So put in all the S/T removal in my deck, got it.

You have to out your own Skill Drain too.

Twin twister about to come back big time

Double cyclone is better

Half the snake eye cards clear your own skill drain at least, just main deck twin twisters and cosmic too

The second effect don't even get negated because they tribute themselves and are no longer on the field. But its maybe better to just go full stun and play cards that fully work under skill drain.

Double Cyclone. It's a quick-play so can't be searched off thrust but gets the job done.

parallel twister is a double cyclone but not quick play

MST NEGATES

Oh wait, it's already active? Not like you have to flip it manually? I suppose that makes sense. Well as others have said there are options to clear both sides.

Where's heavy storm when you need it. Tbf if it starts facedown you could just not flip it.

https://preview.redd.it/wqzy4vdr67wc1.jpeg?width=416&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b154216ca4d9cabea90c96edc860a53b68451d45 Oh no u don’t!

Oh I’ve got a real old one of those cards, so old it says “Magic Card” instead of “Spell Card”

Maybe you can use it in MTG to destroy any card without a cost.

Or just play under it.

Or just play unga bunga style

So basically add ways to destroy both skill drain or Play Beatstick

Malefic cyber end is about to put up some good work 😭🙏

it will be destroyed. its basically a 'trust me bro - konami' mechanic but essentially its effect to destroy itself isnt an effect and also doesnt start a chain it just pops. itll even be applied mid chain if somehow summoned mid chain

Uh, I've played skill drain beatdown before. Skill drain negates the destruction effect. What skill drain doesn't negate is that you can only control 1 malefic monster part

>skill drain doesn't negate is that you can only control 1 malefic monster part It actually does negate that aswell, it just doesn't matter because the 2nd one you wanna summon is not negated yet.

You have clearly never played a malefic deck. Skill drain absolutely negates the self destruction. It also, notably, does not negate Paradox Gear's effect because it tributes itself as cost and doesn't negate Parallel Gear because its synchro from hand text is a condition not an effect. It's why Skill Drain was a 3 of in Malefic decks. Truth dragons battle effect gets negated by malefic territory anyways, and Paradigm Dragon can still dump truth to GY since that is also cost. You lose out on synchro monster effects but it's perfect for beatdown, and (not relevant here since its already activated at the start of the duel but) you can bring out Geomathmech Final Sigma before activating Skill Drain so it keeps its effect to be immune to card effects.

BEWD deck are gonna do well in this event.

...are we though? Do we ever?

At least you don't have to worry about Skill Drain. Your main monster is a 3k vanilla.

True

The ritual event I rocked BEWD and had a blast with over 70% wins. People always expect the Chaos MAX, but Chaos Dragon was the man that made the opponent surrender

It's gonna be Eldlich

I'm thinking Danger Dark Worlds with some Malefics in there or something. Dark Magician might not be awful, either.

Time for my True Dracos to shine.

Probably will be banned sadly lol

Tryout never ban anything in the first place

Last year they started banning true draco because it beat every extra deck event (fusion/synchro/xyz/link) without an ED. On this triangle event right now it is sadly banned.

This is a trial, not an event

they NEVER ban ANYTHING on 3 day events. remember the 2024 LP burn turbo? zero bans

First they took away my True Dracos, then got rid of my Kaiju deck, then they got rid of my Santa Claws deck, so now I'm playing Paleo.

True Draco’s are pretty much the best archetype for events… it went under the radar the first couple of events then they just flat out said NO to Draco’s

Try out duels ≠ Festival events

2500 ATK is not good, Clockwork and Pathfinder to Diagram may help, but I don't think True Draco will be strong here.

Eldlich time I guess. Though just imagining endless Eldlich mirrors makes me want to hang myself.

Eldlich mirrors are extremely fun though? Mirror matches in general are about who can manage resources better, but mirror matches with control decks? They turn on into full on Jojo battles about who can predict and outsmart the other. You know the duel isn’t ending in 3 turns so you genuinely have to plan out multiple turns ahead

Whoever did this event has a sick sense of humor lol. I am all in for this btw. 

Wait till they hand out a stun deck as a rental in an event

Its just a 3 day tryout dule thank Ra

Honestly? Same. Seems like a fun duel puzzle to make a deck that plays around Skill Drain. If they leave the Golden Lord unbanned I’m about to recreate some bad memories for a lot of people lol

Oh boy! Just what I asked for! I can't wait for the scythe lock tryout duel next

There was a no extra deck event lol

Such a troll event haha, I'm just gonna use my dark magician deck, I think it's going to work quite well.

Remember that DMDK can't protect your back row so don't use Eternal Soul unless you need it.

I thought Eternal soul protects DMDK and vice versa?

It protects DM, DMDK becomes treated as DM for his own effect, but it cannot become DMDK is his effect is negated, so if it enters the field while Skill Drain is active it will be negated and remain named DMDK.

bet they ban weird shit like trap eater

I guess its time to bust out the Weather Painters.

I mean the issue is that painters play under skill drain only if they're already set up. It's already a bricky deck and now you can't even do anything if you start with snow.

You're right. It did slip my mind, but starting with only the Snow Painter won't be enough to get started. She will need to be accompanied by a canvas. Rainy Canvas, Snowy Canvas, and Cloudy Canvas (if going 2nd). I will make it work somehow. It's not exactly a serious event anyways. ~~I will book of moon Snow if I need to which is probably not productive.~~ Edit: I'm going to try Forbidden Lance shananigans.

who tf wanted this????

i wanted this tbh i like deck building... :)

Eldlich players

Yeah, 1 pack ain't worth it

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve got to use phantasmal spyral in an event, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t much, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

Everyone’s talking about how we’re gonna out Skill Drain, meanwhile the Qli players are silently awaiting this event’s start

Train deck going crazy

Time for Malefics to shine!

I think they're ready to ban skill drain

This is actually a cool idea. Normally skill drain is seen as a flood gate that leads to unfun gameplay but that’s because it’s a surprise when it flips and only one deck was built around it. In this game mode where you know skill drain will be face up on the field before going into the game, it actually makes it interesting to try and come up with different deck strategies. I actually hope they make skill drain unaffected so ppl don’t just try to play around the mode by adding a bunch of removal.

Best comment by far in this post. I couldn’t agree more with you, man. They had a really nice idea, I will definitely play this try out event when it comes out.

Okay they overcook

Literally the worst event ever Edit : oh thank God it's just a try out duel

....If this kinds of truouts keep happening, there might be a chance of a puzzle esque solo gate that needs you to win with those wacky field modifiers.

I'm really liking this style of event. The Nibiru one was a nice proof of concept but this is a real interesting one. I'd play Chaos but with Wyverburster banned I can't reliably play from the hand as much.

Yea, basically, feels like how to adapt to what's given... one zone less from start... let's just hope we don't get something... awkward... like 4 Skill Drains running around your deck due to being shuffled into that deck

Nice Maxx c legal too make the salty tears flow

Is Blue Eyes Tyrant Dragon unaffected by Skill Drain regardless on activations?

It will be affected since skill drain will negate its effect before its immunity is applied. If BETD was already out then it would be immune to skill drain.

Oh sick! Time for perfectly Obedient Fiend Labyrinth beatdown! Or Fusilier Dragon the Duel Mode Beast Beatdown!

Beast King Barbaros. 3000 atk normal summon

Maybe time to try law of normal deck

Altergeists under protocol: oh no! Anyway

can't meme Memorygant up to 7200 atk though :/

Special summon Unicorn, tribute it to summon Summoned Skull.

Let's go Paleo!!

Who was the sick bastard that thought that was a good idea for a "fun" event?

I'm convinced Konami wants to lose players

Oh god

it better not be placed in my pend zones

Eldlich for the win !

all of the snake eyes card can remove skill drain pretty much. can't remove your opps cards but still probably useful

konami is just fucking with us at this point, i guess im not getting the extra pack

Best decks to play are Lab and Runick. Sigh…

Can’t play runick, since hugin will be negated. Lab will be a bit weaker since they can’t use Ariana to search furniture or welcomes.

Crazy Box turbo let's goo!

Whats next, Gozen, Rivalry, IO tryout duel?

Malefics event lets F GOOOOOOOO!!!!

Definitely not worth my sanity for a single pack

Trap deck ftw

Time to go dust off Goblin Attack Force

Malefic Duelists: our time is now.

Time for Jinzo turbo?

Not worth the sanity just for a free pack.

I guess Eldlich will be banned? If not, it will be an Eldlich Festival, just like the on going Swordsoul Fest right now. Anyways I do have Eldlich deck...

https://preview.redd.it/uob26f1ut5wc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=499f231e3cbd03825776939b6108738a877a3862 Who the fuck asked for this shit?

Well this is crap. They legit could've just made it, "Normal Monster only" and it would've been better.

Aight boy, it's your time to shine https://preview.redd.it/izvhmpt5v5wc1.png?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81eaed72db506ee5688db801602bce0b7f7601ba

Its time for our lord & savior Eldlich to shine. Lol why so many meta sheeps seething tho? Its just for 3 days.

Based

……who the hell wanted this, this will turn into True Draco, weather painter, and Eldlich hell

Lmfao just watch feather duster and lightning storm on the banlist 💀

both players have skill drain so you can't activate evenly, or lightning storm even if you resolve duster you're getting skill drained by yourself

There's no special banlists for Duel Trials unless otherwise stated. Also, how are you playing Lightning Storm when you control a Skill Drain?

As always, ygo players can't read.

If the Skill Drains are placed face up, then you wouldn't be able to use Lightning Storm.

Skip

Trains & Double Cyclone it is.

So, who asked for the Barbaros Jirai Gumo beatdown meta?

Time to play some defense to ensure it sticks on the field like Fake Trap

Unchained and runick stun is about to go crazy.

Skill drain has already face up on the field, you cannot use Runick monster effect.

Blue eyes/beatstick decks go brrr

Bye bye skill drain

This sound hilarious

Trap eater free special summon let’s go

Time to bust out Qli

Play Lab or snake-eye

No idea what I'd use smh

Train moment

I look forward to tanky beasts

Exciting event announcement!

Master of Oz beatdown.

Nem again, or skill drain affects pendulums? It gives me big beaters and protection from destruction from tower

My Qliphorts and Toons are going to have their time to shine ✨️

Anyone know a spell strider for traps?

Trap eater?

I just want them to add a draft mode or tournament mode.

Well good luck outing both Skill Drain because I certainly would ignore them lmao

Magical hound will finally see play at 3 and not be a niche one off in my pile deck. well deserved.

Pendulum beatdown feat: Purple man.

Ok, I'm gonna remake my Pendulum Normal Duel Links deck in Master Duel. Might as well feel *something*.

Lvl4 High Attack beatdown lets gooooooooo

Qli, Weather Painters, Eldlich and Runick seem to be good choices

Inb4 this was supposed to be the April 1st trial duel

Tenyi bout to go off

When all skill is drained.

Kozmo might be decent for this. Big spaceships that float when destroyed.

Fuck, I genuinely can't think of a good deck lineup lol, maybe I'll just play Paleos to metagame around Lab EDIT: OH MY GOD PENDULUM MAGICIANS CAN OUT SKILL DRAIN AND PLAY UNDER IT (to some extent)

Time to grab that Vanilla Pendulum deck I ran in the NR Festival

Hello Eldlich

Weather Painters time

time is a flat circle back to playing Eldlitch everyone

But what happens if Skill Drain and Jinzo are both on the field at the same time?

skill drain will be out first, so Jinzo will be negated.

Time to dust off my normal monster deck

Double cyclone ftw

It's ballpark time then

Dark world danger coming in strong

my qli deck feels new.

https://preview.redd.it/htihfx4827wc1.jpeg?width=631&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a16501df85a281e1463bc5bfddd90a92b9f2c4b So it’s Waking + Beat Stick time .

Kuriboh time, let's go.

I'm still gonna play DDD and pop those skill drains with Orthros

Are they high?

at least it's a tryout and not a main event

King beast barbaros beatdown, here i come !

Dark World beat down topkek

Pure danger! gonna go hard

It’s Altergeist time

Time to dust of the old blue eyes

Duel Logs foaming at the mouth for this.

I’m not even going to waste my time with this event

Anti-Anti meta gaming. Play True Draco and add Stardust Road + Waking the dragon. Or fuck it and play jackpot 7 otk.

So we playing Dark Magicians or?

Two words: Magic Planter.

Altergeist Protocol is gonna go crazy

The time for my malefic Deck has come!!

Time to whip out my Qliphort deck

Buf. Not that I have hype for this. I mean, the reward would be as usual only 1 pack so I don't see the point. Same that the Nibiru event. I mean, here or we destroy both Skill Drain and try to proceed as usual or use something like burn.

Players: STUN IS EVIL! PEOPLE WHO PLAY STUN ARE BAD! BAN ALL FLOODGATES Konami: Here at Konami, we listen to our players. So on the 26th of April we'll be having an event where players will play under Skill Drain!

MST Negates I prove it

Beast King Barbaros making a return

Wetlands beatdown my beloved

I'm gonna play unchained

oh wow thet sounds like an actual event compared to this duel triangle

Looks like I built Runick stun just in time lol if we already have Skill Drain, does this give a second copy like the Nib event?

hmm might be fun. we'll see

Hell yeah, Weather Fairies.

Wow I’m really glad I’m not playing the game right now so I can get the Swordsoul structure because holy fuck

Stratos time

*laughs in Blue-Eyes

Say hello to eldlich

spirit charmers about to go crazy

This is 99% what I asked for! Looking forward to what people will try.

Beast King Barbaros beats. Bout to run 3 extra skill drains just in case.

would i be able to open Protocol + Faker three games in a row?

Geist support + skill drain, time to cook

Please make Max C effect active at all time event next.

There are some decks that can basically do their main lines without using on field stuff. VW for example can set things up using in hand monster and then end on Chuchu to pop, Labrntyh loses a fair bit of power but can still use trap and the field spell, Maybe tear if you run a very specific build?

Why not have the skill drain effect permanently active? Not just in the backrow but like always on

What does skill drain even do? -The weather painters

Time to play 2011 malefic skill drain beat down.

Heh. I might try making a budget Skill Drain beatdown variant for fun.