I think the siding could have been a bit better, especially game 5 had that raigeki been any kind of interruption we would probably get away with a W. Instead we got a good showcase on why raigeki just doesn't do enough when the setup is already in action.
Impressive showing for zoo here despite the unfortunate loss I was expecting a battle between two staples turbo decks to easily go in the much newer deck's favour, but ig zoo's grind game, resiliency and ability to basically autowin in simplified gamestates means they always have some sort of chance
One of the best CBC matches ever seen! Amazing how zoo despite the years and powercreep manage to get this close to win againts one of the best decks in 2022-2023. I'm not a zoo fan but wow 👏👏👏
Game 4 is how I expected more of these to go. Zoo is pretty much "barrage or bust" if your normal gets stopped. Spright kind of just does the same thing but has way more actual extenders to play around considering all the times they got stopped it took two resources.
Holy hell, that was an AMAZING match. Love two midrange decks going at it. Spright has not dominated the way you would expect a 2022 tier 1 deck to dominate against a 2016 and 2017 deck, but they did pull out the victories. Zoodiac looked extremely resilient there. Next match, you have two lockout decks going against each other. Mask of restrict might be huge lol. The Djinn lock is actually fantastic against Monarch as they need to special summon to enable their tributes. Could easily go either way here. Gotta give it to Monarch just because it's more explosive.
Dang, close. I know you could say this about a lot of match ups and it’s kind of irrelevant, but I feel like if zoo had access to a 2023 side deck it would squeak this one out. The decks seem on very similar power levels. Another what if, but if you give zoo Zeus is easily wins this match
@@alexYu-gi-oh Zeus can be negate, can be destroyed, tributed and controlled. Never had an issues vsing Zeus with my spright deck. Your maybe one of them idiots that have hard times dealing with boss/semi boss monsters.
Sheeesh, this match is lit, the best match so far this year. The back and forth of board breaking and hand traps was intense. The top deck was also a big part that makes this match more exciting. Love this match Lithium
this makes little sense to say but, full power zoo with 2023 cards might be a better deck than spright which is insane (even if this version has a lot of banned cards)
@@averageguyonyoutube3324yeah I was talking as if we took a 2017 deck and placed it in the current meta, in a no banlist format tear is probably the best since they can play on turn 0 and turbo out shock master/azathot, which is why they won some of those no banlist tournaments
Highly entertaining for me to watch two of my decks play each other. Kinda silently rooting for zoodiac but that old list compared to sprights full power list theres a gap in utilities of staples. Power level is just diff. A full power zodiac with todays staples would be diff playing against a spright full power with todays staples.
Elf should probably be summoning Jet more often right? When you summon Blue and your monsters don't stick you need another level 2 to pair the monster added by Blue but if you reborn Jet, get starter and have a card that can get your whole engine again
Awwww! There goes my upset pick. Still though, this was a great match. Zoo managing to hold on very well despite all the powercreep shows just how good the design of that deck was. Imagine if it had access to a modern sidedeck. Then we'd be talking. Djinn Nekroz 3-2 in the next one. I expect you to pilot Monarchs well as always, but it can still run into issues with the Djinn lock, and I think that's what ulimately seals the deal for this match.
Awesome match! Zoo’s power level is insane but Spright is just the best deck ever. Even without the Maxx C play like the OCG, this deck is beyond anything else. Excellent games Lithium. Thank you!
well I'd say ishizu tear tops spright in terms of power especially since in the ocg the maxx c interaction was legal there and still got dominated by tear but spright is still up there as a top contender
@@soup2504 I dont know about that one. Spright got hit when Ishizu started entering the competitive scene. When it comes to full power, in terms of power, Ishizu Tear is better. In terms of consistency, Spright is better. Spright is a deck that can main 18 Handtraps, and I think thats very appealing in a competitive environment. being able to have room for alot of different cards without giving up your defensive options going 2nd.
@@CrystronHalq the reason ishizu tear is so good is BECAUSE it's so consistent. You'll rarely ever not hit your combo pieces off mills and the deck is almost always guaranteed to build it's board. Sprite is good but not as consistent by any means
@@vehicledestroyer You must be pretty idiotic calling Tear Ishizu as consistent as spright. Beaver, Live Twins, Diva, Starter, Swap Frog, Tenki, Foolish Burial, Fraktal are all 1 card combo enablers. And all cards here are at 3. No costs to use. And im sure there are many more. Tear has Reino, Foolish Goods and Instant Fusion. And instant fusion is at 1. Tear is a gamble RNG deck. You either fail or succeed. Spright always succeeds.
I have a suggestion for next years cup! Maybe you can have the same decks but modernise them a bit! Maybe for chaos put in some handtraps! But you can still use pre errata cards so that the deck doesn’t lose its identity. Jut to even out the playing field a bit and bridge the gap of power creep!
@@youtube-kit9450 I agree but it’s more like overpowered staples that do the job than the decks themselves! Anyways it’s a great format as it is was just an idea 😁
a post 2015 match that is NOT dice roll dependant AND interactive back and forth? 😮 but honestly, I feel Spright got done dirty in G2 and G3. those bricks holy ... lucky zoo and sacky as always (since zoo needs just a name while Spright needs a lvl 2 monster on field to start the engine) Happy to see zoo loses xd I am HYPED for the next one, it is the return of thr monarch lord Lithium for the win!
@@otangakudyokeman7124 that's just the nature of the zodiac deck That's what makes it so powerful Spright as a deck notoriously struggles in simplified gamestates where Zoo thrives in
No please don't say that Halq is an animal That card is basically a link 2 version of pre-errata firewall dragon It allows for insane board building monstrosities that are basically impossible to beat And for some stupid shenanigans like scythe lock Not to mention that it's materials are basically a few scraps just like elf's
Well, while your comment in general is true, you are watching two serious candidates for the title of "best deck ever" in this game, so it is even more notorious.
@@bl00by_ I mean, is difficult to judge. Zoo ability to tech out against any deck is unmatched, to my knowledge. I have played both in Cross Banlist context and No Banlist context enough to tell that, if we take past decks from the TCG/OCG, Zoo is always a force to be reckoned with. For me, the only 2 real candidates for "best deck ever" are indeed Tear and Zoo, with Spright not that far behind. But I can't decide between Tear and Zoo to be honest. And no, the OCG No Banlist tournaments are not a real indicator of which deck is the best, because they are not a consistent thing over time, despite the consecutive Tear wins we know about. And this coming from a guy who loves Tear playstyle and would definitely want Tear be called the best deck of all time, no questions.
All 5 matches were fantastic. Great interactions and a much more competitive match up than I thought.
I think the siding could have been a bit better, especially game 5 had that raigeki been any kind of interruption we would probably get away with a W. Instead we got a good showcase on why raigeki just doesn't do enough when the setup is already in action.
Impressive showing for zoo here despite the unfortunate loss
I was expecting a battle between two staples turbo decks to easily go in the much newer deck's favour, but ig zoo's grind game, resiliency and ability to basically autowin in simplified gamestates means they always have some sort of chance
One of the best CBC matches ever seen! Amazing how zoo despite the years and powercreep manage to get this close to win againts one of the best decks in 2022-2023. I'm not a zoo fan but wow 👏👏👏
This is how top tier decks are supposed to interact with each other
Always a good day when Lithium uploads!
The Zoodiac list aged better than I expected
Game 4 is how I expected more of these to go. Zoo is pretty much "barrage or bust" if your normal gets stopped. Spright kind of just does the same thing but has way more actual extenders to play around considering all the times they got stopped it took two resources.
Holy hell, that was an AMAZING match. Love two midrange decks going at it.
Spright has not dominated the way you would expect a 2022 tier 1 deck to dominate against a 2016 and 2017 deck, but they did pull out the victories. Zoodiac looked extremely resilient there.
Next match, you have two lockout decks going against each other. Mask of restrict might be huge lol. The Djinn lock is actually fantastic against Monarch as they need to special summon to enable their tributes. Could easily go either way here. Gotta give it to Monarch just because it's more explosive.
Battle of the hand traps.
Both decks are basically 1-card engines with a ton of hand traps.
No only zodiacs are one card engine, spright monsters need at least one lvl 2 monster on the field unless you have spright starter.
This was one of the best matches I've seen in CBC
This might be the best CBC match i've seen. What a clash!
The disrespectful Maxx C game 2 tho 😂
Haven’t watched yet- rooting for zoo and think it’ll win 3-2!
Dang, close. I know you could say this about a lot of match ups and it’s kind of irrelevant, but I feel like if zoo had access to a 2023 side deck it would squeak this one out. The decks seem on very similar power levels.
Another what if, but if you give zoo Zeus is easily wins this match
@@NikoAmii Nope, they still lose.
@@stevendavis6157 zeus is literally spright killer. you are the definition of the stupid "well aktually" meme
@@alexYu-gi-oh Zeus can be negate, can be destroyed, tributed and controlled. Never had an issues vsing Zeus with my spright deck. Your maybe one of them idiots that have hard times dealing with boss/semi boss monsters.
@@stevendavis6157 Zeus isn't once-per-chain either.
Sheeesh, this match is lit, the best match so far this year. The back and forth of board breaking and hand traps was intense. The top deck was also a big part that makes this match more exciting. Love this match Lithium
One of the best matches in this series to date. Wow
this makes little sense to say but, full power zoo with 2023 cards might be a better deck than spright which is insane (even if this version has a lot of banned cards)
Full power zoo with a 2023 cardpool would probably be the strongest deck ever
@@andrejv.2834 the only contender would be a no-banlist tearlaments with painful choice, but I totally agree with you
@@averageguyonyoutube3324yeah I was talking as if we took a 2017 deck and placed it in the current meta, in a no banlist format tear is probably the best since they can play on turn 0 and turbo out shock master/azathot, which is why they won some of those no banlist tournaments
Zoo didn't quite win, but it definitely made all the doubters do a double take.
Much closer match than i thought it would be… well played by both
Think this matchup showed how strong elf is. so much grind with the card
even though I'm usually bored to tears watching zoodiac, this was a great match!
Highly entertaining for me to watch two of my decks play each other. Kinda silently rooting for zoodiac but that old list compared to sprights full power list theres a gap in utilities of staples. Power level is just diff. A full power zodiac with todays staples would be diff playing against a spright full power with todays staples.
Que buenos juegos, estaba para cualquiera, esa última jugada definió la victoria.
These were excellent games , great showcase of modern Yu-gi-oh :3
Damn I never rooted for Zoo so hard
Zoo with modern hand traps would be insane. Nibiru single handedly took 2 games from zoo.
Elf should probably be summoning Jet more often right? When you summon Blue and your monsters don't stick you need another level 2 to pair the monster added by Blue but if you reborn Jet, get starter and have a card that can get your whole engine again
Someone could please tell me why the Spright player used prosperity for 3 in game 2 and 3?
HE USED PROSPERITY FOR 3 AGAIN IN GAME 4 AAAAAAAAAAA
i only played spright on master duel so i've never seen that interaction before, elf reviving toad made me physically ill lmao
Spright could have took game two if they grabbed Swap Frog instead of Carrot. It would have ended exactly the same as game one. No lie. 2:52
Raigeki going first instead of anti spell? What was the logic behind that?
Imagine getting evenly matched for 4, what would anti spell hit in all honesty to make it worth it (and not insta lose to evenly)
6:48 umm... Lithium?
Awwww! There goes my upset pick. Still though, this was a great match. Zoo managing to hold on very well despite all the powercreep shows just how good the design of that deck was. Imagine if it had access to a modern sidedeck. Then we'd be talking.
Djinn Nekroz 3-2 in the next one. I expect you to pilot Monarchs well as always, but it can still run into issues with the Djinn lock, and I think that's what ulimately seals the deal for this match.
The power of Norden, baby
If the next match was Domain Monarchs, I'd say they should have it in the bag, but ED? Idk, can go either way.
Great match
was the Spright player trying to give themselves a handicap by not summoning Toad? At least the match was close that way
DD cuervo el mvp de los duelos 😂😂
Awesome match! Zoo’s power level is insane but Spright is just the best deck ever. Even without the Maxx C play like the OCG, this deck is beyond anything else. Excellent games Lithium. Thank you!
well I'd say ishizu tear tops spright in terms of power especially since in the ocg the maxx c interaction was legal there and still got dominated by tear but spright is still up there as a top contender
@@soup2504 I dont know about that one. Spright got hit when Ishizu started entering the competitive scene. When it comes to full power, in terms of power, Ishizu Tear is better. In terms of consistency, Spright is better. Spright is a deck that can main 18 Handtraps, and I think thats very appealing in a competitive environment. being able to have room for alot of different cards without giving up your defensive options going 2nd.
@@CrystronHalq the reason ishizu tear is so good is BECAUSE it's so consistent. You'll rarely ever not hit your combo pieces off mills and the deck is almost always guaranteed to build it's board.
Sprite is good but not as consistent by any means
@@vehicledestroyer You must be pretty idiotic calling Tear Ishizu as consistent as spright. Beaver, Live Twins, Diva, Starter, Swap Frog, Tenki, Foolish Burial, Fraktal are all 1 card combo enablers. And all cards here are at 3. No costs to use. And im sure there are many more.
Tear has Reino, Foolish Goods and Instant Fusion. And instant fusion is at 1. Tear is a gamble RNG deck. You either fail or succeed. Spright always succeeds.
@@CrystronHalq No it didn't? Spright was full power
I have a suggestion for next years cup! Maybe you can have the same decks but modernise them a bit! Maybe for chaos put in some handtraps! But you can still use pre errata cards so that the deck doesn’t lose its identity. Jut to even out the playing field a bit and bridge the gap of power creep!
That would defeat the entire and singular point of a cross-banlist cup.
Correct
@@youtube-kit9450 I agree but it’s more like overpowered staples that do the job than the decks themselves! Anyways it’s a great format as it is was just an idea 😁
Game 5 if zoo ash the beaver it could win, but it is what it is. Good game. They deserve to be meta 👍👍
„Modern yugioh is too fast and there is no back and forth“
a post 2015 match that is NOT dice roll dependant AND interactive back and forth? 😮
but honestly, I feel Spright got done dirty in G2 and G3. those bricks holy ... lucky zoo and sacky as always (since zoo needs just a name while Spright needs a lvl 2 monster on field to start the engine)
Happy to see zoo loses xd
I am HYPED for the next one, it is the return of thr monarch lord Lithium for the win!
Spright done dirty ? They won twice because they had Nibiru in hand.
@@BananenBread handtraps with no engine what the point? zoo needs ANY name and they are back duh
@@otangakudyokeman7124 that's just the nature of the zodiac deck
That's what makes it so powerful
Spright as a deck notoriously struggles in simplified gamestates where Zoo thrives in
I'm starting to think Spright Elf is now the best link 2 we've had in the game replacing Halq
No please don't say that
Halq is an animal
That card is basically a link 2 version of pre-errata firewall dragon
It allows for insane board building monstrosities that are basically impossible to beat
And for some stupid shenanigans like scythe lock
Not to mention that it's materials are basically a few scraps just like elf's
Very close
Godawful decision making and plays by the spright pilot. Good match nevertheless.
Zoo have no 2022 staples lollll, imagine zoodiac have 2022 staples
First viewer right here!
nekroz 3/1
Modern yugioh is ridiculous lmao
Well, while your comment in general is true, you are watching two serious candidates for the title of "best deck ever" in this game, so it is even more notorious.
@@sadrobot5501 You mean 2nd best deck, the best one is obviously Tear
@@bl00by_ I mean, is difficult to judge. Zoo ability to tech out against any deck is unmatched, to my knowledge. I have played both in Cross Banlist context and No Banlist context enough to tell that, if we take past decks from the TCG/OCG, Zoo is always a force to be reckoned with. For me, the only 2 real candidates for "best deck ever" are indeed Tear and Zoo, with Spright not that far behind. But I can't decide between Tear and Zoo to be honest.
And no, the OCG No Banlist tournaments are not a real indicator of which deck is the best, because they are not a consistent thing over time, despite the consecutive Tear wins we know about. And this coming from a guy who loves Tear playstyle and would definitely want Tear be called the best deck of all time, no questions.