The Many Historical References with the D/D/D Archetype - Unknown Side of Yugioh
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
- The D/D archetype, as well as its sub-archetype D/D/D, is one of Yugioh's most well known combo archetypes, infamous for its legendary flow chart of insane two card combos you have to memorize to properly pilot it. But that's not what we're here to talk about today, as D/D is also one of archetypes loaded with the most historical and mythological references of any Yugioh deck, as well as very unique lore involving all of these legendary figures seemingly working for a company when you look at their original OCG names. Today we'll be doing a deep dive and explaining the references both in the names and in the artwork of the D/D Archetype on this episode of the Unknown Side of Yugioh.
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Fun Fact: Effect damage is often called as "burn damage" and Oracle King d'Arc can turn them in Life Points, wich is ironic since Joan was... Burned alive
but fitting as she has gone beyond her previous self in her demonic reincarnation but isn't explicitly more powerful.
*Jeanne
So... just Jeanne Alter?
@@Zeigerfuli believe joan is the English version of the name, but yes its jeanne
wait…
Now i want DuelLogs to cover the infamous Flowchart of D/D/D as a short. Wonder how long that will do.
Listen he's already made 8+ Videos give the man a rest
@@kaikai8702ddd variables mostly tied on
1. Berformet
2. Caesar
3. Tell
You have to be able to xyz into tell so you can start dumping material for your extra deck mats summon.
You don't have to follow the chart especially without harifaiba legal, use every available arsenal you have in your hand no need to follow charts because they are made that charts without considering facing interrupt during the combo turn you will receive 0.. 😊interaction from your also you have to stop playing bricks like headhunt or patent license since you're playing a lot of garnet.
Reiji Akaba: did another first-year faint? Please call the nurse!
XD
I just looked it up and what the fuck
@@tylersyaboi XD
The rivalry between Edison and Tesla being reflected in the cards design as well as the art work is amazing.
Some additional trivia:
Beowulf letting you pop backrow is a reference to how he would destroy every weapon that he wielded due to his immense strength. The intent of the effect in gameplay was to give a means of popping Dark Contracts if the burn damage they'd inflict was too significant which is similar to Beowulf's style of "use a weapon then it breaks."
Pendragon might be more based on Uther Pendragon, Arthur's father, who is associated with the red dragon of Wales which while the monster is black it does have red in its palette and the overall shape is kinda similar to the Welsh dragon. The summoning requirement being sacrificing monsters seems more like a reference to Uther's rise to power as well. It might just be named after Arthur because he's more famous but the name is vague enough to make its art and effect seem more fitting for the darker story of Uther.
D'arc also has the same summoning type, statline and level as St. Joan as an additional reference. And haircut. And choosing Jeanne d'Arc might be loosely referencing the interpretation of her as a witch that many English (including Shakespeare) largely supported.
Darius' battle protection is a reference to the Persian Immortals.
Caesar's WATER type and his recovery effects might also be a slight reference to the time he was captured by pirates, and while he was under their capture he promised he'd crucify them when he was let out. He did. Also something neat is that even though Japanese uses the accurate hard-C "Kaiser" pronunciation when referring to Julius Caesar, the Xyz monster in D/D/D uses the English "See-sar" pronunciation which might also be a reference to him being a WATER.
Also D'Arc healing you instead of buring you for damage has to be a reference to being the protector of France, and she protects you from your own burn effects
@@palsprinting I always also had this idea that since D'Arc's an "oracle king" the reason for why you don't take the contract damage while she's on the field is to allude to the idea of her "councilling" you, similar to how an actual Oracle would work
@@_12k70So... She's the counselor/advisor of the company. Neat.
@@kusanagi-no-tachi5303 She just tells you to commit Tax Fraud, and guess what? IT WORKS!
soft-C pronounciation of caesar is just the anglican way of saying certain latin words. centurion for example also uses a soft C.
One thing that you may have missed: most of the "minor" D/D monsters are either harbingers of death/disaster, or in other ways connected to horrific historical or mythological events. Several of them are also servants/children of gods that would stand no chance against the world enders at the top, implying that the D/D/D top ranks already defeated the higher deities and took over their servants, possibly through the Dark Contracts. This would fit both into the mythological side, as well as the company motif in the OCG, portraying them as shrewd business leaders who destroy their "rival companies" (in this case, pantheons) and adopt the remaining servants as slaves.
They basically attempt to control history, and forcefully tie characters to their fates - for example, Jeanne D'arc was burned at the stake as a witch, she was "demonized" by the church, but held onto her faith until the end. It's surprisingly deep.
Would be awesome if in lore the D/D/D and D/D are in some way connected or have a relation to the D.D.
@@jozeph2932 they are in d/d/d headhunt you can see d.d. warrior and d.d. warriorlady
@@manuelfromgarlick3337that’s just the DDDs hiring spies to capture an enemy they take interest in and maybe even convert them into an employee if valuable enough. D.Ds are probably akin to outsourced contractors. In the same league of business, but not the same company
Doom King Armageddon being the CEO is amazing wordplay because in Japanese, C(shi) E(i) O(oh), can mean "Great King of Death"
I know one fansub, before Armageddon's official name, translated it as Cruel End Overlord.
@@hydropizzathat sounds awesome, what a shame that we didn't get a name like that
I think Machinex's alternative summoning condition is also a reference to the Deus Ex Machina, as you can conveniently summon machinex on top of any D/D/D monster and therby cercumvent the xyz summoning requirements
And then Konami made him an xyz monster so like a writer you can just get out of any situation by slapping a Zeus on top of him and nuking the board
@@hunterbachelder3480And perhaps not coincidentally, Zeus is a god.
@@kusanagi-no-tachi5303 AA Zeus is a weapon that humanity create to kills god.
@@ccc2839 Not talking about AA Zeus, am talking about Zeus, who is AA Zeus' reference.
There's also the manga D/D/D monsters: Zero Laplace and Zero Maxwell are named after Pierre-Simon Laplace and James Clerk Maxwell, Zero Paradox is based on the concept of a paradox, and Divine Zero King Rage is the Yugioh-lore-based one as its name and appearance is based on Reiji (Declan's Japanese name)
Also Paradox being the only member of the "D/D/D/D" subarchetype.
Zero Maxwell and Zero Laplace are probably not referring to the scientists, but the two Demon in physics: Laplace's Demon and Maxwell's Demon.
It is more obvious with Zero Laplace, with its title being given as "Destiny King", as Laplace's Demon refers to the idea of causality and determinism in physics. By knowing all properties of all particles in this instance, you can know all future and past properties of all things, as in their "destiny".
I am not quite sure about Zero Maxwell title "Supersight", or why it looks like a rip-off Barrel Dragon. Maxwell's Demon is about a Demon having perfect knowledge of the two room at equilibrium state can reverse the entropy by closing and opening a gate between them, violating the second law of thermodynamics. I guess that somewhat relates to super sight, but that's all I get from it.
Don't forget that Zero King Rage was made using G.O.D.'s power
One extra thing worth mentioning about Oracle King D'arc is that it's a dark counterpart to the old fusion monster St. Joan. Both are fusion monsters, they have the same ATK and DEF stats, and even the armor and sword is really similar. But D'arc is the DARK and corrupted version of the LIGHT and pure St. Joan.
Noble Knight Joan -> Pennant of Revolution -> Liberty at Last -> For Our Dreams (where she dies) -> Darklord Marie
Here the timeline branches off. Either she gets redeemed by The Forgiving Maiden and becomes St Joan to Guardian Angel Joan, or she falls even further and becomes D/D/D Oracle King d’Arc.
So she's Jeanne Alter then.
@@nedrostram2360but ddd aren't evil lmao, they are just businessmen.
@@r3zaful Evil businessmen with dark contracts
@@nedrostram2360 ddd are basically dark world but as a company and wandering in dimension. Dark world lore wise are more gentler than lightsworn themselves.
Flame King Genghis is named "Temujin" instead of Genghis in Japanese. Temujin was the birth name of Genghis Khan.
"Temujin" is his actual name, "Genghis Khan" is a title meaning "Universal Ruler".
Genghis may have been pronounced without a hard g sound.
@@timothyskidmore1554 That's also how other languages call him. Germans, for example, call him Dschingis Khan, where the dsch sounds like the soft g in English.
@@timothyskidmore1554 Is soft g pronounced like German and hard g pronounced like Gallery?
Temujin is such a cool name. I can’t call him Genghis especially after hearing Reiji call him Temujin in arc v nearly every time he dueled
One more thing to note about Oracle King D’arc. She shares her level, ATK, and DEF values with two other monsters based on Joan of Arc: St. Joan and Guardian Angel Joan. All three are level 7 monsters with 2800 ATK and 2000 DEF.
Also, all three are able to gain you LP in some way. Saint Joan requires Darklord Marie as fusion material, and Marie restores LP while in the GY. Guardian Angel Joan restores your LP each time she destroys a monster in battle. And Oracle King D’arc makes effects that would damage your LP heal you for that amount instead.
This is why i really like deck archetypes in modern yugioh over the old days of just random monsters and zombies, it allows for more creativity imo
I disagree. Archetypes lock you into certain cards you must use. The old days without archetypes allowed for much more creativity
@@scourgemeltfaceI think he didn't meant combo creativity, but he instead referenced the design decisions that go behind each archetype. Nowadays, Yugioh covers a lot of different design concepts for specific decks,while in the early years most monsters seemed too restricted to their own type stereotypes in the design aspect.
@@user-ashborn16oh that makes more sense. I thought he was referring to deck building
@@scourgemeltface The reason why archetype exist is to differ Yugioh from MGT. I disagree that Archetypes doesn't allow or limit creativity, old days decks are bunch of staples mashed up together. You can see it on goat format tournament, most uses the same cards and type of plays (mostly control) unlike archetypes. Modern decks allow greater creativity like 60 card zefra pile deck that consist of 3+ more archetype (Zefra, Pend Magician, Symphonic, D/D/D) or even Fusion pile deck (Tearlament + Invoke + Branded + Shaddol)
@@scourgemeltface Except it didn't because all people would do is use the same cards because the vast majority of normal monsters were terrible outside of an handful, same thing for magic and trap cards. So there was a ton of overlap between decks.
I love how the D/Ds reference science and history. If they weren't so excessively complex, I would so play them!
And to be fair, in mythology, Gilgamesh was also known for carrying an unusually large amount of weapons when he went to kill the monster Humbaba, including a sword and axe that each weighed 120 lbs. (Which is insane when you realize that on average swords rarely weigh more than 10 lbs.)
D/D/D is easy to play
DDDs are easy to play, but hard to master. the fact that they have so many plays means that, ignoring the opponent, you can just do whatever and still end up with some sort of board. Repetition is really the only real way to master them, outside of watching youtube vids of their strong "meta" plays
Gilgamesh streamlined D/D/D a ton, today combos aren't like those graphics combos you used to see.
Firstly, awesome video.
Secondly something that I would like to note about Deus Machinex that you didn't mention is that he can be summoned using any D/D/D monster, even if they're not XYZ. This lines up with a Deus ex Machina since he can come out of nowhere at any time when you need him.
Edit: also what I just realised is that D'arc turns every effect damage into LP gain instead, showing the divine knowledge she has. This way every supposed defeat is transformed into a win through her abilities.
And Deus Machinex can pop a Dark Contract as a cost to suck a monster, which also alludes to the "author's power to rewrite events"
0:52 The "D/D Savant" monsters: the ones inspired by scienstists
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7:46 The D/D/D inspired by mythological figures
7:49 We need a D/D/D King Brunhilde 11:46 imagine other female kings, to accompany D'arc
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11:42 The D/D/D inspired by real life people
13:28 the most difficult D/D/D to fit in the usual deck. an fittingly the one whose accomplishments are more associated with administration
14:53 the few D/D/D who have a different name in the OCG, with them being "Temujin"
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17:10 The D/D/D who represent the end of the world or just finality
19:13 Let's make a brief pause, to mention the main monster the archetype / deck was supposed to be centered around, and the user of the deck's Main Ace monster
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21:03 The D/D/D inspired by actual Yu-Gi-Oh Lore
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23:34 Does this opens a new category for the D/D/D
Duel logs, please top this comment
Now I want more videos explaining the inspirations of archetypes.
So we got train documentaries for railway archetype?
YESSSSS I LOVE THESE
@@calem1029hell yea that would be fun. We're talking about Gustav Max and Liebe and stuff right?
@@calem1029YES 😂
Spirit monsters kind of already had their own video in Failed Archetypes/Mechanics, but they would make for a good Unknown Side since most of them are directly based on places, deities, or creatures from Japanese mythology.
6:58 There's yet *another* card that references Schrodinger's cat theory; the Trap Monster Quantum Cat, which has the ability to take on the type and attribute of any monster in the game. It's not a great card by any means, but if you ever wanted a Divine Fish or Fire Illusion, there you go.
Was an absolute blast playing Swamp Thing/Quantum Cat in Duel Links in Trap Monster Odion decks, calling DARK Machine when your opponent tries to destroy your Spell/Trap cards to summon a sudden Desperado Barrel Dragon out of your hand - which also worked well with Ally of Justice Quarantine being included as an anti-LIGHT floodgate in a deck that doesn't really use its Normal Summon or have Spell/Trap Zone space for a floodgate.
I NEVER LOOKED AT THE COPERNICUS AND KEPLER ART THAT CLOSELY THAT'S SO COOL! Holy shit these designs have way more thought behind them than I thought, especially the savants, I thought they were just weird big rock creatures with no meaning lol!
To be more specific about the Multiple Gilgamesh in Fate.
Is not really that there are multiple Gilgameshes in that universe. But it's the same Gilgamesh in different stages of his life being summoned.
Eg: The Gilgamesh with turban hat thing is an older more mature version of the one in the golden armor.
Which version shows up depends on the manga/anime/game.
Hear me out: Yuya is all about egao and shit but is also a dragon user, and his rival is Reiji (Declan, in the dub), who is the D/D user in Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. That is to say, some of Reiji's extra deck monsters being based on dragon slayers might actualy be related with Yuya's rivalry towards Reiji (which I dare to say, was not reciprocrated by Reiji, since Yuya saw him as "the one to be bested" but Reiji himself didn't seem to think of Yuya that way, and was more interested in leading Yuya and the others to defeat Leo and the Academia, as well as he pushed Yuya and the others to be stronger)
Reiji/Declan is the only Yu-Gi-Oh rival who doesn't use dragon as signature monster or support monster at all
@@mfznal-hafidz8592 yes, because in this specific case his deck motif was more business/kingdom-centered, and he was not actually a rival in the same exact manner Kaiba/Chazz/Jack/Kaito/Revolver(Varis) were. He didn't see Yuya as his rival, he saw Yuya more like his "secret weapon/ace" against Academia and was willing to make Yuya grow up. In some aspects, he reminds me more of Aster Phoenix, being the one who taught the protagonist something through defeat.
A couple thoughts I had while watching;
Gilgamesh's Pendulum Scale Setting Effect on Summon and his floating effect may also be references to the hoards of weapons and tools he has.
While being a fiend Joan of Arc's less fiendish nature is reflected in the fact that she goes against the decks self inflicted burn effects by having them heal you instead.
Stone King Darius being a more bureaucratic figure could be a reference to the fact that in the anime, Reiji summoned it when he was dueling against his little brother as a means to resolve the conflict between them.
This one might be a stretch, but Deus Machinex's effect to absorb monsters could be based on his President title where he would oversee the absorption of rival companies.
Two more things about Machinex.
His summoning condition of being able to be overlayed on to any D/D/D is most likely a reference to his name, considering he can just hit the field out of nowhere.
And his steal effect can also be activated by destroying contracts, this can either be seen as him being the head of a company, cutting contacts to make ends meet.
Or the author disregarding his script to make this god out of the machine pull off some amazing feats.
NEVER realized that all the Armageddon extra deck monsters look like the boss monsters of the big bads of the previous series 😮😮😮
What's funny about Gilgamesh depction in Final Fantasy is that he is Gilgamesh only in name.
His design takes inspiration from Musashibou Benkei, a monk who challenged any warrior at a bridge I forgot the name for a duel and claimed the loser's weapon as his own, and after winning 99 battles, he was defeated by Ushiwakamaru, a.k.a. young Minamoto no Yoshitsune and after a rematch and losing again, Benkei became a follower of Yoshitsune.
Wait isn't Benkei the card with a lot of weapons where it gains an extra attack for every equip card on it?
That's the YuGiOh card that is based on Benkei, Final Fantasy version of Gilgamesh is based on him as well, that's why his gimmick in the games he appear is hunting legendary swords.
as an extra detail, Rebel King Leonidas' shield is specifically a Hoplon, the standard shield in ancient greek infantry warfare, which the Spartans were notoriously excelent at.
Additonally, Alexader (both gust king and gust high king) have the same ability to special from grave on the summon of another D/D/D as Genghis, which is reminiscent of him corralling his huge army (another thing he's known for in the Fate franchise as his representation has the power to call on an nfinite army). With Genghis having the same effect, likely equating these two leaders who conquered immense swathes of land within their lifetime with enormous armies, also mirrored in both Genghis and Alexander being Executives in their OCG names. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to notice any mechanical representation of the fact that both Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great's empires shattered upon their deaths, the Mongol empire being split among Genghis' many sons and Alexander's empire being split among his generals.
To add to what you said towards the end about Caesar:
Not only the German word Kaiser stems from Caesar, also the word "Tzar" does, the Russian rulers before the 20th century. The Russian pronunciation "Czar" is just Caesar without the initial diphthong.
Interesting. I had heard that the Russian Tzar was actually the Russian version of the name Karl, Frankish ruler who became famous as Charlemagne in the west.
Apparently that's the etymology of most terms for kings around the area as the Frankish monarch left a really big mark on history (Like everyone starting to call themselves the new Rome even though the Eastern Romans were like a few regions South, although that wasn't his fault).
I really want a DDD inspired by Emperor Nero though, mostly because I want to see the Fate fans appear and start playing Yu-Gi-Oh because half their favorites are in the archetype.
D/D/D is by far my favorite deck, not just because i love the playstyle, but also because its always fun to see the countless mythical, historical and scientifical references weaving together to form the combos. It somewhat appeals to my inner history nerd.
P.S: Another good idea for an episode of The Unknown Side would be Chronomaly since the archetype is rife with historical monuments and theories as it's main theme, would make a good deck to analyze through this kind of viewpoint!
It was my first deck. It's a fun interesting combo deck and Lamia is cute.
You did miss one in the scientist section, though this isn't entirely your fault: D/D/D Supersight King Zero Maxwell is a reference to James Clerk Maxwell, the inventor of electromagnetic radiation. Only Konami knows why he's not a D/D Savant.
He also missed laplace as well.
Both Maxwell and Laplace are named "King Zero". I wonder what that means
@@theladz8708 considering reiji’s avatar ddd is a king zero as well, I don’t think it’s a specific reference to anything.
Fun Fact: Doom King Armageddon's name comes from "Death King" or "Shi-i-Oh".
Oddly enough, Shi-i-Oh sounds exactly like CEO and thus, the office hierarchy present in the D/D/D archetype was born.
Unrelated but, it's just so funny to me, thinking about these unholy creatures of darkness, sitting in an office, drinking coffee and having a chat.
We need to remake the office but with d/d/d monsters, or american psycho
I know it wasn't a historical reference or anything but I wish you touched on Go-DDD Divine Zero King Zero God Reiji. While all the other DDDs are based on scientific minds, great leaders, and even past Yugioh final villains it was interesting there was one that's just based on the deck user Reiji himself. It could have lead into a segment about how it has the ability to manipulate space to contrast with God-Eyes Phantom Dragon's ability to manipulate time. While this isn't really on topic with the video, I think it still would have been an interesting little tangent.
Don't forget super doom king dark armageddon is actually coming out of the gate itself. Similar to how when number 1 attacks, the gates of 1 open to reveal a Monsterus beast that will attack.
History of Edison and Tesla is actually pretty funky, but in the end I am glad they both came together and created AC/DC
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I love this deck. It is way better than most people give it credit for.
As a fellow D/D/D enjoyer, I really want to thank you for making this video. Loved how you explained each D/D/D card and their origins. Truly a feast to watch! I Love D/D/D. Keep up the good content.
If Duellogs decide to make Historical channels i would 100% subscribe
They missed a good chance to have an additional reference on Newton; the balls are already various colors on the card anyway, so they could have been in correct spectrum order and been a reference to his discovery of the spectrum.
I hope D/D/D gets some legacy support in the future, Gilgamesh needs his long overdue promotion for having carried the deck for so long.
I would absolutely love a link 3 High King Gligamesh, wether or not he has a strong effect of boss monster and just another extender, it would really matter cause you are still gonna leave him on the field
Super doom king purple Armageddon also looks like it fuses 5Ds villains and zexals villains with duel monsters and gx villains. The white and yellow color scheme and circular shape in the middle matches the mekklords archetype from 5Ds and the wings on the bottom seem to be similar to the wings on the black ray lancer/levia dragon (something name escapes me) that shark/barian emperor used in the beginning and end of zexal.
I'm glad you pointed out the duel monsters and gx references. I never would have seen that on my own. Thank you. Your videos are always so cool and interesting.
How about "Top 10 Cards that would be broken in other Archetypes, ie. cards like Ojama Red (Summons 4 archetype monsters with no restrictions) or Snake Rain (Discard to foolish 4 cards from deck also with no restrictions).
Bloom Harmonist the Melodious Composer, a Link 2 that summons two in archetype monsters from deck and only type locks, not even archetypes locks
It also doesn't meaningfully restrict the summons (Two different levels, but no cap or minimum)
Historical figures working in a highly byzantine and capitalist company while making and destroying contracts with demons is the slice of life comedy anime we need.
Siegfried also gained a similar kind of invulnerability to Achillies after bathing in the blood of a lindwurm. All skin the blood touches became impenetrable, but a leaf fell on his shoulder blade leaving that spot unprotected.
Mr. Logs never misses when delivering this kind of videos of him talking about the lore of the cards. Kinda wish he was my history teacher. Anyway, how about we see the Generaider and Runick lore next? I wanna see how you tackle the 9 worlds of Norse mythology as well as the boss monsters representing some of the most well-known divinities of said mythology.
The element of Gilgamesh being depicted with weapons goes back to part of the epic of Gilgamesh where the local warlords and kings basically laid down their weapons at Gilgamesh's throne to show their loyalty to him
I love Declan and his Deck.
Also, I thought Declan said it was Triple D and Double D, and D.D is something else.
You are right that is how your supposed to say Double D for D/D and triple D for the D/D/D ones (I have no idea how to say the new D/D/D/D monster) and the D.D. are for the monsters that travel the different dimension
He says Double D and Triple D in English dub, while in the original (Japanese dub) he says DD and DDD. They also don't have slash / in their name in original and OCG. I guess TCG added it for the archetype to not be confused with D.D., since they are not related
No that's just for English dub. They are pronounced DeeDee and DeeDeeDee
@@Rabidragon9241 great now I'm picturing King Dedede as a member of the archetype thanks
@@drakofox1362you wouldn't be the first lol
Great work with this! Loved the D/D/D archetype since it launched and I'm always glad to see people appreciate it
Man reiji decks and archetype has one of coolest summoning methods and type in Yugioh franchise
Gotta love how complex and gorgeous this deck is. I was kinda expecting you to also mention D/D/D Destiny King Zero Laplace and its peculiar effects, but I understand there’s so many more cards to the archetype, especially now with the D/D/D/D as well
I also want to point out that machinex's summoning condition is a deus ex machina. It comes out of nowhere and fixes everything forthr ddd player once it hits the field
It's too bad they didn't know what edison was when making the card (mainly stealing other people's ideas and passing them off as his own) and found someone worthy of being referenced in a card. The drawing they used should have had a hidden back stab image to properly capture him as a person.
As a D/D/D player, this information will help me complete my combo lines!
I just finished watching this playlist last night and now there’s a new episode, this channel is awesome!
Speaking of gilgamesh’s fate appearence; pendragon, seigfried, d’arc, leonidas and alexander all have their source characters also appear in fate.
It's getting to the point of being easier to write a list of who hasn't been in the Fate series. Tons of yet to be summonable people have still been name dropped, or possessed similar servant bodies, or just appeared with generic character art/ghost form
@@freyachobi they all 'exist' but i mean have discreetly appeared as servants.
While I've yet to make a decent deck with them I love the D/D/D archetype. I even made my own custom card referencing Catherine the Great.
Thank you so much for making this video. I love the D/D/D and D/D archetype. It's one of my absolute favorite decks in the entire game because of how fun it is to play, all of the summoning methods it has, and how consistent it is as a whole.
5:50 this is actually so cool, they need to put more details like this into cards
4:43 i love how tesla has a little metal moustache on his face
Knowing they have corporate positions in the OCG actually makes the evil demon theme more evident
D/D/D is the archetype that changed my mind about pendulum summoning. The deck didn’t NEED to us PS to be good, but doing so could enhance its combos. Also, Declan was awesome.
a video on one of my favorite archetypes! Keep up the good work!
Does this mean that the spider finally surpass his D/D/D hate?
He hates D/D/D??? Why? How?
@@EXFrost He hates to play them, some time ago one of the punishment for losing was being forced to play DDD
I haven't enjoyed one of your videos this much in a long time , thank you logs you really reminded me why i subscribed your channel
And it's sub-sub-arcthype D/D/D/D
11:37 the two versions of Gilgamesh is just him at 2 different points of his life. One worked through a traumatic event and became a good king, the other one hasn't gotten any trauma
Thank you for covering this, me and my older brother adore this archetype!
So happy you are talking about this archetype, my favorite in terms of design history and inspiration
This is what I thought when I first see this deck in action. Good video man
I love D/D/D a lot, thanks for making this video Mr Logs
pleaseeeeeee, make a similar video, but about shinobirds, japanese mythology spirit-inspired monsters in general... Kushitama is on its way, to complete the mitama quartet with ara, niki and sakitama. I just love that eastern lore. Your channel is amazing!
Awesome video, I love this archetype and to make it 25 minutes must have taken some work. Thank You and looking forward to seeing a little more love for these monsters.
Would love to hear you cover Ancient Warriors too! I’ve been playing this deck since I discovered it, and love all the references to Romance of Three Kingdoms. It really makes it really special!
My favorite archetype ! thanks i never noticed thoses things! amaizing video as always
The only D/D/D I accept is the fat penguin king who fights a pink puffball on a star-shaped planet.
And D/D is the silly older sister who wrecks her scientist younger brother's lab all the time.
Dexter labratory and kirby
I take D/D/D as that show with Guy Fieri where he visits restaurants. And D/D is the smarty fellow with a sock on his head who’s also one of the Eds. The silly older sister has more in common with a much older theme focused around the banish zone.
@@josephhollon4786 Kirby AND Dexter's Laboratory.
Order matters.
@@runningoncylinders3829 Care to explain what you mean by them?
@@kennydarmawan13Oh that’s very self-explanatory. You haven’t been on a trip to Flavortown nor the culdesac for some jawbreakers?
A lot of the deck made sense thematically if a bit wide in scope.
The Armageddon shield like ones were the most out there.
I was much more impressed by the ones named after a historical figure.
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As a fan of the Fate series I feel the need to explain just how much of an understatement “Fate Gilgamesh has a lot of weapons” is. His main Noble Phantasm (something closely tied with his legend) is a key to “Gate of Babylon” and gives him access to everything in his treasury… which is almost literally everything. From the Elixir of Youth he lost in life to the prototypes of all but the most secret of legendary artifacts to the ship Ra uses on the Du’at turned into a *freaking plane.* And because things in the series gain power the older they are that means these things are superior to the ones in legend. From Durandal to Gram he has a stronger version of pretty much *every* legendary weapon. Oh yeah, he fights by using the key to make several portals to his treasury that shoot these weapons like common bullets. Because to him these weapons are easier to find than it’d be for you to find a single bullet. This is absolutely as broken as it sounds.
There’s a reason he’s one of the strongest characters in the series. Even though Gil debuted in Fate/Stay Night (the first work in the series) and most of the cast (including KING ARTHUR) has been powercreeped since its January 2004 release he’s still completely broken. Because the more stuff shows up in the series the more Gilgamesh has in his treasury.
finally ,been waiting for a video like this
I think you missed the manga D/D/Ds
Zero King Laplace based on Pierre-Simon Laplace, Zero Maxwell based on James Clerk Maxwell, and Go D/D/D Divine Zero King Rage, based on Declan himself (his jp name is Reiji which is how Rage is written in katakana)
Rage being a 0 scale allows for a majority of his monsters to be pendulum summon, and its monster effect is a game-winning direct attack, making it essentially the most powerful ddd monster
This video is a simple reminder how D/D/Ds is one of, if not the coolest deck ever created.
This deck makes me curious what company these monsters would found
What is the goal of the D/D/D’s
Are they a contingency to destructive changes in the world?
Are they the causes of world-ending events to reap the rewards of the chaos
Or are they a collection of rulers who are willing to wipe the slate clean and rebuild if their nations/consumers become too rebellious.
If the third one is to be believed, then it would be the greatest reference of this archetype, because their company has learned from the mistakes of fallen nations
Nations are built to one day fall, so let it fall and build a new one. The purpose of the company is to create a world that creates a renewable nation with this collection of kings wiping the slate at a sigh of rebellion or change then recreating that nation exactly how it was.
Very clever
The anti-synergy on Tesla and Edison is a great detail!
Top 10 non-union archetypes that put their monsters in the back row (not counting pendulum scales). Artifacts, Crystal Beasts, V-HEROs, Icejade, and Felgrand.
Bonus points for "union but better" type effects like Dragunity, Magistus, Superheavy Samurai, Cyberdark, Destruction Sword, Inzektors, Infernoble Knights, Marincess, the Claw of Hermos fusions, Therion, Plunder Patroll, Vylon, and ZW's
Cyberdark and Crystal beast are incredibly based
I love this yugioh reference/ inspiration cards and arquetypes!!
This was awesome. I would’ve liked to see the lore behind the dark contract cards too
Been waiting for someone to do this video
Reiji quite the unique rival, while the rest of the rivals have dragons as their aces his is a fiend.
First of, cool video. The D/D/D Archetype quickly became one of my favorites after watching the anime and getting to play around with it in Master Duel. That may be due to the fact I enjoy watching the Fate series.
Secondly, I'm not sure where this one would fit in but it's a shame you didn't get to talk about this bad boy, the newcomer in the Archetype, D/D/D/D Super-Dimensional Sovereign Emperor Zero Paradox.
"The dragonic head growing out of his... Lower extremities" has to be the most polite way you could have possibly described... That
Oh yes! I freaking love this and actually got a professor to use my own (quick) study on it as extra credit on a thesis!
I love this video, and would love a series
Great video man
Thank you for the Video, its Amazing♡
This was awesome!!
Duel Logs! You missed *D/D/D/D Super Dimensional Sovereign Emperor Zero Paradox!*
The TRUE boss monster of the D/D/Ds!
What about the latest D monster, the D/D/D/D guy that came out recently? Loved the video btw
Please more of these i love these lore videos c:
I dont even mind which topic necessarily lol i just like learning more lore like this
I would absolutely love to hear you cover the Noble Knights cards (especially if you can find someone who can tell you how to pronounce all the Welsh names).
The servants in Fate/Stay night are all the same person. They are an amalgamation of a certain legend or great historical feat. (For the most part) And each incarnation is essentially a magic ghost clone of said person. With knowledge of both their original life and relevant modern day knowledge magically implanted into their brains during summoning. (With exceptions.)
So it’s just Clone High
@@charziz6693 Considering how Napeoleon turned out as a servant. Then yes. The exception i know of are Artoria and the EMIYA's who sold their souls to the world. Voyager, who is the actual space probe Voyager that somehow turned into a Shota boy. The Ishtar and Eresgikal who take their forms and personality traits from Rin. Muramasa, Kama, and Pravti also fall here. Paul Bunyan which was a joke made canon. Erica Utsumi who is the demigoddess child of a mage and Izanami. Shiki, Walter, and the other girl were just dragged along for the ride. The Prisma Illya girls are servant clones of the originals. Did i forget anyone else?
I only did the briefest look into the Fate stuff for the reference in this video because holy heck that entire franchise is a clusterfuck.
@@balmung7599 Hey I read comics so I can empathize with that. I didn't know about the chart but, frankly, that you need a chart is exactly what I was getting at lol. Most of the time even with comics you usually get a "start at this issue, read till this issue" even if surrounding lore is absurdly complex.
@@TwoToneShoes And that's without getting into Tsukihime, Angel Notes, The fact that every timeline and ship is canon in some way or another. The gag manga considering that Okita, Nobunaga, and Bunyan all originally came from that and became canon to the lore. And how each series is connected in some way or form. Even in EXTRA the world where everyone is a Netnavi has lore bits that become important later down the line.
DuelLogs doing a video about my favorite Deck of all time?!
I love this series so much!
You skipped/forgot D/D/D something something King LaPlace. It pertains to a concept in mathematics that I don't know much about, but it should have had an honorable mention at the very least. Not to mention other D/D cards of probably minor interest that also have quite a bit of lore behind, if not interactions with each other. Soooo, D/D follow up video sometime later? Eventually? Maybe? Hopefully? Also, Dark Contracts and other backrow for good measure? Possibly? D/D/D is my favorite archetype, by the way. 😅 Would love to watch more!🥰