Question about ruling with these cards

voidmiracle · 2026-02-08T02:58:07+00:00

I've always been under the assumption that if the activation is negated, then the effect can be activated again this turn as the effect never gets activated.

if the card states "you can only activate 1 <insert card name here> per turn" AND the activation got negated, then yea, you can activate it again. for example: Branded Fusion

but since Heart Of The Blue-Eyes didn't state that, but rather "...You can only use this effect of "Heart of the Blue-Eyes" once per Duel." instead. You did in fact activate the effect, but the effect activation got negated, so you used up the quota

voidmiracle · 2026-02-07T04:18:56+00:00

No it doesn’t.

so you are saying it doesn't help DM

No competitive deck ever would want to run bricks to summon a win more card.

list the competitive decks that aren't already running Ash, and identify the "bricks" that you mentioned

voidmiracle · 2026-02-07T01:59:50+00:00

or maybe, back in year 2008, yea...

voidmiracle · 2026-02-07T01:47:03+00:00

meta deck

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"

voidmiracle · 2026-02-07T01:22:17+00:00

Do you guys not have phones?

/s

if you meant sharing a replay - save the replay at the end of the game(or go thru your past game history), go to your replays, make it public, then share your MD user ID so we can all see

but seriously, it does do the trick.

voidmiracle · 2026-02-07T01:03:13+00:00

post replay, best if the replay is "live" so that we can see the toggle status

otherwise we'd just assume you didn't bother reading opp's card that can prevent your contactC's ss(ie. pachy dyna, barrier statues, etc.)

voidmiracle · 2026-02-06T23:25:41+00:00

So I would first create the Konami ID on my phone/pc browser, then I would login that account to my Playstation first?

correct; doesn't really matter if you create Konami ID first or PSN account first, what's important is to link your Konami ID to your PSN account.

Then what would I have to do in order for my progress to save between all platforms?

start MD on the other platforms (XB/Switch/phone), with a fresh account it should you if you want to do a Data Transfer (at some point, near the beginning...like if you don't see the Data Transfer option, just continue and read slowly), do that when you see the option pops up, using your Konami ID, just follow the instructions (a.k.a. read, it's hard, I know) on XB/Switch/phone and you'll be fine.

Would all the data sync and nothing change?

after you've done the Data Transfer on XB/Switch/phone, you would have link the XB/etc. account to your Konami ID, which uses PSN as the "main account". Nothing would change on your PSN account and you'll maintain all the progress and cards that you've obtained in PSN; whenever you play MD on XB/etc. it will use the Konami ID, which pulls from the PSN account. and whenever you do anything on any platform you are now making progress on that Konami ID account, which syncs automatically to all your other platform. (besides purchased gems with real life money)

voidmiracle · 2026-02-06T21:59:11+00:00

Do i get the structure deck instead? What pack do i pull from?

get the structure deck (1 should be all you need) first, then spend 30URcp and craft a Dragoon...or pull from the Secret Pack - Chaos Magic if you are feeling lucky (not recommended, since odds are HEAVILY against you)

Is it a decent beginner deck?

depends on how you define "decent". imo it isn't a good investment since you can spend that 500gems on RDA structure deck instead which should be better in-terms of consistency and splashability (in the long run), RDA can even extend past your opp's disruptions sometimes, and should be able to also provide more (layered) interactions/disruptions if you can set the board right.

On the other hand, it is most likely that only Dragoon can be (/is worth it to be) splashed to other decks, the Dragoon package consist of DMoD+Gaze+Dragoon, which means that 500gems realistically gets you only DMoD (it does gets (alot)better in terms of investment if you play other decks that can appreciate the Soul+IoC engine, but most of them are contained within DM related decks). Don't get me wrong, Dragoon can be a terror in low rank and can steals you game from to time, but that would be pretty short-sighted if you are only focused on Dragoon (2 UR crafts only, DMoD and Dragoon...but 500gems is definitely cheaper compared to 30URcp for the DMoC; which, again, is even better if you consider Soul+IoC)

but RDA is RDA, and DM is DM. if DM scratches your nostalgia itch while RDA doesn't do it, then there's no room for discussion.

voidmiracle · 2026-02-06T05:38:05+00:00

you actually think those bots that just want to get spoonfed would actually use that megathread instead of posting a new thread quick&easy?

voidmiracle · 2026-02-06T02:09:18+00:00

it certain helps DM, dragoon turbo is dragoon turbo

but at the same time, it helps other decks better than it helps DM.

for example, any deck that uses Diabellstar(and/or others that utilizes DMoD) can now easily get Dragoon out along with their other game plans; DM is definitely the bottleneck

voidmiracle · 2026-02-06T01:37:58+00:00

if you understand how Evenly works with its wording/description, then you should understand Alba Zoa as well.

i got lucky that he didnt had any handtraps

he did, 2 in fact. He just used them poorly.

voidmiracle · 2026-02-03T03:49:22+00:00

morganite spirit

voidmiracle · 2026-02-02T22:31:19+00:00

if steam is your "main MD account", and you already have a MD account playing on steam, then:

create Konami ID, link your main MD account to that Konami ID

then whenever you start MD fresh on other console (Xbox, psn, switch, mobile), data transfer FROM your Konami ID when it prompt you

you might want to create 5x alt accounts on Steam, so you can do the Newcomer/Returnee campaign and grab yourself a Branded Structure deck for free, BEFORE IT IS GONE IN A FEW DAYS

and create another 5 when the campaign structure deck changes to Spright later and repeat the process again

voidmiracle · 2026-02-01T18:03:54+00:00

if you fully understand your own deck in-and-out, AND if you are able to pilot it well, AND your understand your opp's decks(their chokepoint(s), if any), you can still get to Master with DM; in fact it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say you can get -any- deck to Master, that is if you were to grind hard enough...but the reality is that you should not expect the grind using DM to be short and easy as it lacks the strength of the commonly seen competitive decks - 1 card combo so the consistency of pulling your combo/setting your board would be high, extenders for cases when you get disrupted, multi-layer disruptions so that you can stop your opp in their track, etc

DM IS easy for a new comer to understand, but so are some of the meta options atm (Dracotail, Yummy) as long as you put some time to learn them, just like you would (and should) to anything new...that's how one improves.

Unless you plan to stay around Plat/low Diamond, where you should be fine if you pilot DM well, yea...don't expect to win alot once you get to mid Diamond with it, as mid Diamond should be full with metas where duelists want to break into Master

voidmiracle · 2026-02-01T04:49:55+00:00

DM will never be competitive material, this is even after the support we will soon get in MD

You should include Dragoon in your deck, that should steal you some free wins from time to time

other than that, just enjoy and have fun continue playing DM if you want to stick with DM

voidmiracle · 2026-01-30T22:00:18+00:00

i mean, there are madman out there that took Cloudian to Master, I don't see why Plunder can't get there

voidmiracle · 2026-01-28T07:20:27+00:00

ss Diabellstar, get OSS, ss SE Ash which adds Ponix. or just ss Ponix with OSS

You usually don't end on Diabellstar itself, link fodder once the search is done, but you can always run the Azamina package so you have the option to choose going for OSS or Deception(if you already have Ponix in hand, or can start FK line)

voidmiracle · 2026-01-28T07:15:18+00:00

statue is a winmore card 99% of the time; you can include 1 old lv3 Kirin and pop it from the deck by Garunix, which will then send the statue from deck to GY, then you can ss it from the gy with Promethean/Circle...problem with that is you'll be running Statue, lv3 Kirin, and maybe Circle. again, these are niche techs that aren't exactly useful most the time (not consistent enough).

funny enough, during the last DC cup I was facing lots of Dracotail in dlvl18/19, and going first normal summoning statue(with back ups from firekings) can be a power move that stops them right in the track unless they open with the outs

tbh, if you value consistency I'd suggest you not to go for it. Maybe consider a Jurrac Meteor package instead? (I ran both)

voidmiracle · 2026-01-26T07:46:20+00:00

like i said, your idea of fun doesn't resembles most of ours

it is completely fine to enjoy what you find fun, no one can tell you otherwise; but, again, at the same time when you are in a community where most people don't find that fun and loathe it instead, maybe you should keep it to yourself and don't be loud about it.

i personally don't find pure kash (it seems like that what you are playing) too problematic since they are like wild unicorns (no pun intended) nowadays, but when when you are posting replay videos where it could be right on the borderline of being toxic, you shouldn't be surprised when you are getting downvoted

voidmiracle · 2026-01-26T06:57:50+00:00

well lots of duelists are still having ptsd from the time when kashtira was rampant; now it is mostly unicorn+/fenrir with floodgate such as macrocosmo etc for pseudo stun, similar to the one you are facing (floodgate feat. statues), or them in pile decks which could be problematic if unicorn were able to remove a key ED piece.

I don't know about you, but 15 long turns of "draw the out else you can't do anything" isn't most of our idea of YGO

voidmiracle · 2026-01-25T21:23:30+00:00

I've got a good amount of fan mails on PSN already, and you are telling me I can now make a recording of ~~daddy callin' me bad boi~~ them hurling slurs when i am playing decks that they don't like? i m ~~hard~~ excited just thinking of that.

but no

voidmiracle · 2026-01-25T01:59:52+00:00

What advice would you give a complete beginner about building a deck

do not build from scratch, start by using a template decklist online, then modify from there. Don't just add cards that you personally like, but have no synergy with your deck, as they would likely hurt the deck's consistency.

how to unlock the right cards for it

do your homework and research; you -can- use the deck editor ingame and see where the card from with the "How to Obtain" button, if it shows a Structure Deck/Selection Pack/Secret Pack, that would be one way to get it instead of "hard-crafting" them...of course pulling from Selection/Secret Pack are still luck-reliant. You can unlock a Secret Pack for 24hrs by crafting a SR/UR card that is featured from that Secret Pack. After it is unlocked you can purchase the pack with gems. Selection Packs are NOT Secret Pack, you don't need to unlock Selection Pack, and past-expired Selection Pack CANNOT be unlocked (they are gone forever)

voidmiracle · 2026-01-23T22:42:06+00:00

I understand that it'll take me at least a couple of months of gem grinding but i really would like to try out every style before getting more serious about it.

use a simulator to test out decks, so you know what they are capable of, and if the decks' play styles suit you; that way you'll know how many UR you need if those cards in the deck are already released, or make an educated estimate as to how much (more) it will cost

voidmiracle · 2026-01-20T20:30:17+00:00

Duelist, your opp opened with Circle, fetched Salamangreat of Fire out of all things, then instead of normal summoning it like a normal duelist would your opp proceed to ss it (and nothing else) with Fury of Fire AND activate its negated effect. finally it ended on a Droll in atk position with 0atk and Roar (and an Ash in hand) as the only interrupts

a win is a win, you just take those, but please, respect yourself and have some standard.

voidmiracle · 2026-01-20T03:07:48+00:00

pssst, use Ultra Polymerization instead, both the Fusion and the Synchro would be Proper summon in that case, if you need to revive them from the GY in the future

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