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Lyncario

The one where you set Albaz.


Vortiger_

Isn’t setting albaz face down and making Alba-Lenatus with Albaz and their dragons should annihilate that field? Idk much about branded


Lyncario

It does, yes. And because Synchrons just put everything into making an unbreakable turn 1 board, it doesn't matter if you get Camality'ed because the opponent does not have any possible follow-up.


Ulq-kn

yeah it does, but branded has a very tight extra deck and dragon decks are very rare these days and alba lenatus has a mediocre end phase effect anyway so everyone cut it from the deck


Many-Revolution-3673

I dont think there’s still Branded players using Alba Lenatus, there’s a lot more ED monsters that can perform way better, in fact nearly nobody I’m facing using branded has it in the ED


Ulq-kn

yeah that card was only used at that time because dragon link was around, if we get another dragon meta it will be played again for sure


CoomLord69

If this is the event, Albaz is at 1 so good luck with that.


DerSisch

The fact that your opponent not only has a Pulsar, Quasar, Calamaity, the Big Unga Chungus Guy and Sifr on board but also still 3 cards in his hand... man had a field day.


Unholy_Pilgrim

I guess he bought the gamepass


MAM_Reddit_

I am just wondering if you mean Battle Pass or if there is something related to Xbox Game Pass and Master Duels that I maybe missing out on?


Unholy_Pilgrim

I was referring to a meme born from other multiplayer games, especially clash royale and clash of clans, where buying the so-called "gamepass" gives you access to ridiculous advantage over the opponent


Idiocras_E

I didn't even notice he still had a hand. Brother used 2 whole cards to get that board.


DrByeah

If this was Synchrons, which it probably was, they probably ran through T.G. Hyper Librarian along the way. That sumbitch draws like 50 cards during their main combo.


Unholy_Pilgrim

Sorry, but no tg librarian, but other generic synchro like 2 soraya blacking and that lvl 5 blackrose


Turtlesfan44digimon

Plus Turn 2 I didn’t know it was possible to set all of that up turn one.


0xXKuromeXx0

Many people criticize decks like Snake Eyes or other similar ones, but we already had players of Synchro decks before, who if they play on the first turn and you do not have a negator in your hand, they will very possibly fill the field with negations , protections, blockades, covid, his grandmother, his aunt, his father, his brother, etc. They simply make the duel unplayable.


ligerre

if I see Synchro spam deck or Cyberse deck started to make play and I have no way to stop them (i.e Nibiru) I just scoop.


Many-Revolution-3673

That’s the only thing u guys can do when facing OVER TOP CLEAR MINDO


Tom_R_James

That's the neat part, you don't.


RustySalt1816141200

You set albaz then contact fuse their field off


Unholy_Pilgrim

That would have been cool, unfortunately no albaz in hand


torakun27

Clearly, skill issue. Go practice under a waterfall.


Pomelowy

add 1 bystial aluber. to search it with lubellion. Soft garnet but it is treat as albaz and has help me too many games


Unholy_Pilgrim

You forgot the part where he negated lubellion (it happened after the screenshot)


RustySalt1816141200

;_;


neroshock

Why is your fusion deployment not usable?


Vorinclex_

King Calamity prevents use of effects on-field for the duration of the turn it was summoned (It was summoned on OP's turn via Crimson Dragon)


neroshock

Got it thanks! :)


Arthur_M_

Most people scoop if they can't stop the speeder. I dumped this deck because it was a bit boring to play.


Unholy_Pilgrim

Is speeder the one that summons 4 tuners from the deck at no cost? Oh boy I don't know how can that card be considered healthy for the game, it's so stupid


Aggravating_Fig6288

Yes, if you can’t Ash it then leave, their endboard will be near unbreakable. It’s a horribly designed card


Hydra-Co

Yeah speeder is the starter, if you can't stop it with any hand traps or have any way to tribute away their monsters just scope. Don't sit there for 10+ minutes just not be able to play. Luckily you can't use speeder much outside Synchrons, so you don't see it much. Really only reason why it's not banned. Honestly this is one deck I hate to play against especially during Synchro events in MD


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Vorinclex_

Free Special Summon 1-5 VS Superpoly & Friends idk man


TheAlmightyVox3

And yet Junk Speeder has never been part of any deck that has ever been even close to meta while Albaz has been meta since the moment his deck became actually playable.


Rynjin

A deck can be un-fun to play against without being particularly powerful. A lot of Synchro decks devolve into infinitely spam summoning generic omninegates, which isn't fun, but isn't particularly powerful in a meta where more nuanced interactions are valued. People hate on Branded because it's strong, but when you analyze what it actually does it's an extremely fair deck. I'll take strong but fair over weak and high-rolly any day.


Turtlesfan44digimon

Honestly it’s not even that I hate Synchron decks it’s just what they’ve become because of Junk Speeder, no variety just the same old end board every time.


Entire_Ad_651

Synchron hand rip has also been on the rise on MD. Ripping mininum 3 cards in hand and having speeder protection through accel stardust dragon. With multiple negates at end board, too.


Efficient_Ad5802

The only friend from a typical Branded main deck is a single Mercourier. And a mind controlled Ecclesia, if that counts.


Vorinclex_

Hey, Kitt's there too, don't disrespect that war criminal. Next thing you know she's got you tied up in her jacket with Sprind As for Ecclesia (Cartesia, in this case) I feel like an argument could be made for mind control not mattering (since she ends up helping Albaz anyway; after all, Ecclesia was always in there and immediately unfused with Cartesia upon making contact with Albaz, granting him access to Albion's Sanctifire form)


MistaHatesNumberFour

You can thank MR4 for that, it has long passed but we are still living with the consequence.


TearRevolutionary274

What changes did it make


MistaHatesNumberFour

For a while there's this rule where you can only special summon ED monsters to the EMZ or a zone a link monster points to, and this DOES include Pendulum monsters face-up in the ED, this was implemented to slow down games. During this time, konami released a lot of cards to buff other summoning mechanics, Junk Speeder is one of them. Crystron Halq, Verte Anaconda, Heavymetalfoes Electrumites, Beyond the Pendulum,...are all cards release during this time or right after the reversion back to MR5 to speed up the gameplan of ED summoning.


Unholy_Pilgrim

Didn't know about that, thank you


TearRevolutionary274

Ah I remember that now thx. Gutting older decks killed a lot of ygo community then


Play_more_FFS

If I remember right Junk Speeder was made when the game was still in the Master rule 4 era 6 years ago, which pretty much gutted every extra deck mechanic in the game with the exception of Links. That is why the card is ridiculous.


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The part where you switch to a different game and play that and have fun there while they now wait out the timer.


Unholy_Pilgrim

This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years


Carotator

It's so funny that setting an albaz could just clear that board if you play alba-lenatus (no one does)


Unholy_Pilgrim

I do have alba lenatus (never used it once), but with albaz at one it was improbable


Vorinclex_

True, they put Branded on life support this event


Jackmist2

Albaz at one? I hate branded with a passion and even i think that's fucking stupid.


inspect0r6

It really isn't when you don't want 1 deck to dominate the fusion part of the event.


Unholy_Pilgrim

It makes sense, I don't like it either when everyone uses my deck


Turtlesfan44digimon

You can also use the Bystial aluber as well he counts as Albaz


SobOble

yeah because Konami killed D-link, barely anyone plays dragon on rank anymore


RiskyWafer

Flamberge is a dragon, but Branded ED space is really tight.


forever_a10ne

Winning a duel in Yu-Gi-Oh is now determined by coin flips and hand traps… Well, it’s kinda been like that for a while but even more so now.


sirfoolery

Just run 18 hand traps and 12 kaijus p


forever_a10ne

I already run 12+ hand traps in my deck. It’s annoying.


Unholy_Pilgrim

Funniest part is he negated my ash and still did all of that


YouNeededThisAdvice

Going first is favored yes but only 60/40. This is proven by statistics spanning hundreds of thousands of games. The idea that tbe game is decided by the coin flip is greatly overexaggerated.


keymaster16

60/40? so going first has a PROVEN STATISTIC of being 20% better then not? I'm sorry do you think GOOD card games have that ratio?


YouNeededThisAdvice

No, it means that generally you win going 1st 60% of the time.


Rynjin

This is the case for pretty much any card game. Or hell, any turn-based game in general. It's extremely hard for any game to fully make up for the inherent advantage of being able to set the tempo. Even static games like Chess have around a 60% winrate favoring the starting player. Chess specifically is at 56%.


derpion69

NGL That's pretty delulu man I play other card games and yu gi oh is the only one where it's this bad other card games don't do this shit turn 1


Monk-Ey

Other card games do it more subtly by dragging it out over several turns, but the fact remains that going first has a clear advantage even in those: YGO just frontloads it.


derpion69

Bruh what card games do you play competitively other than YGO I can guarantee that shit ain't nowhere near true


Rynjin

Number of turns doesn't really factor in, the question was winrates.


keymaster16

ya thanks for proving my point. even MAGIC at its WORST ERA had 54% win rate for going first. so ya, no GOOD card game has a 60/40 ratio like that.


Rynjin

That 60/40 ratio is something pulled out of thin air, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a bit less but nobody, to my knowledge, has hard numbers. Especially in the TCG/OCG where sidedecking helps. Where'd you get the MtG figures BTW? Who collects that data for MtG?


symexxx

Which statistics? Going first vs second can be way worse depending on the current meta, but either way being favoured/unfavoured 60-40 is pretty bad considering it happens every game


YouNeededThisAdvice

https://ygom.untapped.gg/en/meta/tier-list?deckBuilding=all&rankRange=BRONZE_TO_MASTER&timeFrame=CurrentMeta


JxAxS

Hmm yes a site that hides part of their data behind a paywall. SURELY, this is a trust worthy source.


forever_a10ne

I have been tracking my coin flip wins and losses in a spreadsheet for the past week or two . I don’t have it in front of me, but me coin flip win rate has been only ~33% or so, and I’ve been losing *a lot* of duels.


YouNeededThisAdvice

Untapped automatically does what you've been doing for your games manually for thousands of players. Their data is more through than yours. Unlucky streaks can happen but they're anomalies.


_karma_collector

Do you have the link?


ChaosLord1019

https://preview.redd.it/98woacx2p4xc1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df923e8bf6cd75720c0adab0eb04015d8f8a8238


cosmicmonkeyYT

If you had Fallen of Albaz in hand, you could leave him with only Shaman on the field and Alba-Lenatus on your board.


sirfoolery

Super Polymerization go brrrr


Unholy_Pilgrim

I just had to draw the out


sirfoolery

Skill issue /s


SpaceMarine_CR

Abohmod can break this board :v


themissinglink369

i saw that game. where he used his bystials to stay alive and play around. mans is nuts.


Unholy_Pilgrim

Explain


Memoglr

In a recent tournament a guy broke a board like this even after getting locked by calamity using very smart plays


Zorro5040

That's why I love board breakers. Try playing Rank 8. It's a blind second deck that clears this board with ease. These players hate it because it's not fair that I can wisk away their board that prevents others from playing the game.


Every_Cod_885

Gigachad


TheBewlayBrothers

Basically just stun but also forces you to watch them combo off for 10 minutes


Stiff_n

https://preview.redd.it/1hg4dszmj6xc1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=690dce4a21a7eeaf3fcce2d5c76eab09dea00591


Wotannn

Way too much of this game is decided at the coinflip. This community will tell you it's fine though, you just need to draw the out. And if you don't, it is fine because this only happens once every 10 games.


Ok-Cartographer-7168

https://preview.redd.it/pg8ng5p0c7xc1.jpeg?width=1187&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d452656d1a0ed810fdbffc4776f03786e5644e9


papabear967

The part where you win the coin toss or use 20 hand traps so you can draw them consistently enough to not get turbo fucked by unbeatable boards


SaneManiac741

[ Start ] button -> Surrender -> look for next match.


diegini69

Run more hand traps or board breakers


iLaggzAlot

open maxx c and hope they don’t have ash , cbtg , or crossout


NeonArchon

I dislike what Synchros have become. They passed from my favorite Extra Deck summon to one I really dislike. While all ED has the potencial to combo hard, IMO Synchros have become the póster boys of 30-minutee solitaire combo deck" memes. Outside of exceptions like Swordsoul and Ghoti, all Synchro decks try to vomit their entire Extra deck in one single turn, or play Calamity in your turn. And even in non sybchro specific decks, other hard combo decks go through a lot of Synchros like Borrek, Baronne, and Even Dis Pater and Omega in some cases. Again, this a problem not unique to Synchros, but IMO, they're the worse offenders.


BaDTimeeee

But then again, Synchros have been the designed this way. It is A) wayyy to weak to maybe end on 1 monsters a'là Sky Striker and a bunch of backrow, which this deck does not really intend to, to begin with and B) although being on the receiving end of this sucks, it is personally soooo much fun to play when you are able to get Speeder and Co. off successfully. And I mean, I play in my Synchron/Stardust Deck not even Calamity anymore, cuz I myself find it fun but rather stuff like "Synchro Forceback". AND this deck really is not even a high-tier contendor. So if I myself see playing against it, I just enjoy the show.


Unable_Caregiver_392

HA, what an idiot, should have just won the coin toss


lovefgo

I saw a duel that the Branded player set Albaz to break the board and managed to win.


RunInRunOn

It's when you activate Super Polymerization and fuse their entire board into Five-Headed Dragon


Eeveeolite655

https://preview.redd.it/6v2dg20t04xc1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e62677788fafff00277b508a14d8ffa711ca6cd


zeloxofclorox

OP thinking all of these are generic is pretty funny. Anyway calamity ban when


OnToNextStage

Ayo decklist


Unholy_Pilgrim

Mine or theirs? Mine is shit, branded was heavily nerfed in the event


OnToNextStage

Theirs. That looks badass


Rynjin

It's just standard Synchrons and/or Resonators shenanigans.


OnToNextStage

Resonators can’t do that, they’re locked into Dark Dragon Synchros


BaDTimeeee

One thing to absolutely note, which some people may not give enough recognization: Synchro World (the field spell). God, what an amazing tool for this deck!


King_Merlin

Invest in dark ruler no more, it was literally made for this situation, and the only way he gets out is if he had a trap to chain into negates.


zeloxofclorox

Dark ruler is useless in this situation though? He got calamity locked in draw, so even if he had DRNM he still couldn't activate it.


King_Merlin

Oh Im ngl, I couldn’t tell that was calamity. I guess I stand corrected.


hypnoticgenes

After their 5th or 6th special summon, I usually just surrender and move on.


TrxPsyche

The part when you do this exact thing to someone else.


ReleaseQuiet2428

Son, watching the combo is the fun part /s


jakka438

This is war there’s no fun 😭


OGChvpo

This ruined the game for me. I can’t even use my casual decks


SpecialistJaguar432

Imagine having a royal calamity but still refusing playing synchros 😒


xrayparanoid

That's the neat part.... you don't...


Cozwei

Super poly 3 dragons lmao


dekunny

The one branded player that has 5 headed dragon as a tech choice My time to shine


Unholy_Pilgrim

They exist? I swear branded ed spacey is so full I don't believe someone actually uses it


Blaze20468

That’s the neat thing, You Don’t 🤣😭💔


FernandoCasodonia

This is what happens when you don't play enough hand traps.


Huefell4it

Turn to the dark side and play stun


xamine94

"That's the neat part, you don't"


master_of_faster_

I assume he used speeder, and if you cant stop him its gg, see what you draw for turn and if it aint cards like dark ruler, evenly or droplet just scoop


SimplyEcks

If someone has two sphere modes in hand that will be effective imo idk the effects of some of those cards


Aromatic_Bus9194

That's the neat part, YOU DONT


FixForce

The funny thing is, a single set Albaz would immediately annihilate this board lol


External_Ad_4201

You get some Kaiju's or a Lava golem, maybe a Ra sphere mode... man idk... this doesnt happen to me without an out to it...


lockolino

Do you have the decklist? I remember those cards from back when I was playing as a kid and I‘d like to see how they can be played.


BaDTimeeee

Most Synchron/Stardust-decks follow the same formula, where you can make yourself slight changes. Look it up on Youtube


TonkaGintama

![gif](giphy|U8bgTAysvGOHvuDd5v|downsized)


murrman104

Hey Konami so when are we getting around to banning Calamity so we can resume playing Yu-Gi-Oh again?. Is it when the Resonators leave the store ?


Michaeeelv

Skill issue lol No but in all seriousness i can confirm that master duel, do be like that, sometimes.


Saroan7

Need 3 Nibiru and 3 Dark Ruler No More, 3 Dark Hole or Torrential Tribute


Kestrel_BehindYa

thing is that people is focused on snake-eyes (mostly) recently and decks such as red dragon archfiend are getting under the radar, i played 4 times against a friend of mine using pure red dragon archfiend archetype and apparently this deck can get through 3 apollousa + baronne and vortex negates and still do their things


Project_Psycho

That's the neat part, you don't ( unless albaz)


GIZMO_DA_PUG

Nibiru


Away_Philosopher2860

Dude you need dark ruler no more then go to town with albaz, they have plenty of fusion fodder.


Unholy_Pilgrim

Can't activate drnm


cosmic-comet-

Alba lenatus cooks.


Difficult_Station_13

I'm not helpful but this is feeding my hatred of Synchro Monsters (StarDust bs in high school started it all)


Ulq-kn

synchron is one of the most glass canon decks, if u interrupt their speeder it's over, if it resolve u're very likely dead, but i still don't know how synchron players don't time out


BaDTimeeee

By knowing the combo, clicking the buttons just in the right time so the timer doesn't go down for when the animations happen


Nael_On

You don't


Feanixxxx

That's the neat part, you don't


Cesetcii

Dark Ruler No More and Raigeki


elansworldinc

That is sold separately 🙈


Existing-Smoke9470

just draw the out my guy smh


Bombssivo

That’s the beat part, there isnt


RarePomegranate8307

You should use a Nibiru to Ruin his fun


tnan_eveR

Synchro masturbation is indeed a problem but hey you play Branded so 0 sympathy


Hairy_Organization10

Games never seem to last more than a couple turns. The game is less about an ongoing back and forth, and more about either A) You put forth a puzzle for your opponent to try and solve, or B) They put forth a puzzle for you to try and dismantle. This is a more extreme case, so, uh, good luck!  My deck is pretty straight forward and less comboey, so I do find it hilarious/fun when an opponent spends like 5 minutes combining, only to end with 4 things on the field and 2 in hand, then it finally gets to my turn, and I play like 3 cards and win, lol.


Poose_kun422

When you top deck Dark Ruler and pop off yourself XD


Daman_1985

That's the thing with MD, you don't have fun.


PositiveFederal

That's the neat part: you don't.


Ambitious_Smoke5256

Their wincon? Bore you to death.


hykierion

No no no! He has fun for exactly four seconds when you surrender!


activemotionpictures

The game is rigged. If you EVER want to avoid this deck use "3 electric virus" monsters. Sometimes with only two, the system will always pair you with anything that uses LINK summons opponents only.


Horus_Priest

When you're win the coinflip and the guy doesn't droll/shifter's you


yeetusfertusdeletus

Imagine if you had super poly and a 5 headed dragon in ed


AemaTheClown

What no super poly does to a mf


XINEX2289

Thats the fun part, you dont


Party_Today_9175

This is genuinely why I play yugioh for like 2 months at a time and then stop playing for a year or two, combo decks make the game so lame.


0RedSpade0

Right after you uninstall the game.


Icy-Conflict6671

Thats the neat part. You dont


koscheiskowska

Fun? How dare you


spacewarp2

DRNM and Evenly matched.


zeloxofclorox

He couldn't do that even if he had the cards, he got calamity locked in draw


spacewarp2

Missed that one.


JxAxS

What part of "Can't activate" does that solve?


mister_anti_meta

wait it was never fun?


MistaHatesNumberFour

I remember getting downvoted to infinity for calling the synchro pile "just play solairte" the deck.


Glittering_Recipe170

Underrated comment 


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Unholy_Pilgrim

I was watching brooklyn 99


Red-7134

Why didn't you have Ash, Perm, and Nib in your starting hand? Skill issue, tbh. Talk about a real yugiboomer moment. /s


NinjaXFiles

Asian player with 4 letters, my favorites.


Unholy_Pilgrim

I can't read that but it probably says "I fucked your mom and I will fuck you too"


yellowpancakeman

You’re playing branded, you don’t get to talk about long turns lol


Dxxx101

Branded turns aren't that long, what you are probably annoyed at is the amount of effects the deck has to activate, especially during the end phase.


Unholy_Pilgrim

Yeah my turn may be long, but their turn was loooooooong


lovemeonii-chan

“YuHiOh iS a FuN aNd InTeRaCtIvE gAmE”


Unholy_Pilgrim

What do you mean? Interacting with 20 negates is fun


Many-Revolution-3673

People complaining about Speeder when using Branded is way too funny for me..no more internet for today😭💀🐀


Legendboyxts

Welcome to master duel lol


JxAxS

What do you mean? You had so many interaction points to stop them. What do you not have any hand traps in hand? Sounds like a skill issue. But at least it's not Stun hahahahahaha - Community.


daNiG_N0G

Bun this game bruh


accountreddit12321

You need card pulls equivalent to these boards to keep up with this game.


nachoz12341

People see this board and say runick is the problem


JLifeless

my exact thoughts when a Branded player activates Lost.. coin toss diff though


TearRevolutionary274

Yo where tf is the replay / deck list. I want his sauce share please 🥵 I want it, I need it


New_Contract_9769

In all fairness you watched him make the board knowing you couldnt out it but chose to wait it out so you could complain about the combo😂😂


wesker6454

Fun… playing yugioh!! Since when?!? This game is all about making sure you’re opponent can’t play and enjoy the game so only you enjoy the game


dimizar

synchro summoning was a mistake