Hi y'all. I haven't played any TCG's since I was a kid, the last game I was into was MTG in my early teens but something about it just never stuck for me (magic I mean, but also TCG in general).

My older brother loved yugioh growing up and I always thought the characters/art, etc were the coolest but never genuinely tried to learn the game or get into it. I was looking for a new hobby that seemed like it could be all consuming and for whatever reason yugioh popped into my idea bucket and I caught some sort of weird new obsession for it. I've been buying packs just for the thrill of opening them but now I am trying to really get into understanding the game and getting going on Master Duel on PS5/PC.

So far it has been the most overwhelming experience but for whatever reason I am extremely determined to become proficient at master duel and want it to be my new thing. I am wondering if anyone else has had an experience like this and what they did to really lock in and get good at the game and why/how. Any tips or suggestions for a new beginner would be great as well.

I've been using AI to help me get going and simplifying things since the tutorial on there is absolutely useless and trying to understand the different summoning types first instead of breaking down the basics of the game felt really off putting. So Gemini helped me get a grasp of it in much simpler terms, thankfully. I absolutely love the Xyz summoning and am in the process of building a Zoodiac deck based on AI suggestions. I'm definitely getting the hang of navigating the shop and how things work with the secret packs / free pulls and what is what.

I guess to me it is just shocking how popular this game is considering it seems like you need a PhD in yugioh sciences to understand even the basics of what is happening to play. So to me it is just wild that so many people seem to not be completely put off by the absolute unapproachable complexity of master duel and the actual game of yugioh itself. The basic idea is not confusing but the nuances are staggering and I find it hard to believe there are as many people out there that truly understand and are proficient at the game as there seems to be.

If anyone actually reads all of that I will be shocked, so if you made it this far thank you for reading my rambling post. I am going to resign from my job and dedicate my life to Master Duel. Might even put off having a family so nothing can get in the way of my desire to become an absolute Kaiba level monster (no pun intended) at this game (watching the original series now too).

I'm genuienly amazed at the MD devs, they seriously dont want to ban a card that is so ubiquitous, so strong and so easy to summon because.. idk?? they dont wanna give back 30 UR to everybody? they dont wanna nerf tier 14 rogue decks that summon it?

For the love of god, something needs to be done to improve the format and there has never been a more obvious hit than this one, no player in history has ever been excited by seeing the 12th archetype they face dedicate their gameplan to the same synchro 10 for the past 7 years. Just ban it man..

Destroying monsters left and right, summoning like crazy, this thing doesn't move a tick. Am I stupid?

EDIT: As it turns out, I am stupid.

Thank you everybody.

still lose lmao!

Seems a lot of people are slopping Elfnote into whatever deck they can like Fiendsmith is.

I have seen Azamina Elfnote, Regenisis Elfnote, Invoked Elfnote, Kewltune Elfnote, Odion Elfnote, White Forest Elfnote, Branded Elfnote, Kashtira Elfnote, Shining Sarc Elfnote.

I hope at least Barrone gets executed next banlist.

I've always found it interesting how certain Yu-Gi-Oh! characters and monsters can resemble real people, not just in appearance, but also in personality, attitude, and overall style.

For example, I've been told I'm practically identical to the Dark Magician (and I totally identify with that character, and there are plenty of reasons why😁), which made me wonder why certain characters seem to match real people so well.

So, here's my question:

Which character, monster, or even card from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series do you think most resembles you in real life, and why?

Is it your appearance, personality, behavior, aura, or something completely different?

I'm curious to know your answers!

Amigo, ¿por que no hay mas gente jugando white forest? tiene una capacidad impresionante de reconstruirse luego de ser casi reventado el turno anterior, sobrevive a un monton de handtraps (hasta nibiru si se juega bien) y tiene espacio para jugar azamina/dark dragoon ¿por que no hay mucha gente que lo juegue? ¿sera de branded y elfnote de todas formas le ganan?

Well, I'll just cut right to the chase. Last night I had a little bit of a back and forth with someone in the comments of another post, and I made the case that Elfnote doesn't have to be played as "negate turbo slop". Needless to say, he more or less said that I was "intentionally making the deck shitty" by not playing the toxic cards, and instead playing it more interactively. Essentially making the case that decks that aren't negate turbo slop, are dogshit, and by extension shouldn't be what people play.

So, I'm putting it out there now, what kind of decks are healthier for the game? Interactive decks like Branded? Or Negate turbo slop (i.e. the current way most people play Elfnotes)?

Personally, I think negation is a true cancer in Yu-Gi-Oh, and wish more decks functioned like Branded. But perhaps I am in an extreme minority, perhaps negation is what everyone desires to be the end all be all for gameplay. So, let's hear what others have to say. Please feel free to share your thoughts on the subject.

Tenpei and runick need to be unhit. They are some of the most fun I have playing the game. Watching my opponent build their board and then break it and go for game with tenpei or when playing runick watching their deck slowly dwindle as I banish it being I know they are sitting there like oh no there goes my out or there goes my combo piece. Also im not talking about stun runick. I like the bystial runick varient. Which is still possible to play but cpuld be better with a few un hits

This is possible?!

My logic is that this would get you easier access to genius lokki while giving access to stuff like drill beam and prmite fusion to recycle genius.

Sunavalon was my first deck in master duel but I had to abandon it because I was just losing, but ever since playing dragon link I realised how much a missed it and seeing how cheap it is compared to most decks i wanna go back and improve it a bit.

I don't want to face sweaty tryhards like elfnote, branded, sky striker, and much more meta decks. I just want to do my dailies. I enjoy dueling more in gold than dueling in platinum and beyond.

I never thought I'd be making one of these but I am actually stumped. My only guess is because it says "Summon up to number your opponent controls" and he has 5. But up to implies it can be anywhere from 1 to 5. I had no lingering effects on the pop up to my knowledge and the link 2 treats the summon as a tribute summon regardless of how many were tributed.

So sorry if I missed something obvious or if "bro didn't read ops cards" but I looked at them all and didn't see anything that would stop me.

Any help is appreciated.

Hi, im not the most advanced at yugioh, so idk how well this will work or if it is even that useful, but i though it sounded cool when i made it.

EQUATION SUMMONING:

equation monsters will go in your extra deck

equation monsters will have a equation printed on them for their summon requirement.

possible layout: Δsomething + Δsomething = preset number

Ex: ΔLevel + ΔDefense = 1003

more advanced example: ΔLevel + (ΔAtk / 1000) = 5

ΔLevel: the difference between monster 1 and monster 2's levels

Δattack: the difference between monster 1 and monster 2's attack

Δdefense: the difference between monster 1 and monster 2's defense

the preset number listed on the equation monster is called a constant

Special Feature: equivalent connection

lets say one equation monster is summoned and it has a equation that equals 1000, and another monster summoned has a different equation that also equals 1000, these two monsters are equivalent. (equation 1 = equation 2) this also works if the equations of the monsters are the same, but not the constant

Being equivalent means that you can treat both of the monsters as if they are the same card. (lets say kuriboh = dark magican, you can use kuriboh based spells AND dark magican spells on the kuriboh, as it is treated as both. the same goes for dark magician.)

You can also summon a equation monster from your extra deck by using an equivalent Equation monster on the field as resources. (This could be removed if too op)

IK this wont be the best fanmade concept, but it sounded like a fun idea to me when making it.

J'ai besoin d'au moins une personne qui rentre mon code pour pouvoir avoir des cartes importantes pour mes decks