Top 10 Decks That Only Saw Play in Duel Links 

"But in Duel Links": The Movie

Aromage in Duel Link: slow, life point control gameplay Aromage in TCG: I AM SPEED

Yubel fire king was so good back in the day. Ironic that they’re both separately meta in TCG now

I don’t think I played a single match where the Amazon player didn’t open princess

I still remember the term *"Is this archetype intended for Duel Links?"* from like, 6 years ago..

We need to have Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram in Duel Links to have Aromages to be back in the meta...

S-Force, Vampire, and briefly Meklord and War Rock and the Rose Dragons. The prevailing DL theme and the one that appropriately suits having the poll accessory is Shiranui. Went through many iterations and remained strong. Most decks don’t have that. Harpies successfully ruled a weaker metagame with Cyber Slash and advantage. Shira had combos and a grind game, versatility, and a full kit of cards that made use of zombie cards only as much as needed. Somehow the most enduring DL deck besides BEWD permitted to be used that powerfully.

Oh my god, not even in this list the Darklords get talked about

The hight of my Duel Links addiction was Odion TrapHell Amazoness and Fur-Hires were both the best decks to play for all general content, including PvP

Another note. With Aromage, their effects can be even stronger because there are multiple skills that automatically increase your life points right from the start. Life Boost Alpha gives you a free 1,000 LP with no blowbacks. The game also recently introduced Synchro Stormraze, a skill that Yusei, Sherry, and Yugo can acquire. It automatically gives you an extra 1500 LP at the start of a Duel. Then, once per turn, you can manually give one Monster on the field an extra 300 Attack points, with another 500 on top of that if you control either a Wind Syncrho Monster (such as Stardust Dragon or Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon) or a Wind Monster and a Synchro Monster at the same time.

Duel links made me wish that skill cards existed in core yugioh, its so fun having toons be playable

Aromage has been my Go-to auto battle deck for events and XP grinding, i throw it on every new character I unlock.

Another way to easily explain the Cyber Angel relevance is that, despite being used by a GX character, they came out in the TCG/OCG in the Arc-V era, and their effects were balanced for that time. So when Duel links allowed them to come in with Alexis. They allowed cards that were balanced for 2017 era power creep, in a card poll that was mostly cards from 2008 and prior. With nearly a decade of power creep ahead of everything else... yeah they were going to be tier 0. And then they did this AGAIN with the "fur hire" archetype.... that one doesn't even have an anime character who used them... so why that came through is beyond me.

It's me. I love Ursarctics. It's got cool mechs that AREN'T dragon-shaped, that's good enough for me.

I love using Aromages in Duel Links and I’ve managed to win some PVP matches with the deck while using Mai Valentine.

In duel links its pretty rare that an anime deck isnt good or at least playable

I feel like you could easily make another top 10 of this kind. There are a lot of other decks that were meta for a while: crystron, shiranui, harpies, meklords, magnet warriors... Without even considering many others due to the accessibility of the skills

As someone who regularly plays Duel Links, I appreciate all the focus on the game recently. Funny enough, I just finished maxing out Pegasus using Toon monsters. I also nominate War Rocks. They are some of the best 4-Star Monsters for Beatdown decks, especially for grinding, and work great for generic Rank 4 and 5 spams. Plus, both Tristan and DSOD!Joey have a number of Skills that support them, my favorite being one of Joey's skills that gives every Earth Warrior Monster (which all the War Rocks are) a 200 Attack boost passively, which allows them to stack on top of the other attack boosts War Rocks already get. Also, a shout out to Harpie Lady, which became a dominate archetype in both Speed Duels AND Rush Duels, the latter thanks to Harpie Lady Sisters. Instead of a single 1900 Attack 6-Star monster, it's three 5-Star Monsters with 2100 Attack each that can combine into one Maximum Monster with 3400 Attack. Even better, there was a skill that allowed Harpies summoned normally to get a 500 Attack boost every turn, which allowed them to run over most normal boss monsters, even Dragias.

Love that Aromages got number 1. I played them a ton in links but my favorite duel with them was on Nexus where I survived a ftk burn strat with just 300 life points, and went on to beat the guy through deck out since he kept using Burning Abyss cards and ended the duel having 10300 life points after being repeatedly blasted by 3 3k beatsticks one of them being Ultimate Falcon, of which I eventually overcame right before he lost to deck out. Since then I will never diss a single Aromage deck, and I always love those crazy plant loving mages.

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I want to give a shout out to Weather Painters. They were the first deck that got me anywhere in PvP. They taught me just how powerful bouncing monsters as opposed to destroying them was.

Aromages are as dominant as they were was less to do with what they can do and more the fact that at their peak, all of the archetype was available for free. By the time support started showing up on boxes, the archetype was already getting crept to oblivion. It's the F2P nature of Aromas that made it #1, not their effects.

DDD was one of the best at some point, when it was the only deck that could bring 3 bosses at 1 turn: DDD D'arc, DDD Beowolf and DDD high Alexander. Making you imune to burn, destroy backrow, recover cards from the grave and an instakill with Alexander boost!

Aromages quickly became my favorite deck in duel links when I played, I also enjoyed Harpies and Inzektor. I haven't played in years, and I don't actually play the physical TCG but I went out of my way to make all 3 of those decks IRL and I am quite happy with that choice. The last of the 4 decks I used frequently in duel links I need to make is Silent magician. I also still update my Aromage deck, the newest support was actually pretty cool.

Didn't notice the Aromages until I had to win a duel with some 7-8k LP. Then tried them using Spectre (w/ 'Tree all seeing' skill) . And yeah...now I'm trying to complete the deck 😅 Putting in some Rikkas was the decision that won me 4-5 duels

Cyber angel was the first deck I ever made. I didnt even know it was meta at the time. I just liked the character.

Aromage Bergamot is still my favorite piercer! It has been in my Jim Cook decks for years now!

Was literally rewatching the triple feature of Archetype Archive from RATA when the notif for this came up. Which is Triamid, Chemicritter, and Digital Bug.

Back to my favorite series "BUT IN DUEL LINKS"

back when i played Duel Links, the deck that everyone using was Fur Hire. i've never really heard anyone talk about it in regards to the TCG. was it ever decent?

Toons are some of the most evergreen rogue decks in the game. They'll never be top tier, but they can absolutely hold their own against whatever meta threat Konami decides to throw at the playerbase. And they don't even have Toon Terror yet!

Just as a note, as said by DL, Yubel is still heavily played nowadays, but not using the "My Name is Yubel" skill. Instead, there's a skill with Jaden/Yubel called "Eternal Bond." It allows you to Normal Summon both Yubel and Elemental Hero Neos without Tributing. More importantly, the skill also allows you to instantly achieve Yubel's higher forms or Fusion Summon either Kluber or Neos Wiseman with little to no trouble, and on your first turn, to boot. It's not THE most used Skill nowadays (Battle Chronicle and the new Borrel skill are, right now), but it's still heavily used.

Nice to see my favorite deck of all time for duel links featured here: Triamids, such a grindy and rewarding to master archetype. There's a ton of only good in duel links decks to make a part 2 or even 3: vampires, red eyes, ice barriers, sylvans, FA, Koa'ki Meiru, Ancient Gears, and the list goes on and on and on.

The three way battle between Anki, Amazoness and Fur Hire was amazing. Loved it

3:25 How about this for an idea; an “Amazoness Harpie Lady”? Since Mai Valentine was the first duelist to use both archetypes: _Amazoness Harpy Lady_ (WIND) Level 4 Winged Beast/Effect _This card's name becomes "Harpie Lady" and “Amazoness Fighter” while on the field or in the GY, and also, it’s also treated as EARTH-Attribute. Can be treated as 2 tributes for the Summon/Set of an “Amazoness” or “Harpie” monster. “Amazoness” and “Harpie” monsters gain 200 ATK/DEF for every face-up “Amazoness” and “Harpie” monster you control, and also, if they attack a defense position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. If this card is used as Tribute or Material for the Summon of an “Amazoness” and/or “Harpie” monster, Draw 1 card._ ATK/1300 DEF/1400

I am pretty sure we could make a 2nd video out of this topic. After all, S-Force is among the biggest "it became good in Duel Links" decks. Fur Hire too. Darklords too. And Harpies. Also maybe The Agent getting a mention of how it nearly became tier 0 (before people got creative with zombie world). Mekk-Knight was also way stronger in duel links than it was in real life. Also how Mizar Stuff (Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon dragon) also being a tier 0.

back a few years ago in duel links before synchro summons came out a toon deck was extremely OP you could immediately spawn with toon kingdom and potential set up 2 toom summoned skulls in one turn

It was thx to duel links that I learned the existence of Aromage, and it became my favorite deck ever since, even in other games (legacy of the duelist, for example). It feels like this deck is all about getting advantages, whilst having super advantages if you gain the advantage, and if you dare lose the advantage you can get advantage that will auto-fuel itself for extra advantage (yo dawg...) In other news, I'm quite shocked not seeing Harpies here. When I learned of the terror that's called Slash Harpie, I switched to her, and left the aromages (remember, my #1 favorite deck) behind. I basicaly never lost with it (nor have I lost with aromages, but still...). I was devastated to learn that she's not in Legacy, so I couldn't recreate my deck there.

Aromage was definitely my go to deck back in the day when I played Duel Links.

I remember having so much fun with Aromages in the past

It should be noted for Amazoness, Onslaught came out in Duel Links at a time where backrow removal was at a premium, and the game was still very battle-centric. Pretty much, Cosmic Cyclone was the only good generic card for the job, and decent in-archetype options were also very scarce. Never mind that anything that would destroy Onslaught would mean them reviving another Amazoness, making any alternatives still questionable.

Man I love Aromages. Glad to see them in this list

I have an idea for a future video: Why Iron Chains failed. Then again, it’s such a tiny archetype, that there’s probably not much to discuss.

i had the aromage deck because the deck was cheap , since most of his cards are in the merchant. You forgot ressonadors, koai meiru, fortune fairys and onomatopeia.

I love this style of content I play all 3 TCG, Duel links and master duel so videos like this I really enjoy

Love the duel links content, haven’t played DL since 2021 so it’s nice to see this stuff

I can’t be only one who hated aroma decks these players to play to win but to force you into rage surrender.

Remember how CRACKED darklords were? Especially by the time they came out having a rare counter trap that healed and was replayable was so broken, easily one of the most powerful decks of the time.

Seeing Yubel and Fire king mentioned gave me PTSD, even on today Master Duel 😭😭😭

Fortune Lady actually good in DL, well... If you "fortune" to get Every Fortune Lady is kinda like Chaos MAX in MD. If you get through combo uninterrupted, you win. If you messed up, you lose. And yeah... The legendary Tea Burn, one that change DL entirely

While Cyber Angels were meta, they did not use master of rites 2 at the time. Most used Restart for consistency or Pegasus Mind Scan for more power.

Man I loved playing fire king yubel it was so fun blowing up the entire field every end phase

Almost watching your video and learning more things about yugioh . Hope you could keep making more good content in the future 🎉

Yosenju was my deck back then. Remember fortress whale being decent, superheavy samurai got some play from me, crystrons and shuranui

Aromage and Fur Hire were the first decks I played back in 2018 and they made me and my friends come back to TCG after 15 years... Duel Links was so fun until 2022, for me it is the most fun way to play the card game in years, skill cards are awesome (when they have less than 5 lines and don't compensate for the deck).

I do like the vibe of the Ursarctics, but I can't even say they're my favorite WATER Synchro archetype- that goes to White/White Aura.

Amazoness, Aliens and Aromage

Ursartics are my fav archtype. I love my mecha space bears that let me pretend I’m a dark signer.

27:03 Idea for a Toon/Tuner monster (a Toon-er) to help Toon monsters out in the TCG/OCG _Saturday Morning Car-Toon-er_ (FIRE) Level 1 Machine/Toon/Tuner/Effect _Cannot attack the turn it is Summoned. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon monsters, this card can attack your opponent directly. If a Toon monster you control inflicts battle damage to your opponent: You can add 1 card to your hand (from your deck) that mentions “Toon”, “Tuner” or “Synchro” in it’s name or text. A Synchro Monster that used this card and 1 or more other Toon monsters as Synchro Materials is treated as a Toon monster while on the field, and gains the following effects:_ _⚪️Cannot attack the turn it is Summoned. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon monsters, this card can attack your opponent directly._ ATK/500 DEF/200

Woo Aromage mention!!!!! They so quickly became my favourite archetype in the game and are pretty much always what I return to when other decks get boring

This video just reminds me of why I adore Duel Links. Which is just how diverse and weird the meta is at times and just how seemingly random decks can become insane meta defining cards in the game. I know DL gets a lot flack from the broader Yugioh fandom but nobody can deny that its cool seeing decks that never got or will ever get a chance to shine in the TCG become meta or insanely popular in Duel Links.

Does anyone know if bls ritual has had an impact on tcg? Because if not, I can't understand why it's not at the top

fantastic video!

Alexa's Ritual Skill was so strong, it made basically all ritual based archetypes semi-viable in Duel Links for such a long time. I remember running BLS with her, even after the various Yugi's got dedicated BLS skills.

in duel links yubel is still really good with eternal bond u can get the ultimate nightmare and kluger on the field turn wuthe neos wiseman as floot

Where I failed to reach KoG w Aromages, Mayakashi held me down in Duel links! Respect_The_Plants and Zombies for life!

I loved playing aromages! It held me in platinum while I slowly built up my red eyes fusion deck

Back in the day, Aromages was the first deck I got max rarity for all its cards. I basically flexed an entire deck of glossy/prismatic Aromage cards and even won a community tournament with them. Sadly the deck doesn’t see much play anymore due to the fast pace of the game and access to removal cards and negates. Even with their support from the minibox, it doesn’t have enough power to contend with the meta. From my experience, I’ve never lost to Aromages with their backrow support. At the time, I was playing a control-oriented Blue-Eyes deck and I figured out how to use Dragon Spirit of White’s banish effect more than once per turn. So more or less, Aromages have had their time in the spotlight

Ursarctic fan/player here. As such I ask this: Top 10 Archetypes with the most support.

Only just.started playing Duel Links and I am enjoying getting to play with one of my favourite decks.that being Lunalight.

Also i love play Triamid. It can be really bad against some matchups, but I'm always having a good winrate with it in low ladder

What’s funny is that I even play 1 of each of the Aromage monsters in my Rikka deck because their “while your LP is higher” effect is all your Plants, not just Aromage’s.

I love ursarctics, im so happy we have a format where they're playable. Until pretty recently ive just been playing ursarctic synchron, just having a nice anti meta floodgate finally be playable is really cool.

I loved the Aromages. When I played DL, they were an easy deck to use to auto duel the NPC characters quickly when you were level grinding and the best part was that you would rarely lose

Make a “failed cards, etc.” video on naturia please! Also, how about a “top 10 cards NEVER restricted in any way, but were widely considered to be hit on a banlist” (ex. Dante)

And shiranui? Literally it's been competitive since release and still is there

You can easily makes the other top 10 of this topic, since there are so many deck that scarily work so well in duel links. Like, BLS ritual, Gaia, even pure destiny hero (dreadmaster).

I totally used aromages for a while, but now I run a Yubel neos deck with eternal bond skill, neos fusion into kleuger and use eternal bond for ultimate nightmare, then just repeat the cycle if it goes down, kleuger survives off the effect of fusion and then floats into wiseman as back up.

CYBER ANGELS MADE A LIST 😻😻😻😻😻😻

So duellogs finally made the "but in duel links..." video

You gotta admit, having Yubel alongside Phoenixes of Nephtys and Fire Kings made for a pretty sick aesthetic (Phoenix King Yubel?) XD Not to mention thematically appropriate for them.

How did ice barriers not make this list? That was a solid deck in the early days and literally no one ever played ice barrier outside of their synchros in the TcG

Duel links is definitely its own form of yugioh. But I absolutely love it. Feels like a slowed down version of tcg that I don’t have to see a bunch of fat smelly people at locals every week to play

recently came back cause of boredom, found my dinomist deck is still rocking some nice levels of power. it does have issues compared to the pre vrains days, but since you could only bring one from the extra deck a turn anyway its not much to have them go to the extra zone when recycling them. honestly it just made the deck slightly stronger since i can now have a spinos and three pleos at once potentially reducing all opponents by 2700 att/def. one thing i like about the dinomist is they dont do negate spam. i want to play, not be told by my opponent only he gets to play today. in my aromage deck ive got a syncro dragon, cant remember the name right now, whos attack is raised by the difference in your LP to the opponents. had that thing to 12k the other day.

Interesting fact, Amazoness Archer also didn't have Amazoness in her card name initially and was named Amazon Archer and the all the other Amazoness cards that mentioned Amazoness cards also had the text "or is named Amazon Archer"

30:48 Idea for an Aromage boss monster: _Aromage Titan Arum_ (WIND) Level 10 Zombie/Effect _Requires "Aroma" Tributes to Normal Summon/Set. During a turn where you gain 4000 or more LP, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or GY. Your opponent cannot target Face-Up “Aroma” cards you control for attacks or card effects, except Face-Up “Aromage Titan Arum”. You gain LP equal to the total Orignal ATK/DEF of all monsters that are sent to the GY or Banished. Once per turn, you can Special Summon any number of Insect monster from your hand, who’s combined total ATK/DEF is equal to or less than your LP._ ATK/4000 DEF/4000 I based off of the Titan Arum (Corpse Flower) that can be found in Indonesia. These flowers are MASSIVE and infamous for deliberately smelling like a rotting carcass to attract insects for pollination purposes (Hence its attribute, type, ATK/DEF and effects.)

You've just hurt me a little, my precious space bears, I love to play them in DL in combination with other syncro related archetypes :D

I know there was that busted link 2 fur hire monster in the TCG playable in sprite, but they should probably still be on the list.

Ursarctic is definitely one my favorite pet decks. Going to be pub after a tournament and beating someone with it is an unmatched feeling because itself a 50/50 it does nothing

I was wondering about a video of DuelLinks vs TCG? What might make one better than the other in certain regards, etc

Future video idea, top 10 card effects that require 5 spaces to be filled (monster zones/spells & trap) to activate, but can't be used in duel links. I.e. cards like maha vailo, light of the heavens (because theres only 3 spaces for monsters, spells & traps)

Love some updated DL content

TIL Ursarctic was meta in Duel Links, I had already left by the time those came out. EDIT: What made Aromage really strong was just how easy the basic cards are to get. It was basically the go-to beginner deck. EDIT2: One big one is Fortune Ladies. When the deck came out it was the only thing that could stop Darklords from being the only playable deck.

Feels bad ursactic is not strong in any format, effects and artworks are cool

Fur Hires definitely deserve a shoutout for being one of the dumbest tier 0 decks of all time in DL.

Take a drink every time he says “But in DUel Links”

Mayosenjus were more playable in DL than they were in the TCG but they have never been competitive in DL at all. -Undead

Can't forget about the one of the most powerful toon cards - Toon Briefcase! That thing would shut down most decks.

Hey, Gandora is my all-time favorite monster!

I do cpu vs cpu tournaments i feel i am going to use most of these.