The Complete History of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Meta: Part 1 (2002-2005)
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- ะะฟัะฑะปัะบะพะฒะฐะฝะพ 26 ัะตั 2024
- In this video I will be covering the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG's first era of competitive play, which lasted from March of 2002 to March of 2005, which many people refer to as the "Duel Monsters" or "DM" era. Depending on who you ask, you may hear that this era didn't actually end until June of 2005, and while I think this is a valid perspective, I think the line is simply a hard one to draw, and I felt most comfortable marking March the cutoff point. The video attempts to chronologically catalog as much of what was competitively relevant as possible, within reason, throughout this time period.
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Legend of Blue-Eyes
2:35 The First Starter Decks
14:10 Metal Raiders
22:44 Tournament Pack 1
25:10 Magic Ruler
33:52 Tournament Pack 2
36:00 Pharaoh's Servant
46:20 Labyrinth of Nightmare
56:00 Legacy of Darkness and Pharaonic Guardian
1:16:07 World Championship 2003
1:22:15 Magician's Force
1:29:22 Dark Crisis
1:36:18 Invasion of Chaos
1:50:39 World Championship 2004
1:52:53 The First Forbidden Cards
1:54:43 October 2004 and Cookie Cutter Chaos
ใCOMPLETE SOUNDTRACKใ
1. INTRO, LEGEND OF BLUE-EYES, AND STARTER DECKS
โYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Opening โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ
โPhoenix Wright Ace Attorney - Core (Jaws Composition) โ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ
โYu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom - Head of the Imperial Guard โ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ-๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ด
โYu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom - Team Builder โ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ ๐ถ๐จ๐ช, ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐ข
โFinal Fantasy VII - Oppressed People โ ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ, ๐๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐น, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ข-๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ
โYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links - Joey Wheeler / Mai Valentine Theme โ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ท๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ-๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ
โThe Smash Brothers - Square Off โ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โCave Story Remastered - Meltdown 2 โ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด
โCave Story Remastered - Geothermal โ๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด
โDragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - Ancient Mystery โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ
โThe Smash Brothers - Evolving Elements โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ
2. METAL RAIDERS
โTekken 3 - Ling Xiaoyu โ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โFinal Fantasy VIII - Martial Law โ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ด
โSonic Heroes - Unexpected Encounter โ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ
โSonic Adventure 2 - Unknown from M.E. Instrumental โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
3. MECHANICALCHASER / TOURNAMENT PACK 1
โYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - INTRODUCTION โ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ
4. MAGIC RULER
โSuper Dragon Ball Z - Kamiโs Lookout (Ground Level) โ๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ
โSonic Adventure - Funky Groove Makes U Hot!? โ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด
โSonic Rush - Jeh Jeh Rocket โ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ
โSonic the Hedgehog 2 - Hill Top Zone (Classic Generations Remix) โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
5. TOURNAMENT PACK 2
โYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Battle City โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ณ
6. PHARAOHโS SERVANT
โYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Clash โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฉ'๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต
โMakeup and Vanity Set - This Is It โ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ป๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฅ
โYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Setoโs Memory โ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ
โUnder Night In-Birth: Gordeauโs Theme โ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต
7. LABYRINTH OF NIGHTMARE
โSonic and the Secret Rings: Let the Speed Mend It โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ
โYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Anime Soundtrack: Chaser โ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ
โYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Anime Soundtrack: Jonouchi Duel โ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ด, ๐๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ
10. LEGACY OF DARKNESS AND PHARAONIC GUARDIAN / SUMMER 2003
โStreet Fighter III: Third Strike - Sean and Oroโs Theme (Longshoreman) โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ
โYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Anime Soundtrack - ไผ่ชฌใฎๆฑบ้ โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ต๐ข-๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ
โSuper Mario Sunshine - File Select โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โPokemon Battle Revolution - Reception Desk โ๐๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐บ
โSonic Adventure 2 - Lost Colony โ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โPhoenix Wright Trials and Tribulations - Larry Butz โ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ณ
โTekken 3 - Nina Williams โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด
11. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2003
โSuper Smash Bros. Melee - Intro โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ
โPhoenix Wright Ace Attorney - Logic and Trick (Jaws Composition) โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ด
12. MAGICIANโS FORCE
โCapcom vs SNK 2 - Fight with the Wind โ๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ'๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ
โTekken 4 - The Strongest Iron Arena โ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ-๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ถ๐ด
โTekken 3 - Heihachi Mishima โ๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต
13. DARK CRISIS
โPhoenix Wright Ace Attorney - Marvin Grossberg (Jatello Composition) โ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ด - ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ "๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ" ๐๐ฆ๐ต
14. INVASION OF CHAOS
โPretty Lights - Hot Like Sauce โ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด
โDust Devil - D. Code โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ
โPokemon Gym Leader Medley (Coopinator Music) โ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ด. ๐ ๐ถ-๐๐ช-๐๐ฉ
15. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2004
โYu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour - Kaiba Corporation โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ
16. BANLIST
โSonic Adventure 2 - Madness ver. B โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต
17. PRE-GOAT FORMAT
โSonic Adventure 2 - The Base โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต
โYu-Gi-Oh GX Opening: Get Your Game On! โ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ
Special thanks to everyone who appeared in this video:
/ cimoooooooo
/ msttv
/ houseochampions
/ dzeeff
/ mkohl40 - ะะณัะธ
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My man
Please keep doing these man, I love them. Watched it multiple times and will many more. You're a great yugituber swag!
Great service, I wish all youtubers did this. Loved how much SA2 you managed to pack in there.
Thank you lord and savior swagkage
Erm..... Is this a reupload? I could have sworn I've already seen a video about the Yu-Gi-Oh! Meta titled "part 1" from you MONTHS ago....
Guy spent 2 years creating the most exceptional documentary style video about Yu-Gi-Oh and then dipped. Absolute chad.
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Even better he called it part 1.
Maybe he's working on part 2 as we speak. Greatness takes time to make.
itโs swagkage
@@soul_headshot The Kage of Swag
bro made the best yugioh video and then just quit lol. i hope he comes back someday with part two
this is swagkage
whaa
Waiting for part 2
Me 2
Damn, didn't expect you to be here Ali
we all are
Still waiting
Same
There is no video on UA-cam I have revisited more than this one.
I think might actually be true for me as well
3 years of in-depth history in two hours, its honestly just impressive how much is packed into this, no unfunny gags or random references to clog up time, just pure, unfiltered, history in a video that despite the lack of jokes and monotone voice-over is incredibly intriguing and entertaining.
No fkn way am I watching what I could read in half the time. Like jesus, there's no way it takes 2 hours to go over this shit unless you're bringing up what people ate for breakfast before every tournament
@@TsaDude do you.... understand how history works?
@@TsaDude then why are u here instead of reading?
@@XCodes I'd frankly not really count them as wasting considerable time, there transitions that are mainly just 3-7 Seconds of zooming in with music -> Quote form guest or quick cropped bit of a scene from the anime -> 3-7 Seconds of zooming in with music again, sure some can take a total of 20-25 seconds and slow the overall video down a bit, but in my opinion I prefer them to just a stock transition as they keep the overall pacing feeling faster and smoother than a simple silent fade in would, again in my opinion.
the lack of jokes is a good thing cus they're usually annoying and garbage
It's kinda insane to me that I just had some of these rare, expensive, meta shaping cards causally floating around in my backpack, and closet as a kid
Thatโs what gets me too lol
Iโve literally thrown away some of these early rare cards when I โgrew out of itโ not knowing the value.
I'm still emotionally scarred from childhood thieves. ๐
Wild to me how much power creep has made these cards virtually worthless. At least we have cube and goat format so that we can actually play them
@@donti9658 Yeah from what I understand modern Yugioh is stupid complicated
I heard you lost your computer, and thus a ton of progress on part 2. I hope that you still make it happen. This was immensely entertaining.
A year has passed, but yeah! We still want and need part two of this awesome documentary! ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
He was dropping previews of this video a year earlier so it's still a possibility
He's working on it.
Another year since lol
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DUUUUDE. The way this was scripted, delivered, and most of all edited - this is the old-school YuGiOh content I had no idea I wanted. Incredible work here, canโt wait for the next installment!!
this expresses how i felt completely, so lucky to stumble upon this.
It's simply amazing! I'm so looking forward to next parts! Please oh please let it be up until the current era!
Haha, I would love to see how the meta evolved... perhaps this video is what many young people need to get into Yu Gi Oh again! (if it is still relevant)
I love UA-cam for things like this. Want a 2 hour long thesis on Yugioh meta? Here you go lol
Please 2nd video
Is the next one still in the works?
The Invasion of Chaos section was absolutely amazing, it really captured the raw unfiltered chaos and just how toxic the build up of the game's absurdly powerful cards all adding up to this!
i spent a really long time stressing over how to format and script that section so it's cathartic to see that it paid off. thank you so much because that's exactly what I was going for
@@roobindale Dude, it's honestly the best part of the whole video. You CAPTURED that era like lightning in a bottle. The Invasion of Chaos section of this vid is the reason I'm recommending it to all my friends. Major props!
As somebody who was too young to really experience this era of Yu-Gi-Oh, that second just perfectly conveyed how royally SCREWED the meta was at that time. People complain about the meta now but goddamn... IOC era was something else
At least in todayโs meta, everything runs in combo decks, infinite negates, multi-destruction, floodgates, everything. Whereas in IOC, everything revolves around chaos, it feels homogenous that it even has a variety that outclasses older and niche decks.
@@AstralPhnx Only really have heard Zoodiac and Dragon Rulers doing anything close, so I wonder how those actually affected the meta(given Dragon Rulers was a card shown for the intro to the video, I figure it at least was very big)
god how I miss the old yugioh times where it felt like the whole world was about yugioh. packs, starter decks and all got sold literally everywhere, it felt like every kid played and collected yugioh cards.. now looking back to it and also at the older card designs to that the time and all, it was really an old school time, a cool one. it was a glorious childhood time to get born in.
2023 was a tough year, but we got to watch this video so it balances it self out
FINALLYYY. I almost gave up hope that this would ever be completed ๐ฉ
wait you were hoping it would never be completed? kinda fucked up..
@@marciamakesmusic Oh woops, I double negative'd XD
vars??? you here????? heyoooo
didn't know that you liked yu gi oh hhaaahaaha
We all almost did lol
Soon as I get home ima binge this entire thing. Couldnโt have asked for a better birthday lmao.
Happy birthday!
Happy Bday fellow duelist. ๐
HB! Listen to it in the car bruv
Happy birthday!
Same. Happy birthday!
Please continue this series. The hard work and dedication you put into this along with the amazing editing brought me back to my childhood. It was a journey through time. You are phenomenal
brother, WE NEED PART 2. you can't make a video THAT good and not expect second part. i didn't even knew about yugioh before that video, it wasn't around in my country in it's years of hype. and that video SINGLEHANDEDLY made me occasionaly play yugioh
I just got back into it and didn't realized so much people still play and collect
LMAO I recently got back on it since playing it for fun when I was a kid and have gotten a few of my friends into it. Now we all duel the old school way and collect and are trying to learn the new pendulum, and XYZ stuff ๐๐โ@@fleuryelite2170
Facts
I remember back in school one girl in my class had the Graceful Charity card and she wanted to give it away cause she didnโt really care about Yugioh. Me and my classmate were both competing on who she should give it to so she decided to rip the card in half and give both of us one half. I saw the thumbnail and this memory of I donโt know 15 years ago popped back into my mind immediately. Good times
Funny how we all have fond memories like this. I remember the teacher confiscating my cards and redistributing them to kids who didn't get into trouble. I had to watch other students duel until I found one girl who clearly had my cards. I know because I placed a small black dot on them. Stealing them back was a trip but I succeeded. And got some other good cards as well lmao.
Lmao she ripped it in half?๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
She was pulling a king Midas on you and you both failed :P
A Solomonic solution indeed xD
So she did a Kaiba thing?
Omg I was just thinking about what ever happened to that Yugioh meta history video and if there was ever a sequel. Lo and behold I searched and part 2 finally came out a few hours ago. I think I felt a disturbance in the force today subconsciously telling me to search this. Over 2 hours long, I know this is going to be a treat. Thank you for all your hard work in making this video :)!
same
Do you know what simulator he's using?
Wut? Wheres part 2 ?
@@davidbang9625 EDOPro
@@miceatah9359 This sorta IS Part 2, there was a "preview" video of the first year or so up for a long time prior to this release
This man dropped the best yu gi oh video on the entire platform and disappeared, such a mic drop,i hope you post again love your content
2024 and still waiting for part 2
I truly hope part 2 is in production, this was amazing, absolutely incredible.
honestly might be the best video ive ever seen
โ@@kyledavis7117 ๐
@@kyledavis7117 This is actually swagkage, this seems like it's a side channel for him I guess? Not sure, but I hope he makes a second part
He is getting interviews from players, during this era he did not post anything during this videos production until like a month before it came out.
@@kyledavis7117 maybe thatโs a sign heโs working hard on it
INSANE effort! Killed this video man
Ruxin approves ๐๐
Can't wait for part 2
the chaos part with the pkmn gym leader themes of gen 1-5 gets me so hard. keep coming back to it.
Ruxin, one of the legends !
it docmantry about early melenieal culture
Finding swagkage on the yu gi oh side of UA-cam is something I didnโt know I needed. Probably the best thing Iโve found since watching ever Naruto swagkage deep dive videos and explanations, much love. WE STILL WATING FOR PART 2!!!!!
I got yelled at once by my ex for having this on all the time as a comfort video. Can safely say I'm still eagerly waiting for part 2
She'll take you back at this rate. ๐
when the reaction is to make them your ex rather than turning the video off, you know you're speaking to a gigachad
yelled at? sounds like cap tbh haha
bruh
Still waiting for part 2 but take your time, you did a fantastic job. This video feels like a History channel documentary, and I mean this in a good way.
SAAAME
+1
add me to the list of people patiently awaiting the next installment
+1
I must be loosing it but didn't he put up part 2 and now it's gone?? I def don't see it but I could've swore it was here
This coming out feels like a genuine event for the yugioh community. Thank you so much for all the effort you've put in to make this, it's excellent.
agree 100%
Please make more of this. Im sure it takes a long time and a ridiculous amount of effort, but these videos are so good that they're worth paying for.
I started this in the background out while I did some chores. No chores were done. Phenomenal video!
we really need part 2 of this .. part 1 is so amazing and filled with useful information that saying this is the best yu gi oh meta-history video is an understatement
Given part 1 was 2 hours and seemed to take roughly a year and a half to make we are gonna have to wait a bit longer. I'm gonna make a call and say july 2023
@@Wells13555 One month later, not even a sneak peek so... maybe end of 2023?
Not complaining, the effort put into this is massive
โI would rather predict for somewhere in half of 2024
โ@@Wells13555its still not out ๐ข
Ive actually watched this 3 separate times. Its so insane how well this is put together
I'm on watch 7. Such a good video to listen to at work
Over 2 million views later you have an entire community waiting for a part 2
Iโd pay for a part 2
Just checked if there's a join yet... let me look for patratrons
To anybody who has seen the original preview, this is the finished version for this part. To conitnue from before watch from 46:20
To the people who haven't seen the original, you should watch from the start :D
Comment should be way higher towards the top, many thanks.
Thank you I was pretty confused because the old video was missing
Waited so so long for the next part of this video
Thank you, I knew I didn't go insane
Thank you I was actually so confused about the deja vu I was having!
Not gonna lie Swag, this has the potential to be the Smash Documentary series of Yugioh!
Edit: Why does this have so many likes!?!
Yeah that's the vibe I was getting off this video. Just like the smash doc.
Wait, you called him "Swag" as in "Swagkage"?
Because when I watched the previous version of this video (a much shorter one), one of the few things I thought was: "This dude sounds _a lot_ like the guy from the Swagkage channel" but I don't see a refence or anything in the video or the channel's description that would corroborate this idea.
@@Ancor_Vantian This is Swagkages Yugioh channel. Itโs stated in DistantCoders episode with Swagkage
@@gohan7926 didnโt know that.
Thanks for explain ๐๐ฝ.
If DN still existed maybe
You, my friend, have a fricking gift of putting together documentary style videos in the most professional and engaging way
I find myself coming back to this every few months because of just how phenomenally done it is. Fantastic video, desperately awaiting the next installment!
It's so hard to describe the level of nostalgia I experience from watching these videos. Thanks, man. These are awesome.
I swear i want to shake the dust off my zombie deck!
@@bulldawg986 hah! my jinzo and god-cards-wit-no-effects are ready! lol frfr ill only play the new phone game if they have a "classic meta" mor something
Man I just want to vent on something, when I was a little kid my mom took me to a card shop at the mall, and I pulled a Bazoo the Soul eater. Some sweaty older dude pressured me into trading it away for his Jar of Greed, and I still get salty thinking about that to this day.
I still keep hoping for a next part this video is so entertaining and informative, I havent seen a tcg breakdown this detailed before or since
A true masterpiece, I can't wait for the Part 2, and beyond.
Good job Roobindale!
I never lost faith in you Roobindale, this video will be solidified in the community
I wish some history documentaries had this amount of insight and investment, truly a great work not only for Yu-Gi-Oh!, but for modern entertainment. Kudos mate.
We need part 2. This was phenomenal!!. We need part 2. This was phenomenal!!.
PLEASE make a part 2!!! this was so engaging, incredibly well done. i fell into this video via suggested and was like "oh this is good but i'm not watching 2 hours of this" -- i watched the whole 2 hours and was upset when it was over. you did a really great job here friend โบ๏ธ thanks for the trip down memory lane!!!
Seriously can't wait for the next chapter of this series, I absolutely ADORE these kinds of videos, regardless of the subject of them, but I especially love yugioh
I've watched this video like 5 times already even tho its just part 1. I can't stress enough how incredible this video and by extension this project is. As someone who has started playing YuGiOh! in 2017 it's amazing to look back at how the game has evolved and changed over time. I've heard of all the strategies and metas from this time but actually seeing them in the grand scheme of the game is fascinating. Also supreb editing, the synced up text with the music is incredibly well made and it must have taken hundreds of hours to create. I cannot wait for part 2 and the GX era!
How the hell did you start playing in 2017? I quit at exactly the point he stopped the video at. I seriously don't understand all the new cards out right now. To quote the video, it looks like a game of solitaire.
@@HialeahFlorida you would be surprised, a lot of people started playing with modern yugioh, without even watching the anime, just because the game seemed interesting and is very much different from other card games
The dude really dropped a master piece of a documentary. I really hope part 2 is in the making.
As a Magic player who only had secondhand knowledge of Yu-Gi-Oh (and even then only the recent meta defined by extra decks and super strict archetypes) this was fascinating. Amazing editing work too! Looking forward to the next part!
The 2002 preview of this is what single handedly got me back into yugioh. So glad to see the rest of this video completed! I'm so fucking happy lol
This video flooded back so many memories. I wasnโt much of a player since I lived in such a remote area at that time. However, I did make a small local tournament for kids at the time, and it went well.
I was more of a card collector at the time, and I collected all the first edition sets that came out, including the starter decks and tins. I still have them sealed to this day.
I would love to see the next installment, though it has been one year since this has been put out. Great video in remembering all of what happened then and bringing back a ton of memories.
This is my favourite video on UA-cam. Looking forward to part two!! :D
This is the moment we have all been waiting for
These videos are going to be a moment for Yu-Gi-Oh! players. This is easily one of the best YGO vids on YT.
My day is made, and my excitement is unmeasurable.
I really can't wait for part two, Just came back to rewatch parte 1!
This is incredible! Looking forward to volume 2
Master Duel Meta: No Changes
Roobindale: Remember classic Yu-gi-oh?
Itโs crazy to think many people did not live through these eras, and even crazier to think i was in it every step of the way. I was 10 years old in 2002 when i started playing and was competing in regionals by the time i was thirteen. I miss these days soo much. Great job on the video man. I almost cried with nostalgia.
I feel the same man i was also 10 in 2002 now i am 30 but at least we had the privilege to be there at those great times :) some ppl cant say that
Same here! Got bounced out in my first game lmao. But I got to explore the whole convention while my big bro still competed. It was fun.
I still use wall of Illusion XD
And Waboku and Penguin Soldier
12 in 2002 but same exact thoughts bro this video reallllllyyyyyy took me back ๐ญ๐ฏ๐๐ผ
One of the best youtube videos I've seen in a long time. Really hope for a part two, but thanks for this either way.
What a fantastic video. My only disappointment is you donโt really have more to watch. Awesome work. Got me real nostalgic!
Insane work went into this. No pacing issues that I felt, just pure history. Very informative. I'll probably rewatch this in the near future.
I've listened to this over 20 times, it's excellent background noise for a painting and modelling session. Mad props for taking the time to list all of the songs used, as the groovy musical direction for each segment really puts this in a league of it's own above other YGO history vids.
Addictively immersive, and the thought you put into it really paid off.
This is simply phenomenal, well done! :)
Hey, I just wanted to leave a message saying I absolutely loved this video and it has been my single favorite video covering this topic. Me and my friends have recently been going through a "progression series" travelling through the earliest stages of Yu Gi Oh through what is essentially a draft format starting at the beginning. Going through this made me deeply interested in how the whole thing began and progressed and this video was absolutely perfect for it, I really appreciate your work here. Even if this is the only video its great, but I would absolutely love to see another video in this style,
This plus TeamSamโs โDuel Nightโ must be the highest production value Yu-Gi-Oh! videos on UA-cam.
Man! The editing, the presentation! This feels like a sports documentary.
This is amazing, I was looking for a comprehensive analysis of power creep in yugioh and this series looks like its the best on UA-cam for that. It's amazing how gradual but definitively the power level increased over time.
If there was a school or college for YuGiOh, this guy should be the historical professor! Great video, keep doing what you do best!
Gotta be real and honest here man, this vid has been such a tidal wave of nostalgia. The editing, the quotes from players from back in the day, the music, clips from the show, all of it hits just perfectly. This has been a knockout banger of a vid. Amazing work. You should absolutely be proud of this vid. Keep on keeping on.
The music was also pokemon battle music ๐คฃ
SUBBED; Holy crap dude. This deserves trending, everybody spread and share this. So much editing and cameos.
You forgot to add โin Americaโ to your statement.
Great watch! Can't wait for part 2!
how to get subscribers: make one of the best videos ever for a franchise, call it part 1, wait
Fantastic job Swagkage! What a trip down memory lane to see all these old cards, reminds me a lot of school days.
I had a feeling that was him I know his voice and got so happy I could watch this just chilling and when did he had this account I had never knew
I saw that text at 2:04:27 and immediately knew that had to be Swagkage. I didn't know that a person who runs a powerscaler main channel would have a channel about competitive Yugioh.
@@tyreecekennerson8009omg same I thought I was bugging at first
swear I thought I tweakin too
This is so thoroughly enjoyable, not even just from a Yu-gi-oh player perspective, but as a wider card game enjoyer perspective as well. Very well put together, and simply a joy to watch, cant wait for the next instalment.
I've never played a game of yu-gi-oh in my life, still loved every minute of this
Man!! You can tell a lot of work went into this. This is amazing and so informative. Thank you
REALLY waiting for part 2!!! Such a well made video
As someone who played this back in 2001-2003 when I was young it's amazing to have the nostalgia of all the cards, metas & booster packs being revealed back again and to remember all of this is a great hit to my childhood.
The amount of effort put into the video itself is staggering and I really like the input from other youtubers as well.
Personally for me I quit Yu-Gi-Oh after the GX era so anything to do with synchro and fusions and 5DS is completely unknown to me which is why I don't want to play the game anymore but if these videos can fully explain the meta shifts then I'll happily see myself playing it again.
Thanks for the video, looking forward to the next one.
dude same, quit playing after pharaohs servant. major middle school nostalgia!
Yeah, i quit playing, when this synchro shit came out
Sorta the same for me. I quit after the cyberdark pack and came back briefly in 2013 during dueling book. Then came back full swing during covid. So yeah it was LOB to CDIP
Me too. I stopped playing it after the GX series finished. I came back briefly in the summer of 2010 and boosted my vanilla beatdown deck with its support cards. The โskill drainโ trap card really helped out big time back then. Nowadays I dont play it but I will occasionally buy a cool support card for the vanilla deck. Im more of a rebel and I grew up with vanilla beatdown cards, so I support cards that help out the beatsticks
Finally after many months, he finished the video. Time to grab the snacks this gonna be a long one!
YES
This video is absolutely incredible, still holding out hope for part 2
Not only am I watching the video now for the fifth time, you inspired me to dig out my old cards, get a couple of 25th anniversary displays and build a few GOAT decks to play with my friends. Thanks for bringing back my childhood!
Looking forward to part 2, even though I stopped playing in 2005.
And now we wait a few more years for another amazing movie quality documentary covering 2005-2007.
Hopefully
2005-2008
To think how long some of these cards stayed legal is baffling to me. I thought yata and the chaos dragon were banned almost as soon as they came out but I was wrong I guess. Incredible video after all the work put in. It is obvious its a passion project and I hope everyone seeing this appreciates that.
Ya I had yata when it came out and when that ban lost came out I saw it overnight drop from being worth like 400 to like 10
Just watched your video. God it brought back memories. 2002-2005 was exactly the period i was playing. I remember the joy i had playing this game. Never ever felt the same kind of joy after returning to MTG.
This video. is SO GOOD! It is without question, one of the best videos on this website. The presentation and ESPECIALLY the Editing are PHENOMENAL! You did such an amazing job. I cannot stress it enough how amazing this video is. I am so excited for part 2!
I've been waiting for a video like this for years, this was the era I was playing as a kid and always wanted a recap of classic ygo meta evolution - so many videos are based on modern cards and it's quite boring when you've never seen any of the newer ones lmao
Feeling the exact same way, not to mention modern yugioh is too unecessarily and overly complex to be fun to either follow or play to me
Oldschool ygo ist und bleibt das beste ygo โค
Sag mr oktupus hi von mir :3
"Everybody is Super Saiyan 1"
"Now everybody can be Super Saiyan 2"
Love to see what the next parts' interpretation of power levels will be ๐คฃ
Cyber Dragon, Cyber-stein, Samurai and Monarchs: AND THIS, IS TO GO, EVEN FURTHER BEYOND! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
@@adulttswim6676 Cyber Stein is absolutely disgusting
This was phenomenal. Whenever part 2 comes out I will be there.
Please come back with a part 2. You killed this.
This is one of the most well constructed "UA-cam documentaries" or "recaps" I have ever come across. The work you put into crafting this video is so prevalent in every aspect of it; and as far as Yu-Gi-Oh! content goes, I don't think I've seen any video with this level of quality. It's genuinely an amazing video, and thank you for bringing it to us.
No audio, but so pumped for this video..
This feature length documentary deserves an award. Someone give Roobindale $10 million cash now.
i come back from time to time to see this goated passionate video. if tool can make an album after 13 years i can wait for a pt 2.
I know absolutely nothing about competitive YuGiOh play, but this video is so well edited and put together it really helped me learn about the scene! Definitely would recommend this video to anyone whoโs interested in YuGiOhโs actual meta game.
I love how this era of yugioh was almost just the tutorial for players, having to be introduced to different meta strategies, play styles, paywalls, and having the first ever big event. Really interesting to look back and compare this all to today. Back then all this was all new but today itโs the status quo.
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It was also a better, simpler time, with playstyles, decks, cards and metagames easy enough to understand to get into the game.
Nowadays the game is way too complex for its own good and to be fun for a casual player if we're talking modern yugioh, with half your deck drawed and used in the first turn with insane monsters or complex strategies and sets of events happening for a beginner to be fun to follow.
And we're not even talking about the number of cards to remember, not to mention cards with a fucking book written as their descriptions.
@@Carpatouille Some of us love that complexity. Instead of throwing your hands up and rationalizing your instinctual feeling of inferiority by saying the game is just too complex, just admit you're lost and start learning from a truly open mind, it's never as difficult as you think. And if a casual wants to play casual, then get a Kaiba and Yugi starter deck together and play that way, nobody's stopping you. But it is a lot less fulfilling playing the game that way, it offers little space to grow mentally, and it is a lot less interesting for others to watch. A plane's flight controls are more complex than your car because a plane can DO more than your car and it's navigating three dimensionally instead of on a flat plane; similarly, the complexity of Yugioh isn't there just for the sake of being complex, it represents the great free space to explore mentally that Yugioh possesses, it represents all the possible choices available to the player to express himself within the rules of the game. I assure you that games like Chess and Go possess mindbending complexity at the highest levels too, as does Magic, as does any highly developed, heavily theorized game. Where Magic is a game characterized by longer-term strategy around the accumulation and utilization of resources (mana), Yugioh is characterized by extremely fast-paced gameplay and executing shorter-term strategy ie. effects chains. They are comparably complex.
@@tylerchambers6246 Learn to space your walls of words
@@Carpatouille I did, it's called a paragraph. I can see why you might want to go back to playing 2008 Yugioh over the modern stuff. Since when is a paragraph a wall of words? 7-8 sentences bro.
this video is insane bro. can't wait for part 2 !
Brooooo we need more videos like this man. I watch this every time I go on this 2 hour trip and it never gets old !
Beautifully crafted and well explained, I canโt wait for part 2!
Literally could not have clicked faster I am so excited. This feels like something special
I'm so glad it finally came out, and it's as high quality as I expected.
Can't wait for the GX era next.
just watched this, it was amazing, best recap of my childhood ever, Cant wait to watch part 2. Narration was great, visuals, sound effects, pacing, i am a raving fan of your work sir! Thank you
Dude this video is a GEM. PLEASE consider making a part 2.
According to his Twitter, part 2 has been in the works for a bit