Yu-Gi-Oh!

[Twapsel]

The time I playd Yu-Gu-Oh the most was even before the first banned list was there. When on tournemants everybody had a chaos deck containing Chaos Emperor Dragon, Yata-Garasu and overpowered cards like Raigeki and Harpys Feather Duster. I then played less and less. Later only the GBA games. I really liked GX Dual Academy.

Some years ago I tried to get back into the TCG. With all that Synchro monsters and stuff I really did not like it. Even back than Yu-Gi-Oh! often hat way to long combo chains in early games. But know I feel like I make one move and then my opponent makes a combo with 20 cards in the first round and finishes me in one or maybe two rounds. Probably it's not that extreme but that is how it feels to me. I stopped trying to get back into the TCG. For a brief amount of time I then tried Magic for the first time and I liked it way more. But due to time constraints at the moment I don't play any TCG in real life and I stick to sometimes still Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy.

But I still love the designs of Yu-Gi-Oh! way more than Magic for example.

 

[Trainer Red]

I'm just like reading through this thread and realizing that I'll probably never get passed Duel Monsters ... ever. ? I actually have and tried Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution ... but yeah :/ Can't get into the whole link summoning and other features

Yep ... I guess I'll still play those GBA titles since they still remain my favourite

 

[destinyduelist]

The time I playd Yu-Gu-Oh the most was even before the first banned list was there. When on tournemants everybody had a chaos deck containing Chaos Emperor Dragon, Yata-Garasu and overpowered cards like Raigeki and Harpys Feather Duster. I then played less and less. Later only the GBA games. I really liked GX Dual Academy.

Some years ago I tried to get back into the TCG. With all that Synchro monsters and stuff I really did not like it. Even back than Yu-Gi-Oh! often hat way to long combo chains in early games. But know I feel like I make one move and then my opponent makes a combo with 20 cards in the first round and finishes me in one or maybe two rounds. Probably it's not that extreme but that is how it feels to me. I stopped trying to get back into the TCG. For a brief amount of time I then tried Magic for the first time and I liked it way more. But due to time constraints at the moment I don't play any TCG in real life and I stick to sometimes still Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy.

But I still love the designs of Yu-Gi-Oh! way more than Magic for example.

I think you should look into Edison or Goat format, they have very large communities and are older formats, although I just want you to be aware even in those Yu-Gi-Oh has always been a combo heavy game (as you mentioned yourself)
I think as a card game it has the highest skill expression as well as the most competitive playerbase, although if you just want to have fun and nothing more you should try out the Speed Duel products, they're designed for play with friends in mind, they come with pre made 20 card decks and it's a lot simpler than the regular game as well as having no summoning mechanic other than Fusion and Ritual. No Synchro, no xyz, no Link and no Pendulum. Give it a try if you're interested.

I'm just like reading through this thread and realizing that I'll probably never get passed Duel Monsters ... ever. ? I actually have and tried Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution ... but yeah :/ Can't get into the whole link summoning and other features

Yep ... I guess I'll still play those GBA titles since they still remain my favourite
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Basically the same thing I said to the other person, although if you like the games you should try Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus, it's really fun and has my favourite format out of all the games. Oh and it has tons of customization to the point where you can even customize your Duel Runner with different parts and paints.
Also yes, it has card games on motor cycles and it's incredibly fun.

 

[Ikagura]

Sorry to make a random post but I just love the early manga.

Before sacrifice was needed for over 4 star monsters, that effects were quite rare and even before Synchronisation was even conceived.

 

[destinyduelist]

Sorry to make a random post but I just love the early manga.
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Before sacrifice was needed for over 4 star monsters, that effects were quite rare and even before Synchronisation was even conceived.

This guy Kaiba hired 3 professional hitmen to actually KILL Yugi Jonouchi and Honda, had them strapped to electric chairs, had Jonouchi play a DEATH GAME against a real life psychopath serial killer and put them in a tiny room with blocks trying to crush them to death
That guy was not playing around

 

[Ikagura]

This guy Kaiba hired 3 professional hitmen to actually KILL Yugi Jonouchi and Honda, had them strapped to electric chairs, had Jonouchi play a DEATH GAME against a real life psychopath serial killer and put them in a tiny room with blocks trying to crush them to death
That guy was not playing around

While I understand his character development I feel that Duelist Kingdom Kaiba has softened because of him caring about his brother.

But the dub kinda kept his sassy attitude so there's that.

Another cool shot:

 

[Trainer Red]

Basically the same thing I said to the other person, although if you like the games you should try Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus, it's really fun and has my favourite format out of all the games. Oh and it has tons of customization to the point where you can even customize your Duel Runner with different parts and paints.
Also yes, it has card games on motor cycles and it's incredibly fun.

Oh ! DS game ! Alright I'll give it try since I'm currently not playing anything new anyway haha
I guess that should get more more up to speed on how the gameplay is nowadays ~
Now that I think about it ... Nightmare Troubadour was the last (shockingly most recent LOL) YuGiOh game I've played ~

While I understand his character development I feel that Duelist Kingdom Kaiba has softened because of him caring about his brother.

But the dub kinda kept his sassy attitude so there's that.

Another cool shot:
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and 4Kids would somehow censor this with the infamous invisible gun and ... umm ... what would the chest be reanimated as ... LOL ... well if it was an anime scene I mean ~


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I don't supposed anyone here watches the Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged series on YouTube by littlekuriboh by any chances yeah ? :O I ended up being a fan of his and TeamFourStar since I grew to like their parody takes on both YGO and DBZ

 

[destinyduelist]

Oh ! DS game ! Alright I'll give it try since I'm currently not playing anything new anyway haha
I guess that should get more more up to speed on how the gameplay is nowadays ~
Now that I think about it ... Nightmare Troubadour was the last (shockingly most recent LOL) YuGiOh game I've played ~

Just keep in mind it has events from the animes second to final arc, I know there's a 5D's DS game that takes place in the first arc, I think it's the World Championship 2009 one, so maybe you can give that a try as start unless you don't care about the 5D's anime (which is the best Yu-Gi-Oh anime in my opinion in terms of story and characters)

 

[RashFaustinho]

Master Duel App Update

New Features​

• New User Interface for Solo Mode
• Deck Editing Filters have been improved (Can now visibly filter by Link Arrows)
• You can now follow a player after finishing a Duel
• You can now set a MATE on a PER DECK level, as opposed to just in your profile
• Up to 5 Wallpapers can now be set for your Homes Sreen, which will display at random.

 

[Ikagura]

and 4Kids would somehow censor this with the infamous invisible gun and ... umm ... what would the chest be reanimated as ... LOL ... well if it was an anime scene I mean ~

I got some love-hate relationship with 4Kids.

I also liked that Mokuba wasn't that nice in the beginning

They're in grade school...

Another one for the trip

 

[destinyduelist]

You can now set a MATE on a PER DECK level, as opposed to just in your profile

Finally...

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I got some love-hate relationship with 4Kids.

I also liked that Mokuba wasn't that nice in the beginning View attachment 21480
They're in grade school...

Another one for the trip

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The sad fact is that the original Yu-Gi-Oh is just kind of average
Season 0 I mean, or where these pictures come from, it really is just a generic gambling manga, it would never be able to compete with stuff like Kaiji or Usogui, thankfully we got card games in interdimensional space, it's much more fun and unique

 

[Inkingsama]

I think takahashi retconned a some things from the early manga. It's been a while since i read the manga but i think that

Spoiler: Spoilers for a 20 years old manga

He retconned what yami bakura is: at first he was an evil spirit within the millenium ring that wanted to collect the other millenium items to get an unspecified dark power but at the end he is supposed to be Zorc or a piece of Zorc or something. The appearance of Zorc in the early manga when yugi's friend were turned into figurines might imply takahashi always intended yami bakura to be Zorc but who knows, any time that yami bakura mentions the power within the millenum items he talks as if he didn't knew what was sealed in them.

Another strange thing is that Shadi is revealed to be the spirit of the stone tablet where the millenium items were made, and was instructed to help Atem but the first time they met, Shadi doesn't recognize Atem. Maybe takahashi only sort of knew what the wanted to do with Shadi as a character but the changes in the manga made him change that, i don't know

Also, Yami Bakura was done dirty: He only won once, in an off.-screen duel, in the entire manga.

 

[RashFaustinho]

New info about Master Duel Anniversary!

Starting in about 24 hours!

Upcoming "Sky Striker" bundle pack
- New alt arts for Sky Striker Raye, Roze and Shizuku
- New Sky Striker-themed field

"Omg yes, I love Raye, I would die for Sky Striker Ace Raye, this bundle is going to change my life"

 

[destinyduelist]

I think takahashi retconned a some things from the early manga. It's been a while since i read the manga but i think that

Spoiler: Spoilers for a 20 years old manga

He retconned what yami bakura is: at first he was an evil spirit within the millenium ring that wanted to collect the other millenium items to get an unspecified dark power but at the end he is supposed to be Zorc or a piece of Zorc or something. The appearance of Zorc in the early manga when yugi's friend were turned into figurines might imply takahashi always intended yami bakura to be Zorc but who knows, any time that yami bakura mentions the power within the millenum items he talks as if he didn't knew what was sealed in them.

Another strange thing is that Shadi is revealed to be the spirit of the stone tablet where the millenium items were made, and was instructed to help Atem but the first time they met, Shadi doesn't recognize Atem. Maybe takahashi only sort of knew what the wanted to do with Shadi as a character but the changes in the manga made him change that, i don't know

Also, Yami Bakura was done dirty: He only won once, in an off.-screen duel, in the entire manga.

Yes he retcons a lot from it, so much so that people believe Marik is the villain of Yu-Gi-Oh when in reality it's Bakura

New info about Master Duel Anniversary!

Starting in about 24 hours!

Upcoming "Sky Striker" bundle pack
- New alt arts for Sky Striker Raye, Roze and Shizuku
- New Sky Striker-themed field

"Omg yes, I love Raye, I would die for Sky Striker Ace Raye, this bundle is going to change my life"

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Oh my god yes I love Raye I would die for Sky Striker Ace Raye these alt arts are going to change my life and it's going to be the best alt art ever

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It's official, Fiendsmith has arrived in Master Duel
I feel like the format in MD is quite late to the party but nevertheless I'm sure this will be annoying for a lot of higher ranked players

 

[RashFaustinho]

Master Duel anniversary is out!

New login bonus!

New Sky Striker Solo Mode!

New returning campaign which gives you an Albaz deck!

 

[destinyduelist]

If anyone's interested, this is my campaign code:
2e9b61ef
I think you need to be a new/returning player to use it if it's the same as the previous campaign, the deck is honestly not looking as good as the Swordsoul one but with some minor adjustments it could be very powerful and noob friendly
Also, that HERO deck is abysmal

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What the hell were they smoking

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New card alert
New Gaia and Shark, just some negates for their archetypes. I won't lie though, the Shark card seems substantially better than the Gaia one, maybe because Sharks look to be coming up in the meta in my opinion, or at least will become high tier rogue

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Today is quite eventful, here's the Sky Striker animation from Master Duel and god it's so good
Oh my god, I love Raye, I would die for Sky Striker Ace Raye, this animation is going to change my life.

 

[RashFaustinho]

This is so cool!

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When I get to destroy oppressive/invincible boss monsters, such as Dragoon, Ultimate Falcon or Master Peace, I get reminded of why I love this game

Also, I completed the comeback campaign by using old alt accounts.
It wasn't easy because they were all from 1 year ago for the Swordsoul Campaign and they all played a very garbage Dragonmaid Deck, and right now because of this campaign Green and Bronze V are filled with competetent players

Still managed to breakthrough and get all the rewards!

 

[destinyduelist]

New card alert
The first archetype of the new deck build pack has been revealed, Dragon Tale! It looks cool, I wasn't expecting exactly this based off the first card they showed us but it seems nice. I'm honestly waiting on the little alien guys.

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When I get to destroy oppressive/invincible boss monsters, such as Dragoon, Ultimate Falcon or Master Peace, I get reminded of why I love this game

The most fun part of Yu-Gi-Oh is breaking a board in my opinion, staring down impossible odds and coming out on top

 

[BobbertMoss]

My fondest memory from playing the game was coming up against a board of like five negates and slowly over the course of several turns slowly picking it apart, especially as I was using just a mid deck.

I have played through the DS World Championship games several times and now I want to do some sort of challenge run through them, but I have no idea what that challenge would be. I considered beating them with just the starting deck, but that just seems kinda boring.

 

[destinyduelist]

My fondest memory from playing the game was coming up against a board of like five negates and slowly over the course of several turns slowly picking it apart, especially as I was using just a mid deck.

I have played through the DS World Championship games several times and now I want to do some sort of challenge run through them, but I have no idea what that challenge would be. I considered beating them with just the starting deck, but that just seems kinda boring.

Singleton challenge, you can only use 1 of each card
Wanna make it extra hard? You have to have a deck of 60 cards
I'm on the final parts of 2011 and the game is really really easy, the only time I got a game over was in that stupid Battle Royale part because I forgot that the best way to do it is with boosts
The game is really easy, although to be fair I'm on a variant I made of the synchro toolbox deck so it's kind of a breeze when you can turbo out Brionac whenever you want

 

[BobbertMoss]

Singleton 60 card deck could be fun ?
From what I remember 2011 was the easiest one, I had a save right at the start where I had a nearly full power DAD deck, maybe I was just lucky or something, but it did make everything too easy

 

[destinyduelist]

Singleton 60 card deck could be fun ?
From what I remember 2011 was the easiest one, I had a save right at the start where I had a nearly full power DAD deck, maybe I was just lucky or something, but it did make everything too easy

Yeah I think 2011 is by far the easiest one, especially since if I recall even if you lose a duel a majority of the time the story still progresses. It doesn't really punish you much which is why I usually recommend it to people who like the anime but don't really play the card game

 

[RashFaustinho]

A (sort of) mirror match between Yubel and Yubel Fiendsmith.
I went second despite winning the coin toss... I was fooled by my opponent apparently playing Sky Striker, due to avatar and deck case (and nowdays, you either play board breaker Sky Striker, or you don't play it at all, so the choice of going second)

This card game is going to give me an heart attack someday lmao, during the Fiendsmith combo I was worried I messed up and that they were going to summon D/D/D Wave King Ceaser, luckily they didn't, they tried Engraver removal instead

 

[destinyduelist]

New alt arts, I like the Veiler and Nibiru a lot honestly, it looks a little different from Theia, The Primordial Being but it's still cool nonetheless. And of course, balls. Lots of balls on this guy. Yu-Gi-Oh art really is something isn't it?
Also, yes, for those that don't know that big rock Nibiru has a card that shows what's inside of it, basically the monster from the Token it summons.

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[gobs]

kinda ashamed to admit it, but its vanquish soul and pendulum magicians!!! one is because i adore fighting games as a whole, and the other is because its the kinda archetype i played when i was first getting into the card game so :3