Just wanted to say that I love how many of you enjoyed the content :) Thanks for checking out something different! Farfa and I are doing another co-op SOON! Keep a look out for that!
@Rooxon I disagree, while meta will make your life much easier I suppose, many rogue decks are actually strong going second, in some cases they can punish meta decks pretty nicely.
Swordsoul is a completely fine deck for a new player. You just need to be aware of what the deck is trying to do and what its gameplay loop is. Swordsoul is a deck designed around monsters which have effects to summon tokens which act as tuners, and then synchro summoning their boss monsters from the Extra Deck using those tuners. The most notable card in the deck is Mo Ye which is a "starter" in the sense that it gets your combo going. You have cards which get you to Mo Ye (Ecclesia, Swordsoul Emergence) but the goal is always to plop down a Mo Ye. Something like Taia is also good because it's an "extender" -> on its own it can't start a combo but if you have already played your turn a little, its effect becomes usable (it needs to banish a card from the graveyard, so if you've put a card there, Taia lets you combo off). Both Mo Ye and Taia are level 4s which make a level 4 tuner allowing you to make a level 8 Synchro. The level 8 Synchro of the deck is both a boss monster (which means its an endboard piece which gives you interaction on your opponent's turn - a monster negate) as well as an extender in your combo (on summon it adds a card from deck - usually Longyuan). Longyuan then special summons itself and summons a token/tuner to make a level 10 synchro (another boss monster- usually Chengying or Baronne De Fleur). So the most basic sequence of a Swordsoul deck is starting with Mo Ye, using her summon effect to get a token to make a level 8 Synchro - Chixiao. Then Chixiao adds Longyuan, who then summons himself to make a level 10 synchro (Chengying). This means Mo Ye by herself gets you to a level 8 and level 10 synchro, which is the basic Swordsoul setup.
Well, the problem is that a new player doesn't know what a tuner, Synchro summon, or a minimal game play loop is in yugioh. In this case, she didn't even know that Traps needed to be set for a turn before being used until later. There are many easier options for starters. Swordsoul is a fine deck to pickup after that person has learnt some terminology and game sequences, not to just pick up and start from scratch.
Taia isn't really an extender since you are never really able to cheat it out. It is more of a backup starter since the deck just doesn't have enough good starters in general. If the deck had a card closer to another copy of mo ye then i don't think anyone would even play taia
@@NiramBG Kaiju is close but thats more giving them the worst trade deal ever. Nothing is more satisfying that super polying a dragon link player's entire board for a Five headed dragon.
As someone who stumbled upon this video without knowing you, I can say it was really enjoyable to watch. You seem to have a lot of knowledge about other card games, and it's interesting to see how you try to transfer some of it to this game. Also, for being your first time, you didn't do as badly as you may think; this is the normal experience for a new player in Yugioh. It's a great sign that it looks like you want to try to do more content on it. I definitely recommend it. Yugioh is one of these games that, once you get a grasp, you feel really good when you play correctly and see all the lines you can do. I will stay around to see if you want to give it another shot ^^
Same! I was lucky to have friends who could help me learn new YGO strats in a voice call, I can't imagine trying to learn from a stream chat. All things considered, this went way better than it could have.
Ngl, i need this kinda content MORE, Allie. I hope inthe future you wanna play more MASTER DUEL. And btw, you need a coach to play this game IN THE FIRST TIME.
This is pleasant to see I love watching new players trying their best to play and learn I always wanted to teach people how to play since I believe this game can be fun to play ones you find your theme. Keep up the amazing videos this one was entertaining to watch 😊
It was quite surprising how fast you managed to grasp how things worked. Even how the complicated stuff works. I imagine that comes from your experience with card games of all kinds and problem solving skill. Hats off
"Casual" mode is like the Venus Fly Trap of Master Duel. You _think_ it's a place where beginners hang out, but it's actually a place where veterans test new Deck builds that are tailored to play in MODERN Yu-Gi-Oh.
It was good to see a first time player have fun with the game. Yu-Gi-Oh is a lot of fun to enjoy once you get acclimated to how decks and the rulings work. If you are looking for dragon decks to run there’s Blue-Eyes, Dragonmaid, Galaxy-Eyes among others and Dragon Link if you are something better than Swordsoul to run. And the tutorials are only good for learning GOAT or Edison formats not current Yu-Gi-Oh.
Swordsoul is only better if you’re really really good with the deck and play the tenyi version with protos. If someone is really interested in the theme of the cards they’ll be more interested in learning to use them, then once they learn how to play yugioh and keep getting beat by meta decks then they’ll realise that if they like the g AME enough and want to win they need to move on to stronger decks
Rarran made the same journey into the realms of YGO, with the same deck (swordsoul), i feel like it would be BANGER content to have him help you with the early struggles of understanding how the game works, how the deck is played and how you win with it at a basic level, and maybe after that if you have some stamina for the exhausting game that ygo is, maybe have someone directly from the ygo community like Farfa, MBT or even Pak/Joshua Schmidt help you with in depth understanding of gamestates etc. The game truly is a game to play when you understand what's going on, and although not an easy task (BIG euphemism), I feel like as a content creator, investing the time to learn the gist of it could be a cool brigding opportunity between communities ! Loved the video, hope to see more of this game i love on your channel in the future !
TBH Swordsoul is a fine deck for a new player... There is alot of Swordsoul player in early rank of the games, so can learn the combo line just by watching them doing their combo... & I have to appreciate your courage for blindly jumping on the duel w/o any help or guidance. (Farfa should've at least teach you how to learn yugioh better, I mean he is kinda the BA for the game right?). The solo mode actually help brand new player learning the basic rule & mechanics of the games... But it's just too much to take at once, literally... Modern yugioh for a completely new player is like playing any card games on extreme difficulties. Completely way different from 20years ago, more complicated, alot more faster, more cards, more mechanics, more text & effect... But if u like complicated stuff & like to learning, yugioh is a good card game... Learning yugioh is a suffering... But if you can absorb all of that, you will be able to enjoy it more... Until you learn the toxic side of yugioh... Hope you enjoy the experience & not regreting trying it...
I will say this WAS entertaining. As a returning Yu-Gi-Oh from as recently as 2016, there are plenty of mechanics I had to learn, and relearn..... and that was barely seeing the tip of the iceberg, lol! Too many things to read, lol! You did really well to learn a more modern archetype in the form of Swordsoul along with Extra Deck summons, banish, chains, multiple effects, etc. So, you did learn very quickly! Kudos to you :)
Yugioh is hard. Like, hard to start, hard to keep up, hard to learn. For example, pendulums were the worst for me. Not because they're overly complicated or anything, they're quite easy to understand conceptually, building a deck that revolves around it's the problem, learning ratios, what to do, plans A-Z in case you "brick". The only thing I can say about yugioh is that from time to time, I quit it just to come back and learny everything again. Kinda makes me feel like a prisioner though...
@@alicetheaxolotlI quit MtG like forever ago and never look at it ever, standard for it is dead anyway Also, that argument structure is so overused as the great mechanic in MtG known as Lands
yeah i tried building a Vaylantz deck myself as someone who loves absurdly complicated combo decks (one of my favorite decks of all time is world chalice) but building an actual decent vaylantz build was just... godamn. I just gave up
This is the first video of yours ive ever seen and i feel like i learned more about you in one sotting then most creators entire career lol You seem really grounded and chill, you're smart and exicute really good problem solving (yugioh is way more complicated then people give it credit for, stumbling is okay) youre funny, cracked me up several times, your enthusiasm for learning the game was incredibly endearing and you just seem charming over all, just a wonderful personalityfrom what i can tell., Not to mention, you are absolutely gorgeous. Pshhh girl you are a walking green flag, holy. I do hope you play this more, this was a blast to watch and you totally earned the sub 👍
I should make this note about chat's choice of swordsoul. 1. The deck is free, so it's really convenient. 2. Once you learn the basics of how the deck works, it's actually a lot easier than it seems. In fact it's one of the easiest synchro decks to learn because it's basically a 1 card combo provided you have a wyrm monster or swordsoul card in hand to reveal. Even without being familiar with the more advanced combos, the board it makes is usually sufficient for the lower ranks. 3. The deck can go 1st or 2nd with practice, and although it's not super close to being among the best decks today, it'll get you to diamond rank for sure, and it can get master rank with further practice. 4. It's expandable by fleshing it out with tenyi cards. Although that adds another dimension to it, at least the ceiling goes up and you're not really stuck with how the structure/loaner deck is built.
You got through that like a champ. Major props I got back into the game last November. Never played since I was a kid and it was a proper shock to the system to learn the game again haha
You did well for your first time. It's difficult to learn but you can manage. The keys are to learn your deck well so you only need to read your opponent's cards and learning what kind of actions of your opponent you need to interact with if you have the means to. One major difference between Hearthstone and Yugioh is that in HS you play with what's in your hand and do your best until turn after turn your plan comes to surface. In Yugioh your master plan unravels on your first turn and your hand is supposed to get the combo pieces out of your deck and extra deck to make it work. You did way better than Rarran did on your first time lol also, you did a collab with Farfa not long ago, maybe he can coach you if you try this again.
Super excited to see more! Best way I’ve found to enjoy the game is find a deck with a play style that you like, or has an aesthetic that you enjoy, also if helps they are or have been meta decks❤
As someone who learned Yugioh directly from a friend through Master Duel, this game's learning curve is wild. In modern format, every deck has its own way of setup and engine/non-engine. More often than not, because of how fast-paced the game is, you will have to create a board of monsters, spells and/or traps (or attempt to) to survive. I really wish Master Duel had GOAT format, just as a simple introduction to Yugioh. I actually taught another bud of mine through EDOPro (for the non-crafting aspect) GOAT (and Edison), and he picked it up pretty fast. Keep in mind... xyz, link, pendulum, and synchro summoning doesn't exist, leaving only fusions and ritual summons. BUT, in GOAT, you have a smaller card pool to work with, and archetypes are little to none. A slower-paced format, but WAY more simple. Heck, you can set one monster in defense position, set what you want for spells/traps, and pass your turn with little to no consequences. Nevertheless, it's super fun stuff! :D
I wanna see her learn ygo from scratch. Pls upload moarrrr ygo content and like title it like learning ygo day 1,2,3 or something like that? New sub here and hopefully you'll continue learning ygo. Sending love from the philippines❤❤❤sorry bout my grammar though😅
First time being recommended your channel by youtube. This was so fun to watch! My favorite yugioh format is Edison, yugioh from 2010. Farfa knows all about it
What really separates this card game from the rest is how fast paced it can be. Either player can combo off for several minutes in a single turn or just summon one single monster for no time at all. The learning curve to be able to play like that is the most challenging aspect of it. Every deck has it's own nuanced way of engaging with the players. Most meta strategies focus on playing omni-negates, much like Swordsoul. Then there are strategies that focus on summoning boss monsters that either do specific things or are just there to be a really big beat stick, like the dragon deck you wanted to play. In-between all of that are strategies that go in a variety of different directions. Some decks can be played in many different ways. Some are generic enough to allow you to play the best cards/combos/strats available in the game and some can only revolve around around certain gimmicks or summoning mechanics. A deck like Branded, which is a fusion based deck, is at it's most powerful when using fusion summoning. Trying out other summoning mechanics in that deck doesn't have much synergy with it and can conflict sometimes. The easiest way to learn is to take it one summoning mechanic at a time before you start focusing on which one works for you. The swordsoul deck can be complicated at the start but it really is one of the easier strategies for learning how to Synchro summon. Because Synchro summoning is one of the older types of summoning mechanics in the game. It can be very complicated for other decks that use synchro summoning to learn because of how it was originally designed. There are a lot of moving parts and combo pieces you'd need. Swordsoul is simple enough because each important main deck monster allows you to synchro summon without much effort. Decks like Stardust Dragon, Synchrons and Red Dragon are very complex to learn comparatively to Swordsoul. Anyways, I know it's going to be rough at the start for you but I hope you end up becoming a fellow duelist in for the long haul. There's no other card game quite like it.
Red dragon archfiend isn’t complicated, it just time consuming and can miss play if you stare at the clock too, i normally stay away from RDA unless i play it in real life with my friend
In my opinion swordsoul is a really good deck for beginners in master duel. It's a deck that's relatively easy to learn. And with some small changes you can continue using it in the higher ranks.
Thank you for deciding to still upload this! Seeing a community completely out of their water trying to steer a new card game expierence like Yugioh will be quite entertaining.
I letteraly remember my 1st duel in yugioh master I also read all of the cards and don't have a decent deck back then I was playing the 1st edition yugi deck and bunch of spells that I like and its so awful but thankly master duel has a lot of events and finally build a decent deck...
Recently been getting into MTG and have helped a few people get into yugioh. The key for both, imo, is to have friends that are willing to walk you through the game and allow you to learn without throwing wvery piece of knowledge at you all at once
Daaaaamn, that last duel was so close to win!!! Was just about doing one synchro, uff... As an advanced yugioh player was so refreshing watch new players enjoy the game 🤭
Really and truly as a dedicated yugioh player, you did great for your first go. It’s hands down the hardest TCG to learn from no experience, but your prior TCG knowledge showed. Hopefully farfa can give you some coaching!
As a yugioh player since release, if youre genuinely interested in learning the game i suggest learning by format/mechanic release. 1. GOAT format 2.Intro of Synchros/ Edison format 3. Intro of Xyz/ HAT format 4. id skip pendulums introduction since the rules were changed/reverted/changed again because they were the dumbest thing konami ever did 5. master rule 5 (current) its better to learn a specific deck/archetypes link monsters than try to understand em from scratch. Loved the video and i hope you or someone else finds this information helpful and for all my current players that read this: Tiaraments Strongest! :)
The 2 most important things for how to learn ygo are: understand what your deck tries to do and then understand what your opponents decks do. It is a constant process of analyzing what is good and what 's bad, why and when. This will show you how many copies of what card you want to play and wich cards are to cut. Your deck always will have to adjust to the current meta, so it's really important to understand the basic strategies of frequently played archetypes.
It's a fantastic video. It's your first time with Yu-Gi-Oh. Wow. Yu-Gi-Oh is extremely complex and difficult. I have been playing Yu-Gi-Oh: Forbidden Memories (PS1), Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Duel, They are difficult, especially at first. and watching the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, GX, and a little bit of 5D's. Master Duel is beyond their level, and I still find it hard when I have to duel someone. Haha, you must have a lot of courage to play this for the first time. 😁😁
Always fun to see a new players first time in YGO. It's such a hard game to learn with the long combo lines most decks do, combined with the game pace. You rarely get more than two turns before the game ends. I help teach people who do wanna play to help spread the deeper knowledge. Since solo mode teaches like 1% of the game.
I'd love watch you keep trying yugioh, believe it or not sword soul it's a really good deck to start playing. I hope you keep uploading videos like this every once in a while.
How it is learning most new decks though Swordsoul is quite beginner friendly and easy to pick up as someone who played it in its most disgusting form (when all of Protos, Imperial Order, Baronne and Borreload Savage were legal).
It goes beyond that, you can got into PEP with lvl7 tenyi and swdsoul token, colossus with corridor, aegrine for board protection, aura whale for boardwipe, omega for handrip, and much more
If you wanna do this again in the future this game unfortunately has a ton of stuff to learn but the older formats are a great place to start like GOAT format or Edison Format which will help you learn mechanics at a slightly slower pace (Also formats i personally enjoy a lot more than the current meta) Thanks for the enjoyable video
Nice video it is kind of unfortunate that chat did not tell you to play dragonmaids if you like dragons since it is in my opinion one of the best decks to learn the game with for new players.
YGO is indeed hard. Think about it as the fighting game of card games. It's best to focus on learning a single deck that you like. You'll learn the basic mechanics and, with time, learn the combos from that deck and the options you have on different situations. There no formats in MD so you can get paired against the best decks in the game while playing old 2000s decks. Swordsoul it's a good starting deck in terms of difficulty to learn it, potential for combos/options against your opponent, and overall viability in terms of the meta (I'd say it's around high mid-tier at full power, depends on the state of the game and banlist). You had a good first session than most people playing for the first time, so that's great. I hope you keep playing if you like it :)
when master duel dropped i played gaia the fierce knight deck and it only revolves around fusion summon because i only know yugioh from the anime..getting a few wins here and there then i keep stumbling staple cards that my opponent uses and added them to my deck.. then when i basically mastered my gaia deck i learned link summoning, next was syncro, xyz.. never tried to learn pendulumn until just recently because i pulled a complete velmonica cards.. basically if you want to learn yugioh start with 1 summoning mechanics that would help. also take a look at the arch type's boss monster and understand how to summon it and what your deck does.
Watching theanime would help you understand core concepts, like normal/special summoning, the extra deck summon mechanics, etc. YuGiOh 5d's and Vrains can also showcase some duels where the protagonists went full combo on their opponent's a$$ and did some crazy shit. In general what you want to remember: a card's attack value is secondary. Their effects are what's important. Chalice for example, isn't an attack buff. It's an effect negate. Normally that is. You'd use it on an opponent's monster, to negate their effects, rather than on your own for the extra attack. 4000 attack is nothing compared to some effect activations, let alone 400.
Nice to see you again! I was watching you long time ago on twitch,when I was still playing HS. Ygo can be fun,but also can be toxic. To be honest ,so can HS, too. That's why I quit HS. I hope you will enjoy ygo. The pool of deck you can build is very large,but just few of them are really strong and ennoying. There's a lot of reading. There are staples for every deck,hand traps to interact on you opponents turn and chain links can be confusing. Good luck
Swordsoul is a fine deck for a new player. It’s balanced in terms of power and also with the strategy of them it’s a great deck to start off with and learn the game as a whole!
the panic was funny :D Edit: if you'd have read the card you had in the middle on the turn everything started to go wrong you'd have won, you just needed to sac it as a snycro and it would have done damage, almost though :P
Well I think swordsoul is a great deck to start, I don't know if you are familiar with the Rarran situation but after that swordsoul gained the fame of beginner deck which is a good thing. Thankfully your first impression of yugioh was better than his and hopefully Farfa can help you improving like he did with Rarran
This is ironically how I felt when I started playing a few years ago 😂😂 I felt overwhelmed, would build whatever I wanted regardless if it was good or not, and made plenty of people rage with Jelly cannon
You should have played Yu-Gi-Oh legacy of the duelist it may not be updated in todays format but it teaches you all the summoning techniques and different decks you can play its more for beginners of Yu-Gi-Oh
I usually recommend beginners build something cheap to build and easy to play that can later on be upgraded into something better as you climb ranked until you build a better deck like Salamangreats or Raidraptors. A burn deck or Swordsoul deck does this pretty well from my experience.
I just started playing master duel yesterday and I feel you🤣 Last time I played a yugioh game, XYZ summon was the THING. now we have synchro, link, pendulum. We now special summon more than we normal summon, we barely tribute summon. Yugioh is just a different game now🤣
I love that even tho i can't see chat i know they all went "Oh fucking god is an Eldlich deck" And honestly, jesus fuck man, going vs that as a 1st game, thats rough buddy x'd
I returned to Yu-Gi-Oh after years with the release of master duel i only knew basic 2005 stuff and here i am now it's been a crazy journey hope you have fun
Jumping blind into playing yugioh is like watching a serial plot heavy show and starting at season 20. Sure, you can get context clues, but everything is convoluted af. The best way to learn yugioh, if someone really wants to, and has the time and without the tedious tutorials is with a friend. You both play with similar level strength decks. Ideally and gradually, through different "eras". Start with GOAT format stuff, duel a bunch. Just to get a feel for the game flow of the different phases, and other general mechanics. And personally, goat is the best way to get someone invested in the game. It's way more fun too as there's actual interaction like battle traps and such. More importantly cards are simpler, not paragraphs and essays. After that, then gradually introduce the different types of summoning, then different extra deck eras. Fusion then synchro then xyz then pends then links. In Master Duel, it's harder to do. But there are other games/resources for actual learning the game first.
The worst thing about Casual is that it has no banlist, no SBMM, and no definition of what "casual" means. People go in to test their netdecks, people go in to pubstomp with meta, people go in to (try and) have fun playing decks from older formats, meme decks, etc. It's that or Ranked.
(not having SBMM is good for Casual, what i meant to say is that it has no means of determining how good a deck is, like Magic Arena does using a point system per card then matching you against a similar point total.)
Im honestlly really interested how fast you are going to get a grasp of md. I needed like a month before i could really understand how modern yu gi oh is played.
The conflation of being tapped and being in defense position is something we as a community should work to dispell. Like, I get there are some surface level similarities but mechanically their practical function is entirely different.
Just wanted to say that I love how many of you enjoyed the content :) Thanks for checking out something different! Farfa and I are doing another co-op SOON! Keep a look out for that!
Looking forward to it!
@@Alliestrasza Can't wait!
Cant Wait
Its always awesome to see more people getting into Yugioh and giving it a chance :D
We need more female players and it can be a hard game.i understand.u have my support.i love to see new player in general learning.great content
"it's casual right?" Famous last words...
rip meeee
@@Alliestrasza being honest casual is also crazy on ygo so, good luck bestie
lol, the cost of master duel actually having a pretty decent ladder is that 'casual' is 90% people trying to learn a new otk combo :P
Wasn't able to play casually 15 years ago, let alone today... the meta is too crazy and you either play it or you lose after the coin toss.
@Rooxon I disagree, while meta will make your life much easier I suppose, many rogue decks are actually strong going second, in some cases they can punish meta decks pretty nicely.
hilarious that the first monster summoned by the opponent is eldlich
The master duel special
It's almost as funny as rarran facing rikka in his first few duels
😂
Yugioh is like playing against Secret Mage, Miracle Rogue, and an OTK Druid at the same time
Bro 😂😂😂 this comment made my day
Yeah and if you don't have at least 3 counter spell secrets on your board turn 1 you just loose the game
@@kenduc ngl how things are going even having 5 aint doing shit because your oponent cards just float anyway and you are still getting fuked
With infinite mana
@@xerael4659So Druids after Guff
As someone who understood what's going on. This was painful.
Yo dude i cant even watch 😂
When she was so close to winning that last game, SO CLOSE lol
I know 🤝
Considering swordsoul was supposed to be my first IRL deck, this hurt me straight to my heart. I ended up buying and building branded despia though.
Same man I kept seeing lethal lines everywhere 😂
Swordsoul is a completely fine deck for a new player. You just need to be aware of what the deck is trying to do and what its gameplay loop is. Swordsoul is a deck designed around monsters which have effects to summon tokens which act as tuners, and then synchro summoning their boss monsters from the Extra Deck using those tuners. The most notable card in the deck is Mo Ye which is a "starter" in the sense that it gets your combo going. You have cards which get you to Mo Ye (Ecclesia, Swordsoul Emergence) but the goal is always to plop down a Mo Ye.
Something like Taia is also good because it's an "extender" -> on its own it can't start a combo but if you have already played your turn a little, its effect becomes usable (it needs to banish a card from the graveyard, so if you've put a card there, Taia lets you combo off). Both Mo Ye and Taia are level 4s which make a level 4 tuner allowing you to make a level 8 Synchro.
The level 8 Synchro of the deck is both a boss monster (which means its an endboard piece which gives you interaction on your opponent's turn - a monster negate) as well as an extender in your combo (on summon it adds a card from deck - usually Longyuan). Longyuan then special summons itself and summons a token/tuner to make a level 10 synchro (another boss monster- usually Chengying or Baronne De Fleur).
So the most basic sequence of a Swordsoul deck is starting with Mo Ye, using her summon effect to get a token to make a level 8 Synchro - Chixiao. Then Chixiao adds Longyuan, who then summons himself to make a level 10 synchro (Chengying). This means Mo Ye by herself gets you to a level 8 and level 10 synchro, which is the basic Swordsoul setup.
Longyuan is an extender, taia isn't.
I read some of this... I have no idea what you just said so I'm just going to assume that you are insulting my mother and tried to kick my cat.
Well, the problem is that a new player doesn't know what a tuner, Synchro summon, or a minimal game play loop is in yugioh. In this case, she didn't even know that Traps needed to be set for a turn before being used until later. There are many easier options for starters. Swordsoul is a fine deck to pickup after that person has learnt some terminology and game sequences, not to just pick up and start from scratch.
Taia isn't really an extender since you are never really able to cheat it out. It is more of a backup starter since the deck just doesn't have enough good starters in general. If the deck had a card closer to another copy of mo ye then i don't think anyone would even play taia
@@AlkaVonstra They would if they played the tutorials
"You cant use your opponent stuff to summon yours, that would be busted." I cannot wait for you to see a card called super polymerization.
Bang bang, body body, murdered with the Super Poly
or kaiju :D though I guess it's not the same
@@NiramBG Kaiju is close but thats more giving them the worst trade deal ever. Nothing is more satisfying that super polying a dragon link player's entire board for a Five headed dragon.
It’s always interesting to watch a newbie try and figure out a game you’re familiar with. Hope you had fun.
As someone who stumbled upon this video without knowing you, I can say it was really enjoyable to watch. You seem to have a lot of knowledge about other card games, and it's interesting to see how you try to transfer some of it to this game. Also, for being your first time, you didn't do as badly as you may think; this is the normal experience for a new player in Yugioh. It's a great sign that it looks like you want to try to do more content on it. I definitely recommend it. Yugioh is one of these games that, once you get a grasp, you feel really good when you play correctly and see all the lines you can do. I will stay around to see if you want to give it another shot ^^
Same! I was lucky to have friends who could help me learn new YGO strats in a voice call, I can't imagine trying to learn from a stream chat. All things considered, this went way better than it could have.
Ngl, i need this kinda content MORE, Allie. I hope inthe future you wanna play more MASTER DUEL. And btw, you need a coach to play this game IN THE FIRST TIME.
Aint no way ur first game is againts Eldlich, one of the most hated monster back when Master Duel was released
so if that's a casual now it meas things got even worst KEKW
@@TicoDK
Have you not seen just about every single deck trying to OTK you 😂😂😂😂😂
now lab have replace them and they are worse
hes my favorite!! but cant make him work in current meta
This is pleasant to see I love watching new players trying their best to play and learn I always wanted to teach people how to play since I believe this game can be fun to play ones you find your theme. Keep up the amazing videos this one was entertaining to watch 😊
Yay! Yu-Gi-Oh video, this was such a fun stream 😁 Thanks for the upload Allie
You the best Vigol
@@Alliestrasza 🥹
please keep playing and learning yugioh! it feels like taking an entire college course but it's so worth it
you think so she's dense asf xd i had a hard time watching her trying to do simple stuff jajaja
With cards having descriptions/effects looking like essays.
Don’t listen to this bloke, it’s not worth it, much better card games out there, actual card games
@@Fallen_Blade yeah you better go back to play kinder garden card games, where you don't have to think and it's cozy and gay.
@@manurr5287z z z z
It was quite surprising how fast you managed to grasp how things worked. Even how the complicated stuff works. I imagine that comes from your experience with card games of all kinds and problem solving skill.
Hats off
"Casual" mode is like the Venus Fly Trap of Master Duel. You _think_ it's a place where beginners hang out, but it's actually a place where veterans test new Deck builds that are tailored to play in MODERN Yu-Gi-Oh.
It was good to see a first time player have fun with the game. Yu-Gi-Oh is a lot of fun to enjoy once you get acclimated to how decks and the rulings work. If you are looking for dragon decks to run there’s Blue-Eyes, Dragonmaid, Galaxy-Eyes among others and Dragon Link if you are something better than Swordsoul to run. And the tutorials are only good for learning GOAT or Edison formats not current Yu-Gi-Oh.
Swordsoul better than all this dragon decks you mention, swordsoul seem the easy back then meta deck she can learn to get the feel
Swordsoul is only better if you’re really really good with the deck and play the tenyi version with protos. If someone is really interested in the theme of the cards they’ll be more interested in learning to use them, then once they learn how to play yugioh and keep getting beat by meta decks then they’ll realise that if they like the g
AME enough and want to win they need to move on to stronger decks
galaxy eyes is complicated tbh bleu eye easier
Rarran made the same journey into the realms of YGO, with the same deck (swordsoul), i feel like it would be BANGER content to have him help you with the early struggles of understanding how the game works, how the deck is played and how you win with it at a basic level, and maybe after that if you have some stamina for the exhausting game that ygo is, maybe have someone directly from the ygo community like Farfa, MBT or even Pak/Joshua Schmidt help you with in depth understanding of gamestates etc.
The game truly is a game to play when you understand what's going on, and although not an easy task (BIG euphemism), I feel like as a content creator, investing the time to learn the gist of it could be a cool brigding opportunity between communities !
Loved the video, hope to see more of this game i love on your channel in the future !
this was extremely entertaining, I loved how excited you got when you were able to synchro summon, like every kid on the playground 😂😂
TBH Swordsoul is a fine deck for a new player... There is alot of Swordsoul player in early rank of the games, so can learn the combo line just by watching them doing their combo...
& I have to appreciate your courage for blindly jumping on the duel w/o any help or guidance. (Farfa should've at least teach you how to learn yugioh better, I mean he is kinda the BA for the game right?). The solo mode actually help brand new player learning the basic rule & mechanics of the games... But it's just too much to take at once, literally...
Modern yugioh for a completely new player is like playing any card games on extreme difficulties. Completely way different from 20years ago, more complicated, alot more faster, more cards, more mechanics, more text & effect... But if u like complicated stuff & like to learning, yugioh is a good card game...
Learning yugioh is a suffering... But if you can absorb all of that, you will be able to enjoy it more... Until you learn the toxic side of yugioh...
Hope you enjoy the experience & not regreting trying it...
I will say this WAS entertaining. As a returning Yu-Gi-Oh from as recently as 2016, there are plenty of mechanics I had to learn, and relearn..... and that was barely seeing the tip of the iceberg, lol!
Too many things to read, lol! You did really well to learn a more modern archetype in the form of Swordsoul along with Extra Deck summons, banish, chains, multiple effects, etc. So, you did learn very quickly! Kudos to you :)
Yugioh is hard. Like, hard to start, hard to keep up, hard to learn. For example, pendulums were the worst for me. Not because they're overly complicated or anything, they're quite easy to understand conceptually, building a deck that revolves around it's the problem, learning ratios, what to do, plans A-Z in case you "brick". The only thing I can say about yugioh is that from time to time, I quit it just to come back and learny everything again.
Kinda makes me feel like a prisioner though...
I quit Yu-Gi-Oh about 3 years ago, and I have never looked back. Best decision I ever made
That reminds me when I started playing the game I immediately crafted a endemyon deck and gave up because I was just too confused by my own cards😂
@@alicetheaxolotlI quit MtG like forever ago and never look at it ever, standard for it is dead anyway
Also, that argument structure is so overused as the great mechanic in MtG known as Lands
No one plays pendulum 😢
yeah i tried building a Vaylantz deck myself as someone who loves absurdly complicated combo decks (one of my favorite decks of all time is world chalice) but building an actual decent vaylantz build was just... godamn. I just gave up
This is the first video of yours ive ever seen and i feel like i learned more about you in one sotting then most creators entire career lol
You seem really grounded and chill, you're smart and exicute really good problem solving (yugioh is way more complicated then people give it credit for, stumbling is okay) youre funny, cracked me up several times, your enthusiasm for learning the game was incredibly endearing and you just seem charming over all, just a wonderful personalityfrom what i can tell., Not to mention, you are absolutely gorgeous.
Pshhh girl you are a walking green flag, holy.
I do hope you play this more, this was a blast to watch and you totally earned the sub 👍
Hey thanks. :) This was a really nice message. Big shout to the Irish man haha
I should make this note about chat's choice of swordsoul.
1. The deck is free, so it's really convenient.
2. Once you learn the basics of how the deck works, it's actually a lot easier than it seems. In fact it's one of the easiest synchro decks to learn because it's basically a 1 card combo provided you have a wyrm monster or swordsoul card in hand to reveal. Even without being familiar with the more advanced combos, the board it makes is usually sufficient for the lower ranks.
3. The deck can go 1st or 2nd with practice, and although it's not super close to being among the best decks today, it'll get you to diamond rank for sure, and it can get master rank with further practice.
4. It's expandable by fleshing it out with tenyi cards. Although that adds another dimension to it, at least the ceiling goes up and you're not really stuck with how the structure/loaner deck is built.
You got through that like a champ. Major props
I got back into the game last November. Never played since I was a kid and it was a proper shock to the system to learn the game again haha
You did well for your first time. It's difficult to learn but you can manage. The keys are to learn your deck well so you only need to read your opponent's cards and learning what kind of actions of your opponent you need to interact with if you have the means to.
One major difference between Hearthstone and Yugioh is that in HS you play with what's in your hand and do your best until turn after turn your plan comes to surface. In Yugioh your master plan unravels on your first turn and your hand is supposed to get the combo pieces out of your deck and extra deck to make it work.
You did way better than Rarran did on your first time lol also, you did a collab with Farfa not long ago, maybe he can coach you if you try this again.
Super excited to see more! Best way I’ve found to enjoy the game is find a deck with a play style that you like, or has an aesthetic that you enjoy, also if helps they are or have been meta decks❤
As someone who learned Yugioh directly from a friend through Master Duel, this game's learning curve is wild. In modern format, every deck has its own way of setup and engine/non-engine. More often than not, because of how fast-paced the game is, you will have to create a board of monsters, spells and/or traps (or attempt to) to survive.
I really wish Master Duel had GOAT format, just as a simple introduction to Yugioh. I actually taught another bud of mine through EDOPro (for the non-crafting aspect) GOAT (and Edison), and he picked it up pretty fast. Keep in mind... xyz, link, pendulum, and synchro summoning doesn't exist, leaving only fusions and ritual summons. BUT, in GOAT, you have a smaller card pool to work with, and archetypes are little to none. A slower-paced format, but WAY more simple. Heck, you can set one monster in defense position, set what you want for spells/traps, and pass your turn with little to no consequences.
Nevertheless, it's super fun stuff! :D
Watching you was very fun, and I'm glad to enjoy it! I'd be glad to see you try the game more and find a deck that's really your style :)
I wanna see her learn ygo from scratch. Pls upload moarrrr ygo content and like title it like learning ygo day 1,2,3 or something like that? New sub here and hopefully you'll continue learning ygo. Sending love from the philippines❤❤❤sorry bout my grammar though😅
First time being recommended your channel by youtube. This was so fun to watch! My favorite yugioh format is Edison, yugioh from 2010. Farfa knows all about it
What really separates this card game from the rest is how fast paced it can be. Either player can combo off for several minutes in a single turn or just summon one single monster for no time at all. The learning curve to be able to play like that is the most challenging aspect of it. Every deck has it's own nuanced way of engaging with the players. Most meta strategies focus on playing omni-negates, much like Swordsoul. Then there are strategies that focus on summoning boss monsters that either do specific things or are just there to be a really big beat stick, like the dragon deck you wanted to play.
In-between all of that are strategies that go in a variety of different directions. Some decks can be played in many different ways. Some are generic enough to allow you to play the best cards/combos/strats available in the game and some can only revolve around around certain gimmicks or summoning mechanics. A deck like Branded, which is a fusion based deck, is at it's most powerful when using fusion summoning. Trying out other summoning mechanics in that deck doesn't have much synergy with it and can conflict sometimes.
The easiest way to learn is to take it one summoning mechanic at a time before you start focusing on which one works for you. The swordsoul deck can be complicated at the start but it really is one of the easier strategies for learning how to Synchro summon. Because Synchro summoning is one of the older types of summoning mechanics in the game. It can be very complicated for other decks that use synchro summoning to learn because of how it was originally designed. There are a lot of moving parts and combo pieces you'd need. Swordsoul is simple enough because each important main deck monster allows you to synchro summon without much effort. Decks like Stardust Dragon, Synchrons and Red Dragon are very complex to learn comparatively to Swordsoul.
Anyways, I know it's going to be rough at the start for you but I hope you end up becoming a fellow duelist in for the long haul. There's no other card game quite like it.
Red dragon archfiend isn’t complicated, it just time consuming and can miss play if you stare at the clock too, i normally stay away from RDA unless i play it in real life with my friend
Allie i'm a new viewer and this entire intro felt like a business meeting on zoom yet somehow not unpleasant. new sub!
This was so cool. Glad you had fun. Would love to see a part 2. Or some pack openings ❤❤❤
Here from Farfa. Hope you stick around the Yu-Gi-Oh community! You were great and have good vibes 🔥🔥
In my opinion swordsoul is a really good deck for beginners in master duel. It's a deck that's relatively easy to learn. And with some small changes you can continue using it in the higher ranks.
35:44 noooooo. This actually hurt so much 🥲 You had this in the bag 😄
Thank you for deciding to still upload this! Seeing a community completely out of their water trying to steer a new card game expierence like Yugioh will be quite entertaining.
Always nice to see new players try out the game, did not except to see Allie be that person lol. A welcome surprise
i hope konami sponsor you again 😊, its always fun to see someone learn how to play ygo 😊 thx for still uploading the vid 😊
I letteraly remember my 1st duel in yugioh master I also read all of the cards and don't have a decent deck back then I was playing the 1st edition yugi deck and bunch of spells that I like and its so awful but thankly master duel has a lot of events and finally build a decent deck...
Recently been getting into MTG and have helped a few people get into yugioh. The key for both, imo, is to have friends that are willing to walk you through the game and allow you to learn without throwing wvery piece of knowledge at you all at once
Daaaaamn, that last duel was so close to win!!! Was just about doing one synchro, uff... As an advanced yugioh player was so refreshing watch new players enjoy the game 🤭
Really and truly as a dedicated yugioh player, you did great for your first go. It’s hands down the hardest TCG to learn from no experience, but your prior TCG knowledge showed. Hopefully farfa can give you some coaching!
Noooo loading up with the structure 😂😂
As a yugioh player since release, if youre genuinely interested in learning the game i suggest learning by format/mechanic release.
1. GOAT format
2.Intro of Synchros/ Edison format
3. Intro of Xyz/ HAT format
4. id skip pendulums introduction since the rules were changed/reverted/changed again because they were the dumbest thing konami ever did
5. master rule 5 (current) its better to learn a specific deck/archetypes link monsters than try to understand em from scratch.
Loved the video and i hope you or someone else finds this information helpful and for all my current players that read this: Tiaraments Strongest! :)
The 2 most important things for how to learn ygo are: understand what your deck tries to do and then understand what your opponents decks do. It is a constant process of analyzing what is good and what 's bad, why and when. This will show you how many copies of what card you want to play and wich cards are to cut. Your deck always will have to adjust to the current meta, so it's really important to understand the basic strategies of frequently played archetypes.
I was very happy when you special summoned from the extra deck. It's all about the big bad boss monsters that come out of the extra deck!
It's a fantastic video. It's your first time with Yu-Gi-Oh. Wow.
Yu-Gi-Oh is extremely complex and difficult. I have been playing Yu-Gi-Oh: Forbidden Memories (PS1), Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Duel, They are difficult, especially at first. and watching the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, GX, and a little bit of 5D's. Master Duel is beyond their level, and I still find it hard when I have to duel someone. Haha, you must have a lot of courage to play this for the first time. 😁😁
Always fun to see a new players first time in YGO. It's such a hard game to learn with the long combo lines most decks do, combined with the game pace. You rarely get more than two turns before the game ends. I help teach people who do wanna play to help spread the deeper knowledge. Since solo mode teaches like 1% of the game.
I'd love watch you keep trying yugioh, believe it or not sword soul it's a really good deck to start playing. I hope you keep uploading videos like this every once in a while.
How it is learning most new decks though Swordsoul is quite beginner friendly and easy to pick up as someone who played it in its most disgusting form (when all of Protos, Imperial Order, Baronne and Borreload Savage were legal).
It goes beyond that, you can got into PEP with lvl7 tenyi and swdsoul token, colossus with corridor, aegrine for board protection, aura whale for boardwipe, omega for handrip, and much more
It is an honour to subscribe to this channel because you have played the game Yu-Gi-Oh! 🎉
that last game was heartbreaking but loved the energy : D fun to watch
OMG!!!! you are at master duel now! You are super fun! Hey take it easy. Much text but you will see certain phrases are staple. We love you Ally!
Immediately subscribed. Did you notice that when you win, Rescue Rabbit dabs?
If you wanna do this again in the future this game unfortunately has a ton of stuff to learn but the older formats are a great place to start like GOAT format or Edison Format which will help you learn mechanics at a slightly slower pace (Also formats i personally enjoy a lot more than the current meta) Thanks for the enjoyable video
So much happening for a new player. I’m glad you give it a try.
Amazing, i just love how a new player starts the journey.
Nice video it is kind of unfortunate that chat did not tell you to play dragonmaids if you like dragons since it is in my opinion one of the best decks to learn the game with for new players.
I would love to see a continuation of this!
Modern Yugioh isn't easy to get into. Even if you've played in the past you still need to get caught up.
modern yugioh is not even a game ! its a prank, scam, everything except the amazing game its used to be
YGO is indeed hard. Think about it as the fighting game of card games. It's best to focus on learning a single deck that you like. You'll learn the basic mechanics and, with time, learn the combos from that deck and the options you have on different situations. There no formats in MD so you can get paired against the best decks in the game while playing old 2000s decks. Swordsoul it's a good starting deck in terms of difficulty to learn it, potential for combos/options against your opponent, and overall viability in terms of the meta (I'd say it's around high mid-tier at full power, depends on the state of the game and banlist). You had a good first session than most people playing for the first time, so that's great. I hope you keep playing if you like it :)
2:00 "Lets read the cards"... Proceeds to play without reading. Me: well that's how you know she'd be a good ygo player.
Loved this good job Allie for stil uploading this :D
I was screaming in my head during the swordsoul gameplay
This was like my Mother every time some minor inconvenience happens with the computer and tv. Read nothing, never do anything, shriek instead.
I actually screamed when you ended turn when you had lethal via longyuan's burn effect.
when master duel dropped i played gaia the fierce knight deck and it only revolves around fusion summon because i only know yugioh from the anime..getting a few wins here and there then i keep stumbling staple cards that my opponent uses and added them to my deck.. then when i basically mastered my gaia deck i learned link summoning, next was syncro, xyz.. never tried to learn pendulumn until just recently because i pulled a complete velmonica cards.. basically if you want to learn yugioh start with 1 summoning mechanics that would help. also take a look at the arch type's boss monster and understand how to summon it and what your deck does.
Watching theanime would help you understand core concepts, like normal/special summoning, the extra deck summon mechanics, etc.
YuGiOh 5d's and Vrains can also showcase some duels where the protagonists went full combo on their opponent's a$$ and did some crazy shit.
In general what you want to remember: a card's attack value is secondary. Their effects are what's important. Chalice for example, isn't an attack buff. It's an effect negate. Normally that is. You'd use it on an opponent's monster, to negate their effects, rather than on your own for the extra attack. 4000 attack is nothing compared to some effect activations, let alone 400.
Nice to see you again! I was watching you long time ago on twitch,when I was still playing HS. Ygo can be fun,but also can be toxic. To be honest ,so can HS, too. That's why I quit HS. I hope you will enjoy ygo. The pool of deck you can build is very large,but just few of them are really strong and ennoying. There's a lot of reading. There are staples for every deck,hand traps to interact on you opponents turn and chain links can be confusing. Good luck
You did really good for your first session tbh. Was it cringe yea but thats part of learning. Seemed fun
Swordsoul is a fine deck for a new player. It’s balanced in terms of power and also with the strategy of them it’s a great deck to start off with and learn the game as a whole!
I have never watched you before but i loved this video. Please do some more yugioh! Could even try one of the older games
the panic was funny :D
Edit: if you'd have read the card you had in the middle on the turn everything started to go wrong you'd have won, you just needed to sac it as a snycro and it would have done damage, almost though :P
I would love to see more of Yu-Gi-Oh. You did well . Almost won in the duelist cup. That's not bad at all
Well I think swordsoul is a great deck to start, I don't know if you are familiar with the Rarran situation but after that swordsoul gained the fame of beginner deck which is a good thing. Thankfully your first impression of yugioh was better than his and hopefully Farfa can help you improving like he did with Rarran
This is ironically how I felt when I started playing a few years ago 😂😂 I felt overwhelmed, would build whatever I wanted regardless if it was good or not, and made plenty of people rage with Jelly cannon
This was a barrel of laughs. By modern Yugioh standards, you did great.
As someone who has learned a majority of the game in the past week, this even hurt MY brain!
You should have played Yu-Gi-Oh legacy of the duelist it may not be updated in todays format but it teaches you all the summoning techniques and different decks you can play its more for beginners of Yu-Gi-Oh
I usually recommend beginners build something cheap to build and easy to play that can later on be upgraded into something better as you climb ranked until you build a better deck like Salamangreats or Raidraptors. A burn deck or Swordsoul deck does this pretty well from my experience.
I just started playing master duel yesterday and I feel you🤣 Last time I played a yugioh game, XYZ summon was the THING. now we have synchro, link, pendulum. We now special summon more than we normal summon, we barely tribute summon. Yugioh is just a different game now🤣
Nice video, You have a new subscriber ❤
Thank you! Welcome!
I love that even tho i can't see chat i know they all went "Oh fucking god is an Eldlich deck" And honestly, jesus fuck man, going vs that as a 1st game, thats rough buddy x'd
this game in a nutshell: you either stop ur oppenent combos, or u dont and they flood the field with 9 thoudsand things
Welcome to the game I love this game I have a Dark Magician deck and a Blue Eyes deck
I returned to Yu-Gi-Oh after years with the release of master duel i only knew basic 2005 stuff and here i am now it's been a crazy journey hope you have fun
Jumping blind into playing yugioh is like watching a serial plot heavy show and starting at season 20. Sure, you can get context clues, but everything is convoluted af. The best way to learn yugioh, if someone really wants to, and has the time and without the tedious tutorials is with a friend. You both play with similar level strength decks. Ideally and gradually, through different "eras". Start with GOAT format stuff, duel a bunch. Just to get a feel for the game flow of the different phases, and other general mechanics. And personally, goat is the best way to get someone invested in the game. It's way more fun too as there's actual interaction like battle traps and such. More importantly cards are simpler, not paragraphs and essays. After that, then gradually introduce the different types of summoning, then different extra deck eras. Fusion then synchro then xyz then pends then links. In Master Duel, it's harder to do. But there are other games/resources for actual learning the game first.
The worst thing about Casual is that it has no banlist, no SBMM, and no definition of what "casual" means. People go in to test their netdecks, people go in to pubstomp with meta, people go in to (try and) have fun playing decks from older formats, meme decks, etc.
It's that or Ranked.
(not having SBMM is good for Casual, what i meant to say is that it has no means of determining how good a deck is, like Magic Arena does using a point system per card then matching you against a similar point total.)
First second of video be like "I'm Judai and I'm gonna win with my HEROS !"
I was the one who made that request in chat 21:57 😂 Embrace the heart of the cards Allie!
Im honestlly really interested how fast you are going to get a grasp of md. I needed like a month before i could really understand how modern yu gi oh is played.
The conflation of being tapped and being in defense position is something we as a community should work to dispell.
Like, I get there are some surface level similarities but mechanically their practical function is entirely different.
Very Good job, game becomes fun later when you learn all the combos and counter plays
No frkn way the first hearthstone game tuber I watched is actually playing my fav card game
Very enjoyed
Need part 2 pls ❤
I like that you play something other than hearthstone :)
Yugioh is a bit overwhelming to get into. That being said you did very well your first time playing! Great job Allie
You should keep playing it’s frustrating but fun 😂✅
If you make this into a series it will be legendary.