Well aS a MuSiCiAn you have a lovely singing voice Rata, if it interests you further it's a great skill to have and can be really rewarding as a hobby!
@@BloomBox36 It was a reference to the last part of what Hardleg Joe said. "Like poetry, it rhymes" is a reference to the RedLetterMedia Star Wars prequel reviews where George Lucas says that and then goes into Jar Jar Binks, saying "He's a funnier character than we've ever had. If we can just make him work."
@@willythekid0768it also works on Gate Guardian and Skull Guardian (the GY effect can also add back the ritual spell!) and quite a few extra deck monsters, notably Guardian Chimera
@@secondslash587 even works with the new Voiceless Voice archetype. The new Skull Guardian retrain is mentioned by VV Lo, and the VV ritual spell. Plus, VV Skull Guardian does benefit from a double attack.
@@secondslash587 Indeed but it only really supports the guardian archetype of Rafael in Legacy of the worthless that way. Dreadscythe mentions eatos and its equip spell though so that is something at least. Man I really wish Rafaels guardians got something. I bet if Backup Gardna gets printed its effects will be bloated.
The jumpscare of seeing "Guardian" appear at the end and the psychic damage of my memory actually catching up to what was happening was amazing. Thanks Rata.
@@enlongjones2394 What even IS the theme of Guardian Monsters? They're generic dungeon-crawler moobs you'd find in any bootleg DnD session. I just want to enjoy precious pupper.
@@DigitalGame18 The reasoning behind their themeing is also the idea that they protect the respective equip spells, hence why they appear when said equips are on the field.
Melodious going to be completely forgotten by Konami for nearly half a decade to being viable in current OCG stories is the kind of Cinderella stories we love to see on Support Report.
Between Melodias and Lunalights I think we have a perfect blend of full cards from the Bracelet Girls. Now if Windwitches and Lyruliscs get just a few more cards maybe they’d be almost on the tier of the first 2
@@beiwubsnsod7378Ah Ah Ah. ONE Archetype that is the single most busted archetype released in the past year just so happens to be Pyro-centic. A little different.
@@jtwatts7990I’d personally swap luna and lyrulusc, since you can actually play the deck as is or mix with tri-brigade, more effectively than being a rank 4 engine
Principug is so adorable that Konami forgot to make it actually function. It targets Guardian monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set and can fetch cards that they mention in their text, so obviously it's meant to support Rafael's Guardians, except the only cards it can target are Guardian Dreadscythe, Gate Guardian, and Dark Guardian (and maybe some extra deck monsters depending on how the rulings pan out). Of course, it being so useless just makes it more adorable.
@@javelinmaster2 Retrain the whole archetype while their at it. Or go the Six Sam route and create a sub-type that supports the main team to make somewhat viable by todays standards
@@TheKrilicious New dark scorpion support that's actually competent thieves who've been covertly helping the original dark scorpion without them noticing
The part I like the most about about Wattkingdom's column based effect is that it means they seriously considered the synergy with Wattkinetic Puppeteer when making the card.
@@JohnSmith-iw1wd I guess that discounts the time he made the mistake to review blue eyes. A deck that thanks to its anime status will receive more new stuff all the way to the heat death of the Universe.
That Ice Barrier Trap does sound like a one time deal.... Until you realize both Trish's count as seperate monsters, therefore you just run 1 random ice barrier synchro to say "Get screwed lmao" when it comes to ice barriers doing ice barrier things
Ice Barrier got the Cyberdark treatment (they got support that helped them, and then, they got even more support to ensure they won't be a laughingstock anymore)
except cyberdarks had their original playstyle thrown in the fucking trash for a boss monster turbo deck that dies to a single ash. or imperm. or veiler.
@@megamanpwn3dmario it's not like Cyberdark's original playstyle was better, said original playstyle was an unga bunga beatdown deck that was gimmicky as hell
@@megamanpwn3dmario even with that claim, Cyberdark didn't lose its emphasis on equips, and besides, Yu-Gi-Oh already showed earlier that certain gimmicks cannot translate well, Cyberdark was lucky its gimmick wasn't one of those gimmicks that aged like milk
Former? Have you tried using the Link into Soprano and Mozarta then those into Prima amongst any previous special summons to otk? They have put in the work. I am always happy to have 3 Sonata in deck.
It's so insane that Melodious is actually having some competitive results in the OCG nowadays. Oh yeah Etoile is also such a fantastic boss Monster that she also makes sure Schuberta's effect can be used again once she returns to the Field. It's legitimately incredible.
@@Amsel_616 My only fear is that they hit Ostinato then because it's a stupidly good card on its own now. Enables crazy boards even outside of Melodious because it's a 1 cars LIGHT Pendulum mega engine or a Rank 4 and a Rank 7. Off of one Card.
Clearly all the Guardians were feeling quite lonely for all those years without support so they collectively adopted a pug. And they treat it like royalty.
Dreadscythe acting like they didn't want the pug but secretly plays with it a lot when they are alone, that's why it's effect helps out dreadscythe specifically
Everyone is commenting about the principug bit but can we just appreciate the Intro skit? Both the "This is Report. Do you have the Support?" one and ofcourse the absolute peotry that is "I need at least eight new Dark Scorpions, cranked and stupid, ready to kill, pronto"
Im so in love with the melodious support. I used to play them as a fun little pet deck during the arc v era and these new cards give amazing new use cases to a few older members, can't wait to play them again.
I'm a returning player, so I missed Arc V entirely (need to watch all the animes I missed...) but I was always interested in Melodious. I thought the art style and the control theme was really cool and unique. Seeing this support makes me want to build the deck now!
Guardian Dreadscythe support. It specifies that it only targets Guardians that "cannot be Normal Summoned/Set", which consists exclusively of Guardian Dreadscythe (not counting Gate Guardian monsters and Extra Deck monsters).
@@HouseLyrander Skull Guardian cards are also in the main deck. Plus Eatos to go with Dreadscythe though how that works with Principug is regrettable to say the least.
@@goodpeople25 I'm not sure if Rituals or Extra Deck monsters could be targets as while they fit the definition of a monster that cannot be Normal Summoned or Set, they don't actually say "cannot be Normal Summoned/Set", so I'm not sure how that'd be ruled because this is yugioh and Fusion Tag works differently depending on which country you are currently in. In any case, your summary that the way Principug works is overall regrettable is absolutely spot on.
@@HouseLyrander So, I just did a check: Yes, Principug works on Rituals, since although "cannot be Normal Summoned/Set" is not in the text, it may as well be there due to game mechanics
It's funny that Legacy Hunter is a younger Don Zaloog and has NOTHING to do with Dark Scorpions. And I hope they make a piece of backrow called "Riding the Shadows' or I will abandon my overused joke about a certain Yugituber calling pre-errata Firewall Dragon fair. For a joke about how subjectivety is the real #1 thing in Yugioh that needs to be banned which I will run into the ground a whole lot faster.
Ice barriers have been treated like royalty lately. I wonder that they knight have done to do receive that. But while they get all the fun stuff Dark Scorpions are just coffin in the corner.
ice barriers are the refute to my assumption that konami would never bother giving multiple waves of support to any archetype beyond dark magician and blue eyes
Melodius support coming out less than a year after Rata made an archetype archive on them is either a cosmic joke or proof that Konami listens more than we think
What's great about the new Ice Barrier support is that they definitely increased the swarming of the deck, while keeping their floodgate strategy. Literally the only thing needed is a Main Deck monster that has decent attacks which makes summoning Synchros for ATK points become optional.
To bad trying to make BDSM jokes in a Trickstar Archetype Archive sounds like a good recipe for getting that theoretical video demonetized andor age restricted.
I'm surprised you didn't mention that Mirror Magic Master just so happens to be a level 2 Aqua, which allows it to fit in really nicely with the Prior focused builds while still giving them big Synchro access. The Toad is still here after all, or at least half here
@@Rabbitlord108 Great way to put it, the state of Frogs between the TCG and Master Duel is tragic. Different cards banned, but the deck is equally unplayable from both sides
Principug makes me sad, not like because of its effect or anything but because my family had two pugs and one had to be put down a few weeks ago and the way the pug is sitting is exactly like how my pugs sit, also the card art is just too adorable
The ideal new Dark Scorpion cards shouldn't have any new members right? Like screw a new xyz or link guy, I want a series of retrains and spells/traps following them as they try to like...assassinate goblin of greed or rig an election in the ice barrier or something
Why not have retrains of the originals that are older & more experienced? Two working titles for names I have are Gorg the Muscle and Cliff the Disarmer.
Small note: Mirror Magic Master's tokens lock you into WATER Synchro Extra Deck Plays. But Winds Over The Ice Barrier can still be used to tribute all three of them to summon 3 different monsters from the deck.
The watt stuff is so funny because wattrain being so important to having anything means that unironically playing unexpected dai into wattkid is like kinda good cause it's an extra body.
It's shocking to see Melodious and Ice Barrier get such strong support that enables them to achieve actual tournament results. Melodious in particular is a top rogue deck at the moment in the OCG. Crazy to think about. Principug will make Guardians the meta-demolishing rogue threat I always knew they would be. Snake-Eyes, tremble EDIT: why did my previous comment get removed :((
Here's what I have to say. 1. It's funny that Concerto can summon Trickstar Sweet Guitar since it's also a music themed archetype (I imagine the burn damage is a reference to making people's ears bleed), that unlike Melodious was actually used competitively (Even if it sometimes came with the aid of a certain mech pilot) 2. Why we haven't gotten a grown up version of Numbing Grub that's a member of the Flamvell archetype yet is beyond me. And 3. The only thing that surprised me about the Resonator structure deck is the lack of a Synchro Tuner Resonator that can be treated as 2 Tuners for the Synchro summon of a Dark Dragon Synchro (Meaning no using it to summon Vylon Omega) Update. Just realized that human card is from Jack's duel with Carly. Go figure since Fortune Resonator is now a thing.
I once wished for Dark Scorpion retrains that also worked when the opponent used an effect on them to make them less of a sitting duck. I also asked for them to banish the cards face down to avoid setting up the GY. And somewhere in the universe, a finger on a monkey's pawn slowly dropped.
Before that Konami we'll put out an expensive Armor card set with an expensive new costume and all the Armor cards will be match winners that can't be used in official duels. While pumping out Red-Eyes Big Bang Battle Warrior which is a Marauding Captain for the archetype (Because Joey summoned it via Marauding Captain in his duel with Valon)
Watt enjoyer here. The new support truly made Watt Thunder Dragon very playable because of Watthydra being able to be summoned for free cuz of kyuki. Hydra is literally just a gold sarc when he inflicts battle damage. Of course this is only better if Colossus is allowed however the deck is fun regardless. Adding some bystials for Chaos Witch and Dis Pater is also just very nice to have with cobra and tuna being level 4s.
Oh Colossus could come back. With an errata that neuters it in the some way shape or form like some other dragons *COUGH* AFD FIREWALL & OG CHAOS EMPEROR DRAGON *COUGH*
@@Rabbitlord108 I mean it's not an activated effect problem. It's the fact that it's a stronger Rai-oh with protection so the only real errata would be to literally not have the effect or be a full droll and lock bird on the controller's side. Either way it's honestly not as bad as people say. Even with the nemeses thunder monster it isn't that crazy. Just look at master duel. The card does nothing.
seeing Melodious get support was such a shock. I lost it when i saw the pendulum monsters, because as I had been saying for sometime, there was no reason for a deck focused on singing in that era with those abilities to not have scales. and now, they do. I still have to actually test those cards for some specifics though...
My mind now hurts after seeing that guardians of all things got new support. Many thanks to you, funny cardboard review guy. *I wonder where Abaki went?*
I LOVE how Everybody's King implies that canonically Jack Atlas is physically as strong as a Blue-Eyes, really puts into perspective wtf 3k atk actually means
Don’t worry; Principug has to work with monsters who can’t be normal summoned, so the only Rafael card that it can do that with is Guardian Dreadscythe. If anything, he’s *Gate* Guardian support.
It would be great if Ice Barriers got a random XYZ monster that's a retrain of Royal Knight but he's crosses over into melodious support, and it's art is just Royal Knight jamming out on a Saxophone
12:56 OH MY *FUCKING* GOD I NEED THIS CARD RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. I WILL FIND A WAY TO USE IT ANY GODDAMN CHANCE I GET. LOOK AT THAT GOOD BOY RIGHT THERE.
What baffles me the most about Principug is that thematically it really has nothing to do with Guardians. It's not based on an anime card nor one of Raphael's memories, doesn't have the same visual style of the others and being the only piece of support, it's not even representative of a new aesthetic for the archetype. It's basically the same as Birdface in relation to Harpies. -Teo
Your chine at the end was angelic. But on the topic of Royal Ice Barriers, at this point I should just plan to shoehorn in Royal Knight as either a cannon fodder for villian to kill character or unintentionally comedic relief for a future sequal to a fanfic I am very slowly making.
I just want to let everyone know, since I haven't seen anyone else mention it, that Principug is not support for the equip Guardians It's effects only works on Guardian Dreadscythe It's Gate Guardian support
1:54 How do You pronounce that? 3:51 Color scheme of a warm hug 4:41 First Time the TCG outpunned the OCG 6:15 Which should be the Official Watt Field Spell 7:56 Ice Barrier is new Blue-Eyes/Red-Eyes? 9:57 Banishment 12:38 There you have your answer to "Will RATA review any new Signer Dragon support?" 12:48 Human-Type Card 12:54 And thus, RATA lost his sanity at the sight of "Guardian" support in the form of a Principug
Considering Standard aka Pendulum is the most expansive dimension by nature, I would have pinpointed this deck’s identity as a Fusion deck as a caveat, but since that’s clearly the most appropriate for Lunalights I would say give it a try. Melodious going the Odd-Eyes route of having each style would be very nice.
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Every time I sing in a video as a joke you guys keep saying I'm really good at it and if you continue I might start to believe it
Then we'll keep saying it. Have a good one Rata!
Well aS a MuSiCiAn you have a lovely singing voice Rata, if it interests you further it's a great skill to have and can be really rewarding as a hobby!
Just drop LWA cover, we're gonna make it top 10.
Sing the very tonally unfitting Arc-V opening theme where Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon was having a merry ol’ time.
Yes you are
I can only imagine Rata is going insane over all the support he has to report on archetypes he has already archived
Imagine if Ojama Lime got a proper card, Rata would get upset over that
Although his effort is really showing why he ranks 10
This is what happens when you count your chickens before they hatch.
2023 was weirdly loaded to be fair.
I think the doggy at the end was a dead giveaway xD
The episode starts with Melodius, and ends with a melody.
Truly, Support Report has become art. Like poetry, it rhymes.
Sup Leg , nice seeing you here ✌️
the real melodiai were the friends we made along the bricks
Bacha is a funnier character than we've ever had. If we can just get her to work.
@@SethTheXenocide not sure what you meant by that last phrase, she's super easy to make work.
@@BloomBox36 It was a reference to the last part of what Hardleg Joe said. "Like poetry, it rhymes" is a reference to the RedLetterMedia Star Wars prequel reviews where George Lucas says that and then goes into Jar Jar Binks, saying "He's a funnier character than we've ever had. If we can just make him work."
Principug does elicit a heavenly choir upon reading fucking guardian support in the 2020s.
Although it only works on Dreadscythe I think. Which is a funny visual.
@@willythekid0768it also works on Gate Guardian and Skull Guardian (the GY effect can also add back the ritual spell!) and quite a few extra deck monsters, notably Guardian Chimera
@@secondslash587 even works with the new Voiceless Voice archetype. The new Skull Guardian retrain is mentioned by VV Lo, and the VV ritual spell. Plus, VV Skull Guardian does benefit from a double attack.
@@secondslash587 Indeed but it only really supports the guardian archetype of Rafael in Legacy of the worthless that way. Dreadscythe mentions eatos and its equip spell though so that is something at least. Man I really wish Rafaels guardians got something. I bet if Backup Gardna gets printed its effects will be bloated.
@@willythekid0768 “remove 1 ‘butterfly dagger Elma’ from the forbidden/limited list”
The jumpscare of seeing "Guardian" appear at the end and the psychic damage of my memory actually catching up to what was happening was amazing. Thanks Rata.
Funny as it is, it doesn’t work with any of those guys except Dreadscythe. But also, why a doggy? It doesn’t thematically fit Gate Guardian either.
@@enlongjones2394 Guard dog? Guard the prince? Guard the dog prince? Logic is dead and so is God... God backwards is a dog. THEY KILLED A DOG
@@enlongjones2394 I think it's meant to support the Skull Guardian stuff.
@@enlongjones2394 What even IS the theme of Guardian Monsters? They're generic dungeon-crawler moobs you'd find in any bootleg DnD session. I just want to enjoy precious pupper.
@@DigitalGame18 The reasoning behind their themeing is also the idea that they protect the respective equip spells, hence why they appear when said equips are on the field.
Melodious going to be completely forgotten by Konami for nearly half a decade to being viable in current OCG stories is the kind of Cinderella stories we love to see on Support Report.
Same with pyro being neglected since GX and is now tier 1 with a $100 rota
Between Melodias and Lunalights I think we have a perfect blend of full cards from the Bracelet Girls. Now if Windwitches and Lyruliscs get just a few more cards maybe they’d be almost on the tier of the first 2
@@beiwubsnsod7378Ah Ah Ah. ONE Archetype that is the single most busted archetype released in the past year just so happens to be Pyro-centic. A little different.
@@jtwatts7990I’d personally swap luna and lyrulusc, since you can actually play the deck as is or mix with tri-brigade, more effectively than being a rank 4 engine
I think it's fair to say that we lost Rata's sanity that day when he saw Principug, the goodest of doggo cards....
Go ahead, talk trash about the dog and John Wick will be after your soul.
It is so god damn cute, look at it's back legs that is exactly how pugs sit! They're just silly little babies
Principug is so adorable that Konami forgot to make it actually function. It targets Guardian monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set and can fetch cards that they mention in their text, so obviously it's meant to support Rafael's Guardians, except the only cards it can target are Guardian Dreadscythe, Gate Guardian, and Dark Guardian (and maybe some extra deck monsters depending on how the rulings pan out).
Of course, it being so useless just makes it more adorable.
@@HouseLyranderit is in the same pack as the new dark guardian and dark element card, it is a gate guardian support card for certain
The problem is that it is still a pug, and therefore an absolute abomination of a dog.
I am with you rata
Give dark scorpions support
Support? They better get a retrain!
@@javelinmaster2 Retrain the whole archetype while their at it. Or go the Six Sam route and create a sub-type that supports the main team to make somewhat viable by todays standards
@@javelinmaster2 TBH I am unironically down for a Don Zaloog retrain.
@@TheKrilicious New dark scorpion support that's actually competent thieves who've been covertly helping the original dark scorpion without them noticing
Honestly.... no. Dark scorpions need a counterpart. The light spiders.
The part I like the most about about Wattkingdom's column based effect is that it means they seriously considered the synergy with Wattkinetic Puppeteer when making the card.
The fun part about these is that the more archetype archives he does, the more work he'll have on future Support Reports.
That's why he picks tiny archetypes that only get new support every blue moon.
@@JohnSmith-iw1wd Which is why Konami watches his videos
@@JohnSmith-iw1wd
I guess that discounts the time he made the mistake to review blue eyes.
A deck that thanks to its anime status will receive more new stuff all the way to the heat death of the Universe.
That Ice Barrier Trap does sound like a one time deal....
Until you realize both Trish's count as seperate monsters, therefore you just run 1 random ice barrier synchro to say "Get screwed lmao" when it comes to ice barriers doing ice barrier things
Lancia, Trish, Trish, Dewloran.
It's time to Dew the Dew harder than has ever been Dewd before.
Ice Barrier got the Cyberdark treatment (they got support that helped them, and then, they got even more support to ensure they won't be a laughingstock anymore)
Ice Barrier even has tops after the new support in the OCG.
except cyberdarks had their original playstyle thrown in the fucking trash for a boss monster turbo deck that dies to a single ash. or imperm. or veiler.
@@megamanpwn3dmario it's not like Cyberdark's original playstyle was better, said original playstyle was an unga bunga beatdown deck that was gimmicky as hell
@@puppetmon9687 oh yeah definitely, but it was still far more unique than 'get the big guy out who's immune to everything'
@@megamanpwn3dmario even with that claim, Cyberdark didn't lose its emphasis on equips, and besides, Yu-Gi-Oh already showed earlier that certain gimmicks cannot translate well, Cyberdark was lucky its gimmick wasn't one of those gimmicks that aged like milk
Bacha looks so fucking cool you know they were popping veins resisting the urge to make it a dark attribute
Isn't that basically any time Konami prints a non-DARK monster?
@@Zetact_yep
As a former fan of the Melodious archetype, I am so happy to see them finally get some love and an actual playstyle beyond the Aria-Elegy lock
Former? Have you tried using the Link into Soprano and Mozarta then those into Prima amongst any previous special summons to otk? They have put in the work. I am always happy to have 3 Sonata in deck.
It's so insane that Melodious is actually having some competitive results in the OCG nowadays.
Oh yeah Etoile is also such a fantastic boss Monster that she also makes sure Schuberta's effect can be used again once she returns to the Field. It's legitimately incredible.
All that Schub value, Schuba-douba-doubap!
@@runningoncylinders3829 makin' the Flamberge effect go Shuba-douba-doubyebye!
Tremble in fear if Melodious gets a spot in the Light pack and pulls out an Ostinato searcher.
@@Amsel_616 My only fear is that they hit Ostinato then because it's a stupidly good card on its own now. Enables crazy boards even outside of Melodious because it's a 1 cars LIGHT Pendulum mega engine or a Rank 4 and a Rank 7. Off of one Card.
The deck had some insane cards already and was just missing the surrounding pieces, that link is crazy.
Clearly all the Guardians were feeling quite lonely for all those years without support so they collectively adopted a pug.
And they treat it like royalty.
Im treating that as canon now
Dreadscythe acting like they didn't want the pug but secretly plays with it a lot when they are alone, that's why it's effect helps out dreadscythe specifically
So that's what the guardians guard
They guard it with their lives.
Everyone is commenting about the principug bit but can we just appreciate the Intro skit?
Both the "This is Report. Do you have the Support?" one and ofcourse the absolute peotry that is "I need at least eight new Dark Scorpions, cranked and stupid, ready to kill, pronto"
Im so in love with the melodious support. I used to play them as a fun little pet deck during the arc v era and these new cards give amazing new use cases to a few older members, can't wait to play them again.
I'm a returning player, so I missed Arc V entirely (need to watch all the animes I missed...) but I was always interested in Melodious. I thought the art style and the control theme was really cool and unique. Seeing this support makes me want to build the deck now!
Principug: *exists*
Rata: it’s gonna take a lot more than that to impress me-
Principug: *Guardian Support*
Rata: WHAAAAAA
Guardian Dreadscythe support. It specifies that it only targets Guardians that "cannot be Normal Summoned/Set", which consists exclusively of Guardian Dreadscythe (not counting Gate Guardian monsters and Extra Deck monsters).
@@HouseLyrander Skull Guardian cards are also in the main deck. Plus Eatos to go with Dreadscythe though how that works with Principug is regrettable to say the least.
@@goodpeople25 I'm not sure if Rituals or Extra Deck monsters could be targets as while they fit the definition of a monster that cannot be Normal Summoned or Set, they don't actually say "cannot be Normal Summoned/Set", so I'm not sure how that'd be ruled because this is yugioh and Fusion Tag works differently depending on which country you are currently in.
In any case, your summary that the way Principug works is overall regrettable is absolutely spot on.
@@HouseLyrander So, I just did a check: Yes, Principug works on Rituals, since although "cannot be Normal Summoned/Set" is not in the text, it may as well be there due to game mechanics
@@kichiroumitsurugi4363except Evigishiki Soul Ogre
Can't wait to see Dark Scorpion support in the next reveal of Infinite Forbidden
“Don Zaloog, the Millennium Legacy Hunter”
It's funny that Legacy Hunter is a younger Don Zaloog and has NOTHING to do with Dark Scorpions. And I hope they make a piece of backrow called "Riding the Shadows' or I will abandon my overused joke about a certain Yugituber calling pre-errata Firewall Dragon fair. For a joke about how subjectivety is the real #1 thing in Yugioh that needs to be banned which I will run into the ground a whole lot faster.
Ah, Ice Barriers. How long before we roast Royal Kni- There he is.
Will the Ice Barrier be enough to block Barox Beatdown?
Defender can block almost every single beatdown decks.
Only when you sacrifice Lancea for their true boss monster:
Royal knight of the ice barrier.
Don't you know? Barox is eternal.
Ice barriers have been treated like royalty lately. I wonder that they knight have done to do receive that. But while they get all the fun stuff Dark Scorpions are just coffin in the corner.
ice barriers are the refute to my assumption that konami would never bother giving multiple waves of support to any archetype beyond dark magician and blue eyes
Melodius support coming out less than a year after Rata made an archetype archive on them is either a cosmic joke or proof that Konami listens more than we think
What's great about the new Ice Barrier support is that they definitely increased the swarming of the deck, while keeping their floodgate strategy.
Literally the only thing needed is a Main Deck monster that has decent attacks which makes summoning Synchros for ATK points become optional.
"huh, they must have bricked" fucking sent me
why does this man have such great comedic timing
So, hilariously, Dark Scoprions support came in Speed Duels, cuz that Skill is great.
THE ICE BARRIER STUFF IS SO LIT WE'RE SO BACK BOYS
BACK INTO THE GAME!!
Now time to trishula banish fire king gy
Actually nvm, I'll just Georgius their gy
I like how the second he starts talking about Melodious support he starts making music puns.
To bad trying to make BDSM jokes in a Trickstar Archetype Archive sounds like a good recipe for getting that theoretical video demonetized andor age restricted.
As someone who was watching since legacy of the worthless That ending killed me.
I'm surprised you didn't mention that Mirror Magic Master just so happens to be a level 2 Aqua, which allows it to fit in really nicely with the Prior focused builds while still giving them big Synchro access. The Toad is still here after all, or at least half here
The toad is still mainly summoned using revealer and speaker to make bahamut
The big toad is still around. While the Frogs resident samurai got banned to stop the amphibians from being used as a Rank 2 engine.
@@Rabbitlord108 Great way to put it, the state of Frogs between the TCG and Master Duel is tragic. Different cards banned, but the deck is equally unplayable from both sides
@@munchrai6396 Indeed. Though this reminded me that I DID see someone use Slime Toad (AKA Frog The Jam) with Rescue Rabbit a while ago.
wattkyuki or kingdom should've had an effect like "quick play: target 1 thunder you control; it can attack twice this turn"
I love how we can't talk about Ice Barriers at all without ragging on Royal Knight
9:06 This counters Fire King Snake-Eyes. Maybe the Water support to fight them is already there, coming from the coldest part of the world.
Principug makes me sad, not like because of its effect or anything but because my family had two pugs and one had to be put down a few weeks ago and the way the pug is sitting is exactly like how my pugs sit, also the card art is just too adorable
Little dogs just like to sit like people.
The ideal new Dark Scorpion cards shouldn't have any new members right? Like screw a new xyz or link guy, I want a series of retrains and spells/traps following them as they try to like...assassinate goblin of greed or rig an election in the ice barrier or something
It could be them in really shitty disguises, Team Rocket style.
Why not have retrains of the originals that are older & more experienced? Two working titles for names I have are Gorg the Muscle and Cliff the Disarmer.
fun fact with the melodious stuff: it is consistently topping in the ocg because el shaddoll construct happens to be a fairy
also swap frog dump the level 2 ice barrier aqua is a 1-card full spright combo and also enables toadally awesome
12:59 wha- wai- no hang on RATA GOT PIPES???? WHAT
Small note: Mirror Magic Master's tokens lock you into WATER Synchro Extra Deck Plays. But Winds Over The Ice Barrier can still be used to tribute all three of them to summon 3 different monsters from the deck.
Rata serenading Principug is better than any Ojama Lime skit
The watt stuff is so funny because wattrain being so important to having anything means that unironically playing unexpected dai into wattkid is like kinda good cause it's an extra body.
It's shocking to see Melodious and Ice Barrier get such strong support that enables them to achieve actual tournament results. Melodious in particular is a top rogue deck at the moment in the OCG. Crazy to think about.
Principug will make Guardians the meta-demolishing rogue threat I always knew they would be. Snake-Eyes, tremble
EDIT: why did my previous comment get removed :((
Here's what I have to say.
1. It's funny that Concerto can summon Trickstar Sweet Guitar since it's also a music themed archetype (I imagine the burn damage is a reference to making people's ears bleed), that unlike Melodious was actually used competitively (Even if it sometimes came with the aid of a certain mech pilot)
2. Why we haven't gotten a grown up version of Numbing Grub that's a member of the Flamvell archetype yet is beyond me.
And 3. The only thing that surprised me about the Resonator structure deck is the lack of a Synchro Tuner Resonator that can be treated as 2 Tuners for the Synchro summon of a Dark Dragon Synchro (Meaning no using it to summon Vylon Omega) Update. Just realized that human card is from Jack's duel with Carly. Go figure since Fortune Resonator is now a thing.
For 3, I'm not surprised. Synchro Tuners are more Synchron's/Yusei's thing, rather than Jack's
@@ZeothTheHedgehog I know. I just want to see a Resonator that can be treated as 2 Tuners for the Synchro summon of a Dark Dragon Synchro.
As the only person on Earth who wants Guardians to be good, seeing Principug has caused me to ascend in ways I never thought possible.
I spat my drink when i read "Guardian" in Principug. The Guardians are more dead than the Ghostricks that it caught me off-guard.
It's so random too. Like, of all thing, I never have expected a random cute dog with no guardian in it's name is a guardian support.
The sad part is, though, that it doesn't actually support any of the Guardians except Dreadscythe.
I once wished for Dark Scorpion retrains that also worked when the opponent used an effect on them to make them less of a sitting duck. I also asked for them to banish the cards face down to avoid setting up the GY. And somewhere in the universe, a finger on a monkey's pawn slowly dropped.
refrain a melodious songstress
couplet a melodious songstress
We need a deck built around Everyone's King.
Before that Konami we'll put out an expensive Armor card set with an expensive new costume and all the Armor cards will be match winners that can't be used in official duels. While pumping out Red-Eyes Big Bang Battle Warrior which is a Marauding Captain for the archetype (Because Joey summoned it via Marauding Captain in his duel with Valon)
Principug so baby
9:49 Best feeling about playing Ice Barrier is seeing all these cool dragons in extra deck and be proud that it belongs to the archetype
My friend is a Melodious devotee, so this put her over the moon.
I appreciate them as well, but more Watts is brings me true joy.
"melodious isnt gonna be tearing up the meta"
Oh silly silly rata
Watt enjoyer here. The new support truly made Watt Thunder Dragon very playable because of Watthydra being able to be summoned for free cuz of kyuki. Hydra is literally just a gold sarc when he inflicts battle damage. Of course this is only better if Colossus is allowed however the deck is fun regardless. Adding some bystials for Chaos Witch and Dis Pater is also just very nice to have with cobra and tuna being level 4s.
Oh Colossus could come back. With an errata that neuters it in the some way shape or form like some other dragons *COUGH* AFD FIREWALL & OG CHAOS EMPEROR DRAGON *COUGH*
@@Rabbitlord108 I mean it's not an activated effect problem. It's the fact that it's a stronger Rai-oh with protection so the only real errata would be to literally not have the effect or be a full droll and lock bird on the controller's side.
Either way it's honestly not as bad as people say. Even with the nemeses thunder monster it isn't that crazy. Just look at master duel. The card does nothing.
Melodious finally got some insane support, it’s so beautiful, finally, after seven years this deck has archetypal searchers!
Now lunalight and Windwitch and Lyrilusc remain need support To complete a set girls bracelet to be equal to Zarc
That solid snake intro was golden.
seeing Melodious get support was such a shock. I lost it when i saw the pendulum monsters, because as I had been saying for sometime, there was no reason for a deck focused on singing in that era with those abilities to not have scales. and now, they do. I still have to actually test those cards for some specifics though...
My mind now hurts after seeing that guardians of all things got new support.
Many thanks to you, funny cardboard review guy.
*I wonder where Abaki went?*
I LOVE how Everybody's King implies that canonically Jack Atlas is physically as strong as a Blue-Eyes, really puts into perspective wtf 3k atk actually means
Nouvelles player here, the french names are half the pain, the other half is half the cards not having "Nouvelles" or "Recipe" in their name.
Don’t worry; Principug has to work with monsters who can’t be normal summoned, so the only Rafael card that it can do that with is Guardian Dreadscythe.
If anything, he’s *Gate* Guardian support.
Guardians get a new card, but Vylons and Dark Scorpions get nothing? It's like they're trolling us at this point.
I hope Principug joins the Rank10 cinematic universe like Ojama Lime.
From the thumbnail alone I feel my sanity free falling.
Watts support?! In 2024?!
And then, when you think you reached peak insanity, BAM:
Guardian support. In the form of a pug.
I’d forgotten how much I LOVE your song at the end, God
Lancea has singlehandedly managed to drag Ice Barriers from the depths of Niflheim and make Raiho an actual threat, and for that I love him.
It would be great if Ice Barriers got a random XYZ monster that's a retrain of Royal Knight but he's crosses over into melodious support, and it's art is just Royal Knight jamming out on a Saxophone
Wait a minute
That melodious support sounds exactly like the amazoness support that came out.
2 pendulum monsters and a fusion monster
12:56 OH MY *FUCKING* GOD I NEED THIS CARD RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. I WILL FIND A WAY TO USE IT ANY GODDAMN CHANCE I GET. LOOK AT THAT GOOD BOY RIGHT THERE.
ua-cam.com/users/shortsUNwzwts2RUo?si=Or0eH8qWJTDkpJqp I FUCKING GOT HIM.
It'd make sense if we got a Ritual Dewloren, considering how many ritual decks spawned from the Ice Barriers lorewise.
Liked for the singing. That was beautiful!
So no REAL new Aliens? Just some Bullsh*t to tease me specifically? Cool, cool, thanks Konami...
12:55
A Pug CARD!!!!!!
DO NOT CARE WHAT IT SUPPORTS.
IT IS AN ADORABLE PUG!!!!!!!
ALSO, AN AWESOME NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I saw the picture of Georgius for one brief, shining moment I thought we had actually gotten Mist Valley support!
The codec call intro was legit the most subtle of reference i have ever watched
8:20 I mean, you may seem to hate it, but they gave Ice Barriers exactly what the structure deck should've been
Ok now make an Archetype Archive on Wind Witches so Konamis will give us some more of that support to report on
We’re already going somewhere with Bracelet Girls themes, perhaps some day.
@@runningoncylinders3829 Im really happy Rata is an Arc-V connoisseur so youre probably right
Be prepared for Speedroid Wacky Wand.
YES! THIS IS WHAT I BEEN WAITING FOR! MORE ICE BARRIER AND DOGGY!
What baffles me the most about Principug is that thematically it really has nothing to do with Guardians. It's not based on an anime card nor one of Raphael's memories, doesn't have the same visual style of the others and being the only piece of support, it's not even representative of a new aesthetic for the archetype.
It's basically the same as Birdface in relation to Harpies.
-Teo
Your chine at the end was angelic.
But on the topic of Royal Ice Barriers, at this point I should just plan to shoehorn in Royal Knight as either a cannon fodder for villian to kill character or unintentionally comedic relief for a future sequal to a fanfic I am very slowly making.
If Rata could cover Super Idol with that angelic falsetto I’d be a happy duelist
New Ice Barrier support let's goooooo!
Wtf the singing at the end was so good.
4:32 I just noticed most of these monsters wear a similar bracelet to Zuzu's. Nice attention to detail
I just want to let everyone know, since I haven't seen anyone else mention it, that Principug is not support for the equip Guardians
It's effects only works on Guardian Dreadscythe
It's Gate Guardian support
Don't forget skull guardian
@@TV-qm8ob And Voiceless Voice by extension
This is a extremely well supported report.
The ribbon on the lower right of Etoile's card art combined with how busy it is made me think she's a dolphin girl at first.
I love these support reports. They are like free dlc for youtube.
Bacha is such a funny name. Kinda like this new batch’a support!
Wait, what you mean?
Still waiting for Beethovena
Love your stuff!
Ok the opening skit was awesome but man that Enya princypug skit was a fkin banger x)
What a world we live in, where Melodious is playable
Didn't think I'd wake up today and expect to hear Rata sing "Only Time" by Enya.... but here I am
12:55 this might be my favorite rata moment ever
This wasn't that insane
PRINCI-WHAT
I don't like how the "grand choir" looks like nonon from kill la kill
Nonon is at least musical themed and not nearly as terrifying as Nui. Labrynth seems like it could get one like her at some point.
1:54 How do You pronounce that? 3:51 Color scheme of a warm hug
4:41 First Time the TCG outpunned the OCG 6:15 Which should be the Official Watt Field Spell
7:56 Ice Barrier is new Blue-Eyes/Red-Eyes? 9:57 Banishment
12:38 There you have your answer to "Will RATA review any new Signer Dragon support?" 12:48 Human-Type Card
12:54 And thus, RATA lost his sanity at the sight of "Guardian" support in the form of a Principug
Pronounced
"Pa-tee-sie"
Ultrakill act 2?
Seriously, you got me hooked.
One of us is going to have to do Dragunities at some point.
And it better not be me.
I still want Melodious to receive Synchro and Xyz monsters, too.
Considering Standard aka Pendulum is the most expansive dimension by nature, I would have pinpointed this deck’s identity as a Fusion deck as a caveat, but since that’s clearly the most appropriate for Lunalights I would say give it a try. Melodious going the Odd-Eyes route of having each style would be very nice.
I'm just gonna go ahead and say that Principug is probably the support made for the new gate guardian archtype instead of the actual guardian
Rata, The Melodious Pug Lover