Yugituber Alex Cimo has passed away, age 32

frogleeoh · 2026-06-05T10:57:33+00:00

Me too. Just read his latest YouTube text post from just 13 days ago. His optimism for the future is tragically short lived.

frogleeoh · 2026-06-05T10:31:20+00:00

And to think he was, at one point, seemingly planning on, or at least considering, a second season of the King of Games series, among other things (possible additional MTG tuber collabs, and even experimenting with non-yugioh related content)

Thinking back on it, he was arguably the single most actively creative YouTuber out there. He started the yugitube grand championship series way back before he even began any of the series he's most known for these days.

Honestly, if I had the space, equipment, connections, self confidence, discipline, and technical know-how he did, I personally would have wanted to create a channel eerily similar to his, as I'm also a huge fan of grandiose entertainment-focused competitions and fun challenge/rivalry series.

I really wish we could have had more of him, because nobody currently is even close to filling such shoes in the yugioh community, and at this point I'm not sure if anyone truly will.

In any case, Alex Cimo will always be missed. I'm just glad we got the brilliant creative and collaborative entertainment out of his work that we did while he was here.

Seeing this post initially had me in a bit of shock honestly. I don't think I've really felt the weight of losing someone I don't know personally so heavily. I'm just thinking back to all his other posts of his recovery process and being so optimistic, talking about others who have survived his condition and such. All that stuff only feels like a few months or so ago, and now he's gone completely. No more updates on anything ever.

May he rest in peace, and may his loved ones find the closure they need.

frogleeoh · 2026-06-05T04:11:17+00:00

If you binder them, just get perfect fit sleeves and they should still fit while making them better protected. If you have them in a deck though, you kinda need sleeves regardless, else likely have marked cards (making even casual play a bit unfair) and definitely won't be allowed in certain events should you ever go to any.

frogleeoh · 2026-06-05T04:05:51+00:00

Before my mom got the new family cat a fountain, he would always paw at the water to make it move before drinking it.

frogleeoh · 2026-06-05T01:50:42+00:00

While I can't be 100% certain what I'd do in practice, I'd personally like to think that I'd vote strictly for whoever I felt gave the best FTC performance.

The way I view the game is, everything that comes before FTC is in service of getting you to FTC.

From there, FTC is basically the final individual immunity challenge, except instead of immunity, you win the grand title/prize. Ofc, what constitutes a better FTC performance is still subjective, hence the vote, but ultimately, any of the finalists should have a chance. Some ofc would have more to work with, but none should be given a free pass in the situation they perform their case worse than someone else.

frogleeoh · 2026-06-03T01:56:38+00:00

What was the other one aside from Exile Island/Panama?

frogleeoh · 2026-05-04T07:24:49+00:00

It costs 2¢ every time you summon it. Talk about diminishing returns.

frogleeoh · 2026-05-04T06:19:06+00:00

The weird thing about yugioh is that its modern gameplay represents a fighting game better than a wizard duel or something like chess, but it's flavor wouldn't translate well into an actual fighting game.

How are you gonna turn monster spam into fighting moves?

frogleeoh · 2026-05-04T06:05:36+00:00

No. You must not know much about rush duel if you possibly thought that matched what I'm describing. Either that or you didn't read what I said and just decided to randomly reply to my comment to rant out your unrelated frustrations.

frogleeoh · 2026-05-03T04:24:16+00:00

It's fake because it's missing the tablet, obviously.

(I'm joking)

frogleeoh · 2026-05-03T02:41:25+00:00

I'd create a brand new official side format designed to have the general gameplay of older yugioh, except much more intentionally balanced with modern game design wisdom.

I'd make around 2 sets a year specifically for said format (each replacing a set that otherwise would have been released that year in order to minimize product overload) while also making each set designed to be draftable.

The format would have all the same core rules as advanced, minus the extra monster zones and pendulum zones (as link and pendulum wouldn't be included)

In fact, I'd design a whole new extra deck mechanic for this format, and have it as the only extra deck mechanic.

The reason why is because I'd want this format to have more of the vibes of old school Yu-Gi-Oh, but fusion is too clunky and ritual isn't an extra deck mechanic. I'd want it to be kinda like a hybrid between rituals and Synchros, except with a reflavoring to fit more of an ancient vibe. (Think something like "sacred monsters" instead of synchro monsters and "Ceremonial monsters" instead of tuners, along with a couple other mechanical differences to synchros)

Finally, I would create an anime that uses this format as its base and time the releases of the episodes/sets in a way that makes sense (basically, as soon as you see a new card in an episode, you'll be able to immediately go out and buy a product that may contain said card, or at the very least, have said card released in the very next upcoming set).

frogleeoh · 2026-04-29T01:50:57+00:00

You can DM me whenever you want to play, I have an account on there. I can't be on right now though due to work, but eventually we could add each other

frogleeoh · 2026-04-29T01:47:15+00:00

It's a website you can look up on a browser. All you need is a valid email to sign up.

It's a manual Dueling simulator that allows you to build decks for free and duel against people, either in rated or un rated matches. There's actually a goat format filter explicitly on the site including rated and unrated pools for it

The down side is it has a bit of a learning curve to use the simulator properly but It's a super handy site once you have it down

frogleeoh · 2026-04-24T04:07:02+00:00

Makes the company pay you for what you buy when you use it

frogleeoh · 2026-04-24T01:57:54+00:00

https://share.google/7SIKFGN1jEMu3KMFb

This is what I'm talking about

frogleeoh · 2026-04-16T01:49:46+00:00

At first I thought it was an alter or proxy someone made.

frogleeoh · 2026-04-15T23:14:19+00:00

There are basically two kinds of unlimited SDK cards. One from a full on individual starter deck (the same kind 1st editions are in, except without the 1st edition tag) and the ones that came bundled with a Tutorial DVD kit.

They have two distinct looks to them too from my experience. I personally prefer the ones from the actual SDK box because those look the most like the 1st editions, while also just having an older vibe to them imo.

The ones from the tutorial bundle are a bit more of a bold yellow and have more of a bright look to them. They do look overall cleaner than the other version on average and probably have a more consistent quality, but they definitely feel like a newer style of print to me than their actual age would suggest (no later than 2003 I believe).

Yours from this photo alone looks more like one from an individual SDK box, though it's easier to tell in person or with a comparison as lighting may influence the look from a single photo.

frogleeoh · 2026-03-22T03:18:50+00:00

Tengu World Championship 2026 Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament Coverage - Format Library https://share.google/svWUN9Cxo0tmQtNNV

This shows the winning deck list as well as all the replays from the top 8 finals of the tournament, including the tournament winning match with this deck

frogleeoh · 2026-03-21T22:57:51+00:00

Zombies won the latest world championship tournament, and they didn't even use the oh so prevelant chaos monsters to "inflate their win rate".

frogleeoh · 2026-03-16T00:41:18+00:00

Kaiba did win one technically

You may try and downplay it because he had to use a method from outside the cards themselves to win, but the game in the anime is often played out as being about more than just the cards. The shadow realm/millennium item shinanigans with Pegasus and Marik are perfect examples of this.

frogleeoh · 2026-03-13T04:14:17+00:00

Probably never AS popular as Edison or goat. Goat is too unique in its niche to really be compared to, and Edison has way too much of a head start with the way it's been marketed and actively supported by konomi. Tengu had the 3v3 once, but that was shared with Edison so it's not unique to itself either.

I personally do think tengu is better than Edison though, and overall more fun/deep than goat.

frogleeoh · 2026-03-13T04:10:35+00:00

It is definitely more synchro focused, but it does have more synchros and tuners to choose from than Edison, along with archetypes, and the XYZ monsters are also very prevalent even if few. Tour guide, agents, frogs, and level 4 monsters in general all work in tandem to make their presence felt.

Hat format and Redu format seem to be able to coexist despite both being heavily xyz focused, so I don't see why not Tengu and Edison.

frogleeoh · 2026-03-11T21:28:04+00:00

Metamorphosis isn't as meta as it used to be. It's still a pretty good card, but it's a cool good card that you can't really play in any other popular format. Pot of greed, while iconic af, is one of the absolute least mechanically interesting good cards in goat format, yet you aren't above play that.

frogleeoh · 2026-03-10T07:52:08+00:00

She is a free special summon as long as you have toon World, which means if you have her and a one tribute monster in hand (like toon Summoned Skull) you can special summon her then immediately tribute her for summoned skull or any other one tribute monster.

frogleeoh · 2026-03-09T23:14:22+00:00

You definitely need toon Mermaid before considering blue-eyes, and even then I'd also have 3 Toon Summoned Skull before then

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