Funfact: In the german dub the voice actor of Yami Yugi speaks Dimitri through the whole duel, implying, he was so caught up in the act, he even changed his voice to copy (Yami) Yugi.
Who else loved that Dimitri did a Dan Green impression of Atem in the dub. I think that was a nice touch as Marc Thompson does a good job. Also, he’s voiced by Vector’s VA in the sub.
Observation: Dimitri actually does live up to the king of games deck, because he kept making every single misplay that Yami Yugi makes constantly, especially the whole "forgetting to set cards for Card of Sanctity."
@@bennu547nah infinite kuriboh combo is real bro trust me. I did it at a tournament and wasn't DQed although admittedly it was cancelled due to the building collaping under the weight of infinite kuribohs
I wouldn't call Jaden attacking Dimitri directly (albeit he forgot the Kuriboh) a misplay because it's never a bad thing to force your opponent to use their clutch cards & it's not like Dimitri was going to Summon Kuriboh again since Multiply was in the GY.
yeah, but he lost his fusion, which meant that, if dimitri summoned, for example breaker the magical warrior, or gamma the magnet warrior, jaden would lose the advantage once again, while that wouldn't happen if he kept it Of course he did end up summoning the forbidden card, which would have used it's effect to remove it, but jaden couldn't know that Edit:I forgot anime skyscraper works on enemy's turn too, nevermind
I really appreciate the work that he puts into these videos, as analyzing Yugioh Duels in the later series and trying to examine every possible play each player could make is a lot of effort, especially when you have to piece together the opening hands. It's really helped me put more thought into my own scripted Duels for the Yugioh stories I write, so I just wanna say thanks for making this series, as not only is it fun to do an in depth analysis of the series I've loved for decades now, it's helped me become not only a better player at the game, but a better writer who wants to deliver the best possible story I can.
Can you post a link to your Yugioh story? I'm trying to get back into reading yugioh fan fiction. It's been years since I read any. I plan on working on my own Yugioh fan fiction in the future but I want to see how other people write yugioh stories.
@@RenaldyCalixte Sadly RUclips doesn't let me post links, but if you look up Yugioh Chaos Unleashed, you should find it on fanfiction. It takes a little to get going, but you can see the increase in quality over the chapters as I grew as an author
Notes from an Ancient Gear Mechanic; Sadly, the Yugiverse seems to have an issue with Information Distribution. Because the "Children's Card Game" is considered such a big deal, Players don't want anyone to know their Strategies or Deck's completely for fear of being hard countered. The fact that Dimitri managed to work out the Strategies for SEVERAL Prominent Duelist's from just the Media coverage & interviews shows just how intelligent and Dangerous he could truly be if he managed to make his own Deck... This is Pilot Trevelyan signing off, Game Over! P.S.; as for Jaden's mystery card.... let's say it was a Winged Kuriboh card(can't remember the name of it though).
@@phoenixamber6497 not if he drew it AFTER Winged Kuriboh went to the graveyard. Then, it'd be just fodder for what he needed. Remember, he only has the one Card in the Deck...
Dimitri’s main problem is that he has surface knowledge of the cards yugi used without any deeper understanding of how and when to use them. If he had he would used the swords better and likely pulled out a win
it kinda feels like there was a cut line. it's not normal for jaiden to make bluffs, but that doesn't mean he can't. it's also not unrealistic for a player to try way to hard to play around backrow cards, so maybe dimitri was hoping to draw some removal. if they just highlighted either jaiden placing down polymerization as a bluff, or if dimitri acknowledged that face down as potentially dangerous, then the play would make a lot more sense than just objectively wrong.
When I first saw this duel back in at my childhood, seeing Dimitri playing Yugi’s deck made me miss the King of Games a lot sometimes. I get he sometimes gets mention or seen, but still.
Same honestly. Makes you kinda feel bad for GX as a whole tho. The original anime is so iconic that even tiny bits of fanservice are enough to overshadow the sequel series *instantly* . Granted, GX *DID* get better as it went on but the problem remained. Even the following sequels didn't remove the longing for the original. 5DS and V-Rains came closest to it, but nostalgia is a b!tch.
@@filipvadas7602 "tiny bits of fanservice are enough to overshadow the sequel series" what 💀💀💀 That's not even close to true lmao There are more people who know about the undubbed season 4 then there are people who remember the time the cast went to domino city and met yugis grandpa
Who knew that Dimitri would be the first to start the long tradition of seeing a deck top at Worlds and then just copy it card-for-card, he truly was the true pioneer for modern competitive Yugioh.
I like the small detail that Dimitri was using Monster Reincarnation instead of Monster Reborn because Atem passed on after Yugi banished Monster Reborn to win in their final duel.
I think the card was also banned at the time and the Anime is consistent with the banned list, which is also why Chazz was the last character to ever use Pot of Greed within the anime
In all fairness, Dimitri's ability to learn off of and copy another player just based on their recorded Duels and strategies is *really impressive* Keep in mind, he had *no time* to practice with Yugi's deck and yet he was able to use it almost as if he was the King of Games himself. If Dimitri had just gone with Bastion's route he might have been really succesfull tbh. Basically, instead of trying to have one deck that he copied, he should instead have multiple decks for different types of opponents. A strategy where his knack for studying others would have been at its strongest.
Yeah I feel like they should have explored atleast one player with multiple decks. They hint at it with Bastion. But it wasn't really explored. Well okay there was Adrian and Astro Phoenix actually.
These 2 episode were always one of my favorites of ther GC series, but Bastion is my favorite character. I like how he uses science, math & the different elements to make his deck. Thi!s is also a thins that I used to do. I have 6 different decks, but I also have my original one. XD
@@darksideofevil13 Um...Chazz Princeton. I mean he used a different deck each duel throughout the series. The only constant in his deck was the Ojama's. Also the fact that Zane was using a Cyber deck because he was trained personally by Chancellor Shepard was awesome. Then he defeated Shepard in order to use Cyberdark dragons and that caused Zane to go dark. Yugioh GX did have characters go through character development by changing their decks.
Yay been looking forward to this one! Honestly I found this one pretty good two part episode. It was still early days when Jaden only had his “basic” Elemental heroes but obviously Dimitri didn’t have the “heart of the cards” of Yugi/Yami (or Yami ability to “will” cards to his hand).
While yes Jaden setting polymerization was shenanigans for card of sanctity, I don't think it's as outlandish as it looks. Yugi's deck is LEGENDARY and with how big of a fan Jaden seems to be in the short moments we get to see him talk about the King of Games, I believe Jaden and quite a few others would know a lot of the cards Yugi plays, including Cards of Sanctity, which means foresight is something Jaden absolutely has here. Jaden could have easily predicted that Dimitri would draw that card at some point because the duel has been going for a while.
@@galacticlord580 that is also very true. Or even Exchange. Yugi has plenty of cards that screw with the opponent's hand. Plus setting poly face down wasn't excluding it from danger as Yugi could have drawn Dark Magic Attack before he got to use it. Yugi's deck do be very dangerous.
TLDR It's not just that he set it, but that he sets Poly now, but rather that he didn't set Poly earlier when it made more sense to do so. For sure, it's just a little unusual for a player to make a play based on a card that their opponent COULD have as opposed to a card that they, themselves, actually have and are using right now. So it's not so much that he set Polymerization, as much as it is that it just makes much more sense for him to have set it earlier to ensure that his own plan couldn't fail. He willingly gambled on a 25% chance instead of making it a 100% chance, but then sets Polymerization in case of what I will generously call the 1/20 chance of drawing Card of Sanctity or 1/10 if we want to add in Card Destruction like another commenter mentions.
In the show it mentions that Dimitri had even copied Kaiba's deck at one point. My question is how did Dimitri get his hands on 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons? He would need those to copy Kaiba's deck one for one which is impossible as there are only 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons in the Yugioh world.
Kaiba literally made Kaiba man in GX. and the Kaiba man has a copy of Kaiba’s deck. it’s kinda head cannon but it would make sense that the card got mass produced
Fake (or Proxy) BEWD maybe Because remember the first rare hunter had 3 of each Exodia cards plus there was a dude here in GX who used exodia cards too so maybe lesser rarity/Proxy cards as reprints
Also want to add that it’s most likely result is there are reprints in the world (sad but true cous check out Chazz/manjoume with a whole VWXYZ deck super unlikely only XYZ cards where Kaibas passed down to him which there’s a theory online that if chazz would’ve had better writing he could’ve been a kaiba prodigy/new kaiba instead of Zane taking the role of new rival which he disappeared and did he’s own thing never again to duel Jaden nor have an existent rivalry like other yugioh shows)
@@yomomsp3nis983 You really think Kaiba would have allowed BEWD to be mass produced? His first act in the anime was to take Solomon's BEWD and rip it up, no way is he letting anyone have those cards. Regardless of that there's another problem with this head cannon being that we never to my memory see anyone else use a Dark Magician except for Dimitri when he steals Yugi's deck.
I am surprised that the Dark Magician misplay wasn't mentioned. When Jaden summoned Bladeedge, Dimitri could have had Dark Magician destroy Burstinatrix, then summoned Dark Magician of Chaos with the spell card dedication to light darkness to destroy Bladeedge. Jaden would have been in a worse position, and probably even lost. This definitely shows that Dimitri will never use Yugi's deck as good as Yugi can.
cool thing about it is that it's arguably in-character because Dimitri's focus was more on showing off by showing how easily he could get through bladedge rather than looking for the optimal play
Yeah, you always want to attack as many times as possible so you can have the advantage, Dimitri focused too much on wanting to destroy bladedge, and didn't even think to attack burstinitrix in a replay
The thing is, in the anime, some of the effects are a bit wonky and a hero emerges is supposed to negate that attack. Which is why dark magician couldn't attack Burstinatrix but since Dimitri was still in the battle phase, he activated his quickplay and got rid of blade edge
I can relate to Dimitri a lot. Almost every deck I play at tournaments and online are based of characters from the anime but unlike Dimitri, I use my own ideas to the mix for variety and more unpredictability. My favourites to use include Yuma, Shun and Revolver some of whom gotten me 2nd place at locals a few times which I’m proud of.
Bruuu my brother did this shit back with Yuma and yuya I swear he saw everything they did in the anime and pulled that same crap on me like he had there spirts inside them I am convinced
I haven't played in tournaments but my deck is kind of mix of Yugi''s Timaeus/Mahaad deck with counter magicians Like Endymion one. So I essentially used Atem's idea but went FULL Dark Magician deck without gammas,chimeras, and gaias
A couple things I thought about watching this video. One was that I love when Chaos Soldier is treated as a boss monster, it is my favorite monster and what I built my deck around once I got back into Yugioh through video games a few years ago(yes I know it is not actually considered good but I am a casual player and just like using what I like). Second is the ending statement really is right, when you build your deck picking your own cards for all the particular plays and scenarios that could come up it gives you this great feeling of "okay I know if I draw this card, this card, or this card then I know I can get out of this situation" which is a great feeling.
A little thing, I remember on the last turn in the dub Jaden says a line I really like. After activating double Spell, he says "if you need more info, just look in the official handbook under the heading, 'How'd I lose?'"
Jaden gains the ability of foresight and sets a card the turn before Card of Sanctity Dmitri somehow forgets to set his card before activating it Love that Yu-Gi-Oh logic
Easily one of my favorite duels in the series. I had the two partner on dvd as a kid and watched it a ton. Seeing stuff like BLS and DMOC was so cool especially cause it implies Yugi had upgraded his deck since the end of the original series. That plus I just love the way the dub has Dimitri imitate the voice of Atem. It’s seriously a good impression and I loved that little bit of charm added to the duel.
I appreciate seeing this duel again. It makes me smile remembering this since this is what made me yearn to make more unique decks instead of borrowing the same ol' stuff as others. So I very much so appreciate the revisit!
I recommend "Was Joey about to TIE with Mai" from their first duel in the Oricalchos arc. Joey wanted to force a tie in that duel, but I don't even know how that could work from the cards Joey has.
I also have made and still hold this suggestion. That was Kaiba's best duel by far and I'd love to see a breakdown of it. It's interesting seeing how they differ with Zigfried playing it safe, often making moves to restore his life points, while Kaiba took risks, chief among which were using Chaos Emperor that dealt a lot of damage to Zigfried but also left him wide open. Joey vs Zigfried can be added too, but I just want Kaiba.
Another misplay was Dimitri should have used Dark Magician to attack Burstinatrix before using Dedication Through Light and Darkness. I like to imagine the cards Dimitri sacrificed for Emergency Provisions were Exchange and Chain Destruction.
@@johnguenzel9784 A Hero Emerges doesn't end the battle phase. If it did, how could he attack Bladedge with Dark Magician of Chaos? What I was saying was that after Jaden used A Hero Emerges to summon Bladedge, since that triggered a replay, Dimitri should have had Dark Magician continue his attack to destroy Burstinitrix, then played Dedication Through Light and Darkness to summon Dark Magician of Chaos to destroy Bladedge. Wiping out Jaden's field.
@@ron2millionare972 It seems Anime, Hero Emerges do have battle end effect, this is not the only time this ACTUALLY happens almost all the time A Hero Emerges activate it's seems the battle always end
@@darkerrex1442 Wrong. When he used it against Chazz, Zane, Jinzo, Tanya, Amnael, Sky Scout, and Trueman, they just continued attacking (well, Sky Scout wanted to attack, but Jaden used Transcendent Wings before he could). Every time someone stopped was because Jaden only had one monster that was too strong, usually Neos. Dimitri was the only guy who stopped even though a monster was vulnerable.
@@ron2millionare972 I need to double check something then because of how many times that A Hero Emerges stop the battle i was sure it have a battle end effects
This is my favorite episode (or episodes since it was a 2-parter) of the series. I loved how the music kept switching back and forth from the normal GX background music to the classic score whenever Dimitri made a move. I also love how seemingly EVERYONE forgot that BLS was a part of Yugi's deck (though the one that Yugi summoned was the effectless ritual monster, not the retrained Chaos version) and the leadup to BLS almost winning the game was, up to that point, the most dramatic near-defeat of the series. "The trouble isn't deep, it's subterranean" was also a fantastic line.
Well outside of filler, Yami used BLS exactly once. Even with filler, all the other times were outside of the public, namely the VR arcs and his duel with Dartz.
Why after the A Hero Emerges replay occurs, Dark Magician didn't attack Burstinatrix ? That way, Dimitri could have activated the Quick-play Dedication trough Light and Darkness to summon Dark Magician of Chaos which would destroy Bladedge and then let Judai's field completely empty !
@@RenaldyCalixte Even in the anime, A Hero Emerges still doesn't end the battle phase. Otherwise how would Dark Magician of Chaos been able to attack in the same battle phase in the same turn? Dimitri was right that he needed to summon Dark Magician of Chaos to get over bladedge. And he knew to activate it during the battle phase to get in another attack. It seems Dimitri called off his Dark Magician's attack thinking he wasn't allowed to attack Burstinatrix when the replay occurred. He thought he was forced to attack Bladedge or not attack at all. Maybe because he though replay rules dictate you must attack the newly summoned monster or that A Hero Emerges has some attack management effect. Jaden got lucky that Dimitri misplayed heavily on here and was silent on it. We've seen instances where the anime is different than the OCG/TCG before. Like when Drillroid actually attacks a defense wall and damage calculation occurs. A Hero Emerges simply isn't one of those cases. At least not in this duel.
So, I have a SUPER ambitious idea you could do for the series: Could the Big 5 have won their respective duels and against both Joey and Yugi? I think this could be an amazing video, dissecting each duel in one video, plus it could be a big special after doing this for a while now? Idk, I'd just love to see you tackle a challenge like this, cause it would be dope af. Also, I say all on one video is because I don't think there is enough to go on in each duel respectively, but maybe I'm wrong, LOL.
It’s funny that Yugi faces possibly the toughest of the Big 5 and only wins because he’s the King of Games while Joey only struggles because his opponent blatantly cheats. And then there’s Téa who faces someone who clearly barely knows how to duel.
@JzanderN I'd argue that Lecter was the best of the Big 5, simply because he had some form of a strategy instead of Gangsley just relying on his Deck Master. But then again, he too had a strategy with swarming the field and using his ability, so maybe it would've worked, but plot armor.
@@CybercietyYT I did say "possibly" because I couldn't remember Kaiba's opponent's strategy (beyond using Satellite Cannon), but given that he was facing Seto Kaiba he was probably going to be either the best or the second best. But I don't think Gangsley's strategy of using his Deck Master's ability makes him worse. They added a new dueling mechanic and he took full advantage of it, incorporating it into his strategy.
If I recall Dimitri is the mirror match opponent in the games he appears in. Literally copies your hand. Only 2 fusions he knows he can make. One thing established in season 2 is that Jaden actually doesn’t know that his HEROes have a lot of different potential results when fused. Granted we don’t see many in the anime and manga and most of these fusions are legacy support and one could argue that they might not exist in-universe (despite them clearly having cards that we don’t have so that line is a bit blurry in my opinion.)
I mean, this isn't early manga. The fusions are physical cards. It's plausible he's just never seen a card like Elemental HERO Phoenix Enforcer (or Plasma Vice here, for that matter) despite them existing. For a more studious student like Zane, Alexis or Bastion, they probably do a fair amount of research into potential cards for their Decks. Jaden definitely doesn't. (Heck, as we've seen before, he sometimes doesn't even know what his OWN cards do. He was surprised when Aqua Neos returned to the Extra Deck against Aster, for example.)
@@RiverShockTBF, he just got his neos deck and it's his first time using it's those cards didn't even exist at that point. Plus, we see after that he gets extremely adept at working around said drawback. And honestly the "Different forms of E-Hero fusions" got nowhere after Edo only showed Phoenix Enforcer and SPE, so I'm not surprised if Judai didn't know
I think if Dimitri had made that turn 1 play you suggested, he probably would have won the moment he used Magical Knives, assuming all other factors of the duel remained constant, or at least consistent enough.
I like to personally think small misplays like that are due to him not being yugi. Look how Jaden in season 4 fought equally with yugi whos deck was the exact same except for the three god cards. Jaden also said just bc he beat him didnt mean he beat yugi. So, it's like really showing if you know yugioh Jaden wasn't shit rn lol. Probably over thinking it but awesome to think
@@fedoraex4773 maybe but i also think it's worth noteing that it is a play that Yugi and thus by extension Dimitri would never do. the idea of sending dark magician to the grave like that unless it's specficly to be able to summon it is simply not viable for Yugi to do.
@theguyyouhate you know, you are right he wouldn't. I have to go back and watch the bringing of the video bc there was a turn two play i believe Dimitri could've made to get out chimera and dark magician to gain advantage. Again i have to rewatch to double check. Ik yugi does make moves like sacrificing his monster for dark coffin to get our dark magician. But the second play involving sacrificing dark magician is a move yugi/atem would not make.
9:40 Misplay by Demetri. He should’ve attacked Burstinatrix with Dark Magician as his attack hasn’t been negated then used Magician of Chaos to destroy Bladedge - Open Field. Also Demetri making the classic King of Games mistake of not using all possible cards before using Card of Sanctity. Edit: Remembered that Replays might not exist in the anime at this point, so technically, the attack was negated I think.?🤔
Replays actually do exist in the anime at this point. We even see replays happen in this very duel. So Dimitri not attacking Burstinatrix when he had the chance just goes to show that he had barely any clue how to pilot Yugi's deck.
@@SpecsTube In the previous series, you could remove the monster being attacked from the field and weren't necessarily allowed a direct attack if there wasn't anything left. It was like "missing the target" with a card effect but missing the target with an attack target. But yeah Dimitri screwed up here by not attacking burstinatrix first. A Hero Emerges doesn't manage/cancel attack targets. It just summons a monster to the field when successful.
In regards to the Cards of Sancity play I feel Judai would anticipate this. As a fan of the game and a fan of Yugi's duels, as shown in this ep, Judai would know Yugi's...'thing' of playing Card of Sanctity when his hand is near empty. Is this super awkward and a little iffy, sure. But you can always just see this as 'dramatising' considering any real duelist would have dumped their hand for the Hero Kenzan (i love the Japanese way of saying this card) play
always look forward to these videos, keep it up! possible misplay by jaden at 3:30: after he fuses for thunder giant, he could've also summoned burstinatrix or wroughtweiler, that way he has an extra attack once thunder giant deals with chimera and berfomet.
One thing i love about this duel in the dub, when is Jaden turn, the Yugioh Gx ost played in the background, when is Dimitri turn, the Yugioh Dm ost played
If that spell card was actually “De-Spell” then Dmitri misplayed because if he activated it to destroy Skyscraper, Jaden’s flame wingman couldn’t get over DMG.
Speaking of play manipulation by the writers, Jaden's Super Junior Confrontation play only works because in the anime you can choose to summon your defense mode monsters in either face up or face down position. If this was real life then Jaden would have to summon Winged Kuriboh either in attack or set it, meaning he wouldn't be able to meet the conditions for his trap card
WIthout hindsight, I think Dimitri made the best turn 1 play. Yeah, he could've dealt a quick 2100 damage, but it'd mean burning through his hand: playing it careful because Jaden still had a full hand was the right move: over-extending was just too dangerous at that point. Likewise, Swords of Revealing Light is best saved for when you know you need the attack block (such as the next turn where Dimitri was in top-decking move, so it was too risky to risk Jaden battling Gazelle without summoning anything). Of course, had Dimitri known he'd want Dark Magician in the GY and an extra body on the field due to Dark Renewal, that'd change everything, but he had no way of knowing what he'd top-deck.
"I used Yugi's deck, why couldn't I win?" "Yugi ran Summoned Skull, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician of Black Chaos, the three God cards, Buster Blader, and Valkyrion in one deck. I'm more surprised you didn't brick." (Inspired by a piece of fanart of Yugi bricking)
Side note: Dimitri attacked with Chimera the first turn he summed it, in battle city this wasn't allowed without the use of a magic card, I believe this is allowed as its not battle city but the yugioh gx era, and who knows exactly when then deck comes from
The rule of not attacking with fusion monsters the turn its summoned is a rule kaiba implemented only in the battle city tournament that means it's fine to attack with a fusion monster on the first turn in normal duels!
17:08 technically in rl, he wouldn't take the damage as dmoc banishes itself when it leaves the field and flamewingman requires the monster to be in the gy
8:20 For why Jaden didn't set all of them face down, I could have seen Jaden keeping them in his hand in order to ensure that he didn't lose key cards (Could have risked the bubble one though)
So a big shenanigan in this duel is Skyscraper's effect, in every other duel and in real life card effect, Skyscraper only gives 1000 atk boost when a Hero monster attacks a monster with higher attack, not when it's being attacked. In this duel Jaden should have lost in two instances, when Dark magician girl attacked Bubbleman ( Jaden had 1500 LP left; 2300-800=1500 damage k.o.) and when BLS attacked Avian ( Jaden had 1800 LP; 3000-1000=2000 damage k.o.).
Claiming one of Dimitri's worthless cards was De-Spell would (unless I'm mistaken) a big mistake. If he *Actually* had De-Spell he'd have been able to use it to destroy Skyscraper, which would have made Dark Magician Girl the strongest on the Field again.
I would love to see a video talking about Blood Shepherd Vs. Lightning. It was such an intense duel, and I’d love to see if there were any mistakes, anything that could’ve been done better.
Dimitri should've won on turn 6. Turn 1: Jaden plays Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in Defence Mode. Turn 2: Dimitri Fusion Summons Chimaera The Flying Mythical Beast. Then he activates Monster Reincarnation (discarding Dark Magician) to add Gazelle The King Of Mythical Beasts to his hand... then he summons it and uses it to attack Elemental Hero Burstinatrix, then goes for a direct attack with Chimaera The Flying Mythical Beast. (Jaden's LP=1900). Turn 3: Jaden draws and plays Polymerisation, to fusion summon Elemental Hero Thunder Giant. He destroys Chimaera The Flying mythical Beast (Causing Dimitri to revive Berformet in Defence Mode). Jaden attacks and destroys Gazelle The King Of Mythical Beasts. (Dimitri's LP=3100). Turn 4: Dimitri Draws and sets Dark Renewal. Then plays Swords Of Revealing Light. Turn 5:Jaden Draws and summons Dark Catapulter (Causing Dimitri to use Dark Renewal to summon Dark Magician). Turn 6: Dimitri draws Thousand Knives and uses it to destroy Elemental Hero Thunder Giant. Then with no monsters eft on the field he attacks directly with Dark Magician for game.
I could have sworn when I saw the English dub. You can actually see part of dark magician as Dimitri sends it to the grave via monster reincarnation; I definitely remember being able to see part of it when I first watched this
Need to mention that Jaden's bluff with Polimerisation also does not make sense because Dimitri knew it was Poli cause Jaden had added it earlier with Wroughtveiler. Dimitri, if he had set Reincarnation, could have activated it to get Pot of Greed, get BLS immediately, then switch all his Kuribo tokens to attack, activate Reincarnation to get back DM, tribute watapon and Dark Magician of Chaos for DM, special BLS, attack Burstinatrix with BLS, attack again, attack Bubbleman with DM (Jaden 1300 -> 600) and finish it with the Kuribo tokens. Yeah, kinda counterintuitive, but logical if you think through it.
eh well when you think about it, several turns had passed when he brought it back to his hand from Wroughtveiler. It's still a logical guess it was still polymerization(and it was) but it's not like Jaden immediately set it on the field after retrieving it from his hand
@@Frenzyshark Well, it depends on how well the specific duelist pays attention to such things and is capable of remembering it later on. Dimitri is a copycat duelist whos ability to remember the plays of the original wielder of the decks was pointed out to be on top. So, I would assume he is good at remembering that kind of stuff. (Also, it would not be a "guess" as it was the last card in his hand.) Though, for Jaden it would honestly be quite out of character to think about his opponent to such a degree. It's also a bit funny btw that Jaden set it so he would get an extra card later, but had he chained Emergy provisions to either Poli or Warrior returning alive, he could have got it without the extra card anyway.
@@RenaldyCalixte No sorry. BLS is needed to get over Bubbleman with bubble-whatever-the-guns-name-is, since it had 2600 ATK, more than DM. So, BLS would not destroy Bubbleman, only the equip card. Also, I think BLS can only get 1 extra attack, even if it destroys two monsters. In case you're wondering why to summon Dark Magician in the first place, it's because Dimitri had five monsters (Watapon, DMoC and three tokens that can't be tributed) so he needed one more space. In theory, he could just not summon Watapon, but that would be hindside, since he would not have BLS in his hand at that time.
Interesting gameplay mechanic regarding Emergency Provisions: If Jaden/Judai had set the Spell/Trap cards first and then used Polymerization/The Warrior Returning Alive, he could've chained Emergency Provisions to gain an extra 1000 life while still getting the card effect off since it doesn't negate it.
Basically, Dimitri did technically win when he attacked Bubbleman with Dark Magician Girl and Avian with Black Luster Soldier but in the anime, Jaden’s Skyscraper Field Spell gives his Elemental Heroes 1,000 extra attack points during his opponents battle phase - in real life it only works on your own battle phase leaving your Elemental Hero wide open when your opponent summons and attacks with a stronger monster in their turn.
Would have been cool to see the aces stare each other down Dark Magcian and Flame Wingman I don’t want to hear any of that neos ace stuff we all know who the real ace is
The Virgin Neos: -Vanilla monster that requires two tributes -Not even in the deck from the beginning of the show -Relies on spells to allow it to win -Fusions it can summon are all really shitty and pussy out to the extra deck at the end of the turn -Semi part of one of the worst and most laughed at archetypes in the game -Cannot control fire The Chad Flame Wingman: -The original ace monster, in the deck from the beginning -Single-handedly won the first duel of the series -Is a Fusion monster -Has a badass and powerful effect that lets it capitalise on the strength of opponent’s monsters to deal massive damage -Has a really sick design -A HERO monster, one of the biggest and most support archetypes out there -Can control fire I think we all know who wins here, lads
Actually Dimitri won the second he summoned black luster soldier or even when he summoned dark magician girl, because skyscraper only works when e-heroes attack, it's not permanent.
I think it’s an interesting duel. Anyways there’s one duel I think you can cover and that is Atem vs Marik in the battle city final and also please include that look on Kaiba’s face when Atem summons Obelisk The Tormentor.
@@rezeurve3651 tbh i'm not sure. One reason i don't know was because of that card Atem played and i don't remember hearing what happened with all his monsters if they were banished or sent to the graveyard.
@@duodecim3452 think about like this, if the other Marik wasn't able to fight off his evil side and regain control of his body, odds are the evil Marik would've used more spell and trap cards to get monster reborn back from the graveyard multiple times and keep using Ra's phoenix form ability nonstop. Yes Atem had Dark Magician & Dark Magician Girl on the field to protect his life points with no other monsters left(unless Atem had a unknown card in his deck to return all his banished monsters to his deck) so to answer your question, i think the evil Marik would've won since he has other cards to drain Atem's life points and win the duel. That's what i think would've happened.
I don't know if Jaden attacking with Sparkman just to get stopped by Kuriboh was really a misplay. I mean, he has to bait the thing out eventually, right?
I really like this part of GX, because they have Jaiden duel simulacra of the big 3 of Duel Monsters. Dimitri using Yugi’s deck Atticus using Red-Eyes and Jinzo using.....well, Jinzo reflecting Joey And Kaibaman just being Kaiba
I think Dimitri should have more credit. The whole "make your own deck and believe in your cards" is cute. But it's said in front of large amount of background characters that contribute absolutely nothing to the series. Knowing and believing in their decks didn't take them anywhere either. Demitri's ability to learn and copy that well based on limited information is amazing. He should be encouraged to further his talents. Not discard them for a playstyle that won't take him anywhere either.
Did it really not take them anywhere? Or did they lose because they're hobbyists and/or poor duelists, or did we just not learn where they went because they aren't the main characters, and we would have if they were? Also, the "heart of the cards" is about using cards that are important and mean something to you, even if they aren't top tier powerful cards. When you use your own deck that you made, you learn how the cards synergize, you learn how to make great combos even from sub-optimal cards. And if that's not enough, so what? GX's literal final lesson is to just have fun dueling, and to take it in grace whether you win or lose. Yes, Dimitri's skills for analysis are AMAZING, but he should use that to craft his own deck which plays to HIS strengths, not someone else's. THATS why he loses. He's not really trying to make his own strategy on the fly, he's just recycling the strategies of another duelist.
Protagonist plot Def is strong because unless I’m mistaken, Dimitri pulling off the combo mentioned at the beginning, leads directly into a win 1 or 2 turns later since with the direct attack from Chimera, Dark Magician ends it when he’s brought out.
one other small thing to note about dimitri's use of bls's effects in gx in particular, EVERYTHING was about battle. the second attack over the banishment use makes sense bc in gx when there's a choice btwn straight up monster removal or battle, battle is always the preferred option. if you can do both you do both but if you have to choose one or the other you always go with the attack.
Actually, Dmitri had a hilariously effective option with BLS Envoy's effect: Banish Skyscraper. I'm serious, banishing Skyscraper basically sets him up for a win on the following turn, since without it, Jaden at this point in the series lacks anything that could kill the powerful Chaos monster.
Honestly I think Dimitri's weakness isn't even that he "net decks." It's that he thinks if he can find the one magical perfect deck he'll become the best duelist. He has good technical skills, and is able to adapt his playstyle to a new deck extremely well. If he just stuck with those decks for a while and got his reps in, he'd be a force to be reckoned with, kind of like Mimasaka from Food Wars with his "Perfect Trace"
Jaden plays a lot of brick spells in early series, though I would probably say that the mysterious spell is probably Transcendent wings As it would of been thematically good for the duel, but he drew it too late for it to be helpful as his Winged Kuriboh was already in the grave. Though he held onto it incase he got a revival card for it which is why it wasn't used for Provisions.
Yeah, the anime version works when an elemental hero battles in general, I remember it being that way when they had the paradox brothers tag duel when dark guardian attacked tempest. So it seems to be a consistent aspect of it in the anime.
I’d consider not using BLS to banish a card on the field as a misplay when you know the guy you’re facing off against has pretty much two strats and one of them is “fuse wingman, sparkman and burstinatrix”
19:58 to be fair. I wouldn't count that as a miss pay. If you know your opponent has something that can stop you. Why not just force their hand and used it. Plus, it'll leave him to top deck. With three monsters in play and his life point pretty much healthy. It was a better decision to remove all of his opponents options.
This is the first time ever that I have seen another person analyze what cards each player in a duel draws throughout a duel - I have done that with a lot of duels in both Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - it just shocks me a little bit to see that I'm not the only one that has done that kind of analysis to things. 😅🙏
Here's the thing individual-game Black Luster ritual does not require a dark type monster and a light type monster however it does require two monsters that add up to a total of at least level eight and one of those materials has to be Gaia the fierce Knight
Sam you said 3 mistakes. 1. Gazelle was in attack mode. 2. Jaden had Bubble Blaster in his hand because you said Bubble Shuffle. 3. Cyclone Boomerang didn't show up till Wildheart Debut. so he would have gotten rid of fusion recovery. And the spell card he discard is Transcend wings for double spell.
9:10 I am confused. Wasn't it a huge misplay to not attack elemental hero burstinitrix With Dark magician? It doesn't say that Dark magician has to attack the card that just summoned by A Hero Emerges? And that if you attack with a monster in the battle phase and then you summon a new monster, That new monster can attack, right? As we say in Chumley vs Crowler, Chumley attacked with big Koala, switched it with itself, and was able to attack again? So I was wondering why didn't he do this play?
Dimitri also used an Ancient Gear deck in the beginning of the episode and did the same combo that Crowler did in the first episode to summon Ancient Gear Golem. If he wasn't a one-off character, he could have had a lot of potential. I imagine that after he learns his lesson about how imitating strong duelists isn't the only thing that can make you win duels, he will become a Manjoume-like character but instead of Ojama/Armed Dragon/VWXYZ, he jams together all the archetypes used by all sorts of duelists he idolizes. At the end of the episode, he even starts imitating Jaden. Imagine if he became a recurring character who played E-HERO, Ancient Gear, and Yugi's cards in one deck. It would be hilarious (and also very cool if he manages to make it work).
This two partner of yugioh gx has always been one of my favorites. What you said in the video makes total sense and ofcourse it could have turned differently if they decided on other choices, but it was for sure a great and enjoyable duel. Since the airing of this episode so many years ago I have tried to gather all kinds of yugioh related cards. Even newer ones bc in theory Yugi/atem could have had support cards for all kinds of his monster cards. Kinda a King of Games Deck XD
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"Jaden is planning drawing polymoryzation at some point during the duel" is the most evergreen statement you can make for a Jaden duel.
What does evergreen mean?
@@vdm_ in this context, is always relevant.
@@oxcare5
Thank you
polymerization is just like Jaden's win condition
@@rafaelgabrielgarlinidal-bo9496yes
Funfact: In the german dub the voice actor of Yami Yugi speaks Dimitri through the whole duel, implying, he was so caught up in the act, he even changed his voice to copy (Yami) Yugi.
Ja da hast du recht😄
He is also the german voice of Prince Zuko (Avatar)
@@TheSimmus and future trunks
Same in the dubbed. English dub has the Yami Yugi voice take over Dimitri
Genau, hab ich auch total vergessen
Who else loved that Dimitri did a Dan Green impression of Atem in the dub. I think that was a nice touch as Marc Thompson does a good job.
Also, he’s voiced by Vector’s VA in the sub.
Yes indeed
Find the computer room!
Vector from Zexal?
Yes, that Vector. The troll prince of YGO and best villain of the series.
Uhh who's Dimitri? That was Yugi
Observation: Dimitri actually does live up to the king of games deck, because he kept making every single misplay that Yami Yugi makes constantly, especially the whole "forgetting to set cards for Card of Sanctity."
It's kinda genius: "Let's take one of the best card draw cards ever printed and make the duelists unable to play it correctly xD"
Correction, he makes all the mistakes that Yami would make, Yugi on the other hand never made these mistakes.
@@fosphor8920 And ironically, they had Jaden set Poly facedown specifically so he could benefit further.
At least Dimitri knows how Multiply works
@@bennu547nah infinite kuriboh combo is real bro trust me. I did it at a tournament and wasn't DQed although admittedly it was cancelled due to the building collaping under the weight of infinite kuribohs
I wouldn't call Jaden attacking Dimitri directly (albeit he forgot the Kuriboh) a misplay because it's never a bad thing to force your opponent to use their clutch cards & it's not like Dimitri was going to Summon Kuriboh again since Multiply was in the GY.
Making the opponent use up their resources straight away is better than them saving it & using much later.
yeah, but he lost his fusion, which meant that, if dimitri summoned, for example breaker the magical warrior, or gamma the magnet warrior, jaden would lose the advantage once again, while that wouldn't happen if he kept it
Of course he did end up summoning the forbidden card, which would have used it's effect to remove it, but jaden couldn't know that
Edit:I forgot anime skyscraper works on enemy's turn too, nevermind
@@ColeMeCrazy Exactly.
I agree, baiting negation/hand traps is a important thing in modern yugioh, Jaden was just ahead of his time
I was thinking the same
I really appreciate the work that he puts into these videos, as analyzing Yugioh Duels in the later series and trying to examine every possible play each player could make is a lot of effort, especially when you have to piece together the opening hands. It's really helped me put more thought into my own scripted Duels for the Yugioh stories I write, so I just wanna say thanks for making this series, as not only is it fun to do an in depth analysis of the series I've loved for decades now, it's helped me become not only a better player at the game, but a better writer who wants to deliver the best possible story I can.
Can you post a link to your Yugioh story? I'm trying to get back into reading yugioh fan fiction. It's been years since I read any. I plan on working on my own Yugioh fan fiction in the future but I want to see how other people write yugioh stories.
@@RenaldyCalixte Sadly RUclips doesn't let me post links, but if you look up Yugioh Chaos Unleashed, you should find it on fanfiction. It takes a little to get going, but you can see the increase in quality over the chapters as I grew as an author
@@nuttybuddy7928 Ok thanks
@@RenaldyCalixte no problem matey, I'm looking forward to any feedback you might have for me
Notes from an Ancient Gear Mechanic;
Sadly, the Yugiverse seems to have an issue with Information Distribution. Because the "Children's Card Game" is considered such a big deal, Players don't want anyone to know their Strategies or Deck's completely for fear of being hard countered. The fact that Dimitri managed to work out the Strategies for SEVERAL Prominent Duelist's from just the Media coverage & interviews shows just how intelligent and Dangerous he could truly be if he managed to make his own Deck...
This is Pilot Trevelyan signing off,
Game Over!
P.S.; as for Jaden's mystery card.... let's say it was a Winged Kuriboh card(can't remember the name of it though).
Transcendent Wings! 🥳
@@dancostello4872 thanks Costello. For some reason, I blanked on the name of it ...
If it was Transcendent Wings tho, it would have spelled defeat for Dimitri right there and then.
@@phoenixamber6497 not if he drew it AFTER Winged Kuriboh went to the graveyard. Then, it'd be just fodder for what he needed. Remember, he only has the one Card in the Deck...
Dimitri’s main problem is that he has surface knowledge of the cards yugi used without any deeper understanding of how and when to use them. If he had he would used the swords better and likely pulled out a win
Dimitri's biggest misplay was activating card of sanctity,he was in a stronger position, Jayden had no cards in his hand and he was on cause to win
He was slow af for that.
He wanted to summon dark magician girl with watapon
it kinda feels like there was a cut line. it's not normal for jaiden to make bluffs, but that doesn't mean he can't. it's also not unrealistic for a player to try way to hard to play around backrow cards, so maybe dimitri was hoping to draw some removal.
if they just highlighted either jaiden placing down polymerization as a bluff, or if dimitri acknowledged that face down as potentially dangerous, then the play would make a lot more sense than just objectively wrong.
When I first saw this duel back in at my childhood, seeing Dimitri playing Yugi’s deck made me miss the King of Games a lot sometimes. I get he sometimes gets mention or seen, but still.
*insert dark side*
Same honestly. Makes you kinda feel bad for GX as a whole tho. The original anime is so iconic that even tiny bits of fanservice are enough to overshadow the sequel series *instantly* .
Granted, GX *DID* get better as it went on but the problem remained.
Even the following sequels didn't remove the longing for the original. 5DS and V-Rains came closest to it, but nostalgia is a b!tch.
I believe the original was in the last season while this episode aired.
@@filipvadas7602 "tiny bits of fanservice are enough to overshadow the sequel series"
what 💀💀💀 That's not even close to true lmao
There are more people who know about the undubbed season 4 then there are people who remember the time the cast went to domino city and met yugis grandpa
@@amienabled6665 Even if that's the case, the only moment most people highlight from that season is the last duel, Jaden VS Yugi.
Who knew that Dimitri would be the first to start the long tradition of seeing a deck top at Worlds and then just copy it card-for-card, he truly was the true pioneer for modern competitive Yugioh.
Didn't he steal the deck?
@@Saiyan_Ryu he only stole Yugi's deck, every other deck he's used when emulating others he's confirmed to have just copied.
@@Saiyan_RyuFair and square!
I like the small detail that Dimitri was using Monster Reincarnation instead of Monster Reborn because Atem passed on after Yugi banished Monster Reborn to win in their final duel.
That and Dimitri is so good at his act that he has essentially reincarnated atem
I think the card was also banned at the time and the Anime is consistent with the banned list, which is also why Chazz was the last character to ever use Pot of Greed within the anime
That explains so much! Omg!
@@onagle_9279 its still fucking hilarious they recently rebanned it.
@@onagle_9279Wait, he was?
In all fairness, Dimitri's ability to learn off of and copy another player just based on their recorded Duels and strategies is *really impressive*
Keep in mind, he had *no time* to practice with Yugi's deck and yet he was able to use it almost as if he was the King of Games himself.
If Dimitri had just gone with Bastion's route he might have been really succesfull tbh. Basically, instead of trying to have one deck that he copied, he should instead have multiple decks for different types of opponents. A strategy where his knack for studying others would have been at its strongest.
Yeah I feel like they should have explored atleast one player with multiple decks. They hint at it with Bastion. But it wasn't really explored. Well okay there was Adrian and Astro Phoenix actually.
I actually like this idea a bit more than my own idea of having Dmitri build a deck around the concept of copying his opponent
These 2 episode were always one of my favorites of ther GC series, but Bastion is my favorite character.
I like how he uses science, math & the different elements to make his deck. Thi!s is also a thins that I used to do.
I have 6 different decks, but I also have my original one. XD
@@darksideofevil13 I think part of it is a matter of cost and how professional dueling would have pro duelers be defined by an archetype or two.
@@darksideofevil13 Um...Chazz Princeton. I mean he used a different deck each duel throughout the series. The only constant in his deck was the Ojama's. Also the fact that Zane was using a Cyber deck because he was trained personally by Chancellor Shepard was awesome. Then he defeated Shepard in order to use Cyberdark dragons and that caused Zane to go dark.
Yugioh GX did have characters go through character development by changing their decks.
Yay been looking forward to this one! Honestly I found this one pretty good two part episode. It was still early days when Jaden only had his “basic” Elemental heroes but obviously Dimitri didn’t have the “heart of the cards” of Yugi/Yami (or Yami ability to “will” cards to his hand).
While yes Jaden setting polymerization was shenanigans for card of sanctity, I don't think it's as outlandish as it looks. Yugi's deck is LEGENDARY and with how big of a fan Jaden seems to be in the short moments we get to see him talk about the King of Games, I believe Jaden and quite a few others would know a lot of the cards Yugi plays, including Cards of Sanctity, which means foresight is something Jaden absolutely has here. Jaden could have easily predicted that Dimitri would draw that card at some point because the duel has been going for a while.
Or he could’ve suspected Card Destruction, which Yugi is also known to play
@@galacticlord580 that is also very true.
Or even Exchange.
Yugi has plenty of cards that screw with the opponent's hand. Plus setting poly face down wasn't excluding it from danger as Yugi could have drawn Dark Magic Attack before he got to use it.
Yugi's deck do be very dangerous.
@@galacticlord580 I was thinking more along these lines, yeah.
TLDR It's not just that he set it, but that he sets Poly now, but rather that he didn't set Poly earlier when it made more sense to do so.
For sure, it's just a little unusual for a player to make a play based on a card that their opponent COULD have as opposed to a card that they, themselves, actually have and are using right now. So it's not so much that he set Polymerization, as much as it is that it just makes much more sense for him to have set it earlier to ensure that his own plan couldn't fail. He willingly gambled on a 25% chance instead of making it a 100% chance, but then sets Polymerization in case of what I will generously call the 1/20 chance of drawing Card of Sanctity or 1/10 if we want to add in Card Destruction like another commenter mentions.
In the show it mentions that Dimitri had even copied Kaiba's deck at one point. My question is how did Dimitri get his hands on 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons? He would need those to copy Kaiba's deck one for one which is impossible as there are only 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons in the Yugioh world.
Kaiba literally made Kaiba man in GX. and the Kaiba man has a copy of Kaiba’s deck. it’s kinda head cannon but it would make sense that the card got mass produced
Fake (or Proxy) BEWD maybe
Because remember the first rare hunter had 3 of each Exodia cards plus there was a dude here in GX who used exodia cards too so maybe lesser rarity/Proxy cards as reprints
That or he's playing the unions
Also want to add that it’s most likely result is there are reprints in the world (sad but true cous check out Chazz/manjoume with a whole VWXYZ deck super unlikely only XYZ cards where Kaibas passed down to him which there’s a theory online that if chazz would’ve had better writing he could’ve been a kaiba prodigy/new kaiba instead of Zane taking the role of new rival which he disappeared and did he’s own thing never again to duel Jaden nor have an existent rivalry like other yugioh shows)
@@yomomsp3nis983 You really think Kaiba would have allowed BEWD to be mass produced? His first act in the anime was to take Solomon's BEWD and rip it up, no way is he letting anyone have those cards. Regardless of that there's another problem with this head cannon being that we never to my memory see anyone else use a Dark Magician except for Dimitri when he steals Yugi's deck.
I am surprised that the Dark Magician misplay wasn't mentioned. When Jaden summoned Bladeedge, Dimitri could have had Dark Magician destroy Burstinatrix, then summoned Dark Magician of Chaos with the spell card dedication to light darkness to destroy Bladeedge. Jaden would have been in a worse position, and probably even lost. This definitely shows that Dimitri will never use Yugi's deck as good as Yugi can.
cool thing about it is that it's arguably in-character because Dimitri's focus was more on showing off by showing how easily he could get through bladedge rather than looking for the optimal play
@@ventuswill2847 fair point.
Yeah, you always want to attack as many times as possible so you can have the advantage, Dimitri focused too much on wanting to destroy bladedge, and didn't even think to attack burstinitrix in a replay
The thing is, in the anime, some of the effects are a bit wonky and a hero emerges is supposed to negate that attack. Which is why dark magician couldn't attack Burstinatrix but since Dimitri was still in the battle phase, he activated his quickplay and got rid of blade edge
I can relate to Dimitri a lot. Almost every deck I play at tournaments and online are based of characters from the anime but unlike Dimitri, I use my own ideas to the mix for variety and more unpredictability. My favourites to use include Yuma, Shun and Revolver some of whom gotten me 2nd place at locals a few times which I’m proud of.
Same here.
Use the same cards but use my own strategies to win.
For me I combine zane's cards with other fusions
Bruuu my brother did this shit back with Yuma and yuya I swear he saw everything they did in the anime and pulled that same crap on me like he had there spirts inside them I am convinced
I haven't played in tournaments but my deck is kind of mix of Yugi''s Timaeus/Mahaad deck with counter magicians Like Endymion one. So I essentially used Atem's idea but went FULL Dark Magician deck without gammas,chimeras, and gaias
Proud of a unpure deck. If you need to mix archetypes you are pathetic.
A couple things I thought about watching this video. One was that I love when Chaos Soldier is treated as a boss monster, it is my favorite monster and what I built my deck around once I got back into Yugioh through video games a few years ago(yes I know it is not actually considered good but I am a casual player and just like using what I like).
Second is the ending statement really is right, when you build your deck picking your own cards for all the particular plays and scenarios that could come up it gives you this great feeling of "okay I know if I draw this card, this card, or this card then I know I can get out of this situation" which is a great feeling.
A little thing, I remember on the last turn in the dub Jaden says a line I really like. After activating double Spell, he says "if you need more info, just look in the official handbook under the heading, 'How'd I lose?'"
Lol cold.
Jaden gains the ability of foresight and sets a card the turn before Card of Sanctity
Dmitri somehow forgets to set his card before activating it
Love that Yu-Gi-Oh logic
Easily one of my favorite duels in the series. I had the two partner on dvd as a kid and watched it a ton. Seeing stuff like BLS and DMOC was so cool especially cause it implies Yugi had upgraded his deck since the end of the original series. That plus I just love the way the dub has Dimitri imitate the voice of Atem. It’s seriously a good impression and I loved that little bit of charm added to the duel.
I agree. Awesome duel and cool to for GX to pay tribute to Yugi/Atem.
I appreciate seeing this duel again. It makes me smile remembering this since this is what made me yearn to make more unique decks instead of borrowing the same ol' stuff as others. So I very much so appreciate the revisit!
16:27
Let's say the spell is Fusion Gate, because Jaden knows he need the extra attack boost from Skyscraper to survive and win the duel.
Its branded fusion ofcourse.
He would have need to put that in the Field Spell Zone.
I recommend "Was Joey about to TIE with Mai" from their first duel in the Oricalchos arc.
Joey wanted to force a tie in that duel, but I don't even know how that could work from the cards Joey has.
Better yet would be Could he do it
Joey would need burn cards like Paths of Destiny (when it lands on tails), and Dark Snake Syndrome (while keeping his lp relatively close to Mai's)
Can there be a "Was Zigfried about to beat Kaiba video"? That was my favorite Kaiba duel of the series.
TGS anime:"Before the battle start, kaiba actually misplayed,he can just disqualify Zigfried right there right now"
I also have made and still hold this suggestion. That was Kaiba's best duel by far and I'd love to see a breakdown of it. It's interesting seeing how they differ with Zigfried playing it safe, often making moves to restore his life points, while Kaiba took risks, chief among which were using Chaos Emperor that dealt a lot of damage to Zigfried but also left him wide open.
Joey vs Zigfried can be added too, but I just want Kaiba.
I just want him to analyze how the hell zigfroed OTK 2 players at once (Rex n weevil)
@@Spanluver ride of the Valkyries and mischief of the time goddess are the most likely to be the culprits
@@DarkSymphony777 yes but is it legal in a 2 vs 1 duel
Another misplay was Dimitri should have used Dark Magician to attack Burstinatrix before using Dedication Through Light and Darkness. I like to imagine the cards Dimitri sacrificed for Emergency Provisions were Exchange and Chain Destruction.
He did attack Burstinatrix, but the battle phase was ended by A Hero Emerges
@@johnguenzel9784 A Hero Emerges doesn't end the battle phase. If it did, how could he attack Bladedge with Dark Magician of Chaos? What I was saying was that after Jaden used A Hero Emerges to summon Bladedge, since that triggered a replay, Dimitri should have had Dark Magician continue his attack to destroy Burstinitrix, then played Dedication Through Light and Darkness to summon Dark Magician of Chaos to destroy Bladedge. Wiping out Jaden's field.
@@ron2millionare972 It seems Anime, Hero Emerges do have battle end effect, this is not the only time this ACTUALLY happens almost all the time A Hero Emerges activate it's seems the battle always end
@@darkerrex1442 Wrong. When he used it against Chazz, Zane, Jinzo, Tanya, Amnael, Sky Scout, and Trueman, they just continued attacking (well, Sky Scout wanted to attack, but Jaden used Transcendent Wings before he could). Every time someone stopped was because Jaden only had one monster that was too strong, usually Neos. Dimitri was the only guy who stopped even though a monster was vulnerable.
@@ron2millionare972 I need to double check something then because of how many times that A Hero Emerges stop the battle i was sure it have a battle end effects
Welcome back Sam! That duel was so unique for Jaden to duel Yugi's deck for the 1st time
This is my favorite episode (or episodes since it was a 2-parter) of the series. I loved how the music kept switching back and forth from the normal GX background music to the classic score whenever Dimitri made a move. I also love how seemingly EVERYONE forgot that BLS was a part of Yugi's deck (though the one that Yugi summoned was the effectless ritual monster, not the retrained Chaos version) and the leadup to BLS almost winning the game was, up to that point, the most dramatic near-defeat of the series.
"The trouble isn't deep, it's subterranean" was also a fantastic line.
Well outside of filler, Yami used BLS exactly once. Even with filler, all the other times were outside of the public, namely the VR arcs and his duel with Dartz.
Why after the A Hero Emerges replay occurs, Dark Magician didn't attack Burstinatrix ? That way, Dimitri could have activated the Quick-play Dedication trough Light and Darkness to summon Dark Magician of Chaos which would destroy Bladedge and then let Judai's field completely empty !
Yes it's a pretty big misplay on Dimitri's part. Maybe he thought A Hero Emerges negated the attack or doesn't understand how replays work.
@@Frenzyshark Ok. Because I first thought that A Hero Emerges maybe had a slightly different effect in the anime that I didn't know about.
Didn’t he say A Hero Emerges ends the battle phase? Around 7:25ish?
In the anime A Hero Emerges ends the battle phase. IRL the card works differently.
@@RenaldyCalixte Even in the anime, A Hero Emerges still doesn't end the battle phase. Otherwise how would Dark Magician of Chaos been able to attack in the same battle phase in the same turn? Dimitri was right that he needed to summon Dark Magician of Chaos to get over bladedge. And he knew to activate it during the battle phase to get in another attack. It seems Dimitri called off his Dark Magician's attack thinking he wasn't allowed to attack Burstinatrix when the replay occurred. He thought he was forced to attack Bladedge or not attack at all. Maybe because he though replay rules dictate you must attack the newly summoned monster or that A Hero Emerges has some attack management effect. Jaden got lucky that Dimitri misplayed heavily on here and was silent on it.
We've seen instances where the anime is different than the OCG/TCG before. Like when Drillroid actually attacks a defense wall and damage calculation occurs. A Hero Emerges simply isn't one of those cases. At least not in this duel.
So, I have a SUPER ambitious idea you could do for the series:
Could the Big 5 have won their respective duels and against both Joey and Yugi?
I think this could be an amazing video, dissecting each duel in one video, plus it could be a big special after doing this for a while now? Idk, I'd just love to see you tackle a challenge like this, cause it would be dope af.
Also, I say all on one video is because I don't think there is enough to go on in each duel respectively, but maybe I'm wrong, LOL.
I second this.☝
It’s funny that Yugi faces possibly the toughest of the Big 5 and only wins because he’s the King of Games while Joey only struggles because his opponent blatantly cheats. And then there’s Téa who faces someone who clearly barely knows how to duel.
I fourth this
@JzanderN I'd argue that Lecter was the best of the Big 5, simply because he had some form of a strategy instead of Gangsley just relying on his Deck Master.
But then again, he too had a strategy with swarming the field and using his ability, so maybe it would've worked, but plot armor.
@@CybercietyYT I did say "possibly" because I couldn't remember Kaiba's opponent's strategy (beyond using Satellite Cannon), but given that he was facing Seto Kaiba he was probably going to be either the best or the second best.
But I don't think Gangsley's strategy of using his Deck Master's ability makes him worse. They added a new dueling mechanic and he took full advantage of it, incorporating it into his strategy.
Love this series keep up the amazing work!
8:13 adding insult to injury, he does this basically every time he uses a hero emerges from now on
If I recall Dimitri is the mirror match opponent in the games he appears in. Literally copies your hand.
Only 2 fusions he knows he can make. One thing established in season 2 is that Jaden actually doesn’t know that his HEROes have a lot of different potential results when fused. Granted we don’t see many in the anime and manga and most of these fusions are legacy support and one could argue that they might not exist in-universe (despite them clearly having cards that we don’t have so that line is a bit blurry in my opinion.)
I mean, this isn't early manga. The fusions are physical cards. It's plausible he's just never seen a card like Elemental HERO Phoenix Enforcer (or Plasma Vice here, for that matter) despite them existing. For a more studious student like Zane, Alexis or Bastion, they probably do a fair amount of research into potential cards for their Decks. Jaden definitely doesn't. (Heck, as we've seen before, he sometimes doesn't even know what his OWN cards do. He was surprised when Aqua Neos returned to the Extra Deck against Aster, for example.)
In yugioh spirit caller , Dmitri uses an ancient gear deck usually and Yugis deck during his event xx
@@Doogie95 after his event he switches to a Spellcaster deck and an Exodia Deck
@@RiverShockTBF, he just got his neos deck and it's his first time using it's those cards didn't even exist at that point.
Plus, we see after that he gets extremely adept at working around said drawback.
And honestly the "Different forms of E-Hero fusions" got nowhere after Edo only showed Phoenix Enforcer and SPE, so I'm not surprised if Judai didn't know
I think if Dimitri had made that turn 1 play you suggested, he probably would have won the moment he used Magical Knives, assuming all other factors of the duel remained constant, or at least consistent enough.
Agreed. A direct attack from chimera plus a direct attack from DM next turn equals a quick win.
I like to personally think small misplays like that are due to him not being yugi. Look how Jaden in season 4 fought equally with yugi whos deck was the exact same except for the three god cards. Jaden also said just bc he beat him didnt mean he beat yugi. So, it's like really showing if you know yugioh Jaden wasn't shit rn lol. Probably over thinking it but awesome to think
@@fedoraex4773 maybe but i also think it's worth noteing that it is a play that Yugi and thus by extension Dimitri would never do.
the idea of sending dark magician to the grave like that unless it's specficly to be able to summon it is simply not viable for Yugi to do.
@theguyyouhate you know, you are right he wouldn't. I have to go back and watch the bringing of the video bc there was a turn two play i believe Dimitri could've made to get out chimera and dark magician to gain advantage. Again i have to rewatch to double check. Ik yugi does make moves like sacrificing his monster for dark coffin to get our dark magician. But the second play involving sacrificing dark magician is a move yugi/atem would not make.
9:40 Misplay by Demetri. He should’ve attacked Burstinatrix with Dark Magician as his attack hasn’t been negated then used Magician of Chaos to destroy Bladedge - Open Field. Also Demetri making the classic King of Games mistake of not using all possible cards before using Card of Sanctity.
Edit: Remembered that Replays might not exist in the anime at this point, so technically, the attack was negated I think.?🤔
Replays actually do exist in the anime at this point. We even see replays happen in this very duel. So Dimitri not attacking Burstinatrix when he had the chance just goes to show that he had barely any clue how to pilot Yugi's deck.
@@armedweiss5531 ok so I’m right
@@SpecsTube In the previous series, you could remove the monster being attacked from the field and weren't necessarily allowed a direct attack if there wasn't anything left. It was like "missing the target" with a card effect but missing the target with an attack target. But yeah Dimitri screwed up here by not attacking burstinatrix first. A Hero Emerges doesn't manage/cancel attack targets. It just summons a monster to the field when successful.
In regards to the Cards of Sancity play
I feel Judai would anticipate this. As a fan of the game and a fan of Yugi's duels, as shown in this ep, Judai would know Yugi's...'thing' of playing Card of Sanctity when his hand is near empty. Is this super awkward and a little iffy, sure. But you can always just see this as 'dramatising' considering any real duelist would have dumped their hand for the Hero Kenzan (i love the Japanese way of saying this card) play
0:40 yeah it takes a millenium puzzle
9:28 That Dark Magician face though XD
always look forward to these videos, keep it up!
possible misplay by jaden at 3:30: after he fuses for thunder giant, he could've also summoned burstinatrix or wroughtweiler, that way he has an extra attack once thunder giant deals with chimera and berfomet.
One thing i love about this duel in the dub, when is Jaden turn, the Yugioh Gx ost played in the background, when is Dimitri turn, the Yugioh Dm ost played
One of my favorite duels! thanks for covering 😁
The hero emerges trick, which is mentioned is something the Jaden does often, so it's kinda weird he didn't do it this time.
Love this series, and I just finished GX last night!
Suggestion: could Fujiwara have beaten Jaden and Jesse at the end of season 4?
Oh, no way, I love this duel. Such an underrated piece of fanservice.
20:19 Kuriboh is like…uhh yeah sure whatever you say I guess 😅
If someone ever made a movie about Yugi, Dimitri would be a great person to play him on the big screen
YES YES YES I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD EVENTUALLY DO THIS DUEL
It's #10 in my top 20 favorite Duels in Yu-Gi-Oh GX
I’ve been thinking about this duel recently!!
If that spell card was actually “De-Spell” then Dmitri misplayed because if he activated it to destroy Skyscraper, Jaden’s flame wingman couldn’t get over DMG.
Speaking of play manipulation by the writers, Jaden's Super Junior Confrontation play only works because in the anime you can choose to summon your defense mode monsters in either face up or face down position. If this was real life then Jaden would have to summon Winged Kuriboh either in attack or set it, meaning he wouldn't be able to meet the conditions for his trap card
WIthout hindsight, I think Dimitri made the best turn 1 play. Yeah, he could've dealt a quick 2100 damage, but it'd mean burning through his hand: playing it careful because Jaden still had a full hand was the right move: over-extending was just too dangerous at that point. Likewise, Swords of Revealing Light is best saved for when you know you need the attack block (such as the next turn where Dimitri was in top-decking move, so it was too risky to risk Jaden battling Gazelle without summoning anything). Of course, had Dimitri known he'd want Dark Magician in the GY and an extra body on the field due to Dark Renewal, that'd change everything, but he had no way of knowing what he'd top-deck.
"I used Yugi's deck, why couldn't I win?"
"Yugi ran Summoned Skull, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician of Black Chaos, the three God cards, Buster Blader, and Valkyrion in one deck. I'm more surprised you didn't brick."
(Inspired by a piece of fanart of Yugi bricking)
@God Incarnate The knights weren't in his GX deck.
Yugi's real power is Heart of the Cards (Destiny Draw).
Get Millennium Items I guess...
Don't forget Catapult Turtle. It requires a sacrifice to be summoned too.
Don't foregt Gaia and curse of dragon
Demetri:
Insults DM
Atem:
Egyptian Rage
Side note: Dimitri attacked with Chimera the first turn he summed it, in battle city this wasn't allowed without the use of a magic card, I believe this is allowed as its not battle city but the yugioh gx era, and who knows exactly when then deck comes from
The rule of not attacking with fusion monsters the turn its summoned is a rule kaiba implemented only in the battle city tournament that means it's fine to attack with a fusion monster on the first turn in normal duels!
17:08 technically in rl, he wouldn't take the damage as dmoc banishes itself when it leaves the field and flamewingman requires the monster to be in the gy
8:20 For why Jaden didn't set all of them face down, I could have seen Jaden keeping them in his hand in order to ensure that he didn't lose key cards (Could have risked the bubble one though)
I like how when it's Dimitri's turn the original Yugioh soundtrack is playing in the background.
So a big shenanigan in this duel is Skyscraper's effect, in every other duel and in real life card effect, Skyscraper only gives 1000 atk boost when a Hero monster attacks a monster with higher attack, not when it's being attacked. In this duel Jaden should have lost in two instances, when Dark magician girl attacked Bubbleman ( Jaden had 1500 LP left; 2300-800=1500 damage k.o.) and when BLS attacked Avian ( Jaden had 1800 LP; 3000-1000=2000 damage k.o.).
Nah, there's other duels were it works this way, it's just a quirk of the anime or the card simply got nerfed IRL
16:29 I bet it was Transcendent Wings since Jaden doesn't have Winged Kuriboh in his field anymore
Claiming one of Dimitri's worthless cards was De-Spell would (unless I'm mistaken) a big mistake.
If he *Actually* had De-Spell he'd have been able to use it to destroy Skyscraper, which would have made Dark Magician Girl the strongest on the Field again.
That is a very fair point, I’d like to swap it to Trap Jammer!
Also, if Dimitri did destroy Skyscraper, then BLS EoB's attack on Avian would have wiped Jaden out
@@TGSAnime Hmm do you mean 7 tools of the bandit? I know that's a card Yugi definitely played at some point.
Great video! I remember I had this episode in a DVD I played it on repeat when we had no power
I would love to see a video talking about Blood Shepherd Vs. Lightning. It was such an intense duel, and I’d love to see if there were any mistakes, anything that could’ve been done better.
Dimitri should've won on turn 6.
Turn 1: Jaden plays Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in Defence Mode.
Turn 2: Dimitri Fusion Summons Chimaera The Flying Mythical Beast. Then he activates Monster Reincarnation (discarding Dark Magician) to add Gazelle The King Of Mythical Beasts to his hand... then he summons it and uses it to attack Elemental Hero Burstinatrix, then goes for a direct attack with Chimaera The Flying Mythical Beast.
(Jaden's LP=1900).
Turn 3: Jaden draws and plays Polymerisation, to fusion summon Elemental Hero Thunder Giant. He destroys Chimaera The Flying mythical Beast (Causing Dimitri to revive Berformet in Defence Mode). Jaden attacks and destroys Gazelle The King Of Mythical Beasts.
(Dimitri's LP=3100).
Turn 4: Dimitri Draws and sets Dark Renewal. Then plays Swords Of Revealing Light.
Turn 5:Jaden Draws and summons Dark Catapulter (Causing Dimitri to use Dark Renewal to summon Dark Magician).
Turn 6: Dimitri draws Thousand Knives and uses it to destroy Elemental Hero Thunder Giant. Then with no monsters eft on the field he attacks directly with Dark Magician for game.
I could have sworn when I saw the English dub. You can actually see part of dark magician as Dimitri sends it to the grave via monster reincarnation; I definitely remember being able to see part of it when I first watched this
I think that’s the flashback? After the summon?
@@vernongomes
No, really it was in real time, you could see part of dark magician’s ring as he puts it in the GY
@@vernongomes no you actually can see it for only half a second
I just checked the episode on RUclips and I was right. They did let you see part of it
In Dimitri's defense, he didn't have the puzzle and the ability to bs his way through trouble and top deck perfect counters. XD
Need to mention that Jaden's bluff with Polimerisation also does not make sense because Dimitri knew it was Poli cause Jaden had added it earlier with Wroughtveiler.
Dimitri, if he had set Reincarnation, could have activated it to get Pot of Greed, get BLS immediately, then switch all his Kuribo tokens to attack, activate Reincarnation to get back DM, tribute watapon and Dark Magician of Chaos for DM, special BLS, attack Burstinatrix with BLS, attack again, attack Bubbleman with DM (Jaden 1300 -> 600) and finish it with the Kuribo tokens. Yeah, kinda counterintuitive, but logical if you think through it.
eh well when you think about it, several turns had passed when he brought it back to his hand from Wroughtveiler. It's still a logical guess it was still polymerization(and it was) but it's not like Jaden immediately set it on the field after retrieving it from his hand
@@Frenzyshark Well, it depends on how well the specific duelist pays attention to such things and is capable of remembering it later on. Dimitri is a copycat duelist whos ability to remember the plays of the original wielder of the decks was pointed out to be on top. So, I would assume he is good at remembering that kind of stuff. (Also, it would not be a "guess" as it was the last card in his hand.)
Though, for Jaden it would honestly be quite out of character to think about his opponent to such a degree.
It's also a bit funny btw that Jaden set it so he would get an extra card later, but had he chained Emergy provisions to either Poli or Warrior returning alive, he could have got it without the extra card anyway.
Based on BLS's special ability. Dimitri would win in this hypothetical scenario by attacking Jaden's life points directly with BLS.
@@RenaldyCalixte No sorry. BLS is needed to get over Bubbleman with bubble-whatever-the-guns-name-is, since it had 2600 ATK, more than DM. So, BLS would not destroy Bubbleman, only the equip card. Also, I think BLS can only get 1 extra attack, even if it destroys two monsters.
In case you're wondering why to summon Dark Magician in the first place, it's because Dimitri had five monsters (Watapon, DMoC and three tokens that can't be tributed) so he needed one more space. In theory, he could just not summon Watapon, but that would be hindside, since he would not have BLS in his hand at that time.
@@brokendoll3368 Ok I forgot Bubbleman has an equip spell card. It's called Bubbleblaster.
Interesting gameplay mechanic regarding Emergency Provisions: If Jaden/Judai had set the Spell/Trap cards first and then used Polymerization/The Warrior Returning Alive, he could've chained Emergency Provisions to gain an extra 1000 life while still getting the card effect off since it doesn't negate it.
Basically, Dimitri did technically win when he attacked Bubbleman with Dark Magician Girl and Avian with Black Luster Soldier but in the anime, Jaden’s Skyscraper Field Spell gives his Elemental Heroes 1,000 extra attack points during his opponents battle phase - in real life it only works on your own battle phase leaving your Elemental Hero wide open when your opponent summons and attacks with a stronger monster in their turn.
Jaden already knew he would have lost to the real Yugi based on him barely defeating Dimitri who made a couple misplays.
@@RenaldyCalixtedude that was season jaden season 4 would have beaten Yugi's deck without the god cards cuz Egyptian God card when he faced him
@@leosnyder5264 Dimitri didn't duel Jaden with Yugi's full deck. No Gandora dragon of destruction, no Gaia the Swift Knight, no Diffusion Wave Motion.
How in the world did dimitri know about the kuriboh thing was his delusional so much that he flat out manifested yugi thought in his head
Would have been cool to see the aces stare each other down Dark Magcian and Flame Wingman I don’t want to hear any of that neos ace stuff we all know who the real ace is
Flame Wingman is his first ace. Neos is his persona Ace.
I agree Flame Wingman will be forever Jaden's true ace in my eyes
Neos is declared as Jaden's ace but in season 1 of GX, Neos wasn't introduced yet
Neos IS the ace however this was season 1, Flame Wingman was his Ace until Neos was introduced
The Virgin Neos:
-Vanilla monster that requires two tributes
-Not even in the deck from the beginning of the show
-Relies on spells to allow it to win
-Fusions it can summon are all really shitty and pussy out to the extra deck at the end of the turn
-Semi part of one of the worst and most laughed at archetypes in the game
-Cannot control fire
The Chad Flame Wingman:
-The original ace monster, in the deck from the beginning
-Single-handedly won the first duel of the series
-Is a Fusion monster
-Has a badass and powerful effect that lets it capitalise on the strength of opponent’s monsters to deal massive damage
-Has a really sick design
-A HERO monster, one of the biggest and most support archetypes out there
-Can control fire
I think we all know who wins here, lads
That was some horrific kuriboh on kuriboh violence we witnessed at 11:40
I'd never wish it on anyone
I'm going to say that the mysterious card that Jaden draw is Kishido Spirit.
my guess also lol
Actually Dimitri won the second he summoned black luster soldier or even when he summoned dark magician girl, because skyscraper only works when e-heroes attack, it's not permanent.
in the anime it applies when e-heroes are attacked as well
I think it’s an interesting duel. Anyways there’s one duel I think you can cover and that is Atem vs Marik in the battle city final and also please include that look on Kaiba’s face when Atem summons Obelisk The Tormentor.
I always wondered if Marik would have won if he did not surrendered
@@rezeurve3651 tbh i'm not sure. One reason i don't know was because of that card Atem played and i don't remember hearing what happened with all his monsters if they were banished or sent to the graveyard.
@@RT88414 yugi still have DM and DMG in the field
@@duodecim3452 think about like this, if the other Marik wasn't able to fight off his evil side and regain control of his body, odds are the evil Marik would've used more spell and trap cards to get monster reborn back from the graveyard multiple times and keep using Ra's phoenix form ability nonstop. Yes Atem had Dark Magician & Dark Magician Girl on the field to protect his life points with no other monsters left(unless Atem had a unknown card in his deck to return all his banished monsters to his deck) so to answer your question, i think the evil Marik would've won since he has other cards to drain Atem's life points and win the duel. That's what i think would've happened.
As a kid I always thought during the episodes Atem was possesing Dimitri xD
I don't know if Jaden attacking with Sparkman just to get stopped by Kuriboh was really a misplay. I mean, he has to bait the thing out eventually, right?
I really like this part of GX, because they have Jaiden duel simulacra of the big 3 of Duel Monsters.
Dimitri using Yugi’s deck
Atticus using Red-Eyes and Jinzo using.....well, Jinzo reflecting Joey
And Kaibaman just being Kaiba
And yet Jaden lost to Kaiba simulacra? 🤨
@@RenaldyCalixte can’t beat the king
Wow, I was watching these episodes a few days ago and was thinking "Could he have beaten Jaden?"
I love how Demitri gets all buddy buddy with Kuriboh, but calls Dark Magician a "small-fry".
El único duelo de la serie donde el efecto de rascacielos se activa al ser atacado.
16:32
I'll say he drew Clayman's equip spell
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I think Dimitri should have more credit. The whole "make your own deck and believe in your cards" is cute. But it's said in front of large amount of background characters that contribute absolutely nothing to the series. Knowing and believing in their decks didn't take them anywhere either. Demitri's ability to learn and copy that well based on limited information is amazing. He should be encouraged to further his talents. Not discard them for a playstyle that won't take him anywhere either.
Did it really not take them anywhere? Or did they lose because they're hobbyists and/or poor duelists, or did we just not learn where they went because they aren't the main characters, and we would have if they were? Also, the "heart of the cards" is about using cards that are important and mean something to you, even if they aren't top tier powerful cards. When you use your own deck that you made, you learn how the cards synergize, you learn how to make great combos even from sub-optimal cards. And if that's not enough, so what? GX's literal final lesson is to just have fun dueling, and to take it in grace whether you win or lose. Yes, Dimitri's skills for analysis are AMAZING, but he should use that to craft his own deck which plays to HIS strengths, not someone else's. THATS why he loses. He's not really trying to make his own strategy on the fly, he's just recycling the strategies of another duelist.
Dimitri is literally half of the players.
Protagonist plot Def is strong because unless I’m mistaken, Dimitri pulling off the combo mentioned at the beginning, leads directly into a win 1 or 2 turns later since with the direct attack from Chimera, Dark Magician ends it when he’s brought out.
one other small thing to note about dimitri's use of bls's effects in gx in particular, EVERYTHING was about battle. the second attack over the banishment use makes sense bc in gx when there's a choice btwn straight up monster removal or battle, battle is always the preferred option. if you can do both you do both but if you have to choose one or the other you always go with the attack.
Actually, Dmitri had a hilariously effective option with BLS Envoy's effect:
Banish Skyscraper.
I'm serious, banishing Skyscraper basically sets him up for a win on the following turn, since without it, Jaden at this point in the series lacks anything that could kill the powerful Chaos monster.
BLS can't banish spell/traps, only monsters.
16:20
I think either Fusion Gate or Transcendent Wings, since both can be classified as "bricks"
Honestly I think Dimitri's weakness isn't even that he "net decks." It's that he thinks if he can find the one magical perfect deck he'll become the best duelist.
He has good technical skills, and is able to adapt his playstyle to a new deck extremely well. If he just stuck with those decks for a while and got his reps in, he'd be a force to be reckoned with, kind of like Mimasaka from Food Wars with his "Perfect Trace"
Still, it’s best to set yourself apart from others in duelling
Jaden plays a lot of brick spells in early series, though I would probably say that the mysterious spell is probably Transcendent wings As it would of been thematically good for the duel, but he drew it too late for it to be helpful as his Winged Kuriboh was already in the grave. Though he held onto it incase he got a revival card for it which is why it wasn't used for Provisions.
Dimitri's biggest mistake is forgetting that Multiply actually summons an impenetrable wall of infinite Kuribohs.
Thats shenanigans from the first series anime
@@roninwarriorsfan No, my friend, it is a joke - and you missed it.
@@roninwarriorsfan the joke went over your head and attacked the moon.
16:04 Wait, doesn't skyscraper only activates when you're the one attacking? Or is that the anime effect works differently?
Yeah, the anime version works when an elemental hero battles in general, I remember it being that way when they had the paradox brothers tag duel when dark guardian attacked tempest. So it seems to be a consistent aspect of it in the anime.
I’d consider not using BLS to banish a card on the field as a misplay when you know the guy you’re facing off against has pretty much two strats and one of them is “fuse wingman, sparkman and burstinatrix”
19:58 to be fair. I wouldn't count that as a miss pay. If you know your opponent has something that can stop you. Why not just force their hand and used it. Plus, it'll leave him to top deck. With three monsters in play and his life point pretty much healthy. It was a better decision to remove all of his opponents options.
This is the first time ever that I have seen another person analyze what cards each player in a duel draws throughout a duel - I have done that with a lot of duels in both Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - it just shocks me a little bit to see that I'm not the only one that has done that kind of analysis to things. 😅🙏
Here's the thing individual-game Black Luster ritual does not require a dark type monster and a light type monster however it does require two monsters that add up to a total of at least level eight and one of those materials has to be Gaia the fierce Knight
Here’s a good one, Was Jack about to defeat Yusei? Blast From The Past And Fortune Cup Finale.
Sam you said 3 mistakes. 1. Gazelle was in attack mode. 2. Jaden had Bubble Blaster in his hand because you said Bubble Shuffle. 3. Cyclone Boomerang didn't show up till Wildheart Debut. so he would have gotten rid of fusion recovery. And the spell card he discard is Transcend wings for double spell.
9:10 I am confused. Wasn't it a huge misplay to not attack elemental hero burstinitrix With Dark magician? It doesn't say that Dark magician has to attack the card that just summoned by A Hero Emerges? And that if you attack with a monster in the battle phase and then you summon a new monster, That new monster can attack, right? As we say in Chumley vs Crowler, Chumley attacked with big Koala, switched it with itself, and was able to attack again? So I was wondering why didn't he do this play?
Dimitri also used an Ancient Gear deck in the beginning of the episode and did the same combo that Crowler did in the first episode to summon Ancient Gear Golem.
If he wasn't a one-off character, he could have had a lot of potential. I imagine that after he learns his lesson about how imitating strong duelists isn't the only thing that can make you win duels, he will become a Manjoume-like character but instead of Ojama/Armed Dragon/VWXYZ, he jams together all the archetypes used by all sorts of duelists he idolizes.
At the end of the episode, he even starts imitating Jaden. Imagine if he became a recurring character who played E-HERO, Ancient Gear, and Yugi's cards in one deck. It would be hilarious (and also very cool if he manages to make it work).
Wow I was just watching your old videos yesterday and you post today!
Great video idea
This two partner of yugioh gx has always been one of my favorites.
What you said in the video makes total sense and ofcourse it could have turned differently if they decided on other choices, but it was for sure a great and enjoyable duel.
Since the airing of this episode so many years ago I have tried to gather all kinds of yugioh related cards. Even newer ones bc in theory Yugi/atem could have had support cards for all kinds of his monster cards. Kinda a King of Games Deck XD