Anyone else find it tragically ironic that when Rex was relevant in the series Dinos weren't the most supported type of cards, yet after he's not even mentioned anymore they get crap loads of support.
actually, I'd totally watch a spinoff series of Rex and Weevil trying to redeem themselves and play actually good decks, but timeline-wise that would require an alternate universe or some other nonsense
Rex learning about Dinowrestlers and the Ultimate Conductor Tyranno while Weevil learns about… I think Beetroopers? And Ultimate Great Insect would be a fun idea.
Its weird how rex monsters had a lot of retrains and support with normals and all, but weevil rarely has insect support that is directly connected to him, aside from the moth fusion, that wave with queen retrain parasite and cocoon retrain and bio insect armor he really lacks a lot of stuff
Another nail in the coffin for Serpent Night Dragon was when Rex lost it in Battle City to Espa Roba, Espa said it's only use would be as a coaster for his drinks.
I like the bizarre design of Serpent Night Dragon, but always thought that Tri-Horned Dragon would have been a better boss monster for Rex. At least it looks like a dinosaur
They probably gave Serpent Night Dragon to Rex on purpose so its ATK can't surpass Red-Eyes,if Rex used Tri-Horned instead we may never have seen Red-Eyes in the first place
Fun fact: during the Battle City arc it was revealed Serpent Night Dragon was Rex's strongest rare card, meaning he hadn't improved his deck at all since losing his Red-eyes. It didn't deserve a spot in Espa Roba's deck ... but it might make a decent coaster for his drink!
Always thought it was a bummer Rex only got two proper duels and the second one he played a handful of cards. Always wanted to see him rock more Dino cards, spells and Traps. Plus kind of wish he'd gotten atleast one Boss Dino monster instead of another dragon.
Honestly kinda shocked that Black Tyranno didn't make any sort of appearance. While Rex only used it briefly, Black Tyranno is very much a progenitor for the bright future that dino decks would have. As various "Tyranno" monsters would evolve steadily higher stats and more substantial effects until it produced the ultimate Apex Predator of any Dinosaur Deck; Ultimate Conductor Tyranno. And Black Tyranno was the one who started it all.
One thing I always found odd about Rex is that in every arc, his ace monster seemed to be a dragon (Red-eyes in Duelist Kingdom, Serpent Night Dragon in Battle City, Tyrant Dragon in Waking the Dragons) instead of a Dinosaur.
I wondered that same thing, but considering Dinos weren't the most played or popular type back then, there weren't a lot of heavy hitters Rex could use.
Funny thing about King Rex. It's actually halfway decent in Yu-Gi-Oh the Falsebound Kingdom. It doesn't hit particularly hard, but it's an absolute unit that develops a healing factor at a higher level, and due to the fact that you can't use more than one copy of any given monster, it's what provides the two heads for Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, which is actually pretty good itself, though Thunder Dragon isn't likely to survive long enough to fuse
A lot of garbage tier monsters ended up really good in TFK, and likewise a lot of monsters that were decent in the card game or at least iconic kind of ended up mediocre or even outright bad. Such a weird game.
@LonelySpaceDetective Who would've figured Ansatsu would become a top 5 monster in that game? And as far as I can tell, most dragons stink, since they're either glass cannons or have so few action points
Two of Rex's cards from his duel with Joey in the Orichalcos arc got printed in the TCG just this month in Maze of Millennia: Kaitoptera and Horned Saurus.
5:49 I still remember in the second episode when the announcer referred to Two Headed King Rex as "The Strongest Card in his Deck" when Rex Dueled Weavil and I thought how lame that was considering it's frankly pathetic 1600 ATTK, even back during early Yu-Gi-Oh that was sad.
Another reason why Rex used dragons could be because fire monsters (like the flame swordsman) completely demolished all dino monsters, so having another powerful type that is immune to fire could cover for a massive weakness.
While that was the idea I'm sure I love that the animators made him forget that or it the type advantage was a Duelist Kingdom rule like Wind monsters nuking Earth Monsters.
@TheBlockerNator I always got the same feeling, as Rex's strategy was always about attacking with strong monsters first and foremost, and the 3 different dragons he played were always his most powerful monsters in his deck
Funny enough, with Horned Saurus getting released with Maze of Millenia, it actually received a new effect that allows it to directly place an open Field Spell from the deck on your field, meaning it can outright circumvent Seal of Orichalcos activation cost. Not sure if that makes it overall an actual viable card, but it shows that Rexs cards can evolve if they really want to and turn potential weaknesses around.
"Once upon a time, Rex & Weevil were among the best players in the world" And then the game changed from the Duelist Kingdom BS to the Battle City rules.
I don't think anyone ever considered them "among the best players in the world" in the actual series. The video is over hyping them. Weevil won a regional championship, Rex was a runner up in a regional championship. Calling them "among the best in the world" is essentially saying "on a similar level to Seto Kaiba", and I'm pretty sure even they admit they would stand no chance against Kaiba. They're okay dualists, but they're a far cry from "best in the world".
@@KamilKurzawakomentarze-kk4uu When DuelLogs did Aster Phoenix’s most important cards, both versions of the character’s cards were in the video so the same thing can be done for Alexis
I adore these two! They're such fun characters. Rex deserves to be able to play Evols, considering his mix of different varieties of reptilian monster.
12:15 This one gives me an idea for a boss monster for a new hypothetical “Colony” archetype: _Colony Queen_ (EARTH) Level 7 Insect/Effect _You can normal summon this card without tributes if you control a face-up “Colony” Field Spell. While this card is face-up on the field, if you summon a Level 4 or lower insect monster: You can special summon any number of monsters with the same name as it from your hand. Your opponent cannot target this card for attacks or card effects while you control another face-up insect monster. You can tribute 1 card from your hand or field (Quick Effect): Increase this card’s ATK/DEF by 500, then Apply 1 of the following effects (Each of the following Effects of “Colony Queen” can only be applied once per turn):_ ⚪️Insect monsters you control can attack an additional time per battle phase this turn. ⚪️Special Summon any number of “Colony Tokens” (Insect/Tuner/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 100/DEF 100). ⚪️Add 1 Spell/Trap to your hand from your deck that mentions “Insect” in it’s or effects. ATK/2200 DEF/2400
my head canon is that if the original anime were modernized Weevil would play Beetroopers and Rex either Evolzar or just cause its funny, Dino Wrestlers just as Yugi Joey and Kaiba would play the modern versions of their ace cards but joey could have put a few Flame swordsman cards in cause its joey.
Archetype-wise, yeah I agree with Beetroopers. But for Insects in general, I'd say Giant Ballpark suits Weevil way better especially since some of Weevil's Insects get new upgrades (Ex. Ultimate Great Insect, Metamorphosis Insect Queen, Bio-Insect Armor, etc) as well as the Giant Ballpark-related cards features a couple of Weevil's monsters he used in the anime + games.
Rex got done dirty. Outside of the DOMA filler arc, he never actually did anything wrong. He played fair and square, and just happened to duel opponents who either got lucky/plot armor (Joey), or cheated (Mai, Espa Roba). He lost his Serpent Night Dragon to Espa Roba in Battle City, and didn't even get a second chance when Espa was exposed as a cheater.
To add, outside of their championship duel, he didn't even interact with Weevil outside of filler episodes either. It seems out of character, being friends with such a shameless cheater.
Yeah, manga Rex was just a guy with an ego, but the same could be said of most characters in the series. Anime Rex just suddenly wants to murder Joey and tries to steal the Millennium Items in Season 5.
Ok, looking by at how Rex had more Dragon monsters here than Dinosaur monsters, I’m wanting to make an “Evolution” spell that can make that work for a Dinosaur Deck: _Temporal Evolution Pill_ Quickplay Spell _Tribute 1 Dinosaur monster you control: Apply 1 of the following effects:_ ⚪️Special Summon 1 Winged-Beast, Wyrm or Dragon monster from your hand or deck who’s Total ATK/DEF is equal to or less than the tribute’s. ⚪️Special Summon 1 Reptile, Sea-Serpent, Fish or Aqua monster from your hand or deck whose total ATK/DEF is equal to or less than the tributes. Basically the idea is to tap into some real facts surrounding dinosaurs, and have one either “devolve” into a kind of life form that preceded it (The second efffect) or succeeded it (Winged-Beasts, AKA Birds, or Wyrms and Dragons, whom owe their existence as myths in part due to how older peoples interpreted any Dinosaur bones they found).
Neat idea as far as the game is concerned. The fact is tho - birds have always been birds, fish have always been fish, reptiles have always been reptiles. Dragons were real, dinosaurs are the myth.
Rex using dragons in his dinosaur deck makes more sense when you check the etymology of the Japanese word for dinosaur: kyouryuu Kyou: Fear Ryuu: Dragon The Japanese once perceived the dinosaurs to be a subtype of dragons
Genuinely love these videos as they serve as both analysis of the cards/archetypes while also serving as analysis of themes of the characters in question.
Thank you for adding more of your analysis to your videos now. I really enjoyed your descriptions on why weevil and rex peaked before the show even started. I like to think that before Yugi and Crew showed up that they were splitting all the local tournaments they played in, started off as rivals and slowly became fixing games together. Funny enough you can tell from all their duels that they have potential to be strong duelists still but if only if they use all the effort they take to cheat just apply it to improving their decks and training like Joey does they could be back on top..😂
10:05 This gives me an idea for a super-sized retrain of this: _Ultimate Conductor Tyrant Dino_ (LIGHT) Level 12 Dinosaur/Effect _Thus card is that is face-up on your field or in your GY is also treated as FIRE-attribute and as a Dragon monster. Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 2 Dragon and Dinosaur monsters each from your field or GY. Negate any Spell/Trap cards or effects that target this card on the field, and if you do, destroy that Spell/Trap. Once per turn, during the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 card in your hand or field, and if you do, change all face-up monsters your opponent controls to face-down Defense Position. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacks a Defense Position monster: Inflict Piercing battle damage, then banish that Defense Position monster._ ATK/5000 DEF/5000
Serpent Night Dragon is such an awesome card from back in the day and has been one of my favourites along with Mikazukinoyaiba and Skull Guardian. 2 out of 3 got their support/retrain. And I still have hope that SND will get too.
Beetrooper is one of the deck that I actually also play IRL, so I love that they're getting a lot of shoutouts from this vid. As a bug enthusiast, it brings me joy that Beetrooper is in a playable state even in this meta. Not to mention the sick ass art too.
17:15 Perfectly Ultimate always deserved a proper retrain (besides those kinda-sorta ones like “Ultimate Great Insect”): _Perfected Great Moth_ (EARTH) Level 8 Pendulum Scales: 7⬅️➡️7 _Each turn, 1 Level 5 or higher Insect monster you Normal Summon can be Summoned without Tributing, and if you do, you can increase or decrease this card’s pendulum scales by up to it’s level. While this card is face-up in your pendulum zone, you can conduct an additional normal summon/set of an insect monster per turn, not just 1. If any number of Insect monsters you control would be destroyed by battle or an opponent’s card or effect: You can tribute 1 card from your hand or field instead._ Insect/Pendulum/Effect _Cannot be normal Summoned/Set. Must be special summoned by its own effect. You can tribute 3 insect monsters you control (Quick Effect): Special Summon this card from your hand, Pendulum Zones, or your extra deck (Face-up). Cannot be destroyed by battle, and unaffected by other card’s effects, while you control a face-up Level/Rank/Link 7 or lower Insect monster. Once per turn (Quick Effect), you can special summon any number of “Ultimate Moth Tokens” (Insect/Tuner/EARTH/Level 1/ ATK/350 DEF/300)._ ATK/3500 DEF/3000 So basically you need 3 insect monsters to special summon it, and its pendulum effects can help set up those conditions. Meanwhile while it IS on the field, it’s borderline indestructible so long as you control a lesser insect monster (which it can summon en-masse once per turn via it’s own built in Scapeghost)
Just found your channel and have been binge watching a bunch for nostalgia. Used to play from the first set up until 2005. If you're looking for any ideas for videos I think it'd be cool to do a series where you break down all the starter decks. Good parts of them, bad parts of them, and cards you would change to make them better while still staying true to their theme.
Rex’s biggest mistake was reminding Joey that Time Wizard was on the field because for some bizarre reason Joey had set it in the spell/trap zone and forgotten 😅
I play Beetrooper/BattleWasp on Master Duel after that Event ages ago that made me fall in love with Beetroopers (the Battlewasps were added later on to give them more offensive options, plus Synchros and, not least of all, Underground Arachnid), I generally use Resonance Insect to search out either Battra or Sting Lancer and I didn't know about that Inzektro Link, I'm going to have to look into it! And the way the Deck was set up in that Event, it did indeed use the Goki pair the way you mentioned, then going off into Link Climbing! And it's funny, you badmouth Red-Eyes, yet, Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth is the reason why Meteor Black Dragon is one of the best cards and certainly best and strongest Prize Card in Forgbidden Memories! The way that game worked meant that Meteor Black Dragon would always have an advantage over the overgrown Mothra wannabe! Especially with my deck, running 3 Meteor Black Dragon, 3 Meteor Dragon and 3 Red-Eyes Black Dragon! If I can't get at least one Meteor Black Dragon by my 5th Turn, I'd Bricked, no two ways about it! And Monarchs and Kaiju can also take advantage of the Seal of Orichalchum, as they don't need the Extra Deck, either, although, they do both have their own Field Spells, which you could argue are better anyway... But, I did have one Duel on Master Duel with my Kaiju Deck, where the Seal would have given me an OTK! My opponent finished with four Monsters on the Field, I had Ghidorah, Ra Sphere Mode and Owner's Seal in hand, along with Kyoto Waterfront - the card which, upon play, made him quit!
Please do Top 10 archetypes with multiple different extra deck monster (must have more than 2 because almost all of the archetypes in the game received a link monster !)
Two-Headed King Rex , Insect Queen and Perfectly Ultimate Great moth getting reworks, plus with all the Dino and Insect support over the years, really makes me wonder what modern Rex and Weevil decks would look like.
The funny anout Rex and Weevil is in some of the video games they aren't half bad duelists because they have a ton of support cards to help boost their cards. Rex has several magic cards to boost his dinosaur monsters over 2000 or just under it which would give even the best level four monsters trouble. Weevil was the same with either having bugs with defense points and could lure you into attacking them only to see their boosted defense is higher then you attack along with being able to summon his higher level bugs more easily making him a real threat.
21:20 Funny how Rex used the fact that Joey would never own this card as a flex, but he went on to lose the card to Espa Roba in Battle City as it was his ante card during their battle.
Two headed king rex saw some success at the beggining of Duel Links. Monsters above 1700 atk were non existent, and combined with Rex's skill to begin with Dinosaur Kingdom, king rex and its counterpart Crawling Dragon were 1900 atk. Plus if you got Polymerization you could fuse them into a 2500 atk monster. The first few months of Duel Links was truly caveman YuGiOh
Serpent Night Dragon's card was one of the rare ones that weren't just shiny foil, but straight up sparkly. It was the first card I ever got that was like that. (Even back then, I realized its stats made it lousy, but dammed if I wasn't thrilled to have it.) Also that monster's body did not look built to take a hit. It should've had high ATK, low DEF, and only need 1 tribute, like Summoned Skull.
It was fitting Rex would have a new dragon monster card, Tyrant Dragon, in his new deck he used against Joey as Rex had lost both of his ace dragon cards. Rex lost Red Eyes black dragon to Joey in duelist kingdom and then lost his night serpent dragon against Espa Roba in the battle city tournament, so was only fitting when Raphael allowed them to assemble a brand new deck to use against Joey/Yugi that Rex would take a card like Tyrant Dragon which proved better than the two dragons he lost in his previous duels.
Thinking about it, I think I have weevile, in part, to thank for my current play style. I used to play perfectly ultimate great moth with a couple older attack blocking cards to bring it out. Nowadays, my go-to strat uses stall tactics and is just as irritating as he and rex can be as characters can be.
I feel like these two blaming theme losing the duelist kingdom so fast was due to their own overconfidence. Take the plot armor away, and I think they have no one to blame but themselves. These two, along with Kaiba took dueling to an obsession. I wonder if there are people who do this in real life as well. Let's not forget, they're kids.
One of my favorite things about the seal of orichalcos is with the card "How did Dai get here?" There's also a fusion that can do this, but i forgot the name. Anyway, how did dai get here can place a field spell from the deck to the field. And because "Place" isn't treated as "activate", you can SS from the ED first, then when how did dai get here is activated, you can place the seal on your field, and since it was placed, all SS monsters you control will be safe from it's effect. ....You are still locked out of the ED though.
15:15 I can retrain this card to make it MUCH better for bringing out Insect boss monsters: _Cocoon of Infinite Evolution_ Level 1 Insect/Union/Tuner/Effect _Once per turn, you can either: Target 1 face-up Insect monster you control; equip this card (from your hand or field) to that target, OR: Unequip this card and Special Summon it. If the equipped monster would be destroyed by battle or card effect, tribute this card instead. Cannot be destroyed while it is equipped to another card by its own effects. The equipped monster gains 2000 DEF, and cannot be destroyed while in defense position. During the beginning of each phase, increase the equipped monster’s level/rank by 1. Once per turn (quick effect), you can tribute the equipped monster: Special Summon 1 insect monster from your hand or deck who’s level is less than or equal to the level/rank the equipped monster had while it was on the field, ignoring it’s summoning conditions._ ATK/0 DEF/2000 So basically, it “Cocoon’s” the equipped monster, and bolsters its survivability greatly while it fattens it up to summon whatever insect monster is ready for it. And making it stack up at the start of each phase keeps the time related aspect, but makes it WAY faster than the original cards turns of waiting. 21:22 and THEN I can make a better version of THIS card: _Species Barrier_ Continuous Spell _During the beginning of each players turn, declare 1 monster type: For the rest of the turn, monsters of that declared type your opponent controls cannot declare an attack or target cards you control for their effects._ And THEN for 8:13… _Advanced Insect_ (EARTH) Level 2 Insect/Tuner/Effect _This card’s name is also treated as “Basic Insect” while face-up in the field or in the GY. If you control a face-up “Forest” card or “Basic Insect” (Quick Effect): You can special summon this card from your hand. This card can be treated as a non/tuner for your summon of a monster. Insect monsters you control can make an additional attack per battle phase for every insect monster you control, and if they attack a defense position monster: Inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent._ ATK/500 DEF/700 THERE, I played into its card text, leaning in on the “Forest” and “Swarm” parts.
For Infinite Evolution, I would add a couple things. First, its Union effect can be used from the hand. Second, the monster to summon has a level equal to or lower than the equipped monster. Lastly, because Equips/Union cards are so weak, "This card cannot be destroyed while it is equipped to a monster by its own effect."
It would be interesting to get a Seal retrain that locks both players out of the Extra Deck while giving the attack boost. I'm not sure what the maintenance cost would be, probably make you tribute a monster each turn but it would be an interesting way to make an old iconic anime card meta relevant.
Does anyone think it's unusual that the Goki series was never tied directly into the 'C' archetype since it's actually the 'G' archetype in the OCG and references the same insect?
Somethings intersting about metamorphosed insect queen is that hse makes all insects monsters you control cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects, which is protecing of hi first 2 loses where got destroyed by mirror force and the spell
Weevil deserves more credit. He actually uses a distinct strategy in every duel he’s in. He actually plays well against Atem in Waking the Dragons without cheating. He would have even won had Atem not gotten lucky with Berserker Soul or if he waited to activate his burn card. It wasn’t even really a misplay. You could argue Seal of Orichalcos was OP but Berserker Soul felt cheap too especially since we never see that card before or after this duel.
Was going to say Fusilier Dragon isn't a dragon-type until I saw King Dragun doesn't summon Dragon-type monsters, but rather just Dragon monsters. Wild!
Sad after looking into a bug deck I feel insects are in a strange spot right now where dinos used to be. Where they have some good cards but are missing the right support to push them forward. Like ultimate conductor did for dinos. But as for the dragon mixed strategy I get the analogy cause if you think about it dinos where probably actually called dragons back in the olden days and where the last remnants of dinos that existed that got wiped out from being hunted or captured.
I thought it was funny that Rex was a dinosaur duelist and got 2nd place in a regional championship but most of the dinosaur monsters in the early game weren't even good vanilla monsters.
23:47 perhaps ....but if you activate The Seal of Orichalcos first then special summon monster ...it won't destroy it cuz the card say destroy all special monsters you control ...therefore using The Seal of Orichalcos before summoning special monsters ....then it won't destroy any special monsters as long as The Seal of Orichalcos played before special summoning not after
I hope Serpent Night Dragon gets his own archetype. His name directly contrasts him with Seiaryu (Holy Knight Dragon in the OCG), and that monster got the Starry Knight archetype to support it. So maybe we could get an evil knight archetype for Serpent Night Dragon.
At this point, you can put Insect Queen on your own banlist 😅 Also, what about top 10 cards that got other cards banned or limited, but they themselves remained untouched. (I.e. Gossip shadow, destiny hero Destroyer Phoenix enforcer, Topologic bomber dragón, etc.)
Huh i didnt know joey snuck the parasite into joeys deck lol, also you forgot that the seal of orichalcos also gave an extra monster zone which mai abused alot
4:29 Don't you love the irony of some anime cards being so common they use them as cupholders, but ironically being rare to find in real life, while some cards in the anime are trated as "only 3 were printed", but in real life are treated as cupholders?
Are you referencing the fact that in the dub Esper Roba won Evil Knight Dragon and said, "It doesn't deserve a place in my Deck! But it might make a good coaster for my drink!" A line that Little Kuriboh used every time the character appeared.
I hope they turn Serpent Night Dragon into Ritual Archetype like Nepthyss. Instead of cult, make the Archetype a knight order with Dragon as their insignia (like Elizabeth Batory's Bator noble family and Vlad Dracul's Dracul family) in which they borrow the Serpent's power to take on the battlefield and ultimately, summon the very family's Symbol as their ultimate monster
Konami need to make rex some dino dragons! They would be dragons that are so ancient and savage that they are like dinosaurs or dinosaurs evolved to a point in becoming dragon-like. Or make a fusion between red-eyes and a Dino
While I agree they stuck with their old strategies what I disagree with are the cards mentioned that they could have used as a lot of the cards didn’t come out until way later and weren’t available but if they were to make a spinoff where Rex weevil and everyone got their hands on evolutions of their cards, I think they’d give Joey and Yugi more then a run for their money.
Man, that dissing of the Seal of Orichalcos at the end was unnecessary. One of these days Konami is gonna remember they never finished releasing support for the Orichalcos archtype, and release the rest of the Type's cards.
Fun fact: Seiyaryu is named Holy Knight Dragon… and it got a whole archetype based on it through retrains called Starry Night, Starry Dragon and their Starry Knight cards. Serpent Night Dragon is named Evil Knight Dragon in JP, so they were apparently counterparts.
I kinda miss the days when YGO villains were not only over the top, but cheaters as well. Putting the heroes at a disadvantage with tricks rather than effects is cheesy, but fun.
Monarch Even though it had its own spell, which was better than ori calcos, it only just disadvantage was that they had no protection. It actually gives more attack points than The spell you're talking about dead. No self-protection, but you couldn't use the extra deck. This card made an okay alternative to the original Phil. Spell in monarch was was experimented with and had some success but. Never made it to the major leagues you take about in the smaller leagues for a second and third place. But once you made it into the major leagues against the actual pros, who put in really strong strategies, then only use the main deck, but the extra deck and the graveyard haul at once this card kind of Prove to mu
weevil was finalist material for both duelist kingdom and battle city. He simply challenged the wrong people . Rex was mediocre until after battle city, he even got offscreened in battle city. Weevil in the kaibacorp computer was rated 4/5, along side mai, rex was 3/5 just like bonz. both simply got power creeped since the type of duelists the protagonists faced later on were extremely formidable.
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Anyone else find it tragically ironic that when Rex was relevant in the series Dinos weren't the most supported type of cards, yet after he's not even mentioned anymore they get crap loads of support.
That’s the point of this video for him and Weevil, right?
actually, I'd totally watch a spinoff series of Rex and Weevil trying to redeem themselves and play actually good decks, but timeline-wise that would require an alternate universe or some other nonsense
Rex learning about Dinowrestlers and the Ultimate Conductor Tyranno while Weevil learns about… I think Beetroopers? And Ultimate Great Insect would be a fun idea.
Its weird how rex monsters had a lot of retrains and support with normals and all, but weevil rarely has insect support that is directly connected to him, aside from the moth fusion, that wave with queen retrain parasite and cocoon retrain and bio insect armor he really lacks a lot of stuff
@@jamesaditya5254 To be fair, a spin-off series with the DM cast having modern versions of their decks would be hype in general.
Another nail in the coffin for Serpent Night Dragon was when Rex lost it in Battle City to Espa Roba, Espa said it's only use would be as a coaster for his drinks.
In the sub espa roba shows more respect for serpent night dragon and simply states it's a good card but it's not compatible with his deck.
Serpent Night Dragon's design is the coolest to me of the vanilla dragons of that era tbh. I wouldn't mind seeing it get modern support some day.
agree , i also hope Serpent Night Dragon get a support sooner or later
Yes please it's one of my favorite cards
Same, it just looks awesome.
Hope they turned them into Ritual archetype like Nepthyss coz his colour and BG art looks good on ritual card
It's "holy" counterpart, Seiyaryu (Holy Knight Dragon) has an entire archetype, so one can certainly hope!
I like the bizarre design of Serpent Night Dragon, but always thought that Tri-Horned Dragon would have been a better boss monster for Rex. At least it looks like a dinosaur
They probably gave Serpent Night Dragon to Rex on purpose so its ATK can't surpass Red-Eyes,if Rex used Tri-Horned instead we may never have seen Red-Eyes in the first place
Fun fact: during the Battle City arc it was revealed Serpent Night Dragon was Rex's strongest rare card, meaning he hadn't improved his deck at all since losing his Red-eyes. It didn't deserve a spot in Espa Roba's deck ... but it might make a decent coaster for his drink!
Always thought it was a bummer Rex only got two proper duels and the second one he played a handful of cards. Always wanted to see him rock more Dino cards, spells and Traps. Plus kind of wish he'd gotten atleast one Boss Dino monster instead of another dragon.
Technically, he got Black Tyranno, which is a proper Dino boss monster, but he sadly only ever got to use that one in one duel which he lost in a FTK.
Honestly kinda shocked that Black Tyranno didn't make any sort of appearance. While Rex only used it briefly, Black Tyranno is very much a progenitor for the bright future that dino decks would have. As various "Tyranno" monsters would evolve steadily higher stats and more substantial effects until it produced the ultimate Apex Predator of any Dinosaur Deck; Ultimate Conductor Tyranno. And Black Tyranno was the one who started it all.
One thing I always found odd about Rex is that in every arc, his ace monster seemed to be a dragon (Red-eyes in Duelist Kingdom, Serpent Night Dragon in Battle City, Tyrant Dragon in Waking the Dragons) instead of a Dinosaur.
I think it’s supposed to be a reference to dinosaur bones being thought to be dragon bones or something like that
I think it's just a Japanese thing where dinosaurs are called dragons
I wondered that same thing, but considering Dinos weren't the most played or popular type back then, there weren't a lot of heavy hitters Rex could use.
@@Dodoitebut he has actual dinosaurs
Maybe he was ahead of his time and was actually an Evolsaur-Evolzar player
Funny thing about King Rex. It's actually halfway decent in Yu-Gi-Oh the Falsebound Kingdom. It doesn't hit particularly hard, but it's an absolute unit that develops a healing factor at a higher level, and due to the fact that you can't use more than one copy of any given monster, it's what provides the two heads for Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, which is actually pretty good itself, though Thunder Dragon isn't likely to survive long enough to fuse
A lot of garbage tier monsters ended up really good in TFK, and likewise a lot of monsters that were decent in the card game or at least iconic kind of ended up mediocre or even outright bad. Such a weird game.
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Who would've figured Ansatsu would become a top 5 monster in that game? And as far as I can tell, most dragons stink, since they're either glass cannons or have so few action points
Two of Rex's cards from his duel with Joey in the Orichalcos arc got printed in the TCG just this month in Maze of Millennia: Kaitoptera and Horned Saurus.
I'm totally calling it- Serpent Night Dragon Archetype this year and it ties into the Starry Knight cards.
5:49 I still remember in the second episode when the announcer referred to Two Headed King Rex as "The Strongest Card in his Deck" when Rex Dueled Weavil and I thought how lame that was considering it's frankly pathetic 1600 ATTK, even back during early Yu-Gi-Oh that was sad.
Another reason why Rex used dragons could be because fire monsters (like the flame swordsman) completely demolished all dino monsters, so having another powerful type that is immune to fire could cover for a massive weakness.
While that was the idea I'm sure I love that the animators made him forget that or it the type advantage was a Duelist Kingdom rule like Wind monsters nuking Earth Monsters.
The way Rex is written, i always assumed he played it because it was just powerful. Rex never really came off as tactical.
@TheBlockerNator I always got the same feeling, as Rex's strategy was always about attacking with strong monsters first and foremost, and the 3 different dragons he played were always his most powerful monsters in his deck
Funny enough, with Horned Saurus getting released with Maze of Millenia, it actually received a new effect that allows it to directly place an open Field Spell from the deck on your field, meaning it can outright circumvent Seal of Orichalcos activation cost. Not sure if that makes it overall an actual viable card, but it shows that Rexs cards can evolve if they really want to and turn potential weaknesses around.
Rex and Weevil are my favorite characters. I like the joke where they are Beavis and Butthead
"These guys sound pretty familiar."
Rex: Hey Weevil, check it out. We're like gonna win this.
Weevil: Yeah, hehe.
"Once upon a time, Rex & Weevil were among the best players in the world"
And then the game changed from the Duelist Kingdom BS to the Battle City rules.
I don't think anyone ever considered them "among the best players in the world" in the actual series. The video is over hyping them. Weevil won a regional championship, Rex was a runner up in a regional championship. Calling them "among the best in the world" is essentially saying "on a similar level to Seto Kaiba", and I'm pretty sure even they admit they would stand no chance against Kaiba. They're okay dualists, but they're a far cry from "best in the world".
Maybe Alexis could be the next character of this series. I would like to see which of her cards are the most important
But we have two versions of Alexis with two difrents decks...
@@KamilKurzawakomentarze-kk4uu When DuelLogs did Aster Phoenix’s most important cards, both versions of the character’s cards were in the video so the same thing can be done for Alexis
Cyber Angels were busted in Duel Links
Alternate title: Top ten cards that show just how much in which Rex and Weevil need to get better at the game.
I adore these two! They're such fun characters. Rex deserves to be able to play Evols, considering his mix of different varieties of reptilian monster.
12:15 This one gives me an idea for a boss monster for a new hypothetical “Colony” archetype:
_Colony Queen_ (EARTH)
Level 7
Insect/Effect
_You can normal summon this card without tributes if you control a face-up “Colony” Field Spell. While this card is face-up on the field, if you summon a Level 4 or lower insect monster: You can special summon any number of monsters with the same name as it from your hand. Your opponent cannot target this card for attacks or card effects while you control another face-up insect monster. You can tribute 1 card from your hand or field (Quick Effect): Increase this card’s ATK/DEF by 500, then Apply 1 of the following effects (Each of the following Effects of “Colony Queen” can only be applied once per turn):_
⚪️Insect monsters you control can attack an additional time per battle phase this turn.
⚪️Special Summon any number of “Colony Tokens” (Insect/Tuner/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 100/DEF 100).
⚪️Add 1 Spell/Trap to your hand from your deck that mentions “Insect” in it’s or effects.
ATK/2200 DEF/2400
Little Kuriboh turning Rex and Weevil into Beavis and Butthead was nothing short of genius
Leave it to Little Kuriboh to take two dumb characters and make them awesome!
my head canon is that if the original anime were modernized Weevil would play Beetroopers and Rex either Evolzar or just cause its funny, Dino Wrestlers just as Yugi Joey and Kaiba would play the modern versions of their ace cards but joey could have put a few Flame swordsman cards in cause its joey.
Archetype-wise, yeah I agree with Beetroopers. But for Insects in general, I'd say Giant Ballpark suits Weevil way better especially since some of Weevil's Insects get new upgrades (Ex. Ultimate Great Insect, Metamorphosis Insect Queen, Bio-Insect Armor, etc) as well as the Giant Ballpark-related cards features a couple of Weevil's monsters he used in the anime + games.
Rex got done dirty. Outside of the DOMA filler arc, he never actually did anything wrong. He played fair and square, and just happened to duel opponents who either got lucky/plot armor (Joey), or cheated (Mai, Espa Roba).
He lost his Serpent Night Dragon to Espa Roba in Battle City, and didn't even get a second chance when Espa was exposed as a cheater.
He also tried to warn Joey about Espa Roba's 'ESP'
He was gullible and superstitious but a decent enough guy
To add, outside of their championship duel, he didn't even interact with Weevil outside of filler episodes either. It seems out of character, being friends with such a shameless cheater.
Yeah, manga Rex was just a guy with an ego, but the same could be said of most characters in the series. Anime Rex just suddenly wants to murder Joey and tries to steal the Millennium Items in Season 5.
Weevil is the most of evil of the two
Ok, looking by at how Rex had more Dragon monsters here than Dinosaur monsters, I’m wanting to make an “Evolution” spell that can make that work for a Dinosaur Deck:
_Temporal Evolution Pill_
Quickplay Spell
_Tribute 1 Dinosaur monster you control: Apply 1 of the following effects:_
⚪️Special Summon 1 Winged-Beast, Wyrm or Dragon monster from your hand or deck who’s Total ATK/DEF is equal to or less than the tribute’s.
⚪️Special Summon 1 Reptile, Sea-Serpent, Fish or Aqua monster from your hand or deck whose total ATK/DEF is equal to or less than the tributes.
Basically the idea is to tap into some real facts surrounding dinosaurs, and have one either “devolve” into a kind of life form that preceded it (The second efffect) or succeeded it (Winged-Beasts, AKA Birds, or Wyrms and Dragons, whom owe their existence as myths in part due to how older peoples interpreted any Dinosaur bones they found).
Neat idea as far as the game is concerned. The fact is tho - birds have always been birds, fish have always been fish, reptiles have always been reptiles. Dragons were real, dinosaurs are the myth.
@@DarKit-hu7yrbro watches Ken Ham 😂
in yugioh season 0, a kid pulls a red eyes b dragon from a booster pack, and the lady at the store tells him that it represents huge potential to grow
Rex using dragons in his dinosaur deck makes more sense when you check the etymology of the Japanese word for dinosaur: kyouryuu
Kyou: Fear
Ryuu: Dragon
The Japanese once perceived the dinosaurs to be a subtype of dragons
Also, Rex's name in Japanese is Dinosaur RYUzaki
Genuinely love these videos as they serve as both analysis of the cards/archetypes while also serving as analysis of themes of the characters in question.
Thank you for adding more of your analysis to your videos now. I really enjoyed your descriptions on why weevil and rex peaked before the show even started. I like to think that before Yugi and Crew showed up that they were splitting all the local tournaments they played in, started off as rivals and slowly became fixing games together. Funny enough you can tell from all their duels that they have potential to be strong duelists still but if only if they use all the effort they take to cheat just apply it to improving their decks and training like Joey does they could be back on top..😂
In the early days of Duel Links Rex's deck was number 1. I miss those days
Guess these two are a package deal so it would make sense that this will be a two in one video
10:05 This gives me an idea for a super-sized retrain of this:
_Ultimate Conductor Tyrant Dino_ (LIGHT)
Level 12
Dinosaur/Effect
_Thus card is that is face-up on your field or in your GY is also treated as FIRE-attribute and as a Dragon monster. Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 2 Dragon and Dinosaur monsters each from your field or GY. Negate any Spell/Trap cards or effects that target this card on the field, and if you do, destroy that Spell/Trap. Once per turn, during the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 card in your hand or field, and if you do, change all face-up monsters your opponent controls to face-down Defense Position. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacks a Defense Position monster: Inflict Piercing battle damage, then banish that Defense Position monster._
ATK/5000 DEF/5000
Always cool to see Insects being talked about, as one of the, like, 2 Insect players (who doesn't mainly runs Beetroopers at that!)
They should make Dinosaur versions of Red-Eyes and Serpent Night
16:29 ima assume you meant "because of WEEVIL's sneaky tactic of sneaking parasite parasite into joey's deck" :D ?
Came here to say this! Nicely spotted!
😂 Who knew Joey's biggest op was himself.
Needs to fire his editor 😅
Serpent Night Dragon is such an awesome card from back in the day and has been one of my favourites along with Mikazukinoyaiba and Skull Guardian. 2 out of 3 got their support/retrain. And I still have hope that SND will get too.
Beetrooper is one of the deck that I actually also play IRL, so I love that they're getting a lot of shoutouts from this vid. As a bug enthusiast, it brings me joy that Beetrooper is in a playable state even in this meta. Not to mention the sick ass art too.
16:29 Man when Joey dueled Joey? I love that episode
17:15
Perfectly Ultimate always deserved a proper retrain (besides those kinda-sorta ones like “Ultimate Great Insect”):
_Perfected Great Moth_ (EARTH)
Level 8
Pendulum Scales: 7⬅️➡️7
_Each turn, 1 Level 5 or higher Insect monster you Normal Summon can be Summoned without Tributing, and if you do, you can increase or decrease this card’s pendulum scales by up to it’s level. While this card is face-up in your pendulum zone, you can conduct an additional normal summon/set of an insect monster per turn, not just 1. If any number of Insect monsters you control would be destroyed by battle or an opponent’s card or effect: You can tribute 1 card from your hand or field instead._
Insect/Pendulum/Effect
_Cannot be normal Summoned/Set. Must be special summoned by its own effect. You can tribute 3 insect monsters you control (Quick Effect): Special Summon this card from your hand, Pendulum Zones, or your extra deck (Face-up). Cannot be destroyed by battle, and unaffected by other card’s effects, while you control a face-up Level/Rank/Link 7 or lower Insect monster. Once per turn (Quick Effect), you can special summon any number of “Ultimate Moth Tokens” (Insect/Tuner/EARTH/Level 1/ ATK/350 DEF/300)._
ATK/3500 DEF/3000
So basically you need 3 insect monsters to special summon it, and its pendulum effects can help set up those conditions. Meanwhile while it IS on the field, it’s borderline indestructible so long as you control a lesser insect monster (which it can summon en-masse once per turn via it’s own built in Scapeghost)
Serpent night dragon retrain/support incoming
I wish man, I have been waiting for years for SND and Dark Blade to get their own support.
Just found your channel and have been binge watching a bunch for nostalgia. Used to play from the first set up until 2005. If you're looking for any ideas for videos I think it'd be cool to do a series where you break down all the starter decks. Good parts of them, bad parts of them, and cards you would change to make them better while still staying true to their theme.
Rex and Weevil will always be the top duo in my eyes. Especially Weevil, I don't know how many times I've watched his and Yugi first duel.
Rex’s biggest mistake was reminding Joey that Time Wizard was on the field because for some bizarre reason Joey had set it in the spell/trap zone and forgotten 😅
I play Beetrooper/BattleWasp on Master Duel after that Event ages ago that made me fall in love with Beetroopers (the Battlewasps were added later on to give them more offensive options, plus Synchros and, not least of all, Underground Arachnid), I generally use Resonance Insect to search out either Battra or Sting Lancer and I didn't know about that Inzektro Link, I'm going to have to look into it! And the way the Deck was set up in that Event, it did indeed use the Goki pair the way you mentioned, then going off into Link Climbing!
And it's funny, you badmouth Red-Eyes, yet, Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth is the reason why Meteor Black Dragon is one of the best cards and certainly best and strongest Prize Card in Forgbidden Memories! The way that game worked meant that Meteor Black Dragon would always have an advantage over the overgrown Mothra wannabe! Especially with my deck, running 3 Meteor Black Dragon, 3 Meteor Dragon and 3 Red-Eyes Black Dragon! If I can't get at least one Meteor Black Dragon by my 5th Turn, I'd Bricked, no two ways about it!
And Monarchs and Kaiju can also take advantage of the Seal of Orichalchum, as they don't need the Extra Deck, either, although, they do both have their own Field Spells, which you could argue are better anyway... But, I did have one Duel on Master Duel with my Kaiju Deck, where the Seal would have given me an OTK! My opponent finished with four Monsters on the Field, I had Ghidorah, Ra Sphere Mode and Owner's Seal in hand, along with Kyoto Waterfront - the card which, upon play, made him quit!
Please do Top 10 archetypes with multiple different extra deck monster (must have more than 2 because almost all of the archetypes in the game received a link monster !)
Loved the bug and dino puns ;D
Two-Headed King Rex , Insect Queen and Perfectly Ultimate Great moth getting reworks, plus with all the Dino and Insect support over the years, really makes me wonder what modern Rex and Weevil decks would look like.
Gokibore was the last GX Mcdonalds card I got It was so damn rare!
The funny anout Rex and Weevil is in some of the video games they aren't half bad duelists because they have a ton of support cards to help boost their cards. Rex has several magic cards to boost his dinosaur monsters over 2000 or just under it which would give even the best level four monsters trouble. Weevil was the same with either having bugs with defense points and could lure you into attacking them only to see their boosted defense is higher then you attack along with being able to summon his higher level bugs more easily making him a real threat.
I used to run Orichalcos in a janky Witchcrafter strategy before Vice-Madame was released. It was stupid but it werked.
21:20 Funny how Rex used the fact that Joey would never own this card as a flex, but he went on to lose the card to Espa Roba in Battle City as it was his ante card during their battle.
Two headed king rex saw some success at the beggining of Duel Links. Monsters above 1700 atk were non existent, and combined with Rex's skill to begin with Dinosaur Kingdom, king rex and its counterpart Crawling Dragon were 1900 atk. Plus if you got Polymerization you could fuse them into a 2500 atk monster. The first few months of Duel Links was truly caveman YuGiOh
26:14 you could also negate the seal of oricalchos temporarily because the destroy special summoned monsters part only works when it’s activated
Rex just got a bunch of retrained cards. I see Rex actually playing trancendensaurus cards, ultimate conductor Tyrano, and the evolzars
Serpent Night Dragon's card was one of the rare ones that weren't just shiny foil, but straight up sparkly. It was the first card I ever got that was like that. (Even back then, I realized its stats made it lousy, but dammed if I wasn't thrilled to have it.)
Also that monster's body did not look built to take a hit. It should've had high ATK, low DEF, and only need 1 tribute, like Summoned Skull.
It was fitting Rex would have a new dragon monster card, Tyrant Dragon, in his new deck he used against Joey as Rex had lost both of his ace dragon cards. Rex lost Red Eyes black dragon to Joey in duelist kingdom and then lost his night serpent dragon against Espa Roba in the battle city tournament, so was only fitting when Raphael allowed them to assemble a brand new deck to use against Joey/Yugi that Rex would take a card like Tyrant Dragon which proved better than the two dragons he lost in his previous duels.
Thinking about it, I think I have weevile, in part, to thank for my current play style. I used to play perfectly ultimate great moth with a couple older attack blocking cards to bring it out. Nowadays, my go-to strat uses stall tactics and is just as irritating as he and rex can be as characters can be.
I feel like these two blaming theme losing the duelist kingdom so fast was due to their own overconfidence.
Take the plot armor away, and I think they have no one to blame but themselves. These two, along with Kaiba took dueling to an obsession.
I wonder if there are people who do this in real life as well.
Let's not forget, they're kids.
One of my favorite things about the seal of orichalcos is with the card "How did Dai get here?" There's also a fusion that can do this, but i forgot the name. Anyway, how did dai get here can place a field spell from the deck to the field. And because "Place" isn't treated as "activate", you can SS from the ED first, then when how did dai get here is activated, you can place the seal on your field, and since it was placed, all SS monsters you control will be safe from it's effect. ....You are still locked out of the ED though.
Horned Saurus
@@mitchellslaughter2963 thanks for reminding me.
15:15 I can retrain this card to make it MUCH better for bringing out Insect boss monsters:
_Cocoon of Infinite Evolution_
Level 1
Insect/Union/Tuner/Effect
_Once per turn, you can either: Target 1 face-up Insect monster you control; equip this card (from your hand or field) to that target, OR: Unequip this card and Special Summon it. If the equipped monster would be destroyed by battle or card effect, tribute this card instead. Cannot be destroyed while it is equipped to another card by its own effects. The equipped monster gains 2000 DEF, and cannot be destroyed while in defense position. During the beginning of each phase, increase the equipped monster’s level/rank by 1. Once per turn (quick effect), you can tribute the equipped monster: Special Summon 1 insect monster from your hand or deck who’s level is less than or equal to the level/rank the equipped monster had while it was on the field, ignoring it’s summoning conditions._
ATK/0 DEF/2000
So basically, it “Cocoon’s” the equipped monster, and bolsters its survivability greatly while it fattens it up to summon whatever insect monster is ready for it. And making it stack up at the start of each phase keeps the time related aspect, but makes it WAY faster than the original cards turns of waiting.
21:22 and THEN I can make a better version of THIS card:
_Species Barrier_
Continuous Spell
_During the beginning of each players turn, declare 1 monster type: For the rest of the turn, monsters of that declared type your opponent controls cannot declare an attack or target cards you control for their effects._
And THEN for 8:13…
_Advanced Insect_ (EARTH)
Level 2
Insect/Tuner/Effect
_This card’s name is also treated as “Basic Insect” while face-up in the field or in the GY. If you control a face-up “Forest” card or “Basic Insect” (Quick Effect): You can special summon this card from your hand. This card can be treated as a non/tuner for your summon of a monster. Insect monsters you control can make an additional attack per battle phase for every insect monster you control, and if they attack a defense position monster: Inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent._
ATK/500 DEF/700
THERE, I played into its card text, leaning in on the “Forest” and “Swarm” parts.
For Infinite Evolution, I would add a couple things. First, its Union effect can be used from the hand. Second, the monster to summon has a level equal to or lower than the equipped monster. Lastly, because Equips/Union cards are so weak, "This card cannot be destroyed while it is equipped to a monster by its own effect."
@@azuredragoon2054
There, done. Although your second stated effect was already on the card.
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire No, your effect is "a level lower than" not "a level equal to or lower than".
@@azuredragoon2054 Thank you, fixed it
R: Huhuh. Hey Weevil. He put us in a video.
W: Hehe, yeah. We're like, gonna score now, heheh.
The game evolved, their strategies grew but they never moved on from their schoolyard days.
The original yugi-boomers
I remember opening Tyrant dragon a few days after seeing the episode it debuted, I thought it was so badass and op.
Forcing the Seal of Orichalcos on your opponents board with Set Rotation is pretty nutty when they can't get rid of it.
It would be interesting to get a Seal retrain that locks both players out of the Extra Deck while giving the attack boost. I'm not sure what the maintenance cost would be, probably make you tribute a monster each turn but it would be an interesting way to make an old iconic anime card meta relevant.
Poor Dinosaurs, even a Rabbit got more Spotlight in this Video than them. 😅
Fun fact: Evoltile and Inzektor are based on Rex & Weevil (respectively).
Does anyone think it's unusual that the Goki series was never tied directly into the 'C' archetype since it's actually the 'G' archetype in the OCG and references the same insect?
Pulled a Serpent Night Dragon out of a Magic Ruler pack back in the day. Ngl, once the rush of pulling a secret rare faded, I was kinda pissed lol.
Thanks for making this video, i was sooo bored!
Somethings intersting about metamorphosed insect queen is that hse makes all insects monsters you control cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects, which is protecing of hi first 2 loses where got destroyed by mirror force and the spell
“Squashed like bugs and tyrannosaurs wrecked”
Well said
Weevil deserves more credit. He actually uses a distinct strategy in every duel he’s in. He actually plays well against Atem in Waking the Dragons without cheating. He would have even won had Atem not gotten lucky with Berserker Soul or if he waited to activate his burn card. It wasn’t even really a misplay. You could argue Seal of Orichalcos was OP but Berserker Soul felt cheap too especially since we never see that card before or after this duel.
Was going to say Fusilier Dragon isn't a dragon-type until I saw King Dragun doesn't summon Dragon-type monsters, but rather just Dragon monsters. Wild!
Sad after looking into a bug deck I feel insects are in a strange spot right now where dinos used to be. Where they have some good cards but are missing the right support to push them forward. Like ultimate conductor did for dinos. But as for the dragon mixed strategy I get the analogy cause if you think about it dinos where probably actually called dragons back in the olden days and where the last remnants of dinos that existed that got wiped out from being hunted or captured.
I really enjoy these thematic or character focused lists, yeah top 10 cool monsters is fun but gimme top 10 cards the pharoah would smash
I thought it was funny that Rex was a dinosaur duelist and got 2nd place in a regional championship but most of the dinosaur monsters in the early game weren't even good vanilla monsters.
23:47 perhaps ....but if you activate The Seal of Orichalcos first then special summon monster ...it won't destroy it cuz the card say destroy all special monsters you control ...therefore using The Seal of Orichalcos before summoning special monsters ....then it won't destroy any special monsters as long as The Seal of Orichalcos played before special summoning not after
I hope Serpent Night Dragon gets his own archetype. His name directly contrasts him with Seiaryu (Holy Knight Dragon in the OCG), and that monster got the Starry Knight archetype to support it. So maybe we could get an evil knight archetype for Serpent Night Dragon.
At this point, you can put Insect Queen on your own banlist 😅
Also, what about top 10 cards that got other cards banned or limited, but they themselves remained untouched. (I.e. Gossip shadow, destiny hero Destroyer Phoenix enforcer, Topologic bomber dragón, etc.)
0:14 why does I have the feeling the video was just an excuse to tell those puns?
Huh i didnt know joey snuck the parasite into joeys deck lol, also you forgot that the seal of orichalcos also gave an extra monster zone which mai abused alot
I think it's a shame Rex's loss to Espa Roba wasn't reversed since Espa Roba was exposed as a cheater. I would've preferred a rematch with Joey.
Or maybe since Joey dueled Weevil and Mako (two of Yugi's opponents from Duelist Kingdom) in Battle City, Rex could have gotten a duel against Yugi
You should run a Skill Drain Danger! Oricalcalamos Beatdown deck in Master Duel
Surprised Rex's last boss monster during the Grand Tournament arc wasn't mentioned, Black Tyrano.
Who else things this man needs to be the new trailer announcer at movie theaters.
4:29 Don't you love the irony of some anime cards being so common they use them as cupholders, but ironically being rare to find in real life, while some cards in the anime are trated as "only 3 were printed", but in real life are treated as cupholders?
Are you referencing the fact that in the dub Esper Roba won Evil Knight Dragon and said, "It doesn't deserve a place in my Deck! But it might make a good coaster for my drink!" A line that Little Kuriboh used every time the character appeared.
I would love to see a modern Duelist Kingdom remake. There are enough retrains of cards now.
I hope they turn Serpent Night Dragon into Ritual Archetype like Nepthyss.
Instead of cult, make the Archetype a knight order with Dragon as their insignia (like Elizabeth Batory's Bator noble family and Vlad Dracul's Dracul family) in which they borrow the Serpent's power to take on the battlefield and ultimately, summon the very family's Symbol as their ultimate monster
Rex lost to Joey fair and square but Espa cheated and should have to give serpent knight dragon back
Would love to see a "Serpent Night" or a "Night Dragon" archetype that would be a rival to the "Starry Knight" archetype.
Konami need to make rex some dino dragons! They would be dragons that are so ancient and savage that they are like dinosaurs or dinosaurs evolved to a point in becoming dragon-like. Or make a fusion between red-eyes and a Dino
While I agree they stuck with their old strategies what I disagree with are the cards mentioned that they could have used as a lot of the cards didn’t come out until way later and weren’t available but if they were to make a spinoff where Rex weevil and everyone got their hands on evolutions of their cards, I think they’d give Joey and Yugi more then a run for their money.
Man, that dissing of the Seal of Orichalcos at the end was unnecessary. One of these days Konami is gonna remember they never finished releasing support for the Orichalcos archtype, and release the rest of the Type's cards.
5:49 Also can someone explain to mw how Two Headed King Rex is a Dinosaur. It's literally a Dragon, nothing about it screams dinosaur.
it's kind of strange that there is no red-eyes dinosaur support... it made sense since he was the first person to summon the monster.
How has serpent knight not had a retrain or a whole archetype built around it yet?
Fun fact: Seiyaryu is named Holy Knight Dragon… and it got a whole archetype based on it through retrains called Starry Night, Starry Dragon and their Starry Knight cards. Serpent Night Dragon is named Evil Knight Dragon in JP, so they were apparently counterparts.
I kinda miss the days when YGO villains were not only over the top, but cheaters as well. Putting the heroes at a disadvantage with tricks rather than effects is cheesy, but fun.
Monarch Even though it had its own spell, which was better than ori calcos, it only just disadvantage was that they had no protection.
It actually gives more attack points than The spell you're talking about dead. No self-protection, but you couldn't use the extra deck. This card made an okay alternative to the original Phil. Spell in monarch was was experimented with and had some success but. Never made it to the major leagues you take about in the smaller leagues for a second and third place. But once you made it into the major leagues against the actual pros, who put in really strong strategies, then only use the main deck, but the extra deck and the graveyard haul at once this card kind of Prove to mu
weevil was finalist material for both duelist kingdom and battle city. He simply challenged the wrong people . Rex was mediocre until after battle city, he even got offscreened in battle city. Weevil in the kaibacorp computer was rated 4/5, along side mai, rex was 3/5 just like bonz.
both simply got power creeped since the type of duelists the protagonists faced later on were extremely formidable.
Ah yes, Fusilier Dragon, my favourite Dragon Type monster to bring out with King Dragun.