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Here's the cards from this day's session of Staple or Stinker! Get Snow before they ban it again for being too good: bit.ly/3Uj1ndA

That Mayakashi was the most evil Staple or Stinker I've ever seen.

That 7 Dwarfs thing blew my mind.

14:07 Remove from play is actually the same as banish, just a different name from when they reworked card text iirc What I find helps when explaining Yugioh cards to MTG players is to use terminology they're familiar with, ex: Banish - Exile Quick Effect - Instant speed/Flash Piercing - Trample Might also help to explain some more key gameplay differences, such as Yugioh monsters having haste by default, or how their effects are sorcery speed unless specified to be a quick effect

She actually did well especially considering the ones she got wrong were trick questions

While a lot of people have already commented on easy 1-to-1 comparisons on magic to ygo (banish is exile, piercing is trample), there's another one I really like: the extra deck is a 15 card commander zone. THAT tends to get across a lot.

Traps and quick play spells are also spell speed 2. Only counter traps cannot be chained to except by other counter traps.

This series is always fun. I’m glad it’s continuing.

This was a lot of fun. Great host and participant! Altho I would avoid archetype specific cards, cuz that feels like cheating lol.

Anika had really good intuition, even for the cards she didn't get totally right she still had the right logic, just didn't know how the cards operated in the context of the game as a whole.

This woman's a magic player, you can just tell her "quick effect" means instant speed and "banish" means exile and she'll understand...

Imma be honest the 7 dwarves relation never crossed my mind before

A good comparison for explaining the extra deck to magic players would be to say they’re like a deck of companion creatures. Great video!

Had leoni played magic this would be so much better and easier to explain for both of them. The ability to translate terms in between card games is crucial for a video like this. Quick play => Instant speed Negate => counter And the contestant would understand everything there is to understand just like they did with tribute => sacrifice.

The key with witches strike is yu-gi-oh has 2 kinds of negates: negate the activation and negate the effect. Witches strike only works when the activation is negated.

I like this series but Leoni seems to have a few misconceptions of her own about how things work. For instance, Fairy-Tail Snow and Witch's Strike have the same Spell-Speed. The difference is a trap usually must be set before being activated, and cannot usually be activated the same turn it was set. Similarly, Banishing and Removed from Play are the same thing. This is a really interesting series but it does sort of misrepresent the current game somewhat, especially if YGO player is wrong about things like this!

Witch's strike is the same spell speed as fairytail snows quick effect. Removed from play is the same as (face-up) banishing.

To add another point about why Fairy Tail Snow is so good that wasn't really elaborated on: On top of the facts you already mentioned, where it can be used as many times per turn as you are able, at quick effect speed, and in response to effects that would disrupt it, it's flip-face-down effect is also incredibly potent for disrupting plays. It probably goes without saying but it's important to remember: its flip-face-down effect also triggers when it's summoned by its own summoning condition, not just from a Normal Summon or from another card's effect. Say your opponent activates Emergency Teleport with hopes of summoning a monster from the deck, you chain Snow's GY effect to summon it and then after that chain resolves, a new chain starts and Snow's field effect triggers, flipping their summoned monster face-down, so now it can't be used for any more combos or plays that need it to be face-up. This includes almost all Extra Deck summoning, and any effect that requires a face-up monster with specific stats. Snow is incredibly powerful in a deck that loves loading up the GY, like Tearlament.

3:55 Should we tell her that Benten is semi-limited? Edit: 12:50 Should we also tell her that Traps are also Spell Speed 2? Edit 2: 14:08 Should we also also tell her that a card being banished and a card being "removed from play" is the same thing?

Great card choices. Witch’s Strike is the ultimate bait

its interesting to see a magic player applying their knowledge of mtg to yu gi oh. it makes for fun discussions about how different the mechanics in each game are. Great video

I honestly am getting addicted to these types of series. Always a blast to watch.

Witch's Strike always gets everyone the first time. It can take lots of text or multiple minutes to explain exactly why the card isn't great, but I think the easiest way is to imagine the scenario in which the card is useful (you have it set on the field since at least the previous turn, you attempt to do something and your opponent negates it) which is already not the simplest thing in the world and then add a bunch of stipulations like the fact that it has to negate an activation, many commonly played cards don't turn it on, some decks hardly ever care about it etc. It also could be said that it'd be an entirely different story if the card was Quick-play and not a Trap. Spell speeds in Yugioh are kinda like the old Interrupt rules in Magic, although it's unlikely lots of people played with those, and the game didn't use the "Stack" for resolving multiple spells and abilities back then but a batch system. It's best not getting into that for hose videos probably, but analogies do exist.

I love these kinds of videos and it seemed like a really fun time for both of you! I'd love to see more of this. :D

"oh my gosh that is so cute" is what we all think when we first see Snow. Then we play against it

Cards like Benten and dakki are archetype cards (it resulted in every ritual deck nowadays having synergy with benten) so they aren't really the best to use for these types of quizzes. Btw I think magic has a card that is like snow but banishes 3 from the grave only and it is awful.

I love the Staple or Stinker series (and it's Magic equivalent). They are what got me to subscribe to Cardmarket. That last suggestion sounds really fun too (learn each other's different games and play a Yu-Gi-Oh match then an MTG match).

Really great to see another episode in this series and these two were great with the explanation of both why they think a card is good and why the other was right/wrong. Keep the episodes coming!

I really liked the video and this series! Thanks a lot for the content :) The idea mentioned by the end, maybe of and "old school duel" would be great, I would love to watch that! Thanks!

Great series! However, I'd try to avoid cards that require knowledge of the larger meta or cardpool like Dakki. Since she read the power of the effect correctly but had no way of knowing there was no support for the archtype, it felt a little unfair.

Love the yugioh rating- series! Yall got a doozy with this series, believe me Always hyped when I get the notification greetings from germany

Her appreciating the card artwork was soooooooo wholesome.

Love this series! Keep up the good work👍💯

Please keep these going!!!!!! Great work guys

Id love to see more of this, also id love an episode with some cards of the digimon card game

This series is amazing, I love seeing fresh perspectives on the game.

Love this series. You gals are awesome. Do more of these.

Yessss please get some duels in here! It would be cool to see a Magic player learning all the different mechanics too (Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum & Link!)

I would love to see you two duel! Its fun to see new players figuring things out.

this was real fun, keep it up!

"Quick effect is faster than this trap card" that is incorrect. Spell speed wise they are the same the trap card is just more situational and has an activation requirement. Another small nitpick is she said banish and remove from play are different in yugioh which is also not correct. Every old card that says "remove from play" means banish. As a general rule here is the spell speed list: Spell speed 1: Normal spells, field spells, continuous spells, and monster effects. Spell speed 2: Trap and trap effects (normal and continuous), quick play spells, and quick effect monster effects. Spell Speed 3: Counter traps.

I always enjoy watching people be introduced to a new card game! It can be pretty hard for full Yu-gi-oh, but the new speed duels box might be a good place to start.

After seeing that Team APS video with the Professor rating Magic cards, this kind of video has become my new obsession. Just something really cool about seeing YGO and Magic players interact. xD

this is a good series, and I do like seeing how different players view different cards from a game they're not familiar with. One bit critique is the same as many pointed out: if the host had knowledge of how both games work, it would make it much better I think. It would allow the host to explain how a card words a lot more clearly than if they didn't. An example, would be when she just stated how tribute is equivalent to sacrifice, however, when it came to banishing, it felt like even she didn't entirely know what it meant. I say this as Removed From Play, and Banish, are the same thing, there is not a banish zone, or a removed from play zone, and if she just said that banish is equivalent to exile, it would have been a lot clearer. Another example is when she was trying to explain what a Quick Effect is, she could have just stated that a quick effect is the equivalent of an instant/Flash/Activated Ability, and as such, usable anytime you would have priority. Aside from that, I think it was a good episode.

You both were so charming. I am watching this as a Magic player, and it's so neat to learn what is powerful or not in YuGiOh. Also those cards were A-Dor-able!!! Wow! The closest thing we have to that in magic are "Secret Lair Drops".

Really interesting concept for a series!

Great series 🙌🏼🙌🏼

I love this series! :) Also would be interested in seeing you two duel

I love the Mayakashi! They are so much fun. Also, it would be fun to see you both duel!

She's too cute trying to guess the Yugioh cards and it was funny her calling the levels dragon balls

Exodia decks: magical mallet is great. Wittch’s strike would be way better if it wasn’t so slow. Also not mentioned how changing a monster face down can interrupt your opponent’s effects.

For future videos if a Magic player asks what a quick effect is, say its just like an instant spell in Magic, they work the same way you just do them at any time as long as you meet the requirements

Quick effect monster or spell effects are spell speed 2, normal trap cards are also spell speed 2, so Witch's Strike could activate and chain to a quick effect monster effect if its conditions were met.

Certainly an interesting selection of cards. I really hope this series continues, particularly with some classic YGO stuff. Also, duels are always cool!

This is a wonderful concept please keep it

i like the ygo and mtg topic collab vids, playing both gives it another dimension of understanding to both sides

I think it be would be really fun to show them something like cannon soldier or something that is good because it's either a soft once per turn or just not a once per turn

Very enjoyable Show! I’d love to see more :)

So only a few things ppl probably pointed out, Banish is remove from play it was changed to banish as a key word in the game to shorten text. Also Trap cards and quick effects are spell speed 2 so they can be activated in a chain. Otherwise great video. Also witch's strike is only when a cards activation is negated not when a effect is negated

About Fairy Tail - Snow, another major thing is the fact that you can't use face down cards to summon monsters from the extra deck (synchro, xyz, link). So that effect can be used to stop the summon of a key combo piece or boss monster

I would love to see you two play great vid!

I feel like with Witch's Strike, an absolutely huge thing that was overlooked was how it says "negates the activation" rather than "negates the effect". If it was negate the effect it would arguably be a lot stronger as many many more staples (ash) negate effects rather than activations. Also, the spell speed really isn't a problem like others in the comment are saying. If someone uses a Solemn judgment as a counter trap (spell speed 3), witches strike simply starts a new chain as CL1.

I really like this series. I like watching other people giving their opinions on cards, even with a limited amount of knowledge on the game itself. Some cards I wanna suggest for the next video are: Forbidden Droplet Dimension Shifter (or any hand trap that hasn't been done) Crossout Designator Called by the Grave Triple Tactics Talents Waking the Dragons Summoning Curse Artifact Scythe Mirror Force Ancient Fairy Dragon

I love this video series

I love this series so much!

5:00 I think at that point Anika doesn't realize how broken that effect would be in Yugioh

This series makes me happy

I, as a novice of both games, am really loving this series :D

I'm loving their enthusiasm

a couple of ruling explanation mistakes! bout to um actually us both into the shadow realm cause im a nerd. 1) quick effects are spell speed 2. the same speed as normal traps and quick-play spell cards. 2) remove from play is the old wording of banish, but they are in fact the same thing.

Haven't watch the full video,. But, based on how much she seems to know about the card game and that the first card is a ritual monster whose only used as a combo piece this is gonna be a tough set of cards to guess. EDIT: Okay she did pretty well, but some of those cards were really tough guesses.

Isn't a Staple a card that you can play in every deck ? Benten is neither a staple or a stinker tho 🤔 But really nice video, this concept is dope!!

Dakki should've counted as a staple since there was no context to how good the archetype was, given that in her archetype she is incredible.

Great video. Great to see card market doing vids like this. Think there was a missed opportunity though. Anyone not playing Yugioh watching this would never come into contact with some of these cards at all as they are completely irrelevant to modern Yugioh or are multiple formats old. Might have been more inspired if they used cards that are newer or more common to see and would probably be cool to see this vid. Decide to buy some ygo boosters and then pull one of the cards spoken about. Otherwise loved it

Fairy Tail Snow is also great because it can pseudo-negate some card effects. If a card negates the activation of a face up monster (or targets a face up card and does something to _that_ target), you can flip it face down in response and still have it resolve.

More of this and also showing a new player how to play!

Love this series

I want more of this and also going the other way as well.

Commenting for the algorithm. Love these!

Today I learned snow makes you banish seven because of the seven dwarves

I wanna see it. xD love watching new players wrap their head around yugi.

I want to see more of these two

More Staple or Stinker, more Cardmarket personnel!!!

PLEASE do another episode with this guest thats JUST cards with very cute artwork the world needs it

I'd love to see you guys introduce a new player to yugioh in a duel!!

Dakki and Benten were definitely unfair. Dakki is a staple in Mayakashi because the deck is focused around summoning her over and over to summon synchro monsters with a higher level (from 3 at the lowest up to 11). Benten is restricted by being a ritual monster, a summoning mechanic that used to be very flawed. Both cards are good in their respective decks. The main difference is that Benten can be used by other ritual-decks and light & fairy just happens to have the most support. Dakki can only be used for its intended purpose unless you tribute it to special summon Nine-tailed Fox or do whatever. Anyway…Magical Mallet is only useful for getting your Garnets (cards that are mostly or even only useful when they stay in the deck until you draw the coresponding card) back into the deck.

Oh I actually never realized that fairy tail snow banished 7 because of the 7 dwarves.

witch's strike is an absolute staple which i use in all of my trap decks, and i have resolved the card multiple times resulting in me winning

I've played both for many years. Pretty much since the start of Magic. I mostly like playing control. Mainly for alternate win states. For me, that always seems to be more easily done with Yu-Gi-Oh. I wanted to bring this up because of the discussion of banishment in the video. While there are cards that let you banish stuff in Magic. There are very few, I can only think of maybe 2 off the top of my head that allow you to bring stuff back. And if I remember correctly, it's specific things. But in YGO, you can build a turn 1 infinite combo deck around banishment. I just really enjoy that, lol. I've also built a deck in magic that is turn 1 with no lands. As in no land cards at all. I built it to be a counter to Flash Hulk. I was actually surprised with how smoothly it ran. I just really like building decks, and seeing combos pop off.

nice, would nice to see the duel

Should have explained snow as a mini delve and explain how putting stuff face down is powerful because it prevents so many summoning mechanics from the extra deck from even happening

Cards with strong effects that miss timing like the yang zing or better yet the Gustos. It's such a cheap shot but would be fun to see someone learn what missing timing is

It was today I learned that the reason Snow banishes seven for cost is because it's one card for each dwarf.

great card choices!

this series is awesome. i only discovered this channel and the mtg one cuz of these videos. blue-eyes chaos max dragon - it's an hexproof indestructible version of an iconic card. barrier statue of the stormwinds - floodgate card. dimension shifter - tearlaments must die. poison draw frog - tricky because of timing. underworld goddess of the closed world - crazy boss monster. also i dont think a link monster has been shown yet?

Awsome serie😻

i think it would help a lot if someone where there to explain the yugioh effects in a mtgfied way that would save a lot of explanation. tribute is sacrifice, specialen might as well be cast without paying the mana cost, negating equals countering, quick effect is the synonym for flash and banish and exile are identical.

I totally want to see a duel, i love anika's voice

Also to add on with Snow is she can also be used as disruption, since most ED summon besides fusions requires your materials to be face up so if you hit the right card you can stop a combo. Also since Snow can banish any 7 card most the time you can just banish spell traps that's been used since those are harder to recycle than monsters. So 7 sounds quite costly but since you can use your GY that's a lot of benefits and not all decks recycle their gy this lets snow acts as both a potential disruption and extender.

Benten is a funny card. Before Drytron came out, the card saw little to no play and sat at 3 its entire life.