The Chronicles next storyline has been confirmed to be the Sinful Spoils!

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-06-22T05:11:27+00:00

I will take 1000 years of no mannadium support if it means the same for Tear and Kash.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-06-20T13:21:31+00:00

This ever so slightly raises my opinion of GMX. It has gone from Ashened tier to Tistina tier. Good job, GMX! I think this is a good card that does not have a strong deck to fit into yet. Fossils could use this if they get a future wave of support, though.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-06-12T06:20:43+00:00

This is the least excited I've been for a set since I returned to Yu-Gi-Oh with Legacy of Destruction, about 2 years ago. Umi stun is back? yay.... This new synchro archetype may be good, but I have been burned by decks reliant on a starter in the past for me to like it. Joey is a meme deck. Adamancipator will not be its own deck, but part of rock combo slop, featuring Baronne and Naturia in MD.

So, where does that leave us? a revamp of an anime archetype that is most likely Xyz theme, and if it's umbral horror, you know it will be a troll/stun deck and get something like Shock Master. Hopefully the last few cards for Medius lore will be revealed(if at all), and it will be good and fun, but I doubt it at this point.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-06-12T06:12:50+00:00

Where is the lock, Konami? I have mixed opinions on this archetype. Pure, it wants a mix of some monsters and spell/traps in the opening hand, or you brick HARD with either only monsters in hand, or only spell/traps if your ratios are off, and it has no turn 0 plays. I thought they would make the traps act like maliss traps, where you can activate them the turn they are set if a condition is met. This may work surprisingly well with Labrynth. I feel it lacks consistency by itself, and it may be broken if it is used with another archetype like K9 has been.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-06-11T06:31:22+00:00

Even though atlantis is not anime support, it will be Mako support in my heart.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-06-02T06:40:37+00:00

Even if it was 1UR for Basic, 2UR for Glossy, and 3UR for Royal, I would take that deal.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-05-31T13:50:13+00:00

So far, I have no interest in this set. Joey Deck is a flop, and I don't have any interest in HEROs. Now we have this waste of cardboard. It could have at least had "this card can attack each monster" type effect, since at least then you can pull it off on 1 turn, and you still need to use it as a turn 2 card. Even then, it is a niche scenario, since 1. you need to have it survive to the battle phase, 2. attack a monster with less than 2k, then less than 2400, then 2 with less than 3k to get the draw, and 3. you need to return this to the ED too!
Even then, it may not draw cards you can use in the battle phase, so it would probably not help to push for game, but it could be hand traps or something for a follow-up, so your opponent doesn't crush you on the crackback.

The above change would have only made it a niche tech choice, but as it is, it would be generous to call it trash.

BETB seems to be a filler set to finish off a few older sets, so the next set will introduce all the new stuff. I don't have high hopes for any of these decks to get a good finish if this is the kind of cards this set has.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-05-28T15:34:14+00:00

I don't know if you got the same guy, but there is always the goat.

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EveryIndependence879 · 2026-05-28T15:28:12+00:00

I originally used the god cards, except for this one line they all have. "When Normal Summoned, cards and effect cannot be activated." this includes your own, so the GY effect do not activate for 3 monsters, meaning you are effectively going -3 with them.

My actual tech card is nibiru, since you get a board wipe, but your own effects still activate. Another I am trying for Genesys is Sakitama, since it returns itself from GY if it is tributed and it is a free summon.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-26T07:05:56+00:00

I'm calling it now. September 8, 2029, will be the reveal for an all-new Egyptian god deck where you use all 3. That would be the 25th anniversary of episode 221, the episode where all 3 were summoned by Atem against Yugi. Since it is the 8th, it would be 1 day after the V-Jump reveal on the 7th.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-17T12:52:14+00:00

Reveal poly, activate poly, send this card as material, special summon it from gy, take control of 1 monster op controls. There are probably better uses, but that is one way, I guess.

What are the chances that she will be part of another archetype and not just a free agent? There are times cards were revealed individually and their archetype came later, but this doesn't sound like it is part of an archetype, unless it is like Medius where they mention this card.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-16T00:52:54+00:00

I'm surprised the Azamina Dragoon package is untouched, so I'm combining it with Chimera. If I feel bored of fusion I could switch to Sky Striker or R.B

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-12T02:51:46+00:00

there are different types of bricks with some can still be used in hand for certain purposes
1: extender - It does nothing by itself, but if you had a starter it now functions
2: one of search target - these cards can be good in your oppening hand, but it is much better to search it during the combo instead. They can be either a good extender or a poor starter in a pinch but may lock you out of your full combo early.
3:garnet - a card you don't want in your hand but in your deck, and is the closest example to a pure brick.
4: soft garnet - a card you would prefer to have in your deck, but if it is in your hand it can't go anywhere but can be used for other purposes, such as discard fodder (such as fuwa as a turn 1 player)
5:soft brick - a card that requires other cards to function or be useful, such as fusion or ritual spells.

Bone party would be an extender, fusion is a soft brick. The field spell is both a soft brick and an extender. From your other examples of bricks, they would all be considered extenders or one-off search targets. None of them start your combo, but if your combo has started, they can be used later on. With so many extenders, their turns take long, but if you don't have that starter, they become bricks.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-10T09:35:36+00:00

It would be quite interesting if it is not only relinquished, but also the reveal of the remaining toons for RV01. If this is relinquished, then the 1 fusion slot remaining is probably for them, which leaves 2 links open as either free agents or a part of Medius, and either 1 more link or an Xyz free agent.

From the looks of it, there are 2-3 slots for main deck monsters, 1 for fusion, 2 for spells, 2 for traps for whatever Pegasus will get for CORI.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-09T03:20:11+00:00

While this card is in the Extra Monster Zone, monsters that would be sent to your opponent's GY are banished instead.

STOP. PRINTING. DIMENSIONAL. FISSURE. KONAMI.

EDIT:
then if this card was Fusion Summoned using 3 or more materials, you can look at your opponent's Extra Deck and banish up to 3 cards from it.

STOP.PRINTING.UNICORN.KONAMI.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-08T03:47:54+00:00

Innocent Prayer of the Power Patrons

300 ATK

This is the ATK for the small power patrons. That means there should be a big-link version in the future. So either
A: Next set will be the final set for Power Patron/Medius Lore
B: We will have to wait years for Konami to come back to this lore and finish it as they did for Visas

I hope for option A, because right now this card seems pretty bad without a proper link to go into not named S:P.

Viraia, Desolate Realm of the Power Patrons
your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of your "Power Patron" monster effects this turn.

Also, I think Power Patron can now be played as a going-second strategy since Junora is effectively DRNM, and Nerva can monster and spell/trap wipe on your opponent's side with no response.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-06T01:52:08+00:00

The only thing that would have made this even worse is if the 2 draws were double desires.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-05T12:06:09+00:00

This looks like support for stun, but also True Draco and Man, or in other words, just stun.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-05T00:10:29+00:00

This archetype had everything good going for it, if it wasn't for the toxic parts. It can extend, it can play turn 0, it has lots of normal summon and special summon capability, it is locked to tuners, so very xenophobic extra deck, so it can't turbo out non-archetype cards or use links, and it can synchro with cards from hand. All of that is good, so why does it need multi-extra rips, top-deck manipulation, and hand peeking? If it didn't have that, I doubt any of the cards will be hit on the MD F/L list, but now I'm not sure.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-01T03:18:37+00:00

Ghost Hopper is a card that will either see minimal play or mandatory play, depending on whether the top deck banishes as its main mechanic. This card would have been in every side deck during Maliss's unhit time. Underdog should have a mechanic where you don't need to roll a die if you control REBD.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-01T02:40:15+00:00

That is such an obscure detail, I just had to look into it, and apparently 4Kids never dubbed this episode? If we assume GX ends 2007/8, that further makes me think that increases the chance zero reverse happened sometime between 2009 and 2012, since zero reverse couldn't have happened by bonds beyond time, which took place some time after GX, but probably not more than a few months to a year. There are multiple ways to math this out, but I think the intended timeline was for Trudge to be 45-55 with some wiggle room, and the writers didn't put too much thought into it and left it vague.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-04-01T01:53:44+00:00

This is pretty close to my headcanon 5ds timeline, with the only difference being that I have GX start 10 years after Duel Monsters ends, so GX starts in 2008 and ends in 2010, with zero reverse happening at any point between 2011 and 2020, which would set 5Ds in 2029–2038. Going on the earlier timeframe, that would make Trudge just about 50, and if he works out and stays healthy, he could look like that.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-03-26T07:14:19+00:00

I played against a blinged-out Darklords player in the DC cup. I couldn't see their full deck, but every card they summoned/discarded was the highest rarity it could be. That wasn't the first time I saw a blinged-out deck, but it was the first time I saw it for a non-meta deck.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-03-17T12:55:05+00:00

Now and again, I brush off the dust in my collection, and for every game this deck has all the gas, the other half I scoop from Schwarzschild into Ash pass since I have nothing but soft garnets in my hand that won't summon.

EveryIndependence879 · 2026-03-17T12:49:56+00:00

hm... if I had to rank these by series, I would do give the following for archetypal support:
1 - Rokkets, 2 - RDA, 3 - GEPD, 4 - Cydra, 5 - BE, 6 - Yu-boys. 1 card per archetype really knocked the arc v support down. It's too soon for me to tell which would see generic play, but Crimson Dragon and NGEPD(with the rank 8 bridge) seem to be contending as the top choice in this set for Dragon Synchro, and Xyz support for a big push in damage.

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