TRAPTRIX - Ten Minute Testing 

"Look she didn't tell me she was a lvl 4 monster.. you got to believe me"

The fact that the Traptrix monsters took the forms they did to lure in prey and that they are super successful at it makes me laugh.

0:16 I really like it that you can see Jillian in the mirror here. I just expected MBT to be there holding the camera as well for some reason (I have just recently acquired object permanence, yes)

“Hole Control” is Joseph’s favorite game to play with Danny.

List of Traptrix monsters and their real life representations: Allomerus: Allomerus decemarticulatus; Arachnocampa: New Zealand Glowworm; Atrax: Australian Funnel-web Spider; Atypus: Purseweb Spider; Cularia: Sanderson's Bladderwort; Dionaea: Venus Flytrap; Genlisea: Corkscrew Plant; Holetaea: Hortaea wernecki; Mantis: Pink Orchid Mantis; Myrmeleo: Antlion; Nepenthes: Tropical Pitcher Plant; Pinguicula: Butterwort; Pudica: Underground Pitcher Plant; Rafflesia: Same name as the card; Sera: Sundew; Vesiculo: Waterwheel Plant. Each of the real life counterparts have either some kind of trap-setting behavior or mimicry ability, and the two I find the most interesting are the Hortaea wernecki, which produces a layer of melanin on the infected region, "mimicking" human skin, and the Sundew, that just wraps itself around their prey and digests them in the open. This comment is too long but just wanted to share some info about it.

the one deck where "ill let you explore all my holes" is a threat and a promise at the same time

“Officer I was just holding skill drain for friend”

Ok but "Chris of the Ten-Thousand Handsen" is REALLY funny

I can imagine konami’s thought process when making holetea. “Hey traptrix has been playing this really specific card as a starter.” “Hmmm a level 4 normal trap trap monster that can be activated the first turn. Well that sounds easy to rip off.”

I've been playing Traptrix on and off since HAT format, and I gotta say it's been interesting seeing the evolution of the deck in real-time from a rank 4 engine, to Rafflesia, to a slow yet self-contained control strategy to a faster control and now more of a mid-range while still keeping to its unique interactions with Traps. The memes about them being children are fun, but really the playstyle and the nostalgia are the reasons I play the deck. They have a really unique way of playing Traps, and I hope they become more of a force than people are expecting. Also this video made me realize how much I've been sleeping on Floodgate, it's going to be really good post-Hypernova.

I always thought they were supposed to be bug and plants that were using "lures" that looked like lost children to attract worried adults who would try to help them. Genuinely... Never thought about the deck the way MBT described it till now.

Knowing that Joseph is aware of Mystery Incorporated is giving me life.

Traptrix literally feels like one of the decks of all time

"Hole control" lol I nearly had a asthma attack laughing so hard

I love how the traptrix structure finally allows traptrix to unfold its full potential. Its crazy how many good cards it had before without being good and now i can finally use all of them and not loose

This is your best opening sketch yet

Mystery Incorporated Freddie is the most normal and well adjusted traptrix player

2:40 nono this is true. The hole point is "if you get close, you die in like 5 different ways."

I just love that OCG Structure Deck make H.A.T. official, kinda.

Konami here, we've heard your comments and am currently working on a new set of artwork for Traptrix for American sensibilities, instead of cute little girls the monsters lure in prey with affordable healthcare contracts

I love Traptrix because the idea of these wee little lasses telling a big scary boss monster "no, you're not allowed to exist" and then feeding their corpse to their bug/plant pet/true form is hilarious to me. So, I'm excited for the new support.

Traptrix is my favourite archetipe in the game (I've been playing them since there were only three monsters that barely worked), and the one deck that I constantly come back to. It also helped me stay a bit in the game even when I had super long and rough periods of not being able to play, so you can imagine how happy I was for the announcement of the structure deck, and the surprisingly amount of different builds that started flying around in the OCG. Great video explaining the basis of the deck and its strengths and weaknesses

The Traptrix support is INSANE. I actually can't believe how good the new cards are, and how many of them they got! I always liked the Traptrix cards; turning Trap Holes into an archetype themselves was very cool and I like how the deck generates advantage. I just hope that if it is meta playable, it doesn't revolve around floodgates the way a lot of control decks seem to. I hope we can get a Madolche starter sometime too!

That Zeus summon from the Ishizu Tearlament opponent was just so heartbreaking. But sometimes, ya gotta do what ya gotta do to win.

Honestly, that Tear match didn't look too bad if not for some very lucky top decks, and also Tear popping off on any singular card interaction. If Tear gers hit in any way I think Traptrix could have some good stuff coming. Maybe. Who knows.

Was not expecting a Mystery Inc. reference, but I'm happy they did it.

lets give a round of applause for the camera work done by Jillian (non-credited by her own husband...poor gal)

Good video, some other options that I have liked in the deck are network traphole and chain hole. Network banished if specialed from deck or graveyard, chain hole negates monsters and forces opponent to either banish a monster of the same name or 1 random from hand.

I appreciate losing composure at the end of the opening bit

Their prey is predators. And the to catch a predator reference in the beginning. That's amazing

The opening skits always make me smile at the very least. I appreciate the effort you go to in making them, and these videos as a whole - they brighten my day.

I hope this new structure deck makes HAT a more popular time wizard format.

Honestly glad to see how good the decks looking; the structure deck really gave the deck what it needed I feel

Damn, with the new support it really looks like traptrix is a competent and powerful deck. If it weren't for *tear* they might have even been *tiered* **badum tiss**

I would easily watch a whole video that's just the To Catch a Predator-inspired intro made into a full skit

That "set 5 back row" line sent me 😂

One of the best MBT intros, and there are plenty of them

I seen in the comments once someone saying that MBT's intros are national treasures. And I have to agree! This one is by far my fav so far

17:03 yeah these kind of situations banish 6 really gets you. maybe 3 is the call just in case cuz the links are actually useful

as someone who just started playing stun deck recently, the intro made me think of my life choice

Ngl, the second he said “To Catch a Stun Player” I thought we were getting a Gavin cameo

To catch a stun player is one of the best bits I've ever seen

14:19 Infip being a hand trap _trap_ is just the best thing ever sometimes

Effective lures indeed. Someone should plant some to clean up that island that's known for the guy that didn't have a Scrap Kong effect.

Ten minute testing is the best piece of yugioh content on yt rn, only maybe rivaled by history of yugioh and archetype archive

these intros are gold thank you MBT you are truly amazing

Omg yes plz. I love when you do these skits. Keep em coming

Yessssss I've been waiting for this as soon as the support was announced

Lmao you keep coming up with better intro opening. It's amazing honestly how you keep managing to top yourself.

Your skits are amazing. Never change

I am trying to get my friend into yugioh and they expressed interest in traptrix, how convenient

I'm so excited for this structure to release, myself. I absolutely love Traptrix, and have practiced with the new cards online quite a bit. These new cards are so good and have made the deck more consistent, and I am absolutely buying multiple copies of the structure based on the number of the new cards per copy.

"It adds a hole trap card to your hand" My distracted ass using the video as background noise: "A whole trap card? Is that even a way to get half a trap card to your hand?"

This is genuinely one of your best intro sketches

Never ask a man, his salary A woman, her age A Traptrix player, why they play the deck Side note:TRAPTRIX BEST DECK LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

The Intro was amazing

I can't wait to try this on Master Duel, in 2 years

And as it was revealed, Wannabee is also a good tech option in this deck acting as a go-first handtrap to help get you to any keep traps. Provided you excavated any.

My favorite traptrix card got to be evenly matched

I won't forget that "Evenly Matched" should have been reprinted in the Spirit Charmers Structure Deck. But Konami pulled the old switcheroo and replaced it with something else and reprint the card in Magnificent Mavens. Anyone remember how "Crossout Designator" was suppose to be reprinted in the Ice Barrier Structure but they swap that out and later reprint the card in the 2022 tin. That is my salty rant but moving on I cannot wait for the Traptrix Structure to drop soon might pick it up. It is cool they did reprint "Evenly Matched" in this set.

Traptrix is one of my all time faves since I adore trap decks

Just some random, disorganized thoughts with my own experimentation with the deck. It's not gonna be a relevant card for the deck in PHHY format (or for a while admittedly, until it's out), but I've been fiddling with Time-Rending Morganite and unironically I think it's a perfect fit for the deck. Imagine getting 3 Normal Summons in a turn without being a bird. I think Holetaea, while crazy, is easy to shave to 2 because it's so incredibly searchable off of both Myrmeleo and Sera. I've been on and off with both Nepenthes and Treacherous. They're a bit high risk, but having what is essentially a second Sera on board and a quick effect +2 with Rafflesia is something I find to be worth it more often than not. I would consider playing a 2nd Ping and a 2nd Dio. The former just because I feel it comes up a lot, and the latter because it's the best way to recycle your "Hole" traps, including Holetaea, as well as whatever you pitch *off* of Holetaea. I'm genuinely pretty proud of this deck and how far it's come with this new support, being able to threaten rogue status in Tear 0 format of all things. The new cards don't transform the deck's entire playstyle, but merely greatly enhance what it could already do, and give it some neat tools so that it's not *totally* helpless going second (although obviously the ideal is still to go first).

I love Traptrix, genuinely so excited for the new cards- there are few things quite as cathartic as hitting someone with a fucking bottomless trap hole in 2023. Plus, the way Rafflesia allows you to access all the tools in your deck makes deckbuilding super interesting- I never thought i'd be out here playing trap hole of spikes but hey, it comes up, and its won me games

That was one of your best skits in ages

That was the best intro to a RU-vid video I’ve ever seen

Of course MBT would do a ten minute testing on the bussy Archetype

The To Catch a Predator parody is insanely funny on soo many levels.

Me when i explode by activating standby redoer effect against the deck that gets their effects when detatched from redoer

I'm an ecologist and I've always really liked the thematic here. It's all animals and plants that lure and bait prey. Venus flytraps, antlions, beaker plants, stuff like that. I've been playing Traptrix in Master Duel a lot and it's definitely a combo deck and not a stun deck.

never seen traptrix before. wish I could go back to that time

Seems like this list is really light on actual traps, torrential and IDP are just so good

I have incredible memories of summoning Junk Destroyer via Junk Anchor and Giant and just sitting on it against Traptrix They couldn't do a thing once it was on the field

Wait, the new support actually looks sick I really liked the Traptrix gameplay back when I was playing the Switch game and using a pure Traptrix + Trap Hole deck, might have to look into it more

Honestly I love the new support. Traptrix is very fun to play and it's challenging, my list looks a bit different so gonna take inspiration from this one.

Have a great day MBT!

There are two fiend cards that I found out go well with Traptrix- Absolute King Back Jack and Dark Eye Nightmare. You need to bring out Nightmare first, banish 3 trap cards to do the Graceful Charity effect (pick up two cards, discard 1) If Back Jack is in your hand you can discard him, then banish him to pick up the top three cards and put any traps in your hand and rearrange the other cards in any order. Or you can play the old school fiend Big Eye, who basically does what the other two do, you just can't draw any of the cards you rearrange.

good vid i love this archetype i hope they get more love

It definitely seems like there’s potential for Traptrix. Going second with the deck is still rough, but it’s at least feasible with the new options the deck has. This could be a solid meta deck if Tear takes a few hits on the next banlist. I don’t think any Tears will get banned, but I could see the deck getting hit with multiple limits.

MAAN MAAAN, YOUR INTROS... IF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOU REFERENCE, OH GOD, YOU ARE A GENIUS !

Wow, an mbt video as I woke up? Damn lucky day.

I just fucking love the intros!

Honestly when I heard they were adding more support for traptrix I was happy and now can't wait to get the structure deck when it comes out, especially since it'll make Sera easier to get. Only gripe is that I wish I knew how to make a deck so I could build a good traptrix deck that isn't just 2 of every traptrix card and trap hole

Surprised they came out before the structure card are announced.

You gotta pay the troll's toll to get into the boy's soul

That intro was golden!!

This was the best of all the tmt bits

@mbtYu-Gi-Oh! i really love your videos. it helps me learn combos for decks I'm trying out and such. i really look forward to these, sometimes they're the highlight of my whole week. but,... i gotta ask, where's the 10-minute testing on the knew superheavy support? i've been dying to see it.

Great video!

The traptrix look like that so that they look weak and vulnerable to predators. A lot of the trap hole cards have oni having fallen for their traps, which I believe are supposed to eat people

I'm liking traptrix not gonna lie, I like how many different interactions it can put up instead of just flip three floodgates and watch opponent do nothing

Let's gooooo, Traptrix support hype!!

Chris of the ten thousand hansen is the best joke mbt has ever made in a sketch

You might want to go for Cularia and Rafflesia after Sera, they will protect your board against most things including raigeki, feather duster and evenly matched, but is kinda hard to get them all first turn even with the new supports

The to catch a predator skit was fire 😂🤣 they have theyre own special spot in the Shadowrealm for em

I really liked the video in every way, the only thing that for me is a little bit off is the ratio of the traptrix and the traps, but this is from of the prospective of someone that play trap and hole control. Anyway the list is really solid.

I havent watched in a while. You've really upgraded since last time I'ved watched

This is a combo deck now! You can set up some nasty boards with onmi negates now!

I love traptrix. I used to splash myrmeleo and a couple bottomless holes in all my decks. That was back when it wasnt so imperative to play an archetype though.

this sketch has to be one of the best

I think Chris of the Ten Thousand Handsen may be the single best Yugioh pun