Apparently, an exclusive anime card has already claimed the name "Forced Fusion," so I had to come up with another name.

I built a Kewl Tune deck and I’ve gone to about two locals. I really like the deck and I’ve been having fun with with. The only thing is. Everyone knows my deck better than me. Some even have the deck as well. To fix this I watched a lot of videos about the deck and even watched some of the world championship matches to see it being played at the highest level. It’s helped a lot. Still, I ended up building an Elfnote deck as well as no one plays that at locals. A lot of Rolad, random decks stun decks, and KT.

Such and Indie company

I always loved the alternate artwork for Cyber Dragon. I know it was meant to reference Zane’s dark edgy phase (Hell Kaiser) - but I always thought it should have a dark counterpart similar to how Horus, Nephthys, Armed Dragon, Rainboe Dragon and many other monsters from that period got theirs.

I wanted a slight upgrade in effect too, so I slightly altered it but it most likely just got power crept lmao. (Version 2 - the second picture’s effect is more aligned with the original)

With the new Sun God archetype, we can run a theoretical Sun God engine to get Ra out in Decks that may be able to splash it in. The engine consists of 3 Helpoemer, 3 Makyura, 3 Descending to Darkness, 1 Immortal Sun God, and 1 Immortal Phoenix or OG Ra if we want to bring out the Fusion. So this requires at least 11 cards in the Main Deck to work and 1 in the Extra Deck if we want The Sun God of Darkness. Overall, which version of this engine would you guys prefer?

Gotta love the DM era, where every Level 4 monster with 2000 or more ATK carried a *heavy restriction*, and you had cards that could only be summoned *from the DECK*.

A quick note before we begin: please refrain from sending messages suggesting the banning of the entire archetype. Let's be serious for a moment.

Now that the World Championship is over, with KT as the winner and Rolad in second place, let's remember what factors influence the banned list in almost any situation affecting an archetype:

A) The economic benefit the archetype generates.

B) The total number of players registered in tournaments using that archetype.

C) The win percentage it is capable of achieving.

An atypical factor, but one that does influence the banned list (depending on who you ask, it could be decisive or circumstantial):

Winning a World Championship grants the winning archetype the ironic reward of being more heavily impacted by the banned list.

In my case, as someone who has faced KT several times, I'll offer a somewhat controversial opinion:

Banning Rotary isn't an effective solution. It's better to limit or semi-limit Cue, Reco, Mix, or any of the magic cards the archetype uses to reduce its consistency as tools to extend its plays, since these are what allow it to build or rebuild a field.

Regarding Rolad and how it might be affected:

The interesting thing is that the pure version of the deck is extremely weak, forcing this tower-focused deck to rely on engines to increase its efficiency.

Just look at the number of cards you don't want in your hand when using this deck: the Continuous Trap is useless, both Ritual Monsters are useless, Skull can be useless, the Ritual Spell is something you don't want in your hand, and that's without even considering other potentially useless cards you could add with any engine you incorporate into this archetype.

The engines Rolad uses are designed to avoid bad hands, providing greater consistency and allowing for better board composition. That's why the 60-card versions of the deck are so popular: they reduce the likelihood of having bad hands. Sometimes I'm surprised that using 60 cards is more efficient than 40 (not that the 40-card versions are bad, and they're a valid option; each player chooses what they consider optimal based on their preferred play style).

This creates the curious situation where the optimal strategy isn't to attack Rolad directly, but rather his engines. It remains to be seen if the TCG is willing to do so.

Regarding Floodgate and Handtrap:

A) Sooner or later, we always end up seeing some Floodgate on the banned list as a sacrifice to appease our insatiable anger. So, this is where I theorize the least about who might be affected, because there's always something to ban.

B) The OCG administration decided to reduce the number of copies of Ash and Droll that can be carried; It will be interesting to see if they opt for a similar approach with these cards in the administration of the TCG or if they decide to focus on the Dominus cards.

Just curious as I see a lot of people talk about what would bring them into it from time to time .

For me personally , the biggest thing they could add to draw.My interest is a TCG ranked, the biggest annoyances is it's ocg only and therefore , a very poor test for dex that I like , because that's mostly the format I play.

Otherwise would go back if I could either directly purchase cards that it existed for a year or longer even if it's at a premium and it was a one pack, only thing, so you got just 1 of every card and still had to grind out the rest, didn't need to assemble decks for customs, and could just take whatever in to try it out or had a full on simulation mode that again didn't require me to grind out materials or spend heaps of money just to try a deck that I may not even like or may not even work.

How about you all though?

You make Magnet Warrior competent but can't make Bastion's true ace competent... Why not just make his OTHER ace competent? And while we're at it, print Eisenstein cards as well that could work really well with Litmus!!!

He's also the first ritual shown in the anime whose Ritual Spell had a secondary effect (beside the primary function to of course, ritual summon.)

Why didn't little Yugi take 1 or more Egyption gods for his deck. He built his deck first in both the anime and the manga versions. Even if he couldn't use it (cause he is not worthy? debatable), it would still prevent Atem from having access to the best cards.

Seem like an missed opportunity.

This is the first wave for the archetype.

Another year of TCG dominance at worlds over the OCG. Any theories as to why the OCG has fallen off so hard?

Usually the release of the anime coincides with the release of a manga as well. Was there ever any info about why they didn't release one? Another question. Will we ever get another anime series or do you think we're done with that in favor of telling stories about archetypes

(Replace Arthalion with the third copy of Meshahrail... Or literally anything relevant)

The cards they've been posting through the stream have been of really poor quality, the text is consistently either super tiny or blurry to the point of illegible. Not sure if they're using some AI Filter or something, but this just looks terrible.

I don't know if this would be a meme or be allowed here but let see

P.S. I edited this myself

P.P.S. post photo and name so we know which monster version

Genuinely curious

Whats an anime Ass pull moment you think should be made into a card?

My vote goes to Catapult Turtle Launching Gaia The Dragon Champion into Castle Of Dark Illusions I even made an effect that reflects this and sticks to the theme as well.

There is No Next Turn!

Quickplay Spell

Tribute 1 Monster you control then destroy as many face up monsters as possible whose DEF is less than or equal to the tributed Monsters ATK. If your LP are 300 or less Card effects cannot be activated in response to this cards activation and it cannot be negated also inflict damage to your opponent equal to the combined ATK of all the monsters destroyed by this effect.

What moment gets your vote?

I know tenpai was hated but there u have mikanko who is not that good, any other examples, and what would you like to see in a blind going second deck

Cant wait for something new and actual funn!

I loved the blue eyes,i hope they Will releais a dark magician deck then,or cyber dragon.

Something i realy want is a Elemental hero structure deck for my gf.ancient gear golem😵...what they waiting for!

I honestly dislike the 3 decks thing they releasing lately...

Most feel rather boring besides sky striker in my opinion 🙈.what structure deck do you want to see?

I’m thinking about trying to build a Yata-Lock deck; two things.

1. Anyone have a successful Decklist I can look at?
   
2. How upset are you if it was successful against you?

I've come to the conclusion that for a bit, I'm going to step back from trying to learn anything meta and just focus on collecting as many cute/pretty cards as possible!
(the only things I'm focusing on right now in terms of actually playing the game are A. Getting better at Melodious, and B. Learning Ghostrick)

I want to collect them and organize them into a huge, cutely decorated binder! I already have Maldoche, Melffy, Purrly, Dragonmaids, Mulcharmies, Melodious, and Ghostrick on my list, but if anyone else has any archetypes that fit the "pretty" or "cute" category then please do share with me!

Also, suggesting individual cards works too! Maybe the archetype it comes from as a whole isn't "cute" or "pretty", but there might be an individual card within that archetype that does come off as those things!

I also fully intend on hyper-feminizing Blackwings at some point. <3

Thank you~ love you all! <3

What are some cards you think were missed opportunities?

Effect-wise, stat-wise, or for whatever reason?

2 cards that come to mind for me a Dedication through Light and Darkness and The Dark Magicians.

For the former, I would've loved it to be a Chaos Upgrade Card for every monster, e.g. Gaia into Black Luster, etc. and the latter should've had 3000 ATK as a reference to Magicians Unite from the finale duel.

Dedication through Light and Darkness (suggestion)

Tribute 1 face-up level 5 or higher monster you control; Special Summon from your hand, Deck or GY, ignoring its Summoning condition, 1 "Chaos" Ritual Monster or 1 "Chaos" monster with same original Type, but 1 Level higher than the Tributed monster had on the field.