You know they could have won even earlier than you suggested... Atem activates Dark twin burst bumping DM attack to 4.5k then Judai activates Neos spiral force to double it to 9k and suddenly that's game as battle damage is enough to otk Paradox
@@number16kelbax its not so much he's confused i think its more he's amazed there is a new way to get powerful monsters and likes it as he puts it (kinda makes you wonder if he got the chance to see it down the line if this movie didn't happen before that)
It’s almost surreal how equal all of the protagonists were in this duel. You can tell the writer took great care to keep the duel from turning into a one man show.
@@angelreyes8714 the way u gotta look at is that all 3 of them couldn't play to there full poteinal. They each had like 2 turns in this duel. While paradox had like a billion lol. But jokes aside paradox was able to get all his best cards everyturn while the main cast had 2 turns each to make a play
@@hollowlight_png3850 It would have given speed warrior 7200 atk, not enough to win the duel, but having your boss monster clapped by a 2 star is insult enough.
It cracks me up every time when they're all activating their duel disks 0:14 Yugi: entire duel disk spins into place, with his cape billowing in the wind Jaden: extends his duel disk to double in size and strikes a fighting stance Yusei: duel disk exists, sparking electricity like it's about to kill him in a freak wiring issue
@@4137Swords Because it's his duel runner disk and it rarely comes out of the runner unless he's ground dueling. No need for it to compact itself down if it's never gonna be on his arm for long periods of time.
It’s entirely possible that he built it himself from spare parts It would explain why it’s orange (a color he wears daily) in certain places where other Duel Disks have different colors And either he didn’t have all the parts needed to build in the retractable function, or, like somebody else said, maybe he simply felt it wasn’t needed It *is* often on his runner and really nowhere else
@@tristantaccad4644 that's basically entirely the case. Yusei managed to come a cross an old non-functional DC era Duel Disk and got it working again. But he was using scrap and spare parts so he wasn't able to make it retract like say Yugi's. This wasn't really a problem seeing as it basically always was on his Duel Runner but it did make it horribly cumbersome should he have to duel on foot. Notably someone like Jack Atlas who was in a similar position to Yusei before hitting the big leagues now has a proper Duel Disk that can fold and retract even with it usually being plugged into his own Duel Runner because he actually could just buy one. This does mean Yusei's Duel Disk, as good of a mechanic as he is, probably also could kill a person from a wiring error.
My favorite part of this movie is when Yugi goes "Synchro what?" after Yusei summons Junk Gardna. The line was so masterfully delivered that I can never help but to laugh at that line
The best part is that moment of "watdafaq?" is shared by his generation of watchers. Trying my best to hear the new mechanics added to YGO is like being stuck in a foreign country.
To my fellow Atems/Yugiboomers out there, the designs of Extra Deck summons are just Fusions with different (but usually just less) specificity each time. Fusion: 2 or more specific named monsters, using a specific named spell as the catalyst. Synchro: Fuse using varied levels rather than names, using a specific type of monster as the catalyst. XYZ: Fuse using specific and exact matching levels, no catalyst required for the summon itself but instead using the materials as a catalyst for the card's effects. Pendulum: Not really an extra deck mechanic so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Link, MR4: Fuse using any monsters of any kind, using a specific zone on your board as the first catalyst and the arrows of previous links as subsequent catalysts. Link, MR5: Lmao who needs catalysts or levels or anything else, just fuse your board, who gives a damn anymore, Konami just wants your money and they don't care about consistent game design
@shuttlecrossing1433 I see what you're getting at. HOWEVER: 1. As fusion got more support, the requirements got less specific. Just look at any modern-day fusion deck. Almost all of them just say, "Any 2 monsters of *Insert archetype or attribute here*" 2. While rare, there are certain sychros that required specifically named monsters. I.E. The majestic synchros and nordics. Pretty much everything you said is accurate. I'm just being pedantic.
@yourdivineandgloriousmaste4207 He's right, it is Atem, because as it was summoned, Atem had already taken control over Yugi during Jaden's last attack
Would yusei even recognize it as something magical and special or would be just assume it's a really big monster? I don't think he's ever heard of the Egyptian gods
@@flameconvoy7424 I mean by this point, Yusei had already faced the Earthbound Immortals so he'd probably expect they'd be powerful based on the fact they need 3 Tributes
The entire reason that Yugi gives Jaden the "Winged Kuriboh" Card at the start of GX is because Yugi knew who he was, as well as the fact that he would use the Kuriboh cards because of the events of Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time and thats my theory
Unfortunately for Paradox he was also dueling against Yugi's Millennium item, the Millennium Puzzle. In addition to housing the spirit of Atem, it has the power to alter destiny just as long as you use it with the right mindset. Paradox's defeat was set even before the start of the duel.
Funny thing is. This is the Yami Yugi before he remembered his name and became all powerful to know the means of vanquishing Zorc and even had the power to control fate itself. Would that mean he himself would have dealt Paradox in all by himself if that was the Atem he’d deal with?
Imagine if Yugi drew Slifer, that would mean all of the cards in the hands of Yusei, Jaden, and Yugi would be added to it's ATK since they share a field
DerLuukee Yugi literally just full spell card bricked. Even if he went against another DM era character, starting out with that hand is a mission and a half for the millenium puzzle to save him from.
@@Sally-uu3yt Oh Jaden already had it in his deck in episode 45 or 47 of his duel with "Amnael" he used it to summon "Winged Kuriboh" and then a replay occurred and Amnael took out his Winged Kuriboh. So clearly Jaden much like Atem can will some cards into existence... not like this its a new thing... Also this is the 9th use of "Flute of Summoning Kuriboh" Spell Card.
@@NestedQuantifier Not quite. The difference here is that Paradox's deck is synergistic with itself, whereas the protagonists were dependent on more generic combinations of cards. Each of the protagonists also only had two turns, while Paradox had six, meaning he could dig deeper and get more of his combos out. There was only the one specific synergy between Jaden and Yugi in regards to Flute of Summoning Kuriboh. In effect, the game was dependent on what the protagonists' starting hands were when it comes to whether or not they could win, while Paradox had the benefit of getting more cards and not having to be reliant on awkward boardstates.
I think it actually would've been EVEN WORSE if it was a 1v3 but either of those two went first instead of Yusei. In a 1v1, Jaden could've played Flute of Summoning Kuriboh to stall out one turn, and then he could've *prayed* to draw Yubel to Fusion Summon Neos Wiseman, and then he could've attacked and won the duel. As for Yugi...well yeah there's nothing he could've done lol
@@hikarimemeirooficial It wouldn't matter. Even if he summons Dark Magician and destroys a monster with Dark Magic Twin Burst, it would've ran out next turn and then he'd have to deal with the monster he didn't destroy, Malefic Stardust, Malefic Paradox, and Malefic Claw Stream.
@@hikarimemeirooficial Mahad wouldn't be game because he only gets to 5K and Paradox's monsters were 4K. So it'd only be 1K damage, and then the same thing that I said before would still happen. Except I guess instead of getting OTK'd super duper easily, it'd be Claw Stream on Mahad, Dark Magician destroyed by battle, and then direct attack. Also he didn't even have Mahad because this takes place right before Waking the Dragons.
"was Paradox about to defeat Yugi/Jaden/Yusei?" Of course!! Brothers Para and Dox are the elite amongst the elite no words can describe the manner in which the duo had them beat but of course you might be referring to another thing but no matter, brothers ParaDox duel like they're on 0 ping
12:28. Honestly I think that detail sets up that first scene from GX. Yugi giving a younger Jayden Winged Kuriboh. He could have remembered this duel and had Winged Kuriboh and gave Jayden that card so he would have a reason to put that card needed to summon a Kuriboh later on. Keeping history in tact and not making a paradox situation (no pun intended)
Protagonists: make a misplay Also protagonists: there’s just no way that we can win, his cards are epic beasts. He duels to well because he’s from another time
I think the reason they had Stardust dragon deal the final blow rather than Dark magician is because it’s the most satisfying narratively. That was the signature monster stolen by paradox while Yusei also had the strongest character connections to Paradox since he appeared in 5ds
technically, yusei misplayed on paradox's 2nd turn, so when paradox attacked with malefic rainbow dragon, yusei couldve used junk gardna's effect to switch malefic cyber end dragon to defense, then use its other effect to switch rainbow to defense, which would prevent the trio from taking any damage at all
@@amberknight7301the issue is Jaden knows so Yusei could’ve been told about Cyber end dragon’s piercing battle damage before the duel began, meaning Yusei would’ve had knowledge of the cards and effects from Jaden’s time
The thing was they were trying to ensure Yusei had Stardust Dragon on his field, they were treating the duel as a rescue operation in a manner of speaking so Paradox can't perform some villainous escape with Stardust in hand because plot convinience. Though, it's weird that they didn't treat this as the case to get their rivals' cards back lol
They sadly never drew Monster Reborn, to summon the original dragons from the grave. Though, it is easy enough to loot a defeated duelist's deck after battle.
It’s a missed opportunity to either have Yusei riding around in a motorcycle while everyone else is dueling normally or having jaiden and Yugi having to learn how to ride a motorcycle on the fly for the duel.
"now yusei, i just want to remind you that this card game is not going to take place on a motorcycle" -Atem, Abridged movie (I dont remember the fully quote
Paradox: It is simple. Yugi goes then I go, then Jaden goes and then I go and then Yusei goes and I go! Sounds fair right? Yugi: Well you got to be kidding! We each get one turn per round and you get like a gajillion. Paradox: I’m glad you understand!
@The Pokemon Master and Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Yusei: Jaden Jaden: What? Yusei: I'm going to go back in time, and punch you and myself for bringing you to this time
Heres a question. why did Paradox need to travel to a specific point in time where Duel Monsters already existed and has effected the world to kill Pegasus when he could of just went to a time before pegasus was either born or before Pegasus created Duel Monsters? That would of been easier and he wouldn't really need to steal all those dragons to do so.
For Me The Best Part Of The Movie Is When they All Say Their Catchphrases In A row. Jaden: Get Your Game On. Yusei: Let's Rev It Up. Yugi: It's Time To Dual.
Sam is a legend for take the time and effort to make this series and I would definitely like to see more from this series. And as for who I personally think put in more of the effort in this duel, it was Yusei for me because I am biased but I am not going to pretend like Yugi and Jaden didn't help out as much as Yusei did.
12:32 also another fun fact this is actually paradox's monster at the start of the duel so would either return to his field or go to his graveyard even if stardust dragon could be summoned this way.
There are a few times where characters have their key cards stolen by people, and mid-duel reclaim them. I've recently been watching Arc-V, so the one that comes to mind for me is Yuya vs Sawatari.
My reasoning for why this didn't happen in terms of anime logic is that Paradox didn't steal the physical Stardust Dragon card, but rather stole the monster from the original card and put it into a pseudo card. So when Yugi took control of Stardust Dragon, it essentially returned that monster back into the original card it came from, meaning Yusei fully owned Stardust again. It's convoluted, I know, but then again, so is Paradox.
I'd personally say it was Jaden because the flute of summoning kuriboh even in the anime let's you summon winged kuriboh to the field and if it was destroyed due to an effect they wouldn't of taken any battle damage for the rest of the turn and would of survived
I was wondering about that because Jaden used the card. Yet we see Kuriboh get added too the hand. Also i found out why in the anime he wouldn't have taken battle damage sure but Truth Dragon was effect damage which would be burn damage. So winged kuriboh effect wouldn't have work. It would've protected damage from dark magician being destroyed by battle. Yet it wouldn't have stop Truth dragon effect too burn them for damage. It would've just been another monster. So knowing anime logic it was better for normal Kuriboh too be used.
I’d like to further point out that, due to time travel shenanigans, Jaden’s Winged Kuriboh (which Yugi gave over to Jaden at the start of GX) was theoretically in Yugi’s possession at the time not unlike how GX’s anime revealed Yugi had Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Behinning in his deck. By all accounts, Yugi could’ve just summoned Winged Kuriboh’s past self to the same end goal.
@@BlazingAce20 Yes they would still take burn damage but Paradox couldn't attack since Wing Kuriboh will turn the rest of the battle damage to zero and therefore survived the turn
Except under TGS’s explanation, they wouldve taken more damage via WK being destroyed. Since his points out if Paradox did things “right” they’d be at 100 LP, summoning WK wouldve Killed them.
Honestly I both sides basically played their safest moves that benefited them the most. Honestly i think the gameplan before the duel started was if possible get stardust back and get as much a symbolic win as it was a true win. Also i think paradox is technically an inexperienced duelist (in the sense of battle experience) with a decent deck.Yes he took those cards but he's a time traveller as well he could have picked the times a duelist was at their weakest or learned a flaw in that solo deck and exploited. Which is part of the reason why he was basically doomed against the 3 protags...one of them maybe he could beat but all 3 he wouldn't know how the decks work together
*One of them that isn't Jaden. This is post-Season 4 Jaden, he's beaten gods that technically have themselves beaten all of the (living) DM and GX characters at this point, Paradox would a need a lot more OP bullshit than displayed here to stand a chance.
@@jaernihiltheus7817 Yeah, I feel like if Jaden got to do this solo (rather than understandably show off Yugi and Yusei, whose series the movie belongs to), he would've had the chance to bust out a lot more plays that would've been way too much for the deck Paradox was playing.
@@jaernihiltheus7817 you would be right if it was just a card game, but since it is the anime and Yubel was a monster spirit Yubel evolutions had ceased to exist at this point of the series. Yubel evolution were a reflection of they suffering due to being forgotten by Jaden. Their effects reflect that very well: base Yubel effect mirror how their mere presence hurt Jaden despite their effords to protect him(have a maintenance cost, reflect damage when attacked); Yubel second form mirror how after being abandoned Yubel now only care about themselves(effect still only trigger when attacked, destroy any monster regardless of owner) and Ultimate Nightmare they actively are trying to destroy everything. So after Jaden merge with Yubel and show them love, is no longer possible to Yubel to access their evolutions, but they still could turn into Wiseman, which was a regular fusion of Neos and Yubel, and would have been devastating against Paradox
From what we see, Paradox doesn't need to win (or even finish!) a duel to steal the dragon cards. He just absorbed Stardust in the middle of the duel with Yusei and booked it.
I love how in the intro it's like "Yeah, tru, Yusei is from the future but Paradox is from the MORE distant future" like that makes it any more believable.
*sets mask change, mask change 2, form change, form change, form change* *Uses mask change in hand to summon dark law* *Uses other mask change to summon other masked hero* *Masquerade party to victory*
The original Raphael Vs Yami duel would be an interesting re-examination. However I feel like that's another one that would entirely come down to speculation on what Yami draws in the next turn. However it is worth considering what, if anything, Yami COULD draw to break Raphael's defense.
Yusei spent most of the duel being the support person while Yugi and Jaden were the front men. However, Yugi and Jaden also both did a lot of support and Yusei got the finishing blow. This maybe controversial, but I feel like Jaden played the most complete duel while Yugi made one crucial move to get Startdust, and Yusei used Stardust to save them. My MVP vote goes to either Yusei or Jaden.
Well, Yusei's cards protected Jaiden and Yugi's monsters. Jaiden's monsters did a lot of effect negating, and did some attacking, as well as Jaiden's spells doing some good work. Yugi used a card for Yusei to do his thing, summoned one monster that let him use one entire spell for the win, and used a spell card to summon another monster which proceeded to do literally nothing but almost die and require protecting by Junk Gardna, before actually dying, and discarded Kiribo to protect them from damage (which was Jaiden's spell) So... Yugi did basically nothing this whole duel. Dark Magician let him use one card, Dark Magician Girl did literally nothing, and Kiribo literally did more than his own monsters. Yugi was actually the Most Worthless Player in this duel.
@@woobgamer5210The disrespect... But you're right. Yugi was absolutely trash in this Duel and was simply carried by others. It wasn't just his brick hand, Jaden also bricked but managed to turn it around. Yugi in the trio against Paradox was as if Serenity joined Yugi and Kaiba against Dartz.
It’s very unique to analyze the duels in the TV show. And I can’t say I really have seen a lot of people that have done it. I really enjoy this series and I hope you continue to make more. Along with your other very amazing content.
Yusei: Sets Up the Defense with Junk Gardna (from battle) & Stardust Dragon (from effects) Jaden: Supports both Offense and Defense. Keeping everyone alive Yugi: Mostly went on the Offensive with his two spellcasters and massive use of spell cards.
Nah Yugi did literally nothing. Dark Magician let him use... a spell, Dark Magician Girl.. did nothing except to pad out the monster field, and Kiribo did the most out of Yugi's monsters by being drawn by Jaiden's spell to keep them alive by being discarded. Yugi used 2 useful spells and that's it. Dark Magician just.. existed for a spell use, and DMG just... sat there.
@@DarthFhenix55 oh yeah they wouldnt of won without him but, he barely did a thing. Dark Magican Girl literally was there for fan service and to buff up Dark Magicians attack once, and that all she did. Her only contribution, was to give Dark Magician more attack
@@JD-Holcombe not sure if time would be enough for the 6 shows. I believe only the first 3 happens in the same universe. Zexal, Arc V and Vrains I think are in their own universe each
It's very simple this is during the 5ds era and what was a prominent card during that time Gorz the emissary of darkness he was attacking weakest to strongest to play around Gorz all this time
Yeah honestly, I wish they treated him like in dsod since he was the true king of games, Yami could have came in around the time when they were backed against the wall
@@christians8821 Jaden and Yusei were transported back to a time before the Grand Ceremonial Duel between Yugi and Atem occured. I highly doubt little Yugi would have been able to do much in this movie, but he sure got his moment in DSOD...
@@cameraredeye3115 but we know he can hold his own, after all he faced challenges without atem in the manga and the anime without him. Also we know he is an amazing duelist on his own because he faced against joey who under marik had illegal cards in his deck, he could have wone but he didn't want to kill joey
What i like is that this movie was more about Yusei saying the future. Jaden and Yugi basically just help. It starts with Yusei and ends with Yusei even his Stardust dragon finishes the duel when he attacks. Like you said in the video if they really wanted too win they could've used those two traps too do what they did for Stardust since dark magician wasn't attacking. In truth Paradox had no way of winning this duel. You can think about it a lot too figure out where he could've won but every part would lead him too losing no matter what. The only difference is if Yusei didn't have Yugi or Jaden too help. If it aas only two of them like Yusei and Yugi or Yusei and Jaden. Then Paradox may had a chance of winning the duel.
Actually, the hypothetical turn where Paradox could win is still possible. Hand on to M. Raindow Dragon, use Malefic Selector to add Malefic Blue eyes and the field spell, the use M. Rainbow's effect the turn he would have summoned red eyes and blue eyes, nuke the field, summon any of his malefic monsters, and win that way. EDIT: Rest in Peace, Kazuki Takahashi. This movie was fun to watch, so was this duel. Thank you for an incredible game for us to play, and an incredible anime series.
I just realized: You criticize when YUSEI summons Stardust, but for the wrong reasons. 1. PARADOX revived it from the grave. 2. Yusei summoned it FROM PARADOX'S grave.
@17:02 Counterpoint: Jaden would have summoned Winged Kuriboh from his own deck to the field, and when it’s destroyed (by battle or card effect), no battle damage for the REST OF THE TURN! Which means, Paradox couldn’t have won this way either.
So, they still take all the damage from Truth Dragon's attack, right? Leaving them with 100. Truth Dragon's effect eventually goes off after being initially stopped and monsters are destroyed. Winged Kuriboh doesn't stop effect damage.
@@RedDragonForce2 Malefic Truth Dragon would then protect itself. Blue-Eyes would attack and destroy anything to activate Truth's effect again (as it's not once per turn), wiping the board and the remaining LP.
@@RedDragonForce2 Yeah, obviously, but this is going off them deciding not to activate them at all. Otherwise they would have won when Dark Magician attacked Paradox Dragon. Yugi could have De-Fused Neos Knight and Jaden could follow up with Neos Spiral Force to make DM's attack 9000 for the attack.
8:33 actually the result still would've been the same even if neos was destroyed with malefic claw stream. A weird thing about Hero barrier is you can activate it at any time as long as there's a face up E HERO. So in the situation a card would destroy all your E HEROs, you can chain Hero Barrier, and you'd still be able to negate one attack even if you didn't control an E Hero. It kinda buffers until you need it to happen because the wording is "you can negate 1 attack" instead of "negate the attack". So the result would've played out the same.
Guys lets also give Paradox some credit, he went up against 3 of the strongest duelists in history and was able to do pretty well, it shows how powerful he and the others from his time were, Z-one for example.
I will say that the turn order is based on a dueling style only seen in Japan (to my knowledge) called Boss duels. In cardshops, the owner or cashier has cards from Yugioh anime villains (there's pegasus and darkness for example) and the turn order progresses like that. There are some major differences between this duel and boss duels (for example, a boss duel gets all their expended cards back at the start of their turn due to a limited pool, and has life points equal to the opponents starting lp x the number of opponents, and the opponents have some once per duel rules they can call upon during the draw phase.)
@@TpainactualI don't blame you for having never heard of them, I hadn't until a few years ago. but they did exist. they haven't been done in years, which I didn't realize upon posting this comment originally. here are the rules. ygorganization.com/spoiler-boss-duels/ a link to the Fandom page about them yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Boss_Duel a link to a video on this channel about them m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L-nf8nedXdY.html
Good thing that Paradox had Malefic World in his opener. Imagine how hard he would be bricking without it. Excepte he wouldn't have since this is fiction and he would have just drawn the malefics when the plot demanded it. I like how Paradox plays a card that technically doesn't do anything for him
We are talking about Yugi though. He only drew that hand because of what was already on the field. He would have “heart of the cards” out a different hand if he wasn’t going to get Dark Magician through a card effect anyways.
Paradox is a good villain, but you know who they should bring in next time? Nitemare, from Forbidden Memories, also Heishin - now those are some badass villains with a serious threat level
I never got that far in forbidden memories because I tried to do everything I could in ancient Egypt but the game kept forcing me into the future so I gave up on it.
@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 Yeah, they also appeared in Duelists of the Roses (well, Nitemare only as Darknite, but he uses a Darknite-style deck in 1 story (heavily focused on Spells/Traps) and a Nitemare-style deck in the other (heavily focused on Monsters)). On top of Forbidden Memories and Duelists of the Roses, they also appeared in Dark Duel Stories and Falsebound Kingdom.
@@_Vengeance_ Basically, Kazuki Takahashi was still formulating the ending and the games wanted to have a "proper" ending, so Kazuki came up with them for the games at the time as stand ins for what kind of characters he'd like to have as possible final bosses of the manga. With Heishin being a sort of beta version of Aknadin and Nitemare/Darknite (depending on the game) as a beta version of Dark Priest Zorc. Same goes for Forbidden Memories' version of Ishizu named "Isis" (Forbidden Memories in particular was made some time as he was writing Duelist Kingdom).
I wish we got another one of these. I so badly wanna see them all interact with some of the more recent protagonists, but make it at least a couple hours or even an arc of a spin-off show so it's not just one person's story with the others playing second fiddle
We can all agree that: Jaden has some sick bars, Paradox did nothing wrong, and last but not least, Yugi definitely won that duel... including the final episode of GX. Also shoutout to very Asian guy.
It makes sense that Yusei got a slight spotlight. 5D’s was the current anime at the time, so the writers kind of had to let him deal the final blow. I still wish we got a Zexal movie.
@@Gevaudan1471 Yuma is the best protagonist. He is hilarious, his character growth actually shows throughout, and by the end he is such a good duelist on his own that he beat Astral. Who had all the numbers but Utopia. That’s not trash. At least he wasn’t a complete waste like Yuya.
@@AnnalinaSR21 Why? It was written so much better than Zarc-V. Do you hate it just because Yuma isn’t a super serious protagonist like Atem/Yugi or Yusei?
Lol. What I learned from this video (great analysis btw) is- it’s the big 10th Anniversary duel, and Yugi bricks on his opening hand 🧱😂 It’s a good thing Yusei used Reincarnation of Hope 🕊👍🏼
These breakdowns are really quite fascinating. The amount of work that goes into them must be staggering and I appreciate it. I'd love to see more breakdowns for other duels, even ones that don't seem like they could have gone differently. Actually, I'd like to see a breakdown on Joey vs Marik or Joey vs Odion. I feel like you'd do either one justice with a fair outlook rather than whining that Joey should have won or Marik sucks or whatever the flavor of the day is.
Jaden is MVP in this duel. Without his supporting cards (magic and traps), 3 protagonists would be stuck dealing with malefic monsters. Yugi did next best when he was able to get back stardust from the opposing field and took down malefic synchro with his own spell cards. Yusei did the bare minimum work of giving yugi his dark magician, reviving all the monsters at the end with his trap, and just finish the duel when everything is basically prepared (by jaden and yugi) for him to end the game.
Absolutely untrue. Not a single one of Jaden's plays would have been possible without Junk Gardna, and not a single one of Yugi's plays would've been possible without Dark Magician added to his hand. Jaden only dealt with the Malefic monsters because Yusei switched them to defense mode and provided him with the *perfect* material for his fusion. If Junk Gardna wasn't on the field, Jaden wouldn't have been able to even *summon anything.* Don't be a fanboy.
The frustrating thing about stardust in the anime is that they’re always summoning it back to the field after it uses it’s a decrease even though they shouldn’t, jack and yuseis first duel comes to mind even if we don’t see it, that’s likely what was gonna happen.
I love how at 0:22, the duel disks slowly get more raised with each person. This leads me to believe when it gets to Yusaku, its gonna do a full 180 flip.
Imagine if yugi had summoned one of the gods during this duel, whichever one it is doesn't really matter but yusei and Jaden would of been in complete aww at having been there to see one up close in person (technically Jaden has seen 2 in person by this point but still)
That's why Paradox have chosen this timeline. Since God Cards weren't even mention to begin with (Besides Obelisk's ofc). But the course is that Atem didn't possess any of it. Some people assumed that it was somewhere before his duel with Arcana, right after it.
Sacred beasts aren't Gods but destroyers of worlds....they were only considered Gods because of their shared appearances with the originals. Except hamon who looked like an evangelion lol
One interesting thing - if I'm understanding correctly (I haven't actually watched this movie), then Stardust should never have been able to be summoned AT ALL. Summoning cards by ignoring their summoning conditions only overrides the card's summoning procedure, NOT the rule that special summon monsters must be special summoned properly before you can revive them. Because Stardust was sent directly from the ED to the GY, no effect in the game should be able to summon it back. Probably the most infamous example of this is Dark Flattop, which cannot revive SKY FIRE unless you actually pull off it's dog summoning condition first. Not that it changes the fact that this is an anime duel designed for spectacle that operates on different rules, but coming from the real card game these rulings are very poorly understood by the playerbase and it can be very frustrating to play against at times.
The reason Paradox came back in time. PARADOX: Well, I was not actually there. But I heard that somebody played a card game. And then boom everything Destroyed End of the World. It totally happened. Just like I said. Just card game--Boom! Everyone dead. This man was the True Hero of the Story.
But Paradox, Duel Monsters isn’t the only card game out there! There’s Go Fish, Crazy 8, Uno, Poker (the child friendly version with no wagers), etc. LOGIC BOMBED!!!
@@RedDragonForce2 I would love to see the Fate of the World Decided by playing Uno. NOW I ACTIVATE DRAW 4 WILD CARDS. LEAVING ME WITH NO CARDS IN MY HAND IN WINNING THIS DUEL!! AND SAVING THE WORLD.
@@griffingower1883 Considering how much bullshit it caused in exchange for entertainment, not really evil. I mean he could just vandalise everything related to Atem and maybe stop Kaiba and Pegasus, no need for engaging in a duel.
It's weird that the poll made it look like Yusei is the top, Yugi is second and Last is Jaden but in the comment section there they are 90% sure it was Jaden who should be MVP. But whatever, The 3 are awesome together and i love them all just sad that Jaden is so far in the Poll vs the other 2 in the MVp category.
Great job as always breaking it down! I want to get back in to YuGiOh but every time I try all the cards are just to convoluted these days. Even with your awesome accessible explanation I still was left dizzy by the amount of effects and chain possibilities. Are new kids joining this card game these days or is it more just older fans now? But... I guess those gen z kids are smart af with those insanely elaborate tik toks so who even knows 😂
Why? That duel finished in the anime, if you're referring to the first duel they had: it was stated in the anime that they had the same opening hand as the first time, Dragan even said that his accusation was wrong in the end and that Jack rightfully won the first duel
Actually in anime Thors card is different where it steals a monster's effect for itself. So when dragan uses his effect he still had his gulfaxe of nordic beasts tuner monster. When stealing red nova's effect thor should have gained 500 points making his attack 4000 when he Attacked jack would of lost his second duel but that's my opinion
Dragan would have won the first match And jack won the second one But yeah thor can negate ALL monsters your opponent control and take the effect of one of the monster he negated the effect and use it's effect for that turn So yeah if he targeted red nova Thor would get to 4k and nova to 3.5
@@heroeus8173 but Jack could chain Anime Red Nova, to remove it from play and have the ability to negate 1 attack from Dragan in the same turn.(Though he also didn't use Anime Red Novas effect against Broder, but he used it against Primo and Lester...)
I can see how Paradox not playing at his best with the amount of stress he must have been going through. Coming from a world that was completely ruined. I could see him slipping up.
In terms of Yugioh all I want is a Yugioh GX movie. It'll be amazing to hear the unreleased soundtrack and seeing Jaden dueling with his E-Heros and Neo-Spacians on the big screen
Paradox would also have a much higher opportunity to deck out, which makes his field brilliant for this one duel. It replaces his draw with a semi search. In a regular duel this is nice but you would want more search power in addition to what should be your draw. In this duel, it ensures paradox gets the cards he needs without having to empty his deck so fast. It cuts dead draws while keeping him from losing even faster since his deck running is already running out 3 times faster than his opponent. This is a case of rhe card effect working brilliantly for the specific situation in the anime but then not being so great when translated into a real world card for a typical duel.
There is kind of loophole in the duel when Yusei uses Startdust Dragon's effect. Startdust Dragon originally started the duel in Paradox's extra deck, so it was owned by Paradox. Because of that, when Stardust Dragon returns from the graveyard (and, like you pointed out in the video, let's ignore the fact it was not properly summoned in the first place. lol), it should have been summoned to Paradox's side of field, not Yusei's! @TGS Anime, what do you think? Is there a way the protagonists could have escaped from that?
The only thing that I can think of is that the anime rules work a bit differently. That Malefic Paradox Dragon counts as a proper synchro summon, and that Stardust comes back to the field of whoever used its effect.
I think its more so that stardust wasn't originally paradox's and it plays off that in this case but you know its anime so .. As Seto Kaiba says "Screw the rules, I have money".
Well, to be fair, they are in Yugi's timeline, where Duel Monsters was still a broken, exploitable mess of a game, so it's only natural that the protagonists would exploit the hell out of it.
@@themasterofw4295 I mean, you could make the argument that since Yusei's duel against Paradox at the beginning of the movie technically never finished, Paradox only had control of Stardust and not ownership.
The thing that pissed me off most about this duel was the fact that literally no one but Yusei had a playable hand. Yugi/Atem and Judai never bricked this badly EVER in their shows. Another thing that upsets me is that people act like Yusei was the star but he had to get babied by both Judai and Atem (man was legit losing hope until they inspired him to continue). Judai and Yugi/Atem don’t get enough credit
Honestly I grew up watching Yu-Gi-Oh ( yugi the main character) and Yu-Gi-Oh GX was honestly the best Yu-Gi-Oh series for me. Yu-Gi-Oh 5d anime for me was kinda not that attracting to me because it's kinda gotten to dark for me , sure 5d got really good cards like blackwing,black rose dragon stardus dragon but the anime for me was just to meh, but GX was the bomb I mean who wasn't amazed by the heroes deck even though looking back at it now jaiden deck was kinda trash but the fusion was to awesome
@Luk when I saw lore I mean the context behind the cards. Neo Spacians literally have ties to the GALAXY lol. It’s hard to believe Judai has the weakest deck when he had done better feats than anyone. He was the only one to beat yubel, he beat two five god dragons, he beat darkness and he was able to put up a fight against Yugi lol. Zane and Chazz couldn’t even hope to amount to any of this
@Luk you have to consider both the player and the cards when you’re talking about an anime deck. The reason why judais deck is so strong in that series is because not just the cards or even Judai himself but his bond with the deck. That’s literally the theme of ygo
@Luk I’m not comparing Judai to the protagonist of different series. I was mainly going after cybers and Ojama (Chazz and Zane) cause your OP made it seem they were better
8:00 This is an illegal play. Stardust wasn't properly Synchro Summoned, so effects that attempt to Summon it can't be activated, even if it ignores Summoning conditions.
8:25 The reason Paradox tried to attack first was cause Neos was at 700 ATK, if Paradox Dragon’s attack hit Neos it still would have been game since their LP was at 2600 and the attack would inflict 3300