_Mulcharmy Fuwalos will cost 30 UR and that's all I'll ever pay for it._ EDIT: Upon rewatching the video, I realized something I didn't make clear was that I don't see the physical card game DYING outright. I just think that, over time, Master Duel will become the preferred way to play. The paper game isn't going anywhere any time soon, but I do believe there will be newcomers who begin their Yu-Gi-Oh journey from Master Duel and that's okay.
Master Duel is the only way I can actually play Yu-Gi-Oh. The game is dead near me, closest local being about 2 hours away. Being a newcomer (or rather old comer, coming back after a long time) , I don't have friends in the community yet, so really all I can do to play in a fun way as a beginner is Master Duel. But if I were to pick between the two if both were available, I would prefer in person every day of the week.
I would start playing paper again if maxx c gets unbanned, master duel had so much variety precisely due to its lose bannlist and best of 1 allowing rogue decks to sneak wins, widening the meta
People who overprice cards should be forced to walk on Lego bricks bare footed for basically gatekeeping literal pieces of cardboard that SHOULD be getting more printings. Konami disgusts me sometimes with their tcg practices ugh
The problem isn't them. The problem is Konami not making the cards more available. Literally all they have to do is make it more common and the price plummets to reasonable prices.
@@NaNa_W4NT5_F3MNM5Duel Masters Play's is a great game. Personally I like it more than Duel Links and Master Duel, but it's biggest downside it only in Japanese. It can solve with screentranslator apps, but these are translation are very accurate. Duel Masters failed in the west, but this game could be a good chance to try again, translate a game is way cheaper than printing a physical card game.
Its crazy to me how some people justify overpriced cards by calling it a luxury or referencing old metas that were pricy (Teledad). NONE OF THAT MAKES IT OKAY. No amount of coping justifies spending 100+ dollars (or even 20+ dollars in my opinion) on shiny cardboard and its disappointing that this community has accepted this culture while the OCG easily recieves better treatment. We gotta do better.
90 UR points = 9 UR cards you have to dismantle which you aren't guaranteed to get 😂 even after multiple gems which you have to pay for or earn extremely slowly. TCG pay $ and get the card certainly or MD pay $ and go through a gacha game to get the card randomly TCG
@@heretopissyouoff8439 pay 80€ for one Copy of a Card or Play the game thats your Hobby online for a month and get 3 copies and more lol You are delusional if you think tcg is more accessable and cheaper to play than master duel lmao. Sure If you exhaust Tutorial Missions it will Take you like a month to build new decks, but thats without spending any money and the rate which Hobby intensive players will get new decks anyways in tcg ( you cant Tell me you spend more than 600-900 every month for a Deck lol)... And as you get more cards it will be easier to build Decks because at some Point only Archetype specific URs are left and you can share cards you own across Decks without switching all the time
@@heretopissyouoff8439 this is such a braindead take 😂. I literally play MD everyday and haven't spent a single cent on the game and I have a playset of every staple card. Maxx C, Ash, Imperm, droplets etcs plus the meta decks. Crafting a playset of Mulcharmys will be way cheaper in Master Duel than spending 300 dollars in the TCG.
@@arrownoir how is it my fault if I for example stopped playing for a year pick it up again and some card got banned during that time, why cant I refund it for 30 then?
Which is unfortunate because I personally don't have the same connection with digital like I do with the TCG physical card game. Don't get me wrong, I think it's good for players that aren't in a good space with the paper game and its budget is much better.
It’s like any form of media or product. I take great satisfaction in utilizing tangible assets that I own. This is why I ceased PC gaming long ago. The lack of physical media is why i will never build a PC ever again. Master Duel is great for long commutes to work, uni etc, but if given the choice, I’m opting for physical all the way- even if I’m severely handicapped utilizing inferior rogue decks just because I refuse to spend more than $300 on a Yugioh deck. I can afford the TCG, but money is still money. Better off using it to donate to charity or invest it instead.
It's almost as if people have hated most meta warping cards but because they're now going to be a focus around design you either own them or are worse off. It's the same as master duel. No matter your opinion on maxx c, ash, called by, crossout, accescode, barrone, savage anything else in the same vein if you care about playing high level yugioh you have to just take it and accept decks need them.
I love the accessibility and affordability, and I don't have to deal with judge calls, ruling fights, vendors, or adults acting like children when they lose. I like getting my dust back when something is banned. I like how it looks. I like the feel. It's just a better product.
Look, perhaps this is just me being old lol, but the main reason why i prefer Master Duel to the TCG is not only because it's immensely cheaper and i can play anywhere, but because the amount of knowledge i have to maintain to remember my own deck combos along with everyone else's combos is a LOT! The game shows me what's still available for me to do. I know the opponent isn't cheating by making up combos which I'd probably assume is legit due to laziness.
@@SzinDragon This. The lingering effects are crazy, but the quality of life improvements like seeing the Imperm column, the summon counter on Nibiru, checkmarks on what effects were activated this turn, etc. have been a godsend.
The only thing i wish master duel had that the tcg does is best of 3. Maybe not always because the games being quick is one of master duels benefits, but having best of 3 in the more competitive modes would be nice
I think most people have no interest in interacting with your average mentally ill yugioh nerd at a in person event. Most of us can only handle so much BO and autism.
Its damn time that these card games control the after market. This is gambling made legal for minors, and the after market burns the idea of collectiong. I do believe thar 5, 10, 20 years old cards should be expensive because they are not produced anymore. But cards recentily lunched are expensive ass well. Im brazilian, imagine cards that are 100 dollars to you, to me they are 570 brl. The average income in my country is 2600 a month. Its realy crazy to even thing of collecting. I no longer try to complete a set aymore because there are cards that are 1000 brl since lunch.
I love master duel for the simple fact of rulings are all automatic. No searching for rare ruling cases and no arguing what can and cant be done. Also searching your deck IRL is so time consuming compared to all your options just popping up immediate. This just allows for me to stay in the flow of the game more
@spicymemes7458 I wonder if they'll still make cards for those that just want to collect them for personal preference, but just make the tournaments and etc digital. I really don't want the card making to stop. I've been collecting since Yu-Gi-Oh ever started.
When I got back into Yu Gi oh about a year ago. My friend told me to play branded despia which I bought the albaz strike as my starter. Later I got into master duel and started building my paper deck on master duel. Long story short, MD helped me learn combos with branded despia that I wouldn’t learn from playing the game physically. Even now, when I build new decks on paper, I build them on MD as well to help me learn my cards and combos.
I play master duel for adanced format. The turns take so long, I can tab out or watch a show during the combos. I play in my Edison locals every week. Some weeks I play in 2 or invite friends over to play.
Master duel is such a waste of your life though. I couldn’t imagine sitting in front of a screen for that long except for work which is obviously my revenue stream.
I hate how companies like Konami act like reality doesn't exist and that their game is in the vacuum of space. All they do is act like scalpers and whales dont exist, seemingly even making the cards even more rare to attract them for money. But its just not sustainable at keeping a loyal happy fanbase.
I almost have the opposite opinion. Recently I had to uninstall Master Duel / YGO Omega just because of how addicted I was to online Yu-Gi-Oh. I would just go game after game and suddenly hours passed by and I realized I was missing out on days of my life. I recently made the commitment to only play Yu-Gi-Oh in person which feels so much better to me since it's more of a social hobby
I dont think it's the future. It's just a digital alternative. Master duel has not shown any ability to grow its player population past the average number it settled at toward the end of its launch window when the "new game" player boost wore off. It sits at the same general player count that it was at in mid 2022.
Switch to Japan steam and look at revenue that should explain a lot why the steam numbers does not reflect the actual player counts because the Japanese is not exactly into pc or ps game but even then this game also won golden joystick on Playstation Asia Japan in 2021. this game is mostly played by "Tanaka on the way home" on mobile, the game does introduce a lot of players to the game, you just can't see it through the English media.
That has been changing. It's not making new players, but existing players fed up with TCG that toggle back and forth. You will see a surge in Master Duel usage when Fuwaros is released. The new players that do come in will be exposed to the digital version first because paper was an entry point for those who were familiar with the anime.
Keep in mind that this game always in the top 50 steam charts revenue even when most players are playing on mobile, that sky striker alt banner is the most insane sales in the history of master racking up 25m usd in a single month alone on mobile.
I really like MD because the paper game is really expensive in my country (just $100 is expensive to play a card game) and we lack ots in most of the cities.
The wait for the new cards in Master Duel is ROUGH. I got back into it a few months ago when I saw one of your videos with the new Lightsworn support and since they're a personal favorite archetype I wanted to try them out. The cards only just came out on the client and it took almost 5 months to go from TCG to digital which is rough. Still I actually had a ton of fun with solo mode and I was able to try out a bunch of new decks thanks to how incredibly good the game's free to play, and critically structure deck system, is. Certainly one of the best of the free to play TCGs I play.
Master Duel is so f2p that it honestly feels like Konami didn't have much hand in making it. Been playing since day one and I honestly think I've spent like maybe $10 on the game total.
Yeah, as a Nikke and Clash Royale player since their respective launches, I didn’t feel compelled to pay, but rather wanted to spend money just to thank the devs for pulling back on the greed. Of course there is a ceiling and only so far you can go, but to have achieved 8000 trophies in Clash Royale as a F2P player was pretty fun. I spent maybe $50 AUD in Master Duel just because I wanted to show appreciation for the generous F2P model
My only concern is that MD is a digital, online only game... Regardless of how little you spend, they CAN simply yoink the entire game at any point. Dabble in both if you're really passionate.
@@Law34prez Master Duel is my last hurrah. If it goes down, then that's it for me. This should be something to invest in for the long term instead of creating sequel games.
@@Law34prez in some aspects I agree. However, since we’re comparing with the paper format, having MD gone is a much much lower chance than in the TCG where a card is banned and now a card loses a lot of its value.
I do what you said at the end dabble in both. I use Master Duel for regular play and testing. When I just have some free time and wanna crunch some duels if im not in the mood for other games, and to test cards and deck building to see if its worth trying out ans building in TCG for locals. Obviously not gonna invest into certain cards that cost more than a box set for a single copy, but it definitely fun to have a little side hobby to pick up a box set once a month if my budget is good and to collect some cards here and there to line my binders. I know stuff like magic and pokemon are better TCG, but they have to much in my opinion. Though I will admit their tins are better design wise.
@@francisharkins Yea man, at the end of the day, I just like Yu-Gi-Oh. I play links more than MD but same concept exactly. Then when I get some nerd time I'll just build and rebuild physical decks for fun. Might hit a locals every now and then but not really. A blunt and a build is just fine for me 😁
It is konamis fault in my eyes. If product was good, more game stores would carry it, more people would buy it. 10-15-20 years ago you couldn't go 2 streets down without a store carrying at least some yugioh stuff. Every gamestore, bookstore whatnot had them. Nowadays OTS stores are closing because every other set seems to rot on shelves and even the good ones are barely worth getting over singles. People are older, they got kids and responsibilities you wont just gamble on boxes randomly. So many of my old yugioh buddies got into pokemon with their kids and dropped yugioh. Master duel is awesome I agree. One issue is that since it's the "raw core game" is that you don't get the random fun stuff you get at a chill locals. It's mostly peak competitive stuff.
I think digital might be better for competetive, but for me the most fun i have when talking about casual play is my locals. Theres very few expensive decks and playing with rewl people irl is great
A lot of yugitubers don’t like to talk about it for some reason but YGO omega is FREE, fully scripted, has all cards, has animations. For PC, android and IOS. You can play latest ban list or even edison. And less than 30 seconds to find a match.
I see no reason why Konami won’t keep both (unless the physical product market tanks and is no longer profitable). As you pointed out, there’s benefits to both and, for Konami, it’s a way of “double dipping.”
That's rough. My brother got his deck stolen a decade ago and playing in person was never the same for him. I can't imagine a whole collection being gone.
The thing that’s nice about master duel is being able to see how rulings play out with having to guess or misinterpret cards. The downside is they are so behind on cards and ban lists. Also, if the tcg disappears then Konami will likely charge more for master duel… imo the video game is a supplement to the cards
I agree with you 100%. That's how I learned to play modern YGO, by play testing in Master duels and watching youtubers play IRL. If I didn't have these 2 tools, I would have never had the courage to to sign up for a tournament in my locals. Because of the slow releases of new cards and weird banlist(MD vs TCG), I have accidentally cheated out Dragoon using branded fusion with my branded despia deck. The reason being, dragoon being banned at that time and watching people play in dueling book out of order confused me. At the same time, some people might have cheated too since I don't know how the new TCG cards work without testing in MD. So far, I have only entered 4 tournaments. Most of the time I go 3W and 2L or vice versa. I have only won 1st place one time.
The thing for me personally, is that there is a good benefit that will come out of this. The fact that this conversation is going on, is gonna force them to make the actual physical cardgame more accesible and cheaper if they want it to survive
I totally understand your point about the monetary and logistical benefits of playing yugioh digitally. But as someone who mainly plays digital formats and has built my channel on them, for me the idea that once the service ends, all that money is gone too keeps me from recommending spending money in them. While it is cheaper to get in, you don't actually own any of the cards in your account. You can always sell your TCG collection to get some money back (even if the price drops) but once Master Duel and Duel Links' life cycle is over and they introduce a new game, all that money you spent is gone. Personally, I’m more willing to spend a decent amount of money on paper cards than digital assets at this point. The reason people get so concerned about reprints in the TCG is because the cards actually have value to them. There are pros and cons for sure, but that's my two cents as a primarily digital player
You hit the nail on the head for pretty much everything. To jump on your first point. The master duel championship was so much more exciting than any tcg event I’ve watched. It’s so much cleaner, the time rules are better, and you can actually see what’s going on. I’ve never watched so much yugioh in my life.
I hope your really read this comment.. this is a perfect video for defining what modern yugioh and Digital yugioh has to offer.. i was genuinely surprised of how much i agreed with you on this.. and ultimately i want my brother who was really into classic TCG to look at and maybe understand why it might be fun to get into master duel because they know we aren’t gonna get back into physical yugioh anymore.. and why that is.
Not quite it takes no more training or physical exertion for the physical card game than it does for the Digital one. Unless you count showering as Training LoL
Something I like a lot about master duel is being able to read cards without having to ask or take my opponent’s card in the middle of a duel. Master duel even highlights the ongoing effect in a chain. When a new archetype or staple comes out or a card I’ve never seen is revealed and I have no idea what it does sometimes I need to read it a few times before I become familiar with the effects of it. Players in real life sometimes get upset at this and claim this is slow play or may not want you to touch their high rarity deck because of the risk of possibly damaging their cards which I understand. But I need to know what your cards do and if players get upset at me asking to read their cards it just deters me from wanting to play at locals.
Master duel is pretty much the only reasonable way to play the game now without ruining yourself financially unless youre loaded and somehow have nothing else you actually NEED to buy. 😂
I'd be scared to play modern Yugioh in person. Thats so much reading that the opponent could make up some effect and i'd just trust them cause i dont get what their cards do. Masterduel makes everything way easier, it actually tells you which cards you can use at what time if you want
This reads like you not wanting to PLAY the game though. If reading your opponent's cards when you're not familiar with them is an issue why are you playing a tcg?
Seems lot ppl here missed that YGO can be more complicated vs lot other games. In other games like digimon, VG, pokemon etc. the effects and combos are much simpler that u can actually read reliably. Good luck doing that in YGO lol, u need to mostly remember of tons of cards effect else if u read it in person, the duel will take hours. Not to mention where to negate etc. So OP kinda make sense thinking like that. Sure u can remember all of that by playing the game for a while. But that's part of reason why YGO barely gaining new players, game bit too daunting for newbie. Master duel actually fixed this part of problem a bit by automated duel, so no one can cheat on u or have some illegal activation that u dunno and u jus let it pass by coz u dunno what the card does.
@@PricefieldPunk Exactly there's no way I could play this in IRL. Half the time I have no clue what's happening and the games doesn't say even in the log.
@@invertbrid Yugioh’s combo lines are LONGER not necessarily more complicated, though some decks most certainly are. The situation you describe is just part of learning a card game with mid-turn counter play. You’re not gonna know how to beat every deck or what every card does. That’s fine, it’s part of the game. I’d strongly argue that, generally, yugioh is no more complicated than the other two major TCGs (Magic and Pokemon). HOWEVER, I will stand by that while it may not be more complex, it is INFINITELY more punishing for simply not knowing which is WHY the learning curve feels steeper than it actually is. Imo that’s fine though. Reading your opponent’s cards in any tcg won’t immediately tell you what their game plan/strategy if you’re just starting out. That’s not unique to yugioh. The only thing that can really put people off in practice is being thrown into the deep end (which isn’t good for ANY tcg, let alone one as hard on beginners as yugioh). It can absolutely be confusing to read a modern meta staple with 7 lines of text and not know what you’re doing or what exactly the card does. However, the same thing can be said for Magic. Keywords can be hard to learn, especially when they change based on the block. Yugioh circumvents key words by using simple phrases that are very explicit. The complexity of yugioh is the PSCT (Problem Solving Card Text, in case anyone doesn’t know) not the actual words. It can be annoying to read a card and confuse a colon and a semi-colon sure, but yugioh at its core is a game about fine details to begin with, so I think that’s fine honestly. Idk, I’ve brought several people into the game and the hardest part for them has never been reading the cards, it’s always been the more nuanced things like the difference between “when” and “if” effects, or how the chain resolves to allowing you to dodge cards like infip. Not once have I seen (in practice) a complaint about the reading part of yugioh, it’s always what a given card DOES in a more “big picture” sense to progress the game state, and that was solved by simply seeing more cards and building that knowledge pool to pull from.
I got so sick of TCG players sneering at Master Duel either because of Maxx C or the monthly consistency hit banlists. Turns out those aren’t huge issues when we’re talking about a free simulator where every card is craftable.
"free". A real free simulator is EDOpro, where every card is already in your inventory at 3 copies. MD is a digital casino that will plunder your money or your time grinding the money. The choice, they leave to up to you.
I mean maxx c ruins a lot of games but the saving grace is that if you don't feel like playing into or around maxx c you can just surrender and go next
@@captainwarlock264 Here’s the thing- we know Maxx C is getting banned eventually, the OCG has signalled it. Every format will have the Mulcharmies instead. If you hate that kind of effect on principle, there’s nowhere to avoid it. But in the meantime, as Paul said, Fuwaross is $400 in the TCG and will only be 90 UR CP in Master Duel.
This is one of the best videos you’ve ever done thank you! For me there is one locals about 25 min away technically in another state. It’s super small as this area seems to be way more Magic players so we only get about 12- 16 ppl at locals and I’m not really super close friends with anyone else there as they are super competitive and it’s pretty much only meta decks. There have been literal fights in the parking lot over cheating allegations. I used to subject myself to this twice per week, and I looked at MD like a side alternate format thing. However with prices getting insane, the card shop also increased the price of attending locals so why would I keep paying extra to get the same OTS packs and not have consistent fun? Like you Paul I love the physical cards, I purchase many decks I don’t even bring to locals because I just love having them. I’m also getting older and I’m not seeing a lot of positive change in the TCG environment. We haven’t had new players at my locals in forever, and I have recently restarted playing MD on my PS5 and it’s such a big difference. I can play 3-4 decks after work and not even worry remotely about cheating. I can’t afford all the paper cards I once wanted. MD makes that easier. I hate MAXX C but I am hoping the differences between games become less over time.
Digital always feels superior to me for playability. Physical wins in terms of longevity and fun. Digital may be taken at a moments notice. Physical has MANY more limiting factors (ie needing to have the cards, someone/somewhere to play and all the needed accessories). It’s a no win to me, personally, since pixels shouldn’t cost; however, they must or the companies wouldn’t continue supporting the game. Physical usually costs significantly more and you must then add all the limitations mentioned above on top. Upside to physical is once it’s yours, it’s YOURS.
I love that MD is affordable but just actially playing it doesn't feel fun for me. I don't enjoy BO1, its the most far behind in terms of releases and there's no social aspect to it
@@shakeweller the difference there is that hearthstone was designed to be digital from the start, it literally can't be translated into paper, ygo was designed in paper first and thus cutting off that avenue would be a detriment as Konami would be cutting off a revenue source for no reason
Physical yugioh to me is just not worth it. The local scene is super competitive now and most players are degenerates that im forced to listen to and play with
For me the most appealing part of MD is it's a lot easier to spectate. You get to see all the flashy animations and get a general idea of what's happening.
I totally agree with this one. I can only attend locals one time each month due to how far away it is but I love playing Master Duel everyday. However, nothing beats playing with your own cards.
Ygo was in such a fine spot 2 years ago, then we had some shaky meta times, but hey there was a light of hope with the Rarity Collection making the game more affordable for more players. But with Konami banning the now affordable cards, first concerns were being raised; not only banning what people just finaly were able to afford but do so instead of hitting THE meta deck at the time; then we get the FS cards... with 3 Secret Rares. Then we get a banlist... on the last day of August, that again bans affordable reprints and buts SE on ice for a month or two. Then the Tins which sounded great but they fk it up to make the key cards not affordable / accessible for most. And then they print the next set of meta defining cards in secret Rare again. This year was just kick in the balls after kick in the balls from the YGO TCG side - just such poor behavior towards the player base. A new low for Konami standards even.
I'd love to see more animation added to master duel. Special moves from the anime used in the game would make replays awesome Tournament wise. If you have the deck and they let you register it to duel would be fine. It would be more epic to watch online
@@gregoryowain2073 that and get little small versions of the top used cards on your field. I'd say start with the basics like dark magician and blue eyes or the meta decks and each new wave comes with animations. Would be hyped up without much effort. Some cards I feel had an animation but on replay they have none. It's not even much work to do for them and would probably bring in more fans
Blackwings are genuinely exhausting to play on Master Duel, especially when you keep a Maxx C or something in your hand open while you go through your combo. The physical games make shortcuts easier AND you are not fighting against a chess timer.
Crazy that I’ve been telling my friends this since Duel Links worlds and now people are actually believing it. I’ve been saying Yu Gi Oh at the state it’s going, physical cards are better off as collectibles and the dueling is best played digital. Keeping up with chain links, graveyard effects and all that has becoming so taxing, at least in my eyes, that it’s so easy and volatile that someone can just cheat, whether intentionally or accidentally, and the digital way to play overcomes this.
As someone who has limited time, a family with 2 under 2, limited funds, no one to actually play with and no LGS' near by, I only consume Yugioh via anime rewatches and Duel Links for the last 2.5 years
I got back to YGO thanks to Master Duel. Last time I played was during Zoodiac/ True Draco format, and I couldn’t keep up anymore with the time and money investment. Lately I’ve been considering coming back to TCG. Even though I’m considering getting a Hero deck, which is seemingly a cheaper deck, Id probably have to spend at least $200 to also get the staples. Then I’d have to commute to play with people at locals. Thus far I’m not feeling it’s worth it
Me, who hasn't played Traditonal Yugioh since the Early 2010s (possibly longer), but hopped onto Master Duel last week, and literally played a game on his lunch break at work and won before the video was over: "...He might be spitting."
Unfortunately, as fun as master duel may be, I can’t bring myself to play it more than a few games a season. Maybe when traveling I’ll grind a rank tier or two, but it never really sticks. As of the last 3 months or so I’ve gotten a group of friends together to meet once every other week to play physical TCG at a casual level and it’s infinitely more fun (maybe I’ll make a video one day?) but nothing beats the feeling of playing the physical game with friends for me
I have three things to say about master duel 1. We need more search options, weather it be by dates, by weather you got them through master packs, secret packs, or by weather you got them from specific solo mode chapters or specific secret packs. 2. Why can i not erase individual letters on master duel when i search something up? 3.master duel is still broken on the playstation platforms (ps4 esspecially)
I disagree because it's too long and expensive for new players to collect gems while playing master duel. New players wants to change their decks and play different ones, but it costs, because staples and some cards are expensive.
Great video Paul. I live on the boundaries of Mexico City. The only place to play TCG is located on the downtown. It takes me 2 and half hours to get there. I've been fan and player of Yu-Gi-Oh since 2002, and the only way I keep updated to formats, card pool and the game itself is by playing Master Duel. Regards!
I'm an Asian college student, living in an area where TCGs are virtually dead unless you're in a massive city AND if you're lucky. Yugioh has always been smth I've enjoyed, even as a child. Now that I'm older, I'd like to at least play it in person, but card shops are virtually non-existent here. I'd have to travel around 3-5 hours if I want to reach a card shop to play at. I've basically been an MD player just because I can't access the game irl. That and card prices are unaffordable and would be impractical to buy for the most part
1. Master Duel helps you remember to activate your traps. 2. Master Duel makes it simpler to understand your opponents cards and effects by highlighting what effect was used and or is possible. 3. Seeing a variety of decks on ladder gives you information on the meta and exposes you to cards and archetypes you may not have known of if you've been away from the game for a while. 4. Master Duel makes it easier to understand the game if you really want to "learn". 5. Your cards don't get damaged. 6. You can actually play the game and build a collection without spending money...seriously....do all the solo player content and you'll have more than 3000 gems on top of all the gems they jus give you. 7. Master Duel is a GODSEND for people who like to experiment.
it's not really 3v3, it's 3 separate 1v1s. i would love if some sort of tag duel came to master duel...i put it in every survey they do...deaf ears man.
I watched the video, but the jist still stands. Don’t mean to brag, but as a landlord of 4 investment properties and someone who is debt free, I can clearly afford a play set of Furawoss, but that doesn’t mean I want to. I’d find it appropriate to: (a) invest the $600 or (b) donate the money to charity instead. No matter how you spin it, the game is slowly losing touch with its identity.
@@cbgg1585 good on you man, I’m glad you’re successful! But I think after the creator Kazuki Takahashi’s passing, Yugioh’s Identity is gone and all we have are the memories and adventures he’s given us
@@cbgg1585I agree. Not to brag, but as the owner of a multi-million dollar stock portfolio (Im debt free btw) I could drive one of my G-Wagons (I have 4) down to the card store and spend some dividend income on trading cards but then Im losing out on the compounding effect of reinvesting my dividends.
I wish Konami did yearly rarity updates during the anniversary season. They could lower cards that are either not used or generally weak and give players credits for the dump. This would make the anniversary feel more meaningful and encourage players to try new decks and stay in the community without changing the cost of cards people actually want.
Exactly the reason I only play MD. Edit: The point on not having a card shop close, is the other reason, I mean there is a card shop "close", they just don't carry YGO products anymore (and expensive af).
I love having my physical cards and the social aspect of playing the game in person. Maybe I'm a bit lucky with my locals, but the atmosphere there is always fun where there is usually some lighthearted banter over the course of the duels. After the duel, there's some discussion about how the duel went and how things could have been different. Most people know each other and discuss the decks they play or want to try out, and there's a lot of hanging out both before and after the tournament. Sometimes even just pulling a few packs to see if anybody gets a chase card. It makes me sad that MD doesn't even try to replicate any of the social aspects of the game, not even so much as an emote or a way to tell somebody you enjoyed your duel after it's over. I still play both MD and TCG pretty heavily, but considering how much MD has going for it, it's a bit disappointing how it seems like they really aren't trying to make use of its potential. We're getting close to the 3-year mark, surely we can get time wizard formats, custom banlists, proper tournament organizing, social features, permanent event queues, drafts, more fleshed-out single player content...you know, anything?
I've been struggling to find time and money to invest into this game for over a decade. I want to, I just have other priorities. Being able to at the very least get my fix online is a great alternative. However, I'll concur that it'll never match the experience of actually attending an in-person event.
If there was no way to play digitally, or if digital Yu-Gi-Oh were as costly as the TCG, there simply would not be a possibility for me to play this game anymore. Which would be very sad, I've had a decade long break but my earliest memories of it date back to my childhood and the third or fourth set of packs to ever come out for Yu-Gi-Oh.
Yep, only digital, I won't ever buy real cards again. It simply is not worth it. It's substantially cheaper to produce, which maybe will bring digital costs down too? If so though, we need more yugioh games with normal formats like MD.
It’s scary that everything is turning digital now, from movies being mostly on subscription based platforms to games not having physical copies anymore and now we have tcgs getting turned into collection apps like pokemon pocket and even master duel. there will come a point where we won’t own anything we purchase sadly.
Love the TCG but between none of my in-town friends playing, locals dying off, and $300+ mulcharmies idk if it's worth it which is really depressing. I finally started really playing master duel (I hated playing a months old format and just wanted to test tcg) for the DC cup this weekend and that was pretty fun. Still doesn't compare to playing the physical tcg but I'll work with what I've got
I'm starting to think they haven't added BO3 not for lack of trying or its too difficult / expensive, but because its the only thing keeping a large portion of TCG players from fully switching over. They 100% have the capacity to completely cannibalize their own market.
Master dual would be good if they put formats into it. As it stands it is literally pure suffering if you aren't playing meta. God forbid players having balanced matches and not just steam rolled by meta/current decks
In real life, i built a meta Ra deck from scratch, which was very costly ($550) however in master duel I didn't have to spend a single thing to have the exact copy of my real life deck. I actually lucked out on it to be honest. When i did my 1st play online, i randomly unlocked a Ra secret pack and then escalated from there 😁
Hey! Great video. I agree with you a lot. Specially because of my experience. As a kid I played yugioh almost 20 years ago, I stopped playing because of my religious family, and then 10 years ago when I was 18 I had some friends that played Yugioh, but I felt it was a totally different game and it seemed impossible for me to understand the new rules and ways to plays and to be able to play in a way that was enjoyable for me. Duel links seemed interesting but I felt it was not the actual game as it had less spaces on the field to play. Master duel for me was the app and game that allowed me to understand how yugioh is played now, I've playing since release and playing master duel made me do the jump to TCG. I'm now playing at my local shop and can say I'm grateful to master duel and love the game so much and I will keep playing TCG and master duel
it’s not even just about the price of the cards, but also it’s yugioh card design in general. i’m playing yugioh irl OR online while cards like the melcharmys exist. they are literally turn ending cards with little to no counter play.
This is true for every card game people are more likely to immerse themselves in something they dont need to leave home for its why things like video games have grown even bigger than something like sports
I have been loving Master Duel. I realized this weekend that I've basically been playing it daily for over a year now. I didnt realize it was happening, but its my most played game on the Switch. Its so easy to hop into a game or two while watching TV with family. Now TCG yugioh is harder to get to since its sort of a commitment. Its basically sacrificing an entire evening to play. It does suck that Master Duel sort of forces booster packs on us though. As a player that loves buying singles, I hate that getting UR dust to craft is done through RNG packs. I hate the feeling of gacha mechanics in games I play.
I don't like playing TCG I own cards just as a personal collection, only play on Master duel. Also prefer to watch Yugitubers playing on Master Duel than with the actual cards.
_Mulcharmy Fuwalos will cost 30 UR and that's all I'll ever pay for it._
EDIT: Upon rewatching the video, I realized something I didn't make clear was that I don't see the physical card game DYING outright. I just think that, over time, Master Duel will become the preferred way to play. The paper game isn't going anywhere any time soon, but I do believe there will be newcomers who begin their Yu-Gi-Oh journey from Master Duel and that's okay.
**laughs in ~1,200 UR CP**
@@apsamplifier lol
Still too much if you don't have enough gems to get packs for a chance at 10 ur.
90 u need 3
SCREAM IT LOUDER FOR THE WHALES IN THE BACK
Master Duel is the only way I can actually play Yu-Gi-Oh. The game is dead near me, closest local being about 2 hours away. Being a newcomer (or rather old comer, coming back after a long time) , I don't have friends in the community yet, so really all I can do to play in a fun way as a beginner is Master Duel. But if I were to pick between the two if both were available, I would prefer in person every day of the week.
I'm in the same boat! I'd spend money on cards in a heart beat.
Same here man, well if you have your id friend code I could play with you lol
This is 100% me putting cards in a cart on TCG player with no community or anything 😂. I just like to hold cards in my hand man
my local card shop hates yugioh players im the only one they like because I spend money there lol im basically the only yugioh player left there 😢
I would start playing paper again if maxx c gets unbanned, master duel had so much variety precisely due to its lose bannlist and best of 1 allowing rogue decks to sneak wins, widening the meta
People who overprice cards should be forced to walk on Lego bricks bare footed for basically gatekeeping literal pieces of cardboard that SHOULD be getting more printings. Konami disgusts me sometimes with their tcg practices ugh
I already quit physical card game, duel master is the way
that's impossible, they would pick up the Lego bricks and sell them!
@@TheDragonfridayDuel Masters is pretty fun, yeah, I also play the digital version in Duel Masters Play's and am having a ton of fun.
The problem isn't them. The problem is Konami not making the cards more available. Literally all they have to do is make it more common and the price plummets to reasonable prices.
@@NaNa_W4NT5_F3MNM5Duel Masters Play's is a great game. Personally I like it more than Duel Links and Master Duel, but it's biggest downside it only in Japanese. It can solve with screentranslator apps, but these are translation are very accurate.
Duel Masters failed in the west, but this game could be a good chance to try again, translate a game is way cheaper than printing a physical card game.
Its crazy to me how some people justify overpriced cards by calling it a luxury or referencing old metas that were pricy (Teledad). NONE OF THAT MAKES IT OKAY. No amount of coping justifies spending 100+ dollars (or even 20+ dollars in my opinion) on shiny cardboard and its disappointing that this community has accepted this culture while the OCG easily recieves better treatment. We gotta do better.
it comes from privileged people who see $100 cards as something "a bit pricy" instead of something they could never justify purchasing
+$450 USD for 3 Fuwalos on TCG? or just 90 UR points in MD?
MD.
90 UR points = 9 UR cards you have to dismantle which you aren't guaranteed to get 😂 even after multiple gems which you have to pay for or earn extremely slowly.
TCG pay $ and get the card certainly or MD pay $ and go through a gacha game to get the card randomly
TCG
@heretopissyouoff8439 you'll get those 9 URs to dismantle within like 6000 gems, which is below 80 bucks. Delusional
@@heretopissyouoff8439 pay 80€ for one Copy of a Card or Play the game thats your Hobby online for a month and get 3 copies and more lol
You are delusional if you think tcg is more accessable and cheaper to play than master duel lmao.
Sure If you exhaust Tutorial Missions it will Take you like a month to build new decks, but thats without spending any money and the rate which Hobby intensive players will get new decks anyways in tcg ( you cant Tell me you spend more than 600-900 every month for a Deck lol)... And as you get more cards it will be easier to build Decks because at some Point only Archetype specific URs are left and you can share cards you own across Decks without switching all the time
@@heretopissyouoff8439 Tell me you dont play MD. You are actually guaranteed to get UR card(s) with 10 packs depending on your previous polls.
@@heretopissyouoff8439 this is such a braindead take 😂. I literally play MD everyday and haven't spent a single cent on the game and I have a playset of every staple card. Maxx C, Ash, Imperm, droplets etcs plus the meta decks. Crafting a playset of Mulcharmys will be way cheaper in Master Duel than spending 300 dollars in the TCG.
Another plus point from Master Duel is when a UR card gets banned, you don't lose anything because of their refund system.
Unless you're busy and forget to refund it, leaving you high and dry.
@@RyuseiiTheCrimsonKingThat’s your fault.
@@arrownoir how is it my fault if I for example stopped playing for a year pick it up again and some card got banned during that time, why cant I refund it for 30 then?
@@BaxsStudios You know there’s a window to get a full refund. You can’t blame the game for your absence.
Sounds like a you problem tbh. If you forget, its not the games fault for YOU forgetting@BaxsStudios
I haven't paid a single dime to master duel and I have both Yubel and Snake-eyes
@@iSoaring the caveat is people create multiple accounts, which is fine. If it's one account, eventually you would have to put some money in.
@@spicymemes7458 nope 😭😭I have one account with both decks
@@spicymemes7458 but I’ve also been playing for two years 😭
@@spicymemes7458 or whenever it came out
How bro can u pls help
7:45 literally put me in tears. said with such a straight face.
Yeah nah that was crazy lol we can't let him get away with that
Which is unfortunate because I personally don't have the same connection with digital like I do with the TCG physical card game. Don't get me wrong, I think it's good for players that aren't in a good space with the paper game and its budget is much better.
It’s like any form of media or product. I take great satisfaction in utilizing tangible assets that I own. This is why I ceased PC gaming long ago. The lack of physical media is why i will never build a PC ever again.
Master Duel is great for long commutes to work, uni etc, but if given the choice, I’m opting for physical all the way- even if I’m severely handicapped utilizing inferior rogue decks just because I refuse to spend more than $300 on a Yugioh deck.
I can afford the TCG, but money is still money. Better off using it to donate to charity or invest it instead.
Master duel is limited what to play with it. They could've done more like goat formats etc
I love being able to actually communicate with my opponent, can't do that in digital.
@cbgg1585 There is one way to own your digital products.....🏴☠️
I have a connection to both but I get having that card that's your bestie
Tcg players: Maxx C is bad for the game.
Also TCG Players: Shells $$$ for Maxx C's cousin.
It's almost as if people have hated most meta warping cards but because they're now going to be a focus around design you either own them or are worse off.
It's the same as master duel. No matter your opinion on maxx c, ash, called by, crossout, accescode, barrone, savage anything else in the same vein if you care about playing high level yugioh you have to just take it and accept decks need them.
I love the accessibility and affordability, and I don't have to deal with judge calls, ruling fights, vendors, or adults acting like children when they lose. I like getting my dust back when something is banned. I like how it looks. I like the feel. It's just a better product.
The price of cardboard is too dam high!
Look, perhaps this is just me being old lol, but the main reason why i prefer Master Duel to the TCG is not only because it's immensely cheaper and i can play anywhere, but because the amount of knowledge i have to maintain to remember my own deck combos along with everyone else's combos is a LOT!
The game shows me what's still available for me to do. I know the opponent isn't cheating by making up combos which I'd probably assume is legit due to laziness.
@@SzinDragon This. The lingering effects are crazy, but the quality of life improvements like seeing the Imperm column, the summon counter on Nibiru, checkmarks on what effects were activated this turn, etc. have been a godsend.
The only thing i wish master duel had that the tcg does is best of 3. Maybe not always because the games being quick is one of master duels benefits, but having best of 3 in the more competitive modes would be nice
I'd add best of 3 as an offshoot mode like team mode and casual mode. That way people can still play it or set it up in custom rooms.
For me in the digital age card games are a social event in which you can interact with people in real life
The social component is somewhat underestimated by many. 👍
I think most people have no interest in interacting with your average mentally ill yugioh nerd at a in person event. Most of us can only handle so much BO and autism.
I'm never spending hundreds of dollars for a damn card
Its damn time that these card games control the after market. This is gambling made legal for minors, and the after market burns the idea of collectiong. I do believe thar 5, 10, 20 years old cards should be expensive because they are not produced anymore. But cards recentily lunched are expensive ass well. Im brazilian, imagine cards that are 100 dollars to you, to me they are 570 brl. The average income in my country is 2600 a month. Its realy crazy to even thing of collecting. I no longer try to complete a set aymore because there are cards that are 1000 brl since lunch.
I love master duel for the simple fact of rulings are all automatic. No searching for rare ruling cases and no arguing what can and cant be done.
Also searching your deck IRL is so time consuming compared to all your options just popping up immediate. This just allows for me to stay in the flow of the game more
I love Master Duel, but if there where no more real cards, I would quit Yugioh. I love collecting them
@@Yugiohsachse I mean those that are out there are already out there. The collector's market will always exist
@spicymemes7458 I wonder if they'll still make cards for those that just want to collect them for personal preference, but just make the tournaments and etc digital. I really don't want the card making to stop. I've been collecting since Yu-Gi-Oh ever started.
@@legion_the_dark_phoenix0256 they've already been doing that with the reprinted retro sets like LOB and Metal Raiders
When I got back into Yu Gi oh about a year ago. My friend told me to play branded despia which I bought the albaz strike as my starter. Later I got into master duel and started building my paper deck on master duel. Long story short, MD helped me learn combos with branded despia that I wouldn’t learn from playing the game physically. Even now, when I build new decks on paper, I build them on MD as well to help me learn my cards and combos.
I play master duel for adanced format. The turns take so long, I can tab out or watch a show during the combos.
I play in my Edison locals every week. Some weeks I play in 2 or invite friends over to play.
Master duel is such a waste of your life though. I couldn’t imagine sitting in front of a screen for that long except for work which is obviously my revenue stream.
@@ZackeroniAndCheese you just proved their point…
Returning player here. I went to Duel Links and fell in love. I know it somewhat fell off because of Master duel but im enjoying every moment of it.
“How many inches of MasterDuel” is diabolical
I hate how companies like Konami act like reality doesn't exist and that their game is in the vacuum of space. All they do is act like scalpers and whales dont exist, seemingly even making the cards even more rare to attract them for money. But its just not sustainable at keeping a loyal happy fanbase.
I almost have the opposite opinion. Recently I had to uninstall Master Duel / YGO Omega just because of how addicted I was to online Yu-Gi-Oh. I would just go game after game and suddenly hours passed by and I realized I was missing out on days of my life. I recently made the commitment to only play Yu-Gi-Oh in person which feels so much better to me since it's more of a social hobby
I dont think it's the future. It's just a digital alternative. Master duel has not shown any ability to grow its player population past the average number it settled at toward the end of its launch window when the "new game" player boost wore off. It sits at the same general player count that it was at in mid 2022.
Switch to Japan steam and look at revenue that should explain a lot why the steam numbers does not reflect the actual player counts because the Japanese is not exactly into pc or ps game but even then this game also won golden joystick on Playstation Asia Japan in 2021.
this game is mostly played by "Tanaka on the way home" on mobile, the game does introduce a lot of players to the game, you just can't see it through the English media.
That has been changing. It's not making new players, but existing players fed up with TCG that toggle back and forth. You will see a surge in Master Duel usage when Fuwaros is released. The new players that do come in will be exposed to the digital version first because paper was an entry point for those who were familiar with the anime.
Keep in mind that this game always in the top 50 steam charts revenue even when most players are playing on mobile, that sky striker alt banner is the most insane sales in the history of master racking up 25m usd in a single month alone on mobile.
Most yugioh streamers and youtubers just show master duel stuff now I noticed. Team aps is one the few that still really does actual paper content.
using steam charts as the primary source of player numbers is ridiculous.
I really like MD because the paper game is really expensive in my country (just $100 is expensive to play a card game) and we lack ots in most of the cities.
The wait for the new cards in Master Duel is ROUGH. I got back into it a few months ago when I saw one of your videos with the new Lightsworn support and since they're a personal favorite archetype I wanted to try them out. The cards only just came out on the client and it took almost 5 months to go from TCG to digital which is rough. Still I actually had a ton of fun with solo mode and I was able to try out a bunch of new decks thanks to how incredibly good the game's free to play, and critically structure deck system, is. Certainly one of the best of the free to play TCGs I play.
Master Duel is so f2p that it honestly feels like Konami didn't have much hand in making it. Been playing since day one and I honestly think I've spent like maybe $10 on the game total.
Thats because its likely handled by the OCG. you know, the ones who print cards i multiple rarities tl make them accessible
Yeah, as a Nikke and Clash Royale player since their respective launches, I didn’t feel compelled to pay, but rather wanted to spend money just to thank the devs for pulling back on the greed. Of course there is a ceiling and only so far you can go, but to have achieved 8000 trophies in Clash Royale as a F2P player was pretty fun.
I spent maybe $50 AUD in Master Duel just because I wanted to show appreciation for the generous F2P model
The caveat is if you have multiple accounts, which isn't a long-term solution.
Right after this video I crafted 3 15 dollar cards I’ve never played with before and it felt so good lol
I said this too. I like playing online because games like master duel I can invest literally nothing money wise (If I choose)
My only concern is that MD is a digital, online only game... Regardless of how little you spend, they CAN simply yoink the entire game at any point. Dabble in both if you're really passionate.
@@Law34prez Master Duel is my last hurrah. If it goes down, then that's it for me. This should be something to invest in for the long term instead of creating sequel games.
@@spicymemes7458 I agree. Gaming overall is in a really sad state, but I feel a self correction coming. It always does.
@@Law34prez in some aspects I agree. However, since we’re comparing with the paper format, having MD gone is a much much lower chance than in the TCG where a card is banned and now a card loses a lot of its value.
I do what you said at the end dabble in both. I use Master Duel for regular play and testing. When I just have some free time and wanna crunch some duels if im not in the mood for other games, and to test cards and deck building to see if its worth trying out ans building in TCG for locals. Obviously not gonna invest into certain cards that cost more than a box set for a single copy, but it definitely fun to have a little side hobby to pick up a box set once a month if my budget is good and to collect some cards here and there to line my binders. I know stuff like magic and pokemon are better TCG, but they have to much in my opinion. Though I will admit their tins are better design wise.
@@francisharkins Yea man, at the end of the day, I just like Yu-Gi-Oh. I play links more than MD but same concept exactly. Then when I get some nerd time I'll just build and rebuild physical decks for fun. Might hit a locals every now and then but not really. A blunt and a build is just fine for me 😁
It is konamis fault in my eyes. If product was good, more game stores would carry it, more people would buy it. 10-15-20 years ago you couldn't go 2 streets down without a store carrying at least some yugioh stuff. Every gamestore, bookstore whatnot had them.
Nowadays OTS stores are closing because every other set seems to rot on shelves and even the good ones are barely worth getting over singles.
People are older, they got kids and responsibilities you wont just gamble on boxes randomly. So many of my old yugioh buddies got into pokemon with their kids and dropped yugioh.
Master duel is awesome I agree. One issue is that since it's the "raw core game" is that you don't get the random fun stuff you get at a chill locals. It's mostly peak competitive stuff.
Which stores? If you dont live i a rich western country there ARE NO STORES.
@@shakeweller Eastern Europe here and we have like 3 of them left.
We are really far from a "rich western country".
The game has rooms which can go up to 50 people, so in theory communities could organize together and run whatever format they want.
I think digital might be better for competetive, but for me the most fun i have when talking about casual play is my locals. Theres very few expensive decks and playing with rewl people irl is great
Agreed 👍
I don’t know what to do with the almost 900 UR’s I have.
If MD was BO3, my mental health would be so much better rn
A lot of yugitubers don’t like to talk about it for some reason but YGO omega is FREE, fully scripted, has all cards, has animations. For PC, android and IOS. You can play latest ban list or even edison. And less than 30 seconds to find a match.
I see no reason why Konami won’t keep both (unless the physical product market tanks and is no longer profitable). As you pointed out, there’s benefits to both and, for Konami, it’s a way of “double dipping.”
I used to play card games in person, but one day, someone stole my whole collection of playable cards.
That's rough. My brother got his deck stolen a decade ago and playing in person was never the same for him. I can't imagine a whole collection being gone.
The thing that’s nice about master duel is being able to see how rulings play out with having to guess or misinterpret cards. The downside is they are so behind on cards and ban lists.
Also, if the tcg disappears then Konami will likely charge more for master duel… imo the video game is a supplement to the cards
I agree with you 100%. That's how I learned to play modern YGO, by play testing in Master duels and watching youtubers play IRL. If I didn't have these 2 tools, I would have never had the courage to to sign up for a tournament in my locals.
Because of the slow releases of new cards and weird banlist(MD vs TCG), I have accidentally cheated out Dragoon using branded fusion with my branded despia deck. The reason being, dragoon being banned at that time and watching people play in dueling book out of order confused me. At the same time, some people might have cheated too since I don't know how the new TCG cards work without testing in MD.
So far, I have only entered 4 tournaments. Most of the time I go 3W and 2L or vice versa. I have only won 1st place one time.
MD was never meant to have an identical banlist to the OCG or TCG, so not sure wtf you're talking about in regards to being behind on ban list.
@@IIIIAmSHODAN being behind on the cards. I think it’s like 9 months behind?
The thing for me personally, is that there is a good benefit that will come out of this. The fact that this conversation is going on, is gonna force them to make the actual physical cardgame more accesible and cheaper if they want it to survive
I totally understand your point about the monetary and logistical benefits of playing yugioh digitally.
But as someone who mainly plays digital formats and has built my channel on them, for me the idea that once the service ends, all that money is gone too keeps me from recommending spending money in them. While it is cheaper to get in, you don't actually own any of the cards in your account. You can always sell your TCG collection to get some money back (even if the price drops) but once Master Duel and Duel Links' life cycle is over and they introduce a new game, all that money you spent is gone. Personally, I’m more willing to spend a decent amount of money on paper cards than digital assets at this point.
The reason people get so concerned about reprints in the TCG is because the cards actually have value to them.
There are pros and cons for sure, but that's my two cents as a primarily digital player
You hit the nail on the head for pretty much everything. To jump on your first point. The master duel championship was so much more exciting than any tcg event I’ve watched. It’s so much cleaner, the time rules are better, and you can actually see what’s going on. I’ve never watched so much yugioh in my life.
With COVID slowly starting back up again, digital is indeed the future of the yugioh card game.
Lady rona is back?
I hope your really read this comment.. this is a perfect video for defining what modern yugioh and Digital yugioh has to offer.. i was genuinely surprised of how much i agreed with you on this.. and ultimately i want my brother who was really into classic TCG to look at and maybe understand why it might be fun to get into master duel because they know we aren’t gonna get back into physical yugioh anymore.. and why that is.
It's like killing real basketball in exchange for NBA2K.
Not quite it takes no more training or physical exertion for the physical card game than it does for the Digital one. Unless you count showering as Training LoL
That's not the same comparison. You playing with characters and you're not really playing yourself like a sport.
The thing about MD is you can play every time and I have all the cards that I need.
The downside is Maxx "C" :/
Something I like a lot about master duel is being able to read cards without having to ask or take my opponent’s card in the middle of a duel. Master duel even highlights the ongoing effect in a chain. When a new archetype or staple comes out or a card I’ve never seen is revealed and I have no idea what it does sometimes I need to read it a few times before I become familiar with the effects of it. Players in real life sometimes get upset at this and claim this is slow play or may not want you to touch their high rarity deck because of the risk of possibly damaging their cards which I understand. But I need to know what your cards do and if players get upset at me asking to read their cards it just deters me from wanting to play at locals.
Master duel is pretty much the only reasonable way to play the game now without ruining yourself financially unless youre loaded and somehow have nothing else you actually NEED to buy. 😂
I'd be scared to play modern Yugioh in person. Thats so much reading that the opponent could make up some effect and i'd just trust them cause i dont get what their cards do. Masterduel makes everything way easier, it actually tells you which cards you can use at what time if you want
That’s not a good excuse. Part of being good at a card game is having knowledge of what cards do (ie. Studying and researching)
This reads like you not wanting to PLAY the game though. If reading your opponent's cards when you're not familiar with them is an issue why are you playing a tcg?
Seems lot ppl here missed that YGO can be more complicated vs lot other games. In other games like digimon, VG, pokemon etc. the effects and combos are much simpler that u can actually read reliably.
Good luck doing that in YGO lol, u need to mostly remember of tons of cards effect else if u read it in person, the duel will take hours. Not to mention where to negate etc.
So OP kinda make sense thinking like that. Sure u can remember all of that by playing the game for a while. But that's part of reason why YGO barely gaining new players, game bit too daunting for newbie.
Master duel actually fixed this part of problem a bit by automated duel, so no one can cheat on u or have some illegal activation that u dunno and u jus let it pass by coz u dunno what the card does.
@@PricefieldPunk Exactly there's no way I could play this in IRL. Half the time I have no clue what's happening and the games doesn't say even in the log.
@@invertbrid Yugioh’s combo lines are LONGER not necessarily more complicated, though some decks most certainly are. The situation you describe is just part of learning a card game with mid-turn counter play. You’re not gonna know how to beat every deck or what every card does. That’s fine, it’s part of the game. I’d strongly argue that, generally, yugioh is no more complicated than the other two major TCGs (Magic and Pokemon). HOWEVER, I will stand by that while it may not be more complex, it is INFINITELY more punishing for simply not knowing which is WHY the learning curve feels steeper than it actually is.
Imo that’s fine though. Reading your opponent’s cards in any tcg won’t immediately tell you what their game plan/strategy if you’re just starting out. That’s not unique to yugioh. The only thing that can really put people off in practice is being thrown into the deep end (which isn’t good for ANY tcg, let alone one as hard on beginners as yugioh). It can absolutely be confusing to read a modern meta staple with 7 lines of text and not know what you’re doing or what exactly the card does. However, the same thing can be said for Magic. Keywords can be hard to learn, especially when they change based on the block. Yugioh circumvents key words by using simple phrases that are very explicit. The complexity of yugioh is the PSCT (Problem Solving Card Text, in case anyone doesn’t know) not the actual words. It can be annoying to read a card and confuse a colon and a semi-colon sure, but yugioh at its core is a game about fine details to begin with, so I think that’s fine honestly.
Idk, I’ve brought several people into the game and the hardest part for them has never been reading the cards, it’s always been the more nuanced things like the difference between “when” and “if” effects, or how the chain resolves to allowing you to dodge cards like infip. Not once have I seen (in practice) a complaint about the reading part of yugioh, it’s always what a given card DOES in a more “big picture” sense to progress the game state, and that was solved by simply seeing more cards and building that knowledge pool to pull from.
I got so sick of TCG players sneering at Master Duel either because of Maxx C or the monthly consistency hit banlists.
Turns out those aren’t huge issues when we’re talking about a free simulator where every card is craftable.
Not every card is craftable. They are missing a huge portfolio of cards.
"free". A real free simulator is EDOpro, where every card is already in your inventory at 3 copies. MD is a digital casino that will plunder your money or your time grinding the money. The choice, they leave to up to you.
I mean maxx c ruins a lot of games but the saving grace is that if you don't feel like playing into or around maxx c you can just surrender and go next
@@captainwarlock264 Here’s the thing- we know Maxx C is getting banned eventually, the OCG has signalled it. Every format will have the Mulcharmies instead. If you hate that kind of effect on principle, there’s nowhere to avoid it.
But in the meantime, as Paul said, Fuwaross is $400 in the TCG and will only be 90 UR CP in Master Duel.
It is for anyone who doesn't want to play a bo1 maxx c minigame
i miss playing IRL so much, so much it hurts
This is one of the best videos you’ve ever done thank you! For me there is one locals about 25 min away technically in another state. It’s super small as this area seems to be way more Magic players so we only get about 12- 16 ppl at locals and I’m not really super close friends with anyone else there as they are super competitive and it’s pretty much only meta decks. There have been literal fights in the parking lot over cheating allegations. I used to subject myself to this twice per week, and I looked at MD like a side alternate format thing. However with prices getting insane, the card shop also increased the price of attending locals so why would I keep paying extra to get the same OTS packs and not have consistent fun? Like you Paul I love the physical cards, I purchase many decks I don’t even bring to locals because I just love having them. I’m also getting older and I’m not seeing a lot of positive change in the TCG environment. We haven’t had new players at my locals in forever, and I have recently restarted playing MD on my PS5 and it’s such a big difference. I can play 3-4 decks after work and not even worry remotely about cheating. I can’t afford all the paper cards I once wanted. MD makes that easier. I hate MAXX C but I am hoping the differences between games become less over time.
Digital always feels superior to me for playability. Physical wins in terms of longevity and fun.
Digital may be taken at a moments notice. Physical has MANY more limiting factors (ie needing to have the cards, someone/somewhere to play and all the needed accessories).
It’s a no win to me, personally, since pixels shouldn’t cost; however, they must or the companies wouldn’t continue supporting the game.
Physical usually costs significantly more and you must then add all the limitations mentioned above on top.
Upside to physical is once it’s yours, it’s YOURS.
I love that MD is affordable but just actially playing it doesn't feel fun for me. I don't enjoy BO1, its the most far behind in terms of releases and there's no social aspect to it
We need both, utlimately card games will need physical print and digital options. More variety ans accessibility= long term success
This. More options for people on how they choose to play the game is always a good thing.
@poenpotzu2865 you're simply capitulating to more dominant TCGs. If YuGiOh becomes a phone game it will last as long as a phone game lol
Hearthstone is 100% digital and still the most successful CCG
@@shakeweller the difference there is that hearthstone was designed to be digital from the start, it literally can't be translated into paper, ygo was designed in paper first and thus cutting off that avenue would be a detriment as Konami would be cutting off a revenue source for no reason
Physical yugioh to me is just not worth it. The local scene is super competitive now and most players are degenerates that im forced to listen to and play with
For me the most appealing part of MD is it's a lot easier to spectate. You get to see all the flashy animations and get a general idea of what's happening.
I totally agree with this one. I can only attend locals one time each month due to how far away it is but I love playing Master Duel everyday. However, nothing beats playing with your own cards.
If Master Duel was made to play with friends a bit better (and if Maxx C wasn't at 3 in the game), I would most likely not ever play paper.
Ygo was in such a fine spot 2 years ago, then we had some shaky meta times, but hey there was a light of hope with the Rarity Collection making the game more affordable for more players.
But with Konami banning the now affordable cards, first concerns were being raised; not only banning what people just finaly were able to afford but do so instead of hitting THE meta deck at the time; then we get the FS cards... with 3 Secret Rares. Then we get a banlist... on the last day of August, that again bans affordable reprints and buts SE on ice for a month or two.
Then the Tins which sounded great but they fk it up to make the key cards not affordable / accessible for most.
And then they print the next set of meta defining cards in secret Rare again.
This year was just kick in the balls after kick in the balls from the YGO TCG side - just such poor behavior towards the player base. A new low for Konami standards even.
I'd love to see more animation added to master duel. Special moves from the anime used in the game would make replays awesome
Tournament wise. If you have the deck and they let you register it to duel would be fine. It would be more epic to watch online
@@ivanbluecool I think this would actually really help build the player base if it had more animations
@@gregoryowain2073 that and get little small versions of the top used cards on your field.
I'd say start with the basics like dark magician and blue eyes or the meta decks and each new wave comes with animations. Would be hyped up without much effort. Some cards I feel had an animation but on replay they have none. It's not even much work to do for them and would probably bring in more fans
Overpriced card with underwhelming prize. The hell is Yugioh become.
Blackwings are genuinely exhausting to play on Master Duel, especially when you keep a Maxx C or something in your hand open while you go through your combo. The physical games make shortcuts easier AND you are not fighting against a chess timer.
Crazy that I’ve been telling my friends this since Duel Links worlds and now people are actually believing it. I’ve been saying Yu Gi Oh at the state it’s going, physical cards are better off as collectibles and the dueling is best played digital.
Keeping up with chain links, graveyard effects and all that has becoming so taxing, at least in my eyes, that it’s so easy and volatile that someone can just cheat, whether intentionally or accidentally, and the digital way to play overcomes this.
As someone who has limited time, a family with 2 under 2, limited funds, no one to actually play with and no LGS' near by, I only consume Yugioh via anime rewatches and Duel Links for the last 2.5 years
This argument is justified in that I have 2 majias in MD pulled from packs but ain't no way in hell I'm paying for an irl one
I got back to YGO thanks to Master Duel. Last time I played was during Zoodiac/ True Draco format, and I couldn’t keep up anymore with the time and money investment. Lately I’ve been considering coming back to TCG. Even though I’m considering getting a Hero deck, which is seemingly a cheaper deck, Id probably have to spend at least $200 to also get the staples. Then I’d have to commute to play with people at locals. Thus far I’m not feeling it’s worth it
Duel Links is still a great option too
Me, who hasn't played Traditonal Yugioh since the Early 2010s (possibly longer), but hopped onto Master Duel last week, and literally played a game on his lunch break at work and won before the video was over:
"...He might be spitting."
Unfortunately, as fun as master duel may be, I can’t bring myself to play it more than a few games a season. Maybe when traveling I’ll grind a rank tier or two, but it never really sticks. As of the last 3 months or so I’ve gotten a group of friends together to meet once every other week to play physical TCG at a casual level and it’s infinitely more fun (maybe I’ll make a video one day?) but nothing beats the feeling of playing the physical game with friends for me
I have three things to say about master duel
1. We need more search options, weather it be by dates, by weather you got them through master packs, secret packs, or by weather you got them from specific solo mode chapters or specific secret packs.
2. Why can i not erase individual letters on master duel when i search something up?
3.master duel is still broken on the playstation platforms (ps4 esspecially)
I disagree because it's too long and expensive for new players to collect gems while playing master duel. New players wants to change their decks and play different ones, but it costs, because staples and some cards are expensive.
Great video Paul. I live on the boundaries of Mexico City. The only place to play TCG is located on the downtown. It takes me 2 and half hours to get there. I've been fan and player of Yu-Gi-Oh since 2002, and the only way I keep updated to formats, card pool and the game itself is by playing Master Duel. Regards!
I will never play master duel when EDO pro exists 😂
@@musvijajuzagrilariocara8583 that's all I play is Edo pro
I'm an Asian college student, living in an area where TCGs are virtually dead unless you're in a massive city AND if you're lucky. Yugioh has always been smth I've enjoyed, even as a child. Now that I'm older, I'd like to at least play it in person, but card shops are virtually non-existent here. I'd have to travel around 3-5 hours if I want to reach a card shop to play at. I've basically been an MD player just because I can't access the game irl. That and card prices are unaffordable and would be impractical to buy for the most part
1. Master Duel helps you remember to activate your traps. 2. Master Duel makes it simpler to understand your opponents cards and effects by highlighting what effect was used and or is possible. 3. Seeing a variety of decks on ladder gives you information on the meta and exposes you to cards and archetypes you may not have known of if you've been away from the game for a while. 4. Master Duel makes it easier to understand the game if you really want to "learn". 5. Your cards don't get damaged. 6. You can actually play the game and build a collection without spending money...seriously....do all the solo player content and you'll have more than 3000 gems on top of all the gems they jus give you. 7. Master Duel is a GODSEND for people who like to experiment.
it's not really 3v3, it's 3 separate 1v1s. i would love if some sort of tag duel came to master duel...i put it in every survey they do...deaf ears man.
it feels like a fantasy to make a workable tag duel system with modern cards, at least not without an extremely curated card pool.
The future of Yugioh is alternative formats
Rush deul
In Master Duel
This
Domain is a good example.
Reject infinite forbidden, return to substitoad DAD
everyone who comments rn did so without watching the whole vid
I watched the video, but the jist still stands. Don’t mean to brag, but as a landlord of 4 investment properties and someone who is debt free, I can clearly afford a play set of Furawoss, but that doesn’t mean I want to. I’d find it appropriate to: (a) invest the $600 or (b) donate the money to charity instead.
No matter how you spin it, the game is slowly losing touch with its identity.
A landlord who plays yugioh... Pretty gangsta. @@cbgg1585
@@cbgg1585 good on you man, I’m glad you’re successful! But I think after the creator Kazuki Takahashi’s passing, Yugioh’s Identity is gone and all we have are the memories and adventures he’s given us
@@cbgg1585I agree. Not to brag, but as the owner of a multi-million dollar stock portfolio (Im debt free btw) I could drive one of my G-Wagons (I have 4) down to the card store and spend some dividend income on trading cards but then Im losing out on the compounding effect of reinvesting my dividends.
I wish Konami did yearly rarity updates during the anniversary season. They could lower cards that are either not used or generally weak and give players credits for the dump.
This would make the anniversary feel more meaningful and encourage players to try new decks and stay in the community without changing the cost of cards people actually want.
Exactly the reason I only play MD.
Edit: The point on not having a card shop close, is the other reason, I mean there is a card shop "close", they just don't carry YGO products anymore (and expensive af).
I love having my physical cards and the social aspect of playing the game in person. Maybe I'm a bit lucky with my locals, but the atmosphere there is always fun where there is usually some lighthearted banter over the course of the duels. After the duel, there's some discussion about how the duel went and how things could have been different. Most people know each other and discuss the decks they play or want to try out, and there's a lot of hanging out both before and after the tournament. Sometimes even just pulling a few packs to see if anybody gets a chase card. It makes me sad that MD doesn't even try to replicate any of the social aspects of the game, not even so much as an emote or a way to tell somebody you enjoyed your duel after it's over. I still play both MD and TCG pretty heavily, but considering how much MD has going for it, it's a bit disappointing how it seems like they really aren't trying to make use of its potential. We're getting close to the 3-year mark, surely we can get time wizard formats, custom banlists, proper tournament organizing, social features, permanent event queues, drafts, more fleshed-out single player content...you know, anything?
I've been struggling to find time and money to invest into this game for over a decade. I want to, I just have other priorities. Being able to at the very least get my fix online is a great alternative. However, I'll concur that it'll never match the experience of actually attending an in-person event.
If there was no way to play digitally, or if digital Yu-Gi-Oh were as costly as the TCG, there simply would not be a possibility for me to play this game anymore.
Which would be very sad, I've had a decade long break but my earliest memories of it date back to my childhood and the third or fourth set of packs to ever come out for Yu-Gi-Oh.
I’ll return to Master Duel when Maxx “C” gets banned
Yep, only digital, I won't ever buy real cards again. It simply is not worth it. It's substantially cheaper to produce, which maybe will bring digital costs down too? If so though, we need more yugioh games with normal formats like MD.
The future of Yu-Gi-Oh is proxies. Stop giving them money for their terrible products and decisions.
say it LOUDER for the people in the back
It’s scary that everything is turning digital now, from movies being mostly on subscription based platforms to games not having physical copies anymore and now we have tcgs getting turned into collection apps like pokemon pocket and even master duel. there will come a point where we won’t own anything we purchase sadly.
only a matter of time before you car starts expecting a subscription service.
Love the TCG but between none of my in-town friends playing, locals dying off, and $300+ mulcharmies idk if it's worth it which is really depressing. I finally started really playing master duel (I hated playing a months old format and just wanted to test tcg) for the DC cup this weekend and that was pretty fun. Still doesn't compare to playing the physical tcg but I'll work with what I've got
I'm starting to think they haven't added BO3 not for lack of trying or its too difficult / expensive, but because its the only thing keeping a large portion of TCG players from fully switching over. They 100% have the capacity to completely cannibalize their own market.
All master duel needs is a side deck and best of three than I will never touch paper yugioh ever again 😂
It is the future. Without a shadow of a doubt. Saves a lot of physical space, chess timer mechanics (to f*ck those burn/lp gain cheese). Crafting..
What's wild is the rarity hike doesnt even effect product sales positivly, the OCG sealed sales are proof of this.
Master dual would be good if they put formats into it. As it stands it is literally pure suffering if you aren't playing meta. God forbid players having balanced matches and not just steam rolled by meta/current decks
In real life, i built a meta Ra deck from scratch, which was very costly ($550) however in master duel I didn't have to spend a single thing to have the exact copy of my real life deck. I actually lucked out on it to be honest. When i did my 1st play online, i randomly unlocked a Ra secret pack and then escalated from there 😁
Hey! Great video. I agree with you a lot. Specially because of my experience. As a kid I played yugioh almost 20 years ago, I stopped playing because of my religious family, and then 10 years ago when I was 18 I had some friends that played Yugioh, but I felt it was a totally different game and it seemed impossible for me to understand the new rules and ways to plays and to be able to play in a way that was enjoyable for me. Duel links seemed interesting but I felt it was not the actual game as it had less spaces on the field to play. Master duel for me was the app and game that allowed me to understand how yugioh is played now, I've playing since release and playing master duel made me do the jump to TCG. I'm now playing at my local shop and can say I'm grateful to master duel and love the game so much and I will keep playing TCG and master duel
it’s not even just about the price of the cards, but also it’s yugioh card design in general. i’m playing yugioh irl OR online while cards like the melcharmys exist. they are literally turn ending cards with little to no counter play.
This is true for every card game people are more likely to immerse themselves in something they dont need to leave home for its why things like video games have grown even bigger than something like sports
I have been loving Master Duel. I realized this weekend that I've basically been playing it daily for over a year now. I didnt realize it was happening, but its my most played game on the Switch. Its so easy to hop into a game or two while watching TV with family.
Now TCG yugioh is harder to get to since its sort of a commitment. Its basically sacrificing an entire evening to play.
It does suck that Master Duel sort of forces booster packs on us though. As a player that loves buying singles, I hate that getting UR dust to craft is done through RNG packs. I hate the feeling of gacha mechanics in games I play.
Masterduel needs to decrease the timer by 2 mins for the first turn. There’s no reason a person needs 5 mins for their first turn.
I don't like playing TCG I own cards just as a personal collection, only play on Master duel.
Also prefer to watch Yugitubers playing on Master Duel than with the actual cards.