Yu-Gi-Oh! Single Card History: Red-Eyes Black Dragon

[@genosis420]

Alternative title “Man mad about Red~eyes for 9:43 minutes”

[@khalifeh22]

"It's a 4th rate archetype , with a 7th rate support" Somebody.

[@B.I.G.TEA707]

That somebody is probably some rich boi who summons beats sticks with no effects.

[@DLinton]

Red-Eyes Black Dragon was my favorite look of 'em all.

[@FieryDance]

The 3 heat Red Eyes cards are Black Metal Dragon REDMD Black Meteor Dragon

[@RedWarPriest]

Guy has a hate boner for Red Eyes doesn’t he? He has a point though non of the original trio has competitive viability unfortunately.

[@STEPHxCA]

Red Eyes does have really good support tho (i.e Kashtira lel)

[@WolfgerLion]

If Komani can take examples of the other cards people throw in to make Red-Eyes work and just make real Red-Eyes support that functions the same way, we would be golden. For now and still, i say Red-Eyes need Link-1 support and better Fusion opinions in terms of better fusion methods as well as boss monsters. And I say, Enough with the stupid excuse of being afraid on making Red-Eyes too much of a clone to Blue-Eyes!

[@UnholyWrath3277]

​@@WolfgerLion totally agree red eyes can do plenty of it's own cool stuff without the usual idiot "when do we get our insert blue eyes clone card here"

[@Hynotama]

@@WolfgerLionRed-Eyes doesn’t need to be a Blue-Eyes clone. Admittedly, I don’t know how blue eyes plays nowadays with the extra support, but back when I was playing, my Red-Eyes wiped the floor with blue eyes, at the nationals. Either way, I personally don’t want Red-Eyes to be a clone of Kaiba’s toothless lizards.

[@WolfgerLion]

@@Hynotama neither do i really, but its that excuse alone is why Konami is so hesitant to make new cards. Personally I can thhink of many ways more that Red-Eyes Support should be

[@DisappearBlade]

It's painful , but it's true. Red-Eyes has no direction. It has many variants, but each of those are entirely carried by the non-Red-eyes cards. Normal variant? Better hope you draw your Tenyi and normal monster continuous spells. Burn variant? Either go for cheesy ftk or Dragon link with extra bricks. Equip version? Verte is banned in TCG and Slash Dragon is hardly worth summoning any way for Noble Knight or Phantom Knights builds. Red-Eyes does have something That Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes doesn't. Red-Eyes has MANY unequivocally good cards. Darkness Metal was so strong it needed an errata. Now it is just a good dragon extender. Black metal is an Omni searcher that doesn't have once per turn. Flare Metal is an extra deck monster that puts pressure on the opponent. Black Meteor is a level 7 extender that can double as a 6 while putting cards in grave. Insight sends for cost and gets any spell/trap , but there is no good target. Soul is a hand trap that has no good targets. All of these qualities with appropriate support could deliver unto us Kashtira #2, or even better, since we are talking about Dragon type cards. They can even give Red-Eyes Fusion the Malefic treatment if they want to emphasize those cards. Please just anything good that either works with the aforementioned cards or throw everything out and gives one simple direction. I just want to play Red-Eyes and be able to feel good about it.

[@sul_9999]

Red eyes is just meant to be as a generic Dlink host. It has a few other gimmicks like equips and burn, and dragoon. It does technically fulfill the “potential” thing

[@danielramsey6141]

Damn! I really felt this comment. You know what Trips me out….was that this card…if it’s suppose to be As Strong as Blue-Eyes. WHY IN GOD’s NAME WASN’T ITS ATK at 2700 or 2800 ATK?! Why does TriHorn Dragon get to be 2850?! And especially Dragon that isn’t as Cool looking either!

[@CyberTwinDragon9999]

@DisappearBlade ​If it makes you feel any better, in Quarter Century Chronicle side: Pride they reprinted quite a few Red-Eyes cards, and the archetypes reprinted in Quarter Century side: Unity have almost all received supports in one way or another. We are in the 25th Anniversary of the game, and since the position of the Red-Eyes reprints is parallel to that of Unity's Ancient Gear reprints we could really get something new (I suppose in Infinite Forbidden, since Red-Eyes is an iconic theme of the game and that Quarter Pride comes out about a month before the release of INFO... and the theme of the Pack itself is dedicated to the Anniversary)

[@DisappearBlade]

@@CyberTwinDragon9999 as a Red-Eyes enjoyer I was hopeful. But when I learned the history of Red-Eyes cards and their release schedule, I found it's better to hope to be hopeful. So when I say "Don't do that. Don't give me hope," I simply mean I don't want to believe you, because I've been Inferno Fire Blasted by my own card before. Still I'm m not sure if it is selfish to complain about getting support cards when some old favorites don't get the same treatment. Looking at you Serpent Knight Dragon. Looking at you Cosmo Queen.

[@CyberTwinDragon9999]

@@DisappearBlade Honestly speaking, I think it would be right to give more things to the Red-Eyes rather than other monsters of the genre: Red-Eyes is to all intents and purposes part of the most famous trio of monsters in the game, but it doesn't even take half as much. that they get. Which makes his treatment more unfair. But getting back to the main part of the discussion, I understand that you don't want hope for this deck. I'm in the same mood as you and am trying to keep my hopes for future support as low as possible. However, when I think back to the various signs that are out there about the possibility of getting some justice for the Red-Eyes, I can't help but think that there is still a possibility. The signs I'm talking about are: -obviously, the reprints of Quarter Century side: Pride. I don't think the Japanese needed to reprint much of the Red-Eyes cards released, especially Red-Eyes Fusion which often received other reprints where somehow a reprint of Red-Eyes Black Dragon or a super occasional support of it appeared (Red-Eyes Soul and Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon). Furthermore, Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon had already been reprinted in a Premium Pack along with other VJUMP exclusives two years ago. Sure, they might have done it to reprint Soul, which had no other reprints, but then why not just reprint Soul along with two or three other cards to make room for other, better reprints? Also, as I have already said, the Red-Eyes reprints are parallel in the numeration with the Ancient Gear reprints in side: Unity; -we are in the Year of the Dragon. I think the fanbase is expecting to see new cards for the two most iconic dragons in the game. On the other hand, Blue-Eyes just got a new boss monster; -speaking of the Year of the Dragon, the card that was released on the first day of the same, Crescent Dragon - Mikazukinoyaiba, seems to have been designed to synergize with the Red-Eyes. Its special summon effect can summon it on your opponent's turn, allowing you to partially bypass the restrictions of Red-Eyes Fusion, and its last effect adds monsters with the exact same characteristics as Red-Eyes Black Dragon to your hand. It's true that we don't have any Lv7 monsters in the Deck that you would like to have in your hand, but it could be a clue to a possible new Level 7 starter; -the new Flame Swordsmen from the TCG. Those cards haven't reached the OCG yet, and being linked to Joey as Red-Eyes, a possible support to match that theme certainly wouldn't sound far-fetched, especially to help the sales of both themes. Or even just to enhance another Joey-related theme. -it's the 25th anniversary of Yu-Gi-Oh!, so it's easy to predict that such iconic monsters in the game like REBD will be more easily subject to upgrades; -REBD is the only one of the OG trio who has not yet received at least one related card in the last few months. Dark Magician received its version for Gold Sarcophagus of Light, Blue-Eyes White Dragon instead Dragon Magia Master; -Red-Eyes is one of the most famous first series themes that hasn't received a wave of support in booster packs since Invasion: Vengeance. DM and BE also had support in those periods as booster packs, and this didn't stop them from receiving more support in series 11; -this year we also celebrate the anniversary of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Curiously, none of the Duelist Pack: Legend Duelist cards related to Joey appear as reprints in Quarter Century Pride, which could mean the arrival of Atticus Rhodes-related support, given that Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon was his ace monster; -Infinite Forbidden is a pack designed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the game, so you would expect to see mostly characters from the first series supported in it, being the most famous ones. I've talk a lot and I apologize for this, obviously don't think that these reasons are a guarantee of any kind. But by bringing them together, I can't help but think that they'll finally give us something new for our favorite dark dragon.

[@scourgetomahawk]

Low power archetype but i love the Red-Eyes archetype, great video keep em' coming

[@kish45]

Honestly if they were going to make Red Eyes at least a bit more decent they would need to do something a tad similar to Blue eyes’s Eyes of blue engine.

[@aliesterus1.023]

Red Eyes as an engine is actually incredibly consistent. The problem is none of the parts work together properly, and the best parts of it locks you out of additional plays. They should have leaned into fusion as a mechanic like they did for Fluffals, and make fusions within the archetype incredibly easy to pull off while having payoffs for other than just having a powerful fusion. The fusions themselves should also be able to contribute other than having powerful effects, either by helping to extend or searching or something.

[@raydhen8840]

@@aliesterus1.023 I never understand why they lock your from additional plays, that's like the antithesis of potential. Heck, Red-Eyes Fusion was released year after Shaddoll Fusion, and somehow ended up being worse card. Yes, Dragoon is there to compensate the drawback, but I believe if Red-Eyes Fusion doesn't punish you just from using it, stuff like Dragoon & Verte won't even exist.

[@chrisgonzalez5883]

​@@raydhen8840 it's rush duel version is way more useful

[@kish45]

@@aliesterus1.023 That’s kind of what I was referring to if they did an engine similar to the Eyes of blue engine but instead of synchro it’s fusion based.

[@VinceTenia]

You know what, i disagree with the premise that cohesion and focus is the solution to the red-eyes problem. Red-eyes SHOULD be a garnet splash strat where you put the 1 brick and 5-8 support cards into another start that needs an extra deck support, red eyes fusions are beatstick boss monsters and then give us some redeyes synchros that are like red-eyes jinzo to shut down traps and red-eyes relinquished; because maybe adding 2400 base atk to equiping oponents guys will make it playable as a synchro; or maybe that effect needs to be a non-targeting removal tool. Another Red-eyes xyz would be nice too and then they can give us our first link 7 red-eyes-cyber-black-overload-metal-end-abyss-zombie-ghost-pirate-dragon that will do something underwhelming and lame but each red-eyes counts as double link material.

[@DLinton]

_Gimped from the start_ Yup.

[@creepyasgramdpa9916]

If red-eyes ever gonna get another support again, I’m really hoping it support the that Atticus Rhodes plays. Burn damage And a bigger red-eyes beat stick.

[@foolycoolydood]

It’s Komoney’s fault, they could’ve easily made it a good archetype but decided to give it and its fans a big middle finger. I think what really screws it over is the fusion card, def should get a rework. As a red eyes fan myself it just saddening to see it get the short end of the stick.

[@MrDavidRicketts]

I thought of some names for future Red Eyes support. They just need effects. I wish pure Red Eyes was competitive. BE and DM support have way more than RE. Their support is just 🤌 compared to RE. RE needs more consistency. Re doesn't know what it wants to do. Mostly they've focused on equip cards, gy, searching recycling, burn damage and boosting ATK from GY. Red Eyes Potential (Continuous spell) Red Eyes Fury (Counter Trap) Red Eyes Revenge (Counter Trap) Destroy all monsters on your opponent's side of the field and inflict damage to your opponent equal to half of each monster's ATK. Red Eyes Salvation (Trap) Red Eyes Sovereignty (Field Spell) Red Eyes Remedy (Quick play Spell) Destroy all monsters on your opponent's side of the field and gain life points equal to one monster's ATK. Red Eyes Repayment (Trap) Search your deck and discard up to 3 cards from your deck to the GY and banish up to that many cards from your opponent's deck of your choice. Red Eyes Retaliation (Trap) Swap the ATK and DEF values of all monsters on your opponent's side of the field and one "Red Eyes" you control gains ATK according to difference of each one. Vengeance of the Red Eyes (Spell) Reckoning from the Black Dragons (Trap) Rise from Ashes (Continuous Trap) Activate only when a "Red Eyes" monster is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard. Special Summon that monster to your side of the field in the same battle position it was in when destroyed. Equip to it the monster that destroyed it as an equip card and get it gains 800 ATK/DEF. When your monster would be destroyed, destroy that card instead. Banish this card from the GY and draw 2 card. Descent into Darkness (Continuous Spell) Your opponent's monsters lose 600 ATK for each "Red Eyes" you control and one monster you control gains 600 ATK for each "Red Eyes" on the field and in the GY. Your opponent cannot activate card effects during the battle phase. Red Eyes Refusal (Counter Trap) When your opponent activates effects in response to summoning a "Red Eyes" you can negate that cards activation and banish it. You can then target up to 2 cards on your opponent's side of the field and return them to the deck. Inflict 2400 to your LP for using this effect. When the Smoke Clears (Quick Play Spell) The first time any "Red Eyes" monster you control would be destroyed by card effects or battle, it is not. Your opponent cannot activate effects in response to this cards activation. Black Dragon Dominance (Continuous Spell) Each time a "Red Eyes" is special summoned from the GY to the field increase it's ATK by 400. Any effects that would reduce your monsters ATK are negated. The ATK of monsters your opponent controls is halved during the battle phase. Warriors of the Red Eyes (Spell) Machines of the Red Eyes (Spell) Wizards of the Red Eyes (Spell) Fisherman of the Red Eyes (Spell) Zombies of the Red Eyes (Spell) Crimson Soul (Continuous Trap) Your opponent cannot target "Red Eyes" in your Monster Zone with card effects. If this face-up card is sent from the Spell & Trap Zone to the GY: Destroy a "Red Eyes" monster you control and you take damage equal to its original ATK. You can only use the following effect of "Crimson Soul" once per turn. You can activate 1 of these effects; • Special Summon 1 "Red Eyes" monster from your hand or GY ignoring it's summoning conditions. • Set 1 Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, that specifically lists "Red Eyes" in its text, with a different name from the cards you control and in your GY. Crimson Soul is for RE as True Light is for BE and Eternal Soul is for DM. Lord of Red Chaos (Ritual) Red Eyes Darkness Chaos Max Dragon (Ritual) Flame Swordsman the Black Dragon Master (Fusion) A Flame Swordsman monster+ A lvl 7 RE Red Eyes, Dragon of the Deep (Fusion) RE+ "A Legendary Fisherman" Old Sword Master of the Flame (Fusion) A Flame Swordsman monster+Time Wizard Jinzo, Black Dragon Armored (Fusion) Jinzo+ RE Black Metal Dragon Gearfried, Master of the Red Eyes Black Dragon Sword (Fusion) Time Wizard of the Red Eyes Landstar of the Red Eyes Rocket Warrior of the Red Eyes Panther Warrior of the Red Eyes We need stuff we can pitch to Konami to make the deck cohesive, fun to use and viable. Using all of its strategies working together with things that help keep them on the field and defend against modern cards.

[@timothyng3226]

"with this predaplant verte anaconda i summon"

[@connermorgan9223]

Red-Eyes itself may have never seen the light of play, but some of its various forms have. The most infamous being Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, which was a powerhouse for years and even sees play to this day in Dragon Link. Hence the Dragon of potential. It’s also had some moments in Duel Links.

[@juniorjuega6214]

Good video Although it bothers me that he didn't talk about the Red Eye Chain or the Black Metal Dragon or the new Red Eyes support, I still understand that Red Eyes have a lot of problems, I think a new Function Card would be the easiest way to improve the Deck

[@coolerx3211]

Bad time to a Red-Eyes fan

[@mackjarvis3880]

I get it. It’s the worst of the three original vanilla cards, but it’s still the coolest looking. They really should just go overboard with really good negate and put in another XYZ or two. Even if they did that, it wouldn’t break the game or the archetype.

[@M3rtyville]

The Dinosaur Duelist used Red-Eyes because there were no good Dinosaurs at the time. Red-Eyes is better in Rush Duels, but I guess it is more a Meteor Dragon deck. I love Meteor Dragon. Can we get Meteor B. Dragon support?

[@slavma9764]

Red Ojama also has a lot of potential

[@outletsystems4596]

As a advet red eyes player I'll say it, red eyes socks, they just need to say goodbye to these other gimmicks, they just need to make it space themed

[@MutantsInDisguise]

I love Red Eyes Black Dragon as an archetype. A dragon whose skin is my favorite color. However, Red Eyes has suffered a lot through card that only kept him from being a success. Based on my experience in DL only, some of my favorite Red Eyes cards are: 1. Red Eyes Fusion: one of the best Spell Fusions ever that made a RE fusion easy to summon. 2. Dark Dragon Paladin. He can tribute himself to summon any Red-Eyes monster. The Ritual Spell can be banished to bring a Red-Eyes spell/trap frm your deck to your hand. 3. Red Eyes Insight: Like Dark Dragon Ritual, but better. 4. Red-Eyes Baby Dragon: nice effect after being destroyed by battle. 5. Black Stone of Legend: great card that can tribute itself to bring a RE out from the deck.

[@RedTheWeeb]

Red Eyes Fusion is one of the worst fusion cards tbh considering when it was released there was already a better fusion spell aka for shaddoll which was a meta deck it is kinda insane how they decided red-eyes was gonna be the issue

[@MutantsInDisguise]

@@RedTheWeeb to each their own. Don't cry.

[@RedTheWeeb]

@@MutantsInDisguise I mean the entire video this comment is on is a man crying about it lmao

[@SoraMatt]

​@RedTheWeeb and he looks like a tool doing it. Even other yugi-tubers who are equally as critical about the archetype not living up to its potential do not show the sheer hate boner this guy does to a piece of cardboard and more specifically, the fans of said card or archetype who just want to play. Pretty toxic for a meta gamer to gatekeep fans for just wanting to PLAY. Oh wait, silly me, these metagame YGO types would rather sit there fondling themselves for 20 minutes it takes to vomit out their entire deck only to tell the other guy he just OTK'd or he locks him right the fuck out of his entire play so "gg scrub" or some shit even tho he didn't even play a goddamn card. And then they make videos like this just trashing the fans of the anime that made this card game in the first place. Videos like this are why the phrase "touch grass" exists. If that makes me some sort of dueling boomer? Ok. Proud. Cause at least when I find 10 minutes here and there to play a children's card game? I have fun with the other person win or lose. Not this toxic crap the OP just pulled.

[@WolfgerLion]

the moment you started cursing my dragon is the moment you lost my interest already. Yes I know Red-Eyes isnt the best in many terms but I don't care. Red-Eyes can have good support as people throws in either Kashitra or Link Dragons to make it work. Konami just need to take those as examples and make real Red-Eyes Support cards that functions the same way. What Red-Eyes really needs is: 1. More methods in Fusion summoning 2. More options to Fusion summon into. 3. Link monster Support (Mainly Link-1) And Konami needs to get their asses out of their faces STOP with the stupid excuse on being afraid of making Red-Eyes being a clone to Blue-Eyes. The sooner Konami see, that, the better things would be. For now, I will continue loving my FUN casual deck cuz Im not a competitve tryharding pig and just have fun with my deck.

[@SoraMatt]

Seconded on pretty much every word. This is a CHILDREN'S CARD GAME, not a hovel for 30 something overweight schlubs fondling themselves for 20 minutes to vomit out their entire deck and play solitaire only to tell the other guy they just did an OTK.

[@juniorjuega6214]

Ways of acer red eyes viable a field magic that says all monsters red eyes can be treated like zombies and a level 3 cantate that if it is zombie

[@SoraMatt]

Somebody's got a hate boner for this archetype even by the standards of a meta snob 😂😂😂. Ah well. I still main Red-Eyes cause screw meta deck tourney vomit and lockdown solitaire. I duel for fun.

[@dragonmaster951753]

200 THREE lol. It was so funny hearing

[@YuiraKun]

Lonefire blossom history woukd be nifty Or isolde

[@mewhen-q2d]

Red-eyes black dragon does have potential its not rly a lie. But the only potential he has is being a occassional kash rank 7 xyz, garnet as u said and a generic dragon monster in dragon decks as darkness metal. 😂

[@feren9984]

bro really said "fuck it" lets burn bridges with every casual lol. but seriously red eyes fucking sucks.

[@TheCrankyTechnician]

Blue-Eyes should keep 3000 ATK Dark Magician should have 2800 ATK Red-Eyes should have 2500 ATK

[@Dinowrestler]

Awesome god damn it lol

[@captain_clutch]

I wish Red-Eyes would be a Synchro support like Blue-Eyes, and a tuner monster, and a spellcaster(s) ect. I love Red-Eyes Black Dragon it's my #1 favorite dragon, monster in the series.

[@RedTheWeeb]

It's not really meant to be a synchro deck it's not part of the "theme" even tho there are red-eyes synchros those are for zombie synchro theme. If you wanted to play a synchro variant you're best off playing rokket synchron or whatever it's called

[@captain_clutch]

@@RedTheWeeb i don't really believe that. I really hope that Red-Eyes gets support like the others. That way Red-Eyes would be a higher tier.

[@RedTheWeeb]

@@captain_clutch but getting a tuner or a synchro help us it just adds another thing for us to have in reality the xyz or fusion should be continued to be focused on

[@captain_clutch]

@@RedTheWeeb if that could be the case I hope they make Fusion, or XYZ support for Red-Eyes if there's already some for Red-Eyes, other than Gemini I'm not sure about that support

[@RedTheWeeb]

@@captain_clutch I think our next wave will either be a good main deck boss monster (probably a armorless gearfried retrain) that can be a good stone and soul target while also being equip based, a new xyz related card, a new fusion related card.

[@arrownoir]

This card was always trash. Third wheel to the core.