Small Error in the video. The release of Book of Moon, Taiyou & life was actually in the 2003 Pack Pharaonic Guardian. They would be re-released in the Pack Dark Beginning 2
Quick-play spells power-crept trap cards from the very beginning of the game because you can activate them during your opponent's turn, just like trap cards, provided you set them one turn beforehand. However, you can also activate them immediately from your hand during your own turn and even during the battle phase. That being said, we can infer that, in terms of game design, trap cards are a nerfed version of quick-play spell cards. Trap cards were poorly designed from the start and deserve updated rulings to make them more useful. They’re just too slow for the modern format, and most were even slow in the very first format of Yu-Gi-Oh.
Hey TGS! Any plans to so a pack-opening video? I tried looking at other pack opening videos, but your combination of interest in the cards and expertise in what they do is unique!
Gotta love zombie-based cards, they always just roll in unexpectedly and make themselves at home in other archetype groups. Alghoul Mazera, Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon, Archfiend Zombie Skull, and now Book of Life just rolling in, "Hi guys, mind if I take a seat-thanks, you're all great.".
Because of the references to solar and lunar eclipses, I'd like to mention a related celestial event. A Selenelion. It's a rare event during a lunar eclipse when the Sun and eclipsed Moon are visible at the same time, either just before sunset or just after sunrise.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="450">7:30</a> flashback to every manga warning “YOU’RE READING THE WRONG WAY”. Like, what person picks up the book, flips to the back and starts reading
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="387">6:27</a> my argument for why it's called Books of Dark World in Japan is s dark reflection of the Christian Bible. There are multiple "books" within the Bible, like Book of Genesis, but they're all collected into one written text. Books of the Dark World is just their Bible, with all the twisted stories & practices of old.
I remember when xyz monsters first came out in the tcg...my friends and I, as well as the folks at my locals swore by xyz monsters lose their materials if they get "booked" 😂 wild times
🤔 Sorry to correct you on this but Yugipedia has missing information. Book of Moon, Taiyou and Life were actually 1st released in the booster pack Pharaonic Guardian, then over 2 years later in Dark Beginning 2. I also know this because I opened a booster box and got 3 copies of Moon and 4 copies of Taiyou and 3 copies of Life
All Duel Links players have used multiples of Book of Moon in almost every tiered deck in existence. Such a simple but versatile card. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="115">1:55</a> Since Zexal was my first series, that moment was my introduction to Book of Moon. I’m so grateful the whole extent of its effects in that moment was explained. A great example of why Kite is my favourite character of all time.
I do enjoy reeding a good book especially if it helps me win a duel This is somthing i found out recently if you use book of moon on chimeratech overdragon it loses all its atack points and becomes a 0 atack point monster when flipped back up again
The phenomena you mentioned are astronomical events, while they could have astrological meanings ( I don't know), the facts are more so in the domain of Astronomy and not Astrology as astronomy bases their findings and studies of everything space on scientific research, experiments and observations, whereas astrology is more of the belief that astronomical events affect things on earth. An astronomer will tell you the reason why a star is located where in the sky at night depending on where on earth you are observing it, while an astrologer will tell you something will happen to someone because that star is seen at a certain location. Not an astrologer, just a student in astronomy.
This is a really great archetype We need a book that affects Link monsters. Hey TGS, can you please do a duel analysis of the duel between Don Thousand, Yuma and Nasch please?
Book of Life is related because the three books were meant to be used in tandem for a style of zombie monsters at the time: monsters whose effect trigger when flipped face up. Fusioh Richie, Wandering Mummy, Des Lacooda, and some others had advantages to being flipped up and down on your terms, giving them further benefit from the "Book of" cards. Heck, a fun trick could be performed with a Spirit monster of all things--Dark Dust Spirit--to effectively Dark Hole the board on demand. 🐍
Dark World Grimoire: a grimoire is a book of magical spells or rituals, so individual "chapters" might be written as The Book of Demons, because each individual chapter is complicated enough that it's going to have lots of subchapters, so it's easier to call it multiple books that are bound together under the same cover. Also series of books, such as The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or academic curriculums, are sometimes rereleased as one bound collection after they've all been published individually.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="267">4:27</a> The moon actually does appear brighter just before and just after a total eclipse. This is because the moon is getting as close as it possibly can to the perfect 180 degrees and effectively squeezing as much light out from the sun as the effect will allow.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="33">0:33</a> I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I WAS BORN THE SAME YEAR THIS CARD CAME OUT AND BOOK OF MOON IS NOT 20 IT'S 19(Ish), BUT STILL YOU GET MY POINT!
The funny thing is if you look at the two eclipse cards the artwork somehow got switched. Book of Lunar Eclipse seemingly displays the black moon and diamond ring effect of a solar eclipse and Book of Eclipse shows the shadowed red moon of a Lunar eclipse. I wonder how that accident happened.
Kinda creepy moment for me before watching. It did cross my mind that there were yu-gi-oh books and I Ironically wondered what languages they would be in.... here we are. Glad the algorithm is almost sentient
Please make a video discussing the Onomatopoeia archetype, which consists of the Zubaba, Gagaga, Gogogo, and Dododo cards. I feel like after this video all these words will lose meaning to you.
Its about time we get a Yu-Gi-Oh series based on the Book Archetype series. Imagine how amazing that would be, the story behind these books and the hunt for them. Its sounds like a real indiana jones adventure.
Idea for a new “Book of” card: _Spellbook of Books_ Quick-Play Spell _Target 1 Face-Up Spellcaster you control: Apply 1 of the following effects, then either change that target’s battle position OR place Spell Counters on that target equal to it’s Level/Rank/Link._ _⚪️Special Summon 1 Monster (From your Hand, Deck or GY) that mentions “Book” in its name or text._ _⚪️Activate 1 Spell/Trap (From your hand, Deck or GY) That mentions “Book” in its name or text._ _You can only activate 1 “Spellbook of Books” per turn._
Besides spellbooks (the archetype), i wish we'd get more book cards. I enjoy seeing their artwork show up and their usage still being in circulation today. Mostly in the form of older formats.
The weirdest thing about book of secret arts is that the original version had a quill pen in it but reprints did not and there’s no apparent reason for that
There is an astronomical reason for book of lunar eclipse to be a “supercharged” book of moon. During a lunar eclipse the brightness of the moon does increase - although obviously not nearly as much as the solar corona of the solar eclipse.
There is one more “Book of” card out there, but it’s anime exclusive and the name could very well be found only in the dub: Book of Flip, used by Flip and it changes a flip monster back to face down defense position!
If you’re looking for more archetypes: Gimmick Puppets, Chronomaly, Abyss Actors, and if you wanted, you could triple review Fluffal, Edge Imp, and Frightur
The books are not necessarily right to left because of japan, apparently hieroglyphics (which seems to be the language of the books) is also right to left, another option would be arabic which is also right to left, and Egypt is an arabic country.
Konami should make a "Book of Reversal" card that flips your field to your opponent's and vice versa, and make the art a western-style book that reads left to right
I like to think the book of life was rated higher in the book of arctype is because fhe rest of the book spells are quick chants and the effects are not as powerful But the book of life has a powerful effect and a longer chant