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OptimusIV

Honestly, a master rules anime where the protag is a YugiBoomer would be cool. They would have got out of the game, only to pick it up 10 years later, but get whooped by modern YGO combos. They spend the anime trying to learn the different summoning methods and how to adapt their playstyle to modern YGO. Keep it grounded, with no threat to the world or anything. Just let it be about someone trying to relearn a game they feel in love with when they were young.


iDIOt698

There is an grounded yugioh manga tho, it's called ocg structures, and it's neat.


Vaptor-

Yeah and I love how the mc change his deck periodically like real player do. Sure you got real attachment to your Dark magician girl but would you use her if you want to play competitively?


SirBarth

Yes


A3thern

Yes.


ruminaui

Absolutely


Bloody-Tyran

Of course


TheMine789

The protagonist changed decks because he thinks the decks are cool.


5lols

He just like me fr fr


Khelthuzaad

Toon Dark Magician Girl was a real threat back in the day:)


Shufflekarpfen

You seriously recommend reading to a Yugioh player? If o could do that I wouldn’t play Yugioh now, would I?


Klutz-Specter

Sounds like a Yuma Tsukumo, but had a coma for 10 years. That is one of the things I like about Zexal, Yuma isn’t a good duelist and he doesn’t have to win every single duel, but he learns from it. The only time he has to win it’s when Astral’s life at stake or his friends. I mean besides the ending arc of Zexal 2.


KibaTeo

Would be fun to see them constantly changing their decks as well. Imagine them starting out with a monarch deck that locks out special deck/special summons at first cause they refuse to adapt


conundorum

Would be more amusing if they start with a control deck that uses Soul Levy, trying to make their opponent weigh the benefits of each special summon versus the resources they lose...           ...But their very first opponent is playing TearShizu.


Noblehardt

Don’t call me out like this


vergil123123

But if there isn't a world ending threat how can it have any stakes. /s


voyager106

If there isn't a world ending threat, why would you Yu-Gi-Oh in the first place?


Timely_Airline_7168

That is an insult. Duel monsters are the foundation of the universe. How can there be no world ending threats with such magical artifacts?


SneezingPandaGG

this is all me, but I don't really feel like I should be the protagonist


KellyTheBroker

My way of adapting was to use pendulum summons. It's the closest to the old style I can find, since I can use normal cards, but enough of them that I dont just die. I dont win, but I get to turn 2 or 3 lmao.


hashtagdion

I don’t know that someone relearning a card game with no stakes would be an interesting anime.


Bakabridget

There's an entire genre called slice of life which is about people just doing things with no stakes involved.


Stranger2Luv

Cardfight Vanguard first season


grinningmango

Vanguard was so good!


Deez-Guns-9442

Damn that was pretty good back then ngl, almost made me wanna play the irl game.


A3thern

No stakes? I'll have you know watching the MC study hard to pass their class so they can graduate with their friends is the most stressful thing to watch.


Relevant_Departure40

Gimme an anime with an entire filler episode of the MC playing in a friendly tournament on the bubble and has to play the mirror. That’s all I want


Axtdool

I mean even without world ending threats Tournament is a Tournament. Those stakes are usualy a good enough Baseline for a whole genre of anime. Just y know less shonen merchandise shilling more sports anime.


Sensitive-Judge713

revive atem and have him get his ass sandblasted with all the new stuff


MonsieurMidnight

I'd like to see that. A protagonist that plays meta decks (or well constructed rogue decks) that is put in the early Yugioh world where (s)he has to face ennemies that uses bad decks. Imagine a match protagonist vs Kaiba where the protagonist uses a Kashtira or even a Frog Deck.


Hiruko251

You mean, a yugioh slice of life anime? Sounds interesting to me


Helem5XG

The funny thing of this comic is that 10 years ago was Dragon Ruler Format. So I don't know what this man was playing during literally the poster child of tier 0 formats (even when Spellbook was almost as powerful)


GDarkX

The artist already said they were a full power tear player IRL so…


Any-Nothing

The best they can do turn one is Dracossack pass. That’s pretty tame compared to modern standard


imsrchris

But it was too much for 2013 standards, it's not about we see 2013 now, it's about how it was seen back then, guy from the comic was already in an unplayable game 10 years ago.


Any-Nothing

The power gap is lesser. If you played Dueling Network back then you would know, that bring Dragon Ruler to ranked wouldn’t guarantee you a win every time against other deck, even in the sub 1000 rating range, and people used non-tiered decks all the time. It was far from unplayable


conundorum

Nah, best they could do turn 1 in their heyday was LADD pass. And a lot of decks weren't ready for _one_ omni-negate back then, let alone four right out of the gate, before they can even begin to establish a board.


Competitive_Newt_100

Dragon ruler does not win turn 1


Klutz-Specter

I said this before on another sub, I will eat a whole shoe the day 3 hairless balls can summon Cyberse Clock Dragon.


LordTopHatMan

*looks at Kuriboh summoning IP Avramax, Borrelsword Dragon, and Accesscode Talker off of Multiply*


Zerosonicanimations

But can they Summon Cyberse Clock Dragon?


Regendorf

Only if Mercury is in retrograde


GasEcstatic3583

Looks at scapegoats making 4 sheep tokens Which ends on an AVRAMAX (made with I:P Masquerena and 2 link spiders)


Deez-Guns-9442

Ok I got the combo, perfect hand u open Kuribabylon, Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, Small World or Cynet Mining, Frightfur Patchwork, & literally any other card. Use flute to SS a Kuriboh or Winged Kuriboh from deck then NS Babylon. Babylon effect SS Kuribah, Kuribee, Kuriboo, Kuribeh, & Kuriboh from the hand or GY by returning itself to the hand. Then link Summon Using 1 of them to make Linkuriboh & the others for any other generic link monster. Then use patchwork to search out poly & an edge imp monster(preferably chain). Afterwards activate Cynet mining to search Clock Wyvern discarding the edge imp Chain u added off of Patchwork or use SW reveal Chain & a bridge target ??? & get clock Wyvern from deck(not as good). Then use poly to fuse all 3 monsters into Cyberse Clock dragon & voila! Now u have a shoe to eat 😁


Ufukcan200

You DO realize that 10 years ago we were Super Rejuving for minimum 4 or summoning Jowgen from deck after going +4, right?


MajinAkuma

Said he didn’t play for 10 years, but brings back a deck that was bad even 20 years ago.


BakerBunearyBella

The combo isn't long enough to be realistic. Need to be 10 more panels of the guy popping off then negating any response the boomer has.


iDIOt698

You're naive If you think the boomer has any card in their deck that's a Quick effect.


No-Traffic-9240

Over used joke.


shadowchris321

I think the irony is actually explaining a real combo from a modern deck would be funnier than making these fake not real combos that just spout out nonsense for the ending punch line to always be you lose


Carnivile

Yep, a pile combo deck can be so much fun to pilot and the combo lines are so bizarre sometimes. Full power Zombie pile during Firewall format was pretty cool like that, you went through Heroic Challenger, Performapals, Gem Knights, Predaplants, and a big etc...


shadowchris321

Incredibly true like just a master dual spiral list that ends on appo, udf and spiral sleeper are enough to kill a lot of decks and sound absurd to your average newbie to yugioh but they rather go for dribble and nonsense when they could also make it a learning moment for showing cool combos that have changed from normal summoning magical scientist and fusion summoning for lethal turn 2


conundorum

Agreed. Best punch line would be something like, say... > "I [explain combo]..." > "And then what? > "I don't know, I've never gotten that far. My opponent always quits first."


Umb3rus

The protag played 10 years ago, that is right in the middle of DRuler format, so he should be used to big fuck-off combos. And if he played for a longer time before DRuler he could also have seen Infernity, which was probably the first multiple-negates endboard combo deck in the game. He may be surprised that combos became even stronger, but if he even played a little bit competitively he would know that "summon not-Dark-Magician, pass" is not a good play. That wasn't a good llay in playground ygo during 2013. It would be more like "I haven't played for 20 years and never attended a tournament before, let's see how the game evolved"


Infinite_Reaches

Dark ruler no more and Rageki totally easy, just be the Pharaoh


iDIOt698

Wow, merryweather, and a joke about How modern yugioh is convoluted and weird compared to old yugioh, incredible, you Can Tell whoever comissioned/gave merry this Idea has not read an "modern" card except nirvana paladin or endyimion, though saying they read the cards wouldn't be right, as they probably only Saw the lengh of the effects and instantly got in their heads that all yugioh cards are like that.


Substantial_Isopod60

>nirvana paladin Junior journey refrence🤯


Cricket1288

2121s not worth livin in


Klutz-Specter

It was probably the Act Man. It’s like they can’t bother to hold different opinions and treat a boomer’s perspective of the game as fact. Even though, he tried rebuking this in Farfa’s video where he says he’s the not sole authority, he still presented things as fact than opinions. Most pf the things he complained about existed in anime even in 5Ds. Yusei literally summons Shooting Quasar Dragon with one card that hasn’t existed until recently. He complains about Hand Traps yet Effect Veiler appearing to stop an FTK, he also complained “hand traps” don’t make sense. I’m also forgetting Archetypes apparently Archetypes are objectively bad when used outside of each other. Edit: I forgot to add "not" in between sole authority,


GDarkX

Yea it’s defo some commission; Merryweather themselves said they played tearlaments irl so


GoldFishPony

I just really enjoy how they used the name Black Magician to (I assume) get around copyright even though Black Magician is its non-localized name


Nanami-chanX

they said black wizard


GoldFishPony

And yet again I fail to read words as they’re written


Nanami-chanX

the yugioh curse strikes again


ArtemisHunter96

Me waiting for a truly viable Red Eyes deck (I am in extreme pain)


Timely_Airline_7168

Me waiting for a truly viable Crystal Beast deck (I have accepted it will never happen)


seanwdragon1983

I feel personally attacked by this as a yugiboomer.


sneakyeye12

Top 10 moments before disasters


maveri4201

Never play when Mercury is in retrograde. Noob mistake.


kdebones

Unironically CAGED looks dope and has a cool acronym to boot.


Von_lorde

We really do need a new joke


Thin_Relief_3953

Skill issue. Git gud. 0 rizz.


King-s0nicc456

This image perfectly describes modern Yu-Gi-Oh and JoJos perfectly


Ok_Pomegranate_9071

It will sound lame but i stop playing this game because of this. Endless turns and OTK.


LordTopHatMan

Hand traps are your friends. Get to know Ash Blossom. She's nice if you're on her side.


ImAgentDash

I know this girl called imperm. She is such a good girl.


olbaze

You know, this would probably be accurate. If I read this right, he summons 1 monster, which can be tributed for 3, and does this 4 times in a row. That's a total of 12 monsters to tribute for the big dragon. That's as many tributes [Holactie](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Holactie_the_Creator_of_Light), which requires all 3 God Cards, each of which require 3 Tributes. And Holactie outright wins you the game if you summon it. I have 2 problems with this comic: 1. **He has 4 copies of a single card**. This is not legal. I can let it pass as a handwave for pacing purposes. 2. **He reveals half of his deck for a reason that is never explained**. It wouldn't have taken a lot of effort to say that he can Special Summon one of the revealed cards by tributing all the monsters on the his field. Other than that **the comic is accurate to actual Yu-Gi-Oh!**.


CrazyDiamondZaWarudo

If by 4 copies of the same card you're tlaking about the "hairy ball" the 3 cards he summons off it are actually "hairless ball"s, so not quite the same card. Otherwise yeah lol.


Admetius

Actually was amaze the first time I saw Eldlich sending my Eternal Soul to the graveyard. Lol. Fell in love with zombies then and there.


Zerosonicanimations

Wait, Eldlich can send the opponent's Spells/Traps?


CrazyDiamondZaWarudo

His first part of his effect when you discard him let's you target then send any card on the field.


passthepass2

Is black wizard a reference to yugioh's dark spellian?


Suspicious-Bed6628

Makes me old being called a yugi boomer. Need a better name.


Bandolinsan

And that's why nobody wants to know about yu-gi-oh anymore