And yet despite all of that, he removed his copy of magical cylinders a card that could have ended 90% of the waking the dragons duel instantly if he drew into it.
The reason why Celestial Sword - Eatos is a Noble Arms card is because its OCG Name is "Holy Sword of the Goddess - Eatos," and "Holy Sword" just so happens to be the OCG name for Noble Arms.
The worst part is that Konami thought that the guardians would be too op that they got rid of the anime effect of the equips to special summon their guardian.
I legit thought that's what they did to but actually it's the exact same as the card game he just always had them in hand when he used a equip because apparently Raphael has the true heart of the cards
The funny thing is that they actually DID have a monster that could re-equip your spells to your guardians...AND IT'S ANIME EXCLUSIVE! Backup Gardna is a monster with 500 ATK and a whopping 2200 DEF for a level 4. You can select an equipped Equip Card on the field and equip it to another appropriate target on the field. When this face-up card is selected as an attack target, you can discard 1 card to negate the attack. Out of all the things Konami doesn't print, why was this considered so broken to not print?
I'm still praying for them to make that monster into an actual card. It would make Guardians so much more useful. Guess we'll see in the next Dragons of Legends Pack (if there is one).
In the anime this effect is infinity. Use Back up and moral bost, your life points be infinity in one turn, but with a errata that says "once per turn", and the spell guardian formation. The deck becomes playable
i wanted to say the same that actualy an anime only card exist to this guaridans XD which rafael used to transfer the equips to all other guardians just they didn't print that out...
They could easily just make a clause so that butterfly dagger cannot be used in the same deck as gearfried/royal magical library(or other potentially infinite loop).. But i guess its too much work for konami
This entire deck could have been viable of Konami just added Backup Gardna. That card was pretty much the only reason Rapheal's Guardian deck even worked
@@lefteron6804 i can see that being a field spell that searches the deck each turn. It could be balanced out by a restriction that requires no monsters to be in your graveyard to use the effect
@@nervix7096 it gives them a card to equip the equips too without needing to rely on your opponents cards, and would let you shift around the equips as needed
They needed to have an ability where they could search their equip spells or other guardians on being summoned. They also all needed a special summon effect when their equip spell is on the field
Wsdfg Mandibuzz how about a continuous spell that let them equip one of those equips from the deck every time you summon? and a field spell that makes them untargetteable and some eff that removes your equips from field to destroy opponent's cards
They need a complete overhaul lol. Nobody is going to use the older guardian monsters even if they got support that ignored their summoning conditions. New support surrounding Eatos and Dreadscythe is the best way to make guardians actually playable in my opinion. Special summons from the deck, grave & hand. Searchers for spells and cards that can set their equip spells from the deck/grave. Negates, draw power and back row removal with some kind of protection. Boom archetype reborn
Power of the Guardians: "I'm about to end this man's whole career..." (It may not be tied to a specific Guardian card, but it does feature all the Guardian weapons and it ties into the lore, so it definitely is part of it).
They could have been serviceable if they had the effect of being able to be normal summoned if you have their equip card in your hand and then equiping it to them as opposed to do how raphael does in the anime and activate the spell to seemingly chain it with the summoning of the monster
Everyone knows about the meta anti meta and rouge decks. So putting the spotlight in good casual decks is an amazing idea. There are so many good decks to use like Batteryman, deskbots, Ultra Athletes, super heavy samurai and others. This is what people want. We've seen the worst so let's see the worthy.
Now, this is a story all about how My deck got flipped-turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute Just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the anti-meta king of a game called yugioh in some local was born and raised At the local was where I spent most of my days Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool And all dueling some yugioh outside of the local When a couple of zodiac player who were up to no good Started making trouble in my local I got in one big lost and my mom got scared She said 'You're never dueling the meta again"
@@yetiornot5726 Infernities have a bit of that going on with some of their cards (like Archfiend and Mirage), but other than that there's not much to speak of.
Also the fact that he could, for whatever reason, activate the spell card, summon a monster, and then equip that spell card to that monster. I am fairly certain that he did this with Grarl in both of their duels right?
That wasn't him cheating. Backup Gardna apparently has an effect where it can move an equip off it and onto another monster, so he was equipping the card to Backup Gardna, then playing the Guardian, then using Gardna's effect to switch the weapon to the Guardian. Backup Gardna is also a Level 4 with 2200 DEF, so he was able to wall with it while he drew his Guardians.
Well, he never actually said he was equipping it to the thing, and even the animation gave the impression that he was not equipping it to Backup Gardna, but I will give the benefit of the doubt here. Any explanation for how he was able to just summon Grarl without a tribute and without an empty hand?
Eatos (and Celtic Guard of Noble Arms for that matter), just happened to have the Japanese word for "holy sword" in their names, and thus got dragged into the Noble Arms archetype despite having no real connection, much like how a couple of extra backrow cards from 2005 wound up part of the Spellbook archetype, and a *ton* of unrelated cards are technically part of the Prophecy archetype (though the support effects of the Prophecy archetype explicitly limits their scope such that only *actual* Prophecy monsters qualify, so at least Konami took steps to prevent Armor Exe Beatdown from dominating the meta).
I think it's a very brave thing to do, you did what you wanted to do with the series and no more and didn't want to stretch it out and instead go onto expand your channel. Lots of people could take note from this, as a lot of people don't seem to want to evolve and improve their channel. Well, done RANK10YGO. Oh, also, I haven't played Yu-Gi-Oh since I was a kid but love the videos.
Legacy of the Worthless is what allows me to know that some of my cards and video games are terribly outdated after I got stuck in the format around September 2011 due to a video game
As much as I love Legacy of the Worthless, I'm glad you're ending it on your own terms. I look forward to what you come out with in the future, whatever form it might take. Thank you for so much Yugioh themed entertainment.
Actually Gravity Axe- Grarl can be pretty effective when used in combination with cards like Zero Gravity, No Entry, and Stumbling to trap your opponents monsters in defense position.
I wonder how Rata feels that Hardleg literally uploaded a video yesterday where he used Shooting Star Bow- Ceal to take advantage of Destiny Hero Distopiaguy's effect, popping a card and keeping a sweet 2800 direct attacker.
Singups you say? War of the Worthless you say? All of these decks become playable when you add in a Zodiac Engine and some backrow. As a viewer and potential player in this tournament, I hope the rules make sure to prohibit a rat infestation of any kind.
i hope the list should be limited to cards that have synergy with the archetype, like second toss coin in arcana, or power bond/limiter removal in vehicroids, or heros (not masked, dank law too op....nor making it r4nk) in neos
I'm slightly happy this is the end, so you don't run it into the fucking ground and ruin. Unironically smart idea to end it here, and I hope it's a good finale :)
I feel like I have to remind you that would drop him from a 2800 single attacker to a 1300 double direct attacker (if equipping both). Edit: Huh... I really need to read the cards carefully XD Now that is an awesome way to use these cards.
I'ma be real w/u trainman, I'll watch just south of anything you make. Your voice is like dark chocolate; based on how someone described it, you wouldn't think you'd like it, but DAMN is it satisfying...legit. you're clever and I love your voice. SHOW US WHAT YOU CAN DO!
well theres that one card named woodland spirit which lets you destroy one card equipped to it for 500 damage. combined with elma you got a infinite damage loop
@@williamdrum9899 That is true now. Back when spirit first came out it just destroyed, therefor creating an infinite damage loop. Konami had to put out a ruling to sepcifically nerf the fucking spirit.
@@williamdrum9899 A lot of rules where diffrent back in the day. For example, through the use of encroaching darkness (hope that is the right card name) it was possible to put a monster in face down attack position. There are a lot more weird cards out there.
All guardians should have the effect: "If you control a [Specific Equip Spell], you can tribute the equipped monster and special summon this monster from your hand. Then, equip it with [Specific Equip Spell] from your graveyard. You can only special summon [monster] once per turn this way." While I'm at it... "Guardian Shrine" Field Spell If this card you control would be destroyed, you can banish one "Guardian" monster or equip spell card from your graveyard instead. Once per turn, you can reveal 1 "Guardian" monster in your hand and, if you do, add 1 equip spell card specifically mentioned in the revealed card's text from your graveyard or deck to your hand. If you equip a "Guardian" monster with an equip card, draw 1 card. You can only activate this effect of "Guardian Shrine" twice per turn."
A field spell that when you activate a guardian equip card you summon the corresponding guardian monster , if it’s a lvl 5 or more, you can add the lvl 5 or higher to your hand. Once per turn you can tribute summon a lvl 5 or higher guardian monster by tributing a equip spell card(s) instead. They can also got a link 1 monster this way which is basically summoner monk but searches a guardian spell card instead by discarding a guardian monster once per turn. he also increases attack of all guardian monsters by 300 for each guardian equip spell face up in the field. You can combo this with United we stand.
Just imagine. If your field spell gets destroyed, you can equip it to a face-up 'guardian' monster, it gains 1000 atk and cannot be destroyed by or targeted by card effects. Well, this would be support.
I'm waiting for new Guardian support that fixes the archetype completely. Come on Konami, you made Cyber Darks so much better, you can make Guardians better. EDIT: We got Principug, baby! We got Guardian support!
Same here man. I love Guardians. Don't worry, Rank10's meme magic worked for B.E.S., Amazoness, & Vehicroids. Guardians will get their support eventually. Hopefully sooner than later.
Guardians is not only among the weakest, but also the most forgettable archetypes. It barely classifies as an archetype and judging by how many exceptions they have to make on Arsenal Summoner, they won't touch Guardian supports with a ten foot pole. It was dead when it was released and it's going to stay dead.
Problem is that Elma is still shut out because Butterfly Dagger is banned, and probably will remain banned for all of time(unless someone can get Konami to errata it). It's the same situation with Neo Bubbleman. Neo Bubbleman himself isn't banned, but the card needed to summon him(Metamorphosis) is, and there is no other ways to summon him..
@@StarkMaximum I always saw it as their spirits taking physical form to fight but yeah idk, their equip weapons literally have the same names as them ("Butterfly Dagger - Elma'') which is what lead me to believe they were the weapons also more supporting evidence in Arsenal Summoner since it's effect let's you add a guardian card to your hand (not an equip card) and Arsenal Summoner's art depicts a man summoning a weapon.
You know, in regards to Arsenal Summoner’s long list of exceptions, I think they could’ve shortened it by having it search Guardian effect monsters instead of just Guardian cards. I mean, the equips don’t have Guardian in their names, and none of the cards listed on it are effect monsters, so then they’d only have a few monsters to list, like Gate Guardian. Then again that still wouldn’t future-proof the card, but at least it’s an improvement.
your idea for war of the worthless was completely unexpected and very innovative. the ending scene and how you introduced it were hilarious. you have a great sense of humor I love your videos. great work, keep it up man!
I haven't played Yu-gi-oh since shortly after the release of Gustos and can confirm I find your videos witty, interesting and, especially in this case, painfully nostalgic. Seriously, something about the Guardian weapon names just hit me like a Nostalgia truck and I'm not sure if that's healthy. Regardless, your videos are super cool to get a different sense of perspective for someone who has never experienced post Synchro era Yu-gi-oh.
Would it be terribly overpowered to change their effects to include “when this card is normal or special summoned, equip (insert equip spell) to this card”? It’s so ridiculous that the equip spell needs to come before the monster
The bulk of my yugioh experience comes from the various videogames I've played. The reason I found these vids so interesting is because when collecting cards in these games a large chunk of pack fillers were from these cobbled together archetypes. Growing up I found myself scratching my head trying to build decks out of these archtypes and just wondering wtf Konami were thinking. These videos provided me with much insight and vindication. All I'm all I really appreciate the work you put in to these vids.
Maybe if they added a field spell that makes their summoning condition function like they did in the anime (in which they would be special summoned by just playing their equip spell.) It would make them okay for some casual plays. Instead they just have a huge restriction to overcome.
So there were TWO powerful Vylon plays? I knew that there was one involving Mage Power, Twin Swords Tryce, and Vylon Sigma, but I didn't know about the one with Rod of Silence.
Yeah. Omega loop is pretty damn good, but I prefer putting Sigma on the field and boosting his attack to sky high levels. XD I remember having two Honests in my hand, and Vylon Component, Two Mage Powers and Tryce attached to ye olde Sigma... my butthole clenched for the guy since we were only on the fifth turn. XD
Honestly I wish Guardians kept to the theme of having effects when you have no monsters in the grave yard instead of this bizarre equip requirement theme especially since that was Rafaels strategy
I'm just going to say that, imo, Pure Kaijus could be on LOTW, seeing as they barely can make a play that won't be disrupted in the next turn (Seeing that doing XYZs or Synchros is a mere dream to them, and how they have no way to swarm the field, just by the nature of the cards). They have to use some weird summon with no tribute level 8 monsters, which is something you don't really see often, to make most of the monsters that can make a huge difference in the state of the current meta (I.E the Rank 8 dragon that can just absorb a spell). Of course, you may say that they are good tech choices for dealing with problematic monsters, but the only worthwile one is Gameciel, since you can easily destroy it in the turn you summon it. It is mostly a trolley deck which can't really do much...but Slumber is a really good card to summon some mediocre monsters that will probally turn into beaters if you use your effects once
Ceal spell was used in Cyber Dragon, with Proto and Macchine Duplication and Dreadschyte was reprinted in eff, because it was used in an OTK with Inzektor Exa Beetle
Question: Why does Arsenal Summoner even have those 'Except' clauses, they could finally have a clean text box by just saying "Find a Guardian", holy shit.
Several of the cards Listed as "exceptions" don't have the Guardian word in their names in their Japanese version. Arsenal Summoner can't search them in Japanese but without the exceptions could do so in English. Which is why they had to make those exceptions. Same with Swap Frog/Frog The Jam and Red-Eyes Black Chick/Cards that Summon Red-Eyes cards (The Red-Eyes Black Chick doesn't have the exact same "Red-Eyes" characters in Japanese so it couldn't be searched.) Example, Celtic Guardian is Elf Swordsman in Japanese
>Rename the Guardian Equips to something with a common name among them >Make the Guardians summonable without that stupid restriction >Have the Guardians search a Guardian Equip HARD once per turn on summon >If THEIR Equip is in hand, on the field, or in the GY, you can Special Summon that Guardian and equip their Equip from one of those places, again, HARD once per turn
I enjoy these cause I like watching how a game I haven't played in 14 years has evolved and developed. I enjoy seeing how meta's and power creeps force players to change their decks in order to be competitive as well as the general evolution of a game.
Ideas for Guardian Improvement 1) give them high Defense blockers that are either immune to battle destruction or card effect destruction or both, hell let this those blockers get these effects when they are equipped. 2) Give them retrained Equip spells all with the clause [This card is always treated as *insert Specified Equip card for Guardian*] 3)back row protection (if Dark Magician could get this then so can the archetype that beat him, the retrained equips could act as backrow protection, maybe in a six samurai style where you can pop another equip spell if one is about to be destroyed) 4) To Homage Raphael's "No Monsters in the GY" motto let some of the support allow your guardians to recycle themselves while giving some kind of benefit for not hitting the GY. Hell why not give them a play style that punishes the player for using the GY. especially in the current meta as of this typing the GY is a second deck for most players so switching Guardians to focus on anti-GY set up might make for good disruption while a neat homage to Raphael's philosophy. 5) Give them a ROTA for their equip spells, but make it so that it can equip the spells from the deck directly to a monster, but as a draw back it HAS to be the equip cards the guardians use. 6) Retrain of the Guardians themselves, let's face it the Guardians aren't the best, so retrains of their original cards might be interesting especially if, again, the archetype tries to dedicate itself to a play style
I feel like there's actually a very easy way to make Guardians a functional archetype, thought at this point it would require almost every card to be significantly retrained or errata'd Basically, give the whole archetype a "cursed weapon" sort of theme where the equip cards are detrimental to your opponent's monsters, only slightly useful on your own monsters, and become very powerful when equipped to their respective Guardian. Also, each Guardian can keep the restriction of only being summonable when their equip is active, but give them an effect that lets you transfer the equip card to them.
You did a Shapesnatch cosplay, but didn't even include the bow-tie, which is the actual monster. I am disappoint, Rata. Also it's kinda sad to see the series finish, but looking forward to more great videos.
RANK10YGO Oh crap, why did I miss that. Now I want to know the story of He Whose Shape was Snatched. What could be the lore of this mysterious character...
Did no one notice that Rata said that he cant imagine someone using spell effects to get rid of kay'est when you can attack over it when kay'est cant be attacked? I know its a few years late but better late than never i guess
I really enjoyed your series! And really keep it up. My friends and I are looking forward for more of your content and hopefully you'll make a second season. Thank you for your work!
Celestial Sword - Eatos is called "Holy Sword of the Goddess - Eatos" in the OCG. The "Noble Arms" cards are called "Holy Sword" over there, meaning CS-E's OCG name falls under the archetype, hence the little blurb about it being treated as a "Noble Arms" card.
I don’t play yugioh but whenever I watch a video on it I’m always reminded about how much block text the cards have and how weird it is to see the cards that are excluded from abilities listed on a card.
Shooting Star Bow - Seal was usable in some decks. I used it on a Chimeratech Overdragon OTK deck, it pretty much guaranteed the win so you didn't rely on your opponent having at least one monster in attack position. With the Future Fusion/Overload Fusion combo you'd get a 9000+ ATK Overdragon pretty easily (meaning the -1000 ATK didn't matter, and even then you had Limiter Removal) and then you could just bypass the monsters (and any potential monster related effects like Honest) for a one hit kill. It was usable in slower formats (I'm talking about A LONG time ago). Not great, not particularly consistent, but usable.
Is The One Whose Shape Got Snatched a god? How can Shapesnatch copy a god if that's the case? Why have i watched this series so many times? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS
I can't dislike the Guardians monsters myself because they gave me, a player who was worthless at this game in my teenage years by any tournament's measure, one glorious moment that's about the only moment the whole time I played this game I'll never forget. Circa 2005, I'm dueling a friend of mine. He's got 2000 lifepoints left and a Blue Eyes on the field fueled by Mage Power sitting at probably 5000 attack. I've got a Dark Magician and I'm basically waiting to be beaten before I draw Twin Swords- Tryce. I'm already holding the Shooting Star Bow, switched Magician to attack, dropped both equips on him at once and got in 2000 points of direct damage. Ooooh, it's the happiest memory of this game I have.
The Tryce equip spell can do pretty good in Gustos, since with Daigusto Sphreez on the field, you can keep attacking your opponent's monsters while they take all the damage
![Rata [RANK10YGO]](http://yt3.ggpht.com/YfIlMJchGNGdubGaLLcbjkeRQcciBM9z5eyyp7XhnixlS7JKE0-xDla6kplcCQ950TbDoog3vA=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj)
To be fair. Yugi was using Archfiend Dark Magician, Black Luster Soldier, Buster Blader, Vanilla Beat Down
Yugi is the best duelist and original series is the best *Kappa*
Lets not forget Celitic Guardians, Kuribohs and Magnet Warriors.
Abraxas phantom beast and red eyes
MrToxicVoltage don't forget the random Egyptian gods thrown in
And yet despite all of that, he removed his copy of magical cylinders a card that could have ended 90% of the waking the dragons duel instantly if he drew into it.
The reason why Celestial Sword - Eatos is a Noble Arms card is because its OCG Name is "Holy Sword of the Goddess - Eatos," and "Holy Sword" just so happens to be the OCG name for Noble Arms.
Bruh
The rare and elusive "reverse Frog the Jam."
The worst part is that Konami thought that the guardians would be too op that they got rid of the anime effect of the equips to special summon their guardian.
I legit thought that's what they did to but actually it's the exact same as the card game he just always had them in hand when he used a equip because apparently Raphael has the true heart of the cards
These equips need a retrain.
The funny thing is that they actually DID have a monster that could re-equip your spells to your guardians...AND IT'S ANIME EXCLUSIVE! Backup Gardna is a monster with 500 ATK and a whopping 2200 DEF for a level 4. You can select an equipped Equip Card on the field and equip it to another appropriate target on the field. When this face-up card is selected as an attack target, you can discard 1 card to negate the attack.
Out of all the things Konami doesn't print, why was this considered so broken to not print?
I'm still praying for them to make that monster into an actual card. It would make Guardians so much more useful. Guess we'll see in the next Dragons of Legends Pack (if there is one).
In the anime this effect is infinity. Use Back up and moral bost, your life points be infinity in one turn, but with a errata that says "once per turn", and the spell guardian formation. The deck becomes playable
i wanted to say the same that actualy an anime only card exist to this guaridans XD which rafael used to transfer the equips to all other guardians just they didn't print that out...
@@janostevesz1516 we might get it in duel links.
@@pennytrui1149 doubt it
Is funny how their spells make other decks broken but are useless with the monsters they come from.
It's kind of like ice barriers, the synchros are broken with other decks but almost useless in the archetype they came from.
They could easily just make a clause so that butterfly dagger cannot be used in the same deck as gearfried/royal magical library(or other potentially infinite loop).. But i guess its too much work for konami
Fais Faizal you can only equip this to a normal monster OR Elma. As an errata. But that would be to much work for a useless card :D
@@faisfaizal5194 Or just give it a once per turn clause. That would've fixed things easily.
This entire deck could have been viable of Konami just added Backup Gardna. That card was pretty much the only reason Rapheal's Guardian deck even worked
That and that he drew two cards per turn and always drew the guardian with their weapon.
@@lefteron6804 i can see that being a field spell that searches the deck each turn. It could be balanced out by a restriction that requires no monsters to be in your graveyard to use the effect
How does giving the guardians their corrsponding equip help? It just gives them their own effect again.
@@nervix7096 it gives them a card to equip the equips too without needing to rely on your opponents cards, and would let you shift around the equips as needed
How tf would giving them a monster Tailor of the Fickle make them anything resembling viable?
0:23 It sounded like he said "Have you considerd Violence?"
my favorite archetype
I think that archetype was banned due to too many lawsuits...
"No Celtic Guardian" Searches Obnoxious Celtic Guardian. :3
Its celtic guard unfortunately
potato well, arsenal summoner is most likely the reason he’s not called celtic guardian anymore
tcoren1 Celtic Guardian is originally Elf Swordsman
LomasneyAaron exactly. It is not a guardian card, so all future “celtic guardian” type cards are called “celtic guard” instead
Ironically both Celtic Guardian and Guardians would be united under the Noble Knight archetype later in their lives
They needed to have an ability where they could search their equip spells or other guardians on being summoned. They also all needed a special summon effect when their equip spell is on the field
Yes
Wsdfg Mandibuzz how about a continuous spell that let them equip one of those equips from the deck every time you summon?
and a field spell that makes them untargetteable and some eff that removes your equips from field to destroy opponent's cards
I feel like Guardians ended up being Prototype Noble Knights
Wsdfg Mandibuzz iron blacksmith kotosu
They need a complete overhaul lol. Nobody is going to use the older guardian monsters even if they got support that ignored their summoning conditions. New support surrounding Eatos and Dreadscythe is the best way to make guardians actually playable in my opinion. Special summons from the deck, grave & hand. Searchers for spells and cards that can set their equip spells from the deck/grave. Negates, draw power and back row removal with some kind of protection. Boom archetype reborn
"Now leaving edge zone"
*RUclips puts up ad for depression meds*
Me: aRe YoU sUrE aBoUt ThAt
Shape's first manifestation in the physical realm is truly palpable
Power of the Guardians: "I'm about to end this man's whole career..." (It may not be tied to a specific Guardian card, but it does feature all the Guardian weapons and it ties into the lore, so it definitely is part of it).
but it doesn't help the guardians
@@oom-1497does flamvell magician help flamvell?
@@sev1120 Nothing can help flamevell.
They could have been serviceable if they had the effect of being able to be normal summoned if you have their equip card in your hand and then equiping it to them as opposed to do how raphael does in the anime and activate the spell to seemingly chain it with the summoning of the monster
The one who's shape was snatched is my new husbando. I demand a pillow with him on it for Christmas
whose
I would love a series on showcasing great archetypes
Shilver Your killing Rank10ygo for requesting Legacy of the worthy! ;-;
So basically meta showcase, huh? Personally I'd prefer some appreciation for good card design that wasn't necessairly meta instead.
Maybe a "Legacy of the Worthwhile", showcasing odd builds and decks never considered meta but still fun and capable?
Everyone knows about the meta anti meta and rouge decks. So putting the spotlight in good casual decks is an amazing idea. There are so many good decks to use like Batteryman, deskbots, Ultra Athletes, super heavy samurai and others. This is what people want. We've seen the worst so let's see the worthy.
+wanderlustwarrior Hardleg already did that. What a Deck! exists.
Aww. Konami, make some more shit archetypes. I want more of this series.
Slenderminion Digital Bugs
Lord Hades Thats a series, not an archetype.
they are not completly shit
i actually play them quite efficiently mixed with inzektor
Slenderminion They are. Ever heard of metalfoes? kappa
D.D.
Archfiends
War of the Worthless is actually extremely hype. I'm really excited
Now, this is a story all about how
My deck got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the anti-meta king of a game called yugioh in some local was born and raised
At the local was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And all dueling some yugioh outside of the local
When a couple of zodiac player who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my local
I got in one big lost and my mom got scared
She said 'You're never dueling the meta again"
Then don't duel the meta, keep your stun away from us
Glad I was able to help you choose, and the opening joke was amazing!
More uploads when? Big fan!
I always liked Eatos' design. The rest are just meh.
I really dig the Native design. Is there an archetype with that motif, like Nordics with Norse mythology?
@@yetiornot5726 Infernities have a bit of that going on with some of their cards (like Archfiend and Mirage), but other than that there's not much to speak of.
Eatos is beast imo with a banish deck.
At least grarl does have massive attack for a lvl 5
Equip spell deck with maha vialo, and guardian eatos is the way to go. I take the deck to locals every so often and it still wins just fine lol
Who came back to this after seeing Rata's support report on Principug???
guardians where way more cool in the anime used by Raphael
Silent Magician backup gardna basically made the archetype work at all
Also the fact that he was drawing two cards every turn and had perfect Heart of the Cards consistency.
Also the fact that he could, for whatever reason, activate the spell card, summon a monster, and then equip that spell card to that monster. I am fairly certain that he did this with Grarl in both of their duels right?
That wasn't him cheating. Backup Gardna apparently has an effect where it can move an equip off it and onto another monster, so he was equipping the card to Backup Gardna, then playing the Guardian, then using Gardna's effect to switch the weapon to the Guardian. Backup Gardna is also a Level 4 with 2200 DEF, so he was able to wall with it while he drew his Guardians.
Well, he never actually said he was equipping it to the thing, and even the animation gave the impression that he was not equipping it to Backup Gardna, but I will give the benefit of the doubt here. Any explanation for how he was able to just summon Grarl without a tribute and without an empty hand?
Little did Rata know
The One Who's Shape Was Snatched would stick around, and there would be many, many more Worthless Archetypes
Eatos (and Celtic Guard of Noble Arms for that matter), just happened to have the Japanese word for "holy sword" in their names, and thus got dragged into the Noble Arms archetype despite having no real connection, much like how a couple of extra backrow cards from 2005 wound up part of the Spellbook archetype, and a *ton* of unrelated cards are technically part of the Prophecy archetype (though the support effects of the Prophecy archetype explicitly limits their scope such that only *actual* Prophecy monsters qualify, so at least Konami took steps to prevent Armor Exe Beatdown from dominating the meta).
I think it's a very brave thing to do, you did what you wanted to do with the series and no more and didn't want to stretch it out and instead go onto expand your channel. Lots of people could take note from this, as a lot of people don't seem to want to evolve and improve their channel. Well, done RANK10YGO. Oh, also, I haven't played Yu-Gi-Oh since I was a kid but love the videos.
Legacy of the Worthless is what allows me to know that some of my cards and video games are terribly outdated after I got stuck in the format around September 2011 due to a video game
Dreadscythe is my new waifu.
Silent Magician She's really adorable once you get past the edge.
Inaccurate Prophecy just watch monster musume and search for lala
Inaccurate Prophecy lol
I always though it was a man though..
yuuugiii, yoy must summon the celtic guardian
yuuuuuugiiiii the fate of the world depends on it
As much as I love Legacy of the Worthless, I'm glad you're ending it on your own terms. I look forward to what you come out with in the future, whatever form it might take. Thank you for so much Yugioh themed entertainment.
2:32 THIS is why I watch your videos. LOL I love your sense of humor!!
Actually Gravity Axe- Grarl can be pretty effective when used in combination with cards like Zero Gravity, No Entry, and Stumbling to trap your opponents monsters in defense position.
Unless they're playing superheavy samurai's
I wonder how Rata feels that Hardleg literally uploaded a video yesterday where he used Shooting Star Bow- Ceal to take advantage of Destiny Hero Distopiaguy's effect, popping a card and keeping a sweet 2800 direct attacker.
Singups you say?
War of the Worthless you say?
All of these decks become playable when you add in a Zodiac Engine and some backrow. As a viewer and potential player in this tournament, I hope the rules make sure to prohibit a rat infestation of any kind.
Wouldn't Card of Demise also work?
I'm sure the archetypes will be limited to cards shown in each LotW video + a small list of "generic" cards each deck can pull from.
i hope the list should be limited to cards that have synergy with the archetype, like second toss coin in arcana, or power bond/limiter removal in vehicroids, or heros (not masked, dank law too op....nor making it r4nk) in neos
Let's do this! Make Nordics Great Again!
+ShadowBaofu I love Nordics. Trying to make a Nordic Alfar build that can actually work and consistently do its thing.
I'm slightly happy this is the end, so you don't run it into the fucking ground and ruin.
Unironically smart idea to end it here, and I hope it's a good finale :)
Oh yeah no worries about it going stale, because we're just killing it you know like Konami killed this game by adding bad archetypes constantly
Meklords and Genex battled in the final. It was glorious.
So, Rata... Do you worship Thomas the Tank Engine, High Lord of all Trains?
Seriously, your content is extremely funny all the time, but the beginning of this video is possibly the best thing you've ever done. Keep it up!
Shooting star bow ceal is actually pretty good with Destiny Hero Dystopia, enables him to pop and attack directly with his original atk
Penguinvader Also Tryce can be used to make Dystopiaguy have 2 direct attacks of 2800 if you equip both of them and use Dystopiaguy's pop effect
Dragonecro0987 Give Dystopia Tryce and Ceal to make it a double-direct attacker who has 2800. 5600 Direct in a single turn.
Penguinvader or use it on a power bonded cyber twin dragon
I feel like I have to remind you that would drop him from a 2800 single attacker to a 1300 double direct attacker (if equipping both). Edit: Huh... I really need to read the cards carefully XD Now that is an awesome way to use these cards.
+sky shadow nope, dystopia's popping effect makes him reset the attack changes
the Guardian Dreadscythe part actually sort of spooked me 😂
I'ma be real w/u trainman, I'll watch just south of anything you make. Your voice is like dark chocolate; based on how someone described it, you wouldn't think you'd like it, but DAMN is it satisfying...legit. you're clever and I love your voice. SHOW US WHAT YOU CAN DO!
Now Guardians have a royal doggo.
Imagine if the guardian monsters just special summoned themselves if you controlled the equip card, had a consistent searcher, and better equip spells
well theres that one card named woodland spirit which lets you destroy one card equipped to it for 500 damage. combined with elma you got a infinite damage loop
Greulich that helped its case for banning it but the drawing of exodia by summoning gearfried and library was the finishing blow.
Actually no it doesnt, the dagger only returns to hand when destroyed. Woodland sprite sends the equip to the gy as a cost
@@williamdrum9899 That is true now. Back when spirit first came out it just destroyed, therefor creating an infinite damage loop. Konami had to put out a ruling to sepcifically nerf the fucking spirit.
@@greulich9635 Interesting!
@@williamdrum9899 A lot of rules where diffrent back in the day. For example, through the use of encroaching darkness (hope that is the right card name) it was possible to put a monster in face down attack position. There are a lot more weird cards out there.
Facing the archetypes against each other sounds like a great idea! Also, I thought this was your best video so far. You can be really funny :)
gravity axe is good if you use it in prediction princesses or ghostricks. Putting monsters face-down and unable to flip-summon isn't terrible.
Big problem.
How the hell can you equip a face down monster?
Just run concealing light if you want to make them permanent face-down
@@Set2Seth Chopman the desperate outlaw can hold the axe
I adore these videos, honestly the best material I've ever seen in this playerbase/fandom. Love your analysis.
All guardians should have the effect:
"If you control a [Specific Equip Spell], you can tribute the equipped monster and special summon this monster from your hand. Then, equip it with [Specific Equip Spell] from your graveyard. You can only special summon [monster] once per turn this way."
While I'm at it...
"Guardian Shrine"
Field Spell
If this card you control would be destroyed, you can banish one "Guardian" monster or equip spell card from your graveyard instead. Once per turn, you can reveal 1 "Guardian" monster in your hand and, if you do, add 1 equip spell card specifically mentioned in the revealed card's text from your graveyard or deck to your hand. If you equip a "Guardian" monster with an equip card, draw 1 card. You can only activate this effect of "Guardian Shrine" twice per turn."
A field spell that when you activate a guardian equip card you summon the corresponding guardian monster , if it’s a lvl 5 or more, you can add the lvl 5 or higher to your hand. Once per turn you can tribute summon a lvl 5 or higher guardian monster by tributing a equip spell card(s) instead. They can also got a link 1 monster this way which is basically summoner monk but searches a guardian spell card instead by discarding a guardian monster once per turn. he also increases attack of all guardian monsters by 300 for each guardian equip spell face up in the field. You can combo this with United we stand.
Just imagine.
If your field spell gets destroyed, you can equip it to a face-up 'guardian' monster, it gains 1000 atk and cannot be destroyed by or targeted by card effects.
Well, this would be support.
Subscribed for opinions on children's card games, stayed for the memes
I love how when konami brought synchros into duel links, they included kay'est in the vylon pack
They wanted you to do this.
I'm waiting for new Guardian support that fixes the archetype completely. Come on Konami, you made Cyber Darks so much better, you can make Guardians better.
EDIT: We got Principug, baby! We got Guardian support!
Same here man. I love Guardians. Don't worry, Rank10's meme magic worked for B.E.S., Amazoness, & Vehicroids. Guardians will get their support eventually. Hopefully sooner than later.
Guardians is not only among the weakest, but also the most forgettable archetypes. It barely classifies as an archetype and judging by how many exceptions they have to make on Arsenal Summoner, they won't touch Guardian supports with a ten foot pole. It was dead when it was released and it's going to stay dead.
Yeah I would say let them die but they never were alive, Mokey Mokey is an old quirky theme deck worth of some new support.
Amen Brother
Problem is that Elma is still shut out because Butterfly Dagger is banned, and probably will remain banned for all of time(unless someone can get Konami to errata it). It's the same situation with Neo Bubbleman. Neo Bubbleman himself isn't banned, but the card needed to summon him(Metamorphosis) is, and there is no other ways to summon him..
11:51 Ah, the bane of my existence in Reverse of Arcadia.
One madness ends
Only to herald another one coming
The war is coming
Will you be ready?
I think the theme around the guardians wasn't that they had signature weapons, it was that they literally were the weapons spirits.
But they're wielding the weapons in the art.
@@StarkMaximum I always saw it as their spirits taking physical form to fight but yeah idk, their equip weapons literally have the same names as them ("Butterfly Dagger - Elma'') which is what lead me to believe they were the weapons
also more supporting evidence in Arsenal Summoner since it's effect let's you add a guardian card to your hand (not an equip card) and Arsenal Summoner's art depicts a man summoning a weapon.
You know, in regards to Arsenal Summoner’s long list of exceptions, I think they could’ve shortened it by having it search Guardian effect monsters instead of just Guardian cards. I mean, the equips don’t have Guardian in their names, and none of the cards listed on it are effect monsters, so then they’d only have a few monsters to list, like Gate Guardian. Then again that still wouldn’t future-proof the card, but at least it’s an improvement.
We have Power of the Guardians now so good thing they didn't.
Then it wouldn't be able to search out Guardian of the Throne Room.
I SWEAR TO GOD DONT END THIS SERIES
your idea for war of the worthless was completely unexpected and very innovative. the ending scene and how you introduced it were hilarious. you have a great sense of humor I love your videos. great work, keep it up man!
I haven't played Yu-gi-oh since shortly after the release of Gustos and can confirm I find your videos witty, interesting and, especially in this case, painfully nostalgic. Seriously, something about the Guardian weapon names just hit me like a Nostalgia truck and I'm not sure if that's healthy. Regardless, your videos are super cool to get a different sense of perspective for someone who has never experienced post Synchro era Yu-gi-oh.
Would it be terribly overpowered to change their effects to include “when this card is normal or special summoned, equip (insert equip spell) to this card”? It’s so ridiculous that the equip spell needs to come before the monster
Bara Dinosaur Warrior are a combination of words I'd never thought I'd hear, but I'm not complaining.
You can use the Tryce Equip spell in a Superheavy Samurai spell variant. Equip it to Benkei then Machine Dup Benkei for a big beatdown
Or u can use soul glove and soul horns?
@@jaredsplatt8652 yes that's right. The example I put is a shitty gimmicky bullshit.
@@cheftristone but y would u with those 2 cards existing? Fun? Or just to be use a gimmicky card?
@@jaredsplatt8652 gimmicky.
@@jaredsplatt8652 I prefer soulhorns and gauntlet for a quick otk
The bulk of my yugioh experience comes from the various videogames I've played. The reason I found these vids so interesting is because when collecting cards in these games a large chunk of pack fillers were from these cobbled together archetypes.
Growing up I found myself scratching my head trying to build decks out of these archtypes and just wondering wtf Konami were thinking. These videos provided me with much insight and vindication. All I'm all I really appreciate the work you put in to these vids.
Shapensnatch skit was amazing!
The intros and endings of these videos along with the sarcastic and hilarious commentary is why I watch these videos.
Maybe if they added a field spell that makes their summoning condition function like they did in the anime (in which they would be special summoned by just playing their equip spell.) It would make them okay for some casual plays. Instead they just have a huge restriction to overcome.
I wonder how much time I've spent rewatching Rata videos from 3 years ago
So there were TWO powerful Vylon plays?
I knew that there was one involving Mage Power, Twin Swords Tryce, and Vylon Sigma, but I didn't know about the one with Rod of Silence.
Yeah. Omega loop is pretty damn good, but I prefer putting Sigma on the field and boosting his attack to sky high levels. XD
I remember having two Honests in my hand, and Vylon Component, Two Mage Powers and Tryce attached to ye olde Sigma... my butthole clenched for the guy since we were only on the fifth turn. XD
Tryce's equip is funny enough good in Mikanko. Double attacking is what they would really enjoy
Honestly I wish Guardians kept to the theme of having effects when you have no monsters in the grave yard instead of this bizarre equip requirement theme especially since that was Rafaels strategy
That would be near impossible unless if you're running a banish deck.
Wow that part near the end really creeped me out lol did not expect that, good video XDXD
I'm just going to say that, imo, Pure Kaijus could be on LOTW, seeing as they barely can make a play that won't be disrupted in the next turn (Seeing that doing XYZs or Synchros is a mere dream to them, and how they have no way to swarm the field, just by the nature of the cards). They have to use some weird summon with no tribute level 8 monsters, which is something you don't really see often, to make most of the monsters that can make a huge difference in the state of the current meta (I.E the Rank 8 dragon that can just absorb a spell). Of course, you may say that they are good tech choices for dealing with problematic monsters, but the only worthwile one is Gameciel, since you can easily destroy it in the turn you summon it. It is mostly a trolley deck which can't really do much...but Slumber is a really good card to summon some mediocre monsters that will probally turn into beaters if you use your effects once
Ceal spell was used in Cyber Dragon, with Proto and Macchine Duplication
and Dreadschyte was reprinted in eff, because it was used in an OTK with Inzektor Exa Beetle
Question: Why does Arsenal Summoner even have those 'Except' clauses, they could finally have a clean text box by just saying "Find a Guardian", holy shit.
Several of the cards Listed as "exceptions" don't have the Guardian word in their names in their Japanese version. Arsenal Summoner can't search them in Japanese but without the exceptions could do so in English. Which is why they had to make those exceptions. Same with Swap Frog/Frog The Jam and Red-Eyes Black Chick/Cards that Summon Red-Eyes cards (The Red-Eyes Black Chick doesn't have the exact same "Red-Eyes" characters in Japanese so it couldn't be searched.)
Example, Celtic Guardian is Elf Swordsman in Japanese
>Rename the Guardian Equips to something with a common name among them
>Make the Guardians summonable without that stupid restriction
>Have the Guardians search a Guardian Equip HARD once per turn on summon
>If THEIR Equip is in hand, on the field, or in the GY, you can Special Summon that Guardian and equip their Equip from one of those places, again, HARD once per turn
are you quitting so you can focus on your pot of greed series?
He will find out what does it do
You are my favorite RUclipsd bro. Accent and quality just fit perfect to mesh a great ball of entertainment
Legacy of The Worth It Confirmed?
*Legacy of the Worthy
I enjoy these cause I like watching how a game I haven't played in 14 years has evolved and developed. I enjoy seeing how meta's and power creeps force players to change their decks in order to be competitive as well as the general evolution of a game.
Ideas for Guardian Improvement
1) give them high Defense blockers that are either immune to battle destruction or card effect destruction or both, hell let this those blockers get these effects when they are equipped.
2) Give them retrained Equip spells all with the clause [This card is always treated as *insert Specified Equip card for Guardian*]
3)back row protection (if Dark Magician could get this then so can the archetype that beat him, the retrained equips could act as backrow protection, maybe in a six samurai style where you can pop another equip spell if one is about to be destroyed)
4) To Homage Raphael's "No Monsters in the GY" motto let some of the support allow your guardians to recycle themselves while giving some kind of benefit for not hitting the GY. Hell why not give them a play style that punishes the player for using the GY. especially in the current meta as of this typing the GY is a second deck for most players so switching Guardians to focus on anti-GY set up might make for good disruption while a neat homage to Raphael's philosophy.
5) Give them a ROTA for their equip spells, but make it so that it can equip the spells from the deck directly to a monster, but as a draw back it HAS to be the equip cards the guardians use.
6) Retrain of the Guardians themselves, let's face it the Guardians aren't the best, so retrains of their original cards might be interesting especially if, again, the archetype tries to dedicate itself to a play style
I feel like there's actually a very easy way to make Guardians a functional archetype, thought at this point it would require almost every card to be significantly retrained or errata'd
Basically, give the whole archetype a "cursed weapon" sort of theme where the equip cards are detrimental to your opponent's monsters, only slightly useful on your own monsters, and become very powerful when equipped to their respective Guardian. Also, each Guardian can keep the restriction of only being summonable when their equip is active, but give them an effect that lets you transfer the equip card to them.
You did a Shapesnatch cosplay, but didn't even include the bow-tie, which is the actual monster.
I am disappoint, Rata.
Also it's kinda sad to see the series finish, but looking forward to more great videos.
That's not Shapesnatch
He is the one whose shape was snatched
Therefore no bowtie
RANK10YGO
Oh crap, why did I miss that. Now I want to know the story of He Whose Shape was Snatched. What could be the lore of this mysterious character...
FullMetalGuy I smell a new comedy short coming soon
FullMetalGuy Rata bumped into him one day and accidentally knocked off the bowtie and freed him.
FullMetalGuy He came from the realm outside of copyright laws
I'm so glad you did this archetype. Yay!
War of the Worthless? Sounds *_AWESOME_*!
Sign me up!
I'll miss this but I'll enjoy watching you grow from this. good luck in your future :3
Did no one notice that Rata said that he cant imagine someone using spell effects to get rid of kay'est when you can attack over it when kay'est cant be attacked? I know its a few years late but better late than never i guess
Yeah you can attack over it, by that he meant attack directly. I didn't have an issue understanding it
The audio was definitely replaced in the intro. Can't imagine how bad it must have been for Rata to go out of his way sync up new shit in post.
A zipper zapper! A clipper clapper!!
I really enjoyed your series! And really keep it up. My friends and I are looking forward for more of your content and hopefully you'll make a second season. Thank you for your work!
I would rail that mermaid tho.
Celestial Sword - Eatos is called "Holy Sword of the Goddess - Eatos" in the OCG. The "Noble Arms" cards are called "Holy Sword" over there, meaning CS-E's OCG name falls under the archetype, hence the little blurb about it being treated as a "Noble Arms" card.
Obligatory "Fuck 2016 RIP" comment
I don’t play yugioh but whenever I watch a video on it I’m always reminded about how much block text the cards have and how weird it is to see the cards that are excluded from abilities listed on a card.
What about
" Guardian angel Joan"
"Guardian statue"?
Shooting Star Bow - Seal was usable in some decks. I used it on a Chimeratech Overdragon OTK deck, it pretty much guaranteed the win so you didn't rely on your opponent having at least one monster in attack position. With the Future Fusion/Overload Fusion combo you'd get a 9000+ ATK Overdragon pretty easily (meaning the -1000 ATK didn't matter, and even then you had Limiter Removal) and then you could just bypass the monsters (and any potential monster related effects like Honest) for a one hit kill. It was usable in slower formats (I'm talking about A LONG time ago). Not great, not particularly consistent, but usable.
Is The One Whose Shape Got Snatched a god? How can Shapesnatch copy a god if that's the case? Why have i watched this series so many times? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS
I can't dislike the Guardians monsters myself because they gave me, a player who was worthless at this game in my teenage years by any tournament's measure, one glorious moment that's about the only moment the whole time I played this game I'll never forget.
Circa 2005, I'm dueling a friend of mine. He's got 2000 lifepoints left and a Blue Eyes on the field fueled by Mage Power sitting at probably 5000 attack. I've got a Dark Magician and I'm basically waiting to be beaten before I draw Twin Swords- Tryce. I'm already holding the Shooting Star Bow, switched Magician to attack, dropped both equips on him at once and got in 2000 points of direct damage.
Ooooh, it's the happiest memory of this game I have.
Can't wait for the tourney :)
The Tryce equip spell can do pretty good in Gustos, since with Daigusto Sphreez on the field, you can keep attacking your opponent's monsters while they take all the damage
Now it's time for the Legacy of the MANLY
MOKEY MOKEY FIRST.
Eatos is basically a budget Train Card. I mean it is basically just a level 10 that can special itself from Hand.
is that rank10ygo?
It's actually Mana10MTG
who? 😅😅😅
Shuuya Kano11 Mana 10 "Magic The Gathering" The guy from the (Twilight) Edgey Zone.
lol i see! Hahahahah!!
+RANK10YGO holy memes If I start an MTG channel I would name it that as long as you don't sue.