Honestly my biggest gripe with modern Yugioh is just how rigid and dogmatic the tier list is. I just wanna have fun playing with this neat Dinosaur deck, and I will immediately lose because I run into one of the 10,000,000 million people who run the same deck that just says that you're opponent isn't allowed to play. I could run that deck. I could go to Google and find out what deck specifically counters that one and run it. But that's not fun. Its boring and I would rather just not play
This was the same back in like 04 and 05 when everyone and their mother was playing Chaos and if you brought anything else you were getting smoked Or the dozen FTKs running around with stuff like Magical Scientist or Substitoad
Lol exactly! I just love when I'm matched with someone who don't use the hentai god OP deck and it's like everybody uses it, these days I just rank up to a decent rank and play casual, much more fun seeing all the different archetype decks people can play
Not even true people played way more diverse decks back then and more creative. And u had more chance. Chaos wasnt a guaranteed win that didnt allow ur opponent to play. You still had to play the game
This shows me exactly what I hate about modern yugioh. Instead of making a strong board that can battle anything, the endgoal became to interrupt and not allow the opponent to play as much as possible. Like you would be fine to play 100 Atk monster if you block every single card you opponent plays. This also forces one card combos to have to become more broken so you can play through all the negates, instead of trying to make the best out of your hand and invent strategies in the moment. Really making it hard for my love for the game to stay alive😢
If I see anyone interupting me every single card I use I surrender im not gonna give them the satisfaction cause “it’s lonely at the top” never fealt so applicable
That's why kaiba created the duel academy. Makes more sense by the day P. S he also sent a capsule with duel cards into space in hopes aliens might find them and want to play.... Maybe that will also make sense later on 😅
The Dark Magician stuck with me as my favorite card. Then when we got to the last season and we saw it was actually based off of Atem’s best friend Mahad was just incredible. Then we see Dark Magician Girl was Mana. Truely incredible story telling ❤
For me, it's gotta be kuriboh. It's awesome that there's almost always one in each series and some of them (mostly linkuriboh) are competitively viable. There's gotta be a fond spot in every yugioh fans heart for the little furball
This would be my number one if we were talking about most versatile, most useful monster, but I think in terms of iconic, it’s still beaten by dark magician blue eyes (if you’re around my age)
The last duel is a perfect encapsulation of how unfun modern Yu-Gi-Oh can be. Lost coin toss --> didn't open any interruptions --> have every play negated or bounced --> Surrender
And people still claim this is fun, watching your opponent play solitaire and then they don't let you do ANYTHING. Like bro are you afraid of an actual back and forth?
That is why I like mikanko even if its isnt the most meta game, it is the only deck that wins by going second and can deal with on board negates because it is the only deck that can main deck multiple Kaijus. But the deck can still bricknif you do t get the kaijus and/or the combo pieces nesecessary for the clean board otk. Of all tcg I have played (magic, pokemon, LoR and yugi) yu gioh is easiely the most luck base of them, the opening hand pretty much decides the whole game. The game needs to change its core rules to stop certain action to happen unlimeted amount of times per turn ( like limiting negates to only 2 per game) and to create more deck that are actually strong going second.
Like you mentioned, it definitely depends on what era you came into the game, but I feel it also depends a lot on your scene and whether you're a competitive player , a more casual, or just a fan of the anime. Bar none Dark Magician and Blue Eyes are the most iconic monsters in the game. For me personally, Breaker the Magical Warrior has and will always be my favorite card and seeing him in the original series and growing up watching that is just perfection. I do play very competitively as well though and have came across many players who have not seen a single episode of the Anime and to them I feel their most iconic cards may be cards relevant to their competitive era or cards they see often.
Idk why but Exodia and Slifer the sky dragon has always stuck with me even though they made limited appearances in the anime compared to other memorable monsters🤷🏾♂️😂
Everyone knows it's Baby Dwagon. Seriously though: Kaiba bullied Grandpa into a duel to win his Blue Eyes just to tear it to pieces so he can have the only 3 Blue Eyes'. Atem schooled Arcana about how the Dark Magician chose him, while shuffling his deck, and proceeds to draw the top card, which was Dark Magician.
The title is objectively accurate. That last duel was exactly why. The game is built around not letting your opponent play and any game ever designed that way is plain and simply garbage.
Master Duel needs an era/gen separated game mode. I say this as someone who runs a Utopia/XYZ deck which is a negate-fest, 3 minute long turns, and setting up for the OTK. Games I play are lucky to go to 4 turns, whether I win or lose since the victor is determined almost immediately with sometimes as much as a single Ash Blossom. I wish I didn't have to play this way. I recently came back to Yugioh after probably around 7 years. Pendulums were the most broken cards, but people rarely played them. XYZ and Synchro were reasonably strong with decent balance. Games were actually games, lasting a good amount of time, with lots of unpredictability, and solidifying a strong foothold took a lot of work and some luck. You could play most styles and decks and you could expect a good fight. I just hate modern Yugioh, I still have fun, but I would love to have the experiences I had back then. The power creep is just insane now. On a lighter note, I want true team play in Master Duel. YGoPro had it back then, and it was lots of fun trying to work around a partner with a deck completely foreign to you.
red-eyes will always hold a special place in my heart. not only because the card itself is friggin' awesome (especially the anime design) but also because it stands for joey and the struggle and challenges he has faced and overcome in order to not only realize his potential but also to take care of a dearly beloved person. and i think that is just beautiful.
My personal favorite card was Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon, I loved Pegasus in the anime. Honestly, I couldn't get into Yu-Gi-Oh after GX. I hated that they constantly kept adding new card types and the effects became so damn absurd. Would LOVE a classic rerelease with the original rules. Call it "Duel Monsters" in reference to the cartoon. I've recently been playing Duel Academy on the Gameboy Advanced. If I want to play by original rules, GBA and DS games are where I have to go now unfortunately.
Yeah. The effects have gotten insane. The game is mostly negating and destroying. I miss when you needed special Magic and/or Trap cards for that. On top of that, the amount of summoning per turn is outrageous. I miss when you could bring any type of deck and have a decent-to-competitive duel. A lot of these cards now would be limited and/or banned a few years ago because of how unbalanced the effects are.
The problem with GX was it started this whole archetypes necessity, I really like GX but after that the archetype started taking over as the preferred deck build. Also Pegasus is the best Yu-Gi-Oh antagonist, it's not even close.
I had an extremely interesting thought. How would the decks of old Yu-Gi-Oh characters, such as Bonz or Rex Raptor, look if they were upgraded to modern-day Yu-Gi-Oh?
That first duelist was so bad. Reminds me of a duel vs a Spright player I had last night. Homeboy had a whole field and had me cooked but instead went into a 3200 Apollousa and lost because of that
As much as Blue Eyes and Black/Dark Magician are iconic I have to go with option 3 Stardust Dragon.The card and it’s evolutions are good due to negating and in the anime every time Stardust shows up you know something awesome is about to happen especially when Yusei’s Theme is playing.
I got a Buster Blader promo card from my dad (he worked at toys r us and got cards from the Saturday morning tournament giveaways) and having a card that shut down all the blue eyes white dragons at the after school card club was just amazing. My crappy beat down deck was dangerous because of that card. Will always be my favorite
I think some of the main issue with getting new players and returning players to actually stay is The game is very different from what it used to be ( or atleast how most people used to play it with friends) It's very easy and quick to see how a game will go. Most of the time, when one player gets into a losing situation for even 1 turn its probably game over with almost no hope of recovery if they even live past that turn. It makes it feel like alot of the time their isn't much you can do for resons outside your control.
The most Iconic monster in Yu-Gi-Oh! to me will always be Stardust Dragon. It was one of the first ever ghost rare cards I pulled in the TCG and remains a personal staple in my collection.
Man, that last duel is exactly the reason why I can't take modern Yugioh. I have an infinite skill issue and at this point I'll accept and cherish that as a fact
Hey Rhyme you thought of trying to learn and play a modern deck like without Blue eyes, Dark Magician or Aleister . You might actually enjoy some the decks you can play rn I'm suggesting Runick Fur Hire Spright tbh Love the content man 👏🏾🎉
Most iconic is easily blue eyes, because what other card game is gonna have a card with 3000 attack?😂 Anyways, glad i caught an upload early, wanted to say that I've been really enjoying your yugioh content! Thanks!
what's odd is that blue eyes and dark magician are meant to be rivals while red eyes is meant to be the exact polar opposite to blue eyes but that might be reflected in Kaiba,Yugi and Joey being the same Yugi is a rival to Kaiba but joey is polar opposite in personality and upbringing to Kaiba
Ik some of y’all don’t play it or just don’t play it at all? But does anyone know who plays black wings? The black wing deck is a favorite of mine tbh and would like to know a good way to play it
Rhyme, have you thought about trying Edison? Seems like it'll mess both old-school and modern Yugioh well with more combos and archetype support without being a "set a board simulator."
Exodia in my opinion was the most iconic. Although blue Eyes was one of the top three, the scene where Exodia appeared has to be the most Iconic monster even though he wasn't shown as much as Blue Eyes.
I think BEWD and Dark Magician are automatically the most iconic for anyone who grew up with OG Yugioh. While being one of the few who absolutely loved GX, watching Jaden summon E Hero Flame Wingman always hyped me up!
For me it's gotta be Exodia. I honestly feel like he needs new support so he's actually playable outside of the win-cons. Make some Extra Deck Exodia's like an XYZ that needs all 5 pieces attached or a Link that can only be summoned with Exodius, Incarnate and Exxod, or at the very least make Exodia Necros a Ritual monster; or make him a Tuner so we can get a Synchro Exodia.
I feel like we need more exodia support too. But the thing is that it might end up being too strong cuz the individual pieces have been on the limited list for the longest time for a reason.
@@davidosakwe350 the reason why the exodia pieces are limited is funnily enough completely lore related. Because if you would play every Piece at 3 guess what you would brick the ever living shit out of not only your starting hand but also pretty much any other draw just to ose in turn 2 with 3 left legs in hand and an empty board
@@Der-Jockler eh I wouldn't say that's lore related, that Dark Hunter in Battle City would have won if Atem hadn't pulled his bullshit draw exactly what I need at the very last second move and got Lightforce Sword. That's kind of how 60% of Yugi's duels went.
@@davidosakwe350 Nah cuz they wouldn't have auto win-cons, or maybe at least one will. That's what I meant by "actually playable". Like Unchained Abomination. You could build a whole deck around him without using a single other Unchained card. Modern day has a lot of extra deck cards that seem specific at first but work in a lot decks like how almost everything nowadays runs an Abyss Dweller or Barrone
Still play an exodia deck to this day. Most of the time is like playing solitaire with yourself but i just love the card from the first time i saw it on the anime
Most iconic is Dark Magician imo, being the mascot monster of the first protag. I would've said Exodia but technically he's not a monster, he's a win con.
That blue eyes model kit looks clean af really hope they make the god cards my dumbass didn’t pre order that exodia damn seeing it complete got me rethinking my life choices
For me, It's either Blue-eyes or Dark Magician Girl. As someone who only got into Yu-Gi-Oh with the released of Master Duel, I've always seen or heard of the two cards either in memes, passing mentioned of other Anime stuff, fan arts, and of course, cosplay. And then I've got to play the game, and boy, was there are so much more than that.
3:55 Rank 8 spam (sometimes) will play Iris with Ecclesia because it's access to another level 8. Also, they usually play Sage with it so it'll still summon from deck, even if Ecclesia isn't on the field after being targeted for Sage's effect.
I’d say Exodia. Even though many other cards got further support and relevance in both the anime and in the card game. Many people would still believe it to be the most iconic card simply because of their first experience to the anime
I'll throw my hat in the ring and say the one, the only, Elemental HERO Neos. The main man in another deck that's very usable nowadays, provided you know what you're doing. HEROES have never not been my favorite archetype, and thankfully I'm glad it's Konami's favorite deck too. Once I got my hands on my gaming PC and started getting Yugioh simulators like Omega and Edopro, I fell in love with all of the hundreds of HERO cards and modern support I got access to, especially coming out of being a Duel Links player. I unironically play Pit Boss because I've deluded myself into thinking it's a HERO, that's how much I love this archetype.
Blue Eyes, Dark Magician, and Exodia are the most iconic imo. Never forget Kaiba getting obliterated by Exodia Modern Yu-Gi-Oh is wack but I still need to hit Master 😭
Gonna say Blue eyes White Dragon and Dark Magician. Side note- I’m trying to make my own theme decks for ranked, and keep getting stomped by pendulums and synchro summons. Turn 1 and I’m still waiting 30 min. to play while they keep sacrificing, tributing, and bringing out multiple 3-4,000 fusion monsters who can banish and negate anything I try to summon. Still in silver, by the way.😂
Well damn, probably Exodia. Nothing short of iconic. That said newer monsters are also incredibly well known for one reason or another, sometimes positive, sometimes negative like Playmaker's aces being universally known by everyone who plays the game as either enablers of a broken FTK (pre-errata Firewall) or easy OTK access (Accesscode)
I’m Ngl, it’s kinda hard to choose between Blue-Eyes and Dark Magician as the most iconic. When you think of Duel Monsters, you think of Yugi and Kaiba, and with Blue-Eyes being a popular, big-ass dragon, DM belongs to the MC, but me personally, I think DM is more iconic because it was the deck I used dueling my friends at the green transformer box growing up
Surely Blue eyes is the most iconic card next to Dark Magician Hell, it's the first card I ever heard of and the first deck I played in MD Also, normal albaz is my favourite play especially after opponent draw phase maxx C
Yo rhyme my guy you know me as always has to be the dark magician and dark magician girl always and always will be my guy haha look forward to the rest of the video my guy
At 12 seconds into the video my answer is red eyes black dragon. Something about it feels different and the look is just great. Mind you it’s probably in the minority but for me its just iconic on how it was used for storytelling. Honestly the battle between joey and little yugi when joey was mind controlled by Marik it was great story telling concerning friendship and that card was at the heart of it. Now, Dark magician, blue eyes and all the OG gods are on a different level and hit different. And id be lying if they weren’t more popular. But iconic is a personalized aspect of things.
Bystials, sprights, tearlaments, and the swords one is so annoying to play against. If you don’t get first that just have a unbreakable board first turn. When that happens I just leave. I just started playing 4 days ago and I’ve gotten to diamond tho 😁.
The sad part is I want to start collecting yugioh cards again cause it was a fun hobby in 2004, but then I think about how batshit the game is now and it makes me not even want to try cause what's the point of making a deck if it isn't a 50 move in one turn OTK?
The Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl are prolly most iconic, I didn't even know about Blue eyes (Before gettin into yugioh) But I knew about the magicians. Although I also knew about kuriboh...
For me it’s gotta be the winged dragon of Ra especially in the English subbed version when Marik did the ancient chant to summon him I was just like yepppp Mai is absolutely fucked here 😂😂
I know DM and BEWD, is iconic but I was more familar with Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. Since I started in Zexal era and so it is iconic with me with how cool it looked and not because of bias.
Ngl I want to say kuriboh that card gets a new version in every iteration of the anime and i gets put in so many archetypes (even ones that have nothing to do with yugis deck) that sort of treatment doesn’t really exist with other monsters like blue eyes or dark magician
I have tip when ur losing coin toss a lot, if ur in the 5th rank(diamond 5, Plat 5, ) just keep surrendering until u win the coin toss, the game will finally realize that ur gonna keep surrendering until u win coin toss,it is like saying to the game : not playing unless i'm going 1st
Id have to say for me the most iconic card is Dark Magician of Black Chaos. It was the first card I ever had won in a tournament back in Gen 1 Yu-Gi-Oh.
Yeah man i had games just like this when nothing went right lmao I was just like gg you won the coin toss. But yeah you're right about having to just get off the game and do something else God be giving them signs lol nice vid regardless man
I've played this game for 21 years. It's sad to see what a mess its become and how non interactive it can be with people comboing for what feels like hours on end and you sitting there, holding your cards, praying you can atleast play. Only to have your opponent set up a board with so many negates that you can't even summon a monster. It doesn't feel like a 2 player game, just a game of wait and see who locks out who and then you or your opponent scoops.
You should try punk Blue-Eyes, it seems way more consistent and just better than bystial Blue-Eyes. Team samurai has some good deck lists if you're interested
Why surrender to the branded bystial deck cant you set albaz and fusion all the dragon cards your opponents has into that one fusion that does contact fusion ???
For me the most iconic is stardust dragon, best summoning mechanic, sick card art AND actually has a decent effect unlike alot of other anime protag boss monsters
To me iconic was something that really hooked me into the show and card game. And that was silent swordsman😂 I made a deck based around that card and will fall on my sword to diamond rank with that deck
Remember when you could only get maybe 3 cards on the field per turn, now it's boom boom boom 50 effects in the first turn
This is why I prefer old school Yu-gi-oh just sitting there because you won the coin toss is stupid
Honestly my biggest gripe with modern Yugioh is just how rigid and dogmatic the tier list is. I just wanna have fun playing with this neat Dinosaur deck, and I will immediately lose because I run into one of the 10,000,000 million people who run the same deck that just says that you're opponent isn't allowed to play. I could run that deck. I could go to Google and find out what deck specifically counters that one and run it. But that's not fun. Its boring and I would rather just not play
This was the same back in like 04 and 05 when everyone and their mother was playing Chaos and if you brought anything else you were getting smoked
Or the dozen FTKs running around with stuff like Magical Scientist or Substitoad
When did this description not apply to yugioh? Specifically when you played in elementary school?
Lol exactly! I just love when I'm matched with someone who don't use the hentai god OP deck and it's like everybody uses it, these days I just rank up to a decent rank and play casual, much more fun seeing all the different archetype decks people can play
This exact comment. Like damn, sorry I want to play my Ghostricks because I'm a Goth guy that really likes his spooky-themed everything.
Not even true people played way more diverse decks back then and more creative. And u had more chance. Chaos wasnt a guaranteed win that didnt allow ur opponent to play. You still had to play the game
This shows me exactly what I hate about modern yugioh.
Instead of making a strong board that can battle anything, the endgoal became to interrupt and not allow the opponent to play as much as possible. Like you would be fine to play 100 Atk monster if you block every single card you opponent plays.
This also forces one card combos to have to become more broken so you can play through all the negates, instead of trying to make the best out of your hand and invent strategies in the moment.
Really making it hard for my love for the game to stay alive😢
and now the graveyard becomes your second hand. You can activate more effects in the graveyard now!
Seriously. It's like each new strategy that comes out boils down to just "Make your opponent rage quit" to win.
If I see anyone interupting me every single card I use I surrender im not gonna give them the satisfaction cause “it’s lonely at the top” never fealt so applicable
I remember when yugioh was so simple now you now you need a bachelors to keep up with all the possible moves
That's why kaiba created the duel academy. Makes more sense by the day
P. S he also sent a capsule with duel cards into space in hopes aliens might find them and want to play.... Maybe that will also make sense later on 😅
The Dark Magician stuck with me as my favorite card. Then when we got to the last season and we saw it was actually based off of Atem’s best friend Mahad was just incredible. Then we see Dark Magician Girl was Mana. Truely incredible story telling ❤
Yes, Mahad was so dope!
Same for me why I am a Dark Magician Fan to this day
Even though seeing that blue eyes was Kisara also blew my mind
Lol yugioh doesn't have good story telling, the sopranos does, breaking bad does, yugioh...... eh not so much
For me, it's gotta be kuriboh. It's awesome that there's almost always one in each series and some of them (mostly linkuriboh) are competitively viable. There's gotta be a fond spot in every yugioh fans heart for the little furball
Galaxy kuriboh is so godlike for the galaxy eyes deck it’s the funniest thing to just jump scare galaxy eyes people and then have extra protection
This would be my number one if we were talking about most versatile, most useful monster, but I think in terms of iconic, it’s still beaten by dark magician blue eyes (if you’re around my age)
Sangan! =D
The last duel is a perfect encapsulation of how unfun modern Yu-Gi-Oh can be.
Lost coin toss --> didn't open any interruptions --> have every play negated or bounced --> Surrender
And people still claim this is fun, watching your opponent play solitaire and then they don't let you do ANYTHING. Like bro are you afraid of an actual back and forth?
you either
go first
and get lucky to stand your own ground
or instantly lose to some guy named 艾 艾杰诶儿 哦伊诶艾杰诶开伊艾哦娜
@@Honest_Mids_Masher Did your friends hate you enough to pull those off?
That is why I like mikanko even if its isnt the most meta game, it is the only deck that wins by going second and can deal with on board negates because it is the only deck that can main deck multiple Kaijus.
But the deck can still bricknif you do t get the kaijus and/or the combo pieces nesecessary for the clean board otk.
Of all tcg I have played (magic, pokemon, LoR and yugi) yu gioh is easiely the most luck base of them, the opening hand pretty much decides the whole game.
The game needs to change its core rules to stop certain action to happen unlimeted amount of times per turn ( like limiting negates to only 2 per game) and to create more deck that are actually strong going second.
@@shadowrunner1568 Thats why magic will always be superior. Duel links on the phone or steam just got a legacy mode tho!
Honestly, Joey saying Baby dwagen and Time Wizaad all the time makes them iconic
I never understood why theres no limit on special summons.
Like you mentioned, it definitely depends on what era you came into the game, but I feel it also depends a lot on your scene and whether you're a competitive player , a more casual, or just a fan of the anime. Bar none Dark Magician and Blue Eyes are the most iconic monsters in the game. For me personally, Breaker the Magical Warrior has and will always be my favorite card and seeing him in the original series and growing up watching that is just perfection. I do play very competitively as well though and have came across many players who have not seen a single episode of the Anime and to them I feel their most iconic cards may be cards relevant to their competitive era or cards they see often.
Idk why but Exodia and Slifer the sky dragon has always stuck with me even though they made limited appearances in the anime compared to other memorable monsters🤷🏾♂️😂
Everyone knows it's Baby Dwagon.
Seriously though:
Kaiba bullied Grandpa into a duel to win his Blue Eyes just to tear it to pieces so he can have the only 3 Blue Eyes'.
Atem schooled Arcana about how the Dark Magician chose him, while shuffling his deck, and proceeds to draw the top card, which was Dark Magician.
The title is objectively accurate. That last duel was exactly why. The game is built around not letting your opponent play and any game ever designed that way is plain and simply garbage.
Master Duel needs an era/gen separated game mode. I say this as someone who runs a Utopia/XYZ deck which is a negate-fest, 3 minute long turns, and setting up for the OTK. Games I play are lucky to go to 4 turns, whether I win or lose since the victor is determined almost immediately with sometimes as much as a single Ash Blossom.
I wish I didn't have to play this way.
I recently came back to Yugioh after probably around 7 years. Pendulums were the most broken cards, but people rarely played them. XYZ and Synchro were reasonably strong with decent balance. Games were actually games, lasting a good amount of time, with lots of unpredictability, and solidifying a strong foothold took a lot of work and some luck. You could play most styles and decks and you could expect a good fight. I just hate modern Yugioh, I still have fun, but I would love to have the experiences I had back then. The power creep is just insane now.
On a lighter note, I want true team play in Master Duel. YGoPro had it back then, and it was lots of fun trying to work around a partner with a deck completely foreign to you.
Play Commander in magic the gathering, it truly better than anything modern yugioh can offer
red-eyes will always hold a special place in my heart. not only because the card itself is friggin' awesome (especially the anime design) but also because it stands for joey and the struggle and challenges he has faced and overcome in order to not only realize his potential but also to take care of a dearly beloved person. and i think that is just beautiful.
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My personal favorite card was Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon, I loved Pegasus in the anime.
Honestly, I couldn't get into Yu-Gi-Oh after GX. I hated that they constantly kept adding new card types and the effects became so damn absurd. Would LOVE a classic rerelease with the original rules. Call it "Duel Monsters" in reference to the cartoon. I've recently been playing Duel Academy on the Gameboy Advanced. If I want to play by original rules, GBA and DS games are where I have to go now unfortunately.
Yeah. The effects have gotten insane. The game is mostly negating and destroying. I miss when you needed special Magic and/or Trap cards for that. On top of that, the amount of summoning per turn is outrageous. I miss when you could bring any type of deck and have a decent-to-competitive duel.
A lot of these cards now would be limited and/or banned a few years ago because of how unbalanced the effects are.
The problem with GX was it started this whole archetypes necessity, I really like GX but after that the archetype started taking over as the preferred deck build. Also Pegasus is the best Yu-Gi-Oh antagonist, it's not even close.
As someone who runs a toon kingdom deck I can confirm I love suffering.
I had an extremely interesting thought. How would the decks of old Yu-Gi-Oh characters, such as Bonz or Rex Raptor, look if they were upgraded to modern-day Yu-Gi-Oh?
That first duelist was so bad. Reminds me of a duel vs a Spright player I had last night. Homeboy had a whole field and had me cooked but instead went into a 3200 Apollousa and lost because of that
As much as Blue Eyes and Black/Dark Magician are iconic I have to go with option 3 Stardust Dragon.The card and it’s evolutions are good due to negating and in the anime every time Stardust shows up you know something awesome is about to happen especially when Yusei’s Theme is playing.
@Iliterallydonotcare Red Demons Dragon is awesome too especially the chant when summoned.
I got a Buster Blader promo card from my dad (he worked at toys r us and got cards from the Saturday morning tournament giveaways) and having a card that shut down all the blue eyes white dragons at the after school card club was just amazing. My crappy beat down deck was dangerous because of that card. Will always be my favorite
Also, deck question: what do you recommend as the optimal Bystial mix if you’re mainly using it to splash into the deck?
I think some of the main issue with getting new players and returning players to actually stay is
The game is very different from what it used to be ( or atleast how most people used to play it with friends)
It's very easy and quick to see how a game will go. Most of the time, when one player gets into a losing situation for even 1 turn its probably game over with almost no hope of recovery if they even live past that turn. It makes it feel like alot of the time their isn't much you can do for resons outside your control.
The game is not casual at all even to its core anymore
that's just terrible game design and it just isn't fun.
*there isn't much...
so thats not even a card game anymore but some hybrid of a real time action game but using cards. like how can this game even work?
The most Iconic monster in Yu-Gi-Oh! to me will always be Stardust Dragon. It was one of the first ever ghost rare cards I pulled in the TCG and remains a personal staple in my collection.
Man, that last duel is exactly the reason why I can't take modern Yugioh. I have an infinite skill issue and at this point I'll accept and cherish that as a fact
Hey Rhyme you thought of trying to learn and play a modern deck like without Blue eyes, Dark Magician or Aleister .
You might actually enjoy some the decks you can play rn I'm suggesting Runick Fur Hire Spright tbh
Love the content man 👏🏾🎉
"Call your mom to pick you up from the tournament cause you lost"
I remember that scenario to well a few times
Most iconic is easily blue eyes, because what other card game is gonna have a card with 3000 attack?😂
Anyways, glad i caught an upload early, wanted to say that I've been really enjoying your yugioh content! Thanks!
Exodia for sure
Edit: Can you do a poll about which mc had the best deck out of all the seasons?
Sooo random question Dino! Do you play off camera too or you only play when recording? Sorry for the wierd question 😅😅
Magician of Black Chaos...I was always hyped to see him summoned in the show
what's odd is that blue eyes and dark magician are meant to be rivals while red eyes is meant to be the exact polar opposite to blue eyes
but that might be reflected in Kaiba,Yugi and Joey being the same Yugi is a rival to Kaiba but joey is polar opposite in personality and upbringing to Kaiba
Question for a new yugioh player. Since that first duel BLS said it can't be targeted or destroyed. Why was albaz able to tribute it?
Ik some of y’all don’t play it or just don’t play it at all? But does anyone know who plays black wings? The black wing deck is a favorite of mine tbh and would like to know a good way to play it
20 Negates and ur good
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Chunin Exam stage OST going hard in the background, I see you Rhyme👀
Rhyme, have you thought about trying Edison? Seems like it'll mess both old-school and modern Yugioh well with more combos and archetype support without being a "set a board simulator."
When they can summon 5 monsters on their 2nd turn with all the Link cards and beat you in one tune with all the combos in doing so.
Exodia in my opinion was the most iconic. Although blue Eyes was one of the top three, the scene where Exodia appeared has to be the most Iconic monster even though he wasn't shown as much as Blue Eyes.
Rhyne I bought a blue eyes white dragon model kit and it came in yesterday can’t wait to build her tomorrow
I think BEWD and Dark Magician are automatically the most iconic for anyone who grew up with OG Yugioh. While being one of the few who absolutely loved GX, watching Jaden summon E Hero Flame Wingman always hyped me up!
For me it's gotta be Exodia. I honestly feel like he needs new support so he's actually playable outside of the win-cons. Make some Extra Deck Exodia's like an XYZ that needs all 5 pieces attached or a Link that can only be summoned with Exodius, Incarnate and Exxod, or at the very least make Exodia Necros a Ritual monster; or make him a Tuner so we can get a Synchro Exodia.
I feel like we need more exodia support too. But the thing is that it might end up being too strong cuz the individual pieces have been on the limited list for the longest time for a reason.
@@davidosakwe350 the reason why the exodia pieces are limited is funnily enough completely lore related. Because if you would play every Piece at 3 guess what you would brick the ever living shit out of not only your starting hand but also pretty much any other draw just to ose in turn 2 with 3 left legs in hand and an empty board
@@Der-Jockler eh I wouldn't say that's lore related, that Dark Hunter in Battle City would have won if Atem hadn't pulled his bullshit draw exactly what I need at the very last second move and got Lightforce Sword. That's kind of how 60% of Yugi's duels went.
@@davidosakwe350 Nah cuz they wouldn't have auto win-cons, or maybe at least one will. That's what I meant by "actually playable". Like Unchained Abomination. You could build a whole deck around him without using a single other Unchained card. Modern day has a lot of extra deck cards that seem specific at first but work in a lot decks like how almost everything nowadays runs an Abyss Dweller or Barrone
Still play an exodia deck to this day. Most of the time is like playing solitaire with yourself but i just love the card from the first time i saw it on the anime
Most iconic is Dark Magician imo, being the mascot monster of the first protag. I would've said Exodia but technically he's not a monster, he's a win con.
Where that "are you sure about that" come from ? Lol i cant find it
That blue eyes model kit looks clean af really hope they make the god cards my dumbass didn’t pre order that exodia damn seeing it complete got me rethinking my life choices
As far as iconic, I'd say THE GOD CARDS, AND KURIBOH OF COURSE!!!!! CANT FORGET THE GOAT!!!!😤😤😤
Hero’s were my favorite for iconic monster it was cool seeing them fuse to make new monsters
Blue Eyes White Dragon and Black Luster Soldier were always my favorite cards even today I build my deck around those 2 cards haha
Im so lost. How did you summon a Blue Eyes without tribute?
For me, It's either Blue-eyes or Dark Magician Girl. As someone who only got into Yu-Gi-Oh with the released of Master Duel, I've always seen or heard of the two cards either in memes, passing mentioned of other Anime stuff, fan arts, and of course, cosplay. And then I've got to play the game, and boy, was there are so much more than that.
The second duel triggered me far too many times.
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Rank 8 spam (sometimes) will play Iris with Ecclesia because it's access to another level 8. Also, they usually play Sage with it so it'll still summon from deck, even if Ecclesia isn't on the field after being targeted for Sage's effect.
Idk editor if you used like some Naruto storm music but this music felt so much like it I almost cried of nostalgia xD
I’d say Exodia. Even though many other cards got further support and relevance in both the anime and in the card game. Many people would still believe it to be the most iconic card simply because of their first experience to the anime
I'll throw my hat in the ring and say the one, the only, Elemental HERO Neos. The main man in another deck that's very usable nowadays, provided you know what you're doing. HEROES have never not been my favorite archetype, and thankfully I'm glad it's Konami's favorite deck too. Once I got my hands on my gaming PC and started getting Yugioh simulators like Omega and Edopro, I fell in love with all of the hundreds of HERO cards and modern support I got access to, especially coming out of being a Duel Links player. I unironically play Pit Boss because I've deluded myself into thinking it's a HERO, that's how much I love this archetype.
Most Iconic must be blue eyes. Man the last battle was just you going down the ladders of hell.
Blue Eyes, Dark Magician, and Exodia are the most iconic imo. Never forget Kaiba getting obliterated by Exodia
Modern Yu-Gi-Oh is wack but I still need to hit Master 😭
Black Skull Dragon is my favorite card. Was my main go to back in the day
Gonna say Blue eyes White Dragon and Dark Magician.
Side note- I’m trying to make my own theme decks for ranked, and keep getting stomped by pendulums and synchro summons. Turn 1 and I’m still waiting 30 min. to play while they keep sacrificing, tributing, and bringing out multiple 3-4,000 fusion monsters who can banish and negate anything I try to summon. Still in silver, by the way.😂
I gotta go with either Blue Eyes or Dark Magician. Or maybe Exodia for the meme, but definitely one of the the first 2
Most iconic is Blue-Eyes I remember seeing a photo of Yugi, Kaiba and Joey with Blue-Eyes behind them stuck w me ever since.
Well damn, probably Exodia. Nothing short of iconic. That said newer monsters are also incredibly well known for one reason or another, sometimes positive, sometimes negative like Playmaker's aces being universally known by everyone who plays the game as either enablers of a broken FTK (pre-errata Firewall) or easy OTK access (Accesscode)
I love the purpose of using half your deck on the first turn, such an amazing game
I’m Ngl, it’s kinda hard to choose between Blue-Eyes and Dark Magician as the most iconic. When you think of Duel Monsters, you think of Yugi and Kaiba, and with Blue-Eyes being a popular, big-ass dragon, DM belongs to the MC, but me personally, I think DM is more iconic because it was the deck I used dueling my friends at the green transformer box growing up
Surely Blue eyes is the most iconic card next to Dark Magician
Hell, it's the first card I ever heard of and the first deck I played in MD
Also, normal albaz is my favourite play especially after opponent draw phase maxx C
Yo rhyme my guy you know me as always has to be the dark magician and dark magician girl always and always will be my guy haha look forward to the rest of the video my guy
Most iconic definitely have to be Blue Eyes or Dark Magician. Stuff like the god cards, kuriboh, dark magician girl and exodia are close seconds.
That last duel was hell sheesh
Man fr how do you stop a dragon maid deck I downloaded master duel on my phone and I keep seeing that deck
At 12 seconds into the video my answer is red eyes black dragon. Something about it feels different and the look is just great. Mind you it’s probably in the minority but for me its just iconic on how it was used for storytelling. Honestly the battle between joey and little yugi when joey was mind controlled by Marik it was great story telling concerning friendship and that card was at the heart of it. Now, Dark magician, blue eyes and all the OG gods are on a different level and hit different. And id be lying if they weren’t more popular. But iconic is a personalized aspect of things.
Red eyes is mine too, it deserves more support it's crazy been waiting for 1 of the ocg cards forever
Most iconic has to be Dark Magician. No shot he isn't when he's in most advertising 😂(ik its because most fans grew up with DM)
Bystials, sprights, tearlaments, and the swords one is so annoying to play against. If you don’t get first that just have a unbreakable board first turn. When that happens I just leave. I just started playing 4 days ago and I’ve gotten to diamond tho 😁.
Blue eyes white dragon is definitely most iconic. The art style and the fact it's a dragon imo makes it more distinguishable to yugioh
The sad part is I want to start collecting yugioh cards again cause it was a fun hobby in 2004, but then I think about how batshit the game is now and it makes me not even want to try cause what's the point of making a deck if it isn't a 50 move in one turn OTK?
The Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl are prolly most iconic, I didn't even know about Blue eyes (Before gettin into yugioh) But I knew about the magicians. Although I also knew about kuriboh...
For me it’s gotta be the winged dragon of Ra especially in the English subbed version when Marik did the ancient chant to summon him I was just like yepppp Mai is absolutely fucked here 😂😂
I know DM and BEWD, is iconic but I was more familar with Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. Since I started in Zexal era and so it is iconic with me with how cool it looked and not because of bias.
Ngl I want to say kuriboh that card gets a new version in every iteration of the anime and i gets put in so many archetypes (even ones that have nothing to do with yugis deck) that sort of treatment doesn’t really exist with other monsters like blue eyes or dark magician
I have tip when ur losing coin toss a lot, if ur in the 5th rank(diamond 5, Plat 5, ) just keep surrendering until u win the coin toss, the game will finally realize that ur gonna keep surrendering until u win coin toss,it is like saying to the game : not playing unless i'm going 1st
Id have to say for me the most iconic card is Dark Magician of Black Chaos. It was the first card I ever had won in a tournament back in Gen 1 Yu-Gi-Oh.
Dark Magician and Blue Eyes White Dragon hadbeen with me ever since when I was little.
Huge fan of these competitive videos
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman. My brother got me into Yugioh Duel monsters but GX academy was mine if that makes sense
Dark magician
Judging by that thumbnail hand traps is the bane of our existence
Yeah man i had games just like this when nothing went right lmao I was just like gg you won the coin toss. But yeah you're right about having to just get off the game and do something else God be giving them signs lol nice vid regardless man
Gotta be Blue eyes, i mean, you even have him in the background to make us think of him more.
When are they gonna make a legacy mode for master duel, where you just play old school decks
I've played this game for 21 years. It's sad to see what a mess its become and how non interactive it can be with people comboing for what feels like hours on end and you sitting there, holding your cards, praying you can atleast play. Only to have your opponent set up a board with so many negates that you can't even summon a monster. It doesn't feel like a 2 player game, just a game of wait and see who locks out who and then you or your opponent scoops.
I liked the Red-Eyes Black dragon most and find him most iconic since that card was always the little underdog no one took really seriously at all.
Any sort of Brick Eyes will be rough but you can deffo optimize this deck a lot more.
For some reason, whenever I think of old YuGiOh, Big Eye comes to mind. I have no idea why
You should try punk Blue-Eyes, it seems way more consistent and just better than bystial Blue-Eyes. Team samurai has some good deck lists if you're interested
I grew up with vanilla and GX but it has to be Elemental HERO Flame-Wingman.
Why surrender to the branded bystial deck cant you set albaz and fusion all the dragon cards your opponents has into that one fusion that does contact fusion ???
For me it’s my boy red eyes because of its association with Joey the underdog and it’s simple but cool design I love it
Dark Magician will always be my most iconic monster but Kuriboh and Blue Eyes are probably close 2nd and 3rd
I am being crazy and trying to build a Bystial Horus deck since I feel like it has potential. Somewhere
For me the most iconic is stardust dragon, best summoning mechanic, sick card art AND actually has a decent effect unlike alot of other anime protag boss monsters
Exodia was so interesting and it really stuck with me because it was so Unique and i still run it to this day despite it being a throw deck
To me iconic was something that really hooked me into the show and card game. And that was silent swordsman😂 I made a deck based around that card and will fall on my sword to diamond rank with that deck
I also have a blue eyes deck with less than 5 (R) cards, and i enjoy using it, because i only take it into casual