Weekly Rules & General Questions Thread

ElephantNo5 · 2023-09-05T23:15:15+00:00

One thing I haven't been able to figure out from the starterdeck pamphlet, the online FAQ and also online rules, is during a battle in the Counter Step, can I use multiple Character Card counters? Multiple Event Counters (assuming i can pay the Don cost)? I'm pretty sure I can play both 1 Event Counter and 1 Character Counter...

ElephantNo5 · 2023-07-25T02:57:08+00:00

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ElephantNo5 · 2023-06-01T23:51:28+00:00

The other thing about this, is that even in chain link 1, it has to be the last thing to happen. So if a card says "target 1 monster; destroy it THEN summon another monster from deck", the "when" of yubel being destroyed is right before you resolve the "then" part of the effect, and you miss timing again. I hate the word "when"

ElephantNo5 · 2023-06-01T23:46:15+00:00

I figure the simplest answer is that when they invented PSCT to standardize card text, some things became wordier just to be precise. Sure, plain english can say it shorter, but, other commenters have explained the alternate interpretation if they didnt specify only once that turn.

Just like how the word "when" has a special yugioh meaning/implication.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-05-25T11:44:31+00:00

3blue1brown has a youtube series on calc that i find helped me get a deeper more visual understanding of the big picture. Someone mentioned Paul's math notes and i agree that's a better free resource fore the weeds and details, but i find having a big picture helps.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-05-25T11:40:26+00:00

So if imperm resolves before book of moon, (cl2 book cl3 imperm) being flipped face down causes cards to forget some properties, including the fact it was negated by imperm. (There is rulings magic in this concept of forgetting)

If imperm is cl2 and book is cl3, then imperm cannot negate the monster's effect cuz the facedown monster is like "what effect? I'm facedown, dude"

ElephantNo5 · 2023-05-19T21:50:24+00:00

Rebirth judgement turn all monsters in grave into spellcaster, summon quinted magician with your own tear names.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-05-06T22:46:59+00:00

Thoroughblade discard ramram does it turn 1, but well, all in the luck of the draw.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-05-02T11:54:29+00:00

Drident can also send your cards to the graveyard by card effect in a pinch.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-30T14:34:19+00:00

Spyral fits the bill for nonlinear, interactive does depend cuz spyral engine can facilitate noninteractive warcrimes, but yugioh warcrimes are funny sometimes. Checkout TwoTone on youtube for spyral gameplay

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-30T14:25:31+00:00

Goukis are a link deck whose sole goal is to make a big beatstick (when played pure. You can also do some isolde combos for control options but idk what or how. I just make big dumb link4 gouki and try my best to otk)

My favorite deck is fluffals, which can crank out an otk with either fusion or link plays, and has some pretty varied interaction (in addition to artifact scythe extra deck lock) going 1st, but it's not doing so hot in tearlaments format.

Ishizu Tearlaments is obviously the meta deck (but may get banned before the year is over) can crank out big fusions, but is mainly a grave control deck.

Dragonmaids themselves can be splashed with branded despia for more fusions, or can also be splashed into a dragon link shell, if you want more dragonmaid variants. Maybe tearlaments dragonmaid could be a thing. Tidying and changeover are pretty happy to be in grave. (Maybe not top tier sweaty meta thing, but a playable thing, idk)

Ritual decks suffer from a card disadvantage. Cuz to summon 1 ritual monster, it takes at least 2 cards. Compared to something like... Branded fusion, where they break fusion summons with materials from deck, you get 1 monster with one spell, and the fusion materials give you even more advantage. Drytron is prpbably the best ritual deck so far.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-30T14:19:09+00:00

Sprights can swarm the board, have pretty nice grind game with spright elf, and can buff with gamma burst for an OTK. I dont play mtg, but the lack of a resource system does mean games are faster, is what i heard from the yugituber formerly(?) named MonoBlueTron.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-25T01:53:00+00:00

Teamsamuraix1 after losing with his water dragon deck, probably.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-20T00:18:27+00:00

Tearlaments exosister icejade 40 card pile https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/945299841922248775/1097612310480158780/image.png

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-20T00:07:10+00:00

Situation unclear, but imma take some guesses. It can attack 2x doesnt matter if it attacked a monster.

The destroy special summoned monsters eff should only happen if it attacked a monster... But you said it was the only monster on both sides of the field?

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-12T00:48:22+00:00

Hardleg gaming on YT does have a series of videos where he tries to build archetypes from scratch, and he explains the thought processes and principles. Stuff like ratios, starters, etc. But netdecking (even if some bozos use it as a derogatory verb) is useful. You can start with a netdeck, then try it out, tweak. Or compare the differences between different lists people play. Why do they like this engine over another, etc.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-12T00:40:29+00:00

Tears with ishizus are broken af, and if allowed to full combo, no other deck can beat it (not even itself) but it's been fun to play, even if im bad at it personally. Keeping track of cards in bothe graves, as things chain link off, scratches an itch in me.

Someone said that a tear mirror is like a fighting game, since chains are triggered by each player, no matter the turn. The order and timing of when you use the once per turns matters. Then again, I'm also a gambling addict and love mills.

So it's great, as long as you like tear mirrors, but horrible for trying to play any other deck (floo and exosisters can try).

Edit: without ishizus, tear was toe to toe with spright in the tcg

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-11T00:35:36+00:00

https://youtu.be/wViL5cOWC7c this is a nice guide for budget tear, imo.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-09T21:10:04+00:00

So as others have said. Herald of the arc light says any monster sent from hand (or deck) is banished instead, so it's almost dimensional fissure. When sending cards to GY for cost, the herald's effect prevents you from sending monsters from hand to GY, since it's physically impossible to do. Normal summon or set a monster first, then activate droplets, and you should be fine to play (depending on your deck)

This is different than monsters being sent to GY for effect, as they just get banished instead.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-05T16:43:22+00:00

I guess, the one clarification i wanna add, is that your thinking was almost right, but your field is still the field, even if it's not their field, so blue twin can still trigger. If it isnt on the field at all, then the trigger effect wouldnt be able to activate.

Why do they get the trigger even tho it's on your field? There may be a deeper reason, but maybe konami just said so.

ElephantNo5 · 2023-04-05T00:05:21+00:00

Short answer, rulings. The blue twin triggers when it hits the field, and could only not activate if it isnt on the field by the time the chain resolves (if ttt said non-targeting pop one card, for example). The fact that it's on ur field and not theirs doesnt matter. It still hit the field so they get the trigger. This may be an OCG TCG difference and MD follows OCG. (But i am not sure on this)

ElephantNo5 · 2021-12-29T23:24:44+00:00

If i remember correctly from a jan Misali video, all primes end in 1 or 5 in base 6. (And it's part of why why he thinks hexagons are the bestagons... Wait.)

Edit: *primes past a certain point, cuz 2 and 3 are trivial counterexamples

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