duel_links

[pastel lotus]

likewise kazuki takahashi's name isn't in the bottom of the new image either

[quick axle]

Any Kazuki Takahashi copyright was replaced by Studio Dice, which was the company he managed before he passed away.

[pastel lotus]

yeah i know the reason why its still rather disheartening though

we still have no clue who is managing studio dice now

maybe eventually it will just be bought out and merged with konami

[pastel lotus]

iirc to unlock ruka: win with rua 100 times

[weak bough]

yeah

just gonna be a bit of a pain

[mighty bramble]

What’s maintenance for now

[peak mesa]

Should I get stardust warrior by ticket or with my 1500 gems?

Or abondon doing a quasar deck with the shooting star road skill

Nvm

But kind of remember that some did make that kind of deck

[pastel lotus]

still waiting for artifact xyz, wind witch, and entermage hat tricker

if you use the default skill's effect to make monsters level 5 then ss akumagne (malicious) you can get another level 6 synchro for yourself

i just dk what level 6 non-speedroid general wind synchros are there besides splendid rose and orient dragon

dragunity specifies the monster type needed so that won't do

[pastel lotus]

niche but chanbarider can use [gravity blaster] basically rainbow veil for machines

[vivid wave]

Gravity Blaster

Effect

Equip only to a Machine-Type monster. Once per turn: You can activate this effect; it permanently gains 400 ATK. (This ATK gain remains even if this card leaves the field or the monster becomes unaffected by card effects.) If it battles an opponent's monster, that monster's effect is negated during the Battle Phase only.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[weak bough]

according to duel links meta

[white stirrup]

BINGO!

[fallen kestrel]

And the WCS begins

[peak mesa]

Bonds that illuminate future shit ngl

Before turn 3 your opponent just will casually otk your ass easily ngl

[fallen kestrel]

I am 7-0 at the moment in this

[weak bough]

very useful for grinding npcs

[fallen kestrel]

My first WCS loss was against another raging pend

[sleek garnet]

btw

auto deckbuilder now can finally add skills into a decklist

[quick axle]

Not that it makes it worth it, mind you.

[fallen kestrel]

13-1 at the moment

Dropped a game to a bricky hand vs raging pend

[quick axle]

Sadly I cannot bring myself to care to play the game again. More than burned out, I'm tired of the extreme P2W stuff in the game, as gems are so ever scarce, and way too many boxes in which you can spend your resources wrong.

[sleek garnet]

https://duellinks.konami.net/att/03243b433b69dae495bcaa5d1184fd1a4755e54f9f

This deck is so fun

I'm getting away with winning games i should had no right to

[quick axle]

Oh, and side note? We're in KC Cup period, so a banlist should be coming in a bit more than two weeks.

A brief reminder that this is not a good time to invest on decks.

[pastel lotus]

holy

some guy xyzed kibouou hope the lightning on me

then attacked my red-eyes fusion, which puts his kibouou hope's attack back to 2500

then he lost due to connection problem

i didn't even have traps set or handtraps so it felt like i won without doing any clever strategy

either way, time to win again

[peak mesa]

Madlad on japanese

[pastel lotus]

cardian be pretty much, "draw a card that is not a cardian, and your turn ends", right?

i wondering if this deck could be improved on at all to any significant degree

this deck was made when tth was still limit 2

cardian can only gotten through valhalla calling aka the aesir box

you literally cannot make plays if you don't have pine in your opening hand

[weak bough]

cubic can only make plays if you get vijam in your opening hand

and you only get 1 vijam at aigami level 38 or by using a skill

and in order to use said skill you need minimum 14 "cubic" cards, which can only be gotten as level up or duel rewards for aigami

[pastel lotus]

no blue-eyes skills mandate a certain deck configuration

talking about the "show 2 blue-eyes white dragon in your hand, get 1 free fusion in your hand" skill

don't like skills that railroad your deck

[weak bough]

speaking of blue eyes, love that you have to get dsod kaiba to 35 in order to get yugi

[pastel lotus]

i get the feeling i should have saved gems for one for one

either that or rota would help my cardian deck so much

umm... your character ticket?

just use that

[quick axle]

@pastel lotus They're missing like more than half their support.

[pastel lotus]

you know this why

i thought you only played meta stuff

[quick axle]

I'm out of the game.

So I'm not playing meta.

[quick axle]

(Sorry, I thought the meme was appropiate.)

[pastel lotus]

not teading it

[drowsy holly]

Okay soon™️ I'll have Phantom Knights.

[dapper grotto]

Speedroids are for me right now. Can't stop won't stop.

[drowsy holly]

Oh yeah I already have those well enough.

[pastel lotus]

ok so the only really xenophobic card in cardian is susuki aka zebra grass, putting susuki on field imposes an archetype lock for the whole turn, thus the only way to really synchro with botan into a non-cardian synchro is to either survive into your next turn with field intact or set urgent tuning and hope your opponent goes into their battle phase

[drowsy holly]

I would like 2 more taketomborgs but I'm fine with just 1 lol

[quick axle]

I dunno which are the ratios for Cardian stuff when they're missing key stuff for their plays. Like, let's say, Super Koi Koi.

Oh, and this is me wondering about the stuff missing.

[pastel lotus]

problem is they have no archetypal 2 material synchros

let me look at tsukihanami

[moonflowerviewing]

[vivid wave]

Flower Cardian Moonflowerviewing

Level: 6
[ Warrior / Synchro / Tuner / Effect ]

ATK 2000 / DEF 2000

Effect

1 Tuner + 2 non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can draw 1 card, and if you do, show it, then, if it is a "Flower Cardian" monster, you can Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions, and it can attack directly this turn. If you activated this effect, skip the Draw Phase of your next turn. When this card is used as Synchro Material, you can treat it and all other Synchro Materials (that have a Level) as Level 2 monsters.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[peak mesa]

Man htf do read kanji

[pastel lotus]

still a 3 material synchro

not brazilian or spanish so i can read it

[peak mesa]

Hm kinda want to try cardigan deck

[pastel lotus]

always make sure you have 3 of pine

most cardian cannot ss on an empty field

[sleek garnet]

What's that supposed to mean?

[peak mesa]

Also is it possible to get quasar on shooting star road?

Skill

[pastel lotus]

exactly what it means

[sleek garnet]

[normal oar]

What box is orcust in?

[sleek garnet]

Solflare lightning

Harp horror is in spirit of judgment though

[pastel lotus]

solflare has [discord] for the lol factor

[vivid wave]

Discord

Effect

Neither player can Synchro Summon. Send this card to the Graveyard during your 3rd End Phase after activation.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[pastel lotus]

but to pack that means you are over preparing or are farming a specific gate duelist

[quick axle]

It means that he can read moonrunes because he's from Japan.

[sleek garnet]

Yea

The "Not brazilian or spanish" part kinda leads to some uhh

Questionable implications

[pastel lotus]

mai playing cardian would technically allow one to make near-perfect plays if they equip her with aroma tactics

i have to see which deck i feel like deleting from her though

[peak mesa]

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/02e3724a82052e00c80fd239d2373e163f9dee7530

Average super heavy gameplay

But man idk why I'm like able to do comebacks from the 2 matches I had

[sleek garnet]

I mean

Shs as a deck was designed to be resilient

[peak mesa]

I'm still like kind of don't know what should I do with the deck list

[sleek garnet]

Can i see your decklist?

[peak mesa]

Ok

Weird ratios ik

[sleek garnet]

Well, the obvious upgrades here would be more copies of wagon and peacemaker

I assume you only opened the box once?

[peak mesa]

Only boxes

[sleek garnet]

Do you only have 1 peace?

Just to know

[peak mesa]

Ye one wagon xd

[sleek garnet]

Do you have any generic synchros of note?

Trishula, scarlight, etc

[peak mesa]

Nope

Are they on packs like crystal clear wing dragon

[sleek garnet]

Some are

[peak mesa]

Oh ok but I don't have them but have the gems

[sleek garnet]

They arent mandatory

Just nice to use if you already have them

[peak mesa]

I want nice but I don't think I have enough gems lol

I have like 650
700 if I get the inbox

[sleek garnet]

Btw

Do you have any kaiju?

Dogoran was in the decode talker box, and mecha king was in the quinton event

[peak mesa]

Nope

[sleek garnet]

Do you have any superheavy samurai scales?

[sonic nimbus]

ok nvm now I understand why Strangle Lanius got limited 3 holy fk

now I can do Solda and Evilswarm Nightmare pass

[drowsy holly]

sigh

I'm kind of upset phantom knights are so expensive ;~;

[dapper grotto]

They were great when they only came in one minibox once upon a time ago. 😭

[tropic herald]

the more time passes the less okay I'm becoming with xyz summoning

I like the concept but so many people can just easily throw an XYZ monster onto the field and pop one of yours

xyz summoning makes it easier to get out of situations

[white stirrup]

Wich one are you talking about exactly?

[tropic herald]

there's multiple xyzs who can just pop a monster off the field when they get summoned

galaxy eyes photon dragon did it to me just now and I had to hit surrender

[white stirrup]

Well that's most likely a Xyz focused deck then
Don't know what else even plays it

Also pretty sure any deck can make smth that pops a card

[tropic herald]

it was a guy playing declan and d/d/ds

[tropic herald]

It’s easier for XYZs to do it because extra deck

and almost every time someone brings out an XYZ it’s to pop

[stuck field]

how can i fix this ?

[sleek garnet]

For the first two i think you might need to reach 100

@tropic herald gonna be honest, if you keep complaining about the game because you keep losing, either switch decks, try to improve as a player, or switch games altogether

[pastel lotus]

facts

[pastel lotus]

the 2 main reasons why thousand eyes restrict is never meta is due to: it needs to take an opponent's face-up! monster to have damage potential, it needs to keep that monster as backrow in a meta where backrow removal is extremely common

[sleek garnet]

That first point doesnt really matter

Who is setting monsters during the link era?

The actual reason is that relinquished/the fusions are a 3 card investment for a mon that has no utility going first and also has no protection

[pastel lotus]

floodgate effects is basically forcibly adding certain rules to the game, where you hope one of those rules will actually inconvenience your opponent's strategy

it's still a shot in the dark though

see chaos hunter, which would prevent opponents from using banishing as removal or to pay costs

the reason why it was in some sd in the tcg

would also prevent them from activating fusion gate's effect since they can't banish

also to add to drink's last point, you have to hope your opponent leaves a takeable beatstick and hope they have no skill prisoner available to actually make your 0 attack monster useful in the battle phase

but you might as well just take one beatstick from their graveyard via monster reborn instead

the same reason why equip magic rarely see play, they are useless on an empty field, its easily to have an empty/heavily crippled field because there is too much field removal, most equip cards are stat changes which can easily be lost due to removal of the monster equipped with it or that monster becoming ed fodder

i think noble knight was one of the few decks that has floating equip cards

where even if you xyz summon the sword will come back to be equipped

if there was less removal there would be more of a reason to invest in constant stat gains for your monsters

but its almost always climb up into stronger monsters

[sleek garnet]

The bigger reason is more that just, equip spells dont really impact the game state

Noble knights played them because otherwise stuff like [medraut] dont obtain their effects

[vivid wave]

Noble Knight Medraut

Level: 4
[ Warrior / Effect ]

ATK 1700 / DEF 1000

Effect

This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field. While equipped with a "Noble Arms" Equip Spell, this card becomes an Effect Monster with this effect.
●This card becomes DARK and its Level is increased by 1. Once per turn, if you control no other monsters: You can Special Summon 1 "Noble Knight" monster from your Deck in Defense Position, except "Noble Knight Medraut", and if you do, destroy 1 Equip Spell you control.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[pastel lotus]

another problem with equip cards is: generally affects only one monster, takes up valuable magic/trap space

evil eye seems to like idk why

[quick axle]

@pastel lotus For the record, there was a time when Noble Knights were meta, mainly because of Balance helping their awful consistency significantly. Once the consistency skills got hit, Noble Knight disappeared immediately.

[pastel lotus]

i still remember a lot of yumas playing evil eye

[sleek garnet]

It's because the entire deck revolves around having selene on your field

You cant really choose not to play it

[pastel lotus]

because balance is a guaranteed equip in the hand so

[quick axle]

@sleek garnet That's how it was during the Noble Knights meta, right?

[sleek garnet]

Yea

[quick axle]

When both NK and Desperado were a thing.

[sleek garnet]

The goal was to always have medraut/drystan, an equip, and a discard trap/until noble arms are needed again

[quick axle]

Balance helped fix hands significantly.

And it was because of the insane consistency that Konami had enough of consistency skills.

Hitting all of them during that infamous banlist.

[pastel lotus]

one could say consistency skills aren't really needed in a 20 card minimum deck

[sleek garnet]

Yea

Honestly

I like more skills shooting star road/clear wing acceleration

Stuff that increases your ceiling is nice

[dapper grotto]

RIP, too late to KoG this month. Oh well.

[sleek garnet]

You have 4 hours left kid

[quick axle]

More like out of time already

Remember that Ranked Duel Seasons starts at 9:00 PM EDT.

[sleek garnet]

Oh

Right

Forgot ladder resets at a different time

[mighty bramble]

I’d still wanna run them because I like their gimmick

[quick axle]

Oh, sure, you do you.

[mighty bramble]

I just keep forgetting to get the necessary stuff

[peak mesa]

Nope...

[pastel lotus]

i like rod of silence

[peak mesa]

The scales shs In a box?

[pastel lotus]

mainly because it protects from bom and ec

[tropic herald]

So I'm back down to platinum thank god

but my first duel was against a guy who had an evac device and a book of moon in his hand and I couldn't do anything

I wanted him to use those before I brought out any eyes restricts but instead he just attacked my golden eyes idol and it was a knockout

there's literally nothing I can do against book of moon or evac device, I can't even bait them out

if someone has either one in their hand my entire deck is done

[pastel lotus]

cough

[tropic herald]

if I know they have it and I try to bait them out I get fucked, and if I go all out anyway I get fucked

just one fucking spell/trap card can end my entire optimized eyes restrict deck

[pastel lotus]

this reminds of all the inner monologues in the yugioh anime

[tropic herald]

unless I have a very good hand

[tropic herald]

the reality of being me is being in the shoes of all the chumps who get "heh actually I was one step ahead the whole time"d by yami

[pastel lotus]

thx for the scintillating rundown of your dueling pov

[tropic herald]

it fucking sucks dude

everyone should have to be on my level, as far as I'm concerned

it's unfair as fuck that I have to be so many steps behind just because I wanna play nostalgic monsters

I'm at the point where I hit surrender the moment I know someone is playing orcust because I know I'm not winning.

This ain't some fucking anime you don't just win by believing in your deck you'll just get clowned

but god fucking dammit do I wish I was living in the yugioh anime world so I could win with even a bad non-synergized deck if you believed in yourself

the reality of this all fucking sucks

[tawdry crown]

Yeah that how it be irl

Weaker decks more susceptible to being blown out

[tropic herald]

I think it was a mistake to have even made what was a good manga like Yugioh into an actual card game

since it turned out like this

my friend was just telling me she can't even play her vampire deck against anyone but friends occasionally due to all this meta sweatlord bullshit

if you can't see the problem here, idk what to tell you

[tawdry crown]

Comes with the territory of a game as big and old as Yu-Gi-Oh, not every deck and strategy can be created equal

[tropic herald]

if you get relentlessly crushed because you want to play an older monster archetype, there's something wrong with the card game

[drowsy holly]

I mean the manga wasn't that good but I thnk any time you're in a game with other people who kind of have to adapt to other people and current strategies to a point.

Not saying you have to run top tier stuff but there's no need to insult people who do and you can't really expect older strategies to compare to newer and stronger strategies.

[tropic herald]

I'm told that even in magic and pokemon, older cards still hold up fine

[drowsy holly]

I mean, not really.

I have friends really into magic and besides some stand out cards newer cards still blow older cards out of the water.

[tropic herald]

the option of conform and invest in newer stuff or get repeatedly destroyed is utter crap.

[tropic herald]

well shit

[tawdry crown]

I can guarantee even in magic and pokemon there are strategies which work better than others

You can play your petdecks if you want to, but you do need to set expectations

[drowsy holly]

^

[tawdry crown]

I'm sure licia and me are no stranger to that

[drowsy holly]

mmmhmm

[tropic herald]

you can but you can't

[drowsy holly]

No you can.

[tropic herald]

you'll just get wrecked

[drowsy holly]

You 100% can.

[tawdry crown]

[tropic herald]

it's an illusion of free choice

[drowsy holly]

Just again, set the right expectations.

[tropic herald]

I'd like to play on casual mode on duel links instead of ranked but it seems it's just full of bots who run the same thing

[tawdry crown]

It may actually be better to try on ranked

And see how high you can go

And stay there

[tropic herald]

I already know how high I can go

legend 1

and I never want to go back

[drowsy holly]

By playing a pet deck you're limiting yourself vs someone who plays a more up to date deck with more power and strategies.

If your pet deck is what makes you happy that's fine, just don't expect to compete with people trying to get every edge from their decks to win. There's nothing sweaty try hard about that, it's how some people get enjoyment.

[tawdry crown]

Ideally you end up somewhere where you can win half your games

[tropic herald]

I want to have fun and have a relatively even amount of wins and losses at best

and it isn't fun just being repeatedly knocked out by meta players

I wish casual wasnt full of bots because I'd be there and I wouldn't be complaining

because in a setting like casual people are gonna want to play pet decks or have fun more since there's nothing at stake

[tawdry crown]

That is making the assumption that having fun and having a strong deck are mutually exclusive things all the time

[tropic herald]

when there's stuff at stake like in ranked people are gonna do meta shit

[tawdry crown]

Which is why you will probably still see meta decks in casual

[tropic herald]

well it's whatever

there won't be as many

[tawdry crown]

People want to be as strong as they can without worrying about ladder

[tropic herald]

If I could I'd just nuke the meta entirely and have yugioh be an anything goes card game like in the anime

people should be able to play what they like and get some wins

simple as that

[tawdry crown]

If you nuke the meta I guarantee people would immediately try figuring it out again

Such is the competitive nature

[tropic herald]

probably

[tawdry crown]

People strive to find the best

[tropic herald]

wait did you miss the part where I said "anything goes card game"

[tawdry crown]

I'm not quite sure what that means

[tropic herald]

casual

I want yugioh to be where everyone can have fun and win with what they want

like idk, mario kart

[tawdry crown]

You would probably need to take away winning and losing from a game away entirely to accomplish that

[tropic herald]

No you wouldn't

[tawdry crown]

Any game where you try to win people will try to figure out what stategies are better than other

Even in Mario kart

Driving better and what items to hold to protect yourself

[tropic herald]

depending on the setting, sweating over meta shit is either more or less rampant

there's people who try to do the most optimal shit in any game but it depends on the game and the setting of the game

and if yugioh was more casual, it'd be better and more inviting

[tawdry crown]

This also goes back to what I said about Yu-Gi-Oh being such a big game

There's so many many cards

So everyone will use different tools

[tropic herald]

and some toolkits are completely unviable now which I think is bullshit

[tawdry crown]

And some of those tools are less effective than others

The kind of game you're looking for would probably easier exist where tools to pick from were more limited

So that balancing them all was actually possible

[drowsy holly]

I mean there's a difference between unviable and unplayable.

And I will fight to the death anyone who says otherwise.

[tawdry crown]

In Yu-Gi-Oh it's a forgone conclusion that some cards will be better than others by a huge amount cuz of how many there are over so many years

[tawdry crown]

I tried gimmick puppets once cuz I love IV

The deck made me very sad

[drowsy holly]

Hey it's better in duel links lol

Like I still play vampires xD

🦇

Oh and dark machine.dek

[tawdry crown]

I heard in duel links vampire was like red eyes lol

Forever somewhere in the realm of workable

[tropic herald]

the yugioh card game is just nothing but suffering and I should've never gotten back into this shit again

[tawdry crown]

For the longest time

[drowsy holly]

And just built bujins.

[tropic herald]

I hate my friend for trying to get me into it and succeeding

[tawdry crown]

Honest suggestion, play with your friend

[tropic herald]

it would've been better for my mental health to have continued to be blissfully ignorant and thought of it as "that one game I'd play on the playground as a kid"

[tawdry crown]

I have 100x more fun playing yugioh with friends than on ladder

[tropic herald]

hahaha

he'd destroy me with dark dragoon every time

[tawdry crown]

Cuz we know to screw around with each other

[tropic herald]

ever since I started this season I haven't gotten a single win

probably because all the legend sweatlords are back at plat too

[drowsy holly]

I think honestly instead of trying to diss people who play meta stuff you should take a look at it and see if anything looks interesting and give that a try.
Might be the best place to really improve.

[tropic herald]

a single win. and I used to win kinda frequently in plat

[tropic herald]

the few meta things I find interesting are all in MD

but I'm intimidated by that game

[tawdry crown]

I think md is a more friendly experience for actually playing yugioh

[tropic herald]

I really liked eldlich's design and apparently it used to be meta but now it's getting destroyed by tear

so it was like

what's the point now

[tawdry crown]

In duel links there's events and lvling and stuff to keep up with

[drowsy holly]

You could find a deck similar to Eldlich.

Like what do you like about them?

[tropic herald]

Big shiny gold edgy tyrant

he looks cool

not much else to say

six sams also looked neat design wise but they're no longer meta either

[white stirrup]

That's because Eyes ristrict in itself is weak af

[tropic herald]

you're right, it's tricky but can be easily destroyed

[drowsy holly]

I mean they're still playable though.

Like I have the deck, if you study other decks and build right you can still use it.

[tropic herald]

playable in the same way eyes restrict is playable?

[drowsy holly]

Better imo.

[tropic herald]

this still feels like an illusion of free choice thing

[white stirrup]

Yeah Six Sams is still a good Deck in itself just not Meta relevant

It's Xyz is pretty meh overall lol

[drowsy holly]

The synchro and fusions are good though!

[tropic herald]

still zero wins in platinum.

[white stirrup]

Yep

Even the regular Shien is good cause he can negate

[tropic herald]

I can't trust what you all say about six sams because of what I've experienced

if I play it I'll just get destroyed

I can't think of an archetype that suits me more than eyes restrict because I'm a creepy fucking zero who's a parasite

doesn't mean I won't play something else, I'm just saying

[tawdry crown]

Cubics look pretty similar aesthetically

Although I don't know how good they are in duel links right now

[tropic herald]

oh I'm not into relinquished for the aesthetics

I'm into it because I'm a pegasus fan

but good to know

[white stirrup]

If only we had [Illusionist Faceless Magician]

[vivid wave]

Illusionist Faceless Magician

Level: 5
[ Spellcaster / Effect ]

ATK 1200 / DEF 2200

Effect

If a face-up "Eyes Restrict" Fusion Monster(s) or "Relinquished" you control is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can Special Summon this card from the GY (if it was there when that monster was destroyed) or hand (even if not). If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can target 1 "Eyes Restrict" Fusion Monster or "Relinquished" in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only use each effect of "Illusionist Faceless Magician" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[white stirrup]

Just put him on to limited 1 because he is a recursion fucker

[peak mesa]

If you want to play a fun and decent deck you might want to go net deckin

Also man htf did the chat filled up

[tropic herald]

this edgefuck just stole my monster and I can't do shit

[peak mesa]

Skill issud

[tropic herald]

fuck you

[peak mesa]

Also judging with the power of the guardian

[tropic herald]

I'm timing this guy out

I still have zero wins

[peak mesa]

I don't think your using any staple cards

[tropic herald]

I'm about a step away from saying a bunch of awful shit to you right now but I'm restraining myself

that's how mad I am

[peak mesa]

Why not use forbidden lance

Gets your eyes restrict safe for a turn

[tropic herald]

it's in a box isnt it

cant get

[peak mesa]

Also your on platinum?

[tropic herald]

yeah I got ranked down from legend 1

but now it's full of people from legend too

so it's impossible

again, zero wins.

[peak mesa]

Why not play on shs it's very cheap

[tropic herald]

all my 10 latest duels are losses.

[peak mesa]

If you have the other some ur cards too

[tropic herald]

I'd just go play a different game I'm better at right now but I'm stuck at my fucking apartment with a shitty ass office mouse for my computer meaning I can't play fps games

[tropic herald]

what

what the fuck is shs

[peak mesa]

Superheavy samurai

[tropic herald]

meh

all I know is I'm fucking miserable

[peak mesa]

Shs gameplay lol

[tropic herald]

I prefer how six samurai look as far as samurai aesthetics

[peak mesa]

Why not stop using restrict try other cards

Or even get better support for it

[tropic herald]

I have a black luster soldier deck which sucks

[peak mesa]

Can I see the deck list

[tropic herald]

I'm using what's more or less a KOG deck from december of 2022

I tried to optimize eyes restrict as much as I could

and it got me to legend 1

at least

[peak mesa]

Well I don't really care about the asthethics as long shs does is attack in defense and have some negates on targeted effects

Just let me see

[tropic herald]

okay well that's you

[tropic herald]

what do you want to see

[peak mesa]

The deck

[tropic herald]

relinquished?

[peak mesa]

Yes

[tropic herald]

happy now?

[peak mesa]

Hm.......

Idk what with the deck

[fallen kestrel]

Power of the guardians?

[peak mesa]

[thousand eyes]

[vivid wave]

Thousand-Eyes Idol

Level: 1
[ Spellcaster / Normal ]

ATK 0 / DEF 0

Effect

A wicked entity that controls the hearts of men, its thousand eyes are able to see and expand the negative influences in an individual's soul.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[tropic herald]

yeah I threw it in there for TER

[peak mesa]

[thousand eyes restrict]

[vivid wave]

Thousand-Eyes Restrict

Level: 1
[ Spellcaster / Fusion / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 0

Effect

"Relinquished" + "Thousand-Eyes Idol"
Other monsters on the field cannot change their battle positions or attack. Once per turn: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; equip that target to this card (max. 1). This card's ATK/DEF become equal to that equipped monster's. If this card would be destroyed by battle, destroy that equipped monster instead.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[tropic herald]

just in case I decide to bring it out

[peak mesa]

What's the name of the sr

[tropic herald]

which

[peak mesa]

In the extra deck

[tropic herald]

millennium eyes restrict, it's the best card in the deck and more or less the boss monster

you can grab up to three enemy effect monsters with it

[peak mesa]

[millennium eyes restrict]

[vivid wave]

Millennium-Eyes Restrict

Level: 1
[ Spellcaster / Fusion / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 0

Effect

"Relinquished" + 1 Effect Monster
Once per turn, when your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls or in their GY; equip that target to this card you control. This card gains ATK/DEF equal to that equipped monster's. Monsters with that equipped monster's original name cannot attack, also their effects on the field and their activated effects are negated.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[peak mesa]

In a situation this is gonna go down crap with my shs deck

[tropic herald]

not surprised

it's a gimmicky bad deck

[peak mesa]

It's a sitting duck if the opponent did try not to activate any effects

[tropic herald]

eyes restrict as a whole is really

[tropic herald]

unless you have illusionist in your hand

then you can use it to grab an effect monster

[peak mesa]

Even if shs is very reliant on card effect could summon a monster and attack and pass

Check most of the main deck monsters in superheavy samurai

[tropic herald]

I need to pray my opponent doesn't read effects and isn't used to dealing with restrict in order to win

[peak mesa]

They have barely any attack

[tropic herald]

I know

I've faced them before

[peak mesa]

Well still right the game is going more faster

[tropic herald]

what are you on about

[peak mesa]

I don't even know if players could literally just do more summons and get the same board too

Also even crystal wing

Just negates monster effect

The entirety of speedroid and clear wing can summon the monsters easily and negate monster effects

[tropic herald]

Why are you spelling out a bunch of shit I already know

[peak mesa]

Just sayin

[tropic herald]

You think I don’t know what it’s like to lose constantly to this?

[peak mesa]

Then why not try using a new deck

[tropic herald]

Sunk cost fallacy

Not to mention I already tried building a BLS deck too and guess what; it isn’t good.

[peak mesa]

Idk check your cards you might have a archetype that works rogether

[tropic herald]

This isn’t some damn free simulator

I can’t just slap together another deck

[peak mesa]

Idk just check

[tropic herald]

I could do Gaia

Technically

[peak mesa]

Even tho haven't played a long time shs still kinda decent

Why not do gaia

It can pop cards and make your opponent can't do anything with the attack

[tropic herald]

I need one more of the structure. It’s possible but

Idk

I feel like I’m just gonna lose again

[peak mesa]

Eh

[tropic herald]

And the investment will be for nothing

[peak mesa]

I'm just only playing shs and synchrons

[tropic herald]

Just like my other two decks

It’s a DM archetype after all and it seems like no matter what, you’re always on the backfoot with those

[pastel lotus]

waded through a whole waterfall of posts to get here

every deck should have a side strategy if their main strategies fails

if your main strategy has a high failure rate then its not worth it to be a main strategy

you might as well be playing zushin

i always looks for unmeta solutions to meta cards

that keeps the game fun for me

[peak mesa]

Shs isn't meta but you gotta have some plans on how it's gonna go out

[pastel lotus]

rod of silence is funny with their beaters

gets 500 def and immune to targetting magic cards

can force their bow to pop and generate a free search

i played choujuu musha pre-arc-v

[peak mesa]

Isn't that claw and makes the card not able to be destroyed in battle

[pastel lotus]

no its an actual equip card

[rod of silence]

[vivid wave]

Rod of Silence - Kay'est

Effect

The equipped monster gains 500 DEF. Negate other Spell effects that target the equipped monster, and if you do, destroy that Spell Card.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[peak mesa]

Spell?

Well shs hates spells and traps

[pastel lotus]

it also pops all its monster equips

[pastel lotus]

because any equipped monsters in the backrow is actually a magic card and thus gets nuked by rod

[peak mesa]

What's the effect?

[pastel lotus]

and rod isn't even opt

[peak mesa]

Breuh

[peak mesa]

I'm curious

Does it steal cards?

[pastel lotus]

does paradox's skill steal a random dragon?

[sonic nimbus]

Silverokket Dragon if targeted by a Link Monster's effect banishes 1 monster from the opponent's extra deck

[peak mesa]

Lmao

[sonic nimbus]

[Silverrokket Dragon]

[vivid wave]

Silverrokket Dragon

Level: 4
[ Dragon / Effect ]

ATK 1900 / DEF 100

Effect

When a Link Monster's effect is activated that targets this face-up card on the field (Quick Effect): You can destroy this card, then look at your opponent's Extra Deck and banish 1 card from it. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was destroyed on the field by battle or card effect and sent there this turn: You can Special Summon 1 "Rokket" monster from your Deck, except "Silverrokket Dragon". You can only use each effect of "Silverrokket Dragon" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[pastel lotus]

so if i go up against someone who had both clear wing and crystal wing i wouldn't know which one i would be stealing?

[peak mesa]

Jokes on you I have too much copies of the 3 cards

[sonic nimbus]

No the effect allows you to look at the opp's Extra

And pick 1 to banish

[peak mesa]

Crystal obviously

[peak mesa]

Yes ik

But like still can roll

[pastel lotus]

cloak and dagger can banish x monster

btw wisel can't suck clear wing

[peak mesa]

Negate

[pastel lotus]

you'd have to make clear wing level 4 or lower to remove its self protection

[peak mesa]

Thoughts

Eh?

Ye clear wing can't do crap with wisel

But crystal can

[pastel lotus]

clear wing can still stop wisel

[peak mesa]

uh

[pastel lotus]

it prevents monster effects that targets a level 5 or higher monster

which includes itself

[peak mesa]

[clear wing]

[vivid wave]

Clear Wing Synchro Dragon

Level: 7
[ Dragon / Synchro / Effect ]

ATK 2500 / DEF 2000

Effect

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn, when another Level 5 or higher monster activates its effect on the field (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. Once per turn, when a monster effect is activated that targets 1 Level 5 or higher monster on the field (and no other cards) (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. If this card's effect destroys a monster, this card gains ATK equal to the destroyed monster's original ATK until the end of this turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[peak mesa]

No it negates level 5 or higher cards

[pastel lotus]

it also negates card effects directed to a level 5 or higher monster, not just effects from a level 5 or higher monster

[peak mesa]

????

[pastel lotus]

read

[peak mesa]

Oh right....

[pastel lotus]

hence you always chalice it before using monster effects on it

pretty sure clear wing can stop timelord on its own

but can't destroy them

[peak mesa]

Lol

[peak mesa]

Also thoughts

[pastel lotus]

seems ok except you have no answer to fth or bom

[peak mesa]

I have another peacemaker but I tried to minimize my deck

What's fth and bom?

[pastel lotus]

cards that make your stuff face down

[peak mesa]

Oh right

But most of the time it negates targeted effects if lucky

[pastel lotus]

the only disruption they pack is the attack drain from glove

[peak mesa]

But even so I can stall sometimes

Unless it's full blow

[pastel lotus]

face down is very risky because if you flip summon them they become attack position which actually make them weak

[peak mesa]

Unless I get in the time to synchro them

[pastel lotus]

if you can't synchro it away then it becomes a bruise spot

[peak mesa]

Ye

It's either you need to stall or go tribute it

The problem is also it uses the hands too much

[pastel lotus]

soul beads work on any defense position monster which is lol

[peak mesa]

Goes attack if revived but eh

[pastel lotus]

its free revival for any monster destroyed by battle in def

[peak mesa]

Wait wha

[pastel lotus]

the effect isn't archetypal

which means its splashable

[peak mesa]

When all of my shs gets destroyed can be put back at the end of the battle phase

[superheavy samurai soulbeads]

[vivid wave]

Superheavy Samurai Soulbeads

Level: 1
[ Machine / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 0

Effect

You can target 1 "Superheavy Samurai" monster you control; equip this monster from your hand or your side of the field to that target. Each turn, the first time the monster equipped with this card by this effect would be destroyed by a card effect, it is not destroyed. When a Defense Position monster is destroyed by battle and sent to your Graveyard: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; Special Summon that monster in Attack Position.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[pastel lotus]

it only revives 1 monster

[peak mesa]

Yes

[pastel lotus]

but it ss without negating effect and doesn't even say it has be from its archetype or be machine

[peak mesa]

Also dang it's universal but also like for specific things

[pastel lotus]

anime cards effect text tend to be not overly archetypal

[peak mesa]

Synchron lmao

[pastel lotus]

swordsman's cute for being a stat drain if attacked into

its like being instantly wod

[peak mesa]

Well gtg I'ma charge my phone

[pastel lotus]

before there was tth there was wod

but wod was a battle trap

so it only hurts if you battled

tth is high payoff with no cost

if it was only able to destroy face-up monsters or monsters with a level it'd be much less versatile and be well, balanced

[weak bough]

i would say cubics are not worth the trouble of getting them

[white stirrup]

You are better off getting Evilswarms tbh

Rank 4 Spam is still relativley good

[quick axle]

I'm going to chime in that discussion.

You're free to build anything you want to, whatever your want to. You want to build your favorite deck? Feel free to do it so. You want to play a deck from your favorite character? Knock yourself out!

But then it comes the ranked ladder, and... that's where the "illusion of free choice" reaches its ugly head. You can play whatever you want to, but it may not be good for the competitive nature of the ladder, where the better decks will end up eating more vulnerable decks on the higher ranks of the ladder. In the case of Eyes Restrict, the deck is awfully weak to staples, so if you ever succeed with the deck, it would be a thing to admire, because it would be considered rather spicy, but... considering the frustration I've seen so far? I'd say it's not worth it.

My takeaway from all of this? You're free to play whatever you want to and have fun with casual decks. Don't expect a deck like that to be good against more competitive stuff. If you're always going to feel frustrated, you may as well take a break from the game. That could help on how you've been doing through.

@drowsy holly Honestly, I'm not completely sure if this is alright.

[drowsy holly]

Huh

[quick axle]

BTW, this is aimed towards @/RestrictedEyes.

I'm just speaking with the insight and experience I have with the game.

I may have stopped playing it, but the experience never goes away.

[drowsy holly]

It's a mental issue tbh, and the same mindset can be applied to a lot of things. Mostly other games.

[quick axle]

Oh, I'm not saying that's incorrect.

I'm just speaking with insight, trying to take a middle ground.

[weak bough]

oh yeah i'm not saying don't go for cubic if you like it

it's just so tedious

[sleek garnet]

It's in cross dimension

[fallen kestrel]

Pain

[quick axle]

@fallen kestrel IIRC, you see that you're a meta player. I wanted to get your opinions in regards of my standpoint about wanting to build any deck in DL.

[sleek garnet]

Wooooo

we keep losing boys

[sleek garnet]

Literal lie btw, you can't even play old decks in those games in their main formats because of rotation

[quick axle]

@sleek garnet Do you think this view is about right for a middle ground?

I was just trying to chime in.

[sleek garnet]

Yea sounds about right

The thing about purposefully playing weaker decks is that you have to know what you're signing up for

[quick axle]

This. So much this.

They're called "spicy decks" for a reason.

[mighty bramble]

Are Trains a spicy deck

[white stirrup]

Trains are a Unga Bunga Deck

Big Number hits hard

[fallen kestrel]

Yh?

[quick axle]

This.

[fallen kestrel]

I mean

When building a deck u have to realise what its actually built for and why ur building it

If u r building a deck for its competitive ability, go play tier 1 decks, but if u just wanna play for the fun of it, go make something like I dont know, cipher cos u like kite, u have to build it with the knowledge of “if I play ranked with this, it might not go very well”.

It largely depends on ur reason for playing and ur reason for building decks

[fallen kestrel]

But yh, I do largely agree with what ur saying

[quick axle]

The problem is that, someone is complaining because their pet deck isn't working for ranked, complaining about Book of Moon and a million of stuff that's obvious on a simple glance.

[fallen kestrel]

It was restricted eyes right?

Cos to KOG with that u need a few things

1. Luck of the Gods
2. Some absolutely crazy skill
3. Commitment for like months probably

Obviously depends on current metas

But still

[quick axle]

Correct.

[quick axle]

And that's why I called that a "spicy deck".

[fallen kestrel]

On another note, Varis players scare me

[fallen kestrel]

Exactly

Dlm has an entire section of them, most of which I cant believe ever KOGed or won tourneys

[quick axle]

Wanting to play serious competitive decks, there's like way better decks to do it, even with power creep.

[fallen kestrel]

Also cheap ones

[quick axle]

It doesn't need to be a meta deck, necessarily, but a consistent and powerful deck that can fight through the ladder.

[fallen kestrel]

This current meta is very cheap to be honest

[quick axle]

But... rule of thumb, we're in KC Cup time, so investing in decks right now is a horrible idea.

[fallen kestrel]

Orcust when built tight is cheap, OE is just structures, DDD is cheap

[fallen kestrel]

Yh

[quick axle]

After that, it would be Banlist-O-Clock.

[fallen kestrel]

Which wouldnt be a problem if I could get my nobledragon

Also

This 1 of lancea carried some matches to be honest

[quick axle]

Even if I don't play, the insight of years of playing the game doesn't really go away.

[fallen kestrel]

Best feeling is succeeding in guessing the opponent is on orcust and playing dweller plus volo pass

[fallen kestrel]

Very true

[drowsy holly]

Personally I'm just vibin with my arc v decks, I don't care if they're meta or not it was my favorite time to play the game.

[peak mesa]

When I got lance like last year idk wtf am I doing with it

I thought it's a functional archetype but no lmao

[peak mesa]

Same with synchrons

But also shs it's decent but not game breaking

[drowsy holly]

yeah, arc v just had all my favorite archetypes.

shs, raidraptor, d/d, speedroid, phantom knight, and of course Fluffs

[peak mesa]

Kind of want to make speedroid but they are expensive D:

[drowsy holly]

I'm glad I did.

Crystal Wing turbo is fun lol

And being able to recycle clear wing is

[dapper grotto]

I often summon both Zeta and Crystal Wing turn 1.

[drowsy holly]

Zeta?

[dapper grotto]

[Psyframelord Zeta]

[vivid wave]

Could not resolve English data for searches: psyframelord zeta

[peak mesa]

Kitedrake is just the desperation

[drowsy holly]

ooooh

[peak mesa]

Eh? Why

[dapper grotto]

Yeah, I often try to avoid using Takemtomborg's tribute effect to avoid locking myself.

[drowsy holly]

Honestly I'd like more Wynns but I'm not going for that lol

[peak mesa]

How me get more takemborg

[dapper grotto]

Zeta is an interrupt to those Orcust links or deter them from OTKing me if all else.

[peak mesa]

What it's effect again?

[dapper grotto]

It banishes itself and a special summoned monster in ATK position

Until the next...standby phase I think?

[peak mesa]

Does it come back or no?

[dapper grotto]

It does.

[psyframe lord Zeta]

[vivid wave]

PSY-Framelord Zeta

Level: 7
[ Psychic / Synchro / Effect ]

ATK 2500 / DEF 1800

Effect

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls in face-up Attack Position; banish both that monster and this card from the field, but return them in your next Standby Phase. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 other "PSY-Frame" card in your GY; return this card to the Extra Deck, and if you do, add that target to your hand.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[drowsy holly]

This is my current build

[peak mesa]

[Psy framelord zeta]

[vivid wave]

PSY-Framelord Zeta

Level: 7
[ Psychic / Synchro / Effect ]

ATK 2500 / DEF 1800

Effect

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls in face-up Attack Position; banish both that monster and this card from the field, but return them in your next Standby Phase. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 other "PSY-Frame" card in your GY; return this card to the Extra Deck, and if you do, add that target to your hand.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[dapper grotto]

Ok, MY next standby phase

[drowsy holly]

Might drop Stardust for a cloudcastle

[dapper grotto]

Yeah, Stardust hasn't been relevant for a while now lol

[peak mesa]

Tbh like how are you guys getting the cards

[peak mesa]

Am anger

[drowsy holly]

Yeah I was looking for a lvl 8 wind while I was building them.

[dapper grotto]

[peak mesa]

I want to make the deck tbh

[drowsy holly]

Uh, I've played since the game came out.
And I just didn't buy anything from the last few packs.

[peak mesa]

Better

[dapper grotto]

I'm using the Harpie Synchro, but it wasn't super relevant except for 1 off game where it saved me

[drowsy holly]

I'm slowly working on phantom knights now but wow is it suffering lol

[peak mesa]

I'm considering to drop dream tickets on stardust warrior

[drowsy holly]

I need the silent boots >.>

[peak mesa]

How do people get shooting star dragon tbh

I only know only special packs

[sleek garnet]

It's in a lifetime mission iirc

[weak bough]

summon shooting star dragon once as yusei, you can do it with a skill

i think it's shooting star road

[tropic herald]

I’ve said before, I’d love to play in casual duels but that mode is full of bots using the same red eyes farm deck

[quick axle]

Oh, you're not wrong in that regard. You can look for people to play with.

I was just saying that your deck won't prosper in the heated environment in the ladder. Not even meta decks, there's decks that are way stronger than your pet deck.

[tropic herald]

Too much trouble, I just want to queue up and have fun

[quick axle]

Then if you can't just conform, then you can just stop playing the game altogether, if all you're going to do is complaining and screaming about "how the game is being unfair with the staples and everything".

Again, you're free to build your pet decks, but not all of them are great in the ladder. Probably on the lower ranks, but once you get higher and higher, the power ceiling becomes greater and greater.

And then, if your deck doesn't have the power level to compete, you're just going to struggle.

[tropic herald]

I used to do well in platinum but now it’s full of good players ever since the reset

[quick axle]

That's normal.

[tropic herald]

What is

[quick axle]

After the ranked reset, former Legend players in the past season will become Platinum.

[tropic herald]

How long should I wait until playing again

Without being curbed by former legend players

Last season, every rank was doable up until legend with my deck

[quick axle]

I'd say, wait a couple days, but even more than that, I would consider starting building another deck that can compete in the ladder, and save the Pegasus one you have for fun stuff.

Oh, Legend is going to be a mess, because that's where the real trouble begins.

[tropic herald]

I learned that the hard way when I tried to see how far I could get with my deck. I never, ever plan on going back there.

[quick axle]

Legend is the last rank before King of Games, and that rank is filled to the brim with most of the best decks at the moment.

To get past Legend, you need a deck that can muster the power level of the ladder.

[tropic herald]

I never want to go back to legend

As I said

[quick axle]

Just be warned that you cannot rank down before Legend.

[tropic herald]

I know that

I’ll throw if I get to plat 7 and my next match will rank me up

[quick axle]

Platinum is kinda filled with powerful players, but not as fiercesome as the Legend rank players.

[tropic herald]

I’d get on and off wins in Plat

Normal stuff

@quick axle should I go on dueling nexus?

Seems like there’s more people there who just do fun decks and aren’t meta sweats looking to climb a ladder

[quick axle]

I wouldn't know, I don't use Duelist Nexus.

[sleek garnet]

I just bought more land in the metaverse

[quick axle]

Sadness.

[tropic herald]

Are you getting paid cash with Atlas Earth though?

[sleek garnet]

The glow up is visible

[tropic herald]

Cop a couple more

@quick axle how far would six sams get you in DL

[sleek garnet]

Probably kog

[quick axle]

Six Sams is decent, but their power level is no longer what it used to be,

[sleek garnet]

A spell negate and a double bounce is still pretty strong

Got a couple of stuff off the list as well

[quick axle]

Also, and this is very important, hold off on investing on new decks.

Right now we're in KC Cup period until the next Sunday, and then a few days after that, the banlist will be released.

It's not wise to invest on a deck that could theorically get hit.

Six Sam, of course won't get this issue, but still...

Also... Six Sam is a rather steep investment.

Since you need cards from multiple boxes, including a couple of Main Boxes.

[sleek garnet]

https://www.duellinksmeta.com/top-decks/spicy-win-streaks/april-2023/six-samurais/themiists2/0RtcO

Doesnt look too bad

If you have the cards for it

Warriors unite is in the gem sale

So probably cheap to get 3 kizan 2 shien

[tropic herald]

I could make a Gaia deck right now if I got one more of the structure, I heard that was meta a couple years ago

[quick axle]

You need 3 copies of the structure.

[tropic herald]

I haven’t seen a single person run Gaia though

[tropic herald]

I have two already

[sleek garnet]

Do note that powercreep is much stronger in dl since we get stuff montly

[tropic herald]

Hence why I said I’d need one more

[sleek garnet]

And that gaia has a terrible orcust matchup

Deck isnt all that consistent either

It also dies to staples

Which by your constant complaints you dont like to lose to

[tropic herald]

So I’d be getting clowned by stuff like lance, evac device, moon etc then

I guess there’s my answer

No Gaia

[sleek garnet]

Well

Not exactly lance

But evacuation, book, and even mst/cyclone in some hands

Yea

[pastel lotus]

anime (save for pot and fusion) eschews staples because it wants to be an entertaining show and aims for most cards to tie into the character's personality and interests

the same doesn't hold for real life

i love anime but i don't think i am delusional about the effectiveness of anime decks

is this new p2p event on for 2 weeks?

[sleek garnet]

p2p event?

[pastel lotus]

the not kc cup

i think i am at dv 11 or dv 12 rn can't remember

the new ranked reward card is another vg only card

p[dark arena]

[vivid wave]

Dark Red Enchanter

Level: 6
[ Spellcaster / Effect ]

ATK 1700 / DEF 2200

Effect

If this card is Normal Summoned: Place 2 Spell Counters on it. Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 1 Spell Counter on this card when that Spell resolves. Gains 300 ATK for each Spell Counter on it. Once per turn: You can remove 2 Spell Counters from this card; discard 1 random card from your opponent's hand.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[pastel lotus]

https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Dark_Arena

opponent picks your attack targets; every monster must attack when in a position to do so

[weak bough]

i am not going above like silver rank because i just want to play pet decks

[lofty vessel]

Question, if dragonmaids are going to be in duel links what dragon maid cards are going to be in it

[drowsy holly]

We don't know.

[pastel lotus]

i deliberately stayed silent on that one

[pastel lotus]

since they released endgame 5ds villain z-one divine has be permanently blacklisted from dl

he groomed aki and killed carly

so he is a pretty revolting big bad

might have had even a bigger role if the series didn't have to go through its rewrite

possibly even more evil than the dark signers themselves

normal carly was more popular so they included her

[drowsy holly]

Z-One reminds me a lot of EMIYA so gets major props writing wise for doing that trope well imo.

Shame they couldn't commit to it in the end.

[tawdry crown]

I have grown some appreciation for what the actual z-one we got represents over the years but it would've been definitely cooler if they committed to it actually being Yusei

[drowsy holly]

mmhmm, like imagine a corrupted/evil Stardust Dragon being his ace.

[tawdry crown]

It was definitely easier to write for the z-one we got cuz Yusei can more easily point at him and say "Just need to believe more like I do" than the actual very deep retrospection it would require from Yusei if it was actually himself

If it was himself he would need to actually probably think how he himself got there

[drowsy holly]

mmhmm

Looks at EMIYA

[tawdry crown]

In a way the z-one we got is the same story, since z-one was trying to be Yusei and live his ideals but then deciding that don't work

The difference being Yusei could oppose him 100x easier

[pastel lotus]

what was those ideals?

[tawdry crown]

"Mmmm hope good"

[pastel lotus]

that duelists breathe life into their very cards?

every card has a use, even the weakest seeming ones

kizuna man

yusei poor but rich in experience and bonds

btw stardust is a pretty derivative concept, some gundam ova in the 80's had the word stardust in it

aki was like storm from x men, she had too many powers and was distraught on not being able to control them

[peak mesa]

Didn't he die in the anime

[pastel lotus]

yes

[peak mesa]

From a comment I read he uses cosmic blazar

[pastel lotus]

but a character's final status in canon has no bearing on whether or not they can appear in links

actually no divine didn't die

[peak mesa]

Man only 2 season man kinda sucks to not able to do that

[pastel lotus]

it looked like it though

[peak mesa]

Imagine a skill that ads extra main monster zones

Also kind of want blazar to come

[drowsy holly]

Hey does yes, but it's not really the same because we never actually see it in action.

Also who the heck is divine lol

[peak mesa]

The guy who taken care of aki

[pastel lotus]

first anime relevant psychic user

[drowsy holly]

Oh uh

[pastel lotus]

beta villain of s1

[peak mesa]

But just wants her psysics power

[pastel lotus]

but he made her feel accepted

[peak mesa]

Fuck physics and psyshic

[drowsy holly]

Oh Sayer

Got it

[white stirrup]

Sayer

[pastel lotus]

basically groomer

[peak mesa]

When junk speeder in duel links

[drowsy holly]

Yeah Sayer

It always throws me off when people don't use the dub names lol

[white stirrup]

He could have some nice Skills for generic Psychiscs

[pastel lotus]

didn't use an archetype, much like rio

[peak mesa]

He's sayer in the sub?

[drowsy holly]

Oh then who the HELL where you talking about with divine lol

[pastel lotus]

yo got misled

his name has always been divine

[white stirrup]

In the OG Japanese maybe

[tawdry crown]

He's divine in the sub, sayer in the dub

[pastel lotus]

i go off of the original work, not the 4kids version

[drowsy holly]

Okay thank you Kreek.

I was about to be really mad if someone was trying to gaslight me.

[peak mesa]

Can trishula can work on superheavy samurai deck?

[peak mesa]

• explosion*

[drowsy holly]

What

[peak mesa]

Neat a bulletin

[pastel lotus]

still rather have fujiwara in the game but still feels it's a shame divine got glossed over

[pastel lotus]

when does wcs end?

i have lots of characters that i need the rerun events for

the only good thing about it besides free stuff was that it pushed up yugo's event to middle of the month rather than the always last week of the month

also a huge shame that i can't get paradox's event cosmetics event though he was one of my most favorite characters

loved the movie bro that has never made a proper appearance in all other games

[fallen kestrel]

1st stage ends june 9th

[weak bough]

just got the reward for playing 100 duels as leo, should be getting luna soon

[dapper grotto]

Yeah, wish we got an event cosmetic currency to unlock those missing gamemats and sleeves.

[sonic nimbus]

Sayer in the dub

[quick axle]

Probably the plot regarding him got erased due to the controversies in regards of what happened back then.

In regards on who performed Carly being part of a cult, which caused the staff to shy away from the mystical stuff and recast Carly.

[peak mesa]

Yeah kinda sad with the series circumstances

[weak bough]

still upset with what they did with carly's character

that being nothing

[quick axle]

They clearly did something: Jack and Sh--.

Okay, okay, that was kind of an obvious joke to make, sorry.

I'll see myself out.

[sleek garnet]

Decided to gamble in the selection box, cards i wanted were miracle fusion and crackdown

They both showed up at the first 2 packs

Actually insanely rewarded

finished list

honestly d.d. crow is better than lancea outside of the orcust and the pk matchup card does nothing

crow is better vs stuff like speedroids, d/d/d, and hero

hoping they only ban mermaid this list, unless something like return eats a limited 3 i dont really have to worry about anything

tested both the babel and the mermaid variants, babel is muuuuuch better

sure mermaid has like 8 one card starters, but it loses so often in grindier games it's unbelievable

which when facing stuff like odd eyes you really dont want to lose gas in turn 5

that and the fact that since people are only running 1 harp d.d. crow is kind of a insta win card vs that variant

overall having a blast with this deck, i love toolbox-like playstyles and playing from the gy

so the archetype fits like a glove to me

[empty tree]

yeah i remember now i wanted sec dragon

ofc they put it in the orcust box lmao

[sleek garnet]

happens

watch they put idp in the eldlich box or something

[empty tree]

i didnt get sec before anyway

i got crack and the math synchro

[sleek garnet]

the first time i opened it i got like

miracle fusion, 1 addition which i now use in farm decks, and some goukis

[empty tree]

knigtmare mermaid is just summon pheonix but my current list finds it a knightmare to set up lmao

i was trying to get firewall and unicorn and i still dont have them

i also cannot be bothered to get a third harp

i reset my account a year ago and tried to build lunalight but that flopped

instead i pulled 2 harp and 1 couse so i just played dragunity until fluffal released

[sleek garnet]

oh before i forget, skill is storm access (Playmaker edition)

[empty tree]

does storm access still have the 1000 lp or less requirement?

[sleek garnet]

yes

[empty tree]

and does it still have heatsoul

[sleek garnet]

yes

[empty tree]

why

heatsouls sole purpose is paying 1000 lp to draw

[sleek garnet]

idk, play [supremacy berry] or something

[vivid wave]

Supremacy Berry

Effect

If your Life Points were lower than your opponent's when this card was activated, gain 2000 Life Points. If your Life Points were higher than your opponent's, you take 1000 damage.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG)

[empty tree]

i just use the code talker skill

with my boss as bomber since i dont have fw

[sleek garnet]

gonna be honest

storm access never came up

you play it for the starting decode/firewall and the occasional powercode/transcode otk

but i didnt have a single game yet where i both had the gas to make a firewall setup or wanting to do it over just clearing the board with the other extra deck stuff

funnily enough the biggest upside of the skill is decode just randomly being a 3300 beater sometimes

which tbh could come up sometimes

and i havent bricked to the point where i want to play switcheroo

nor did i faced the mirror and lost to play sealed tombs

@rocky bluff you here kid?

[rocky bluff]

yeah

wait

i'm still installing

[sleek garnet]

Dont worry

ok so

this is the "i just insatalled the game and have 15$ to spare" build

should get you pretty far in the wcs and in ladder for you to get more gems to build upon it

once a day you get a campaign bonus

you are brand new so you should get 2 at once

day 2 of logging in gives an UR dream ticket

day 4 gets you an SR dream ticket

dream tickets are the most valuable resource in the entire game

they let you get any box card you want of their respective rarity

get staples with those

UR options are book of moon, mst and cosmic cyclone

[rocky bluff]

ok

[sleek garnet]

SR has some generic ed stuff and tracherous trap hole

[rocky bluff]

this looks crazy

wow

[sleek garnet]

the skill makes you go +2 if you have scales up

[rocky bluff]

has dl gotten so much more powerful?

[sleek garnet]

yes

we are 2019 tcg now

power level wise

for odd eyes, the first box you want to open is force of infinity

it's a mini box in which you need 1 nobledragon magician and 1 metorburst dragon

you could get those with dream tickets if you want but staples are way more important early on

https://www.duellinksmeta.com/top-decks/community-tournaments/duel-links-grand-prix/26/odd-eyes/josé-carlos/YTH_0 eventually you will want your deck to look kinda like this

staples are interchangable, and skull meister is a f2p card you can get

so is jinzo

around a week of just logging in and playing the game for a bit your deck will probably look like this

in this case, i got book of moon for the UR tickets, and volo and ebony magician for the SR tickets

you dont need to get book per say, stuff like lance and backrow removal is fine

dragonpit kinda takes care of that niche in the deck so i deemed it less necesarry

next up you want to get wisdom eye magician, this is the newest box of the month, so use the bundles buy from that box instead of buying it directly

[rocky bluff]

ok

[sleek garnet]

this is an example of a bundle

[rocky bluff]

during class imma let finish download tjan i will do that

[sleek garnet]

17 packs of the newest box and a staple

[rocky bluff]

so pull the noble and meteor first

[sleek garnet]

you can get stuff like, rota, terraforming, and even luster pend if you want

yea

[rocky bluff]

than go for the wisdom eye?

[sleek garnet]

mhm

[rocky bluff]

once i get those 2

alright

bet

and just buy 2 odd eyes sd

i g te one for free?

[sleek garnet]

yea

[rocky bluff]

and grind wcq?

for gems

[sleek garnet]

1 with 4$, 1 for free, 1 for 1000 gems

yea

also grind world missions and level up characters

[rocky bluff]

wait so only 4$?

not 11?

[sleek garnet]

1 character is like, 3k gems

ok so

the newest one you only need to buy one with cash

[rocky bluff]

does it matter which character i level? or do i just do

my starter

[sleek garnet]

the old one has the pend vanillas and you will need 4$ and 1000 gems for that as well

doesnt matter the character you lvl up

[rocky bluff]

oh so i need

6 structure decks?

[sleek garnet]

yea i miscalced

you need 5

[rocky bluff]

ok

ok

[sleek garnet]

2 old ones, 3 new ones

[rocky bluff]

i'll do that

[sleek garnet]

so 2000 gems and $8

[rocky bluff]

ok

[sleek garnet]

after you get the synchro and stuff and wisdom eye you can open boxes for staples, stuff like cosmic cyclone, kozmo dark lady, dweller, steelswarm roach, etc

[rocky bluff]

so spend 2000 and 8 dollars to get the deck than go straight to wcq get gems and get novledraon and meteorburst when possible tjan wisdom eye and use tickets for stspñesn

[sleek garnet]

yea

dont forget to use bundles to get wisdom eye

doesnt matter which bundle you pick tbh

just no reason not to get free stuff

btw, the box with dark lady also has knightmare phoenix and unicorn

so i would prioritize dweller/roach since they are in the same mini box, then dark lady

OH BTW @rocky bluff

there are 2 bundles for 750 gems each

gets you 15 packs of either the orcust box or the wisdom eye box and box chips

use your box chips to get cosmic cyclone

so you can get 200 chips with the f2p missions, and 1 bundle for 750 gems

then you get a cosmic cyclone playset for free

also, altho it doesnt really matter which character you grind, prioritize yuya

skullcrobat joker is locked to his lvl rewards

[sleek garnet]

so yea, replace skull meister in this list with cyclones

[sleek garnet]

So to recapitulate:

• Get 3 of the new odd eyes structure deck, and 2 of the old pendulum sd, this will cost $8 and 2000 gems

• Summon 100 monsters, activate 100 spell/traps and buy a bundle for 750 gems, this will get you 300 box chips, get 3 cosmic cyclones with those, do note that you only hold 100 chips at once, so get a cyclone as soon as you get the chips

• Go into the the Force of Infinity box and pull 1 Nobledragon Magician and 1 Odd-Eyes Meteorburst dragon

• (Optional) Buy special bundles until you get Wisdom Eye(s), each bundle is 950 gems each, wisdom eye is essentially a 0-3 of, good card but conflicts with pend call

• (Optional) Go into the the Galaxy of Photon box and pull 1 Abyss Dweller and 1 Steelswarm Roach (Good rank 4s)

• (Optional) Go into the Future Circuit box and pull 2 Kozmoll Dark Lady (Box has knightmares, even if you dont want to use lady you will probably open this box anyway)

• (Optional) Go into the Stars of Synchro box and pull 1 Trishula, Zero Dragon of the Ice Barrier
  -(Optional) Go into the Heart of Xyz box and pull 1 Big Eye

• (Optional) Go into the Raider's Requiem box and pull 1 Timebreaker Magician

• (Optional) Go into the Fantastical Arc box and pull 1 Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum dragon

• When you eventually get your dream tickets, use the UR ones to get Book of Moon (you could also get stuff like forbidden lance or warning point if you want, book has better use in other decks though), and use the SR ones to get Voloferniges, the Darkest Dragon Doomrider, and Ebon Illusion Magician

Odd-Eyes is a very flexible deck, you can ignore most of the optional cards i listed, but they are nice options to have, depends on personal taste, check dlm until you find a list you like (Orcust odd eyes is probably worth avoiding tho, next list is in 2 weeks and mermaid is most likely eating it)

@rocky bluff

[rocky bluff]

ok

these are the two i wanna get?

[sleek garnet]

Yea

2 of the dragon pit one

3 of the odd eyes one

also

as a reference