Every time the a NEW season rolls along and a new ban list. Endymions seem to continue to out preform. Credit to the player as well. Truly a deck that is ageless and continues to stay strong. Regardless of the updates to the game. Hope yall enjoy! Check Shadow out on his Twitch Channel as well as my Twitch channel. Also if you would like to support my other youtube channel.
Bit of a spin from the deck that im playing but damn this makes it so much easier to get and play around counters!! gonna add some cards from here for sure
It was definitely a tense match. I especially love when the field spell tried to pop my Jackal King but Right Hand was there to protect it. And the fact that Ariseheart was utilized against the Kash player was just karmic.
Thank you for this video dude! I've always wanted to play Endymion but I tried Pendulum Magicians before taking a long break. Since I'm back, it's time to Endymion!
I’ve always been iffy regarding Pen Mages because they have to summon Electrumite with not much protection. But with Endymions, you can summon Jackal King or Endymion and even keep both on the field when you go for Electrumite to protect her from disruption. Also with Endymion, you don’t need to worry about building an extra deck before practicing with the deck. You should already have Electrumite and you could even theoretically play your entire Pen Mage extra deck before deciding what you want to use. I wish you Goodluck with the deck and if you have questions, come to the livestream on the 16th.
the only two seasons where I reached the top rank was when I played this deck, but Endymion is so hard and complicated I just stopped playing it and now I am afraid of relearning it again. this video gave me the motivation to go back again into the rabbit hole of headache and frustration that is Endymion
Me and shadow will be doing.A Q&A / tutorial on Saturday the 16 and will also be making a video out of it. The deck is a lot but once you got tit down it’s very strong
I'll sure try to be there or at least whatch the VOD ! Endymion is quite confusing to learn since the deck is very different in TCG and in MD/OCG + the fact that there is a lot of techs options (Magicians' Souls, Mythical Beasts, etc...) @@thefinalanomaly
@@Sept_Tony awesome. He runs the deck in tcg as well. I’ll also make a video for RUclips from the live stream for the people who don’t make it. There definitely is a ton of variants of the deck and that’s why it’s so awesome
@@thefinalanomaly Yeah I have seen his very interesting version on an older video and it confuses me a lot since I was very much sure that even in Mythical Beast variant, Souls' was a key piece + no one was going that hard on Mythical Beast. So know I have to relearn everything and try to understand his reasoning behind this haha. That is so interesting tbh
@@Sept_Tony: I never liked Souls for several reasons but in summary: - I don’t use many once per turn spells - I’d rather activate the spells for counters instead of send them away for more pendulums - If souls gets negated, I’d go -3 and lose. - Blue Boy is much safer Also I don’t use the Odd Eyes package because it’s more commonly used in a build that uses Astrograph Sorcerer (which I don’t like because it’s the same combo every game). For my deck, I’d need to use 2 Endymions to go into the Odd Eyes package, which would be giving up 2 negates for one negate. Selene can return one of those negates during my turn and the other during my opponent’s turn, but then I’d be losing her negate during my opponent’s turn just to break even with the Odd Eyes. The pure version just feels much smoother (and much more fun).
Thanks for telling me I’ll check it out. Here is a link to one of the videos for the channel ruclips.net/video/SGRHubeRYz4/видео.htmlsi=Rar0q8L7jp5bH_WL
Yeah I consider Shadow as my Sensei. I started using it late so I only got to Diamond V last season, but regardless this deck is truly amazing. I have a replay where I’ve played through Nibiru and Super Polymerization and still popped off on that same turn. The most resilient deck I’ve ever played. The one deck that makes me feel confident playing against Maxx C. For anyone who wants to do this, figure out how to get the cards, buy that one specific structure deck once (the spellbook one), take time to read every single card and practice in solo. The more you play it the more you’ll get the feel of it. I promise you it’s worth 💯💪
That’s awesome! That’s great to here. Yeah this deck just seems to stay just as strong no matter how many season pass. Thanks for letting us know it’s awesome that these videos are helping out!
@@thefinalanomaly I’ve only discovered your channel today tbh. I came to him via discord dms a few weeks ago. His performances are truly one of a kind. I’ll get to Master 1 eventually. I just got to get to Diamond again though. It’s been up and down but that’s how it usually goes 😅
Endymions has proven me to be very reliable. I had a friend who tried to use pen mages mixed with Endymions and he discovered that it wasn’t as consistent. Another friend had me comment on his sky striker Endymion duels and the two decks looked like they were competing for dominance in the game since he had to hold back on one archetype just to activate the cards in the other one. And Kash Endymions sounds good in context until you realize you might not open up with Kash cards and then draw into them at the worst possible time. At the end of the list, pure spellcounters just seems to be the most reliable of the variants.
@@shadowspector3611 Thank you so much shadow!! I'm looking forward to learn more about Endymion!! Actually I have been making research and practicing Endymion these past few days🤣, I also wanted to ask your opinion about hand traps in this deck. I have learned a lot after watching your Endymion replays and keep up the good work!!
@@xephosff: I wouldn’t recommend handtraps because this deck usually needs every card in the hand in order to combo off with each other. Having a dead card in the hand usually is the difference between 2 negates and 6 negates. Only cards with a huge impact should be considered (so no Ghost ogre, Ghost Belle, Effect Veiler, etc.). Ash Blossom can theoretically be used since the algorithm might put it in your hand while Maxx C is in your opponent’s hand, but that’s why we have Called By the Grave. Blow-out handtraps are the only thing I can really consider for this deck. So theoretically, Maxx C can work but you’d have to go second (but that’s a big if). Droll and Lock Bird could work but you’d also have to go second. D Shifter could work too going first or second, but you’d have to interact with the extra deck as much as possible without using any spells. It’s risky but it could theoretically work. For me, I don’t want to put any cards in the deck that have a chance of not being usable (Called By the Grave is the exception). And if you’re going down the route of staples, don’t put any cards in the deck that are useless if you draw them for turn (so no Nibiru but Book of Eclipse can work). I hope this helped!
@@shadowspector3611 Thank you so much again!!😁😁 Your explanation definitely helped me getting a deeper understanding how i can and should play Endymion.This is why i love this deck,🤣🤣 it makes impossible possible.
Always take the Maxx c challenge. For every draw your opponent gets, you’re putting a negate on field to remove that draw. Then your followup happens since every monster benefits your field when destroyed. Your primary focus is surviving the turn with your field intact and if you just lose your front row, you almost always win on the next turn.
This archetype has been creepin my interest for a while now because I have wanted to play a pendulum deck and was going to do Vaylantz because I've gotten so much of it through packs..but now I think I'm sold...but my skill with pendulum is non existent 😅. Would love to see something more on the deck because I think I'm going for it!
There is several videos on the channel for the deck. We are doing a Q&A and tutorial for the deck this Saturday live here on RUclips and twitch. If you can’t make it I will also be making a video on it. So glad your looking into the deck
@@TigerUchiha: Hey, Tiger! I remember you from the dual stream but I didn’t see that you posted a comment here. If you’re looking for more Endymion content, I stream the deck to M1 on the weekends. 6 PM EST.
Is there a reason you choose not to run odd-eyes absolute dragon and odd-eyes vortex dragon in the extra deck? Seems like there should be plenty of room, or does it just not perform well in the current format?
The Odd-Eyes package is more usable in a deck that uses Astrograph, since he’s a level 7. Since I don’t use him, the two level 7’s I’d have to use are two Endymions (since it’s rare to summon Reflection turn 1). In order to summon Odd Eyes, I’d have to give up two Endymions, so it would be me removing 2 negates from the field to summon one negate, which isn’t a good trade in my opinion. People normally use Selene to revive back one Endymion during their turn and the other during the opponent’s turn, but if that happens, you’re using up Selene’s “negate” in order to get a monster back from the graveyard. What I do is I max out my monster zones before ending my turn so that I can bounce back a negate to my hand and summon it back with Selene so I can have 6 negates regularly. So the Odd Eyes package would be resulting in me missing out on one negate for the turn. I get out just as many negates without the odd eyes package anyway so I don’t feel I’m missing anything.
@@shadowspector3611 one thing a lot of people miss on is that Vortex was more important in the TCG where playing Souls to fuel the gy is much more relevant. Since Master Duel has a banlist that lets you play Endy at full gas it's not worth going for those super extended plays except as a desperate measure. All in all I too prefer to use Selene to combo with the Endymions for the extra disruption.
I do not undestand why is "Artemis, the Magistus Moon Maiden" in extra deck, I do not get how to use it, which situation or combo, can you share any idea?
@@theslaos4892: Hey, Slaos! So Konami loves to put Spellbook of Knowledge in my opening hands quite often. Knowledge cannot be used on a pendulum as it needs to send the monster to the graveyard to draw 2, and pendulums always go to the extra deck. So if you have Knowledge in your hand, rather than it being a brick, you can use any level 4 or lower spellcaster to make Artemis and then Knowledge can send her to draw 2. She can also be useful for going into Avramax easier if you need an additional E Deck monster. Hope this helps!
@final anomaly on the previous video about 4mins in be careful the sound is a bit loud ive had to resort to you tube studio for editing because share factory doesn't work properly anymore. LET ME KNOW IF YOU ENJOYED IT
Linkuriboh is there because you want to have a way to remove Jackal from the field in case he gets Imperm’ed. There are multiple cards that can recur Jackal after you’ve used him, and in case you’re unable to use him, you have a way to continue your moves. But this is just in case the situation arises. Anima is there for the same reason except if your opponent summons in zones 2 or 4 and the extra monster zone below them is vacant, you can a free steal out of it (but it blocks off your extra monster zone until you can link with it or use Knowledge on it). These two cards are situational though and can be done without.
@final anomaly and shadow spector great video Endymions is a really strong deck ive used it a lot well u know, the plays were disgusting wiping out purrely and kashtira nice looking forward to more, also @final anomaly looking forward to more abc disgusting wins from u soon epic gg.
@@shadowspector3611 hahaha feels good u know i suck at yu gi oh yes i enjoyed the video whooping them well have to share play each other on ps4/5 for a ranked grind soon
When I first took this deck to my competitive locals, I went against Skystrikers. I used Endymion’s effect and read it off to my opponent. They were like “okay, that’s fine.” So I summoned him and pointed at the cards that I wanted to pop and he went “chain Widow Anchor.” I could only say “uh, you’re kind of too late for that.” Had to explain that it was all one effect and you can’t do anything against him as a monster since he’s a spell effect. Then against the same person, I summoned two Endymions with a counter. The Skystriker player summoned Accesscode Talker and then tried to pop Endymion. I let him know that he couldn’t be destroyed. So he tried to use Widow Anchor on him and I let him know that he couldn’t be targeted. So he targeted his own Accesscode Talker (this was before I found out that you weren’t forced to target something else if the initial target was illegal). All around, it was hilarious to see the confusion of everyone having to face the longest card text.
So hear me out: I’m somewhat fine with this deck not getting any support for three reasons. 1. The last good support was Selene. Then they made Rogue of Endymion which just sucks beyond belief. I made the joke that’s he’s “Rogue” because he has no place in the deck. I wouldn’t trust Konami to know how to make support to an already well-designed deck. 2. Servant of Endymion was the only card that ever got on the radar of the banlist (besides Electrumite obviously) and when she got unbanned, people were saying “it’s funny how this card was banned for so long.” People clearly don’t expect much from Endymions and if they got a lot of crazy support, it would definitely get on the radar and be at risk for having important cards hit again. Whenever I advertise the deck, I always mention that this deck has evaded the banlist for every single season of this game’s run time (a full 23 seasons so far!). I wouldn’t want to stop saying that this deck never gets hit if it becomes likely that it may. 3. Konami has since stopped releasing well-designed cards a while ago. Now everything is a one-card combo deck (Kashtira, Mathmech, Vanquish-Soul etc.) or everything is just poor design like Purrley (no once per turns on anything and then recycle everything if the opponent even attempts to try to win) or Floowandereeze (just normal summon, add, normal summon, add, repeat). DDD’s used to be a deck that was legit hard to play but it could make some really good boards (I have a friend who is the same with that deck as I am with Endymions). DDD’s used to require skill to use properly but then they got the new support of D/D Gryphon and Gilgamesh as well. Then everything legit turned into “just make Gilgamesh and you have the same combo.” And it even was a 1-card combo deck as well since you summon Kepler, add Contract, search Gryhphon, summon Gryphon, and then make Gilgamesh. If modern Konami made support for Endymions, they’d have no idea what to do with the deck. I still hold true to my statement that Endymions is one of the best designed decks I’ve ever seen. (Not that it’s the strongest deck I’ve ever seen; just very very solid design of how every card interacts). Modern support would either be terrible like how DM’s support is, gunking up the Endymion card pool and making people mock the support to continue calling the deck bad. Or modern support would just make the deck a 1-card combo deck, resulting in no more skill being needed to utilize it. And then it becomes the Astrograph-issue all over again, and THEN Servant gets hit to 1 again (or worse). Now if Konami were to make actual good designs of cards again that didn’t just do everything for you (like how Circular does everything for you and you just need to worry about searching him), I would love a skillful support card. Not even Electrumite does everything for you even though she helps out a ton since you need to figure out what pendulum would best help you when you summon her and which scale is most beneficial to pop (and most times, you need to figure out how to get two scales again). I’ve said that it would be cool to get tuner-spellcounter cards for Endymions to be able to summon Arcanite Magician finally (since we have spell counter synchros we can’t even summon) and maybe even a legit Arcanite archetype like we’ve got with Mythical Beasts. But if the support is going to be like Rogue of Endymion or as brainless as Mathmech Circular, then I’m perfectly content with the same list I’ve been using since 2019.
The deck list numbers are confusing, there is a 27 next to called by the grave. Then some dont have numbers. And then it list the structure deck. Can you help me out
I could go through potential interactions between 1-2 cards, but if you want to make that comment again on the livestream, we’d definitely go over that if you want to stop by.
@@thefinalanomaly took me a minute I made this deck and solfachord because I like to be different but I have a hard time with umi im platinum I can’t make it to diamond anymore snake eyes and kash are too consistent
Endymion's are one of my favorite pendulum monsters because damn they so powerful and fun to use........For me with Endymion's I don't go pure because I like variety
Good deck for sure while I can’t play it perfectly it runs me up to platinum 1 fairly easy and it’s enjoyable to play along with not being mirror matched at all you actually feel kinda unique playing it
That’s exactly right! Sometimes it feels like I’m the only one on master duel playing it because I never run into another Endymion deck. I think out of all 23 seasons I’ve played, I’ve only seen another Endymion deck at most 3 or 4 times. I saw Servant of Endymion used last season but it was just a pendulum pile deck only using servant and Endymion in the deck. Last time seeing the deck in ranked was probably a year ago when Branded got their support. And even in real life, someone at my locals told me I was the only person in 2023 playing Endymion. I know I’m not but I’ve also never once met another TCG Endymion player aside from a kid playing it in 2019 and another dude who showed me an online decklist half a year ago. The bottom line is that with not many people playing the deck, you legit feel one of a kind with it and it can be a deck that reflects you rather than you just choosing what everyone else is. Even more of a reason to pick it up.
With only Called By as a counter to Maxx C, what should you do when your opponent resolves Maxx C on your first turn, since it is inevitably more likely? Is it viable to choose going second and try to OTK through Maxx C instead?
So yes, prior to last season, the logical answer to Maxx C resolving would’ve been to prioritize searching all your negates and then pendulum summoning out 4-5 negates while your opponent only draws one card. But last season, I saw what I exactly do and it’s usually to play through Maxx C. If you look at Mathmech, they need to do 3 special summons on a good hand (Circular-Sigma-Alembertian) just to get to their searchers. Other decks need to do several summons just for their combos, which is usually why they have to pass turn. Not even Swordsoul can get out a negate without giving the opponent two draws. With Endymion though, just resolving Jackal gets you a negate with one summon, and resolving Servant gets you a negate with another summon. More often than not though, I end up actually resolving servant (one draw), then linking into Electrumite (two draws), and then I do the massive pendulum summon and developed 3-4 negates with just three draws. Sometimes I even go into Selene for 6 negates but give the opponent 5 draws. Some people would say “what’s the point of summoning negates if every negate you summon will just be used on the card your opponent draws?” But i mentioned earlier in the video that every time one of my monsters is destroyed, I get follow up. The normal strategy for when you have a turn one board is to not only survive the opponent’s turn but to stop any card that would make a comeback impossible (most common cards for that are Evenly Matched and Zeus). Raigeki and harpies don’t hurt as bad as my backrow cards for comeback victories are Citadel and institution (who protect themselves) and Endymion can’t be popped while he’s got a counter so my opponent has to give up the battle phase to attack over him (which also nullifies cards like Evenly and Zeus). Then even if my opponent makes a big board in main phase 2, as long as they don’t out my field (and your negating should’ve done a good job at preventing that as well), with the amount of follow up you search, you can destroy everything next turn since you’ve already gotten most of your searches out of the deck and can prioritize aggression rather than setup. I actually do find myself winning most of the games in which I’ve been Maxx C’ed in and my opponent usually has 10 cards in their hand when turn 2 starts, but I’ve done my full combo and can still negate the crucial cards. I do not recommend passing your turn to Maxx C. Unless you have a vastly bricky hand that would need to do 6 summons just to get out 2 negates. Another instance would be if your opponent discards D Shifter and then chains Maxx C, I’d pass the turn. Not because you can’t play but because you’d be giving up all your follow up (cuz they’re all banished) and your opponent would just replenish their hand for free. The only other time would be if your opponent has used several hand traps after discarding Maxx c and only has 2 cards in their hand. Then, I’d probably say to pass turn because it becomes unlikely that they’ll OTK you. Other than that, just play through Maxx C and prioritize negating the board breakers.
@@shadowspector3611 Thanks for the in-depth response. Another question: On Master Duel Meta, your deck list uses Chaos Angel. Does that come up often enough to warrant crafting it? Also, the list has one Selene. Is it a good idea to play two copies of Selene in case your opponent banishes your only copy with Kashtira Unicorn? What is the most important card in the extra deck for Unicorn to banish?
I know this isn’t my place, but don’t over commit. Especially when it comes down to Maxx C. I had 3 Endymions and 2 Jackal Kings all on the same turn, just to get Super Poly’d, Lava Golem’d, Kaiju’d, and got punished heavily immediately. Basically you’d want to try to get your scales right, preferably 2-8, 3-8 is fine but you won’t be able to pendulum summon Servent or Magister and use them to make Electrumite or Selene. 4-8 if you don’t have anything else but can only pendulum summon Jackal King, Reflection, and Endymion. If playing under Maxx C, I try my best to get out 2 negates. You might not be able to do so every time but always try to balance out at least 1 Jackal King and 1 Endymion. Sometimes I have that and 1 extra Jackal King/Endymion. Tbh with you it seems that having 2 Endymion’s and 1 Jackal King works out better… well for me at least. Then again still on the same subject, sometimes it’s actually best to let it go through. I had some duels where I accepted the Maxx C challenge (I didn’t Call by the Grave straight away), and he tried to Ash, and then Called by the Grave came in handy. Not only that but gained extra counters too. If you know what you are doing, then they will only draw like 2-4 cards. Which isn’t really bad compared to other decks that accepted the challenge. 1 card if you only decided to pendulum summon and end turn. Also it depends on what deck your going up against. Always. Every time. Well I wish you the best of luck if you are trying this out. It takes time to learn the basics, and get used to every single card and what it does, so don’t get frustrated if you mess up.
@@andyz0507 : So Chaos Angel does not come up nearly enough to warrant crafting. She’s not crucial at all in the deck. If you have one of her, feel free to put her in because she can help out, but I rarely summon her. She can be consistently summoned with Bashilisk because Bashilisk returns jackal king to the hand and Selene summons him. It’s the same way with Beyond the Pendulum how she’s only good in very specific circumstances, but since I don’t own one, she isn’t worth the material. Selene at one is perfectly fine. There are multiple games where I don’t even summon one copy of her. If she’s banished, 99% of the time, you can continue playing as if nothing happened. She’s just very good for fueling your board with counters or summoning Accesscode easily (this is when you’re going second). The reason why other decklists play two of her is because they’re using the Astrograph combo in which you summon her and then link her away into another copy of her, but this deck improvises everything and doesn’t use all the expensive extra deck materials. The most important card in the extra deck is Electrumite since she gives you access to any pendulum you may need for the current situation you’re in. But you’re still alright if Kash banishes her. With Diablosis now banned, you can control when your opponent will have access to your extra deck for a banish, so if you have a hand that needs Electrumite, you can play your hand without using monster effects until then. There is a replay on this channel against Swordsoul Kash where I needed the draw off Electrumite while going against Fenrir, so I summoned her but didn’t put anything in the deck. Then I popped a scale to add back another and I got the draw effect before Fenrir could banish her. So she can be utilized that way, but you’re still okay if she gets banished from the extra deck. Hope this all helps!
Aaahhh damn… i was try to build endymion 1 years ago, im just returned 1 month ago and just realize need a few more cards and the deck is done… but i dismantle it to build scarecrow😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢. I thought enymion losing againts current meta now, if only i watch this video faster 😢
@@kkma14045: Exactly! Endymions have evaded the banlist every single season. People just don’t expect much from it. The only card on the radar is Electrumite but let’s hope nothing happens with her. Also the new season was very difficult, but from M3 to M1, I had great matches. Also this deck demolishes Vanquish Soul so if that deck picks up, Endymions will have a much easier time.
The deck isn’t unstoppable; I’ve seen some replies, and it seems you’re making it seem as if the deck is this hidden boss-level threat; it’s not. Throughout the video, I noticed that a lot of the reason the deck's presence seemed unstoppable was not due to the sheer power of the deck but because the enemy players weren’t aware of how the deck worked. which then again serves as a great benefit to us Endymion players. I honestly love the archetype/deck; I have been playing it since its debut IRL. I've played many variants (miss the guard dragon combos), but with the new Endymion, I go with a heavy draw variant of the deck, and the recovery on it is immaculate. I don't recommend playing the deck if you want to only "try it out." In master duel, the cheapest I could get the deck was 6-630-700 UR (without ruining the competitive aspects of the deck), which is a heavy investment for a "try it out" deck. With that being said, I liked the video. I love seeing the Endymion community grow.
I get where your getting at but I guess the tons of duels through the season and no one happens to know how endymions work I guess I mean M1 6 seasons in a row how many duels would that be? With that being said yeah knowing all the choke points are the way out to playing against any deck. The deck is definitely not unstoppable. No deck is lol so yeah a little click bait on the title on my end. But this deck has surprised a ton of the people on the community. I’ve taken my hand full of losses to this deck and I understand it to some capacity. It’s ez looking out when you can see what’s in the hand. But the opponent Dosent know what’s coming or what someone maybe playing in the deck. Which is the beauty of the duels. Shadow plays this deck in the tcg as well. Wins many locals. But yeah I get your point. There are many of these videos on this channel ft endy. All slightly a little different variant. Would be cool to see some of your ideas for the deck or the type of variant you have. Always awesome to see others ideas for a deck. Anything to make it stronger. Appreciate the support!
Calling Endymions unstoppable is just an exaggeration. Any deck can be stopped with the right hand traps and the correct timing. With Endymions though, if you really wanted to play around a certain disruption, you can summon a negate ahead of time before you trigger that disruption and play through it (unless it’s D barrier which can just skip your turn). Also along the idea of this deck’s price, I always hold true that you can play this deck with 8 UR’s (240 CP) and still get away with success. Just 3 Jackal Kings and 3 Endymion, 1 Electrumite (for consistency) and 1 Avramax (to hit over unaffected Towers). You could even play the Spellbook engine without using any CP by buying the Spellbook structure deck. It would just become SR heavy. But I would agree that if someone doesn’t want to commit to this deck, they shouldn’t build it to merely “try it out.” But I’d highly recommend people still give this deck a chance because everybody whom I’ve gotten to use this deck has all loved it.
@@shadowspector3611 I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Also the deck price estimations and assumptions are based on experience and prolonged exposure running the deck. 3 Endymion, 2 jackal kings, and 2-3 Cerberus (consistency in getting jackal kings out of your deck, Electrumite fodder, and beatstick + removal; also counter holder). Electrumite for consistency (as you said). which is 240 UR; the rest is up to the user. **The following is a list of options, not mandatory installments.** More consistency? Add: Selene, beyond the pendulum, magicians souls, chicken game, one day of peace, upstart goblin..etc. OTKs? Add: avramax, borrelsword, goddess of the underworld, accesscode..etc. You want to play Endymion in Master Duel? Add: called by the grave, forbidden droplet, dark ruler no more.. etc. (Insert a niche negate card.) *Secret village of the spellcasters* My point is that the deck can be cheap; like many others, what you described is nothing but the first steps; that is just the spine of the deck; you still need all limbs. Which is how I ended up at 600+ UR.
It’s funny you say this. I actually faced an endy deck in rank yesterday. They bricked real hard: I think it’s got alot to do with what you play in the deck. I’ve faced off against shadow so many times and seen him in up to 10 tournaments I’ve hosted. I can count the amount of times he has bricked maybe on a single hand. But he also has incredible luck. Lol
@thefinalanomaly agreed, I've been playing endy since release. Those of us that have figured out how to get around the easy bricking. Learn that it will beat everything
@@fatmanmillionaire3318: It’s strange you say that cuz I almost never brick with Endymion. I see it as a very consistent deck. But it could also be the fact that even with a sub-optimal hand, you can fix your own “brick” and still get 5-6 negates. It’s very very rare to get dead hands that just can set one and pass. More common to get fragile hands that may not be able to play through certain hand traps. But one thing is for sure is that this deck doesn’t lose to itself.
@@Rilo888 I see. Idk I’ve only seen great success with it. I’ve seen multiple variants as well. Could it possibly be the variant you used that makes you feel this way? The player behind the cards is also huge. But again the passion behind the cards is also a major factor on how one would feel about the deck
@@thefinalanomaly it could be my variant. Overall I do know the deck is good don’t get me wrong. But I mainly feel this way do to most players not knowing how to stop it which gives it a unforeseen strength making them vulnerable to some of the plays. A player who knows about how to face Endymion pendulum will most likely stops the major plays. That can be said with any deck of course but with most people playing the current top decks their focus revolves around countering them. Every now and then you may come across a player who will shut you down since they know the deck. Like some of the duels those players could of if they were simply more aware.
@@Rilo888 oh yeah for sure. I do so much better against Endymions now because I know the deck so much better then before. It’s kind of like my abc deck. I love it because a lot of players still don’t know what my goal is hahaha. Yeah that’s definitely true
@@go2it566: I checked again yesterday and apparently one other person hit M1 right on the last day (11/30/23) so I was basically just a few hours away from being the only Endymion duelist to post to MDM.
Every time the a NEW season rolls along and a new ban list. Endymions seem to continue to out preform. Credit to the player as well. Truly a deck that is ageless and continues to stay strong. Regardless of the updates to the game. Hope yall enjoy! Check Shadow out on his Twitch Channel as well as my Twitch channel. Also if you would like to support my other youtube channel.
Been watching eevo and your channel to learn endy. Keep it up
Appreciated! I actually just uploaded a new video today. It’s up right now
I’m happy to know that that these vids have been beneficial. The deck is definitely confusing but it’s all worth it.
Bit of a spin from the deck that im playing but damn this makes it so much easier to get and play around counters!! gonna add some cards from here for sure
That’s awesome! Yeah the nice thing about Endymion is that you can play so many variants of the deck.
That was disgusting. Serious props to the pilot. Landed safely through Kashtira locking the pendulum zones!
Hahaha. Appreciate it! Shadow Spector is indeed the mighty master himself lol.
It was definitely a tense match. I especially love when the field spell tried to pop my Jackal King but Right Hand was there to protect it. And the fact that Ariseheart was utilized against the Kash player was just karmic.
Thank you for this video dude! I've always wanted to play Endymion but I tried Pendulum Magicians before taking a long break. Since I'm back, it's time to Endymion!
Let’s go! Appreciate the support! We will be doing a con stream soon on a how to guide I’ll announce it later in future videos
I’ve always been iffy regarding Pen Mages because they have to summon Electrumite with not much protection. But with Endymions, you can summon Jackal King or Endymion and even keep both on the field when you go for Electrumite to protect her from disruption. Also with Endymion, you don’t need to worry about building an extra deck before practicing with the deck. You should already have Electrumite and you could even theoretically play your entire Pen Mage extra deck before deciding what you want to use. I wish you Goodluck with the deck and if you have questions, come to the livestream on the 16th.
This was sick.
Appreciate it!
That comeback on the last game was INSANE!!
Thank you!
the only two seasons where I reached the top rank was when I played this deck, but Endymion is so hard and complicated I just stopped playing it and now I am afraid of relearning it again. this video gave me the motivation to go back again into the rabbit hole of headache and frustration that is Endymion
Me and shadow will be doing.A Q&A / tutorial on Saturday the 16 and will also be making a video out of it. The deck is a lot but once you got tit down it’s very strong
That sounds great!
I just played a game where I made a ridiculous number of misplays and still won, I'll need all the help I could get.
@@middlemist809 awesome. As we get closer I’ll confirm date in time in the community tan of RUclips
Dude their are some decks with very high potential but requires a skilled duelist. This is one of those cases, props to the duelist here.
Hahah. Yeah that’s fair. Shadow is a really good player. Appreciate it!
Just now seeing this. So sorry for being late but I really appreciate your comment!
Very interested to see your point of view on not running the Absolute Vortex package here. Great vid
Appreciate it! I’ll let shadow know. This coming Saturday we will be doing a Q&A and how to play if you want to swing by. Would be great to have you
I'll sure try to be there or at least whatch the VOD ! Endymion is quite confusing to learn since the deck is very different in TCG and in MD/OCG + the fact that there is a lot of techs options (Magicians' Souls, Mythical Beasts, etc...) @@thefinalanomaly
@@Sept_Tony awesome. He runs the deck in tcg as well. I’ll also make a video for RUclips from the live stream for the people who don’t make it. There definitely is a ton of variants of the deck and that’s why it’s so awesome
@@thefinalanomaly Yeah I have seen his very interesting version on an older video and it confuses me a lot since I was very much sure that even in Mythical Beast variant, Souls' was a key piece + no one was going that hard on Mythical Beast. So know I have to relearn everything and try to understand his reasoning behind this haha. That is so interesting tbh
@@Sept_Tony: I never liked Souls for several reasons but in summary:
- I don’t use many once per turn spells
- I’d rather activate the spells for counters instead of send them away for more pendulums
- If souls gets negated, I’d go -3 and lose.
- Blue Boy is much safer
Also I don’t use the Odd Eyes package because it’s more commonly used in a build that uses Astrograph Sorcerer (which I don’t like because it’s the same combo every game). For my deck, I’d need to use 2 Endymions to go into the Odd Eyes package, which would be giving up 2 negates for one negate. Selene can return one of those negates during my turn and the other during my opponent’s turn, but then I’d be losing her negate during my opponent’s turn just to break even with the Odd Eyes. The pure version just feels much smoother (and much more fun).
Hey! Great video as always, just wanted to tell you that the link to the second channel that you put in the description doesn't work (for me at least)
Thanks for telling me I’ll check it out. Here is a link to one of the videos for the channel ruclips.net/video/SGRHubeRYz4/видео.htmlsi=Rar0q8L7jp5bH_WL
Yeah I consider Shadow as my Sensei. I started using it late so I only got to Diamond V last season, but regardless this deck is truly amazing. I have a replay where I’ve played through Nibiru and Super Polymerization and still popped off on that same turn. The most resilient deck I’ve ever played. The one deck that makes me feel confident playing against Maxx C.
For anyone who wants to do this, figure out how to get the cards, buy that one specific structure deck once (the spellbook one), take time to read every single card and practice in solo. The more you play it the more you’ll get the feel of it. I promise you it’s worth 💯💪
That’s awesome! That’s great to here. Yeah this deck just seems to stay just as strong no matter how many season pass. Thanks for letting us know it’s awesome that these videos are helping out!
@@thefinalanomaly I’ve only discovered your channel today tbh. I came to him via discord dms a few weeks ago. His performances are truly one of a kind. I’ll get to Master 1 eventually. I just got to get to Diamond again though. It’s been up and down but that’s how it usually goes 😅
@@keiantewilliams oh awesome well welcome! I appreciate the support. Yeah shadow is definitely a really good player
@@thefinalanomaly man I didn’t know you hosted tournaments too?? I’m definitely staying as a spectator 💪
@@keiantewilliams thank you! Appreciate it
Lessgo, very nice, thank you guys, still love Endymion, been trying to mix him with sky strikers or even Kash, but pure Endymion won't let me down
Hahaha nice yeah the basic still seems to be the strongest. Appreciate it!
Endymions has proven me to be very reliable. I had a friend who tried to use pen mages mixed with Endymions and he discovered that it wasn’t as consistent. Another friend had me comment on his sky striker Endymion duels and the two decks looked like they were competing for dominance in the game since he had to hold back on one archetype just to activate the cards in the other one. And Kash Endymions sounds good in context until you realize you might not open up with Kash cards and then draw into them at the worst possible time. At the end of the list, pure spellcounters just seems to be the most reliable of the variants.
I'm building a Endymion deck right now and I can't wait to play it!! I'm curious why you didn't put an Astrograph Sorcerer into your deck :D
Awesome! I’ll have shadow answer this one. We will actually be live tomorrow going over the deck. Hope you can swing by!
Hi, Davy! I actually answer this question in the QnA that Anomaly and I did. It should be posted very soon.
@@shadowspector3611 Thank you so much shadow!! I'm looking forward to learn more about Endymion!!
Actually I have been making research and practicing Endymion these past few days🤣, I also wanted to ask your opinion about hand traps in this deck. I have learned a lot after watching your Endymion replays and keep up the good work!!
@@xephosff: I wouldn’t recommend handtraps because this deck usually needs every card in the hand in order to combo off with each other. Having a dead card in the hand usually is the difference between 2 negates and 6 negates. Only cards with a huge impact should be considered (so no Ghost ogre, Ghost Belle, Effect Veiler, etc.). Ash Blossom can theoretically be used since the algorithm might put it in your hand while Maxx C is in your opponent’s hand, but that’s why we have Called By the Grave. Blow-out handtraps are the only thing I can really consider for this deck. So theoretically, Maxx C can work but you’d have to go second (but that’s a big if). Droll and Lock Bird could work but you’d also have to go second. D Shifter could work too going first or second, but you’d have to interact with the extra deck as much as possible without using any spells. It’s risky but it could theoretically work.
For me, I don’t want to put any cards in the deck that have a chance of not being usable (Called By the Grave is the exception). And if you’re going down the route of staples, don’t put any cards in the deck that are useless if you draw them for turn (so no Nibiru but Book of Eclipse can work).
I hope this helped!
@@shadowspector3611 Thank you so much again!!😁😁 Your explanation definitely helped me getting a deeper understanding how i can and should play Endymion.This is why i love this deck,🤣🤣 it makes impossible possible.
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How endymion can play under maxc
Usually the opponents will only get like 3 draws for about 6+ negates. And the follow up is really good so usually it works out
Always take the Maxx c challenge. For every draw your opponent gets, you’re putting a negate on field to remove that draw. Then your followup happens since every monster benefits your field when destroyed. Your primary focus is surviving the turn with your field intact and if you just lose your front row, you almost always win on the next turn.
This archetype has been creepin my interest for a while now because I have wanted to play a pendulum deck and was going to do Vaylantz because I've gotten so much of it through packs..but now I think I'm sold...but my skill with pendulum is non existent 😅. Would love to see something more on the deck because I think I'm going for it!
There is several videos on the channel for the deck. We are doing a Q&A and tutorial for the deck this Saturday live here on RUclips and twitch. If you can’t make it I will also be making a video on it. So glad your looking into the deck
@@thefinalanomaly nice I just found you all via a post on MDM so will find you on twitch and check you all out for sure! Appreciate the response.
@@TigerUchiha: Hey, Tiger! I remember you from the dual stream but I didn’t see that you posted a comment here. If you’re looking for more Endymion content, I stream the deck to M1 on the weekends. 6 PM EST.
i dunno if i can play 27 called by
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It’s important to play that many for all the handtraps Tenpai has.
Is there a reason you choose not to run odd-eyes absolute dragon and odd-eyes vortex dragon in the extra deck? Seems like there should be plenty of room, or does it just not perform well in the current format?
Let me have shadow answer that one
The Odd-Eyes package is more usable in a deck that uses Astrograph, since he’s a level 7. Since I don’t use him, the two level 7’s I’d have to use are two Endymions (since it’s rare to summon Reflection turn 1). In order to summon Odd Eyes, I’d have to give up two Endymions, so it would be me removing 2 negates from the field to summon one negate, which isn’t a good trade in my opinion. People normally use Selene to revive back one Endymion during their turn and the other during the opponent’s turn, but if that happens, you’re using up Selene’s “negate” in order to get a monster back from the graveyard. What I do is I max out my monster zones before ending my turn so that I can bounce back a negate to my hand and summon it back with Selene so I can have 6 negates regularly. So the Odd Eyes package would be resulting in me missing out on one negate for the turn. I get out just as many negates without the odd eyes package anyway so I don’t feel I’m missing anything.
@@shadowspector3611 one thing a lot of people miss on is that Vortex was more important in the TCG where playing Souls to fuel the gy is much more relevant. Since Master Duel has a banlist that lets you play Endy at full gas it's not worth going for those super extended plays except as a desperate measure. All in all I too prefer to use Selene to combo with the Endymions for the extra disruption.
I do not undestand why is "Artemis, the Magistus Moon Maiden" in extra deck, I do not get how to use it, which situation or combo, can you share any idea?
I’ll have shadow answer this one I’ll let him know to reply
@@thefinalanomaly ok, I´ll be waiting for it :D
@@theslaos4892: Hey, Slaos! So Konami loves to put Spellbook of Knowledge in my opening hands quite often. Knowledge cannot be used on a pendulum as it needs to send the monster to the graveyard to draw 2, and pendulums always go to the extra deck. So if you have Knowledge in your hand, rather than it being a brick, you can use any level 4 or lower spellcaster to make Artemis and then Knowledge can send her to draw 2. She can also be useful for going into Avramax easier if you need an additional E Deck monster. Hope this helps!
@@shadowspector3611 okis, thanks guys! :D
@final anomaly on the previous video about 4mins in be careful the sound is a bit loud ive had to resort to you tube studio for editing because share factory doesn't work properly anymore. LET ME KNOW IF YOU ENJOYED IT
Thanks for the info I’ll have to take a look have to be more carful next time. Thanks for noticing and letting me know
@@thefinalanomaly not a problem ill always watch your videos let me know what u think the gameplays of me whooping em.
you're pro bro...anyway about the extra deck any suggestion can i change anima & kuriboh (don't have both) ??
I’m sure you can. I know shadow has his reasons for choosing them let me have him answer this one
Linkuriboh is there because you want to have a way to remove Jackal from the field in case he gets Imperm’ed. There are multiple cards that can recur Jackal after you’ve used him, and in case you’re unable to use him, you have a way to continue your moves. But this is just in case the situation arises. Anima is there for the same reason except if your opponent summons in zones 2 or 4 and the extra monster zone below them is vacant, you can a free steal out of it (but it blocks off your extra monster zone until you can link with it or use Knowledge on it). These two cards are situational though and can be done without.
@final anomaly and shadow spector great video Endymions is a really strong deck ive used it a lot well u know, the plays were disgusting wiping out purrely and kashtira nice looking forward to more, also @final anomaly looking forward to more abc disgusting wins from u soon epic gg.
Hahahaha Appreciate it! Thanks.
Hey, Lewis! Awesome to see you back here. How’s the view from Silver rank? Ha! But for real, happy you enjoyed the video ^_^
@@shadowspector3611 hahaha feels good u know i suck at yu gi oh yes i enjoyed the video whooping them well have to share play each other on ps4/5 for a ranked grind soon
Endymion most poweful weapon is that Yugioh players never read so they *never ever* negate Endymion's pendulum effect on time.
Is that God Eater ost?
All yugioh songs for this one. Yes I even skip over some pend cards because its to much to read lol
When I first took this deck to my competitive locals, I went against Skystrikers. I used Endymion’s effect and read it off to my opponent. They were like “okay, that’s fine.” So I summoned him and pointed at the cards that I wanted to pop and he went “chain Widow Anchor.” I could only say “uh, you’re kind of too late for that.” Had to explain that it was all one effect and you can’t do anything against him as a monster since he’s a spell effect.
Then against the same person, I summoned two Endymions with a counter. The Skystriker player summoned Accesscode Talker and then tried to pop Endymion. I let him know that he couldn’t be destroyed. So he tried to use Widow Anchor on him and I let him know that he couldn’t be targeted. So he targeted his own Accesscode Talker (this was before I found out that you weren’t forced to target something else if the initial target was illegal).
All around, it was hilarious to see the confusion of everyone having to face the longest card text.
Bro i love endymion i wish this deck get some support in the future
Yeah it would be awesome if they did
So hear me out: I’m somewhat fine with this deck not getting any support for three reasons.
1. The last good support was Selene. Then they made Rogue of Endymion which just sucks beyond belief. I made the joke that’s he’s “Rogue” because he has no place in the deck. I wouldn’t trust Konami to know how to make support to an already well-designed deck.
2. Servant of Endymion was the only card that ever got on the radar of the banlist (besides Electrumite obviously) and when she got unbanned, people were saying “it’s funny how this card was banned for so long.” People clearly don’t expect much from Endymions and if they got a lot of crazy support, it would definitely get on the radar and be at risk for having important cards hit again. Whenever I advertise the deck, I always mention that this deck has evaded the banlist for every single season of this game’s run time (a full 23 seasons so far!). I wouldn’t want to stop saying that this deck never gets hit if it becomes likely that it may.
3. Konami has since stopped releasing well-designed cards a while ago. Now everything is a one-card combo deck (Kashtira, Mathmech, Vanquish-Soul etc.) or everything is just poor design like Purrley (no once per turns on anything and then recycle everything if the opponent even attempts to try to win) or Floowandereeze (just normal summon, add, normal summon, add, repeat).
DDD’s used to be a deck that was legit hard to play but it could make some really good boards (I have a friend who is the same with that deck as I am with Endymions). DDD’s used to require skill to use properly but then they got the new support of D/D Gryphon and Gilgamesh as well. Then everything legit turned into “just make Gilgamesh and you have the same combo.” And it even was a 1-card combo deck as well since you summon Kepler, add Contract, search Gryhphon, summon Gryphon, and then make Gilgamesh.
If modern Konami made support for Endymions, they’d have no idea what to do with the deck. I still hold true to my statement that Endymions is one of the best designed decks I’ve ever seen. (Not that it’s the strongest deck I’ve ever seen; just very very solid design of how every card interacts). Modern support would either be terrible like how DM’s support is, gunking up the Endymion card pool and making people mock the support to continue calling the deck bad. Or modern support would just make the deck a 1-card combo deck, resulting in no more skill being needed to utilize it. And then it becomes the Astrograph-issue all over again, and THEN Servant gets hit to 1 again (or worse).
Now if Konami were to make actual good designs of cards again that didn’t just do everything for you (like how Circular does everything for you and you just need to worry about searching him), I would love a skillful support card. Not even Electrumite does everything for you even though she helps out a ton since you need to figure out what pendulum would best help you when you summon her and which scale is most beneficial to pop (and most times, you need to figure out how to get two scales again). I’ve said that it would be cool to get tuner-spellcounter cards for Endymions to be able to summon Arcanite Magician finally (since we have spell counter synchros we can’t even summon) and maybe even a legit Arcanite archetype like we’ve got with Mythical Beasts. But if the support is going to be like Rogue of Endymion or as brainless as Mathmech Circular, then I’m perfectly content with the same list I’ve been using since 2019.
Holy shit dude
Hahahah thank you.. I think lol I’m assuming that’s a good thing lol.
@@thefinalanomaly yes! This deck slaps. I use Endymions as well lol
@@RomaXShinobi awesome. Yeah they are really good
Can you share YGOPRO / masterduelmeta decklist so it'll be easier to incorporate it into the system?
thank you in advance
Yeah I’ll try and add the info on Saturday. Just got to get with shadow. Thanks for the support!
The deck list numbers are confusing, there is a 27 next to called by the grave. Then some dont have numbers. And then it list the structure deck. Can you help me out
Sorry about that. I just fixed it. If they don’t have a number they are at 1 and the 27 is an on going home on the channel. It’s 2 called by the grave
Is this a 60 card deck or 40? Also thanks
@@modz8529 it’s a 40 card deck
@@thefinalanomaly okay, sorry to be annoying . There is only 39 , what would be the 40th?
@@modz8529 let me take a look and see what’s missing
Thank you for this lol I really appreciate these Endymion videos I’m currently learning to shit on my opponents
Hahah thanks for your support! Cook them!
Negate their fun (and their internet connection).
@@shadowspector3611😂🔥
I would love a video going over the deck an good 1-2 card combos
Will be doing a live stream Q&A on Dec 16 and will be making a video on it. So will definitely have one out
I could go through potential interactions between 1-2 cards, but if you want to make that comment again on the livestream, we’d definitely go over that if you want to stop by.
I think pendulum might be the way it’s like they’re rogue decks but nobody knows how to counter.
Oh yeah for sure hahahah. Sometimes someone will play a pendulum card and I think really hard about reading it lol
@@thefinalanomaly took me a minute I made this deck and solfachord because I like to be different but I have a hard time with umi im platinum I can’t make it to diamond anymore snake eyes and kash are too consistent
@@NerdyTheGrump solfachord nice! Yeah snake eyes and kash can be pretty consistent though snake eyes is not as bad in my opinion.
Endymion's are one of my favorite pendulum monsters because damn they so powerful and fun to use........For me with Endymion's I don't go pure because I like variety
Yeah that’s fair. Definitely always fun to change things up for sure. They are super powerful
Endymion’s card text is the mightiest part about him.
@@shadowspector3611 hahahahah
@@shadowspector3611 Facts......so powerful and people be Skipping those powerful scriptures leading to their doom
@@shadowspector3611SHADOW!!!!
Good deck for sure while I can’t play it perfectly it runs me up to platinum 1 fairly easy and it’s enjoyable to play along with not being mirror matched at all you actually feel kinda unique playing it
Yeah the deck definitely a change from the usual stuff. The deck is super strong.
That’s exactly right! Sometimes it feels like I’m the only one on master duel playing it because I never run into another Endymion deck. I think out of all 23 seasons I’ve played, I’ve only seen another Endymion deck at most 3 or 4 times. I saw Servant of Endymion used last season but it was just a pendulum pile deck only using servant and Endymion in the deck. Last time seeing the deck in ranked was probably a year ago when Branded got their support. And even in real life, someone at my locals told me I was the only person in 2023 playing Endymion. I know I’m not but I’ve also never once met another TCG Endymion player aside from a kid playing it in 2019 and another dude who showed me an online decklist half a year ago.
The bottom line is that with not many people playing the deck, you legit feel one of a kind with it and it can be a deck that reflects you rather than you just choosing what everyone else is. Even more of a reason to pick it up.
With only Called By as a counter to Maxx C, what should you do when your opponent resolves Maxx C on your first turn, since it is inevitably more likely? Is it viable to choose going second and try to OTK through Maxx C instead?
Yeah with endy would get out as many negates as possible. Usually pend summon so that they only get one draw. But let me have shadow answer that
So yes, prior to last season, the logical answer to Maxx C resolving would’ve been to prioritize searching all your negates and then pendulum summoning out 4-5 negates while your opponent only draws one card. But last season, I saw what I exactly do and it’s usually to play through Maxx C.
If you look at Mathmech, they need to do 3 special summons on a good hand (Circular-Sigma-Alembertian) just to get to their searchers. Other decks need to do several summons just for their combos, which is usually why they have to pass turn. Not even Swordsoul can get out a negate without giving the opponent two draws. With Endymion though, just resolving Jackal gets you a negate with one summon, and resolving Servant gets you a negate with another summon. More often than not though, I end up actually resolving servant (one draw), then linking into Electrumite (two draws), and then I do the massive pendulum summon and developed 3-4 negates with just three draws. Sometimes I even go into Selene for 6 negates but give the opponent 5 draws.
Some people would say “what’s the point of summoning negates if every negate you summon will just be used on the card your opponent draws?” But i mentioned earlier in the video that every time one of my monsters is destroyed, I get follow up. The normal strategy for when you have a turn one board is to not only survive the opponent’s turn but to stop any card that would make a comeback impossible (most common cards for that are Evenly Matched and Zeus). Raigeki and harpies don’t hurt as bad as my backrow cards for comeback victories are Citadel and institution (who protect themselves) and Endymion can’t be popped while he’s got a counter so my opponent has to give up the battle phase to attack over him (which also nullifies cards like Evenly and Zeus). Then even if my opponent makes a big board in main phase 2, as long as they don’t out my field (and your negating should’ve done a good job at preventing that as well), with the amount of follow up you search, you can destroy everything next turn since you’ve already gotten most of your searches out of the deck and can prioritize aggression rather than setup. I actually do find myself winning most of the games in which I’ve been Maxx C’ed in and my opponent usually has 10 cards in their hand when turn 2 starts, but I’ve done my full combo and can still negate the crucial cards.
I do not recommend passing your turn to Maxx C. Unless you have a vastly bricky hand that would need to do 6 summons just to get out 2 negates. Another instance would be if your opponent discards D Shifter and then chains Maxx C, I’d pass the turn. Not because you can’t play but because you’d be giving up all your follow up (cuz they’re all banished) and your opponent would just replenish their hand for free. The only other time would be if your opponent has used several hand traps after discarding Maxx c and only has 2 cards in their hand. Then, I’d probably say to pass turn because it becomes unlikely that they’ll OTK you. Other than that, just play through Maxx C and prioritize negating the board breakers.
@@shadowspector3611 Thanks for the in-depth response. Another question: On Master Duel Meta, your deck list uses Chaos Angel. Does that come up often enough to warrant crafting it? Also, the list has one Selene. Is it a good idea to play two copies of Selene in case your opponent banishes your only copy with Kashtira Unicorn? What is the most important card in the extra deck for Unicorn to banish?
I know this isn’t my place, but don’t over commit. Especially when it comes down to Maxx C. I had 3 Endymions and 2 Jackal Kings all on the same turn, just to get Super Poly’d, Lava Golem’d, Kaiju’d, and got punished heavily immediately.
Basically you’d want to try to get your scales right, preferably 2-8, 3-8 is fine but you won’t be able to pendulum summon Servent or Magister and use them to make Electrumite or Selene. 4-8 if you don’t have anything else but can only pendulum summon Jackal King, Reflection, and Endymion.
If playing under Maxx C, I try my best to get out 2 negates. You might not be able to do so every time but always try to balance out at least 1 Jackal King and 1 Endymion. Sometimes I have that and 1 extra Jackal King/Endymion.
Tbh with you it seems that having 2 Endymion’s and 1 Jackal King works out better… well for me at least. Then again still on the same subject, sometimes it’s actually best to let it go through. I had some duels where I accepted the Maxx C challenge (I didn’t Call by the Grave straight away), and he tried to Ash, and then Called by the Grave came in handy. Not only that but gained extra counters too. If you know what you are doing, then they will only draw like 2-4 cards. Which isn’t really bad compared to other decks that accepted the challenge. 1 card if you only decided to pendulum summon and end turn.
Also it depends on what deck your going up against. Always. Every time. Well I wish you the best of luck if you are trying this out. It takes time to learn the basics, and get used to every single card and what it does, so don’t get frustrated if you mess up.
@@andyz0507 : So Chaos Angel does not come up nearly enough to warrant crafting. She’s not crucial at all in the deck. If you have one of her, feel free to put her in because she can help out, but I rarely summon her. She can be consistently summoned with Bashilisk because Bashilisk returns jackal king to the hand and Selene summons him. It’s the same way with Beyond the Pendulum how she’s only good in very specific circumstances, but since I don’t own one, she isn’t worth the material.
Selene at one is perfectly fine. There are multiple games where I don’t even summon one copy of her. If she’s banished, 99% of the time, you can continue playing as if nothing happened. She’s just very good for fueling your board with counters or summoning Accesscode easily (this is when you’re going second). The reason why other decklists play two of her is because they’re using the Astrograph combo in which you summon her and then link her away into another copy of her, but this deck improvises everything and doesn’t use all the expensive extra deck materials.
The most important card in the extra deck is Electrumite since she gives you access to any pendulum you may need for the current situation you’re in. But you’re still alright if Kash banishes her. With Diablosis now banned, you can control when your opponent will have access to your extra deck for a banish, so if you have a hand that needs Electrumite, you can play your hand without using monster effects until then. There is a replay on this channel against Swordsoul Kash where I needed the draw off Electrumite while going against Fenrir, so I summoned her but didn’t put anything in the deck. Then I popped a scale to add back another and I got the draw effect before Fenrir could banish her. So she can be utilized that way, but you’re still okay if she gets banished from the extra deck.
Hope this all helps!
Aaahhh damn… i was try to build endymion 1 years ago, im just returned 1 month ago and just realize need a few more cards and the deck is done… but i dismantle it to build scarecrow😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢. I thought enymion losing againts current meta now, if only i watch this video faster 😢
Darn. Well it’s never to late to build it slowly. Every season this deck just continues to keep up. Definitely a great and fun investment
@@thefinalanomaly yes it make sense.. because every season they ban / semi ban other deck but never on Endymion
@@kkma14045: Exactly! Endymions have evaded the banlist every single season. People just don’t expect much from it. The only card on the radar is Electrumite but let’s hope nothing happens with her. Also the new season was very difficult, but from M3 to M1, I had great matches. Also this deck demolishes Vanquish Soul so if that deck picks up, Endymions will have a much easier time.
@@shadowspector3611 it depend on experience… in your case, you’re the experienced one. But me? Ajahahaha still dont know how to play it
@@shadowspector3611 aighh i got enough resources for endymion
No 3 maxx c, 3 urara?
No need. HahHh the goal is going first and if going second it all gas.
@@thefinalanomaly okay sir, thanks for the recomendation list
@@gkpw_13 thank you for watching!
@@thefinalanomaly yes sir, ✨✨
What’s the deck list
I typed it up in the description
podrian dejar un deck list por favor? vi una q otra carta que no tengo de la vez del video anterior
Si. Lo ago update en in raro
you endymion decklist bro?
It’s typed up in the description. Hope this helps
Please i need a guide how to play this deck properly…
Im feels this deck is bricking a lot or im just a stupid person? 😢😢
Will be doing a live stream next sauturday for a tutorial but will make a video out of it as well
@@thefinalanomaly thank you… i’ve been stuck for 2 days and my brain is overheating
@@kkma14045 hahaha have you seen the short about pend cards I did lol .
@@thefinalanomaly where??
@@kkma14045 ruclips.net/user/shortsn1okdZOeie0?si=HhZ0CcOvzukgPdWa
This endymion player was GOD OF ENDYMION ! 😭😭🥹🥹🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥I’m not going to lie shadow definitely is at the top of my list for Endymion player
Just a dude who loves spellcounters.
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The deck isn’t unstoppable; I’ve seen some replies, and it seems you’re making it seem as if the deck is this hidden boss-level threat; it’s not. Throughout the video, I noticed that a lot of the reason the deck's presence seemed unstoppable was not due to the sheer power of the deck but because the enemy players weren’t aware of how the deck worked. which then again serves as a great benefit to us Endymion players. I honestly love the archetype/deck; I have been playing it since its debut IRL. I've played many variants (miss the guard dragon combos), but with the new Endymion, I go with a heavy draw variant of the deck, and the recovery on it is immaculate. I don't recommend playing the deck if you want to only "try it out." In master duel, the cheapest I could get the deck was 6-630-700 UR (without ruining the competitive aspects of the deck), which is a heavy investment for a "try it out" deck. With that being said, I liked the video. I love seeing the Endymion community grow.
I get where your getting at but I guess the tons of duels through the season and no one happens to know how endymions work I guess I mean M1 6 seasons in a row how many duels would that be? With that being said yeah knowing all the choke points are the way out to playing against any deck. The deck is definitely not unstoppable. No deck is lol so yeah a little click bait on the title on my end. But this deck has surprised a ton of the people on the community. I’ve taken my hand full of losses to this deck and I understand it to some capacity. It’s ez looking out when you can see what’s in the hand. But the opponent Dosent know what’s coming or what someone maybe playing in the deck. Which is the beauty of the duels. Shadow plays this deck in the tcg as well. Wins many locals. But yeah I get your point. There are many of these videos on this channel ft endy. All slightly a little different variant. Would be cool to see some of your ideas for the deck or the type of variant you have. Always awesome to see others ideas for a deck. Anything to make it stronger. Appreciate the support!
I haz royal mighty master, servant, selene, & astrograph but my brain's too small to play the deck.
@@whenthemaskfalls8591 hahahahaha nice. But nah just need to get used to it lt
Calling Endymions unstoppable is just an exaggeration. Any deck can be stopped with the right hand traps and the correct timing. With Endymions though, if you really wanted to play around a certain disruption, you can summon a negate ahead of time before you trigger that disruption and play through it (unless it’s D barrier which can just skip your turn).
Also along the idea of this deck’s price, I always hold true that you can play this deck with 8 UR’s (240 CP) and still get away with success. Just 3 Jackal Kings and 3 Endymion, 1 Electrumite (for consistency) and 1 Avramax (to hit over unaffected Towers). You could even play the Spellbook engine without using any CP by buying the Spellbook structure deck. It would just become SR heavy.
But I would agree that if someone doesn’t want to commit to this deck, they shouldn’t build it to merely “try it out.” But I’d highly recommend people still give this deck a chance because everybody whom I’ve gotten to use this deck has all loved it.
@@shadowspector3611 I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Also the deck price estimations and assumptions are based on experience and prolonged exposure running the deck. 3 Endymion, 2 jackal kings, and 2-3 Cerberus (consistency in getting jackal kings out of your deck, Electrumite fodder, and beatstick + removal; also counter holder). Electrumite for consistency (as you said). which is 240 UR; the rest is up to the user.
**The following is a list of options, not mandatory installments.**
More consistency? Add: Selene, beyond the pendulum, magicians souls, chicken game, one day of peace, upstart goblin..etc.
OTKs? Add: avramax, borrelsword, goddess of the underworld, accesscode..etc.
You want to play Endymion in Master Duel? Add: called by the grave, forbidden droplet, dark ruler no more.. etc. (Insert a niche negate card.)
*Secret village of the spellcasters*
My point is that the deck can be cheap; like many others, what you described is nothing but the first steps; that is just the spine of the deck; you still need all limbs. Which is how I ended up at 600+ UR.
All 6 infinity stones
Hahahaha
Endymions about to make their comeback: “You should’ve gone for the scales.”
Where’s the decklist??
Just typed it up in the description. Thanks for your patience
Oh I didn{t realized it, Thank you so much!!@@thefinalanomaly
@@nooberplaysyt your welcome
Endy can brick hard unfortunately
It’s funny you say this. I actually faced an endy deck in rank yesterday. They bricked real hard: I think it’s got alot to do with what you play in the deck. I’ve faced off against shadow so many times and seen him in up to 10 tournaments I’ve hosted. I can count the amount of times he has bricked maybe on a single hand. But he also has incredible luck. Lol
@thefinalanomaly agreed, I've been playing endy since release. Those of us that have figured out how to get around the easy bricking. Learn that it will beat everything
@@fatmanmillionaire3318: It’s strange you say that cuz I almost never brick with Endymion. I see it as a very consistent deck. But it could also be the fact that even with a sub-optimal hand, you can fix your own “brick” and still get 5-6 negates. It’s very very rare to get dead hands that just can set one and pass. More common to get fragile hands that may not be able to play through certain hand traps. But one thing is for sure is that this deck doesn’t lose to itself.
It’s ok.
It OTK? Hahahah jk. It’s a fun strong deck for sure
@@thefinalanomaly I play the deck. I know its ups and downs.
@@Rilo888 I see. Idk I’ve only seen great success with it. I’ve seen multiple variants as well. Could it possibly be the variant you used that makes you feel this way? The player behind the cards is also huge. But again the passion behind the cards is also a major factor on how one would feel about the deck
@@thefinalanomaly it could be my variant. Overall I do know the deck is good don’t get me wrong. But I mainly feel this way do to most players not knowing how to stop it which gives it a unforeseen strength making them vulnerable to some of the plays. A player who knows about how to face Endymion pendulum will most likely stops the major plays. That can be said with any deck of course but with most people playing the current top decks their focus revolves around countering them. Every now and then you may come across a player who will shut you down since they know the deck. Like some of the duels those players could of if they were simply more aware.
@@Rilo888 oh yeah for sure. I do so much better against Endymions now because I know the deck so much better then before. It’s kind of like my abc deck. I love it because a lot of players still don’t know what my goal is hahaha. Yeah that’s definitely true
Where is the deck bro
Just typed it up in the description. Hope that helps
me encanta este deck, yo lo tengo gracias a estos videos
Gracias! Es un deck muy bueno!
I’m very glad! I hope you continue to use the deck because it is indeed timeless.
Funny how the clickbait title is not even clickbait since shadow was the only one to hit M1 with Endymion this season for MDM which is hilarious
Well Atleast reported by master duel meta lol. I’m pretty sure others hit M1
@@thefinalanomaly possibly but you never know Endymion isn’t in the greatest spot this format based on what I’ve heard from shadow
@@go2it566 yeah I guess it would depend on how many people are actually playing endy right now
@@go2it566: I checked again yesterday and apparently one other person hit M1 right on the last day (11/30/23) so I was basically just a few hours away from being the only Endymion duelist to post to MDM.
P.U.N.K Deck??
Sorry confused? This is endymions.