@@caiusdrakegaming8087The same thing happened in anime GX, where Flame Wingman was Jaden's mini ace until he got the Neo Space cards, leading to Elemental Hero Neos becoming his top ace.
Stardust would have returned to Jack's field. He even says in the next episode End of Storm was his combo to get Stardust back. He knew Yusei would sacrifice it rather than lose, he just didn't know Yusei had a way to end it right there as a result.
@@thepyrostickfigure7637 Yeah, they weren't in the 5D's timeline, they were in Yugi's timeline where Duel Monsters was still a broken, exploitable mess of a game. And Atem exploited the hell out of it.
@@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu Paradox wasn’t the original owner in the duel as he used a legal proxy that was destroyed leaving Yusei with the original thus he is the original owner.
I find it so funny that speed duels rely so much on burn traps. Literally each deck has some kind of burn strategy or the win con is a specific trap that negates something and then burn the opponent, it's so dumb, but it makes it interesting to watch I guess.
@@bladersmosh I like action cards, admittedly they were overused but it was always fun to see someone get out of a tight spot with them Too bad action traps were only ever used in Yuya's duel against Sylvio when Sylvio steals timegazer and stargazer
But Jack could have won by boosting his speed counters firat then activating end of the storm which would cause yusei to tribute stardust and when he does that Jack attack directly with red dragon archfiend amd takes the W
Since its effect sends it back to the ED (in the anime at least, I think it's tributed in the TCG?) I could see Jack running two copies. One thing we never found out was if there was a speed spell for De-Fusion, since there were only like 3 fusion monsters in the entire series it never came up. That combo is pretty schnice for bringing Red Dragon out though so I could see Jack betting that chance to brick on it. If there was only one, I'd call shenanigans on him drawing it in this situation lmao. My guess for his dead draw in the final turn would probably be Revival Gift or Spacegate. It's far too late in the duel for either to make a decent comeback strategy if Yusei reverses the current board.
Sam...Jack was fully aware of what Stardust Dragon can do, he played Speed Spell End of the Storm to get Yusei to negate it so that Stardust would come back on his (Jack's) field (during Yusei's time in prison, Jack, Mina, Goodwin & Lazar looked over the duel footage, and Jack made that comment.) What Jack didn't count on was Meteor Stream, Lazar basically spelled it out: if the Crimson Dragon didn't appear, and screw things up, Yusei would've won with Meteor Stream's burn damage
Honestly, the best duel between these 2 was the duel we never got to see in the dubbed crowd. Their very last duel, and the last duel of the series. The fact that is didn't come down to Yusei using Stardust to win but Junk Warrior instead honestly threw me for a loop and I loved it.
@@trisertricordoh2127 Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend. Scarlight because of the scarred right side, starlight, and scarlet pun. And its nuke effect counters anime Junk Warrior. Junk Warrior really put those scars on Red Dragon Archfiend.
@@johnlucas2838 I know, I just forgot the name at the time I made my comment. If you look during the duel Red Dragon Archfiend tries to block Junk Warrior with its right arm, scarring it, and making said dragon rethink its purpose in life. Nice nod to lore of two different seasons of the show and a nod that Yusei did leave a lasting impression on RDA.
Bro that was probably one of, if not one of the best finishers I've seen in a ceromonial duel. It wasn't some op hyper specific trap like clustering wishes aone, which was still cool af, but it was going with a classic that I don't think we saw through all of season 2. Yusei won with the very first Synchro monster he ever summoned, and in such a simple and fun combo. And the music. Omg the 5th opening playing when he drew his iconic junk synchron just hyped it up even more. The animation was stunning with Junk Warrior's massive fist scarring Red Dragon Archifiend along with the voice acting by Yuya Miyashita, Yusei's va, was top tier. FInally, the ending message from the duel. United even the weak can topple a mighty giant, that was what Jack took from their final duel, and that bro fist. Honestly it might be my 2rd or 3rd favorite ceromonial duel. Yugi vs Atem, Judai vs Yugi, Yuma vs Astral, and Revolver vs Soulburner are hard to place around it
As far as the second duel and each duelist having very specific cards to counter specific effects, I chalk that up to Jack and Yusei knowing each other so well that they prepared their decks for this specific duel. They've known each other their whole lives and you can bet that Jack, after realizing that he actually lost the last duel, would've prepared his deck with cards to counter. And Yusei being the great duelist that he is would've done the same
Ironically Yusei losing to Jack at the beginning of the series in an off screen duel seemed to motivate Yusei to be a stronger duelist. Yusei wasn't a leader when Kalin was leading their group either. So Yusei grew into a leader and top duelist throughout the series.
@@RenaldyCalixte That is really good to note. Jack beats Yusei with a Power deck, driving Yusei to become a more strategic duelist. Yusei beats Jack with superior tactics, forcing Jack to become at least slightly more enigmatic, though I think his deck is still Power at its core. His other losses throughout the series each drive him another notch in that direction, but Yusei was definitely the catalyst. A final duel between the two after the end of the final arc would have been sick.
In 5D's, monsters were NEVER summoned face down. I literally can't think of a single instance that a monster was set in face down defense position in 5D's
Wait what about Yusei's duel against that lockdown deck used by that robot when they were breaking into a security facility and Bruno kicked Sherry's ass and her butler looked like he was commiting seppuku
In the anime, they are able to normal summon monsters in face up defense, likely so they can draw the monster being on the field. Monsters are only set if they are flip monsters or have an effect you don't want your opponent reading (Like when Yugi set Obnoxious Celtic Guard facedown vs Noah)
Lazar said that Jack was probably hoping his combo would give him back control of Stardust Dragon, so Jack was probably hoping Yusei would activate Stardust Dragons ability and then Stardust Dragon would've reappeared on his side of the field.
"I don't think Yusei has any Level 7 synchro monsters in his extra deck at this point" Nitro Warrior (who was used first in episode 3): "am i a joke to you?"
I would like to recommend the Big Five duels in the Noah's arc. I think there's some potential there, especially with Joey's rigged duel that he probably would have won easily if he had his usual luck, Kaiba's duel that maybe could have gone differently if his opponent played a bit more risky with his life points and Imperial Order, and maybe even Téa who only won because she was somehow able to use Yugi's Dark Magician despite being in a different deck that wasn't involved in the duel.
DMG: "Sage's Stone can summon Dark Magician from *any nearby* duelist's deck!" That is broken and exploitable beyond belief. I love the Duel Monster's series, I absolutely love the Deck Master system, I love the Dark Magician deck theme, and I love Téa getting her spotlight. That is the one, singular play that I absolutely can't wrap my brain around being allowed.
Joey straight up could have won that duel on his second turn if he played slightly differently and Johnson couldn't do anything about it. And this is before the cheating started. Damn shame Joey didn't do it. Would have been hilarious
@@jedininja3016 Looking it over, I can see what you mean. Give Gearfried 1100+ Atk turn 1 and then turn 2 all he would have to do is destroy Johnson's Skelengel (any monster in his hand could do it sans Panther Warrior, but if he was concerned then using only 1100 last turn would give him 700 this turn) and then a direct attack with Gearfried would have won. There is the problem, though, that Johnson's deck master ability was a Quick Effect so he could use it to destroy everything before he was defeated. The only way to get around this would be to attack when he had 1000 or less LP.
I appreciate the designs of the monsters in 5Ds more than I originally did. Many of the designs I just didn’t get behind (Mostly cause they just seemed like fodder materials for synchros, I had the same mentality in Zexal with Xyz) But it’s more obvious how many more one offs there were for the plot. More noticeable than in Original Yugioh and Gx
Jack's mystery card was obviously Speed Spell Speed Pot Speed of Speed Greed Speed, but since nobody knows what it does, he chose not to risk playing it.
Not going to lie, even though there are specific conditions to lead a duel like that, it does look and sound extremely intense. Like, a clash between two really good duelist pushing each other to the limit. And yes I know that one effect monster lead to such an outcome for both of them in the 2nd, but it almost screams like a battle between two dragons and they refuse to back down. Looks epic!
The video was probably long enough with just these two duels. I imagine their final duel will come another time. Also, given that Jack played a Speed Spell that got him to 11 Speed Counters, he would have had to have a Speed Spell that required all 12 for it to be a brick.
@@creampuffs1634 Yes, but before he ended his turn he would have had 11 speed counters to use any speed spell he wanted, granted they didn't require a full 12.
Fun Fact: Stardust is the only Protagonist ace monster to have not been summoned by its Protagonist for its first summon. I’m a bit annoyed you didn’t do their final duel - it’s there a reason for that? (Just wondering) I’ll once again request Syrus vs Zane. Also there’s 2 rematch duels I like to recommend: Jaden vs Aster Round 2 or Yusei vs Kalin Round 2.
Oh, I defiantly want to see the Syrus vs Zane Duel done, because, if what I heard or believe is correct, then Syrus made a bit of a misplay on his second turn that cost him the Duel. On his second turn he could have summoned Cyroid and Equipped it with Training Wheels so it could attack directly, instead of summoning and using Submarinroid. Zane still loses 800 LP, but now Cyroid is Banished until Syrus's next turn, so the following turn he doesn't have to use his Trap to save Submarinroid and let Zane draw a card, he just has to use Life Force twice, thus on his next turn he can do the Cyroid and Submarineroid attack combo, but this time when Zane attacks next turn Submarinroid can be saved because Syrus still has his Trap and while Zane will draw another card because of it that card being Pot of Greed will have come too late and thus because of this chain of events on Syrus next turn he can still Power Bond Fusion Summon out Paircyroid but he'll also still have Submarinroid. Then on Zane's last turn, he has only 800 LP and Syrus will still have Submarinroid in Defensive Mode, so when Syrus uses Emergency Provision to get ride of Paircyroid and gain 1000 LP, Cyberdark Dragon will be forced to attack Submarinroid and Syrus won't have to pay 400 for Life Force, thus even if Zane does his De-Fusion move Syrus will have enough LP left to use Life Force to stop all three attacks, leaving Syrus with 200 LP and forcing Zane to end his turn, meaning Syrus wins because Zane Decks out next turn.
I'm with you these duels were both really really well done including the rematch. Although I will forever find it funny that Jack went for a counter only for Yusei to counter that counter with his own counter. That seriously made it feel like a dead or alive match lol. So much countering.
If I'm not mistaken, the Yusei vs. Akiza duels and the Kalin Kessler vs. Yusei duels are the only Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds Duel Analysis videos. If what I said is true, then with the lack of 5Ds Duel Analysis videos, it's feels oh so satisfying to see it get more love. (The Yugi, Jaden and Yusei vs. Paradox doesn't really count since it was a crossover where the three main leads of Yu-Gi-Oh, GX and 5Ds, team up to take on the Big Bad of the movie.) Sidenote: If there's another Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds videos, I think either the Yusei Fudo vs. Kalin Kessler rematch, the Yusei, Jack and Crow vs. Rex Goodwin, or Yusei vs. Z-One can be good candidates.
I say this solely because I was watching 5D’s with my partner awhile ago. The two greiger speed duels need an analysis. Can’t say much for the crow duel, but he Had Yusei dead to rights, then decided to Bm and Synchro summon an objectively worse monster. So trap reactor, who would have won Greiger that duel, was no longer present to stop Yusei kicking him in the teeth.
1st Missplay from Yusei: Instead of using Quillbolt Hedgehog effect he should used Junk Syncrhon effect that way he could keep Quillbolt Hedgehog for other moment when he had a Tuner and no other mosnter PD: Also what tha fvck is doing Darkness on the End of the Storm Art? 15:20 and what the hiack is doing Kaiba on Meteor Rain art? 16:42 The last card was a Big Piece Golem, a Power Invader or a Battle Fader maybe
@pn2294 In hindsight, probably not. But in the moment, this was a misplay that could've affected the Duel. Synchro Summoning is Yusei's Deck's foundation, so obviously more Tuners are on the way. At best, Quilbolt can be used for another Synchro Summon, at worst, a body to protect Yusei's Life Points. Banishing Quilbot this early in the Duel when he didn't need to is wasteful.
Someone has pointed out in another comment: "For some reason, initially Junk Synchron doesn't seem to have its regular effect (despite it still being drawn as an effect monster card), since even from the first episode Yusei has to use other cards to resurrect LV2 monsters such as with Graceful Revival. The anime adopts its effect only from episode 11 onwards."
The one thing I noticed is that dark tinker effect might have been different from the tcg because in the anime it allows the person who controls it to draw while tcg effect only gives the player a look at the top card of the deck.
As an incredibly casual fan having never played the game and only watched the anime as a kid, I found it crazy that people would duel on motorcycles in this universe and figured a lot of people probably got maimed or killed from losing card duels.
@@velvetbutterfly They also add a driving course you have to beat to qualify, I think Jack and Yusei got waivered due to having already spent so much time duel running publicly.
Jack's mysterious card may have been a tuner monster. Since Jack was betting on End of the Storm wiping the board, he wouldn't want any more monsters than were absolutely necessary, and he already has Red Dragon Archfiend summoned, so why summon a tuner that he can't synchro summon with?
That, and I don't think Jack even has synchro monsters higher than Red anyways. Hell I think Red is his only level 8 too, so he has his best synchro out already.
@@caiusdrakegaming8087 It's a crying shame he only gets like 4 synchros at the end, considering how good his deck gets at swarming the field, some mid-high synchros (7-10) that kind of help him develop his strategies wouldn't have gone amiss. If he can't make exactly eight, some wiggle room would have definitely boosted his strategy. He gets Exploder Dragonwing, but that always felt like Red Dragon lite :( Crimson Blader was also level 8 so that's less useful for his deck. A level 9 or 10 would have been sick. Something he could pull out maybe once when he has Red Dragon and a single tuner, or he just overshot and can't make 8 but he has the fodder for 10. It would have shown his growth as a duelist to have strategies like that baked into his deck. Sad.
I'm guessing Jack's last draw was a Tribute Summon Monster like Strong Wind Dragon. Keep in mind that he needs Red Dragon Archfiend on the field to activate his Crimson Fire, and he KNOWS Meteor Stream is coming, so it isn't optimal to get rid of RDA.
Also in 5ds, could aporia have beaten leo, luna, and Jack? Also, the only level 7 synchro yusei used at this point is nitro warrior, witch needs nitro synchron to summon, who is level 2
@@joshfarmer8408 he should’ve - he used it against Goodwin at the end of the dark signer arc and since we follow Yusei’s action in real time, he couldn’t have got it at any other time
I always love the Jack and Yusie duels though I’m curious could Jack have beaten Yusei at the end of the series? Just something I’d like you to do a video on :)
@@joel2628 it wasn’t mostly for fun each duelist had there motive for Jack to beat Yusie and claim number one again while helping Yusei figure his choice. For Yusie his future and that of his friends are both unclear to them and he looks for his answer in the duel while helping the others to chose there path and go for there dreams
Don't forget to review their final duel Episode 152-154. Jack had a chance of victory but Yusei plot armor kicked in even here....(DRAW MONSTER CARDO, you know what I'm talking about)
I don't think that Quillbolt Hedgehog had the banish effect in the Anime. I remember that he was able to use its effect twice in his duel against Offier Ushio in the Sector Security place his D-Wheel was being kept. Edit: Considering that Jack has "The End of Storm" and "Overboost", and uses a power deck, the brick card might be the speed spell "Gap Storm", which requires both players speed counters to be apart by at least 10 counters or more to activate. That would've destroyed all spells and traps on the field, but again, Jack didn't meet the requirements to activate it.
Quillbolt did actually have the same banish effect, even in Yusei vs Ushio R3 - you're presumably remembering that it was _SS'd from the GY_ multiple times (3 to be exact) during the duel and think that they were all via its own effect, but that was only the final time: • 1st time - Yusei Normal Summoned Junk Synchron & used its effect to revive Quillbolt; • 2nd time - Ushio activated Discord Counter which returned Junk Warrior to Yusei's Extra Deck & SS'd Junk Synchron & Quillbolt to Yusei's field from his GY in Defense Position; • 3rd (and final time) - Yusei Normal Summoned Turbo Synchron & then used Quillbolt's effect to SS itself from the GY because Turbo Synchron is a Tuner - Quillbolt was banished when Yusei used it as material to Synchro Summon Turbo Warrior.
Yusei used Nitro Warrior in episode 3 (the very previous episode) to defeat Trudge in the pipeline. He had a level 7 Synchro Monster, but he doesn't have Quickdraw Synchron, so he'd need specifically Nitro Synchron to make much use of it, meaning he'd also need another monster to make 7. As for his other level 7 synchros: Junk Archer doesn't appear until Episode 63, in the 3v1 duel against Goodwin. Junk Berserker doesn't appear until Episode 144, in Yusei vs Antinomy duel (which was never dubbed. If you've never seen this duel, go watch it. It's one of the best in the entire franchise.) He doesn't really use other level 7s, the only other one I know for sure is Seven Swords Warrior, in the manga.
The brick jack draw was a spell card that would require speed counters. Which he couldn't activate because he needs all 8 plus the 2 he gain. Throughout the dual we saw very specific cards being used. As such, the spell was probably too specific to be used in the current game state.
Stardust definitely goes back to Yusei's field in the first duel. During the Bonds Beyond Time duel, the protagonists steal Stardust from Paradox's field, Yusei uses Stardust's effect to negate a destruction effect, then it gets special summoned back to his field during the End Phase, even though Paradox was the one who summoned it. (There's also the fact that Stardust was cheated out iirc, but that doesn't really matter in the anime)
Except Lazar posits, and Jack admits to, his strategy being exactly the opposite, using the End of Storm to get Stardust back. He couldn't have seen Meteor Stream being the one face-down on Yusei's field, so it made sense to try that play, he gets Stardust back during Yusei's Standby, and what's he gonna do after that?
I always wondered about these duels. Thank you for the awesome analysis!! You always do such a good job going through these duels in such detail and its awesome!!
If Jack had summoned the dark resonator the same turn as his multiple piece golem and attacked with it, then Yusei would have lost regardless of the crimson dragon interfering.
The second duel between Yusei and Jack is one of my favourite duels in all of Yu-Gi-Oh. Even if the plays are insanely niche and overly specific. The duel is just amazing to watch
i'm not sure if junk warriors effect changed but during the final duel between jack and yusei, yusei had 3 level 2 monsters on the field when junk warriors was summoned then junk warriors effect went into effect
The reason the order needed to resolve that way was due to sonic warrior's effect. It was used as material for Junk Warrior's synchro summon so they needed to show its effect resolving first giving 500 attack points to all level 2 monsters yusei controls. 1500+ the combined attack points of speed warrior, quillbolt hedgehog, and sonic chick brought Junk Warrior's attack to 5500.
Great video! glad to see there weren't that many misplays this time around. If you're looking for more duels for this series I would suggest Soulburner vs Revolver's final duel.
The first duel was awesome as it’s latter half was just pure emotion and ego with both characters going at it with solid dialogue,awesome combos and even driving skills.The Fortune Cup finals were awesome as the steaks were reversed.No longer was it can Yusei save his friends,it became can Jack justify the past 2 years and the answer was no.
List of hyper specific and situational trap cards in 5DS to spark people’s memories notably those from Yusei. One’s that might never get printed unless nerfed to playability or if you’re an anime fan who’ll collect anything used from the anime like me regardless if good or bad. Converging Wishes Hardship Panic Wave Equip Shot Stay Force High and Low Ghoul Summoner
I know Equip Shot is real. I just listed that card out as a hyper specific and situational Yusei trap card. Remember when he used it in the first episode against Trudge when Handcuffs Dragon equipped onto Junk Warrior lowering its ATK? Isn’t it convenient that Yusei had a card that works in that kind of situation and not used against outside of maybe discard fodder? It’s situational but that’s kind of the charm of the anime with the cards they introduce.
3:38 Pretty sure this is a misplay because had Yusei used Junk Synchron's effect to summon the Quillbolt Hedgehog instead, Quillboat Hedgehog would still be in the graveyard and could use its effect later 22:16 Gotta love those trash burn cards that came out during the GX and 5Ds era LOL "Just play Hinotama at this point" The useless card Jack drew might be the Fusion Speed Spell or Big Piece Golem which wouldn't be worth tributing Red Dragon Archfiend for
One of the biggest misplays on 5D's side was Jack not returning to the pit to fix his runner. That ended up with Team Unicorn having 12 Speed Counters and Akiza only 1 when she started the duel, a massive disadvantage.
@@JzanderN Yeah, Akiza really gets the shaft in that duel, not even being allowed to knock out any members of Team Unicorn before losing. I don't know why they felt the need to give Yusei 3 wins in that duel plus the BS that happens on the last turn. If they wanted him to win with no cards in his deck, then they should have just had him win with the last card he draws like Atem did against Leon.
@@JzanderN he was in no condition to do so. He had to be Rushed to the hospital as soon as he got back to the pit. In fact if he didn't make it back team 5Ds would have been disqualified then and there. They got by on a technicality because Jack's runner was still operable and simply needed to cross the finish line for them continue. As much flak as Yusei gets for this duel, let's not forget that team unicorn was playing nasty towards them. Metagaming before the match even began and tricking them into going with a strategy that they could counter easily and forcing their opponent to crash and not even give the rest of team 5Ds a chance to duel.
@@dustinvance243 While Jack was dueling, the team noticed there was something wrong with his duel runner and called him into the pit to fix it. It would have cost them a bit to do mid-match, but would have prevented Jack from crashing in the end. Jack ignored this call. Also, team Unicorn did _not_ force Jack to crash. That was completely unrelated to any of their efforts.
I hate it when a hyperspecific card counters my hyperspecific card that I hyperspecificly put in my Deck to hyperspecificly win in hyperspecific situations
His dead card maybe his big piece golem, consider how it also appears in his opening hand in 1st duel, and surely he will not tribute RDA to summon it.
I really loved Jack and Yusei's rivalry/almost hatred for each other, and was really sad to see it pretty much vanish after the first arc. It lead to the absolute slugfest that was their duel during the Fortune Cup, and the other duels they had always felt so much more intense because of how much more personal it was Great video as always, love seeing the 5D's rep
I think it's kinda pushed aside by the world-ending crises they have to resolve pretty much immediately after the fortune cup. It would have been funny if that bridled fury burst out of Jack after the end, but it would have ruined all their bro moments leading up to it for a gag, so I guess they decided it was a better sendoff that this doesn't happen.
The first half of 5Ds is essentially a trio of foster brothers finally being on good terms saving the world with the friends they made along the way. That’s why the battle against Rex Godwin was awesome for they fight their childhood hero who gave them hope now taking on the torch from him.
Worth mentioning that RDA's effect would have destroyed Sonic Chick after attacking, so even if Yusei draws it for his normal turn draw, it wouldn't have been destroyed by battle with RDA, but its effect would have cleared Yusei's field, but if he didn't use Defense Draw, he could use that to negate the damage from Stardust, right? That would have kept him alive another turn.
5ds duels gives me headaches. 5Ds duels are notorious fir having the biggest ass pulls of plays and most circumstancal cards ever played (zexal too, but that's irrelevant to this discussion)
This was an excellent analysis. One thing I would like to note is that I was surprised you didn't mention Hyper Synchron's effect difference between the anime and the TCG. Both versions have the 800 ATK boost but TCG Hyper Synchron does not give permanent battle destruction immunity but instead forces the user to banish the Synchro monster (that used Hyper Synchron as material) face-up during their end phase.
I love these looking at all these possibilities. And this was one of my favorite duels from 5D’s. Just Jack and Yusei no crowds, no end of the world events, nothing like that
I'd say using Quillbolt Hedgehog's effect was a misplay, since he could have used Junk Synchron's effect to summon it instead. That way QH would still be in the graveyard for any later plays if needed.
For the first few episodes, Junk Synchron did not had its iconic effect, so Yusei always had to revive the level 2 monster through other means. That is, until episode 11 where Junk Synchron got its effect
@@darkside4726nope that's goes to Yusei Literally he never wins a duel without a super circumstancal trap spell or monster effect. And yes breaking rules cause writers are incompetent
@@joshuaponder1775Context dear. He stated how he had a level 4 with hogh defense on his hand, and junk synchron, and was wondering if there was any play with those pieces
I think Jack's brick card was a high-level monster with the 'Cannot Be Special Summoned except ...' text and he couldn't fulfill the summoning conditions..
I say Jack was sitting on "Red Dragon Vase" or "Scarlet Security" 2 cards that apply to his Red Dragon Archfiend that couldn't save him from Yusei's combo.
There are two things about the last turn of their first on screen duel that I think explain Jack's actions. First, Jack is prideful and arrogant. And more importantly, has never lost to Yusei up until this point. They have dueled in the past, but Jack was the one victorious. I think his mental state is more affected by how close Yusei already was to winning. Second, again, Jack is arrogant, but he's still a clever duelist, and I actually think he knew Stardust would be revived on his field, which is also evident by the fact that Yusei could have prevented Sonic Chick's destruction via Synchro Reflector with Stardust and ultimately lost nothing. Yusei regained Stardust so Jack wanted to steal it again. The perfect way to put Yusei in his place. But Yusei thought further ahead.
I really love whenever Jack and Yusei duel, I wish they could have dueled more. Still hope we get a Yugi/Atem vs. Pegasus duel analysis! Keep up the great videos!
If we're talking about hyper-specific, at the start of the second duel, Jack's monster can attack twice, but Yusei's Shield Wing came be destroyed by exactly 2 attacks? That feels like way too specific of a scenario.
23:30 Couldn't it just be Big piece golem? Yet didn't want to sacrifice his Red dragon archfiend to summon it. Or any of his other 5 star+ monsters: Vice dragon, Power invader, Power giant, Strong wind dragon. It could also be a tuner monster, but I don't know why he wouldn't just put it in defense if it was, if I had to guess was that Jack didn't had his Red Nova dragon yet, so he didn't really care to set it face down. If it was a speed spell, I guess the speed fusion, but had no fusion materials.
The only thing I can think of that have caused something different is why switch junk warrior to def on the turn he had shield warrior in def. He should have kept it in attack mode and taken the 700 dmg instead of taking 2500 from stardust dragons direct attack but besides that idk if that changes anything.
Considering what Jack had on his field I'd say the brick is either Speed Fusion or Space Gate, both of which would have been thematic considering they were central to their last duel (and 5D's in-particular had a theme of fate often resulting in characters drawing similar cards across various duels) and both of which would have been functionally useless considering what Jack had out on the Field.
Man, I remember watching this duel for the first time and being excited to see how Jack and Yusei will be able to counter each other in the Fortune Cup Final after their previous duel was interrupted. It also made me fall in love with Jack's dub Duel Theme, and I hate the fact that it doesn't get as much love or acknowledgment as his Japanese Theme when it comes to every every person's favorite theme from the shows.
Yes yes yes yeeeeeees!!!!!! I’ve been waiting for this one! Now after this, I and the audience humbly demand the other 3x Yusei and Jack dueled!! I love your stuff man. Keep it up
Notice the slight of hand at play: Dark Tinker in the anime was made level 3 instead of level 2. If it were level 2, he could have made Exploder Dragonwing (it's generic in the anime and he had it in his ED at this point since he summons it in his very next duel which would have been before he had a chance to update his deck) and popped Junk Warrior with a chunky 2300 damage. Also for some reason Yusei in the first duel uses Quillbolt's revival effect instead of Junk Synchron's effect which is weird, although it doesn't change his options after that point. Though the first time he uses Junk Synchron's effect is later on in the series, and even in previous duels he didn't use it which is kinda odd since there's not really a justification for why he treated it like a vanilla. Man, season 1 of 5D's just had so many TINY discrepancies from the actual cards which is honestly a bit odd. It's basically the only season of the anime where a bunch of cards have these slight differences from the printed ones that would fundamentally alter how duels play out. Is it because GX season 4 being rushed and duel writers didn't have finalized versions of the cards available to them?
I think the mysterious card Jack drew was Big Piece Golem, it was a 5 star monster so he would have had to had tributed RDA to summon it which he would not do so it was a brick, it could have been speed fusion. I did like that Yusei ran over to Jack to see if he was okay but then Security came to take Jack to the Infirmary
About jack's mysterious card in the second duel...we can say that is polymerization since we know that jack has polymerization in his deck cause he used it in his duel where he summoned chaos king archfiend.
What I liked about these 2 duels, is that it's like the final duel between yugi and kaiba, both of them summon their Egyptian God cards, and using every spell and trap and monster effect they have at their disposal to one up each other, only in the end for obelisk and slifer to just destroy each other in the end, just like how it just kept being a stalemate between stardust and red dragon