"You feel that? It's hopelessness. It's fear and panic and terror. It devoured your little friend Jaden and shattered all the good. But unlike your little friend, the darkness has no use for you!"

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Man, am I jealous of Rush Duel having the most sickest artwork.

That aside, I tried my best to make this card "unique", compared to the other "Evil HERO" Fusion Monsters, including rough references to the Duel between the Supreme King and Jim Crocodile Cook, such as using a monster owned by your opponent pointing to the Supreme King using "Super Polymerization", and the emphasis of the burn with your opponent controlling cards points to Cook having no cards on his field (except the Field Spell for some reason) after "Evil HERO Dark Gaia" attacked for game. Hope I did it enough justice!

Lemme know your thoughts and criticisms down below.

Have a blessed rest of your Thursday! 👋 🙏

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Evil HERO Dark Gaia - Dark Catastrophe

Level 8 EARTH Fiend Fusion Effect Monster

ATK: ?

DEF: 0

1 Fiend monster + 1 Effect Monster
Must be Special Summoned with "Dark Fusion".
The original ATK of this card becomes the combined original ATK of the materials used for its Fusion Summon.
At the start of the Battle Phase, if your opponent controls no cards: You can inflict damage to your opponent equal to this card's original ATK.
If this card is Fusion Summoned using a Special Summoned monster owned by your opponent: You can activate this effect; skip the next Main Phase 1.
You can only use this effect of "Evil HERO Dark Gaia - Dark Catastrophe" once per Duel, and its previous effect only once per turn.

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Art: Alternate artwork of "Evil HERO Dark Gaia" from Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duel

I still find it absolutely absurd how many fools (not to say idiots) believe that this is an effective solution when decks like Sky Striker or the current Branded variants do not need more than five summons to establish a competent board.

Another example is Dracotail, which, during its period of relevance in the metagame, usually made only two or three summons before the rise of the Branded variants, yet still ended on a fairly competent board. Even Branded variants themselves could establish a solid board with fewer than five summons.

What would actually happen under the assumption of limiting Special Summons to a set number is that Konami would simply compress card design even further so that decks can establish a strong board before reaching that proposed limit.

On top of that, this does not solve one of the problems that supporters of this "solution" claim it would address. In fact, it makes it worse: the disadvantage faced by the player going second.

Now, the player going second would not only have to deal with the board established by their opponent, hand traps, and any other relevant factors, but would also have to keep track of their own limited number of summons. And if the idea is that only the player going first should be subject to that restriction, then that does not solve anything either, since it would simply weaken the first turn artificially.

I know that some of the people who propose this are content-farming bots or individuals posting ragebait, but you know something is wrong when there are people who genuinely believe this would actually be a solution.

Like the power patrons or Black Chaos (the non Ritual) or griffoh?

I would find it a little bit weird because there are so many problematic cards and People who bought them this year (for example a few months ago) would be pretty fucked..

Basically what the title says.

It can be with your friends at the kitchen table or at your locals. But what is your opinion on the matter and what is the overall consensus in the game/community?

Edit: For all that have responed until now or will respond thank you for your participation. I was legitimately curious about it and was asking this in different TCGs Subs. Not only to see what different TCGs think about it, but also because I myself play a lot of different TCGs. In addition, I made some experiences in the past with people having extreme opinions on Proxies or locals banning them because of rather stupid reasons when most people didn't really care about them or like some commenters said here even encouraged themselves to just play with them.

For an extra clarification: Yes, I was talking about Kitchen Table/with friends or locals. Competitive settings like bigger events was never a discussion.

So with the biggest list of hits on the horizon, would it be a good idea to grab him now or wait? I know typically, the newest cards are spared from the list for a format or 2 but, I dont trust konami. At least the TCG side of the house anyway.

I don't believe it's coincidental that many other tier-list have held this deck in high regards.

Could these tier-list(s) also be skewed themselves? Absolutely.

I'm still maintaining the stance that SB is still a top contender in the OCG, and I've held this stance ever since the most recent OCG ban-list was first announced.

Keep an eye out for ROTK's other upcoming Meta Game Report throughout this month.

If I'm lying, I'm flying.

So with the placement of the Marincess cards reveal for Revolution Booster 2 set. I see the slot between Aqua Leviathan @ Marincess and Marincess Truth Heart potentially being a level 7 or lower ritual monster, or a link 4 or higher Marincess monster. And a new spell/trap. I personally think its gonna be a new trap. So I've been brainstorming what these cards could be and how they could help the deck. Let me know what you think.

Marincess Ocean Heart
Link-5, WATER, Cyberse / Link / Effect, ATK 3000
Arrows: ← → ↓ ↙ ↘
2+ “Marincess” monsters

• (1) This face-up card on the field cannot be Tributed, nor used as material for a Fusion or Link Summon.
• (2) (Quick Effect) You can Special Summon 1 “Marincess” monster equipped to this card; send all cards your opponent controls in the same column as that monster to the GY. You can only use this effect of “Marincess Ocean Heart” once per turn.
• (3) “Marincess” Link Monsters this card points to can activate their Effects as Quick Effects.

For the link 5 idea I went with giving marincess something to handle the threat of kaiju breaking their board. Also giving the Marincess link monsters quick effect similar to Orcustrated Babel.

Marincess Wonder Heart - Aqua Slash
Link-4, WATER, Cyberse / Link / Effect, ATK 2400
Arrows: ← → ↙ ↘
2+ “Marincess” monsters

• While this card is in the Extra Monster Zone, it is unaffected by your opponent’s card effects.
• At the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles an opponent’s monster: You can make that monster unaffected by other card effects until the end of the Damage Step.
• When an opponent’s monster targets another “Marincess” monster you control for an attack: You can change the attack target to this card.
• If this card was Link Summoned using a Link Monster with 0 original ATK as material, it gains 1800 ATK.

This card is a nod to the duel Aoi had against Bohman. This card role is to swing big and hard. While also having the battle effects Marincess Wonder Heart had in the anime but wasn't printed into the real life card.

Marincess Aqua Heart (Ritual / Effect, WATER Cyberse, Lv 1, 0/0)

You can Ritual Summon this card with any “Marincess” card.

This card’s name becomes “Marincess Crystal Heart” while on the field or in the GY.

(1) (Quick Effect) You can reveal this card in your hand; Link Summon 1 “Marincess” Link Monster, or Ritual Summon 1 “Marincess” Ritual Monster, using monsters you control as material. You can only use this effect of “Marincess Aqua Heart” once per turn.

(2) If this card is Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 “Marincess” monster from your GY or banishment. You can only use this effect of “Marincess Aqua Heart” once per turn.

This card is the Marincess Crystal Heart retrain that the Marincess deck needs. It being a ritual still requires the deck to need the original if you want to activate Marincess Truth Heart on summon effect. But unlike the original this card can summon a Marincess monster to help the deck keep link climbing. I also gave it a quick effect ritual or link summon to help marincess deal with targeting effect mid combo like infinite impermanence.

Marincess Tidal Barrier
Counter Trap
If you control a link 3 or higher marincess monster you can activate this card from your hand.

(1)When a monster(s) would be Summoned, OR when a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster(s): Banish 1 Marincess monster in your GY; negate the Summon or activation, and if you do, destroy it.

(2) If this card is in your GY: You can banish it; Special Summon 1 “Marincess” monster from your GY, but its effects are negated this turn. 

So for this card I decided to give Marincess a solemn warning as a way to help them fight against nibiru.While also making the second effect similar to trickstar reincarnation.

Photon Lord is Insane in his own deck for sure being able to search, negate all while have protection on top, but outside of The Galaxy deck he is just Generic negate for rank 8's. Is he that problematic? If so, I wonder what peoples thoughts are on Number 38.

Forget the banlist, I want Speed Duel Products to come back... If anything, it could be a far more worthwhile alternative format if it was handled better than it was initially.

The upcoming ban list is to hit floodgates, slop, and neuter going first. Mega Zaborg might not see much play atm but cards that rip the extra deck in general is just straight up toxic. This also goes for Invoked Aeon! What do you think?

NOTE: I know the LCYW isn’t considered new anymore but it’s closer to modern-day Yugioh card quality. (Also, I’m really curious WHAT went wrong after DREV? Why did the quality take a huge sudden drop???)

It can’t be nostalgia because the card stock and coloring feels so much more premium. (I know that Japanese cards usually are better than NA/English cards in terms of quality, but I prefer English vintage pre-DREV cards over them… they’re THAT magical)

Like the heading says which Yu-Gi-Oh villain has the best deck irl like Zarcs deck is overpowered in the anime but it's alright at best in the real world so who has the best deck in the real world. Villains are mainly just antagonists they don't have to be the final villain they could be like Pegasus, Yuri, Professor Banner, etc.

Given the new Destiny Hero destro dogma works in any warrior and or dark deck is he going to get spammed in other decks besides destiny heroes or omni heroes??

Also the fact he special summons himself from a GY with his ability with burning your opponent and effect reaction fusion is kind of ridiculous for just a super rare.

From what I can tell there's nothing wrong with the rules established but is it just me or the rules are just... confusingly worded ? I feel like there were much better ways to word the whole thing.

Or maybe it's me cuz english isn't my native language, I don't know.

As for me, this is my current opinion:

So far, I've only played against this deck, but I've never actually piloted it myself and have only experienced it from the receiving end. Because of that, my impression is that it is a strategy primarily focused on hindering the opponent. It achieves this through a stun-oriented game plan that combines Life Point reduction via burn damage with effects that limit the number of effects the opponent can activate.

It is consistent enough to be a viable strategy, although it is not exactly my preferred playstyle. That said, I might give it a try in the future out of pure curiosity, provided I can find a variant that I find interesting.

Another question: do you think Angelechy's card effects should affect both players, or only the opponent? The strategy already comes with significant drawbacks, such as consuming almost the entire Extra Deck, locking you into LIGHT and DARK Synchro Summons, and carrying a high risk of drawing dead or otherwise unusable cards.

With konami announcing more than 40 cards will be hitting the banlist this weekend in the form of 34 bans and 8 limits, the question must be asked. How long is this viable? Every set releases cards that need banned based on power level or interaction with old cards...

Why cant they just reset the advanced format with a far lower power level and introduce rotation simiular to other games. This would allow the back and fourth gameplay players love that doesnt require 1 card combos, board breakers or 1/4 of your deck bein hand traps... Give a list of X amount of cards that are always legal, MST, Mirror Force ect and add new lower power sets... it would open up design space and allow for more and unique styles of gameplay...

You could just turn current advanced into a Legacy format that could also be played at events, simiular to how MTG will have a pro tour for a non-standard format once or twice a year...

The game of yugioh has devolved to such a bad place that this has been required, but we all know even this is a banaid on a massive flesh wound and in 18 months we will be back where we are today with an entire new list of cards destroying the format... The solution is right in front of them

I mean, they obviously should ban old floodgates and FTK cards like Deck Lockdown, Cannon Soldier, Protector of the Sanctuary, and a bunch more

But just doing that will not lower the power level of the current decks which is the main problem right now

The need to especially focus on generic extra deck cards, like Crystal Wing, Dugares, Quartet, Selene

Just banning Cannon Soldier which no one cares will not solve anything

I know most people in the community are disappointed on how the recent Bakura event played out in Duel Links, and I don't blame you for it.

However, after looking at the effects of both Dark Spirit of Malice, and Dark Spirit of Banishment in Duel Links, as well as the OCG/TCG releasing retrains for Zorc & Dark Necrofear, I think i now have an idea on what Bakura might get in the rerun, and even if Konami were to release retrained versions of his deck.

For the Duel Links part, since the drop Rewards were cards that help you with Level 8 Fiends, perhaps the rerun could offer a new skill that supports Level 8 Fiend monsters, whether by helping you summon them easily, or at least making them stronger when you battle.

As for the OCG/TCG, while there's still no official confirmation that Konami will be releasing any retrained versions of Bakura's cards, it could be possible that the deck could also be focused on trying to summon any Level 8 Fiends as possible. For example, one of them could have an ability that let's you Special summon Dark Necrofear (or any of its other variations), ignoring its Summoning conditions, or send up to 3 Fiend monsters to your GY. Even the Boss monster of that deck could also be a Level 8 Fiend.

Of course, this is mostly speculation for the time being, but what do you think? If you have any opinions on this topic then please tell me in the comments section below. Thank you!

So I've just finished reading thousands of Yu-Gi-Oh cards in order to create a list of all cards that have the ability to activate in your hand on your opponents turn. I'm sure there are more cards that I have missed so if its missing from this list, please feel free to drop a card in the comments so I can add it to the list.

I am making this list to track all possible "Hand traps" or interactions in the game. This doesn't just mean cards that negate/destroy/floodgate like ash, ogre, and droll. This list includes cards that simply summon themselves as a body. Something that most wouldn't consider a hand trap.

This list only contains cards released in the TCG for now. I plan on making a better list later that hand descriptions/uses for each card on this list and I plan on keeping this list updated as new cards are released.

List can be found here: https://www.ygoprog.com/DeckBuilder?d=6ad122b9bb3b0d32defdaa20

What is your wildest hot take about a card that might be impacted on the upcoming emergency ban list. My hot take is that Masked HERO Dark Law or Destiny Hero - Dark Angel would get banned? Is it likely, probably not, but wouldn’t be tooooo crazy to me if it did. What are y’all’s hot take?

Hi, I have a doubt regarding the quality of the sleeves.

I already own some Dragonshield sleeves and their quality is good, but when I bought a card, it came covered in a sleeve that I'm pretty sure is also Dragonshield, but of a much higher quality.

The sleeve is much more rigid and protect better. Can you tell me if there's any wording on the Dragonshield I can check to make sure I'm getting the "stiffer" version?

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