duel_links

[sleek garnet]

Alright then

[quick fable]

Yeah it's bullshit to get free advantage

[sleek garnet]

Why?

[quick axle]

People are malding about skills that generate free advantage.

Or that generate cards from outside the deck out of thin air.

[sleek garnet]

Yes, but why is that?

Card creation has been a thing since the game's launch, and the card advantage skills are given to basically all anime decks at this point

Which is yknow, the point of duel links post master duel, focusing on the anime aspect of the franchise

[quick fable]

Yeah I remember that scene in the anime when Yubel just pulled a card out of her pocket and played it, ignoring the summoning requirement

That's what I want to replicate

[quick axle]

"Their" pocket.

[sleek garnet]

Her isnt incorrect, yubel did use that in the dub

Regardless tho

[sleek garnet]

People like to play with the cards in the anime, so how do you make [ultimate nightmare] not only playable, but good, in a game where full power orcust exists?

[vivid wave]

Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare

Level: 12
[ Fiend / Effect ]

ATK 0 / DEF 0

Effect

Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned by "Yubel - Terror Incarnate". Cannot be destroyed by battle. You take no battle damage from battles involving this card. At the end of the Damage Step, if this face-up Attack Position card battled an opponent's monster: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to that opponent's monster's ATK, also destroy that monster.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[sleek garnet]

Also bad example to use tbh, that literally does happen in the anime

A lot, too

[runic rover]

@quick fable ah ok. its cause i had a niburu, was going against someone that used buster blader/dark magician.. but a skill like lets you set like 2 cards

straight from the deck

[runic rover]

what should i change?

i mainly got 3 of the normals to get the minimum needed for the skill. 🤔

[quick fable]

Can't wait for a new box

Got a gem hoard but nothing to spend it on

[dapper grotto]

It'll be a Rush Box this month, most likely.

Though we can pray for a Deck Build Box for some reprints and some new stuff for Speed Duel.

[quick fable]

Dang

I don't hate Rush duel but it's not my favorite

Especially with such a limited card pool and deck building options everything feels so linear

[dapper grotto]

I mostly only care enough to build a deck that's good enough to KoG for gems.

So I can put my passion into Speed Duel stuff lmao

[dapper grotto]

2nd Stage today was mostly Lyrilusc Mirror matches.

And whoever uses Book of Eclipse to deck out your opponent lmao.

[quick axle]

So today is the last day of the KC Cup?

Okay, so we'll probably get a new banlist soon.

[sudden tinsel]

Oh good say bye bye plants and bird

The fact that tachyon was considered an emergency ban but not bird is crazy work

[quick axle]

Wait... banlist was released?

[sleek garnet]

Lyrilusc has outs and bad matchups, tachyon hadnt

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[timber river]

Ants

[dapper grotto]

Ant Farm Society finally comes to Rush Duels.

[hazy crow]

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/03a88235ba775905ec289fe4c133f91197dd1d35e6

[white stirrup]

Yo!
Ants running about!?

Need Ants in Exile and Marauding Ant

[brisk pawn]

Ancient warriors go brr

[quick fable]

They got a good buff with the new box, it's a decent deck

[brisk pawn]

Like fr been demolishing lyrilusc

[robust void]

wouldn't the player going second just win

[quick fable]

Why

[robust void]

because they're both going second decks

[sleek garnet]

ELYSIUM CONFIRMED OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

[quick axle]

Elysium what?

[sleek garnet]

P[voidverg elysium]

[vivid wave]

Voidverg Elysium (LP)

Level: 8
[ Galaxy (Type) / Effect ]

ATK 2500 / DEF 2000

Effect

'''REQUIREMENT]''' Send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard.
'''EFFECT]''' Change 1 face-up monster on your opponent's field to face-down Defense Position. This card gains 500 ATK until the end of this turn. Then, if you sent a monster to the Graveyard to meet the requirement, this card cannot be destroyed by your opponent's Trap Card effects this turn.

F/L Status: Unreleased (TCG/OCG/MD)

[quick axle]

Velgrmon? Nah, that's another franchise.

[timber river]

https://www.duellinksmeta.com/articles/news/balance-update/november-21-2024

[indigo grail]

Hopefully the DL folks are happy with the list

[sleek garnet]

Yea that's pretty nice

[quick axle]

Bish and Breaker: RIP Bozo.

[small fern]

inb4 Goodwin gets a skill for that level 0 (or 12) monster

[white stirrup]

Why are Ghostricks getting killed?

[sudden tinsel]

cybernetic overflow shouldn’t be limited in the first place

[sleek garnet]

Were you playing during 2020?

[quick axle]

Context matters, just in case.

[sleek garnet]

Also, wouldnt say they're dead post list, yea the deck's weaker now that you cant run lost wind/needle ceiling, but its manageable

[quick axle]

Also, it was a rather cheap and obnoxious deck.

I think it did well in the KC Cup?

[karmic crescent]

I open this chat once in a while

And i see ghostrick hit and being called good

What the fuck

[sleek garnet]

Trap deck that can search necrovalley

[karmic crescent]

[quick axle]

Okay, so the Revolution des Fleur nerf... is it significant that an interaction window was opened, when before it was not?

Because now, Book of Moon or similar cards are an option of disruption.

[sleek garnet]

Yea, only matters when fleurs are going second, but its a good change

[quick axle]

I see-

[runic rover]

i might be very...very slow in this one.. [power sink stone] why is this good?

[vivid wave]

Pitch-Black Power Stone

Effect

Activate this card by placing 3 Spell Counters on it. Once per turn, during your turn: You can target 1 other face-up card on the field that you can place a Spell Counter on; remove 1 Spell Counter from this card, and if you do, place 1 Spell Counter on that target. When the last Spell Counter(s) is removed from this card, destroy it.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[runic rover]

[powersink stone]

[vivid wave]

Powersink Stone

Effect

Each time a monster effect is activated, place 1 Spellstone Counter on this card (max. 2). While this card has 2 Spellstone Counters, neither player can activate the effects of face-up monsters on the field, also the effects of face-up monsters on the field are negated. Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card has any Spellstone Counters: Remove them.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[runic rover]

i feel like by the time it gets the 2... it either gets offed or its already the end phase no?

cause the whole "end of turn remove the counters"

cause i keep hearing its a MUST for true dracos.. but im like.. "i dont see how its such a MUST to run at 3"

[sleek garnet]

Its not

Its run in true draco because they want to run a generic continuous trap and there simply isnt better options

[hazy crow]

Guys is Devoured by Sacred Beast only run Fiend monsters that are both 0 ATK and DEF, or just 0ATK then XDEF vv.? TYSM

[dapper grotto]

Has to be both 0 ATK and 0 DEF.

[hazy crow]

Tysm , I'm thinking of possible plays kek hahahahaha

[keen elk]

237-319-179 if anyone wants to add me that'd be great 🙂

[hazy crow]

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/0123a73760b432661510eda051bef1f5a19d1f54bc

[sleek garnet]

one more rush sr dream ticket

[dapper grotto]

Can I finally get my 2nd Sevens Road Sorcerer to play the fusion deck?

[dapper grotto]

Why is she so big? 😭

[dry widget]

giant woman!!!

[amber urchin]

Pretty sure that’s a thing in the show

[amber urchin]

Yea she’s just huge

[timber river]

Clears throat

W O U L D

[amber urchin]

I will give you a head start to run

https://tenor.com/view/ben10-heatblast-transform-gif-12443119

[timber river]

https://tenor.com/view/jojo-anime-jojos-bizarre-adventure-joseph-joestar-battle-tendency-gif-17923881

[amber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/heatblast-ben10-punch-gif-22484946

[robust void]

@sleek garnet dude I had literally no idea a box was coming out today and I spent the 7k I had saved up literally yesterday

[sleek garnet]

Its support for everything you like too

[midnight fable]

Oh yeah been taking a bit of a break, zuwijo event out now huh

[dapper grotto]

A shame there's no Dark Hole stuff in there.

[dapper grotto]

New box out.

[robust void]

I KNOW

[midnight fable]

finally got my third copy of imaginary reactor

[timber river]

Congrats

[midnight fable]

Why does Yudias have a voice line for every amount of damage he takes?

[quick axle]

He does that in the show.

Also Yuamu does it, IIRC.

[midnight fable]

Ah, I never saw Go Rush so didn't know

[quick axle]

I haven't seen it either, that's what I've heard.

[sleek garnet]

Yuhi*

[quick axle]

Alright.

[timber river]

Always found it annoying, but I play with voice lines off so oh well

[dapper grotto]

I think they missed a stache on the sleeves lol

[amber urchin]

I am determined to break that by outputting way too much

Or way too little

“Ah! 1 damage!”

[midnight fable]

Funny thing is, he doesn't do it when you smack for lethal. So you'd have to heal him past the max possible attack

[amber urchin]

Does he have a dialogue for 1?

[midnight fable]

I have no clue, but I dont know how you would get to 1 atk in irl rush let alone duel links

[amber urchin]

It’s possible but I might need to wait for more support

Are there any cards that half your lp?

[midnight fable]

there isnt

Rush completely avoids life totals that dont end in 00

and halving modifiers

[quick fable]

The new thunder cards have really improved the deck's quality. I'm getting through rush duels way faster

[dapper grotto]

...I thought the new Thunder cards were kinda meh, doesn't really help the initial thunder cards at all.

[brisk pawn]

I’ve been trying to build a budget shaddoll deck. Any ideas?

[dapper grotto]

Duel Trials, but DL.

Pretty good incentive to earn some gems while trying out the new drugs decks.

[sleek garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/table-hit-yakuza-hitting-table-walk-out-gif-15307369

[quick axle]

[quick fable]

The fusions have been surprisingly easy to summon, them sharing a common material makes that easy

[mighty bramble]

I don’t know why but the FOMO isn’t really hitting me in terms of the event this time and I like the GO RUSH stuff so far

I think I’m just burnt out

[robust void]

this has happened like 5 or 6 times this year and I'm about done believing it's a coincidence

[runic rover]

wait... so you need an SR from a different box to even use the UR from the newer rush duel box? 💀

i was looking for this Can:D card that like 80% of the box revolves around... its an AR from a different box

[amber urchin]

That’s impressively bad luck

[runic rover]

i was extremely lucky.. i forgot if it was because the box came out.. it was like: x packs+ 1 UR or something.. i know i didnt use money for it. i got from the UR thing the cyber dragon fusion.

so i had both the twin and end dragon close to the beginning of the boxes.

oi... because reading is the one thing we cant do ... the wording confuses me.. "Take 2000 damage" doesnt specify which player.. but TAKE makes me think, me,myself,I take 2k damage because it doesnt say DO 2k damage.. 🤔

[sleek garnet]

You take the damage

[runic rover]

after reading it, i see why i was confused..i thought the effect of taking the damage and the 3k atk minus were seperate.. 😂 not as a take the damage to lower their atk.

so my mind was like "why...why would i just take damage.. just cause..."

[sleek garnet]

Puts yourself in esperade range

[robust void]

what the actual fuck auto AI

all the opponent had was a tomozaur and they destroyed their own trap

for no reason just went -3

[dapper grotto]

Free pack blessed.

[quick fable]

I just barely got the new dude

[quick fable]

Literally just using his starter deck and winning auto duels

[dapper grotto]

How? Isn't the starter deck's ace just Maxe Raider?

[amber urchin]

Ai dum

https://tenor.com/view/space-robots-generous-robots-gr-sr-soccer-gif-26094187

[quick fable]

The deck also has some level 5 dragons the AI can't really get over

[dapper grotto]

I mean, if it works, it works.

[quick fable]

I looked up this card to see if it had any relevance cuz it looks like an ace card.

As far as I can tell it's never even been played in the show

[sleek garnet]

A minor character did use it at one point, and it did see quite a bit of competitive play

But nothing much else

[quick fable]

Then the wiki needs some updating, it's so barren for rush content

[midnight fable]

https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Milky_Wave_Neo_(anime) but it has it listed

with the user to

[quick fable]

Yeah I and read the description for both episodes that it appears and the card wasn't even played

It was shown in hand for like effects

[robust void]

@sleek garnet me when trying to make a wyrm deck that uses every fusion and the maximum:

[sleek garnet]

Are you running tarrasque?

[robust void]

of course

[silk hatch]

super poly should be banned in duel links suck my dick

[amber urchin]

Don’t care, get yoinked

https://tenor.com/view/yugioh-meowth-pokemon-polymerization-super-polymerization-gif-818060474905085773

[silk hatch]

loser

[amber urchin]

Don’t make me yoink another

https://tenor.com/view/muppets-muppet-show-kermit-the-frog-kermit-hook-gif-26475607

[silk hatch]

dont make me call you a slur

[amber urchin]

Try me

[agile bone]

Hmmm

[quick fable]

Don't be such an easy target for it then

[dapper grotto]

Despite having 3 Star Restarts and 3 Imaginary Reactors, I'm still bricking with Metarions. I even sniped a deck list from DLM. :/

I guess it's just my play style of defending until we get Fusion.

I also tend to hold some important spells in my hand because I don't want them sniped by back row removal.

[runic rover]

ok i am summoning CAN:D live more... yeah shes GOOD as hell

the deck is 100% not optimized... but even not optimized, im gaining enough LP that all the costs are nothing for me. 🤣

that 2k to drop everything to like...0 ATK is a nice effect

[young viper]

@everyone Anyone here want to dual on dual links

[young viper]

Still no dual links players since I’m the only one in the number one dual links player in the discord

[quick fable]

I'll take you down

I'm Godphysique

[young viper]

Finally thank you ok one sec

[young viper]

I sent a friend request

Room id 181055

[quick fable]

I'm there dude

[young viper]

Waiting

Run it back u cheated

[quick fable]

GG pimp

[young viper]

Meklord is where it’s at man not bad

[quick fable]

Yeah you definitely got the best counter to my Trishula turbo

I gambled on a dumb trap in the second game and it got bounced

[young viper]

Really I just got lucky with the hart of the cards

[young viper]

I was scared of that card in the back so I had to bounce it

[quick fable]

I had King's Consonance

[young viper]

It was that or your monster

[young viper]

I don’t know that might have work but if I got either my syncro absorption or Weisel

I could take your monster

[meklord emperor wisel]

[vivid wave]

Meklord Emperor Wisel

Level: 1
[ Machine / Effect ]

ATK 2500 / DEF 2500

Effect

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by its own effect. When a face-up monster you control is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the GY (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. Other monsters you control cannot declare an attack. Once per turn: You can target 1 Synchro Monster your opponent controls; equip that target to this card. Gains ATK equal to the combined ATK of the monsters equipped to it by this effect. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a Spell Card (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[quick fable]

I was gonna summon my White Aura Whale cuz it doesn't die

[White Aura Whale]

[vivid wave]

White Aura Whale

Level: 8
[ Fish / Synchro / Effect ]

ATK 2800 / DEF 2000

Effect

1 WATER Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner WATER monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can destroy all your opponent's Attack Position monsters. This card can make up to 2 attacks on monsters during each Battle Phase. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. If this card in your possession is destroyed by an opponent's card and sent to your GY: You can banish 1 other WATER monster from your GY; Special Summon this card as a Tuner.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[quick fable]

Wait I mean dolphin

[White Aura Dolphin]

[vivid wave]

White Aura Dolphin

Level: 6
[ Fish / Synchro / Effect ]

ATK 2400 / DEF 1000

Effect

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; its ATK becomes half its original ATK until the end of this turn. If this card in your possession is destroyed by an opponent's card and sent to your GY: You can banish 1 other WATER monster from your GY; Special Summon this card as a Tuner.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[young viper]

But check this out

[meklord deflection]

[vivid wave]

Meklord Deflection

Effect

Target 1 "Meklord" monster you control; your opponent takes no battle damage from attacks involving that face-up monster until the end of this turn, also its ATK becomes (permanently) the combined original ATK of all "Meklord" monsters you currently control. If a "Meklord" monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can banish this card from your GY instead. You can only activate 1 "Meklord Deflection" per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[quick fable]

Yeah I remember that card getting popped

[young viper]

Every time you banish my card I needed those card to make a big combo

[quick fable]

Yes this is my favorite card [Guitar Gurnads]

[vivid wave]

Guitar Gurnards Duonigis

Level: 3
[ Sea Serpent / Effect ]

ATK 1500 / DEF 700

Effect

If this card is Special Summoned: You can banish cards from the top of your opponent's Deck equal to the number of WATER monsters you control. You can target 1 Level 4 or lower WATER monster you control; increase its Level by its original Level. You can banish this card from your GY; 1 WATER monster on the field gains 100 ATK for each currently banished monster, until the end of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Guitar Gurnards Duonigis" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[quick fable]

Banishes a card for every water monster I have

If it was not OPT I'd spam it so much more

[young viper]

You might as well deck out the opponent then

[quick fable]

That's my goal but it only happens sometimes

[young viper]

We could do no limit and you can add a ton of those then just draw them like there exotic pieces

[quick fable]

Guys how do I beat King of Yamimakai beatdown?

[small fern]

greed

[dapper grotto]

Ask nicely.

[dapper grotto]

The grind is finally over.

Metarions are so dog water.

The last guy somehow knew I had set all materials that can't Fusion summon with each other, so he kept passing until I did something or he slowly gets his board pieces.

[young viper]

Personally I don’t like rush dualing

[dapper grotto]

It's extra gem income, so I don't mind.

[timber river]

oh I forgot to unlock Zwijo

[sleek garnet]

@robust void brooooooooo where's redboot?

At this point we're gonna get transamuroad before it

[robust void]

gonna come when it's irrelevant. gotta get back on track with red-eyes

[silk hatch]

I really hope you're trolling man

[quick axle]

@desert dawn

[desert dawn]

Ty

[sleek garnet]

Bro imagine getting unmuted and the first thing you do is repeat the same offense, in the same channel, to the same user

[quick axle]

The user that's no longer in the server.

[desert dawn]

Some people don't go outside and it really shows

[quick axle]

So they were screaming at an empty space.

[sleek garnet]

Funny

[rapid gorge]

how is duel links these days

[sleek garnet]

I think it's pretty good

The gap between the best deck and everything else is pretty low

And none of the top decks feel unfair imo

[rapid gorge]

Bet

[dapper grotto]

Oh...oh wow. So CAN:D fusions are the way to go, huh?

[robust void]

holy moly

redemption

sucks it's prob gonna be killed before i even start playing it

[dapper grotto]

I'd be surprised if they'd kill it this quickly. Maybe a slap on the wrist first.

[sleek garnet]

I think they'll just get rid of jamp check and call it a day

[sleek garnet]

Box chips now go up to dark dimension, shoutouts to who used dream tickets on the darklords after the starving venom box

[dapper grotto]

Who would do that? There was a pickup box for it....RIP to those who spent on the pickup box tho.

But at least they didn't have to spend their chips on this kekw.

And the Hieratic Skill seems just okay. Not amazing, but we'll see.

[robust void]

what's their problem with rush decks not getting legacy skills

nothing for sheep and now insects

[sudden tinsel]

Needed for my tachyon deck

[midnight fable]

Box has the remaining morphtronic fon but most importantly telefon

Enjoy the loop

[sleek garnet]

That is if it doesnt get pre hit at release

Which konami is now very fond of

More importantly tho

[midnight fable]

telefon limit 1 on release

[sleek garnet]

RED BOOT CONFIRMED

WE ARE SO BACK

[sleek garnet]

LETS GOOOOOOO

[dry widget]

oooh!

im the wyrm main but i got heccn prisma live, the deck i hate so much 😔

[sleek garnet]

@robust void peak fiction

[sleek garnet]

Wanna trade?

[dry widget]

wish i could!

[robust void]

hell yes

[sleek garnet]

Banlist is out

Speed:
Darklord unhits that are actually nerfs, again

Rush:
Psychic fusion dead in a ditch
Blue eyes catched strays for no particular reason
Star trancer at lim3 but dark galaxy didnt have a lim3 card in the first place, nothing changes
Multiple unhits, none of them matter

[quick axle]

What got hit for Psychic Fusion decks?

[sleek garnet]

Star restart and jam:p check got moved to lim 3

[sleek garnet]

@full spade mind pinning these pls?

[karmic crescent]

[sleek garnet]

Thanks solar

[quick axle]

Okay, so... Psychics were dominant for the first time in Duel Links, when they tried to soften the leash with the new support, after several formats of them preemptively hitting Psychic cards.

Now, Konami was: "Errr... letting them loose was a [Mistake], so let's double back to our previous MO and hit Psychics heavily, and then never look back."

[vivid wave]

Mistake

Effect

Neither player can add cards from their Deck to their hand except by drawing them.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[quick axle]

That's what the results of the Goha Rush Festival and the banlist tells me.

[sleek garnet]

2nd time, actually

[quick axle]

When was the first time?

[sleek garnet]

The format before fusions came out

[robust void]

if only they were dragons

[robust void]

also

[quick axle]

They, in fact, killed it quickly.

[robust void]

it's wild jointech Leo was even limited 3

[quick axle]

Konami being overly cautious on giving Rush Duel archetypes even an ilk of consistency.

Since it's supposed to be a sacky RNG format.

[robust void]

I don't know if I'd say supposed to be. I think it's that any rush deck being good is potentially catastrophic in a format with 6k LP and unlimited normal summons

20 card decks and 6k LP does not work for rush like it did for speed and they refuse to acknowledge this flaw

rush is billed as anyone being able to make a comeback but that implies you get another turn

[dapper grotto]

💀

Well, I guess I should be happy I didn't invest in Psychics.

Metarions transitioned out of Ghost Cyclone to the machine backrow removal anyways, so it seems to be doing fine

[robust void]

all this new rush support and I just keep going back to thunders

speaking of which the new thunders aren't very good

would have appreciated good cards

[sleek garnet]

Oh shit

[timber river]

[Speedroid Wheel]

[vivid wave]

Speedroid Wheel

Effect

Discard 1 card; roll a six-sided die, then Special Summon, from your hand and/or Deck, 1 or 2 "Speedroid" monsters whose total Levels equal the result, but negate their effects. If you do not Special Summon, you lose LP equal to the result x 500. You can only activate 1 "Speedroid Wheel" per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[dapper grotto]

You and me both.

Also, there is a new serial code for free stuff

JF2025YDL

You can get a Jump Festa Chronicle stamp, and some f2p Rush packs.

[dapper grotto]

https://youtu.be/K_sA2Y_XPMY?si=H6rt-LB3ubwnkuL4

Not really Dragon "Link", but definitely something cooked. I didn't know the Artillery turtle can summon Darkflare Dragon lmao.

[quick axle]

[Artillery Turtle]

[vivid wave]

Artillery Catapult Turtle

Level: 4
[ Aqua / Effect ]

ATK 1000 / DEF 2000

Effect

You can Tribute 1 monster; Special Summon 1 "Gaia The Fierce Knight" monster, or 1 Level 5 Dragon monster, from your hand or Deck. You can only use this effect of "Artillery Catapult Turtle" once per turn.

F/L Status: Unlimited (TCG/OCG/MD)

[sonic nimbus]

Jump Festa stuff

[timber river]

yooo POG

[sleek garnet]

Oh shit rush pot of greed that's kinda ni- IS THAT MECHABA??????

[quick axle]

Probably won't do a whole lot.

[sleek garnet]

Nah i think it will

Its crazy for shaddolls exactly

[quick axle]

Mechaba will probably be Limited 1.

[sleek garnet]

Which is fine, they didnt have a lim 1 in engine anyway

Probably better than like, super poly

[dapper grotto]

Dragonmaid Sheou is pretty nice too, but a shame even with this, it's probably bait. 😭

I hope we get the necessary good Tri-brigade stuff in there as well, but I'm doubtful.

Actually, from the leaks, it might just be pretty decent, but we don't have the Simorgh Link nor Apex Avian :/

[robust void]

revolt in a game with 3 zones will be funny

[dapper grotto]

No instant Shuraig. 😭

Or at least, you'll need a link 2 in Grave.

Or banished.

[sleek garnet]

Which you already did because your revolt was searched by brandbrumm hitting the gy

[robust void]

you just give up some bodies to have back in the gy for future turns

functionally it's near irrelevant but it's funny all the same

[final sinew]

I am building unchained

I only have 1-of's of the higher rarity guys and the deck still feels amazing

I love modern yugioh decks being playable in duel links

[sudden tinsel]

I can smell the crystal beast cooking

[robust void]

the new level 7 thunder not triggering the skill is really stupid and they need to fix it

the fusions should too

[dapper grotto]

True that. It's like they were scared Thunders would be Tier 1 if they changed the skill to trigger from all level 7 thunders.

[robust void]

I think they literally just forgot lol

[robust void]

I've seen some usernames in my time

[robust void]

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/03dfa59129212b1f53784644990917c33e4f5f0f3b

lmao the finish

[robust void]

@sleek garnet talismanic shield array really needs to go. over half of my duels are just the other player stalling until they draw into an otk combo with TSA. yet again it doesn't take into account the game being at 6k LP. it also makes stat modification battle traps almost worthless because they can't make up for a 1000 attack loss that's going to target your monster most worth preserving

lmao first duel after

[dry widget]

its just monster removal
as long as duel links has big maximum/fusion boss monsters, generic monster removal like seal array is essential
the problem is that we don't have answers to monster removal, because they refuse to give us any functional traps. the negligible atk loss traps are basically worthless even when seal array isnt involved

[robust void]

that wasn't always the case

there's ways to facilitate monster removal without making punching for an otk trivial too

but if they did have traps with like actual recovery it could be fine

there's just no response to your opponent having TSA

it's just oh I guess I lost because they pulled the slot machine and the 3 symbols lined up

I think answering big boss mons with your own is generally a preferable out since theres a built in lower power differential that's generally within 500 points whereas TSA doesn't discriminate

generally generally generally

like say a player is the first to gain advantage and punches you even slightly. disadvantaged player has to destroy their board and in doing so puts most or all their shit in attack. player who had the advantage goes and now TSA is live and gg unless you have negate attack or buffered slime

traps feel super all or nothing in value right now tbh

and then to reiterate while I think this could fundamentally be an issue with rush duels it's exacerbated by starting at 6k because you have so little buffer to survive on after taking one punch to the face and TSA seals the deal

if you think about it your average boss is 2500 attack right. and the average non tribute mon is 1500. attack modified skills are 500 at minimum so TSA and one of those is almost always at least 3000 damage. that's half your LP right there

you get one turn of that

[sleek garnet]

I disagree, personally

I think the current situation really is just a byproduct of us having 3 traps total

Most decks dont even use TSA nowadays

[robust void]

it doesn't seem so in my personal experience

are there actually a bunch of good traps in rush they still haven't imported

[sleek garnet]

Yes

A lot actually

[sleek garnet]

Its weird because like

The 2 decks that use it are dark galaxy and cydra

Aka exactly the 2 decks that everyone is using on ladder

[robust void]

that could be true lol

I think it blows how long we had to wait for certain type battle traps relative to how quickly they died

thunder spark was fun for one second

[sleek garnet]

Strange wall still sees fringe play

There's that at least

[sleek garnet]

They werent really made with atk boosting skills in mind, which is sad

[robust void]

yeah that's very true

I think skills are harder to implement fairly in a faster game like rush

in the main game you can often justify it helping weak decks keep speed but in rush it's entirely possible you just pulled everything you want and then you have the skill as gravy

and if you don't have what you need you often cannot use your skill so it's a double whammy

[sleek garnet]

I dont think that game pacing is the issue

The game devs had a choice; either the skills directly impact the gamestate which leads to some cards being invalidated, or they dont do much and simply are unappealing, specially to ocg which already has paper rush to play with

[robust void]

affecting the game state is fine they just don't need to lean on attack mods so much

a lot of skills had that tacked on when they were already valuable

[sleek garnet]

Honestly, pretty debatable

Cybernetic customization is the big outlier here but when you look at the rest, they're kinda bad without the atk mod

Looking back at sevens era, stuff like accel road, dragonic resonnace, ancient forces, and even stuff like the maximum duo were there basically to give deck alternatives over dragias hammer crush pile

And nowadays what even raises atk aside from cydra? The 200 atk buff in dragiastar nova?

Warrior fusion?

[robust void]

the powercreep for go rush bosses boosting themselves is so huge that they just have them searched out instead

especially for piercing cuz it's not like defense values have gone anywhere

[sleek garnet]

the boss monster in question

[sleek garnet]

But yea to be fair, not much they couldve done

The sevens fusions were basically impossible to summon during their irl time period

So searching the materials was the obvious path to take for both the devs and the players' expectations

Again, cydra being the obvious outlier here

[robust void]

why can't I search thunder fusions

[sleek garnet]

They hate the alien sisters

and hey you have lightstar sign

[robust void]

no joke I didn't even think of that

but generic skills are never as much fun

I think the current thunder skill could prob just be buffed considerably without causing much of an issue

hopefully they do that but I think it's more likely they split the necessary parts across two skills if they give thunders anything soon

[robust void]

does this mean theres anime thunder users btw? are they important enough to be added?

[sleek garnet]

Noodles set a bad precedent

[robust void]

that's true noodles were in a similar spot

super polarizing play style

ride or die skill

[sleek garnet]

There's 2, roaromin's drummer which already has all of his cards in dl, and the fish chako that dueled once and lost to gakuto, the fusions we got this box were hers

[sleek garnet]

Not really

Noodles post restart played as a burn control deck

Which just reused the vanilla fodder over and over

[robust void]

I just mean in the sense their strategy is high roll

at least it seemed it was to me

[sleek garnet]

Idts

It was pretty consistent

[robust void]

you're probably right it's not like I played the deck

I only saw it a few times

man thunderbeetles are such a thing

[sleek garnet]

the people that used it on ladder were basically on roastery otk, aka the wrong build

Which yea was pretty high roll

[robust void]

every once in a while I'll forget what the trap does and read it and be like

oh actually yeah that was what I saw

it was the vanilla attack boosting shit always

[sleek garnet]

Yea the good build was just p[extra spice] stall

[vivid wave]

Extra Spice the Elite Noodle Ninja

Level: 8
[ Pyro / Effect ]

ATK 2400 / DEF 0

Effect

Inflict 1000 damage to your opponent. Draw 1 card.

F/L Status: Unreleased (TCG/OCG), Unlimited (MD)

[robust void]

that card was fun as hell when I tried it in the switch game

isn't there something that sends a normal mon to burn

[sleek garnet]

No, idts

[robust void]

damn. been a really long time ig

how do you feel about the current meta ATM other than the trap issue

[sleek garnet]

Hard to say, with the banlist and all

I've been having fun, but decks feel very samey rn

[dry widget]

well extra spice is the mon that sends a vanilla to burn

the requirement is just missing, eye doesn't handle rush cards well

(then there's like, counter cannonball, which is a trap that sends anything not just a vanilla to burn)

[robust void]

oh okay, thank you. I thought I was going crazy lmao

[robust void]

speaking of: this brotha complaining about oversaturated decks when he's on voidvelgr

[sleek garnet]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[robust void]

got 3 copies of every rush card possible again

hell yeah

[timber river]

https://www.duellinksmeta.com/articles/quick-news/december-2024/arc-v-level-increase

Dont know if this got posted

[dapper grotto]

Christ...this is...this is just awful.

Only Declan and Yugo got something remotely decent here.

[sleek garnet]

I mean

Timestar aint bad

And yuzu got a second ostinato

@robust void i love how this is just the devteam going "konami wtf"

[robust void]

lmfao

then they had to think of a practical use

wow just now we get the second ostinato

[half sphinx]

teaser that big tidy is printed in 5th anni pack

trust

[sleek garnet]

its teasing the secret anti galaxy manya support

[half sphinx]

Real

it teases the real final boss of Go Rush

oh God it's Otes again, isn't he

[robust void]

who's big tidy

[half sphinx]

https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Laundering_General_-_Big_Tidy

[robust void]

[robust void]

lol another good username

I streamlined my thunder deck a lot. it makes me sad to not have the other level 7s because they're fun toys but I'm too disadvantaged from my deck choice to risk the brickinesss

everything's kind of built here to get the fusion consistency or 3 bodies per turn that more recent skills just shit out for free. no +1 for thunders

[robust void]

wow I have never once had CED summoned on me

too bad this guy found out why no one summons it

also just realized it shares an acronym with chaos emperor dragon

[quick axle]

Can you believe I read CED as Chaos Emperor Dragon?

Without seeing the image?

[robust void]

i think it sucks that special processing can't be done on cards of a lower rarity. shouldn't the whole point be to personalize your cards in a way the standard restrictive foils don't allow? you can't show off your favorite cards unless they happen to be UR

[dry widget]

whether or not you can apply special processing to a card isn't directly related to its rarity

you just can't on some cards

(most rush duel cards can't have chronicle foils on them, regardless of rarity)

[robust void]

oh I had no idea

thank you

that's weird that I can do it for stormbolt but not for can:d live

is there any rhyme or reason to what they choose to allow it

[dry widget]

not that i know!

altho i think lower-prominence cards, most N/R chaff is less likely to let you do it

fusion is a notable low-rarity card that you can foil

also crystal can be applied to anything, it's only aurora and starlight that are restricted by card

[robust void]

oh I see

I feel compelled to hold onto them for boss mons but fusions not a bad idea

[mighty bramble]

I’m stupid who is this

[dry widget]

apparently uh... soulburner

again

its salamangreat raging phoenix's summon chant

[mighty bramble]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-cat-gif-26460616

Maybe it’s an Ignis or whatever they’re called?

Even then who wanted them

I’m still waiting on evil Astral

[dapper grotto]

💀

So no new character unlock.

[quick axle]

From what I can tell, it seems like a Jaden/Yubel situation.

And this could be Soulburner + Flame.

[sleek garnet]

Flame?

Notably, the "Obtain a Legendary Duelist" blurb is missing

Concerning

[quick axle]

That's probably like a Super Joey type of event.

[half sphinx]

2 months no unlock is concerning

at least we're getting Yuga G next fr fr no cap

[quick axle]

Hmm... 2 months with no unlocks is unprecedented,

[sleek garnet]

Nah we're unlocking otes in the tag duel event

[half sphinx]

real

[sleek garnet]

Wait i cracked the code

The chant is for a phoenix, right?

[half sphinx]

yeah

Don't say it...

Don't say it's for Volcalize bro

[sleek garnet]

CHEEEEEEMI CHEMI CHEMI CHEMI

[half sphinx]

Manabu is mad strange cuz idk if they're running 2 fire events back to back

but if not, why was his ID day 1?

[sleek garnet]

I have faith in konami

[half sphinx]

the latter we get him, the more lines he'll have tbf

Zwijo has all his season 2 stuff that was printed iirc, unlike the day 1 unlocks

[sleek garnet]

I mean, would he even get major support after salamandeus?

[half sphinx]

Probably 1 more fusion?

[sleek garnet]

Also yudias has his s2 stuff no?

[half sphinx]

nope, he has just the manga promos

[sleek garnet]

Huh

Oh yea right he doesnt have a line for the maximums

[half sphinx]

Phlogiston fusion/ritual maybe?

cuz you know he's gotta fight Gakugen

[sleek garnet]

I could see the "final form" of the graphas line

[half sphinx]

yeah, makes more sense, but let me cope that Phlogiston gets something man

[sleek garnet]

Inb4 its like

Another equip spell

This time with the sougetsu crest

[half sphinx]

it's salamander + the fish just for the memes

[sleek garnet]

If the writing team is based gakugen is getting a 3 rulers maximum

[half sphinx]

also, we really went 2 seasons without that level 7 thunder

Bolt really exists to add back triggerdrago

[sleek garnet]

Thunder is the new rock

[half sphinx]

ygo9 will announce the thunder MC trust

[sleek garnet]

What ygo 9? The franchise is over

[half sphinx]

part of me thinks they're genuinely crazy enough to wait for 30th for a new show

[sleek garnet]

Would be what, 2026?

[half sphinx]

yeah

1 break year

[sleek garnet]

We've been celebrating 25th for so long it feels like the 30th would be next century

[half sphinx]

unless they're actually messing with us

and the designs are for season 4

[sleek garnet]

Ygo 9 drops and the protag is just kuaidul playing master duels

Both sides of the fanbase are angry

[half sphinx]

and at the end of the ep

he explains stuff to the creator like Chills

He hates the ratvioli

[sleek garnet]

Peak fiction

Btw, what do you think the september update is gonna be since we ran out of anime?

Ocg structures? Go rush 2? Aleister the invoker?

Cross duel?

[half sphinx]

probably chronicles + assorted monsters for whatever decks they want to sell

like you could easily drag 4-5 characters from archetypes that have some semblance of a story

ala Gold Pride

without going into making animes for them

[sleek garnet]

Hmm

Would be pretty lame considering we have the md gates tbh

[half sphinx]

they could be funny and do season 2

instead of updating their lines

[sleek garnet]

Yea i'm heavily considering that option

Considering that go rush's main cast is pretty massive and most people are important

[half sphinx]

the sengoku timeline for 2026 but instead of the actual plot they spoof that one battle spirits sengoku themed show

[sleek garnet]

Like, even if we delegate manya and bochi to npc hell, season 1 alone needs to add 5 more characters

[half sphinx]

we're never getting Eternal at this rate

[sleek garnet]

Eternal is gonna be the EoS celebration campaign

[half sphinx]

Yudias beats DSOD Atem with Eternal clearly

and they unveil the 4th zone together

[sleek garnet]

And it's the EMZ

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[sleek garnet]

But yea like

[half sphinx]

You could do Yuna + Rovian as a single event ig

to have celebs cover for how bad wind psychics are

[sleek garnet]

S1:
Manabu
Asaka
Rovian
Luge
Aitsu

S2:
Yuhi 2
Yuamu 2
Yuna
Tremolo
Phaser
Kuaidul

S3:
Dark meister
Epoch
||Otes||

I think this is like

The minimum amount of characters

[half sphinx]

yeah

I could see them do Yuhi 3 on Hybridrives too then?

to be 3 and 3 if they do all versions

and have him in the dark matter suit

[sleek garnet]

Maybe, yuhi would go with 4 by the end tho

Kinda funny

And that's if we dont do the sengoku designs

jaden who?

[half sphinx]

bro no way we get Sengoku Yuhi wearing a burlap sack

[sleek garnet]

True, we're getting jointech rex cosplay yuhi

[half sphinx]

Like that's just too much even for them

They'll make DL sell remake sets for an exclusive format to fund all 10 Yuhi skins

[sleek garnet]

I do hope we get sengoku yudias tho

The drip is immaculate

[half sphinx]

On the real tho, I think it would be cool to see in DL

speaking of BS

like how they did a set remaking all the super old school guys

for what was basically a fake format, cuz they weren't playable in current, they were still several years behind

cuz Yugioh doesn't have that type of cast to sell that kind of set IRL

like yeah, you can sell DM and BE

can you sell Tristan's stuff?

can you sell random NPC numero 3000's ace remake?

[sleek garnet]

Does tristan even have stuff?

Filler aside

[half sphinx]

DL gaslit me into thinking he has at least 15 cards to his name

[sleek garnet]

Lol

[half sphinx]

I thought it was really funny when BS did it once and then it became the main story gimmick

it stopped being funny then

[sleek garnet]

Speaking of

I do hope that dl actually kickstarts the plot they've been hyping up for 20 events before EoS

That being the crossovers

[half sphinx]

oh God this reminded me

we have DM anime world still in the chamber

cuz Paradox event implies it exits somewhere

[sleek garnet]

The kcgp isnt real, it cant hurt us

[half sphinx]

this was post that world being deleted from the files...

[sleek garnet]

Dear god

[half sphinx]

it was like 2 years after in fact

[sleek garnet]

2026's event calendar is gonna be like

5 go rush characters, 5 dm characters, and 1 random dude from arc v

[half sphinx]

Zarc Gremlin mode

and we get Zarc human 2 years later

[sleek garnet]

Nah we're getting battle beast first

Konami's fan favorite

[half sphinx]

I wonder if we get Soulburner 2 because they're afraid of giving us stuff

so we get all the risky cards in level-ups at 1-2 copies

[sleek garnet]

I think its just because they dont want us to get akira yet

And they need to do something for vrains

[half sphinx]

we had tindangles added to the db like 5 months ago

they were here before Go Rush world iirc

[sleek garnet]

Yea they were

They were with the dogmatika stuff

[half sphinx]

They saw the people unironically like Akira in the DL server and decided to pull a pro gamer move

[sleek garnet]

Cant have a control deck release on an appropriate power level

[half sphinx]

They'll get a burn ftk skill to compensate

trust

[sleek garnet]

The best skill from his release is gonna be like

A random revolver skill that lets you summon trisbaena or smth

[half sphinx]

insane

For real tho, I think they keep him away for a tad longer cuz he was relevant in the last "plot" event

with Ghost Gal

[sleek garnet]

Yea

The thing with vrains is that every event from that world pushed the dl plot forward

And they want to delay that because zexal and the rush worlds are in recap mode

So i think they'll wait until Aitsu at least

If there's a mf that can become self aware in dl, it's him

[half sphinx]

I'm slightly worried about them putting go rush on hold for a year to get to Otes

and then go to Lugh

[sleek garnet]

I think we're on pace

We can just speed run yugoha and then otes

And get to people like tiger later

[half sphinx]

We gotta get Nanaho after all the random insect stuff, right?

[sleek garnet]

Nah

Those can be in npc hell

Tenten is arguably more popular anyway

Speaking of nanahoshis, where even are those guys?

Their stuff was boxed but they werent even relegated to event guys like sebastian was

[half sphinx]

probably kept for Yuga G event ig

it's not like they're relevant earlier on

also insane that the reptile unhit on the irl banlist really was for chameleons

[sleek garnet]

I meant like

Rinne and rinnosuke

[half sphinx]

ah those

kekw

thought you meant the bug ninja randos

I think they might come in as a Lumis&Umbra character ngl

Gakuto mentions them in a couple of events iirc

[sleek garnet]

He did at sevens' launch

Once

They didnt even show up in the asana event did they?

[half sphinx]

Don't think they did

I think they might come in randomly when Segoku Rinnosuke gets his stuff irl

cuz looking at those fusion slots, it's not looking good for kp20

[sleek garnet]

When is it ever looking good for anime stuff in rush?

[half sphinx]

ok but this is surprisingly dire

if OTS isn't a surprise ritual

we're going Yudias then immediately dice

[sleek garnet]

Yea its rough

Did they think delirium was gonna sell the set?

[half sphinx]

no, I think they didn't care about that set at all

hence they can't even be bothered to finish it before kp20 reveals

[sleek garnet]

Btw

I am seriously hoping that the voidvelg oblivion is not actually the go rush equivalent of sevensgias

Because compared to the latter that 5k beater is not him

[half sphinx]

coping on it being OTS then?

[sleek garnet]

I dont have faith in him neither, his design gives off so many "mid arc upgrade" vibes

[half sphinx]

also the only rush leaker ever says there's apparently something bigger than Chaos in here for Galaxy

[sleek garnet]

I'm seriously coping on it being a secret 3rd guy

[half sphinx]

so I assume that's gotta be our finale boss?

[sleek garnet]

Yea i assume that's the case, i think its too early for that reveal so it cant be our current 2

Meanwhile regula ygo leakers casually dropping half of alin

[half sphinx]

like how do we get so bad

that we have made up fake leaks in the community

[sleek garnet]

Genygo was right, we really do live in a fake format

[robust void]

I'm guessing soulburner will have some form change skill

[sleek garnet]

Its weird because like

[robust void]

LOL what the actual fuck

[sleek garnet]

He never changed his avatar

[robust void]

just make it the last gift day or something

[dapper grotto]

Gotta make you anxious for those packs lol

[small fern]

don't auto-build with pride & soul dragon or skill

[icy token]

Sup chat

[dapper grotto]

Heyo. Just grinding for Rush KoG again.

[robust void]

I'm at gold 5 with thunders atm. or was it 1? whatever is right before kog

have they announced a skill for gizmek?

[sleek garnet]

The closest you're getting is the one that shuffles 8 random banishied cards into the deck

[robust void]

aw lame

also I know I say this a lot, because it's always true, but I think we can have the rest of the solfachord cards now

[potent ravine]

😡

[tranquil wyvern]

Omg yeah I saw this and was like. Why though?

[quick axle]

First time?

[potent ravine]

no

[dapper grotto]

Rush KoG'd finally.

I had a surprisingly easier time at night than during early day, because people weren't playing Cydra nor Voidvelg during this time lol.

[dapper grotto]

Box out.

Time to grab Tri brigades. 🙂

[sleek garnet]

First 15 packs

It's just so free

[dapper grotto]

Whew.

Wish my pulls were as good. I had only SRs.

But I also had 7k more gems in the bank to net 2 Droplets.

Now I'm trying to pull for Tri-brigade.

[dapper grotto]

Welp, I got 2 Chambermaids first. So I guess Dragonmaids are my deck for today until next year.

[robust void]

dying @ how we just got dreamland

oh my poor entities

[robust void]

NOOOOOO

[sudden tinsel]

This support doesn’t help at all

maybe with links

[dapper grotto]

You even got the new Rainbow Dragon fusion?

[sudden tinsel]

Yes but it’s still terrible

even for a Omni negate or a field nuke it takes a lot of effort

[dry widget]

dont forget, youre here forever!

at least you got 100 gems to look forward to in 2027

[pastel summit]

I'm so glad my favorite archetype was added to duel links

I'm curious what people can do with it, harpie tribrigade? Lyralisc tribrigade? Options are pretty awesome

[robust void]

I would assume in DL deck and zones are so limited that you'd mostly hurt your consistency by running more than just tribs

[sleek garnet]

Zones arent the issue as much as there's no good normal summon for the deck

[robust void]

do they not have almiraj in dl

[sleek garnet]

We dont

[robust void]

what about nervall linkuriboh

he's 1 right

[sleek garnet]

Yea

Normal summoning nerval is pretty dire tho

[robust void]

it's

not ideal

I've been there tho in MD

starting to hate voidvelg btw

[dapper grotto]

THANK you. Voidvelg feels so awful to play against. They can pierce you, while boosting themselves to high heavens doing so.

[final sinew]

@sleek garnet should I make a new acc so I can get all the login rewards and roll for tribrigade

[sleek garnet]

idts, the biggest benefit from resetting was the duel trials that konami has removed

[quick axle]

Which was a rather awful move from Konami

Cutting a big supply of gems.

[final sinew]

cringe as fuck holy

[robust void]

if (when) they get hit I hope the first thing to go is the level 6. shit is completely insane. as is the skill. infinite gy set up and a +1 every turn what could possibly go wrong

[quick axle]

"What could pawsibly go wrong?" 🐱

[dapper grotto]

How are people using the Dragonic Contact HEROs so far? It seems easy enough, but I just can't seem to win with it at all.

Do I hold the fusion spells first?

None of the YT vids have been helpful so far since they all play different things.

[robust void]

can we get this please https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Lightning_Bringer_Scarecrow

[short trench]

Random question, is odd eyes arc cycle viable for defense

Essentially if I’ve got odd eyes arc pendulum dragon in my pendulum zone, if an odd eyes card on my field gets destroyed I can pull another odd eyes card out my deck and play it

How does this combined with pendulum summoning for defense fair against the Meta decks these days, or do I just need to ditch the pendulum deck and switch to something else

I keep finding myself on defensive these days due to my cards being weak against effects

[sleek garnet]

Defensive play very rarely wins games, yugioh is just not that type of game

Also, arc dragon is at its strongest to extend your plays as opposed to relying on your opponent

Doesnt really have a space into modern pend tho

[mighty bramble]

Do I have enough of these two

[sleek garnet]

Ecclesia is usually ran as a 3 of

2 punishments is fine tho

[dapper grotto]

Is Invoked Dogmatika Shaddolls a thing in DL now that Mechaba is here?

From the DLM site, someone put out a list, but people are saying it's bricky.

[robust void]

maybe the smaller deck space eliminates the need for the added consistency and extension

[short trench]

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/0790ccfc6a69a1bc22c4f5df7475b07a7f1b328c40

Dude that’s ridiculous

Look at that replay, I didn’t even get to make a move

That deck needs to be blacklisted I stg

[dapper grotto]

Imitation needs to be catapulted into the stratosphere, I agree.

Like look at this card. There is no way this would ever be used in a fair way lmao.

[sleek garnet]

No, the deck was held together by the existance of apkalone

[short trench]

Dude like I got decked in one turn and I couldn’t do anything about it

I drew a bad hand but my deck is all about swarming, I couldn’t have done anything regardless

Like imitation makes me want to take a five iron and break it on my knee and then throw it at something

[quick axle]

Lemme guess, One-Time Passcode, two other cards, then Imitation?

[mighty bramble]

I know it’s gonna be expensive but I think my next Duel Links deck might be Tri-Brigade or Dragonmaid

[short trench]

Dragonmaid does my head in

Good choice to use though

[dapper grotto]

Yeah, seems Dragonmaid is the 2nd most popular deck used next to HEROs ATM.

[short trench]

Some bloke I was playing just used my xyz monsters as tribute for his sphere wing dragon of ra

This seems unfair

One second I have arc rebellion XYZ dragon, and raidraptor rise falcon and raidraptor fuzzy lanius and then I don’t

Can we normalise not tributing the opponents cards plz lmao

[mighty bramble]

I just vibe with them tbh

[dapper grotto]

It's an arms race. When people make crazy beaters unaffected by anything, they then make Kaijus that can get rid of them without "affecting" them. I'm just glad there aren't that many Kaiju or spheres around.

...Oh right. Predaplants have a Kaiju thanks to their skill.

[short trench]

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/06c5f88e3ed51fec82fdf0bfe92f65dbb4f8aae918

Watch this replay, dude is such a rat lol

I couldn’t do anything

[short trench]

@dapper grotto

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/00d5d405e2471e8d8f494256c4eac8765af5fa6f43

I’ve just lost to exodia

The forbidden one

Watch this rat

He just cycled his entire turn and drew his entire deck in his Second turn

And got all 5 pieces of the forbidden one

[dapper grotto]

Bro literally passed on those two Underdogs and you passed on just Force Strix?

There had to be some way you could've made something and OTK him?

[short trench]

Didn’t have the right cards to take him out

I couldn’t have made any combination of monsters to take him out

[sleek garnet]

Gonna be honest

[short trench]

I could have used force strix ability to make another monster but wouldn’t have mattered considering force strix attack points

[sleek garnet]

You wouldve lost to literally any other deck, doesnt even need to be exodia

[short trench]

Not necessarily true, I have a decent win rate with that raidraptor deck

I just drew a bad hand

[sleek garnet]

What rank are you in?

[short trench]

Bronze

[sleek garnet]

I see

[short trench]

I’m still doing my games

That hand I drew was like worst possible scenario for me

That’s as bad of a brick as I can get

I’m still improving the deck as well

Raidraptor isn’t meta but it’s still usable in lower ranks

[quick axle]

Try reaching Platinum or Legend.

[robust void]

damn I made dmaids with half a box pulled and it works perfectly fine even with 1 ofs

helps the skill is braindead

[white stirrup]

Man I love Crowler

[timber river]

https://www.duellinksmeta.com/articles/news/january-2025/datamined-leaks-09

[quick axle]

Note: Nadir Servant will be Limited 3 upon release.

And look what it is, N'tss.

[white stirrup]

Oh hey it's "White Woman"

https://tenor.com/view/master-duel-underworld-goddess-white-woman-jumpscare-gif-27225134

[timber river]

oh god Small World

you're playing 20 card decks how much more consistency do you need

[sleek garnet]

Gotta search that C I R C U L A R

[quick axle]

https://www.duellinksmeta.com/articles/news/balance-update/2025/january-09

Grarl, Flamwell Counter and Metalsilver Armor are getting all Limited 1.

...and they didn't even address the current FTK doing the rounds.

[dapper grotto]

Happy Anniversary, I guess.

[sleek garnet]

This probably means we're getting a fire warrior box with BB and INK

But yea uhhhhh, where's imitation konami?

[quick axle]

They, either should ban Imitation, or put One-Time Passcode, Psychic Sword, Concentrated Current and Imitation to Limited 1.

@sleek garnet Is that the FTK doing the rounds?

One-Time Passcode > Psychic Sword, pay 2000 LP to increase ATK and DEF by 2000 > Concentrated Current to increase the ATK by their DEF > Imitation to inflict 4000 LP damage.

[sleek garnet]

Yes it is

But fr, from my own testing, it has a 40% wr going first, and 0% going second

[quick axle]

Oh, wow, an anime / game exclusive card being unhealthy for the FTK potential. I've never seen that happen before-- Oh, wait...

looks at Vengeful Servant

[sleek garnet]

But yea its not like the deck is good, people are just mad thay it exists, which is fair

btw the deck folds to veiler and people are already teching droll for hero anyway, its worth considering

[hazy crow]

The new Structure deck lol

Feels like grinding on EHero Sunrise / Liquid a big joke

I agree with Imitation, being unfair and one sided!

[dapper grotto]

Yup. You'd think they'd address it on their latest banlist, but no lmao.

But ye, get your free stuff now with the new structure deck ig.

HEROs will be the ezpz good deck with easy access to KoG for a long while.

[naive mango]

yo guys what do u think abt this deck

[short trench]

Dude vagabonds don’t know how to use a deck right lol

I demolished a legend 2 rank crystal beast deck

What do you guys think of the vagabond difficulties

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/01208db60a765fd0e2675bddaefeea62d5e05913c6

[dapper grotto]

I honestly don't really pay attention to the Vagabond's difficulty, I always just Auto Duel my way out of it...though that often leads to a lot of losses kekw

They sometimes go super mode and make crazy combos over me, but that's mostly because I use an auto duel deck like Masked HEROs and staple traps.

[sleek garnet]

Vagabonds cant use skills, which means that any deck focused around skills doesnt function

[sleek garnet]

You cant use super poly and hydra in the same deck

On another note

Soulburner.... 2!!!!!

[dapper grotto]

Please don't be a glorified roaming duelist event... 😭

[robust void]

remember when yubel was meta and all the vagabonds just passed turn bc they bricked immediately

that was a good time for auto battle

[runic rover]

damn.. the SR ticket doesnt cover the 1 box i wish it did... 😫

dogmatika

now idk wtf to get now

[mighty bramble]

Dumb question but what’s the recommended Skill for Performages

Preferably one Dennis has since it’s his deck

[sleek garnet]

performage showtime

[mighty bramble]

How’d I do

[sleek garnet]

looks alright, , but i would cut the level 6 and flame eater to play non engine, along with playing only 2 invokation, would also cut 1 trapeze magician and 1 purgatrio for 2 more generic rank 4s

[short trench]

Dude this tag team tournament is annoying me

When I play the GX cup and I pair with Jayden yuki he keeps sacrificing my stronger cards for his cards lol

Dude is throwing 😭

[short trench]

I’m not well versed in these types of decks but looks good to my naked eye

Also question, what’s the best skill to run for raidraptor

[hazy crow]

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/0663116848e34c8384bfdd82a3d309e6ca3375eab4

New HERO skill is okay!

[hazy crow]

#DuelReplay #DuelLinks
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/0669afb359a9946a465c16067f9d4b564c22989b39

Oops sry for the setup

[sleek garnet]

Raider's revolution

[small fern]

lore-accurate

imagine a Cubic skill that allows the Cubic monsters to be Special Summoned by their effects during the Battle Phase 😳

[naive mango]

hydra??

[sleek garnet]

The one that tributes the opponent's monster to summon itself

[naive mango]

oh ok

is it usable

[sleek garnet]

Yes

Good, even

Cut the kuriboh and the second non thunder armed dragon for 2 neos fusions tho

[dapper grotto]

Feels good when I beat up HEROs with my Dragonmaids.

https://duellinks.konami.net/att/044072132b97b6c1c8cc4c6e2579df27a2d9b7d0f2

[short trench]

How come?

[sleek garnet]

Search + removal + free body going second is pretty good

[dapper grotto]

Time to play backrow removal + water monsters.

[short trench]

I just run soar upon wings of courage atm because it adds vanishing lanius and saves me the extra deck spot for rise falcon

I don’t own vanishing lanius and I’m trying to get it, it’s like the one card I don’t have

I’ve basically sorted my summoning system out now and I can summon rank 8 xyz fairly easily

Plus contingencies whenever one of my XYZ monsters are destroyed

[short trench]

Dude I hate super poly with a passion

It’s such a no skill card

[sleek garnet]

This may be a hot take, but DL Spoly is honestly pretty balanced

The discard matters because of the 1 less card in hand you start with, it competes with other lim 1 tools, hero can search it but needs to use one of their guys too outside of the mirror, predap couldnt access it until the cobra chokepoint and cant search ultra poly for extension (before the list anyway, now they even cut it for hydra)

And in generic decks it takes up extra deck slots which you cant always manage

It's a strong card yes, but its not much different from what other decks can do

[dapper grotto]

Skills searching Super Poly without some sort of catch to it is pretty ridiculous though. xd

[dry widget]

i just hate it being unrespondable!

[dapper grotto]

That too lol. But the Super Poly search was not the worst part...it's just one part of having a ton of advantage off of one action from the damn skill lmao.

You can summon a boy AND get a free Poly and Super Poly?!

At least make the person get either Super Poly or Poly, not both at once!

And maybe even have the monster they put down have their effects negated and can't attack so they can only be used for fusion material.

[sleek garnet]

The catch in hero is having to use one of your own guys, really

Also, i dont really mind that its unrespondable, how many decks do we have whose gameplan was/is "search the countertrap"

[short trench]

Dude this guy I’m facing had the duel In his hands

Then he decided to attack my rank 6 revolution falcon with his blue eyes and forgot about my falcons effect

Dude took himself out

His blue eyes had its attack reduced to 0

He had the option to negate falcons effect but negated my fuzzy lanius effect instead for some reason

[dry widget]

its not necessarily about countering it, but you cant do anything in response with your monsters before they die

cant fire any quick effect or anything

also cant, say, book yourself to whiff the resolution or do anything interesting like that

(although as far as decks that could counter it if it were counterable, theres dragonmaid and cyber dragon for one)

not like hero cant play through interaction already, super poly being unrespondable is just entirely overkill

[dapper grotto]

I'm just glad my Dragonmaids "kinda" doesn't care about the Super Poly over the Sheou, it can be revived by Chamber Dragonmaid during the battle phase if they don't get rid of it.

[short trench]

I hate super poly being where you can have all your good cards and then they get used as fusion material than the other guy gets a powerful monster and you just get smacked

[shut helm]

Is this deck decent enough to climb rank?

[sleek garnet]

No

[robust void]

timelords get walked over by basically anyone that's not a new player and know how to deal with their protection

[short trench]

Do any of you guys wanna play sometime

For fun

[karmic ridge]

If I moved duel links to my sd card and there is a problem with it, if i redownload the game, will my progress be still there? I was signed in to the game by google play games, it pops up whenever I open the game, so did my progress save automatically? Im afraid to reinstall it

[dapper grotto]

Err...I think you need to do data transfer to work. The progress is tied to either your Konami ID, or Google Play account.

https://youtu.be/tuA7GYOl-Us?si=EYYxtAm13Ub4k2QE

[mighty bramble]

I used my Dream Ticket on a third Lonefire Blossom

[dapper grotto]

Nice. I'm just saving mine's up for a rainy day if there's a shiny new deck in town I like.

[dapper grotto]

Lmao, got the third Droplet instead of a 2nd E-call in my UR sale. What did you guys get?

[sleek garnet]

Nothing, buying a gift card tomorrow

[dapper grotto]

Excellent choice.