I mean for each signer, their signer dragon is obviously either their ace or boss monster, especially considering they usually play them and support as a part of their deck/core strategy.
I just realized a major coincidence Junk Warrior and Decode Talker have 2300atk, are considered their other Aces besides their 2500atk monster, and were used and got the win in the final duels of their respective series
..... Anyone remember one of Jaden's other frequently played monsters with that attack? Because I'd say Yugi's backup ace is Gaia and that also has 2300 attack. The closest I can think of is flame wing man and that's 200 atk short.... Okay I just checked and the closest are Thunder giant with 2400 and E hero Gaia with 2200. Which is funny because there's a performer pal I think I remember Yuya using and 3 number monsters that may have been used in zexal? I didn't watch it so I don't know. Unless there's an anime only list I have no idea why Jaden seems to be the exception to this.
@@TheDark4lightYou mean Yuma Tsukumo the main protagonist of zexal never had an ace and was an amateur player not knowing anything about the game making misplays. If you consider the final duel between them Yuma ace (Utopic Future) and Astral's ace is (Utopia) in the final duel its exactly like DM's ceremonial duel. Yuya Sakaki has 4 if you consider the other 3 as one each considering the dimensions then its the 4 dimension dragons Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon.
I was unironically realizing that about 4-8 hours ago while doing some character leveling in Duel Links. Such a random but cool parallel. Also Yusei and Junk Warrior were the origin to the audience of Synchro Summoning, and Decode Talker and Play Maker were the origin of Link Monsters also. And Synchro and Link monsters are the most common (alongside Pendulum) summoning methods called out for being why yugioh fell off (which is dumb imo), and both Synchro Summoning and Link Summoning were creations of eras in the TCG. Synchro was big because it was the first new summoning style. Link was different because of Master Duel 4 before they made it the version we have today (if you don't know, imagine summoning from the extra deck required either the Extra Monster Zone or a Link Monster's Link arrow. Really imo dumb and I'm honestly glad I wasn't a duelist at the time, probably would've felt rough)
@@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan Synchros, Xyz, and Pendulum where either one of each mechanic was supposed to be the last mechanic of the game. But somehow didn't happen till links came becoming the last one if you don't include (Maximum) but I don't mind it at all because even I enjoyed all of the mechanics and characters from each eras pros and cons of course are included.
Ah 5D's. The one who introduced summoning chants to the yu-gi-oh franchise (yes, yes, I know DM did it first with the Winged Dragon of Ra, but it was 5D's that made it a main feature and a staple going forward). Still my favorite season of the franchise. Thanks for this. Trully.
Junk Warrior represents Yusei picking himself up and relying on his friends who may be weaker than him to help move him forward and motivate him. Stardust Dragon represents Yusei’s willingness to help others even at risk to himself. Which is exactly how and why he lost Stardust Dragon to Jack in the first place. They are both Yusei’s ace monsters for different reasons.
I would argue Hundred Eyes Dragon is Kiryu's Ace as a Dark Signer/during his fall to evil. Since it also fits thematically with his original backstory of trying to conquer all of Satellite, absorbing everything around him to further his ambitions. Eventually doing away with all other options, much like how Infernity limits one's freedom by giving up their hand. And then Infernity Death Dragon is his ace following his revival. Which fits his state of mind during Crashtown, since in that arc he was constantly taking extreme risks to see if he deserves redemption or if he should die as atonement for his past sins. So a card whose effect while strong actively handicaps his abilities makes thematic sense.
I love Junk warrior. It holds a special place in my heart along with Junk synchron as those two were the cards I really wanted when I was a kid. I still hope for a retrain/upgrade of Junk warrior as he was Yusei's ace for a good portion of the first season
The Crow originally as a villain thing turned out to be unlikely. There's a really interesting reddit post talking about the theory and debunking it, from the OCG release date of the cards compared to the anime's production, to the design philosophy and attitude of the 5D's producer.
@@ezrawyvern6795 it literally makes no sense for anyone else. Jack was already hashed out, kalin had a really good enough reason honestly, but crow still is good even through hardship and fights WITH the signers. I'm convinced ppl don't pay attention .
@@Diamondr11Blue These are the same people who believe Carly's role in the anime was reduced and the series taking on more sci-fi elements because her seiyuu was found to be part of a cult. Despite the fact that when this was discovered, the show had already wrapped up production.
Junk Warrior is just a cool Synchro Monster. The first time I saw it in the anime was a fun experience. Stardust Dragon, Black Rose Deagon, and Black-Winged Dragon are also my favorite ace monsters, too.
For Crow it's definitely Armor master, since he worked to get it out as he was not a Signer at first. And the warrior aspect reflects that he fights for other's especially the Orphans in the slums.
@davidwhidden9337 I really liked his character arc. He knows he's not destined for the fight with the Dark Signers yet took on the Mantle because it was the right thing to do. Then, for his righteousness and sacrifice, he was rewarded with the Mark of the Signer. So he can fight alongside his friends to defend Huamnity. And he eventually got his Destined Dragon and the Truth about his Best friend/ mentor.
13:52 Similar to Alexis in the GX video, Kalin seemed to use Vorse Raider and before his first duel with Yusei, Kalin threw it at Yusei and Crow Yusei recognizes the card in season 1 ep 32 maybe as a familiar card from Kalin’s deck in the English Dub
I love that Stardust Dragon has a trap card that special summon him,but only if your oponent try to destroy 2 of your cards which could by seen as if you hurt Yusei he docent care,but if you hurt more people then just him which would make sense
The Signer Dragons are so cool and I'm so glad years later, we get evolutions for the rest of them. Though I'm still waiting for the Ancient Fairy Dragon one, Konami!
As much as I love the idea of his aces being his personality depicted on Junk Warrior and Stardust Dragon, I can't shake the feeling that Junk Synchron and Speed Warrior deserve a spot as well.
So to talk about that Crow thing: it’s not true. Blackwings were released in November 7th 2012 with the episode airing Crow aired in November 28th and knowing how animation works it wouldn’t be possible or realistic to change it within that timeframe. It’s fake that someone on Reddit made up. Same with Carly’s Va being in a cult causing her to be written out of the final arc of 5Ds
Stardust: Protection Red Dragon Archfiend: Power Black Rose Dragon: Destruction Ancient Fairy Dragon: Spirit Guardian Lifestream Dragon: Life force Black Wing Dragon: Masochist?🤷♂️
I'd offer up Endurance. Black Wing Dragon's able to take on damaging effects onto itself to shield others, and hold out long enough to dish out that same pain back.
Yugioh 5ds is my favorite season of the franchise. It had great characters (jack atlas is a riot lol), an over the top story that only yugioh could make, best girl Akiza Izinski, and some of the best ace monster Hell when i got back into yugioh a few years ago the first thing i did was buy all of the signers ace monsters and as much of their variants as I could. And this just in, they made black wing dragon assault mode! That means pretty soon the rest of the aces will get more as well and I'm all here for it lol
It's interesting how you brought up the whole "Crow was suppose to be a dark singer" theory since there's tons of proof between both sides on whether or not that is true or not, with the biggest one being the lack of time between when Crow was introduced vs when the Blackwings came to the ocg
@@Diamondr11Blue him being a dark singer sure that can be possible, him being a good guy cause people thought Blackwings were cool, can't be the reason why they switch though
Reminder that the thing with Crow Hogan being a villan was a flase rumor that's been debunked heavily. I don't remember the details on the top of my head but theres details out there disproving this heavily
So tired of this crackthreory. He has no reason to be evil, we don't need kalin 2.0. The kids wouldn't be a trigger since he was angry but still fighting on the good side. Besides if he had to fight the Signers he would have to face kids, which he would never hurt!
@@Diamondr11Blue and then on top of that, the part that disproves it is based on time frame. I'm remembering it a bit more, but from what I remember, when Crow showed up in 5Ds in Japan, Black wings weren't even released yet, and one of the if not the main reason people "think they changed" it was because people liked Blackwings, and they were good in comp. Literally impossible to predict with the animation pipeline so they would've had to scrap mid animating a lot of hard work that also costed money, it's objectively a bad business decision. So they definitely didn't
@@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan his cards came out a month after his debut and by that time infernities and synchron / plant archetype were popular. Besides on the concept arts we see the dark signers with no crow. Crow has his own art and there's one before it with resemblance to him is all
@@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan seems to be a bunch of bitter akiza fans blaming him and making this weird shit up. Yusei's the one who truly stole thr spotlight from everyone
I remember while watching I also came up with a "Junk" theme deck but they had a more "Frankenstein" look as in being a patchwork creation made out of multiple parts. That deck had a slight Fantasy theme with monsters like Junkyard King, Queen, Knight and Dragon
3:40 you actually want to know that they were not the only ones that got their megas, in digimon adventure tri, which is a continuation of the originals, we see the megaevolutions of every other character, and as a matter of fact, before this arc we actually can see that other 2 gets their megas, this being angemon and angewomon on a movie
Fun fact. We actually have no evidence crow would be a villain, and that reddit post has serious holes in it. Including the release of Black Wing monster and crow's introduction not being aligned, NOR. Popular enough for it to matter in the anime. If I recall correctly actually. People mocked the archetype for a long while.
Psychic School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has got to be the best thing I heard today haha. I remember from Day 1 my brother had Crow's booster/Starter deck and he had Blackwing Dragon, I believe I had the Junk Destroyer Booster/Starter deck at the time or the one with Stardust Dragon, sadly can't really remember too clearly as memory can be terrible at times but I definitely know my brother had Crow's deck and I had Yusei's deck
Crow summon armor master more than black wings dragon and use in important duel too. Plus you can see armed is the younger version of armor master to full armor master
The story about the spider is interesting, there is a Christian story that's exactly the same about an apple. There was a sinner in hell who was evil, but her guardian angel pleaded to God for mercy mentioning that she once gave an apple to a beggar. God said okay you can take an apple and tell her to hold onto it and pull her up. The angel rushed to hell reached out the apple and started pulling her up. Other sinners started grabbing on and was being pulled up with her, she got angry and started kicking them off saying this is my apple I did the good deed, and once she did that the apple broke and she was flung back to hell. I am curious to see which story came first between the Japanese one about the spider and the Christian one about the apple.
6:21 that's actually not true. It was never said so this misconception started from some fan's theory on an old blog and spread. Crow originally wasn't supposed to be a signer but he also wasn't supposed to be a dark signer. We know this because in a flashback to Crimson Dragon defeating the Earthbound Immortals you can see Life Stream there but not Black Winged Dragon.
I think it's fun to think of Rex Goodwin's ace monsters as being his "Signer Dragon" and Dark Signer ace. Obviously putting Signer Dragon in quotes, as he wasn't actually chosen to be a Signer, he literally just put on his brother's arm. But it does fit in with the theme of Signers having Dragon ace monsters.
I would say crow's ace is armor master primary, and blackwing ends as a boss monster. Blackwing keeps him in the game, the dragon is usually able to close a game with an attack burn combo.
I definitely agree that each Signers Dragon monster is their Ace. However, many of the Signers run multiple archetypes in their decks, so I'd argue that they would have another Ace monster alongside their respective Dragon. For a few examples, Yusei has a Stardust Synchron Junk deck, so as you mention Stardust Dragon and Junk Warrior/Junk Synchron would likely be the Aces for his deck (alongside maybe like Junk Guardna or something as well), Jack has an Archfiend Resonator deck so alongside Red Dragon Archfiend I think one of the Resonators would probably be his other Ace, Crow has a Blackwing deck, so as you mention Armor Master and Black-Winged Dragon would both be his Aces, and Leo has a Morphtronic deck, so I feel like he'd have a Morphtronic Ace as well as his Power Tool Dragon/Life Stream Dragon. I also agree with the Dark Signer Aces, if you aren't going with the Earthbound Immortals (which I can see an argument for) then whatever their Dark Synchro is, like shown in the video for most of them, would probably count as their Ace, with some of them having other Aces in the Fortune Fairies/Fortune Ladies, Infernities, etc. as Aces alongside their Earthbound Immortal/Dark Synchro. Basically, I feel like each archetype/group in the characters deck would give them an Ace in addition to whatever Ace they would have if it wasn't already included.
Great video Sam Btw, it has been awhile since you did a box opening. Is there plans to do more or have you decided to pretty much stop cause of how much cards are in circulation?
Sam has talked about this on stream, basically he no longer has a direct working relationship with Konami, who were the ones providing him with the early unboxing of new cards, so he has decided to stop doing unboxing as he doesn’t play the tcg much and isn’t getting the boxes provided to him.
For Z-ONE, I'm thinking of his circle traps being his aces. I don't know why it would be metaion exactly since it is one of the 10 timelords and it's not necessarily one of the win conditions of the deck.
I just realized that out of all the Yu-Gi-Oh characters, we actually know definitively what is in 99% of Aporia's deck. Since in the anime, each of the three Meklord Emperors are actually five monster cards each, plus the three different core cards that gets them out, three Meklord Army cards, Meklord Astro Mekanikle, and Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk, that is 23 monster cards in total. And throughout his duels, we see him use 9 Spells, and 7 traps. In total, that is 39 cards, meaning there is at least 1 card in his deck we have never seen him use. It is fascinating to me that we practically have a complete deck profile for one of the main villains in the anime.
Pretty cool that Yusei has two ace monsters that represent his different traits. Junk warrior represents his bond with his friends and Stardust dragon represents his need to protect them.
Yusei’s ace should definitely count as both Junk Warrior and Stardust Dragon since until Yusei regained his Stardust Dragon Junk Warrior was definitely his ace card
If/when you get to Vrains which monster are you going to use for Yusaku's ace monster? Firewall was originally intended to be the ace monster but because it got limited it was barely used in the show and when it got banned Yusaku never used it again during the final duel. Decode was used more than Firewall but it was only summoned on screen once during season 2 so it wasn't treated like his ace either, but he was used during the final duel. But Firewall has all the big ace monster evolutions like Stardust does so Idk...
Can we please put the whole 'Crow was gonna be a villain' and 'got promoted to signer due BW popularity' rumors to rest? They've been debunked for years and never withstood scrutiny. Same with many other rumors that seem to plague 5Ds for no reason. 5D's production has a whole history that's interesting without digging up actual nonsense. I recommend the fantastic 5D's retrospective video by Foxcade for people that want to delve into it
Crow's ace is his blackwing card. He uses it the most and it fits his strategies. Black Winged Dragon appears AFTER the signer arc, doesn't really fit the deck after it's first appearence and fits better as his boss monster by those parameters.
Man every time you talk about 5d, you make me wish that you will release video like you did for duel monsters and gx for the power of all the characters in the series😢🙌
I think for Z-ONE his Boss Monster is all the time lords. As each of them represent part of Z-ONE’s despair of his unsuccessful attempts to try and stop his catastrophe with no success results endlessly.
Jack refers to Red Dragon Archfiend as his very soul, making it his ace monster. However, in the Zexal sub, Kite refers to Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon as his very soul, despite the original Galaxy-Eyes appearing more frequently. Would this make Neo Galaxy-Eyes Kite's true ace, or one of his bosses?
The other Digi-Destined's Digimon did get Mega level evolutions. Kari and TK got Seraphimon and Magnadramon in the first Digimon movie (Angewomon should still have digivolved in to Ophanimon because Ophanimon is in Gatomon's evolution line)
@soukenmarufwt5224 Never said it was real. Only that with his character and how he was initially introduced, he would have been a very good dark signer character.
Nope. No motive, wouodve been a kalin ripoff. Can't say the kids since when he lost them he STILL fought for good. If he had to face the Signers he would have to hurt the kids, which he wouldn't do 🥱
Literally nothing proving this tho. Has no motivation. Even when he loses the kids he fights for good. If he was forced to fight the signers he would have to face kids, he doesn't hurt them
I mean for each signer, their signer dragon is obviously either their ace or boss monster, especially considering they usually play them and support as a part of their deck/core strategy.
I assume that was intentional
STARDUST DRAGON YUSEI ACE MONSTER.
There Boss Monsters would be there Signer Dragon’s upgraded forms.
Only yusei and Jack have upgraded forms for their signer dragons
@@shangothunder1055What about the time before they had the upgraded forms?
I just realized a major coincidence
Junk Warrior and Decode Talker have 2300atk, are considered their other Aces besides their 2500atk monster, and were used and got the win in the final duels of their respective series
..... Anyone remember one of Jaden's other frequently played monsters with that attack? Because I'd say Yugi's backup ace is Gaia and that also has 2300 attack. The closest I can think of is flame wing man and that's 200 atk short.... Okay I just checked and the closest are Thunder giant with 2400 and E hero Gaia with 2200. Which is funny because there's a performer pal I think I remember Yuya using and 3 number monsters that may have been used in zexal? I didn't watch it so I don't know. Unless there's an anime only list I have no idea why Jaden seems to be the exception to this.
@@TheDark4lightYou mean Yuma Tsukumo the main protagonist of zexal never had an ace and was an amateur player not knowing anything about the game making misplays.
If you consider the final duel between them Yuma ace (Utopic Future) and Astral's ace is (Utopia) in the final duel its exactly like DM's ceremonial duel.
Yuya Sakaki has 4 if you consider the other 3 as one each considering the dimensions then its the 4 dimension dragons Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon.
I was unironically realizing that about 4-8 hours ago while doing some character leveling in Duel Links. Such a random but cool parallel. Also Yusei and Junk Warrior were the origin to the audience of Synchro Summoning, and Decode Talker and Play Maker were the origin of Link Monsters also. And Synchro and Link monsters are the most common (alongside Pendulum) summoning methods called out for being why yugioh fell off (which is dumb imo), and both Synchro Summoning and Link Summoning were creations of eras in the TCG. Synchro was big because it was the first new summoning style. Link was different because of Master Duel 4 before they made it the version we have today (if you don't know, imagine summoning from the extra deck required either the Extra Monster Zone or a Link Monster's Link arrow. Really imo dumb and I'm honestly glad I wasn't a duelist at the time, probably would've felt rough)
@@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan Synchros, Xyz, and Pendulum where either one of each mechanic was supposed to be the last mechanic of the game. But somehow didn't happen till links came becoming the last one if you don't include (Maximum) but I don't mind it at all because even I enjoyed all of the mechanics and characters from each eras pros and cons of course are included.
@@TheDark4lightwe don't wanna remembe it
Ah 5D's. The one who introduced summoning chants to the yu-gi-oh franchise (yes, yes, I know DM did it first with the Winged Dragon of Ra, but it was 5D's that made it a main feature and a staple going forward). Still my favorite season of the franchise.
Thanks for this. Trully.
emblem of awakening!
Junk Warrior represents Yusei picking himself up and relying on his friends who may be weaker than him to help move him forward and motivate him.
Stardust Dragon represents Yusei’s willingness to help others even at risk to himself. Which is exactly how and why he lost Stardust Dragon to Jack in the first place.
They are both Yusei’s ace monsters for different reasons.
Stardust Dragon is THE ace monster however, with an entire arc involving it and the other Dragon aces.
Plus the fact that in flashbacks stardust was his ace, he only used junk warrior until he got it back
Stardust is his main
Also somting
Some times he uses junk warrior (and junk synchron) to make stardust
It's why both have a summoning animation in Duel Links
I would argue Hundred Eyes Dragon is Kiryu's Ace as a Dark Signer/during his fall to evil. Since it also fits thematically with his original backstory of trying to conquer all of Satellite, absorbing everything around him to further his ambitions. Eventually doing away with all other options, much like how Infernity limits one's freedom by giving up their hand.
And then Infernity Death Dragon is his ace following his revival. Which fits his state of mind during Crashtown, since in that arc he was constantly taking extreme risks to see if he deserves redemption or if he should die as atonement for his past sins. So a card whose effect while strong actively handicaps his abilities makes thematic sense.
I was gonna comment something similar but with a lot less words but you did before me
Kalin's ace depends on which version of him. In anime, it is doom dragon for reaper kalin and hundred eyes for dark signer kalin.
Yusei’s real ace monster:
Speed warrior- stands up
STARDUST DRAGON!!
Speed warrior- sits back down
Switch S. Warrior with Junk Synchron it gets even funnier
I love Junk warrior. It holds a special place in my heart along with Junk synchron as those two were the cards I really wanted when I was a kid. I still hope for a retrain/upgrade of Junk warrior as he was Yusei's ace for a good portion of the first season
Stardust junk warrior?
Yusei only ride junk, akiza never stands a chance😂
The Crow originally as a villain thing turned out to be unlikely. There's a really interesting reddit post talking about the theory and debunking it, from the OCG release date of the cards compared to the anime's production, to the design philosophy and attitude of the 5D's producer.
He wasn't going to be. The whole thing is a made up fan theory. He has no reason to be one, it would've beenca copy of kalin
@@Diamondr11BluePrecisely. Plus, having all of Yusei's old crew becoming enemies of his would be a bit much.
@@ezrawyvern6795 it literally makes no sense for anyone else. Jack was already hashed out, kalin had a really good enough reason honestly, but crow still is good even through hardship and fights WITH the signers. I'm convinced ppl don't pay attention .
@@Diamondr11Blue These are the same people who believe Carly's role in the anime was reduced and the series taking on more sci-fi elements because her seiyuu was found to be part of a cult.
Despite the fact that when this was discovered, the show had already wrapped up production.
@@Diamondr11BluePlus, if he was, it bears the question of what Godwin's role was meant to be.
Junk Warrior is just a cool Synchro Monster. The first time I saw it in the anime was a fun experience. Stardust Dragon, Black Rose Deagon, and Black-Winged Dragon are also my favorite ace monsters, too.
For Crow it's definitely Armor master, since he worked to get it out as he was not a Signer at first. And the warrior aspect reflects that he fights for other's especially the Orphans in the slums.
Yeah. And Black Winged Dragon is more of a boss monster and his mandatory Signer Dragon
Black Wing Dragon was also not prominent in the early episodes when the Dark Signers were being foreshadowed.
@davidwhidden9337 I really liked his character arc. He knows he's not destined for the fight with the Dark Signers yet took on the Mantle because it was the right thing to do. Then, for his righteousness and sacrifice, he was rewarded with the Mark of the Signer. So he can fight alongside his friends to defend Huamnity. And he eventually got his Destined Dragon and the Truth about his Best friend/ mentor.
True. And in tcg ocg it has more forms and upgrades compared to black wing dragon.
Akiza is my all-time favorite character in the series. So much in fact that I got to name my daughter after her and her ace card. Akiza Rose. ❤
Dang congrats!
Okay, that's wholesome and I love it. 🥺❤
@apostleianlovelette Thank you! ❤️
Wait, Akiza is a real name? I thought it was just a made up thing, because for some reason the dub team decided they can't name a character Aki.
@@xerael4659Anything is a real name
Yusei-Wind
Jack-Dark
Akiza-Fire
Luna-Light
Leo-Earth
Crow-Double Dark
Why is that funny
What? No love for Water? (If the Crimson Dragon card appeared in the anime, do you think it would’ve been Divine?)
I thought Crow being a villain was a debunked theory.
It is literally debunked with two seconds of Googling, idk how large creators keep promoting it.
13:52 Similar to Alexis in the GX video, Kalin seemed to use Vorse Raider and before his first duel with Yusei, Kalin threw it at Yusei and Crow
Yusei recognizes the card in season 1 ep 32 maybe as a familiar card from Kalin’s deck in the English Dub
I love that Stardust Dragon has a trap card that special summon him,but only if your oponent try to destroy 2 of your cards which could by seen as if you hurt Yusei he docent care,but if you hurt more people then just him which would make sense
There's also Stardust Flash which can bring his dragon back from the grave as soon as it uses its effect.
I’d say that Carly’s ace card is actually Miracle Stone because this is the card that holds her strategy together
The Signer Dragons are so cool and I'm so glad years later, we get evolutions for the rest of them. Though I'm still waiting for the Ancient Fairy Dragon one, Konami!
there is the manga version Pixie dragon
It will be too strong and get banned lol
I need ruka/Luna to get an archetype but I’m too hopeful
As much as I love the idea of his aces being his personality depicted on Junk Warrior and Stardust Dragon, I can't shake the feeling that Junk Synchron and Speed Warrior deserve a spot as well.
Red Dragon Archfiend summoning chant always give me chills, such a GOAT Jack
Yusei using Stardust dragon, makes so much sense because yusei constantly sacrifices himself to try and save others.
wish we got Fortune Lady Every back in 5Ds, woulda been super cool
So to talk about that Crow thing: it’s not true. Blackwings were released in November 7th 2012 with the episode airing Crow aired in November 28th and knowing how animation works it wouldn’t be possible or realistic to change it within that timeframe. It’s fake that someone on Reddit made up. Same with Carly’s Va being in a cult causing her to be written out of the final arc of 5Ds
Stardust is my fav ace monster in yugioh😭❤
Stardust: Protection
Red Dragon Archfiend: Power
Black Rose Dragon: Destruction
Ancient Fairy Dragon: Spirit Guardian
Lifestream Dragon: Life force
Black Wing Dragon: Masochist?🤷♂️
Uh, camaraderie.
Gamble lol
I'd offer up Endurance. Black Wing Dragon's able to take on damaging effects onto itself to shield others, and hold out long enough to dish out that same pain back.
Damage drain is protection/ sacrifice w/o having to leave the field. Stardust does similar but you lose a monster in the process
@@Wolfboss7 sounds good
Yugioh 5ds is my favorite season of the franchise. It had great characters (jack atlas is a riot lol), an over the top story that only yugioh could make, best girl Akiza Izinski, and some of the best ace monster
Hell when i got back into yugioh a few years ago the first thing i did was buy all of the signers ace monsters and as much of their variants as I could.
And this just in, they made black wing dragon assault mode! That means pretty soon the rest of the aces will get more as well and I'm all here for it lol
Crow’s real ace is black wing armor master. It was their since the start and I think that blackwing dragon is more of a boss monster for him
It's interesting how you brought up the whole "Crow was suppose to be a dark singer" theory since there's tons of proof between both sides on whether or not that is true or not, with the biggest one being the lack of time between when Crow was introduced vs when the Blackwings came to the ocg
He wasn't meant to be
@@Diamondr11Blue him being a dark singer sure that can be possible, him being a good guy cause people thought Blackwings were cool, can't be the reason why they switch though
@@Lucario1121 there's no reason for him to switch since he was never evil bruh.
0:17 Yusei Fudo Best Ace Monster Junk Warrior & Stardust Dragon❤
Letsgoooo I’ve been wanting for this video as I love Team 5ds. Thank you Tgs anime!
Such a classic moment in the original Digimon series. "Go Metal Wolf Fucking Thing!"
Reminder that the thing with Crow Hogan being a villan was a flase rumor that's been debunked heavily. I don't remember the details on the top of my head but theres details out there disproving this heavily
So tired of this crackthreory. He has no reason to be evil, we don't need kalin 2.0. The kids wouldn't be a trigger since he was angry but still fighting on the good side. Besides if he had to fight the Signers he would have to face kids, which he would never hurt!
@@Diamondr11Blue and then on top of that, the part that disproves it is based on time frame. I'm remembering it a bit more, but from what I remember, when Crow showed up in 5Ds in Japan, Black wings weren't even released yet, and one of the if not the main reason people "think they changed" it was because people liked Blackwings, and they were good in comp. Literally impossible to predict with the animation pipeline so they would've had to scrap mid animating a lot of hard work that also costed money, it's objectively a bad business decision. So they definitely didn't
@@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan his cards came out a month after his debut and by that time infernities and synchron / plant archetype were popular. Besides on the concept arts we see the dark signers with no crow. Crow has his own art and there's one before it with resemblance to him is all
@@Diamondr11Blue hopefully some random people saw this an learned the truth
@@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan seems to be a bunch of bitter akiza fans blaming him and making this weird shit up. Yusei's the one who truly stole thr spotlight from everyone
I remember while watching I also came up with a "Junk" theme deck but they had a more "Frankenstein" look as in being a patchwork creation made out of multiple parts. That deck had a slight Fantasy theme with monsters like Junkyard King, Queen, Knight and Dragon
great video love this series
Would have been great for Carly if they had the Fortune Lady Every Synchro Monster in the anime as that would have been her Ace.
3:40 you actually want to know that they were not the only ones that got their megas, in digimon adventure tri, which is a continuation of the originals, we see the megaevolutions of every other character, and as a matter of fact, before this arc we actually can see that other 2 gets their megas, this being angemon and angewomon on a movie
What i learned from this video is that in order for a monster to be an ace monster its effect has to inflict between 400-800 damage to your opponent
Fun fact. We actually have no evidence crow would be a villain, and that reddit post has serious holes in it. Including the release of Black Wing monster and crow's introduction not being aligned, NOR. Popular enough for it to matter in the anime. If I recall correctly actually. People mocked the archetype for a long while.
Psychic School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has got to be the best thing I heard today haha.
I remember from Day 1 my brother had Crow's booster/Starter deck and he had Blackwing Dragon, I believe I had the Junk Destroyer Booster/Starter deck at the time or the one with Stardust Dragon, sadly can't really remember too clearly as memory can be terrible at times but I definitely know my brother had Crow's deck and I had Yusei's deck
Crow summon armor master more than black wings dragon and use in important duel too. Plus you can see armed is the younger version of armor master to full armor master
Red Dragon Archfiend is my favorite Ace card in 5Ds
The story about the spider is interesting, there is a Christian story that's exactly the same about an apple. There was a sinner in hell who was evil, but her guardian angel pleaded to God for mercy mentioning that she once gave an apple to a beggar. God said okay you can take an apple and tell her to hold onto it and pull her up. The angel rushed to hell reached out the apple and started pulling her up. Other sinners started grabbing on and was being pulled up with her, she got angry and started kicking them off saying this is my apple I did the good deed, and once she did that the apple broke and she was flung back to hell.
I am curious to see which story came first between the Japanese one about the spider and the Christian one about the apple.
Finally, this was the video I was waiting for.
6:21 that's actually not true. It was never said so this misconception started from some fan's theory on an old blog and spread. Crow originally wasn't supposed to be a signer but he also wasn't supposed to be a dark signer. We know this because in a flashback to Crimson Dragon defeating the Earthbound Immortals you can see Life Stream there but not Black Winged Dragon.
I think it's fun to think of Rex Goodwin's ace monsters as being his "Signer Dragon" and Dark Signer ace. Obviously putting Signer Dragon in quotes, as he wasn't actually chosen to be a Signer, he literally just put on his brother's arm. But it does fit in with the theme of Signers having Dragon ace monsters.
Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh fan here. Loved the reference!
I'm loving this series. Ngl though, it'll be hard to to top GX with just how.... insanely hard it is to nail down Jaden's Ace.
It’s pretty cool that Yusei has a main ace in Stardust and a sub ace in Junk Warrior and all the other synchro warriors are his backup arsenal.
I'd say between 5Ds and Arc V are my top series of Yu-Gi-Oh that I utterly enjoyed from start to finish
I would say crow's ace is armor master primary, and blackwing ends as a boss monster. Blackwing keeps him in the game, the dragon is usually able to close a game with an attack burn combo.
15:15 Life has many doors, Ed boy
I definitely agree that each Signers Dragon monster is their Ace. However, many of the Signers run multiple archetypes in their decks, so I'd argue that they would have another Ace monster alongside their respective Dragon. For a few examples, Yusei has a Stardust Synchron Junk deck, so as you mention Stardust Dragon and Junk Warrior/Junk Synchron would likely be the Aces for his deck (alongside maybe like Junk Guardna or something as well), Jack has an Archfiend Resonator deck so alongside Red Dragon Archfiend I think one of the Resonators would probably be his other Ace, Crow has a Blackwing deck, so as you mention Armor Master and Black-Winged Dragon would both be his Aces, and Leo has a Morphtronic deck, so I feel like he'd have a Morphtronic Ace as well as his Power Tool Dragon/Life Stream Dragon.
I also agree with the Dark Signer Aces, if you aren't going with the Earthbound Immortals (which I can see an argument for) then whatever their Dark Synchro is, like shown in the video for most of them, would probably count as their Ace, with some of them having other Aces in the Fortune Fairies/Fortune Ladies, Infernities, etc. as Aces alongside their Earthbound Immortal/Dark Synchro.
Basically, I feel like each archetype/group in the characters deck would give them an Ace in addition to whatever Ace they would have if it wasn't already included.
Great video Sam
Btw, it has been awhile since you did a box opening. Is there plans to do more or have you decided to pretty much stop cause of how much cards are in circulation?
Sam has talked about this on stream, basically he no longer has a direct working relationship with Konami, who were the ones providing him with the early unboxing of new cards, so he has decided to stop doing unboxing as he doesn’t play the tcg much and isn’t getting the boxes provided to him.
For Z-ONE, I'm thinking of his circle traps being his aces.
I don't know why it would be metaion exactly since it is one of the 10 timelords and it's not necessarily one of the win conditions of the deck.
Infinite machine? Empty machine? For aporia it would be astromachinikle maybe
I just realized that out of all the Yu-Gi-Oh characters, we actually know definitively what is in 99% of Aporia's deck. Since in the anime, each of the three Meklord Emperors are actually five monster cards each, plus the three different core cards that gets them out, three Meklord Army cards, Meklord Astro Mekanikle, and Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk, that is 23 monster cards in total. And throughout his duels, we see him use 9 Spells, and 7 traps. In total, that is 39 cards, meaning there is at least 1 card in his deck we have never seen him use.
It is fascinating to me that we practically have a complete deck profile for one of the main villains in the anime.
Life stream Dragon is so painfully crap, it’s tear inducing.
Pretty cool that Yusei has two ace monsters that represent his different traits. Junk warrior represents his bond with his friends and Stardust dragon represents his need to protect them.
Yusei’s ace should definitely count as both Junk Warrior and Stardust Dragon since until Yusei regained his Stardust Dragon Junk Warrior was definitely his ace card
Ancient Fairy Dragon is the only one left to have an upgrade. Can't wait to see what it does.
Considering it was on the ban list for some time, what "upgrade" are you really expecting here?
When you do Zexal, please do III, IV, and V’s aces
If/when you get to Vrains which monster are you going to use for Yusaku's ace monster? Firewall was originally intended to be the ace monster but because it got limited it was barely used in the show and when it got banned Yusaku never used it again during the final duel. Decode was used more than Firewall but it was only summoned on screen once during season 2 so it wasn't treated like his ace either, but he was used during the final duel. But Firewall has all the big ace monster evolutions like Stardust does so Idk...
Can we please put the whole 'Crow was gonna be a villain' and 'got promoted to signer due BW popularity' rumors to rest? They've been debunked for years and never withstood scrutiny. Same with many other rumors that seem to plague 5Ds for no reason. 5D's production has a whole history that's interesting without digging up actual nonsense. I recommend the fantastic 5D's retrospective video by Foxcade for people that want to delve into it
Crow's ace is his blackwing card. He uses it the most and it fits his strategies. Black Winged Dragon appears AFTER the signer arc, doesn't really fit the deck after it's first appearence and fits better as his boss monster by those parameters.
Thanks Mr. Yugioh man you made my cardio way more fun
I noticed in Yugioh that the ace monsters of main heroes usuallt have 2500 ATK whereas their friendly rivals have 3000 ATK
You need to do a vidoe on the archetype weilded by Leon Wilson/ Von Schroeder, fairy tail cards.
With Greiger you forgot dark flattop when he became a dark signer
My prayers have been answered. Thank you!!!
Dude, YGO 5Ds and Digimon season 1 are the same thing!
Yusei and Jack = Ty and Matt
Angelmon= Ancient Fairu Dragon.
Garudamon= Black Wing Dragon.
Etc.
Hi TGS Anime I love this and I hope you have a good day and my favorite one out of the singer dragon is stardust dragon
Yo tg you ever thought about doing a vid on your own personal deck ? Can’t lie pretty curious to hear bout it
lol, why is the video locked at 360p? Btw, amazing vid :D
Man every time you talk about 5d, you make me wish that you will release video like you did for duel monsters and gx for the power of all the characters in the series😢🙌
Imo Crow's ace is Blacking Bora the spear. He pretty much opened it in every single duel he was in. I'd consider the dragon more of his boss.
Definitely liked how mythology was implemented in 5ds
Since it was released, Black Rose Dragon has been my favorite card
i am disappointed that yusei's ace card is not speed warrior due to the fact that he summons speed warrior all the freaking time
The other digidestin get me gas in the canon sequel tri
That’s a good point Armor Master is probably Crow Ace and Black Winged Dragon is more of his boss monster
I think I need to bring this up, so, when’s the next unboxing video? It’s been 6 months since your last one, and I was curious as to where they went.
I think for Z-ONE his Boss Monster is all the time lords. As each of them represent part of Z-ONE’s despair of his unsuccessful attempts to try and stop his catastrophe with no success results endlessly.
Jack refers to Red Dragon Archfiend as his very soul, making it his ace monster. However, in the Zexal sub, Kite refers to Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon as his very soul, despite the original Galaxy-Eyes appearing more frequently. Would this make Neo Galaxy-Eyes Kite's true ace, or one of his bosses?
Fun fact : moon and sun dragon are reference to sun and moon pyramids of the azrecs since 5Ds is inspired by the aztec mythology alot.
Yo tg you ever thought about doing a vid on your own personal deck ? Can’t lie pretty curious to hear bout it 0:27
Can you make a video as to what happened to Kaiba Corp and Industrial Illusion. There not mentioned after GX. Thank you.
For carlys ace, the mirroring is quite an argument.... in her good form, wonder stone came to my mind tbh
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No, no, not _that_ kind of Dark Synchro Monster, people. Keep up.
0:30 3, Speed Warrior
3:45 oh my man haven't watch the original digimon series reboot 2020.
The other Digi-Destined's Digimon did get Mega level evolutions. Kari and TK got Seraphimon and Magnadramon in the first Digimon movie (Angewomon should still have digivolved in to Ophanimon because Ophanimon is in Gatomon's evolution line)
Actually they didn't get them until the third movie/third part of the Dub movie.
It was the third movie actually
7:48 I'm gonna say no......and not because i have no idea how to pronounce half of their names 😂
Side note digimon adventure tri introduces the mega evolutions of the other digimon from the original series
A digimon reference! I found one in the wild!
I feel like dark synchro summoning is a mechanic konami wanted to imply but couldn't because it would be over complicated
Matts mega form in metelgarumon
Crow would have been an amazing dark signer.
This has been disproven multiple times.
That post was a troll post fan boys fell for years ago and still fall for it.
@soukenmarufwt5224 Never said it was real. Only that with his character and how he was initially introduced, he would have been a very good dark signer character.
now you provide proof @@soukenmarufwt5224
Nope. No motive, wouodve been a kalin ripoff. Can't say the kids since when he lost them he STILL fought for good. If he had to face the Signers he would have to hurt the kids, which he wouldn't do 🥱
@@RFDN0 how? Kalin already takes the cake
Can we get the Duel Analysis for Aporia Vs Jack, Leo and Luna?
Its too bad we never got a yugioh gx season 4 dub and a yugioh season 3 dub. I still wish they would happen, cause it would wrap there seasons up.
I like the stardust/junk ace cards
Men I love your videos pls make a junk and resonator ach vid ❤
"Crow was meant to be a villain. Source: trust me, bro."
Every 5Ds fan boy in a nutshell lol
Literally nothing proving this tho. Has no motivation. Even when he loses the kids he fights for good. If he was forced to fight the signers he would have to face kids, he doesn't hurt them