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Lol 11:27 they said “unless you’re playing paleo, you’re not actually doing anything” They made their point, if you’re not playing a trap base deck, then you should probably reconsider your deck building if you are playing a lot of traps.
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Well my deck loses for 3 reasons. Consistency issues, 0 negates, and I run the cards I like. But I'm okay with that. I run what I like and I'd rather lose running what I like than running what wins. It's a personal choice. A choice I'm okay with.
That's the exact same reason I play my Dark Magician against any meta decks, there isn't too much chance of me winning, but the Dark Magician is my favourite monster, and if I do win, then I did it with my choice, not any meta
Hi Paul, Here's my take, taking meta vs non meta out of the picture: #1. Stop doing flashy plays with no purpose, when you can do a dull combo to output 8000 damage than do a flashy combo that outputs less damage. I like X monster better but X monster makes you lose. #2 Summon contradiction. Needing 2 normal summons to combo sounds like a problem. But not just normal summons but the restrictions established. Side note: 6 normal summons (including cards that search them out) aka cards that reach the same card. #3. Your deck's strategies is auto countered by main stream techs. Being aware of the meta landscape. If people main call by the grave and all your effects are grave centric... Perhaps stop relying on those effects until the cards are less popular. Or your deck lacks answers to untargetable bosses or your side deck is useless. #4 Not aware of PSCT: resolving effects incorrectly and getting called out. #1 reason why people lose. Read your cards... You thought an effect did something but then a ruling expert drops by and says it doesn't.
I play Dark Worlds IRL (pure build or as pure as possible), and people Ash Blossom the deck, but considering the deck has tons of draw power, that card doesn't work well against Dark Worlds. (Droll is a far superior option). But then there is Called By The Grave which can really hurt your major power plays. And because that is so rampant in the game, my deck is merely collecting dust. (Until we get that new Nobleman card and even then the deck won't benefit too much from it.)
@@romkin1197 ghost belle can negate called by the grave to help your plays resolve. I know a hand trap isn't as reliable an answer as you would like, but Dark World can draw for days so having it at that critical time to make a play resolve (like a Grapha) should be reasonable.
As a casual, when playing competitive i always build a deck around a small meta/rogue engine. My fav is engage-hornet drones. not only u can bait their response, u can put other sky striker tools/removals and then u can start ur play with less worry
#4 happens a LOT i knew a guy who was a dumbass cuz he never read his cards all the way thru & as a result often made a fool of himself also 1 time i was n tournament & another person was dueling & tried 2 activate a card claiming it doesnt target the judge came over & told him 2 read the 1st word on the card...the 1st word was target
Or just follow one simple rule that holds true in ALL trading card games.... "Whether the card is strong or weak, you can not draw it if you don't put it in the deck!"
For me it is actually the money, because I can’t afford to buy any cards that actually work together, my deck is literally like Yugi’s A BUNCH OF RANDOM CARDS
I played Pendulum magician for 2 months before the new Banlist, I did really enjoy the deck i could even build a super consistent list, I just can't not misplay with pendulums, I've been trying Sky Striker and have had a lot more luck and I'm actually enjoying this deck even more, Sometimes a deck just isn't for you.
True, I tried Salads and could tell immediately it wasnt for me. All the decks I played, I played long term. Heroes, Shaddolls, Trickstars, Pendulums all are favorites of mine.
From my personal experience, decks that weren't for me, just refused to function even at a basic level. And this is using lists that have topped an event. I am somehow the only guy who can brick with Skystrikers and every other high tier deck atm lmao
@@romkin1197 same , In testing i could build pen boards like Triff Gaming, But the second i sat down at the table at my locals the deck would either brick or I'd misplay
Zerotron 123 you use his 40 card build or 60? To be honest I think you should never 100% copy someone’s build. You should find ratios that work for you. My Pendulum deck changes up to fit my needs, like last week in locals I kept bricking with 40 cards and struggled going second so Im testing some more cards to help with that. I also upped to 45 card deck to see how that works. I say use other deck profiles for references or ideas of cards you can tech in or see how their ratios work for them. I had that problem using someone’s trickstar deck profile and It didnt feel right and a brick hand to me might be a decent hand for the person whose list I got it from
@@romkin1197 striker bricks so often that top players have standardised actions they take in case of a striker brick , one of the reasons it does well is it can still win through it's bricks
You have 30 seconds for every play you make, use them! This is something I struggle with too, just take a breath and really plan things out. This is a strategy game when you boil it down. You got this 💪🏻
I usually lose by getting sick of winning and then starting my "handicap play" rules where I have to obey the limit/ban list and my opponent does not because I'm undefeated and bored with it!
I play Duel links and once I activated a card affect that I didn't like because when Duel links asks you to activate an effect it doesn't say the affect so I just let the timer run out and lost and I was made because I made an epic comeback that game with equip spells and my lunalight cat dancer
Because my favourite archetype is not getting new support and I don't want to play something else that I am not attached to. Day 158 of waiting for new Volcanic support to arrive
Yeah, had some problems with my animations. Nothing we can really do about it now, but hopefully it won't happen again. Thank goodness it wasn't the audio.
@@eNRiskmc is it illegal? Last ruling that I checked was that as long as your sid Deck cards match with your main deck cards you're allowed to have any sleeve in your extra deck even if there were different sleeves. Edit: Nvm, I checked the rulings again (were hidden quite well in their homepage) and you're absolutely correct.
It may just be me, but why did the video glitch out a bit? Still love you guys and only point it out, if it is a thing, to help you guys make the best videos possible. Keep up the great work guys!
information was very helpful. As someone who played Yu-Gi-Oh when it was first released I have been overwhelmed with all of the new things that have come into the game.
This helps and definitely resonates with me. I have a less conventional rogue deck that had it's first prototype version be really strong but it still had consistency issues. Funny enough, later versions are inferior due to having less or more cards. It's really hard to figure out the balance for. If anyone is curious, it's a non archetype Dragon deck.
You are not wrong. Decisions in deck building and knowing what you’re going to fight against is very important. The problem then becomes a TCG Rock Paper Scissors just with more variables. Strategy does indeed play a part, but at some level there is a series of rock, paper, scissors. However, if I take a $10 Triamid deck against a $150 True Draco deck, I’m more than likely gonna get my ass kicked. Reason being, the true Draco deck has a lot of GOOD decisions in its expensive, pricey decisions. But still good decisions. Triamids can have good decisions, but I only have $10 on me so I can’t afford Demise, twin twisters, etc. Basically, what I’m boiling down to is, stay in your lane. Don’t take your penguin deck to a YCS lol
Team APS, here is a story from near the end of MR3 when I played competitively. So Metalfoes were released in the OCG, I seen a deck list that topped a locals, I gave it a shot to learn the deck. The build was using Cyberstein for shenanigans. After I got the build down, I tweaked it for the TCG for when they would come to the TCG. I had to drop quite a few cards to throw in cards like the Magispecter engine (bunbuku into kirin), a couple of Archfiend Eccentric, I even managed to fit in 3 Amorphage Sloth (As it can lock out the extra deck for the opponent if I went first with my Ultimaya Tzolkin build), the deck also ran Summon Limit. When I was tweaking it, I saw Pot of Riches and thought "Oh well, since Metalfoes can pop their other metalfoe pendulum monsters for its effect, this should be easy to pull off." Unfortunately, even though it was easy, it did stop Ultimaya Tzolkin, Fusion plays as well. But I was really stubborn with this card and left it in, despite it being a dead card 90% of the time. In hindsight, I should had dropped it for something more useful. So I would say, even if in theory that a deck could make use for a card in a realistic setting, the card may not even work out or be more of a hindrance.
Very good tips for figuring out what a deck needs! I think it's important for people to understand that there is no perfect deck and figuring out why your deck is losing, is important to understanding how to win. Always search for improvement!!
For me, it’s mainly a matter of knowing when to use negation. I’m fine setting up my board and figuring out how to play through negates, but when i have my board set up, even knowing choke points of certain decks, i still end up somehow either not using them right or just being unlucky that they have to push through it
That's literally me. I have the answer usually, but I either time it wrong or forget certain technicalities on certain cards. It frustrates me when I lose because I didn't understand how an opponent's card worked. At least I'm able to learn from my losses.
I honestly think most people who lose (like by landslides) it’s either because your deck isn’t developed yet, you don’t know how to play your deck, ooooor you’re playing against a deck that just on a higher level than you. Money isnt always a part of the game
Dude Bro no, its not bc i lost fair and square. Its because im going against meta sheep so it doesnt count. Netdecking is inferior to my “creativity and originality”
I've actually moved on to mtg the last few months but I still just like watching you guys. You really do make the best yugioh content. The general discussions are just nice to watch.
Well for me, every time I get used to a deck, some shit on it gets banned or limited and their replacements are expensive so I don’t continue to practice with it. I now have Cyber dragons so I’ll keep my fingers crossed for it to stay untouched. Basically I need more understanding of a deck’s flow. I am also kinda new/ returning player so all these dam effects get confusing.
@@gungnirvilizv159 riiiiight... What hand is gonna beat (using 3 structure decks) double colossus, or (I might be wrong in thinking thunder dragon can do guardragons) hot red dragon arch fiend AND double colossus.
If you open the nuts, you can end on balerdroch, ZW, and rivalry. Everything is zombie on field and GY and Thunder needs to be thunder... not often but doable...
Honestly, this video is just what I wanted. I was thinking that it was just the money and instead of criticism people were just "scrub" "git gud" "quit" and this video actually helped and now I can see what I need to do to make my decks better
Odds trivia: 40 cards: Odds of drawing exodia first turn 1:18, odds of drawing specific card with 3 copies 1:8, odds of drawing a limited 1:27, odds of drawing needed card when using proper ratios 1:3. 60 cards: Odds of drawing exodia first turn 1:220, odds of drawing specific card with 3 copies 1:20, odds of drawing a limited 1:75, odds of drawing needed card when using proper ratios 1:12. Card count matters. Another interesting fact: if you run 40 cards, you cannot do the "magic shuffle" 8 piles = 5 cards per pile equally, which can actually organize your deck if done inconsistently. You want a number not equally divisible. Do it at least twice after making the deck, but no more than 4 times. After a duel do it just a single time. Randomization is the true heart of the cards.
My biggest issue is finding the cards that work best with my decks. I enjoy trying to give my decks their own twists, but I end up with almost exactly what someone else had posted online since I can never find cards that would work how I want to play the deck. I'm just overwhelmed with the quantity of cards to choose from, I guess. Thanks so much for the video, though.
Shit ya'll would probably laugh at my deck, ive never played competitive so i dont know many strats but my deck is a literal put together deck. My favorite monsters are charmers
My only decks are the codebreakers starter, the gates of the underworld structure, and the order of the spellcasters structure, but I really love the dark world cards
Sometimes I miss having a deck that wasn't so streamlined. I miss those grind games against my friends. Those duels where we were both waiting to draw certain cards for our combos to go off. Those times where a duel could instantly turn into the other player's favour. And most importantly, when a deck slowly dismantled an opponent's field, turn by turn, until you eventually attacked for game. It was nice being able to play out your turn and seeing what the opponent was playing during their turn and then getting back to your turn to figure out where to go from there. Those were simpler times...if only my friends could see what this game has become nowadays. I feel like it would be a big shock to their systems.
I have to use my original it changes a little but my deck always hangs against my friends, I just cant use a pre built deck or mainstream deck, its my nindo my ninja way hahha also heart of the cards everytime my friends mock the heart of the cards i somehow win i had 200 LP and my friend had 16000LP because of his healing card and i beat him
My Cousin and I play Yugioh and they're the ones who taught me how to play the Ratio they told me is - 20 Monsters (5 Monster with LV 6-8) - 10 Spells - 10 Traps It works perfectly for me
@@liamjones2131 That's interesting, because I actually played it on the app on my phone after commenting, and it played fine for me, so I edited the comment, no joke... That makes me think it _must_ be on TH-cam's end, as weird as that is....
I know excacly why I lose. I favor cards I like more than those that are good. If there is an archtype I like or just singular card I like, I usually try to think if it has a use in my deck (and when it is an archtype I usually try to make a deck around). But a lot of times I get asked "why do you have this in your deck" or "why don't you have this in your deck." But I have come to conclusion that I would rather lose with a deck I like rather than win with a deck I don't like or care for but use because it has good and powerful cards. Sometimes I try to create decks that are a bit more meta or add pieces that are a bit more meta like Ash Blossom. But usually I prioritise cards I like over cards that work and are good Also my knowledge of the game is not that great. And playing meta would help me understand the meta but...I don't like to do that
Back when i first started winning games, cause I actually started learning how the game worked. I told my friend to abandon what he believed in if he wanted to git gud... he built fables. Some people just can't grow out of the heart of the cards mentality.
Monarchs are usable but can be bricky. Cydras are a very viable Rogue deck, but now Cyberload Fusion and Nachster can be a bit expensive (22 and 8-10 euros as of now) and you also want to run a lot of actually expensive backrow removal (Lightning storm, evenly...) if you run the OTK build. Personally I'm more of a Cydra Stun fan, which I guess it could be more budget friendly as you prefer to go first and you might do okay w/o Lightning Storm. The deck used to be more expensive, but the Cyber Emergency reprint helped a lot to make it more budget friendly. I would recommend it, but test it first to see if it fits your style :)
Great video guys. I'll probably share it with some of the beginners in my group. Though to be fair, sometimes it does come down to money. But that's only like 15% of the problem if it's same tier vs same tier levels. My example would be, let's say 2 players are both playing Dragunities. One of said players can't afford Barcha. Barcha is currently the bread and butter of combos right now it seems. Both are very playable and strong. But one of them will be able to pull off just that little bit more. The same with decks that can use Pot of Extravagance well. If you can't afford the PoE, you probably won't do as well as the player that can. But all of your points are very valid. Once again, great video!
What I remember that's funny as hell now, is when I was a kid playing around my neighborhood, when you dueled against a kid with over 100 cards and had a fat stack of cards, you knew you were about to win.
Why my deck doesn't win: I choose NOT to make the game unfun for anyone else by NOT playing a deck that is designed to make my opponent NOT play the game. Konami has been proactively churning out negation cards every new release. It's time to draw the line in the sand and stand up to non-interactive game environments.
@@Bakanlink he literally just said he likes interacting. FTK, OTK or decks that just vomit several negates are not fun to play against, and now you could make the argument that OTK decks are more fair because they are about breaking boards, but they shouldn't have to exist to answer to non-interacting boards in the first place. Konami needs to stop making combo heavy decks or control based strategies and make the game about going into longer than 3-4 turns
I've been on and off Yugioh for the past year and a half, and I've been trying to get Odd-Eyes to work myself. I've combined them with Endymion and Magicians, and even tried them with Zefra (which clashes with them at times). I'm going to try applying these tips, especially the ratio one, to my deck to see if I can get it to work. If only Spiral Flame Strike was searchable off of Sky Iris.
These for sure are top tips. When i got back into yugioh after a long time away from the game i was surprised as to how quickly a deck summons monsters now or searches for cards as well as the few trap cards that’re included in decks now.
This is Triff: Hey guys I’m triff gaming, I play rn Crusadia,Dino,Krawler,Orcust,Striker Pendulum Deck and it sets up 999 negates and is very consistent. Be like Triff...:
I like to play amazoness, magician girls, and trickstars. I don't have a good win consistency but I'll play the decks I have the most fun with even if I lose.
Step 1: Build your win con. Step 2: Build your support. Step 3: Include stuff that would stop your win con. Step 4: Build your Side Board. Step 5: Profit. In a 40 card deck, the name of the game is consistency. The ideal deck's starting board usually has a panel of 15 different cards on average and little else. The turnout should generally be A deck that looks like it has too many of the same cards, an extra deck that looks like it has more different cards in it than the main deck (even though it has a 15 card limit) and sideboard that looks like everyone else's.
convert to dark warrior honestly, you can still run a 12 card PK core but have way way more you can do, you can orcust, apolloosa if you can borrow or pull a bow, '.' deck can reach any nutty board , Ib Guards Fog Blades, all sorts, knightmare pk is pretty nice going second too sometimes
@@Marcusjnmc plus Isolde gets arma knight the deck is still nice, rusty just made it easier, mermaid will get his in the future but its not a huge issue, i honestly just want agar pain, multirole, and saryuja banned, also a collosses limit
Thanks guys. I enjoy putting together decks and playing them against each other. Most of my decks are constructed out of booster packs, absolutely no premade decks so their are a lot of substitutes. I've only watched in full, the first real Yu-Gi-Oh anime. The others I caught bits and pieces but the characters and their personalities just didn't appeal to me. I like the fact that everything is new to me coming back into the game after a decade. The rules don't seem to have changed much. Though it was out, the banned list was never an issue because we've never played FTK or OTK decks. Combos weren't even a thing back then. These new decks are a lot of fun and despite what people say, building a deck based on cards only because they look cool is actually fun & if you're goal is a challenge, trying to make them all work together is the best part. I'd like to see you guys do that and I'm sure Trell will rise to the challenge. No specific architypes on purpose, strictly based on looks then later after the "vanity draft" then building a functional deck and dual. I think Trell & Paul would be an awesome match up with that.
@@MrZahsome I mean, True Draco wins against Mine almost 100% of the time because of the backrow removal. Both Heritage and Disciplines are efficient enough to handle Mine. If not, you can always play Anti-Spell Fragrances. Most meta players main or side deck Twin Twisters or Cosmic Cyclone. Sky Strikers have a searchable MST.
Nice tips! This is very helpful for new players and even players that have difficult times. My Blue-EyesDivineDragon deck run 8 powerful monsters. One lvl 7 and the other 7 are lvl 8. x3 Blue-Eyes, x1 Alt Blue-Eyes, x1 Dragon Spirit of White, x1 Blue-Eyes Chaos Max Dragon, x1 Divided Dragon Lord Felgrand, x1 Ark Brave Dragon and even with 8 my deck runs fast and keeps going alot by draw power, sending to grave to summon back from grave, ECT.. cards. I also find 8 the perfect number because Blue-Eyes is a lvl 8 dragon. The rest of my monsters are lvl 4, 3, and 1.
What I like to do since I’m on a budget is buy a structure deck then improve it with what I have and buy some cards it needs that I don’t have. It turns out pretty cheap but it’s not very effective competitively it’s more for just casual games. edit: one more thing I forgot to mention is that if you have no one to play against play against yourself. Trust me it helps.
1:12 Honestly guys, if you run a casual deck vs a meta deck, most of your losses will be because of their meta deck/money they've put into that deck. These tips are all tips to create a good meta deck. In other words, my deck needs to become more meta to win. I appreciate this video; there are some great insights, but ultimately one would be losing because their deck isn't more meta game!!! At least for the most part, luck aside.
I'll add, I'm exclusively talking about what you said at my time mark. For meta on meta (or casual on casual) these tips are certainly everything. And of course, skill and decision making comes into heavy effect when the decks are close together.
No how matter how many times I've lost, my Evil Eye build has been grinding out against alot of the current decks (Salamangreat, Heros, Altergiests, etc.) and it's only got more consistent as I play, and now I feel like I win more than I lose! Thanks for the content and good advice.
My strategy is to test a deck through like duel after duel, and after about 10 or so, remove any cards that never saw play and replace them. Rinse and repeat until your entire deck gels together well
Short answer; every monster card printed these days is given an immunity effect while also having built in Jinzo and Spell Canceller, and being able to be summoned out after playing a small game of special summon solitaire. That's why Dark Hole and Judgment are at 3, that's why Raigeki is unbanned, and why Change of Heart will soon follow. They're stopped almost immediately at a marginal cost. But drawing two cards? That's too broken.
@@zsezu8854 Monsters these days have tons of negation effects, negation effects so versatile and costless that they rendered trap cards useless. Drawing 2 cards, destroying your opponent's back row, destroying all monsters, taking control of an enemy's monster, even special summoning a ton of monsters in a single turn sounds good until you get to the free "negate once per turn", the temporary banish negates, or the effectively costless "XYZ detach" negate that every cover card has these days.
I used to play a paleozoic frog deck that was 10 monsters and 30 traps, and it's one of the most consistent decks I've ever played. So, I'm glad you guys mentioned the unless you're playing paleozoic or altergeist thing
Solitairy sword of poison (spell). If you have one single monster on the board, you can use Solitairy Sword of Poison to double that monster's Atk and def, but only during the damage step. If there is more than one monster, you must discard "Solitairy Sword of Poison" I like to keep some for the start to get some early hits, but that's it.
Another tip. Dont be afraid to ask for help if you have a deck another person uses dont be afraid to ask for tips maybe even find out theyre deck profile and mix up your own style
If u have 4 different equip spells u need to send with Isolde u minimize the chance of drawing them in a 60 card decks Same goes for hard garnets U dilute the deck and the chance of seeing all of them in ur hand InferNobleKnights a lot of topping decks in ocg run 60 cards
Aside from bad deck building, I think bad decision-making is the biggest reason people lose. If you truly want to up your win/lose ratio, you have to put forethought into even the tiniest of actions, and the order in which you do those actions. The phase in which you activate a card, saving one-ofs for the right moment, minimizing risks by expending resources even though you really don't want to. Yugioh is a complicated game, so take a couple seconds before you declare that attack or activate that spell. Your opponent won't let you take it back if they're trying to win.
Actually I do have something to say about this. It’s actually very true about how many cards you’re running and if they synergize with the play style you are aiming for. One example: I wanted to see if I could mix pendulum magicians with dark magician, which I spent time working on and, it was 60 cards. Testing, sometimes either my dm strat would work, sometimes pen, sometimes both. However, I had bricking issues. So I went to the ygopro Percy discord, went into deck building, and asked for help. One person said “I’d just either stick with one or the other, because both don’t have play styles that work well together.” After some time talking to a few people, I decided to scrap the pendulum magicians and went for dm. My main thing was making dm strong and focus on him, and while I narrowed my focus, there were still cards I had to omit like the windwitch engine, magicalized fusion, quintet magician, amongst other cards. At this point, I’m at 45 cards but still downsizing so I can hit 40. Normally I like running 50 because i feel it’s a sweet spot for me, like whenever I play Nekroz. But, don’t have too many cooks in the kitchen. Shout outs to the ygopro Percy discord and to team APS for helping the community with deck building and making videos about various topics in yugioh, thanks for what you do.
i play non competitively and run 46, i still play the chaos zone DD build mainly. Milling is a big part of my strategy so i find the 6 extra cards help because most games necroface will be banished twice, possibly more if my control plays come out first.
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What's your favorite monster mines blue eyes for nostalgia
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Between 2:10-2:20 ish the video gets all glitchy 🤔
i finally got most of the new cyber dragon support, im just missing cyber emergency...
pepe trump holy shit sorry for swear
Because you’re a third rate duelist with a forth rate deck
I just remember playing duel links as kaiba listening him to talk down to children after beating them hard
A.K.A. You're shit and you're poor
That’s me!😄
ProtomanX / Ok Kaiba
Nice
-because you lack the heart of the cards, duh.
Anthony Lugo exactly
-I'm the bad guy
duh
@@PredatorH2O >I'm a nice guy
Duh
predator H2O stop please
no it's the HAIRt of the card
My Cyber Dragon, Metaphys, and Subterror decks have never lost a single duel. Why? Well I’m glad you asked, it’s because there is no local spots to actually duel at 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
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Ygo or Nexus bro...
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“Are you running to many traps.” I’m a paleo frog player ask me that question again
*giggles in jinzo*
I am a Yosenju player
@@hecatrice2064in 2k19
Lol 11:27 they said “unless you’re playing paleo, you’re not actually doing anything”
They made their point, if you’re not playing a trap base deck, then you should probably reconsider your deck building if you are playing a lot of traps.
@@FateZeroLoL yes, new support is out, they at least tier3
for me its because i have no idea what the f### im doing
Skellingtron my problem is I need specific cards
My problem is that traps are irrelevant
I love this guy!
Me too some times
I love the honesty
“WAAYYY UP TO 60!!!”
DON’T RUN 60! It causes the universe to glitch out!!!!!
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The more cards u have the more combos u can make
The more cards u have the more bricks u get
@@shadowspector3611 unless you got a lot of searches which i have many
Unless you play Lightsworn and/or Infernoid.
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Well my deck loses for 3 reasons. Consistency issues, 0 negates, and I run the cards I like. But I'm okay with that. I run what I like and I'd rather lose running what I like than running what wins. It's a personal choice. A choice I'm okay with.
That's the exact same reason I play my Dark Magician against any meta decks, there isn't too much chance of me winning, but the Dark Magician is my favourite monster, and if I do win, then I did it with my choice, not any meta
I always strived to include my favorite cards and tried to combine them with other, more relevant archetypes that bring out the best in them
Same, and i dont like handtraps because they dont fit my archetype
I mean, if consistency issues is a problem, you can fix that with cards you like.
Hi Paul,
Here's my take, taking meta vs non meta out of the picture:
#1. Stop doing flashy plays with no purpose, when you can do a dull combo to output 8000 damage than do a flashy combo that outputs less damage. I like X monster better but X monster makes you lose.
#2 Summon contradiction. Needing 2 normal summons to combo sounds like a problem. But not just normal summons but the restrictions established.
Side note: 6 normal summons (including cards that search them out) aka cards that reach the same card.
#3. Your deck's strategies is auto countered by main stream techs. Being aware of the meta landscape. If people main call by the grave and all your effects are grave centric... Perhaps stop relying on those effects until the cards are less popular. Or your deck lacks answers to untargetable bosses or your side deck is useless.
#4 Not aware of PSCT: resolving effects incorrectly and getting called out. #1 reason why people lose. Read your cards... You thought an effect did something but then a ruling expert drops by and says it doesn't.
I play Dark Worlds IRL (pure build or as pure as possible), and people Ash Blossom the deck, but considering the deck has tons of draw power, that card doesn't work well against Dark Worlds. (Droll is a far superior option). But then there is Called By The Grave which can really hurt your major power plays. And because that is so rampant in the game, my deck is merely collecting dust. (Until we get that new Nobleman card and even then the deck won't benefit too much from it.)
@@romkin1197 ghost belle can negate called by the grave to help your plays resolve. I know a hand trap isn't as reliable an answer as you would like, but Dark World can draw for days so having it at that critical time to make a play resolve (like a Grapha) should be reasonable.
As a casual, when playing competitive i always build a deck around a small meta/rogue engine. My fav is engage-hornet drones. not only u can bait their response, u can put other sky striker tools/removals and then u can start ur play with less worry
#4 happens a LOT i knew a guy who was a dumbass cuz he never read his cards all the way thru & as a result often made a fool of himself also 1 time i was n tournament & another person was dueling & tried 2 activate a card claiming it doesnt target the judge came over & told him 2 read the 1st word on the card...the 1st word was target
Or just follow one simple rule that holds true in ALL trading card games....
"Whether the card is strong or weak, you can not draw it if you don't put it in the deck!"
"4000 ATK points, 10 STARS!" So Obelisk the Trash Can
God support actually says no
@@Eric-py8yy please tell me you're being sarcastic and don't actually think the new obelisk support makes him remotely viable
For me it is actually the money, because I can’t afford to buy any cards that actually work together, my deck is literally like Yugi’s A BUNCH OF RANDOM CARDS
Use a budget deck or something
Just play something like pk or inzektors they are cheap and fun
Save some money and 3x a structure deck like zombies
Silverfang 45 inzektors is like a $150 deck. I know, I’ve bought it.
@@Retr0Sk1ll swear it was cheap huh my bad
Because I play my favorite archetype pure Darklords
I m trying to build one too, i just love how the deck runs
i play darklords in the most only use 3 of the predaplant for fusions and 2 krysta and my friends hate my darklord deck
Darklord diabolos is way more powerful. I love that deck & no lie keep it on my person like an ultra weeb 😅
Good to see another Darklord player. We are a rare bunch.
You can run it with trickstars or Diabolos as someone said it above
I played Pendulum magician for 2 months before the new Banlist,
I did really enjoy the deck i could even build a super consistent list,
I just can't not misplay with pendulums,
I've been trying Sky Striker and have had a lot more luck and I'm actually enjoying this deck even more,
Sometimes a deck just isn't for you.
True, I tried Salads and could tell immediately it wasnt for me. All the decks I played, I played long term. Heroes, Shaddolls, Trickstars, Pendulums all are favorites of mine.
From my personal experience, decks that weren't for me, just refused to function even at a basic level. And this is using lists that have topped an event. I am somehow the only guy who can brick with Skystrikers and every other high tier deck atm lmao
@@romkin1197 same ,
In testing i could build pen boards like Triff Gaming,
But the second i sat down at the table at my locals the deck would either brick or I'd misplay
Zerotron 123 you use his 40 card build or 60? To be honest I think you should never 100% copy someone’s build. You should find ratios that work for you. My Pendulum deck changes up to fit my needs, like last week in locals I kept bricking with 40 cards and struggled going second so Im testing some more cards to help with that. I also upped to 45 card deck to see how that works. I say use other deck profiles for references or ideas of cards you can tech in or see how their ratios work for them. I had that problem using someone’s trickstar deck profile and It didnt feel right and a brick hand to me might be a decent hand for the person whose list I got it from
@@romkin1197 striker bricks so often that top players have standardised actions they take in case of a striker brick , one of the reasons it does well is it can still win through it's bricks
I’ll lose mostly because I’ll misplay so bad that I can’t recover
You have 30 seconds for every play you make, use them! This is something I struggle with too, just take a breath and really plan things out. This is a strategy game when you boil it down. You got this 💪🏻
Banish for Cost my last one I was to negate an attack to synchro, but I negated the wrong attack
Hah you have no cards on your field and mine is fully loaded. Now I synchro summon Black Rose dragon and activate its ability clearing the board
I usually lose by getting sick of winning and then starting my "handicap play" rules where
I have to obey the limit/ban list and my opponent does not because I'm undefeated and bored with it!
I play Duel links and once I activated a card affect that I didn't like because when Duel links asks you to activate an effect it doesn't say the affect so I just let the timer run out and lost and I was made because I made an epic comeback that game with equip spells and my lunalight cat dancer
Because my favourite archetype is not getting new support and I don't want to play something else that I am not attached to.
Day 158 of waiting for new Volcanic support to arrive
Lmfao
If we ever get volcanic support I expect to see you in every yugituber video
Hopefully they don't give you the Red-Eyes Treatment
I want good lightsworn support
I wish Nomi monsters get a searcher and a monster that can ignore their summoning conditions just so they can be relevant for once!
Because I suck. That's why I keep losing.
i feel ya
Uh huh
Same
Pick a strong meta contender and stick to it. You’ll learn and become a straight up yugi god, trust! You got this 💪🏻
@@BanishforCost I play Pendulum Guard Dragon.
No words can describe how helpful you guys are. 👍
I Felt the same
“I play 60 cards, but I’m considering playing 62.”
Everybody know's, if you run 69 cards you automatically win the duel
You should review duels and point out misplays
That would be REALLY useful
Hey y'all i think the video is corrupted and it spasses out in several spots of the video
HavenB3Haven at like 2:10?
@@davidmarez-lopez7232 or 6:54
Yeah, had some problems with my animations. Nothing we can really do about it now, but hopefully it won't happen again. Thank goodness it wasn't the audio.
Thats just the matrix bleeding through reality
@@TeamAPS Are you sure about the audio? Cause I think I just heard a little audio glitch at 2:13
Haven't even finished the vid yet.
Because I draw then normal summon Borreload dragon. (No really don't make your extra deck sleeves the same colour as your main).
Aha as soon as I found out you were allowed different coloured sleeves for ED, the Blues came out 😏👌
Its common sense to use different colored sleeves for extra deck. I color code them, white, black, blue, purple base don what type they are.
@@sparda9060 This isn't tournament legal tho. I hope you are aware of that?
Forbidden Shadow playing Extravaganz with differnt coloured sleeves 😂😂😂🤷🏻♂️
@@eNRiskmc is it illegal? Last ruling that I checked was that as long as your sid Deck cards match with your main deck cards you're allowed to have any sleeve in your extra deck even if there were different sleeves.
Edit: Nvm, I checked the rulings again (were hidden quite well in their homepage) and you're absolutely correct.
I always make bad excuses when I lose! What's the worst excuse you've heard for losing? #AskTheSquad
"I was hungry. That is why you won."
"This is just my fun deck"
It may just be me, but why did the video glitch out a bit? Still love you guys and only point it out, if it is a thing, to help you guys make the best videos possible. Keep up the great work guys!
"It's because I'm so high right now"
"I was trying something new"
information was very helpful. As someone who played Yu-Gi-Oh when it was first released I have been overwhelmed with all of the new things that have come into the game.
This helps and definitely resonates with me. I have a less conventional rogue deck that had it's first prototype version be really strong but it still had consistency issues. Funny enough, later versions are inferior due to having less or more cards. It's really hard to figure out the balance for.
If anyone is curious, it's a non archetype Dragon deck.
Paul:most of the time traps dont advance your plays
Me:*laughs in union scramble*
I lose because I can't afford to buy cards xd
Can't win when you can't even buy the deck you built on ygopro
But you can't lose either so...
Lose win
Team APS: If it’s a card you need it has to be at three
Me, a Salamangreat player: 😭
Cyber Dragons are my main, but salads are my secondary. It hurts man
I remember running a red eyes deck without meteor black comet dragon.
You are not wrong. Decisions in deck building and knowing what you’re going to fight against is very important. The problem then becomes a TCG Rock Paper Scissors just with more variables. Strategy does indeed play a part, but at some level there is a series of rock, paper, scissors.
However, if I take a $10 Triamid deck against a $150 True Draco deck, I’m more than likely gonna get my ass kicked. Reason being, the true Draco deck has a lot of GOOD decisions in its expensive, pricey decisions. But still good decisions.
Triamids can have good decisions, but I only have $10 on me so I can’t afford Demise, twin twisters, etc. Basically, what I’m boiling down to is, stay in your lane. Don’t take your penguin deck to a YCS lol
"The only reason you normal summon is for effects."
Words to put on the tomb of this game's grave
It ain't dead yet tho
Insert mystic mine here
@@kylebrouwn6768 you right we got like 2 or 3 years left
@@goldsage4722
Ha!
And here we are, when the actual WORLD is ending, yet Yugioh is thriving in MR5 (ignore the Halq Auroradon combos lol)
Team APS, here is a story from near the end of MR3 when I played competitively.
So Metalfoes were released in the OCG, I seen a deck list that topped a locals, I gave it a shot to learn the deck. The build was using Cyberstein for shenanigans. After I got the build down, I tweaked it for the TCG for when they would come to the TCG. I had to drop quite a few cards to throw in cards like the Magispecter engine (bunbuku into kirin), a couple of Archfiend Eccentric, I even managed to fit in 3 Amorphage Sloth (As it can lock out the extra deck for the opponent if I went first with my Ultimaya Tzolkin build), the deck also ran Summon Limit.
When I was tweaking it, I saw Pot of Riches and thought "Oh well, since Metalfoes can pop their other metalfoe pendulum monsters for its effect, this should be easy to pull off." Unfortunately, even though it was easy, it did stop Ultimaya Tzolkin, Fusion plays as well. But I was really stubborn with this card and left it in, despite it being a dead card 90% of the time. In hindsight, I should had dropped it for something more useful.
So I would say, even if in theory that a deck could make use for a card in a realistic setting, the card may not even work out or be more of a hindrance.
Very good tips for figuring out what a deck needs! I think it's important for people to understand that there is no perfect deck and figuring out why your deck is losing, is important to understanding how to win. Always search for improvement!!
For me, it’s mainly a matter of knowing when to use negation. I’m fine setting up my board and figuring out how to play through negates, but when i have my board set up, even knowing choke points of certain decks, i still end up somehow either not using them right or just being unlucky that they have to push through it
That's literally me. I have the answer usually, but I either time it wrong or forget certain technicalities on certain cards. It frustrates me when I lose because I didn't understand how an opponent's card worked. At least I'm able to learn from my losses.
"Why does your deck keep losing?"
Me: "Because I use a Watt monster deck."
I honestly think most people who lose (like by landslides) it’s either because your deck isn’t developed yet, you don’t know how to play your deck, ooooor you’re playing against a deck that just on a higher level than you.
Money isnt always a part of the game
Dude Bro no, its not bc i lost fair and square. Its because im going against meta sheep so it doesnt count. Netdecking is inferior to my “creativity and originality”
I've actually moved on to mtg the last few months but I still just like watching you guys. You really do make the best yugioh content. The general discussions are just nice to watch.
Well for me, every time I get used to a deck, some shit on it gets banned or limited and their replacements are expensive so I don’t continue to practice with it. I now have Cyber dragons so I’ll keep my fingers crossed for it to stay untouched. Basically I need more understanding of a deck’s flow. I am also kinda new/ returning player so all these dam effects get confusing.
Well, it may partially be money. A £30 deck isn't gonna beat thunder dragons any day of the week.
Zombis could with the best hand posible xD
@@gungnirvilizv159 no
@@gungnirvilizv159 riiiiight... What hand is gonna beat (using 3 structure decks) double colossus, or (I might be wrong in thinking thunder dragon can do guardragons) hot red dragon arch fiend AND double colossus.
If you open the nuts, you can end on balerdroch, ZW, and rivalry. Everything is zombie on field and GY and Thunder needs to be thunder... not often but doable...
Busters bladders laughing in the corner
Honestly, this video is just what I wanted. I was thinking that it was just the money and instead of criticism people were just "scrub" "git gud" "quit" and this video actually helped and now I can see what I need to do to make my decks better
I was foolish I guess because I was like "I have all these traps that negate why am I not doing so well" well now I know
Odds trivia:
40 cards:
Odds of drawing exodia first turn 1:18, odds of drawing specific card with 3 copies 1:8, odds of drawing a limited 1:27, odds of drawing needed card when using proper ratios 1:3.
60 cards:
Odds of drawing exodia first turn 1:220, odds of drawing specific card with 3 copies 1:20, odds of drawing a limited 1:75, odds of drawing needed card when using proper ratios 1:12.
Card count matters.
Another interesting fact: if you run 40 cards, you cannot do the "magic shuffle" 8 piles = 5 cards per pile equally, which can actually organize your deck if done inconsistently. You want a number not equally divisible. Do it at least twice after making the deck, but no more than 4 times. After a duel do it just a single time. Randomization is the true heart of the cards.
So in a nutshell youre saying i should build trickstar invoked heroes?
Nooo, more like Knoble-Knight Ojama-Archfiend lol dead ass
trickstar deck is a troll
I love team aps so much trell is overall my favorite you guys make great content keep up the great work guys congrats on 150k
My biggest issue is finding the cards that work best with my decks. I enjoy trying to give my decks their own twists, but I end up with almost exactly what someone else had posted online since I can never find cards that would work how I want to play the deck. I'm just overwhelmed with the quantity of cards to choose from, I guess. Thanks so much for the video, though.
Shit ya'll would probably laugh at my deck, ive never played competitive so i dont know many strats but my deck is a literal put together deck. My favorite monsters are charmers
Eh everyone loves charmers
My only decks are the codebreakers starter, the gates of the underworld structure, and the order of the spellcasters structure, but I really love the dark world cards
Sometimes I miss having a deck that wasn't so streamlined. I miss those grind games against my friends. Those duels where we were both waiting to draw certain cards for our combos to go off. Those times where a duel could instantly turn into the other player's favour. And most importantly, when a deck slowly dismantled an opponent's field, turn by turn, until you eventually attacked for game.
It was nice being able to play out your turn and seeing what the opponent was playing during their turn and then getting back to your turn to figure out where to go from there.
Those were simpler times...if only my friends could see what this game has become nowadays. I feel like it would be a big shock to their systems.
In my town of 6000 im the only charmer user its lonely
I have to use my original it changes a little but my deck always hangs against my friends, I just cant use a pre built deck or mainstream deck, its my nindo my ninja way hahha also heart of the cards everytime my friends mock the heart of the cards i somehow win i had 200 LP and my friend had 16000LP because of his healing card and i beat him
Im going to my first local tomorrow, wish me luck!
Good luck 👍 and did you win?
I came 3rd well thats what it said in my certificate
I know u might not see this but good job
That glitchy shit around 2:10 was dope lol
My Cousin and I play Yugioh and they're the ones who taught me how to play the Ratio they told me is
- 20 Monsters (5 Monster with LV 6-8)
- 10 Spells
- 10 Traps
It works perfectly for me
Disclaimer: this video contains blatant lies.
SPONSORED BY THE BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON GANG
Ha!
true
Was it just me or did the screen spaz at around 2 minutes?
You're not the only one
Right at 6:50 yea it gets weird for s little bit
normal summon.
pendulum decks (odd eyes in particular) :"WHAT IS THIS SORCERY!!!"
I agree with the trap ratio. If not running subterrors, dracos, altergist etc where u rely on traps to do your combos then 5 to 1 is plenty.
6:50 - glitch (doesn't appear to happen on _all_ installations of the TH-cam mobile app)
Nah, I'm on mobile. I saw it...
Nice green and big ass glitch.
@@liamjones2131 That's interesting, because I actually played it on the app on my phone after commenting, and it played fine for me, so I edited the comment, no joke... That makes me think it _must_ be on TH-cam's end, as weird as that is....
There's a reason no one runs Zushin the Sleeping Giant.
I know excacly why I lose. I favor cards I like more than those that are good. If there is an archtype I like or just singular card I like, I usually try to think if it has a use in my deck (and when it is an archtype I usually try to make a deck around). But a lot of times I get asked "why do you have this in your deck" or "why don't you have this in your deck." But I have come to conclusion that I would rather lose with a deck I like rather than win with a deck I don't like or care for but use because it has good and powerful cards. Sometimes I try to create decks that are a bit more meta or add pieces that are a bit more meta like Ash Blossom. But usually I prioritise cards I like over cards that work and are good
Also my knowledge of the game is not that great. And playing meta would help me understand the meta but...I don't like to do that
Back when i first started winning games, cause I actually started learning how the game worked. I told my friend to abandon what he believed in if he wanted to git gud... he built fables. Some people just can't grow out of the heart of the cards mentality.
2:11 wtf is actually happening here 😂
I think someone added a side deck card to the main deck at that moment.
Are Monarchs still viable?
I kinda want to come back to Yu-Gi-Oh because I loved Monarchs and Cyber Dragons.
Yes check on Amazon i think the Monarch is 10$ if i'm not wrong
Monarchs are usable but can be bricky. Cydras are a very viable Rogue deck, but now Cyberload Fusion and Nachster can be a bit expensive (22 and 8-10 euros as of now) and you also want to run a lot of actually expensive backrow removal (Lightning storm, evenly...) if you run the OTK build. Personally I'm more of a Cydra Stun fan, which I guess it could be more budget friendly as you prefer to go first and you might do okay w/o Lightning Storm.
The deck used to be more expensive, but the Cyber Emergency reprint helped a lot to make it more budget friendly. I would recommend it, but test it first to see if it fits your style :)
Great video guys. I'll probably share it with some of the beginners in my group. Though to be fair, sometimes it does come down to money. But that's only like 15% of the problem if it's same tier vs same tier levels. My example would be, let's say 2 players are both playing Dragunities. One of said players can't afford Barcha. Barcha is currently the bread and butter of combos right now it seems. Both are very playable and strong. But one of them will be able to pull off just that little bit more. The same with decks that can use Pot of Extravagance well. If you can't afford the PoE, you probably won't do as well as the player that can. But all of your points are very valid. Once again, great video!
What I remember that's funny as hell now, is when I was a kid playing around my neighborhood, when you dueled against a kid with over 100 cards and had a fat stack of cards, you knew you were about to win.
Why my deck doesn't win:
I choose NOT to make the game unfun for anyone else by NOT playing a deck that is designed to make my opponent NOT play the game. Konami has been proactively churning out negation cards every new release. It's time to draw the line in the sand and stand up to non-interactive game environments.
Dark Glass then play an OTK deck, they get to play and you win turn 2
@@Bakanlink he literally just said he likes interacting. FTK, OTK or decks that just vomit several negates are not fun to play against, and now you could make the argument that OTK decks are more fair because they are about breaking boards, but they shouldn't have to exist to answer to non-interacting boards in the first place. Konami needs to stop making combo heavy decks or control based strategies and make the game about going into longer than 3-4 turns
I feel like this with my Pendulum Magician/Odd-Eyes Deck
I have all the necessary Cards, but I can't do anything against most of my opponents
What would you like to do? Destroy cards, negate effects? Look for cards that do what you want to do and put them in your deck.
I've been on and off Yugioh for the past year and a half, and I've been trying to get Odd-Eyes to work myself. I've combined them with Endymion and Magicians, and even tried them with Zefra (which clashes with them at times).
I'm going to try applying these tips, especially the ratio one, to my deck to see if I can get it to work. If only Spiral Flame Strike was searchable off of Sky Iris.
These for sure are top tips. When i got back into yugioh after a long time away from the game i was surprised as to how quickly a deck summons monsters now or searches for cards as well as the few trap cards that’re included in decks now.
this is a great topic i know i lost every duels because i get nervous and i don't want to make a error during a duel it's embarrassing
Because you dont believe in the heart of the cards.
Because I actually don’t play Yugioh irl.
Wait...does that mean I technically never lost either 🤔
Can't lose if you never play
If you're losing and not even playing, you're just sad.
@@shadowspector3611 well if u play Yu Gi OhPro you are cheating Konami
whenever i bring up macro rabbits, inzektors, wind-ups, darkworlds
*i flash back to Nam*
This brings Memories of my old 2004/5 burn deck with 67 cards, great times!
Great vid Guys!! Keep em coming!👍
This is Triff:
Hey guys I’m triff gaming, I play rn
Crusadia,Dino,Krawler,Orcust,Striker Pendulum Deck and it sets up 999 negates and is very consistent.
Be like Triff...:
Love Triff for that 😂😂😂
I like to play amazoness, magician girls, and trickstars. I don't have a good win consistency but I'll play the decks I have the most fun with even if I lose.
Step 1: Build your win con.
Step 2: Build your support.
Step 3: Include stuff that would stop your win con.
Step 4: Build your Side Board.
Step 5: Profit.
In a 40 card deck, the name of the game is consistency. The ideal deck's starting board usually has a panel of 15 different cards on average and little else. The turnout should generally be A deck that looks like it has too many of the same cards, an extra deck that looks like it has more different cards in it than the main deck (even though it has a 15 card limit) and sideboard that looks like everyone else's.
*"spoiler: it's not money"*
Obviously. I proxy my cards.
well i use a phantom knights deck i started using it a few days ago and im sad bc rank up magic launch and rusty bardiche are FORBIDDEN :/
Feels badman. Sorry for your loss
The Link really brought the deck into its own, sad to see it go, I blame the high tier decks that abused it
convert to dark warrior honestly, you can still run a 12 card PK core but have way way more you can do, you can orcust, apolloosa if you can borrow or pull a bow, '.' deck can reach any nutty board , Ib Guards Fog Blades, all sorts, knightmare pk is pretty nice going second too sometimes
@@Marcusjnmc plus Isolde gets arma knight the deck is still nice, rusty just made it easier, mermaid will get his in the future but its not a huge issue, i honestly just want agar pain, multirole, and saryuja banned, also a collosses limit
@@crucifixroarband8838 I blame all the whiners that couldn't handle playing against 2 fog blades. May they all face Harold decks for eternity!
Thanks guys. I enjoy putting together decks and playing them against each other. Most of my decks are constructed out of booster packs, absolutely no premade decks so their are a lot of substitutes. I've only watched in full, the first real Yu-Gi-Oh anime. The others I caught bits and pieces but the characters and their personalities just didn't appeal to me. I like the fact that everything is new to me coming back into the game after a decade. The rules don't seem to have changed much. Though it was out, the banned list was never an issue because we've never played FTK or OTK decks. Combos weren't even a thing back then. These new decks are a lot of fun and despite what people say, building a deck based on cards only because they look cool is actually fun & if you're goal is a challenge, trying to make them all work together is the best part. I'd like to see you guys do that and I'm sure Trell will rise to the challenge. No specific architypes on purpose, strictly based on looks then later after the "vanity draft" then building a functional deck and dual. I think Trell & Paul would be an awesome match up with that.
There’s also traps literally made to advance your strategy but dodge effects at the same time it really does depend on the deck
i definitely know why my deck isn't at its best...i'm not willing to drop $600+ on cardboard every 3 months or so.
When budget decks are actually the meta decks nowadays but sure.
@@MrZahsome danger thunder is budget? 🤔
@@MrZahsome if 150+€ is budget than OK, but I for example need 3 pot of extra, that alone is 150 Euro
@@RoBin-ec1fd hes talkin about salad and endimyon
Just play mystic mine LOL XD
Kidding the deck is not Not top tier
But running mystic mine when going second can be a real power move, just pure mystic mine kinda sucks :D
Cuz konami said they dont like it anymore and limited terraforming and metaverse
More like meta slaves don't know what backrow removal is.
@@MrZahsome I mean, True Draco wins against Mine almost 100% of the time because of the backrow removal. Both Heritage and Disciplines are efficient enough to handle Mine. If not, you can always play Anti-Spell Fragrances. Most meta players main or side deck Twin Twisters or Cosmic Cyclone. Sky Strikers have a searchable MST.
@@MrZahsome spicy take, you must love deck building badly
Nice tips! This is very helpful for new players and even players that have difficult times. My Blue-EyesDivineDragon deck run 8 powerful monsters. One lvl 7 and the other 7 are lvl 8. x3 Blue-Eyes, x1 Alt Blue-Eyes, x1 Dragon Spirit of White, x1 Blue-Eyes Chaos Max Dragon, x1 Divided Dragon Lord Felgrand, x1 Ark Brave Dragon and even with 8 my deck runs fast and keeps going alot by draw power, sending to grave to summon back from grave, ECT.. cards. I also find 8 the perfect number because Blue-Eyes is a lvl 8 dragon. The rest of my monsters are lvl 4, 3, and 1.
What I like to do since I’m on a budget is buy a structure deck then improve it with what I have and buy some cards it needs that I don’t have. It turns out pretty cheap but it’s not very effective competitively it’s more for just casual games.
edit: one more thing I forgot to mention is that if you have no one to play against play against yourself. Trust me it helps.
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Omar_Omar 13 wow you really have to say that
Third
1:12 Honestly guys, if you run a casual deck vs a meta deck, most of your losses will be because of their meta deck/money they've put into that deck. These tips are all tips to create a good meta deck. In other words, my deck needs to become more meta to win. I appreciate this video; there are some great insights, but ultimately one would be losing because their deck isn't more meta game!!! At least for the most part, luck aside.
I'll add, I'm exclusively talking about what you said at my time mark. For meta on meta (or casual on casual) these tips are certainly everything. And of course, skill and decision making comes into heavy effect when the decks are close together.
I use skull servants and I don’t care if I lose most of the time
No how matter how many times I've lost, my Evil Eye build has been grinding out against alot of the current decks (Salamangreat, Heros, Altergiests, etc.) and it's only got more consistent as I play, and now I feel like I win more than I lose! Thanks for the content and good advice.
It's getting more support in the next main set
My strategy is to test a deck through like duel after duel, and after about 10 or so, remove any cards that never saw play and replace them. Rinse and repeat until your entire deck gels together well
I probably lose because my deck is performapals thanks to it being one of my favourite archetypes
Short answer; every monster card printed these days is given an immunity effect while also having built in Jinzo and Spell Canceller, and being able to be summoned out after playing a small game of special summon solitaire. That's why Dark Hole and Judgment are at 3, that's why Raigeki is unbanned, and why Change of Heart will soon follow. They're stopped almost immediately at a marginal cost. But drawing two cards? That's too broken.
Annoyed Armos drawing more cards to do what you just said, make or break a board is broken. You just sound like a yugioh timmy stuck in 2003
@@zsezu8854 Monsters these days have tons of negation effects, negation effects so versatile and costless that they rendered trap cards useless. Drawing 2 cards, destroying your opponent's back row, destroying all monsters, taking control of an enemy's monster, even special summoning a ton of monsters in a single turn sounds good until you get to the free "negate once per turn", the temporary banish negates, or the effectively costless "XYZ detach" negate that every cover card has these days.
Your right it’s not the money u spent it’s the money u don’t have to spend on paper
I used to play a paleozoic frog deck that was 10 monsters and 30 traps, and it's one of the most consistent decks I've ever played. So, I'm glad you guys mentioned the unless you're playing paleozoic or altergeist thing
Solitairy sword of poison (spell).
If you have one single monster on the board, you can use Solitairy Sword of Poison to double that monster's Atk and def, but only during the damage step. If there is more than one monster, you must discard "Solitairy Sword of Poison"
I like to keep some for the start to get some early hits, but that's it.
I appreciate all the advice you gave in this video. This helped me out a lot with building my decks!
Another tip. Dont be afraid to ask for help if you have a deck another person uses dont be afraid to ask for tips maybe even find out theyre deck profile and mix up your own style
"Do you run to many traps"
Me here with my paleozoic deck: NO
On a (more) serious note, running 1 trap does work if it's Shade Brigandine
If u have 4 different equip spells u need to send with Isolde u minimize the chance of drawing them in a 60 card decks
Same goes for hard garnets
U dilute the deck and the chance of seeing all of them in ur hand
InferNobleKnights a lot of topping decks in ocg run 60 cards
Aside from bad deck building, I think bad decision-making is the biggest reason people lose. If you truly want to up your win/lose ratio, you have to put forethought into even the tiniest of actions, and the order in which you do those actions. The phase in which you activate a card, saving one-ofs for the right moment, minimizing risks by expending resources even though you really don't want to. Yugioh is a complicated game, so take a couple seconds before you declare that attack or activate that spell. Your opponent won't let you take it back if they're trying to win.
0:46 that art is so cool
Actually I do have something to say about this. It’s actually very true about how many cards you’re running and if they synergize with the play style you are aiming for. One example: I wanted to see if I could mix pendulum magicians with dark magician, which I spent time working on and, it was 60 cards. Testing, sometimes either my dm strat would work, sometimes pen, sometimes both. However, I had bricking issues.
So I went to the ygopro Percy discord, went into deck building, and asked for help. One person said “I’d just either stick with one or the other, because both don’t have play styles that work well together.”
After some time talking to a few people,
I decided to scrap the pendulum magicians and went for dm. My main thing was making dm strong and focus on him, and while I narrowed my focus, there were still cards I had to omit like the windwitch engine, magicalized fusion, quintet magician, amongst other cards.
At this point, I’m at 45 cards but still downsizing so I can hit 40. Normally I like running 50 because i feel it’s a sweet spot for me, like whenever I play Nekroz. But, don’t have too many cooks in the kitchen.
Shout outs to the ygopro Percy discord and to team APS for helping the community with deck building and making videos about various topics in yugioh, thanks for what you do.
What are monsters you want with synchrons? I wanna send you guys a picture of what I run if y’all don’t care
i play non competitively and run 46, i still play the chaos zone DD build mainly. Milling is a big part of my strategy so i find the 6 extra cards help because most games necroface will be banished twice, possibly more if my control plays come out first.
Deck-building tips. Now that's what I have been looking for
I use Dino Rabbit. I think that's all you need to know about why I'm losing