I have even heard of people who try to slip a card with the same sleeves as you into your deck. Then call a judge and have you DQ for having a foreign unlisted card in your deck. People will do anything to win regionals, yikes.
2:56 look how hard he is bending the card on the bottom.. if someone did that to one of my cards that are worth 100$, getting a judge called would be their least concern
Love this video. The irony is the grip you use in poker is called a mechanics grip. And while a very secure grip. Its widely associated with cheating in poker. That being said its the grip every casino dealer is taught because of the securness of it.
Good video Tom from one yugi veteran to another these are all spot on. One thing I'll add is players cheating on rulings and Stealing opponents cards to get them dq.
@12:31 I appreciate you going over this. I had my first YCS in January. I always offer the cut to my opponents after I search. But, my opponent kept asking me to shuffle and do random things before my draws. Like, before a Swordsoul Mo Ye draw, he would always ask that I reshuffle and cut my deck by X amount of cards. And normally, before a draw like this wouldn't be an appropriate opportunity to shuffle IRL, especially since my opponent already cut my deck the last time i went in it. But, I obliged because I'm not cheating, so it really shouldn't matter, right? But, I had some shitty top decks lol, so it did make me feel some sort of way. Almost as if this guy was gaining a psychological advantage by forcing me to shuffle at inappropriate times. But now, after hearing this, I feel more assured that the guy was just trying to make sure he wasn't cheated. As opposed to just doing this to throw me off and troll. And it makes me feel more comfortable to request recuts and reshuffling from my opponent. Konami should really just allow players to sign a quick release form before a tournament so we could record these duels without problems.
@@bubbagothandz7471 I was under the impression that the opponent has this opportunity after you search. So your opponent cuts your deck at the start of the Duel. Then if I search they may cut after the search. But, if I'm about to draw, and the deck was properly cut and randomized in the last interaction, requesting me to cut again wouldn't normally be permitted.
I like videos like these. They might be so repetitive for you but they are so helpful. Like if you made these a series I’d so watch it. I think it is so important to keep the game state true and random. And this really does encourage people to speak out and not be nervous or scared. Many just try to brush it off, cheating is never good.
one time i had a really wierd situation at nationals, my table was choose to deck check, the judge take the decks like normal, then when he come back said to my op to get a new raigeki card since the one of the deck was a litle damege and they fouth would give a mark for stacking.But it comes the better part of this story, he told him he have 5 minutes to get a new one or would give a game loss but the judge when was talking, literally show me by aciddent is bottom card to me lol . My op absete said to the judge" you are showing my deck to my op"The judge "no im not" and keep it same narrative to get a new card.In End he made me watch what my op was using with out realizing and just screw over my op with no reason and give me a info for free.
I was cheated at my 1st YCS, I was a newbie. I solemn striked the summon of odd-eyes absolute dragon and the other player told me he can use the effect to summon an odd-eyes monster from the extra deck. I believed him because he had a player jersey like he was some kind of a yugioh team, turns out he was cheating.
@@nistrosempai5285 It does say "if this card xyz sumoned is sent to gy" but with solemn strike negating the summon it is not summoned yet, so the effect shouldnt trigger or do i have it wrong?
Wish this was an April Fools Joke, but we definitely have cheaters in this game. I say to them: Get better at the game without having to cheat, otherwise, gtfo our game.
This video just opened my eyes... I didn't even realize people could or would do this. I don't even understand how people feel good about themselves after knowing they cheated to win.
Thank you dude! These are awesome tips! I don't play competitively but these are still great things to look out for! Also I want to make sure it doesn't look like I'm cheating either.
Would it be possible to do these tutorials with you facing the camera as well? Because sure, it's a lot easier to show how it works with the hand camera, but we won't be watching a hand camera when we're dueling in person.
Love this! My regional is coming up. And I need to practice shuffling. Small hands just afraid I’m going to do peek shuffling without noticing that I am
i had someone do a switcheroo on me putting the world legacy wand back into his deck, he did it so obviously while i was watching him search though which was the funny bit i immediately called the judge on it but the judge only gave him a game loss even though everyone around me said that yeah he did something and started acting very nervous and twitchy after
I’ve never had problems with this, but I can’t shuffle parallel to the table as a natural shuffling movement so I literally just look up and away while shuffling, making sure only the back of the cards are even within an area that I can see even if I was to look and nobody’s ever had a problem with me doing that. It sucks that you have to do like extra movements sometimes just to show that you’re not cheating and then I’ll even call a judge when somebody’s like showing their hand too much to kind of let that guy know to kill his bad habits like I’m not trying to cheat, but I clearly saw a card in his hand because his hand is like leaned over too much
I remember my 2nd regional even my opponent was peek shuffling my deck, I knew this as I bricked hard game 1 then game 2 after he knew what I was playing he stopped explaining cards to me an just went all out. I only found out I should've called a judge after mentioning to my friends what happened.
What can I do in case of someone who obviously just smoked/has unhygienic hands or just handles my deck very rough? Can I refuse to let my opponent shuffle my deck if I have reasonable worries about my sleeves/cards? Any alternatives to still ensure fair RNG?
@@bubbagothandz7471 I just ask my opponent how many cards they want me to cut after shuffling instead of letting them cut my deck since a lot of players at my locals do that.
@@bubbagothandz7471 I don’t see what the big deal is with not allowing players to cut they’re own decks so long as they don’t peek at the bottom. I mean if I went to those fancy big tournaments I would flat refuse to let my opponent to handle my cards and cut my deck unless they either use hand sanitizer or wash their hands before and after handling my cards and cutting my deck.
Dam my younger brother got cheated like this and worse but he won’t speak up because he’s scared of the guy. I told him to call judge anyways but I don’t know what else to tell him
I went to a regional back in 2019 and I kinda think and was not aware of these things. but my first round opponent kinda was doing two or more of these. It was my first regional never wanted to go to a event again. I caught on at it but we’ll after the second game was in an unfixable state.
I'm always scare to shuffle my opponent's deck, cause I'm afraid I might bend a card or scratch the sleeves, so I just cut it, but I'm aware that isn't enough.
I can tell you for a fact I have called people out on it as a judge no less... People play dumb as if they think I didnt see it. They get scared when I go freeze play.
There should be a rule where when two players has to perform an action at the same time like shuffling of esle, there should decide who do that action first to prevent cheating
At my Level (Hobbys and Regionals) there is noone who want to shuffle permanently my deck they just Cut as i do. I never had a problem like this if they wanna go save they cut 2 or 3 times but thats it
People looking through your deck while they shuffle is VERY common. Always watch your opponent while they shuffle... Never hesitated to reshuffle the deck. Call a judge and have them do a final cut. I catch this on the regular any where I go in any game.
I ordered your sleeves. And I didn’t want them to be as good as they were because I like buying sleeves locally. Now I have to keep ordering the sleeves 🤣 curse you TomBox.
As you can see if you protect yourself, it doesn't take any longer in the game either and it should be a natural habit too so 2nd nature to most poeple. And it is second nature to most.
Dude I do final cut all the time and have been told so many time I cant do that. And the people that tell me this arent even cheating. They call me the cheater. Lol, its so funny.
After watching some remote duels (of higher caliber) it looks like you can ask your opponent to shuffle and cut and then ask to place the top x-number of cards from their deck to the bottom (and if they refuse well then that’s sus)
That dude wasnt even good at cheating. Where did he learn his skills from? A five year old. Bottom dealing is one of the easiest and really good ways to cheat without anyone even noticing. This dude isnt even trying by this point. What kind of bottom deal was that? This dude is a disgrace to even cheating.
Between that and the price of cards, it's really not a nice environment. I don't wonder why people don't get into the TCG anymore, even though it's so fun.
Yikes I'm getting sus watching you shuffle with a clear as day mechanics grip. (For those unaware the way he's holding the deck is a grip widely used by cheaters and stackers in poker.)
Wait... You're allowed to shuffle your opponent's deck in YGO? That seems... Not good. Why don't they literally just copy Magic The Gathering's tournaments rules? Those are shaped by the late 90's and early 00's where cheating was a serious issue.
Thanks tom! I appreciate you looking out brother!!! Cheating definitely a scum bag move. Shame on him😔
I have even heard of people who try to slip a card with the same sleeves as you into your deck. Then call a judge and have you DQ for having a foreign unlisted card in your deck. People will do anything to win regionals, yikes.
This is actually why I play with very specific, hard to find art sleeves lmao
Yes I have heard of that.
@@mojo873 lol! I Play my blue kaiba corp sleeves with Broccoli mat and smooth oversleeves. Good luck to anyone trying that on me l
Damn that's some Weevil Underwood shit.
2:56 look how hard he is bending the card on the bottom.. if someone did that to one of my cards that are worth 100$, getting a judge called would be their least concern
Love this video. The irony is the grip you use in poker is called a mechanics grip. And while a very secure grip. Its widely associated with cheating in poker. That being said its the grip every casino dealer is taught because of the securness of it.
Yes I am aware
I really hope that guy gets permanently banned from playing. Konami has seemed to be lenient on people who have been caught intentionally cheating.
Good video Tom from one yugi veteran to another these are all spot on. One thing I'll add is players cheating on rulings and Stealing opponents cards to get them dq.
@12:31 I appreciate you going over this.
I had my first YCS in January. I always offer the cut to my opponents after I search. But, my opponent kept asking me to shuffle and do random things before my draws. Like, before a Swordsoul Mo Ye draw, he would always ask that I reshuffle and cut my deck by X amount of cards. And normally, before a draw like this wouldn't be an appropriate opportunity to shuffle IRL, especially since my opponent already cut my deck the last time i went in it. But, I obliged because I'm not cheating, so it really shouldn't matter, right? But, I had some shitty top decks lol, so it did make me feel some sort of way. Almost as if this guy was gaining a psychological advantage by forcing me to shuffle at inappropriate times.
But now, after hearing this, I feel more assured that the guy was just trying to make sure he wasn't cheated. As opposed to just doing this to throw me off and troll. And it makes me feel more comfortable to request recuts and reshuffling from my opponent.
Konami should really just allow players to sign a quick release form before a tournament so we could record these duels without problems.
As far as I'm aware your opponent can ask to cut your deck anytime you activate a card that involves drawing
@@bubbagothandz7471 I was under the impression that the opponent has this opportunity after you search.
So your opponent cuts your deck at the start of the Duel. Then if I search they may cut after the search. But, if I'm about to draw, and the deck was properly cut and randomized in the last interaction, requesting me to cut again wouldn't normally be permitted.
I like videos like these. They might be so repetitive for you but they are so helpful. Like if you made these a series I’d so watch it. I think it is so important to keep the game state true and random. And this really does encourage people to speak out and not be nervous or scared. Many just try to brush it off, cheating is never good.
Once a year, every year gets 1., I hate busting out that deck
one time i had a really wierd situation at nationals, my table was choose to deck check, the judge take the decks like normal, then when he come back said to my op to get a new raigeki card since the one of the deck was a litle damege and they fouth would give a mark for stacking.But it comes the better part of this story, he told him he have 5 minutes to get a new one or would give a game loss but the judge when was talking, literally show me by aciddent is bottom card to me lol . My op absete said to the judge" you are showing my deck to my op"The judge "no im not" and keep it same narrative to get a new card.In End he made me watch what my op was using with out realizing and just screw over my op with no reason and give me a info for free.
Great video, it's surprising how many people are unaware to this sort of thing.
I was cheated at my 1st YCS, I was a newbie. I solemn striked the summon of odd-eyes absolute dragon and the other player told me he can use the effect to summon an odd-eyes monster from the extra deck. I believed him because he had a player jersey like he was some kind of a yugioh team, turns out he was cheating.
"if this card xyz summoned is sent to gy"
But it happen, mainly at the beginning, also to me somethimg similar
@@nistrosempai5285 It does say "if this card xyz sumoned is sent to gy"
but with solemn strike negating the summon it is not summoned yet, so the effect shouldnt trigger or do i have it wrong?
@@tsukihitsu4928 you’re right, attempted (Xyz) summon is indeed negated
I love these videos because most players aren’t composed enough to “protect” themselves so it helps ppl like me who cheat habitually. Thx Tom box
Appreciate that bro, going to a regional tomorrow and this helps a lot! Thanks man
I believe I’ve been cheated before while playing.. glad to know what to look for and prepare myself for the possibility of cheaters
It's just nice to defend urself, majority of people aren't but always keep your guard up isn't a bad thing.
Wish this was an April Fools Joke, but we definitely have cheaters in this game.
I say to them: Get better at the game without having to cheat, otherwise, gtfo our game.
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This video just opened my eyes... I didn't even realize people could or would do this. I don't even understand how people feel good about themselves after knowing they cheated to win.
Your goated bro. Appreciate the tips! Much needed!
Thank you dude! These are awesome tips! I don't play competitively but these are still great things to look out for! Also I want to make sure it doesn't look like I'm cheating either.
Great video, always good to have integrity
Would it be possible to do these tutorials with you facing the camera as well? Because sure, it's a lot easier to show how it works with the hand camera, but we won't be watching a hand camera when we're dueling in person.
That is a good suggestion, I did think about it, doing a 2 person cam my view vs your view.
Love this! My regional is coming up. And I need to practice shuffling. Small hands just afraid I’m going to do peek shuffling without noticing that I am
Don’t let people bandit Keith you!
i had someone do a switcheroo on me putting the world legacy wand back into his deck, he did it so obviously while i was watching him search though which was the funny bit i immediately called the judge on it but the judge only gave him a game loss even though everyone around me said that yeah he did something and started acting very nervous and twitchy after
Just remember guys, even yami Marik was courteous enough to not cheat shuffle during the battle city finals.
A play list with all these videos you have about anti-cheating would be very much appreciated
I’ve never had problems with this, but I can’t shuffle parallel to the table as a natural shuffling movement so I literally just look up and away while shuffling, making sure only the back of the cards are even within an area that I can see even if I was to look and nobody’s ever had a problem with me doing that.
It sucks that you have to do like extra movements sometimes just to show that you’re not cheating and then I’ll even call a judge when somebody’s like showing their hand too much to kind of let that guy know to kill his bad habits like I’m not trying to cheat, but I clearly saw a card in his hand because his hand is like leaned over too much
I remember my 2nd regional even my opponent was peek shuffling my deck, I knew this as I bricked hard game 1 then game 2 after he knew what I was playing he stopped explaining cards to me an just went all out.
I only found out I should've called a judge after mentioning to my friends what happened.
I can't shuffle well parallel so I just look away
This was a great video, thank you!
What can I do in case of someone who obviously just smoked/has unhygienic hands or just handles my deck very rough?
Can I refuse to let my opponent shuffle my deck if I have reasonable worries about my sleeves/cards?
Any alternatives to still ensure fair RNG?
Not in competitive play you have to offer your opponent the opportunity to cut or tap
@@bubbagothandz7471 I just ask my opponent how many cards they want me to cut after shuffling instead of letting them cut my deck since a lot of players at my locals do that.
@@kish45 won't get away with that at regionals or a ycs
@@bubbagothandz7471 I don’t see what the big deal is with not allowing players to cut they’re own decks so long as they don’t peek at the bottom. I mean if I went to those fancy big tournaments I would flat refuse to let my opponent to handle my cards and cut my deck unless they either use hand sanitizer or wash their hands before and after handling my cards and cutting my deck.
If they are dirty af call a judge over because those dirty hand may unintentionally mark your sleeves.
Good info tombox.
Dam my younger brother got cheated like this and worse but he won’t speak up because he’s scared of the guy. I told him to call judge anyways but I don’t know what else to tell him
I went to a regional back in 2019 and I kinda think and was not aware of these things. but my first round opponent kinda was doing two or more of these. It was my first regional never wanted to go to a event again. I caught on at it but we’ll after the second game was in an unfixable state.
Edit he used that as the excuse as the reason to not call the judge and saying I’m going to win anyways.
If that junk cheating would of happen to me, I will just throw there deck across the room." What it just slipped when I shuffle there deck."
I'm always scare to shuffle my opponent's deck, cause I'm afraid I might bend a card or scratch the sleeves, so I just cut it, but I'm aware that isn't enough.
Tfw you remote duel and 90% of people shuffle perpendicular to the table
I can tell you for a fact I have called people out on it as a judge no less... People play dumb as if they think I didnt see it. They get scared when I go freeze play.
There should be a rule where when two players has to perform an action at the same time like shuffling of esle, there should decide who do that action first to prevent cheating
“Not everyone is super sketch”
Tom have you met the human race??
Yes and not everyone is super sketch.
At my Level (Hobbys and Regionals) there is noone who want to shuffle permanently my deck they just Cut as i do. I never had a problem like this if they wanna go save they cut 2 or 3 times but thats it
Great video
Love this video imma beginner and I don't want to be cheated
People looking through your deck while they shuffle is VERY common. Always watch your opponent while they shuffle... Never hesitated to reshuffle the deck. Call a judge and have them do a final cut. I catch this on the regular any where I go in any game.
They need to invest into table shuffle machines. They got chess players with table timers or they can just go completely digital with Master Dules.
Now how do we do this through remote duels?
how ppl keep thinking they never gonna get caught especially when they know they're on camera.
I play with the heart of the cards. You can cheat, but that's a one way ticket to the shadow realm.
Thanks I like these videos
I ordered your sleeves. And I didn’t want them to be as good as they were because I like buying sleeves locally. Now I have to keep ordering the sleeves 🤣 curse you TomBox.
But how can I prove that they cheat bc they won't confess to the judge :/
Makes me wonder if slight-of-hand Yu-Gi-Oh! tournaments exist. Just a bunch of magicians doing magician things.
Did anyone notice this was released on April 1st?
Oh yah but the joke is this is serious.
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If they have the audacity to cheat on camera I can only imagine how locals and non camera events go...#StayVigilant
Imagine having to do and say all this just to play…
As you can see if you protect yourself, it doesn't take any longer in the game either and it should be a natural habit too so 2nd nature to most poeple. And it is second nature to most.
what happens if u shuffle the opponents deck and but u r a clumpsy derpdyderp and the cards accidentally drop everywhere (and u see some faceup)?
Dude I do final cut all the time and have been told so many time I cant do that. And the people that tell me this arent even cheating. They call me the cheater. Lol, its so funny.
What about the rule where you cannot touch your opponents cards
After watching some remote duels (of higher caliber) it looks like you can ask your opponent to shuffle and cut and then ask to place the top x-number of cards from their deck to the bottom (and if they refuse well then that’s sus)
What is his name, is he stil alive?
That dude wasnt even good at cheating. Where did he learn his skills from? A five year old.
Bottom dealing is one of the easiest and really good ways to cheat without anyone even noticing. This dude isnt even trying by this point. What kind of bottom deal was that? This dude is a disgrace to even cheating.
This is why I always say to deal with the deck flat on the table and show you have 5 before we begin.
Between that and the price of cards, it's really not a nice environment.
I don't wonder why people don't get into the TCG anymore, even though it's so fun.
Not everyone is a class 1 a*hole in the game but there are a few that spoil the bunch
why not let the jduge shuffle cards that way you avoid this shit
Cuz there aren’t 200 judges at an event that can shuffle decks and have a constant eye on cheating :/
Shame for the cheaters
Yikes I'm getting sus watching you shuffle with a clear as day mechanics grip. (For those unaware the way he's holding the deck is a grip widely used by cheaters and stackers in poker.)
Wait... You're allowed to shuffle your opponent's deck in YGO? That seems... Not good. Why don't they literally just copy Magic The Gathering's tournaments rules? Those are shaped by the late 90's and early 00's where cheating was a serious issue.
Yes your opponent is allowed to randomize your deck.
You’re allowed to shuffle your opponent’s deck in Magic too.
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