The Many Historical References with the D/D/D Archetype - Unknown Side of Yugioh 

Fun Fact: Effect damage is often called as "burn damage" and Oracle King d'Arc can turn them in Life Points, wich is ironic since Joan was... Burned alive

Now i want DuelLogs to cover the infamous Flowchart of D/D/D as a short. Wonder how long that will do.

The rivalry between Edison and Tesla being reflected in the cards design as well as the art work is amazing.

Some additional trivia: Beowulf letting you pop backrow is a reference to how he would destroy every weapon that he wielded due to his immense strength. The intent of the effect in gameplay was to give a means of popping Dark Contracts if the burn damage they'd inflict was too significant which is similar to Beowulf's style of "use a weapon then it breaks." Pendragon might be more based on Uther Pendragon, Arthur's father, who is associated with the red dragon of Wales which while the monster is black it does have red in its palette and the overall shape is kinda similar to the Welsh dragon. The summoning requirement being sacrificing monsters seems more like a reference to Uther's rise to power as well. It might just be named after Arthur because he's more famous but the name is vague enough to make its art and effect seem more fitting for the darker story of Uther. D'arc also has the same summoning type, statline and level as St. Joan as an additional reference. And haircut. And choosing Jeanne d'Arc might be loosely referencing the interpretation of her as a witch that many English (including Shakespeare) largely supported. Darius' battle protection is a reference to the Persian Immortals. Caesar's WATER type and his recovery effects might also be a slight reference to the time he was captured by pirates, and while he was under their capture he promised he'd crucify them when he was let out. He did. Also something neat is that even though Japanese uses the accurate hard-C "Kaiser" pronunciation when referring to Julius Caesar, the Xyz monster in D/D/D uses the English "See-sar" pronunciation which might also be a reference to him being a WATER.

One thing that you may have missed: most of the "minor" D/D monsters are either harbingers of death/disaster, or in other ways connected to horrific historical or mythological events. Several of them are also servants/children of gods that would stand no chance against the world enders at the top, implying that the D/D/D top ranks already defeated the higher deities and took over their servants, possibly through the Dark Contracts. This would fit both into the mythological side, as well as the company motif in the OCG, portraying them as shrewd business leaders who destroy their "rival companies" (in this case, pantheons) and adopt the remaining servants as slaves. They basically attempt to control history, and forcefully tie characters to their fates - for example, Jeanne D'arc was burned at the stake as a witch, she was "demonized" by the church, but held onto her faith until the end. It's surprisingly deep.

I think Machinex's alternative summoning condition is also a reference to the Deus Ex Machina, as you can conveniently summon machinex on top of any D/D/D monster and therby cercumvent the xyz summoning requirements

Doom King Armageddon being the CEO is amazing wordplay because in Japanese, C(shi) E(i) O(oh), can mean "Great King of Death"

One extra thing worth mentioning about Oracle King D'arc is that it's a dark counterpart to the old fusion monster St. Joan. Both are fusion monsters, they have the same ATK and DEF stats, and even the armor and sword is really similar. But D'arc is the DARK and corrupted version of the LIGHT and pure St. Joan.

Flame King Genghis is named "Temujin" instead of Genghis in Japanese. Temujin was the birth name of Genghis Khan.

There's also the manga D/D/D monsters: Zero Laplace and Zero Maxwell are named after Pierre-Simon Laplace and James Clerk Maxwell, Zero Paradox is based on the concept of a paradox, and Divine Zero King Rage is the Yugioh-lore-based one as its name and appearance is based on Reiji (Declan's Japanese name)

One more thing to note about Oracle King D’arc. She shares her level, ATK, and DEF values with two other monsters based on Joan of Arc: St. Joan and Guardian Angel Joan. All three are level 7 monsters with 2800 ATK and 2000 DEF. Also, all three are able to gain you LP in some way. Saint Joan requires Darklord Marie as fusion material, and Marie restores LP while in the GY. Guardian Angel Joan restores your LP each time she destroys a monster in battle. And Oracle King D’arc makes effects that would damage your LP heal you for that amount instead.

Firstly, awesome video. Secondly something that I would like to note about Deus Machinex that you didn't mention is that he can be summoned using any D/D/D monster, even if they're not XYZ. This lines up with a Deus ex Machina since he can come out of nowhere at any time when you need him. Edit: also what I just realised is that D'arc turns every effect damage into LP gain instead, showing the divine knowledge she has. This way every supposed defeat is transformed into a win through her abilities.

This is why i really like deck archetypes in modern yugioh over the old days of just random monsters and zombies, it allows for more creativity imo

I love how the D/Ds reference science and history. If they weren't so excessively complex, I would so play them! And to be fair, in mythology, Gilgamesh was also known for carrying an unusually large amount of weapons when he went to kill the monster Humbaba, including a sword and axe that each weighed 120 lbs. (Which is insane when you realize that on average swords rarely weigh more than 10 lbs.)

Spirit monsters kind of already had their own video in Failed Archetypes/Mechanics, but they would make for a good Unknown Side since most of them are directly based on places, deities, or creatures from Japanese mythology.

Now I want more videos explaining the inspirations of archetypes.

0:52 The "D/D Savant" monsters: the ones inspired by scienstists - - - - - 7:46 The D/D/D inspired by mythological figures 7:49 We need a D/D/D King Brunhilde 11:46 imagine other female kings, to accompany D'arc - - - - - 11:42 The D/D/D inspired by real life people 13:28 the most difficult D/D/D to fit in the usual deck. an fittingly the one whose accomplishments are more associated with administration 14:53 the few D/D/D who have a different name in the OCG, with them being "Temujin" - - - - - 17:10 The D/D/D who represent the end of the world or just finality 19:13 Let's make a brief pause, to mention the main monster the archetype / deck was supposed to be centered around, and the user of the deck's Main Ace monster - - - - 21:03 The D/D/D inspired by actual Yu-Gi-Oh Lore - - - - 23:34 Does this opens a new category for the D/D/D

I NEVER LOOKED AT THE COPERNICUS AND KEPLER ART THAT CLOSELY THAT'S SO COOL! Holy shit these designs have way more thought behind them than I thought, especially the savants, I thought they were just weird big rock creatures with no meaning lol!

Two more things about Machinex. His summoning condition of being able to be overlayed on to any D/D/D is most likely a reference to his name, considering he can just hit the field out of nowhere. And his steal effect can also be activated by destroying contracts, this can either be seen as him being the head of a company, cutting contacts to make ends meet. Or the author disregarding his script to make this god out of the machine pull off some amazing feats.

To be more specific about the Multiple Gilgamesh in Fate. Is not really that there are multiple Gilgameshes in that universe. But it's the same Gilgamesh in different stages of his life being summoned. Eg: The Gilgamesh with turban hat thing is an older more mature version of the one in the golden armor. Which version shows up depends on the manga/anime/game.

NEVER realized that all the Armageddon extra deck monsters look like the boss monsters of the big bads of the previous series 😮😮😮

6:58 There's yet *another* card that references Schrodinger's cat theory; the Trap Monster Quantum Cat, which has the ability to take on the type and attribute of any monster in the game. It's not a great card by any means, but if you ever wanted a Divine Fish or Fire Illusion, there you go.

A couple thoughts I had while watching; Gilgamesh's Pendulum Scale Setting Effect on Summon and his floating effect may also be references to the hoards of weapons and tools he has. While being a fiend Joan of Arc's less fiendish nature is reflected in the fact that she goes against the decks self inflicted burn effects by having them heal you instead. Stone King Darius being a more bureaucratic figure could be a reference to the fact that in the anime, Reiji summoned it when he was dueling against his little brother as a means to resolve the conflict between them. This one might be a stretch, but Deus Machinex's effect to absorb monsters could be based on his President title where he would oversee the absorption of rival companies.

Hear me out: Yuya is all about egao and shit but is also a dragon user, and his rival is Reiji (Declan, in the dub), who is the D/D user in Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. That is to say, some of Reiji's extra deck monsters being based on dragon slayers might actualy be related with Yuya's rivalry towards Reiji (which I dare to say, was not reciprocrated by Reiji, since Yuya saw him as "the one to be bested" but Reiji himself didn't seem to think of Yuya that way, and was more interested in leading Yuya and the others to defeat Leo and the Academia, as well as he pushed Yuya and the others to be stronger)

As a fellow D/D/D enjoyer, I really want to thank you for making this video. Loved how you explained each D/D/D card and their origins. Truly a feast to watch! I Love D/D/D. Keep up the good content.

as an extra detail, Rebel King Leonidas' shield is specifically a Hoplon, the standard shield in ancient greek infantry warfare, which the Spartans were notoriously excelent at. Additonally, Alexader (both gust king and gust high king) have the same ability to special from grave on the summon of another D/D/D as Genghis, which is reminiscent of him corralling his huge army (another thing he's known for in the Fate franchise as his representation has the power to call on an nfinite army). With Genghis having the same effect, likely equating these two leaders who conquered immense swathes of land within their lifetime with enormous armies, also mirrored in both Genghis and Alexander being Executives in their OCG names. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to notice any mechanical representation of the fact that both Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great's empires shattered upon their deaths, the Mongol empire being split among Genghis' many sons and Alexander's empire being split among his generals.

What's funny about Gilgamesh depction in Final Fantasy is that he is Gilgamesh only in name. His design takes inspiration from Musashibou Benkei, a monk who challenged any warrior at a bridge I forgot the name for a duel and claimed the loser's weapon as his own, and after winning 99 battles, he was defeated by Ushiwakamaru, a.k.a. young Minamoto no Yoshitsune and after a rematch and losing again, Benkei became a follower of Yoshitsune.

How about "Top 10 Cards that would be broken in other Archetypes, ie. cards like Ojama Red (Summons 4 archetype monsters with no restrictions) or Snake Rain (Discard to foolish 4 cards from deck also with no restrictions).

Fun Fact: Doom King Armageddon's name comes from "Death King" or "Shi-i-Oh". Oddly enough, Shi-i-Oh sounds exactly like CEO and thus, the office hierarchy present in the D/D/D archetype was born. Unrelated but, it's just so funny to me, thinking about these unholy creatures of darkness, sitting in an office, drinking coffee and having a chat.

If Duellogs decide to make Historical channels i would 100% subscribe

Don't forget super doom king dark armageddon is actually coming out of the gate itself. Similar to how when number 1 attacks, the gates of 1 open to reveal a Monsterus beast that will attack.

To add to what you said towards the end about Caesar: Not only the German word Kaiser stems from Caesar, also the word "Tzar" does, the Russian rulers before the 20th century. The Russian pronunciation "Czar" is just Caesar without the initial diphthong.

You did miss one in the scientist section, though this isn't entirely your fault: D/D/D Supersight King Zero Maxwell is a reference to James Clerk Maxwell, the inventor of electromagnetic radiation. Only Konami knows why he's not a D/D Savant.

I know it wasn't a historical reference or anything but I wish you touched on Go-DDD Divine Zero King Zero God Reiji. While all the other DDDs are based on scientific minds, great leaders, and even past Yugioh final villains it was interesting there was one that's just based on the deck user Reiji himself. It could have lead into a segment about how it has the ability to manipulate space to contrast with God-Eyes Phantom Dragon's ability to manipulate time. While this isn't really on topic with the video, I think it still would have been an interesting little tangent.

Super doom king purple Armageddon also looks like it fuses 5Ds villains and zexals villains with duel monsters and gx villains. The white and yellow color scheme and circular shape in the middle matches the mekklords archetype from 5Ds and the wings on the bottom seem to be similar to the wings on the black ray lancer/levia dragon (something name escapes me) that shark/barian emperor used in the beginning and end of zexal. I'm glad you pointed out the duel monsters and gx references. I never would have seen that on my own. Thank you. Your videos are always so cool and interesting.

History of Edison and Tesla is actually pretty funky, but in the end I am glad they both came together and created AC/DC

Great work with this! Loved the D/D/D archetype since it launched and I'm always glad to see people appreciate it

D/D/D is by far my favorite deck, not just because i love the playstyle, but also because its always fun to see the countless mythical, historical and scientifical references weaving together to form the combos. It somewhat appeals to my inner history nerd. P.S: Another good idea for an episode of The Unknown Side would be Chronomaly since the archetype is rife with historical monuments and theories as it's main theme, would make a good deck to analyze through this kind of viewpoint!

I love this deck. It is way better than most people give it credit for.

I hope D/D/D gets some legacy support in the future, Gilgamesh needs his long overdue promotion for having carried the deck for so long.

I love Declan and his Deck. Also, I thought Declan said it was Triple D and Double D, and D.D is something else.

Siegfried also gained a similar kind of invulnerability to Achillies after bathing in the blood of a lindwurm. All skin the blood touches became impenetrable, but a leaf fell on his shoulder blade leaving that spot unprotected.

Mr. Logs never misses when delivering this kind of videos of him talking about the lore of the cards. Kinda wish he was my history teacher. Anyway, how about we see the Generaider and Runick lore next? I wanna see how you tackle the 9 worlds of Norse mythology as well as the boss monsters representing some of the most well-known divinities of said mythology.

Gotta love how complex and gorgeous this deck is. I was kinda expecting you to also mention D/D/D Destiny King Zero Laplace and its peculiar effects, but I understand there’s so many more cards to the archetype, especially now with the D/D/D/D as well

The element of Gilgamesh being depicted with weapons goes back to part of the epic of Gilgamesh where the local warlords and kings basically laid down their weapons at Gilgamesh's throne to show their loyalty to him

I also want to point out that machinex's summoning condition is a deus ex machina. It comes out of nowhere and fixes everything forthr ddd player once it hits the field

Historical figures working in a highly byzantine and capitalist company while making and destroying contracts with demons is the slice of life comedy anime we need.

It's too bad they didn't know what edison was when making the card (mainly stealing other people's ideas and passing them off as his own) and found someone worthy of being referenced in a card. The drawing they used should have had a hidden back stab image to properly capture him as a person.

As a D/D/D player, this information will help me complete my combo lines!

Speaking of gilgamesh’s fate appearence; pendragon, seigfried, d’arc, leonidas and alexander all have their source characters also appear in fate.

Thank you so much for making this video. I love the D/D/D and D/D archetype. It's one of my absolute favorite decks in the entire game because of how fun it is to play, all of the summoning methods it has, and how consistent it is as a whole.

Man reiji decks and archetype has one of coolest summoning methods and type in Yugioh franchise

4:43 i love how tesla has a little metal moustache on his face

I just finished watching this playlist last night and now there’s a new episode, this channel is awesome!

5:50 this is actually so cool, they need to put more details like this into cards

While I've yet to make a decent deck with them I love the D/D/D archetype. I even made my own custom card referencing Catherine the Great.

I haven't enjoyed one of your videos this much in a long time , thank you logs you really reminded me why i subscribed your channel

They missed a good chance to have an additional reference on Newton; the balls are already various colors on the card anyway, so they could have been in correct spectrum order and been a reference to his discovery of the spectrum.

Does this mean that the spider finally surpass his D/D/D hate?

11:37 the two versions of Gilgamesh is just him at 2 different points of his life. One worked through a traumatic event and became a good king, the other one hasn't gotten any trauma

D/D/D is the archetype that changed my mind about pendulum summoning. The deck didn’t NEED to us PS to be good, but doing so could enhance its combos. Also, Declan was awesome.

a video on one of my favorite archetypes! Keep up the good work!

pleaseeeeeee, make a similar video, but about shinobirds, japanese mythology spirit-inspired monsters in general... Kushitama is on its way, to complete the mitama quartet with ara, niki and sakitama. I just love that eastern lore. Your channel is amazing!

I love D/D/D a lot, thanks for making this video Mr Logs

Knowing they have corporate positions in the OCG actually makes the evil demon theme more evident

The anti-synergy on Tesla and Edison is a great detail!

Would love to hear you cover Ancient Warriors too! I’ve been playing this deck since I discovered it, and love all the references to Romance of Three Kingdoms. It really makes it really special!

A lot of the deck made sense thematically if a bit wide in scope. The Armageddon shield like ones were the most out there. I was much more impressed by the ones named after a historical figure.

This is what I thought when I first see this deck in action. Good video man

My favorite archetype ! thanks i never noticed thoses things! amaizing video as always

finally ,been waiting for a video like this

And it's sub-sub-arcthype D/D/D/D

What about the latest D monster, the D/D/D/D guy that came out recently? Loved the video btw

Thank you for covering this, me and my older brother adore this archetype!

So happy you are talking about this archetype, my favorite in terms of design history and inspiration

This deck makes me curious what company these monsters would found What is the goal of the D/D/D’s Are they a contingency to destructive changes in the world? Are they the causes of world-ending events to reap the rewards of the chaos Or are they a collection of rulers who are willing to wipe the slate clean and rebuild if their nations/consumers become too rebellious. If the third one is to be believed, then it would be the greatest reference of this archetype, because their company has learned from the mistakes of fallen nations Nations are built to one day fall, so let it fall and build a new one. The purpose of the company is to create a world that creates a renewable nation with this collection of kings wiping the slate at a sigh of rebellion or change then recreating that nation exactly how it was. Very clever

Awesome video, I love this archetype and to make it 25 minutes must have taken some work. Thank You and looking forward to seeing a little more love for these monsters.

11:28 As a fan of the Fate series I feel the need to explain just how much of an understatement “Fate Gilgamesh has a lot of weapons” is. His main Noble Phantasm (something closely tied with his legend) is a key to “Gate of Babylon” and gives him access to everything in his treasury… which is almost literally everything. From the Elixir of Youth he lost in life to the prototypes of all but the most secret of legendary artifacts to the ship Ra uses on the Du’at turned into a *freaking plane.* And because things in the series gain power the older they are that means these things are superior to the ones in legend. From Durandal to Gram he has a stronger version of pretty much *every* legendary weapon. Oh yeah, he fights by using the key to make several portals to his treasury that shoot these weapons like common bullets. Because to him these weapons are easier to find than it’d be for you to find a single bullet. This is absolutely as broken as it sounds. There’s a reason he’s one of the strongest characters in the series. Even though Gil debuted in Fate/Stay Night (the first work in the series) and most of the cast (including KING ARTHUR) has been powercreeped since its January 2004 release he’s still completely broken. Because the more stuff shows up in the series the more Gilgamesh has in his treasury.

I think you missed the manga D/D/Ds Zero King Laplace based on Pierre-Simon Laplace, Zero Maxwell based on James Clerk Maxwell, and Go D/D/D Divine Zero King Rage, based on Declan himself (his jp name is Reiji which is how Rage is written in katakana) Rage being a 0 scale allows for a majority of his monsters to be pendulum summon, and its monster effect is a game-winning direct attack, making it essentially the most powerful ddd monster

Reiji quite the unique rival, while the rest of the rivals have dragons as their aces his is a fiend.

The servants in Fate/Stay night are all the same person. They are an amalgamation of a certain legend or great historical feat. (For the most part) And each incarnation is essentially a magic ghost clone of said person. With knowledge of both their original life and relevant modern day knowledge magically implanted into their brains during summoning. (With exceptions.)

Top 10 non-union archetypes that put their monsters in the back row (not counting pendulum scales). Artifacts, Crystal Beasts, V-HEROs, Icejade, and Felgrand. Bonus points for "union but better" type effects like Dragunity, Magistus, Superheavy Samurai, Cyberdark, Destruction Sword, Inzektors, Infernoble Knights, Marincess, the Claw of Hermos fusions, Therion, Plunder Patroll, Vylon, and ZW's

Been waiting for someone to do this video

This was awesome. I would’ve liked to see the lore behind the dark contract cards too

Oh yes! I freaking love this and actually got a professor to use my own (quick) study on it as extra credit on a thesis!

I love this video, and would love a series

This video is a simple reminder how D/D/Ds is one of, if not the coolest deck ever created.

I really enjoyed this video and noticed you brought up the Noble Knights archetype. Will you be doing a video on the Noble Knights and Infernobles?

The only D/D/D I accept is the fat penguin king who fights a pink puffball on a star-shaped planet. And D/D is the silly older sister who wrecks her scientist younger brother's lab all the time.

I would absolutely love to hear you cover the Noble Knights cards (especially if you can find someone who can tell you how to pronounce all the Welsh names).

I love this yugioh reference/ inspiration cards and arquetypes!!

Great video man

First of, cool video. The D/D/D Archetype quickly became one of my favorites after watching the anime and getting to play around with it in Master Duel. That may be due to the fact I enjoy watching the Fate series. Secondly, I'm not sure where this one would fit in but it's a shame you didn't get to talk about this bad boy, the newcomer in the Archetype, D/D/D/D Super-Dimensional Sovereign Emperor Zero Paradox.

Thank you for the Video, its Amazing♡

The tesla and edison anti synergy is so fun!

There’s the manga D/D/D’s called Zero Maxwell wich is base on James Clerk Maxwell

Duel Logs! You missed *D/D/D/D Super Dimensional Sovereign Emperor Zero Paradox!* The TRUE boss monster of the D/D/Ds!

This is one of the most fascinating archetypes, despite being so annoying to play as or against. Btw, do we even have enough information on the new sub archetype D/D/D/D?

This was awesome!!

The moment has finally come when YuGiOh is actually teaching us about important shit