What’s your favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! Card?

[Vivian]

The Nordic set.

Were never competitive but fun to play.

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I really love how they worked Norse mythology into the effects of these guys, especially Fenrir and Jormungandr. Too bad the deck is complete trash and, even among that trash, Fenrir and Jormungandr are a whole other level of awful.

Anyway, my answer is my main man Dark Paladin. Here's a photo of the one in my deck:

I was always a fan of Dark Magician, and I loved how Buster Blader could beat Blue-Eyes in a fight, so when I found out about Dark Paladin I was super stoked. I didn't actually manage to get one until years later, when I opened two when it was reprinted in Duelist Pack Yugi.

I've moved on to MTG now, but I still update my Dark Magician deck whenever I get the chance and Dark Paladin will always have a spot in it.

Also shoutouts to Apprentice Illusion Magician. Dark Magician Girl except with a much better, less fanservice-y design, and a really solid effect for Dark Magician decks.

 

[Khanimus]

Dark Magician always looked cool

 

[Bagu]

I've always really liked the Dark Magician aesthetic alot of Spellcasters have.

 

[dancingphlower]

I'll add to the chorus of praise for Dark Magician. My last attempt at making a deck was Dark Magician-themed, in fact.

 

[PCfromNYC]

probably my absolute favorite card

here are some traps that deserve some love tho:

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Speaking of traps, I always made sure this was in my main deck.

 

[Boogiepop]

My real answer is Vampire Lord, and when I went back to the game via that PS4 game, I LOVED the Madolche line.

But to throw out something different:

Always liked all those "Charmer" cards aesthetically, even if IIRC they weren't very usable.

And the last deck I threw together physically but never really played was based around this guy, the good old lockdown stuff (Gravity Bind and Level Limit Area B), and some burn...

Always liked the little guy.

 

[bigosc]

Ever since Invasion of Chaos which is also my favorite set.

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When this guy came out, it was game over for my friends.

This was my 2nd favorite.

 

[uncredited male mk2]

For effects this little baby.

 

[KelThaFunkee]

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Now I have an urge to play duel links

 

[RadioJoNES]

 

[Cryptosporidium]

Dark Magician Girl made me feel things

 

[Boogiepop]

For effects this little baby.

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This was always my personal favorite of the jars.

 

[Arulan]

I fondly remember facing my first mill deck (Cyber Jar, Morphing Jar, Needle Worm, etc.) at a tournament. I got to see my brother lose to it earlier. I slipped in more of these from my Side Deck after the first round:

I won.

 

[Goldboy]

Mermail Abyssmegalo, shit was broken back in 2012

 

[Deleted member 283]

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Ah! Completely forgot about this guy somehow! Good choice.

Also, reminds me of another one I like:

Machines are cool (and I know Valkyrion/the Magnet Warriors aren't technically machines. They're metal, and they combine just like a megazord. Close enough.)~ :D

 

[Dancey Dave]

Gotta be exodia no doubt. Used to run OTK decks. Got a little harder since they kept banning cards but I loved it. Especially when people would quit once they saw you were running one after waiting 5 minutes while I run trough my deck.

 

[Fj0823]

Can't say I don't have a weak spot for this one

He also has a cool Synchro variant

 

[Hate]

Came out during first season when there was no tributes. Fucked up a lot of people while snickering inside. Fake cards op.

 

[Pikachu]

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That art reminds me Exodia Necross looks boss

Randomly decided to go down the card art rabbit hole and why does this card exist

 

[Fj0823]

Came out during first season when there was no tributes. Fucked up a lot of people while snickering inside. Fake cards op.

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Not fake anymore

 

[Deleted member 24021]

I'll post my other favorites.

 

[Fj0823]

Randomly decided to go down the card art rabbit hole and why does this card exist

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To troll my best friend who bought 3 boxes and got three of these assholes as their secret rares

 

[Pikachu]

To troll my best friend who bought 3 boxes and got three of these assholes as their secret rares

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I'm just confused as to what the strategy is supposed to be with them?

 

[Maximum Spider]

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*High Five*

Celtic Guardian is my favorite monster so I was elated when I no longer had to shoe horn the original card into my deck.

 

[Fj0823]

I'm just confused as to what the strategy is supposed to be with them?

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Flip one of them to get the other 2, you take 2000 but with that you have 3 level 1 monsters, letting you Xyz Summon a Rank 1 monster like this one

Or you have 3 effect Monsters, which can be used as cost to Link Summon a LINK-3 monster,(as they require a monster per Link Arrow) Like this one

(Oh wow, Ultimate Rare Decode Talker looks sexy)

Anyways Its a fucking awful strategy as it needs the D-Boyz to survive the turn, then it takes 2000 out of you, and Rank 1 Xyz monsters are not very good, and a LINK-3 Link monster whose red arrows are not pointing at other cards is not particularly useful either

There's far better cards to bring out the cards above

 

[Applebite]

Skull Servant (and the King), Zombie Master, DMoC, Cyber Dragon, Stardust Dragon.. But I'll go with this one because she's the least likely to be posted:

 

[Silky]

OBLITERATE!!!!!

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Holy shit please go back to /a/

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Baseball Kid

 

[Bishop89]

 

[Antrax]

I was always partial of the Magician cards. Used to have a Japanese holo of Dark Magician in my wallet (I wasn't very careful with my belongings back then).

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I used to run this bad boy, who you didn't explicitly mention. He fits pretty well with that aesthetic

 

[sophora]

these two for me

 

[Etrian Oddity]

I ran a Water-attribute deck that used City of Atlantisi, Legendary Fisherman, Star Man, and other tribal stuff. Crab Turtle was budget fun, lol

 

[Kickmaster Kim]

Flip one of them to get the other 2, you take 2000 but with that you have 3 level 1 monsters, letting you Xyz Summon a Rank 1 monster like this one

Or you have 3 effect Monsters, which can be used as cost to Link Summon a LINK-3 monster,(as they require a monster per Link Arrow) Like this one

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If I'm reading this card right you can do some major burn twice in one turn with it?

 

[CreeperBlocks]

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Definitely these ones

 

[Fj0823]

If I'm reading this card right you can do some major burn twice in one turn with it?

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Yeah, the opponent takes the same amount as you from the first effect

Then with the second effect you can send a monster that's stacked below the Xyz monster (The 3 level 1 monsters used for the summon) and make the opponent also take the damage that was originally meant for you

Lion Heart is one of the better Rank 1 Xyz Monsters.

Then again there's far better options to set him up than fucking D-Boyz

For example:

Then

And then

 

[Kickmaster Kim]

Yeah, the opponent takes the same amount as you from the first effect

Then with the second effect you can send a monster that's stacked below the Xyz monster (The 3 level 1 monsters used for the summon) and make the opponent also take the damage that was originally meant for you

Lion Heart is one of the better Rank 1 Xyz Monsters.

Then again there's far better options to set him up than fucking D-Boyz

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That card art is hilarious though. I'd never imagine Konami making that.

 

[Saint-XIV]

Why settle for regular ass Mobius?

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The last time I played there was only one Mobius.

 

[Actinium]

 

[Deleted member 33190]

Karakuri are my favorite archetype

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You are a good man. Love the Karakuris.

My favorite card: morphing jar 2. That card ruins games and no one is ever expecting it. It's one of the best Field clearing cards out there with few counters. It completely wrecks extra deck monsters. Saved my life a bunch of times.

 

[Deleted member 11413]

You are a good man. Love the Karakuris.

My favorite card: morphing jar 2. That card ruins games and no one is ever expecting it. It's one of the best Field clearing cards out there with few counters. It completely wrecks extra deck monsters. Saved my life a bunch of times.

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Thanks, I even have a custom Karakuri playing mat. At my locals in undergrad people were always trying to buy it off me, lol.

 

[Xtortion]

I didn't realize the value of Solemn Judgment until I was way deep into my Yugioh, erm, "career". In such a high impact game, being able to shut down anything and everything is worth even 4K life points. Pretty sure it's been totally banned for a while now.

Imperial Order is there for this great match I had at a regionals event where I was on the play, popped my Pot of Greed and other staples, set 1 & 1 and passed. His first move was a Pot of his own, which I shut down with IO. I proceeded to pay it for the following 10 turns in a slow, systematic destruction of his gameplan where I was fully set up from the start and he was unable to cast spells to stabilize. Feel good mang.

One more:

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This card was always unexpectedly strong in the early days...but like Solemn Judgment, I never played it until much later. It blows out Jinzo, generally kills opposing attackers as a pseudo-Sakuretsu Armor, and makes for an effective response to S/T removal by buffing one of your guys out of attack range. Buffing Don Zaloog as they attack into him for a crushing 2-for-1 is also incredible. A sleeper hit for sure.

 

[Kickmaster Kim]

Ugh, I had a favorite Ritual card, but I can't remember the name of it. It had a girl on the front she was a Spellcaster and her ritual spell card can be obtained from the grave. I can't remember what her effect was, but she was my favorite Ritual card to run. Could someone help me out with the name?

 

[Fj0823]

I didn't realize the value of Solemn Judgment until I was way deep into my Yugioh, erm, "career". In such a high impact game, being able to shut down anything and everything is worth even 4K life points. Pretty sure it's been totally banned for a while now.

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Yep, Super Banned.

But we got cool variants to make up for it

 

[the-pi-guy]

Pumpking the king of Ghosts.

He was so overpowered in Duelist of the Roses.

 

[Fj0823]

Ugh, I had a favorite Ritual card, but I can't remember the name of it. It had a girl on the front she was a Spellcaster and her ritual spell card can be obtained from the grave. I can't remember what her effect was, but she was my favorite Ritual card to run. Could someone help me out with the name?

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???

 

[Kickmaster Kim]

I must be psychic I knew someone was going to post Doriado, but it's not her. I think the card I had had at least 2200 ATK and that Ritual spell could be obtained from the grave by banishing one card in your graveyard I think.

 

[PieShark]

I love the original Red Dragon Archfiend, but his effect kinda sucks.

Hot RDA had a much better effect, but his art (and name wtf) weren't as good IMO.

Scarlight looks even cooler than the original and has a great effect, the best of both worlds!

If I'm reading this card right you can do some major burn twice in one turn with it?

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Yeah, the opponent takes the same amount as you from the first effect

Then with the second effect you can send a monster that's stacked below the Xyz monster (The 3 level 1 monsters used for the summon) and make the opponent also take the damage that was originally meant for you

Lion Heart is one of the better Rank 1 Xyz Monsters.

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I might just be misinterpreting what you're saying, but I'm pretty sure you can't use both effects at the same time. The detach effect causes your opponent to take the battle damage instead of you, while the first effect makes your opponent share the battle damage you actually took. So if you use the detach effect, the first effect won't apply since you didn't take any damage from that battle.

Lion Heart's still pretty good though.

 

[Fj0823]

I must be psychic I knew someone was going to post Doriado, but it's not her. I think the card I had had at least 2200 ATK and that Ritual spell could be obtained from the grave by banishing one card in your graveyard I think.

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???

 

[PieShark]

I must be psychic I knew someone was going to post Doriado, but it's not her. I think the card I had had at least 2200 ATK and that Ritual spell could be obtained from the grave by banishing one card in your graveyard I think.

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Are you thinking of Nekroz? The Ritual Spells can banish themselves from the Graveyard to get new ones from the Deck.

 

[Kickmaster Kim]

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That's my motherfucking card! Damn, I was off with that ritual spell effect. I did decent with this deck sometimes. Still rarely won against the meta decks, but if I could get set up right with her effect, her ritual spell and one of those Djinn monsters, I could fuck an opponent up.

 

[Mezentine]

This motherfucker right here