*I’ve been playing Digimon for the past year mainly due to childhood nostalgia. It’s a super fun game and very cheap as well. Won a store championship last month and now I’m registered for nationals.* :)
Really enjoy this game. Prices were dumb last year and just hard to find locally. But that seems to have mellowed a bit. Hoping this game continues going and more and more people get into it, its fun.
Prices for the game are gonna always be high because of how they do their rarity system and promos. Typically a set has one great secret rare and one meh secret rare. A box MSRP is $90 and you get either one secret rare and one alternate art in a box or you get two alternate art cards. You usually need 4 of the good secret rares and since you aren't even guaranteed a secret rare in a box and the other one in the set is typically meh compared to the good one, the price of that card if often expensive. Especially in the case of something like Omnimon Zwart: Defeat. It's a secret rare and used in a lot of the top decks so it's $60ish and you need 4. That's already $240 starting if you wanna build one of those decks. Also they love to print strong, exclusive promos that you can only get from that promo and they don't reprint them outside of other promo events (they haven't had a reprint set or anything like that yet.) For example if you want to play diaboromon you will need to get at least two of the tournament exclusive promo cards that are going for around $70 right now and it's only a T2 deck. Pulsemon for a long time was $35 to upwards of $55 each because it was exclusive to a promo pack that was given out randomly to stores to go with set 3 and stores weren't give very many. They also never got more in stock. Was a staple in yellow and you needed 3. Another massive issues I had with the game was the fact that every set that came out introduced a new best deck in the game and was winning most of the tournaments they entered. The first time that's not the case is for the next set releasing and I'm not sure about the set after that because I stopped playing before I read all the info about set 7. The game itself is enjoyable but the way it's way too expensive for a new TCG for me to want to stay invested in it. I'd just play magic or pokemon for the price it was costing me to play DIgimon. I swapped to cardfight vanguard instead
I do hope they alter the way they do rarity and promos in the future. If so I would love to get back into the game. Until then it's really hard for me to recommend to anyone.
@@MaPleWoRlDOrder my point about price was to do with early last year, box prices were astronomical, not even local stores were doing the $90-110 a booster box should have been... Everywhere was close to $200 around here, sometimes you would find boxes for $150ish online. Starter decks couldnt be had for the $12 or so they should be.. even locals $25.. it was dumb. Sealed prices have gone back to normal for the most part, sub $80 on most boosters now online back to $90ish instores.
the first 2 or 3 sets were major short printed and scalped i wasn't able to get in until recently because of it. Sadly we are still seeing a lot of delays in the US but god its a great game and future sets really are looking good.
Thank you so much for highlighting this game! New England area of USA has a big in-person competitive community for this & we all critically analyze it consistently. So excited to see it’s getting more recognition! Especially with National Finals coming up rapidly. Extremely new player friendly & far from Pay to Win.
I initially just wanted to collect last year, but this game has been insanely fun and I'm now more interested in playing than collecting. Give it a try, if you can!
Yaay! I’ve recently gotten quite a few friends into this game, It’s such a fresh breath of air and you do a really good job showing the basic rules. The game has a lot of depth and variety to it that is hiding underneath the surface of it’s simplicity. Thank you for the great video!
its finally here! memory is one of the most interesting resources in card games and its cool to see a freeform turn structure Its also nice to know evolutions wont be stranded in your hand when you can just play them directly
The resource system makes me wanna try this game on it's own. It's super cool. You can't get "mana screwed," and the more powerful cards you play the more resources you potentially give your opponent to deploy their responses. I've been brewing a homebrew card game and I might revamp the whole thing and steal the Memory system.
Y’all, please share this with folks who’ve been on the fence or who’ve seemed even remotely interested in the game! This video will help grow the community even more, and there’s lots of good resources out there/people who love helping out new players to answer their questions after they watch. Video is clear and concise, and I’m so happy it’s here! Thank you, Professor! You’re the best! ❤️
Just a minor correction at 4:05 In newer sets, there are now Option cards that can remain on the field. It is worth clarifying that you need a Digimon, or Tamer specifically on the field to activate Option cards from your hand, not just any card.
Another add-on. Multicolor cards are now a thing, and to play a multicolor option card (Such as Dark Gaia Force, which is Red/Black) You need either both a red and black card in play, or a multicolor card that is both red and black.
I am not sure if this was a change or a mistake in the original video, as I have only just started to explore the game, but there is/is now a Mulligan system, whereby the player going first you can redraw if desired, then the player going second may redraw if desired after the first player has chosen to/chosen not to. As an aside I found funny, the official rules are also oddly specific that the winner of Rock Paper Scissors goes first rather than getting to choose.
I'm so happy to see you covering this! It's such a good game and knowing more people might get to enjoy it now cause of your efforts is great! Please keep making these awesome videos!
Digimon is a great game and definitely needs more positive exposure, so thank you so much Professor! If you plan to do more Digica videos and want to bring on more knowledgeable people to help, I highly suggest Hoang Zero. He's highly knowledgeable and skilled at the game and has pretty great energy. Would love to see a Final Fantasy TCG video as well! Much love.
My wife got me some starter decks for Christmas this year after hearing me moan about how hard it was to get into the game due to scalpers all last year. Our LGS finally got some stock! This is the perfect reminder to try it out this weekend!
glad to see you covering Digimon! The memory gauge was the biggest selling point for me. I've absolutely loved the deck building in the game and hope the community continues to grow! Awesome video!
Yeah the memory gauge mechanic is fascinating. Like a tug of war. Do you want to be greedy and play a huge Digimon? Then your opponent gets more memory. I absolutely love this concept. This has me very interested in giving this a go.
@@dorsalfin22 tug of war is a great way to describe it! and yeah give it a shot! if there's not a digimon scene at your locals, I know the digimon discord and a couple of other content creator discords do a lot of webcam games!
So one ruling about Option cards that was half right: A card of the same color has to be in play. This includes the Raising Area. So if you had a red Digi-Egg in Raising, you can activate a red Option card. Additionally, if the Option card is in Security and the Security effect says "Activate this card's Main effect", a card of the same color does not need to be in play since you aren't playing the card from your hand
Honestly kinda feels like the tabletop TCG genre kinda needs both Digimon and Flesh & Blood to stay this hot. They're both honestly kinda easy gateways to the broader genre, as opposed to the closed system of the big three.
it is cool to see larger YT channels covering the game. As a smaller channel myself we can only do so much and this was a well put together video as always. I watched a lot of your MTG content but i have fallen out of MTG in the past few years due to everything wizards has done and digimon became my main TCG ever sense it came out. The game has shown continuous growth with actual competitive play and a lot of love put into the cards not only in the art but fitting in references to the various media it is based on. I hope you can try to fit in a few more digimon videos giving your thoughts and opinions on the game and various other things you think you want to do. Thanks again and have a great day.
So glad this is finally being covered I've played the 3 major games of pokemon yugioh and magic and I gotta say digimon is hands down my favorite of the bunch! Thanks for the video proff!
@@letsgodigiv5615 Yeah ive been playing magic for years and the game is good but oh boy do some people get really worked up over it. There are also a ton of abilities and newer cards usually dont have descriptions of the abilities printed on them. I like that so far all digimon abilities say what they do on the card in parenthesis. I'm loving the digimon card game so far but I only have one deck atm. Planning on getting the Mastemon deck when it comes out next month.
There's a mistake when describing the When Digivolving in the breeding area section. It is referring to when YOUR Digimon digivolves in the breeding area. It's When Digivolving effects do not activate. Beelzemon can still use it's effect if your opponent has another Digimon in play. Gabumon simply cannot be targetted by any effects regardless (unless it specifies the breeding area) because it's in the breeding area. They also cannot move a Digitama/Digi-Egg card, it must at least be Lv.3 or Higher. A much simpler way to describe it is "Digimon in the breeding area cannot be targetted by card effects, or activate their own effects unless that effect specifies the breeding area" because the Beelzemon description isn't completely wrong, but also wrong at the same time.
It's great to see someone as big as yourself shine some light on this really neat cardgame. Also want to add some stuff that was omitted in the video or not clear: >Your turn end when your memory goes below 0 AND once every effect finished resolving. For example if you attack for 2 securities and the first one is Hammer spark, even if you go below 0 you'll still keep going until the attack is finished. Another example from the green starter deck, you're at 1, you use "Needle Spray" (2 memory: suspend one of your opponent's digimon), BUT you have a Izzy in play which reads "[Your Turn] When one of your opponent's Digimon becomes suspended, you may suspend this Tamer to gain 1 memory." you can suspend it to go back to 0 and stay in your turn. >Also you can attack your opponent's security OR their suspended Digimons when attacking Still a great video to start playing, easy to understand and top quality like all of your content, and I hope you and everyone else looking at this video will have fun playing
There is one other thing that wasn't stated and that is you can't deck yourself till the start of your turn draw. You can't lose from deck out from digivolving.
Holy Cow! Glad to see some of the larger card channel recognize this game :) game is not perfect, but its definitely a more accessible than most magic formats.
I have been EAGERLY awaiting this video from Prof! Digimon is my favorite TCG to play and collect right now and hopefully this video can show people who were curious about it what the game is all about.
I don't know if I'll get into this myself but as much as I like Magic, Pokémon, and Yugioh it's always nice to see new games get traction. That compitition is good for everyone
Gameplay feels very similar to duelmasters, very interesting. I can see why "rookie rush" type strategies would seem popular for this game. Overall, I really like the art of the cards and it seems to me that the card quality (i.e materials, coloring, foiling process and general sturdiness of each piece of cardboard) is really high. Great vid prof, got a good glance into how to play the game.
Amusingly its actually a spiritual successor to a spiritual successor to Duel Masters. Chrono-Clash (designed by Duel Masters own Ryna Miller) was a very interesting experiment which was intended as a kind of crossover for broad-range of IP... but ultimately doing a board-game model similar to Universes Beyond Secret-Lairs was untennable. Bandai refused to let so many good ideas die, so they instead used them as the basis for a more traditional TCG using a brand they owned. At that point its easy to imagine why Digimon was the natural pick!
This is awesome thank you Professor for taking time to make a comprehensive and digestible explanation to the Digimon Card Game :) Adding a note to playing option cards at 10:50 for starting players. You can also play the color option card if you have the same color digimon in your breeding zone. Don't forget to hatch when you can, sometimes it'll come in clutch to let you play an option and turn the tide of the game :)
I'm kind of surprised they don't have a full digital version of the game. They already have the tutorial companion app ya know? Some people may find a digital version more accessible. I wish more card games had scannable card codes too like Pokemon and Magic (I think).
Wow this how to play was just great! The structure and wording is very similar to mine, and the examples you use only reinforces the information very well. Referring back to previously reviewed topics only makes the teachings more concrete and easy to follow! The pacing and effects/animations are amazing and I'll definitely be recommending people this video as I definitely think its the most well paced and quality video. Excited for your interest in the game as its definitely my favorite card game right now! Glad to have this video in the community!
very interesting idea for a card game. i'm really interested by the memory mechanic. if you like big, flashy plays, then you're likely to give your opponent the chance to do the same. edit: i'd love for you to cover flesh & blood if you haven't yet. my friends are talking about trying it but i have no clue what it even plays like.
So glad you covered this prof! This game is so good with an amazing community. The cards are beautiful with great mechanics. Hope all of you enjoy the game as much as I have been and my fiends as well.
I expected new One Piece TCG to be similar to Digimon TCG, but I was gravely mistaken. Whole Memory mechanic is fascinating. I wish I can play this game online.
Just as a more recent update, Mulligans are now being incorporated into the game... So now the beginning of the game state will be 1)Shuffle Deck and Egg deck 2)Decide who goes first 3)Draw starting 5 cards 4)Mulligan (optional) by shuffling all 5 cards into the deck and drawing your new 5 cards (only one mulligan) 5)Start the game
minor update, some tournaments (in NA and Europe at least) allow a full hand mulligan, putting the 5 cards to the bottom of the deck. also is important to note that dual colour option cards require you to have BOTH colours present on your field (nursery is considered present on your field for option cards), this also matters for when the option card pops in security.
I remember having some Digimon cards growing up. I never learned how that game worked and thought that this might be it. Didn't expect that it was a new game to coincide with a new anime. Sweet! I haven't done much with Digimon in some time now. Also, this game is straight up Duel Masters (or Kaijudo if you remember that version). Your five cards in the "security stack" are just like your five shields from your deck in DM. The "security effects" when they are flipped are just like the "shield triggers" in DM that let you cast that card immediately. One difference though is that when your shield is broken, it goes into your hand and not your graveyard (unless you cast it), so it was this great system that allowed you to catch up when you get beaten down. The power scaling on DM cards is also in multiples of 1000 and it's the same combat system of the creature with the greater power destroying the weaker one or trading if they're the same. No damage system there either. Attacking one at a time and your creature tapping to do so is the same. Only creatures with "Blocker" being able to block and needing to tap to block is the same. This game is straight up Duel Masters. That actually makes me more interested. Also, tsk tsk Professor. Don't you know that you don't "evolve" your digimon? You can only digivolve them! :P I could nitpick your pronunciation of "Agumon" too if I wanted. XD
It actually a spiritual successor to a spiritual successor to Duel Masters. Duel Masters own Ryan Miller made a game for Bandai called Chrono-Clash, which was supposed to be a huge crossover game - with brands from Naruto and My Hero Academia to Godzilla! Unfortunately the economic and legal realities of that project proved untenable to Bandai; but they didn't want to abandon such an elegant system. So they decided to make some further improvements and pair it with an IP that they actually owned. Digimon was the obvious choice.
Oh, that's really interesting. This "Chrono-Clash" didn't actually make it off the ground though, did it? So I feel like it's still more fair to compare to Duel Masters. It is really similar. That crossover idea is interesting, it's basically what Magic's trying to do, only there it's a bad idea to throw away your unique brand and identity when you already have that. Doing a game that's a big crossover right from the start makes more sense. It did feel like this game was sort of like trying to give us Duel Masters again, only pairing it with an IP that's already known to try and make it perhaps more digestible to fans. Very interesting info. Thanks!
@@luliby2309 Chrono-Clash did have some success but as I recall after that the IP holders for the Godzilla version refused to play nice, so they couldn't hold the Godzilla VS Naruto VS Evangelion tournament that they wanted to. So it was very much Bandai taking their ball and going home to a franchise they own.
Oh neat. I had never heard of it before. Well, after seeing how ridiculous crossovers is going for Magic, I think having a consistent brand and identity will probably work out better for them.
@@StudioRevoct yeah i loved duel masters as a kid and was sad it died and no one played it, happy to see a franchise i already like take up a siilar rulset, but sadly seems theres also no locals who play this so i still dont know how i gonna be able to play.
Thanks for continuing to promote and celebrate amazing TCGs! Loved Digimon as a kid, and super excited that it's coming back in a big way. Keep making amazing videos Prof
Tutorial for “Coup” would be fun. There are some tricky interactions when pulling Assassins into bluff calls into Contessa rebuttals. Give this one a look Prof!
Got a couple of the starter decks and a booster box last summer. Pretty cool game, the energy system in particular is really elegant and strategy-rich. I'd like to build some real decks and play, but I don't really have the time at this point. I did come up with a mono-purple Jack Raid graveyard storm deck that seemed pretty fun but I still need a few cards for it. Yellow's pillowfort "putting cards back on your security pile" archetype also looked really fun to me.
Thank you for putting more eyes on to Digimon TCG. I have been collecting cards more so than playing since it's release, but strengthening it's popularity will allow Bandai to continue making cards and indulging in my collecting habit. Hope you consider making more digimon content. I always preferred Digimon more than Pokemon as a kid so it's refreshing to see it give it another go at tcg.
Although not surprising, you managed to explain the Digimon card game better than the tutorial app made by the game designers. For the life of me I couldn't figure out where the security stack came from. Great content as always professor.
Looks like a cool game! I remember having cards from the original card game, but the game itself wasn’t great. This seems like vast improvement. If you’re interested in game suggestions, the Final Fantasy tcg is fun and may be worth checking out!
It is an awesome card game! Love to see the mtg professor cover it. I've played yugioh, hearthstone, mtg, legends of runeterra and now digimon. This game is very fun and pretty unique. The math behind it and the tempo is very interesting.
At 4:20 wanted to point out a small mistake, digimon do not have security effects. The text highlighted by the box is it’s “inherent effect” which is the effect the digimon evolved from said card gains as a “passive” or a continuous effect. Thanks for the video. This game is getting great recognition and being a fan of digimon since I was 5 this is making me so happy..
They can have security effects like chikurimon or nanimon for example who both have effects when checked the effect is just in the normal effect text box.
Very clear explanation. Thank you. I think that the no mulligan rule might have been changed. The learning app now allows you to redraw your whole hand once.
Correct. In ruleset 2.0 they added a mulligan where you put your hand under the deck and drew a new one. Now they introduced ruleset 3.0 where the setup works different. After you shuffle you draw your hand, then you can mulligan by shuffling your hand back into the deck and drawing 5 new cards, after that you put down your security cards (not before drawing your hand like in this video)
I ended up watching a ton of your videos related to card storage and such when I first got into the digimon card game last year, so super stoked to see you covering the game! This is a great tutorial for getting started too, a few very minor inaccuracies but all of the basics have been covered very well.
As of April 2023 there is now a Mulligan introduced. Draw 5 check if you dont like reshuffle and redraw 5, then place your 5 security. Can only mulligan once.
It's a pretty fun game that I was taught to play almost half a year ago on my LGS. The truth is that it is extremely easy to learn and very dynamic game. I'm glad to see this tutorial of yours, teacher.
Yeah this game took me by surprise. Love it, memory is such a cool resource mechanic! Also digivolving up and stacking abilities feels very rewarding!!
The memory system seems so unique and interesting i have a lot of nostalgia for digimon and was curious about how the TCG works and i need to say i will definetly play this someday.
YES SO EXCITED YOU MADE A DIGIMON VIDEO PROFFESOR! I know youy have talked about how frustrating it is making a video on something that wont get as many views. SO IM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THIS VIDEO!!!!!!
So happy to see more and more channels, especially ones not already Digimon focused, talking about the TCG. Playing it has got me back into my local card game scene where other games didn't, and I've been a proponent of it from day 1. I love that due to how the mechanics work, evolution is key to the game unlike Pokémon where many decks rely on 1-stage Pokémon, so you are encouraged to build with cards of all rarities, making deck building more affordable. I understand a lot of folk were put off the first two sets due to high demand and low supply, but I really feel like the game has found it's groove and will only get stronger.
*I’ve been playing Digimon for the past year mainly due to childhood nostalgia. It’s a super fun game and very cheap as well. Won a store championship last month and now I’m registered for nationals.* :)
very nice congreat i wish my locals had a bigger digimon scene i might have to check out other shops in my area
Goodluck!
Nice bro... what deck you playing?
@@kyrios0307 Ancient Gabubond, but recently switched over to regular Gabubond due to everyone at locals bringing Dbrigade Rookie rush type decks.
Nice! Hope to play against you; I’m registered for Nats too
Really enjoy this game. Prices were dumb last year and just hard to find locally. But that seems to have mellowed a bit. Hoping this game continues going and more and more people get into it, its fun.
Prices for the game are gonna always be high because of how they do their rarity system and promos. Typically a set has one great secret rare and one meh secret rare. A box MSRP is $90 and you get either one secret rare and one alternate art in a box or you get two alternate art cards. You usually need 4 of the good secret rares and since you aren't even guaranteed a secret rare in a box and the other one in the set is typically meh compared to the good one, the price of that card if often expensive. Especially in the case of something like Omnimon Zwart: Defeat. It's a secret rare and used in a lot of the top decks so it's $60ish and you need 4. That's already $240 starting if you wanna build one of those decks. Also they love to print strong, exclusive promos that you can only get from that promo and they don't reprint them outside of other promo events (they haven't had a reprint set or anything like that yet.) For example if you want to play diaboromon you will need to get at least two of the tournament exclusive promo cards that are going for around $70 right now and it's only a T2 deck. Pulsemon for a long time was $35 to upwards of $55 each because it was exclusive to a promo pack that was given out randomly to stores to go with set 3 and stores weren't give very many. They also never got more in stock. Was a staple in yellow and you needed 3. Another massive issues I had with the game was the fact that every set that came out introduced a new best deck in the game and was winning most of the tournaments they entered. The first time that's not the case is for the next set releasing and I'm not sure about the set after that because I stopped playing before I read all the info about set 7. The game itself is enjoyable but the way it's way too expensive for a new TCG for me to want to stay invested in it. I'd just play magic or pokemon for the price it was costing me to play DIgimon. I swapped to cardfight vanguard instead
I do hope they alter the way they do rarity and promos in the future. If so I would love to get back into the game. Until then it's really hard for me to recommend to anyone.
@@MaPleWoRlDOrder my point about price was to do with early last year, box prices were astronomical, not even local stores were doing the $90-110 a booster box should have been... Everywhere was close to $200 around here, sometimes you would find boxes for $150ish online. Starter decks couldnt be had for the $12 or so they should be.. even locals $25.. it was dumb. Sealed prices have gone back to normal for the most part, sub $80 on most boosters now online back to $90ish instores.
the first 2 or 3 sets were major short printed and scalped i wasn't able to get in until recently because of it. Sadly we are still seeing a lot of delays in the US but god its a great game and future sets really are looking good.
Steam deck hype!!!
oh, wrong vid...
TCG hype!!!
This is huge for the Digimon community. Great exposure! Thank you!
Thank you so much for highlighting this game! New England area of USA has a big in-person competitive community for this & we all critically analyze it consistently. So excited to see it’s getting more recognition! Especially with National Finals coming up rapidly. Extremely new player friendly & far from Pay to Win.
Happy to help!
As a New Englander who got into the game a few months ago and is starting to looking for more competitive play, I am excited to hear this.
Now we just need rudy lol
Do y’all have a discord? I’d love to join
What stores are supporting this? Is the community kid friendly?
I initially just wanted to collect last year, but this game has been insanely fun and I'm now more interested in playing than collecting. Give it a try, if you can!
Yaay! I’ve recently gotten quite a few friends into this game, It’s such a fresh breath of air and you do a really good job showing the basic rules. The game has a lot of depth and variety to it that is hiding underneath the surface of it’s simplicity. Thank you for the great video!
its finally here!
memory is one of the most interesting resources in card games and its cool to see a freeform turn structure
Its also nice to know evolutions wont be stranded in your hand when you can just play them directly
The resource system makes me wanna try this game on it's own. It's super cool. You can't get "mana screwed," and the more powerful cards you play the more resources you potentially give your opponent to deploy their responses. I've been brewing a homebrew card game and I might revamp the whole thing and steal the Memory system.
This game is so balanced it's like they looked at Yu-Gi-Oh and magic and said yea no
I legitimately never thought I'd enjoy this until my friend's son roped me into a game. Now I'm trying to get more of my friends into it!
Y’all, please share this with folks who’ve been on the fence or who’ve seemed even remotely interested in the game! This video will help grow the community even more, and there’s lots of good resources out there/people who love helping out new players to answer their questions after they watch. Video is clear and concise, and I’m so happy it’s here! Thank you, Professor! You’re the best! ❤️
They way you said Agumon hurt me
Just a minor correction at 4:05
In newer sets, there are now Option cards that can remain on the field. It is worth clarifying that you need a Digimon, or Tamer specifically on the field to activate Option cards from your hand, not just any card.
a slight add-on is that the breeding/nursery area counts for colour requirements as well
Another add-on. Multicolor cards are now a thing, and to play a multicolor option card (Such as Dark Gaia Force, which is Red/Black) You need either both a red and black card in play, or a multicolor card that is both red and black.
You can also activate option cards with Digitama
I am not sure if this was a change or a mistake in the original video, as I have only just started to explore the game, but there is/is now a Mulligan system, whereby the player going first you can redraw if desired, then the player going second may redraw if desired after the first player has chosen to/chosen not to.
As an aside I found funny, the official rules are also oddly specific that the winner of Rock Paper Scissors goes first rather than getting to choose.
@@jacobblanton5179 it's a newer rule after the video.
learn to play yugioh in less than 3 weeks!
They added mulligans this year.
I'm so happy to see you covering this! It's such a good game and knowing more people might get to enjoy it now cause of your efforts is great! Please keep making these awesome videos!
This seems easier and less anxiety inducing than Yugioh.
I love this game and am ecstatic to see it covered! Though I will say you can also play options if a digitama in the raising area has the same color
Pretty fun game, and really easy to learn
Digimon is a great game and definitely needs more positive exposure, so thank you so much Professor! If you plan to do more Digica videos and want to bring on more knowledgeable people to help, I highly suggest Hoang Zero. He's highly knowledgeable and skilled at the game and has pretty great energy. Would love to see a Final Fantasy TCG video as well! Much love.
My wife got me some starter decks for Christmas this year after hearing me moan about how hard it was to get into the game due to scalpers all last year. Our LGS finally got some stock! This is the perfect reminder to try it out this weekend!
glad to see you covering Digimon! The memory gauge was the biggest selling point for me. I've absolutely loved the deck building in the game and hope the community continues to grow! Awesome video!
Yeah the memory gauge mechanic is fascinating. Like a tug of war. Do you want to be greedy and play a huge Digimon? Then your opponent gets more memory. I absolutely love this concept. This has me very interested in giving this a go.
@@dorsalfin22 tug of war is a great way to describe it! and yeah give it a shot! if there's not a digimon scene at your locals, I know the digimon discord and a couple of other content creator discords do a lot of webcam games!
Yeah the Memory Gauge is one of the more interesting resource mechanics in a card game.
So one ruling about Option cards that was half right:
A card of the same color has to be in play. This includes the Raising Area. So if you had a red Digi-Egg in Raising, you can activate a red Option card. Additionally, if the Option card is in Security and the Security effect says "Activate this card's Main effect", a card of the same color does not need to be in play since you aren't playing the card from your hand
Great video my friend! Digimon is a legit fun tcg to play - highly recommend folks give it a shot 👍
Honestly kinda feels like the tabletop TCG genre kinda needs both Digimon and Flesh & Blood to stay this hot. They're both honestly kinda easy gateways to the broader genre, as opposed to the closed system of the big three.
The only wholesome instance of "Breeding Phase" and "Angewoman" being used anywhere in the world is this card game.
it is cool to see larger YT channels covering the game. As a smaller channel myself we can only do so much and this was a well put together video as always. I watched a lot of your MTG content but i have fallen out of MTG in the past few years due to everything wizards has done and digimon became my main TCG ever sense it came out. The game has shown continuous growth with actual competitive play and a lot of love put into the cards not only in the art but fitting in references to the various media it is based on.
I hope you can try to fit in a few more digimon videos giving your thoughts and opinions on the game and various other things you think you want to do. Thanks again and have a great day.
Love your content, Xanitsu! Glad to see The Professor also shining the light on this game and how great it is!
So glad this is finally being covered I've played the 3 major games of pokemon yugioh and magic and I gotta say digimon is hands down my favorite of the bunch! Thanks for the video proff!
I just started magic but I feel like there way to many mechanics to learn and my play group gets to salty:( I love digimon🥰
@@letsgodigiv5615 Yeah ive been playing magic for years and the game is good but oh boy do some people get really worked up over it. There are also a ton of abilities and newer cards usually dont have descriptions of the abilities printed on them. I like that so far all digimon abilities say what they do on the card in parenthesis. I'm loving the digimon card game so far but I only have one deck atm. Planning on getting the Mastemon deck when it comes out next month.
There's a mistake when describing the When Digivolving in the breeding area section.
It is referring to when YOUR Digimon digivolves in the breeding area. It's When Digivolving effects do not activate. Beelzemon can still use it's effect if your opponent has another Digimon in play. Gabumon simply cannot be targetted by any effects regardless (unless it specifies the breeding area) because it's in the breeding area. They also cannot move a Digitama/Digi-Egg card, it must at least be Lv.3 or Higher.
A much simpler way to describe it is "Digimon in the breeding area cannot be targetted by card effects, or activate their own effects unless that effect specifies the breeding area" because the Beelzemon description isn't completely wrong, but also wrong at the same time.
Picked up this tcg last year, and I have been thoroughly enjoying it!
Love when Prof. does different games!😁
Very excited to see you cover this. I just picked up two starter decks to play with my wife, it will be cool to see it become more popular over time!
Bruh, the way he pronounced Agumon.....
It's great to see someone as big as yourself shine some light on this really neat cardgame.
Also want to add some stuff that was omitted in the video or not clear:
>Your turn end when your memory goes below 0 AND once every effect finished resolving. For example if you attack for 2 securities and the first one is Hammer spark, even if you go below 0 you'll still keep going until the attack is finished. Another example from the green starter deck, you're at 1, you use "Needle Spray" (2 memory: suspend one of your opponent's digimon), BUT you have a Izzy in play which reads "[Your Turn] When one of your opponent's Digimon becomes suspended, you may suspend this Tamer to gain 1 memory." you can suspend it to go back to 0 and stay in your turn.
>Also you can attack your opponent's security OR their suspended Digimons when attacking
Still a great video to start playing, easy to understand and top quality like all of your content, and I hope you and everyone else looking at this video will have fun playing
There is one other thing that wasn't stated and that is you can't deck yourself till the start of your turn draw. You can't lose from deck out from digivolving.
Really happy to see you discuss this game, it's really fun and deserves more recognition! Hope to see you cover it again soon
Holy Cow! Glad to see some of the larger card channel recognize this game :) game is not perfect, but its definitely a more accessible than most magic formats.
And fun!
I have been EAGERLY awaiting this video from Prof! Digimon is my favorite TCG to play and collect right now and hopefully this video can show people who were curious about it what the game is all about.
I almost stopped at 'Ag-yu-mon' like bro this has been out 20+ years, how tf are you gonna just casually skim over that.
One year later and Digi is still better than MTG (thanks MH2 and LotR)
This game is amazing! Glad to see you covering it!
I love the Digimon TCG. Can't recommend it enough! Great tutorial Prof.
I don't know if I'll get into this myself but as much as I like Magic, Pokémon, and Yugioh it's always nice to see new games get traction. That compitition is good for everyone
You might as well take a stab at the free mobile demo!
Gameplay feels very similar to duelmasters, very interesting. I can see why "rookie rush" type strategies would seem popular for this game. Overall, I really like the art of the cards and it seems to me that the card quality (i.e materials, coloring, foiling process and general sturdiness of each piece of cardboard) is really high. Great vid prof, got a good glance into how to play the game.
Rookie rush only popular in early sets. Now they are mostly gone.
@@Ecceptor gabubond is a rookie rush strategy
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I wouldn't say its rookie rush. Its aggro deck for sure but still required setups.
I thought the same. Some combination of Pokémon meets Duelmasters
Amusingly its actually a spiritual successor to a spiritual successor to Duel Masters.
Chrono-Clash (designed by Duel Masters own Ryna Miller) was a very interesting experiment which was intended as a kind of crossover for broad-range of IP... but ultimately doing a board-game model similar to Universes Beyond Secret-Lairs was untennable.
Bandai refused to let so many good ideas die, so they instead used them as the basis for a more traditional TCG using a brand they owned. At that point its easy to imagine why Digimon was the natural pick!
I LOVE Digimon! It got me back into card games after dropping them after high school.
definitely an interesting system, a choice based scale point battle structure sounds like a worthy try, thanks Prof!
Really happy that this video came out! Digimon is such a great game, and I'm so glad that it continues to have such a great following in the US
This is awesome thank you Professor for taking time to make a comprehensive and digestible explanation to the Digimon Card Game :)
Adding a note to playing option cards at 10:50 for starting players. You can also play the color option card if you have the same color digimon in your breeding zone. Don't forget to hatch when you can, sometimes it'll come in clutch to let you play an option and turn the tide of the game :)
Thank you so much for talking/showing this game. I love this game and hope to see it grow.
I'm kind of surprised they don't have a full digital version of the game. They already have the tutorial companion app ya know? Some people may find a digital version more accessible. I wish more card games had scannable card codes too like Pokemon and Magic (I think).
All the fans have been asking for one for years. We have no idea why Bandai doesn't make one
Glad I found this, I'm going to send this to anyone I plan to teach from now on.
Wow this how to play was just great!
The structure and wording is very similar to mine, and the examples you use only reinforces the information very well. Referring back to previously reviewed topics only makes the teachings more concrete and easy to follow! The pacing and effects/animations are amazing and I'll definitely be recommending people this video as I definitely think its the most well paced and quality video.
Excited for your interest in the game as its definitely my favorite card game right now!
Glad to have this video in the community!
very interesting idea for a card game. i'm really interested by the memory mechanic. if you like big, flashy plays, then you're likely to give your opponent the chance to do the same.
edit: i'd love for you to cover flesh & blood if you haven't yet. my friends are talking about trying it but i have no clue what it even plays like.
he did a lot of FaB videos in the last year i think
I'm so happy to see TCC tackling digimon. It's such a fun game to have as an option without being absurdly priced now :D
This is probably my favorite card game that has come out since I learned magic. It is just such a good tcg.
So glad you covered this prof! This game is so good with an amazing community. The cards are beautiful with great mechanics. Hope all of you enjoy the game as much as I have been and my fiends as well.
I expected new One Piece TCG to be similar to Digimon TCG, but I was gravely mistaken. Whole Memory mechanic is fascinating. I wish I can play this game online.
Actually, they changed the ruling to that there are mulligans, but only once
I love digimon and finding out about this tcg from my friend that runs an LGS last year was awesome. I bought a box from his store.
Just as a more recent update, Mulligans are now being incorporated into the game...
So now the beginning of the game state will be
1)Shuffle Deck and Egg deck
2)Decide who goes first
3)Draw starting 5 cards
4)Mulligan (optional) by shuffling all 5 cards into the deck and drawing your new 5 cards (only one mulligan)
5)Start the game
Been playing this game on and off for about a year and it is great. No better time to get in than now since the singles are really cheap.
minor update, some tournaments (in NA and Europe at least) allow a full hand mulligan, putting the 5 cards to the bottom of the deck.
also is important to note that dual colour option cards require you to have BOTH colours present on your field (nursery is considered present on your field for option cards), this also matters for when the option card pops in security.
I remember having some Digimon cards growing up. I never learned how that game worked and thought that this might be it. Didn't expect that it was a new game to coincide with a new anime. Sweet! I haven't done much with Digimon in some time now.
Also, this game is straight up Duel Masters (or Kaijudo if you remember that version). Your five cards in the "security stack" are just like your five shields from your deck in DM. The "security effects" when they are flipped are just like the "shield triggers" in DM that let you cast that card immediately. One difference though is that when your shield is broken, it goes into your hand and not your graveyard (unless you cast it), so it was this great system that allowed you to catch up when you get beaten down. The power scaling on DM cards is also in multiples of 1000 and it's the same combat system of the creature with the greater power destroying the weaker one or trading if they're the same. No damage system there either. Attacking one at a time and your creature tapping to do so is the same. Only creatures with "Blocker" being able to block and needing to tap to block is the same. This game is straight up Duel Masters. That actually makes me more interested.
Also, tsk tsk Professor. Don't you know that you don't "evolve" your digimon? You can only digivolve them! :P I could nitpick your pronunciation of "Agumon" too if I wanted. XD
It actually a spiritual successor to a spiritual successor to Duel Masters.
Duel Masters own Ryan Miller made a game for Bandai called Chrono-Clash, which was supposed to be a huge crossover game - with brands from Naruto and My Hero Academia to Godzilla! Unfortunately the economic and legal realities of that project proved untenable to Bandai; but they didn't want to abandon such an elegant system.
So they decided to make some further improvements and pair it with an IP that they actually owned. Digimon was the obvious choice.
Oh, that's really interesting. This "Chrono-Clash" didn't actually make it off the ground though, did it? So I feel like it's still more fair to compare to Duel Masters. It is really similar. That crossover idea is interesting, it's basically what Magic's trying to do, only there it's a bad idea to throw away your unique brand and identity when you already have that. Doing a game that's a big crossover right from the start makes more sense.
It did feel like this game was sort of like trying to give us Duel Masters again, only pairing it with an IP that's already known to try and make it perhaps more digestible to fans. Very interesting info. Thanks!
@@luliby2309 Chrono-Clash did have some success but as I recall after that the IP holders for the Godzilla version refused to play nice, so they couldn't hold the Godzilla VS Naruto VS Evangelion tournament that they wanted to.
So it was very much Bandai taking their ball and going home to a franchise they own.
Oh neat. I had never heard of it before. Well, after seeing how ridiculous crossovers is going for Magic, I think having a consistent brand and identity will probably work out better for them.
This game is some of the most neat and innovative game design I've ever seen, its an absolute blast.
It's got a lot of duel masters DNA, but that's not a bad thing at all.
It is not innovative, it is iterative
@@StudioRevoct yeah i loved duel masters as a kid and was sad it died and no one played it, happy to see a franchise i already like take up a siilar rulset, but sadly seems theres also no locals who play this so i still dont know how i gonna be able to play.
YAS I’ve been looking forward to you posting about the Digimon tcg, i love this card game! Thanks Prof!
Thanks for continuing to promote and celebrate amazing TCGs! Loved Digimon as a kid, and super excited that it's coming back in a big way. Keep making amazing videos Prof
Tutorial for “Coup” would be fun. There are some tricky interactions when pulling Assassins into bluff calls into Contessa rebuttals. Give this one a look Prof!
I've been playing extensively since 1.0 pre release, and this game is fantastic!
Got a couple of the starter decks and a booster box last summer. Pretty cool game, the energy system in particular is really elegant and strategy-rich. I'd like to build some real decks and play, but I don't really have the time at this point. I did come up with a mono-purple Jack Raid graveyard storm deck that seemed pretty fun but I still need a few cards for it. Yellow's pillowfort "putting cards back on your security pile" archetype also looked really fun to me.
This Digimon Card game is the shit. I hasn't been this happy since CHAOTIC.
This looks so fun I love digimon can’t wait to play
Thank you for putting more eyes on to Digimon TCG. I have been collecting cards more so than playing since it's release, but strengthening it's popularity will allow Bandai to continue making cards and indulging in my collecting habit. Hope you consider making more digimon content. I always preferred Digimon more than Pokemon as a kid so it's refreshing to see it give it another go at tcg.
Oh shiiiit, thanks for covering Digimon Prof! Great coverage and exposure for the game. The mispronunciation of “ah-guu-mon” hurt but I’ll take it!
Although not surprising, you managed to explain the Digimon card game better than the tutorial app made by the game designers. For the life of me I couldn't figure out where the security stack came from. Great content as always professor.
This is Dope! I hope more people start to play! Thanks for the video!!!
I love this. I’ve been a big fan of this game for a while and I’m glad to see it start getting the attention it deserves.
Thanks for making this! Love the game and hope many others pick it up and have fun too
Great game. Great design. Wish this game takes off like it deserves.
Took me so like 4 matches before I realized you draw when you digivolve
Made the game play so much better 😂
Looks like a cool game! I remember having cards from the original card game, but the game itself wasn’t great. This seems like vast improvement. If you’re interested in game suggestions, the Final Fantasy tcg is fun and may be worth checking out!
Check it out bro! The game is really fun and also and added plus if you're a Digimon fan.
SO glad you’re covering this Professor!
My buddy just did a demo game with me yesterday. Fun and easy!
Must say its pretty appropriate that even the card game digivolved with the new reboot
It is an awesome card game! Love to see the mtg professor cover it.
I've played yugioh, hearthstone, mtg, legends of runeterra and now digimon. This game is very fun and pretty unique. The math behind it and the tempo is very interesting.
An actual good Digimon Card game, What a good time to be an old time fan.
At 4:20 wanted to point out a small mistake, digimon do not have security effects. The text highlighted by the box is it’s “inherent effect” which is the effect the digimon evolved from said card gains as a “passive” or a continuous effect.
Thanks for the video. This game is getting great recognition and being a fan of digimon since I was 5 this is making me so happy..
They can have security effects like chikurimon or nanimon for example who both have effects when checked the effect is just in the normal effect text box.
Agumon is my favorite Pokemon besides Goku.
Very clear explanation. Thank you. I think that the no mulligan rule might have been changed. The learning app now allows you to redraw your whole hand once.
Correct. In ruleset 2.0 they added a mulligan where you put your hand under the deck and drew a new one. Now they introduced ruleset 3.0 where the setup works different. After you shuffle you draw your hand, then you can mulligan by shuffling your hand back into the deck and drawing 5 new cards, after that you put down your security cards (not before drawing your hand like in this video)
@@EskChan19 Ahh, I was wondering why things were so different in the tutorial app. Thanks for the explanation.
This actually looks pretty good. I'll give it a go with my playgroup
I ended up watching a ton of your videos related to card storage and such when I first got into the digimon card game last year, so super stoked to see you covering the game! This is a great tutorial for getting started too, a few very minor inaccuracies but all of the basics have been covered very well.
As of April 2023 there is now a Mulligan introduced.
Draw 5 check if you dont like reshuffle and redraw 5, then place your 5 security. Can only mulligan once.
Great video! Maybe a booster box game in the future of one of the sets? :)
The app on the playstore doesn't really explain the game all that well, I learned more from this video then the app.
It's a pretty fun game that I was taught to play almost half a year ago on my LGS. The truth is that it is extremely easy to learn and very dynamic game. I'm glad to see this tutorial of yours, teacher.
Yeah this game took me by surprise. Love it, memory is such a cool resource mechanic! Also digivolving up and stacking abilities feels very rewarding!!
Also you draw 1 each time you Digivolve, so you dont lose hand advantage by doing so.
Awesome video! I've seen a bunch of excited discussion about this game, but had no idea how it worked. I just figured it was similar to Pokémon👍
90's digimon tcg had amazing art
The memory system seems so unique and interesting i have a lot of nostalgia for digimon and was curious about how the TCG works and i need to say i will definetly play this someday.
YES SO EXCITED YOU MADE A DIGIMON VIDEO PROFFESOR! I know youy have talked about how frustrating it is making a video on something that wont get as many views. SO IM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THIS VIDEO!!!!!!
Hope you enjoy it!
So happy to see more and more channels, especially ones not already Digimon focused, talking about the TCG. Playing it has got me back into my local card game scene where other games didn't, and I've been a proponent of it from day 1.
I love that due to how the mechanics work, evolution is key to the game unlike Pokémon where many decks rely on 1-stage Pokémon, so you are encouraged to build with cards of all rarities, making deck building more affordable.
I understand a lot of folk were put off the first two sets due to high demand and low supply, but I really feel like the game has found it's groove and will only get stronger.
An erata... the rullings for mulligan now there is a mulligan, look your 5 cards, 1 Mulligan if you want, then put your security 5 cards
This game is amazingly fun and easy to get into, not only rules wise but also price wise!
Logan already taught me how to play Digimon. Sorry Prof.
Sigh... I guess I'll give it a like and leave this comment.