Early GX: Woah, we gotta duel a card playing monkey!!!! Late GX: I was given electro therapy to stop the nightmares, repressing the memories of a demon that sent any friends I had as a child into a coma. I think most can agree that GX tone changed a little over time.
Of course, the tone changed over time in season two, the society of light they’re all about mind, control and society and religion, which looking back on it now as an adult compared to the mind of a kid. I never talked to bring something so serious up in the UKOGX anime
There seems to be a bit more to loving defender forever's design than Yubel jealousy. I once saw a comment pointing out that flame wingman probably became Jaden's favourite because it subconsciously reminded him of Yubel; flame wingman is the fusion of a man and woman, split down the middle in colour like Yubel's heterochromic eyes, has a "misshapen" arm like Yubel's when their duel disk grows out of it and both have an effect that inflicts damage to the opponent equal to the opponent's monster attack. That Yubel takes a form that reminds us of flame wingman is a cool way to make things come full circle.
Huh I always took it, that her male voice was corrupted from the light And when Judai fuse and save them it purfy them Making their true voice come out
@@donovan_salgado well considering they were originally male until the light maybe the light corrupted the male side and when it was gone so was the male voice
Personally, I get the sense that the new Yubel cards, in particular Spirit of Yubel and Yubel LDF effectively represent a 'Post-Season 3/Post-Series' Yubel AFTER they have fused with Jaden. And in particular, the forms they now take as part of Jaden's deck. In both cards, Yubel is referencing Jaden's two most iconic/favorite monsters, Neos and Flame Wingman. And mechanically speaking, Loving Defender Forever is a perfect fit for Jaden's deck, or at least fits FAR better than the OG Yubel trio. All Jaden needs is base Yubel in his deck to make LDF with a bunch of his Elemental Heroes or Neospacians, or alternatively Neos Kluger.
Are there people who dont get that reference?? Its spirit of neos and flame wingman getting referenced by yubel of course this is after the fusion of them
That Yubel ending always got me when i was a kid. I wished S4, wasn't that rushed with basically a kinda awkward conclusion. What a roller coaster Gx was
Interesting idea thinking the physicality of Yubel was based on Ardhanarishvara. However, I think there is a better argument that Yubel is based on a Rebis, an alchemical being possessing male and female qualities to embody perfection. The reason I say this is that Alchemy is referenced in the series with Amnael passing the title of Master Alchemist to Judai, since he fuses together “the elements” (E-HEROs) to create something new with little to no effort. There’s also reference to the Philosopher’s Stone, AND that Judai is CONSTANTLY compared to the Sun, which is not only a Superman shout-out, but the Sun being a huge symbol in Alchemy. That’s the impression I got from the Japanese Dub anyway.
Props to Konami for blasting out so many retrains and support for old anime archetypes people have been waiting for decades. The anime has a special place in people's heart and replaying these moments is just pure satisfaction. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is my third favorite yugioh series and I love the character Yubel. Seeing her with all this support makes me feel estactic similar to how I reacted when the Egyptian Gods finally received their support in the last 3 years.
6:45 that is an interesting interpretation of yubel, however, i think the more accurate reference could be that they symbolized the androgyn, a concept in alechemy to be reffered to as the perfect being. it makes more sense thematically, since alchemy has been a part of gx's lore since season 1. (not to mention how it also reflects flame wingman, how he is created by fusing a male and female, an precedure to create an adrogyn, possibly hinting what yubels ritual was like)
the female voice of yubel in the Japanese version was voiced by Hiromi Tsuru, and honestly I really liked her voice here, too bad many doesn't actually know that
Let's see she's also Morgana as well as Nero Claudius, cream puff,Yumi, Leo and luna (at least for a few episodes) and many many more Cassandra Lee Morris is a superstar in my opinion anyway it's time to go to sleep @@JuanGomez-ke5py
I'm kinda disappointed that yami yugi and yubel never had any interaction with each other when jaden and yugi was dueling .(unless they did and I don't remember)
Yubel will always be such a sick spiritual guardian to me. She (or they) and Jaden in season 4 needed more moments and the heterochronic eyes are flawless. Also while it doesn't really count, Neos Kluger is one of my favourite Neo Fusions.
@@bluengold3443 do you have a current Yubel deck that you like to run? I think I found the most success using a branded Yubel Deck since you can use the sanctifier Dragon to special summon Albaz to your field and Yubel to your opponents and as long as they don't have impermanence or Ash you can fuse away your opponent's entire field. I don't know why, but she really is my favorite monster in the game.
I always thought Yubel's whole thing was being turned into a Hermaphrodite, as in the Alchemy concept of one since that is also both female and male at the same time. I always thought of this because each season and their summon mechanic was based on some concept, Synchro is tuning sound waves, XYZ is like 2 stars colliding and something coming out of the explosion, link is building a Circuit, Pendulum explains itself and Fusion to me was always alchemy, mixing stuff to make another thing. I also believed this because Super Poly was made how a lot of media portray the creation of the Philosopher Stone, by merging(Fusing) a lot of souls into the ultimate alchemic creation, which in this case would be a virtually unstopable card capable of fusing basically anything into a new being. At least this is the way I always thought about it.
Funnily enough, another GX archetype actually can stop Super Poly. When paired with an ATK position Hamon, Cerulean Skyfire is able to negate Super Poly. Since Skyfire’s effect doesn’t actually activate (it’s “used”) and it negates effects not activations, it’s able to circumvent all those “cards cannot be activated in response to this card’s activation” clauses. I found this out by accident when playing Master Duel but it’s a really handy ruling to know when playing Sacred Beasts
And a few days ago, I mentioned in an older video focusing on Yubel that new support was recently added. I do hope that the Konami makes an entire structure deck for Yubel and its archetype.
18:28 It's funny you mention this cause Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage searches a "favourite" card, Jaden's favourite Elemental hero upgrade helps him search for his Eternal Favourite, Yubel and bring her to his field as well. Fitting
My buddy has been playing Yubel since it first came to the game. In fact, he still has his original Yubel cards from the set they were introduced. Needless to say, he popped off when it was announced that Yubel would be getting new support.
Wished Jaden Yuki and Yubel had more moments in Season 4, or tackled on the entire storyline of GX together since the beginning until the end while going through many challenges.
I just love how, even in 4Kids' attempt to sanitize/simplify the portrayal of Yubel's gender and make their true form more overtly female with the censorship/changes you mentioned, even THEN, they still end up under the transgender umbrella, considering that even in the Dub, human Yubel was living/presenting as a male before the procedure. So, no matter what version you watch, Yubel is a trans icon and I love that for them 😌
I think Eternal Favorite is also supposed to be a GX counterpart to Eternal Soul, given that they both can special summon the most loyal monsters of Yugi and Judai. It also references how before Flame Wingman and Neos came around, Judai's favorite card has always been Yubel. Given how Spirit of Yubel and Yubel - The Loving Defender Forever show Yubel copying the poses of Neos and Flame Wingman, I wonder if we will get a Yubel-themed Winged Kuriboh someday.
I wonder how would Winged-Kuribo and leveled WK themed Yubel work? Like a weaker version of Yubel that can again be used to bring out the real Yubel and retrained version of Terror Incarnation/Ultimate Nightmare?
Another cool detail about Phantom of Yubel, the weakened state of Yubel, is fittingly a level 9 monster. Which then brings out its prime form, of a level 10 monster. Nice attention to detail right there.
Yubel in duel links is actually pretty decent since with the the skill eternal bond you can almost immediately summon Yubel without tribute and then almost immediately summon Yubel the ultimate nightmare and when any Yubel card is summoned you can also summon a elemental hero neos from you deck to your hand and you can summon him without tribute and if you do you can get a miracle contact or a super polymerization from your deck to your hand
Since Yubel's gender was brought up, a little fact I've always liked is how the more masculine side of Yubel's demon form keeps the hair and eye colour of their human form, a nice design detail.
While the japanese Yubel is obviously a reference to Hinduism, International Yubel kinda fits Yubel as a character as it's instead a look into a very real unhealthy and toxic view of love that some people have; That being that you NEED to change to earn love. Yubel's transformation in general sorta has to do with this concept, but Yubel in the international release being completely female after their transformation means that they aren't anything like how they used to be physically, while the japanese was 50% male, so therefore there is still some of what Yubel was physically to a sort of extent. Plus Yubel's stronger transformations help exemplify this fact, as in the anime this was them trying to come closer to their goal due to their love for Jaden, which is shown by them becoming more monstrous as they are trying to achieve their sense of love to Jaden, which brings the unhealthy idea of self-change with it. Them getting stronger, their attempt at Jaden's love, is shown by them becoming more and more monstrous. And maybe in a way the Spirit of Yubel card and other stronger Yubel cards that looks like regular (as in the one that spectates Jaden) Yubel could be meaning that now that they are with Jaden forever now, they are fine with being themselves instead of needing change for Jaden's love and to show their love for him, and so, they can be strong to protect Jaden and show him love without having to change themselves in unhealthy ways. (Though she still jelly about Flame-Wingman for sure, but in a healthy and not murder-y way.) If that's what it's meant to be, then Yubel is one of the most dark and real cards and characters in all of Yu-Gi-Oh. God that's good symbolism.
God I love Yubel and Judai's relationship. They're so wholesome together. I also love that before Judai got his memories back, his favourite card was Flame Wingman; a fusion between male and female monsters with the power of a dragon.
Small correction the new Neos Yubel fusion is called "Elemental Hero - Neos Kluger" Kluger is german for smarter, which is a refference Neos wiseman. Furthermore to all of Yubels form and Yubel herself have German in them. Yubel is basicle the Katakana for Übel l, which basicly means evil or bad in german. Terror incarnate is "das abscheulich ritter" which is the disgusting knight and "Ultimate Nightmare" is "das extem traurig Drache" which is the extemly sad dragon.
I love yubel! She's my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh villain and I liked her so much that Yubel was the very first Yu-Gi-Oh card that I had ever ordered online. The first time I was ever hyped about Yu-Gi-Oh months before it happened who's winning the announced this support.
Yubel had the potential to be a platinum ranked deck but it’s summoning restrictions made that impossible like why is mikanko so much easier to summon when the entire archetype does the same thing as Yubel basically
9:35 Something I realised when playing master duel is that super polymerization can actually be stopped when played. The scared beast deck has Cerulean Skyfire and when that is live you can still negate it for some reason.
Neither player can activate cards or effects in response to Super Poly, however, cards like Cerulean Skyfire and Imperial Order are continuous effects and are already activated on the field if they are face up.
Battle Mania is a old card that forces your opponent to attack with all monsters (so there was some cards that help Yubel). And Harden Arm Dragon makes it were you don't ever need to tribute monsters to keep Yubel on the field.
I want to add a little bit of context on Yubel's personal pronouns in Japanese, since there's a little bit of nuance there. "僕" (Boku), the pronoun Yubel uses, does not necessarily mean they were male. Yes, it is used predominantly by males, but it is not uncommon, in fiction or real life, to see women using 僕 to refer to themselves for a variety of reasons. In GX itself, Rei (Or Blair in the dub) very frequently uses 僕 as her personal pronoun, except when she's trying to flirt. This is not to say Yubel is for sure a woman, but it is to say that their gender is very purposefully kept unclear, though her female voice is the one that would continue to be used in Season 4, Duel Links and even promotional material.
I've been rewatching the Grand Championship arc, and I noticed that by paying attention to all the cards in the opponent's hand, something I learned from watching your channel, he could've defeated Yugi on his final turn. It was in episode 185, the battle between the Duel Robot in Kaiba Land and Yugi before the proper tournament even started. It would be interesting to do a duel analysis on that.
9:22 Jajajaja. Reminds me of a meme when Yuri activates super polymerization in Arc-V. Yuri: "Super Polymerization Active." Edo Phoenix: "Jaden didn't sacrifice all of his friends for this!" P.D. In the Latin Spanish dub Yubel's voice was always female and the parts where she spoke male were replaced or omitted.
Know what would be cool? If and when the next batch of Evil Hero support comes, it would be awesome if we could get their version of Kluger. An Evil Hero + Yubel Fusion, sort of representing a "what if" scenario. In this case, representing what if the Supreme King had won and joined with Yubel instead.
The timing is perfect. I have been playing this deck for a few days now and it's so much fun, especially when combined with Unchained cards for a pure masochist deck
So you know how Yubel was supposed to be a Neo-Spacian monster? I was thinking about a series of Neo-Spacian retrains for them (I’m going with LIGHT for Yubel since the other Neo-Spacian monsters have the other attributes covered, and also as a symbol of how Yubel could have been better if they had avoided the Light Of Destcuction) _Chrysalis Yubel_ (LIGHT) Level 2 Fiend/Effect (Quick Effect) You can reveal this card from your hand: Add 1 “Neo Space” from your deck or GY to your hand. Cannot be destroyed by battle. You can Tribute this card while "Neo Space" is on the field: Apply 1 of the follwing effects: ⚪️Special Summon 1 “Neo-Spacian Yubel” from your hand, Deck or GY. ⚪️Shuffle 1 of your “Fusion” or “Polymerization” cards that is banished on in the GY into your deck. ⚪️Add to your hand 1 card that mentions “HERO”, “Chrysalis”, “Neo” or “Yubel” in it’s name or effects. (from your field, deck or GY). ATK/0 DEF/0 _Neo-Spacian Yubel_ (LIGHT) Level 3 Fiend/Effect _Cannot be destroyed by battle. While this card is face-up on the field or in the GY: Your opponent can only target face-up “Yubel” monsters you control for attacks, if you have any. If this card is destroyed: Apply 1 of the following effects:_ ⚪️Special Summon 1 "Yubel” from their hand, deck or GY. ⚪️Add 1 “Fusion” or “Polymerization” card to your hand (From your field, deck or GY). ⚪️Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand or deck that mentions “Chrysalis”, “HERO”, “Neo” or “Yubel” in it’s name or effects. ATK/0 DEF/0 _Elemental HERO Guardian Neos_ (LIGHT) Level 7 Warrior/Fusion/Effect “Elemental HERO Neos” + “Neo-Spacian Yubel” _(Quick Effect) Can also be special Summoned by shuffling the above monsters you control into your deck. Cannot be destroyed by battle. Your opponent cannot target monsters you control for battle or card effects, except “Elemental HERO Guardian Neos” you control. If this card you control would be destroyed or banished: Return it to the extra deck instead, then you apply 1 of the following effects, but if you do, you cannot special summon for the rest of the turn:_ ⚪️Special Summon 1 “Elemental HERO Neos” or “Yubel” monster from your hand, Deck or GY, ignoring it’s summoning conditions. ⚪️Activate 1 “Fusion” or “Polymerization” Spell/Trap from your hand, deck or GY, but banish it after it’s effects resolve. ⚪️ Special Summon 1 Level 6 or lower monster from your hand, deck or GY that mentions “Chrysalis”, “HERO”, “Neo” or “Yubel” in it’s name or effects. ATK/2500 DEF/2000
@@dylanahern7039 OK, I SEE… Moss was already the LIGHT one… I had honestly forgotten about it until now. But be real, wouldn’t THESE all be much better cards anyway?
Something I didn't realize until very recently was that Samsara D Lotus is also a reference to Regenerating Rose, one of the few monsters Yubel used that didn't get the retrain treatment. Regenerating Rose's original Japanese name was スプリット・Ⅾ・ローズ (pronounced "Split Demon Rose"), while Samsara D Lotus was サクリファイス・Ⅾ・ロータス ("Sacrifice Demon Lotus"), and on top of this, Samsara D Lotus's body now has thorns growing all over it, unlike the original Samsara Lotus but very akin to Regenerating Rose. I'd always been kind of fond of that card, and knowing this reference makes its recent absence sting a bit less.
I LOVE YUBEL SHE HAS ODD EYES LIKE ME (BUT IM HAZEL/GREEN AND SHE IS ORANGE/GREEN) AND I ALWAYS LOVED THAT DETAUL WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL (NOW ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON AND YUBEL ARE 2 OF MY FAVORITE CARDS)
Man I wish heterochromia was more common. Between Yubel and Yuna from FFX, I've always wanted a girl with that feature. Never feel bad about your "odd" eyes.
Something to note about Samsara D Lotus. It’s seemingly a combination of two cards Yubel used: Samsara Lotus and Regenerating Rose. Regenerating Rose’s OCG name is “Split Demon Rose”, with the word “Demon” represented by the alphabet letter “D”. On Samsara D Lotus, you can see thorn-covered vines similar to the ones you can see on Regenerating Rose.
Actually fun fact about Mature Chronicle is that it says you can remove Chronicle Counters from your FIELD to activate its effect. Soooooo, that means you could use the two together if you wanted to XD
Hey Sam, my name is Jordan I’m from Ireland and I am visually impaired and I love the videos that you do on these topics of Yu-Gi-Oh! and even your character tools and for you doing these as a visually impaired person I know what cards the characters have in their hands when they do each other now, so you make things better in my opinion
At the start of the final duel Yubel feels like Akiza from 5D's why? Well: Yubel plays some flowers and rose cards just like Akiza, they both have secret powers, and they both have crushes on the main protagonists.
That and pain plays a big part in their characters. Yubel's masochism as a form of love (pre-Jaden saving them) and Akiza's sadism as an extension of her self-hatred (pre-Yusei saving her). That and their aces center around destroying themselves: Yubel to get stronger and Black Rose taking everyone else with it Two sides of the same coin really. Different but similar
I've been playing with a Yubel Deck since the first release of the cards. I used mostly Yubel's first form along with Unfortunate Battle Report and Battle Mania to not only force my opponent to attack with all their monsters on the field at the time, but they had to do their Battle Phase that turn twice for a max of 10 mandatory attacks per turn. When the YGOPRO got the timing for Samsara Lotus wrong to work with the deck, I had to start using Treeborn Frog instead. These new support cards for Yubel make me wanna start playing again, but I'll make due with just getting some of the cards. Yubel is still my overall favorite archtype right next to HEROES. I guess GX really was my favorite time of Yu-Gi-Oh,
Along with the Indian religion references I would also like to add in that she may be a reference to a alchemy philosophy known as magnum opus or to be more precise a rebis! A being who is a hermaphrodite and is a mixture of masculine and feminine traits, though I could be wrong with how I explained it
This is so fantastic to see because now I can actually play Yubel on its own without splashing it into other archetypes to pull off it's effect. Although I did use a selected few fiend type decks because it felt it made sense to run it in a dark related deck than fire king but fire king is much faster as getting its second form out.
Oh my god Eternal Favorite had me in tears. I thought it was a badass card bc of the pose and flames but you can just barely see Jaden. I did not notice that before 😭
I remember when I first seen Yubel in duel links, I have never heard of it before because I never seen the show. I quickly ready over the effect, and just banished it with the magician deck. The opponent quit.
When I think about it, GX was the one Yugioh series that made me think about the creation of new cards through card design competitions. I'd love to try my hand in stuff like that.
Notice that yubels pose specifically her left and is making Jaden’s iconic “gotcha” pose or in the dub he those the pose will saying “that’s game” most of the time
It's good thing that past iconic monsters get dedicated support to play better in current game, whether it could hold its own against mainstream meta or not
I would be careful about playing GeistGrinder Golem. I was playing master duel one day. I went up against someone who played a Yubel deck so they summoned GeistGrinder Golem to my field. I equipped the spell card Rainbow Veil to GeistGrinder Golem making it so I was basically given a free 3000 attack point monster!
Had a friend in college who ran a Yubel deck. Hated playing that deck. He had it set up to put Yubel at the forefront early and often, and it was a pain to play against
It is heavily great to see yubel finally obtaining some meta improvements and support. It is my favorite design character throughout all of GX and her own archetype is finally self reliant.
So I've been rewatching GX and I'm on season 3. Eternal Favorite's artwork is also the form Yubel took to protect the capsule when they were falling from space back into earth
We waited longer for Yubel support than Yubel waited to be "rescued"
Let that one sink in
We Stan Yubel getting neglected I guess… which makes her dangerous yes? 🤣😅
Once we’re out of a tier 0 format do you think Yubel will be tier 2?
Right now it’s a decent rogue deck at best
Its already in the house. Now what?
@@totallyemerald2200 When the new stuff comes out
It depends on the banlist
If Fire King gets hit Yubel link could be very dangerous
Early GX: Woah, we gotta duel a card playing monkey!!!!
Late GX: I was given electro therapy to stop the nightmares, repressing the memories of a demon that sent any friends I had as a child into a coma.
I think most can agree that GX tone changed a little over time.
agreed
It went way dark themed all of a sudden
@@SimplementeRene it wasn't sudden. It was VERY gradual
@@charmedrools1 now that I think about it, yeah, but as the 3rd season went on, it became more apparent
Of course, the tone changed over time in season two, the society of light they’re all about mind, control and society and religion, which looking back on it now as an adult compared to the mind of a kid. I never talked to bring something so serious up in the UKOGX anime
GX season 3 was a love triangle between Judai, a hermaphrodite demon, and a rainbow european guy. It was really ahead of its time.
rainbow european guy🤣🤣🤣
God GX really is the best yugioh series isn't it
''Gay or European!'' How about both?
@@gabrielfeldinger6533the dub is basically just a parody and it’s perfect
“No no he’s got a point “
In all fairness if I were Jaden 2024 I would have chosen both the demon and European guy . Problem solved lol
There seems to be a bit more to loving defender forever's design than Yubel jealousy. I once saw a comment pointing out that flame wingman probably became Jaden's favourite because it subconsciously reminded him of Yubel; flame wingman is the fusion of a man and woman, split down the middle in colour like Yubel's heterochromic eyes, has a "misshapen" arm like Yubel's when their duel disk grows out of it and both have an effect that inflicts damage to the opponent equal to the opponent's monster attack.
That Yubel takes a form that reminds us of flame wingman is a cool way to make things come full circle.
Fact: the JP voice actress of Yubel passed away a few years ago.
May she Rest In Peace, she did an amazing job.
She was also Bulmas voice actor for all Dragon Ball media since the beginning
yeah shes was Bulma in DBZ :(
Not sure if calling this a "fun" fact is accurate, but it's certainly a fact.
@@ZakadingI'd say "sad fact".
Ur definition of fun is different than mine
So i just realized, flame wingman is made from a male and female monster and Yubel is half both i wonder if that is a coincidence
Eternal Favorite is Searchable by Flame Wingman retrain
Jaden was probably unintentionally drawn to Flame Wingman for that reason.
@@aldrinflores4531 you're right, that's cool even tho it probably doesn't have any use in the hero deck
And the fact that the yubel fusion resembles flame wingman, like the dragon arm for example
whoa, nice catch. i highly doubt its coincidence!
Actually, when Yubel returned in the undubbed season 4 of GX, her voice from then on was solely female, even in Bonds Beyond Time.
Probably budget reason paying 2 voice actors for a single character might seem excessive especially when they get more lines in said season
Huh I always took it, that her male voice was corrupted from the light
And when Judai fuse and save them
it purfy them
Making their true voice come out
@@RedTheWeeb Makes sense
@@donovan_salgado Who knows?
@@donovan_salgado well considering they were originally male until the light maybe the light corrupted the male side and when it was gone so was the male voice
Personally, I get the sense that the new Yubel cards, in particular Spirit of Yubel and Yubel LDF effectively represent a 'Post-Season 3/Post-Series' Yubel AFTER they have fused with Jaden. And in particular, the forms they now take as part of Jaden's deck.
In both cards, Yubel is referencing Jaden's two most iconic/favorite monsters, Neos and Flame Wingman. And mechanically speaking, Loving Defender Forever is a perfect fit for Jaden's deck, or at least fits FAR better than the OG Yubel trio. All Jaden needs is base Yubel in his deck to make LDF with a bunch of his Elemental Heroes or Neospacians, or alternatively Neos Kluger.
Are there people who dont get that reference?? Its spirit of neos and flame wingman getting referenced by yubel of course this is after the fusion of them
Imagine the card "Elemental HERO Yubel Neos"
@@theprinceofawesomeness Elemental HERO Neos Kluger exists
Yubel finally getting some respect/love! Badass design and great character in Yugioh GX. Hope for some more in the future!
That Yubel ending always got me when i was a kid. I wished S4, wasn't that rushed with basically a kinda awkward conclusion. What a roller coaster Gx was
Interesting idea thinking the physicality of Yubel was based on Ardhanarishvara. However, I think there is a better argument that Yubel is based on a Rebis, an alchemical being possessing male and female qualities to embody perfection. The reason I say this is that Alchemy is referenced in the series with Amnael passing the title of Master Alchemist to Judai, since he fuses together “the elements” (E-HEROs) to create something new with little to no effort. There’s also reference to the Philosopher’s Stone, AND that Judai is CONSTANTLY compared to the Sun, which is not only a Superman shout-out, but the Sun being a huge symbol in Alchemy. That’s the impression I got from the Japanese Dub anyway.
Great points there!
ooo yeah that fits way better.
Is this the right comment section jk I know what you mean good perspective though
The devil in medieval times was depicted to have both male and female features.
@@SaSo-mk6yh OH
Props to Konami for blasting out so many retrains and support for old anime archetypes people have been waiting for decades. The anime has a special place in people's heart and replaying these moments is just pure satisfaction. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is my third favorite yugioh series and I love the character Yubel. Seeing her with all this support makes me feel estactic similar to how I reacted when the Egyptian Gods finally received their support in the last 3 years.
Yubel is my favorite character in Yu-Gi-Oh, and GX is my favorite series
6:45 that is an interesting interpretation of yubel, however, i think the more accurate reference could be that they symbolized the androgyn, a concept in alechemy to be reffered to as the perfect being. it makes more sense thematically, since alchemy has been a part of gx's lore since season 1. (not to mention how it also reflects flame wingman, how he is created by fusing a male and female, an precedure to create an adrogyn, possibly hinting what yubels ritual was like)
the female voice of yubel in the Japanese version was voiced by Hiromi Tsuru, and honestly I really liked her voice here, too bad many doesn't actually know that
I know her original English voice later did did the rabbit from Madoka yubel is the rabbit from Madoka
Makes us wonder who Japan got for Phantom of Nightmare's CM to replace the late Hiromi Tsuru.
@@CombaticonI think they reused her voicelines from Duel Links for the CM
Let's see she's also Morgana as well as Nero Claudius, cream puff,Yumi, Leo and luna (at least for a few episodes) and many many more
Cassandra Lee Morris is a superstar in my opinion anyway it's time to go to sleep
@@JuanGomez-ke5py
RIP Hiromi Tsuru. i cant believe i never noticed that Yubel was voiced by Bulma from DBZ.
I'm kinda disappointed that yami yugi and yubel never had any interaction with each other when jaden and yugi was dueling .(unless they did and I don't remember)
Yubel recognized atem/yami as the spirit of the pharaoh, not really totally sure why or how, but that's about the extent of it.
They might not have met but my gazelle illusion deck loves yubel !
Yubel will always be such a sick spiritual guardian to me. She (or they) and Jaden in season 4 needed more moments and the heterochronic eyes are flawless. Also while it doesn't really count, Neos Kluger is one of my favourite Neo Fusions.
Also love all the references from Season 3 with the new support and how they are sorta linked to Jaden. They are internally bonded forever.
You bet Neos Kluger counts! Especially now since you can use Fusion deployment to two special summon Yubel from your deck.
I always try to make a yubel deck work in the tag force games, despite how hard it is. I'll always love our they/them masochist demon!
@@bluengold3443 do you have a current Yubel deck that you like to run? I think I found the most success using a branded Yubel Deck since you can use the sanctifier Dragon to special summon Albaz to your field and Yubel to your opponents and as long as they don't have impermanence or Ash you can fuse away your opponent's entire field. I don't know why, but she really is my favorite monster in the game.
@@morningstar9849Yubel, Earthbound, and Illusion mixed together are pretty good
I always thought Yubel's whole thing was being turned into a Hermaphrodite, as in the Alchemy concept of one since that is also both female and male at the same time.
I always thought of this because each season and their summon mechanic was based on some concept, Synchro is tuning sound waves, XYZ is like 2 stars colliding and something coming out of the explosion, link is building a Circuit, Pendulum explains itself and Fusion to me was always alchemy, mixing stuff to make another thing.
I also believed this because Super Poly was made how a lot of media portray the creation of the Philosopher Stone, by merging(Fusing) a lot of souls into the ultimate alchemic creation, which in this case would be a virtually unstopable card capable of fusing basically anything into a new being.
At least this is the way I always thought about it.
That's an amazing interpretation!
There is also the card That’s literally just the philosophers stone
GX out of all the series has great amount of references to alchemy
Funnily enough, another GX archetype actually can stop Super Poly. When paired with an ATK position Hamon, Cerulean Skyfire is able to negate Super Poly. Since Skyfire’s effect doesn’t actually activate (it’s “used”) and it negates effects not activations, it’s able to circumvent all those “cards cannot be activated in response to this card’s activation” clauses. I found this out by accident when playing Master Duel but it’s a really handy ruling to know when playing Sacred Beasts
Another effect similar to this is destiny hero Dark angel it too can negate super poly
I always love the fact Yubel's duel disk grows out of there arm. I love that pattern in yugioh villains, it makes them feel more abnormal.
I still have a soft spot for Yubel because she was mixed with Fire King and Nephthys to be meta in Duel Links for a while.
Yubel is such a cool archetype
And a few days ago, I mentioned in an older video focusing on Yubel that new support was recently added.
I do hope that the Konami makes an entire structure deck for Yubel and its archetype.
Yes finally I love the yubel archetype
It's a remake
@roninwarriorsfan I was wanting him to talk about the new support
18:28 It's funny you mention this cause Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage searches a "favourite" card, Jaden's favourite Elemental hero upgrade helps him search for his Eternal Favourite, Yubel and bring her to his field as well. Fitting
My buddy has been playing Yubel since it first came to the game. In fact, he still has his original Yubel cards from the set they were introduced.
Needless to say, he popped off when it was announced that Yubel would be getting new support.
I actually like neos Wiseman and it's improve version because pretty show how Versatile elemental hero neos is (in the anime anyway)
Wished Jaden Yuki and Yubel had more moments in Season 4, or tackled on the entire storyline of GX together since the beginning until the end while going through many challenges.
I just love how, even in 4Kids' attempt to sanitize/simplify the portrayal of Yubel's gender and make their true form more overtly female with the censorship/changes you mentioned, even THEN, they still end up under the transgender umbrella, considering that even in the Dub, human Yubel was living/presenting as a male before the procedure. So, no matter what version you watch, Yubel is a trans icon and I love that for them 😌
Hermaphrodite demon yandere got me acting unwise
I think Eternal Favorite is also supposed to be a GX counterpart to Eternal Soul, given that they both can special summon the most loyal monsters of Yugi and Judai. It also references how before Flame Wingman and Neos came around, Judai's favorite card has always been Yubel.
Given how Spirit of Yubel and Yubel - The Loving Defender Forever show Yubel copying the poses of Neos and Flame Wingman, I wonder if we will get a Yubel-themed Winged Kuriboh someday.
I wonder how would Winged-Kuribo and leveled WK themed Yubel work? Like a weaker version of Yubel that can again be used to bring out the real Yubel and retrained version of Terror Incarnation/Ultimate Nightmare?
Another cool detail about Phantom of Yubel, the weakened state of Yubel, is fittingly a level 9 monster. Which then brings out its prime form, of a level 10 monster. Nice attention to detail right there.
Spirit of Yubel is a level 10 monster though
Yubel best demon waifu
You know there is a cultured comic that shows how...invested the two characters are mostly Jaden's past self...
Ohhh??????
Yubel in duel links is actually pretty decent since with the the skill eternal bond you can almost immediately summon Yubel without tribute and then almost immediately summon Yubel the ultimate nightmare and when any Yubel card is summoned you can also summon a elemental hero neos from you deck to your hand and you can summon him without tribute and if you do you can get a miracle contact or a super polymerization from your deck to your hand
Since Yubel's gender was brought up, a little fact I've always liked is how the more masculine side of Yubel's demon form keeps the hair and eye colour of their human form, a nice design detail.
While the japanese Yubel is obviously a reference to Hinduism, International Yubel kinda fits Yubel as a character as it's instead a look into a very real unhealthy and toxic view of love that some people have; That being that you NEED to change to earn love. Yubel's transformation in general sorta has to do with this concept, but Yubel in the international release being completely female after their transformation means that they aren't anything like how they used to be physically, while the japanese was 50% male, so therefore there is still some of what Yubel was physically to a sort of extent. Plus Yubel's stronger transformations help exemplify this fact, as in the anime this was them trying to come closer to their goal due to their love for Jaden, which is shown by them becoming more monstrous as they are trying to achieve their sense of love to Jaden, which brings the unhealthy idea of self-change with it. Them getting stronger, their attempt at Jaden's love, is shown by them becoming more and more monstrous. And maybe in a way the Spirit of Yubel card and other stronger Yubel cards that looks like regular (as in the one that spectates Jaden) Yubel could be meaning that now that they are with Jaden forever now, they are fine with being themselves instead of needing change for Jaden's love and to show their love for him, and so, they can be strong to protect Jaden and show him love without having to change themselves in unhealthy ways. (Though she still jelly about Flame-Wingman for sure, but in a healthy and not murder-y way.) If that's what it's meant to be, then Yubel is one of the most dark and real cards and characters in all of Yu-Gi-Oh.
God that's good symbolism.
I'm loving the love they've been giving the old archetypes, like Gate Guardians
So is Yubel the first actual Odd-Eyes monster with those eyes
Remember, Judai is such a chad he was able to cure someone of being a yandere.
Just in time to cook dinner.
Yubel archetype is finally here!
14:36 I love using this card with Witchcrafters. It synergizes so well you'd think it was intentional.
God I love Yubel and Judai's relationship. They're so wholesome together.
I also love that before Judai got his memories back, his favourite card was Flame Wingman; a fusion between male and female monsters with the power of a dragon.
Reminder to all Yubel deck users. Turns have a five minute time limit
Small correction the new Neos Yubel fusion is called "Elemental Hero - Neos Kluger"
Kluger is german for smarter, which is a refference Neos wiseman.
Furthermore to all of Yubels form and Yubel herself have German in them. Yubel is basicle the Katakana for Übel l, which basicly means evil or bad in german. Terror incarnate is "das abscheulich ritter" which is the disgusting knight and "Ultimate Nightmare" is "das extem traurig Drache" which is the extemly sad dragon.
Okay yubel. Good card and honestly a cool deck now
I love yubel! She's my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh villain and I liked her so much that Yubel was the very first Yu-Gi-Oh card that I had ever ordered online. The first time I was ever hyped about Yu-Gi-Oh months before it happened who's winning the announced this support.
Yubel had the potential to be a platinum ranked deck but it’s summoning restrictions made that impossible like why is mikanko so much easier to summon when the entire archetype does the same thing as Yubel basically
9:35 Something I realised when playing master duel is that super polymerization can actually be stopped when played. The scared beast deck has Cerulean Skyfire and when that is live you can still negate it for some reason.
Neither player can activate cards or effects in response to Super Poly, however, cards like Cerulean Skyfire and Imperial Order are continuous effects and are already activated on the field if they are face up.
Battle Mania is a old card that forces your opponent to attack with all monsters (so there was some cards that help Yubel).
And Harden Arm Dragon makes it were you don't ever need to tribute monsters to keep Yubel on the field.
I love that Neos and Yubel have a card that has “Spirit Of” in its name.
Can their be a Morphtronic monster archetype video. Those cards were actually strong to use.
I want to add a little bit of context on Yubel's personal pronouns in Japanese, since there's a little bit of nuance there. "僕" (Boku), the pronoun Yubel uses, does not necessarily mean they were male. Yes, it is used predominantly by males, but it is not uncommon, in fiction or real life, to see women using 僕 to refer to themselves for a variety of reasons. In GX itself, Rei (Or Blair in the dub) very frequently uses 僕 as her personal pronoun, except when she's trying to flirt.
This is not to say Yubel is for sure a woman, but it is to say that their gender is very purposefully kept unclear, though her female voice is the one that would continue to be used in Season 4, Duel Links and even promotional material.
I’ve always liked the loyalty so to speak of yubel. There any possible way to do the Flamvel/neo flamvel/ancient flamvel archetype?
I've been rewatching the Grand Championship arc, and I noticed that by paying attention to all the cards in the opponent's hand, something I learned from watching your channel, he could've defeated Yugi on his final turn. It was in episode 185, the battle between the Duel Robot in Kaiba Land and Yugi before the proper tournament even started. It would be interesting to do a duel analysis on that.
9:22 Jajajaja.
Reminds me of a meme when Yuri activates super polymerization in Arc-V.
Yuri: "Super Polymerization Active."
Edo Phoenix: "Jaden didn't sacrifice all of his friends for this!"
P.D. In the Latin Spanish dub Yubel's voice was always female and the parts where she spoke male were replaced or omitted.
Know what would be cool?
If and when the next batch of Evil Hero support comes, it would be awesome if we could get their version of Kluger. An Evil Hero + Yubel Fusion, sort of representing a "what if" scenario.
In this case, representing what if the Supreme King had won and joined with Yubel instead.
4:40 is it just me or is the top of the tower weirdly cut off? Like it doesn't fade into the colors of the wing but just gets cut right off.
Yeah that’s a little weird…
Yubel, the precursor of "Psychos with fixations using Plant monsters in their decks"
Poor akiza she didnt get the super poly memo
The timing is perfect. I have been playing this deck for a few days now and it's so much fun, especially when combined with Unchained cards for a pure masochist deck
So you know how Yubel was supposed to be a Neo-Spacian monster?
I was thinking about a series of Neo-Spacian retrains for them (I’m going with LIGHT for Yubel since the other Neo-Spacian monsters have the other attributes covered, and also as a symbol of how Yubel could have been better if they had avoided the Light Of Destcuction)
_Chrysalis Yubel_ (LIGHT)
Level 2
Fiend/Effect
(Quick Effect) You can reveal this card from your hand: Add 1 “Neo Space” from your deck or GY to your hand. Cannot be destroyed by battle. You can Tribute this card while "Neo Space" is on the field: Apply 1 of the follwing effects:
⚪️Special Summon 1 “Neo-Spacian Yubel” from your hand, Deck or GY.
⚪️Shuffle 1 of your “Fusion” or “Polymerization” cards that is banished on in the GY into your deck.
⚪️Add to your hand 1 card that mentions “HERO”, “Chrysalis”, “Neo” or “Yubel” in it’s name or effects. (from your field, deck or GY).
ATK/0 DEF/0
_Neo-Spacian Yubel_ (LIGHT)
Level 3
Fiend/Effect
_Cannot be destroyed by battle. While this card is face-up on the field or in the GY: Your opponent can only target face-up “Yubel” monsters you control for attacks, if you have any. If this card is destroyed: Apply 1 of the following effects:_
⚪️Special Summon 1 "Yubel” from their hand, deck or GY.
⚪️Add 1 “Fusion” or “Polymerization” card to your hand (From your field, deck or GY).
⚪️Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand or deck that mentions “Chrysalis”, “HERO”, “Neo” or “Yubel” in it’s name or effects.
ATK/0 DEF/0
_Elemental HERO Guardian Neos_ (LIGHT)
Level 7
Warrior/Fusion/Effect
“Elemental HERO Neos” + “Neo-Spacian Yubel”
_(Quick Effect) Can also be special Summoned by shuffling the above monsters you control into your deck. Cannot be destroyed by battle. Your opponent cannot target monsters you control for battle or card effects, except “Elemental HERO Guardian Neos” you control. If this card you control would be destroyed or banished: Return it to the extra deck instead, then you apply 1 of the following effects, but if you do, you cannot special summon for the rest of the turn:_
⚪️Special Summon 1 “Elemental HERO Neos” or “Yubel” monster from your hand, Deck or GY, ignoring it’s summoning conditions.
⚪️Activate 1 “Fusion” or “Polymerization” Spell/Trap from your hand, deck or GY, but banish it after it’s effects resolve.
⚪️ Special Summon 1 Level 6 or lower monster from your hand, deck or GY that mentions “Chrysalis”, “HERO”, “Neo” or “Yubel” in it’s name or effects.
ATK/2500 DEF/2000
Uhh, do I have to be the one to bear the bad news? Neo Spacian Glow Moss already exists.
@@dylanahern7039
And what does that have to do with this?
NEX versions are out for decades
@@dylanahern7039
OK, I SEE… Moss was already the LIGHT one…
I had honestly forgotten about it until now.
But be real, wouldn’t THESE all be much better cards anyway?
@@dualia-s74m
You mean the 2 cards NEX can summon, Neo Dolphin and Twink Moss?
Something I didn't realize until very recently was that Samsara D Lotus is also a reference to Regenerating Rose, one of the few monsters Yubel used that didn't get the retrain treatment. Regenerating Rose's original Japanese name was スプリット・Ⅾ・ローズ (pronounced "Split Demon Rose"), while Samsara D Lotus was サクリファイス・Ⅾ・ロータス ("Sacrifice Demon Lotus"), and on top of this, Samsara D Lotus's body now has thorns growing all over it, unlike the original Samsara Lotus but very akin to Regenerating Rose.
I'd always been kind of fond of that card, and knowing this reference makes its recent absence sting a bit less.
I LOVE YUBEL SHE HAS ODD EYES LIKE ME (BUT IM HAZEL/GREEN AND SHE IS ORANGE/GREEN) AND I ALWAYS LOVED THAT DETAUL WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL (NOW ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON AND YUBEL ARE 2 OF MY FAVORITE CARDS)
Man I wish heterochromia was more common. Between Yubel and Yuna from FFX, I've always wanted a girl with that feature. Never feel bad about your "odd" eyes.
Thanks!
Wow! Thank you so much for the support 😀
Pretty much every important card is just Yubel in a different form.
Something to note about Samsara D Lotus.
It’s seemingly a combination of two cards Yubel used: Samsara Lotus and Regenerating Rose. Regenerating Rose’s OCG name is “Split Demon Rose”, with the word “Demon” represented by the alphabet letter “D”. On Samsara D Lotus, you can see thorn-covered vines similar to the ones you can see on Regenerating Rose.
Good point there!
Terror Incarnate is when it leaves the field, just a small correction as its key for some plays.
Yubel is an honorary Devilman character.
Oh yes the Hermaphrodite Dragon Demon that only Jaden Can see, my favorite Gx Character
Wait no one else could see Yubel?
@@kappadarwin9476 NO
@@kappadarwin9476 At least after he fused its souls with his
Actually fun fact about Mature Chronicle is that it says you can remove Chronicle Counters from your FIELD to activate its effect.
Soooooo, that means you could use the two together if you wanted to XD
Hey Sam, my name is Jordan I’m from Ireland and I am visually impaired and I love the videos that you do on these topics of Yu-Gi-Oh! and even your character tools and for you doing these as a visually impaired person I know what cards the characters have in their hands when they do each other now, so you make things better in my opinion
At the start of the final duel Yubel feels like Akiza from 5D's why? Well: Yubel plays some flowers and rose cards just like Akiza, they both have secret powers, and they both have crushes on the main protagonists.
That and pain plays a big part in their characters. Yubel's masochism as a form of love (pre-Jaden saving them) and Akiza's sadism as an extension of her self-hatred (pre-Yusei saving her). That and their aces center around destroying themselves: Yubel to get stronger and Black Rose taking everyone else with it
Two sides of the same coin really. Different but similar
I've been playing with a Yubel Deck since the first release of the cards. I used mostly Yubel's first form along with Unfortunate Battle Report and Battle Mania to not only force my opponent to attack with all their monsters on the field at the time, but they had to do their Battle Phase that turn twice for a max of 10 mandatory attacks per turn. When the YGOPRO got the timing for Samsara Lotus wrong to work with the deck, I had to start using Treeborn Frog instead. These new support cards for Yubel make me wanna start playing again, but I'll make due with just getting some of the cards. Yubel is still my overall favorite archtype right next to HEROES. I guess GX really was my favorite time of Yu-Gi-Oh,
Yubel, a masochistic yandere
I feel no shame in saying that I would simp for Yubel in a heartbeat.
Along with the Indian religion references I would also like to add in that she may be a reference to a alchemy philosophy known as magnum opus or to be more precise a rebis! A being who is a hermaphrodite and is a mixture of masculine and feminine traits, though I could be wrong with how I explained it
Other commenters have brought of Rebis!
@@Ramsey276one cool glad I'm not the only one
This is so fantastic to see because now I can actually play Yubel on its own without splashing it into other archetypes to pull off it's effect.
Although I did use a selected few fiend type decks because it felt it made sense to run it in a dark related deck than fire king but fire king is much faster as getting its second form out.
Oh my god Eternal Favorite had me in tears. I thought it was a badass card bc of the pose and flames but you can just barely see Jaden. I did not notice that before 😭
Being blasted into space is not great for someone's mental health.
I was today years old learning that Ultimate Nightmare had a female face on one dragon head and a male face on the other
What your ace monster
Yubel - me
Samsara Lotus really said I'm gonna become king of the pirates.
We're never gonna get number archetype trivia, are we?
Let’s be honest, if he does do it, it will probably be the episode that he decides to end his career with.
I remember when I first seen Yubel in duel links, I have never heard of it before because I never seen the show. I quickly ready over the effect, and just banished it with the magician deck. The opponent quit.
When I think about it, GX was the one Yugioh series that made me think about the creation of new cards through card design competitions. I'd love to try my hand in stuff like that.
1:32 I forgot how disgusting this scene is and I love it.
Yubel is a they / them and I am happy that Yu-Gi-Oh has a they / them monster that they actually support. Unlike some parents.
Notice that yubels pose specifically her left and is making Jaden’s iconic “gotcha” pose or in the dub he those the pose will saying “that’s game” most of the time
It's good thing that past iconic monsters get dedicated support to play better in current game, whether it could hold its own against mainstream meta or not
11:55 And it's taking the position of himself when he was attacking yubel as Echo before Adrian loses the duel
Yubel was actually a fun deck in duel links when Yubel came out and even now it’s fun to use every now and then
Fun Fact: Yubel's original English VA would later be the voice of Persona 5's Morgana and Fire Emblem Three Houses' Sothis.
Oh wow that’s her? I thought she had died honestly
She also voiced Leo and Luna in Season 1 and 2 of Yugioh 5D's before was replaced by Eileen Stevens who voiced Sherry in 5D's as well
@@TheKpa11Nope, Cassandra Lee Morris is alive and well.
I would be careful about playing GeistGrinder Golem. I was playing master duel one day. I went up against someone who played a Yubel deck so they summoned GeistGrinder Golem to my field. I equipped the spell card Rainbow Veil to GeistGrinder Golem making it so I was basically given a free 3000 attack point monster!
Had a friend in college who ran a Yubel deck. Hated playing that deck. He had it set up to put Yubel at the forefront early and often, and it was a pain to play against
Always loved this archetype back in the day with the Doom Shaman gemini build
I just picked up the deck yesterday and thought 'I wonder when Sam will do an updated Yubel video' lol
Yubel trying to emulate Jaden's Heroes to better show off her role as Jaden's protector and win his approval is somewhat wholesome.
It is heavily great to see yubel finally obtaining some meta improvements and support. It is my favorite design character throughout all of GX and her own archetype is finally self reliant.
So I've been rewatching GX and I'm on season 3. Eternal Favorite's artwork is also the form Yubel took to protect the capsule when they were falling from space back into earth
My big meaty claws are only a decoration bubble bass