Always loved that Jinzo became a main stay of Joey's deck throughout the series. It really became one of his ace monsters, unlike Legendary Fisherman and Insect Queen which Joey never used. Hell I bet after Battle City he traded them to someone else since he couldn't use either of them.
@WarpChaos Also, Legendary Fisherman may be a warrior type, but unless you're using Umi or other water cards it's pretty much just a 1850 beatstick that requires a tribute and even in the battle city days that wouldn't have been very good.
I can hear the passion in your voice talking about Joey. He has always been my favorite and Ive always used his cards more than Yugis and Kaibas. So this makes me so happy.
0:15 I like how in GX (the direct sequel/spin-off to the OG Yugioh) Joey gets his due as the creator of the game (in the anime) acknowledges his prowess as being number 3 in the known Yugioh world.
@@szabok1999 to be fair since we dont see Joey (or even Kaiba for that fact) actually duel in GX and its a statement from one of the characters from the previous series. I think it counts as canon to the GX lore. it might not be a popular opinion from Pegasus but it is lore to the series itself.
@@redlox2 Yeah like we only seen Yugi and Pegasus duel in GX and the former we don't know the end result (heavily hinted Yugi won) and Pegasus wasn't even trying against Crowler and that other dude since they were against each other for most of the duel. Either or, Yugi is still stated to be the strongest duelist in the world and Pegasus is still up there
One cool thing is that Dark Side of Dimensions (which technically isn’t part of the same canon as GX but whatever) establishes that Joey actually plans to go pro at the game, whereas Yugi is more interested in becoming a game designer. So it makes sense that Joey would shoot up the rankings since he stays active at the game.
Another thing for Flame Swordman segment: Blue Flame Swordman, a retrain made later even emulates the Deck Master aspect of Flame Swordman basically to a tee. As during the Battle Phase it can actually transfer 600 Atk from itself to another Warrior, and that boost is permanent. Not just when Blue Flame is on field, plus when destroyed on the field by an opponent's monster/effect it can banish itself to Reborn a FIRE Warrior from GY. So Blue Flame literally is all about supporting his fellow warriors, especially those whose hearts burn for battle like he does.
Joey was such a fun character. He went from being a duelist that even a child could beat easily to one of the best in the series. His second duel with Kaiba was one of my personal favorite because he came a long way from his first duel with him when Kaiba demolished him. He even took his loss with much more grace even showing pity towards Kaiba that he could never enjoy Duel Monsters for the fun of it instead of being so competitive all of the time. It's a real shame Joey's arc got shafted pretty hard in the later seasons since they wanted to put more of a major focus on Yugi and Kaiba.
As much as I loved Joey, his deck was such a hodge-podge of random cards, that even in the anime, he bricked more than once. He had a warrior/luck theming, and all the ace cards he pilfered didn't have any synergy with his deck at all. I remember the duel with Odion, he was boasting about having Insect Queen and Legendary Fisherman on the board, the first being a hindrance, the other was basically a vanilla without Umi.
He also relied a lot on luck, like with the die cards. I suppose that's hardly a criticism though, considering the asspulls and plot armor other characters get.
Note how many of Joey's key cards have to do with monster stat manipulation, and/or are equips (such at the theme of his Hermos cards). It has always been the hidden theme of his deck, even before Red-Eyes or Luck. When Yugi told him he needed variety in his deck, three of the first four cards he added to his deck were manipulation cards - Salamandra, Shield and Sword, and Kunai with Chain.
He used Polymerisation against Mako to summon Alligator Sword Dragon. And Polimerisation was in his Hand against Odion. After Duelist Kingdom it was definitely a part of his Deck. Even though it was not featured really prominent or important.
I want to say in the manga and anime cards like Flame Swordsman weren't considered fusion monsters but even if they were it wouldn't matter because when you look at Duelist Kingdom and some of the rules you realize it was incredibly easy to cheat given almost everyone cheated in it.
I'm actually surprised that Alligator's Sword, Shield & Sword, Rocket Warrior, Little-Winguard or even Gilford the Lightning didn't get some kinda mention on this list
Yea I went 8-10 n guessed the top 3 but did think Alligators sword n rocket warrior woulda made it and I forgot little wingard and Panther warrior…let’s not forget Graverobber
@@mike_datzmag1c21 OMG you are SO right! Another one of the best GOAT traps in Joey's deck! How could they forget about Graverobber? On that same note, how could I forget about it? I like the anime effect better though. Wish that woulda applied into both Duel Links and Master Duel
For that matter, in the episode where he was mind controlled by Marik, he had additional strong cards added to his deck like Raigeki. I'm surprised that we never saw him use Raigeki again after that in the anime.
@@NightmareSnake Right! I can understand the rest of the Landstar crew not being mentioned. But it was Swordsman of Landstar that was one of Joey's best. So I second your notion for the lack of respect for the Swordsman
One of my favourite old school strategies (when Warrior Toolbox was a thing) with Gearfried was equipping him with Fusion Sword Murasame Blade, since the equip spell can't be destroyed by card effects.
I think a lot of the DM series Joey represented the audience, Us the viewers also started with little to no knowledge of the game and alongside Joey we started to get it.
Man, Flame Swordsman really should've been a vanilla/effect lvl 4 monster. It being a fusion for seemingly no reason makes it too clunky to use. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Joey was such a great character and seeing his overwhelming dedication to bettering himself and his friends inspired me growing up.
To by fair some Red Eyes cards don't live on "Joey's legacy", there are cards like Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (in the anime had a onmi-negate instead) that belongs to Fubuki Tenjoin from GX (Atticus Rhodes).
It was a Atticus card, but the change from an omninegate to a revive/special summon from the hand was supposed to be a reference to Joey due to his playstyle of relying on his allies for support
@@Deathmare235 Not really as Fubuki played Red-Eyes as a straight beat stick deck. His other monsters were just there to get RE on the field, not really to protect it or support anything else on the field
That’s true when you talk about darkness metal Dragon, but when anyone thinks about “who Red eyes belongs to” you think Joey, mainly because he had infinitely more screen time, and was a character that was much more apart of the main cast, and while Atticus was a good character, when talking about about GX, he usually never comes up in conversation. Joey and his duels are just way more iconic and he is more of a fan favorite, so anything Red eyes is usually associated with Joey.
I’d love to see more videos like this. So many old cards from the original anime don’t see play in the actual TCG, but I love to hear people talk about them, especially in the way that those older cards and decks defined the characters using them.
I remember one Master Duel event giving every Loaner deck Scapegoat and Shuraig. I thought it was funny how they reminded everyone the tokens could be used for Link summoning that way.
Gearfried the Iron Knight has always been one of my favorite cards. I use old Yugioh, Magic and Pokemon cards as book marks and Gearfried is one of the most used.
Haha it just occurred to me that Yugi was really playing the long game in Duellist Kingdom. He gave Joey Time Wizard at the start, saying it would help. in the finals Time Wizard accidently created Dark Sage which allowed Yugi to ultimately defeat Joey in the end. Big Brain move by Yugi.
9:32 - Joey wasn’t aiming to win. At least in the English Dub, his aim was to stall Mai out until he could figure out a means to force a draw. Joey had the foresight to recognize that anyone winning would cost the loser’s soul (doubly so since the season started with Yugi beating an Doma flunky, showing that they’re vulnerable to their own Seal of Oricalcos like everyone else), so he was banking on a draw to save them both. Unfortunately, Joey’s overwhelming comeback and Mai’s subsequent emotional breakdown convinced everyone he was going for the win, which prompted Valon to risk his own soul to cut the duel short.
I always liked the mix of Dragons and Warriors Joey had in his arsenal. Moreover, Red-Eyes still in need for better support because Dragoon didn't help much since it was splashable as an engine.
Joey is the undisputed best character in the original series. And I will never stop being angry about how they stole my boys victory. He deserved to be in that final three, as Ra's champion. Red-Eyes Dragon of Ra when?
I appreciate your enthusiasm for the character but Joey winning there would have been anti-climactic. The entire tournament had been building up Marik as a sinister, overarching enemy, and Bakura (who previously held that spot) had already been sorted out in the quarter finals. Marik losing against Joey would have let all that tension fizzle and I don't think that would have fit the story Kazuki Takahashi wrote there.
The best part of Joey beating Marik and making it to the final against Yugi would have been Kaiba’s sheer disgust that Joey got further in his own tournament than he did.
One thing I never understood is why Red Eyes Black Dragon was Joey's rarest card in Battle City when he had Gilford the Lightning aka his "Ultimate Fighting Machine" it's stronger than Red Eyes and it has an actual card effect. Seems to me it should be the rarest card.
@@WarpChaos Yeah but it's made clear that he had the card in his deck when the tournament started as we never see him engage in any trading or mention of him buying booster packs, meaning he had the card.
I think in the anime, rarity doesn't always mean strength. Lore wise, Red Eyes is a prize only tournament winners get. Like, everyone makes a big deal about Red Eyes. Same with Serpent Night Dragon, which is very weak for a level 7 monster. I think Gilford might a common card in the lore. Because Joey himself is stated to be poor and can't afford rare cards. The only rare/powerful cards he has are ones he won from other duelists. Obviously he never won Gilford from anyone we saw, so he probably bought it himself. But nobody ever says anything about something like Summoned Skull, which is stronger, so it might be a more common card.
Because strength doesn’t equal rarity. It’s the same reason why Dark Magician was Yugi’s rarest card and why Time Wizard became Joeys rarest card after he lost Red Eyes.
@@TheBlockerNator summoned skull was in solomon's deck so its possible its also pretty rare but yugi's rarest card was always dark magician and thats what he had to ante. maybe if he lost he woulda had to ante summoned skull. thats my theory
During the Synchro era, i. e. before its erratum, Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon single-handedly enabled Synchro toolbox decks that just played a bunch of more or less useful Dragon monsters (including some Tuners) and Future Fusion combined with FGD. This paired especially well with the fact that most of the good Synchro monsters back then happened to be Dragons, too, and that hard once-per-turn clauses weren't really a thing yet, so REDMD allowed you to loop powerful removal effects such as Dark-End Dragon or Scrap Dragon.
In the manga, Time Wizard was a spell card too. So the restriction of normal summoning it to your field was gone and able to be played on the same turn you summoned another monster
I think part of Joey's whole deal is that he became stronger by learning how to use cards that normal duelists wouldn't typically use to their fullest. He could easily slot in Mirror Force instead of Kunai yea, but that's not who he is. He's the underdog, the Dark Horse, the one who you underestimate when he summons small monsters like Baby Dragon and Time Wizard, then crap your pants when he fuses them into Thousand Dragon. He's almost like a precursor to what Yusei taught when he was battling the guard guy while in jail, even a hodge-podge deck can have value.
Ngl, listening to this brings back a lot of memories of the og Yugioh and makes me a little bit emotional. Joey/Jonouchi is my favorite because simply he's a very loyal friend and the embodiment of growth; I really hope someday TCG/OCG could honor his character with strong support or new archetype.
Most characters in Yu-Gi-Oh start with their ace. Dark Magician, Blue Eyes White Dragon, Stardust Dragon, etc. But Joey didn’t have most of these cards when Duelist Kingdom started. Heck, he *won* his most iconic card in a duel! That’s part of why he embodies so much of the series to me. Could you imagine Yugi or Kaiba jumping up and down when getting a rare card in a pack? Saving up allowance to buy some cards? There are surprisingly few characters who I can relate to in the series. Even though the card game actually exists it often doesn’t feel like the same game. But somehow Joey manages to seem like someone you’d actually meet in a local game store despite having survived the wrath of an Egyptian God. Even though he’s helped save the world multiple times. Cause he’s Joey Wheeler. The high schooler from Domino City with a Brooklyn accent and an endearing attitude.
Flame Swordsman. Lets imagine, go back in time and play the hindsight card. Flame swordsman is now a Level 4 Warrior Fire Type. Non-Fusion. Each time he destroy a monster by battle inflict 500 burn damage to the opponent's LP. If he battles a insect or plant type during damage calculation he gains 500 attack, inflict double battle damage and 500 burn damage. I'm pretty sure if Flame swordsman had the effect like this he will instantly be a meta staple card in the early days.
There is a Level 4 Flame Swordsman: Blue Flame Swordsman. Though its effect is similar to Deck Master Flame Swordsman in that it can transfer part of its Attack to another Monster, and can be banished from the Graveyard to SS a Fire Warrior.
Maybe that, but for Dinosaur type monsters rather than Insect or Plant types. Flame Swordsman's first appearance in the anime is it cooking (almost literally) Rex's dinosaurs, since it randomly had the advantage over them using the field mechanics of the season. And to push that even further, its card's flavor text (in the games that gave non-Effect Fusions flavor text) specifically mentions it beating out dinosaurs. Regardless, you'll still have an 1800 ATK beatstick that can inflict burn damage, putting him over pretty much all other 4 stars until Mechanicalchaser is released. And once DNA surgery is released, you'd then have access to a free, double battle damage inflicting 2300 ATK beater.
@@SCH292 I understand that. The way you posted the question, suggested that he (joey) used the card you described, in the show. I am saying he would be OP in the show. In duelist kingdom, people played with 2000 LP. If everyone just ran burn decks and defense monsters, most matches would be 1 turns. Which is what I was trying to say with why it most likely wouldn't make sense in season 1. Maybe by battle city, it would be balanced.
Jonouchi wasn't on a losing streak before Duelist Kingdom. It's stated in the Japanese Dub that he entered a local tournament and made it to the Quarter Finals. Though Anzu and Honda weren't that impressed... This shows one of Takahashi's bad writing habits. Jonouchi sometimes becomes a punching bag, and an undeserving one to boot. It may amuse Takahashi and other characters, but most of us watching don't like seeing our hard-working surrogate become the whipping boy.
Joey has the best character development in any Yugioh series and you can't convince me otherwise, dude went from bullying Yugi in season 0 into being one of the best duelist by the time of DSOD, like yeah Kaiba became good and all but Joey didn't just improve, he also tapped the girl he loves.
8:16 the best modern battle trick is hands down: Icejade Kosmochlor. Her effect to reduce opponent’s monsters’ atk by 1000 during the damage step does not start a chain and can be stacked with multiple copies of her on the field. I made a Tear player rage quit last night with this deck. When Ice Jade comes to duel links allowing you to play a deck that’s only Aegerine, Cradle, Cenote enion cradle, Kosmochlor, Tremora, Erosion and Curse. The consistency will push the deck to tier 0 status. Swordsoul, Branded, and Tearlament cannot handle this deck when you draw a good hand or resolve That grass looks greener, putting 3 monster reborns per turn in your graveyard which can activate whenever a water monster on your field is destroyed. Which if they attempt to play around with nondestructive removal will trigger icejade manifestation in the grave granting you a free banish. Goo Girl Supremacy is canonical.
Those would be Elemental Hero Neos and Stardust Dragon, respectively. It would be interesting to see what the rest of their lists would look like; I imagine there would be cards like Winged Kuriboh and Flame Wingman for Jaden, and Junk Warrior for Yusei
Great video and while wasn't the biggest Joey fan his deck was pretty solid even early on because for both manga and anime fans his reliance on monster cards meant you got a ton of cool monster designs.
My favorite way I always used claw of Hermos was to use it on my busted blader/dark paladin to give them the red eyes sword and watch their attack points reach levels that would make slicer the sky dragon (that one time) blush. Think I got one to peak around 40k against a blue eyes deck
Love the explanation behind relevant anime arcs. Never saw it myself but it’s great to have summarized in these videos. Trying to find if he has more like these ones that explain the anime too
0:24 this should have been graverobber, that trap is responsible for at least 4 of Joey’s victories. The last One was in the waking the dragons arc, he hasn’t used Kunai with chain since the virtual world arc
Let's go!!! Thank you so much for giving Joey's cards some insight! Now, I know that you'll be getting this a lot, but how about your favorite duels featuring Yugi or Yusei Fudo?
We still need to have Brigadier of Landstar, Grappler of Landstar, Knight of Landstar in the future from the Yugioh TCG, and also lastly Yugioh OCG as well too support from Joey Wheeler's Yugioh Deck's!
0:27 Idea to fix Kunai With Chain for modern use: _Chained Kunai_ Counter Trap _If an opponent’s monster declares an attack or activates an effect: You can Target that monster; negate that Attack/Effect, then you can change the target’s battle position. You can equip this card (from your hand or field) to a monster on the field before or after the prior effect resolves, and if you do, equipped monsters gain 500 ATK/DEF and the following effects:_ ⚪️If this card battles an opponent’s defense position monster, it inflicts piercing battle damage. ⚪️During the battle phase: If this card targets a monster for attack or effects; This card is cannot be destroyed by battle by, and is unaffected by the effects of, the target until the end of the battle phase.
I always wanted to see red eyes be 1 tribute and fire element rather than dark. As a 1 tribute he could have been such a better card. That being said. Red eyes is my favorite card of all time.
Imagine going to a tournament and in the middle of your 5th round your opponent magically materializes a musical card that has never been printed before and beats you with it
Speaking of Joey. Why did Konami never make an archtype from swordman of Landster? We alla know there was the intention ti do so because in the Orichalcos Arc a lot of Landster monsters appear
@@Riccardo_Magliano There is but I didn't realize they were anime only landstars. Who knows, they may release em, they did release support for Blaze Accelerator which is an old deck so who knows... maybe they'll turn them into effect monsters who specialize in turning into beatsticks during battle so they can take on dragons, giant bugs, high tech Cyberse warriors, demonic fiends, and mystic wyrms. Knight of Landstar - Lvl 3 Normal Monster with 1000 ATK, 1200 DEF Grappler of Landstar - Lvl 3 Normal Monster with 1000 ATK, 500 DEF Brigadier of Landstar - Lvl 3 Normal Monster with 900 ATK, 1200 DEF Normal Spell: Landstar Forces - Special Summon as many lvl 3 or lower "Landstar" from your hand as possible in face-up Attack Position. Something useful for Link or XYZ. Maybe Link, XYZ, Synchro Landstars. Equip Spell: Landstar Shot - Equip to a "Landstar" monster, it gains 600 ATK. If it battles a monster, the opponent's monster loses 400 ATK. If it destroys a monster while equipped with Landstar Shot, it gains 500 ATK. Combined with Lightning Sword & other equips, Landstars can be a pain to deal with. Especially if you play them with Lockdown decks like Area Limit B, Messenger of Peace, Gravity Bind.
I always love how Swordsman of Landstar got a retrain in the Tuner Effect Monster, Comrade Swordsman of Landstar, same Lv and stats, but gave all your Warriors 400 extra ATK, lethal when combined with the likes of A. Forces and Command Knight and both of their Warrior ATK boosts! Plus, being an EARTH Tuner... "Red-Eyes strategies have always been kind of messy..." Hey! Burndown might not be perfect, but when it's hot, boy is it hot! Plus, why don't we talk about Blue-Eyes' OTK/FTK ability... What's that? He doesn't have one, or at least a consistent one? Well, I'll be damned!
12:52 Idea for a Jinzo retrain: _Jinzo - Overlord_ (DARK) Level 10 Machine/Fusion/Effect “Jinzo” + 1+ Psychic monsters _Must either be fusion summoned, or be special summoned (from your GY) by tributing 3 trap cards from your hand or field (This is treated as a fusion summon). This card can ignore the effects of Trap cards as you wish. Trap Cards, and their effects on the field, cannot be activated. Negate all Trap effects on the field. Once per turn (Quick effect): You can shuffle all trap cards from your hand, field or GY into your deck (Min. 1): For every trap shuffled, you can negate 1 card on the field. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can change this card’s type to either Machine or Psychic; This card gains the following effects depending on it’s type:_ Machine: Can only be destroyed by battle by Machine monsters. While this card is face-up on the field: Your Machine monsters require 1 less tribute to normal summon/set, are unaffected by the effects of trap cards, and gain 100 ATK/DEF during each phase of either players turn. If this card leaves the field: Set 1 Trap card from your hand or deck if possible. Psychic: Can only be destroyed by battle by Psychic monsters. While this card is face-up on the field: Your Psychic monsters require 1 less tribute to normal summon/set, are unaffected by the effects of trap cards, and gain 100 ATK/DEF during each phase of either players turn. If this card leaves the field: Look at your opponent’s hand. ATK/3400 DEF/2500
18:29 Idea for a new Flame Swordsman monster: _Red-Eyes Black Flame Swordsman_ (FIRE) Level 12 Warrior/Fusion/Effect “Red-Eyes Black Dragon” + 1 FIRE Warrior _This card is always also treated as DARK and Dragon. Must be fusion summoned. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls once each, and deals piercing battle damage if it attacks a defense position monster. If this card destroys a monster by battle, it inflicts damage to your opponent equal to the their ATK or DEF, depending on the destroyed monster’s battle position. You can only activate the following effects effect of “Red-Eyes Black Flame Swordsman” once per turn: Immediately after this card’s fusion summon resolves, you can fusion summon any number of Fusion Monsters from your extra deck using cards from your hand or field as materials. (Quick effect) You can shuffle this card from your field or GY into your extra deck: Apply 1 of the following effects:_ ⚪️Special Summon (From your hand, deck or GY) any number of non-effect monsters in defense position who’s total levels are equal to or lower then 5. ⚪️Special summon (From your hand, GY or extra deck) 1 level/rank 5 or 7 DARK or FIRE Dragon or Warrior monster. ⚪️Add 1 “Fusion” or “Polymerization” card to your hand from your field, deck or GY ATK/4200 DEF/3600
Fyi Jinzo 2nd anime effect is avialable in TCG, OCG and MD in the form Jinzo the Machine menace, which is almost identical to Jinzo missing 2nd Jinzo anime effect.
List of the best tuners in yugioh idea I would put Torapart there Pros- the monster that was synchro summoned with it, you're opponent cannot Activate trap cards when it attacks so powerful protection against mirror force And magic cylinder Cons- it can only be used to synchro summon warrior monster's only.
Anime wise, there's honestly no higher praise than being among the top 5 duellists of the creator of the game himself, 4th I believe was Aster Phoenix and 5th was Jesse Anderson.
You forgot, two cards that Joey used in the later series that showed up a lot more than you think one was that star dice card where you can sacrifice a monster and add the dice roll on top of that to summon a stronger monster, but they must be equal to the level of what they ruled and the other one was that dice roll magic card that let you draw as many cards as you ruled, but you must discard that many cards from the top of your deck
Flame Swordsman needs its own archtype! Modern utility and aggro play to boost other combat focused decks as an engine like Infernobles and Phoenix gearfried and Battlin Boxers.
Time Wizard certainly helped Joey out quite a few times though is a risk when playing as Joey was able to summon Thousand Dragon/drastically age his opponent’s monster (Mai and Rex) but did backfire on him more than once as well (Yugi, Bandit Keith, Esparosa, Bonez).
Yep but the rules of only the main character can defeat the main villians is in effect in most anime,manga,light novels,video games,movies,and TV shows.
He technically did beat yugi but it was off screen since he had red eyes black dragon back in his deck after the battle city arc. Also possible the writers just forgot 😂
Think that was the original concept was to have Joey be the real winner of Battle City to show how far he came and symbolize how the average duelist could take on even God's and come out on top. But the other writers didn't like that, they also thought the main character should be the one who defeats the bad guy in the final battle. But Yugi v. Joey would've been a rather insane battle instead. To see Atem bust out Slifer, then Obelisk, then to test Joey's bravery he summons Ra and Joey gets nervous from what he felt by Ra pure power. He somehow prevails through all Gods & his Dark Magician to claim victory.
I'd argue that the real Jinzo might be stronger than the anime one against trap-heavy decks. Preventing a full backrow of traps from activating instead of destroying them can just make the Spell & Trap Zone unusable, plus you don't have to worry about possible graveyard effects.
There should be an honorable mention for Lava Golem since it allowed our favourite hot-headed Duelist to unleash his most powerful attack: "JONOUCHI FIRE!"
We need a form of Jinzo that also negates traps in the GY. Maybe for "hand traps" as well, though they're generally not trap cards and even when they are, they still need to end up on the field.
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Flame Swordsman may not do much on its own, but I gotta say I’m happy to include it in my Infernoble Deck as both an Instant Fusion and a Ready Fusion target
Yugi, Joey and Kaiba represent the three tenants of yugioh.
Cheating, Luck Sacking, and Money
This is literally Yu-Gi-Oh's MO. This should be it's definition in the dictionary.
Tenets, buddy.
@@0SC2 whatever
Screw the rules, i have money
Imagine what Joey's deck would look like with modern Red-Eyes, Warriors, and even luck support cards.
Depending on his hand, he would be able spit out pretty high attack monsters thanks to stuff like Hermos, Flare Metal, and the new Black Meteor.
Well, you don't have to imagine it; Several scripted Duels for special events have him using some of the modern Red-Eyes support.
joey would basically be running 3 pot of greeds still but with cup of ace instead
I made an interpretation of a modern Joey deck and it actually works decently enough
Imagine a Yugioh series with the original characters but with all their new support cards.
Always loved that Jinzo became a main stay of Joey's deck throughout the series. It really became one of his ace monsters, unlike Legendary Fisherman and Insect Queen which Joey never used. Hell I bet after Battle City he traded them to someone else since he couldn't use either of them.
Legendary Fisherman was at least a Warrior. So it would've fit within his deck.
Mainly because those cards need you to build your deck around them, whereas Jinzo is more generically splashable and has a good effect
Pretty sure he gave Legendary Fisherman back to Mako, but he definitely traded Insect Queen away just to spite Weevil.
@WarpChaos Also, Legendary Fisherman may be a warrior type, but unless you're using Umi or other water cards it's pretty much just a 1850 beatstick that requires a tribute and even in the battle city days that wouldn't have been very good.
@@stevenceja4706 Yup, it was a good card for a water themed deck, but pretty useless in other decks.
I can hear the passion in your voice talking about Joey. He has always been my favorite and Ive always used his cards more than Yugis and Kaibas. So this makes me so happy.
It's also a one card Shuraig
I will be up front in saying I’ve used a time wizard in my deck, and it’s won me the fight more time than I’d like to actually admit
Joey Wheeler's most important aspectcwill alway be his godly magnificent chin.
Or his Brooklyn rage!
And his insane luck. Like HE'S INSANELY LUCKY
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@@jaytheshadowpaladin the bbt thx nyeh sound still makes me lol real hard
The anime crew were very influenced by Antonio Inoki and wanted to have that same fiery spirit for Joey.
0:15 I like how in GX (the direct sequel/spin-off to the OG Yugioh) Joey gets his due as the creator of the game (in the anime) acknowledges his prowess as being number 3 in the known Yugioh world.
I'd say that sentence was mostly fan service, most of the supporting cast of GX were better duelists than Joey
@@szabok1999 to be fair since we dont see Joey (or even Kaiba for that fact) actually duel in GX and its a statement from one of the characters from the previous series. I think it counts as canon to the GX lore. it might not be a popular opinion from Pegasus but it is lore to the series itself.
@@redlox2 Yeah like we only seen Yugi and Pegasus duel in GX and the former we don't know the end result (heavily hinted Yugi won) and Pegasus wasn't even trying against Crowler and that other dude since they were against each other for most of the duel. Either or, Yugi is still stated to be the strongest duelist in the world and Pegasus is still up there
@@szabok1999wtf that is the dumbest thing I’ve heard have you even watched the og series
One cool thing is that Dark Side of Dimensions (which technically isn’t part of the same canon as GX but whatever) establishes that Joey actually plans to go pro at the game, whereas Yugi is more interested in becoming a game designer.
So it makes sense that Joey would shoot up the rankings since he stays active at the game.
Another thing for Flame Swordman segment: Blue Flame Swordman, a retrain made later even emulates the Deck Master aspect of Flame Swordman basically to a tee. As during the Battle Phase it can actually transfer 600 Atk from itself to another Warrior, and that boost is permanent. Not just when Blue Flame is on field, plus when destroyed on the field by an opponent's monster/effect it can banish itself to Reborn a FIRE Warrior from GY. So Blue Flame literally is all about supporting his fellow warriors, especially those whose hearts burn for battle like he does.
So badass!
It's impressive that Joey's cards had much more appears in TCG than Yugi and Kaiba's, that is actually lit 🔥
To be fair, 95% of that is Jinzo.
@@originalindigodingoC'mon man, Giant Trunade, Scapegoat, Jinzo, Gearfried, they all had a nice appearence in TCG, even in broken FTK/OTK strats
@@justnikollas fair point. I didn't remember Trunade as a Joey card, but yeah, Gearfried and Scapegoat were big.
The fact that they named the Trunade retrain "Hey, Trunade!" will never stop being funny to me. It's the punctuation that really seals it.
It's a reference to the 1980s Kool-Aid commercials!
Joey was such a fun character. He went from being a duelist that even a child could beat easily to one of the best in the series. His second duel with Kaiba was one of my personal favorite because he came a long way from his first duel with him when Kaiba demolished him. He even took his loss with much more grace even showing pity towards Kaiba that he could never enjoy Duel Monsters for the fun of it instead of being so competitive all of the time. It's a real shame Joey's arc got shafted pretty hard in the later seasons since they wanted to put more of a major focus on Yugi and Kaiba.
Absolute facts. Joey was my favorite character in that series and I wish he had an important win after he beat Solomon. 😔
Time Wizard turning Yugi's DM into Dark Sage was one of the dopest things to ever happen in the series!
As much as I loved Joey, his deck was such a hodge-podge of random cards, that even in the anime, he bricked more than once. He had a warrior/luck theming, and all the ace cards he pilfered didn't have any synergy with his deck at all. I remember the duel with Odion, he was boasting about having Insect Queen and Legendary Fisherman on the board, the first being a hindrance, the other was basically a vanilla without Umi.
He also relied a lot on luck, like with the die cards. I suppose that's hardly a criticism though, considering the asspulls and plot armor other characters get.
You forget he's got friendship on his side
He was a new duelist, he didn't have all the cards which is why he relied on cards like grave robber
Don't forget Scapegoat being a great end phase play during the Synchro-era, to set up for synchro summons.
And the early link era, hence why it was limited.
Note how many of Joey's key cards have to do with monster stat manipulation, and/or are equips (such at the theme of his Hermos cards). It has always been the hidden theme of his deck, even before Red-Eyes or Luck. When Yugi told him he needed variety in his deck, three of the first four cards he added to his deck were manipulation cards - Salamandra, Shield and Sword, and Kunai with Chain.
Incredible how Joey had multiple monsters in his deck that are supposed to be fusion monsters, but he never had polymerisation
He used Polymerisation against Mako to summon Alligator Sword Dragon. And Polimerisation was in his Hand against Odion. After Duelist Kingdom it was definitely a part of his Deck. Even though it was not featured really prominent or important.
I want to say in the manga and anime cards like Flame Swordsman weren't considered fusion monsters but even if they were it wouldn't matter because when you look at Duelist Kingdom and some of the rules you realize it was incredibly easy to cheat given almost everyone cheated in it.
I'm actually surprised that Alligator's Sword, Shield & Sword, Rocket Warrior, Little-Winguard or even Gilford the Lightning didn't get some kinda mention on this list
Yea I went 8-10 n guessed the top 3 but did think Alligators sword n rocket warrior woulda made it and I forgot little wingard and Panther warrior…let’s not forget Graverobber
@@mike_datzmag1c21 OMG you are SO right! Another one of the best GOAT traps in Joey's deck! How could they forget about Graverobber? On that same note, how could I forget about it? I like the anime effect better though. Wish that woulda applied into both Duel Links and Master Duel
Or our boy SWORDSMAN OF LANDSTAR
The sheer disrespect.
For that matter, in the episode where he was mind controlled by Marik, he had additional strong cards added to his deck like Raigeki.
I'm surprised that we never saw him use Raigeki again after that in the anime.
@@NightmareSnake Right! I can understand the rest of the Landstar crew not being mentioned. But it was Swordsman of Landstar that was one of Joey's best. So I second your notion for the lack of respect for the Swordsman
One of my favourite old school strategies (when Warrior Toolbox was a thing) with Gearfried was equipping him with Fusion Sword Murasame Blade, since the equip spell can't be destroyed by card effects.
I think a lot of the DM series Joey represented the audience, Us the viewers also started with little to no knowledge of the game and alongside Joey we started to get it.
Man, Flame Swordsman really should've been a vanilla/effect lvl 4 monster. It being a fusion for seemingly no reason makes it too clunky to use. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Joey was such a great character and seeing his overwhelming dedication to bettering himself and his friends inspired me growing up.
Agreed!
I used to actually use Kunai with chain in local tournaments back in the day. It got me out of pretty tough situations, believe it or not
To by fair some Red Eyes cards don't live on "Joey's legacy", there are cards like Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (in the anime had a onmi-negate instead) that belongs to Fubuki Tenjoin from GX (Atticus Rhodes).
It was a Atticus card, but the change from an omninegate to a revive/special summon from the hand was supposed to be a reference to Joey due to his playstyle of relying on his allies for support
@@catsorafgcisn’t that an atticus reference
@@Deathmare235 Not really as Fubuki played Red-Eyes as a straight beat stick deck. His other monsters were just there to get RE on the field, not really to protect it or support anything else on the field
@@catsorafgc but atticus risked his life to try to save his friends and even remembered them even though they he was cursed to forget them
That’s true when you talk about darkness metal Dragon, but when anyone thinks about “who Red eyes belongs to” you think Joey, mainly because he had infinitely more screen time, and was a character that was much more apart of the main cast, and while Atticus was a good character, when talking about about GX, he usually never comes up in conversation. Joey and his duels are just way more iconic and he is more of a fan favorite, so anything Red eyes is usually associated with Joey.
I'd like to see Jaden or Yusei's most important cards
Jaden : Neos , poly , flame wingman , Winged Kuriboh
Yusei : Junk Warrior , Stardust , Junk Synchron
@@danieltentori7523you forgot super poly and pot of greed for Jaden
Yusei is the worst protagonist
@@cyberdarkturtle6971 but the first with a semi-functional deck
what do you find so bad about him?
Judai: Neos, Polymerization, Flame Wingman, Winged Kuriboh, Super Polymerization, Skyscraper, Miracle Fusion, Thunder Giant, Yubel, Aqua Dolphin
Yusei: Stardust Dragon, Junk Warrior, Shooting Star Dragon, Junk Synchron, Speed Warrior, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, Majestic Star Dragon, Formula Synchron, Speed Spell - Angel Baton, Nitro Warrior
I’d love to see more videos like this. So many old cards from the original anime don’t see play in the actual TCG, but I love to hear people talk about them, especially in the way that those older cards and decks defined the characters using them.
Really enjoyed this video, it was a great mix of when the cards were used, what they meant and their connction with Joey and impact on the meta.
I remember one Master Duel event giving every Loaner deck Scapegoat and Shuraig. I thought it was funny how they reminded everyone the tokens could be used for Link summoning that way.
Would love to see a top 10 Joey upgraded cards. Alot of his cards have been retrained and i would love to see if it made them any better
Gearfried the Iron Knight has always been one of my favorite cards. I use old Yugioh, Magic and Pokemon cards as book marks and Gearfried is one of the most used.
Haha it just occurred to me that Yugi was really playing the long game in Duellist Kingdom.
He gave Joey Time Wizard at the start, saying it would help. in the finals Time Wizard accidently created Dark Sage which allowed Yugi to ultimately defeat Joey in the end. Big Brain move by Yugi.
Joey reminds me of a rule I often quote for people and/or circumstances like this video: Never underestimate the underdog
9:32 - Joey wasn’t aiming to win. At least in the English Dub, his aim was to stall Mai out until he could figure out a means to force a draw. Joey had the foresight to recognize that anyone winning would cost the loser’s soul (doubly so since the season started with Yugi beating an Doma flunky, showing that they’re vulnerable to their own Seal of Oricalcos like everyone else), so he was banking on a draw to save them both. Unfortunately, Joey’s overwhelming comeback and Mai’s subsequent emotional breakdown convinced everyone he was going for the win, which prompted Valon to risk his own soul to cut the duel short.
I always liked the mix of Dragons and Warriors Joey had in his arsenal. Moreover, Red-Eyes still in need for better support because Dragoon didn't help much since it was splashable as an engine.
Have some faith! I have a feeling we might be getting some support at the end of the year
Joey is the undisputed best character in the original series. And I will never stop being angry about how they stole my boys victory. He deserved to be in that final three, as Ra's champion.
Red-Eyes Dragon of Ra when?
That would have been epic.
Except it was Marik's fault that Joey was there in the first place. If he didn't tell Odion to summon the fake Ra, he would've lost in the first round
I appreciate your enthusiasm for the character but Joey winning there would have been anti-climactic.
The entire tournament had been building up Marik as a sinister, overarching enemy, and Bakura (who previously held that spot) had already been sorted out in the quarter finals.
Marik losing against Joey would have let all that tension fizzle and I don't think that would have fit the story Kazuki Takahashi wrote there.
The best part of Joey beating Marik and making it to the final against Yugi would have been Kaiba’s sheer disgust that Joey got further in his own tournament than he did.
I remember the look of sheer shock on Yami Marik's face as Joey nearly won. Dude was pissing himself.
One thing I never understood is why Red Eyes Black Dragon was Joey's rarest card in Battle City when he had Gilford the Lightning aka his "Ultimate Fighting Machine" it's stronger than Red Eyes and it has an actual card effect. Seems to me it should be the rarest card.
Well it's because it wasn't yet revealed he had Gilford.
@@WarpChaos Yeah but it's made clear that he had the card in his deck when the tournament started as we never see him engage in any trading or mention of him buying booster packs, meaning he had the card.
I think in the anime, rarity doesn't always mean strength. Lore wise, Red Eyes is a prize only tournament winners get. Like, everyone makes a big deal about Red Eyes. Same with Serpent Night Dragon, which is very weak for a level 7 monster.
I think Gilford might a common card in the lore. Because Joey himself is stated to be poor and can't afford rare cards. The only rare/powerful cards he has are ones he won from other duelists. Obviously he never won Gilford from anyone we saw, so he probably bought it himself.
But nobody ever says anything about something like Summoned Skull, which is stronger, so it might be a more common card.
Because strength doesn’t equal rarity. It’s the same reason why Dark Magician was Yugi’s rarest card and why Time Wizard became Joeys rarest card after he lost Red Eyes.
@@TheBlockerNator summoned skull was in solomon's deck so its possible its also pretty rare but yugi's rarest card was always dark magician and thats what he had to ante. maybe if he lost he woulda had to ante summoned skull. thats my theory
During the Synchro era, i. e. before its erratum, Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon single-handedly enabled Synchro toolbox decks that just played a bunch of more or less useful Dragon monsters (including some Tuners) and Future Fusion combined with FGD.
This paired especially well with the fact that most of the good Synchro monsters back then happened to be Dragons, too, and that hard once-per-turn clauses weren't really a thing yet, so REDMD allowed you to loop powerful removal effects such as Dark-End Dragon or Scrap Dragon.
Flame Swordsman: *Is Joey's trademark and one of the coolest cards ever*
Non-filler seasons: We should phase it out and not give it any buffs.
In the manga, Time Wizard was a spell card too. So the restriction of normal summoning it to your field was gone and able to be played on the same turn you summoned another monster
I think part of Joey's whole deal is that he became stronger by learning how to use cards that normal duelists wouldn't typically use to their fullest. He could easily slot in Mirror Force instead of Kunai yea, but that's not who he is. He's the underdog, the Dark Horse, the one who you underestimate when he summons small monsters like Baby Dragon and Time Wizard, then crap your pants when he fuses them into Thousand Dragon.
He's almost like a precursor to what Yusei taught when he was battling the guard guy while in jail, even a hodge-podge deck can have value.
Ngl, listening to this brings back a lot of memories of the og Yugioh and makes me a little bit emotional. Joey/Jonouchi is my favorite because simply he's a very loyal friend and the embodiment of growth; I really hope someday TCG/OCG could honor his character with strong support or new archetype.
The power of *"NYEH"* is strong with this one...
And Brooklyn Rage too
Most characters in Yu-Gi-Oh start with their ace. Dark Magician, Blue Eyes White Dragon, Stardust Dragon, etc. But Joey didn’t have most of these cards when Duelist Kingdom started. Heck, he *won* his most iconic card in a duel! That’s part of why he embodies so much of the series to me. Could you imagine Yugi or Kaiba jumping up and down when getting a rare card in a pack? Saving up allowance to buy some cards?
There are surprisingly few characters who I can relate to in the series. Even though the card game actually exists it often doesn’t feel like the same game. But somehow Joey manages to seem like someone you’d actually meet in a local game store despite having survived the wrath of an Egyptian God. Even though he’s helped save the world multiple times. Cause he’s Joey Wheeler. The high schooler from Domino City with a Brooklyn accent and an endearing attitude.
Flame Swordsman. Lets imagine, go back in time and play the hindsight card.
Flame swordsman is now a Level 4 Warrior Fire Type. Non-Fusion. Each time he destroy a monster by battle inflict 500 burn damage to the opponent's LP. If he battles a insect or plant type during damage calculation he gains 500 attack, inflict double battle damage and 500 burn damage.
I'm pretty sure if Flame swordsman had the effect like this he will instantly be a meta staple card in the early days.
There is a Level 4 Flame Swordsman: Blue Flame Swordsman. Though its effect is similar to Deck Master Flame Swordsman in that it can transfer part of its Attack to another Monster, and can be banished from the Graveyard to SS a Fire Warrior.
Alot of cards in the anime didn't have direct damage because LP was 2000-4000
so 500 burn is too significant per turn.
@@Spoopball Uhh. The idea is that the anime do their own nonsense while the real life counter part do their own nonsense. Lol.
Maybe that, but for Dinosaur type monsters rather than Insect or Plant types. Flame Swordsman's first appearance in the anime is it cooking (almost literally) Rex's dinosaurs, since it randomly had the advantage over them using the field mechanics of the season. And to push that even further, its card's flavor text (in the games that gave non-Effect Fusions flavor text) specifically mentions it beating out dinosaurs.
Regardless, you'll still have an 1800 ATK beatstick that can inflict burn damage, putting him over pretty much all other 4 stars until Mechanicalchaser is released. And once DNA surgery is released, you'd then have access to a free, double battle damage inflicting 2300 ATK beater.
@@SCH292 I understand that.
The way you posted the question, suggested that he (joey) used the card you described, in the show.
I am saying he would be OP in the show.
In duelist kingdom, people played with 2000 LP.
If everyone just ran burn decks and defense monsters, most matches would be 1 turns.
Which is what I was trying to say with why it most likely wouldn't make sense in season 1.
Maybe by battle city, it would be balanced.
In the manga, Panther Warrior is a normal monster, so the Scapegoat combo didn't exist and he only used it defensively.
Jonouchi wasn't on a losing streak before Duelist Kingdom. It's stated in the Japanese Dub that he entered a local tournament and made it to the Quarter Finals. Though Anzu and Honda weren't that impressed...
This shows one of Takahashi's bad writing habits. Jonouchi sometimes becomes a punching bag, and an undeserving one to boot. It may amuse Takahashi and other characters, but most of us watching don't like seeing our hard-working surrogate become the whipping boy.
Joey has the best character development in any Yugioh series and you can't convince me otherwise, dude went from bullying Yugi in season 0 into being one of the best duelist by the time of DSOD, like yeah Kaiba became good and all but Joey didn't just improve, he also tapped the girl he loves.
Oh man. I’ve been waiting for this video. Here’s hoping some of these get retrained into Red-Eyes card by the end of the 25th Anniversary!
The fact that Flame Swordsman doesn't have a proper Archetype IRL yet is CRIMINAL
8:16 the best modern battle trick is hands down: Icejade
Kosmochlor. Her effect to reduce opponent’s monsters’ atk by 1000 during the damage step does not start a chain and can be stacked with multiple copies of her on the field.
I made a Tear player rage quit last night with this deck.
When Ice Jade comes to duel links allowing you to play a deck that’s only Aegerine, Cradle, Cenote enion cradle, Kosmochlor, Tremora, Erosion and Curse. The consistency will push the deck to tier 0 status.
Swordsoul, Branded, and Tearlament cannot handle this deck when you draw a good hand or resolve That grass looks greener, putting 3 monster reborns per turn in your graveyard which can activate whenever a water monster on your field is destroyed. Which if they attempt to play around with nondestructive removal will trigger icejade manifestation in the grave granting you a free banish.
Goo Girl Supremacy is canonical.
Jaden Yuki’s Top 10 Most IMPORTANT Cards
Yusei Fudo’s Top 10 Most IMPORTANT Cards
Shut up and let him cook damn is his channel not yours
Those would be Elemental Hero Neos and Stardust Dragon, respectively. It would be interesting to see what the rest of their lists would look like; I imagine there would be cards like Winged Kuriboh and Flame Wingman for Jaden, and Junk Warrior for Yusei
List of retrains with the references, like red eyes soul might be neat. Great video! You the man
Great video and while wasn't the biggest Joey fan his deck was pretty solid even early on because for both manga and anime fans his reliance on monster cards meant you got a ton of cool monster designs.
My favorite way I always used claw of Hermos was to use it on my busted blader/dark paladin to give them the red eyes sword and watch their attack points reach levels that would make slicer the sky dragon (that one time) blush. Think I got one to peak around 40k against a blue eyes deck
Love the explanation behind relevant anime arcs. Never saw it myself but it’s great to have summarized in these videos. Trying to find if he has more like these ones that explain the anime too
You forgot "Roll of fate"
It lets you draw cards equal to the card result, then you banish the same amount of cards from the top of his deck
It says important, not best cards.
There’s no way it’s getting imported without significant nerf.
Roll of Fate hasn't been released irl. This list is also considering how good they were irl.
The original red eyes/blue eyes card arts are so cool.
The premature burial and giant teunade combo bkew my mind the first time i saw it
Kunai with chain used to be one of my favorite traps in my trap deck as a kid despite other traps usually performing better.
0:24 this should have been graverobber, that trap is responsible for at least 4 of Joey’s victories. The last One was in the waking the dragons arc, he hasn’t used Kunai with chain since the virtual world arc
Let's go!!! Thank you so much for giving Joey's cards some insight!
Now, I know that you'll be getting this a lot, but how about your favorite duels featuring Yugi or Yusei Fudo?
We still need to have Brigadier of Landstar, Grappler of Landstar, Knight of Landstar in the future from the Yugioh TCG, and also lastly Yugioh OCG as well too support from Joey Wheeler's Yugioh Deck's!
Oh boy, I can't wait to see Tristan's most important cards next.
Only one,Lava Battleguard
That's easy. The Cyber Commander! It has 750 ATK points and does nothing!
@@kenjihirata9961nice
Just finished the 8 hour banned video
And you post again
Legend
0:27 Idea to fix Kunai With Chain for modern use:
_Chained Kunai_
Counter Trap
_If an opponent’s monster declares an attack or activates an effect: You can Target that monster; negate that Attack/Effect, then you can change the target’s battle position. You can equip this card (from your hand or field) to a monster on the field before or after the prior effect resolves, and if you do, equipped monsters gain 500 ATK/DEF and the following effects:_
⚪️If this card battles an opponent’s defense position monster, it inflicts piercing battle damage.
⚪️During the battle phase: If this card targets a monster for attack or effects; This card is cannot be destroyed by battle by, and is unaffected by the effects of, the target until the end of the battle phase.
I always wanted to see red eyes be 1 tribute and fire element rather than dark. As a 1 tribute he could have been such a better card. That being said. Red eyes is my favorite card of all time.
What If...? Time Wizard's effect succeeds and ages/powers up Flame Swordsman during Joey's duel with Bones?
His Chin, his Brooklyn Rage and seeing Mai Valentine's underpants are his other good traits
His face is a meeeeeeeeeme~!!!
Imagine going to a tournament and in the middle of your 5th round your opponent magically materializes a musical card that has never been printed before and beats you with it
The underdog who relies on luck rather rarest of cards.
Best character from the original series, lots of Character development!
Which is brave considering he had the worst luck of the three leads in terms of bricking every other duel.
Speaking of Joey. Why did Konami never make an archtype from swordman of Landster? We alla know there was the intention ti do so because in the Orichalcos Arc a lot of Landster monsters appear
Honestly I would expect that this year. Lots of nostalgia stuff are coming out due to the 25th anniversary
There are other versions of landstars but its only like 4-5 monsters. All have low attack like Swordsman.
@@thedarkspirit5084 are there? I Remember only Comrade swordman of Landster, the one that give 500 ATK at each warrior-type on the fielf
@@Riccardo_Magliano
There is but I didn't realize they were anime only landstars. Who knows, they may release em, they did release support for Blaze Accelerator which is an old deck so who knows... maybe they'll turn them into effect monsters who specialize in turning into beatsticks during battle so they can take on dragons, giant bugs, high tech Cyberse warriors, demonic fiends, and mystic wyrms.
Knight of Landstar - Lvl 3 Normal Monster with 1000 ATK, 1200 DEF
Grappler of Landstar - Lvl 3 Normal Monster with 1000 ATK, 500 DEF
Brigadier of Landstar - Lvl 3 Normal Monster with 900 ATK, 1200 DEF
Normal Spell: Landstar Forces - Special Summon as many lvl 3 or lower "Landstar" from your hand as possible in face-up Attack Position.
Something useful for Link or XYZ. Maybe Link, XYZ, Synchro Landstars.
Equip Spell: Landstar Shot - Equip to a "Landstar" monster, it gains 600 ATK. If it battles a monster, the opponent's monster loses 400 ATK. If it destroys a monster while equipped with Landstar Shot, it gains 500 ATK.
Combined with Lightning Sword & other equips, Landstars can be a pain to deal with. Especially if you play them with Lockdown decks like Area Limit B, Messenger of Peace, Gravity Bind.
I always love how Swordsman of Landstar got a retrain in the Tuner Effect Monster, Comrade Swordsman of Landstar, same Lv and stats, but gave all your Warriors 400 extra ATK, lethal when combined with the likes of A. Forces and Command Knight and both of their Warrior ATK boosts! Plus, being an EARTH Tuner...
"Red-Eyes strategies have always been kind of messy..." Hey! Burndown might not be perfect, but when it's hot, boy is it hot! Plus, why don't we talk about Blue-Eyes' OTK/FTK ability... What's that? He doesn't have one, or at least a consistent one? Well, I'll be damned!
Love this, thank you
12:52
Idea for a Jinzo retrain:
_Jinzo - Overlord_ (DARK)
Level 10
Machine/Fusion/Effect
“Jinzo” + 1+ Psychic monsters
_Must either be fusion summoned, or be special summoned (from your GY) by tributing 3 trap cards from your hand or field (This is treated as a fusion summon). This card can ignore the effects of Trap cards as you wish. Trap Cards, and their effects on the field, cannot be activated. Negate all Trap effects on the field. Once per turn (Quick effect): You can shuffle all trap cards from your hand, field or GY into your deck (Min. 1): For every trap shuffled, you can negate 1 card on the field. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can change this card’s type to either Machine or Psychic; This card gains the following effects depending on it’s type:_
Machine: Can only be destroyed by battle by Machine monsters. While this card is face-up on the field: Your Machine monsters require 1 less tribute to normal summon/set, are unaffected by the effects of trap cards, and gain 100 ATK/DEF during each phase of either players turn. If this card leaves the field: Set 1 Trap card from your hand or deck if possible.
Psychic: Can only be destroyed by battle by Psychic monsters. While this card is face-up on the field: Your Psychic monsters require 1 less tribute to normal summon/set, are unaffected by the effects of trap cards, and gain 100 ATK/DEF during each phase of either players turn. If this card leaves the field: Look at your opponent’s hand.
ATK/3400 DEF/2500
Nobody reading ALLAT
@@jeanxza5395
I mean I got _you_ here, right?
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire bro wrote a whole fanfic
@@jeanxza5395
You should see what I do across this channels _other_ videos.
There's already a Jinzo-Lord
Joey Wheeler would be so happy to see all the love for Flame Swordsman now
it's weird that Kaiba created a rule that if you pass out mid duel for whatever reason you lose automatically
Bear in mind Kaiba has duelled people into the hospital... somehow.
@@tinkerer3399 yeah but that's because he defeated them so hard. This rule wouldn't have helped him because he would have won either way
Wouldn't surprise me if Kaiba made it up just because it was Joey who passed out.
18:29 Idea for a new Flame Swordsman monster:
_Red-Eyes Black Flame Swordsman_ (FIRE)
Level 12
Warrior/Fusion/Effect
“Red-Eyes Black Dragon” + 1 FIRE Warrior
_This card is always also treated as DARK and Dragon. Must be fusion summoned. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls once each, and deals piercing battle damage if it attacks a defense position monster. If this card destroys a monster by battle, it inflicts damage to your opponent equal to the their ATK or DEF, depending on the destroyed monster’s battle position. You can only activate the following effects effect of “Red-Eyes Black Flame Swordsman” once per turn: Immediately after this card’s fusion summon resolves, you can fusion summon any number of Fusion Monsters from your extra deck using cards from your hand or field as materials. (Quick effect) You can shuffle this card from your field or GY into your extra deck: Apply 1 of the following effects:_
⚪️Special Summon (From your hand, deck or GY) any number of non-effect monsters in defense position who’s total levels are equal to or lower then 5.
⚪️Special summon (From your hand, GY or extra deck) 1 level/rank 5 or 7 DARK or FIRE Dragon or Warrior monster.
⚪️Add 1 “Fusion” or “Polymerization” card to your hand from your field, deck or GY
ATK/4200 DEF/3600
Fyi Jinzo 2nd anime effect is avialable in TCG, OCG and MD in the form Jinzo the Machine menace, which is almost identical to Jinzo missing 2nd Jinzo anime effect.
List of the best tuners in yugioh idea
I would put Torapart there
Pros- the monster that was synchro summoned with it, you're opponent cannot
Activate trap cards when it attacks so powerful protection against mirror force
And magic cylinder
Cons- it can only be used to synchro summon warrior monster's only.
I love that now we're getting more flame swordsman support this year
Anime wise, there's honestly no higher praise than being among the top 5 duellists of the creator of the game himself, 4th I believe was Aster Phoenix and 5th was Jesse Anderson.
People's absolute need to make top 10s and power levels charts never cease to amaze me, in a bad way.
You forgot, two cards that Joey used in the later series that showed up a lot more than you think one was that star dice card where you can sacrifice a monster and add the dice roll on top of that to summon a stronger monster, but they must be equal to the level of what they ruled and the other one was that dice roll magic card that let you draw as many cards as you ruled, but you must discard that many cards from the top of your deck
Joey was always my favorite character he showed that you didn’t need a millennium item or millions of dollars to be good at the game
Joey is my personal favorite!
Grave Robber, that card saved him so many times and one of my favorite.
Flame Swordsman needs its own archtype! Modern utility and aggro play to boost other combat focused decks as an engine like Infernobles and Phoenix gearfried and Battlin Boxers.
15:32 such a good anime reference
Time Wizard certainly helped Joey out quite a few times though is a risk when playing as Joey was able to summon Thousand Dragon/drastically age his opponent’s monster (Mai and Rex) but did backfire on him more than once as well (Yugi, Bandit Keith, Esparosa, Bonez).
Flame Swordsman should have gotten more support less as a fusion card and a normal or effect card.
I'm glad the series is still continuing. Just wish Duel logs would do a "Top 10 support cards that made their archetypes better"
Please do Top 10 cards with soft once per turn in the current meta or Top 10 fusion monsters that can be fusion summoned !
To be honest he should've won against Marik and Yugi
Yep but the rules of only the main character can defeat the main villians is in effect in most anime,manga,light novels,video games,movies,and TV shows.
He technically did beat yugi but it was off screen since he had red eyes black dragon back in his deck after the battle city arc. Also possible the writers just forgot 😂
Well, that duel kind of served to show the power of the Egyptian Gods and shadow duels. Joey already held his own exceptionally well.
Think that was the original concept was to have Joey be the real winner of Battle City to show how far he came and symbolize how the average duelist could take on even God's and come out on top.
But the other writers didn't like that, they also thought the main character should be the one who defeats the bad guy in the final battle.
But Yugi v. Joey would've been a rather insane battle instead. To see Atem bust out Slifer, then Obelisk, then to test Joey's bravery he summons Ra and Joey gets nervous from what he felt by Ra pure power.
He somehow prevails through all Gods & his Dark Magician to claim victory.
@@thedarkspirit5084 I would have liked that too bad the writers along with Kazuki Takahashi didn't think of that or wanted to do that
I liked as soon as you made that parasite joke
All those nostalgia kicking in.... Ha, it makes me so happy
I'd argue that the real Jinzo might be stronger than the anime one against trap-heavy decks. Preventing a full backrow of traps from activating instead of destroying them can just make the Spell & Trap Zone unusable, plus you don't have to worry about possible graveyard effects.
Worst case scenario, now your opponent can only use 4 spell spaces rather than 5 unless he wants to waste a backrow removal on himself.
There should be an honorable mention for Lava Golem since it allowed our favourite hot-headed Duelist to unleash his most powerful attack: "JONOUCHI FIRE!"
We need a form of Jinzo that also negates traps in the GY. Maybe for "hand traps" as well, though they're generally not trap cards and even when they are, they still need to end up on the field.
What a cool series!
This is why i love joey wheeler, he is willing to put his life on the line to save his friends
One day we should see Tristan Taylor’s most important cards
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Abridged Joey Wheeler - “NYEH!!!”
Flame Swordsman may not do much on its own, but I gotta say I’m happy to include it in my Infernoble Deck as both an Instant Fusion and a Ready Fusion target