How to NOT GET SHARKED in Yu-Gi-Oh! 

This is why I like the madolche continuous spells since they're mandatory effects. Every time I forget to resolve salon I can just go back. Its like playing with training wheels on.

Imagine being so dedicated to cheating that you try to say your opponent can't activate a "mandatory" effect. They literally have no choice

MICA: Finally, a worthy video. I will not appel that.

“A misclick in real life” this is entirely how I play irl honestly

I thought this would be about the Shark cards in Yu-Gi-Oh

Coder on the stream: we reached 10 minutes? The video: 15 minutes

I lost a crucial game in a regional when Anthony declared what I did (physically) overrides what I said (verbally) when it comes to committing to a play. I put a spell on the field in the same column as infinite impermanence was previously activated by my opponent, and before letting the card go, slid it to an adjacent column stating clearly, "in this column." It wasn't like he said the effect was negated then i moved it. I just kinda put the card on the table as i would back when columns didn't matter and assessed the board state before declaring and finalizing my commitment. My opponent called a judge immediately who said I was incorrect about verbal statements overriding physical actions. I request a head judge and Anthony said physical actions override statements. I showed the initial judge the official rule stating I was correct between rounds and he apologized but said its too late now and that must be a new update.

So many uploads, we’ve been blessed!

Is this the step by step tutorial to how to be a good shark? If so I have waited sooo long.

4:10 the nibiru thing, I usually have this to deal with: "End Phase" "nibiruh in ur endphase lolz"

Great informative video, looking forward to the mandatory effects one.

This video made me subscribe. Very informative, thanks for this!

Oh ok. Then Farfa IS a rule shark

Please keep up the frequent vids coder, this is good man !

I feel like the “Locals” Example is based on how the Pokemon TCG works. With trainer cards, even if you don’t have a legal target in deck or even if you do, you can still activate the card and it’ll go to the discard pile. For lack of a better term, you can make your card fizzle.

"You are obligated to know what every card in your deck does at all times" People will misplay a card for weeks because they never read the whole thing until they're corrected by someone else. That is the definition of wishful thinking in this game lol

Around 2:30 about the example you used with Terraforming, what if say my opponent played a foreign version of the card that I also use in my decklist, but at the moment it is not visible because it's not in my hands/field/GY/banish pile, and I genuinely forget or is unsure if that card's effect is worded as what my opponent described. Am I allow to call a judge if my opponent didn't have a translation? And would the judge give me a warning or anything because I'm suppose to know the inside out of all my cards?

but what if my opp uses network and sends calling from deck as cost if i rip the calling in half well it resolve with or without effect?

on the search example, if my opponent accidentally puts two cards on the table (like they were right next to each other and somehow both got on the table with 1 physical action), which card is considered to be the searched card provided the two cards are legal search targets. Example if they played rota and the two cards are twistcobra and a marauding captain

I've had something like this come up: Opponent summons Aleister, activates effect. I let it go, opponent looks through deck and says they just realized they have no more copies of invocation in deck. In my opinion, this is a big issue because if I had a hand trap to negate, I would have definitely used in on the Aleister and the illegal play would have gone unnoticed. Would it be rule sharking to call a judge there?

Thanks for this. It helps a lot. How about this? Altergeist protocal is active. I summon faker and use it's effect to summon from deck. They discard ash. Do they get to take the ash back aecause you couldn't have negated it in the first pkace or is that a misplay they are commited to?

can i leave a ruling question here? if me and my oponent controls 1 monster and i have mystic mine, in my end phase, when mystic mine triggers to self destroy and i use widow anchor as chain link 2 to steal his monster, does mine still destroy itself?

YEP Sharks YEP Mica

Happy 10K subs!

A good guide line to know when to call a judge!

Also, is absuing the "verbal overrules physical" to an extent where you say completely different things from what you are physically doing, whenever that's possible, and always legal, just to add confusion considered cheating or abusing the rules or something ?

Hey, so something I sometimes do is pull all the legal targets for a search from my deck. If I place them facedown on the table, I'm forced to add one of them, even though I haven't pulled all the legal targets?

In regards to your last example of not sharking, when I search my deck, I tend to have the potential targets I'm thinking over stick out of the deck while I'm physically looking in my deck. The cards in question are still between other cards of the deck and the deck is still in my hands. Am I now obligated to take the first card I do this to?

Can you do a video on timing effects please?

Ok just looking for an answer, with the new Sacred Beast cards if I activate opening of the spirit gates and I have no cards in graveyard (or any valid "target" , even though it doesnt target) to summon off of the discard and revive effect, I CANNOT discard dark summoning beast to then summon it back? A friend of mine swore that he could do that and our local judge ruled in his favor. I thought you at least had to have a valid monster in the grave to revive the discarded card (in this case dark summoning beast).

I was at a regionals playing against sky striker. I was playing blind second crusadia pre guardragons. I kaijued the shizu then proceeded to do rescue cat combo. During the combo I said "link into Nat beast" I was told I had to link summon. This was about a year before saying the phrase link summon committed me to a link summon. My question is with the current policy guide would I have to link or could I synchro into Nat beast because I called it by name?

That thumbnail looks amazing

Hi Coder, if my opponent has magical midbreaker on the field and activate halqifibrax and I ghost ogre would ghost ogre still go to grave as midbreaker as the activation was legal but the halqifibrax can't be destroyed?

Can you tell us a bit about sharking with Time Rule? For example counting seconds, telling your opponent to hurry because you felt like he took way too much time, or things like that. That's the point I am the most interested in because of how current Time Rule works and how many people abuse of it.

coder finally uploading. kinda nice bro.

A question for your next rulings video. What happens if I use lightning storm on my opponent who has mystic mine up that's protected by field barrier? What are the rulings to do with simultaneous destruction/cards being protected like this?

@11:16 history repeats itself with the recent drama with the guy moving his spell out of an imperm column lol

so example of a mandatory effect be, i special summon traptrix myermelo and activate its mandatory effect (but my opponent has no spell or traps) her effect would still activate but resolve with no effect, (triggering say sera effect if she was on the field and their was a legal trap hole target in deck) ?

I remember when i was judging for a bushi tournament, in top cut a player accused me of favoring his opponent for allowing him to take back a card and not allowing him to. in the case of his opponent his hand never left the card while the accuser just dropped the card (Intentionally) onto his field. he ended up calling the head judge over after another judge came over to confirm my ruling only to waste his time with the words i had repeated several times "if your had leaves the card it is considered in play and you will not be allowed to take it back"

what if u accedently click end turn online then ure opponent is forcing u to end turn

Can you ask to back a play at all? Like, can your opponent call a judge if you do?

Definitely going to make Ra Yellow after this lol

Yo coder. Where can I check all the more intricate rulings that aren't written out in the regular rulebook? Like for example _when exactly_ you have to activate summon negation effects, how open and closed game states function in detail and so on. I'm trying to brush up on my skills because I want to actually win my locals for once and because I play with people in private who themselves dont go to locals, so I want to be able to point them somewhere when I correct them on an illegal play and they ask me were its written

Can you ask for a translation for Endymion while you play it, because it has infinite text?

This was a good yugioh class lecture

Is it shark if eldlich target an invalid target since the cost isn't only targetting ? Can they take back their eldlich + S/T ?

So a problem i've had frequently and been called a shark for is say for example i have 2 monsters on the field and 1 can't be destroyed by card effect. my opponent activates conquistador of the golden land while controlling eldlich the golden lord. If he attempts to destroy the monster that cannot be destroyed by card effect is he allowed to try to destroy the other monster once he realizes he can't destroy the first one?

Ngl, I clicked on this video thinking "Oh cool, DistantCoder did a shark deck overview" but I was entertained nonetheless

9:40 I'm a lil confused if he's saying you are or are not committed to the summon. For example: If someone overlays 2 monsters, do they legally have to xyz summon?

Say my opponent's face-down Infinite Impermanence resolves, and one of my Spell/Trap Zone is negated. Can I ask my opponent for a confirmation on which zone did he place Imperm in, several plays down the line after Imperm resolved? Or can I mark the negated zone, with a dice or a token or a coin, to keep track that that zone is currently negated?

omg the flares on the eyes in the thumbnail that go in different directions, my ocd is so triggered

I’m really confused about what happens when you target a card that can’t be targeted, because in Master Duel it simply fizzles and there’s no prompt that “you have to select a card that can be targeted”. Wouldn’t it fizzle in person as well?

What happens if i set a trap card on the field (physically) and say "End Phase" as i want to end my turn, at the same time or with slight delay. Can my opp. force me to pick up the trap card?

Had one person that got mad, then RQ on me after I said that I didn't resolve Sucker's draw effect and just drew a card to not misrepresent gamestate. I thought he was actually gonna call a judge and try to shark me. JFC.

Rule sharking sucks, but as long as ur confident and know what your doing u should be fine and if ur opponent attempts to shark multiple times ur best bet is to make a judge call

I think Cody angeloff should’ve been the thumbnail for this pic 😂

the real question is. "Is judge turbo sharking?"

Just one ruling Question: Can you Explain the Interaction with Mechaba and Eldlich? A Judge at my Locals stated that Eldlich doesnt get banned, eventho Mechaba negated ist effect

I thought its only illegal to bring back the cards from gy if you actually declare a summon verbally i.e "link 2/link summon/link", because otherwise youre just sending them to gy for seemingly no reason. If you just pick up two cards on the field, send them to the gy and say nothing, It could be literally anything right?

3 vids in 2 weeks? I thought it would be unfeasible

Can you please share this document?

I thought this would be about how to play a Fish deck. I just bought one and regret it since Nimble Manta is a WHEN effect instead of an IF, so Nimble Manta + Mask Change II won’t summon Acid and 2 other Nimble Mantas :(

sometimes i declere a link 3 and then summon a link 4, must i commit to a link 3?

What about forgotten mandatory effects that leads to mandatory or not effect : - Miscell... special a baby, forgot to pop baby on end phase. According to what you say, baby will pop even tho it was forgotten but will baby mandatory trigger also activate ? - Lunalight Tiger special Lunalight Yellow Marten, forgot to pop Marten on end phase. According to what you say, Marten will pop, will the LL player be allowed to activate Marten optionnal trigger effect ?

Legends Spoke of a shark so devious, he existed while sharking and Coder stream was in the same sentence... His name... was MICA.

This is key value

I was there for the recording

I forgot to mill at the end phase with my lightsworn monster and my opponent got all pissy about it

Let's say I activate a desires in a zone that imperm was used in, if I kept my fingers on that pot could I move it legally?

Ive been told that if you allow your opponent to take a play back, that is legal. Is that true?

Idk why I was thinking this would be a shark deck profile. 🤣🤣🤣

Yo this was a great video for me since I'm super new to the game... Tho I have to say I'm alittle disappointed. I wanted a shark deck profile xD

I was here when it was recorded pog

I am late to the party but I feel, even though this video is really helpful to be able to distinguish what is legal or not in a tournament, I think there should be an extra distinction for call that are legals but that are absolutely obnoxious and anti fair play. I feel if an opponent tested your responses to one of his plays you can't let him take back. But sometimes it is clear the other guy realises his mistakes as soon as he does it (like attacking a monster with an attack boost without realising the boost) and tries to take it back, it should be in the spirit of the game to let him take back. I understand there are some stakes in big tournaments but we are still playing a card game and being fair play in those kind of situations should be what we, as a community, tend to. Especially when we are playing against a visibly disoriented/new player. As always there is the law and the sense of the law. If your opponent action could be a malicious attempt at cheating or come from a lack of calculations sure shark. But if not, don't be that guy.

What happens if someone declares verbally that he is normal summoning X card, but puts and let go on the board Y card? Since you stopped touching the card you shouldn't be able to take it back, but verbal actions should be prioritized. What should happen in this case?

Okay, but what if you're searching your deck an accidentally drop a legal target onto the table?

If your opponent uses "into the void" but forgets to discard his hand during the end phrase, then they drew for their next draw phrase. Can you call the judge over as your opponent created a irreparable gamestate, and would that be considered as sharking?

Came for the shark deck profile. Feels bad man (good video anyways ;) )

Please do a video to clarify the cans and cants of the card world legacy secret 🙏🏼 just for the mekk knight players out here

Bahamut Shark wants to know your location.

Now I can shark all my friends at YCS library :D

This will probably never get seen but, how about with a card like metaverse. The opponent activates metaverse, then adds the field spell to their hand. Immediately after adding it to their hand, they activate it. Is it sharking to tell your opponent "no, you added it to your hand already", considering metaverse says you can activate it OR add it to your hand? My thought is, what is the point of the text being written that way if it is not allowed to be upheld? This may be a silly one. Also, when this is happening on something like duelingbook, how do you determine a misplay vs a misclick for this particular case? Similar, but not the same, as using imperm on dueling book. Someone will activate a spell card in a column that imperm was activated in, then as soon as they realize it, they will claim it was a misclick. At what point does this become sharking if at all?

is coder actually a youtuber now? :)

So Rota comes back to my hand if i activated it with 0 warriors in my deck. But my question is: What's with one for one? Let's say i sent a monster with a quickeffect to the gy, i chained the monster' eff to the one for one, resolved it and then i realize: oh w8... i don't have any lvl 1s in my deck. (excluding the case that my quickeffect did something with a lvl1 in my deck that was there the time i activated one for one). So the main question here is: When is an action considered as "no longer repairable"? I mean: i assume, that if i just dumped a card without a quickeff and nothing was chained to my one for one, i can just take the one for one and the other card back to my hand.But I am very often confused by the word "repairable" mistake...

I thought this was a video about a shark deck lol

Is calling judge if your opponent doesn’t let your opponent cut after searching before they draw rulesharking?

Is it rule sharking to call slow play on someone who looks through their deck several times trying to decide on their ROTA target? Shouldn't they know their target before activating ROTA?

Ah the time when you got to asked by opponent who played the "Frozen Soul": 'So, do you end your turn?' Which results to end the turn and them just drawing, giving the turn and them going, 'battle? yep, you are on your main phase 2 now.'

One situation I had to deal with: I was about to win in game 3. The opponent had no clue how to play their own deck properly and I out-resourced them. Then somebody from two tables away(playing the exact same deck build), LEANED OVER BOTH tables and said “Why didn’t you do {this}?” The opponent then realizes what the ‘coach’ was talking about and then immediately “I’d like to do {this}. I have a response.” The “judge” sitting right next to me face-palms himself and just says “It’s accepted game-state.” Not the head judge, mind you. I then lost because of the outside influence and the advantage gained from it. Was there anything I could have done in this situation? Is there anything in the Tournament Policy Document that directly refers to coaching, or would I have been at risk for “sharking”?

Awesome thumbnail!

What if I purposely misuse a card to get the card to the graveyard. Can I still send it to graveyard or can my opponent say “no, put it back where it was, not in the graveyard”.

i thought this was going to be a shark deck profile.

yesterday someone summoned 1 linkross token and one o-lion token, leftmost he puts the linkross token, rightmost he puts the olion token, he then uses the linkross token and linkross to summon a link 2, then i tell him, bro thats the linkross token remember? then hes like, Are you seriously going to shark right now and left.

I thought this was a shark combo guide

I like this videos but i was thinking, Why not make "intermediate" guidelines like the lesser explained mechanics like memory loss when your monster is put face down or banished (not when temporarilly), lingering effects, etc.

There is a card that allows moving a card's Zones

Please do the accepted game state

nice vid

Not allowing to a play to be taken back, like a normal summon that was a bad play may not be rule sharking per official rules definition, but I will 100% consider the person to be a big sharky boi.

Information u give out is just amazing tbh i got back into the game in 2017 amaze at the depth (mind you i started playing yugioh in 1999,so straight up the game in this state now is just daunting but nevertheless mama didnt no quitter im just following so next regional (we in covid season) i can perform actions w/o judge call