This was a 10/10 video. I hope this reaches everyone looking to get into Yugioh. ALSO, idea to you, you can do this once every year OR 6 months to help people get into the game as efficiently as possible :)
Im planning on buying my first yugioh deck soon after swapping from magic, i just dont know if i wanna go for albaz strike or dark world at first to then upgrade it to a competitive level over the months
@@lukecasagranda719 I do not recommend Albaz Strike or Dark World if you are on a budget. Those decks are not cheap to make at all. Quem alone is easily 30 USD, not to mention Guardian Chimera and Dark World is expensive if you are trying to kit it out with good extra deck monsters which you need if you want to do well at locals.
I quit collecting Yugioh in 2012 due to a lack of friends interested in Yugioh. Just kind of seemed pointless to collect when no one else would duel, this was before I found local card shops. Fast forward to 12 years later, I overheard a few coworkers talking about dueling! Next thing you know I’m at my local shop with them buying three copies of the traptrix deck and being schooled by a new generation on how to duel. He told me about team APS, love the content!
If you are new to trading card games, it is a general rule to buy individual cards instead of packs. You guarantee the cards you want and will save money in the long run. I know this advice was mentioned briefly in the video, but I want to strongly emphasize it.
Yeah. Opening product is not worth it unless you can fully use a majority of the set cards and even then, at a certain point you r better off buying the remaining hard to acquire ratios.
If you are new to trading card games, you don’t know what cards exist. It is generally easier to buy packs or structures at the start (first 50 or 100 bucks) despite the extra cost, because someone who’s never experienced the game cannot have knowledge of which cards they like or want. Once they’re a little familiar with the game by having a deck and being around other players, then they can save money by buying singles. It’s easier to get into the game by having a pool of cards to play with instead of figuring out which deck is the right choice or which 40+ cards need to be purchased individually before being able to start the game. Unless you’re getting into the game because you know somebody who plays it, you don’t really have a person giving advice on what to get. If I want to buy cards from a store, they’ll recommend packs and decks. If I want to buy cards from a vendor or individual binder, they’re not gonna recommend anything good if you have no likes or dislikes. We’re trying to play the game and see if we like it, not do research and waste time over 20 bucks. Save means not spending 500 bucks to get what you want that costs 100. It’s not saving 20 bucks. Singles are much better for price but no beginner is able to access them without wasting their time not playing the game if they’re just starting the game. The idea of “save by buying singles” is advice given to beginners by experienced players. But that’s not good advice for a beginner in my opinion.
@@rangeless do you not find it fun to rip packs every now and then? I love buying some packs and ripping them with my brother. We just get to chill and rip some packs and talk yugioh.
For The Crimson King Structure Deck, do not buy Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon, as that card is currently forbidden in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Instead, if you are committed to playing the deck, I recommend buying Bystial Dis Pater.
My friend stopped going to locals and playing yugioh irl cuz he felt he was being priced out and couldn’t keep up again. I’m glad things are turning around this year with more competitive structure decks and staples; much needed reprints in megatins and rarity collection bringing down the price of staples. This was an exceplent and much needed video and I hope it reaches those who want to return to the game or pick it up from scratch!
@@sevonthegreatyeah they come with the wee paper ones. They're absolutely fine to start out with, but defo over time try and get a proper playmat just to help protect your cards
Also lots of places you will play at might just have playmats set out on their tables from what I've seen from the 5 stores I've played at all have had them
For anybody who wants to build some budget decks that aren’t from a structure deck; here’re a few options! Got plenty more other than these too, but figured these are a good start for archetype hunting. • Superheavy Samurai • Ninja • Marincess • Floowandereeze • Fluffal • Plunder Patroll Adventure • Abyss Actor • P.U.N.K. • Springans • Mathmech
I think with the reprints the extra deck got and current prices, pure rokket decks can dall into this category as well, if I'm not mistaken they also got a structure deck but I built mine in 2019 when borreload savage dragon was only a secret and 60 bucks a pop. Regardless I think with reprints and the prices going down that rokket/borrel decks are a good option.
@EliteElk221 is dragon link still good though? i bought 3 of the rokket structure decks also back when borreload savage dragon was like a million dollars and now it’s banned and i don’t even hear people discuss dragon link in the meta. i have the rokket cards but idk if it’s worth upgrading to a budget dragon link deck at this point.
I think the branded yugioh sleeves are fine for extra deck cards,but not for main deck at all. I use the gold pride sleeves for my gold pride punk extra deck and it goes well with the playmat
This is good advice for casual stuff, but keep in mind if you go to a serious tournament they expect all your cards to have identical sleeves extradeck and all.
I'm pretty sure you used to make videos like this years ago so I'm glad you're actually able to put some stuff out like this again since, some of the products Konami decided to put out are actually budget friendly for the most part
I did! Thought it'd be a fun throwback. And I'd like to publish more content anyway, so this is something that's easier to make but still helpful for people!
I can confirm coming back into the game with 3X Traptrix decks is a great start. And a great addition to its extra deck is actually in the Rarity Collection set, Time Thief Redoer, and is super cheap as a single. Another great staple from Rarity is Baronne De Fleur, which is a great generic synchro and super cheap now. Especially considering it used to cost close to $50 even just a few weeks ago
*What Yu-Gi-Oh cards and products would YOU recommend for a new person to buy when they start playing Yu-Gi-Oh for just $100? These are my personal recommendations, but there's plenty of others, too!* By the way I just noticed at 4:30 I meant to show Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend (to help with a Red Dragon deck) and NOT Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon! Was editing very fast. The latter card is literally banned lol
X3 Traptrix structure, x3 prosp and imperm from rc and x3 exceed + one redoer. Deck is pretty much playable like these prosps are just for rxtra money ofc
For Ultra Pro card sleeves, I don't necessarily recommend those, get their other sleeves (same brand) unless you're going full budget. I'd recommend their Eclipse sleeves. The quality stands up to or rivals those of the Dragon Shields and are fully opaque (great for tournaments)
My only problem with UP is that they are more slippery than other sleeves. Dragon Shield are more rough textured so the deck sticks easier while with UP it's more smooth so the deck is prone to sliding off itself sometimes.
@@MagiRemmie I know exactly what you mean, but that's why I recommend their Eclipse over the other ones cause those have textured backs and also have the option from matte and glassy fronts, albeit still a bit slippery with the glossy ones
$11.99 is still much better compared to the old days when the first Yugi/Kaiba (Later Joey + Pegasus) Starter Decks ran for $17.99 - $19.99 + tax depending on where you bought them.
This is exactly what I did. First deck with all staples and competitive but cheap core, bought x3 structure decks and splashed staples from first deck to those decks. Red dragon archfiend and traptrix r rly fun and extra decks are cheap relative to the more expensive tiered decks.
Great video guys, this is quick and easy to share with a friend. Ultra practical and easy to follow, not even 10 minutes long. I love it! Those Traptrix structure decks have been the ultimate blessing. My buddy who had no interest in playing finally decided to try the game out when he learned that for only $30 he could take on full power decks. I still see them in all kinds of stores so it's always an easy recommendation to pickup. Plus, the inclusion of good insects, plants, generic traps, and staples from the HAT era mean that it's easy to pivot into a new deck type if you're enjoying the playstyle. I'm sure 5 years down the line we'll see lots of high rated players citing that as the deck that got them first playing Yu-Gi-Oh.
Right now might be one of the best times to get into yugioh. The quarter century set really made lots of staple cards available to new duelists for way cheaper than before. The structure decks have great staples too. I was gonna build a deck for the first time literally days before the set dropped. I was looking at a Baronne De Fleur… it was 25$ on tcgplayer. I was like “damn I guess I just gotta bite the bullet and get it. Can’t get 2 of them tho.” *added to cart*. I decided not to spend so much money on a card like that atm tho. Lo and behold, days later, the set dropped. Baronne De Fleur was around 2.50$ on tcgplayer! Now it might be less than 2$. This logic applies to a lot of other cards in this set too
i agree with the traptrix, they're really good slow pace deck. then i gradually build up Labrynth deck, since it's the closest playstyle to the classic yugioh format, just laying traps, controlling the field as much as you can. it's current playstyle is also still good with combining the og normal traps since labrynth brings out the traps abilities to its maximum. the versatility of this deck is just outstanding.
Pretty good guide for new and old players getting into Yugioh. I could see that new players would do some research on decks and cards they want to play.
so many of the tips that you gave is exactly what i did when starting the TCG! feels good to know that i did what was most optimal to get into things. Loved the video either way !
I basically did what you said at the end from the Twitter thread. I bought a bunch of singles for a Weather Painter deck because I really wanted to play that deck. I also bought 3 copies of the Dark World structure deck cause I like that deck too.
Great video! I've been feeling overwhelmed trying to get back into Yu-Gi-Oh (haven't collected cards since primary school) It's nice to know that structure decks are still a viable option.
I was thinking about restarting my collection, (got stolen, long story) with the 25th anniversary but i'm not sure. I'm more into collecting the TCG than playing, but I enjoy it all 😊
@@GreefusYT fr back in the day rare hunters got to all my friends’ decks. They each lost a deck or two in their lifetime. To us it was like YGO had a curse that reached every duelist. Your deck would get stolen or lost somehow.
@@TheArchangelNexus that's crazy people did that! My whole collection got gone minus two decks and a tin full of commons several years ago. Stopped collecting for a long time, but getting back into it!
@@GreefusYT daaamn. One of my peoples fell asleep on the train and jumped up to run out on his stop. Left his warrior deck in a black plastic bag on the seat.
If I have $100 to get into the game, I’m buying a Scareclaw core for like, $20, dual matte sleeves for $8, $50 worth of reprint staples, and a nice deck box.
This was great, very informative on an introductory level. Honestly, I just need to figure out WHERE I can go to play (there aren't any card shops in my area, as far as I know).
Alas that's the hardest part about any card game I think: having LGS that hosts events or at least allows you to take over a table for fun games. Only piece of advice I can give is be willing and able to travel.
Great video as always Team APS! Another fun and straightforward deck (that's also cheap) I can recommend is ABC's a.k.a ABC-Dragon Buster Turbo. Core itself is dirt cheap and almost none of them costs more than a dollar per card. Deck Core looks something like this: A-Assault Core 2-3x B-Buster Drake 3x C-Crush Wyvern 2-3x Union Driver 1-2x Union Hangar 3x Terraforming 1x Unauthorized Reactivation 1-3x ABC-Dragon Buster 3x The rest you can fill in with your favorite staples cards. Also if you want to increase the deck's power more, you can even add in a Adventurer token, Therion engine, Revolution Synchron, Galaxy Soldier/Cydra Infinity engine. (At most use 2 engines though or else you risk more brick hands.) The deck is flexible enough that it can even use multiple Extra Deck summons like Xyz, Link and/or Synchro summon depending on which engines you decide to include! Hopefully this comment helps come people decide on which deck to begin with.
I think it's amazing that in the course of a year, we have gone from having the difficult discussion of how unfriendly the game is towards new and returning players, all the way to basically "now is a great time to come back, look at all these competitive structures and cheap reprints"
Crazy timing on this video. Last night as I was moving pillows around before bed I started thinking "I wanna start playing irl yu-gi-oh but my God it's going to be expensive" then this morning I see this lol. And the cherry on top is on MD I play branded despia
you can use this with the new Nemlaria cards and I've seen people be somewhat competitive with it. Those cards are really cheap since they're commons or super rares.
I enjoy playing Pokemon, but a colleague of mine suggested trying Yu Gi Oh during our lunch breaks. I am planning to buy a few starter decks so we can have some fun together. Great video.
Honestly this video helps very much! I’ve just started playing yugioh again a matter of weeks ago after a 15 year hiatus, after someone stole my cards (Ngl they’re worth a fortune now if I had them!) The game has completely changed and really didn’t know where to start. I’ll be looking to play at my local store soon once I’ve got more of an idea what’s happening
You can get $10 mats from card shops that are blank. Machines are fairly broad and cheap, Machina is a good core with a lot of generic and splashable effects for other Machine archetypes. They hit hard and are pretty simple and linear. Symphonic Warrior complements them with a bit more elaborate combos to set up extra deck plays. Gear Gigant X is a must have for any Machine deck that can get a couple level 4s on board. Trains (Level/Rank 10 EARTH Machines) are a bit more elaborate but the XYZ are fairly generous bosses in situations where Machina Citadel and Ruinforce can't quite cut it.
IMPORTANT!!! Idk maybe you said it somewhere in another video - Above All!!! The first advice before spending any money on Yu-Gi-Oh, if your goal is playing it with someone, then think well WHEN AND WITH WHOM you'll be playing! I mean if you want to play at your locals, and you follow this video and it turns out a lot of people there are playing real Meta Deck, you may not get to really play and it may feel frustrating. That's why it is most important to check out your local scene, or make sure you have friends interested in playing formats adjusted to the power level of the products you intend to buy. Of course some may be lucky and get structure decks and go to a local game club and meet people who are not much into meta decks and have a good time, but God if you buy structure decks x3, even with a few adjustments, and in your local scene there's a lot of meta players, it really may get frustrating and awful... At least that was my experience... Appreciate you told about the official Yu-Gi-Oh sleeves, they really suck, the worst thing to buy
it's insane the amount of thought and effort you put into this and produced excellent marketing material for konami for practically free. Though not for the budget player, I like the official art sleeves and other art sleeves in general for my less used 'fun' 'pet' decks and sleeve them with the dragon shield japanese size matte oversleeves. Maybe a foot note to consider once you graduate out of the budget category.
Paul: Shows a banned Synchro monster at the time that this video was made when saying that you can power up the Red Dragon Archfiend deck with other cards. Me: Guess I'll order three then seeing as they are $0.50
you have so much natural light in your house. very nice :) also, its always so nice to see you mingling with your friends reliving your childhood ....very very envious. always thank you for the quality contents.
So I've never played the tcg before. However this channel did get me into masterduel which I've loved. A couple of deck types I've enjoyed are Fur Hire & Blackwings Does anyone know how accessible from a card standpoint it would be if I wanted to get cards for one of those decks?
What I would do with a 100 dollar budget getting into yugioh: 3x crystal beasts structure decks as there is a 50% off sale in some shops I visit, playmat, sleeves and lastly find singles for the deck until you reach that budget. Crystal Beast control deck is quite interesting. Nice video 4:30 - Hold up... Ain't that card banned rn in the tcg? Odd choice lol
If you are willing to spend a little bit more money, I recommend getting a leather deck box over a plastic deck box. The material is more sturdy, and it will have more mileage. Leather deck boxes are also infinitely nicer.
Crimson King has been the strongest 3x starter deck I’ve faced in a while. My friend bought it and I had to go back to the drawing board because I use Light/Dark End to supplement Blue eyes. In the end I made a pretty destructive deck profile though
Any follow up to this video? I have around 500/1000 euros to spend in yu gi oh, and I’m just starting out any ideas on decks how to upgrade from structure to a good base deck. Minding that I would like to buy packs and open myself
So, my cousin and I duel casually a lot, and we've had an agreement not to get staples and just play pure decks to A) see how well they perform on their own, and B) keep it cheap and fun and not be able to beat the other by just buying a more expensive card. However, I've recently wanted to at least check out my locals and I'd like to be able to do well. Paul mentioned buying Ash Blossom and others I've seen people use, what about Nibiru and Max C and other staples from Master Duel? I'm most likely to play a Zombie deck, if that helps narrow down what I may need.
They're all great, too! I wanted to keep this video shorter and simpler, but thanks to your question, I'm going to make another video soon that explains every relevant Yu-Gi-Oh staple card. Be on the lookout for it!
100$ to get into the game sounds reasonable. Cheap deck box can be bought under 5$ A cheap playmate can be bought between 10-25$ depending on your preferences and what you are going for quality wise. A pack of sleeves for the ultra pro one can go for 5-10$ or you can go for the dragon shield brand thats another 5$ value range. The new 25th anniversary box set is probably the best way to go here buying singles. Picking up 3 copies of any single structure deck that came out in the last year as well is a pretty solid thing to do. I know that there are also several other cheap decks you can build outside the limitation of structure decks under 50$ as well All n all you would probably be going and picking your cards up at local card shops or you will be purchasing online tcgplayer or maybe Amazon. You end up spending more than 100$ just getting into the game in the long run It aint always about strategy and luck of the draw hell most of the time it will come down to who had a larger bank of cash to work with when building their deck. If its been fully optimized correctly a competitive deck if you plan on going to large events outside of your locals you are looking at over a thousand dollars in just building a competitive deck. I use to play pendulum magicians when i played competitively had over 300$ invested into that deck A ban list came into effect making the deck almost unplayable. I also dabbled with a dark magician deck Magicians souls use to be around 100$ at the time. Never could bring myself to spend 100$ on a single copy of it. You had to have at least 2 of them to get the ball rolling.
He said "you really don't have to buy much else to make this deck better" and showed it when he was talking about the Crimson King. Did Konami tell Paul that it's getting unbanned? Does he have special insider information that he's trying to share with us???
play ninjas, dinomorphia, tri-brigade, beetrooper, suship, traptrix, magician endymion, etc. tons of budget options for decks- even less than the $30 for 3 structures - just not super-meta ones.
you can save up to 20 dollar if you dont buy a playmat. Everyone WILL ask you about it, but its really not that important to start playing it. But sleeves and deckbox are important, keeps your cards save and together.
I like to pick up the konami official sleeves for extra decks. i double sleeve them so they dont get scratched and i preserve the picture on it. i currently have been using Yugi/seal of orichalcos for many years without a wrinkle or scratch. for main and side decks use dragon shield forsure.
Technically official sleeves work fine for theming the ED. I have MVP1 art OCG DM sleeves on my Dark Magistus ED, my Witchcrafter deck has the Unveiling sleeves from the MAMA box, and my Twins LEU ED is in the IP sleeves, for example. Those decks use, respectively, a dark red (crimson, I believe they call it), magenta, and orange Dragon Shield otherwise. You just definitely don't use them on your main deck because they are clearly made to fail. At least you're not constantly shuffling the ED besides a few outliers.
My recommendation is, if you don't plan to play competitive Yu-Gi-Oh only just fun with your friends, to print the cards. It's cost nothing and you can play 2002 classic Yu-Gi-Oh, when Yu-Gi-Oh was fun! :)
I genuinely dont understand how pot of prosperity is so sought after. Like who can afford to banish 6 of their extra deck cards AND deal half damage to your opponent in order to draw 1 card.
Real life buy 3X Cyber Strike Structure Deck(if you want guarantee undamaged cards), Master duel: use points to get 3x Cybernetic Successor. Best balance of playing in game and real life for people who don't know how or didn't bother using the QR code thing. 3x Blue Eyes white dragon Saga structure deck. Seek out five headed Dragon and dragon's mirror. Master Duel: Make sure you choose Power of Dragon starting deck. Konami should just sell structure decks based on the Master Duel game.
Tip: buy the playmate last. So that you can spend more on the game and less looks and utility. If you have extra money after the deck box sleeves and deck then buy it
People aren't gonna like hearing this one, but I would forgo literally everything at the moment to pick up as many staples as you possibly can from the 25th rarity collection. I would not even bother buying a structure deck. SO SO SO many of the cards included in the 25th rarity have been gatekept by their price for such a long time, that NOW is the absolute best time to pick up as many of them as you can. Triple Tactics Talent, Forbidden Droplet, Prosperity, Impermanence, Ash, BARONNE???? There are soooooooo many good cards at this moment that wasting 30 dollars on a structure deck you might not even end up liking or playing once you move beyond it is NOT worth it. Deckbuilding in YGO becomes significantly cheaper once you've crossed out the staples that can be pretty much interchangeably used in 90 percent of decks. It's going to suck to "not be able to play" right away, but believe me, it will pay off dividends when you have a fat stack of staples that can just be swapped in and out of decks you actually want to play.
if you could find it. the Monarch structure deck i remember being really good. and probably even better for beginners because it didnt use the extra deck at all so it'd be less confusing for beginners
Heh. Went to my local Wal-Mart and Target today in hopes to find any YGO products and both places were torn through, completely obliterated. The only things that remained ( at Wal-Mart ) was 2 of the new Structure Decks. And target had a few TrapTrix SDs.... no matts, no sleeves, no boxes, tins ect.... Now im unsure of their restocking days/weeks but yeah, very saddened to see scalpers are still at it with this stuff.
Mastee duel is free play some of that until yore used to the game and how it plays then get a cheap casual deck and have a few games then if you really want then go into competitive
Dshield yess / sleeves Satin Tower / deck box Matt color playmat from achobby shop on sale are under 10$ AZ or DW yess ( minimal upgrades most are cheap) For 100$ this video is right on the mon$y
This was a 10/10 video. I hope this reaches everyone looking to get into Yugioh.
ALSO, idea to you, you can do this once every year OR 6 months to help people get into the game as efficiently as possible :)
Im planning on buying my first yugioh deck soon after swapping from magic, i just dont know if i wanna go for albaz strike or dark world at first to then upgrade it to a competitive level over the months
🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@lukecasagranda719 I do not recommend Albaz Strike or Dark World if you are on a budget. Those decks are not cheap to make at all. Quem alone is easily 30 USD, not to mention Guardian Chimera and Dark World is expensive if you are trying to kit it out with good extra deck monsters which you need if you want to do well at locals.
I quit collecting Yugioh in 2012 due to a lack of friends interested in Yugioh. Just kind of seemed pointless to collect when no one else would duel, this was before I found local card shops. Fast forward to 12 years later, I overheard a few coworkers talking about dueling! Next thing you know I’m at my local shop with them buying three copies of the traptrix deck and being schooled by a new generation on how to duel. He told me about team APS, love the content!
I haven’t played dark world but branded is a lot of fun
If you are new to trading card games, it is a general rule to buy individual cards instead of packs. You guarantee the cards you want and will save money in the long run. I know this advice was mentioned briefly in the video, but I want to strongly emphasize it.
Yeah. Opening product is not worth it unless you can fully use a majority of the set cards and even then, at a certain point you r better off buying the remaining hard to acquire ratios.
When I started yugioh that’s something I didn’t know and lost a lot of money
If you are new to trading card games, you don’t know what cards exist. It is generally easier to buy packs or structures at the start (first 50 or 100 bucks) despite the extra cost, because someone who’s never experienced the game cannot have knowledge of which cards they like or want. Once they’re a little familiar with the game by having a deck and being around other players, then they can save money by buying singles.
It’s easier to get into the game by having a pool of cards to play with instead of figuring out which deck is the right choice or which 40+ cards need to be purchased individually before being able to start the game.
Unless you’re getting into the game because you know somebody who plays it, you don’t really have a person giving advice on what to get. If I want to buy cards from a store, they’ll recommend packs and decks. If I want to buy cards from a vendor or individual binder, they’re not gonna recommend anything good if you have no likes or dislikes.
We’re trying to play the game and see if we like it, not do research and waste time over 20 bucks.
Save means not spending 500 bucks to get what you want that costs 100. It’s not saving 20 bucks.
Singles are much better for price but no beginner is able to access them without wasting their time not playing the game if they’re just starting the game.
The idea of “save by buying singles” is advice given to beginners by experienced players. But that’s not good advice for a beginner in my opinion.
But opening packs is so fun!! (I know you’re right tho)
@@rangeless do you not find it fun to rip packs every now and then? I love buying some packs and ripping them with my brother. We just get to chill and rip some packs and talk yugioh.
Only playmat a real man needs is the hot sidewalk.
For The Crimson King Structure Deck, do not buy Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon, as that card is currently forbidden in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Instead, if you are committed to playing the deck, I recommend buying Bystial Dis Pater.
Uvualoop, catalizer and supay duskwalker to
@@juanojeda4833 Yup, those are all cheap suggestions as well-highly recommend!
Bystial dis nuts
Dark World Structure Deck is great if you get three of those (yes, it is mentioned in this video) and have a competitive match.
My friend stopped going to locals and playing yugioh irl cuz he felt he was being priced out and couldn’t keep up again. I’m glad things are turning around this year with more competitive structure decks and staples; much needed reprints in megatins and rarity collection bringing down the price of staples. This was an exceplent and much needed video and I hope it reaches those who want to return to the game or pick it up from scratch!
If you're on a budget, I feel like you can just skip the playmat entirely. You just need to know where to put things on the board and that's it.
You can even skip it without knowing the layout. I mean every structure deck includes one, no?
@@sevonthegreatyeah they come with the wee paper ones. They're absolutely fine to start out with, but defo over time try and get a proper playmat just to help protect your cards
Most locals have playmats ahead of time anyways.
Most decks also come with a play mat
Also lots of places you will play at might just have playmats set out on their tables from what I've seen from the 5 stores I've played at all have had them
For anybody who wants to build some budget decks that aren’t from a structure deck; here’re a few options! Got plenty more other than these too, but figured these are a good start for archetype hunting.
• Superheavy Samurai
• Ninja
• Marincess
• Floowandereeze
• Fluffal
• Plunder Patroll Adventure
• Abyss Actor
• P.U.N.K.
• Springans
• Mathmech
dont recommend people floo. floo is just as bad for the game as kash and tear.
@@DawnPheonix_ in general it’s still a good deck that’s budget
fluffal penguin says no to your budget list, also ed cards
I think with the reprints the extra deck got and current prices, pure rokket decks can dall into this category as well, if I'm not mistaken they also got a structure deck but I built mine in 2019 when borreload savage dragon was only a secret and 60 bucks a pop. Regardless I think with reprints and the prices going down that rokket/borrel decks are a good option.
@EliteElk221 is dragon link still good though? i bought 3 of the rokket structure decks also back when borreload savage dragon was like a million dollars and now it’s banned and i don’t even hear people discuss dragon link in the meta. i have the rokket cards but idk if it’s worth upgrading to a budget dragon link deck at this point.
I think the branded yugioh sleeves are fine for extra deck cards,but not for main deck at all. I use the gold pride sleeves for my gold pride punk extra deck and it goes well with the playmat
DID SOMEONE SAY BRANDED!?!?!?!
I use them for extras in my primary deck and for secondary decks, while testing them for a bit
Great for the Extra Deck, though I of course recommend adding protective clear sleeves on top!
Yeah, art sleeves with Dragon Shield matte outer sleeves both look and feel really nice imo.
This is good advice for casual stuff, but keep in mind if you go to a serious tournament they expect all your cards to have identical sleeves extradeck and all.
I'm pretty sure you used to make videos like this years ago so I'm glad you're actually able to put some stuff out like this again since, some of the products Konami decided to put out are actually budget friendly for the most part
I did! Thought it'd be a fun throwback. And I'd like to publish more content anyway, so this is something that's easier to make but still helpful for people!
@@TeamAPS It's also a nice time capsule to look back on too.
I can confirm coming back into the game with 3X Traptrix decks is a great start. And a great addition to its extra deck is actually in the Rarity Collection set, Time Thief Redoer, and is super cheap as a single.
Another great staple from Rarity is Baronne De Fleur, which is a great generic synchro and super cheap now. Especially considering it used to cost close to $50 even just a few weeks ago
I picked up 3x Traptrix and 3x Albaz Strike and I can't figure out how to play them lol, way too much text, way too small.
*What Yu-Gi-Oh cards and products would YOU recommend for a new person to buy when they start playing Yu-Gi-Oh for just $100? These are my personal recommendations, but there's plenty of others, too!*
By the way I just noticed at 4:30 I meant to show Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend (to help with a Red Dragon deck) and NOT Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon! Was editing very fast. The latter card is literally banned lol
X3 Traptrix structure, x3 prosp and imperm from rc and x3 exceed + one redoer. Deck is pretty much playable like these prosps are just for rxtra money ofc
For Ultra Pro card sleeves, I don't necessarily recommend those, get their other sleeves (same brand) unless you're going full budget. I'd recommend their Eclipse sleeves. The quality stands up to or rivals those of the Dragon Shields and are fully opaque (great for tournaments)
My only problem with UP is that they are more slippery than other sleeves. Dragon Shield are more rough textured so the deck sticks easier while with UP it's more smooth so the deck is prone to sliding off itself sometimes.
@@MagiRemmie I know exactly what you mean, but that's why I recommend their Eclipse over the other ones cause those have textured backs and also have the option from matte and glassy fronts, albeit still a bit slippery with the glossy ones
$11.99 is still much better compared to the old days when the first Yugi/Kaiba (Later Joey + Pegasus) Starter Decks ran for $17.99 - $19.99 + tax depending on where you bought them.
This is exactly what I did. First deck with all staples and competitive but cheap core, bought x3 structure decks and splashed staples from first deck to those decks. Red dragon archfiend and traptrix r rly fun and extra decks are cheap relative to the more expensive tiered decks.
Great video guys, this is quick and easy to share with a friend. Ultra practical and easy to follow, not even 10 minutes long. I love it!
Those Traptrix structure decks have been the ultimate blessing. My buddy who had no interest in playing finally decided to try the game out when he learned that for only $30 he could take on full power decks. I still see them in all kinds of stores so it's always an easy recommendation to pickup. Plus, the inclusion of good insects, plants, generic traps, and staples from the HAT era mean that it's easy to pivot into a new deck type if you're enjoying the playstyle. I'm sure 5 years down the line we'll see lots of high rated players citing that as the deck that got them first playing Yu-Gi-Oh.
Right now might be one of the best times to get into yugioh. The quarter century set really made lots of staple cards available to new duelists for way cheaper than before. The structure decks have great staples too. I was gonna build a deck for the first time literally days before the set dropped. I was looking at a Baronne De Fleur… it was 25$ on tcgplayer.
I was like “damn I guess I just gotta bite the bullet and get it. Can’t get 2 of them tho.” *added to cart*. I decided not to spend so much money on a card like that atm tho.
Lo and behold, days later, the set dropped. Baronne De Fleur was around 2.50$ on tcgplayer! Now it might be less than 2$. This logic applies to a lot of other cards in this set too
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
Accessories
00:24 - Playmats
00:56 - Sleeves
01:14 - Dragon Shield Sleeves ($7.99, Code APS5 for 5% off)
01:49 - Deck Boxes
02:12 - Decks (Structure Deck x3)
02:41 - Albaz Strike
03:19 - Dark World
03:56 - Crimson King
04:33 - Beware of Traptrix
05:08 - Fire Kings
05:19 - Deck Summary
05:32 - Staples
06:05 - Staple Recommendations
07:58 - Outro
i agree with the traptrix, they're really good slow pace deck. then i gradually build up Labrynth deck, since it's the closest playstyle to the classic yugioh format, just laying traps, controlling the field as much as you can. it's current playstyle is also still good with combining the og normal traps since labrynth brings out the traps abilities to its maximum. the versatility of this deck is just outstanding.
Pretty good guide for new and old players getting into Yugioh.
I could see that new players would do some research on decks and cards they want to play.
so many of the tips that you gave is exactly what i did when starting the TCG! feels good to know that i did what was most optimal to get into things. Loved the video either way !
I basically did what you said at the end from the Twitter thread. I bought a bunch of singles for a Weather Painter deck because I really wanted to play that deck. I also bought 3 copies of the Dark World structure deck cause I like that deck too.
Based weather painters
@@PkmnLovar what can I say, I love my little rainbow fairies
haha @4:28 idk if I'd wanna buy Chaos Ruler for the Crimson King deck seeing as that card is unfortunately banned in the TCG 😅
I've been a fan for years and I have an emotional attachment to all the videos and thanks for being a TH-camr
Great video! I've been feeling overwhelmed trying to get back into Yu-Gi-Oh (haven't collected cards since primary school) It's nice to know that structure decks are still a viable option.
Go for it!
Right now is a pretty good time to start playing. Jack Atlas structure is pretty good and rarity collection has made a lot of staples cheap.
only problem is after all this you need to buy a book on quantum physics to understand all the rules of the game
Heeh
"You lose, alot." There is the answer.
You can have fun though, depending on your locals scene.
I was thinking about restarting my collection, (got stolen, long story) with the 25th anniversary but i'm not sure. I'm more into collecting the TCG than playing, but I enjoy it all 😊
Damn rare hunters
@@TheArchangelNexus😂😂
@@GreefusYT fr back in the day rare hunters got to all my friends’ decks. They each lost a deck or two in their lifetime. To us it was like YGO had a curse that reached every duelist. Your deck would get stolen or lost somehow.
@@TheArchangelNexus that's crazy people did that! My whole collection got gone minus two decks and a tin full of commons several years ago. Stopped collecting for a long time, but getting back into it!
@@GreefusYT daaamn. One of my peoples fell asleep on the train and jumped up to run out on his stop. Left his warrior deck in a black plastic bag on the seat.
If I have $100 to get into the game, I’m buying a Scareclaw core for like, $20, dual matte sleeves for $8, $50 worth of reprint staples, and a nice deck box.
This channel got me into playing yugioh again.
Video is so helpful
This was great, very informative on an introductory level. Honestly, I just need to figure out WHERE I can go to play (there aren't any card shops in my area, as far as I know).
Alas that's the hardest part about any card game I think: having LGS that hosts events or at least allows you to take over a table for fun games. Only piece of advice I can give is be willing and able to travel.
Great video as always Team APS! Another fun and straightforward deck (that's also cheap) I can recommend is ABC's a.k.a ABC-Dragon Buster Turbo. Core itself is dirt cheap and almost none of them costs more than a dollar per card. Deck Core looks something like this:
A-Assault Core 2-3x
B-Buster Drake 3x
C-Crush Wyvern 2-3x
Union Driver 1-2x
Union Hangar 3x
Terraforming 1x
Unauthorized Reactivation 1-3x
ABC-Dragon Buster 3x
The rest you can fill in with your favorite staples cards. Also if you want to increase the deck's power more, you can even add in a Adventurer token, Therion engine, Revolution Synchron, Galaxy Soldier/Cydra Infinity engine. (At most use 2 engines though or else you risk more brick hands.)
The deck is flexible enough that it can even use multiple Extra Deck summons like Xyz, Link and/or Synchro summon depending on which engines you decide to include!
Hopefully this comment helps come people decide on which deck to begin with.
I did get Dark Corridor on a pack, secret rare aswell, and that was before getting my Dark World deck
Traptrix SD is definitely the best value and ready to play deck. Get 3x Prosperity, Parallel Exceed, 1x Exciton Knight and Zeus and you're good to go.
I think it's amazing that in the course of a year, we have gone from having the difficult discussion of how unfriendly the game is towards new and returning players, all the way to basically "now is a great time to come back, look at all these competitive structures and cheap reprints"
I've also made the conscious decision to try to be more positive. Even if I'm critical sometimes, I want to still promote Yu-Gi-Oh
Crazy timing on this video. Last night as I was moving pillows around before bed I started thinking "I wanna start playing irl yu-gi-oh but my God it's going to be expensive" then this morning I see this lol. And the cherry on top is on MD I play branded despia
Gren maju is a super fun Rogue deck. You can get into it for under $50 and then slowly upgrade it as you get better at the strategy
you can use this with the new Nemlaria cards and I've seen people be somewhat competitive with it. Those cards are really cheap since they're commons or super rares.
Been tryna get everything I need to casually get back into locals and collecting this past week. Thanks for this vid it helps a lot
I enjoy playing Pokemon, but a colleague of mine suggested trying Yu Gi Oh during our lunch breaks. I am planning to buy a few starter decks so we can have some fun together. Great video.
Honestly this video helps very much! I’ve just started playing yugioh again a matter of weeks ago after a 15 year hiatus, after someone stole my cards (Ngl they’re worth a fortune now if I had them!)
The game has completely changed and really didn’t know where to start. I’ll be looking to play at my local store soon once I’ve got more of an idea what’s happening
“This is a really strong card when you are going first or second in a duel” really great stuff right there
me and my buddy did this challenge for the YCS Indianapolis back when Six Sams and Dark World were big. Was pretty darn fun
The Konami sleeves are fine if you put them in over sleeves. Otherwise, the design on the back gets easily scratched or starts to peel off.
Not really sure why Chaos Ruler was put up on the screen at 4:30. For anybody looking to play that deck, that card is currently banned in the TCG.
I really liked the video, congratulations! Here in Brazil, official products cost much more, unfortunately...
Dope sweater Paul
Please post one of these videos every 6 months. This was so helpful I loved it. Subscribed too so I don't miss the next one :)
You can get $10 mats from card shops that are blank.
Machines are fairly broad and cheap, Machina is a good core with a lot of generic and splashable effects for other Machine archetypes. They hit hard and are pretty simple and linear. Symphonic Warrior complements them with a bit more elaborate combos to set up extra deck plays. Gear Gigant X is a must have for any Machine deck that can get a couple level 4s on board. Trains (Level/Rank 10 EARTH Machines) are a bit more elaborate but the XYZ are fairly generous bosses in situations where Machina Citadel and Ruinforce can't quite cut it.
IMPORTANT!!! Idk maybe you said it somewhere in another video - Above All!!! The first advice before spending any money on Yu-Gi-Oh, if your goal is playing it with someone, then think well WHEN AND WITH WHOM you'll be playing! I mean if you want to play at your locals, and you follow this video and it turns out a lot of people there are playing real Meta Deck, you may not get to really play and it may feel frustrating. That's why it is most important to check out your local scene, or make sure you have friends interested in playing formats adjusted to the power level of the products you intend to buy. Of course some may be lucky and get structure decks and go to a local game club and meet people who are not much into meta decks and have a good time, but God if you buy structure decks x3, even with a few adjustments, and in your local scene there's a lot of meta players, it really may get frustrating and awful... At least that was my experience... Appreciate you told about the official Yu-Gi-Oh sleeves, they really suck, the worst thing to buy
Really good content , I haven't played on like 13 years anyway you could explain the game now, like ask the summons and new shots on play field
it's insane the amount of thought and effort you put into this and produced excellent marketing material for konami for practically free. Though not for the budget player, I like the official art sleeves and other art sleeves in general for my less used 'fun' 'pet' decks and sleeve them with the dragon shield japanese size matte oversleeves. Maybe a foot note to consider once you graduate out of the budget category.
Simple build true draco but tbh you could probably definitely build swordsword with all the reprints for less then 100
With the 25th anniversary coming out, it is the perfect time to pick up staples for a good price
It came out Last week lol but yup
Paul: Shows a banned Synchro monster at the time that this video was made when saying that you can power up the Red Dragon Archfiend deck with other cards.
Me: Guess I'll order three then seeing as they are $0.50
you have so much natural light in your house. very nice :)
also, its always so nice to see you mingling with your friends reliving your childhood ....very very envious.
always thank you for the quality contents.
So I've never played the tcg before. However this channel did get me into masterduel which I've loved. A couple of deck types I've enjoyed are Fur Hire & Blackwings Does anyone know how accessible from a card standpoint it would be if I wanted to get cards for one of those decks?
What I would do with a 100 dollar budget getting into yugioh: 3x crystal beasts structure decks as there is a 50% off sale in some shops I visit, playmat, sleeves and lastly find singles for the deck until you reach that budget. Crystal Beast control deck is quite interesting. Nice video
4:30 - Hold up... Ain't that card banned rn in the tcg? Odd choice lol
If you are willing to spend a little bit more money, I recommend getting a leather deck box over a plastic deck box. The material is more sturdy, and it will have more mileage. Leather deck boxes are also infinitely nicer.
Crimson King has been the strongest 3x starter deck I’ve faced in a while. My friend bought it and I had to go back to the drawing board because I use Light/Dark End to supplement Blue eyes. In the end I made a pretty destructive deck profile though
What about traptrix?
The art on some of the Dragon Shield Yugioh sized sleeves is so appealing to me that I'm annoyed that they don't print it on MTG sleeves too.
Thank you for this. This is how new players should be informed. We are having a lot of new players in our local xommunity so this is great advice!
Pick a Budget Deck and buy the Singles possibly from one seller to Reduce the cost of shipping
Any follow up to this video? I have around 500/1000 euros to spend in yu gi oh, and I’m just starting out any ideas on decks how to upgrade from structure to a good base deck.
Minding that I would like to buy packs and open myself
So, my cousin and I duel casually a lot, and we've had an agreement not to get staples and just play pure decks to A) see how well they perform on their own, and B) keep it cheap and fun and not be able to beat the other by just buying a more expensive card. However, I've recently wanted to at least check out my locals and I'd like to be able to do well. Paul mentioned buying Ash Blossom and others I've seen people use, what about Nibiru and Max C and other staples from Master Duel? I'm most likely to play a Zombie deck, if that helps narrow down what I may need.
They're all great, too! I wanted to keep this video shorter and simpler, but thanks to your question, I'm going to make another video soon that explains every relevant Yu-Gi-Oh staple card. Be on the lookout for it!
This should be updated every year. Great video!
100$ to get into the game sounds reasonable.
Cheap deck box can be bought under 5$
A cheap playmate can be bought between 10-25$ depending on your preferences and what you are going for quality wise.
A pack of sleeves for the ultra pro one can go for 5-10$ or you can go for the dragon shield brand thats another 5$ value range.
The new 25th anniversary box set is probably the best way to go here buying singles.
Picking up 3 copies of any single structure deck that came out in the last year as well is a pretty solid thing to do.
I know that there are also several other cheap decks you can build outside the limitation of structure decks under 50$ as well
All n all you would probably be going and picking your cards up at local card shops or you will be purchasing online tcgplayer or maybe Amazon.
You end up spending more than 100$ just getting into the game in the long run
It aint always about strategy and luck of the draw hell most of the time it will come down to who had a larger bank of cash to work with when building their deck.
If its been fully optimized correctly a competitive deck if you plan on going to large events outside of your locals you are looking at over a thousand dollars in just building a competitive deck.
I use to play pendulum magicians when i played competitively had over 300$ invested into that deck
A ban list came into effect making the deck almost unplayable. I also dabbled with a dark magician deck
Magicians souls use to be around 100$ at the time. Never could bring myself to spend 100$ on a single copy of it.
You had to have at least 2 of them to get the ball rolling.
I don't get it why you show us Chaos Ruler at 4:29 that card is ban, unless it was "Bystial Dis Pater" you were thinking of.
Honestly, you can skip buying a $15-20 mat and just use the paper mat all structure decks come with until you find a mat you really like
Na pass u can get the small mats I bet like 5$ dollars -10$
I thought that "Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon" was banned?
He said "you really don't have to buy much else to make this deck better" and showed it when he was talking about the Crimson King.
Did Konami tell Paul that it's getting unbanned? Does he have special insider information that he's trying to share with us???
a group of friends did this and it was awesome because we also did rare hunters with this challenge
Dragon sleeves get sand off it good so it's not swish noise ,light scrapes, coded. If you like sterile and can keep it up get those 50
play ninjas, dinomorphia, tri-brigade, beetrooper, suship, traptrix, magician endymion, etc.
tons of budget options for decks- even less than the $30 for 3 structures - just not super-meta ones.
you can save up to 20 dollar if you dont buy a playmat. Everyone WILL ask you about it, but its really not that important to start playing it. But sleeves and deckbox are important, keeps your cards save and together.
I like to pick up the konami official sleeves for extra decks. i double sleeve them so they dont get scratched and i preserve the picture on it. i currently have been using Yugi/seal of orichalcos for many years without a wrinkle or scratch. for main and side decks use dragon shield forsure.
This is an incredibly helpful video 🔥
I found some awsome red skull card sleeves on tcgplayer , they were holographic and look nice on my cards
Just play adventure scareclaw. It's a budget option 😅
Branded sleeves with dragon shield oversleeves are my favorite tbh
can we get an in house tournament of you guys doing exactly this to see who can make the best deck with the budget
Love your channel!
Technically official sleeves work fine for theming the ED.
I have MVP1 art OCG DM sleeves on my Dark Magistus ED, my Witchcrafter deck has the Unveiling sleeves from the MAMA box, and my Twins LEU ED is in the IP sleeves, for example. Those decks use, respectively, a dark red (crimson, I believe they call it), magenta, and orange Dragon Shield otherwise.
You just definitely don't use them on your main deck because they are clearly made to fail.
At least you're not constantly shuffling the ED besides a few outliers.
I found a funny Melffy deck, thought the melffys were extremely cute and saw how silly the play style was, so I went with that. 🤣
walmart right over the state line in mississippi was selling like 10 albaz strikes for 7.99 a piece. super affordable.
Buy em all
My recommendation is, if you don't plan to play competitive Yu-Gi-Oh only just fun with your friends, to print the cards.
It's cost nothing and you can play 2002 classic Yu-Gi-Oh, when Yu-Gi-Oh was fun! :)
I genuinely dont understand how pot of prosperity is so sought after.
Like who can afford to banish 6 of their extra deck cards AND deal half damage to your opponent in order to draw 1 card.
Real life buy 3X Cyber Strike Structure Deck(if you want guarantee undamaged cards), Master duel: use points to get 3x Cybernetic Successor. Best balance of playing in game and real life for people who don't know how or didn't bother using the QR code thing.
3x Blue Eyes white dragon Saga structure deck. Seek out five headed Dragon and dragon's mirror. Master Duel: Make sure you choose Power of Dragon starting deck.
Konami should just sell structure decks based on the Master Duel game.
I also like the Dragon Shield sleeves for my Yugioh cards
Louca king of yugioh awesome video
So my TCG addiction has finally hit yugioh after playing ccg and TCG games since 1994 😂
Tip: buy the playmate last. So that you can spend more on the game and less looks and utility. If you have extra money after the deck box sleeves and deck then buy it
Thanks for guide i'm gonna wait till blue eyes deck arrive in february
People aren't gonna like hearing this one, but I would forgo literally everything at the moment to pick up as many staples as you possibly can from the 25th rarity collection. I would not even bother buying a structure deck. SO SO SO many of the cards included in the 25th rarity have been gatekept by their price for such a long time, that NOW is the absolute best time to pick up as many of them as you can. Triple Tactics Talent, Forbidden Droplet, Prosperity, Impermanence, Ash, BARONNE???? There are soooooooo many good cards at this moment that wasting 30 dollars on a structure deck you might not even end up liking or playing once you move beyond it is NOT worth it. Deckbuilding in YGO becomes significantly cheaper once you've crossed out the staples that can be pretty much interchangeably used in 90 percent of decks. It's going to suck to "not be able to play" right away, but believe me, it will pay off dividends when you have a fat stack of staples that can just be swapped in and out of decks you actually want to play.
if you could find it. the Monarch structure deck i remember being really good. and probably even better for beginners because it didnt use the extra deck at all so it'd be less confusing for beginners
4:32 Chaos Ruler is banned in the tcg so that can’t be used in RDA
Im waiting for the new structure deck because it has a lot of good cards like traptrix
Yugi sleeves used to give ya 60. I bought a few in early 2000's that came in a 60 pack.
Heh. Went to my local Wal-Mart and Target today in hopes to find any YGO products and both places were torn through, completely obliterated. The only things that remained ( at Wal-Mart ) was 2 of the new Structure Decks. And target had a few TrapTrix SDs.... no matts, no sleeves, no boxes, tins ect.... Now im unsure of their restocking days/weeks but yeah, very saddened to see scalpers are still at it with this stuff.
Mastee duel is free play some of that until yore used to the game and how it plays then get a cheap casual deck and have a few games then if you really want then go into competitive
So unrelated, but I absolutely love that shirt
Dshield yess / sleeves
Satin Tower / deck box
Matt color playmat from achobby shop on sale are under 10$
AZ or DW yess ( minimal upgrades most are cheap)
For 100$ this video is right on the mon$y