Yu-Gi-Oh! The Problem with Speed Duels... 

Hey Speed Duelists! We made a comprehensive 30-minute video dedicated to explaining Speed Duels, including the rules, staple cards, decks, skills, and every set released! ▶ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LDvUGpdRxU4.html

The game is targetted at ex-players who don't like modern YGO, yet that target audience has no idea it exists.

problem number 1: it is not played on motorcycles

Konami never really learned how to promote this game, back in the day they had the anime which worked in their favor due to its popularity, so promotion wasn't a problem. But now it really shows...

Speed dueling is classic Yugioh duelling. I like it.

God I've missed the old days when I didn't have to wait 3 hours for my opponent to make every single turn they make

Kind of fun for me because my 8 year old daughter and I both play duel links. But we are on different device types so we can't play together really. So Speed Duels allows us to play the cards and format she is familiar with. Plus, we can sit down and play in person. Good bonding for me

I was hyped when I opened my Joey pack and got alligator sword 😂

I took a very similar stance on this, glad to see the realism. Speed duels are VERY exciting, but the organized play is sorely lacking. YCS wont be near many peoples areas so investing in product to play just in side events is lack luster. It needs a big main event like a YCS to generate hype.

The intro killed me!! More speed duel

They should just make an app for speed duels.

It would be nice if Speed Duels had a code on their cards, then it could cross over into Duel Links. It's one of the features that Chaotic had that caught my interest.

2 years later and i am only now hearing about this.

I think speed duels are great, a refresh on the format, hopefully Konami learn from their mistakes with the TCG and dont release completely busted cards. Ive got my preorder on "Arena of Lost Souls" in place

I dunno, man. I've been playing Speed Duel format through Duel Links, and it's probably the most fun I've had with Yu-Gi-Oh! in a long time. Actual back and forth play really makes the game shine for me, and the character skill system makes it really feel like the show. The reason you don't hear about all these tournaments for it is because this is meant to be the casual man's Yu-Gi-Oh!. Having tournaments for it will just attract a bunch of competitive players. And that would defeat the purpose of Speed Duels being made for casuals to have fun in a tryhard-free environment. It's just meant to be a fun kitchen table Yu-Gi-Oh! experience where you can basically roleplay as your favorite characters from the show, nothing more. A "meta" would sorta just ruin it. And if they reboot the anime, I'd want it to be more accurate to the manga. Cuz the anime we got was barely accurate to the manga at all.

Well rebooting the first yu gi oh anime with speed duels rule is a very good idea like imagine yugi saying destiny draw or kaiba saying beatdown

Have any of you guys tried out Speed Duels yet? What do you think? Will you playing it more moving forward, or do you still want more product and event information?

Hey I needed to see this video. I just picked up my old deck after a 5 year absence from the franchise and was shocked with the change of rules and addition of link cards. This episode helped me get back into yugioh in a more simple way. Right on!

I picked up the battle city box for my brother and we played all day yesterday. It was really fun and I'm going through and buying a few more sets now!

10 yrs outa the loop.. came in found witchcraft monsters now rebuilding a witch and magician deck.... love the art work on some of theys cards for shaw

I'm going to get a lot of flak for saying this on a channel with a lot of competitive players, but I've had more fun speed dueling with friends than I've had playing the TCG in years. Konami should definitely put more focus on speed duels, and even if the anime isn't rebooting, the next series should still make that the main focus.

I literally just stumbled on this by accident yesterday. I play MTG and some casual Pokémon. Got my battle city box today, really looking forward to diving back into it after about 10 years

Thank you guys so much for making these videos. I truly appreciate it! We all do.

You guys are 1000% spot on. I just found out about speed dueling, and me and my friend had a blast. We got that old school Yugioh nostalgic feeling. But you guys are right, didn’t even know this existed for a year! Why aren’t they pumping this shit out 😫

What decks are you interested in seeing in Speed Duels format?? #AskTheSquad

I enjoy Duel links because it brings it back to a time where you can play the game. You know. Instead of watching your enemy summon quasar dragon or a buncha extra deck monsters in one. Modern day duels are more a spectacle instead of a battle. In duel links I actually had heart of the card moments and it felt so good. I had my Level 8 Silent Magician taken by the enemy's Relinquished and he just destroyed my last monster. All I had was Dark Valkyria in my hand and a field spell that stacked Spell Counters. At that turn I drew Supervise which equips to Gemini Monsters giving them their effect. I stacked enough spell counters to destroy all his monsters and win the duel. That duel was intense because anything could happen. Nowadays Yugioh has become more like Chess where you try to Checkmate instead of battle. It's boring when you know you're gonna win or lose. I don't get the same satisfaction of a well fought duel playing current TCG anymore. UPDATE: They've since added prepaid decks that give really strong cards. Playing rank you'll most likely run into people who use these prepaid decks. Since I've played regularly I have the cards to deal with them without paying much, but for newer players who don't pay they'll most likely lose. Really bad on the games part. They're really pushing the pay to win early despite you not needing too if you play long enough.

I think that speed duels should be in like a game that people play on their phone... *gets otked by six samurai

My friends and I literally went to buy starter decks and a couple of booster packs for less than $15. We had so much fun playing. I hope they make it simple and easy to keep up with the meta.

I'm actually a new player who has only played a few games before now getting into the game. Speed Duels was actually the first product that I bought to sort of learn the game. I really enjoy it because of the quick stripped down nature and I feel it's easier to get people to play it because of those rules as opposed to normal yugioh which is fairly heavy for beginners I feel. So I really hope that they support and promote the product more so that new players like me or older returning players can also have something to enjoy at a casual or competitive level.

Its funny that you said blue eyes OTK doesn't happen often cuz from what I've heard from other yugitubers, it happens a lot

When I first heard of speed duels I thought they met Yu-Gi-Oh 5DS style of dueling.

"ahh.. Game 2?" rofl

Paul can we revisit this topic? Effectively there have been 4 main sets for this format, and they just released the battle city box along with the two other starter decks. Personally, I fall into that group of people you mention in this video that still watch you and was absolutely stoked for this battle city box. Picked up 3 booster boxes as well and am gonna have a blast with the family at home

The thing is, the reason why we know so many regular packs are coming out is because they're announced in Japan long before we ever get them.

Enjoyed the content guys. I haven't played Yu-Gi-Oh! in years, me and my son used to play casually after watching the anime. We've just started to play MTG and Pokemon and I checked back with Yu-Gi-Oh! too and man it seems to of changed a lot. It was pretty straight forward back then, but now when your talking about different formats etc??? Definately gonna check out these Speed Decks as they may be just what we need to get back playing without all the hassles of learning new rules etc.

Before speed duels officially came out, I just played the anime version which is master rule 4 with 4 cards to start and 3 main monster zones. Works just as well

I love speed duels. It's very nostalgic for me because I grew up on the Yu-Gi-Oh (DM) anime. I wish they would add more box sets with duel links characters like Bakura or Rex

What is negate?

Just stumbled across your channel. I agree with y’all. They never advertised speed duels. I just learned about it last week and only because I follow this type of stuff. Thanks for sharing!

I bought our first speed duel decks (rex and weevil) for my wife and I a few days ago but we haven’t gotten a chance to play it yet. I’m looking forward to it because my wife hates how standard fuels can drag out so long. It seems to be a “quick fix” dueling format that is old fashioned (how we play anyways). I can’t wait to see how it flows in game. Love the videos you guys make! Keep it up!

I really like the concept, it's what I've been looking for in YuGiOh forever...sadly I think it's a lil' too late.

That intro skit was actually reallllly funny yo

This video really speaks to me and I appreciate the fact that you guys had fun! Because FUN is something that’s absent in TCG 2019 yugioh You guys make great points about advertising, and tourneys. I’ve been trying to get people invested into speed duels because I see that people want to have fun and just can’t because “ash blossom, negate , negate and negate” you guys nailed it Thanks guys for a great vid

I'm glad someone finally made a video about this. I was going to buy both versions when they came out but no one else knew what they were so I decided not to.

I found speed duels on accident and bought a pack just for the cards lmao

Speedduels .... More Like duellinks in rl

That scenario you guys did at the beginning... The exact reason I barely play anymore

Just found out that this format exists yesterday! And yes, old player here... Only found out about them from you guys mentioning it on one of your other videos.

Honestly A speed duels anime would be great. I LOVE speed duels and it definitely would make me happy if it became more popular

If anything, Speed Duels is just an irl version of Duel Links. Duel Links is also free to play, with optional micro-transactions.

I love speed duels, I set up a speed duel club at my school and my kids love it. As for friends we play Speed Duel Highlander, same rules with the exception that decks cannot contain copies of any cards. We've been having fun

I really enjoy making little speed duel decks with my physical cards that I have. It’s super simple, and super fun. Everybody should just try and make their own version of a little speed deck. It’s cute 🃏

I keep looking at Team APS and now the S looks like a huge 8

People should use a Kuriboh burn deck you can’t take damage and you deal damage with spells and traps

as someone who loves the slow back and forth dueling and hates anything past 5Ds and synchros I'm in love with speed dueling. but you are right there is a massive marketing issue. I stumbled upon a rex raptor/weevil speed duel box while at target the other day and had no idea what it was. so I picked it up and looked into it, and since have been really excited to try it, and am going to a local event this weekend!

I quite enjoy speed dueling and duel links. Gotten me back into the game after a 10 year absence.

I love the idea of rebooting the anime. While this couldn't tie in to speed duels at all, I've particularly wanted a reboot showing how the entire story would have played out if it didn't turn into a TCG tie-in after season 0, the writing was so much better under that premise.

So um good question but is it like Yu-Gi-Oh duel links for the phone?

I have been collecting yugioh for nine years now mostly smaller packs moving up to bigger things in the later years i love the art on the cards but i played early in the game where you had 4000 healthpoints but i am trying to get back into the game this video really helped!

this is actually the only yu-gi-oh channel I follow anymore (since the others have all quit) and so this is actually the first time I've heard of this format at all

That intro was hilarious

How to fix Yu-Gi-Oh? Answer: Stop Short-printing cards. Simple and easy.

Great video guys! Gonna get back into yugioh after 15 years :D

First time I heard, got really interested now. Problems summed up perfectly :D

I activate speed world 2 effect And i activate my skill

Try making a discussion around tag duels

Speed duels is really fun... My wife and I picked up both and we play with them... I guess we just got tired buying boosters and theme decks growing up and now we just have a quick duel every now and then...it's really fun. Thanks for this video!!!

I've never played Yu-Gi-Oh and these will be my first try. I picked this up for causal one on one play at home. The way I heard about it was staring at the wall of tcg cards at Target

The biggest problem for me is that it's already unbalanced. I wanted the old yugioh back with back and forth and not a bunch of blue eyes otks.

My honest opinion on speed duelling is that it is a genius idea. It's the perfect segue for new players and former players *as well as* current players who just want to return to the roots and maybe enjoy a quick game. Speed duelling is to Yu-Gi-Oh! competitive as bot matches are to ranked matches in an online game. It's just Yu-Gi-Oh! go-fish. If you don't have time for a full game, you've got speed duelling. I just think that they need to promote it better, exactly as you guys said. Otherwise, it's a fantastic product.

After being out of the Yugioh tournament scene for years, this was really helpful in understanding what Speed Duels are. I saw packs and decks but never really looked into them but when I saw my favorite chatacters on them again I had to. This may be the type of style that will appeal to me. I played from the beginning, when all we had were YUGI/KAIBA starter devks, complaining why POLYMERIZATION wasnt a common card, when we called it "sacrificing" instead of tributing, etc. And as the game evolved snd became a bank breaker I stoppef hitting the tourney scene. I built theme and character decks for fun, found I enjoyed it more that way. Yugioh was like chess, you got meet and know your opponents in tourneys, it wasn't about how fast you won or how you could embarass the other person. And I liked that. Im glad with all the new card types there is more creativity (though I still dont get pendulum summons lol) but everyone seems to play the same or copy whats popular. This seems for perfect for OG style gameplay where it doesn't seem as gimmicky. Where it does rely more on skill and knowledge rather than just card effect. I may look into this so thank you guys for the great video. I agree with all your points and especiallyvthat not advertising hurt this alot. I also feel calling it SPEED DUELS hurt it as well because the current game is fast enough, why infer this is an even faster style? Anyway this is just one "old man's" opinion. Thank you all for reading, and thank you guys for this video.

Love the speed duel format. I'd love to follow the Duel Links varient and use cards that are already in that game to duel Speed duels. Probs make some proxies based on the abilities that are in the Duel Links games. That'd make it a little more fresh since the game is still relatively new.

We have no idea what's coming after Arena of lost souls because probably they aren't even sure if they're gonna release more product. The reception can be trash and they will just drop the format

I'm a duel links player and I love your videos, even though nearly all your videos are about the TCG. Duel Links rejuvenated my interest in yugioh.

One of my local stores will run weekly events for speed dueling from now on to add variety.

I recently picked up a speed duel streets of battle city box after a bit of research, as I found my old yugi deck from 2002 and re reading the manga after we lost Kazuki Takahashi (RIP what a hero) it made me want to try it again after not playing since the early 00s. I thought it be good for casual games with friends and things we play a bit of mtg but be nice to change it up. As the normal yugioh game seems crazy complex to jump in to, Hoping I made a good choice. Also thought about trying the digimon one after playing the app game.

Yeah, an advertisement in America has been made and seen on TV (I'm from the UK) Also, aswell as "Arena of Lost Souls" there has been another set announced "Attack from the Deep" for May. More information or tournaments or where to play would be nice. However, they've already announced another set and advertisement has been made. Something right?

Mayke yugioh - > Make phone game version of yugioh -> make real life version of phone game yugioh Why? Get out.

*sees title four years later* 😂😂😂 I'm sorry, it's just I'm so glad this became a thing. Speed duels have been amazing for my club, as they are easy to draft, low cost, feel anime style, and are just FUN! I honestly want to get more speed duel product, and maybe see some of the original boosters re released as big box sets.

There’s also another booster set announced for May 31, 2019 Attack from the Deep. Also Arena of Lost Souls comes out this month on the 29th I think? So I think it’s gonna get a lot of support for Speed Duels. I’m looking forward to the first set!

*Ok ill go second* I activate the skill from Kaiba and add a "Lord of D." to my hand. Then i activate "Flute of the Dragoncaller" (idk the correct name in english xd) and special summon 2 "Blue eyes white Dragon". Ill attack for Game *GG*

This game lost it's soul post phantom darkness. Syncros were the beginning of the end.

as a older player who didn't play much anyhow... I saw it in a local shop and went oh its duel links in a physical format cool... maybe I will look into it more... and now I am here :P

thx for making this video Team APS the day i bought my first booster pack was the day i bought my fist starter deck it was speed duel yugi and the rest i didnt play duel links thx XD

It’s just physical duel links

This is just from duel links

I've gone to an intro speed duel event when the sets came out and the prizes were ots packs and speed duel mats from Konami but that's it. I think once the booster packs drop it may pick up traction however it ultimately relies on people knowing about speed duels in the first place.

awesome you guys can be professional actors xD alec, the intro ... i applause!

We want the classic yugioh game back.

Am I the only one that hates Links, Pendulum and Speed Duels? I only go as far as Synchro. But baaaaaaaaarely.

Haven't played in 10 years what is the best up to date Spellcaster deck list atm or decks in general.

Would love to see 2v2 duels at tournaments!

Have y'all tried out the Dragon ball super card game?? Just wondering .. i found this channel with the objective of coming back in to YGO

Me: Man I haven't played Yu-Gi-Oh since highschool wanna have a duel? Friend: things are different now *explains* Me: um ok, heads or tails? Friend: heads Me: it's heads, gg wanna play apex?

Agree with y’all! Love the idea but I want places to play!

What was the deck list of the winner? My locals has them and I’m wondering what I should focus on

You're supposed to trade cards, not sell them.

What annoys me the most about the yugioh community is how little they want to try new things because they would rather play meta, meta and oh wait meta. It would be nice to take a break from being ash blossomed but yugioh players are soo stuck up refuse to take a step back.

For current players I think it's a really fun thing, as it gives us a lot of older cards that are harder to find in modern sets, but I completely agree, it's not really being aimed at who it needs to be aimed at.

As an old-school player I would love to try speed duels it brings us back around to the way Yu-Gi-Oh was meant to be played I'm in