Its not ridicolous at all. Master Duel simply has nothing to do with real Yugioh and its tiresome when Master Duel players sharing their thoughts on Yugioh TCG cause its always stupid and ridicolous takes due to their lack of knowledge about the game.
What about the people who play both as well as their being new players in the tcg also won’t have as much experience either also someone in master duel could have a unique perspective and still have good experience and lastly everyone can have bad ideas not just people in a specific group
You know how many tcg players didn’t even understand how mandatory effect priority shifting worked until they played masterduel? Hell some (probably most) of them still don’t understand. Masterduel players don’t need a judge to handle issues due to lack of game knowledge but the tcg does. You sound silly. Its the same game just automated. And arguably better because metas wont be defined by the inability to get a particular card that konami decided to only print x amount of copies of. Where you dont have to sell your left nut (of exodia) to get an important card for a particular strategy that wont even cost that much like 2 formats from now. There are problems with masterduel but people who exclusively play the tcg that feel superior for sone strange reason, wouldn’t know them.
Communities often function off of shared experience and I feel the YGO experience is too wide for its own good. "Liking Yu-Gi-Oh" could mean "I topped at the recent YCS" or "I have a Dark Magician somewhere in my attic". Some people like collecting the pretty cards, some people binge watch different seasons of the anime, and some people unironically play Flower Cardians. On a more serious note, as someone purely on the Master Duel side of things, I _do_ think its a very vocal minority, as most online negativity tends to be.
I recently had an interaction at a card shop where player asked me why would I ever want to play master duel? I explained that I work a lot, or I don't always carry a deck around. Master Duel (and for a long time for me, Duel Links) is great way to play the game without sinking too much time into it. I've learned combos, rules, and tested decks all while taking the train. Generally, the fact that there are robust fully featured digital versions of the game has made this game more accessible to me.
"You play Yugioh? How dare you betray us, the people who play Yugioh???" Yeah, it's kind of a silly thing to create divisions over. Unfortunately, there will always be people who try to make things into an "us vs. them" scenario. Personally I would prefer to play games in person with physical cards, but unfortunately I live pretty far away from any store. So I build decks according to the TCG banlist and play them on Master Duel despite the "different" format. If I like a deck enough, I even buy all the cards physically anyway! After all, I'm a collector too and that's not something you can really do (at least, not in a way that's meaningful to me) on Master Duel. There are strengths and weaknesses to every way to play, just let people have fun.
It is bizarre. Whether its TCG vs OCG, MD vs Physical or even MD vs Duel Links, I'm honestly kinda surprised how snobby people get towards different formats of the same game just because they dont favor the other over theirs DL in particular gets a bad end of the deal due to its monetization (though its gotten somewhat better at this over the years) compared to MD, but people would rather not acknowledge its existence either due to past experiences with it or how different it is to the other formats
Really is it. It's not unreasonable for competitive players to say something is not competitive and I don't like it. And everyone arguing about xyz is competitive. Yea it can be but the most competitive is TCG less variance best 2 of 3. No maxxc mini game. I mean the duel links and master duel don't even have a real ladder system. They only do that when the world's race is on. Obviously all the games can be taken seriously and competitive but some of them feel more luck driven than others.
It's fu*kin stupid. It is like tribalism within video games. Who cares what box you choose to play on. How is someone playing on Xbox affect a solely exclusive Nintendo player? Makes literal zero sense. Just enjoy what you enjoy in everything in life, so long as it is legal.
@@cbgg1585 The video game tribalism started as a marketing gimmick in the 90s, and by that mainly Sega gaslighting kids with a Genesis into thinking they should bully the other kids who have an SNES, but for some idiotic reason that mentality never went away.
I just want to have fun playing Yugioh. Masterduel, TCG, Dueling book, whatever. I'm not going to dunk on someone on what deck they play or how they play. Great video!
I would like to attend a ycs, but the total amount to travel, weekennd lodge, food, can total to over $2000. so not every yugioh player can afford that. and for those that don't, the competitive community will only look at ycs breakdowns and go for "you're poor so than you're bad"
As mentioned in the video, only attend if you're able to do so! They're a lot of fun and a valuable experience, but there's nothing wrong about not going. I haven't been to one myself in a few years now.
There's no need to jump and go to one that's on the opposite end of the world. I went to YCS Bologna and it cost me £200 all in from the UK. To spend £2000 going to a YCS would mean I fly to America just to duel in a YCS, basically nobody is doing that. Just wait for one nearer there's a very small fraction of people in a place where its "spend 2000 or dont go" unless you live in the arctic.
I might could afford that once a year but id rather just take that money plus the money id spend on the deck i want and spend it on getting literally every deck i could ever want plus some in master duel. Or just save that money in case i need it later for something more important.
@@BasswireThey are saying the total cost including hotel and food. If I went to the closest Regional YCS to me it would cost $600 on the flight alone with $120 a night for a Hotel. I think a lot of UK forget that USA is larger than the EU. USA landmass is 3x the size of EU. Texas alone has more than 2x the square kilometers to all of UK.
I wonder what the secondary market might have to do with this divide. Imagine a player with the money to spend on expensive, game-winning cards, that let them be mediocre at the game, but win at the tournament level. They go to Master Duel, where people can craft cards and not hunt down hard copies, now there's a more even playing field. And so maybe some players that are SEEN as "good" because of their ability to spend extra cash are now having that reality challenged digitally. and many of the players that are otherwise struggling IRL but have that fairness in MD feel like that makes MD more "valid"....?
I just sleep in my Prius so all I have to pay is the entry fee of $25, parking fee of $20-30 and like $30 in gas. Not too bad. I usually only go to YCS if it’s within 6 hours from me though.
This is so disingenuous. You can test on dB lots of good tcg players do all cards are free there. Maxxc not legal and best of 3. This are the issues TCG players don't like the Maxxc mini game or that you can just lose game 1 to variance in tcg this happens you can recover in master duel you just lose. This 2 issues not the fake one of I can spend more money than my opponent and I'll stomp them. If you have ever played against rogue with meta before it can just be boring sometimes they catch you then you'll either have the best time breaker ever or they will kill you chances as they proceed to lose every other match.
@@josepharmstrong6852 What are you talking about? What do you mean "db"? Do you mean MD? I don't mean to offend but you need grammar in your post because it does *not* make sense.
A LOT of the tribalist toxicity stems form the different formats and banlists imo. Like you said I've seen a lot of shitting on the OCG and it's players recently, and the MD hate is an extension of that since MD's banlist is way more similar to OCG It's one of the reasons why I wish Konami would just bite the bullet and unify the banlists at this point. It's already dumb enough that it makes getting MD players into the TCG more difficult since the formats are so wildly different, but it also just exacerbates dumb tribalism cause of minor bs like which format has Curious legal
I'm being honest unified banlist only works if ocg,tcg and master duel where to not only get more unified releases but also not have vastly different styles of play to have a banlist that causes doing nothing for one region to fix how they're using cards
Stay in your place, plebian Paul! I kid, of course. If nothing else, Master Duel could help people get into the physical game after learning things from Solo Mode, phrases, chaining, etc. Not to mention SPENDING LESS MONEY if you are willing to earn gems. Physical TCG player myself but I think MD is dope still for what it brings to the table.
I think the worst divide is between budget players and rich players. You can’t say the prices of the game are too high without people saying you shouldn’t play the game because you can’t afford the top cards. Yugioh players can’t go a day without poor shaming someone.
I sometimes play IRL with two friends, but truthfully the biggest problem is how we are literally hours away from a locals. Having to drive 5 hours at least plus any other expenses just to play Yu-Gi-Oh doesn't feel that nice, specially compared to people that barely need to drive half an hour.
Paul, I will add to this as well. And this can go to the rest of APS as well (Trell, Alex, Alec, Calvin, etc.). Doesn't matter if it's Master Duel or IRL TCG. If you guys like to do both, stick with it. There's nothing wrong with doing both. Yes, y'all may prefer one over the other. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't do both.
I doesn't help matters that there are Yugitubers out there saying out loud that Master Duel is illegitimate and brushing of opinions from anyone who mentions it like they don't know what they're talking about. It's an incredibly silly argument that you're not a "real" Yugioh player if you use Maxx C or are willing to spend several hundred dollars just to make one deck. It's also really dumb to call a physical card player a "sucker" when you're probably copy-pasting any meta deck you find online and don't build anything yourself.
You’re absolutely right when you say play both, in this game they both really help me enjoy all that is Yugioh, I test decks in OCG and if I really like them buy and commit to the deck take it to locals and have fun! Dont listen to the haters Paul, happy holidays 🙏🏼
Divide between TCG and master duel is a thing, BUT - only in those countrees where are a lot of options to get cards IRL. For example here in Latvia, Riga - we got about 2 card shops for entire city to sell limited amount of yugioh cards... That's why i was realy happy to get master duel on steam to get more involved in my favorite card game. And Besides - Master duel is a good tool to test your ideas for decks or other projects like Yu-gi-OH the Dawn of the new Era, etc. before you buy those cards IRL and go to tournaments.
i played yugioh when i was a kid. when master duel came out i got back into it and was having fun. master duel has caused me to start building physical decks again and start to look into locals as something i might do
Master Duel is what really got me into Yugioh. I now play the TCG because of it. I don’t play Master Duel as much a result of the switch, but I do appreciate it still.
I've seen this in a couple of other games before and I personally think it mostly comes down to people feeling like they somtimes get shafted for the sake of the other group, which fuels that animosity. I agree it's a shame though because it's definitely common that something that helps one group can help both. After all, a healthier format and fun card design will end up great for everyone (among other changes).
I get very irritated when I'm looking up deck profiles and I'm getting duel links/master duel in the searches. I don't want see that RU-vid need a better filter on the search results
That's a VERY fair point! I've actually run into this problem myself and it is annoying. The solution that's worked best for me is to just add "Master Duel" or "TCG" respectively into my search and it usually does a good job. If you're still seeing too many results for MD/DL, try adding " -Master Duel" in your search query and that will eliminate the vast majority of them!
I’m glad you mentioned us duel links players. I played the TCG for years, and played master duel for a bit when it came out. But I’ve been playing duel links since day one, and I’ve really liked the speed format. Right now the power creep is just good enough where cards are less powerful, but there is still some complex combos and interactions. The TCG is cool, but like you said I don’t have a locals nearby. Master duel has caught my eye a few times, but my friends all play duel links too. I like the slower pace but still methodical gameplay. It really doesn’t matter what format we play, it’s all yugioh. Hell I still play GOAT every once in a while. I watch YCS streams, look at TCG ban lists, watch master duel videos, like we’re all yugioh players at the end of the day
Duel Links is actually how I got back into Yugioh and learned how to start doing the new mechanics like Synchro and XYZ when it released. I had only watched the anime for years but never really dueled like that. Now I can’t get enough of dueling and Master Duel really just helped me get even better.
Honestly I didn't even know players were divided over this, I quit physical since it feels like Komoney genuinely doesn't respect the players and actively hates them in how anti-consumer it is. I love physical I'd rather play physical if it made sense to but the cost of cardboard .doesn't make sense at that point I might as well change games all together.
I play Master Duel for 2 reasons: 1. I love Yugioh but can't find anyone to play it casually with. 2. The people I do find are overly competitive, toxic tournament players. TBH I love the game itself and love to play it in person and in MD. But like you said, MD is much more convenient and I can play it more often than the real thing for a number of reasons
I love both versions of the game. Originally from masterduel, i enjoyed it, but felt like there was no interaction with my opponent and really just felt like i wasnt getting the full experience with card pools, no communication with who i was versing and tbh the meta is just kinda rough atm. Played my first locals the other day and with only building decks with the new great structure decks and a few staples i had a blast. I love the convenience of MD, but the real life experience is jsut so much better imo
I do think the cold, non-communicative nature of Master Duel can make it feel very lonely. I know a public chat system wouldn't work for obvious reasons, but I think a better friend system and maybe some emotes could go a long way in making the duels at least feel a _little_ bit more like there's a human being on the other end.
@@apsamplifierAnother card game, Legends of Runeterra, has emotes based on the in-game characters and it makes for more human interactions like you were saying
I got back into yugioh recently because of master duel. I hated the new mechanics and everything but I got used to them, master duel gives you a chance to experience those from both sides. I played Hearthstone so I'm used to digital card games but to "other" people for digital gaming is something an old schooler would never do imo. I just compare it to OCG then TCG then Master duel formats.
It's actually maximum 300s (5 mins) but my Duels rarely even reach that much. The joy of breaking a board is as much enjoyable as creating it tho, it's the unique of Yugioh i would say to other TCG 😅
As a Yugi-boomer I resent that comment. I stayed away from the game for 7 years watching as too many new mechanics were added that I felt I couldn't keep up. But now I'm back, baby! I feel the thrill of stomping my opponent with my superior skill, and cards! I remember why I love this game! And I will be playing it until I can't hold my deck in my old decrepit hands.
@@ancientmb23Last time I played this game I could barely read any of the cards I had for how young I was, came back into this game because of my brother few months ago got my shit kicked in but now I'm playing at a decent level making decks is so much fun and finding cards that can improve your deck is so satisfying. Started with crystal beast as a joke but it's my main even if I get my teeth kicked in I'll still play
As someone who's getting back into Yu-Gi-Oh, mostly on the collector side, I think it's sad to think of a world where you can only enjoy one faction of the game. For as old as the game and franchise are, it's a miracle there's still so many ways to enjoy it; collecting it, watching it, playing it. I respect the people that take their slice of the pie seriously and build up the ranks / collections, but that devotion shouldn't cut you off from the rest of the world of You-Gi-Oh.
4:37 thank you, genuinely a very good point because I’m one of those players, and like you said, we’re both playing the same game here with the only real exception I guess being the ban list
My friend doesn't like Master Duel because a couple of yu-gi-tubers he watches do only Master Duel deck profiles now when he prefers physical cards and when Master Duel came out was worried that all yu-gi-tubers will do strictly Master Dual deck profiles.
just came back from a locals tournament as a old school returning player. was running as red - eyes deck which is the closest to be finished.. one my first dual against dark world/danger deck. lost the next 3 sets. rip, but not surprised with how quick the game is now, but still had fun.
My favorite deck is Runick Fur Hire. I started playing it on Master Duel and used that to learn the combos and “lines” and after a lot of testing and playing im currently building it to play at locals for the TCG. I like using master duel as a way to practice a deck and practice playing against other decks.
I personally haven’t seen this anywhere or heard of it, but it’s like you said at the end of the day we’re all playing Yugioh and that’s what’s important! Let’s just be happy as duelist❕💯🀄️
I live in a small village with a population of 500, and the only locals is 50 minutes away from me. So there's not a super feasible way to play the tcg, and thats before you factor in the price for the actual cards 😓
I dont like go to my locals anymore because of corrupt judges that wrong me and skum locals, Master Duel is for me and im playing more Pokemon TCG at my local card shop because nobody is corrupted there. At my local card shop, they belittle inexperienced Yu-Gi-Oh! Players and it pisses me off and even me cuz im still a judge and it made me go away from doing locals and I almost cried every time I play and nobody gives a damn about it. I havent been to a yugioh locals in the last few years because of this.
I wonder how much of this toxicity in part comes from the OCG/TCG divide. Different card pools, ban lists and printing policies is a great way to build up animosity between groups. So there was already a precedence for tribalism in the YGO fandom.
My coworkers an I play the TCG. One coworker plays master duel as well. And he gets increasingly aggressive with us over master duel. To him, we are inferior players who shouldn't actually play since we don't play meta style decks at all. We are super casual players in the TCG. He also really hates that I play duel links. Like, I can duel 3 or 4 times and have fun on my phone while they do one duel with paper. We are all just trying to have fun but the harassment happens
I've only ever played digitally. I have a card shop near me, but because of work I'm on a nocturnal sleep schedule. They hold locals in the relatively early morning, square in the center of when I'd be asleep on Saturday, which is not a night I can really go to bed early enough for. So despite my wanting to attend, I've never been able to make it. I have a deck and the desire, but it just hasn't worked out. I wouldn't even call myself a regular online player either- I haven't even booted Master Duel in 3 months, and it's been a little over a month for Duel Links too. Good games (ones with lots of back-and-forth, close ones) get me hyped enough to wear me out, and bad games (where I get rolled with zero counterplay for one reason or another) really get me frustrated. So more often than not, with my like Tier 5 deck, I end up playing 1-4 games before signing off, if that. I'd consider myself an okay player, and I keep current with the anime, but it's rough for me to find the motivation to actually play a lot of the time.
Just sounds like people who only see what happens on screen as the full truth. Sad to see it got too the point where you felt the need to address it. I've been loving all the new content, thanks for everything you do for the community.
I personally work full time however i still try to make locals if possible. Master Duel allows me to work on deck ideas and put them to the test against other people. Still play the physical game like everyone else but like you said Paul sometimes you can't make it to locals so MD is a good alternative that allows you to not only get the chance to face other players but also just relax after a long day and either play a casual or grind on the ladder. There really shouldn't be any sort of divide but sadly it'll always happen no matter what game you play regardless.
I think you said the key word for me “convenience” when it comes to playing MD. It’s just something I can log into and duel my friends or other people from the comfort of my home. Or if im out and got some spare time I can just get my phone out and get a duel in. Plus it keeps up with all of the important stuff in a duel like the effects and I can read each card as it’s being played. I just don’t think the TCG style is for me. I don’t really care to buy cards and go out to duel. And then trying to remember everything going on in front of me would honestly be too overwhelming for me.
For me the main thing is time. Playing the TCG with real cards just takes a really long time. Having to resolve every effect manually with your opponent is not a speedy process. Having simulators like the videogames or things like Edo Pro just makes playing the game so much more convenient. Having something that handles tasks like looking though your deck, shuffling your deck, drawing cards, etc. is just nice.
This divide makes no sense to me. I play master duel because I dont have time to go to locals and I dont have a local card shop that holds yugioh events. I’d love to be able to go to a ycs event but that would probably be me saving for a vacation. I still play the tcg with friends when we get together but yugioh players need to stop this divide. We’re all playing the game and should have fun
I wasn't aware of the divide until MD came out (I was and am a DL-only player). This created a divide between MD and DL. Even with many players leaving DL for MD, the passion of the DL community kept DL alive. It also helps that DL has gotten better since MD's release, with bundle deals, character tickets, BOX chips, Pick-Up and Deck Build BOXs, archive skills, and Rush format being added. When Rush Duels came to DL, a small Speed-Rush division was unintentionally introduced. I enjoy both formats equally and want both to succeed. You bring up great points! We are all playing Yu-gi-oh at the end of the day. People can give their opinions on why one format is the best, but they should not belittle others for playing other format(s).
There are only four shops in my state of Massachusetts, that hold locals according to the TCG website, I’m fortunate one is near me, but I can definitely get the frustration if you just aren’t near one of those.
Regardless of the medium, I love and will continue to support this channel. 🤷♂️ With Yugioh, physical cards do have a nostalgic novelty to me, but you put out great/ entertaining content either way. Sometimes it just makes more sense to use Master Duel. This channel does a great job supporting the physical card game, and using Master Duel still brings attention to Yugioh as a whole. Team APS has brought way more support to the physical card game than any of these negative people hating on you guys in the comments. If anything, doing both shows your appreciation for all available Yugioh mediums. Continue to make content the way you feel is best, and I’ll be with you guys on the road to 1M. 👊
one thing that well make master duel a better way to get into/play yugioh is the fact it's free and while the game does have micro transactions you can play the game without them like i have. i want to play the diabellstar deck irl but some of the key cards are CRAZY expensive and are short printed and i was only able to get one from a box, which itself is expensive too.
So I am a yugi boomer but I did compete in Duel Links and took a break from TCG and I have met people that never played TCG and it was really cool to see their viewpoint for Yugioh as a whole. They don't know cards released are technically old cards it is new to them. To your point if you are good at Yugioh it carries it is the same with Duel Links because even though it is speed Duel rules the yugioh cards are still the same and rulings like missing the timing, damage step etc.. it is all the same. Great video btw!
I think that's crazy since during COVID and even before people have asked for a YGO version of Magic Arena and now we have that. I think it's a great way to test you favorite decks maybe not all of them since not all cards are available yet but most are. But hopefully MD will be on par with Arena
Problem is that Arena is 1:1 with the current Standard format of Magic (only really difference is that you can't go infinite with tokens, because of server issues). If Alchemy was the only format you could play on Arena than there would be a lot of issues.
As someone who's very much a casual outsider this discussion is very silly to me but it's also very much the kind of thing that happens among passionate communities. See the Minecraft Java vs Bedrock debate, or anime subs vs dubs. I wish I liked playing ygo at my LGS more. For me if I lose which I do often it's a long half hour or so for the round to end where I don't always have anything to do but sulk and shuffle and move my side deck stuff around. In Master Duel I can get right back into a game. That's worth maxx c to me lol
I might not be the audience for this video, but I grew up on the anime from Duel Monsters up to Zexal and played the DS era games. The game seemed so fun till I saw how fast and complicated the TCG can be and it intimidated me for the longest time. Didn’t really give the game a shot again till Duel Links and Master Duel came out and I’m so glad I did. I’m still very much a casual, but thank you for acknowledging that it’s valid to enjoy the game through those mediums. Duel Links especially
Most communities have very toxic elements and factions to them and Yugioh is no exception. I enjoy Master Duel for the convenience and to try out some decks, I play Duel Links mainly for the Rush Duel aspect now as I find it to be pretty fun. I have mostly branched to other games due to how Yugioh has evolved, it has been feeling a bit stagnant as of late. People need to chill out and let people play the game the way they want, I have seen a bit of toxic behaviour from players but for the most part the groups and communities I have played with have been pretty good. Got my fair share of complaints about the game like useless support cards for fun decks or most decks cheating out op cards and the overall generic power cards that belong to an archetype, but getting mad over someone enjoying a different way to play seems pointless and stupid.
Simply, it's elitism. These players wanna feel better or superior than other players and it's so pointless. At the end of the day, we're all playing yugioh.
I just love the game. I prefer to play in person. I love the human interaction. However, I can’t always afford to take a long bus ride to my local shop, play, and take that long bus ride back on a Sunday afternoon when I still would need half the afternoon to get ready for work the next day. Looking at it that way, I just boot up Duel Links and play how I feel like it.
Truly this is the best time to be a yugioh player. There are so many ways to play the vast majority of cards are affordable unless you are wanting to compete at the top echelons. So many different formats with varying speeds and power levels: Common Charity (Pauper) GOAT Format Edison Format Master Duel OCG TCG
"You switching to Master Duel ruined this channel" That's such a weird thing to say because 99.9% of videos on this channel is still just about TCG. The only MD videos are mainly about the banlists
Yeah I actually don't really make much Master Duel content since it's more of my "personal" hobby for the most part. If anything, it caused me to miss out on the big hype wave and potential channel growth from the game last year 😭
I am glad someone said it. it's a pain looking for a locals deck list to get new ideas for a deck I am playing and all i get is 20 pages of master dual. that's fine. accept I search TCG for a reason.
I love this game and this channel. I feel this is the one place where it can be an open discussion that feels valuable and insightful. But as much as I love the game I loathe the community. It is a community of complainers. A “bad” banlist will come out and all you hear is why is x card banned/semid/limited but y card is still allowed. And I’m definitely tired of hearing complaints about floodgates. Yes they aren’t fun to play against/ lose to but that is just part of the game and you just have to deal with it. Just all the negativity is not a good way to bring more people into the game we love. With all that aside another great video as always Paul.
As someone who has to work on weekends when my locals meet, I play MD because it's the only way I can actually play the game. That doesn't mean I prefer it to the physical TCG, it just allows me to play where I usually can't.
I do believe both sides want what is best for the game, or their 'perception' as to what is the best for the game. The differences in perception at every level of play comes definitely from a love of the game, and one that changes on too many aspects too frequently. I think it is good that the TCG and Digital are separate entities, and even one who has played both ends as paper, until I could no longer financially support it and moved to Master Duel, I believe they should stay as such. But I don't disbelieve in the co-existence of their communities. We love the card game for our own reasons. Some love the solitaire-esque play of turbo fast decks that can flood the board with win conditions. Some love comboing decks that play upon the opponent's mistakes or create openings in their opponent's combos. Some enjoy reliving the older days when Yugioh was new and fresh, taking those turns where mechanics such as set, pass, and flip monster effects were the name of the game. It is indeed a vocal minority that has an issue, and even though I solely am Master Duel these days, I still wish for the continued success and prosperity of the TCG, as well as the surge of Master Duel's success. You move, duelist. Let's all get to the end together.
Simple answer: its often just elitism, something Takahashi always despised. All our engagement with Yugioh can be very different from each other. And that can separate us somehow. I personally think its strange that Yugioh got that many nostalgic collectors that dont play the game any more and just invest in the cards as a kind of art piece for a frame on the wall. I think this people are disconnected from the actually hobby. And its people like me who thinks like this that separate them because i think about this kind of engagement with Yugioh in this certain way. Its a game play it. If you cant just learn it again. If you like old Yugioh then play Goat Format, and proxy your 2000$ Blue-Eyes you want to play...
I’m not a die hard yugioh player, I’ve dabbled here and there with the tcg not too much tho and my main way to consume yugioh is through master duel, it’s slightly discouraging when someone like me tries to reach out to a tcg player when I have a genuine question cuz I’d love to be more invested in the tcg but I just end up being alienated for playing master duel or as if my questions comes from some sort of arrogant ignorance. Which is the main reason why I never go to card shops and my only yugioh consumption is by playing master duel and just having structure deck duels with my wife
I play exclusively master duel and omega, but only because i don't have anyone to play physical with, especially since my local card shop closed down after a hurricane
I used to buy the physical product, but ended up stopping around the 5d's era. I just didn't have anyone to play with and the travel to any places to play any kind of local games was too far (YCS was even further). I got into Duel Links because it is Yu-gi-oh. It's the game I loved as a kid, just a bit smaller and I can play it wherever as opposed to needing to drag around cards...and let's not forget that the amount of mechanics is getting up there in terms of complexity and quite frankly I'd rather let a computer handle it. Master Duel is cool and all, but I've put all my time and effort into Duel Link and would rather play there than to get restarted in a new game. I still actually have my old cards, including 2 that I think are ghost rares (Atomic Scrap Dragon and Majestic Red Dragon). The Majestic Red one was a funny get as it came out of one of the pack in a tin for Majestic Star Dragon.
I love talking to people who play different formats. I play physical, MD, and DL. They’re all fun. The differences in formats are what make them interesting
as a ocg player who both play master duel and physical paper deck, i ENJOY both different platforms. Even though master duel is also part of TCG area, I never disrespect TCG and TCG player. Rather i always been curious about learning their strategy , deck building idea and more thorough master duel cuz there is no limitation on what you can do in master duel platform. Instead of judging players their skills based on what platforms/decks they are using, we should think twice before making any statement/opinions cuz there might be reasons for it. And just being open- mind toward both platforms and player’s choice and try to understand each other,,,its just so frustrate to see these negativity statement around the community.
What's funny to me about this whole thing is that both tcg physical and Master Duel require you at some level pay money to get cards you might need, haven't played or seen any guides recently but from what i remember Master duel is hard free to play, i only got 3 decks and those with the changing meta arent gonna get me to higher levels unless i change the playstyle which again you might need to pay so you can break down unwanted cards
So long as I get to play Volcanics it doesn't matter if its with physical or MD, I'll play yugioh cause burn+raigeki is fun to me. That said, what you think of the Volcanic support? And do you have a decklist you'd like to share one day?
So I’m 33. I started playing YGO back in the… 8th grade I think? Anyways, there’s going to be a YCS event in Raleigh, NC next year and it’s two hours from where I live. I’m really considering going for the first time. Does anyone have any recommendations about what I should bring or do at one of these events? Really hoping I can score one of those cool playmats that seem exclusive to these events.
My local sence is trash like alot of players have it out for me for no reason its to the point ,there actually lying about me doing things and just generally dont want me around. Its sad ive been around has longer their half of the community has been actually playing or started playing
My LCS doesn’t have Yu gi oh tournaments and I only have one friend who plays Yu gi oh so we can only play once a week at most. Master Duel gives me my fix for Yu gi oh and also allows me to constantly check my deck strength since I get to go head to head with meta decks.
By no means insulting them Theyre part of the family But Duel Links is a different style, and was intended to be. So its a bit of a different conversation But as Paul said We should be sticking together rather than building sides to oppose each other
I think I enjoy Duel Links over Master Duel, if only because I don't want to see hour long combos on the first turn. Sometimes I wish the timer would run out on them. lmao
I just cant see myself playing in paper. I only ever did that with friends back in the day. Today with all the effects you have to look out for and remember it seems horrendous. Even worse in a competitive setting. I would like if Konami added digital codes for Master Duel gems if you buy some physical product though. Could promote collecting and playing in paper in a way.
I will try to go to a YCS eventually, but only when i can get 1st or 2nd place at a locals more consistently. I've only gotten second place once (I barely lost to Runick Stun). It'd be cool to play against some of the best and maybe embarrass myself on stream. Just make a fun vacation out of it.
It's so strange and honestly quite pathetic how TCG players keep whining about OCG when they don't even play it. And it's not like they are forced to play MasterDuel, there are plenty of online sims that allow you to play TCG format. I also don't like how TCG players thump their chests about their win in Worlds, conveniently forgetting they they only have 3/13 championship wins overall. It seems kind of overcompensating. Frankly, at this point, I think there may be a slight element of racism and/or projecting personal frustrations of Masterduel.
I also play both, but I prefer the psychical cards because I like that feeling in my hands. But I understand why Master Duel is liked over the psychical game sometimes and even why it has Maxx "C", because in Master Duel it feels like you can actually build anything you want and don't even have to drop a single cent on the game to get everything you want from it. While right now for me at least, the psychical game feels like I have a wall in front of me, of both skill and money. Where I have to rely on Luck to get the good cards since I can't buy the singles because they cost so much, so I'm left with using cards I was lucky enough to get from trades, packs or the cards people didn't want.
Tribalism is one of those aspects of humanity I've learned to just accept. We can't really do much about it except mitigate its impact by not participating. I'm fortunate that my locals experience has been largely positive. We have a mix of skill levels and experience and most people get along just fine. I do wonder though if it's partly an investment problem. Real cards cost money - far too much, let's be real - and upholding the rules, correct game states, forming correct chain links, activating effects with the correct timing, etc can take a lot of effort. Whereas on MD, cards are vastly cheaper and easier to acquire, your cards glow yellow if you can use them, you literally cannot activate a card illegally and the sim automates all the chain links and effect timings. This isn't a bad thing at all, but I do wonder if there isn't a certain level of resentment, or maybe a feeling MD-only players never have to learn the intracacies of paper play. ...that said, I've played plenty of paper-only players who can't do half of that, so maybe it's a moot point.
I use Mater duel as a deck maker. If something works and I win with it, I'll build it. But I wouldn't be able to really play it much. There are no local tournaments around me. Also Master Duel is the BEST way to learn the game, chain orders, efffects, phases, it even reminds you of when you can use effects and quick spells. Its revolutionary imo.
I play the TCG both physical and online (Ignis, Dawn of the Duelist and Dueling Nexus) I also gave MD a try but uninstalled it very recently because I take my decks I built from my own cardpool and recreate it online since mid-MR4 and not copying digital decks (2016-2018 was the time when I started collecting cards again and slowly got back into the game, during Pendulum the online duels on duelingnexus were much more forgiving than today) During MR4 I made the switch to a copied Blue-Eyes Chaos Max Deck to play around Extra Zones and started collecting BE stuff from there. In was in this casual player mindset where you buy a structure deck and product only once and slowly collect and neither think of buying 3x or online the cards you really need.
2:58 and while I still started I thought that my deck was better when I added Pot of Greed (not anymore obviously) and is kind of funny how people on MD cling to Maxx C and try to "defend it" when you can just say: "I prefer playing woth banned cards and explore other formats.
