Whenever Yugi summons Slifer, the duel often starts revolving around adding more cards in his hand to make Slifer stronger. Imagine if on top of that, there is also a chance that he draws Exodia while drawing more cards.
@-AirKat- in the other universe that happened in, that would be the sickest moment in yugioh, would've had the sickest card art and the effect would be very mediocre at the time of release
I like to imagine this scenario goes with: Weevil: “Yo, can I see those cards?” Yugi: “Sure thing” Weevil: (looking) “Yeah these are pretty cool” (Long silence, the cacophonous sound of the universe forcibly rewriting itself) Weevil: “Mkay, here you go.”
Fast forward to the Awaken The Dragon Arc train battle, Weevil actually does have the card with Yugi's soul trapped in it, then just hands it over to Atem.
@@kylepessell1350 I get the feeling that if Weevil wasn't a little brat, he'd just end up as a fan-boy. He'd geek out every time he sees Yugi, and he'd make an interesting recurring villain. He'd never be evil, just on the wrong side for the wrong reasons. Perhaps he's constantly lured in with things like "you could have a deck just as strong as Yugi's!" and then he meets Yugi, duels him while geeking out, loses, then Yugi has to tell him 'You know those guys who helped you get a strong deck? Yeah, they're evil".
The annoying thing is Weevil was one of the only characters with a proper deck with an archetype. And as this guy pointed out the writer's absolutely screwed him in his second duel with Yugi.
@@brawl8well, technically it wouldn't be revenge. I wish Atem had the ones Joey was able to grabbed into his deck in the actual arc so that it'd be as fitting as possible.
Honestly having little Yugi pulling out Exodia against Yami having all three God Cards on the field would have been WILD and a really fascinating thematic wrap up to the series. Still really sad that Exodia wasn't able to really do much past the first episode.
they had to get rid of it, it's not exactly an entertaining comeback when yugi's heart of the card keeps getting him narrow comeback wins cause he drew the fifth piece.
Despite that, I like that they incorporated Exodia in other ways such as Antagonists utilizing them in different ways like the Rare Hunter, Gozaburo and Amon.
My favorite call back to Exodia is in GX with Exodius. It really felt like Adrian Gecko was the first good duelist (besides obviously OG Yugi) to master Exodia. Kinda wish Exodius got a retrain that worked a little similar to the anime, feel like it wouldn’t be that busted now.
You can really tell Exodia was designed for that one duel (second in the manga) where Kabuki Takahashi brought Magic & Wizards back by popular demand, but at the time he would have been writing that duel (Spring 1997), the idea that the card game would become the main fixture of the manga was still nowhere on his or his editor's radar. So making an auto win-condition without having to grapple with its presence for future duels is what happened. I think it's very telling that Exodia is neither seen nor mentioned in the video tape duel with Pegasus (published in December 1997/January 1998), not even one piece; I'd be willing to bet Takahashi and his editor remembered or were reminded of Exodia around that time, and Weevil/Haga was created not just as another nasty piece of work villain-of-the-week like so many to that point, but as a plot point to get it outta here so actual drama and tension, and changing cards, could be winged from Yugi's future duels. Of course, the real reason we hardly ever see Exodia again is aptly demonstrated by the Rare Hunter duel - it's not exciting to watch when the desk is designed around it. It's telling that when we DO get a dedicated Exodia deck again in Season 3 of GX, its two duels involve all manner of convoluted anime-only tech cards to restrict hand size and dump hands playing off the "he's one card away!" tension in a different manner than real life. And neither duel wins that way - Aster blocks it with a hand-size-to-four trap and we get a new Exodia boss monster instead that wins in the first, and in the second, we flip between going for Exodia to a backup strategy when it's hard countered, to back to Exodia, only for Yubel to win via the Grinder Golem/tribute for Yubel/attack and bounce the damage to opponent before the final piece could be drawn.
Also, Kaiba's reaction "nobody's ever been able to call him" implies that there are multiple copies of Exodia, so it's insane that Yugi never bothered to rebuild his grandpa's deck by replacing the Exodia cards.
Last time when Yugi had Exodia, direct attacks never existed in any duel monsters. But when Kaiba's tournament changed the rules, direct attacks do exists. So a duelist with Exodia also have weakness based on what was shown what happened to Seeker the rare hunter. His only weakness is he is wide open for direct attacks. Seeker was able to draw Exodia successfully because Joey did not know he had Exodia. Yugi on the other hand figured out Seeker had Exodia based on his behaviors so when Yugi saw that behavior, he most likely knew that was his previous self. So if Seeker were playing duel monster using duelist kingdom rules, then Seeker would of had a field advantage because his opponent cannot use direct attacks and must wait for him to put a monster down on the field no matter what. Yugi had already had a chance to win that Exodia cards from that rare hunter but he chose Red Eyes Black Dragon instead.
@@hp2546 Direct attacks were apparently allowed in DK rules if you couldn't at least place 1 monster on the field in defense. But I agree DK rules allow exodia to prosper.
Well, they ARE incredibly rare, most duelists never even get a chance to see even 1 piece.... it's entirely possible that he might have been trying to get replacements of the Exodia cards ever since Duelists Kingdom, but was never able to recomplete the set (he couldn't have taken Seeker's they were all fake), and then just never added the ones he got back into his deck because they are pretty much useless without all 5 pieces.
I'm kinda glad yugi didn't have exodia. We might not have seen Black Luster Soldier, Magician of Black Chaos, or The Dark Sage in the finals if that was the case
@@Practicalinvestments Yeah, Joey did recover two pieces. I guess for the other three pieces that didn't get saved where the ones after Weevil's LP hit zero and went full MONSTA CARDO on him.
It is clear that when Yugi loses Exodia, he won't end up like Seeker the rare hunter. I mean Exodia was a field advantage during that time because direct attacks did not exist. When Kaiba created his tournament, rules did change where direct attacks are common. If Yugi's opponent knows he have Exodia, then they will create a goal of attacking Yugi before he had a chance to draw them or if they see an opening for a direct attack, they would of cashed in. So having Yugi with no Exodia helped him focus more on Dark Magician because if he still had Exodia, he may not have room to sacrifice 2 monsters to summon Dark Magician. I mean what was seen with Seeker is he could not even make room to sacrifice 2 monsters to summon Red Eyes Black Dragon. Or what if Yugi's opponent had card destruction in his/her deck. Any of them would of force Yugi to discard every hand including his Exodia piece and draw a new cards. Exodia is only weak when it is not summoned.
One minor correction: We see during the berserker soul scene that Yami has to immediately discards any monster card draw through the berserker soul effect, so Exodias effect would not come into play.
This reminds me of that one parody video with a simmilar title. The whole thing was just a compilation of all Yugi's battles except each time his starting hand was 5 pieces of exodia and then immiedietaly cut to the exodia animation with the theme and the scene of his enemy losing. I remember the duel with Pegasus when he uses his power to check Yugi's hand and the exodia theme just starts playing while Pegasus is holding his head and yelling xd
Having Exodia represent Solomon, the way Blue Eyes represents Kaiba and Dark Magician represents Yugi, makes me feel kinda torn on the subject of what would've happened if he hadn't lost it. On the one hand, losing it basically speedran that entire character arc you talked about where Yugi had to learn to grow on his own as a duelist and develop his own strategies - notably, before losing Exodia it's "my grandpa's deck" but after losing it it becomes "my deck." On the other hand, I would really have loved to see some interaction between Exodia and the EGCs; we even see in the Millennium World arc that Exodia is Siamun's ka, ans was once a fearsome and legendary protector of the land. The anime probably would've pulled out some kind of logic for Exodia not working against the EGCs, maybe that hierarchy system they mentioned with Ra being above the other 2. I dunno, there's a lot of symbolism there, it would be neat to've had it unpacked.
Idk I felt like it was unpacked enough I read the manga and read the anime and as a little dumb kid I understood that, it was very beautiful and some thing are better not said ya know
Idk but the last season shows exoida being stronger than the gods individually but if gods combine they are stronger so in my opinion one god card exodia wins but with all 3 exodia doesn't
God, Yugi beating Weevil with 2 win conditions (Getting all 5 pieces of Exodia as Weevil's LP hit 0) would be quite hilarious. We need a fanmande remake of that duel now.
I would love to see Yugi vs Bakura in Battle City with Exodia instead of Slifer as the win condition. We would lose that summoning animation, but it would be an awesome foreshadowing of Exodia vs Zorc, also Destiny Board vs Exodia matchup, both players racing against time. If you wanna do more of these, maybe what would happen if Jesse/Johan and Jaden/Judai have never met? It completely removes the Jesse-Yubel vs Zane duel, Jaden going back to the monster dimension to save Jesse who vanished after the Marcel-Yubel duel, Jaden becoming the Supreme King, original cast getting put aside because Jesse was now Jaden's boyfriend (it isn't canon but I will die on this hill) and Jesse helping Jaden in season 4 with his depression, suicidal thoughts, Fujiwara duel and purging Darkness out of him.
If he still had Exodia, we probably wouldn't have gotten the craziness of things like attacking the moon or making a castle collapse on the opponent's field.
Honestly I like the idea that in the Waking the Dragons arc, Yugi restrains from using Exodia... and then Leviathan comes out. Kaiba gets an idea. He plays Card of Sanctity to get himself, Joey and Yugi to draw six cards from their deck. Yugi immediately realizes what he means... and plays EXODIA.
I absolutely love this “What-If” scenario! I do agree that it would be more repetitive if every duel just came down to getting Exodia’s pieces as quickly as possible. But, I think writers would definitely be able to integrate a plot-point of Yami’s reliance on Exodia. In fact, said reliance on drawing the 5 pieces could have been the very thing that cost Yami his duel with Rapheal. This could have consequently triggered a character arc where he becomes a more violent Duelist, angry with himself while grieving the loss of Yugi to the Seal of Orichalcos. However, he would be gradually calmed down by his friends, decide to practice not using Exodia-never even drawing a single piece when he did-and understand how he can make things right again.
Kaiba specifically changed the rules for Battle city in case there were another exodia. Which is how yugi was able to direct attack win vs the rare hunter with the fake exodia copies.
@@MickDouble You mean proxy’s right. Copy doesn’t necessarily mean fake or illegal. I mean the real world is full of legalized copies. Odion’s Winged Dragon of Ra was a proxy card.
@@robertmiller3529 I don't know how accurate the sub is, but the sub I have of the episodes says the cards are counterfeit. It seems accurate to me however, as that information is what leads Kaiba to conclude it must be Exodia, a conclusion that makes far more sense with counterfeit cards than with marked cards. Also, the word counterfeit is twice more used the next episode, first after Seeker plays the head and later before Yugi tears up the cards, making it seem less likely to be an error (and furthermore, it wouldn't be in-character for Yugi to tear up cards just because they're marked, as he believes in cards having a soul. Counterfeit cards however are a different story).
If the Exodia cards are still in Yugi’s deck during Duelist Kingdom. It could improve the shock factor if during the Pegasus duel Yugi drew 4 of the 5 pieces and then Pegasus counters with a card like the way yugi beat the Exodia rare hunter to show that Pegasus is a threat.
@@misterOrca4that’s not in character for either of them though. Either he’d take the entire set or none of it. But just one piece to stop him building the entire engine? Nah
In regards to Battle City: Ishizu implies that the Egyptian Gods can stop Exodia somehow In regards to the Berserker Soul Scene: Yugi has to discard the card he draws for that card's effect (i:e he can't keep the cards), so Exodia wouldn't obliterate Weevil
I don’t think that statement of the gods being more powerful than Exodia was meant to be taken in that sense. Perhaps the gods abilities and their lack of Exodia’s weakness is why they were considered better than Exodia. A single monster that has high attack stats and immunity to almost every card effect I think is much more reliable than an instant win 5 card monster whose pieces are basically bricks individually. I mean Exodia doesn’t beat over anything or inflict battle damage, you just declare victory upon drawing all the pieces. Exodia obliterating the opponent’s field was just for spectacles sake.
During Duelist Kingdom it had become public knowledge that Yugi lost Exodia. If he didn't then it's likely that Pegasus would have expected Exodia in Yugi's deck and would have prepared for it, even if it meant creating brand new cards just for that duel.
Examples could of been more like get the card destruction. So imagine if Pegasus used his Millennium Eye to see like 2 or 3 pieces of Exodia, then Pegasus could of already used card destruction so that all cards including his Exodia pieces would have to be discarded then both players must draw like 5 new cards. Exodia is weak when not summoned.
I feel like what you said about BC applies to DK too. I have to imagine if Yugi had Exodia, almost every opponent that was close to losing via Exodia would be using more hand destruction cards to keep up the tension. I can totally see Pegasus playing Delinquent Duo.
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I would have loved to see yugi give each of his friends a piece of exodia to represent how they are at their strongest when they are together... FRIENDSHIP!
A think another great twist would have been Yugi letting Joey keep the 2 pieces he recovered from the ocean, as at least a token of appreciation for him risking his life. Then fast forward to Joey facing Yugi to claim his Red-Eyes back. Turns out Joey has secretly been collecting the remaining 3 pieces of Exodia and adds them all to his deck. Then, with the insane luck Joey has, he draws them to instantly win. Would be an unique symbol of their friendship while also returning Red-Eyes to Joey.
I actually think that Exodia would not necessarily be the be-all win condition for Yugi's deck in Duelist Kingdom like you said, precisely for the ruling that he needed to play monsters each turn. Considering that he has a large amount of Spells & Traps in his deck for that era, there's gonna likely be a chance where he'll have no cards on the field, and the only monsters he can play being those Forbidden Limbs. That scenario you described at 5:59 would be surprising at first sure, but both Pegasus & Yugi would quickly surmise that while he _could_ draw the head for an early win, he could also brick into a Magical Hats or Living Arrow without any other monsters remaining on his field, which considering Pegasus' Toon Beatdown strategy was very likely! And without any graveyard-to-hand recovery, the moment one of them hits the field turns his five instant-win cards into some of his weakest monsters - I don't even think the Head could take out more than, what, Toon Alligator?
Running a deck of only monsters including Exodia would force hand destruction from his opponent, because he either has fodder to avoid losing or he wins.
The Exodia strategy failing against Pegasus would lead Yugi to play them on the field. Meaning we are guaranteed to get comedy gold moments like Toon Left Leg.
Hadn't Yugi lost Exodia in the beginning of the series, we would have always known what those 2 or 3 'mysterious cards that have never been used, never been revealed in the duel' really were. 😉
Aw man, I was hoping you would point out a scenario I've been thinking about recently. If Yugi/Atem had Exodia when Dartz pulled out Divine Serpent Geh. Because technically while Geh is on the field Dartz can't lose, but with Exodia in Yugi's hand he automatically wins. Seeing Exodia break out of the Spellbinding Circle, the three Legendary Knights on the field maybe Dark Magician Girl as he obliterates Geh and Dartz? That would have been amazing! A full circle since the gods weren't around to be of any help.
Exodia ain't obliterating anything. Geh's effect takes priority. Dartz cannot lose no matter what. The only way to win is to remove Geh. I should know because I've tested this on Edopro.
@@pn2294 I agree, it was Yugi who inherited the deck to begin with. Although I do wonder if Yugi would actually play those cards. Atem couldn't take that risk, so he'd prepare for the possibility regardless (meaning just owning the cards would benefit Yugi)
What if Jaden didn’t bump into Yugi at the start of GX? What if the Golden Key didn’t react in Yuma’s duel vs Shark? What if Yuya’s pendant didn’t react in the duel against the Sledgehammer? Just a few What If’s I’ve thought that could be interesting to look at.
@@donny451 honestly, it wouldnt have changed the story much even if he didn't steal Stardust since he only used Stardust when Yusei came along to find him.
@@mairelbaz3962 Stealing Stardust was half the reason Yusei was seeking him out. Yusei undoubtedly would have gone to the city anyway and maybe would have sought Jack out to confront him over stealing their D-Wheel, but he probably wouldn't have dueled him that night they partially summoned the Crimson Dragon for the first time.
You know this would be a pretty interesting alternative universe to where if yugi still held on to exodia. In Duelist Kingdom he can still stomp a bunch of characters but by the time we would get to Battle City and the waking the dragon's arc he would have to change up his strategies to fit the situation a lot more so he wouldn't be having trouble summoning exodia. And it could lead into more character development for yugi and atem. This was a pretty interesting video idea and I hope to see more what if's!
That would be a really cool character arc Atem counting on exodia too much maybe with a duel with Joey being controlled by Marik could have him realize that counting on Exodia is not a good idea since he is dueling on borrowed time.
I think there's one thing that is missing from the Duelist Kingdom discussion: yes, you could stall out the duel by simply setting one and passing until you draw Exodia, but every time you set a monster you lose a card from your hand. Let's say Yugi had 3 pieces of Exodia and 2 other monsters in his hand, let's assume they are Curse of Dragon and Summoned Skull. If he wanted to go for the Exodia gameplan, he'd have to set either Curse or Skull on the field, losing him a card from his hand. Next turn, he draws up to 5 again, hitting another monster, so far so good. However, when he eventually draws another piece of Exodia, he has to hold onto it, effectively limiting his available handsize to 1 monster. Problematic, but still not impossible to come back from, you still have a monster you can set and he's probably drawing another one next turn. But what if, when his effective handsize is 1, he hits a spell/trap (Or the BLS ritual)? The only way out would be to set a piece of Exodia to avoid an instant loss, which throws the instant win right out the window. I'd argue it wouldn't be a clean sweep for Yugi, as the Exodia bricks would clog up his hand and there's a non-zero chance that he'd have an hand with no summonable monsters besides Exodia pieces. Of course cards like Pot of Greed could replenish his hand and the "luck boost" provided by the Puzzle could help him, but from a deckbuilding standpoint it would be a Joey Wheeler level gamble.
Yugi getting god draws would counter it, yes, but also the fact that Summoned Skull also would likely last far longer than a single turn. Duelists like Mai and Rex don't even have a card chunky enough to get over it. Even Kaiba would only have 3 monsters in his deck able to take out SS. Recall, Kaiba, the world champion, was running Hitotsu-me Giant.
@@SquallLionhart409 Yes, putting SS into attack and going on the offensive would wipe out most of the "boss monsters" in other people's decks if they didn't have some sort of card to get over 2500 ATK. The point is that, if that strategy is so successful to the point of being able to beat over anything, why even clog up your deck with bricks that have even the slightest potential of losing you the duel? At that point using those five deckslots for beefy monsters/a couple of spells and traps might be more advantageous.
@@FastEFrostVideogame Because players in the anime didn't run 3 copies of the top meta cards? BEWD was limited to ~4~ copies. In the entire world. You might draw in to SS or DM, but you might also draw in to Giant Soldier of Stone or Mystical Elf. In the former case, having Exodia is insurance in case your opponent draws an out, in the latter playing defense is your only option. Here's a dumb question, if a player had 40 monster cards and you DIDN'T have Stop Defense in your deck, would you automatically lose the instant you play your first Pot of Greed (or if you draw first?). Season 1 rules were jank.
In the final duel of Atem vs Little Yugi, I don't think the Exodia pieces would be Atem's to use as even in the past Yugi's grandpa's Ancient Egyptian self had them. Therefore I think they'd be for Little Yugi's use in this scenario where Weevil wasn't able to toss them off the ship.
What if Marik merged the deck of his first Rare Hunter with Strings so that Exodia and Slyther was in the same deck. Imagine the last scene where Strings was caught in an infinite loop until his cards run out and triumphantly brought out the 5 Exodia pieces? Well, that's an alternate history episode of Yu-Gi-Oh-No! 🤣
Tbh it would be better without slifer and he could just stall with his revival jam until he drew exodia I think this would be a good exodia deck more than it is for slifer as revival jam would counter exodia decks weakness as not always having monsters to protect their lp
My thought is exodia would be treated like a god card, his most powerful ace, but wouldnt be something he always relied upon but Id believe he would over rely upon them for a while, which would be a fun plot point. Exodia would be a bigger problem for the end of the series when yugi and atem duels. Though yeah like you said Exodia would become less and less commonly used in the other seasons of the first series.
Exodia, despite having small appearances in the anime, it made such an impact and it is one of the most iconic cards in the game. I still feel like he was underused and it is understandable considering the power he has.
Hindsight is 1000, but if Maximum Monsters from Rush had been a main game concept, Exodia probably could have been more a reoccurring part of yugi’s deck. But it probably wouldnt be as iconic.
I’m pretty sure exodia is the inspiration of maximum monsters, it’ll be funny if they make exodia in rush duel and it’s maximum atk points are infinite
@@sonicgen20 it’s the unique summoning mechanic in rush duel, essentially it’s 3 separate monsters summoned to the field simultaneously to act as 1 monster
I like to think that the Seeker at the beginning of Battle City was there showcase how the game has evolved and how Exodia just doesn't cut it anymore. Sort of like in DBZ, Frieza was such a huge problem. Then in the next arc, he gets ass wobbled by Trunks in a matter of seconds with little effort
It would have been so cool and amazing to see Yugi beat Atem with Exodia in their final duel, ending the series with the very first boss card we saw in the anime and seeing little Yugi win with his Grandpa’s cards instead of Atem being the one to use it :)
Thinking about it, Exodia would have done decently with Slifer because rather than being dead cards they would have powered it up. They still would have been a hindrance outside of that, of course, but once he got it onto the field (and he would have, don't doubt), they would have worked together rather well.
Imagine Yugi playing for the entire series a super stally deck with draw, search and stax. A whole episode taking place in which he plays swords of revealing light and countering opponents spells. Next episode its revealed: he plays three copies of swords of revealing light xS
Drawing exodia vs Dartz would have been hype and really funny. Imagine Dartz gloating about his infinite attack serpent. Kaiba uses his virus cannon+crush card virus combo. But he uses it on Yugi instead of Dartz. Dartz goes from gloating to confusion, like mental whiplash. Dartz: Why would you DO that? Now his deck only has 6 cards left in it! Yugi smirks and activates his facedown 'cards of sanctity' drawing all 5 pieces of exodia and 1 random monster that was left over.
I want an archetype based around Exodia now. Like a proper archetype, not just related cards but something you can build around. The fun catch (at least in my opinion) could be that it doesn't get you Exodia, it uses those five cards specifically as a resource. Maybe certain cards require you have a specific part in hand, others can exchange parts for other ones or bring one back from the graveyard. Could be Sealers of the Forbidden One?
Maybe Offering to the Forbidden one? Sacrifice 5 cards in your hand or field (has to be monster cards) but if you can do so then you can draw 4 new cards and one piece of your choosing for Exodia. seems like a good start to the Exodia Archetype
Imagine if Yugi zero-turn killed Pegasus by drawing all 5 pieces of Exodia in his opening hand. Pegasus would be all "I'll go first", and Yugi would be like "No, Pegasus, I've already won."
Dartz would think he had Atem on the ropes after causing him to discard four Exodia pieces. Atem then would draw the fifth piece (the head), fuse it with Timaeus and it’s effect would add all pieces from his graveyard to his hand. Winning him the duel.
@@Wanderer2331No, that’s sounds too over powered. How about this, Forbidden Timeaus Unleashed. Attack 2800 Defense 3200. During your main phase you can add a Forbidden one monster from your deck or gy to your hand. Gains 1000 attack for each Forbidden one monster in your hand. When your opponent activates a card effect that would destroy a card/‘s you can discard a Forbidden one monster from your hand, negate the effect and destroy it.
Really cool video! I loved it! I believe Atem has been willing cards at the top of his deck since season 1 though, although he maybe wasn't aware of it until his last duel. That's how he did pull out Exodia against Kaiba in the 1st episode and how he made Jonouchi pull the Time Wizard card against Mai.
Wanted to see Toon exodia made by Pegasus to use Yugi's exodia cards to his advantage Now normal way wouldn't work but some other mechanic to use them for toon exodia peices
If Yugi have Exodia throughout the series, I can see him use it in Duelist Kingdom where it occasionally wins him duels. In battle city tho, I think he would drop the exodia entirely from his deck not because it become bricky but because everyone have plans around it since he would have been famous by then. Let's say his first duel in battle city was against a nameless nobody. The nameless nobody tech in some cards that will hinder Exodia which turns the otherwise easy victory for yugi into a uphill battle. Yugi was barely managed to squeak a win but the duel made him realised that he have been relying on Exodia way too much and it almost cause him to lose. Yugi laid the Exodia to rest in his card pile and probably comment something like "The game have hundred cards and many way to win. Exodia have done well but now is the time for me to explore what else the game have to offer me."
Well said because if you compared that to Seeker the rare hunter, when he started winning easy victory, he became a disadvantage. That is why in the beginning, the rare hunter always say do not reveal my strategy. The rare hunter knows that he will be at a disadvantage because in Battle City, he cannot depend on Duelist Kingdom rules. In Duelist Kingdom, direct attacks do not exist. In Battle City, direct attacks exists. Seeker must of knew about it but still choose to depend on Exodia anyways. ua-cam.com/video/yS1zUksrtGY/v-deo.html. This person who did the what if only created a version of Yugi losing his ability to keep his heart of his cards beliefs but the way how you explained it proves that Yugi will still keep his heart of the cards beliefs. After all, it is never Yugi's style to go for a fast victory or doing 1 shot victory. If Yugi deals with underleveled opponents, he would of just let them live and give them a chance to quit. Just like we don't see Yugi playing an Egyptian god card against Leon, Vivian, Noah etc. Yugi does not aim for a powerful cards on his 1st turn. Yugi never rushes to win. So you would of done the truthful statement on what if Yugi never loses his Exodia because we all know Yugi is not going to abandon his heart of the cards belief just because he still owns Exodia right.
Considering your title has ‘What if…’ in it, how do you feel about making other Yugioh themed Marvel style What If…? vids? I’ve got some more if interested. 1. What if Joey beat Marik? (An obvious one) 2. What if Zero Reverse never happened? 3. What if Crow was a Dark Signer (the writers original plan) 4. What if Kaiba never became Kaiba? (As in if Gozaburo never adopted him and Mokuba) 5. What if Kaiba died? (If he killed himself at Duelist Kingdom) 6. What if Lightning Lied? (Was what Lightning showed Ai after his death was a true reality like it believed to be true or was it a cunning manipulation tactic to drive Ai to his death. 7. What if Duel Monsters never existed? 8. What if Atem never left? 9. What if there was an undiscovered Ritual Dimension? 10. What if Bakura won? What do think? These are just some on the top of my head. This could be a regular series like your duel analysis vids.
In the final duel Yugi vs Atem, it was revealed that Atem can "will" whatever card he wants on top of the deck. Ok. Now Imagine this. Atem puts exodia in his deck. He shuffles his deck. Yugi cuts it afterward. Everyone else watching around just so there are no shenanigans. Yugi knows exodia is in Atem's deck because he made his deck to counter exodia and the gods. Now. What is stopping Atem from willing exodia to be his opening hand?
Honestly I don't think Atem would run Exodia at all in his duel against Yugi. This could theoretically be his final duel, and his first duel against his partner. I can't see Atem WANTING to win that way, especially with his opening hand. It wouldn't be any fun to go out on. And if he doesn't win in his first turn, any discarding effects from Yugi can mean 4 bricks in his deck/hand, making his deck a lot weaker. The point of that duel is to test Yugi's ability to succeed Atem. Running an instant-win strategy could deprive Yugi of his ability to prove anything. I feel like he'd want to test the full extent of Yugi's abilities and see what counterplays he could come up with.
@@kyuubinaruto17 Maybe there was a card that "somehow" prevents losing to exodia in the opening hand that never got revealed because it never happened in the anime. And Yugi would definitely add it to his deck and draw it in his opening hand just for plot reasons.
@@kyuubinaruto17 That last duel is suppose to be an all or nothing, no holds barred,max cheese that both players would have to give their all to win duel for the magic to work right and that would include one of them using the 5 most power cards in the game
@@edwarddeguzman3258 Using Exodia would be an insult to the other player. The cards are pure bricks until you assemble the full set. With the skill level both possess having up to 4 dead cards in hand would just lead to a swift defeat. Plus a simple discard makes the whole set worthless and ENSURES they remain bricks.
Honestly, this was my very thought during the past weeks while rewatching Yugioh once again. But for now, let's dive into this video! Also, I'm new around here and stumbled upon your channel due to one of your Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Analysis videos "Was Joey about to defeat Marik". Loving your content and the way you put a lot of effort, knowledge and thoughts into this series! Keep it up!
My headcanon is that Exodia is a lost 4th Egyptian god card. His story is similar to that of the God Osiris in which he is cut up into pieces and then put back together. I like to think that he was cut into the 5 pieces ultimately making him lose his God status and his dragon taking up the same spot instead.
I think the fact that Exodia appears so little is what makes it such a cool card(s), only once in season 1, once in season 2 and then only in Atem's memories where Exodia goes toe to toe with Zorc, which is one of my favourite Yugioh moments ever. And I guess Exodia also technically appears in Gosabura Kaiba's Deck, but that's only to make Exodia Necros.
For the berserker soul scene, it could have been a good introduction to the exodia divine incarnate, as it gets massive when you have exodia pieces in the GY
I don't know if it's still on UA-cam, but Lonely's Archives made an edit where Yugi still has Exodia and wins every single duel with his opening hand, and it's pretty hilarious
Thanks for the video on my Birthday! Thanks. Edit: Sorry for sounding pretensious by announcing it was my birthday, but I wanted everyone to know how I really enjoy TGS Anime's videos so much. It meant so much for me for it to be on my birthday.
I honestly don't think he would use it as often though; remember he had Exodia in his intial duel against Pegasus, but he couldn't draw it for some reason.
"What if Yugi didn't lose his Exodia cards" there was a funny video about this axrsully, where Yugi basically draws all pieces of Exodia in every duel he has turn one, where his theme music starts playing
I fully agree that this is an interesting what if with the seed of some comedy gold. You mentioned the "duelist kingdom" arc. not just would the instant panic attack from pegasus seeing Yugi already have a few Exodia peices be hilarious but having pegasus also maybe pulling hus hair everytime Yugi draws a card from strees add to it. Possibly have some inner monoluge from pegasus about how Yugi taking his time drawing every card "is going to shave years of life off of me. i swear we have already passed a decade". And yeah the comedy gold of what is obiusly supposed to be an arcs BBEG be instantly deleted by Yugi pulling Exodia from the get go would indeed be iconic
As annoying as weevil was, this added stakes. Yugi just beat the duel monsters world champion and the viewer had no experience yet with the advanced rules. Yugi needed a reason that he could potentially lose to the people on the island, and having the deck that just beat the world champ would kill stakes.
I think it would have been interesting if Yugi returned the exodia cards back to Solomon instead of the ancient deck he used against Joey. He used a deck that completely supports exodia. This would Joey a nice little moment beating the deck that lost his red-eyes. Also, I love your videos, I would love to see you do the Gaia archetype
That face when kaiba sees exodia looks like is pure nightmare like his face looks like it's been dried out kinda like dead man last semblance of horror manga
Would've been awesome if, in the Duelist Kingdom, Yugi would win without Exodia in his first match, win in a pinch in the 2nd and 3rd with Exodia, become reliant then suddenly get nearly destroyed by the brothers because Labyrinth rules wouldn't allow you to stall, the brothers would try to bomb rush him with their labyrinth monsters then Joey would be the one to save his sorry ass. Then at the duel against Pegasus, while Pegasus is pretending to be frightened by the ticking time bomb that is Exodia, he activates card destruction, then Yugi pulls out a "This was my actual game plan!!!" and beats Pegasus with a Ludicrous DnD style combo.
I kinda wish we got a joke series of Yugi having Exodia in his deck and learning to use the Pharaos powers right away to just top deck it every duel, imagine him smirking vs pegasus as pegasus takes a peak into his hand seeing all 5 exodia pieces as Yugi is about to reveal his opening hand. (I know there's been made some joke short videos of something like this) but yeah just a whole speedrun series where yugi opens exodia every single duel. Alternatively just a meme version of him doing insane emotional damage every duel with exodia with a few occurrences of opening hand exodias for hilarious effect. (obviously it would be condenses the entire first season down to like maybe 12-36 episodes of just duels.) Just all the in duel trash talk would be gold if Yugi finished all duels in a few turns or less with Exodia XD
What I think would've happened in the Pegasus duel, is that Pegasus has toon cards which in-story are powerful and unreleased cards, as you stated in your toon archetype, he might have the only cards in existence. So what if aside from them and the Restrict archetype he also had hand removal cards like Confiscation or Delinquent Duo (which in real life atleast on the tcg ) came on the same sets were both Toons and Relinquished premiered. Meaning a huge promotion on this side of the world to a new set at the time, plus on series forcing Yugi to adapt to using the strategies that gave him the win, maybe even using some pieces of Exodia as tributes for the ritual of the Magician of Black Chaos
And with duelist Kingdom. Even if Yugi doesn't/can't draw all five pieces. Each one is at least able to act as a body on the field to keep him alive another turn
i rewatched duel monsters a while ago, and it took you mentioning it for me to remember that DM definitely did have solutions to exodia running around. Delinquent Duo can get rid of a piece, The Forceful Sentry can send one back to the deck, and if he were willing to play a spellcaster, White Magical Hat also exists and can potentially get rid of a piece. plus, needle Worm, if he's lucky, might mill a piece, and its even thematic. there are definitely other cards, this is just off the top of my head.
would've been an interesting alternate end to Waking the Dragons arc. Dartz: "Tremble before my divine serpent with infinite attack power!" Yugi: "lol" (draws final Exodia piece) "lmao"
I think what would happen after pegasus was that the anime would introduce graveyard effects sooner since hand/deck destruction would be meta against yugi and yugi would counter with graveyard effects
Regarding stalling in Duelist Kingdom, the fact that Duke Devlin was able to get hold of a Fairy Meteor Crush before duelling Joey suggests that cards with piercing existed at that point (even if FMC was the only card which gives it, it would still give duelists a way of damaging an opponent who's turtling unless the monsters they play have high defence). Lifeforce Sword was bought before Battle City too but even if that wasn't available before Duelist Kingdom, Morphing Jar definitely existed and that would be a major problem for Exodia users if its flip effect triggered at the right time.
I dig that theory of yours, especially agains Weevil, I ha*e that runt lmao, but I also think it would be awesome if Atem won the final duel with Exodia against Yugi and stayed, but this time in his own body, finding his own path and then maybe helping out other duelists in the future like Jaden a bit more, Yusei,...since he has to stay for another 5000 years anyways, he could aid the newcomers. It would also be interesting to me to see him synchro summon or xyz summon or link summon a monster, and which monster would he syncro, xyz or link summon too. There are so many plot possibilities and twists with him staying, because no one would actually expect him to win, everyone would think he must lose for the plot's sake. And then we get hit with a plot twist of him staying.
If you plan on doing any more What ifs, here is one scenario that might not be a long one but would be interesting to see played out: What if Odion disobeyed Marik? What I mean by that is what if Odion decided that it was unnecessary and potencially dangerous to use fake Ra, thus he dissregards his masters orders and attacks Joey with Mystical Beast of Serket and wins the duel.
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Whenever Yugi summons Slifer, the duel often starts revolving around adding more cards in his hand to make Slifer stronger. Imagine if on top of that, there is also a chance that he draws Exodia while drawing more cards.
But imagine the animation of a combined Thunderforce Obliterate attack
@-AirKat- in the other universe that happened in, that would be the sickest moment in yugioh, would've had the sickest card art and the effect would be very mediocre at the time of release
Might as well just take Kaiba's card of demise instead of obelisk lol
I mean yeah... but most exodia decks don't actually want to draw them early because they can brick your hand lol.
Yeah on top of that having more deck thining cards, like being able to Summon Jacks' Knight from deck with the effect of Kings' Knight.
I like to imagine this scenario goes with:
Weevil: “Yo, can I see those cards?”
Yugi: “Sure thing”
Weevil: (looking) “Yeah these are pretty cool”
(Long silence, the cacophonous sound of the universe forcibly rewriting itself)
Weevil: “Mkay, here you go.”
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Fast forward to the Awaken The Dragon Arc train battle, Weevil actually does have the card with Yugi's soul trapped in it, then just hands it over to Atem.
The better question is "How different would Yu-Gi-Oh be if Weevil wasn't a little shit?"
@@kylepessell1350 I get the feeling that if Weevil wasn't a little brat, he'd just end up as a fan-boy. He'd geek out every time he sees Yugi, and he'd make an interesting recurring villain. He'd never be evil, just on the wrong side for the wrong reasons. Perhaps he's constantly lured in with things like "you could have a deck just as strong as Yugi's!" and then he meets Yugi, duels him while geeking out, loses, then Yugi has to tell him 'You know those guys who helped you get a strong deck? Yeah, they're evil".
The annoying thing is Weevil was one of the only characters with a proper deck with an archetype. And as this guy pointed out the writer's absolutely screwed him in his second duel with Yugi.
The idea of Yugi drawing Exodia during the Berserker Soul moment is actually hilarious.
As if that finisher wasn’t already overkill
@@dragonstouch1042DRAW, MONSTA CARDO
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Weevil: Finally, my pian en....
Yugi: EXODUA OBLITERATE.
Seeing exodia getting revenge on weevil. That felt good.
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@@brawl8well, technically it wouldn't be revenge. I wish Atem had the ones Joey was able to grabbed into his deck in the actual arc so that it'd be as fitting as possible.
Honestly having little Yugi pulling out Exodia against Yami having all three God Cards on the field would have been WILD and a really fascinating thematic wrap up to the series. Still really sad that Exodia wasn't able to really do much past the first episode.
they had to get rid of it, it's not exactly an entertaining comeback when yugi's heart of the card keeps getting him narrow comeback wins cause he drew the fifth piece.
When I was reading the Manga I was CONVINCED that they were going to do this.
Despite that, I like that they incorporated Exodia in other ways such as Antagonists utilizing them in different ways like the Rare Hunter, Gozaburo and Amon.
My favorite call back to Exodia is in GX with Exodius. It really felt like Adrian Gecko was the first good duelist (besides obviously OG Yugi) to master Exodia. Kinda wish Exodius got a retrain that worked a little similar to the anime, feel like it wouldn’t be that busted now.
@@NotsoNaisu I really thought him and Jaden would have ended up dueling. Was surprised it didn't happen
You can really tell Exodia was designed for that one duel (second in the manga) where Kabuki Takahashi brought Magic & Wizards back by popular demand, but at the time he would have been writing that duel (Spring 1997), the idea that the card game would become the main fixture of the manga was still nowhere on his or his editor's radar. So making an auto win-condition without having to grapple with its presence for future duels is what happened.
I think it's very telling that Exodia is neither seen nor mentioned in the video tape duel with Pegasus (published in December 1997/January 1998), not even one piece; I'd be willing to bet Takahashi and his editor remembered or were reminded of Exodia around that time, and Weevil/Haga was created not just as another nasty piece of work villain-of-the-week like so many to that point, but as a plot point to get it outta here so actual drama and tension, and changing cards, could be winged from Yugi's future duels.
Of course, the real reason we hardly ever see Exodia again is aptly demonstrated by the Rare Hunter duel - it's not exciting to watch when the desk is designed around it. It's telling that when we DO get a dedicated Exodia deck again in Season 3 of GX, its two duels involve all manner of convoluted anime-only tech cards to restrict hand size and dump hands playing off the "he's one card away!" tension in a different manner than real life. And neither duel wins that way - Aster blocks it with a hand-size-to-four trap and we get a new Exodia boss monster instead that wins in the first, and in the second, we flip between going for Exodia to a backup strategy when it's hard countered, to back to Exodia, only for Yubel to win via the Grinder Golem/tribute for Yubel/attack and bounce the damage to opponent before the final piece could be drawn.
Also, Kaiba's reaction "nobody's ever been able to call him"
implies that there are multiple copies of Exodia, so it's insane that Yugi never bothered to rebuild his grandpa's deck by replacing the Exodia cards.
Last time when Yugi had Exodia, direct attacks never existed in any duel monsters. But when Kaiba's tournament changed the rules, direct attacks do exists. So a duelist with Exodia also have weakness based on what was shown what happened to Seeker the rare hunter. His only weakness is he is wide open for direct attacks. Seeker was able to draw Exodia successfully because Joey did not know he had Exodia. Yugi on the other hand figured out Seeker had Exodia based on his behaviors so when Yugi saw that behavior, he most likely knew that was his previous self. So if Seeker were playing duel monster using duelist kingdom rules, then Seeker would of had a field advantage because his opponent cannot use direct attacks and must wait for him to put a monster down on the field no matter what. Yugi had already had a chance to win that Exodia cards from that rare hunter but he chose Red Eyes Black Dragon instead.
@@hp2546 because they where fake. And for plot sake he had to get the red eyes as it represented his best friend.
@@hp2546 Direct attacks were apparently allowed in DK rules if you couldn't at least place 1 monster on the field in defense. But I agree DK rules allow exodia to prosper.
Well, they ARE incredibly rare, most duelists never even get a chance to see even 1 piece.... it's entirely possible that he might have been trying to get replacements of the Exodia cards ever since Duelists Kingdom, but was never able to recomplete the set (he couldn't have taken Seeker's they were all fake), and then just never added the ones he got back into his deck because they are pretty much useless without all 5 pieces.
@hp2546 marik should if gave seeker revival jam for the ultimate defense if he had revival jam he would not of lost
I'm kinda glad yugi didn't have exodia. We might not have seen Black Luster Soldier, Magician of Black Chaos, or The Dark Sage in the finals if that was the case
I'm glad that Weevil got blasted five times for every Exodia piece when Atem went full MONSTA CARDO on him.
Or Dark Paladin, Summoned Skull, the Legendary Knights and the 3 Egyptian Gods.
@@ColeMeCrazybut didn’t joey recover 2 of them by jumping in the sea? Didn’t he get like the head and left leg or something?
@@Practicalinvestments
Yeah, Joey did recover two pieces. I guess for the other three pieces that didn't get saved where the ones after Weevil's LP hit zero and went full MONSTA CARDO on him.
It is clear that when Yugi loses Exodia, he won't end up like Seeker the rare hunter. I mean Exodia was a field advantage during that time because direct attacks did not exist. When Kaiba created his tournament, rules did change where direct attacks are common. If Yugi's opponent knows he have Exodia, then they will create a goal of attacking Yugi before he had a chance to draw them or if they see an opening for a direct attack, they would of cashed in. So having Yugi with no Exodia helped him focus more on Dark Magician because if he still had Exodia, he may not have room to sacrifice 2 monsters to summon Dark Magician. I mean what was seen with Seeker is he could not even make room to sacrifice 2 monsters to summon Red Eyes Black Dragon. Or what if Yugi's opponent had card destruction in his/her deck. Any of them would of force Yugi to discard every hand including his Exodia piece and draw a new cards. Exodia is only weak when it is not summoned.
I always find it funny back in s1 when Kaiba says yugi is unbeatable because his deck has exodia right before finding out he lost it
One minor correction: We see during the berserker soul scene that Yami has to immediately discards any monster card draw through the berserker soul effect, so Exodias effect would not come into play.
But he'd DORO.
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It’s still a funny image of Weevil getting jumped by Breaker the magical warrior and exodia
They could make the exception that one time
@@17Master They could have every monster he draws come out and join in
This reminds me of that one parody video with a simmilar title. The whole thing was just a compilation of all Yugi's battles except each time his starting hand was 5 pieces of exodia and then immiedietaly cut to the exodia animation with the theme and the scene of his enemy losing. I remember the duel with Pegasus when he uses his power to check Yugi's hand and the exodia theme just starts playing while Pegasus is holding his head and yelling xd
Having Exodia represent Solomon, the way Blue Eyes represents Kaiba and Dark Magician represents Yugi, makes me feel kinda torn on the subject of what would've happened if he hadn't lost it. On the one hand, losing it basically speedran that entire character arc you talked about where Yugi had to learn to grow on his own as a duelist and develop his own strategies - notably, before losing Exodia it's "my grandpa's deck" but after losing it it becomes "my deck." On the other hand, I would really have loved to see some interaction between Exodia and the EGCs; we even see in the Millennium World arc that Exodia is Siamun's ka, ans was once a fearsome and legendary protector of the land. The anime probably would've pulled out some kind of logic for Exodia not working against the EGCs, maybe that hierarchy system they mentioned with Ra being above the other 2. I dunno, there's a lot of symbolism there, it would be neat to've had it unpacked.
Thats what I've always wondered since I was a kid. How would Exodia and the EGCs interaction be....
Idk I felt like it was unpacked enough I read the manga and read the anime and as a little dumb kid I understood that, it was very beautiful and some thing are better not said ya know
Idk but the last season shows exoida being stronger than the gods individually but if gods combine they are stronger so in my opinion one god card exodia wins but with all 3 exodia doesn't
Haga: "May I see your Exodia cards?"
Yugi: "Sure"
Haga: "I meant can I hold them?"
Yugi: "Hell no, look with your eyes not your hands"
God, Yugi beating Weevil with 2 win conditions (Getting all 5 pieces of Exodia as Weevil's LP hit 0) would be quite hilarious. We need a fanmande remake of that duel now.
I would love to see Yugi vs Bakura in Battle City with Exodia instead of Slifer as the win condition. We would lose that summoning animation, but it would be an awesome foreshadowing of Exodia vs Zorc, also Destiny Board vs Exodia matchup, both players racing against time.
If you wanna do more of these, maybe what would happen if Jesse/Johan and Jaden/Judai have never met? It completely removes the Jesse-Yubel vs Zane duel, Jaden going back to the monster dimension to save Jesse who vanished after the Marcel-Yubel duel, Jaden becoming the Supreme King, original cast getting put aside because Jesse was now Jaden's boyfriend (it isn't canon but I will die on this hill) and Jesse helping Jaden in season 4 with his depression, suicidal thoughts, Fujiwara duel and purging Darkness out of him.
I like how Exodia and the Destinty Board both require the same number of turns. It would have been a really interesting angle.
That’s a cool idea to explore! I hope he’ll do it
If he still had Exodia, we probably wouldn't have gotten the craziness of things like attacking the moon or making a castle collapse on the opponent's field.
Or hear me out...EXODIA PUNCHES THE MOON
Honestly I like the idea that in the Waking the Dragons arc, Yugi restrains from using Exodia... and then Leviathan comes out. Kaiba gets an idea. He plays Card of Sanctity to get himself, Joey and Yugi to draw six cards from their deck. Yugi immediately realizes what he means... and plays EXODIA.
What episode was this?
@@asim3105None of that happened in the anime
@@asim3105 not a genuine one, it's a hypothetical one based on the what if.
Kaiba overcomes his exodia ptsd to save the world
I absolutely love this “What-If” scenario! I do agree that it would be more repetitive if every duel just came down to getting Exodia’s pieces as quickly as possible.
But, I think writers would definitely be able to integrate a plot-point of Yami’s reliance on Exodia. In fact, said reliance on drawing the 5 pieces could have been the very thing that cost Yami his duel with Rapheal.
This could have consequently triggered a character arc where he becomes a more violent Duelist, angry with himself while grieving the loss of Yugi to the Seal of Orichalcos. However, he would be gradually calmed down by his friends, decide to practice not using Exodia-never even drawing a single piece when he did-and understand how he can make things right again.
Maybe Yugi uses it as a sorta last resort card similar to Gokus spirit bomb
Kaiba specifically changed the rules for Battle city in case there were another exodia. Which is how yugi was able to direct attack win vs the rare hunter with the fake exodia copies.
Didn’t the rare hunter say he won all those copies off of other duelist?
They weren't fake, they were marked cards
Anime=Real
Manga=copies
@@MickDouble You mean proxy’s right. Copy doesn’t necessarily mean fake or illegal. I mean the real world is full of legalized copies. Odion’s Winged Dragon of Ra was a proxy card.
@@robertmiller3529 I don't know how accurate the sub is, but the sub I have of the episodes says the cards are counterfeit. It seems accurate to me however, as that information is what leads Kaiba to conclude it must be Exodia, a conclusion that makes far more sense with counterfeit cards than with marked cards. Also, the word counterfeit is twice more used the next episode, first after Seeker plays the head and later before Yugi tears up the cards, making it seem less likely to be an error (and furthermore, it wouldn't be in-character for Yugi to tear up cards just because they're marked, as he believes in cards having a soul. Counterfeit cards however are a different story).
If the Exodia cards are still in Yugi’s deck during Duelist Kingdom. It could improve the shock factor if during the Pegasus duel Yugi drew 4 of the 5 pieces and then Pegasus counters with a card like the way yugi beat the Exodia rare hunter to show that Pegasus is a threat.
It would likely be something like Card Destruction, which inspired Yugi to put it in his deck for Battle City
To be Fair Atem probably would've taken the Head of Exodia, since he and Yugi split their Deck's before the ceremonial duel.
@@misterOrca4that’s not in character for either of them though. Either he’d take the entire set or none of it. But just one piece to stop him building the entire engine? Nah
In regards to Battle City: Ishizu implies that the Egyptian Gods can stop Exodia somehow
In regards to the Berserker Soul Scene: Yugi has to discard the card he draws for that card's effect (i:e he can't keep the cards), so Exodia wouldn't obliterate Weevil
Is that the anime effect of Berserker Soul? And if not, they could have just altered the anime effect
@@rinkusan978 We see in the berserker soul scene that Yami discards every card he draws through this effect.
@@rinkusan978 instead of direct attacking, the real world version uses intervals of 500 damage per monster drawn, but they still have to be discarded
I don’t think that statement of the gods being more powerful than Exodia was meant to be taken in that sense. Perhaps the gods abilities and their lack of Exodia’s weakness is why they were considered better than Exodia. A single monster that has high attack stats and immunity to almost every card effect I think is much more reliable than an instant win 5 card monster whose pieces are basically bricks individually. I mean Exodia doesn’t beat over anything or inflict battle damage, you just declare victory upon drawing all the pieces. Exodia obliterating the opponent’s field was just for spectacles sake.
During Duelist Kingdom it had become public knowledge that Yugi lost Exodia. If he didn't then it's likely that Pegasus would have expected Exodia in Yugi's deck and would have prepared for it, even if it meant creating brand new cards just for that duel.
Examples could of been more like get the card destruction. So imagine if Pegasus used his Millennium Eye to see like 2 or 3 pieces of Exodia, then Pegasus could of already used card destruction so that all cards including his Exodia pieces would have to be discarded then both players must draw like 5 new cards. Exodia is weak when not summoned.
I feel like what you said about BC applies to DK too. I have to imagine if Yugi had Exodia, almost every opponent that was close to losing via Exodia would be using more hand destruction cards to keep up the tension.
I can totally see Pegasus playing Delinquent Duo.
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Man Exodia is so iconic in Yugioh. I wish Atem beat Zorc with Exodia, would have been such a cool throwback to the first duel vs Kaiba.
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Didn't Exodia fight Zorc and lost.
@@BartEmbregtsyea,because egyption grandpa yugi who summed it was too weak to handle zorc,that why exodia lost
I would have loved to see yugi give each of his friends a piece of exodia to represent how they are at their strongest when they are together... FRIENDSHIP!
A think another great twist would have been Yugi letting Joey keep the 2 pieces he recovered from the ocean, as at least a token of appreciation for him risking his life.
Then fast forward to Joey facing Yugi to claim his Red-Eyes back. Turns out Joey has secretly been collecting the remaining 3 pieces of Exodia and adds them all to his deck. Then, with the insane luck Joey has, he draws them to instantly win. Would be an unique symbol of their friendship while also returning Red-Eyes to Joey.
I actually think that Exodia would not necessarily be the be-all win condition for Yugi's deck in Duelist Kingdom like you said, precisely for the ruling that he needed to play monsters each turn. Considering that he has a large amount of Spells & Traps in his deck for that era, there's gonna likely be a chance where he'll have no cards on the field, and the only monsters he can play being those Forbidden Limbs.
That scenario you described at 5:59 would be surprising at first sure, but both Pegasus & Yugi would quickly surmise that while he _could_ draw the head for an early win, he could also brick into a Magical Hats or Living Arrow without any other monsters remaining on his field, which considering Pegasus' Toon Beatdown strategy was very likely! And without any graveyard-to-hand recovery, the moment one of them hits the field turns his five instant-win cards into some of his weakest monsters - I don't even think the Head could take out more than, what, Toon Alligator?
Running a deck of only monsters including Exodia would force hand destruction from his opponent, because he either has fodder to avoid losing or he wins.
The Exodia strategy failing against Pegasus would lead Yugi to play them on the field. Meaning we are guaranteed to get comedy gold moments like Toon Left Leg.
Hadn't Yugi lost Exodia in the beginning of the series, we would have always known what those 2 or 3 'mysterious cards that have never been used, never been revealed in the duel' really were. 😉
Aw man, I was hoping you would point out a scenario I've been thinking about recently. If Yugi/Atem had Exodia when Dartz pulled out Divine Serpent Geh. Because technically while Geh is on the field Dartz can't lose, but with Exodia in Yugi's hand he automatically wins. Seeing Exodia break out of the Spellbinding Circle, the three Legendary Knights on the field maybe Dark Magician Girl as he obliterates Geh and Dartz? That would have been amazing! A full circle since the gods weren't around to be of any help.
Exodia ain't obliterating anything. Geh's effect takes priority. Dartz cannot lose no matter what. The only way to win is to remove Geh. I should know because I've tested this on Edopro.
A true question. Exodia still in The Pharaoh's Deck would drastically change things.
Exodia feels more like Solomon’s monster so I don’t like it Yugi’s deck regardless
@@pn2294 I agree, it was Yugi who inherited the deck to begin with.
Although I do wonder if Yugi would actually play those cards. Atem couldn't take that risk, so he'd prepare for the possibility regardless (meaning just owning the cards would benefit Yugi)
He would have to built his deck around it to be useful though. Like 3 pot of greed and 3 graceful charity.
@@misterymisterio8778 nah duelists in the anime typically use unique cards
@@misterymisterio8778 Assuming he even knows what Pot of Greed does
Speaking of awakening the dragons arc. Imagine if Yugi fused Timaeus with exodia it could be a battle oriented Exodia like Exodius.
What if Jaden didn’t bump into Yugi at the start of GX?
What if the Golden Key didn’t react in Yuma’s duel vs Shark?
What if Yuya’s pendant didn’t react in the duel against the Sledgehammer?
Just a few What If’s I’ve thought that could be interesting to look at.
What if Jack didn't steal Stardust Dragon from Yusei?
I just realized why do so many yugioh protaginsts have special necklaces that unleash their special cards.
@@donny451 honestly, it wouldnt have changed the story much even if he didn't steal Stardust since he only used Stardust when Yusei came along to find him.
@@mairelbaz3962he used stardust to win the tournaments and make his way to the top bro. He stole it for selfish reasons and abandoned his comrades.
@@mairelbaz3962 Stealing Stardust was half the reason Yusei was seeking him out. Yusei undoubtedly would have gone to the city anyway and maybe would have sought Jack out to confront him over stealing their D-Wheel, but he probably wouldn't have dueled him that night they partially summoned the Crimson Dragon for the first time.
You know this would be a pretty interesting alternative universe to where if yugi still held on to exodia. In Duelist Kingdom he can still stomp a bunch of characters but by the time we would get to Battle City and the waking the dragon's arc he would have to change up his strategies to fit the situation a lot more so he wouldn't be having trouble summoning exodia. And it could lead into more character development for yugi and atem. This was a pretty interesting video idea and I hope to see more what if's!
It would of been funny if Atem drew all five pieces when Yugi played card of sanctity. Because then his strategy to win would have backfired.
Dartz: "I am the ultimate evil, you can't beat my infnite attack leviathan!"
Yugi: "I just did 'shows exodia'. "
That would be a really cool character arc Atem counting on exodia too much maybe with a duel with Joey being controlled by Marik could have him realize that counting on Exodia is not a good idea since he is dueling on borrowed time.
I think there's one thing that is missing from the Duelist Kingdom discussion: yes, you could stall out the duel by simply setting one and passing until you draw Exodia, but every time you set a monster you lose a card from your hand. Let's say Yugi had 3 pieces of Exodia and 2 other monsters in his hand, let's assume they are Curse of Dragon and Summoned Skull. If he wanted to go for the Exodia gameplan, he'd have to set either Curse or Skull on the field, losing him a card from his hand. Next turn, he draws up to 5 again, hitting another monster, so far so good.
However, when he eventually draws another piece of Exodia, he has to hold onto it, effectively limiting his available handsize to 1 monster. Problematic, but still not impossible to come back from, you still have a monster you can set and he's probably drawing another one next turn. But what if, when his effective handsize is 1, he hits a spell/trap (Or the BLS ritual)? The only way out would be to set a piece of Exodia to avoid an instant loss, which throws the instant win right out the window.
I'd argue it wouldn't be a clean sweep for Yugi, as the Exodia bricks would clog up his hand and there's a non-zero chance that he'd have an hand with no summonable monsters besides Exodia pieces. Of course cards like Pot of Greed could replenish his hand and the "luck boost" provided by the Puzzle could help him, but from a deckbuilding standpoint it would be a Joey Wheeler level gamble.
You lack the heart of the cards
So what you're trying to say is, Joey should have had expdia instead.
Yugi getting god draws would counter it, yes, but also the fact that Summoned Skull also would likely last far longer than a single turn. Duelists like Mai and Rex don't even have a card chunky enough to get over it. Even Kaiba would only have 3 monsters in his deck able to take out SS. Recall, Kaiba, the world champion, was running Hitotsu-me Giant.
@@SquallLionhart409 Yes, putting SS into attack and going on the offensive would wipe out most of the "boss monsters" in other people's decks if they didn't have some sort of card to get over 2500 ATK. The point is that, if that strategy is so successful to the point of being able to beat over anything, why even clog up your deck with bricks that have even the slightest potential of losing you the duel? At that point using those five deckslots for beefy monsters/a couple of spells and traps might be more advantageous.
@@FastEFrostVideogame Because players in the anime didn't run 3 copies of the top meta cards? BEWD was limited to ~4~ copies. In the entire world. You might draw in to SS or DM, but you might also draw in to Giant Soldier of Stone or Mystical Elf. In the former case, having Exodia is insurance in case your opponent draws an out, in the latter playing defense is your only option.
Here's a dumb question, if a player had 40 monster cards and you DIDN'T have Stop Defense in your deck, would you automatically lose the instant you play your first Pot of Greed (or if you draw first?). Season 1 rules were jank.
In the final duel of Atem vs Little Yugi, I don't think the Exodia pieces would be Atem's to use as even in the past Yugi's grandpa's Ancient Egyptian self had them. Therefore I think they'd be for Little Yugi's use in this scenario where Weevil wasn't able to toss them off the ship.
What if Marik merged the deck of his first Rare Hunter with Strings so that Exodia and Slyther was in the same deck. Imagine the last scene where Strings was caught in an infinite loop until his cards run out and triumphantly brought out the 5 Exodia pieces? Well, that's an alternate history episode of Yu-Gi-Oh-No! 🤣
Tbh it would be better without slifer and he could just stall with his revival jam until he drew exodia I think this would be a good exodia deck more than it is for slifer as revival jam would counter exodia decks weakness as not always having monsters to protect their lp
My thought is exodia would be treated like a god card, his most powerful ace, but wouldnt be something he always relied upon but Id believe he would over rely upon them for a while, which would be a fun plot point. Exodia would be a bigger problem for the end of the series when yugi and atem duels. Though yeah like you said Exodia would become less and less commonly used in the other seasons of the first series.
Berserker Soul overkill+Exodia obliterating Weevil during the Orichalchos arc would be peak anime
For the ceremonial duel, it would’ve been Yugi with Exodia since that came from Solomon vs Atem and the Egyptian gods. A literal race against time
Monster Cardo, 🤣
Love that scene! Keep up the good work!
Exodia, despite having small appearances in the anime, it made such an impact and it is one of the most iconic cards in the game.
I still feel like he was underused and it is understandable considering the power he has.
Yes, that instant win effect from exodia is not good for the show if it continue because it would be boring specially in duel kingdom arc
Hindsight is 1000, but if Maximum Monsters from Rush had been a main game concept, Exodia probably could have been more a reoccurring part of yugi’s deck. But it probably wouldnt be as iconic.
I’m pretty sure exodia is the inspiration of maximum monsters, it’ll be funny if they make exodia in rush duel and it’s maximum atk points are infinite
The hell is a maximum monster?
@@sonicgen20 it’s the unique summoning mechanic in rush duel, essentially it’s 3 separate monsters summoned to the field simultaneously to act as 1 monster
@@mr2oxking Never watched Yugioh Sevens so I have no idea how to play Rush duels.
Honestly the monster Cardo into exodia works so well especially if weville tosses them but Yugi gets them back somehow with the power of friendship.
I like to think that the Seeker at the beginning of Battle City was there showcase how the game has evolved and how Exodia just doesn't cut it anymore.
Sort of like in DBZ, Frieza was such a huge problem. Then in the next arc, he gets ass wobbled by Trunks in a matter of seconds with little effort
It would have been so cool and amazing to see Yugi beat Atem with Exodia in their final duel, ending the series with the very first boss card we saw in the anime and seeing little Yugi win with his Grandpa’s cards instead of Atem being the one to use it :)
That meme video thats just yugi opening Exodia over and over to the first strings of Passionate Duelist is may favourite thing.
Thinking about it, Exodia would have done decently with Slifer because rather than being dead cards they would have powered it up. They still would have been a hindrance outside of that, of course, but once he got it onto the field (and he would have, don't doubt), they would have worked together rather well.
2:44 - Bakura, Spirit Messages - "FINAL" Victory
I love when Japanese version of FINAL is just DEATH
Imagine Yugi playing for the entire series a super stally deck with draw, search and stax. A whole episode taking place in which he plays swords of revealing light and countering opponents spells. Next episode its revealed: he plays three copies of swords of revealing light xS
At 9:54 that battle with the bug would have been therapy for wanting to see a stomping to love!
Drawing exodia vs Dartz would have been hype and really funny.
Imagine Dartz gloating about his infinite attack serpent.
Kaiba uses his virus cannon+crush card virus combo.
But he uses it on Yugi instead of Dartz. Dartz goes from gloating to confusion, like mental whiplash.
Dartz: Why would you DO that? Now his deck only has 6 cards left in it!
Yugi smirks and activates his facedown 'cards of sanctity' drawing all 5 pieces of exodia and 1 random monster that was left over.
Exodia ties Great Leviathan into a knot!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"you might have taken my egipcian god cards dartz but you have forgotten that my deck contains *reveals exodia's head * the unstopable exodia!"
I remember someone once made an edited video where Yugi just draws all 5 pieces of Exodia as his starting hand in every duel. It was pretty funny.
I want an archetype based around Exodia now. Like a proper archetype, not just related cards but something you can build around. The fun catch (at least in my opinion) could be that it doesn't get you Exodia, it uses those five cards specifically as a resource. Maybe certain cards require you have a specific part in hand, others can exchange parts for other ones or bring one back from the graveyard. Could be Sealers of the Forbidden One?
Maybe Offering to the Forbidden one? Sacrifice 5 cards in your hand or field (has to be monster cards) but if you can do so then you can draw 4 new cards and one piece of your choosing for Exodia. seems like a good start to the Exodia Archetype
@@unlimitedpower-fs2fn that would make exodia less brick lol
We got this
Imagine if Yugi zero-turn killed Pegasus by drawing all 5 pieces of Exodia in his opening hand. Pegasus would be all "I'll go first", and Yugi would be like "No, Pegasus, I've already won."
For the Waking the Dragons arc, imagine a Timaeus/Exodia fusion
Dartz would think he had Atem on the ropes after causing him to discard four Exodia pieces. Atem then would draw the fifth piece (the head), fuse it with Timaeus and it’s effect would add all pieces from his graveyard to his hand. Winning him the duel.
@@Wanderer2331No, that’s sounds too over powered. How about this, Forbidden Timeaus Unleashed. Attack 2800 Defense 3200. During your main phase you can add a Forbidden one monster from your deck or gy to your hand. Gains 1000 attack for each Forbidden one monster in your hand. When your opponent activates a card effect that would destroy a card/‘s you can discard a Forbidden one monster from your hand, negate the effect and destroy it.
@@sonicgen20do you want to say that infinite attack snake?
@@dragonstouch1042 What about Divine Serpent Geh?
@@sonicgen20 being overpowered
Really cool video! I loved it!
I believe Atem has been willing cards at the top of his deck since season 1 though, although he maybe wasn't aware of it until his last duel. That's how he did pull out Exodia against Kaiba in the 1st episode and how he made Jonouchi pull the Time Wizard card against Mai.
Wanted to see Toon exodia made by Pegasus to use Yugi's exodia cards to his advantage
Now normal way wouldn't work but some other mechanic to use them for toon exodia peices
The final duel with Pharo would be something to see if Yugi would have an Exodia deck.
If Yugi have Exodia throughout the series, I can see him use it in Duelist Kingdom where it occasionally wins him duels. In battle city tho, I think he would drop the exodia entirely from his deck not because it become bricky but because everyone have plans around it since he would have been famous by then. Let's say his first duel in battle city was against a nameless nobody. The nameless nobody tech in some cards that will hinder Exodia which turns the otherwise easy victory for yugi into a uphill battle. Yugi was barely managed to squeak a win but the duel made him realised that he have been relying on Exodia way too much and it almost cause him to lose. Yugi laid the Exodia to rest in his card pile and probably comment something like "The game have hundred cards and many way to win. Exodia have done well but now is the time for me to explore what else the game have to offer me."
Well said because if you compared that to Seeker the rare hunter, when he started winning easy victory, he became a disadvantage. That is why in the beginning, the rare hunter always say do not reveal my strategy. The rare hunter knows that he will be at a disadvantage because in Battle City, he cannot depend on Duelist Kingdom rules. In Duelist Kingdom, direct attacks do not exist. In Battle City, direct attacks exists. Seeker must of knew about it but still choose to depend on Exodia anyways.
ua-cam.com/video/yS1zUksrtGY/v-deo.html. This person who did the what if only created a version of Yugi losing his ability to keep his heart of his cards beliefs but the way how you explained it proves that Yugi will still keep his heart of the cards beliefs. After all, it is never Yugi's style to go for a fast victory or doing 1 shot victory. If Yugi deals with underleveled opponents, he would of just let them live and give them a chance to quit. Just like we don't see Yugi playing an Egyptian god card against Leon, Vivian, Noah etc. Yugi does not aim for a powerful cards on his 1st turn. Yugi never rushes to win. So you would of done the truthful statement on what if Yugi never loses his Exodia because we all know Yugi is not going to abandon his heart of the cards belief just because he still owns Exodia right.
Considering your title has ‘What if…’ in it, how do you feel about making other Yugioh themed Marvel style What If…? vids? I’ve got some more if interested.
1. What if Joey beat Marik? (An obvious one)
2. What if Zero Reverse never happened?
3. What if Crow was a Dark Signer (the writers original plan)
4. What if Kaiba never became Kaiba? (As in if Gozaburo never adopted him and Mokuba)
5. What if Kaiba died? (If he killed himself at Duelist Kingdom)
6. What if Lightning Lied? (Was what Lightning showed Ai after his death was a true reality like it believed to be true or was it a cunning manipulation tactic to drive Ai to his death.
7. What if Duel Monsters never existed?
8. What if Atem never left?
9. What if there was an undiscovered Ritual Dimension?
10. What if Bakura won?
What do think? These are just some on the top of my head. This could be a regular series like your duel analysis vids.
I’d really like #7. He’d have to discuss the manga for once.
In the final duel Yugi vs Atem, it was revealed that Atem can "will" whatever card he wants on top of the deck. Ok. Now Imagine this. Atem puts exodia in his deck. He shuffles his deck. Yugi cuts it afterward. Everyone else watching around just so there are no shenanigans. Yugi knows exodia is in Atem's deck because he made his deck to counter exodia and the gods. Now. What is stopping Atem from willing exodia to be his opening hand?
Honestly I don't think Atem would run Exodia at all in his duel against Yugi. This could theoretically be his final duel, and his first duel against his partner. I can't see Atem WANTING to win that way, especially with his opening hand. It wouldn't be any fun to go out on. And if he doesn't win in his first turn, any discarding effects from Yugi can mean 4 bricks in his deck/hand, making his deck a lot weaker.
The point of that duel is to test Yugi's ability to succeed Atem. Running an instant-win strategy could deprive Yugi of his ability to prove anything. I feel like he'd want to test the full extent of Yugi's abilities and see what counterplays he could come up with.
@@kyuubinaruto17 Maybe there was a card that "somehow" prevents losing to exodia in the opening hand that never got revealed because it never happened in the anime. And Yugi would definitely add it to his deck and draw it in his opening hand just for plot reasons.
@@kyuubinaruto17 That last duel is suppose to be an all or nothing, no holds barred,max cheese that both players would have to give their all to win duel for the magic to work right and that would include one of them using the 5 most power cards in the game
@@edwarddeguzman3258 Using Exodia would be an insult to the other player. The cards are pure bricks until you assemble the full set. With the skill level both possess having up to 4 dead cards in hand would just lead to a swift defeat.
Plus a simple discard makes the whole set worthless and ENSURES they remain bricks.
@@kyuubinaruto17 That's how you see them but the Pharoah would find a way to get extra value out of those card and make them viable
Honestly, this was my very thought during the past weeks while rewatching Yugioh once again. But for now, let's dive into this video!
Also, I'm new around here and stumbled upon your channel due to one of your Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Analysis videos "Was Joey about to defeat Marik". Loving your content and the way you put a lot of effort, knowledge and thoughts into this series! Keep it up!
My headcanon is that Exodia is a lost 4th Egyptian god card. His story is similar to that of the God Osiris in which he is cut up into pieces and then put back together. I like to think that he was cut into the 5 pieces ultimately making him lose his God status and his dragon taking up the same spot instead.
It would be insane if his opening hand consists of all 5 pieces of Exodia whenever a duel begun.
I think the fact that Exodia appears so little is what makes it such a cool card(s), only once in season 1, once in season 2 and then only in Atem's memories where Exodia goes toe to toe with Zorc, which is one of my favourite Yugioh moments ever.
And I guess Exodia also technically appears in Gosabura Kaiba's Deck, but that's only to make Exodia Necros.
For the berserker soul scene, it could have been a good introduction to the exodia divine incarnate, as it gets massive when you have exodia pieces in the GY
*Tu turuuu turu ruuuu tu turuuuu*
Basically he would win every single duel in the first turn.
No, the puzzle only gives you a luck boost if you're in a pinch. So..... I think Exodia would only come if the situation was truly desperate....
@@antonitocotter447 it's a joke
@@otroweonllamadoseba Oh....
I don't know if it's still on UA-cam, but Lonely's Archives made an edit where Yugi still has Exodia and wins every single duel with his opening hand, and it's pretty hilarious
Pegasus: My millennium eye sees all Yugi Boy!
*saw one piece of Exodia*
Pegasus: On second thought I don't want to look at your hand anymore
Thanks for the video on my Birthday! Thanks.
Edit: Sorry for sounding pretensious by announcing it was my birthday, but I wanted everyone to know how I really enjoy TGS Anime's videos so much. It meant so much for me for it to be on my birthday.
I honestly don't think he would use it as often though; remember he had Exodia in his intial duel against Pegasus, but he couldn't draw it for some reason.
"What if Yugi didn't lose his Exodia cards" there was a funny video about this axrsully, where Yugi basically draws all pieces of Exodia in every duel he has turn one, where his theme music starts playing
A very interesting video! Definitely would love to see more of these hypotheticals for other parts of Yugioh!
I fully agree that this is an interesting what if with the seed of some comedy gold.
You mentioned the "duelist kingdom" arc. not just would the instant panic attack from pegasus seeing Yugi already have a few Exodia peices be hilarious but having pegasus also maybe pulling hus hair everytime Yugi draws a card from strees add to it. Possibly have some inner monoluge from pegasus about how Yugi taking his time drawing every card "is going to shave years of life off of me. i swear we have already passed a decade".
And yeah the comedy gold of what is obiusly supposed to be an arcs BBEG be instantly deleted by Yugi pulling Exodia from the get go would indeed be iconic
As annoying as weevil was, this added stakes. Yugi just beat the duel monsters world champion and the viewer had no experience yet with the advanced rules. Yugi needed a reason that he could potentially lose to the people on the island, and having the deck that just beat the world champ would kill stakes.
Yugi pulling a fist of the north star on his opponent would have been the single greatest moment ever.
The look on Kaiba's face when he stares into Exodia was priceless...
I think it would have been interesting if Yugi returned the exodia cards back to Solomon instead of the ancient deck he used against Joey. He used a deck that completely supports exodia. This would Joey a nice little moment beating the deck that lost his red-eyes. Also, I love your videos, I would love to see you do the Gaia archetype
That face when kaiba sees exodia looks like is pure nightmare like his face looks like it's been dried out kinda like dead man last semblance of horror manga
I seem to recall a video that explored that possibility, lol.
Great video, TGS Anime!
Would've been awesome if, in the Duelist Kingdom, Yugi would win without Exodia in his first match, win in a pinch in the 2nd and 3rd with Exodia, become reliant then suddenly get nearly destroyed by the brothers because Labyrinth rules wouldn't allow you to stall, the brothers would try to bomb rush him with their labyrinth monsters then Joey would be the one to save his sorry ass. Then at the duel against Pegasus, while Pegasus is pretending to be frightened by the ticking time bomb that is Exodia, he activates card destruction, then Yugi pulls out a "This was my actual game plan!!!" and beats Pegasus with a Ludicrous DnD style combo.
I kinda wish we got a joke series of Yugi having Exodia in his deck and learning to use the Pharaos powers right away to just top deck it every duel, imagine him smirking vs pegasus as pegasus takes a peak into his hand seeing all 5 exodia pieces as Yugi is about to reveal his opening hand. (I know there's been made some joke short videos of something like this) but yeah just a whole speedrun series where yugi opens exodia every single duel. Alternatively just a meme version of him doing insane emotional damage every duel with exodia with a few occurrences of opening hand exodias for hilarious effect. (obviously it would be condenses the entire first season down to like maybe 12-36 episodes of just duels.) Just all the in duel trash talk would be gold if Yugi finished all duels in a few turns or less with Exodia XD
What I think would've happened in the Pegasus duel, is that Pegasus has toon cards which in-story are powerful and unreleased cards, as you stated in your toon archetype, he might have the only cards in existence. So what if aside from them and the Restrict archetype he also had hand removal cards like Confiscation or Delinquent Duo (which in real life atleast on the tcg ) came on the same sets were both Toons and Relinquished premiered. Meaning a huge promotion on this side of the world to a new set at the time, plus on series forcing Yugi to adapt to using the strategies that gave him the win, maybe even using some pieces of Exodia as tributes for the ritual of the Magician of Black Chaos
And with duelist Kingdom. Even if Yugi doesn't/can't draw all five pieces. Each one is at least able to act as a body on the field to keep him alive another turn
i rewatched duel monsters a while ago, and it took you mentioning it for me to remember that DM definitely did have solutions to exodia running around. Delinquent Duo can get rid of a piece, The Forceful Sentry can send one back to the deck, and if he were willing to play a spellcaster, White Magical Hat also exists and can potentially get rid of a piece. plus, needle Worm, if he's lucky, might mill a piece, and its even thematic. there are definitely other cards, this is just off the top of my head.
would've been an interesting alternate end to Waking the Dragons arc.
Dartz: "Tremble before my divine serpent with infinite attack power!"
Yugi: "lol" (draws final Exodia piece) "lmao"
I think what would happen after pegasus was that the anime would introduce graveyard effects sooner since hand/deck destruction would be meta against yugi and yugi would counter with graveyard effects
6:18 this line was funnier than it had any right to be
Bakura had a Morphing Jar during that time. That is hard counter to Exodia. So there was a counterplay at the time.
Morphing Jar’s scream is hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Regarding stalling in Duelist Kingdom, the fact that Duke Devlin was able to get hold of a Fairy Meteor Crush before duelling Joey suggests that cards with piercing existed at that point (even if FMC was the only card which gives it, it would still give duelists a way of damaging an opponent who's turtling unless the monsters they play have high defence). Lifeforce Sword was bought before Battle City too but even if that wasn't available before Duelist Kingdom, Morphing Jar definitely existed and that would be a major problem for Exodia users if its flip effect triggered at the right time.
I dig that theory of yours, especially agains Weevil, I ha*e that runt lmao, but I also think it would be awesome if Atem won the final duel with Exodia against Yugi and stayed, but this time in his own body, finding his own path and then maybe helping out other duelists in the future like Jaden a bit more, Yusei,...since he has to stay for another 5000 years anyways, he could aid the newcomers. It would also be interesting to me to see him synchro summon or xyz summon or link summon a monster, and which monster would he syncro, xyz or link summon too. There are so many plot possibilities and twists with him staying, because no one would actually expect him to win, everyone would think he must lose for the plot's sake. And then we get hit with a plot twist of him staying.
I would personally like to see more videos like this. It's so hard to find what ifs on Yugioh.
If Exodia was in Waking the Dragons: there would of been another bullshit rule added to the Seal of Oricalcos that prevented Exodia from being used
I love your "what if..." videos, hope you do more of these!🔥
No, *this* is how it would happen. Yugi: “Heart of the cards, I drew Exodia first turn fuck you I win”
I cannot tell you how many times I tried to game out this exact scenario as a kid watching the anime!
If you plan on doing any more What ifs, here is one scenario that might not be a long one but would be interesting to see played out:
What if Odion disobeyed Marik?
What I mean by that is what if Odion decided that it was unnecessary and potencially dangerous to use fake Ra, thus he dissregards his masters orders and attacks Joey with Mystical Beast of Serket and wins the duel.
8:59
He comes up with a nice plot line for what he explained, then immediately cuts to a scene where Atem already had that knowledge. XD
If Yugi didn't lose the Exodia cards, then we would have a proper Forbidden One archetype and lore