Yugi’s Top 10 WORST Cards (That He Used In The Anime)

[@Spooky_Bard]

If history has shown us anything, it’s that none of Yugi’s cards are so bad that Konami won’t try to market them.

[@Deathmare235]

Or they’re that bad that they’ll do anything to salvage them

[@christopherb501]

Except for Louise.

[@guythat779]

No mirage knight support or retrain so far

[@purewhiteloverbizarrejelly]

Beaver Warrior retrain 2024

[@jasonbraza9517]

Konami is just out bad they created bustedly good cards and archtypes and ends up downgrade them just because it became tier zero, there is juracs and other so called failed archtypes their playable.😂😂 Konami can be frustratingly funny 🤣 do they even play thier game!?

[@MaskOfCinder]

1:52 It’s ironic that in the anime Brain Control was a broken card yet it couldn’t work on Slifer yet in the real game it CAN work on Slifer yet it’s actually a weak card.

[@strangevol5264]

Post-errata.

[@omegacxv8344]

mind control pre errata was a staple lol.

[@Kostas_Dikefalaios]

It couldnt work on Slifer because of the inherit protections of the god cards in the anime.

[@clownplayer7265]

Ra and Slifer: "Noooo!!! This wasn't supposed to happen Konami!!!" Obelisk: "Pfff...amateurs."

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

In Master Duel’s Solo Mode, you can duel against AI that uses Mario’s Ra deck, and the loaner deck has Mirror Force and Magic Cylinders, you just wait for the AI to dump everything but 100 LO and use Ra to kill itself. It’s so funny but it just showcases how the God cards are lackluster.

[@kalebdoesthings]

Early DM duels were closer to DND than an actual card game but at least we get moments like attack the moon

[@ultraburst3358]

There's a card called attack the moon

[@Neilhammond64]

Season 1 duels were DND if the Dungeonmaster was a giant LED table in the woods.

[@r3zaful]

As a reminder that kazuki is not a card game enthusiasts, he just draw the Manga as punishment game and the card game arc was so popular that he was forced to make it. Now konami have to work with a mangaka that doesn't have any experience in game design for probably 3 years and result speak for itself, back to back tier 0 exodia ftk Canon soldier ftk, etc. He is a great mangaka for his time period, but my god his card design is genuinely feels like someone who hasn't card games at slightly competitive level.

[@kyx5631]

And "my catapult turtle shoots my monster at your fortress' floatation ring"

[@teapartypenguin1353]

@@r3zaful Takahashi was definitely more of a DND enthusiast, and that shows a lot in the manga, especially early DM duels. Imagine an alternate universe where Yugioh developed into a table top rpg series instead of a card game.

[@Hundo_Mo]

You forgot one crucial data point here: “My grandpa’s deck has no pathetic cards, Kaiba!”

[@spiralcrisis]

TheDuelLogs: "Yeah, about that..."

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

Except maybe for Kuriboh

[@Deathmare235]

Also Yugi: “This card is useless”

[@Hundo_Mo]

Perfect Cell: “This card hasnt been tournament legal in years!”

[@chrisb.2028]

Maybe his grandpa's didn't, but yugi's certainly did had pathetic cards.

[@DshRendar]

Fun fact if you read the manga to explain the reason the cards have silly effects is because they’re playing specific rules made for duelist kingdom

[@scourgemeltface]

You dont even have to read the manga. Its pretty self explanatory to anyone with common sense that duelest kingdom has a different ruleset and the cards don't work the same. Not to mention half the better options for all yugi's "bad cards" literally don't exist yet or have different effects.. this whole video is yugi should've used this card that didn't exist yet based on this rule set we use now which also didn't exist. Its dumb

[@DshRendar]

@@scourgemeltface true but the manga offers a way more thorough explanation of the rules and how they were intended to work

[@JelzSmellz]

It was literally a "rule of cool" if you thought up a cool effect/interaction you were allowed to play it. Pegasus valued imagination, hense the toonworld cards (and their broken anime effects).

[@RealChialike]

@@scourgemeltfaceredditor ass comment lmfao.

[@richborn6700]

Ironically I find Duelist Kingdom a more fun rewatch because of the loose rules for duels. Battle City on is fun, but leans more toward Magic the Gathering as its source was, as opposed to essentially Dungeons and Dragons style of Duelist Kingdom

[@JAN0L]

In Dark Side of dimensions Yugi uses a trap that lets him draw one card when he takes at least 2000 or more battle damage. Basically a Jar of Greed with a really bad condition.

[@arslanzire4430]

That does sound pretty awful. And if I remember correctly, there is a continuous spell card that lets you draw one card once per turn if you take a 1000.

[@Amsel_616]

​@@arslanzire4430it's actually 1 card per 1k of damage you get the first time you take 1k or more.

[@zaknelthepony7124]

He could have just played Yusei's Defense Draw, instead...

[@littlekuribohimposte]

I mean, Yusei used Hope for Escape, which is pay a thousand, then draw for the difference in lp

[@enlongjones2394]

@@littlekuribohimposte well, Hope for Escape can potentially get you a ton of draws. I believe there was a Hope For Exodia deck built around it?

[@vahlen5281]

It's astonishing how bad Konami is when it comes to errata; I can't count how often they changed cards to get them off the ban list only for them to end up being absolutely useless.

[@ct1296]

And then you have imperial order, which got re-banned even after being errata-d. Crazy how they thought the issue with Goyo was “decks running non-earth monsters can summon this too easily”, whilst with IO they came to the conclusion that “it’s the optional cost that is the issue here”.

[@RTU130]

Ye

[@Deathmare235]

@@ct1296probably the only exception

[@John_1-1_in_Japanese]

I wish we'd get errata to make some cards better. Why's it only ever one way lol. Fix some of the bad errata or better yet buff some classic cards. How about giving the God cards effect protection like in the anime? Plenty of other cards that had nerfed effects compared to the anime could be given their intended effect no problem at this point

[@Dz73zxxx]

"oh, youre free now. Oh wait, lemme disable you partly first, just in case"

[@Keyguin]

This video made me realize that Kaiba, Yugi and Joey all had Normal Monster Animal Wielding Weaponry cards in their deck. Yugi had Battle Steer, Joey had Alligator Sword and Kaiba had Battle Ox.

[@Mysticgamer]

Also, beaver warrior for yugi

[@BmanTheChamp]

They also at one point or another had a Rude Kaiser in their deck. I think Yugi uses it first episode or something, Kaiba used it a few times and Joey uses one during his first duel with Kaiba.

[@seanquek3231]

​@@MysticgamerCeltic guard

[@JefeVideoCuras]

@@seanquek3231my boy celtic it’s not an animal

[@batolley7435]

Joey had tiger axe

[@yummines]

Dark Sage really confused me when I saw the TCG card because they translated Thousand Dragon requiring Time Wizard to the TCG by just making him a fusion monster. I don't get why they didn't do the same thing for Dark Sage by just making him a fusion as well.

[@BmanTheChamp]

I guess because Dark Sage's effect is OP and Thousand Dragon is just a vanilla, that's why they did it.

[@xCorvus7x]

Their translation of Thousand Dragon into the real-life game is way simpler than what they did for the Dark Sage but it fucking sucks: Thousand Dragon is not Baby Dragon and Time Wizard fused together but a Baby Dragon aged up and beyond by the Time Wizard. I suppose back then they didn't have the creative capacity to implement both Thousand Dragon and Dark Sage an a way analogous to the Masked HEROs.

[@dancorneanu9144]

Those 2 worked like the Masked Heroes in the anime. Why make them fusions or main deck monsters I will never know. Heck, Time Wizard should get an errata that makes him a pendulum that can fusion once per turn.

[@xCorvus7x]

@@dancorneanu9144 Nah, better errata Thousand Dragon and Dark Sage to sit in the Extra deck but be summoned the originally intended way.

[@dancorneanu9144]

@@xCorvus7x That is how they were intended to work. When you used Time Wizard's effect, they would come out of the Extra Deck (they would transform). No poly needed.

[@greatscornholio]

the thing i like about dark sage is its effect special summons itself from the deck. such a bizarre interaction. cards on the field special summoning something else from the deck, sure. but you’d be activating time wizard, and then rummaging through your deck like “wait, i promise this will make sense once i find the card”

[@kyx5631]

Good point

[@TeryJones]

It's just so hilarious to me that Kazuki Takahashi wasn't actually writing a card game in that early version, he was writing Dungeons & Dragons in card game form. Half the ooky shit is literally stuff you'd normally roll a 12 sided dice to do XD

[@perochialjoe]

Yugi Moto was the King of Games for a reason: That reason being that he's allowed to cheat in whatever way he wants and everybody just kind of has to go along with it.

[@jayecks1]

Dark flare knight needs a retrain. One spellcaster and one Warrior type monster and it's contact fusion and give it a little protection and a good effect

[@allovertheworld5048]

It has already been confirmed that dark flare knight and mirage knight will have retrains in Maze of Millennia

[@jayecks1]

@@allovertheworld5048 I bet they'll still try to link the two instead of making them individual cards lol Konami disappoints more often than they surprise

[@mrbubbles6468]

@@jayecks1Of course they’ll make them linked. They were linked in the anime.

[@jayecks1]

@@mrbubbles6468 I want them linked but not linked if you know what I mean. I don't want then dependent on each other that's what messed them up in the first place, it would have a feeling of the LV cards archetype and we all know how that went.

[@neroneroren6788]

The Shaggy thing is because in one part of the manga says that if you end a turn without monsters you automatically lose. So crashing Battle Steer wasn't an option.

[@Aleph3575]

The Duelist Kingdom Arc rules were so janky lol. I don't even know if they were the same as the rules from the "Season Zero" manga either.

[@connorwood9211]

@@Aleph3575 I recall in the duel between Kaiba and Grampa he used all 3 of his Blue Eyes to attack at the same time which combined the atk to 9000

[@arthursdl]

Damn, that Brain Control tactic against Slifer was incredible. I totally forgot about that.

[@LevelUpLeo]

Top tier moment from watching the show in my childhood. Yugi finding the victory condition in that situation was brilliant.

[@l.n.3372]

Didn't Kaiba realize it first, and then goaded Yugi into not giving up because even a god can be defeated? Seems like Kaiba realized this win condition first.

[@lunerblade13]

It’s even appropriately thematic. Using the cycle of life death and resurrection to defeat a manifestation of Osiris the lord of the dead and judge of souls.

[@MarkofWisdom]

would it even actually work like that though? As far as I know, it'd work one time, then revival jam would either go back onto marik's side of the field, or wouldn't revive until the following turn, and would return to marik's field then

[@LevelUpLeo]

@@MarkofWisdom Its the Anime, things worked however they needed it to. The moon was an equipment card that stayed on the field and was attacked by a friendly monster.

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

Cards like Pot of Greed and Card of Sanctity exist to keep a good pacing in the anime. A lot of cards from the early anime were printed verbatim, and it was learned later how busted they can be. Card of Sanctity came out over half a decade later than Pot of Greed which is when Konami learned that they can't just print cards verbatim especially when it involves free card draw.

[@thewanderingmistnull2451]

Card of Sanctity, yes. Pot of Greed, no. They had no way of knowing how powerful Pot of Greed truly was back then.

[@Chucky_Martinez]

Speaking of the Giant Soldier of Stone in the Mystical Moon discussion, that very scene would soon be made into a card called "Attack the Moon"

[@HERO_Neos]

Soon?💀 Try 20 years later

[@micklemackle207]

Fun fact Reshef of Destruction actually encourages you to have Dark Flare Knight in your deck but you need an insane amount of Deck Capacity in order to have it and it's ritual material as well In the game, its effect allows you to summon a Flame Swordsman or Dark Magician for free even if you don't have it in your deck

[@HighPriestFuneral]

Which honestly would have made the card semi-worth it to actually use. I'm not sure why they took out that effect because that is how it works in the anime as well. It should have been "If Mirage Knight is removed from the field, special summon one Dark Magician and one Flame Swordsman from either your Deck, Extra Deck or Graveyard". Especially with all of the Dark Magician themed cards that were already around by that time.

[@harrywang4769]

reshef was a janky game but kept a lot of that season 1 anime weirdness. i think i beat the 20k or 40k LP final boss using slifer (who got dragon capture jarred) by decking my opponent out

[@speedroidterrortop5391]

I've been reading the manga (just finished R), and I am convinced that this man doesn't deck build. He draws the most ass card that would do nothing in all situations except the one he conveniently finds himself in.

[@MrShukaku1991]

This is like, 50% of all Main Character duels in yugioh.

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

Yusei Fudo says hi

[@ricardomiles2957]

I mean just what most duelist do? specially in DM, they just add every card they get in their deck and use when they can

[@ich3730]

i mean, it kinda makes sense since atem is literally cursed to never lose xD So of course he doesnt deckbuild, he doesnt need to xD

[@N12015]

Tbf, he has a power to topdeck properly in case the situation needs it. You don't need a great deck if you have "The heart of the cards" in your side.

[@WereWolfNights]

i wanna point out that duelist kingdom's mako battle was different because the duel fields had special properties based where you played, which would be fair that yami didnt know about this effect because under normal duel rules, mako couldnt use the field at such an advantage.

[@haku8135]

Fun fact. The duelist kingdom arc of the anime is explicitly stated to have special, new rules created by Pegasus to make the tournament more interesting. So instances like the moon interacting with Mako's ocean field, are actually new rules they had to figure out as they played. Except Weevil, who stole the rules beforehand, but he got eliminated immediately anyway. So that arc isn't just randomly making up bullshit, it's manufactured entertainment for Pegasus. The ones who take most advantage of these odd interactions, all work for Pegasus as well. It actually makes Yugi and Joey, kinda brilliant for recognizing the added realism to various cards on the fly.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

3:14 I think it would be fun if they kept the errata, BUT made the card quick-play at least to give it some new power.

[@Jack_Rakan]

I feel like the reason Yugi never used the Dark Sage ever again after DK was because there was no need to go trough a combo to tutor any spell from the deck into his hand when he could just will that card into being his next draw anyway.

[@jettskie1986]

Another reason I could think of is bec. Dark Sage requires Time Wizard, which Yugi gave it to Joey.

[@GraveDigger35]

He never used it again because it required Time Wizard, a card that only Joey had. The only way I see him keeping it is if he was able to get it to the graveyard and if Dark Magician Girl's attack gain effect worked with it

[@devonchafe2764]

ATTACK THE MOON!!

[@leociresi4292]

Attack with CHAOS SCEPTER BLAST!

[@jaylee9552]

Lol dose this make yugi moon lvl? 😂

[@anonymousmonkey9491]

0:13 well duh, who puts kuriboh on the field anyways? imagine putting ash blossom on the field instead of holding onto it

[@fawfulmark2]

Ash Blossom is a Tuner though, so she has that option at least. something like using AFD to shuffle your Field Spell, then the AFD effect to Summon Ash, and climb into Baronne or something. Kurboh on the other hand only would be summoned to just go into a Dystopia via Flute of Kuriboh + Multiply, a far more niche option than that.

[@anonymousmonkey9491]

@@fawfulmark2 ...I actually forgot about that...too used to just using it and seeing it used as a handtrap

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

13:10 I have an idea to make this card better: _The Eye of Omniscience_ Continuous Trap _You can activate this card immediately (From your hand or field) if any number of cards from either players hands are revealed. Your opponent must keep their Hand revealed, and the top card of their deck flipped face-up. Once per turn, during the standby phase, apply the following effects:_ ⚪️Monsters you control gain 500 ATK/DEF for every monster in your opponent’s hand. ⚪️You gain 1000 LP for every spell in your opponent’s hand. ⚪️You can set 1 Spell/Trap from your hand or deck for every Trap in your opponent’s hand.

[@Aleph3575]

12:30 Battle Steer is actually not terrible in some of the old video games that had strict deck cost requirements and generally very weak monsters. Because it required a tribute, it generally had a pretty low deck cost so you could slot it in as a garnet to be able to play a more powerful card that had a higher deck cost. 18:07 Speaking of cards that are much better in those types of games, Mirage Knight and Dark Flare Knight are insane in Sacred Cards and Resheff of Destruction because you can just summon them. In fact, Mirage Knight makes it so you don't even have to play Dark Flare Knight, and Dark Flare Knight does the same with Flame Swordsman and Dark Magician in those games because summons them from outside of the deck, giving you a ton of card advantage and allowing you to play some really high deck cost monsters without actually having to commit slots in the deck to them.

[@AZ-rl7pg]

Speaking of Dark Sage I really wish we would get full archetype that's dedicated to the rare effect of cards summoning themselves from deck under certain conditions. The closest we have to that is the Possessed cards of the Charmers (Awakening of the Possessed and Familiar-Possessed); aside from those the only cards with that effect are Dark Sage, Metalzoa & Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon (which both require Metalmorph) and Theinen the Great Sphinx (which requires both Andro Sphinx and Sphinx Teleia to be destroyed at the same time).

[@RandomParkShots]

This was such a great video, the way you do mini duel breakdowns adds a lot

[@mauer1]

starting the list with brain control doesnt sound right...

[@rarestpepe98]

Idk, it's not bad bad, but it's bad by current standards, making it the least bad of his cards and number 10

[@mateobonavento3939]

It will always blow my mind how perfectly they future proofed Dark Sage's effect to prevent players from ever abusing it. You MUST call the coin toss right to get the busted search effect, making cards like A Wild Monster Appears! that can cheat out hard to summon monsters better used on other monsters that don't care how they made it to the field to do their thing.

[@spyr0guy]

Ok but that deck-out kill on Strings was *metal af*

[@frisbyart]

I honestly hate that a good chunk of these didn’t get retrains. Dark Sage can easily be made into an extra deck monster with a less busted effect, while Dark Flare Knight, Mirage Knight, and Dark Magician Knight can also become Synchros or more easily summonable cards for the modern era. They’re gorgeous cards that deserve to become good or better cards than their originals.

[@perfectman3077]

Yesss

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

24:08 Idea to retrain this card to be easier to summon while having a better payoff: _Dark Magician, The Eradicator Sage_ (DARK) Level 9 Spellcaster/Effect _Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by it’s own effect. During the main phase, If your opponent activated 5 or more Spell/Trap cards or effects this turn (Quick Effect): You can negate and tribute as many face-up Spells/Traps on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, deck or GY, then your opponent can set 1 spell/trap from their hand or deck. You can only use this effect of "Dark Magician, The Eradicator Sage" once per turn. Each time a normal Spell/Trap card or effect is activated, apply 1 of the following effects:_ ⚪️Inflict 1000 damage to your opponent immediately after it resolves. ⚪️Increase your LP and this card’s ATK/DEF by 1000 immediately after it resolves. ATK/2800 DEF/2300

[@outfit5103]

Honestly any cards that were only used only in duelist kingdom should not count because there were no logical rules and because the rules were so vastly different from todays game or even the early tch

[@nanya524]

Actually, Brain Control is just a Change of Heart for Yugi with no restrictions or downsides.

[@Robi2009]

I knew Dark Sage would be on this list, didn't know it would be #1 :)

[@Fatalordi]

Dark Flare Knight is the best monster in the game Reshef of Destruction (GBA). It is an effect monster as there is no fusion deck in that game. It summons a Mirage Knight out of nowhere (you don't need to have that card in your deck) when Dark Flare Knight goes to the graveyard, even when discarded. (In that game you can discard as many cards as you want during your turn.) You get a big 2800 Atk monster on the field. And then, it itself summons Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman, still out of nowhere. And Dark Magician is very strong since gets +30% Atk under Yami, so 3250 Atk. That's a benchmark against postgame opponents cause they all have x3 Change of Heart.

[@absoul112]

Now I kind of want to try using Card of Sanctity in a Thunder Dragon deck. Some Shiranui monsters have good effects when banished as well.

[@DAsrada]

Funny story about Battle Steer. I participated in an online Yugioh RP where one of the early antagonists was a rich young guy from a farm owning family. So of course, he used a Beast-Warrior deck themed around cows. He summoned two Battle Steer turn 1 using a custom card field spell called Beast Festival. Even with 400 extra ATK though, the two Steer were destroyed by Odd Eyes Dragon next turn.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

7:00 I think I can retrain this card to be a smidge better: Current card: _Special Summon this card in Defense Position as an Effect Monster (Machine/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 0/DEF 2000). (This card is also still a Trap.) While you control "Green Gadget", "Red Gadget", and "Yellow Gadget", this card gains 3000 ATK._ Proposed retrain: _Stronghold the Gadget Fortress_ Continuous Trap *_If you Normal or Flip Summon a “Gadget monster”, you can special summon 1 “Gadget” monster from your hand._*_ You can Special Summon this card _*_(From your spell/trap zone, or also from your your Hand or GY while you control 3 “Gadget” monsters with different names.)_*_ in Defense Position as an Effect Monster (Machine/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 0/DEF 2000). (This card is also still a Trap.) While you control 3 “Gadget” monsters with different names, this card gains 3000 ATK, _*_and also your face-up “Gadget” monsters cannot be destroyed by battle or opponent’s monster effects._*

[@RighteousnessWillPrevail]

Your not giving these cards enough credit. These cards just need to be played the right way. The Eye of Truth can be used to help you play the Self Destruct Card more quickly to achieve a draw.

[@sandyjourneys]

I hate when people say yugi(their not joking) was cheating by giving Joey time wizard because yugi gave Joey time wizard and baby dragon meaning it was his cards and his strategy so of course it might result in yugi’s victory.

[@PrinzEldrazi]

I don't mean this in a bad way but amazes me how someone can talk this long about why battle steer was a bad play

[@christopherbouska6779]

Yugis worst cards are my favorite cards. I ran them as a kid and always tried to get them out.

[@samdurham6277]

13:27 I love how surprised Mokuba is at the photo being taken.

[@therealneal3034]

Okay but what does Pot of Greed do?

[@rayverbautista6765]

Idk, all I know is that crush card virus makes a monster become terminally ill

[@leociresi4292]

Pot of Greed, let’s you draw two cards

[@therealneal3034]

@@leociresi4292 That's incredibly complicated. Can you clarify?

[@TotalEvo7]

Correction at 22:15, Yugi played Monster Reborn first to bring back the 1st BEWD from the graveyard. If he had used Polymerization first, he would've created the Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, but he wouldn't be able to do the iconic play. Remember: Yugi's hand at that point consisted of: 1. Monster Reborn 2. Polymerization 3. Blue Eyes White Dragon 4. Blue Eyes White Dragon 5. Quick Attack 6. De-Fusion So, in order to create Ultimate Dragon, he needed to get the first Blue Eyes back to the field, so that he would have the materials to do the fusion summon.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

"Blue Eyes! How? You don't have that monster in your deck Yugi!" Noah "Remember Noah this duel began with you facing Kaiba which means I can resurrect his Blue Eyes." Yugi

[@sagacious03]

Fun analysis video! Looking forward to more like this from you in the futurec!

[@17-MASY]

20:44 I thought about this. Still, Dark Flare Knight has one of the coolest designs in the game

[@eugeniomoto]

Great video, I enjoyed the comparison between the anime and TCG cards. One little mistake though is you showed TT Talents instead of Thrust during the Dark Sage portion😅

[@RedOphiuchus]

Honestly, to give mystical moon some credit, I did a little bit of limited pack Legend of Blue Eyes only format a couple of months ago, and in that format, they're pretty good. 1 tribute monsters in that format are really weak. Some level 4 monsters come really close to beating over all 1 tribute monsters with just one of the 300 atk equip spells on them. A 1 tribute monster and an equip spell are functionally the same card investment. If they're removed, you lose two cards. And removal in this format is only normal spells and one trap that can only hit on summon so it can blow out a 1 tribute play but not an equip spell play before you get some value back. The biggest advantage, though, is the ability to equip the same turn the monster is summoned. It's a play that gives you a powerful monster without having to get a monster that sticks a whole round. Honestly, its biggest weakness is that the strongest 4 star monster is only 1550 atk and there are multiple 2000 Def no tribute monsters so beating over those is a little rough. But they're still interesting cards in that format and that format only.

[@pyrotempestwing]

Now that Change of Heart is legal (at 1), is there any reason Konami couldn’t un-errata Brain Control (and re-limit it to 1)? Also, The Eye of Truth could work in Nurse Burn, although there are better cards to use in that deck.

[@pinolyzerproductionsinc.1062]

If only they would do something that smart

[@eugeniomoto]

I don't think a card has been un errata'd ever

[@Queizar_X]

This would be an interesting theme for all main characters. Like a counter of top 10 best cards of main yugioh characters.

[@illustriousspellcaster5252]

…What exactly is the point of this video? That the real-life version of Yugi’s cards do not hold up compared to their anime/manga effects? *Obviously.*

[@Ramona122003]

Brain Control is even more busted in the anime because it literally had no LP cost. It was control a monster for free. The 800 LP cost came later. Edit: On Dark Sage, he wasn't a summons in the anime. He was an effect of the Dark Magician aging. So it was a counter-measure if someone uses Time Wizard and gets its effect off. Not a card that Yugi had to tech in. Same with the other Fusion monsters in early Yugioh, which was how Kaiba created Ultimate-Blue Eyes.

[@MaxWeb2599]

Every card can become viable in the right circumstances or with enough Plot armor

[@residentgrey]

A series of "staple" alternatives would rock, and more odd tech choices that have been overlooked or crept out. There are strats that gain advantage as changes in play evolve. There's much in older formats that still can slap even current meta.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

16:36 Simple fixes: ⚪️Make it so the card can be activated during either players turn while you control a face-up Marshmallon. ⚪️Make it immune to destruction while you control a face-up Marshmallon. ⚪️Give it the option to be equipped to an opponents monster and then be immune to card effects (So your opponent has to get rid of their equipped monster to stop the card.)

[@mrbubbles6468]

Or just retrain it to have the glasses effect and be summonable from the hand. Which they did

[@clownplayer7265]

Remember that time when Marshmallon was the best bodyguard in the past ideal for "Get down Mr. President" tactics?

[@clarafedde8674]

Most of the "worst" cards effects were altered in the card game.(and also game play.) Man if Dark Sage could be summoned by any "time" effect would really make him the most powerful monster ever.

[@NerfPlayeR135]

Imagine if it could be summoned with Time Seal.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

17:41 I have THIS here, a retrain for this card in the same vein as Blue Flame Swordsman: _Blue Flare Dark Knight_ (DARK) Level 6 Warrior/Fusion/Effect “Blue Flame Swordsman” + 1 “Dark Magician” monster _This card is always also FIRE-Attribute. You take no battle damage from battles involving this card. If you would take any effect damage, you can lower this cards ATK or DEF (Your choice) by an equal amount instead. If this card’s ATK or DEF become 0 by this effect, banish it. This card gains ATK/DEF equal to any battle/effect damage you inflict on your opponent. If your opponent destroys this card by battle or card effect, or if this card is banished by its own effect(s): You can special summon 1 level 8 monster from your hand, deck or GY, ignoring its summoning conditions, but it’s banished at the end of the turn._ ATK/2200 DEF/800 Basically, it builds off of the “no battle damage” bit, providing some protections against effect damage while allowing it to replenish itself off of any damage YOU inflict to your,opponent, AND as a bonus it basically lets you turn ANY level 8 from your hand, deck or GY into a Mirage Knight.

[@omegaderose4342]

in the anime brain control did not cost 800 LP, yugi used this card agasint several opponetns and never payed 800 LP

[@NDboii]

What you don't know is that yugi has a life debt

[@omegaderose4342]

@@NDboii what life debt

[@NDboii]

@@omegaderose4342 I was joking about the fact that he hasn't been paying his life points. Nothing serious.

[@omegaderose4342]

@@NDboii well no the anime version of a lot of cards like mirror wall, the jam slime and brainj control who you need to pay LP to use where not in the anime

[@NDboii]

@@omegaderose4342 I think you completely missed that I was just joking around. So I was saying he has a debt cause he's not paid life points that he should have. I get that the anime just works differently...

[@Atomic_Aegis45]

Brain control was made even better during battle city because under battle city rules all normal spells could be played as quick-play spells. This is why he could activate Brain Control during Marik's turn.

[@heleno6917]

Weird there's no retrain/support for Dark Flare Knight. He looks so cool and is fairly iconic.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

10:49 I think I can retrain this card to be better (In a fun way): _Time Tamper_ Trap Card _You can declare 1 phase: Apply 1 of the following effects:_ ⚪️Target 1 or more players: Their next of that declared phase is skipped. ⚪️Target 1 or more players: Their next of that declared phase is conducted twice in a row. _You can only use 1 “Time Tamper” per duel._

[@melvinshine9841]

I'm shocked they haven't tried to retrain Dark Sage into a Fusion or something. Though, this hypothetical retrain would probably still be an awful waste of card text as long as it has anything to do with Time Wizard. There could definitely be a similar list for Kaiba, he had some trash ass cards himself.

[@theking8347]

Even in Dark Side of Dimensions, Kaiba is still using Saggi the Dark Clown

[@wilkobadberg5272]

We dont need a Retrain for Dark Sage. We need a Retrain for Time Wizard, that is treated as Time Wizard while face up on the field. Give it a random Coin Toss effect you can use maybe up to thrice per turn und you are ready to go. Maybe gain 1000 LP if you call it right and lose 1000 LP if you call it wrong. Way less risky and way more easy to get a correct Coin Toss to summon Dark Sage.

[@shootingstarships]

I have a question/request. I notice when you talk about bad fusion cards, you never bring fusion subs like King of the Swamp or Mystical Sheep #2. I always wondered why, and also could you make a listed of good fusion material substitutes.

[@aereon_gaming]

The ruling with Fusion Substitutes is that you can only use them for named materials, and only for one of the named materials. So using Flame Swordsman as an example, if you use a Fusion Substitute as one of the materials, you still are required to play one of the other materials to summon it, and both materials are terrible low stat monsters with no effects. The materials for a fusion are just as important as the effects of the fusion itself in terms of how viable it is.

[@shootingstarships]

@areon_gaming While I agree and I've been playing Yugioh since goat and edison era, I like to point out the Cards like King of the swamp are good fusion substitutes. For instance, IT can search poly if you discard from hand, and I find it good for cards like Dragon Master Knight and Shining Flare Wingman, to replace the fusion monsters that need to be used for material. It's in no way, optimal, but it is better than going into it naturally. Dark Flare Knight would also benefit from cards like King of the Swamp. Replace Flame Swordsman with FS (Fusion Substitute cards). For Ultimate Dragon or Black Luster Soldier in Dragon Master Knight. Even Flame Winged Man in Shining Flare Winged Man. I don't it is bad to assume or reasonable to say the fusion substitutes cards are great or terrible. I just feel like that they are constantly overlooked by man yugitubers. But those are my thoughts. But do appreciate your thoughts on the matter and I respect your take as well. 😆

[@Springhead999]

MINOR EDITING MISTAKE DETECTED THRUST MENTIONED, TACTICS SHOWN VIDEO IS UNWATCHABLE

[@atlys258]

Man I loved all of the incredibly flavorful extra effects and straight up "thats not how the game works" moments in the anime and destroying the moon is still among my all-time favorites 😂😂

[@Amoschp524]

The mystic moon card was the clearest example that Yugi was using the power of BS to win fight.

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

Counterpoint, Mako BSed it first and kinda forced Yugi to have to BS it back at him to win as Yugi was playing mystical moon like you’d expect as an equip card onto silver wolf, but then Mako pulled that moon affected the tide BS and didn’t let it go to the grave even after silver wolf was destroyed.

[@SadoMessiahLP]

Well, everyone was bullshitting in Duelist Kingdom because the rules were different. It was basically like DnD: If it makes sense, your monsters can do it. That makes me wonder: Could one turn yugioh into a tabletop battle simulator using an approximation of duelist kingdom rules?

[@Amoschp524]

Probably, I think the creator admitted that the first manga/anime was basically DnD in card form. It would be a fun game. Ps. even in the later rule sets for the anime and films Yugi never gives up the power of BS much to Kaiba's disgust.@@SadoMessiahLP

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

Battle Steer was surprising to see on the list because I know that was a monster that Joey actually did use in his duel against Kaiba when they had their late night duel, and Joey ended up losing that duel because of him desperately playing monsters without any sound strategy.

[@DanSolo0119]

Pegasus would probably have Eye of Truth these days. Pegasus: "It's not much of a replacement for a Millennium Eye, but take what you can get."

[@Aryues]

I want dark sage retrain and full archetype please konami

[@williamdrum9899]

Make it a fusion of time wizard and dark magician

[@Amsel_616]

Something like the Yubel + Neos fusion into Neos Wiseman could work.

[@isaacvitela5131]

Funny enough the nerfed version of card of sanctity is better than the anime if you apply it in the modern tcg. Yeah it's a trash card, but you don't give opponent card draws. The anime version can potentially ruin your game if your opponent draws an out to your comeback, and even worse, help them recover or set up their combos. Even if it is a one card draw, that one draw can do it. It's choosing between spoiled milk and moldy tuna.

[@HaganeNoAngel]

2:52 I’ve been gone from the game so long, I didn’t even know Brain Control had an errata. I will forever remember back in blackwing format when I was dueling my friend in tourney, and I only had “Cards for Black Feathers” and “Sirocco” in hand (no field) and was staring at a “Colossal Fighter” on my opponent’s side of the field. CfBF got me brain control, and that’s how I won the game. RIP Brain Control 💔

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

0:38 In the anime, I think you even got "Ownership" of the monster until the end of the turn. Or at least I base myself on how it worked when he used it on Revival Jam. Unless in the anime, Jam's immediate self-revival worked as a case of "return to the current field it was when it was destroyed", 1:50 So Brain control was a quick play spell in the anime 3:42 shout outs to crackdown and ice dragon's prison. 4:22 back in the day before the official rules were released. and yugioh was played like a dungeons and dragons / magic the gathering mashup 4:59 giant soldier of stone's finest moment in the entire show..... 6:43 it says alot that, even when this card got a retrain in the new "gold sarcophagus of light" deck, its retrain version, is still not good enough to be included in the "top performance" version of the deck... Kinda funny it didn't got an effect of "gets 500 or 1000 ATK" for each card on the field that mentions "Gold sarchophagus of light".... or "banish one monster that mentions "gold sarchophagus of light", negate the effect" effect 10:48 Yugi actually had this card?! 23:54 the monster that made you realize "so that's why yugi even had time wizard in the first place"

[@mrbubbles6468]

It did get an effect of 1000 for each card that mentions Gold Sarc on board though?

[@evilmasterstudios]

I’ve summoned Dark Sage 1 time since it came out. And I had to use “A Wild Monster Appears” to pull that off.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

21:18 Idea to make this card “Better” (For both players) _Card of Eternal Sanctity_ Quick-Play Spell _Only 1 “Card of Eternal Sanctity” can be used per duel. This card’s activation cannot be negated or responded to. Each player draws 6 cards, then the following effects are applied for the rest of the duel:_ ⚪️There is no limit to the hand size for each player. ⚪️Players can draw 2 cards during their normal draw instead of 1. ⚪️Once per turn, during either players turn, players can shuffle 1 card from their hand into their deck. ⚪️Once per turn, the turn player can increase their LP by 500 for every card in their hand. So the card is REALLY, REALLY Powerful, but it’s balanced by the fact that it mutually benefits all players in the game at once.

[@finel3141]

Let me introduce you to time tearing morganite.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

I see it… For the rest of this Duel, apply the following effects. ● You cannot activate monster effects in the hand. ● Draw 2 cards instead of 1 for your normal draw during your Draw Phase. ● You can conduct 2 Normal Summons/Sets per turn, not just 1. You can banish this card from your GY, then discard 1 "Time-Tearing Morganite"; your opponent cannot activate monster effects when you Normal Summon this turn. _Oh, I get it, it’s the middle effect of Eternal Sanctity that had you bring up time-tearing._ Well I figured if Card of Sanctity is both a good and bad card in itself (You draw up to 6, but so does your opponent), I figured I’d play into that “Benefits all players equally” part, whereas Morganite benefits you exclusively BUT locks you out of monster hand traps for the duel… Also, the first effect is basically a permanent version of Infinite cards.

[@l.n.3372]

Would Dark Sage be better if it was a fusion of Dark Magician + Time Wizard instead? I've never played the card game, I'm just a fan of the anime. But I always thought Dark Sage made more sense as a fusion monster instead. Side question: is thousand dragon considered a fusion between baby dragon and time wizard?

[@KoniXyz]

1st: Yes, it would be better, as it could be summoned by The Eye of Timaeus 2/sidenote: Yes, Thousand is a fusion of baby + time

[@l.n.3372]

@@KoniXyz Wait if thousand dragon is a straight fusion of those, then why was dark sage not a fusion too? That seems wildly inconsistent given that both are meant to be affected by time wizard mechanics.

[@KoniXyz]

@@l.n.3372 I have NO clue. It really should've been

[@l.n.3372]

@@KoniXyz Haha well as an anime fan, that always confused me. Glad to know it confuses those who are familiar with the game too.

[@TechDragon1]

​@@KoniXyz Thousand Dragon was made to be a fusion because it's a vanilla monster with no effect, just a 2400 ATK. Dark Sage has a powerful effect and so making it a fusion would have made it too easy to bring out, thus it was made an effect monster to balance the ability.

[@mr.m4302]

If Dark Sage was a Fusion Monster, like Thousand Dragon, it would be a crazy good card even for today's meta.

[@PookeTard]

“A whole conga line of resources” is the weirdest way to get that point across.

[@gameraz1990]

From the very beginning, I've had no idea why Brain Control (even pre-errata) existed in a world where Change of Heart exists. Usually, weaker cards come as a replacement for banned original strong cards, but this one existed alongside its vastly superior counterpart.... And then it even got a crippling errata, whilst its superior cousin remains unchanged and even unbanned. Same deal nowadays for Lightning Vortex and Raigeki. LV is literaly a Raigeki but with a cost (discard) and a restriction (only face up), so why choose it over Raigeki?

[@HazeEmry]

LV was used because Raigeki used to be banned along with Harpies Feather Duster

[@gameraz1990]

@@HazeEmry I know. Like I said, weaker cards were used as substitude for banned good cards. That's why LV was used in the past when Raigeki was banned. But now it's not banned, and I seldomly see people use LV in their deck (maybe alongside Raigeki, can't be sure), but since Raigeki is cool to use, I'd wager there is no need for LV.

[@OmegaChase1002]

Yugis deck HAS no pathetic cards, duel logs!

[@Jaxvidstar]

Joey used a roundabout method to alert the yugi with Joey's reckless attempt to recover Yugi's own Exodia cards.

[@thrillhouse4151]

I wonder if the Moon in the anime was somewhat inspired by Blood Moon in Magic the Gathering, it turns all non-basic lands into mountains, and Mako Tsunami kinda had a “non-basic land” thing going on with the sea. It’s just such an unforgettable episode and I’m sure that was one of the earliest Magic cards.

[@KMC5240]

I'll always wonder why they didn't just give Thousand Dragon the same requirements as Dark Sage. You can special summon from you hand or deck it if you tribute a Baby Dragon after calling the coin toss for Time Wizard correctly.

[@theking8347]

Thousand Dragon came before the real life card game even existed. Making it a fusion of Baby Dragon and Time Wizard was the only way they could think of to simulate its anime summoning requirements

[@l.n.3372]

@@theking8347 But then why not keep it consistent and make dark sage a fusion too, since thousand dragon is one already

[@jart1971]

​Because he would be kinda broken as a fusion

[@ich3730]

@@jart1971 you cant tell me that balancing was on konamis mind at that time xD

[@TheTaintedWisdom]

17:35 - I actually summoned Dark Flare and Mirage Knight 3 times to win a game in Master Duel. It was back when Cyber Stein was scheduled to be banned. I wanted to use it while I had the chance but didn't want to use the toxic FTK decks that it enabled.

[@bluebearie7230]

a lot of people who only take memes facts tend to forget this, but the main thing would be the rules. what he did made sense in that context and not in the real world because we use different formats and rulings. up until the Duelist Kingdom, the cards would have no description at all, only pictures and ATK/DEF power. It was explained very well in the manga that people had no idea what a card does (unless they've done their research). You can't bullshit your way out of it either, everything they did, even when appeared absurd, was completely abide by the rules. only until the Battle City that they started to print out the tooltips, that the characters started mocking their opponent for not reading.

[@Y0sh1no5am]

U know Yugi vs Mako might not make sense in the game but In reality it does make sense. Moon raise tides ofc with its gravity if u use that against an umi user than u can end up risking helping ur opponent but then u can also destroy their monster by destroying ur moon to get rid of the water. Now I curious if we lose our moon will our lakes just vanish? I like Yugi vs Mako it was fun to see so many water types got field power bonus and got stronger and lot terrifying. As someone who can be afraid of water and depths, Mako got a scary deck. The Jellyfish was fun coz it absorb electricity like a pokemon would do its just amazing. For me Mako duel was kinda realistic to me.

[@TBKOTOROB]

Duel Logs why did you have to do Battle Steer that dirty. Who hurt you?😂😂😂

[@YukiFubuki.]

Konami really should make a retrain of dark flare knight and/or mirage knight or something, possibly a retrain fusion of the 2 instead like i.e Mirage Flare Knight DARK/lvl 10 2500/2500 Warrior/Fusion/Effect [1 Fusion monster or Warrior that cannot be normal summon/set + 1 level 7 or higher spellcaster] Must be either Fusion Summoned or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards from your field and/or GY. When this card battles a monster, other cards and effects cannot be activated and during damage calculation you can make this card gain ATK equal to that opponent's monster's ATK during until the end phase. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls once each. If this card leaves the field because of your opponent: you can return this card to the extra deck and if you do you can return to the GY 1 card that is banished.

[@mrbubbles6468]

They are making retrains of both. Maze of Millenia

[@Roboshi2007]

actually, yugi didn't tear up the exodia pieces the rare hunter possessed because they were fake, he did it because they had been marked with invisible ink the hunter used to identify when he was getting a piece next draw. (unless the dub changed things there)

[@thatman666]

Both In the original, the cards were counterfeit. In the dub, cards were marked with invisible ink.

[@HighPriestFuneral]

@@thatman666 Wait, so Seeker wasn't a cheater, just a fraud in the original?

[@leaffinite2001]

I feel like itd make more sense for them to be fake

[@Ryan_Dye-r]

Imagine if Yami Yugi used Mirror Force against Kaiba's three Blue Eyes dragons in their first duel and followed it up by attacking Kaiba directly with Curse of Dragon.

[@wilFluffball]

Don't think they could attack directly until Battle City.

[@Ryan_Dye-r]

@@wilFluffball I think they could if their opponent had no monsters in play.

[@wilFluffball]

@@Ryan_Dye-r during duelist kingdom you could only attack monsters. Kaiba added the ability to attack directly due to him increasing lifepoints from 2,000 to 4,000.

[@raineahava7217]

Duelist Kingdom duels are so wonderfully ridiculous lmao

[@whoevencares5562]

26:47 From someone who played a coin toss deck when young, it’s not always a 50/50 chance. Activate Second Coin Toss and this becomes a 75% chance

[@shandog7]

22:13 you missed the first card of the 6 cards yugi drew with card of Sanctity as Yugi had no cards in on field or in his hand. The card speaking was Monster Reborn which he used to Summon Blue Eyes from the GY before fusing into BEUD

[@darronpattel]

If mystic moon had an effect that let you destroy it to make all water attribute monster's currently on the field lose 500-1000 attack or something then it could have stayed true to the anime a little bit but season one was so wacky that they probably had a hard time keeping up.

[@Kentanimationnnnnnnnn]

dark flare knight was used in jeff leonard's exodia list. two flame swordsmen too for all the various instant fusion type cards. just to get a warrior body on board to make isolde.

[@GMSryBut]

As a (very young) child, I thought time seal was so weak, because it would mean that I would rather lose to deck out than my opponnent.