Nordics/Aesir - Failed Cards, Archetypes, and Sometimes Mechanics in Yu-Gi-Oh
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In Norse mythology, Thor, Loki, and Odin are the most famous and powerful trio. Known for their legendary stories and moments, they’ve always been depicted in media as a force to be reckoned with. Leave it to Konami to make this not the case. Introduced in the 5D anime and given a hype set properly named Storm of Ragnarok, the Nordic/Aesir archetype was expected to overtake the TCG and compete with the best in the format. From weak effects to Head-scratching conditions to support not meshing well, we’ll be talking about all the reasons why the Nordics had a Viking's death in the TCG.
Script by Victor Guildford
Edited by Iason Autica
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Truly a brave video to create. Not because of being scared to insult the Nordic community, but to dare and pronounce their names.
Naw
They deserve to be shat on lkike every other garbage 5Ds archetype and deck
His pronunciation is actually kinda decent lol
Bold of you to assume there's a Nordic community to begin with
Ik going to flnd TheDuelLogs for doing this
Yeah but then he said "Oh-tah-wah"
Making Thor a "Beast-Warrior Type" Monster in a game that QUITE LITERALLY has "Thunder" as a Monster Type is one of (if not THE) biggest missed opportunities/screw-ups in Konami's history... 🤦
And it wasn't even like monsters that were humanoid in shape didn't exist in the Thunder Type by that point.
Me when when the God that doesn't control lightning on its own (at least what i know about him) is not a thunder card
@@capricous7196 Thor control the weather so indirectly yeah he does control lightning there's even lightning on his card art
We have cards who have the thunder type on a metaphorical sense like united resistance they could've definitely given it to Thor
And Thor literally means “Thunder,” LOL.
Truly a F*ck up to rival the GamFreak Dev that swapped Gyarados & Dragonite
You forgot to mention the biggest slap to the Nordics is that they released Generaider which is also norse mythologic but in a consistent archetype.
Such amazing legacy support that can't overcome the crap it started out with. Would be nice if the Aesir monsters got an Orcustrated Babel. Make their effects into quick effects.
@@Trekkie46
Assault Modes?
@@Bezaliel13assault mode(or atleast the legacy support) is fine, its just that there are better choices for the exact job that they do in the form of PUNK who in their own has access to 6 above cards in easy ways with less bricks since unlike Assault mode all the cards combo into each other rather than needing specific starters and cards to not be drawn
And Runick Archtype which you, the plaayer technically Odin so it is Nordic but good
@@dearickangelonej.legaspi6686
I feel like I am supposed to elaborate Assault Modes were to address the Aesir part specifically... that was all.
The Nordic / Polar God cards were cool in the anime.
...but just like every "God" card, it gets massively nerfed when coming over to the TCG/OCG
To be fair: since 5D’s came out at the time when the card game has solid rulings, card are designed to be much closer to what the actual card game is. So the big boss monsters are all the same from the anime except their attributes and type (Divine are Egyptian Gods exclusives), what made the big boss fail was their specific tuners. Towers, literally, weren’t a thing until 2014
How many anime/manga cards are NOT nerfed in thr real world?
@@brotherhood7596 A lot, considering some were buffed to ridiculous levels and then had 0 meta relevance. Others are just 1:1s from the anime/manga.
@@Crystal323100 Any particular examples?
No. iC1000 was pretty close to its anime version.
Nordics prove the old adage of “you can print broken card effects as long as they are attached to bad archetypes.”
So fun fact... I actually built a nordic deck after a friend of mine who was done with yugioh gave me the decently sized stack of cards he owned (like, maybe 2 or 3 decks worth)... and it included a Ghost-Rare Odin.
The Aesirs need a retrain. When Baronne de Fleur is a better level 10 than all the Aesirs, you have a problem.
To be fair, baronne is a better level 10 synchro than most level 10 synchros. But they definitely need a retrain
Nah Baronne is too much considered she release 3 years ago. A better comparision is Leo, the Keeper of the Sacred Tree
that is more of a baronne problem
When the generic Scyncho 10 is better than 3 gods who need specific tuner's to make
I'm sure it is more fair to say that Baronne is a easy-to-summon Synchro monsters with busted effects, if she requires 3+ monsters, then the comparison would be fair to the Nordics synchro monsters.
Nordic Valkyrie not being a Valkyrie but the Winged Dragon of Ra Spell card, Blaze Cannon being considered a Blaze Accelerator card will never make sense to me
That's decently easy to explain. Archetypes depend on the japanese names. Valkyrie isn't a Valkyrie card because the Valkyrie cards are Siegfried's Valkyries, and are pronounced in German (Valkyure), but Valkyrie is pronounced Valkyuria.
Meanwhile, Blaze Accelerator is just called Blaze Cannon in Japanese. Blaze Cannon is called God Blaze Cannon is obviously a Blaze Cannon card.
@@KeitaroHirochiThen don't give it a crappy English name? 😅
@@KeitaroHirochi So...why not make the Nordic one "Valkyria" or "Valkyuria" instead of "Valkyrie" in English?
I mean, I guess because it was named before the Valkyrie archetype was printed in the TCG, but still, it could have been avoided.
Like duel log’s previous video (from a month ago), Red moon baby becoming Vampire baby was not necessary, but because the original Japanese card in the first set it came out of (and still is) is named Vampire Baby. But, who would’ve known that these “old” cards randomly getting inserted into an archetype 😂
@@dungeonpastorexactly
One of the coolest archetypes because its Norse mythology but maaan the artwork for them do no justice. The valkeries look more like tiny fairies and both Thor and Loki are super underwhelming in appearance.
The Asier are far more awesome in the anime then thier real life counterparts, especially since they were divine beasts there and have more synergy with each other.
On the same tier, and power as the Egyptian God Cards and Sacred Beasts.
@@mystery8820a big part in the anime is thier summoning conditions are not specific with 1 tuner and 2 or more non tuners which gives them a lot more synergy.
@@FOXZILLA5734 Also that in the anime their graveyard effects didn't care about banishing their specific monsters, the effects would just happen for free.
Yeah it is far more automatic rather than just banish a specific card for them to revive.
Also, they were DIVINE in the anime but not when they came to the real game, this doesn't change much but it set a precedent for basically no future cards (Except the extra Ras) getting the DIVINE Attribute and left them vulnerable to the occasional targetted anti-support of their new, more mundane attributes
I want to build a deck around the Æsir, partly because they aren’t tournament-banned or restricted, partly because I love the Norse Mythos. And I _will_ figure out how to play it effectively. I’ll also include similarly-themes cards like Generaider and Nibelung’s Ring.
Oh yeah… the archetype that has important cards that somehow _don’t_ effect their Aesir. *Slow Claps*
Don't forget a field spell that blows up their entire field if you pop it
Konami must have been high when dropping the first wave of cards.
5:35 Idea to retrain each Nordic Lord:
_Thor, Might of the Aesir_ (EARTH)
Level 10
Beast-Warrior/Synchro/Effect
1 “Nordic” Tuner + 2+ Non-Tuner monsters.
_This card’s synchro summon cannot be negated or responded to if you use a “Nordic Beast” card as any of its synchro materials. Face-up “Nordic” and “Aesir” Monsters you control cannot be destroyed or banished by the effects of your opponent’s monsters. If a Monster you control Destroys an opponent’s monster by battle, it can attack again in a row. Once per turn, you can tribute 3 other cards from your hand and/or field: Add to your hand, Normal Summon/Set OR Special Summon (Face-up or Facedown) 1 monster from your hand, deck or GY. During the End Phase, if this face-up card you controlled was banished or sent to your GY by your opponent's card this turn: You can banish 1 "Nordic Beast" card from your GY; Special Summon this card._
ATK/4000 DEF/4000
_Odin, Mind of the Aesir_ (LIGHT)
Level 10
Fairy/Synchro/Effect
1 “Nordic” Tuner + 2+ Non-Tuner monsters.
_This card’s synchro summon cannot be negated or responded to if you use a “Nordic Ascendant” card as any of its synchro materials. Face-up “Nordic” and “Aesir” Monsters you control cannot be destroyed or banished by the your opponent’s Spell cards or effects. If you activate and resolve the effect(s) of a Spell Card(s), You can shuffle 1 card from your GY or Banishment into your deck. Once per turn, you can tribute 3 other cards from your hand and/or field: Activate, add to your hand OR set 1 Spell from your hand, deck or GY. During the End Phase, if this face-up card you controlled was banished or sent to your GY by your opponent's card this turn: You can banish 1 "Nordic Ascendant" card from your GY; Special Summon this card._
ATK/4000 DEF/4000
_Loki, Mischief of the Aesir_ (DARK)
Level 10
Spellcaster/Synchro/Effect
1 “Nordic” Tuner + 2+ Non-Tuner monsters.
_This card’s synchro summon cannot be negated or responded to if you use a “Nordic Alfar” card as any of its synchro materials. Face-up “Nordic” and “Aesir” Monsters you control cannot be destroyed or banished by the your opponent’s Trap cards or effects. If you activate and resolve the effect(s) of a Trap Card(s), You can Draw 1 card. Once per turn, you can tribute 3 other cards from your hand and/or field: Activate, add to your hand OR set 1 Trap from your hand, deck or GY. During the End Phase, if this face-up card you controlled was banished or sent to your GY by your opponent's card this turn: You can banish 1 "Nordic Alfar" card from your GY; Special Summon this card._
ATK/4000 DEF/4000
I agree with you this three remake cards need and more support aesir archetype example yggdrasil and others
@@yugiohdm5659
Ok, here’s one… A Field Spell for their World Tree:
_Yggdrasil, Core of the Nordic World_
Field Spell
_Unaffected by Card Effects while you control a Face-up “Aesir” Monster. Each turn, 1 Level 5 or higher “Nordic” monster you Normal Summon can be Summoned without Tributing. During your Main Phase, you can Normal Summon up to 2 “Nordic” monsters in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) During the End Phase of every Turn, you gain LP equal to the Total ATK/DEF of all “Nordic” and “Aesir” monsters you control. Once per turn, During the turn player’s Draw Phase, you can tribute 1 “Nordic” card from your hand or field: Apply 1 of the following effects for the rest of the turn;_
_⚪️Each time a Monster is Summoned; You can add 1 card from your Deck or GY to your Hand that mentions “Nordic” or “Aesir” in its name or text._
_⚪️Each time a Spell/Trap is activated; You can add 1 card from your Deck or GY to your Hand that mentions “Nordic” or “Aesir” in its name or text._
More evidence that shows us that basing an archetype specifically designed for bad anime only plot devices (especially those that are only effective DURING THE BATTLE PHASE) are destined to fail faster than hearing the anime side characters voicing out worthless expositions of what the cards do to pad out the episode(s) run…
Especially if you nerf the hyperspecific cards before printing them
To be fair, that didn't stop the signer's dragons to be good cards, like, all their abilities are related to the personality of the signers and yet all are useful.
So upset the cards weren’t Divine. I thought these were cool but disappointed at the time. It is nice there has been some steady support these past few years
Alhamdulillah
I have always been dreaming for Nordic support
Thanks Mr. Logs
Jazaquallah for making me laugh this hard 😂
I actually run Laevetian and Golden Apples. One of my funniest Yu-Gi-Oh memories is using Golden Apples to copy and a 7300 atk Tragoedia, getting rid of said Tragoedia, just to lose the token to a Hammer shot 😅.
Given that this archetype already has a busted Link-1 and busted, searchable, Trap card and they're still ass, they'd have to give them totally new Synchros that completely ignore the old ones to make Aesir, slightly, less garbage.
Still shocked he hasn't done Ally of Justice in one of these, yet.
or Vehicroids.
Nordic needs more protection for Gullveig, lower level synchros and retrained versions of the Aesir monsters
a more appropriate effect for Odin would have been to just have straight up immunity to targeted effects and to be able to revive any Nordic monster once per turn but negate its effects since in Norse Mythology, Valhalla was Odin's personal army for Ragnarok
@@stevenceja4706 Valhalla field spell plz
If I remember correctly, there was a nordic beast hybrid deck that topped a YCS in 2011, I cant remember how, but I swear it did, I remember.
Edit: Just looked it up, Nordic Beast/Tengu synchro YCS Toronto top 32 October 4, 2011. It was true they had a top! Also famously the YCS where Billy Brake basically intruduced Maxx C to competitive Yugioh in his victory.
You forgot about the Trap Card Nordic Reliv Mengingjard, which is basically a Limiter Removal for Nordic/Aesir
8:36 you mean this card?
Let's goo we getting Nordic support
This series is like the polite version of Legacy of the Worthless
I can only imagine how many times he's twisted his tongue pronouncing those names.
Duellogs: Nordic
Brain: elder entity norden
Not far off considering the real god Nodens sounds close to Woden. Also that's where we get the name wednesday from (Woden's day)
Have we had a "Smallest but strongest" archetype video?
if this archtype ever gets decent legacy support with better Aesirs and some more maindeck stuff with synergy it could legitimately be good, given how insane cards like Gulveigg are
shame that will never happen
I like the nod to the source material with having mini Kaijus in Fenrir and Jörmungandr, and gave me the idea of a "road to Ragnarök" kind of gameplan for an alternate version of this archetype. Basically, you build up your board with Thor, Odin, etc, and your opponent's board with Kaiju-like cards for Loki, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr. Then you activate a card(s) representing Heimdell blowing the Gjallarhorn which would activate an alternative win condition for you if any of the fated battles occur like Odin vs. Fenrir, Thor vs. Jörmungandr, and Heimdall vs. Loki. Maybe your plan goes south and you need to reset? Out comes Surtur to nuke the board with Baldr getting revived from the graveyard to restart the cycle. Throw in cards for Hel, Yggdrasill, Valhalla, maybe field spells for the nine realms, and of course Ratatoskr too. Nordic mythology is too rich to be limited to being a mediocre at best Synchro deck. It makes me wish that Konami would make a modern/good deck for the Olympians too.
Video idea for the failures.
Heraldic beast. A deck dedicated to swarming and summing rank 4s easily, and negating and using the power of XYZs for themselves. In an era where everyone played XYZs. Why did they fail?
I remember when this set first came out, i was mainly after legendary sam stuff so i showed up for the release thing but i was "lucky" to pull golden apple and people were offering almost $80 to 90 bucks for it, every one kept talking about how this set was gonna be crazy good and then like a week or two later, nothing.........good times😌😌
I like the beast side, plus the goat mates in duel links are great.
Pls do amazoness failed cards Mr. Logs 🥺🥺🥺
You want Amazoness support?
@@lordofcrows you know it, baby
@@lordofcrows yes I do, maybe something that lets the interact with the opponent in any way on their main phase
Yes
Yes, I need the Duel Lag to tell me how busted Amazoness Archer is for being exactly Cannon Soldier.
Definitely hit the nail on the coffin with this one.
That ad placement was hilarious to me for some reason 🤣
I got an ad from Disney+ with one scene from the Marvel movie "Thor love and thunder" the moment I finished watching this video. Coincidence? 😂
Imagine if a superheavy happens and they print Nordics that aren't complete ass and the Nordic Link has to be banned.
That would be interesting
They would need to retrain the Aesirs tho
Thor, the God of Thunder, who's name means "thunder"...isn't a Thunder-type. I know they wanted to make him more connected with the Nordic Beasts by making him Beast adjacent, that being Beast-Warrior...but come one dude...
I want to say this archetype is a simple fix but I dunno. I guess the simpliest fix is to retrain the Aesir monsters. All of the overcorrection still summons garbage monster. Even give them the condition of "This card can be summoned with any Nordic tuner but the other materials must be Nordic or Aesir monsters"
I think Odin and Thor would be fine if they just had "quick effect" tied to their main effect (loki is screwed on that tho) so if they just added a card that made them quick effects kinda like Orcust and their field spell "Orcustrated Babel" I think they would be fine, not strong but decent.
Maybe a monster that can be summoned of the link 1's effect and that searches a field spell that makes them quick effects while giving some form of protection.
Man, I had a Nordic deck and it was a blast to play. Sure, they weren't that good, but being able to constantly summon huge monsters was fun for someone that had been in the game bacj when Blue Eyes was the biggest beast around.
Love it 😍!!!
Please do my cloudians next 😆
Here’s the thing about Nordics back in 2011, it actually was at least a decent rogue pick during Tengu Plant format with it getting top 32 finish at YCS Toronto.
The main strategy revolved around using Tanngnjostr’s effect which the Trap Rota Gleipnir works with since you activate this when your opponent declares an attack that would destroy your monster by battle.
Tanngnjostr was also target off of Super Nimble Mega Hamster so its effect giving you access to either Synchro 7s or Rank 3s was able to happen more consistently than people thought.
The version that topped in YCS Toronto paired the Nordics with Tengu since it’s great Synchro material, and Tour Guide since that also help to search for your Tanngnjostr.
I think with the limited information at the time, and the perception that the Nordic cards were filler, the deck was not given more of a chance back in 2011. Especially with how modern Tengu has been making new innovations, Nordics could definitely be given more attention if more players gave it a chance.
Nordic is a good deck in the making, but Konami doesn't want to make an interesting deck out of them (and if they do decide to do that it'll likely be a damn otk for the 50 thousandth time)
Nordics being too slow for the state of YuGiOh isnt an issue with the deck itself... but rather with the game as a whole.
That ad section was fire
Hope you cover Ancient Gears soon. They have one plan, beat-down, but they have some good support to let them do that. Biggest problems they have are lacking an good option for going first , their signature spell&trap battle negate not really mattering in the modern game, and not being able to interact with the opponents board outside of the niche backrow destruction after battle of Engineer and Reactor Dragon
Maybe one thing the deck needs is are some synchros that could climb up to the Aesir.
I will say there is a hilarious combo you can excecute in DL with the Odin and Jörmungandr with block defence
Bring out Odin, special summon Jörmungandr to their side, play a block defence and hope it doesnt get negated, and there goes 3k life
Then crash into it with Odin after activating his effect
It’s janky, it’s only going to work once every 30 duels, but when it does, it feels great
He should also add a segment on how to make the archetype better
Deadass thought Odin had little stickman arms but those were pointy shoulder decorations on his cape 😂😂😂😂
I can smell the support coming
The nordic deck needs like a couple more main deck monsters and complete retrains of the Aesir. Maybe just some other gods but I doubt they'd ever make other gods that like 5 people know the existence of yet the three everyone actually knows from pop culture remain unplayable. Loki should get a retrain that negates spell/traps in any phase and during either players turn + some other effect. Thor I envision as having an ultimate conductor tyranno-esque effect to be a board breaker, just kinda makes sense with the flavour at least to me + would make sense with retrains of the "summon myself for the opponent" gimmick with fenrir and jormungandr. And Odin should be either another negate or some other equally powerful but generic stuff. The two pieces of dog and snake shit fenrir and jormungandr should be like one is a bootleg kaiju, the other a double search or something but they lock you into nordic/Aesir summons.
Please do a success card series! Instead of failed archetypes, do the ones that made the grade.
Gow's release was prime time to print busted Nordic support and retrains . Such a missed opportunity . Side note, the fact that the Chair spell could've been a 1 card combo but the L-1 isn't a Aseir . So you just lock yourself out for nothing
The only time I've ever used a Nordic was Thor in Lunalights before they got all their support.
I feel like if any archetype should have an instant win condition, it should be gods.
Finally! Been waiting for this one forever lol. Man, Konami really screwed up this one. It had the potential to be great but ended up as a dumpsterfire instead.
Would love to see a video on Watts or Amazements, two disappointing archetypes I worked hard to make work when I was younger.
kudos to taht guy go top 8 in canada with nordic, a living legend
it's weird how often konami comes up with "god cards" and they turn out useless and way underpowered compared to everything else they release. nordic dudes could've easily had 1 super effect each like naturia synchros.
Konami prefers making their decks broken and make the ones they adapt very weak.
Still dont get why Konami decided to just make a better Nordic Deck in form from Generaider, which are pretty much the same Monster, just named differently, but just better in every way, even tho they let your opponent draw Cards.
The 5ds era of yugioh is so odd to me. It's filled with a bunch of incomprehensible bad archetypes even relative to their era. A lot of them were even anime decks... but they also made blackwings in that same period and its just so confusing why they had such a hard time making a lot of synchro archetypes.
Its crazy how you can pronounce these nordic names so easily but cant count to three in german :D
I'm dying at "A Nordic deck got top 8! With Adventure. And Magician's Souls." yeah I wonder what the wincon in that deck was lmao
Hey heres a new video idea:
‘Top 10 Monsters that tribute themselves’
Orrrr
‘Top 10 kuriboh monsters’
It's both hilarious and sad that Team Ragnarok's Archetypes got all the extender supports during the years just to end up with terrible _gods_ who were *never actually useful.*
Tag force adds to the insult that Halldor pretty much always prefer summoning *Brionac* (Usually Valkyrie+Token) instead of Odin regardless the board lol
Brionac over any Aesir is as poetic as Rei (GX) entire deck in the anime were so bad, borderline unplayable, they straight up give her Lightsworn instead in Tag Force.
@@ReifinDFanchon That became kind of a tradition/meme with Tag Force - Girls who barely dueled in the source material or had terrible archetypes getting overpowered decks. 5D's TF had Mina using all sorts of weird stuff like *Dogma Blade, Chaos Lightsworn and Planet Agents* :/
Love using these videos to pick my next deck
I really wish they would remake some of these archetypes for the modern era. Half of the meta archetypes have lame card art / themes and the other half cost 1K to build. Just remembered that generaider exists but all the more shows it needs help as an archetype.
Man, i remember playing this deck at school when I was a kid and always hoped i would go 2nd and have valkyrie in my hand. Without valkyrie, it was impossible to get a god card out in my first turn. I stopped playing yugi oh a while after that and started playing again this year. Im happy to see the new support for this deck but it still sucks really bad. I dont run pure nordic anymore and resorted to playing Nordic/Centurion & Nordic/TriBrigade with a bunch of hand traps. Im truly dissappointed that the Polar God cards dont get a remake with new effects and everything. This archetype idea has so much potential…
The funny thing is, Konami also created a deck based on Nordic myth but in different style and also more competitive.
Unrelated question:
What was the first deck that abused special summoning ?(in other words the deck that turned the game into solitaire)
I might be wrong but I think it's nekroz
Magical scientist ftk maybe?
There is no way this man can half pronounce these Nordic names but cannot pronounce "Ottawa"
Man, this archetype was so cool in the anime and gave us some of the best duels in 5DS. It’s such a shame with how underwhelming it was.
Ojama Lime, Level 10 Light Beast-type Effect monsters:
"(This card is not treated as Ojama monsters.)
Also shoutouts to Hippo Carnival, best Nordic support card ever
The Sword Trap was basically my anti-Shooting Star card xD
Just make other versions of the Nordic Gods. Same thing that happened to Red Dragon Archfiend, with their names counting as the original Bosses. Improved effects from the old ones, banishing to summon servants that cannot be responded to, and few good spell and trap cards to add more protection to them.
My suggestion came through! Thanks for the video
The fact they made an archetype specific Solemn card that's this awful feels disrespectful somehow.
Yall sleepin on this deck.
Sorry it’s just a terrible deck
It's sad seeing something with a massive 4k attack be useless.
I'd sooner by more cautious of a zero atk monster than a 4k😂
I'm scared of a 0 attack on high level monster than 4k attack rn, I miss era where beatstick matters😢
@@miraigaming3109 I mean 0 Attack Monsters atm are actually just better if you look at Yubel (which is funny enough even older)
@@miraigaming3109 nah beatstixks are boring
A duel where th deck consist of failed card from your series of video would be cool
🤔 interesting deck actually, but could used something to cover the weakness especially Try to protect the Link, 🤔 and to be honest i don't know how to activate the Traps on first turn
I just realized with these three Nordics we never had meta deck for all three deity cards even the og trio were fun gimmick at best.
Beautiful ad insert
It was funny when Ottawa was mispronounced.
Can you do Madolche next? I need a reason to make a new deck
Maldoches aren't a failed archetype by a longshot.
@terryliliana dawg that's why I said I needed a reason lmao
Ah yes, the Negate cards on the field archetype.
This archetype needs an overhaul. They have a broken Link monster and Trap but the rest of the cards were ass.
They just need to launch an entire retrain of their boss monsters, then slip in a few new supports that actually synchronize with them. But this is Konami we're talking about, so thats about as likely as a meteor made of gold landing on my left foot tomorrow.
0:33 Retrain ideas to improve the Nordic beasts and Alfars:
_Tanngnjostr, First Amongst the Nordic Beasts_ (EARTH)
Level 3
Beast/Tuner/Effect
_When a monster you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent’s effect and sent to the GY, OR If your opponent controls a Monster(s) and you control no monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. While you control both this face-up card and a face-up “Tanngrisnir, First Amongst the Nordic Beasts”, all Non-Tuner monsters you control can be treated as Tuner monsters for your summon of a monster(s). Once per turn, While this card is face-up on the field or in your GY, If a monster(s) you control changes Battle Positions: You can Shuffle this card into your deck; Special Summon 1 "Nordic" monster from your hand or Deck in Defense Position._
ATK/1200 DEF/1200
_Tanngrisnir, First Amongst the Nordic Beasts_
Level 3
_Beast/Tuner/Effect_
_When a monster you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent’s effect and sent to the GY, OR If your opponent controls a Monster(s) and you control no monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. While you control both this face-up card and a face-up “Tanngnjostr, First Amongst the Nordic Beasts”, all Tuner monsters you control can be treated as Non-Tuner monsters for your summon of a monster(s). Once per turn, While this card is face-up on the field or in the GY, If a Monster you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent’s effect and sent to the GY: You can shuffle this card into your deck; Special Summon 1 or 2 "Nordic Beast Tokens" (Beast/EARTH/Level 3/ATK 0/DEF 0)._
ATK/1200 DEF/1200
_Garmr, First Amongst the Nordic Beasts_ (DARK)
Level 4
Beast/Tuner/Effect
_When a monster you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent’s effect and sent to the GY, OR If your opponent controls a Monster(s) and you control no monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If a “Nordic” or “Aseir” monster you control battles a Level/rank/Link 4 or lower monster, after damage calculation: You can return that monster to the hand or extra deck. While this card is face-up on the field or in the GY (Quick Effect), and your opponent summons a monster(s) from their extra deck: You can shuffle this card into your deck; Add 1 Monster to your hand (from your deck) that mentions “Nordic” or “Aseir” in it’s name or text._
ATK/800 DEF/1900
_Guldfaxe, First Amongst the Nordic Beasts_ (LIGHT)
Level 4
Beast/Tuner/Effect
_When a monster you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent’s effect and sent to the GY, OR If your opponent controls a Monster(s) and you control no monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. While you control this face-up card, “Nordic” and “Aseir” monsters you control can attack all of your opponent’s monsters once each. While this card is face-up on the field or in the GY (Quick Effect), And your opponent summons a monster(s) from their extra deck: You can shuffle this card into your deck; Add 1 Spell/card to your hand (from your deck) that mentions “Nordic” or “Aseir” in it’s name or text._
ATK/1600 DEF/1000
_Mara, First Amongst the Nordic Alfars_ (DARK)
Level 2
Spellcaster/Flip/Effect
_FLIP: Return 1 Synchro monster from your GY or Banishment to your extra deck._
_When using this card as Synchro Material, You can use 1 or more "Nordic" monsters in your hand as other Synchro Materials, and if you do, the summoned monster gains the following effect:_
_⚪️If this face-up card you control would be destroyed or banished, you can tribute 1 “Nordic” monster from your hand or field instead._
ATK/1000 DEF/500
_Ljosalf, First Amongst the Nordic Alfars_ (LIGHT)
Level 4
Spellcaster/Flip/Effect
_FLIP: Declare the name of 1 “Nordic” monster from your hand, field or GY, then target 1 monster on the field; For the rest of the turn, Monsters from your hand, deck, field or GY with the declared name have their levels changed to equal the targeted monster’s Level/Rank/Link._
_If this card is Summoned: You can target 1 face-up monster you control; Special Summon 1 "Nordic" monster from your hand with a Level less than or equal to that face-up monster's Level._
ATK/1400 DEF/1200
_Svartalf, First Amongst the Nordic Alfars_ (DARK)
Level 5
Spellcaster/Tuner/Flip/Effect
_FLIP: You can Send 1 “Nordic” monster from your hand, field, deck or banishment to your GY._
_If this card is summoned, You can target 1 "Nordic" card in your GY; add that target to your hand, And if you do, you can reveal it to apply the following effect for the rest of the turn._
_⚪️Face-up “Nordic” and “Aseir” monsters you control gain ATK equal to their original DEF, and DEF equal to their original ATK._
ATK/1400 DEF/1600
_Dverg, First Amongst the Nordic Alfars_ (EARTH)
Level 1
Warrior/Tuner/Flip/Effect
_FLIP: Until your next Tribute summon a monster(s) resolves, Spells/Traps you control can be used as tributes for your Tribute summon of a monster._
_After you summon this card, You can target 1 "Nordic" card in your GY; you can Normal Summon 1 "Nordic" monster during your Main Phase this turn, in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) If this face-up card on the field is banished or sent to the GY: Target 1 "Nordic" Spell/Trap in your GY or Banishment; add that target to your hand._
ATK/1400 DEF/1600
It is sad how these awesome cards with a cool deck plan don't work (they were my first deck given as a gift, had valkyrie cards in it too. Quite fun)
Battlewasp. Tried them out but without non archetype support (like wyn the windchanneler) and stat stick protection synchros (crystal wing synchro dragon), the archetype is pretty bad nowadays. Even the lvl 12 boss monster is a joke compared to todays synchros. Feel like 2-3 good support cards would male them at least playable again. Spells are great.
I'll never understand the point of konami making terrible archetypes, sure not every archetype has to be as powerful as tearlaments, but there's no need to make them terrible from the beginning when you know more support will not make them better because you're trying to make terrible cards good without changing the cards themselves.
Well there's always Genraids, the better Nordic Deck
Do Witchcrafters next.
idk about everyone else but i had fun playng the nord and aesir. thor shutsdown alot of dumb effects monsters have, odin being able to swing thru anything and loki stopping their traps in place. if you build a good deck around them you can otk. i did it yesterday, video is on my page.
As much as I like the Nordics they really don't work well at all I tried multiple times and failed each time
Dear mr. Duellogs, can you do infernoids next? 😊
I find it hilarious that Storm of Ragnarok in 2010 introduced Aesir/Nordic cards alongside the far superior Legendary Sux Samurai cards. 🤣🤣🤣
If they get a retain, the Nordic Gods need to be Divine Attribute. They were Divine in 5Ds and it’s a crime they weren’t printed as such
The Valkyrie archetype should be assimilated into this one. And after several waves of support, still no new Aesirs lol or even retrains of the terrible ones
The Japanese writing team definitely had several rounds of edits calling this archetype "aryan" lmao