@@tootsie_ One card being good or even busted doesn't save an archetype - just ask Dark Matter Dragon, the perma-banned card that's not even useful to its archetype.
@@teddyhaines6613 I AM genuinely surprised Dinowrestler hasn't appeared and Duel Logs has prefered to be a spiteful clickbaiter With his "This nostalgic fan favorite Deck wasn't Minimum Tier 1, So it is an utter failure" attitude. Dinowrestler is a Deck that had to go through so many hoops just to do a básic OTK strategy that other decks like Ancient Gear or even Ultimate Conductor Tyranno turbo do easier You could argue Zoodiac can fit in the Failed Archetype because while it was Good, it is a failure in design as NOBODY ever tries to use its intended gimmick of "use as many Main Deck Zoodiac Monsters to give it múltiple Effects and try to give it as many materials to use its niche Effects "
Yeah, given the lore and the reason behind it's design, it kind of reminds me of those cards that are only worth playing in the video game they're affiliated with and given these cards came from what looks like an arcade machine that not many people went to, I'm not surprised no one has personal feeling for this archetype. It's not like Celtic Guardian or Flame Swordsman who yes are terrible, but kids who grew up with the anime would be drawn to because they just like Joey or Yugi using them, even if they're not the greatest. and similarly, some archetypes are beloved because of the cool artwork, like I personally love most beast cards that actually LOOK like organic animals (a shocking number of breast monsters are just humans with animal like armor or robotic looking things or some object that happens to relate to beasts cause "all nature is the same). Most beast cards aren't that good though, but have some really cute artwork that I personally like. so for sentimental reasons I may be tempted to build a deck around the card, like one of my favorites is Saffira Queen of Dragons, but she's really hard to use with advantage because when I do use her, either she's just a "win more" card or if I'm using her effects, I'm losing and she happens to be a comeback option. I never bricked with her slotted in a blue eyes deck, but she never was key to winning games as blue eyes functions well enough wtihout her. But I still enjoy having her in that deck purely since she doesn't hurt the deck and she has one of my favorite card arts in the whole series. (that and Cat Shark is adorable! Even Baby Tiragon, the "worst rank 1 in the game" is a favorite cause it's so cute and that episode where Yuma won with it was so touching and really showed the difference between a Good Duelist (one who knows how to win) and a TRUE duelist (one who knows how to win REGARDLESS of what deck they play. See that episode where Chazz had to win against powerful duelists using severe handicaps TWICE....and he won both times without complaint. Chazz it The F*CK UP!) But I just don't see ANYONE defending Ally of Justice beyond Catastor....Who knows though? Maybe SOMEONE supports them for the memes or SOMEONE likes thier design or SOMEONE loves the lore behind them though, but it won't be 50/50 like most other "Failed" videos or "Worst of" videos. XD (and I know. I'm usually one of the "These cards are NOT as bad as you say they are" campers)
@@MarioMastar As I said, Garadholg does look cool, to be fair! It's still utter crap, like, outclassed by T.G. Rush Rhino and Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger in regards to how it plays, but it's still cool looking nonetheless!
here is the problem, these duel terminal cards were meant to be played in you quessed it, duel terminal arcade, which is not released outside japan, them being so awful is because they are meant to be played in slower 3 lane yugioh that only accept archetype from duel terminal which means duels are always gusto vs aoj etc and all of them are PURE.
Ally of Justice could use some field spells or a continuous spell or trap for turning the opponents' monsters into light or dark with an extra effect added to them and if the creators want to go further, they can add Ally of Justice monsters for destroying fire, water, earth, or wind as well with of course an extra effect added to the monsters. This would give Ally of Justice a big boost in support.
Adding more specific attribute counter effects into an anti-LIGHT play style sounds even clunkier. In Dueling Book I made a field spell that turned all non-DARK cards on the field, GY, and hand also into LIGHT type when an Ally of Justice monster is on the field. I also had it reduced the levels of all DARK machines in the hand by 1 as well. Only one card would be needed to have them use their effects and slightly out or reach cards would be summonable. Plenty counter-LIGHT cards out of archetype as well would be relevant.
Or a card like kraken, the rank 4 water xyz, maybe a synchro that makes all opponent monsters light-attribute and can quick effect some disruption and when it gets destroyed it summons some other ally of justice synchro from extra deck. That plus maybe an extra deck floodgate type monster and they could be really good
Another theme of AoJ besides their anti-light is the "search and destroy". Make them a boss monster that "If it's your opponent draw phase, look at their top of the deck cards. If it a light monster send it to the graveyard and your opponent skip their drawing phase. If it isn't, shuffle it to the bottom of the deck then your opponent draw a card" There, a broken card at a glance but not really considering the setup and the requirements to advance one turn to make it effects online.
I'm just glad Konami eventually learned their lesson on how to properly implement lore as a way of tying different archetypes together. Truly, Duel Terminal crawled so that Albaz, Visas, and Diabellstar could run.
I love Duel Terminal for the absolute mess of a story that it is, but I do agree that it's biggest contribution is being the stepping stones for the next card storylines.
0:01 Idea for a pair of “Ally of Justice” support cards that are designed to make them FAR more relevant (hopefully): _Ally of Justice - Targets Verified!_ Continuous Trap _Can be activated from your hand or the turn it was set while your opponent controls a LIGHT monster. Unaffected by the effects of LIGHT monsters. All monsters in your opponent’s hand and GY and on their field are also LIGHT-attribute. Each time your opponent Summons, Declares and attack with, or activates the effect of a LIGHT monster; Apply 1 of the following effects._ _⚪️Add 1 card that mentions “Ally of Justice” in its name or text to your hand (from your Deck or GY.)_ _⚪️Normal Summon/Set or Special Summon 1 monster that mentions “Ally of Justice” in its name or text from your hand._ _⚪️Gain LP equal to that LIGHT monster’s total ATK/DEF._ _Ally of Justice - Mass Production Facility_ Field Spell _Unaffected by the effects of LIGHT monsters. During your Main Phase, You can Normal Summon/Set 2 “Ally of Justice” monsters in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. You can Normal Summon/Set “Ally of Justice” monsters with 1 less Tribute. While you control a Face-up “Ally of Justice” Synchro monster, you can Synchro Summon Synchro Monsters from your Extra Deck, using “Ally of Justice” cards from your hand and/or Field as Materials. Synchro or Tribute Summoned “Ally of Justice” monsters you summon using other “Ally of Justice” monsters as Tributes and/or Materials gain the effects of those Tributes/Materials._ THERE, the Trap makes sure their LIGHT-focused effects are always relevant, while also letting you react to any of said monsters actions, while the field spell lets you summon out Ally monsters en masse AND lets you stack their effects if your Tribute/Synchro summon them using other Ally monsters as Tribute/Material. Hopefully this would make them SOMEWHAT adequate.
@ Well it STILL revolves around the otherwise lousy “Ally of Justice” archetype, so I’d say it balances itself out in a manner of speaking. I’ve brainstormed similarly powerful cards for the “Alien” and “Arcana Force” archetypes among others, and people tend to say those otherwise insane cards BAERLY even things out when saddled with sub-par archetypes like theirs.
Enchantment: All permanents controlled by an opponent, or in an opponent's deck are white; counter white spell cast by any player unless its owner pays (3).
I think since AOJ are meant to be bad together in Lore, they can either be 1) Good with archetypes that designed said machine. Like maybe a AOJ from mist valley that's helps mist valley more than AOJ. 2) A toolbox strategy. Just a pile of cards, though does not have big synergy with each other, are individually good cards (with a good engine to access them, of course).
Idea for an “Ally of Justice” boss monster that amplifies the other Allies: _Ally of Justice Lightfall_ (DARK) Level 8 Machine/Synchro/Tuner/Effect _1+ Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters_ _You can also Synchro Summon this card from your GY, using “Ally of Justice” monsters you control as Materials. This Synchro Summoned card gains the effects of any “Ally of Justice” monsters that are used as Synchro Material for this cards summon. All Face-up monsters your opponent controls are also LIGHT-Attribute. “Ally of Justice” monsters you control can attack all LIGHT monsters your opponent controls, once each. During the Damage Step only, If an “Ally of Justice” monster you control attacks an opponent’s LIGHT monster (Quick Effect); That “Ally of Justice” monster gains gains ATK equal to it’s original DEF, and DEF equal to it’s original ATK. If an “Ally of Justice” monster you control attacks a defense position LIGHT monster, inflict piercing battle damage._ ATK/3000 DEF/2500
I remember that back in my days in duel links were blue eyes was meta i played a simple trap deck with ally of justice quarantine 😂 it was so funny to see blue eyes quit with just a simple summon 😂
In Dueling Book I made a field spell that turned all non-DARK cards on the field, GY, and hand also into LIGHT type when an Ally of Justice monster is on the field. I also had it reduced the levels of all DARK machines in the hand by 1 as well.
I hate fanmade support for AOJ that turns your opponents cards into LIGHT monsters. I want to see support that have effects that start with "if your opponent uses the effect of a monster who's original attribute was LIGHT" and then ends with the nastiest fucking floodgate effects in the entire game. I want to see top meta LIGHT decks be in constant fear just because an AOJ rogue deck could appear in their bracket at any moment and instantly win on the spot.
Konami can very lazy way to make the deck viable by making field spell change all opponent monster to light attribute and floodgate your opponent can only activate 1 light monster effect per turn, even the field spell leave the field, force opponent must remove it using backrow removal. Used the negative effect of trap trick and trap track, that only allows your activate 1 trap card after trap trick and trap track as floodgate effect. At this moment we don have this type floodgate that only allowed opponent activate 1 monster effect per turn, and ally of justice will be a good one to have this floodgate effect
I would agree, but considering that they took AoJ's boss monsters, taped them together and made them an new boss monster for Genex I'm not sure what's left for AoJ.
FINALLY! An Archetype that is a true failure in every sense of the Word and not a case of "It wasn't Minimum Tier 1, so it sucks" As Ally of Justice can't Even do the one thing it was designed to: Be an ANTI-LIGHT Deck (and debatably also a counter to Cards that want to be Face-Down First)
Honestly idk why this is getting a video, not because AoJ doesn't suck, it absolutely does, it's just that we all know why it sucks and it's not like it's bad in a particularly interesting way.
Maybe he's sick of getting pushback every time he makes one of these videos, so he's picking on the one archetype nobody in their right minds would defend as not a failure?
I don’t know if I wouldn’t say there was no reason, since he shows why the deck has gotten no legacy support and why it would be pointless in the first place, since every card does its job terribly and there are others that do the same thing, but better. At least with the other duel terminal decks, there was some cohesion support was able to build on, but not really the AoJ. Then again, maybe he just wants to cover all the duel terminal archetypes.
I think they would work more if the Ally of Justice monsters had more lingering effects that make monsters in the opponents graveyard and field be treated as light monsters on the field and in the graveyard with maybe some effects to special summon from the deck
Quarantine was also good in duel links Desperado master of destiny decks since it's not too bad in general. Decent stats a situational poweful ability that didn't affect you and is a dark machine that can go into a Desperado Barrel dragon
...ok, i didn't know there were enough cards for that to be an archtype. Catastor is the only one i know by name and i always assumed there were only like 2 more.
only that synchro ally of justice is good but the moment starving vemon dragon, new yubel supports, destiny heroes, and like dark fusions became a thing the poor synchro got outclassed lol
This archetype is the poster child of horrid card design, next to VehicRoids. When Konami prioritized lore over sensible good card design and still do for many awful decks. Nothing redeemable about this deck. It should be forgotten about and left in the past Also I hate these stupid memes of archetype getting support because it-s talked about in an video. Replacing one meme from Rata with another
I feel like a field spell turning all non-DARK cards on the field, GY, and hand also into LIGHT type when an Ally of Justice monster is on the field in addition to reducing the levels of all DARK machines in the hand by 1 would help significantly. Maybe another card or two, with 3 Light Imprisoning Mirror.
Ally of Justice Decisive Armor was also powerful back in the day. Being able to turn any card into a Feather Duster was crazy. There were also instances of the third effect ending Lightsworn players. Fixing Ally of Justice is actually a lot easier than one would think. Yes, many of the cards would be left in the dust, but it could be something playable with just a couple new cards (with some fairly unprecedented effects).
Gotta be honest, the fact that Decisive Armor got Necroz'd always made me think it had to have something going for it, considering that most (all?) of the others were also rather wel-known Cards.
If they get a spell card that searches an ally of justice monsters, field spell that let's you special summon an ally of justice monsters from your hand or GY if you control no monsters but locks you out of special summon except machine monsters for the rest of the turn, DARK machine monsters you control gain 500 ATK and something else
Yeah, even in 2024, I STILL run Catastor in my T.G. deck, cuz it's easy to make Lv 5 Synchros with them and it has helped me out in the past, Buster Blader Fusion Monster - that Tidal Tin really paying for itself there especially as I still have Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning somewhere around here! And I did pull the FIRE Ruler as well (which I knew I would)! And, in Garadholg's defence, it does look cool, even if its Effect makes it worse than T.G. Rush Rhino and Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger due to gaining less ATK... and only against specific Attributes... and not having a Floating Effect tied to the Archetype's Main Deck plays...
Actually, I used Ally of Justice Light Gazer, but it was in my side deck in case of battling a light deck. I did use Catastor more in my deck back then. In fact, Ally of Justice Catastor was given to me by a friend on my birthday. But I also ran Genex Undine and Genex Controller in my deck, but that was because I also ran Tree Born Frog in my deck and since Tree Born Frog's effect can only work in the graveyard, Genex Undine's effect seemed like the quickest way to get Tree Born Frog the graveyard.
Just as a starter idea for support: Simple, but should be enough to get the job done without being OP due to certain requirements. Ally of Justice Supreme Judge Rank 4 Dark/Machine/Xyz/Effect 2000/1800 2+ DARK machine monsters All monsters your opponent owns are treated as LIGHT monsters. Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz material from this card; Special Summon 1 "Ally of Justice" monster from your deck. Ally of Justice Absolute Jailer Level 10 Dark/Machine/Fusion/Effect 3000/2500 2 level 5 or higher "Ally of Justice" monsters You can Fusion Summon this card by sending fusion materials with the same name from your hand/field to the GY. LIGHT monsters your opponent owns have their effects negated. Ally of Justice Perfect Obliteration Level 8 Dark/Synchro/Machine/Effect 2500/2100 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters. This card may attack a number of times equal to the number of "Ally of Justice" monsters you control during each battle phase. If this card battles a LIGHT monster; banish that monster face-down, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
While Catastor, Cycle Reader, and Quarantine saw some success, their effects intended use for the Duel Terminal Lore were either too narrow or were just too clunky to use effectively. The Spell and Trap Bouncing Tuner was one of the few exceptions. The later support didn’t quite address the problems either.
Ally Of Justice Catastor was a synchro I used so many times and thanks to I won a club tournament in high school, love that card. A shame this archtype couldn't find its stride I love concept but the execution was off.
Can you do a summary of the branded/ fallen of albaz I have loved the Albaz group of cards ever since my friend got a structure deck and walled my rag tag deck I made by mixing Kaiba’s and Yugi’s deck from the pharaoh box and this was the first time I was walled by something and now I have the same structure deck and many albaz decks in master duel
If this archetype were to be fixed with 1 card, it would need to be a link-1 that has the summoning effect like Junk Speeder but with a Synchro or AoJ lock on it, and also changes Attributes of monsters on field Another way to save this with multiple cards instead is giving them a soul charge like card, effects that can be used vs any deck but with bonuses when a light monster is on field/gy. Basically each go +1 or 2 in such scenarios. Or give them build-a-boss support such as Vendread and Digital Bugs. Definitely then, can see this archetype being saved within 5-6 cards
The idea of a deck designed to target one specific type of card sounds terrifying until you realize players can be prepared ahead of time for it. This deck could of work is all the cards had the ability to change what element there effect targets.
Has there ever been monster could attack even if it wasn't on the field. For example a monster that could attack from the hand by revealing it or a monster that the moment its destroyed by battle it can launch a direct attack from the graveyard.
There is a Monster called "Mahaama the Fairy Dragon". It Special Summons itself if either you or your Opponent take Damage from an Attack during your Opponent's Turn only, then you can choose to either get as many LP as the Damage that activated it OR make your Opponent take that same amount of Damage instead. Basically the Idea is that you activate it in reponse to taking Damage yourself, then either "heal back" what you just lost, or reflect the same amount back at your Opponent.
I think it would be funny if the Allies of Justice got a retrain that actually gave them synergy and decent support. And given the creativity in naming the Yu-Gi-Oh! devs seem to have, they would probably give the retrain of the Allies of Justice something like Perfected Ally of Justice
A field spell that turned all non-DARK cards on the field, GY, and hand also into LIGHT type when an Ally of Justice monster is on the field would at least let them use their effects against most monsters. Reducing levels of all DARK machines in the hand by 1 would let more monsters be usable too. I feel like a few more support cards would be needed to make them relevant.
@@alexanderrobins7497 Especially if they include a small handful of archetype specific searchers. If they want do a lore thing, they could do a whole story about how this retrain came about via actual harmonization.
Could you do a video on the Machina archetype? I can only think of maybe 4 that are viable to some degree, but the rest of the cards are complete trash.
Everyone ready for the Light 1 that turns every monster in light with search and the Poplar that banishes every light monster in the field, burning 2k for each?
Top 10 Worst classic cards 7: Ancient Sanctuary, or Top 10 Worst Warrior type monsters. Or Worst monsters that cannot be normal summoned or set For the non top 10 list: The Unknown side of Yu-Gi-Oh: Beasts of the Colliseum featuring Gladiator Beasts
Amusingly, according to lore, Ally of Justice actually COULDN'T beat Worms. It took the rise of Genex for the tide to begin turning, and only because the Genex didn't support themselves. They were an endless army that just appeared, and thus never needed to.
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Surely this will be the first archetype in forever that appears in this series without anyone vehemently disputing their inclusion.
Catastor is better than all of some of the decks and mechanics featured here
@@tootsie_ One card being good or even busted doesn't save an archetype - just ask Dark Matter Dragon, the perma-banned card that's not even useful to its archetype.
@@teddyhaines6613 I AM genuinely surprised Dinowrestler hasn't appeared and Duel Logs has prefered to be a spiteful clickbaiter With his "This nostalgic fan favorite Deck wasn't Minimum Tier 1, So it is an utter failure" attitude.
Dinowrestler is a Deck that had to go through so many hoops just to do a básic OTK strategy that other decks like Ancient Gear or even Ultimate Conductor Tyranno turbo do easier
You could argue Zoodiac can fit in the Failed Archetype because while it was Good, it is a failure in design as NOBODY ever tries to use its intended gimmick of "use as many Main Deck Zoodiac Monsters to give it múltiple Effects and try to give it as many materials to use its niche Effects "
Yeah, given the lore and the reason behind it's design, it kind of reminds me of those cards that are only worth playing in the video game they're affiliated with and given these cards came from what looks like an arcade machine that not many people went to, I'm not surprised no one has personal feeling for this archetype. It's not like Celtic Guardian or Flame Swordsman who yes are terrible, but kids who grew up with the anime would be drawn to because they just like Joey or Yugi using them, even if they're not the greatest. and similarly, some archetypes are beloved because of the cool artwork, like I personally love most beast cards that actually LOOK like organic animals (a shocking number of breast monsters are just humans with animal like armor or robotic looking things or some object that happens to relate to beasts cause "all nature is the same). Most beast cards aren't that good though, but have some really cute artwork that I personally like. so for sentimental reasons I may be tempted to build a deck around the card, like one of my favorites is Saffira Queen of Dragons, but she's really hard to use with advantage because when I do use her, either she's just a "win more" card or if I'm using her effects, I'm losing and she happens to be a comeback option. I never bricked with her slotted in a blue eyes deck, but she never was key to winning games as blue eyes functions well enough wtihout her. But I still enjoy having her in that deck purely since she doesn't hurt the deck and she has one of my favorite card arts in the whole series. (that and Cat Shark is adorable! Even Baby Tiragon, the "worst rank 1 in the game" is a favorite cause it's so cute and that episode where Yuma won with it was so touching and really showed the difference between a Good Duelist (one who knows how to win) and a TRUE duelist (one who knows how to win REGARDLESS of what deck they play. See that episode where Chazz had to win against powerful duelists using severe handicaps TWICE....and he won both times without complaint. Chazz it The F*CK UP!)
But I just don't see ANYONE defending Ally of Justice beyond Catastor....Who knows though? Maybe SOMEONE supports them for the memes or SOMEONE likes thier design or SOMEONE loves the lore behind them though, but it won't be 50/50 like most other "Failed" videos or "Worst of" videos. XD (and I know. I'm usually one of the "These cards are NOT as bad as you say they are" campers)
@@MarioMastar As I said, Garadholg does look cool, to be fair! It's still utter crap, like, outclassed by T.G. Rush Rhino and Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger in regards to how it plays, but it's still cool looking nonetheless!
I didn’t know that the Ally of Justice archetype had a normal monster. Please do the Vehicroids next
> vehicroids
> calling a tier 0 strat a failed strat
@@gettingcomfy What are you trying to say? I’m confused
cycroid supremacy
@@gettingcomfy Cycroid is terrible though
here is the problem, these duel terminal cards were meant to be played in you quessed it, duel terminal arcade, which is not released outside japan, them being so awful is because they are meant to be played in slower 3 lane yugioh that only accept archetype from duel terminal which means duels are always gusto vs aoj etc and all of them are PURE.
Ally of Justice could use some field spells or a continuous spell or trap for turning the opponents' monsters into light or dark with an extra effect added to them and if the creators want to go further, they can add Ally of Justice monsters for destroying fire, water, earth, or wind as well with of course an extra effect added to the monsters. This would give Ally of Justice a big boost in support.
well they're anti light (lore reasons), maybe a field like lair of darkness but for light and cards for swarming
I mean, there's always jank like DNA Transplant if they're REALLY desperate...
Adding more specific attribute counter effects into an anti-LIGHT play style sounds even clunkier.
In Dueling Book I made a field spell that turned all non-DARK cards on the field, GY, and hand also into LIGHT type when an Ally of Justice monster is on the field. I also had it reduced the levels of all DARK machines in the hand by 1 as well.
Only one card would be needed to have them use their effects and slightly out or reach cards would be summonable. Plenty counter-LIGHT cards out of archetype as well would be relevant.
Or a card like kraken, the rank 4 water xyz, maybe a synchro that makes all opponent monsters light-attribute and can quick effect some disruption and when it gets destroyed it summons some other ally of justice synchro from extra deck. That plus maybe an extra deck floodgate type monster and they could be really good
Another theme of AoJ besides their anti-light is the "search and destroy".
Make them a boss monster that "If it's your opponent draw phase, look at their top of the deck cards. If it a light monster send it to the graveyard and your opponent skip their drawing phase. If it isn't, shuffle it to the bottom of the deck then your opponent draw a card"
There, a broken card at a glance but not really considering the setup and the requirements to advance one turn to make it effects online.
I'm just glad Konami eventually learned their lesson on how to properly implement lore as a way of tying different archetypes together.
Truly, Duel Terminal crawled so that Albaz, Visas, and Diabellstar could run.
I love Duel Terminal for the absolute mess of a story that it is, but I do agree that it's biggest contribution is being the stepping stones for the next card storylines.
0:01 Idea for a pair of “Ally of Justice” support cards that are designed to make them FAR more relevant (hopefully):
_Ally of Justice - Targets Verified!_
Continuous Trap
_Can be activated from your hand or the turn it was set while your opponent controls a LIGHT monster. Unaffected by the effects of LIGHT monsters. All monsters in your opponent’s hand and GY and on their field are also LIGHT-attribute. Each time your opponent Summons, Declares and attack with, or activates the effect of a LIGHT monster; Apply 1 of the following effects._
_⚪️Add 1 card that mentions “Ally of Justice” in its name or text to your hand (from your Deck or GY.)_
_⚪️Normal Summon/Set or Special Summon 1 monster that mentions “Ally of Justice” in its name or text from your hand._
_⚪️Gain LP equal to that LIGHT monster’s total ATK/DEF._
_Ally of Justice - Mass Production Facility_
Field Spell
_Unaffected by the effects of LIGHT monsters. During your Main Phase, You can Normal Summon/Set 2 “Ally of Justice” monsters in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. You can Normal Summon/Set “Ally of Justice” monsters with 1 less Tribute. While you control a Face-up “Ally of Justice” Synchro monster, you can Synchro Summon Synchro Monsters from your Extra Deck, using “Ally of Justice” cards from your hand and/or Field as Materials. Synchro or Tribute Summoned “Ally of Justice” monsters you summon using other “Ally of Justice” monsters as Tributes and/or Materials gain the effects of those Tributes/Materials._
THERE, the Trap makes sure their LIGHT-focused effects are always relevant, while also letting you react to any of said monsters actions, while the field spell lets you summon out Ally monsters en masse AND lets you stack their effects if your Tribute/Synchro summon them using other Ally monsters as Tribute/Material. Hopefully this would make them SOMEWHAT adequate.
creates the most broken spell card in existence -> HOPES it would make the archetype SOMEWHAT relevant
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Well it STILL revolves around the otherwise lousy “Ally of Justice” archetype, so I’d say it balances itself out in a manner of speaking.
I’ve brainstormed similarly powerful cards for the “Alien” and “Arcana Force” archetypes among others, and people tend to say those otherwise insane cards BAERLY even things out when saddled with sub-par archetypes like theirs.
Enchantment: All permanents controlled by an opponent, or in an opponent's deck are white; counter white spell cast by any player unless its owner pays (3).
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MTG?
Quarantine. Catastor. Destroyer.
These guys are great in duel links personally i use them with an orcust deck
Cycle Reader was also insane in the light-heavy metas. BEWD, Galaxy/Tachyon, Neos/Tenyi to a lesser extent
I think since AOJ are meant to be bad together in Lore, they can either be
1) Good with archetypes that designed said machine. Like maybe a AOJ from mist valley that's helps mist valley more than AOJ.
2) A toolbox strategy. Just a pile of cards, though does not have big synergy with each other, are individually good cards (with a good engine to access them, of course).
Worm xex looks like a monster from the front of a goosebumps book on a stack of pancakes.
Lmao!!!
This one was looooooong overdue. Dinowrestlers, you're time is coming.
I remember when I used to main gateway not knowing what it did but knowing every now and then it could be a free body
Idea for an “Ally of Justice” boss monster that amplifies the other Allies:
_Ally of Justice Lightfall_ (DARK)
Level 8
Machine/Synchro/Tuner/Effect
_1+ Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters_
_You can also Synchro Summon this card from your GY, using “Ally of Justice” monsters you control as Materials. This Synchro Summoned card gains the effects of any “Ally of Justice” monsters that are used as Synchro Material for this cards summon. All Face-up monsters your opponent controls are also LIGHT-Attribute. “Ally of Justice” monsters you control can attack all LIGHT monsters your opponent controls, once each. During the Damage Step only, If an “Ally of Justice” monster you control attacks an opponent’s LIGHT monster (Quick Effect); That “Ally of Justice” monster gains gains ATK equal to it’s original DEF, and DEF equal to it’s original ATK. If an “Ally of Justice” monster you control attacks a defense position LIGHT monster, inflict piercing battle damage._
ATK/3000 DEF/2500
I remember that back in my days in duel links were blue eyes was meta i played a simple trap deck with ally of justice quarantine 😂 it was so funny to see blue eyes quit with just a simple summon 😂
please do Failed Cards on Cubic
PLEASE!!!
Cubic is a secret menace. Thanks Diva.
@@DexLeroy it's quite fun with Azamina and Diabellstar
@@Henrex2000 Noted. Frickin LOVE CUBICS.
As a cubic player. I do unfortunately have to agree. It may be an unexpected deck. But even if it was expected. It can be stopped in its tracts sadly.
They need a "Lair of Light" field spell that also changes monsters in the gy to light, in addition to good boss monsters.
In Dueling Book I made a field spell that turned all non-DARK cards on the field, GY, and hand also into LIGHT type when an Ally of Justice monster is on the field. I also had it reduced the levels of all DARK machines in the hand by 1 as well.
I hate fanmade support for AOJ that turns your opponents cards into LIGHT monsters. I want to see support that have effects that start with "if your opponent uses the effect of a monster who's original attribute was LIGHT" and then ends with the nastiest fucking floodgate effects in the entire game. I want to see top meta LIGHT decks be in constant fear just because an AOJ rogue deck could appear in their bracket at any moment and instantly win on the spot.
1:19 that Era was total fail of archetypes
I liked this episode much more. Going straight to the point telling why the deck is bad and then going card by card felt better to me
Konami can very lazy way to make the deck viable by making field spell change all opponent monster to light attribute and floodgate your opponent can only activate 1 light monster effect per turn, even the field spell leave the field, force opponent must remove it using backrow removal. Used the negative effect of trap trick and trap track, that only allows your activate 1 trap card after trap trick and trap track as floodgate effect. At this moment we don have this type floodgate that only allowed opponent activate 1 monster effect per turn, and ally of justice will be a good one to have this floodgate effect
Considering they made Genex from terrible to passable before Baronne’s ban, I think they can do something cool with AoJ
I would agree, but considering that they took AoJ's boss monsters, taped them together and made them an new boss monster for Genex I'm not sure what's left for AoJ.
@@genesisera8364Maybe a new archetype finds the remains of the AoJ and enhances them
And to think these buggers got not just one but two animations in Master Duel before D/D/D got a single one.
FINALLY! An Archetype that is a true failure in every sense of the Word and not a case of "It wasn't Minimum Tier 1, so it sucks"
As Ally of Justice can't Even do the one thing it was designed to: Be an ANTI-LIGHT Deck (and debatably also a counter to Cards that want to be Face-Down First)
Honestly idk why this is getting a video, not because AoJ doesn't suck, it absolutely does, it's just that we all know why it sucks and it's not like it's bad in a particularly interesting way.
Maybe he's sick of getting pushback every time he makes one of these videos, so he's picking on the one archetype nobody in their right minds would defend as not a failure?
He's not beating the Legacy of the Worthless ripoff allegations either
I don’t know if I wouldn’t say there was no reason, since he shows why the deck has gotten no legacy support and why it would be pointless in the first place, since every card does its job terribly and there are others that do the same thing, but better. At least with the other duel terminal decks, there was some cohesion support was able to build on, but not really the AoJ.
Then again, maybe he just wants to cover all the duel terminal archetypes.
I think they would work more if the Ally of Justice monsters had more lingering effects that make monsters in the opponents graveyard and field be treated as light monsters on the field and in the graveyard with maybe some effects to special summon from the deck
New Ally of Justice supports, lets fucking go!
Quarantine was also good in duel links Desperado master of destiny decks since it's not too bad in general. Decent stats a situational poweful ability that didn't affect you and is a dark machine that can go into a Desperado Barrel dragon
If this doesn't have Ally of Justice Spellcaster we riot.
0:25 ok, we are good. For now.
Oh to be a Machine Type Archetype that doesn't pretend to be dragons.
...ok, i didn't know there were enough cards for that to be an archtype. Catastor is the only one i know by name and i always assumed there were only like 2 more.
12:25 LOOOORE
strange, i thought you made this video back in the 2010s i guess i misremembered.
I thought the same too....
Since these cards are DARK, Batman would retrain them by reclaiming revenge on everyone who believes in LIGHT. 😅
only that synchro ally of justice is good but the moment starving vemon dragon, new yubel supports, destiny heroes, and like dark fusions became a thing the poor synchro got outclassed lol
This archetype is the poster child of horrid card design, next to VehicRoids.
When Konami prioritized lore over sensible good card design and still do for many awful decks.
Nothing redeemable about this deck. It should be forgotten about and left in the past
Also I hate these stupid memes of archetype getting support because it-s talked about in an video. Replacing one meme from Rata with another
I feel like a field spell turning all non-DARK cards on the field, GY, and hand also into LIGHT type when an Ally of Justice monster is on the field in addition to reducing the levels of all DARK machines in the hand by 1 would help significantly. Maybe another card or two, with 3 Light Imprisoning Mirror.
Like it or not, Catastor was an iconic generic card played my many to great effect.
cannot wait for Ally of Justice support
Ally of Justice Decisive Armor was also powerful back in the day. Being able to turn any card into a Feather Duster was crazy. There were also instances of the third effect ending Lightsworn players.
Fixing Ally of Justice is actually a lot easier than one would think. Yes, many of the cards would be left in the dust, but it could be something playable with just a couple new cards (with some fairly unprecedented effects).
Gotta be honest, the fact that Decisive Armor got Necroz'd always made me think it had to have something going for it, considering that most (all?) of the others were also rather wel-known Cards.
If they get a spell card that searches an ally of justice monsters, field spell that let's you special summon an ally of justice monsters from your hand or GY if you control no monsters but locks you out of special summon except machine monsters for the rest of the turn, DARK machine monsters you control gain 500 ATK and something else
Yeah, even in 2024, I STILL run Catastor in my T.G. deck, cuz it's easy to make Lv 5 Synchros with them and it has helped me out in the past, Buster Blader Fusion Monster - that Tidal Tin really paying for itself there especially as I still have Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning somewhere around here! And I did pull the FIRE Ruler as well (which I knew I would)! And, in Garadholg's defence, it does look cool, even if its Effect makes it worse than T.G. Rush Rhino and Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger due to gaining less ATK... and only against specific Attributes... and not having a Floating Effect tied to the Archetype's Main Deck plays...
Actually, I used Ally of Justice Light Gazer, but it was in my side deck in case of battling a light deck. I did use Catastor more in my deck back then. In fact, Ally of Justice Catastor was given to me by a friend on my birthday. But I also ran Genex Undine and Genex Controller in my deck, but that was because I also ran Tree Born Frog in my deck and since Tree Born Frog's effect can only work in the graveyard, Genex Undine's effect seemed like the quickest way to get Tree Born Frog the graveyard.
I loved using these in a mixed light deck for chaos. I have no idea why, but it was just fun back in the day.
Just as a starter idea for support: Simple, but should be enough to get the job done without being OP due to certain requirements.
Ally of Justice Supreme Judge
Rank 4
Dark/Machine/Xyz/Effect
2000/1800
2+ DARK machine monsters
All monsters your opponent owns are treated as LIGHT monsters. Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz material from this card; Special Summon 1 "Ally of Justice" monster from your deck.
Ally of Justice Absolute Jailer
Level 10
Dark/Machine/Fusion/Effect
3000/2500
2 level 5 or higher "Ally of Justice" monsters
You can Fusion Summon this card by sending fusion materials with the same name from your hand/field to the GY. LIGHT monsters your opponent owns have their effects negated.
Ally of Justice Perfect Obliteration
Level 8
Dark/Synchro/Machine/Effect
2500/2100
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters.
This card may attack a number of times equal to the number of "Ally of Justice" monsters you control during each battle phase. If this card battles a LIGHT monster; banish that monster face-down, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
While Catastor, Cycle Reader, and Quarantine saw some success, their effects intended use for the Duel Terminal Lore were either too narrow or were just too clunky to use effectively. The Spell and Trap Bouncing Tuner was one of the few exceptions.
The later support didn’t quite address the problems either.
Last time i was this early to something the dinosaurs still stomped this earth
Top 10 most expensive World Champion decks
I'll love to see how much they throw
Ally of Justice Decisive Armor was one of the funniest things to resolve when playing against Lightsworn back in the day.
Ally of Justice Catastor was a great generic!
Me: aha I have locked you out of special summoning light monsters! You lose BEWD player
Them: anyways special fenrir
Ally Of Justice Catastor was a synchro I used so many times and thanks to I won a club tournament in high school, love that card. A shame this archtype couldn't find its stride I love concept but the execution was off.
Rank10 12:25 : LOOOOOOOOOOOOORE !!!!!
Catastor is one of my favorite cards to play in Edison format. It’s basically a better Sasuke Samurai.
Ah yes, their one job being suppose to stop light monsters and yet, lore related to beat worms ah deck
AOJs do have one anime exclusive monster called Ally of Justice Tractor. Used by one of Placido's Duelbots.
Can you do a summary of the branded/ fallen of albaz
I have loved the Albaz group of cards ever since my friend got a structure deck and walled my rag tag deck I made by mixing Kaiba’s and Yugi’s deck from the pharaoh box and this was the first time I was walled by something and now I have the same structure deck and many albaz decks in master duel
Start a series about the duel terminal lore
I tried to make AOJ/HERO work so bad. Lmao. It was a horrible time. 🤣🤣😭😭😭💀💀
In Europe, Machina Mayhem was meta, you could buy 3 and win tournaments, I know BECAUSE It was my first tournament deck and I won using it
If this archetype were to be fixed with 1 card, it would need to be a link-1 that has the summoning effect like Junk Speeder but with a Synchro or AoJ lock on it, and also changes Attributes of monsters on field
Another way to save this with multiple cards instead is giving them a soul charge like card, effects that can be used vs any deck but with bonuses when a light monster is on field/gy. Basically each go +1 or 2 in such scenarios. Or give them build-a-boss support such as Vendread and Digital Bugs. Definitely then, can see this archetype being saved within 5-6 cards
They’re part of the greatest yugioh lore though.
I'm surprised it took this long for this Archtype to appear
Another fantastic episode of "This archetype sucks expect for these one or two cards that are actually really good".
I would love to see something on Rank Up spells, they seemed to have potential but are basically locked to 2-3 archetypes
The idea of a deck designed to target one specific type of card sounds terrifying until you realize players can be prepared ahead of time for it.
This deck could of work is all the cards had the ability to change what element there effect targets.
Did Rata invade the channel, or did ally of justice Loreman make a cameo
Love your videos. One question tho. Why is a spider the mascot of the channel? Just curious :3
Has there ever been monster could attack even if it wasn't on the field. For example a monster that could attack from the hand by revealing it or a monster that the moment its destroyed by battle it can launch a direct attack from the graveyard.
There is a Monster called "Mahaama the Fairy Dragon". It Special Summons itself if either you or your Opponent take Damage from an Attack during your Opponent's Turn only, then you can choose to either get as many LP as the Damage that activated it OR make your Opponent take that same amount of Damage instead.
Basically the Idea is that you activate it in reponse to taking Damage yourself, then either "heal back" what you just lost, or reflect the same amount back at your Opponent.
could've sworn you already did ally of justice, and just will move on to battlewasp.
I think it would be funny if the Allies of Justice got a retrain that actually gave them synergy and decent support. And given the creativity in naming the Yu-Gi-Oh! devs seem to have, they would probably give the retrain of the Allies of Justice something like Perfected Ally of Justice
A field spell that turned all non-DARK cards on the field, GY, and hand also into LIGHT type when an Ally of Justice monster is on the field would at least let them use their effects against most monsters. Reducing levels of all DARK machines in the hand by 1 would let more monsters be usable too.
I feel like a few more support cards would be needed to make them relevant.
@@alexanderrobins7497 Especially if they include a small handful of archetype specific searchers. If they want do a lore thing, they could do a whole story about how this retrain came about via actual harmonization.
I always knew this archetype would one day end up in the failed archetype video.
Hello, DuelLogs, I hope you are having a nice day. Can you make more Duel Links videos? I really like them. Thanks. :)
oh but the lore
Failed huh? Say that to my almost acceptable against shaddolls ten years ago deck!
i once summoned Quarantine against a blue-eyes player back in 2017 and negated his Chaos Form. never saw someone scoop as fast before
Genex got a broken Link and became a silly spam deck. But dunno how to fix this one unless a Malefic Territory kind of fix happens.
See what they should have done is either instead of just anti-LIGHT, have'em be against non-DARK or a support engine for other DT archetype.
Thank goodness amazons dodged a bullet
I guess you can say this archetype wasn't done 😂 justice.
Could you do a video on the Machina archetype? I can only think of maybe 4 that are viable to some degree, but the rest of the cards are complete trash.
Finally, we're back to actual failed archetypes. Also tired it on MD, and I didn't like it
Worms being more playable than allies is just straight up sad
Everyone ready for the Light 1 that turns every monster in light with search and the Poplar that banishes every light monster in the field, burning 2k for each?
I wish all these failed archetypes get an archive skill in DL.
Can you do the Worm or the Naturia Archetypes next?!?!?! 😊
I like how This went from "Hey THESE Guys Suck!" to Check out these Cards from Other Disappointing Archetypes
NEVER Forget Machineers chose to be Mid
Top 10 Worst classic cards 7: Ancient Sanctuary, or Top 10 Worst Warrior type monsters. Or Worst monsters that cannot be normal summoned or set
For the non top 10 list: The Unknown side of Yu-Gi-Oh: Beasts of the Colliseum featuring Gladiator Beasts
Can you do Watt archetype next?
Pre GX fusions can apply?
Machina MENTION HELL YEAH.
Also, BOOO EARTH MACHINE! You keep my Machinas out of their, pure Machina can basically make the same board with less work.
It's crazy how master duel is shaving this failed deck down your throat
I find it baffling that Ally of Justice has 2 Monsters With Summon Animations yet other decks like D/D/D (a deck used by a rival in the anime) have 0
How about a top (video) about garbage decks that became insane after getting good support next?
Dear duellogs please make a video of how graydle archetype failed
The thumbnail is just Arceus
Do Battlin Boxer next!
day 729 of asking duellogs for a "failed archetypes and mechanics" featuring snake eyes
Top 10 worst archetypes and Top 10 best archetypes could be future videos
These guys do suck, but I do love em, and I'm happy I at least got my Ally Of Justice replay featured on Farfa's Table 500 😂
Amusingly, according to lore, Ally of Justice actually COULDN'T beat Worms. It took the rise of Genex for the tide to begin turning, and only because the Genex didn't support themselves. They were an endless army that just appeared, and thus never needed to.
Why does this deck have no Spell/Trap support?
To be paired with Genex and SHS in an ungodly pile.
@@dudono1744 don't say that😭😭
Amazoness plz even with waves and waves of support they managed to make them mid af
Good luck in your Sale Duel Logs.
Did Rata do something like this years ago?
almost all duel termina lore ends and an extremely flawed deck.
Ally of Justice shouldn't really be seen as an archetype, it's more like a series of cards with thematic connections, like the "C" cards.