I've never commented before but you are the reason I started playing trap decks in general. Your in depth analysis of every trap has made me realize how to really play trap decks and not shotgun traps like I use to. Even though eldlich isn't as great with bystials around, I still play that and labrynth. Keep up the great work man!
First off, happy to see you are back, safe and at it again good sir! Not gonna lie, I switched to pot of prosperity some time ago due to being able to dig through the deck better and the extra deck is fodder anyways. Glad you're back and I can't wait to see more MD and TCG gameplay from you!
Really cool to hear about your experience at the event, really sucks to hear about the endurance side and the lack of sleep. Two pieces of advice from when I was on a swim team, the first is that when it comes to hydration you need to be hyper hydrating for like the entire week before the event, just the day before or on that day isn’t enough. The other piece of advice is with something called “tapering.” We would exercise a ton throughout the season, but for State the week before the event we would practice half or even a quarter as much, so that the day of the event we would have a ton of extra energy. I’m not exactly sure how that would translate to yu gi oh tournament prep but I’m just suggesting things.
the Sphere tech was unfortunate, but for the first time to a YCS, you did a whole lot! Looking forward to see you the the future YCS, we will see superheavysamurai deck and Purrely in the future, it def will be tough edit: that's spicy tech is mind-blowing, def no one expected it XD
Love how you always explain each card while profiling the deck. Also appreciate some examples of the interactions the deck has. Thanks for sharing your YCS 250 experience, your matches there and misplays. More importantly how all of it has been cooking for a better deck building and improving your plays. Great video, Trap Lord!
I'm going to YCS philly next month, but I wish I went to the 250th in L.A. because I think the new superheavy cards are gonna really impact the format and make it harder for Labrynth to compete. I really like this current format and how everything is viable. Just wanted to point out that the nature of this format is probably why you & your friends experienced so much variance. There truly will be some big events in different formats that feel like you're playing against the same deck over and over.
2:21:13 As a Floo player, I understand this play. Floo's win condition against back row deck is UW, so unless you have some kind of dodge (Advent, book), you want to keep UW in hand and make the back row player wasting their face down card on the small bird, their goal is to have 1 small bird then safely use UW (especially when you open map, you want to keep UW in hand for the normal summon, as I have said, I am a Floo master so I know the mindset of Floo player). Also, remember, he doesn't need to have Toccan in hand to do the play, if you torrential him at Eglen, he just need to summon one of the bird he got back from the banish zone and use UW to tribute summon Empen, so the right play is using solemn strike to cut him off of Empen.
the unfortunate one is that our Labrynth daddy falls in YCS this year. But don't worry, it's just the first YCS you joined. There are still a lot of chance that you can make it to the top.
One card I've been loving in the side deck for Labyrinth: kukivira divincarte. The ultimate going second card that just says no lol. I had the problem with sphere mode where my opponent wasn't always ending on three monsters.
Not gonna lie I didn't watch it all YET. I am very intrigued to hear the rest but I've had a long weekend and still have work tonight. Haven't been here long but honestly I feel proud for you to have had that experience. Keep striving, never stop growing, and always have fun! Later. ✌🏿
I've been starved for quality Labrynth content on RUclips, as most idiots are playing the shitty furniture build. So I'm going back through your old Lab videos for some much needed entertainment
The problem with going such big events is that you cannot be prepared for what decks are you going to play against cuz theres so many people that eventually especially in the first couple rounds you may find a rogue or fun tier deck and take you by surprise
I stopped running sphere mode because I have bad luck with it. Either I draw both of them ALL the time, or I have it and they only make two monsters and pass. -.- so I took it out and for me I never regretted it.
Imperial iron wall baby!!! I love formats where iron wall is online, great to hear it’s a killer! Honestly Iron wall is a big reason I switched from Eldlich to Subterror and Lab, it’s way too strong
That epsilon is an awesome tech, just imagine them trying to use a one card win (expulsion, royal decree, virus) sitting there, laughing to themselves, thinking about siding for next game or what they want for lunch, and before they know it the insta win card has turned into a Baronne being used against them
You sure know how to keep a guy waiting 😘 Love the content brother- would love to see some dueling nexus games, as well as just more matches with commentary- you funny as fuck. “This game is SUPER ogre” “Sure?…” “Doesn’t matter” I say this shit to my opponents irl and it fucks with them 😂😂😂
Mat if one day you become famous enough to have merch I'll want that t-shirt with the Solemn Strike artwork that says "I'M GONNA SAY NO TO THAT". OR, the Eradicator Epidemic Virus one with "GET FUKT". 😂
I played vs mostly Spright. I was like what is this? And then I faced Scareclaw Tri-Brigade. Didn't get to catch you at the event, next time Trap Master. Watching the entire video in parts.
Just topped a case tournament with this profile. Solid build. What are your thoughts about the new wannabee card? Looks like a mini handtrap of pot of prosperity without the restrictions.
@@ccg-chatswoodcardgames9212 because best case scenario for them their arise heart banishes 1 of your set cards whereas you're opening a 6 card hand going second if we assume 1 or 2 is lord/lady you have 3-4 set which is usually enough to out that board. Arise heart pass is a joke board vs Lab, best vs decks that care about the macro cosmos locking out the GY
Evenly (in my experience) has been better in game 1s than Sphere mode, at least at this YCS it was. In playtesting they were both good. I ended up dropping sphere mode from the main completely because of how hard it underperformed.
@@g07h4xf00 yes! Found it later, thanks. Btw, I am addicted to the channel now, I am determined to dominate this archetype, your in depth analysis is amazing. Would love to see some suggestions for the upcoming cards and format. Cheers man
2:17:29 So if the opponent open map + stri, your right play should be solemn strike the robina on field effect. Why? You can be sure that they don't have eglen in hand cause they definitely want to map reveal eglen, so unlike some situation when you w8 to negate exactly eglen, in this scenario, solemn robina would be the best play. More over, if you w8 them robina search eglen then solemn eglen, they might hard draw Empen and tribute both robina stri. But well, you need to fully master Floo to understand this situation ( I am ranked 1 on YGO Omega with Floo). Your opponent was lucky to out your board but it was due to your missplay. In the end, we learn the hard way and just need to make sure we don't make the same mistake again
Hey dude I have couple of questions as lab player 1 what do u think about the furniture build? It seems a lot better in the grind and less bricky. Also very spicy 2 what about playing temple of the king? Thanks
Oh my sweet summer child He doesn’t like either of them. He has a whole video specifically about why he doesn’t like the furniture, basically the idea of neging now to maybe get returns in the future is not good, it’s way stronger to set 4 pass because you instantly have your entire board online at max power, and they can all be used at the same speed (during opponent’s turn) giving your whole board more synergy. The game is too fast to hope you can survive into the grind game. He has said there is sometimes a case for siding in the clock when going first, but that’s it. It’s similar to temple of the kings. Basically you cost yourself one of your spell/trap zones in order to get a single trap online a turn early, which is not good because you want all your traps online at the same so they can all synergize with each other. In order to break a board you can’t just activate one trap on your turn and a few more on your opponent’s turn, you need them all hitting at the same time. He would rather have his fifth trap be a high impact card like torrential tribute, dogmatica punishment, or something. He even has the field spell in the side deck at one as a going first option because it’s too low impact compared to what you need out of your main deck.
@@MattDawgGaming well I get your point but furniture build has proven to be good, at least in EU. At YCS London there was a furniture build on top 64, it was crazy.
@@sunlightwolf752 There was a guy who played higher at YCS London who did not run furniture afaik. The furniture cards are really bad compared to other cards that can be in the deck.
Gozen was too good too reduce to 1 copy. I'd definitely keep it at 2. D barrier was underwhelming by comparison. Then again, I faced 0 branded lol. Branded is the main matchup where D barrier is better.
I still dont agree with 2 welcome. I think its stupid as this one is better going second too. The opponent has a board and you just set 5 Now its opp turn. If you welcome they are forced to neg cause otherwise u get lovely and they cant respond. Big welcome doesnt interact in any ways with the opp by itself. So both are very important. Also the reason i dont like 3 lord is cause it adds on to the monster count which is fine for u cause u dont play arianna but it also isnt good going second vs certain decks. Btw i love the strikes. I just tested it a couple games it was fucking good.
Have you tried playing 2 welcome (assuming you have 2 trap trick)? I've seriously never missed the third copy. I already put Arianna back in so I'm running 1 Ari. In this very same video I have Arianna since the 2 main deck sphere modes flopped (even though it was really good in playtesting). I often side Lord out when I'm going second unless it's against a deck that will likely set up a quick effect pop on my turn like swordsoul blackout. I actually mention siding out lord for going second in this video as well.
@@g07h4xf00 2 traptrick is something i find terrible going second (depending on how they play) The card is crazy good but what i was saying about welcome doesnt apply here. They play i do with welcome is to bait the negate or if they dont do it i just win, and with trsptrick they let it resolve and then just neg what i do afterwards. Traptrick is just subpar going second unless your other backrow lets you reliably use it as the last one. You probably know these scenarios where you are forced to use traptrick at a point and that feels bad af.
@@g07h4xf00 also yeah same here. Vs branded and swordsoul for example i let my heavenlies in my deck cause its good vs them going second. I was just talking about the maindeck. I am running 1 arianna, 2 lords, 3 lady, 1 lovely rn. I also think lord is insane but he is not a trap going second. And in side i have no space for the guy
I add chapters in my video for those who want to skip ahead. Also note that the title of this video is "YCS LA Experience.... and Labrynth Deck Profile"
the video would have been better if you didn't take 30+ minutes to ramble on about things that aren't important every section. you having a positive record against someone that topped the event doesn't matter unless you did better than them. when talking about the Drytron player it just sounds like you're complaining they made it and you didn't even if you're trying to "prove" your locals is a good place to test and didnt need to be that long of a topic. this didn't need to be a 3 hour video where 20 minutes is the profile plus talking about first ycs experience and the rest is just you rambling like an old man talking about his youth.
The only reason I mentioned the other players from my locals is to make the point that my locals has a competitive environment for practicing and playtesting (so it's not like they're a bunch of scrubs). Also to make the point that I could have performed as good or better than them if I prepared better. It's a lesson for me to learn for the next big event. I can talk about whatever I want for as long as I want because it's my video. If you don't like it, feel free to fuck right off.
I've never commented before but you are the reason I started playing trap decks in general. Your in depth analysis of every trap has made me realize how to really play trap decks and not shotgun traps like I use to. Even though eldlich isn't as great with bystials around, I still play that and labrynth. Keep up the great work man!
I’m the most excited in a while to see matt sensei’s video on his post tear release md profile❤❤
I only accept the alternate reality where you placed 1st
The master has returned!! 😊❤
Keep going Dude fr. Quality content, sympathic appearance and you teached the shit out of me for Labrynths. Respect to this guy👍
First off, happy to see you are back, safe and at it again good sir! Not gonna lie, I switched to pot of prosperity some time ago due to being able to dig through the deck better and the extra deck is fodder anyways. Glad you're back and I can't wait to see more MD and TCG gameplay from you!
thanks for video was a good one!
Really cool to hear about your experience at the event, really sucks to hear about the endurance side and the lack of sleep.
Two pieces of advice from when I was on a swim team, the first is that when it comes to hydration you need to be hyper hydrating for like the entire week before the event, just the day before or on that day isn’t enough.
The other piece of advice is with something called “tapering.” We would exercise a ton throughout the season, but for State the week before the event we would practice half or even a quarter as much, so that the day of the event we would have a ton of extra energy. I’m not exactly sure how that would translate to yu gi oh tournament prep but I’m just suggesting things.
No yeah that's all good advice it definitely applies here
Dude! Love your voice and giggles :D
the Sphere tech was unfortunate, but for the first time to a YCS, you did a whole lot! Looking forward to see you the the future YCS, we will see superheavysamurai deck and Purrely in the future, it def will be tough
edit: that's spicy tech is mind-blowing, def no one expected it XD
I played 2 Sphere in MD but that's brick enough for me to replace them (RIP 60 UR dust). The Kaiju tech is better than I expected tho
What do you mean April's Fools video deck profile? I literall ordered that deck card for card...
STOVIE TORBIE TO THE MOOOOON
Bahahahahaha
Love how you always explain each card while profiling the deck. Also appreciate some examples of the interactions the deck has.
Thanks for sharing your YCS 250 experience, your matches there and misplays. More importantly how all of it has been cooking for a better deck building and improving your plays.
Great video, Trap Lord!
I'm going to YCS philly next month, but I wish I went to the 250th in L.A. because I think the new superheavy cards are gonna really impact the format and make it harder for Labrynth to compete. I really like this current format and how everything is viable. Just wanted to point out that the nature of this format is probably why you & your friends experienced so much variance. There truly will be some big events in different formats that feel like you're playing against the same deck over and over.
If anything lab will get stronger because of support, banlist and new format decks sharing even more weaknesses
2:21:13 As a Floo player, I understand this play. Floo's win condition against back row deck is UW, so unless you have some kind of dodge (Advent, book), you want to keep UW in hand and make the back row player wasting their face down card on the small bird, their goal is to have 1 small bird then safely use UW (especially when you open map, you want to keep UW in hand for the normal summon, as I have said, I am a Floo master so I know the mindset of Floo player). Also, remember, he doesn't need to have Toccan in hand to do the play, if you torrential him at Eglen, he just need to summon one of the bird he got back from the banish zone and use UW to tribute summon Empen, so the right play is using solemn strike to cut him off of Empen.
Thanks for sharing your experience, I want to play competitive but I always overthink and freak
the unfortunate one is that our Labrynth daddy falls in YCS this year.
But don't worry, it's just the first YCS you joined.
There are still a lot of chance that you can make it to the top.
The promised day has come 🙏‼️
Why did I think this was posted today because I saw it on my feed 💀
One card I've been loving in the side deck for Labyrinth: kukivira divincarte. The ultimate going second card that just says no lol. I had the problem with sphere mode where my opponent wasn't always ending on three monsters.
Not gonna lie I didn't watch it all YET. I am very intrigued to hear the rest but I've had a long weekend and still have work tonight. Haven't been here long but honestly I feel proud for you to have had that experience. Keep striving, never stop growing, and always have fun! Later. ✌🏿
I've been starved for quality Labrynth content on RUclips, as most idiots are playing the shitty furniture build. So I'm going back through your old Lab videos for some much needed entertainment
The problem with going such big events is that you cannot be prepared for what decks are you going to play against cuz theres so many people that eventually especially in the first couple rounds you may find a rogue or fun tier deck and take you by surprise
3hr long video! Nice!
I stopped running sphere mode because I have bad luck with it. Either I draw both of them ALL the time, or I have it and they only make two monsters and pass. -.- so I took it out and for me I never regretted it.
Imperial iron wall baby!!! I love formats where iron wall is online, great to hear it’s a killer!
Honestly Iron wall is a big reason I switched from Eldlich to Subterror and Lab, it’s way too strong
That epsilon is an awesome tech, just imagine them trying to use a one card win (expulsion, royal decree, virus) sitting there, laughing to themselves, thinking about siding for next game or what they want for lunch, and before they know it the insta win card has turned into a Baronne being used against them
You sure know how to keep a guy waiting 😘
Love the content brother- would love to see some dueling nexus games, as well as just more matches with commentary- you funny as fuck.
“This game is SUPER ogre”
“Sure?…”
“Doesn’t matter”
I say this shit to my opponents irl and it fucks with them
😂😂😂
Mat if one day you become famous enough to have merch I'll want that t-shirt with the Solemn Strike artwork that says "I'M GONNA SAY NO TO THAT". OR, the Eradicator Epidemic Virus one with "GET FUKT". 😂
The psy frame sauce pretty unique, love it
Lord of the heavenly labyrinth has a nice ring to it!
One question did you shotgun imperial iron wall during dp or did u wait and see what they played?
I usually wait to see. I want them to play their banish card and then chain to it so they waste it.
I played vs mostly Spright. I was like what is this? And then I faced Scareclaw Tri-Brigade.
Didn't get to catch you at the event, next time Trap Master.
Watching the entire video in parts.
Just topped a case tournament with this profile. Solid build.
What are your thoughts about the new wannabee card? Looks like a mini handtrap of pot of prosperity without the restrictions.
Don't you get FTKed by arise pass?
No. Arise heart pass is the easiest board to deal with actually lol
@@g07h4xf00 How?
Just seems like post side you have so many dead cards and if they have like a single cosmic you get cooked
@@ccg-chatswoodcardgames9212 because best case scenario for them their arise heart banishes 1 of your set cards whereas you're opening a 6 card hand going second if we assume 1 or 2 is lord/lady you have 3-4 set which is usually enough to out that board. Arise heart pass is a joke board vs Lab, best vs decks that care about the macro cosmos locking out the GY
Hope Labrynth get a Tuner in the future tho, that would be dope
Eh, deck doesn't really need it since we don't care about extra deck.
Hey Matt, why do you prefer triple maindecking evenly instead of sphere mode?
Evenly (in my experience) has been better in game 1s than Sphere mode, at least at this YCS it was. In playtesting they were both good. I ended up dropping sphere mode from the main completely because of how hard it underperformed.
Guys, Iam going to a regional tomorrow, do you know how the stardust, accel, baronne sht works?
thx
I figured it out late hhahahaha
I had another video on my channel talking about it.
@@g07h4xf00 yes! Found it later, thanks. Btw, I am addicted to the channel now, I am determined to dominate this archetype, your in depth analysis is amazing. Would love to see some suggestions for the upcoming cards and format. Cheers man
Can't imagine how draining 12h of yugioh(in person no less) must be... 😮
2:17:29 So if the opponent open map + stri, your right play should be solemn strike the robina on field effect. Why? You can be sure that they don't have eglen in hand cause they definitely want to map reveal eglen, so unlike some situation when you w8 to negate exactly eglen, in this scenario, solemn robina would be the best play. More over, if you w8 them robina search eglen then solemn eglen, they might hard draw Empen and tribute both robina stri. But well, you need to fully master Floo to understand this situation ( I am ranked 1 on YGO Omega with Floo). Your opponent was lucky to out your board but it was due to your missplay. In the end, we learn the hard way and just need to make sure we don't make the same mistake again
Yes in retrospect I should have solemn striked the Robina.
sry my boy but 3h is tooo long to watch for me. what was your better normal summon instead of arianna?
3:00:32
@@g07h4xf00 thanks my man
The actual April fools joke is that you keep hiring this one guy for your 'face reveal' every April fools video 😂
Hey dude I have couple of questions as lab player
1 what do u think about the furniture build? It seems a lot better in the grind and less bricky. Also very spicy
2 what about playing temple of the king?
Thanks
Oh my sweet summer child
He doesn’t like either of them. He has a whole video specifically about why he doesn’t like the furniture, basically the idea of neging now to maybe get returns in the future is not good, it’s way stronger to set 4 pass because you instantly have your entire board online at max power, and they can all be used at the same speed (during opponent’s turn) giving your whole board more synergy. The game is too fast to hope you can survive into the grind game. He has said there is sometimes a case for siding in the clock when going first, but that’s it.
It’s similar to temple of the kings. Basically you cost yourself one of your spell/trap zones in order to get a single trap online a turn early, which is not good because you want all your traps online at the same so they can all synergize with each other. In order to break a board you can’t just activate one trap on your turn and a few more on your opponent’s turn, you need them all hitting at the same time. He would rather have his fifth trap be a high impact card like torrential tribute, dogmatica punishment, or something. He even has the field spell in the side deck at one as a going first option because it’s too low impact compared to what you need out of your main deck.
@@MattDawgGaming well I get your point but furniture build has proven to be good, at least in EU.
At YCS London there was a furniture build on top 64, it was crazy.
@@sunlightwolf752 Ash was by his side lol
@@sunlightwolf752 There was a guy who played higher at YCS London who did not run furniture afaik. The furniture cards are really bad compared to other cards that can be in the deck.
@@g07h4xf00 temple of the king?
Hey alright. What’s your take on the idea to replace one gozen with dbarrier for this list?
Gozen was too good too reduce to 1 copy. I'd definitely keep it at 2. D barrier was underwhelming by comparison. Then again, I faced 0 branded lol. Branded is the main matchup where D barrier is better.
@@g07h4xf00 That's fair, thanks.
The skip button dont work?! 😂
Dude what are those hands
I still dont agree with 2 welcome. I think its stupid as this one is better going second too. The opponent has a board and you just set 5
Now its opp turn. If you welcome they are forced to neg cause otherwise u get lovely and they cant respond. Big welcome doesnt interact in any ways with the opp by itself. So both are very important.
Also the reason i dont like 3 lord is cause it adds on to the monster count which is fine for u cause u dont play arianna but it also isnt good going second vs certain decks. Btw i love the strikes. I just tested it a couple games it was fucking good.
Have you tried playing 2 welcome (assuming you have 2 trap trick)? I've seriously never missed the third copy. I already put Arianna back in so I'm running 1 Ari. In this very same video I have Arianna since the 2 main deck sphere modes flopped (even though it was really good in playtesting). I often side Lord out when I'm going second unless it's against a deck that will likely set up a quick effect pop on my turn like swordsoul blackout. I actually mention siding out lord for going second in this video as well.
@@g07h4xf00 2 traptrick is something i find terrible going second (depending on how they play) The card is crazy good but what i was saying about welcome doesnt apply here. They play i do with welcome is to bait the negate or if they dont do it i just win, and with trsptrick they let it resolve and then just neg what i do afterwards. Traptrick is just subpar going second unless your other backrow lets you reliably use it as the last one. You probably know these scenarios where you are forced to use traptrick at a point and that feels bad af.
@@g07h4xf00 also yeah same here. Vs branded and swordsoul for example i let my heavenlies in my deck cause its good vs them going second. I was just talking about the maindeck. I am running 1 arianna, 2 lords, 3 lady, 1 lovely rn. I also think lord is insane but he is not a trap going second. And in side i have no space for the guy
@@g07h4xf00 also why no judgments main? Im playing em main rn cause all these people be playing 3 evenly and even duster main
Oh i see u are running iron wall. I was thinking to run that in main as well hmmmmmm
YCS Philly? 👀
Nah I got another trip planned next month not gonna go to Philly
Bruh way too much talking lol sheeesh im at X2.0 and still havent seen the full deck profile 2min in like wtf is going on lol
I add chapters in my video for those who want to skip ahead. Also note that the title of this video is "YCS LA Experience.... and Labrynth Deck Profile"
the video would have been better if you didn't take 30+ minutes to ramble on about things that aren't important every section. you having a positive record against someone that topped the event doesn't matter unless you did better than them. when talking about the Drytron player it just sounds like you're complaining they made it and you didn't even if you're trying to "prove" your locals is a good place to test and didnt need to be that long of a topic. this didn't need to be a 3 hour video where 20 minutes is the profile plus talking about first ycs experience and the rest is just you rambling like an old man talking about his youth.
The only reason I mentioned the other players from my locals is to make the point that my locals has a competitive environment for practicing and playtesting (so it's not like they're a bunch of scrubs). Also to make the point that I could have performed as good or better than them if I prepared better. It's a lesson for me to learn for the next big event.
I can talk about whatever I want for as long as I want because it's my video. If you don't like it, feel free to fuck right off.
What did you place?