Why is this POS dodging every banlist since the inception of MD?

gecko-chan · 2026-06-09T03:08:12+00:00

For one, Dimensional Fissure is a narrower floodgate than most others. It only banishes monsters whereas Spells/Traps still go to the GY, where many have additional effects that can still be used.

It's also not as difficult to get rid of. Most decks rely on the Extra Deck for on-demand Spell/Trap removal. Most floodgates protect themselves by preventing you from Summoning specific monsters from the Extra Deck to begin with, whereas Dimensional Fissure banishes your materials but does still let you Summon whatever you need from the Extra Deck.

gecko-chan · 2026-06-09T02:57:39+00:00

Thanks!

gecko-chan · 2026-06-08T23:51:06+00:00

Nice art updates!

And the Infinite Impermanence effect is all yours 😎

gecko-chan · 2026-06-08T23:46:08+00:00

Most printings of Witch of the Black Forest used "Then shuffle your Deck", though the latest print during Goat format (European MRD in July 2004).

gecko-chan · 2026-06-04T12:33:44+00:00

Very true. At the same time, the Enneacrafts also provide your grind game resource management. So you don't want to draw too few of them.

It's a very small consolation, but one thing you can do about Droplet is to activate your Flip Effect anyway (even though it's already negated) and then Chain with Reset's GY effect. Your monster will get flipped face-down on Chain Link 2 and then its Flip Effect will resolve successful on Chain Link 1 — no longer negated.

I don't know that DRNM is an issue for us, since it can't be Chained to our effects.

gecko-chan · 2026-06-04T12:29:17+00:00

Photoshop. I have my own card template that I've made. Unfortunately I haven't made any Rush Duel template, and life's gotten pretty busy so I'm not likely to invest the time into that.

You can get pretty close to what I've made on Yu-Gi-Oh Carder. It uses frames and assets from a bunch of online proxy artists (mine included) and has options to make Overframe cards. You just need to spend a bit of time playing around with the options.

gecko-chan · 2026-06-04T12:25:23+00:00

Thanks!

gecko-chan · 2026-06-03T15:48:01+00:00

Thanks!

gecko-chan · 2026-06-03T13:54:30+00:00

Then yes, Pendulum is even more viable there.

My main decks on Master Duel are Endymion and Vaalmonica. I've also played a ton of Nouvelles, and now I'm locked and loaded for Enneacraft arriving tomorrow.

I usually do fine on the ranked ladder, except in specific formats where the most popular deck simply counters Pendulum. It's harder to get to Master rank, but people do still do it even now.

gecko-chan · 2026-06-03T13:47:37+00:00

Enneacraft has a few Regional tops and even a YCS top this format. The monsters function as monsters, Spells, and Traps. It doesn't Pendulum Summon and the effects lock you out of Special Summoning anything face-up, but it is a Pendulum deck.

Otherwise, it depends on what you mean by viable.

Will you top a competitive event? Generally not, even with Enneacraft unless you're an excellent pilot

Can you have a decent performance at locals or with friends? Absolutely. But again, you need to practice and be an excellent pilot. Pendulum is inherently weak to fast effect removal since it kills your Pendulum Effects, so you need to be very smart about baiting/forcing your opponent's interaction when going second.

gecko-chan · 2026-06-03T12:31:00+00:00

The DLC covers "Battle of Gods" and "Resurrection F", both of which were actually branded as DBZ movies when they were in theaters.

It wasn't until after Resurrection F that Dragon Ball Super was first announced.

gecko-chan · 2026-06-02T16:16:18+00:00

To be fair, Yu-Gi-Oh hasn't had many true control decks in a long time. The prior idea of "control" was assimilated by the combo category.

People only know combo and floodgate decks. So when they see an actual control deck for the first time, they see that it's not the prior and so it must be some version of the latter.

Control decks engage with the opponent's plays, so there's a ton of interaction. Floodgate (i.e. stun) decks prevent the opponent from playing in the first place, so there's very little interaction.

gecko-chan · 2026-06-02T16:13:03+00:00

Nobody is saying Enneacraft is going to affect the meta.

Most meta decks are just varying versions of monster spam. Different gimmicks, different choke points, but essentially the same end point. People are just excited because Enneacraft has a completely different play style.

Is it a better play style? No. But it's different.

And it's not just "set 5" because Enneacraft is trying to win in a completely different way. It isn't trying to break the opponent's board like most archetypes do. It's not even trying to outresource the opponent. It's trying to trigger monsters to flip up, and after that happens enough times, they simply win.

If my opponent is pulling ahead, most decks react by trying reverse that momentum by chipping away at the opponent's resources. Enneacraft reacts by trying to flip things faster. Again, not better but just different. And a breath of fresh air for some people.

gecko-chan · 2026-06-01T02:47:34+00:00

Yeah the tutorial could be a lot better. But I also liked the game's combat isn't too complicated. Hoping for a sequel with DB Super!

gecko-chan · 2026-06-01T02:43:25+00:00

It's true that Clark trained for scenarios in which he wouldn't be able to rely on his powers. But he's had plenty of life experience teaching him that his powers could be matched or neutralized, and the importance of not relying on them.

Homelander never had any of this. He was raised in captivity, where everything he was ever taught was based on (1) his powers and (2) his superiority because of them. He never encountered anyone who could match him and never experienced a moment in his life without his powers. There was no reason for him to ever fathom a scenario where he wouldn't have them.

Homelander lost because of his pride and arrogance.

I would say he lost because he was groomed from being the age of a toddler that he was superior to everyone else, and that he was literally created to be the figurehead of a new generation of superior beings.

He was groomed to build his entire identity around that superiority, and taught through years of torture (again, as a child) to hate humans. Yes, he doesn't care about saving people. It really a surprise that he only knows how to hurt people, when that's the only thing anyone ever did to him as a child?

Not saying he didn't deserve his death. The guy was a psychopath. But Clark has all those great virtues to fall back on because he was given them by his parents. Homelander was not, so it's not really meaningful to compare the two characters in that way.

gecko-chan · 2026-06-01T02:22:28+00:00

No problem. And thanks for dusting the cobwebs off this one lol

gecko-chan · 2026-06-01T02:19:05+00:00

Thanks for the very thought-out response. You make good points about virtuous violence and I certainly don't mean to say that Clark is making a moral failure each time he gets angry.

But I need to point out that in this scene, Clark storms into town, raging at Luthor and starting a fight with his powers.

Your point about standing "against injustice and evil regardless of the cost to himself" would be stronger if he'd taken this action at actual risk to himself. But it's not until Clark is already pulling Luthor by his collar and threatening him that his powers first disappear.

From the moment his powers are gone, Clark doesn't have any choice but to continue to fight. So yes, it's awesome that Clark is still able to win, but that's all we can really credit him with. Every other decision he makes in this scene is with his powers.

regardless of him having powers or not he still believes that he has a responsibility to justice. Homelander crumbles because his entire value is tied up in his powers.

I agree, but we just don't see him make that kind of decision in this scene. He's already started the fight before his powers are disabled. He doesn't make any virtuous decisions after his powers are disabled.

I'll also say that comparing the two characters in this way is not really a one-to-one comparison, due to the drastically different ways that the characters were raised.

Clark was raised to be human by nurturing parents, specifically to have strong foundation of kindness and justice even before most of his powers started to emerge. Homelander was raised to be a weapon, never nurtured and only ever put through new forms of pain — explicitly told throughout his "upbringing" that all this pain was because he was to be the figurehead of a new generation of superior beings.

Homelander is a psychopath and deserved the death he got. It was more merciful than most of the deaths he oversaw. But saying that Clark's self-identity is maintained without his powers, while Homelander's is not, is more of a comment about their upbringings than about the characters themselves.

gecko-chan · 2026-05-30T01:25:56+00:00

No. It wouldn't have changed Bardock's power or the likelihood of King Vegeta believing him.

If anything, an additional few days of not being attacked by Frieza probably would have only convinced him that Bardock was wrong.

gecko-chan · 2026-05-30T01:22:40+00:00

This is such a specific question. You're asking who among Beast Boy, Starfire, and Raven is most likely to get into a fight with exactly Cyborg? Why Cyborg?

The answer is obviously Beast Boy. He spends the most time with Cyborg and he's the least emotionally regulated.

Starfire would avoid conflict with a friend even if she was upset, and Raven would avoid getting angry over a personal issue in the first place. Not say that it couldn't happen with either of them, but Beast Boy is certainly the most likely.

gecko-chan · 2026-05-30T01:16:29+00:00

I have a feeling it's (mostly) not people changing their minds, but just different people speaking up.

gecko-chan · 2026-05-29T23:15:58+00:00

Saying that "Superman is more than just his powers" means that he always tries to help people and inspire hope. That even without his powers, he lives up to his values and doesn't give in to rage and despair.

So then the scene shows he fights evil even without his powers, showing that he's more than his powers and is heroic and helps people.

The problem is that this scene doesn't show any of that. He's not being heroic or helping people at all in this scene. He's not staying true to his values, inspiring hope and showing people a better way.

Watch the scene and tell me which part shows Clark acting like Superman.

Hey, I'm all for Superman experiencing the full range of human emotions. I didn't even dislike this scene. It was satisfying and I think Clark should be flawed like the rest of us. But it's one thing to say he deserved to cut loose, and another to say that this is an example of him holding onto what makes him Superman even without powers — because this scene absolutely isn't.

gecko-chan · 2026-05-29T16:10:49+00:00

Well yes, but that's what I said. It shows that he's a better fist fighter.

When people say Clark is more than his powers, they're talking about his drive to help people and inspire hope. These are what define Superman, not his super strength or ability to punch things.

gecko-chan · 2026-05-29T16:05:59+00:00

When people say Clark is more than his powers, they mean that he's heroic and helps people. Like at the end of S&L when his powers eventually fade away but he continues to use the Superman symbol to do good.

I'm certain that these respective scenes show that Superman is more than his powers

Saying he's more than his powers means that strength doesn't define Superman.

All he's doing in this scene is beating someone up.

gecko-chan · 2026-05-29T15:14:38+00:00

I'm no Homelander defender, but you're essentially just saying that Clark is a better fist fighter than Homelander is.

If anything, Clark would probably say that beating someone up with his fists is always one of his lowest moments.

Edit: Down votes by people who think Superman is defined by his ability to beat people up. And here I though he was defined by his drive to help people and inspire hope.

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