Excellently assembled. Blue Hybrid is just one of those decks that I'm always tinkering with on the side, testing to see if it's the right environment for it to emerge again. With Lanamon and the new Ultimate Cup rule set, this might be the right time once again.
I remember when I was playing the DCG weekly a friend of mine was teching in Hexablaumon. It was frustrating. But looking back, it was an interesting time for the DCG.
Thank you so much! When you say OCG, you're referring to the original JP release, right? If so, that's really cool to have been playing since BT1. I'd love to learn more about the OCG and do a video on it one of these days. Players in that region of the world have the craziest lists.
I've been picking up more interest in Blue Hybrid since it's the only one I never built for BT8 (played red up until then). The BT12 cards add some diversity to it, fitting into both Koji and Tommy builds, but even outside of the decks, BH is a great engine and my preferred way to play MirageGaogamon. The essay is really well written, and I hope it helps build hype for the game and inspire more like it. Awesome stuff!
As an engine, both the Tommy and Koji lines are fantastic. Lanamon is a fantastic addition since it gives you easy access to jamming. I love these cards so much that I will try every new (generic) Blue Level 6 with them first.
@kevinski-tcg I'm new to the game. I'm curious about why security control and Grandin gets mentioned so much. I gravitated to and play bwgx black base.
@@Zayelion Man, security control would be a monster of a video essay. It's basically because the deck exists just to frustrate people and cheese out wins by letting the opponent hit into your option cards while you constantly heal. It's not fun to play against and absolutely ruins some decks. Grandis is just one of many notorious OTK decks. It's stuck around the longest, and has a great BWGx matchup, so people hate it.
It should be noted that Gabubond decks from BT6 had Blue Hybrid splashes with people often including BT4's Lobo, Kendo and AncientGaruru. Granted, those weren't "Blue Hybrid" decks proper, but I think it's still worth mentioning if only because that was the only time AncientGaruru had a modicum of relevance. Anyways, I abandoned this game at thne beginning of BT11 (mainly because of my local's god-awful communnity and wanting to switch over to wargames), but your channel has picked up my interes. I think this game is now old enough to warrant its mini-documentaries like YGO does. Would like to see a video on D-Brigade or Machinedra.
Oh totally. Gabubond was sadly something I had to cut for time. The early incarnations, especially those with AncientGaru were so cool, and there was actually a small group of players running the Ancient package with Gabubond in EX3, but again, had to cut it for time. Sorry to hear that BT11 might have turned you off the game. It's still in an iffy place as of BT12, but it's getting better and there's nothing wrong with picking up off-meta decks for a round or two. Machinedramon and D-Brigade are both decks that never die, lol, so I'm not opposed to covering them in the future.
When the card game started, I really wanted they would add Magnagarurumon since it is my favorite digimon. It's cool to know that the deck was at some point meta ! But I don't know how people would feel if I bring it to locals knowing this now.
You can totally bring MagnaGarurumon to locals. The deck is still very strong, and MagnaGarurumon in particular can put in good work against many meta decks.
@@kevinski-tcg More like on if people are going to judge if someone bring it to locals. I never been to locals, I play online and stuff but never in a shop so I don't know how the atmosphere is going to be
Source stripping is definitely the more competitive version, but people having been experimenting with an aggro build using BT12 Lanamon and results are good so far.
I actually play a Jamming Blue hybrid deck and it's very fun to play, but if you are faced against a BWM X there's literally nothing you can do to win. And they're extremely common as the Greymon ban has done practically nothing to make the deck less common and barely anything to make it less powerful. I believe the people who got high with them in tournaments must have done it because of good matchups not finding a single bwm along the way.
Totally possible. I heard that the guy who got top 16 at Nats with Dorbickmon didnt face any BWGx until the round where one knocked him out. Matchup spread and local metas definitely matter.
I think KoKabuterimon is technically Green's Level 3, though none of its cards support the strategy at all. I also heard somewhere that Tinkermon is Kazemon's Level 3, but again, no connection. Legit though, if they are going to refresh these decks, we need ways to cheat the tamers out like Strabi and Flamemon do. Don't let Takuya have all the busted support.
@@kevinski-tcgIf and when Bandai gives Frontier support again, my plan is to dive into making a Purple Hybrid deck, so I'll have both Koji & Koichi battle ready 🙏🏾
Sadly I started playing in BT8, so I couldnt quite terrorize everyone, but I give my testing buddies plenty of headaches with the deck now 😅 How are you feeling about the new support? Good enough to dust off the old pile?
There is no support I am waiting for more than revamped Blue Hybrids, especially Koji's line. My wish list is: - Koji with an actual on play effect, maybe draw one or recur a hybrid from trash - That same Koji gives an inheritable to prevent redirection - MagnaGarurumon Starlight Velocity Mode that bounces original from sources to spin a Level 6 or lower - Lobomon that plays Strabimon on deletion, with inherit to play Koji - KendoGarurumon that can unsuspend on the swing as long as you meet a condition like having Lobomon or Koji in the sources
@@kevinski-tcg I’ve looked everywhere! Everything is like 2 months old! I used to play a lot!! And fell of like BT8. Ran a yellow blue Gabu-bond with Shakkoumon and it was so fun!
@@jakehollingworth4226 Now that's a spicy build! I'm definitely bending myself over backwards to make the BT12 hybrids work with it, but I think I've got a decent build now.
Pick a Digimon you really like, build a deck around it, and have a blast. The game is super approachable, especially if you've played other Bandai games, and there's some overlap with CardFight Vanguard if you've played that.
@@pffabio Ah, I'm sorry to hear that. I know a few South America countries have the game, but maybe it's not too well distributed in Brazil yet. Hopefully that changes, and a client gets revealed soon.
@@Estradamente So basically, BT14 gives Blue Hybrids access to a new Gomamon and Zudomon ACE, both of which make source stripping more powerful, provide extra aggression and defense, and let us basically work without a Level 6 if you don't like playing one. The new Joe Kiddo tamer also gives us more consistent memory gain, and the training options will allow us to search tamers. All huge buffs. BT15 has a Secret Rare MetalGarurumon that actually works very nicely as a boss monster for Blue Hybrids, stunning quite a fun Digimon and allowing you to multi-swing. It also gives you access to the various Blue Matt Ishidas as tamers for your hybrids kind of like GabuBond-Hybrid decks back in the day. Can't speak to GraceNovamon, but Dianamon is a source stripping Level 6 that can fit pretty nicely into Blue Hybrids, so that's exciting. Hope that all helps!
@@kevinski-tcg it does! Thanks! I’m, like, a month into learning about the digimon TCG and have been consuming content like crazy so I can learn the game. Although I haven’t had the chance to play it yet 😂
Making sure the algorithm hits for all the homies
Gotta rally all the Blue Hybrid stans!
Blue hybrid was the first deck I built and to this day one of my favorites to play
I still rock it as often as I can. The play style is like nothing else, and it’s very flexible in how you build it.
Excellently assembled. Blue Hybrid is just one of those decks that I'm always tinkering with on the side, testing to see if it's the right environment for it to emerge again. With Lanamon and the new Ultimate Cup rule set, this might be the right time once again.
I have no doubt you’ll kill it with the deck!
I dont play the DigimonTCG, but i'm a huge fan of Digimon and TCG's so is really cool watch the history of the decks, cool vid
Aw thank you! The game's been going for a few years now and it's become more and more interesting every day.
I remember when I was playing the DCG weekly a friend of mine was teching in Hexablaumon. It was frustrating.
But looking back, it was an interesting time for the DCG.
That is pretty spicy. Just reminded me that Hexa has that beautiful AA.
Shame it never saw that much play after its initial release.
As an OCG player since BT1 myself, u really understand the game and explain well! Shared and Subscribed!
Thank you so much! When you say OCG, you're referring to the original JP release, right? If so, that's really cool to have been playing since BT1.
I'd love to learn more about the OCG and do a video on it one of these days. Players in that region of the world have the craziest lists.
Blue Hybrid is always fun to mess with because it can occasionally get wins whenever people aren't lookin
People still dont respect it, so they always end up feeding into your gameplan.
Punishing Beelze players for example is always a pleasure.
this was a fantastic video, it is such a cool lenses to see as a meta game history of the card game.
It was a blast to make. It helps when you love the deck too.
I've been picking up more interest in Blue Hybrid since it's the only one I never built for BT8 (played red up until then). The BT12 cards add some diversity to it, fitting into both Koji and Tommy builds, but even outside of the decks, BH is a great engine and my preferred way to play MirageGaogamon.
The essay is really well written, and I hope it helps build hype for the game and inspire more like it. Awesome stuff!
As an engine, both the Tommy and Koji lines are fantastic. Lanamon is a fantastic addition since it gives you easy access to jamming.
I love these cards so much that I will try every new (generic) Blue Level 6 with them first.
I would love to see this format for other decks!
Any others in mind? Never hurts to start looking around for new stories.
@kevinski-tcg I'm new to the game. I'm curious about why security control and Grandin gets mentioned so much. I gravitated to and play bwgx black base.
@@Zayelion Man, security control would be a monster of a video essay. It's basically because the deck exists just to frustrate people and cheese out wins by letting the opponent hit into your option cards while you constantly heal. It's not fun to play against and absolutely ruins some decks.
Grandis is just one of many notorious OTK decks. It's stuck around the longest, and has a great BWGx matchup, so people hate it.
It should be noted that Gabubond decks from BT6 had Blue Hybrid splashes with people often including BT4's Lobo, Kendo and AncientGaruru. Granted, those weren't "Blue Hybrid" decks proper, but I think it's still worth mentioning if only because that was the only time AncientGaruru had a modicum of relevance.
Anyways, I abandoned this game at thne beginning of BT11 (mainly because of my local's god-awful communnity and wanting to switch over to wargames), but your channel has picked up my interes. I think this game is now old enough to warrant its mini-documentaries like YGO does. Would like to see a video on D-Brigade or Machinedra.
Oh totally. Gabubond was sadly something I had to cut for time. The early incarnations, especially those with AncientGaru were so cool, and there was actually a small group of players running the Ancient package with Gabubond in EX3, but again, had to cut it for time.
Sorry to hear that BT11 might have turned you off the game. It's still in an iffy place as of BT12, but it's getting better and there's nothing wrong with picking up off-meta decks for a round or two.
Machinedramon and D-Brigade are both decks that never die, lol, so I'm not opposed to covering them in the future.
When the card game started, I really wanted they would add Magnagarurumon since it is my favorite digimon. It's cool to know that the deck was at some point meta ! But I don't know how people would feel if I bring it to locals knowing this now.
You can totally bring MagnaGarurumon to locals. The deck is still very strong, and MagnaGarurumon in particular can put in good work against many meta decks.
@@kevinski-tcg More like on if people are going to judge if someone bring it to locals. I never been to locals, I play online and stuff but never in a shop so I don't know how the atmosphere is going to be
Very well-made and entertaining video, looking forward to more!
Happy to supply them!
Great production quality! I’ve been trying to make MagnaBH work since the Tommy hit but it seems like stripping is still the best option.
Source stripping is definitely the more competitive version, but people having been experimenting with an aggro build using BT12 Lanamon and results are good so far.
I can say with lanamon sipport the deck now has a new variant in the form of jamming and power inheriables for your lvl 3a
Lanamon is so good. You can toolbox your rookies a bit more and get so much value off of her jamming swing.
Woot Tommy back at 4!
My life is gonna be nothing but Blue Hybrids for the next few months.
@kevinski-tcg Can't wait to see what you'll be cooking up man!
I actually play a Jamming Blue hybrid deck and it's very fun to play, but if you are faced against a BWM X there's literally nothing you can do to win. And they're extremely common as the Greymon ban has done practically nothing to make the deck less common and barely anything to make it less powerful. I believe the people who got high with them in tournaments must have done it because of good matchups not finding a single bwm along the way.
Totally possible. I heard that the guy who got top 16 at Nats with Dorbickmon didnt face any BWGx until the round where one knocked him out.
Matchup spread and local metas definitely matter.
Not the Digimon TCG getting video essayed
We love to see it
Game’s old enough, and there’s plenty of debating in the community now, so why not lol?
This is the first video I've seen of yours and you did an excellent job! Looking forward to more, be it deck profiles, more essays or whatever!
Definitely cooking all of the above!
Nice Video essay man 👍🏾
Thank you!
Diaboromon was matching up with hybrid decks around that time
That’s interesting. Would love to see the Diaboromon builds of the time.
We frontier enjoyers smiling like jim carry.
I got one question for yall, where is the level 3 support for green, purple and black hybird
I think KoKabuterimon is technically Green's Level 3, though none of its cards support the strategy at all.
I also heard somewhere that Tinkermon is Kazemon's Level 3, but again, no connection.
Legit though, if they are going to refresh these decks, we need ways to cheat the tamers out like Strabi and Flamemon do.
Don't let Takuya have all the busted support.
@@kevinski-tcgIf and when Bandai gives Frontier support again, my plan is to dive into making a Purple Hybrid deck, so I'll have both Koji & Koichi battle ready 🙏🏾
Love your work as always
That means a lot! Thank you!
Nice video
Some people are having PTSD from remembering this format. I'm here smiling because I was the cause of the PTSD at my locals
Sadly I started playing in BT8, so I couldnt quite terrorize everyone, but I give my testing buddies plenty of headaches with the deck now 😅
How are you feeling about the new support? Good enough to dust off the old pile?
I'm just now starting to brainstorm new ideas because the deck is so flexible.
I honestly want new Koji line
Just like we got new Takuya
There is no support I am waiting for more than revamped Blue Hybrids, especially Koji's line.
My wish list is:
- Koji with an actual on play effect, maybe draw one or recur a hybrid from trash
- That same Koji gives an inheritable to prevent redirection
- MagnaGarurumon Starlight Velocity Mode that bounces original from sources to spin a Level 6 or lower
- Lobomon that plays Strabimon on deletion, with inherit to play Koji
- KendoGarurumon that can unsuspend on the swing as long as you meet a condition like having Lobomon or Koji in the sources
@@kevinski-tcgYes!!!! 💯💯💯
I hope you do a video on yellow hybrid.
I definitely need to cover yellow hybrids in some sense, definitely.
Still waiting for the Gabu-Bond video ❤
Ive got a list in the oven 😎
@@kevinski-tcg I’ve looked everywhere! Everything is like 2 months old! I used to play a lot!! And fell of like BT8. Ran a yellow blue Gabu-bond with Shakkoumon and it was so fun!
@@jakehollingworth4226 Now that's a spicy build!
I'm definitely bending myself over backwards to make the BT12 hybrids work with it, but I think I've got a decent build now.
Just posted the GabuBond video 😉
th-cam.com/video/muXv9yN5Rj4/w-d-xo.html
Tommy is back… what now?
Now we feast
True! Blue Hybrids returning stronger than ever!
How should i play this game?
Pick a Digimon you really like, build a deck around it, and have a blast. The game is super approachable, especially if you've played other Bandai games, and there's some overlap with CardFight Vanguard if you've played that.
@@kevinski-tcg ok but on what platform do i play it? do i have to download on a site or is it on epic,steam,....?
@@pffabio Just the physical trading cards for now. We might get a virtual client later this year if we are lucky.
@@kevinski-tcg i think it doesnt sell down here in Brazil 😕
@@pffabio Ah, I'm sorry to hear that. I know a few South America countries have the game, but maybe it's not too well distributed in Brazil yet. Hopefully that changes, and a client gets revealed soon.
I dont care
BLUE HYBRID FOR LIFE BABY
JUSTICE FOR MAGNAGARURU WHEN SCAMDAI ???
If we dont get something at least on the level Takuya got in BT12, imma be pissed 🤣
Blue hybrids were top tier but in the set 7 meta they lost to Christmas hybrids. Blue hybrids were more popular but not the best deck of the format.
I mean Blue hybrids seem alright, not as cool as Green Hybrids but whatever 😂
Good thing I have a spicy Green Hybrids video in the works…
@@kevinski-tcg Metal Bugs rise up!
@@ProfessorsResearch I'm not about that Rust Tyranno stuff. Insectoids for life!
Feels nice that my favorite season of digimon has a viable deck in the TCG🥹
Blue Hybrids gets a big boost in BT14 & 15 as well. I'll definitely be rocking it a lot that format.
@@kevinski-tcg cover that and explain it like I’m 5 as well as Gracenovamon please 😂
@@Estradamente So basically, BT14 gives Blue Hybrids access to a new Gomamon and Zudomon ACE, both of which make source stripping more powerful, provide extra aggression and defense, and let us basically work without a Level 6 if you don't like playing one.
The new Joe Kiddo tamer also gives us more consistent memory gain, and the training options will allow us to search tamers. All huge buffs.
BT15 has a Secret Rare MetalGarurumon that actually works very nicely as a boss monster for Blue Hybrids, stunning quite a fun Digimon and allowing you to multi-swing. It also gives you access to the various Blue Matt Ishidas as tamers for your hybrids kind of like GabuBond-Hybrid decks back in the day.
Can't speak to GraceNovamon, but Dianamon is a source stripping Level 6 that can fit pretty nicely into Blue Hybrids, so that's exciting.
Hope that all helps!
@@kevinski-tcg it does! Thanks! I’m, like, a month into learning about the digimon TCG and have been consuming content like crazy so I can learn the game. Although I haven’t had the chance to play it yet 😂
The game really is a blast and I am sure you will enjoy it.@@Estradamente