their tradition, their submission and servitude pledge to a dead pharaoh. I don't think he hated the people themselves, but he did hate everything they stood for.

[@ProcyonDei]

@@roncerjani9063 Yeah, and he was justified in feeling that way...

[@JaimeD.]

"Ishizu flipped the script." 😄 That is a nice description of how Ishizu trolled Kaiba to start the Battle City Tournament, drag Marik out of the shadows, and qualify as the 1/8 in the bracket.

[@TheKpa11]

Didn’t really flip the script, she followed it. Kaiba flipped it

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

Honestly, if she didn't stay on the script, and go try and take down obelisk to break down kaiba, she would've been in the top 4 of battle city, but she saw the best win scenario in her MI, and just ran with it as she for sure thought she would win

[@JaimeD.]

@TheKpa11 Yeah, he did flip the outcome in his favor and got to duel Yugi for the third time to find out who was truly the best in the Yu-Gi-Oh! DM game.

[@JaimeD.]

@patrickzalatoris3206 She believed the duel & everything in life was set in stone, and no one could change their destiny. Relying on the Millennium Necklace was not a good idea.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

@@JaimeD. 3rd in the anime, 4th in the manga

[@Reymdusk]

It is quite amusing how Ishizu's retrain cards are so strong. She certainly gained much needed notoriety... albeit in a negative sense lol...

[@klockenberg2299]

And pre errata Exchange of the Spirit was banned for long time already y know

[@ryanbelmont2676]

Ishizu is such a good character. I wish we could have seen her duel more than just Kaiba and Marik in a flashback. Hey TGS, can you please do a duel analysis between the Yubel possessed Jesse Anderson using Sacred Beasts vs Adrian Gecko using Exodia/Exodious?

[@thenobody7509]

Fun little thing you missed. Exchange of the spirts seems to have Headless knight in it only now he has his head

[@roninwarriorsfan]

In nightmare troubador, Ishizu uses Reasoning to mill her own deck, and then Exchange of Spirit to return those milled cards to her deck (while your deck gets milled at the same time). Side note: Joey uses Dangerous Machine type 6 in that game, and its probably why he uses it in season 5 against Zigfried Von Schroder

[@patrickhoover8501]

What’s nightmare troubador?

[@roninwarriorsfan]

@@patrickhoover8501 one of the first yugioh nintendo DS games out there

[@kyleoliver637]

I hope Gravekeepers get more direct support or even retrains or things like Link or XYZ monsters for the archetype.

[@Burgerboy]

I love these cards so much. I just love not being able to touch my deck or Graveyard or get any combos started and decking out on turn 3.

[@jayd.doubledubs]

I will never forget they day where I won an early Duel Links match thanks to Blast Held By Tribute. Made me instantly love that catd

[@calich33sehead]

Fun fact: in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, there’s an item called the Book of Mudora. It’s needed to enter the Desert Palace and to acquire the Bombos Medallion and the Ether Medallion.

[@masterripper5409]

I wish Ishizu would duel more in the show, I wish she would use the gravekeeper deck.

[@kyleoliver637]

Same! 😢

[@HusbandOfManyWives1776]

Thankfully Duel Links gives her lines with the Gravekeeper's but sadly not all of them like the new ones.

[@spicynacho2873]

I wish gravekeepers had more synergy with ishizu's cards. Hopefully more gravekeeper support in the future to make them viable!

[@Netherwolf6100]

Goddess Ishizu and Isis were.... just lovely..... glad she's getting some representation from Konami...... just wish they'd make Valon's Armor Cards already!

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Look up Dynasty of the Useless Armors. They are comically bad. It's a battle focus archetype. Battlin Boxers can't do it. Armors are less likely to do anything. Known for 1 good monster, 2 busted spells. The spells will be nerfed. And the other Armors won't do a thing, even if buffed.

[@TheRedMage01]

Kaiba sacrificing god to summon Blue Eyes? Kaiba is a Shin Megami Tensei player doing fusion.

[@melvinshine9841]

And because the Tear cards basically weren't hit at all, they're going to combine with the Isis cards to make Master Duel unplayable starting tomorrow... It's worth noting that the current Exchange of the Spirit is the nerfed version. The pre-errata version only required the user to have 15 or more cards in the graveyard. The card got banned because you could combo it with pre-errata Makyura the Destructor to mill your opponent's whole deck before they entered their first draw phase.

[@klockenberg2299]

Yes pre errata Exchange of the Spirit is Ishizu's signature card.

[@years-ti7xl]

Imagine if she used those retrain cards during her Duel with Kaiba.

[@kindlingking]

With no big payoff she can only aim for deck out

[@drakofox1362]

There's also Kaiba using his updated deck

[@dracoblizzard7944]

@@drakofox1362 Blue Eyes kind of gets shut down by Gravekeeper's Trap

[@drakofox1362]

@@dracoblizzard7944 we're not talking about Gravekeepers but the Earth fairies cards that she used and there retrains.

[@dracoblizzard7944]

@@drakofox1362 I'm talking about the card called Gravekeeper's Trap. You know, the one that Mudora sets

[@webtely]

Someone in Konami really really liked Ishizu while making these cards

[@baalmolech]

Ishizu’s duel against Kaiba was so hype, I’ve seen it so many times. Love her character!!

[@justsomeguy2825]

It's great how a set of cards with terrible effects and little to no synergy with each other can be retrained into some of the most powerful cards in the game, all of which synergize perfectly with each other. Also great to see anime cards being able to take a previously mid deck, and make it nearly unstoppable as with Tearlaments. That rarely happens.

[@igorlopes8463]

It might be just me, but the new artwork for Muko reminds me of her dad, which is kind of fitting, given that he forbade Marik, Ishizu and Odion from ever leaving outside because of their duties

[@supervegito8340]

I would love a breakdown of the three “visas” archetypes as, for those who don’t know, scareclaw kashtira and tearlaments are supposed to be his past lives as he’s based on Vishnu

[@dracoblizzard7944]

There's 4. You forgot Manadome.

[@supervegito8340]

@@dracoblizzard7944 I didn’t know about manadome

[@fxlja]

​@@supervegito8340 because it's new. It hasn't entered TCG yet.

[@supervegito8340]

@@fxlja ah. Is it good?

[@fxlja]

@@supervegito8340 can't say for now. But from the revealed cards, it's a Synchro-focused archetype that doesn't look as busted as Kashtira or Tearlaments. So, fingers crossed

[@rainbowdragon168]

Ishizu is my favourite character and it’s good to see the cards that she used in the anime retrained in real life.

[@pn2294]

But they’re different cards

[@supremekingjaden.3096]

@@pn2294 that’s why she said they’re “retrained”.

[@rainbowdragon168]

@@supremekingjaden.3096 She not he

[@rainbowdragon168]

@@pn2294 I said retrained dude

[@supremekingjaden.3096]

@@rainbowdragon168 sorry

[@enlongjones2394]

I actually recently looked up the Void cards in master duel and was confused why there was a “Frog the Jam” situation, since I couldn’t actually locate Null and Void in the card list. Was funny to look things up and find Muko

[@MrDarksol]

Oh yes the chocolate Egyptian Babe. It took me till now for me to realize that she's actually really attractive or to be more accurate thanks to certain material I found on the Internet. I mean not that I'm complaining because she was a really cool character and attractive lol.

[@digifreak90]

For a suggestion of an archetype to do a video on in the future, might I suggest the Gaia, the Fierce Knight archetype.

[@Kostas_Dikefalaios]

Seeing the old and retrain versions side by side is the best example of whats wrong with modern monster effects.

[@ChromaticEagle]

Why? Too much text?

[@Kostas_Dikefalaios]

@@ChromaticEagle Partly. Mainly too many effects and a loss of character for the monsters stemming from it. Also these ridiculous restrictions on otherwise completely broken effects pumping up the word count. Old monsters had 1 or maybe 2 effects. Most of the time making them distinct. Jinzo for example has a simple 1 sentence effect and it made him distinct and iconic. Nowadays each boss monster has a couple of negates and maybe also a quick effect removal if Konami feels creative. Oh and dont forget the floating graveyard and on summon effects as well. Lets take for example Baronne, generic Synchro with a negate and destruction. Whats special about that monster? Something making it distinct? Nothing. Its bland. It has no character.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

​​@@Kostas_Dikefalaios #Boomer. What you want boss monsters to be unplayable garbage like Sky Scourge monsters which are bootleg chaos monsters. Or just big beat sticks with zero protection. If a boss monster doesn't have crazy effects, negates, or immune to everything, then its trash. Its like you want cards to be a laughing stalk like Royal Knight of the Ice Barrier because of some absurd standard which shouldn't exist. #Cope

[@Kostas_Dikefalaios]

@@soukenmarufwt5224 The massive power creep is the reason for why it has come to this point. Thats what I am criticizing. Also the lack of creativity especially on the generic ones. Borrelload Savage Dragon? Negate. Appolousa? Negate. Baronne? Negate. Wow such creativity. 2 of these even have the same boring as 3k stat line. There are still some new unique boss monster effects but they are mostly part of rogue strategies.

[@kauanjos3199]

Seeing the old and retrain versions side by side is the best example of what's wrong with old monster effects

[@DarknessDpa]

I still just like that I recently am playing Legacy of the Duelist and did recently do the battle with Kaiba and Ishizu and seeing those old cards that I now recognize their new forms. I did also enjoy using Null and Void (or now Muko) on Kaiba's Pot of Greed.

[@strelitziamystery21]

"Because shut up." -Abridged Ishizu

[@Lukman57e]

Happy Easter, TGS Anime 🐣

[@thisWinglessAngel]

my favorite character, glad to see she got all this support and that its as good as it is.

[@adriannaranjo4397]

Everyone before: "We love Ishizu, we want more of her cards" Everyone after: "We hate Ishizu, and her support cards"

[@some2043]

everyone before : we love ishizu we want more of her cards everyone after : we love ishizu. testaments leave our ishizu out of the banlist

[@Billy_Wyatt]

Thing is people ask for retrains or support for the older cards...this time around Konami retrained all the Ishizu monsters and made them too good and surprisingly they had a good chemistry with Tearlaments. I'd say for the next time they want to do that, they should lock them to archetype specific, to keep everything fine and balanced if able.

[@jakeehwilliams8820]

Should have been like versulph can only use earth fairy cards

[@itachi-kun7736]

Ishizu is easily one of the most beautiful Yu-Gi-Oh female characters of all time and plus I love her skin and really reflects as a Egyptian

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

And her BC outfit against kaiba is smokin!

[@moua64]

When Ishizu played Exchange of the Spirits, it was one of my most favorite moments in all of yugioh

[@larryevans3369]

In the words of a tcg player this wasn't a archetype this was a freaken nightmare lol

[@KolbaltSayian]

TGS: "The ishizu cards and the marik cards" also TGS: *shows the bakura-inspired card*

[@NickWuebker]

I think a lot of the issues with the Ishizu monsters could've been alleviated if they weren't quick effects and were a bit easier to respond to.

[@ХорхеГарсия-э5е]

I realize I'm old when I remember both Mudora and Kelbek being relatively decent, and at time scary, monsters in casual fairy decks some friend had. A lv4 monster that could easily get into the 2000+ attack range, which back in a slower and more brute force focused era was a big deal, and a monster that could be used to bounce a high lv monster your opponent tribute summoned.

[@ezrawyvern6795]

In the English anime, Blast Held By A Tribute was given the name Sacrifice Blast, which, to me, sounds much more simple and concise.

[@dragonstouch1042]

Broken clock’s right twice a day

[@odd-eyesdragoon]

Went from generic Normal Fairies to so broken, the TCG limited nearly every member alongside Tearlaments.

[@Silverdude500]

0:36 If we want to count non canon events; Marik did play gravekeepers at the 2015 World Championships. Either way, good video as usual!

[@TeenPerspektiva]

Why would we count that?

[@ezrawyvern6795]

Agido The Ancient Sentinel's effect reminds me of the manga-exclusive card Battlefield Ruin and the recently-defictionalized Battlefield Tragedy, used by Reiko Kitamori to ensure any attack done by the opponent would coat them dearly.

[@michaeldaniels642]

"Ishizu used a card called Muko which translates to Invalid" Seto Kaiba: As the President of Kaiba Corp I declare this card Invalid!

[@masterripper5409]

You should review the Gravekeeper's archetype since Ishizu uses that deck in duel links.

[@TheFatalcrest]

XD The fact Ishizu's Retrain was at one point just that monstrous gives me joy, It's like Kiaba said "Now show me the impossible mode deck you have"

[@nekonekic3695]

I used her deck with original version(only Kelbek and Mudora were useful but nvm) as support and with Obelisk in MD Duelist Cup, made it to lvl 15 and then I was too busy to continue but it was fun

[@chrisshorten4406]

Anyone else wonder what Ishizu's monsters are actually based on? (Also, Ishizu is beautiful.)

[@lexlax3498]

She should of had more powerful Fairies & traps. They were a joke.....

[@JoeVO24]

surprised you didnt mention the "upgraded" fellow traveler to the grave that we all know and love - called by the grave

[@wightmamba8085]

I love the the reaction he has to exchange of souls in the abridged version "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

[@robertst.pierre1341]

Exchange of the spirits was even better it originally was if ONE PLATER had 15 cards or more in graveyard The erratad version was what you read obviously

[@manulopez4697]

Odion also have some upgrades, Konami made some monster that support trap cards and an upgrade version of apophis

[@Slowfeetdonteat1663]

Hate/love the influence this had on master duel after watching it. One day after watching this video EVERYONE I’ve played has been using this archetype.

[@masher660]

The supreme king vs jim and vs axel duel analysis.

[@OriginalKasym]

As a Zombie player, if I ever see these cards in a tournament, I think I'm required to get up and leave

[@djblue056]

I would’ve waited for this video lol. I’m sure we’re going to get more support for this archetype

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

I genuinely didn't know Zolga was an Ishizu card, or got a retrain lol

[@bloodofNEO]

Great video. Loved it. Could I request “Dragunity” Archetype in the future? I love the lore and want to hear you tell the great tale.

[@DazeJokerz]

bro the change in the amount of text in those retrains

[@ahmed_da203]

Wait you forgot the last spell’s retrain: Called by the grave

[@SryBut]

If Ishizu would have these cards back in Battle City, she would have won so easily :D

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

Let me just say, Ishizu was my Yugioh Bae. I'd have loved to create her deck back when I was more active in the game...

[@joshputzke5400]

i was planning to add those cards to my obelisk the tormentor deck

[@moua64]

Omg I need this Ishizu deck even if just to collect. Had no idea it was a thing!!

[@Nobody-hc1rw]

I loved Ishizu's strategy (i'm a hand hate player, aka mill), Kaiba should not have plot armored the win right there.

[@joeyescamilla3104]

6:08 you have said essentially making you the keeper of the graveyard cause of the gravekeeper reference

[@jacenhadwin513]

Here's something to think about the upgrade cards got limited but they have a unique name so does mean that you can play the original at three copes Examples agion the ancient sentel this limed but agion.

[@Hanshin43]

This has inspired me to make a for fun pure Ishizu deck. Or at least as pure as I can get it.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Please do videos on the skull servant, mecha phantom beast, battlin boxer, super quant, & dinowrestler archetypes

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

The "Exchange of the spirit" archetype, that nobody calls like that, and we all call it "Ishizu"

[@klockenberg2299]

But people don't seem to know pre errata Exchange of the Spirit is Ishizu's signature card.

[@joelvossen6257]

Love your video's, man. Love to see a video about the Scrap Archetype.

[@bruiseleeroy7010]

This character was always fine to me! Ishizu, I sees you👀

[@kboww88]

if only plot armor didnt exist, ishizu couldve beat kaiba and stuck in the series

[@rabootfanboysam5068]

But Ishizu literally used Future seeing powers ?

[@phantom-joke]

Definitely not a mistake

[@ChoomOfDoom]

Ishizu is great. I loved seeing her OTK Kaiba in the anime with her Tearlaments

[@KngHrts2]

Fandom: Hey, Ishizu kinda got screwed in the original series. Konami: You want us to retrain her cards into some of the most broken, degenerate deck cancer in years? We got you. Fandom: Wait....

[@douglasgw1992]

I remember the original print of exchange of spirit was first made dummy OP

[@chrisharte4280]

Actually, since Gravekeeper's Trap is both a Gravekeeper's Card by name and a Gravekeeper can also be added to Hand. I feel a neat and clean Segway into a video for the Gravekeepers is in play as well. Just saying.

[@dangerzone423]

Pretty sure if Ishizu used these cards quick effect with exchange of the spirit to deck out kaiba after he went through so much set up to get rid of most of her deck she would’ve ruined his whole career

[@klockenberg2299]

Kaiba's cards destroys all monsters with 1500+ ATK and preventing them from being summoned from GY and also sends 10 opponent's Spells to GY.

[@WarmLillie]

You know that a best girl when there archetype made just for you!

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

This is canonically incorrect. This is implying Konami actually cares about character decks/cards.

[@LunarWingCloud]

TIL Soul Charge and Null and Void use mostly the same art. I actually did not know this

[@anasschyhab6552]

Pls make one for phantom knights ❤

[@inesatt1313]

Wow love the name

[@gabriellacar]

Can you please do the Tearlaments archetype next!?

[@TheSandwhichman108]

Off topic but let’s be honest gravekeepers basically turn the graveyard into a second banish zone if you think about it.

[@marsella527]

Little Kuriboh's Ishizu will forever be my head canon Ishizu

[@Tsweeney12584]

Why don’t you have a catch phrase?

[@marsella527]

@@Tsweeney12584 because shut up.

[@TeenPerspektiva]

@@Tsweeney12584 "Shut up"

[@goku-vm4nt]

Still waiting for a photon/galaxy achratype

[@ezrathefirstlionkeybladema4229]

He eventually did run Gravekeepers against Pegasus

[@uchia9180]

Kelen has a reference to the card game vangaurd nice

[@aliastheabnormal]

1:38: Kaiba: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?!

[@brandol75]

i have a theory of why ishizu cards had this weind typo (earth-fairy): ishizu was a gravekeeper (earth) and had a very noble soul (fairy).

[@perrytran9504]

I think it's just because spellcasters and fiends were already taken by a couple characters like Yugi and Marik (Bakura too but he barely dueled). And old fairy cards seemed to be neutral/good counterparts to fiends specifically.

[@ygorules2]

Quite disappointed you didn’t mention the pre-errata version of Exchange of the Spirit.

[@virtualcolt]

Im so mad that Ishizu didnt completely destroy Kaiba in a duel when she took him to the museum.

[@DraikRoan]

I'm shocked you didn't mention the pre-errata version of Exchange of the Spirit , like, at all.

[@klockenberg2299]

To keep the narrative of all anime cards are trash

[@comradecopperbottom2327]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only cards that actually had characters besides the new Ishizu card on the card were, Yu-Jo friendship, Barians Chaos Draw, Utopic Zexal, and Judgement of the pharaoh.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Only reason peeps know these cards is cause Tearlaments. Tearlament is best waifu deck. (Used to before ban list)