10 Years Ago on August 2008 the world of Yu-Gi-Oh changed forever.
The starter deck 2008 introduced the first completely new mechanic for the game since it's inception. Synchro Monsters.
While the game previously experimented with new summoning methods, like Level Ups and Contact Fusions, Synchro Monsters shaked up the game by allowing low level monsters to combine into a single high level monsters simply by having a Tuner typed monster on the field.
So how did they work? From the OT
The game changed forever and many iconic cards such as Stardust Dragon, Black Rose Dragon,Power-Tool Dragon, Junk Warrior and Junk Synchron made their debut
But with Synchro monsters came the main focus of this thread.
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, the third anime in the franchise.
The plot was simple
In the future Pro Duel monster tournaments are played at high speeds to physically test the players and provide more excitement to audiences thus CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!!!
The story is about Yusei Fudo, fighting his way out of the poorest and openly discriminated slum "Satelite" to take back his "Stardust Dragon" Card from his former friend Jack Atlas and to try and improve the terrible living conditions he and his friends live by putting Sattelite's name high in the pro card game tournaments
Yusei eventually finds himself involved with ancient Inca and Aztec magic. Marked by a legendary Dragon, Yusei will also have to find the other 4 marked "Signers" as they are destined to confront the evil gods trapped in the lines of Nazca, now revived as the Earthbound Immortal God Cards!
To the fandom 5D's is one of the franchises highest points, it's first 2 seasons are also considered by many (myself included) to be superior to the original YGO series.
While it's 3rd and final season had a considerable quality drop due to emergency rewrites following a VA scandal involving a japanese sex cult. 5D's still managed to land on it's feet and become a well loved entry.
And the openings were amazing!!
5D's in America suffered heavily from 4Kids's fuckery. The story was heavily altered to dance around death, romance, tragedy and revenge themes in the original airing while inserting forced humor at every scene. The worst alteration being the complete removal of the series' final arc in it's entirety. 4Kids hilariously Movie Maker'd the final villain's lair out of the sky. So yeah, avoid that version.
In this thread we celebrate 10 Years of Synchro Fuckery and Motorcycle memes!!
Also fuck VRAINS.
The starter deck 2008 introduced the first completely new mechanic for the game since it's inception. Synchro Monsters.
While the game previously experimented with new summoning methods, like Level Ups and Contact Fusions, Synchro Monsters shaked up the game by allowing low level monsters to combine into a single high level monsters simply by having a Tuner typed monster on the field.
So how did they work? From the OT
For Synchro Summons you need a Tuner Monster, (Tuner is a subtype like "union" or "toon") and your regular monsters.
When you have a tuner monster and any number of non-tuner monsters on the field you can send them to the grave, then you can special summon a Synchro Monster,whose level is EXACTLY the same as the sum of the levels of the monsters you sent to the grave, from your Extra Deck into an available Extra Monster Zone.
For example: You have a level 3 tuner "Junk Synchron" and a classic level 5 "Curse of Dragon" in your field. Send them both to the grave and you get a level 8 Synchro, "Stardust Dragon"(As 3+5=8)
You could also have used a level 2 tuner, a level 4 non tuner and another level 2 non tuner for the same monster (as 2+4+2=8). But remember, only 1 Tuner per Synchro Summon
Synchro monsters will tell you if they have any other restrictions for their Synchro Summon, but most of them will just say "1 Tuner + 1 or more non Tuner Monsters" as their requirement.
The game changed forever and many iconic cards such as Stardust Dragon, Black Rose Dragon,Power-Tool Dragon, Junk Warrior and Junk Synchron made their debut
But with Synchro monsters came the main focus of this thread.
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, the third anime in the franchise.
The plot was simple
In the future Pro Duel monster tournaments are played at high speeds to physically test the players and provide more excitement to audiences thus CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!!!
The story is about Yusei Fudo, fighting his way out of the poorest and openly discriminated slum "Satelite" to take back his "Stardust Dragon" Card from his former friend Jack Atlas and to try and improve the terrible living conditions he and his friends live by putting Sattelite's name high in the pro card game tournaments
Yusei eventually finds himself involved with ancient Inca and Aztec magic. Marked by a legendary Dragon, Yusei will also have to find the other 4 marked "Signers" as they are destined to confront the evil gods trapped in the lines of Nazca, now revived as the Earthbound Immortal God Cards!
To the fandom 5D's is one of the franchises highest points, it's first 2 seasons are also considered by many (myself included) to be superior to the original YGO series.
While it's 3rd and final season had a considerable quality drop due to emergency rewrites following a VA scandal involving a japanese sex cult. 5D's still managed to land on it's feet and become a well loved entry.
And the openings were amazing!!
5D's in America suffered heavily from 4Kids's fuckery. The story was heavily altered to dance around death, romance, tragedy and revenge themes in the original airing while inserting forced humor at every scene. The worst alteration being the complete removal of the series' final arc in it's entirety. 4Kids hilariously Movie Maker'd the final villain's lair out of the sky. So yeah, avoid that version.
In this thread we celebrate 10 Years of Synchro Fuckery and Motorcycle memes!!
Also fuck VRAINS.
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