One time I had a funny encounter with Metal Reflect Slime in Master Duel: I MST´d my opponent´s back row at which point they chained the Metal Reflect Slime. The Slime resolved and summoned itself to the field while the animation showed MST going to the GY. Which looked bad since I needed my opponent to only control one monster for Share the Pain. Then MST resolved in the GY and the Metal Reflect Slime still died. Long live "This card is also still a Trap.".
I've been experimenting with Trap-Monsters for almost 2 years now. The best version I've come up with combines them with Subterror (to reset the Trap monster face down to abuse the "it goes back into the backrow" rule and reactivate them turn after turn while being backed up with an additional omni). Decklist: TM: 12 3x Apoohis, the Swamp Diety 3x Statue of Anguish Patterns 2x Prey of Jirai Gumo 2x Angelstatue Azurune 2x Silouhatte Trick M: 11 2x Subterror Guru 3x Subterror Fuendess 2x Lord of heavenly Prison 2x Wannabee 2x Vulmina, Statue of the sacred Dragon S: 10 3x The hidden City 1x Terraforming 3x Pot of Extravagance 3x Pot of Duality T: 7 1x Subterror Final Battle 3x Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon 1x Trap Trick 2x Dogmatika Punishment ED: 3x Silouhatte Rabbit 1x Imduk the World Chalice Dragon 2-3x TY-PHON The rest depends on your Side (I recommend playing Ultimate Slayer and Filling your Extra with Targets for it).
Some trap cards that are a part of archetypes but are great in trap monsters: the Jirai Gumo retrain is some removal and its a level 5 for rank 5 plays with Stungray. Pharonic Advent works really well with the Uria package because you can tribute any monster to summon it and tribute one of the Sacred beast fiend to set ANY continuous trap. you can run the adventure engine and Ra sphere mode because you are almost never normal summoning unless you have Qardan. Time thief Redoer using Qardan and any level 4 trap monster has both its teleporting effect and removal effects live because it has a trap and a monster as material. and you can run Draco slayers because of the continuous trap synergy.
I really love Trap Monsters, there such a weird yet cool inclusion to Yu-Gi-Oh's overall design. There like a more specialized token monster that you summon that has a bit more sustaining power. My favorites are: the Angel Statue, the Anguish statue, the tiki twins, the Swamp deity. I kind of wish there were more monsters that focus on turning out Trap mon. frequently, and spells that support such type of cards. Or even have a field spell that could support Trap Monsters when they are acting as monsters, & provide protection when they are in the back row.
Yoooo! Lowkey love Trap Monsters! I actually made Trap Monster and Odion support some time ago, and hopefully when the last card art for it is finished (if not, it's okay), I'll try to become a Patreon again, so I can show y'all the cool stuff ^^.
Ibicella Lutea is a monster I like to add to trap monster builds. It's admittedly not fantastic, but it's effects are simple and a nice complement; "Cannot be destroyed by battle while you control another monster. Neither player can target face-up Spells/Traps you control with card effects." Since trap monsters are traps, they get shroud/ targeting protection, and because they're monsters Lutea can't be destroyed by battle. The fact the traps special summon themselves also means they're easy to put into the monster zones during the opponent's turn/ battle phase as a sort of quick effect battle protection on the plant.
Pretty sure Swamp Mirrorer is also based on a thought experiment like Quantum Cat. I believe the question is if a copy of you was formed out of a swamp would it still be you. (of course the trivia section on the wikis takes some massive yet hilarious leaps instead) On a related point I was happy to find out that Mimeses Elephant existed through MD since it being an effect monster that changed type and is summoned on the opponent's turn worked eerily well for a deck I had there. (Full Adventure which locks you and Stained Glass of light and dark which needs effect Fairies and Fiends)
Metamorphortress is also pairs well with Qliphorts because they are valid targets if special summoned or summoned without tribute and result in a 3400/3400 or 3800/3800 body.
If I were to make a Trap Monster, I'd probably make it a ROTA for something(Earthbound or Rituals more than likely) and can be the entire tribute for said ROTA(count as two tributes for an Earthbound and the entirety of a Ritual summon).
I just so happened to be building a trap monster stun deck to pair with the Argostar stuff so this was amazingly timed. And as a floodgate player, honestly picks really are scarce, if Anguish pattern didn't activate and be a passive optional then it'd make stuff like Tyrant's Tirade and Grave of the Super Ancient Organism amazing since it would still work and so would Apophis since the negation being part of the summon effect means it was just a trap when activated, but giving up Anguish to run those two is a tall ask
4:21 the one people will be more familiar with, thanks to Silhouhatte Rabbit. let's talk about said card and its pair continuous trap card here: 17:45 5:16 the evolution of odion's ace monster 20:03 other cards associated to odion thanks to duel links 7:35 the one that belongs to yugi mutou (DSOD). Just like this one too 12:47 9:15 this is kaiba DSOD's card 12:12 for the yami malic fans 15:31 shrödinger's cat and Konami's most unique format ever 17:01 the "why aren't you a "synchron"?" card 22:25 I think I prefer RANK10YGO's / RATA's proposed name for this card: Tenacious Sukebancho 23:56 did you know zoma the spirit is considered a (Yami) Bakura card?.... Kazuki Takahashi really tried to make Continuous Trap Card Monsters a thing, didn't he? 27:47 i need to remember those cards So i guess temple of the kings and mythical beast of serketh and other odion related cards are saved for an "odion explained"
Trap Monsters need a Field Spell or something which resets them, not just like Tiki Soul (though it's helpful), but on command. A mandatory phase-based effect would probably be better to minimize just how abusable it can be, but a Field Spell that sets all your Continuous Traps facedown in the End Phase without exception would be strong without ruining the oh so precious meta.
I designed this card back in high school, but never made use of it. Hope you like it. Name: "Mimichest" Type: Continuous Trap Card Effect: When a card or effect is activated that targets a card(s) you control: Activate this card by targeting 1 face-up monster on the field; destroy that target, and if you do, Special Summon this card as a Normal Monster (Fiend/DARK/Level 1/ATK ?/DEF 0) (this card is still treated as a Trap) with ATK equal to the destroyed monster's original ATK, and if you do that, negate the activation. You can only activate 1 "Mimichest" per turn.
You could also throw in Artifacts to punish s/t removal, which also makes me wonder if we'll get an Artifact Explained video any time in the near future
Not mentioned but fun fact: I’m fairly confident You’re Finished is supposed to reference Ryoko from Kill La Kill. It’s my hunch dunno if it’s true or not
Please do just a Gadget explained. There's enough cards for a video itself. Plus some of the Ancient Gear monsters work specifically with the Gadget monsters 😁 The deck is actually pretty decent
3:10 SINCE WHEN!?! I never heard they changed the ruling (and I know at the very least it’s recent since the Paleos work the way they do cause at the time they released trap monsters still took up back row slots)
Its still one of the funniest gimmick and quite cheap decks on duel links, where the ruling is different because of the zones and the burn or recycle skills from odion to pair with them
I don't know about anyone else but I kinda wanna see a full archetype center around you're finished. Like who is this angry gremlin and why is she so excited on the art for the spell that's 10? This card just feels like it was meant to have more to it but we never got to see what.
Same. Funnily enough the lore they put on her says she's excited for people visiting her site, which probably explains why she's cyberse. Also another archetype(s) i want to see based off monsters is the Dominus trap cards in monster form. I mean, They're the holy trinity of dragon, mecha, and waifu and are designed so well
This gives me an idea for a “Trap Hole” Trap Monster: _Ravenous Trap Hole_ Normal Trap _If your opponent Summons a monster with 1000 or more ATK: Target that monster; destroy that target, and if you do, Apply 1 of the following effects._ _⚪️Set this card face-down instead of sending it to the GY, then Shuffle all Facedown cards in your Spell/Trap zones._ _⚪️Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Insect/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 900/DEF 2100). (This card is also still a Trap.) If Summoned this way, while it is in the Monster Zone, this card gains ATK equal to the total ATK/DEF of any of your Opponents Monsters that are Banished or sent to the GY._
@@Fan-bx6tv Well it IS still a Trap Monster that still treats itself as both a Monster AND Trap. One without any protections. AND it has use its classic “Trap Hole” effect of targeting and destroying a summoned monster first… So I’m thinking there are enough hoops to jump to give it an effect that’s worth the payoff, and even then there are probably better cards to summon if you just need a beatstick.
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire yeah but despite the meta unless you just so happened to have a card effect that allows you to draw maxx c or madolche I believe they are called you aint always gonna have a card that stops this trap card and if left unchecked for a while it could become a serious hassle to deal with however my archetypal cards I imagine are not less powerful perhaps maybe enough to take out C1000
@@Fan-bx6tv Well the effect as also rather variable, as it relays on your “Opponent’s” monsters being banished or sent to the GY. So if they’re running a bunch of high stated monsters, then it’s eating good. BUT if their deck for whatever reason has nothing buy low stated ones, it’s ATK gains are minimal (and if for whatever reason those stats are so low they don’t HAVE a monster with 1000+ ATK, this card is useless.)
They've always been able to, the only difference between traditional trap monster that say (this is still treated as a trap) and ones that don't is traditional ones can be targetted by spell/trap targetting removal like mst even after they're summoned
Woe! Trap Monter be upon ye! Edit: yugioh content creators calling ARG Stars "ARG Stars and not Argos Stars challenge: impossible It's not Argos. If it was, then we should just call the Twin archetype Live"O"Twin and Evil"O"Twin because they also have a star in their name, and that's before mentioning an "o" would remove the "stars" part of the fanslation as it's a acronym (Alternate Reality Game Stars. ARG[star emote]S. Please stop pronouncing the star as an "O" I beg of you and other content creators!
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Am I the only one that thinks Anguish Patern looks like Earthbound Immortal Uru?
Your definitely not the only one
I can see it honestly
One time I had a funny encounter with Metal Reflect Slime in Master Duel:
I MST´d my opponent´s back row at which point they chained the Metal Reflect Slime. The Slime resolved and summoned itself to the field while the animation showed MST going to the GY. Which looked bad since I needed my opponent to only control one monster for Share the Pain. Then MST resolved in the GY and the Metal Reflect Slime still died.
Long live "This card is also still a Trap.".
This video just described my entire duel links career
I've been experimenting with Trap-Monsters for almost 2 years now.
The best version I've come up with combines them with Subterror (to reset the Trap monster face down to abuse the "it goes back into the backrow" rule and reactivate them turn after turn while being backed up with an additional omni).
Decklist:
TM: 12
3x Apoohis, the Swamp Diety
3x Statue of Anguish Patterns
2x Prey of Jirai Gumo
2x Angelstatue Azurune
2x Silouhatte Trick
M: 11
2x Subterror Guru
3x Subterror Fuendess
2x Lord of heavenly Prison
2x Wannabee
2x Vulmina, Statue of the
sacred Dragon
S: 10
3x The hidden City
1x Terraforming
3x Pot of Extravagance
3x Pot of Duality
T: 7
1x Subterror Final Battle
3x Destructive Daruma Karma
Cannon
1x Trap Trick
2x Dogmatika Punishment
ED:
3x Silouhatte Rabbit
1x Imduk the World Chalice
Dragon
2-3x TY-PHON
The rest depends on your Side (I recommend playing Ultimate Slayer and Filling your Extra with Targets for it).
My favorite thing ever! FEEL ANGUISH FOOLS!
3:09
I did wonder how that worked out. Thank you for clearing that up.
I know it only protects face down cards but since these are all traps I would think the lord of the heavenly prison would be a good fit in the deck
Some trap cards that are a part of archetypes but are great in trap monsters:
the Jirai Gumo retrain is some removal and its a level 5 for rank 5 plays with Stungray.
Pharonic Advent works really well with the Uria package because you can tribute any monster to summon it and tribute one of the Sacred beast fiend to set ANY continuous trap.
you can run the adventure engine and Ra sphere mode because you are almost never normal summoning unless you have Qardan.
Time thief Redoer using Qardan and any level 4 trap monster has both its teleporting effect and removal effects live because it has a trap and a monster as material.
and you can run Draco slayers because of the continuous trap synergy.
I really love Trap Monsters, there such a weird yet cool inclusion to Yu-Gi-Oh's overall design. There like a more specialized token monster that you summon that has a bit more sustaining power. My favorites are: the Angel Statue, the Anguish statue, the tiki twins, the Swamp deity.
I kind of wish there were more monsters that focus on turning out Trap mon. frequently, and spells that support such type of cards. Or even have a field spell that could support Trap Monsters when they are acting as monsters, & provide protection when they are in the back row.
dont forget temple of the kings- ot allows 1 trap to be activated the turn its set- so tiki soul allows another summon
Yoooo! Lowkey love Trap Monsters! I actually made Trap Monster and Odion support some time ago, and hopefully when the last card art for it is finished (if not, it's okay), I'll try to become a Patreon again, so I can show y'all the cool stuff ^^.
As the owner of the TrapMonster archetypal Discord server, I'd like to thank you for the representation. Means alot seeing the love
Hmm, there truly are reps for everything. Did you know there's a Krawler Subreddit?
@@Excellsion I'm in the Krawler Discord server, so yes XD
It's so cool that they finally expand the trap monster stuff
Ibicella Lutea is a monster I like to add to trap monster builds. It's admittedly not fantastic, but it's effects are simple and a nice complement;
"Cannot be destroyed by battle while you control another monster. Neither player can target face-up Spells/Traps you control with card effects."
Since trap monsters are traps, they get shroud/ targeting protection, and because they're monsters Lutea can't be destroyed by battle. The fact the traps special summon themselves also means they're easy to put into the monster zones during the opponent's turn/ battle phase as a sort of quick effect battle protection on the plant.
Pretty sure Swamp Mirrorer is also based on a thought experiment like Quantum Cat. I believe the question is if a copy of you was formed out of a swamp would it still be you. (of course the trivia section on the wikis takes some massive yet hilarious leaps instead)
On a related point I was happy to find out that Mimeses Elephant existed through MD since it being an effect monster that changed type and is summoned on the opponent's turn worked eerily well for a deck I had there. (Full Adventure which locks you and Stained Glass of light and dark which needs effect Fairies and Fiends)
Metamorphortress is also pairs well with Qliphorts because they are valid targets if special summoned or summoned without tribute and result in a 3400/3400 or 3800/3800 body.
Oh I'm definitely making an Argo star deck with Uria. I love Trap Monsters and making a good deck out of them has been a bit of a pet project of mine.
If I were to make a Trap Monster, I'd probably make it a ROTA for something(Earthbound or Rituals more than likely) and can be the entire tribute for said ROTA(count as two tributes for an Earthbound and the entirety of a Ritual summon).
I just so happened to be building a trap monster stun deck to pair with the Argostar stuff so this was amazingly timed. And as a floodgate player, honestly picks really are scarce, if Anguish pattern didn't activate and be a passive optional then it'd make stuff like Tyrant's Tirade and Grave of the Super Ancient Organism amazing since it would still work and so would Apophis since the negation being part of the summon effect means it was just a trap when activated, but giving up Anguish to run those two is a tall ask
4:21 the one people will be more familiar with, thanks to Silhouhatte Rabbit. let's talk about said card and its pair continuous trap card here: 17:45
5:16 the evolution of odion's ace monster 20:03 other cards associated to odion thanks to duel links
7:35 the one that belongs to yugi mutou (DSOD). Just like this one too 12:47
9:15 this is kaiba DSOD's card
12:12 for the yami malic fans
15:31 shrödinger's cat and Konami's most unique format ever
17:01 the "why aren't you a "synchron"?" card
22:25 I think I prefer RANK10YGO's / RATA's proposed name for this card: Tenacious Sukebancho
23:56 did you know zoma the spirit is considered a (Yami) Bakura card?....
Kazuki Takahashi really tried to make Continuous Trap Card Monsters a thing, didn't he?
27:47 i need to remember those cards
So i guess temple of the kings and mythical beast of serketh and other odion related cards are saved for an "odion explained"
Please if you timestamp things just list then chronologically, this looks like a disorganized rant
@@ΓιάννηςΜεταξάς-ρ5φIs this not in order for you?
Doesn't seem to be edited either.
Trap Monsters need a Field Spell or something which resets them, not just like Tiki Soul (though it's helpful), but on command. A mandatory phase-based effect would probably be better to minimize just how abusable it can be, but a Field Spell that sets all your Continuous Traps facedown in the End Phase without exception would be strong without ruining the oh so precious meta.
I hope they make some retrains for Odions cards like temple of the kings and serket
This deck is the whole reason Uria is my favorite Phantasm.
The background music it’s the “soundtrack” of the shrines in Breath of the wild, niiiice choice
I designed this card back in high school, but never made use of it. Hope you like it.
Name: "Mimichest"
Type: Continuous Trap Card
Effect: When a card or effect is activated that targets a card(s) you control: Activate this card by targeting 1 face-up monster on the field; destroy that target, and if you do, Special Summon this card as a Normal Monster (Fiend/DARK/Level 1/ATK ?/DEF 0) (this card is still treated as a Trap) with ATK equal to the destroyed monster's original ATK, and if you do that, negate the activation. You can only activate 1 "Mimichest" per turn.
You could also throw in Artifacts to punish s/t removal, which also makes me wonder if we'll get an Artifact Explained video any time in the near future
I'm never prepared for the N jumpscare
I've been interested in this style since Uria came out.
Silhouhatte Rabbit becoming Odion’s modern Ace monster will never not be funny to me
Got to admit, thought Dwimmered Glimmer was part of the Adamancipator archetype far away
Not mentioned but fun fact: I’m fairly confident You’re Finished is supposed to reference Ryoko from Kill La Kill. It’s my hunch dunno if it’s true or not
According to the wiki it's a Japanese punk thing, but you might also be correct.
Dang wanted to hear ya talk bout angel statue
Please do just a Gadget explained. There's enough cards for a video itself. Plus some of the Ancient Gear monsters work specifically with the Gadget monsters 😁 The deck is actually pretty decent
3:10 SINCE WHEN!?! I never heard they changed the ruling (and I know at the very least it’s recent since the Paleos work the way they do cause at the time they released trap monsters still took up back row slots)
Since April Fools 2020 in the OCG and November 24 the next year in the TCG.
Yes it was an actual rule change.
My favorite tech is temple of the kings.
Trap monsters interesting topic video. 🤔
Its still one of the funniest gimmick and quite cheap decks on duel links, where the ruling is different because of the zones and the burn or recycle skills from odion to pair with them
I don't know about anyone else but I kinda wanna see a full archetype center around you're finished. Like who is this angry gremlin and why is she so excited on the art for the spell that's 10? This card just feels like it was meant to have more to it but we never got to see what.
Same. Funnily enough the lore they put on her says she's excited for people visiting her site, which probably explains why she's cyberse. Also another archetype(s) i want to see based off monsters is the Dominus trap cards in monster form. I mean, They're the holy trinity of dragon, mecha, and waifu and are designed so well
She loves trains 😅
Apophis in Centurion? Hmm 🤔
This gives me an idea for a “Trap Hole” Trap Monster:
_Ravenous Trap Hole_
Normal Trap
_If your opponent Summons a monster with 1000 or more ATK: Target that monster; destroy that target, and if you do, Apply 1 of the following effects._
_⚪️Set this card face-down instead of sending it to the GY, then Shuffle all Facedown cards in your Spell/Trap zones._
_⚪️Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Insect/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 900/DEF 2100). (This card is also still a Trap.) If Summoned this way, while it is in the Monster Zone, this card gains ATK equal to the total ATK/DEF of any of your Opponents Monsters that are Banished or sent to the GY._
That second effect sounds a little op
@@Fan-bx6tv
Well it IS still a Trap Monster that still treats itself as both a Monster AND Trap. One without any protections. AND it has use its classic “Trap Hole” effect of targeting and destroying a summoned monster first… So I’m thinking there are enough hoops to jump to give it an effect that’s worth the payoff, and even then there are probably better cards to summon if you just need a beatstick.
It should be an Insect or Plant monster so it can go in the only deck that would play it... Traptrix
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire yeah but despite the meta unless you just so happened to have a card effect that allows you to draw maxx c or madolche I believe they are called you aint always gonna have a card that stops this trap card and if left unchecked for a while it could become a serious hassle to deal with however my archetypal cards I imagine are not less powerful perhaps maybe enough to take out C1000
@@Fan-bx6tv
Well the effect as also rather variable, as it relays on your “Opponent’s” monsters being banished or sent to the GY. So if they’re running a bunch of high stated monsters, then it’s eating good. BUT if their deck for whatever reason has nothing buy low stated ones, it’s ATK gains are minimal (and if for whatever reason those stats are so low they don’t HAVE a monster with 1000+ ATK, this card is useless.)
28:37 Oh my gosh she's so cute.
Hope you're having a good day
Can we get a goblin force archetype video on theme please
Strictly speaking, they aren't an archetype, only a series.
Then again, neither are Trap Monsters, I suppose.
Question: Can traditional Trap Monsters be used as Xyz material? I thought that was a whole rulings thing.
Was that changed at some point?
Yeah, regardless of the kind of trap card monster, they're still eligible to be used as Xyz material.
They've always been able to, the only difference between traditional trap monster that say (this is still treated as a trap) and ones that don't is traditional ones can be targetted by spell/trap targetting removal like mst even after they're summoned
@@GoldenNovaYugioh Thank you, I definitely got mixed up at some point!
traped fish :(
admiral ackbar it's a trap
Woe! Trap Monter be upon ye!
Edit:
yugioh content creators calling ARG Stars "ARG Stars and not Argos Stars challenge: impossible
It's not Argos. If it was, then we should just call the Twin archetype Live"O"Twin and Evil"O"Twin because they also have a star in their name, and that's before mentioning an "o" would remove the "stars" part of the fanslation as it's a acronym (Alternate Reality Game Stars. ARG[star emote]S. Please stop pronouncing the star as an "O" I beg of you and other content creators!