The original un-errata'd CED was so game warping, that if it remained as originally printed today, it would probably even still see play in Dragon Link decks.
I would argue it would be the only reason to play dragon link currently. Imagine Magna searching this in the end phase so the opponent has to keep something for it despite all your plays (unless shifter) then Seyfert adding back from GY anything to help you close the game. Or going first hand looping. Armageddon is a great retrain but I'm still salty for the errata and would prefer being forever banned
It was my first guess, but then I thought: how good would it be in advanced? Sure, it might be a good going second card and an annoying way of winning at time. Prolly someone might figure out some crazy ftk lines with it but still... Online I didn't find anything that impressive nor consistent.
@@babrad i would rather have a permaban than a nerf. at least you can still play in traditional and no ban formats where as nerfing it makes the card no longer worth running stats aside. and because of how power creep runs its course and it is an ignition effect i could see it one day not being necessary to permaban if it had the original effect. the question remains though what would dragon link look like in a no ban no nerf format? china had a no ban format with the 1999 effects of witch, sangan and last will and the number 1 deck was magi-sci ishizu tears.
primarily what holds CED from being potentially game breaking in the future is that its removal effect is not a quick effect and priority ignition has been gone since 2011.
Jesse is becoming the Wolfe of Yu-Gi-Oh and I'm here for it. I noticed the similar editing style a while back, but now it's just his current series lol
I paused the video before your top 3 for my guesses. Dragon Rulers, as there is an entire format in their name. Stardust Dragon, as it's such an iconic card even in Edison today. And finally Chaos Emperor Dragon since it's the OG big baddie that started it all. Great video Jesse, I really enjoyed it. Would like to see one for most types but Machine would be fun
Lowkey my favorite Dragon is Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon since it's got so many counterparts, like revolution, Phantasm, and then it leads into Z-Arc, plus it was always cool to have Performapals alongside it, just made for a cool deck that never really became meta, unless you count Meteor 🤷🏻♂️
I put Pendulum and Advance in like all my decks. They have been reliable core pieces to my overall engine. What Pendulum can search for is still hella strong. I have been using Rain Bozu for the high end instead of the Performapal cards or the Abyss Actors card that applies too. It is also able to search out Dragodies the Empowered Warrior, which is a continual Riryoku in back and a search for another on battle destruction.
Ever since 2004 it’s been Blue Eyes Shining Dragon for me, just because of the impact it has had on my life but I think CED probably has had the biggest impact on the game for a dragon being one of the first banned cards ever because of how good it was. Also I really like this type of video Jessie this is cool!
Cool series idea. I think it'd be sweet to see a table that shows the different monster types and their best card at the beginning and end of each video that gets filled in as the series progresses.
Arkbrave dragon. Being able to remove face up spells and traps from play and having it screw over my opponent is one of the most satisfying ways to get ahead in a game. Its monster reborn effect is nice too
Has to be Agarpain. No non-xyz ED dragon without a summoning restriction can be above it since Agarpain makes it. The only main deck monster that might compete is pre-errata CED and the only xyz might be DMD.
I did play the full dragon ruler era, i was running tidal mermails with 3 tidals and 2 streams in the deck... the deck was unstopable, kinda same power as judgmend spellbooks if u could play it properly. But man full power dragon rulers was on a different level. Good times :D
I know you are probably busy, but I like your 1 card combo ideas, so I've got one for you to try to accomplish. Use Burning Bamboo Sword, Soul Devouring Bamboo Sword, and Terminal World to skip every phase on your opponents turn.
My top 10 dragons: 10- Guardragon Elpy 9- Ancient Fairy Dragon 8- Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon 7- Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom 6- Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon 5- Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos (representing all 4) 4- Guardragon Agarpain 3- Dark Armed Dragon 2- Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End (pre erratum, it was the best card in the game) 1- Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (it won a Worlds after its erratum)
I like this video format, reminds me of wolfe's best pokemon of a certain type series, also this video is a testament to how insanely broken the earlier versions of dragon link were for their time with so many cards that are now either banned limited or errata'd
Chaos Emperor Dragon was not only one of the most impactful and strongest cards ever printed at their prime but made special summoning affordable. Boss monster before that and powerful cards in generel had pretty weird and restrictive conditions that you have to fullfill in order to special summon them. With Chaos Emperor Dragon and the chaos monsters in generell, special summoning was easier to do which chaned the game until today.
I would've put Druiswurm over Magnumhut but they're pretty close in power level. Also the effect to "send" a card to the graveyard to bypass destruction negate is HIGHLY underrated.
Darkness Metal Dragon sees play in Dragon Link a lot now because of Verudras. There are combos 1 and 2 card combos that easily get you to it since Black Metal Dragon can search for it. Because of Verudras your opponent has to drop Nibiru early if they didn't open any negation hand traps.
Definitely think the likes of Crimson Dragon, Ultimaya, Crystal Wing, The Rokkets, Hieratic Seal and Borrelsword are some that are more deserving than Flamvell Guard to be here
Off the top of my head my top 3 would be something like CED, Borreload Savage and Stardust ? Maybe that weird foolish 3 one that got banned straight away when dragon ruler were around (galaxy eyes dark matter something something ?)
I have to go with Red Supernova Dragon, not too many decks can deal with a boardwipe let alone 2 with red zone lol and i cant wait to see what the best warrior card is, i always feel like warriors arent super strong cards except baronne, nekroz and...?
NGL my fav dragon ( and IMO the strongest) is the greatest superpoly target ever. Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. some decks will still struggle to out it if its made on the opponent's turn
This one is difficult... 1. Chaos Emperor 2. Dark Matter 3. Druiswurm But because I like it... Gandora! Also, I thought that it was a list for individuals.
To me it's PepegaRuler. -Pseudo Kitkallos/Prosperity -GY reborn for basically free -No restrictions whatsoever besides playing light and darks which is no restriction in the slightest Idk how some ppl still defend the fairness of thst card and want it back
Okay they should make an Archetype for Luster Dragon. It’s my favourite level 4 normal monster! Be pretty cool to have a strong Wind Dragon based deck, having the ability to do a mix of Synchro and Link summons
One dragon I think can rival OG CED is Victory Dragon, the first match winner card and one that revolutionised yugioh in terms of sportsmanship - for the worst. A card that had to be banned not for its power, but because its existance threatened the integrity of the game as a whole. Seeing it in a position to do what its supposed to was an instant scoop because it was better than losing the whole match, and lead to poor sportsmanship issues.
Dark requiem xyz dragon and arc rebellion xyz dragon. Edit: The part of the video showing the black rose dragon tin reminds me of the time I got the tin and got black rose dragon not only from the tin but also the pack.
Jessie masterking archfiend combo deck please its a once per chain said to grave a fiend with attack and/or defense equal to the amount of life points u pay (he doesn't make u pay life points outside of standby phase) please help me with this deck
Judgment Dragon doesn't force people to scoop and doesn't really have much utility plus there's so many cards nowadays that prevent destruction by opponents card effects JD is out dated.
If albaz isn’t on here i’m calling scam, branded no matter how much power creep still continues to be playable, as well as being interruption itself, it also brought so many different dragons into the game
I think stardust deserved to be tiered, it was meta relwvant for so long and one of the first generic boss monsters that was disruption. Then i think beelze deserved an honourable mention too, also pushing the boundaries of what generic monster protection could be. But one monster that wasnt mentioned that i think could honestly be tier one is borrelsword dragon. There might not be another card in the game thats ended as many games as borrelsword; it was in every deck for so long and such a solid answer to so many threats in the game
@babrad yeah, all great breakers and game enders but purely I'd honestly doubt even Accesscode and BLS combined have ended as many games as borrelsword, it was SO prevalent and so easy to make
@@McKayCameron i would argue accesscode alone has surpassed both its predecessors specifically due to how long it stayed relevant. BLS had a higher "impact" in our memories because it was a top deck (being in the main meaning automatically it was less used than the later game enders) but Borrelsword vanished after Accesscode's release and only had about 2 years.
Best dragon is pre-errata Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End. Bar none! The first ever truly powerful dragon that broke the game and caused Konami to think “we might’ve fucked up.” Even now, pre-errata CED will be played and players will rage again.
Uh firewall is cyberse right? Lol. Probably pre errata Chaos Emperor Dragon was the most aggriegous of all time imo. But borreload savage, borrelend, and hot red dragon archfiend abyss are pretty good. Sanctifire most recently though is nasty af
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The original un-errata'd CED was so game warping, that if it remained as originally printed today, it would probably even still see play in Dragon Link decks.
I would argue it would be the only reason to play dragon link currently. Imagine Magna searching this in the end phase so the opponent has to keep something for it despite all your plays (unless shifter) then Seyfert adding back from GY anything to help you close the game. Or going first hand looping.
Armageddon is a great retrain but I'm still salty for the errata and would prefer being forever banned
It was my first guess, but then I thought: how good would it be in advanced? Sure, it might be a good going second card and an annoying way of winning at time. Prolly someone might figure out some crazy ftk lines with it but still... Online I didn't find anything that impressive nor consistent.
@@babrad i would rather have a permaban than a nerf. at least you can still play in traditional and no ban formats where as nerfing it makes the card no longer worth running stats aside. and because of how power creep runs its course and it is an ignition effect i could see it one day not being necessary to permaban if it had the original effect. the question remains though what would dragon link look like in a no ban no nerf format? china had a no ban format with the 1999 effects of witch, sangan and last will and the number 1 deck was magi-sci ishizu tears.
primarily what holds CED from being potentially game breaking in the future is that its removal effect is not a quick effect and priority ignition has been gone since 2011.
Jesse is becoming the Wolfe of Yu-Gi-Oh and I'm here for it.
I noticed the similar editing style a while back, but now it's just his current series lol
Hopefully Jesse will get "world champ different, baby!" soon
Shooting Quasar Dragon was first true omni-negate. Definitely worth mentioning.
When your entire deck and full hand was dedicated to summoning just 1 Omni negate.
Stardust dragon assault mode?
True. Right now, your whole hand is now used for Magia, with potential 3 negates, but that's it.
@@MrCegebyou can make magia with a 1 card combo consistently :/
with 2 cards you can get to like 98% consistency in a deck its that stupid
@@Levixne how to 1 or 2 card magia
Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon might be for me.
A card that has been basically meta for dragons since its release from disaster dragons to dragon link and literally ANY dragon decks inbetween
Surprised Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres isnt on this list anywhere.
Number 95: Galaxy Eyes Dark Matter Dragon
I paused the video before your top 3 for my guesses. Dragon Rulers, as there is an entire format in their name. Stardust Dragon, as it's such an iconic card even in Edison today. And finally Chaos Emperor Dragon since it's the OG big baddie that started it all. Great video Jesse, I really enjoyed it. Would like to see one for most types but Machine would be fun
gotta go judgment dragon card is so nostalgic, iconic, and in LOD card was revolutionary
This is an amazing concept for a series imo. Would love to see more of this
Lowkey my favorite Dragon is Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon since it's got so many counterparts, like revolution, Phantasm, and then it leads into Z-Arc, plus it was always cool to have Performapals alongside it, just made for a cool deck that never really became meta, unless you count Meteor 🤷🏻♂️
I put Pendulum and Advance in like all my decks. They have been reliable core pieces to my overall engine. What Pendulum can search for is still hella strong. I have been using Rain Bozu for the high end instead of the Performapal cards or the Abyss Actors card that applies too. It is also able to search out Dragodies the Empowered Warrior, which is a continual Riryoku in back and a search for another on battle destruction.
Dark Armed Dragon has to be number one it’s just a true legend
Love the content idea. Can't wait to see all the rest of the types. It was cool to see some dragons that I forgot about over the years.
Ever since 2004 it’s been Blue Eyes Shining Dragon for me, just because of the impact it has had on my life but I think CED probably has had the biggest impact on the game for a dragon being one of the first banned cards ever because of how good it was. Also I really like this type of video Jessie this is cool!
When you said "disaster dragons" that took me back a decade. I know the deck was TOXIC however i miss it
It was toxic but to me it truly felt like a dragon deck. One of my favs for sure
Cool series idea. I think it'd be sweet to see a table that shows the different monster types and their best card at the beginning and end of each video that gets filled in as the series progresses.
Fallen of Albaz? 😢
Completely agree with the list, other than savage (and maybe saryuja). Savage is so powerful and has had such a huge impact on the game since 2019
cool video, it would be really cool to see what a modern version of dragon link with fiendsmith cards would look like
Arkbrave dragon. Being able to remove face up spells and traps from play and having it screw over my opponent is one of the most satisfying ways to get ahead in a game.
Its monster reborn effect is nice too
Hi Jesse ! i would just like to thank you for the content you've been provinding us in these hard time !!
Stardust assualt mode was a freak of nature back in the day and how easy it was to bring out! Really thought you were going to mention it 😂
Has to be Agarpain. No non-xyz ED dragon without a summoning restriction can be above it since Agarpain makes it. The only main deck monster that might compete is pre-errata CED and the only xyz might be DMD.
Really good video! Wondered if Topological Gumblar Dragon would get an honourable mention as Konami seemed to regret printing it almost immediately
Competitively? Stardust dragon.
casually? Stardust dragon.
Historically? Stardust dragon.
design wise? Stardust dragon.
Lore wise? Stardust dragon.
Stardust Dragon? Stardust dragon>
Damn right! 😁
I did play the full dragon ruler era, i was running tidal mermails with 3 tidals and 2 streams in the deck... the deck was unstopable, kinda same power as judgmend spellbooks if u could play it properly. But man full power dragon rulers was on a different level.
Good times :D
All the versions of RDA are a vibe imo… 🤷🏽♂️
I know you are probably busy, but I like your 1 card combo ideas, so I've got one for you to try to accomplish. Use Burning Bamboo Sword, Soul Devouring Bamboo Sword, and Terminal World to skip every phase on your opponents turn.
The ones that instantly come to mind for me are CED (pre-errata), REDMD, and Borrel Savage
My top 10 dragons:
10- Guardragon Elpy
9- Ancient Fairy Dragon
8- Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon
7- Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom
6- Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon
5- Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos (representing all 4)
4- Guardragon Agarpain
3- Dark Armed Dragon
2- Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End (pre erratum, it was the best card in the game)
1- Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (it won a Worlds after its erratum)
I like this video format, reminds me of wolfe's best pokemon of a certain type series, also this video is a testament to how insanely broken the earlier versions of dragon link were for their time with so many cards that are now either banned limited or errata'd
It's supernova calamity or cosmic blazar
Dis Pater in the convo though
Chaos Emperor Dragon was not only one of the most impactful and strongest cards ever printed at their prime but made special summoning affordable. Boss monster before that and powerful cards in generel had pretty weird and restrictive conditions that you have to fullfill in order to special summon them. With Chaos Emperor Dragon and the chaos monsters in generell, special summoning was easier to do which chaned the game until today.
I would've put Druiswurm over Magnumhut but they're pretty close in power level. Also the effect to "send" a card to the graveyard to bypass destruction negate is HIGHLY underrated.
I still have my 1st Ed CED from IOC I loved playing that card alongside Yata
When it got banned I took that personally lol
Darkness Metal Dragon sees play in Dragon Link a lot now because of Verudras. There are combos 1 and 2 card combos that easily get you to it since Black Metal Dragon can search for it. Because of Verudras your opponent has to drop Nibiru early if they didn't open any negation hand traps.
Regarding affect in it's time I'd go with the dragon rulers or DAD if you accept only one singular dragon.
Wow super cool Video!
Pls do this with all types!
I miss playing Chaos Emperor Dragon. It was so busted and the chance to summon it was just out of this world.
I couln´t select one 'cause i have a lot of favorite, but hope to see a good list
Definitely think the likes of Crimson Dragon, Ultimaya, Crystal Wing, The Rokkets, Hieratic Seal and Borrelsword are some that are more deserving than Flamvell Guard to be here
Off the top of my head my top 3 would be something like CED, Borreload Savage and Stardust ? Maybe that weird foolish 3 one that got banned straight away when dragon ruler were around (galaxy eyes dark matter something something ?)
Cosmic blazar my goat
Great video Jesse!
I have to go with Red Supernova Dragon, not too many decks can deal with a boardwipe let alone 2 with red zone lol and i cant wait to see what the best warrior card is, i always feel like warriors arent super strong cards except baronne, nekroz and...?
please have another look at your abc ojama tcg deck, id love your take!
NUTBUSTER DRAGON ON TOP 🗣🗣🗣
Instantly Thought Of Firewall Dragon
which is neither fire nor dragon
@@Dwerynith tbh firewall has nothing to do with fire
Great video Jesse 🔥
Without pre-watching? It's rare to see a card be an endboard by itself like Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres
Can’t wait to see now the warrior and spellcaster
Subterror Guru is my favorite dragon, very fun to play.
I would love to see a ranking for warrior monsters.
Warriors next!
Good choice 👌 and I definitely know two warrior archetypes already.
BLS EoB has to be in it
How betrayed would you be if the list included 0 Heroes
@@jessekottonygo ur such a troll
kinda shocked dark matter dragon wasn't higher on this list. Still as a fan of dragon's in yugioh, this list was still really cool.
I knew REDMD would be here. It had to.
I thought I'd see at least Striker Dragon or Dragunity Knight - Romulus.
Chaos ruler. Bring it back konami.
Hey Jessie, I love ur videos and was wondering if u tackles the challenge of making a lady of laments deck would help out a lot
NGL my fav dragon ( and IMO the strongest) is the greatest superpoly target ever. Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. some decks will still struggle to out it if its made on the opponent's turn
Dragonruler 👌
I still remember terrorizing the tournament scene with Chaos Emperor Dragon. Those were the days.
I was sad when Chaos Ruler got banned in master duel, I would say “it’s time to cook”, and summon him as an ultimate extender
Skeletal Dragon Felgrand he’s a pretty dope card that can pop on summon
This one is difficult...
1. Chaos Emperor
2. Dark Matter
3. Druiswurm
But because I like it...
Gandora!
Also, I thought that it was a list for individuals.
Red-Eyes has always been my favorite but Supreme King Z-ARC has definitely made its way up. If you could help me make red-eyes meta I would love it
RDA+Crimson Gaia feels like cheating
To me it's PepegaRuler.
-Pseudo Kitkallos/Prosperity
-GY reborn for basically free
-No restrictions whatsoever besides playing light and darks which is no restriction in the slightest
Idk how some ppl still defend the fairness of thst card and want it back
Okay they should make an Archetype for Luster Dragon.
It’s my favourite level 4 normal monster!
Be pretty cool to have a strong Wind Dragon based deck, having the ability to do a mix of Synchro and Link summons
dragunity exist
This video idea is great but I feel like making a top 10 list and making the video shorter would make it more appealing to a wider audience
We already have plenty wider audience ygo channels tho
If magnumhut can roam free, eclipse wyvern should be able to fly once more, I miss that bloody lizard
Faves that aren't impactful: Dark Rebellion and Odd-Eyes Pen
Favorite that actually have long-term impact: Stardust Dragon
One dragon I think can rival OG CED is Victory Dragon, the first match winner card and one that revolutionised yugioh in terms of sportsmanship - for the worst. A card that had to be banned not for its power, but because its existance threatened the integrity of the game as a whole. Seeing it in a position to do what its supposed to was an instant scoop because it was better than losing the whole match, and lead to poor sportsmanship issues.
Very good video!
Now do one for every other type
Unsure if thisll count as a Dragon, since its a zombie, but Red Eyes Dragon Lord is one of my favorites.
Dark requiem xyz dragon and arc rebellion xyz dragon.
Edit: The part of the video showing the black rose dragon tin reminds me of the time I got the tin and got black rose dragon not only from the tin but also the pack.
Jessie masterking archfiend combo deck please its a once per chain said to grave a fiend with attack and/or defense equal to the amount of life points u pay (he doesn't make u pay life points outside of standby phase) please help me with this deck
Sleeping on my boi crystal wing. Also I think coral dragon deserves a mention
I gotta say Fallen of Albaz just because of all the different ways it can be utilitzed.
Seen the title, JUDGMENT DRAGON. Hands down.
Naw Agarpain or Calamity or VFD
Judgment Dragon doesn't force people to scoop and doesn't really have much utility plus there's so many cards nowadays that prevent destruction by opponents card effects JD is out dated.
@@awesometubing9471while this is true, you should consider the era of its release and not the 2024 standards
Cyber dragon
Jd my favorite card
can you please make dragunity good in that series youve been doing
I gotta go with DAD, changed the game when it came out and has been relevant in many formats after
was colossus in here? i watched in small parts and forgor
great idea for a series, though, warriors next? fiends?
Guardragon Agairpain is pretty high up there I'd say.
If albaz isn’t on here i’m calling scam, branded no matter how much power creep still continues to be playable, as well as being interruption itself, it also brought so many different dragons into the game
I think stardust deserved to be tiered, it was meta relwvant for so long and one of the first generic boss monsters that was disruption. Then i think beelze deserved an honourable mention too, also pushing the boundaries of what generic monster protection could be. But one monster that wasnt mentioned that i think could honestly be tier one is borrelsword dragon. There might not be another card in the game thats ended as many games as borrelsword; it was in every deck for so long and such a solid answer to so many threats in the game
Bls was that card before Borrelsword, then the torch was passed to Accesscode
@babrad yeah, all great breakers and game enders but purely I'd honestly doubt even Accesscode and BLS combined have ended as many games as borrelsword, it was SO prevalent and so easy to make
@@McKayCameron i would argue accesscode alone has surpassed both its predecessors specifically due to how long it stayed relevant.
BLS had a higher "impact" in our memories because it was a top deck (being in the main meaning automatically it was less used than the later game enders) but Borrelsword vanished after Accesscode's release and only had about 2 years.
DAD for me!
Chaos Emperor Dragon
Card was so good they had to ban it and change the text.
Shocked to not only see Striker Dragon not on the list, but not even in the honorable mentions. Put some respect on my boys name‼️🗣️
Best dragon is pre-errata
Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End. Bar none!
The first ever truly powerful dragon that broke the game and caused Konami to think “we might’ve fucked up.” Even now, pre-errata CED will be played and players will rage again.
my pick would be pre errata dark metal only card i saw get erratad to not get banned
loved this video! v fun
I def think Blue-Eyes Alternative should be on the list somewhere. Maybe in tier 2?
Personally I feel Jet Dragon should have made it to a tier 2 card it's powerful card when played properly
Im suprised red supernova dragon, cosmic blazar or crimson dragon wasnt mentioned
Honestly, i think blue eyes should be higher. First actual dragon boss monster, that ever since then has helped inspire other dragons and archetypes
Completely random but you should try to make a maléfic deck
Uh firewall is cyberse right? Lol. Probably pre errata Chaos Emperor Dragon was the most aggriegous of all time imo. But borreload savage, borrelend, and hot red dragon archfiend abyss are pretty good. Sanctifire most recently though is nasty af
Honorable mention to magia too
how is spheres not here?????
Red eyes needs: link 1, field spell, less restrictive fusion, new warrior support, more starters, new ritual, new fusion…..
The shorter list is what red eyes doesn’t need… which is a new gimmick…
@@tiggerbane4325I mean, they could do better than Gemini
@@tiggerbane4325 Not really. Should lean into the burning gimmick that it had.
It needs to figure out wtf it wants to be. Does everything and achieves nothing
@@Xero-rr2ol yes it should lean into a gimmick it already has not get another new one…
Jesse please make Weather Painters meta. PLEASE! This deck has a 3 link OMNI
Congrats on your latest tournament win 🏆 🎉 can you make Dino meta or should I give up and move on
I hear that FFVIII battle music remake 🔥