Raye being dark while Roze being light is also a reference to their motivation for the war, Raye was driven by revenge while Roze is an innocent girl force to be an Ace
Its rei which means zero in Japanese and roze is the opposite of zero. Honestly calling her raye feels like a forced translation, it should be sky striker ace zero and roze. just like albaz and aluber. In Japanese aluber's name is literally aruber, and that's for a specific reason, aruber came from latin word arubrum which is means red, albaz real name in ocg is albus which means white.
I'm already used to called her Ra-ye because I only played tcg, and I think they called her Raye because they translate it as Ray (rei sound-ish in english) but they want to make it girlish so they just added the "e" and also I think they want it to have 2 syllables like Ra-ye and Ro-ze
Knowing the tokusatsu and mecha musume inspirations, a more likely set of support to cap off the archetype would be 001 going to Roze as a heroic suit (possibly called "Tsubomi", "flowerbud," to match with Raye's single kanji, nature-based form names, suitable for the "first" in a series of tech, and also referencing her own flower name) and Raye getting the new upgrade. Typically in these sorts of things, if there is a prototype that is just sitting around going unused that also has high-specs, it's due to poor compatibility with the main character, but a side character can use it as a result. And the hero's final form, then, gets to be something that the prior forms were all working towards.
@SpaceBoy Dude chill. No one said Drytrons (the archetype) negate, just that Drytrons (the deck which 90% of the time plays Heralds) can run out of negates. No need to get so hung up on semantics.
Yea. They really could just have a spinoff anime where different archetypes get an episode to show off. Then some of the more complicated worlds could get movies or something. Feels like a great side hustle for them. Especially if they paired it with reprints/new cards for the archetypes depicted.
Is there any written version of these card's lores or is it all through artwork? Cause if its just artwork that's impressive, but if there's a concrete version somewhere I've got a binge to do.
I would like to see Raye and Roze interact with the Charmers. Both groups has an emphasis on different attributes. Also combining the Sky Striker technology with the spiritual arts would make for something really cool.
@@Lelmao33 yeah, I use the Hiita link monster in Master Duel to link climb to Accesscode Talker, super easy to get her out with Kagari and all of Sky Striker's ways to special summon Raye or Roze or steal an opponent's monster.
@@darknessknows1235 we're about to get linkage, so consistency for the pure variant will shoot up the roof. also I'd really like to see hornet drones get banned if it meant we get a 2nd engage in the TCG. hornet drones is what makes the engine splashable in other decks because they don't have to commit a normal summon to use our link monsters and get +1's off of engage. My ideal banlist proposal is 2 kagari 2 engage 2 widow anchor and 0 hornet drones.
more of a theory: these cards may be based on Megaman X. the various mech suits used by Raye represent X's armors, that in later games, he can switch between missions to better complete the challenges at hand. this also explains why the suits are labelled X00x. likewise roze may be based on Zero, who was X's counterpart created by the main antagonist of the original megaman games. Zero often is injured through combat in the games and more importantly has been a huge boss fight in the games. he eventually receives his own armor in a black zero form, which unlocks his full destructive potential (like Zeke). also the Z on Zeke has a very similar design to the one on zero's design. definitely a stretch theory but once I saw the Z, more parallels kept popping up to me
It feels to be more in-line with the Azure Strike GunVolt series, which by themselves, ride the coattails of Megaman Zero. There's also the indie shmup games by Orange Juice, specifically SUGURI and sora.
Funny you mention this, because the reason this is by far and beyond my favorite archetype of all time is because of the similarities it shares with Megaman Zero/ZX. Raye is also pretty much Zero. The playstyle is maneuvering against your opponent like a platformer and using various weapons at your disposal, while also stealing and using your opponent's tools against them, like how X and Zero take their defeated foes weapons/techniques. You are a standalone soldier against usually an archetype deck of many minions and members. And the deck irl can adapt itself in just about any format whether as a pure or hybrid build. ZX involves a player character transforming into multiple forms of elemental based forms with their own specialties in combat. The character also has their own airship base. The nature zone you protect and the setting in MMZ4 is called Area Zero. The deck builds of SS being handtrap heavy is funny, because handtraps sorta resemble Cyber Elves which are these adorable little program beings that come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and help the player by disrupting the enemy or enhancing your abilities and they die upon use like how handtraps go straight to grave upon using their ability. I can even stretch Nibiru being akin to the space colony Eurasia that crashes against the Earth in MMX5 lol. Raye floating is similar to one up revives. Raye and Roze fighting each other is similar to Zero having to fight Omega, the latter also having a giant mech suit form with crazy power. Roze again, her name being related to Zero.
As an big Mega Man fan; especially with the X & Zero series, the fact this theory is the closest that an Yu-Gi-Oh makes an reference to Mega Man is mind blowing.
I'd always wondered what the Sky Striker cards were packing so much weaponry for. I'm mad that alternate Kagari artwork isn't in Master Duel, that shit's dope. Speaking of Master Duel, since I pulled a Kagari I'm seriously considering make a Sky Striker deck out of pure spite. Almost want to craft an Imperial Order just deal with the damn things. By the way, Violet Evergarden is amazing.
I like how you took this long to make a video about Sky Strikers. It's one of the most popular deck in yugioh especially in master duel. It's easy to craft since the core cards only need 3 UR. The deck exploded in popularity when it first come out because people will get crazy whenever they saw waifus.
“However, everything would change on one fateful day: This was the beginning of war. A neighbouring nation had come to claim Raye's homeland for its own.” How painfully topical.
as someone that came back to the game after decades through MD this has got to be one of my favorite arctype in mordern YGO along side traptrix that said i have no idea for the hate for this arctype considering all the other BS in mordern day YGO meta where It's basically mostly dependent on a coin toss and if you're going second it all fully dependent on the negation that's in your opening hand, this arc type is the closest thing to actual old school YGO with back and forth between players rather then a go first masturbation bukake party that prevents your opponent from playing that *can* also just run your opponent over the next turn if they can't answer your board SS literally no quick negation other then anchor, all destruction can be interupted unless you use multirole first, is a tool box control arctype that the cards can't do anything but prevent you from dying in your opponents turn, has a horrible casting requirement that prevents being aggressive in arctype, have hard once per turn and summoning restriction on the monsters, and all the cards that facilitate the arctype to go online is limited/semi limited unless the person is playing some kind of D tier deck like U.A. they really can't complain about SS
Aleister and Raye are universally hated because they have been playable for more than 5 years. People are really bored to play the matchup in 2022. Also SS is the deck with the most YCS tops in the entire game and when a deck is almost tier 0 hate is gonna come
@@yharnamiyhill787 yup, the transfroming gameplay adapted from megaman/rockman (or Kirby), but the artstyle adapted from Infinite Stratos or Strike Witches.
I've always considered using this archetype, the art was always appealing to me and the concept was really cool to me as well, using just one monster to get victory.
@@RedTheWeeb mekk knights, krawlers, world legacy armors, heroes chosen by the world chalice and pretty sure I'm missing some more you might not be that far of
@@e.t.1947 due to this it can make as a good book spin off game or anime series downside it's in the card game due to having so many archetypes that look like and can work well with each other with so many cards of each type its hard to make a single deck combining them
Wow this sounds like a really cool lore! Though I am thinking Mobile Suit Gundam when I am hearing this lore, especially when mech suits are involved but still I was still interested in this lore when it dropped and it sounds just as interesting as I thought it would. Awesome video TGS!
Im getting an infinite stratos vibe if the infinite stratos world never obtained world peace when it did and the IS system was developed during a time of war
Sky Striker most likely also a reference to Konami's Busou Shinki, when Sky Striker came out, a lot of Busou Shinki players/fans went wild I'm waiting for a Bomber Girl deck Konami!!
It's actually a way more loreheavy archetype than it first seems, I quite like it. It would be nice if you could do the tri-brigade archetype since it seems like another one with great lore that goes under the radar.
Thanks for another awesome video! The Sky Striker archetype might be thought to fight against, but their designs and lore are amazing! I had no idea that all of the Link Cards of this series were just different forms of Raye and Rose and thought that each forms were different girls. I am curious where exactly this lore was located either in the Master Guide books or in the Solo Mode of Master Duel, but regardless, it was fun learning more about them! Keep up the amazing work and I’m looking forward to the next one! 🥰😎❤️
Without the Meta hate, this is one of the coolest archetypes. The power fantasy of one little girl chaning into different battlesuits is just so cool. Also, Aether Kayle from League totally looks like them
@@nintendolife25 Imo they're not that hated, cuz this deck has high skill ceiling with a variety of ways to play so for people who duel against Sky Striker player, and if that player has a good amount of knowledge about other cards, it's really hard getting an advantage against them since they can banish, negate, lock or even yoinking your boss monster if the match is long enough and when your LP is at around 5200 or lower they can potentially link summon all the way into Accesscode Talker for game Got to duel against them twice and I enjoyed it a lot (feel bad for the second guy tho since I banish his raye as I otk him to the shadow realm) Might consider building a Sky Striker deck after I got my pure lyrilusc deck done
@@NateVG I quite like finding sky striker players. The game goes from a unga bunga go first 99% win, to actually needing to use your brain to play around the negates they have. As a bonus, they are one of the only players that actually read card effects
@@immakarma2516 I think some of them didn't read though, the first duel I had with a sky striker I have my xyz boss monster that can't be destroy by effect thanks to the monster materials I overlayed, they legit gave it a good read, then co-link all the way to accesscode talker and try to pop my monster, wasting one of their link monsters in the process and actually lost from doing that, since I managed to make a comeback next turn with an omni negate ready so they just scoop lol I was using Bahamut Shark and Kragen btw
17:20 Not just that, but all of the sky striker mecha serial numbers (as seen at 6:38) are references to other aircraft as well. Shark cannon (S-020): F-20 Tigershark Widow anchor (S-061): P-61 Black Widow Eagle booster (S-015): F-15 Eagle Hornet drones (S-018): F/A-18 Hornet
"Raye can launch nanomachines" Ah yes the metal gear archetype (That sword also reminds me of someone :D) Show me a good time, Jack - Sky Striker Raye, probably
True they are so fun to play. They are about as close as the ultra fast link otk helscape of modern Yu-Gi-Oh gets to old school (not counting floodgate rogue archetypes since they really feel quite different)
While I love the whole theme around Sky Strikers, I absolutely hate playing against them. >"Engage" into 10 minute turns >That fucking Anchor >That fucking anchor when you can't respond to it >Lockdown Colloseum >Getting all your shit blown up for basically free >Might as well be a Touhou character with how much they Float >Did I already mention THAT FUCKING ANCHOR?!
Always loved the archetype and the story behind it. I’m hungry for more lore, as where it is at now, it is kind of a cliffhanger ending. Can’t wait for more support to come out!
lol the video lore would be invalid inna few months since they announce the June Vjump issue will start serialzing the manga of the sky striker lore that said whats he new card?
I hope we get a retrain of Roze where she’s on the good side since Raye saves her and she probably redeem herself (Also I want to here no more comments about good and evil in war or something like that we can have a moral discussion about that in somewhere else)
@@failure4452 I mean the side Raye is on only fighting the others to stop the others from conquering so there is some good it’s not just complete evil cause they have no other option
Seeing you have Violet on the video when you talk about Raye and Roze I can't unsee Raye as a mix of Major Milize from 86 and Violet Evergarden from her respective anime series. Raye took up arms to fight against an invading force to put an end to the bloodshed and then after awhile she encounters Roze who took up arms for the similar if not the same reasons she did whereas in Roze's case, it was so that the war her country started can finally be put to an end and I can guess she isn't all too thrilled about her people throwing away their lives to invade even though there might be a reason for it. Raye would have the appearance and voice resembling Lena but her skin tone, eyes, and hair color are like that of Violet's while Roze would have the opposite traits where she would have the appearance and voice resembling that of Violet's but with silver hair and crimson eyes. Wait is it just me or does Sky Striker Ace - Zeke's design look a lot like Face Nemesis from Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and also looks like the MSN-02 Zeong piloted by Char Aznable? So basically the Imperial faction after reverse engineering the Sky Striker technology and created their own, through Imperial science they moved away from suit switching to raw power and created the Strategic Strikers. This is actually like what Stain did with Iron Monger. I actually don't know why Raye is a dark attribute while Roze is a light attribute but I read from a comment where Raye could be a dark attribute because she chose to fight in the war of her own volition so that the people she cared for can smile again and I am guessing Raye is a Dark Attribute because she is a girl who threw away her innocence and was willing to dirty her hands so that those she care for can smile again. Roze on the other hand is light attribute while she is a soldier despite her age from the invading country. It's possible she is a girl who never really chose to become a soldier nor did she sign up for the program in the first place. Don't know her circumstances but there is a chance she was enlisted unwillingly or as the saying goes, her country is telling the story of this war differently and thus she has no real clue to what her country is really doing.
Live Twins and Sky Strikers apparently have some story between them. Had a friend point that out in one of the newer cards that came out for the archtype. Love these videos, cant wait to see more in the future. In particular, the whole Fallen of Albaz and his interactions with what, 5 different Archtypes?
K****'s Deck Order for the Battle City Duel - i.imgur.com/px7NoiT.png Y***'s Deck Order for the Battle City Duel - i.imgur.com/JlzBqOl.png For the Was K** about to Defeat Y**, I figured this could be helpful. This was as close as I could get the absolute correct order of the cards they draw based on card positioning in their hands (since the way they hold and add cards to their hands can change from scene to scene). I also tried my best to order cards for the effect of final attack orders that would get sent to the grave, but obviously that's pure speculation. K*** had exactly 40 cards in his deck and Y*** had a bit more ambiguous amount so it could be anywhere from ~40 - ~52 cards. These were the cards that Y*** had used in his all of his finals matches so that's what I used for his deck. For K***, I had to use his duel 4 way duel, him vs Y***, and him vs Joey. There were a couple of extra cards so they're side deck, along with the rest of the cards he used in Battle City as a whole. But the cards I chose to keep in vs cut were based on his strategy/theme for his deck. Against Ishizu it was deck destruction and in this duel it was an advantage strategy (summoning as many monsters as possible for Obelisk through fusion summons and such). In the Yugioh Wiki for the duel, it said that there was an animation error after the Gods destroyed each other and Kaiba was holding 1 card too many, but I from rewatching the episodes a few times, the order I have seems to math out just fine. Also, more speculation for the last cards for Final Attack Orders in each of their decks; K****'s last card was probably shrink since it could help with his final push strategy if Y** was able to summon a huge beatstick and Y***'s last card was probably a removal spell like Soul Taker (not quite sure since it's anime effect is like soul exchange and enemy controller, so it makes it kinda confusing) but most other things don't seem to help with Y***'s counter strategy. If the links don't work, I can try sending them to you somewhere else if you need. But if this was Yuya vs Kaito or somthing like that, then I hope this could be useful for the video later down the road.
Great Lore! And I feel that the archetype had some inspirations with Zoids New Century Liger Zero Forms and The VividRed Operation Anime with a little Centurions Cartoon Suit Change concepts. Hopefully they would release a Final Mode for Raye.
The concept & lore of these cards are great . Maybe the only reason I don’t enjoy them is because of how meta they are but that does not make them bad. Still they are hella of lot easier to beat then eldlich -__-
*Lillie takes control of one drone later when she faces against Ray and Roze using her hack neo against her controlling them both gear* Lillie: “This is pretty fun… Hehe.” *She add them both into her own deck*
This is definitely my favorite archetype of cards originally I used to love blue eyes cards but sky strikers is just as cool plus has some kickass lore that I'd watch a moive or show about it
Funny thing you mention a missing 001…cuz my own hypothesis on why this wasn’t used is because it was meant to condense properties of what would become the other suits all into one…but the initial project failed due to risks that make what future suits have seem especially tame. But against the new enemy facing both Raye and Roze…I suspect that, for one reason or another, Roze would lend Raye her sword as a means of unlocking 001 when no other option is available…and this is my take on what that suit could be (yeah…unofficial custom card) Sky Striker Ace - Kinsei Link: 2 (T, B) LIGHT 2 monsters, including a “Sky Striker Ace” monster Must be Link Summoned. You can only Special Summon “Sky Striker Ace - Kinsei” once per turn. If this card is Link Summoned: You can target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; negate that target’s effects (if any), and if that target is a monster, that monster loses 500 ATK for each “Sky Striker” Spell in your GY with different names. Once per turn: You can return 1 “Sky Striker Ace” Link Monster from your GY to the Extra Deck; this card gains 1000 ATK. ATK: 1500
I always find it amazing how Yugioh would somehow tie a monster’s effect with its lore. Thank you you so much for covering the Sky Striker Archetype and its reference to the aircraft, TGS!
The numbering wit the suits, the 002, 003, 004. I'm not sure if anyone remembers, but there was a fun anime many many years ago called "Cyborg 009" and their names/codenames were 001, 002, 003 and so on. Anyone else remember that show?
Yu Gi Oh is the only game where Highschool girls in Combat Armor , Sentient Gears and Jpop idols from cyberspace have equal power over vampires,robot dinosaurs and lovecraftian monsters.
I want Yugioh to do archetype Anime mini-series so badly. Sky Striker HEROs Visas Starfrost Buster Blader World Legacy Albaz Each one of these and so many more would be so fucking cool with a mini-series showing their backstory
I swear if I didn't knew this was a Yu-Gi-Oh! archtype when TGSAnime was explaining the lore, I would of thought this was some kind of modern Evangeline reboot or something. Some of these archtypes sound too good to come from a card game like Yu-Gi-Oh.
Can next video be what could happen in Yugo VS Yuri if Aster and Kaito never interrupted their duel?? I know their duel finished in 3 turns but still it would be interesting
I love these but try not to watch them because I immediately want to get all the cards 😭 learning about the stories and seeing an in-depth look at the art is always a treat and great for finding something new to play.
Sky Striker is always such a cool archetype. Despite the love-hate relationship in the meta, they have such awesome designs in the cards and how its just 1 monster with different essentials. I already have the core irl, though I'm only missing more copies of Widow Anchor and 1 copy of Zeke, and I hope to see the new supports coming soon. I can't wait for the manga to be released as well, I'm really excited to finally see an archetype getting it's own story be told in manga form. I hope if this continues they'll bring up the stories of Duel Terminal, World Legacy, and Albaz (heck I also really wanna see Charmers get their own manga)
Season 1 of Master Duel I hated seeing this deck for its long lines of play. Season 2, I was annoyed but I had a whole season of them not really being a threat (largely due to me playing Eldlich out of frustration at that point or just rage quitting so I could get to the next duel). Now in season 3, I've actually rolled a few of these decks with my Gladiators but, being a lover of toolbox styled archetypes, I find myself now curious as to how it feels to pilot the deck. Maybe a season 4 goal.
You have to play a lot with it and have a good knowledge of yours opponant deck. It's very hard but rewardng in my opinion. With enough skill it's very power full and let you deal against a lot of situation with ease.
@@primsy That's the trick with pretty much all of the toolbox decks honestly, except Gladiator Beasts. I'm actually going to put Magical Muskets together too. Unfortunately, I can't really build both since I'm F2P.
The changeable suits and every other option she has reminds me of Iron Man, the ships from the Gradius series, and the main character Gunpla from Gundam Build Divers Re-Rise.
Mmkay, so, I honestly never cared much about Sky Striker until seeing this video. The connections TGS made to Violet Evergarden just touched my heartstrings and the lore is really cool. Also, I'd never noticed that they were just suits for Raye instead of different characters. That's quite nice!
My favorite thing about Yu-Gi-Oh! is that you can make whole anime series based on archetype lore alone
Seriously, there’s always an interesting story behind these monsters.
@Deseon the strength build Mage Hah, Konami making games. That's hilarious.
This archetype reminds me of the Strike Witches and Infinite Stratos anime
Which is only recently they been doing that so far. My guess is cause they can't really rely on the anime to sell their cards anymore.
They just announced a Sky Striker manga today
Raye being dark while Roze being light is also a reference to their motivation for the war, Raye was driven by revenge while Roze is an innocent girl force to be an Ace
Good perception 👍😍
it's more like rei willingly becomes a soldier and roze is basically a lab rat.
Its rei which means zero in Japanese and roze is the opposite of zero.
Honestly calling her raye feels like a forced translation, it should be sky striker ace zero and roze.
just like albaz and aluber.
In Japanese aluber's name is literally aruber, and that's for a specific reason, aruber came from latin word arubrum which is means red, albaz real name in ocg is albus which means white.
I'm already used to called her Ra-ye because I only played tcg, and I think they called her Raye because they translate it as Ray (rei sound-ish in english) but they want to make it girlish so they just added the "e" and also I think they want it to have 2 syllables like Ra-ye and Ro-ze
@@r3zaful I think translating it as Rei would work much better then Raye because at least Rei makes sense
Knowing the tokusatsu and mecha musume inspirations, a more likely set of support to cap off the archetype would be 001 going to Roze as a heroic suit (possibly called "Tsubomi", "flowerbud," to match with Raye's single kanji, nature-based form names, suitable for the "first" in a series of tech, and also referencing her own flower name) and Raye getting the new upgrade. Typically in these sorts of things, if there is a prototype that is just sitting around going unused that also has high-specs, it's due to poor compatibility with the main character, but a side character can use it as a result. And the hero's final form, then, gets to be something that the prior forms were all working towards.
Roze with Link-1 form
and then
Link-2 tag Team
Link-3 Neo Zeke
And a final link-4!
then they all end up being tier 1 once again shreading through the meta and lock it up forver until the end of yu gi oh
Oh like Mach chaser
I hate playing against the deck in master duel but I love the look and the lore, hoping we get a gate featuring this archetype one day in the gate
I like playing against striker better than drytron. It at least feels like my actions affect the outcome with strikers.
The lore of This video made me forgive Sky Striker and made me respect it for what it is.
As a Drytron. You can run out of negates and she just keeps going and kick your ass anyway.
@SpaceBoy Dude chill. No one said Drytrons (the archetype) negate, just that Drytrons (the deck which 90% of the time plays Heralds) can run out of negates. No need to get so hung up on semantics.
One day I hope Konami makes an anthology series around a few archetypes. How hype it'd be to get like 40 minutes of Sky Striker Lore.
sky striker is a cross between a magical girl show and a mecha anime which is sick
They semi have that in Master Duels
Yeah but I'm talking a Netflix or Amazon show revolving around different archetypes.
Yea. They really could just have a spinoff anime where different archetypes get an episode to show off. Then some of the more complicated worlds could get movies or something. Feels like a great side hustle for them. Especially if they paired it with reprints/new cards for the archetypes depicted.
@@MercuryA2000 I would love a vendread story
Gotta love a good Ygo lore story.
They can tell a good story.
I agree✊️
Is there any written version of these card's lores or is it all through artwork? Cause if its just artwork that's impressive, but if there's a concrete version somewhere I've got a binge to do.
@@MercuryA2000 both
@@praggodey Where can I find it?
It’s especially creative how they tie the monster’s effect through its lore.
I would like to see Raye and Roze interact with the Charmers. Both groups has an emphasis on different attributes. Also combining the Sky Striker technology with the spiritual arts would make for something really cool.
Raye: Roze??
“…CUTE.”
Inari Fire/Ran-Ryu/Nefarious Marmot:…. HUH
Jigobyte: …(I am IN DANGER)
Raye: SORRY
XD
Funny thing is Fire charmers get a lot of use in Sky striker deck
@@Lelmao33 yeah, I use the Hiita link monster in Master Duel to link climb to Accesscode Talker, super easy to get her out with Kagari and all of Sky Striker's ways to special summon Raye or Roze or steal an opponent's monster.
Honestly I just want Sky striker to get more cards and a better playstyle if they were played pure
@@darknessknows1235 we're about to get linkage, so consistency for the pure variant will shoot up the roof. also I'd really like to see hornet drones get banned if it meant we get a 2nd engage in the TCG. hornet drones is what makes the engine splashable in other decks because they don't have to commit a normal summon to use our link monsters and get +1's off of engage. My ideal banlist proposal is 2 kagari 2 engage 2 widow anchor and 0 hornet drones.
more of a theory: these cards may be based on Megaman X. the various mech suits used by Raye represent X's armors, that in later games, he can switch between missions to better complete the challenges at hand. this also explains why the suits are labelled X00x. likewise roze may be based on Zero, who was X's counterpart created by the main antagonist of the original megaman games. Zero often is injured through combat in the games and more importantly has been a huge boss fight in the games. he eventually receives his own armor in a black zero form, which unlocks his full destructive potential (like Zeke). also the Z on Zeke has a very similar design to the one on zero's design.
definitely a stretch theory but once I saw the Z, more parallels kept popping up to me
It feels to be more in-line with the Azure Strike GunVolt series, which by themselves, ride the coattails of Megaman Zero.
There's also the indie shmup games by Orange Juice, specifically SUGURI and sora.
@@dracmeister I didn't know about those. Thanks for the addition!
Funny you mention this, because the reason this is by far and beyond my favorite archetype of all time is because of the similarities it shares with Megaman Zero/ZX. Raye is also pretty much Zero.
The playstyle is maneuvering against your opponent like a platformer and using various weapons at your disposal, while also stealing and using your opponent's tools against them, like how X and Zero take their defeated foes weapons/techniques. You are a standalone soldier against usually an archetype deck of many minions and members. And the deck irl can adapt itself in just about any format whether as a pure or hybrid build.
ZX involves a player character transforming into multiple forms of elemental based forms with their own specialties in combat. The character also has their own airship base.
The nature zone you protect and the setting in MMZ4 is called Area Zero.
The deck builds of SS being handtrap heavy is funny, because handtraps sorta resemble Cyber Elves which are these adorable little program beings that come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and help the player by disrupting the enemy or enhancing your abilities and they die upon use like how handtraps go straight to grave upon using their ability. I can even stretch Nibiru being akin to the space colony Eurasia that crashes against the Earth in MMX5 lol.
Raye floating is similar to one up revives.
Raye and Roze fighting each other is similar to Zero having to fight Omega, the latter also having a giant mech suit form with crazy power. Roze again, her name being related to Zero.
Seems more in line with the zoid liger zero. Here armors are very similar to that
As an big Mega Man fan; especially with the X & Zero series, the fact this theory is the closest that an Yu-Gi-Oh makes an reference to Mega Man is mind blowing.
I'd always wondered what the Sky Striker cards were packing so much weaponry for. I'm mad that alternate Kagari artwork isn't in Master Duel, that shit's dope. Speaking of Master Duel, since I pulled a Kagari I'm seriously considering make a Sky Striker deck out of pure spite. Almost want to craft an Imperial Order just deal with the damn things.
By the way, Violet Evergarden is amazing.
It’s interesting that each archetype has more lore than the actual yugioh shows. That’s what the show should be now.
I like how you took this long to make a video about Sky Strikers. It's one of the most popular deck in yugioh especially in master duel. It's easy to craft since the core cards only need 3 UR. The deck exploded in popularity when it first come out because people will get crazy whenever they saw waifus.
One of the reason it’s my main in MD, like I can literally imagine the scene of battles with each spells & forms.
Sky Striker is one of those archetypes that need their own anime or visual novel
World legacy : ooh ....anyway
@@no-name510 World Legacy needs a Xenoblade-sized RPG game.
they kinda do already
its called honkai impact (its the battle suits)
Mayakashi too
They should do Yu-Gi-Oh movies that feature the non-anime series card lore.
“However, everything would change on one fateful day: This was the beginning of war. A neighbouring nation had come to claim Raye's homeland for its own.”
How painfully topical.
Then everything changed when Rus... I mean the Fire Nation attacked!
@@Phantom_of_Black wouldn't they be and ice nation or well a water tribe
@@Phantom_of_Black ICE BARRIER FITS ACTUALLY
If you want to draw to the real world, Raye's nation attacked first.
Gem knights lived peacefully
Until the Laval nation attacked
as someone that came back to the game after decades through MD this has got to be one of my favorite arctype in mordern YGO along side traptrix
that said i have no idea for the hate for this arctype considering all the other BS in mordern day YGO meta where It's basically mostly dependent on a coin toss and if you're going second it all fully dependent on the negation that's in your opening hand, this arc type is the closest thing to actual old school YGO with back and forth between players rather then a go first masturbation bukake party that prevents your opponent from playing that *can* also just run your opponent over the next turn if they can't answer your board
SS literally no quick negation other then anchor, all destruction can be interupted unless you use multirole first, is a tool box control arctype that the cards can't do anything but prevent you from dying in your opponents turn, has a horrible casting requirement that prevents being aggressive in arctype, have hard once per turn and summoning restriction on the monsters, and all the cards that facilitate the arctype to go online is limited/semi limited
unless the person is playing some kind of D tier deck like U.A. they really can't complain about SS
Aleister and Raye are universally hated because they have been playable for more than 5 years. People are really bored to play the matchup in 2022. Also SS is the deck with the most YCS tops in the entire game and when a deck is almost tier 0 hate is gonna come
@@trevizee806 it's tier 2 nowadays though, lots of hits.
You forgot the Accescode Suit.
Jokes aside, this archetype reminds me of Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
Only better. Cause there isnt some idiot meathead actor trying to be 'hard'.
The idea of an entire archetype being one or two monsters transforming as needed is very interesting.
Neos?
I think it's heavily inspired by Megaman (or Rockman in jap)
@@yharnamiyhill787 yup, the transfroming gameplay adapted from megaman/rockman (or Kirby), but the artstyle adapted from Infinite Stratos or Strike Witches.
I've been trying for years to make a Gaia deck that's based on this concept, so I definitely agree!
Invoked?
Anime TGS is training us to deal with these Meta archetypes, and in amazing videos
I've always considered using this archetype, the art was always appealing to me and the concept was really cool to me as well, using just one monster to get victory.
Really well done Sam, Sky Striker is one of my favorite decks, it’s cool to know the lore behind them
I feel like they can make a series that just talks about the stories behind the different archetypes cards and monster in the Yu-Gi-Oh
World Legacy would spun and insane amount of seasons and spin offs
@@e.t.1947 SERIOUSLY THO THERES LITERALLY ATLEAST 15 THINGS TIED TO IT
@@RedTheWeeb mekk knights, krawlers, world legacy armors, heroes chosen by the world chalice and pretty sure I'm missing some more you might not be that far of
There was duel terminal
@@e.t.1947 due to this it can make as a good book spin off game or anime series downside it's in the card game due to having so many archetypes that look like and can work well with each other with so many cards of each type its hard to make a single deck combining them
I’ve been playing Strikers for like 3 years and this is all literally brand new information to me 😆
Wow this sounds like a really cool lore! Though I am thinking Mobile Suit Gundam when I am hearing this lore, especially when mech suits are involved but still I was still interested in this lore when it dropped and it sounds just as interesting as I thought it would. Awesome video TGS!
I’m getting more guilty crown vibes.
Im getting an infinite stratos vibe if the infinite stratos world never obtained world peace when it did and the IS system was developed during a time of war
Reminds me of those Gundams that can change equipment mid-battle, such as the Impulse.
@@ariefdee6800 Ikr!?
Infinite Stratos vibes.
really love this archetype. it always reminds me of infinite stratos
the dude can make you want to play a deck by the power of narration alone
YES
I legit want to try some of these decks BECAUSE of these vids!
Sky Striker most likely also a reference to Konami's Busou Shinki, when Sky Striker came out, a lot of Busou Shinki players/fans went wild
I'm waiting for a Bomber Girl deck Konami!!
YGO can't handle the smug that emanates from Pine and Grim Aloe
They are based on mechamusume, a common thing in anime nowdays
@@akiradkcn lol like busou shinki isn't one and it's a classic
edit: It's also a Konami Game
@@Jet-Black_Cat ...no one said they aren't tho?
@@akiradkcn the way you pointed it out of nowhere did though
It's actually a way more loreheavy archetype than it first seems, I quite like it.
It would be nice if you could do the tri-brigade archetype since it seems like another one with great lore that goes under the radar.
Thanks for another awesome video! The Sky Striker archetype might be thought to fight against, but their designs and lore are amazing! I had no idea that all of the Link Cards of this series were just different forms of Raye and Rose and thought that each forms were different girls. I am curious where exactly this lore was located either in the Master Guide books or in the Solo Mode of Master Duel, but regardless, it was fun learning more about them! Keep up the amazing work and I’m looking forward to the next one! 🥰😎❤️
The lore for Raye is so freakin cool!! I would watch the crap out of that if it were an anime. Seriously. Seeing all the Ace suits would be so sweet.
I love this series, truly favorite Yugioh channel of them all, im crossing my fingers for the Myutant archtype video to come out soon
"Who are you?"
"I am Raye"
"Raye who?"
Looks at archetype friends.
"Raye of the Sky Striker"
Raye SkyStriker
Sweet. The Archetype/Deck that I first built in Master Duel and what got me back into YGO. Nice work on the video!
Without the Meta hate, this is one of the coolest archetypes. The power fantasy of one little girl chaning into different battlesuits is just so cool. Also, Aether Kayle from League totally looks like them
as much as I hate dueling against it, it is an awesome archetype
Sorry for sounding ignorant but was this archetype really hated?
@@nintendolife25 Imo they're not that hated, cuz this deck has high skill ceiling with a variety of ways to play so for people who duel against Sky Striker player, and if that player has a good amount of knowledge about other cards, it's really hard getting an advantage against them since they can banish, negate, lock or even yoinking your boss monster if the match is long enough and when your LP is at around 5200 or lower they can potentially link summon all the way into Accesscode Talker for game
Got to duel against them twice and I enjoyed it a lot (feel bad for the second guy tho since I banish his raye as I otk him to the shadow realm) Might consider building a Sky Striker deck after I got my pure lyrilusc deck done
@@NateVG I quite like finding sky striker players. The game goes from a unga bunga go first 99% win, to actually needing to use your brain to play around the negates they have.
As a bonus, they are one of the only players that actually read card effects
@@immakarma2516 I think some of them didn't read though, the first duel I had with a sky striker I have my xyz boss monster that can't be destroy by effect thanks to the monster materials I overlayed, they legit gave it a good read, then co-link all the way to accesscode talker and try to pop my monster, wasting one of their link monsters in the process and actually lost from doing that, since I managed to make a comeback next turn with an omni negate ready so they just scoop lol
I was using Bahamut Shark and Kragen btw
17:20 Not just that, but all of the sky striker mecha serial numbers (as seen at 6:38) are references to other aircraft as well.
Shark cannon (S-020): F-20 Tigershark
Widow anchor (S-061): P-61 Black Widow
Eagle booster (S-015): F-15 Eagle
Hornet drones (S-018): F/A-18 Hornet
Omg nice
"Raye can launch nanomachines" Ah yes the metal gear archetype
(That sword also reminds me of someone :D)
Show me a good time, Jack
- Sky Striker Raye, probably
THERE IS WILL BE BLOODSHED
@@mimerfb THE MAN IN THE MIRROR NODS HIS HEAD
THE ONLY ONE LEFT
Sky Strikers are my favourite deck :3 Not only for the artwork and concept but also just how they play; I never get bored of them!
True they are so fun to play. They are about as close as the ultra fast link otk helscape of modern Yu-Gi-Oh gets to old school (not counting floodgate rogue archetypes since they really feel quite different)
While I love the whole theme around Sky Strikers, I absolutely hate playing against them.
>"Engage" into 10 minute turns
>That fucking Anchor
>That fucking anchor when you can't respond to it
>Lockdown Colloseum
>Getting all your shit blown up for basically free
>Might as well be a Touhou character with how much they Float
>Did I already mention THAT FUCKING ANCHOR?!
SAME!!!!
I feel your pain...
This didn’t age too well with the release of the manga but I like your version a lot too
Always loved the archetype and the story behind it. I’m hungry for more lore, as where it is at now, it is kind of a cliffhanger ending. Can’t wait for more support to come out!
Right after you make this video, Konami had the nerve to make another card right after this video
lol the video lore would be invalid inna few months since they announce the June Vjump issue will start serialzing the manga of the sky striker lore
that said whats he new card?
Thanks for making this video!! Very well put together. This really makes me appreciate the archetype a lot more. You’re awesome!
Good lore. Nice editing. Audibly appealing narration. 10/10 video
Glad you enjoyed it!
I haven't even finished the video yet, but HOLY FUCK you nailed that intro my guy. Excellent job! Bravo. ^^
I hope we get a retrain of Roze where she’s on the good side since Raye saves her and she probably redeem herself
(Also I want to here no more comments about good and evil in war or something like that we can have a moral discussion about that in somewhere else)
Good and evil are relative but i get what u mean
I thought she's dead
There’s no good in war (yikes)
@@sleepyguy4237 no she’s only unconscious
@@failure4452 I mean the side Raye is on only fighting the others to stop the others from conquering so there is some good it’s not just complete evil cause they have no other option
Ive been waiting for a solo gate in MD for this kind of content. Thank you!
I’m loving the lore TGS comes up with for the cards
Idk if he comes up with them but I do love the series
I think it is official lore somewhere
Same. Also... Fjord called and wants to cancel his account with you
Wait I thought this was actually true
He doesn't come up with them. All of the archetypes now have their own stories, and you have to piece them together
Seeing you have Violet on the video when you talk about Raye and Roze I can't unsee Raye as a mix of Major Milize from 86 and Violet Evergarden from her respective anime series. Raye took up arms to fight against an invading force to put an end to the bloodshed and then after awhile she encounters Roze who took up arms for the similar if not the same reasons she did whereas in Roze's case, it was so that the war her country started can finally be put to an end and I can guess she isn't all too thrilled about her people throwing away their lives to invade even though there might be a reason for it. Raye would have the appearance and voice resembling Lena but her skin tone, eyes, and hair color are like that of Violet's while Roze would have the opposite traits where she would have the appearance and voice resembling that of Violet's but with silver hair and crimson eyes.
Wait is it just me or does Sky Striker Ace - Zeke's design look a lot like Face Nemesis from Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and also looks like the MSN-02 Zeong piloted by Char Aznable?
So basically the Imperial faction after reverse engineering the Sky Striker technology and created their own, through Imperial science they moved away from suit switching to raw power and created the Strategic Strikers. This is actually like what Stain did with Iron Monger.
I actually don't know why Raye is a dark attribute while Roze is a light attribute but I read from a comment where Raye could be a dark attribute because she chose to fight in the war of her own volition so that the people she cared for can smile again and I am guessing Raye is a Dark Attribute because she is a girl who threw away her innocence and was willing to dirty her hands so that those she care for can smile again. Roze on the other hand is light attribute while she is a soldier despite her age from the invading country. It's possible she is a girl who never really chose to become a soldier nor did she sign up for the program in the first place. Don't know her circumstances but there is a chance she was enlisted unwillingly or as the saying goes, her country is telling the story of this war differently and thus she has no real clue to what her country is really doing.
Live Twins and Sky Strikers apparently have some story between them. Had a friend point that out in one of the newer cards that came out for the archtype.
Love these videos, cant wait to see more in the future. In particular, the whole Fallen of Albaz and his interactions with what, 5 different Archtypes?
The live twins are v tubers and they cosplay as raye and roze in one of the cards.
It was just a cosplay, no real connection as far I know
I love the lore and designs behind the Sky Striker, Kozmo and Invoke archetypes.
1:37 Nanomachines son! They protect her body from harm!
I swear, when Konami put their back into it, they produce some of the best lore in fiction out there !
K****'s Deck Order for the Battle City Duel - i.imgur.com/px7NoiT.png
Y***'s Deck Order for the Battle City Duel - i.imgur.com/JlzBqOl.png
For the Was K** about to Defeat Y**, I figured this could be helpful. This was as close as I could get the absolute correct order of the cards they draw based on card positioning in their hands (since the way they hold and add cards to their hands can change from scene to scene). I also tried my best to order cards for the effect of final attack orders that would get sent to the grave, but obviously that's pure speculation. K*** had exactly 40 cards in his deck and Y*** had a bit more ambiguous amount so it could be anywhere from ~40 - ~52 cards. These were the cards that Y*** had used in his all of his finals matches so that's what I used for his deck. For K***, I had to use his duel 4 way duel, him vs Y***, and him vs Joey. There were a couple of extra cards so they're side deck, along with the rest of the cards he used in Battle City as a whole. But the cards I chose to keep in vs cut were based on his strategy/theme for his deck. Against Ishizu it was deck destruction and in this duel it was an advantage strategy (summoning as many monsters as possible for Obelisk through fusion summons and such). In the Yugioh Wiki for the duel, it said that there was an animation error after the Gods destroyed each other and Kaiba was holding 1 card too many, but I from rewatching the episodes a few times, the order I have seems to math out just fine. Also, more speculation for the last cards for Final Attack Orders in each of their decks; K****'s last card was probably shrink since it could help with his final push strategy if Y** was able to summon a huge beatstick and Y***'s last card was probably a removal spell like Soul Taker (not quite sure since it's anime effect is like soul exchange and enemy controller, so it makes it kinda confusing) but most other things don't seem to help with Y***'s counter strategy.
If the links don't work, I can try sending them to you somewhere else if you need. But if this was Yuya vs Kaito or somthing like that, then I hope this could be useful for the video later down the road.
I love how you explain the the lore dude & I hope so bad they start making series around archetype
Damn this was amazing. I love this archetype. Great video.
YES ! TGS THANK YOU!
Man I've been looking to make a deck in master duel and I'm in love with the lure here, ganna check out the cards in more detail now, thanks!!
Great Lore! And I feel that the archetype had some inspirations with Zoids New Century Liger Zero Forms and The VividRed Operation Anime with a little Centurions Cartoon Suit Change concepts. Hopefully they would release a Final Mode for Raye.
Fun fact: There's actually a manga called "Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Stories" that expands a bit on the Sky Striker Archetype's lore in the first arc
00:03-00:06 "what a boring story" - wolfman sing2
The concept & lore of these cards are great . Maybe the only reason I don’t enjoy them is because of how meta they are but that does not make them bad. Still they are hella of lot easier to beat then eldlich -__-
*Lillie takes control of one drone later when she faces against Ray and Roze using her hack neo against her controlling them both gear*
Lillie: “This is pretty fun… Hehe.”
*She add them both into her own deck*
Ray: Bruh
This is definitely my favorite archetype of cards originally I used to love blue eyes cards but sky strikers is just as cool plus has some kickass lore that I'd watch a moive or show about it
Man I really love this kind of video. Can't wait for the prank-kids and ojama lore
my 4th fave archetype after phnatom knights,shadolls and dangers
You should do Live Twins next! Also excellent video as always
Called it! One of my favorite archetypes and the deck I main in Master Duel regardless of my w/l ratio.
Funny thing you mention a missing 001…cuz my own hypothesis on why this wasn’t used is because it was meant to condense properties of what would become the other suits all into one…but the initial project failed due to risks that make what future suits have seem especially tame. But against the new enemy facing both Raye and Roze…I suspect that, for one reason or another, Roze would lend Raye her sword as a means of unlocking 001 when no other option is available…and this is my take on what that suit could be (yeah…unofficial custom card)
Sky Striker Ace - Kinsei
Link: 2 (T, B) LIGHT
2 monsters, including a “Sky Striker Ace” monster
Must be Link Summoned. You can only Special Summon “Sky Striker Ace - Kinsei” once per turn. If this card is Link Summoned: You can target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; negate that target’s effects (if any), and if that target is a monster, that monster loses 500 ATK for each “Sky Striker” Spell in your GY with different names. Once per turn: You can return 1 “Sky Striker Ace” Link Monster from your GY to the Extra Deck; this card gains 1000 ATK.
ATK: 1500
Aced it!
Would love to see a D/D/D archetype!
Sky Strikers are one the best match ups for the OP Swordsouls. For that reason alone you should make this deck in Master Duel.
Love it. I'm a hard-core DM player and I love love love my Sky Striker engine.
Raidraptors I think would be an interesting archetype to dive into :)
And what do you know, we're getting a manga about Sky strikers next month!
I always find it amazing how Yugioh would somehow tie a monster’s effect with its lore. Thank you you so much for covering the Sky Striker Archetype and its reference to the aircraft, TGS!
Tbh I know every card of the archetype but I just love the little lore that you give at the start of the video
The numbering wit the suits, the 002, 003, 004. I'm not sure if anyone remembers, but there was a fun anime many many years ago called "Cyborg 009" and their names/codenames were 001, 002, 003 and so on. Anyone else remember that show?
TGS: An new enemy appeared
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was building this deck rn, thanks for the video and the informations, very useful and interesting!
Came back to rewatch due to Linkage coming back in MD, and also I love my fav youtuber accents😂
Striker best deck! Shoutout GGYGO for anybody looking for striker tips or general digestible yugioh meta knowledge!
THIS LORE IS SO FREAKING COOL! Still hate the deck, but I respect it now.
When's the anime, @Konami?
They literally just announced a Sky Striker manga like yesterday lol
There's a manga coming, so close enough
I'm new to yu gi oh franchise and card games... Raye is my first waifu and the first deck I've every built she really fun and I enjoy her play style
Yu Gi Oh is the only game where Highschool girls in Combat Armor , Sentient Gears and Jpop idols from cyberspace have equal power over vampires,robot dinosaurs and lovecraftian monsters.
And HOW
XD
I want Yugioh to do archetype Anime mini-series so badly.
Sky Striker
HEROs
Visas Starfrost
Buster Blader
World Legacy
Albaz
Each one of these and so many more would be so fucking cool with a mini-series showing their backstory
This video just convinced me to get back into YGO with this archetype. These cards look sick.
The deck was broken as hell when it was at full power . It’s still good but not as strong with all the hits it got
@@PapaMcfly1
I figured. I played Lightsworn for years even after it got hit several times. I'm a deck enthusiast.
I swear if I didn't knew this was a Yu-Gi-Oh! archtype when TGSAnime was explaining the lore, I would of thought this was some kind of modern Evangeline reboot or something. Some of these archtypes sound too good to come from a card game like Yu-Gi-Oh.
Can next video be what could happen in Yugo VS Yuri if Aster and Kaito never interrupted their duel?? I know their duel finished in 3 turns but still it would be interesting
I love Yugioh cards lore , it so amazing . Hope at the future , you make a video about Dogmatika lore .
Omg I think I just found a new archetype that I want to use now!!! Thanks TGS
I love it❤😍
Raye reminds me of Samus Aran and Magical Girl Nanoha and Homura Akemi and Sayaka Miki✊️
Raye having four power-ups each linked to an element and the background battlefield seeming VR based reminds me of Corrector Yui
I love these but try not to watch them because I immediately want to get all the cards 😭 learning about the stories and seeing an in-depth look at the art is always a treat and great for finding something new to play.
Sky Striker is always such a cool archetype. Despite the love-hate relationship in the meta, they have such awesome designs in the cards and how its just 1 monster with different essentials. I already have the core irl, though I'm only missing more copies of Widow Anchor and 1 copy of Zeke, and I hope to see the new supports coming soon. I can't wait for the manga to be released as well, I'm really excited to finally see an archetype getting it's own story be told in manga form. I hope if this continues they'll bring up the stories of Duel Terminal, World Legacy, and Albaz (heck I also really wanna see Charmers get their own manga)
Another amazing work! Hey man can you do Mathmech archetype next?
Season 1 of Master Duel I hated seeing this deck for its long lines of play. Season 2, I was annoyed but I had a whole season of them not really being a threat (largely due to me playing Eldlich out of frustration at that point or just rage quitting so I could get to the next duel). Now in season 3, I've actually rolled a few of these decks with my Gladiators but, being a lover of toolbox styled archetypes, I find myself now curious as to how it feels to pilot the deck. Maybe a season 4 goal.
You have to play a lot with it and have a good knowledge of yours opponant deck. It's very hard but rewardng in my opinion. With enough skill it's very power full and let you deal against a lot of situation with ease.
@@primsy That's the trick with pretty much all of the toolbox decks honestly, except Gladiator Beasts. I'm actually going to put Magical Muskets together too. Unfortunately, I can't really build both since I'm F2P.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Some of the archetypes deserves their own anime
This one, plus the World Legacy archetypes are animes that NEED to be made
@@failure4452 I'll take Vendreads too
The changeable suits and every other option she has reminds me of Iron Man, the ships from the Gradius series, and the main character Gunpla from Gundam Build Divers Re-Rise.
Samus: *Submits a cease & desist against the name Zero Suit*
My favorite archetype of all time. Absolutely a blast to play this deck.
This is awesome, can you do rokkets next? Including the borrel and topologics extra deck cards???
Mmkay, so, I honestly never cared much about Sky Striker until seeing this video. The connections TGS made to Violet Evergarden just touched my heartstrings and the lore is really cool.
Also, I'd never noticed that they were just suits for Raye instead of different characters. That's quite nice!