Gaia the Fierce Knight was tied together to Black Luster Soldier because in the manga (Duel 59), Gaia became Black Luster Soldier as part of the ritual summon. Super Soldier Ritual and Gateaway to Chaos are references to that. What makes the reference weird was that Kuriboh was also used for the ritual summon, yet funny enough there isn't a Kuriboh that can directly support Gaia the Fierce Knight / Black Luster Soldier. MAYBE Relinkuriboh AND Sphere Kuriboh but those are like an indirect references (Relinkuriboh is more a reference to Relinquished, and Sphere Kuriboh, despite its Ritual Summon related effect seems more like a visual reference to The Winged Dragon of Ra of all things)
Yooo BLS is one of my favourites archetypes, its lore, its monsters and all about it is fascinating. Konami stop making dark magician and brick eyes support, this DM boy needs some love too
If I recall before the major errata on bls he was able to non-stop attacking as long he destroyed a monster by battle so he can clear an entire field by itself then one hit directly. While the banish effect for is time just to op and great way to prevent come backs or simply a big fu to monsters like marshmallow and reaper.
I think you are missing the point. BLS is a archetype and I'm glad it's not splashable in just any deck..also a regular of BLS using the mini guys gets two banishes and two attacks and a hand banish making it better. Also I use drytron sauravis and the decks great
The BLS link monster is easy in my lightsworn chaos deck. I usually use Chaos Ruler in the link summon cuz I can bring the synchro back afterwards with it's own effect
Soldier of Chaos is so tantalizingly close that it hurts. If it was a little easier to summon or if it’s effects were a little better, than I could see it both being a true BLS successor and being the staple link boss monster, similar to other generic extra deck mechanic bosses like Utopia Draco Future/Red Eyes Dark Dragoon/Borreload Savage Dragon/etc.
I just got back into yugioh thanks to master duel (I played back in 2002 as a kid haha). I don't care that BLS isn't one of the best nowadays but he was my favorite monster back then and now I have an almost complete deck around it. Don't care if I get my butt handed, I just want to have fun with this deck
Black luster soldier-envoy of evening twilight would have been okay if the text “you cannot conduct your battle phase the turn you activate this effect” was removed. And yeah.. BLS Super Soldier is bae
You should have talked about the og chaos soldier or bls when he was given out as a 1 of 1 Stainless steel card in the OCG and all the other soldiers in the ocg where printed with replica on the bottom of each card
I run a for fun BLS deck on MD, and the times I do bring it out for the new casual mode, I've done the insane and I have all three good BLS monsters in the field to run over people.
There's one more version of Black Luster Soldier that you haven't mentioned, though it only exists in the OCG as of right now. His Normal Monster version.
Honestly I enjoy Yugioh always having decks around bringing out the best generic cards available and what makes them unique was how they got there not the end board. Archetype boss monsters are fun but there is something about bringing out Accesscode that indicates to opponent you about to be smacked compared to summoning "Archetype Name - Big Boss" especially when all the cards in the archetype are all named really bombastically.
I’d rather the diversity in boss monsters. It makes every deck feel more unique, and the feeling of looking over my opponent’s card and thinking, “what’s the best way to out this” feels a lot better than, “oh accesscode again”. I also just feel like the existence of accesscode speeds the game up a lot more than the designers intended. What is accesscode? A more easily accessible DAD with nearly double the atk, and you can’t respond to his effects.
Twilight BLS would have been better if A) didn't require an equal number of L & D monsters in gy to summon. Instead, it could have banished 2 of any combination of the chaos attributes to do a thing B) hand rip effect was permanent C) didn't take away your BP to activate its effects It was overly too fair to the point of extremely situational
With all the chaos related cards that’s out now, I think that BLS can regain its dominance in the meta. However, a more direct support for the Envoy of the Beginning would be better. They tried to mix the ritual version with him and it has some synergy, but for the Twilight & Sacred Soldier, they need support as well. The ritual version in my opinion is nice, but it’s not good enough.
I think there not being a good light/dark deck that did utilize him the format is the issue. Like he could fit in thunder dragons but he doesn't provide that much benefit. A light and dark warrior deck works immediately put him back
The link 3 will be good if they erase the line" if this card destroyed a monster by battle" and bruh who the will wait for next to just do a double atk???.
cut to present day where the new BLS legendary swordsman looks insanely mediocre and has you use normal monsters for additional effects for some reason
Gaia the Fierce Knight was tied together to Black Luster Soldier because in the manga (Duel 59), Gaia became Black Luster Soldier as part of the ritual summon. Super Soldier Ritual and Gateaway to Chaos are references to that.
What makes the reference weird was that Kuriboh was also used for the ritual summon, yet funny enough there isn't a Kuriboh that can directly support Gaia the Fierce Knight / Black Luster Soldier.
MAYBE Relinkuriboh AND Sphere Kuriboh but those are like an indirect references (Relinkuriboh is more a reference to Relinquished, and Sphere Kuriboh, despite its Ritual Summon related effect seems more like a visual reference to The Winged Dragon of Ra of all things)
Yooo BLS is one of my favourites archetypes, its lore, its monsters and all about it is fascinating. Konami stop making dark magician and brick eyes support, this DM boy needs some love too
BLS has lore?!!
@@nkyfong Yep, he has a connection with chaos monsters and others DM archetypes like gaia
From legend to trash, Nice job konami 😒😒
Brick Eyes lol.
If I recall before the major errata on bls he was able to non-stop attacking as long he destroyed a monster by battle so he can clear an entire field by itself then one hit directly.
While the banish effect for is time just to op and great way to prevent come backs or simply a big fu to monsters like marshmallow and reaper.
I remember a friend using it against apoqliphort towers
I think you are missing the point. BLS is a archetype and I'm glad it's not splashable in just any deck..also a regular of BLS using the mini guys gets two banishes and two attacks and a hand banish making it better. Also I use drytron sauravis and the decks great
This is by far your best vid, and for one of my favorite monsters in the game at that. Thank you dire!!!!
The BLS link monster is easy in my lightsworn chaos deck. I usually use Chaos Ruler in the link summon cuz I can bring the synchro back afterwards with it's own effect
Soldier of Chaos is so tantalizingly close that it hurts. If it was a little easier to summon or if it’s effects were a little better, than I could see it both being a true BLS successor and being the staple link boss monster, similar to other generic extra deck mechanic bosses like Utopia Draco Future/Red Eyes Dark Dragoon/Borreload Savage Dragon/etc.
Legacy of black luster soldier-envoy of the beginning
Those thumbnails with the dates and pop culture stuff that happened that day are genius!
I just got back into yugioh thanks to master duel (I played back in 2002 as a kid haha). I don't care that BLS isn't one of the best nowadays but he was my favorite monster back then and now I have an almost complete deck around it. Don't care if I get my butt handed, I just want to have fun with this deck
Take some ice with that double shot of sarcasm
1:17 Hearing this made me realize the Envoy of the Beginning was pretty much Accesscode for Goat.
7:32 And it seems you agree
Great vid dire!
Black luster soldier-envoy of evening twilight would have been okay if the text “you cannot conduct your battle phase the turn you activate this effect” was removed.
And yeah.. BLS Super Soldier is bae
You should have talked about the og chaos soldier or bls when he was given out as a 1 of 1 Stainless steel card in the OCG and all the other soldiers in the ocg where printed with replica on the bottom of each card
You do realize if you use the old bls you can still band your opponent monsters
luster? i hardly know her!
I run a for fun BLS deck on MD, and the times I do bring it out for the new casual mode, I've done the insane and I have all three good BLS monsters in the field to run over people.
There's one more version of Black Luster Soldier that you haven't mentioned, though it only exists in the OCG as of right now.
His Normal Monster version.
LAST Endtime Soldier
The Legendary Swordsman - Black Luster Soldier is freaking amazing! Can't wait for it to be released and potentially more support for BLS
Honestly I enjoy Yugioh always having decks around bringing out the best generic cards available and what makes them unique was how they got there not the end board. Archetype boss monsters are fun but there is something about bringing out Accesscode that indicates to opponent you about to be smacked compared to summoning "Archetype Name - Big Boss" especially when all the cards in the archetype are all named really bombastically.
I’d rather the diversity in boss monsters. It makes every deck feel more unique, and the feeling of looking over my opponent’s card and thinking, “what’s the best way to out this” feels a lot better than, “oh accesscode again”.
I also just feel like the existence of accesscode speeds the game up a lot more than the designers intended. What is accesscode? A more easily accessible DAD with nearly double the atk, and you can’t respond to his effects.
Twilight BLS would have been better if
A) didn't require an equal number of L & D monsters in gy to summon. Instead, it could have banished 2 of any combination of the chaos attributes to do a thing
B) hand rip effect was permanent
C) didn't take away your BP to activate its effects
It was overly too fair to the point of extremely situational
Not even a mention of the chaos bois?
Am sad now :(
What a fun video. Really loved all the history about BLS.
With all the chaos related cards that’s out now, I think that BLS can regain its dominance in the meta. However, a more direct support for the Envoy of the Beginning would be better. They tried to mix the ritual version with him and it has some synergy, but for the Twilight & Sacred Soldier, they need support as well. The ritual version in my opinion is nice, but it’s not good enough.
I remember BLS going back to limited and someone made a video where it's that clip from the movie Downfall and it's Hitler freaking out 🤣
I remember that to lol.
The new new bls ritual looks compelling
I guess this could be updated with the Rush Duel versions?
Try to make more of this
1:40 why was this joke 20 seconds long
Based Dire content I’m all for it
Yo bls will always be in my to 5 if I had to run Warrior bls for life
Finally I'm playing this deck in master duel and I'm almost platinum
I like this video. I'd like to see more like it : )
Super Soldier is really hot tbh
I think there not being a good light/dark deck that did utilize him the format is the issue. Like he could fit in thunder dragons but he doesn't provide that much benefit. A light and dark warrior deck works immediately put him back
The link 3 will be good if they erase the line" if this card destroyed a monster by battle" and bruh who the will wait for next to just do a double atk???.
cut to present day where the new BLS legendary swordsman looks insanely mediocre and has you use normal monsters for additional effects for some reason
Bls was good in GOaT and ... Thats about it.
Sinse 2014 it's never been relevant and won't be again.
Dude doesn’t know why Gaia is related to BLS, then says Apo, Borreload, and Accesscode are more faithful to BLS 😂😂😂😂😂
The Battle of Chaos set was a huge letdown, not even a single Support for Brick luster but only DM and brick eyes