@@starjadiancloneinvestigato1772 There are times when it's a random group or person that falsely claims a song, but YT has never looked into the validity of those claims.
I'm not joking as a viewer, I want to say thank you for making these videos. It keeps me up to date and even find out cards about a certain archetype I never knew existed.
Interesting Fact: tlan in Aztec means place (you can check it in the academia mexicana de la lengua web page) so Mementotlan would translate as the place you remember.
I think Angwitch is actually "Angel-witch" not "Angry witch". Looking at the Japanese name of the original, it does have the word angel. I think the original was translated as fairy instead of angel, because of the censorship of religious themes in the TCG, which has gotten somewhat more lax since then.
I'd love to see more cards of this archetype. One monster I think could fit in "Memento," in my opinion, is Cyber-Tech Alligator or Cybatic Wyvern. It's vanilla monster card that I hold dear to my heart as my ace monster.
So currently, there are no level 10 or 12 memento monsters, nor are there any “Mementotlan” ones past level 8… Anyone here have ideas for “Mementotlan” monsters that are levels 9-12? I’m thinking… Level 9: Dark Sage Level 10: Ultimate Obedient Fiend Level 11: Gate Guardian Level 12: Five-Headed Dragon
Five headed and gate guardian you could make an argument for since they basically have no effects but the others despite not having good effects aren't "normal" enough to be one in my opinion.
@@whothis5810 I mean I couldn’t find anything better for levels 9 and 10… All the other ones seemed too new to consider. Although upon looking, I’m thinking… Theinen the Great Sphinx for the level 10… And Black Skull Dragon for level 9?
@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire black skull dragon is a good choice, for the level 10 it's could be exodia since exodia is already a dead skeleton monster that's sort of a normal monster
Five-Headed Dragon already has a pretty decent retrain with Five-Headed Link Dragon, and Gate Guardian literally had a fully revamped Archetype last year, so it wouldn't really make sense to have them be Memento monsters
@@KirbyGroovy I mean versions for the original crappy ones… A fusion memento for five-headed, and a main deck memento for the GG (the new support has a level 12 fusion retrain, but not one for the level 11 main deck one, or even retrain for the three component monsters).
An artistic similarity is Chewbone. It is a level 3 earth zombie that produces tokens. The skeleton design is simialr in style to this series, plus it has red, crested horns with a red crystal orb inside it. The tokens produced are depicted as smaller versions with the horn crests being bone colored like the rest of them, but the crimson orbs still existing inside as the possible lifesource. There was a vanilla released in the 1999 OCG called Bone mouse. It was a dark level one zombie with slightly different battle stats. The design was somewhat reminiscent with it being a far less decared mouse with most of its skin still on. There is nothing else to connect these nessisarily but perhaps Chewbone could have been an early inspiration or prototype of the Momentos?
Cant wait for Memento Cyber-Tech Alligator Dragon. That thing was a legit blast and was factually superior to Summoned Skull and so many others one tribute monster, but it got slept on so hard...
Don't know if anyone mentioned this, but Mementolan twin dragon could also be based on Two mouth dark ruler. Both of their heads are even shown in a left facing profile as opposed to Twin headed Thunder dragon's right. Additionally two mouth dark ruler actually released before twin headed thunder dragon in march of ‘99.
Something i love with this new archetype it's because he bring back forgotten monsters from the grave or Oblivion. In my case i discovered older cards i didn't know their existence. I created recently a deck mixed with Mementotlan archetype and ritual monsters. Hope we'll have a ritual mementotlan monster soon
Another theory to tie in Mementoland Twin Dragon, would be to also tie it to twin mouth dark ruler which was an earlier card which is very similar to twin headed thunder dragon, though of course the card does heavily play on the latter rather than the former.
I'd love to see memento machine type monsters like pendulum machine, launcher spider, and slot machine. Maybe even axe raider, sword hunter, rude kaiser and battle warrior.
To be honest here. I couldn't get cards back in the day but I did have the gba games which I played in the day and still sometimes today because I can't play duel links without crashing but these cards were kind of a easy to get but were a pain in the butt to play with because they didn't have a strategy to with them except using them to get bigger monsters on field but I commend them to revive them Dig it 👍
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I love that Memento were promoted as these angry spirits who had grown vengeful over being thrown out and abandoned, only for the lore to reveal that they're actually just a bunch of goobers who play games and throw parties.
Heh, looks like the well of abandoned cards from GX has returned with a vengeance. I may try to pick up this archetype; could make for some fun stories.
"You thought we were vengeful spirits? Nah fam! We're just vibing in the Gy" (well..... they are in hell, but my interpretation is that they live in the Gy)
The best part of this archetype is that, according to the VBEX4 card lore book, the Mementos are just a bunch of goofy goobers despite their edgy appearances. There is nothing outright malicious in their book descriptions and we even get a few funny ones. Mementotlan-Horned Dragon is "concerned about how scary and diabolic its face looked." Mementotlan Twin Dragon is terrible at hide-and-seek because of its electrified body. Mementotlan Tatsunootoshigo is fast, but tends to trip and fall apart while running, but can put itself back together.
Must be a tie-in to the Día de Muertos inspirations it's drawing from. My myth fu is failing me, so I don't know about this particular god of the dead's portrayal, but the celebration itself is always a cheery occasion, more about remembering our deceased and celebrate in their memory instead of mourning them with sadness, so in this vein, them being silly is a great touch. With this information in mind, I want to think that the crystals in particular may be stand-ins for candies, as sweets are a big part of the celebration, while the bones are a double up on both the sugar skulls and actual bones that are so integral to the ancient rituals.
If youre interested in keeping the 1999 lore as faithful as possible - mementotlan twin dragon is not a retrain of thunder dragon, but actually a retrain of Two Mouth Darkruler, which is a 1999 release of a card that is basically thunder dragon facing the other way
Memento has to be the best archetype recently released purely in aesthetic, lore and fun playstyle. I want more old vanilla getting the Memento treatment especially Beast of Talwar, one of my all time vanilla favorite
I hope they eventually add support from other generations from some of the unused vanillas throughout the series. And eventually add extra deck monsters based on the gen, so if they add gx more fusions, 5ds would add synchros, etc etc
Since Pegasus’s Parrot Dragon & Dark Rabbit somehow never got toon counterparts Memento would be an acceptable home for their eventual reworks 😌 a bone dragon with giant parrot wings and beak sounds magnificent.
Little fun fact, the spell card "Mementomictlan" references the Mictlán, which is where the Aztecs believed the souls of people went after passing away.
I really like how accurate memento represents the day of the dead, they are based on aztec rituals and the deity of the dead, looks kinda sinister on the outside but then (through the lore and spell card artwork) you can see that they are just having fun and celebrating the departed, just like the holiday itself.
The dark blade one is there purely because the artwork is absolutely metal. Also, don't know if this card qualifies, but for the level 6 card that comes to mind is judge man.
It would be so so so funny to me. If the level 6 for the Mementos turned out to be Summoned Skull. 1-Cause this would be the 7th time Summoned Skull has been retrained and at this point its pretty comical 2-The thing is already made of bones so you'd basically just be turning Summoned Skull into a fancier pile of bones 3-Out of most of the Yugi cards Summoned Skull is kind of the most "forgotten" as its probably the one card in Yugi's deck that hasn't gotten much support and is the only one not really tied to any archetype Alternatively they could turn Beast of Talwar into a Memento Its a random level 6 from way back when that no one is really gonna miss if it gets retrained
@@mohamedal-ganzoury3699 crazy! Talk about monkey paw. I'm getting my stuff ready to play the millennium archetype lol. IF they go ahead and do memento blue eyes then I will flip a coin between the two haha.
Fairywitch getting a more anime-esque cute face and a smaller frame with more obvious booba and crystal cat ear really shows how much yugioh art style has changed AND I AM HERE FOR IT
Love the theme of bones in the Memento archetypes. Bones are often the remains of people and animals which are also preserved through time with them being collected and kept in cases. They are like treasures to humans and sadly there are still bones which haven't been found. These are forgotten until found.
Most of RU-vid's copyright strike nonsense wouldn't stand up to an actual challenge. Using music for 10 seconds in a 20 minute video is completely transformative - the problem is nobody actually having the money to take RU-vid to court over it. @@SowaraAkther1
Important to note that twin headed thunder dragon is a fusion monster that is very loved by the players of Yu-Gi-Oh forbidden memories (a game that came out before 2000, If im not mistaken) due to it being very usefull in that game
Useful in any game where Fusion didn't need Polymerization (Forbidden Memories where it was absurdly easy to make and Duelists of the Roses where it was a respectable Fusion boss monster only really outdone by the highly specific Meteor Black Dragon) and even then, the Effect of Thunder Dragon was very well made at the time as it was made to get materials needed for Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon easily though of course it wasn't really used for that.
I think it's another sort of nod. Its Attack power which was once a top stat line for Level 4 or lower monsters with no drawback had been powercrept by the time it came out and another 1900 ATK Vanilla beatstick was released in the same set so it was forgotten about.
I always love when YuGiOh integrates worldwide mythical cultures into their card. And combining memento/revival, with Aztec mythology, whilst keeping the theme of YuGiOh (dark games) is peak design!
A part of me wonders if the resurrection of the monsters isn’t fully malevolent. With ‘Bone Party’ and ‘Dance’ being spells and traps, I think it might be honoring the dead. Much like how the Day of the Dead isn’t a time for sorrow, it’s more of celebrating the lives of those who’ve died. In addition, the celebration is meant to sustain their memories forever. Maybe that’s what the archetype is trying to do. And anyone who threatens the memory of the monsters will invoke the boss monsters’ wrath 🤔
I like the direction Yu-Gi-Oh! is heading in. I have noticed Konami has been focusing on retraining old-school cards. They are really going all in on the nostalgia for us old-school players.
I left due to the BS during the XYZ era, but every extra mechanic and the power creep after that has only alienated me further. Give us more than the current format/master rule before I care. Only YuGiOh things I have done since then is play Dueling Book (not in awhile though) and watch RU-vid videos .
@@alexanderrobins7497 I also left during the XYZ era. Back then, it was getting unnecessarily complex, and monster effects became more degenerate as most cards went on, to the point that nowadays it is pretty normal to end the duel in just a couple of turns. I loved what today would be considered the 'slow pace' nature of the game in the early days because it resembled a real strategy game that required proper thought processes in order to win, unlike today, which involves creating an unbreakable board and turns that take forever as if you were playing solitaire. The only saving grace these days is the notion of archetypes because it gives a sense of strategy per archetype, whereas before you used to mash a bunch of unrelated cards and make them work together somehow.
I don´t know if someone has mentioned it before, but the field spell Mementomictlan takes its name from Mictlan, the underworld in the aztec culture, tying it back together with the god boss monster and why it can search it.
You know when thinking about their inspiration and considering what combined conquerer is based on. I wouldn't be surprised if memento is basically just one big festival of the dead for the monsters. I mean we have bone party and Fracture dance, so maybe that's what they're going for? To celebrate the lives of these monsters in a sorta meta sense?
the funny thing is, I was ready for a dark theme for their lore so I was waiting for it's lore to be translated, and when the translation came, Their lore is as light as Madolche's lore lmao
I know this is a big ask love your videos but a video I would love to see is about the dinomorphia cards my favorite I don’t see much people talking about em so I would love to see a video about them thank you so much for reading my comment ❤
We needed this video, hope Konami continues to support this archetype so it can becomes tier 1 I don’t know about you but that would be the ultimate Meme
1. I love the Memento archetype. It being a collection of retrains of old monsters, both well known and obscure, that just have a cool new aesthetic and playstyle is a really nice idea. THIS is how you do nostalgia. 2. I'll never forget thinking that these guys were supposed to be malevolent spirits of monsters who felt discarded, only to learn that their actual lore depicts them as a bunch of wholesome goobers who are just chilling in the GY, while acting like roommates. Almost like an edgier looking version of Ghostricks lol
neko gal no2 is hard to get the treatment as memento as theres another thing about them. most memento are seen in the yugioh anime. all their counter part are seen in the anime. Not all the memento are cards from 1999, I think the requirement is that they"re at least 20 years old card and that appear in the anime in on form either played by side character or played by background charater. Neko Gal 2 wasnt in the anime. by that rule the most likely lv 6 is Goddess of Reversal which is lv 6. was shown in the anime and also from 1999 released from the starter deck then
I have a all yugioh protagonist in one deck that mainly specializes in warrior monster and spellcastors and dark blade is one of my favorite cards I have in my deck just because he's a simple 1800 beat stick that I can summon without any fuse
I am pretty sure "Angwitch" stands for "Angel Witch", especially since in german it is "Enghexe" which stems from "Engel" and "Hexe", which means Angel and Witch respectively.
I thought Angwitch was a portmanteau of "angel" and "witch"... since the Japanese name for the monster is Angel Witch (or Angelwitch, depending on the source) As for the Level 6 monster... I'd like to see it be another monster that was never brought over to the TCG, like Fiend's Mirror, Garvas, Monstrous Bird, Royal Guard, or Sea King Dragon... but the chances of it being something like Megazowler, Meteor Dragon, or even Thunder Dragon are very likely. Almost certainly won't be Neck Hunter, though that would be hilarious. Now for some Aztec lore... the crystal motif is because people in Aztec society were buried with valuables to give to the god of the dead: Mictlāntēcutli (pronounced Meekt-lan-teh-cool-teal). This was done as a way to be welcomed into the city of the dead, Mictlan. As for who is the true boss monster, that can be answered with a mix of lore knowledge and the card artwork. As the sun rises, the stars were said to disappear into Mictlāntēcutli's mouth, which helped to give him the power to keep the spirits of the dead safe in Mictlan. This is shown in the artwork of Combined Creation, with its head pointed high and mouth agape, ready to take in more power. There's even a bit of flavor in the card effects, where you can use the effects of the smaller monsters to protect and empower Combined Creation. Meanwhile, Combined Conqueror has a headdress like most Aztec deities, and he looks to be standing at the top of Mementomictlan, which would be similar to the god rising in the night to look down on Mictlan to watch over its residents. This implies that Combined Conqueror is the boss monster. Also, the Japanese names kind of give it away as Combined Creation is "The Netherskull Combined Dragon" and Combined Conqueror is "Netherskull King", but the lore tying into it is a nice touch.
The former 2 not really. Sangan was so good it got banned and couldn't be unbanned until it got an errata and Mystical Elf was good in early Yugioh due to 2k Defense which walled the typical Level 4 or lower vanilla beatsticks. Not to mention it's got a Dark counterpart which was actually decent due to having the fairest drawback for a high Attack Level 4 monster as well as a fairly recent retrain.
I absolutely love this archetype and deck. Takes a lot of studying to play it right, because just summoning things willy nilly will cause you to end on literally nothing lol. Also if an opponent actually knows how the deck works they can hold off to hand trap your Tatsunootoshigo or banish your Ghatic and you're screwed, but if you bait out the traps right then you can end on an absolutely rediculous board with 5(10) on-field monster negates, two pops, a change of heart into linking SP, a banish from SP, and a fuse into Guardian Chimera. Super fun to play once you start seeing the Beautiful Mind equations in your head to actually accomplish what you want with this deck. Absolutely love the lore of these guys too. Can absolutely relate to being a ball of anxiety over looking unfriendly or scary and just wanting to party with everybody 😂😂
My only gripe with the most retrains is that they dont make the original cards viable/playable. Only exclusion would be the Nouvelles, who, very well, included the original Hungry Burger.
Hold up. "Mementotlan-Horned Dragon" implies that its horns are made of mementotlan. I guess that's the canon name of the crystals in the TCG. Even though it isn't in the OCG.
Judging by the stats of the high level monsters and looking at the dates... I'm going to guess Summoned Skull is the level 6 Memento monster. Four reasons: One, like Dark Blade it is super popular with multiple retrains; Two, it was released in the OCG in both 1998 and 1999; Three, it would not take a lot to adapt it visually (I would love the cyclopean scythe design); and Four, it has a 2500 ATK stat so could be used as a hypothetical Main Character ace card. I mean, Cranium Burst and Fracture Dance sound like what characters would call for monster's attacks. Which in the case of classic anime characters have been adapted as cards (Burst stream of Destruction, Dark Burning Magic, etc.).
An idea for a future Memento card: Mementolan Sea Snake. Retrain of Roaring Ocean Snake. Level 6 Fusion Monster. Atk: 2100 Def: 1800 Requirement: 2+ Memento Monsters. Effect: This card gains 100 ATK and DEF for every Memento card used to summon this card. This card can attack directly, if this cards deals damage to your opponent you an add one Memento Card from your Deck or Graveyard To your Hand, if this card Leaves the field, you can special summon one Level 5 or higher Memento monster from your hand or Extra Deck ignoring its summoning conditions. You can only activate each effect of Mementolaln Sea Snake once per turn.
Angwitch might mean angel witch instead of angry witch. In fact, I just looked it up on the wiki, the card is called Enghexe in German (hexe = witch, engel = angel ... though eng = tight, it's a tight witch now). And Fairy Witch is actually "Enjeru Majo", Majo means witch and Enjeru is literally just angel with a Japanese accent. Mystical Sheep also has a fusion ability because Mystical Sheep #2 is a fusion material for Fusionist, a super iconic fusion monster with a whopping 100 more ATK than Mystical Sheep #2, and the first fusion to have a fusion itself, Rare Fish, with 1500 ATK and no effect. Oh, the field spell is a memento of Geartown, which is why it gives all Memento monsters the ancient gear effect.
"-tlan" is a Nahautl suffix denoting a "place", such as the central city of Tenochtitlan or Micotlan the resting place of souls. I think the tlan added to all of the cards represents the bones and crystals making a new suitable home for the old soul, which is why they come back from the dead.
I like this archetype. Just all these nostalgic monsters retrained with some reallly cool designs and a new mechanic. I just love these videos verry much. I`m currently playing through the Zexal-world in Duel Links so could your next video be about one of the following archetypes? Wind up Photon/Galaxie Satellaknight Gimmick puppet Chronomaly Magidolce
You know a vanilla that id like to see a retrain of? The pal beast. While im pretty sure no one would really care, it was one of the first vanilla cards that i got and no lie, I really never seen any love for it. It could probably fit well for an archetype like this
