So the description of Dai is _The warrior who can manipulate dragons. Nobody knows his mysterious past._ So maybe a retrain of his that taps into his lore could go… _Fated Warrior Dai Grepher_ (EARTH) Level 4 Pendulum Scales: 5⬅️ ➡️0 Pendulum effect: _If you pendulum summon using this card, you can add 1 “Dai” card or equip spell card, or 1 Dragon, wyrm, “Grepher”, or “LV” monster from your deck to your hand. Once per turn, you can fusion summon 1 monster from your extra deck using only dragon, wyrm, “Grepher” and/or “LV” monsters from your hand or field as material._ Warrior/Pendulum/Tuner/Effect _This monsters name is also treated as “Warrior Dai Grepher” while not banished facedown. When this monster is summoned, you can equip from your hand or deck 1 “Wicked-Breaking Flamberge - Baou” to it. Once per turn, you can special summon 1 dragon or wyrm monster from your hand who’s Level or combined ATK/DEF are equal to or less then this monsters. If your opponent destroys or banishes this card equipped with “Wicked-Breaking Flamberge - Baou”, you can special summon (from your hand or deck) 1 “Grepher” or “LV” monster._ ATK/1700 DEF/1600 Ok, so that should sum up the general story beats and dragon manipulation powers this card is supposed to have. The card can search, summon and fuse with Dragon and wyrm monsters (most wyrm monsters are basically dragons in all but type and effects anyway, you can’t tell me True King of Calamity _isn’t_ a straight up dragon) and also cards the original Dai has been retrained as (along with a blanket compatibility for LV monsters who would appreciate the surprise support.). The only things I couldn’t really fit any neatly in are anything related to “Warrior Lady of the Wasteland” / “D.D. Warrior Lady”, and a bunch of cards with Dai and it’s many versions in their artwork that didn’t have a keyword to share besides the three “Dai” cards… Unless I tie such effects to said cards artworks, but I don’t think ANY card in the game does something like that. Like the game needs THAT can of worms opened anytime soon.
Grepher has multiple story lines in one of em he picks a different pair of twin swords which makes him a dark warrior known as dark blade he has a dragon he controls named pitch dark dragon
ESPECIALLY when he gets to World Legacy, Albaz (if that story ever finishes), and Visas Starfrost (also if that story finishes). Sky Strikers already have their own manga.
@@ExDragonMaster once I read the sky striker lore I was amazed! I’d love to see him do a video on it with the way he does it w the cards. Manga definitely gonna be fire
And the effect of lvl8 is basically a complete counter to D.D. Warrior Lady, which means that after all he went through he finally got the strength he needed to finally defeat her. But at what cost?
In my headcanon dai Grapher along the split path was in turn split into all of his paths. Each time he had to choose he was split apart. When he sees himself it's not like those versions disappeared. They are corporeal and all together real.
sorry for the lack of energy in this one, currently coming down from a cold, this one was a crazy one to put together, funny its just as long as my Frog FTK video lol i hope you guys enjoy and have a happy thanksgiving !!
With paths of destiny I interpreted it as grepher going down right to find the chamber and the left he becomes dark grepher since the left seemed dark and sinister while the right was holy and righteous looking
Just to add on, Warrior Dai Grepher is also Dark Blade once he equips the metalsilver armor and takes the dual swords from the armoury, he has another a few dragons in this form as well, Pitch Dark, and Kiryu as well as the fusion “Dark Blade the Dragon Knight” and also becoming a captain of the underworld as “Dark Blade Captain of the Underworld”. So that adds a whole level to his lore.
Can we appreciate this man for all the lore videos he's done? I find these so cool and interesting and would have never know about them if it weren't for guys like like him. Hope he keeps up the good work.
It's funny because none of this cards can beat dd warrior lady un battle even in the game, because she just banishes them/sends them to another dimension
Dark Lucius lv8 counters her, because he also banish the monster he destroys and negate their effect. Which signifies he eventually did crack the dimension travel thing and is even more knowledgeable than dd lady. But at the cost of everything else
How would I amend “Ryu Senshi” to be more viable today? 1:28 How about… _Ryu Grepher, Spirit Warrior_ (EARTH) Level 6 Warrior/Fusion/Effect 1 “Grepher” monster + “Spirit Ryu” You can also special summon this card by banishing the above cards from your hand or field (this is treated as a fusion summon). When a Spell or Trap card is activated while this card is face-up on the field (Quick Effect), you can pay pay half your LP; negate that effect. When during the battle step, if this card battles (Quick Effect), you can discard 1 Dragon and/or Warrior monster each, then choose one of the following effects depending on the type of monster(s) discarded for this effect: Dragon: This card gains 1000 ATK/DEF until the end of the battle phase. Warrior: You can equip 1 Equip spell card to this monster from your hand or deck. ATK/2700 DEF/2600 (the combined sum of its classic materials ATK/DEF respectively)
The level of professionalism is insane, you are really good at what you do ! You must do a link of donations too so if someone want to support you doesn’t want to involve on Patreon and making account ect
Quite the unexpected Dai lol enjoyed the terminator reference 0:41 blink and you miss. I did a class change spinoff with this lore and dd warrior lady. Roll dice in standby to class change and special summon each phase base form. Fun times.
So the description of Dai is _The warrior who can manipulate dragons. Nobody knows his mysterious past._ So maybe a retrain of his that taps into his lore could go… _Fated Warrior Dai Grepher_ (EARTH) Level 4 Pendulum Scales: 5⬅️ ➡️0 Pendulum effect: _If you pendulum summon using this card, you can add 1 “Dai” card or equip spell card, or 1 Dragon, wyrm, “Grepher”, or “LV” monster from your deck to your hand. Once per turn, you can fusion summon 1 monster from your extra deck using only dragon, wyrm, “Grepher” and/or “LV” monsters from your hand or field as material._ Warrior/Pendulum/Tuner/Effect _This monsters name is also treated as “Warrior Dai Grepher” while not banished facedown. When this monster is summoned, you can equip from your hand or deck 1 “Wicked-Breaking Flamberge - Baou” to it. Once per turn, you can special summon 1 dragon or wyrm monster from your hand who’s Level or combined ATK/DEF are equal to or less then this monsters. If your opponent destroys or banishes this card equipped with “Wicked-Breaking Flamberge - Baou”, you can special summon (from your hand or deck) 1 “Grepher” or “LV” monster._ ATK/1700 DEF/1600 Ok, so that should sum up the general story beats and dragon manipulation powers this card is supposed to have. The card can search, summon and fuse with Dragon and wyrm monsters (most wyrm monsters are basically dragons in all but type and effects anyway, you can’t tell me True King of Calamity _isn’t_ a straight up dragon) and also cards the original Dai has been retrained as (along with a blanket compatibility for LV monsters who would appreciate the surprise support.). The only things I couldn’t really fit any neatly in are anything related to “Warrior Lady of the Wasteland” / “D.D. Warrior Lady”, and a bunch of cards with Dai and it’s many versions in their artwork that didn’t have a keyword to share besides the three “Dai” cards… Unless I tie such effects to said cards artworks, but I don’t think ANY card in the game does something like that. Like the game needs THAT can of worms opened anytime soon.
I feel bad for Grepher's grim fate. Why do I address it as such as though it is canon? How much time you got? It seems Grepher's dark path is the canon one. Or at least for me; all things considered. My only evidence is the video itself. His Light Path is nice. He fused with a ghost dragon. Badass...And? Then what? What happens next?! Does he finally make it home? Does the ship happen? Does he genuinely hook up with DD Lady? Do they go about kicking butt as The DD Couple (I genuinely wish that was a card because it makes me chuckle and is a nice thought)? Does Ryu Senshi end up in a dark alley with DD Buster Blader? There's nothing! Unless they go back and add to it, his story ends there. A cool warrior in a different dimension going on miscellaneous adventures. Now his Dark Path. There is straight up more story, for starters. To summarize the critical moments: Grepher, unknowingly, meets his future self, Dark Lucius. Later, Grepher meets Dark Grepher. Who is Dark Grepher? We aren't told, but I will revisit this point later too. The Wicked-Breaking Flamberge corrupts Grepher into Dark Lucius. Dark Lucius then falls even farther into darkness and essentially becomes a true demon. Okay. I have no evidence for this, but I wouldn't be surprised if Dark Grepher is actually a defused Ryu Senshi. Given Grepher's abysmal luck with tragedy and evidence of him meeting his alternate selves; I wouldn't be shocked to discover that Grepher fell to evil after losing Spirit Ryu by seeking a way to reclaim that power only for it to unfortunately be from a malevolent source this time. Maybe he tried to commune with Spirit Ryu, but was possessed by an evil dragon spirit instead? It would also explain why Dark Grepher sacrificed himself as there was still a lingering heroic spirit in him. Like what I did there? Inevitably, Grepher ends up becoming Dark Lucius and is more powerful than either form, but...his story also is cut short. Does he finally destroy DD Lady? Does DD Lady put an end to his cursed existence once and for all? Does she actually free Grepher from Dark Lucius and they banish the darkness together for good? Is there anything even left of Grepher (on his most advanced dark transformation) to remember who she is? Is Dark Lucius just running amok in a different Different Dimension? While his Light Path and Dark Path are both incomplete, I am far more inclined to believe his Dark Path is the canon one as not only does that version of Grepher NEVER encounter his Light Path Self, he encounters TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HIS DARK PATH SELF (Grepher meets Dark Grepher and Dark Lucius, but never Ryu Senshi). Lastly, we have objectively more details about his life on the Dark Path. His Light Path is basically "...and Ryu Senshi went to and fro, wiping out evil wherever it appeared and slayed happily ever after. The end." While his Dark Path is like "Greetings. Please, get comfy. Allow me to tell you The Odyssey of Warrior Dai Grepher."
It would be cool to see "Level Up" versions of the Lightray Grepher as counterparts to his decent into his Dark Lucius forms. If the heroic Lvl 6 & Lvl 8 versions had matching ATK/DEF stats it would really flesh out the "Paths of Destiny" card lore, IMO...
This is the most random yet most interesting video that just happen to be in my feed! The many times that card saved me.. with magic cards to add lol. I've never seen half the cards that has to do with his past which is very nice! Of course, I like the ending where he's back home which is a good. However, I wonder what happens if he'd use the bow and arrow? Maybe that weapon would've help against that dark swordsmen and maybe he would still be himself..🤔or something magical. 🤔 This is really awesome, I'm definitely gonna check out more of these for sure now! 😄👍
bro… this changes the whole like; wow bro its way deeper than the tv show with somebody narrating the stories of the cards… they do it in “master duel” when u do solo’s but still. THIS? is nicely pieced together
I loved Grepher's design even before he debuted on the show and was glad to find out there was a lot more to his story. Despite him being a consistent underdog/loser, having so many interdimensional adventures and spawning so many alternate counterparts mean unlike most other monsters, you can pick your favourite timeline as his "true" ending, which I think is quite cool. I like the notion of him being good-natured at heart but ultimately reckless and stubborn to the point where he's constantly in the wrong place at the wrong time, almost always fighting for the sake of it and degrades so much that there's not one, but _several_ bad outcomes. However unlike Ha Des(the best-dressed jobber in monster history), he has _three_ decent paths to follow. The idea that he isn't beyond redemption or destined to fail in _every_ timeline makes him even more interesting, and offers great potential for future card art. I completed a Gurimo character deck earlier this year, and instead of Dai Grepher x3, I run 1 alongside 1 Chaos Grepher and 1 Dark Grepher. Shame I can't really justify any other counterparts, but he's featured on a lot more S/T's than I knew, might have to side a couple in. Very chuffed to have bumped into this vid, the Dai has a cool design, neat lore and is sorely underrated. Great to see lore throwbacks to some of the classics, Warriors pretty much started ongoing art lore so this was an excellent choice.
My favourite timelines are the Ryu Senshi, and dual swords timeline because they seem to be the happiest. There's also a theory that Dark blade is Dai Grepher who went in the dark path
I have him and the dark path version as well as the trap card with the diverging paths, they used to be in my deck years ago before I got better cards.
I think so, might also be the paladin that rides the baby blue eyes depending on what armour he wears. Him and warrior zera have a crazy amount of story paths
I absolutely love Yu-Gi-Oh lore like this could've been a whole ass series it would be cool if got an anime and every episode the go through different lore of different archetypes kinda like marvel what if
I was so unprepared to hear lake verity at the beginning of the vid. Insta like for the nostalgia. Also good job on the video. I had no clue that this card had lore.
I love that in all these years there is actually a story to these cards xd I always thought that grepher is dark blade and paladin of the white dragon as well Good videos 👍
Nah, Dark Blade along with the Dark Dragon actually have their own storyline. World Legacy is still the best one to me, and the Goblin one us good too.
I'm kind of disappointed he has no timeline lore on him using the butterfly dagger or the Starlight bow that would have been actually really cool to see. But I really love it when cards tell stories
Paradoxical Grepher EARTH Psychic Link-2 (SW SE) 2000 ATK 2 “Dark Lucius” or Grepher” monsters Gains the Attributes and Types of the Link Materials used to Link Summon this monster. This monster gains 100 ATK for each Type and Attribute it has, and an additional attack on monsters for each card it points to.
Imagine being such a cool dude that you can bro it out with your evil self and he respects you enough to sacrifice himself for you. Even your own darkness is that cool
I wanna do a dungeons & dragons campaign based on dai grephers story, I was making character sheets for other monster cards as usable character and some stats for some monsters and bosses you have to fight but that's as far I got
Holy shit i didn't know dai grepher got this sort of lore. Ima check out my old cards and see if i can see some easter eggs and cameo of characters around.
Yu gi oh should do a series for every lore story. Or imagine if they did that before the card game even came out. Every card would have so much sentimental value because it was part of a known story.
Sakuretsu Armor is one of my fav card so this is really freakin cool Also I m a sucker for a "Enemy turned lover" cliche so kinda hope that happened lmao
Dai Grepher connects to Lady, which connects to Plundering Captain, which connects to both Gagagigo and the charmers, as well as to D.D.,which connects to D/D/D. So D/D/D Super Doom Kong Purple Armageddon are in the same universe as cowboy hat lady in wasteland.
I'm fucking mind blown right now cause I literally had all of these cards and was wondering why exactly these two r on so many prints, I didn't now they have actually story's , makes it so much cooler in my 30s
I don't know how I got recommended this. I think Hulu told UA-cam I watched some episodes of the first yugioh, and so it said, " Hey, I'll show him card lore." Either way, that went so deep.
Imagine pulling the whole lore of this guy throughout a duel. That would be crazy to just experience the progression while going against it
They should make a Yu-Gi-Oh mmo with this as a quest line.
See dokuplayers if you like lore too haha
Most of my decks are like that. I win with a story
@@eddy8y8 prove it. Whats your master duel
So the description of Dai is _The warrior who can manipulate dragons. Nobody knows his mysterious past._
So maybe a retrain of his that taps into his lore could go…
_Fated Warrior Dai Grepher_ (EARTH)
Level 4
Pendulum Scales: 5⬅️ ➡️0
Pendulum effect: _If you pendulum summon using this card, you can add 1 “Dai” card or equip spell card, or 1 Dragon, wyrm, “Grepher”, or “LV” monster from your deck to your hand. Once per turn, you can fusion summon 1 monster from your extra deck using only dragon, wyrm, “Grepher” and/or “LV” monsters from your hand or field as material._
Warrior/Pendulum/Tuner/Effect
_This monsters name is also treated as “Warrior Dai Grepher” while not banished facedown. When this monster is summoned, you can equip from your hand or deck 1 “Wicked-Breaking Flamberge - Baou” to it. Once per turn, you can special summon 1 dragon or wyrm monster from your hand who’s Level or combined ATK/DEF are equal to or less then this monsters. If your opponent destroys or banishes this card equipped with “Wicked-Breaking Flamberge - Baou”, you can special summon (from your hand or deck) 1 “Grepher” or “LV” monster._
ATK/1700 DEF/1600
Ok, so that should sum up the general story beats and dragon manipulation powers this card is supposed to have. The card can search, summon and fuse with Dragon and wyrm monsters (most wyrm monsters are basically dragons in all but type and effects anyway, you can’t tell me True King of Calamity _isn’t_ a straight up dragon) and also cards the original Dai has been retrained as (along with a blanket compatibility for LV monsters who would appreciate the surprise support.). The only things I couldn’t really fit any neatly in are anything related to “Warrior Lady of the Wasteland” / “D.D. Warrior Lady”, and a bunch of cards with Dai and it’s many versions in their artwork that didn’t have a keyword to share besides the three “Dai” cards… Unless I tie such effects to said cards artworks, but I don’t think ANY card in the game does something like that. Like the game needs THAT can of worms opened anytime soon.
Interesting how throughout the whole story dai grepher doesn't manipulate a single dragon
Lol XD
I mean there's Ryu-Senshi
He does actually
Grepher has multiple story lines in one of em he picks a different pair of twin swords which makes him a dark warrior known as dark blade he has a dragon he controls named pitch dark dragon
Dragon Manipulator?
Sakuretsu armor was dai grepher this whole time, damn this story goes deep
They had it planned for awhile. Makes me wonder if they create story arcs and then release the cards over time
@@apoocumber4164 i imagine some are done on the fly or they make the cards and add the story later only to release more to fill in gaps
look up how old the Shien lore goes, Kagemusha of the Blue Flame was released in the first boosterpack
These could all be their own anime. Fucking amazing
ESPECIALLY when he gets to World Legacy, Albaz (if that story ever finishes), and Visas Starfrost (also if that story finishes).
Sky Strikers already have their own manga.
@@ExDragonMaster once I read the sky striker lore I was amazed! I’d love to see him do a video on it with the way he does it w the cards. Manga definitely gonna be fire
Berserk
I want my cosmic horror "Ojama" spinoff.
If you like lore of yugi look tge channel on UA-cam called Dokuplayers thank me later
I didn't expect Dark Lucius is a fiend form of Dai Grepher.
Indeed.
Grepher is the model of a huge amount of iconic Yugioh cards, but who would've thought about those lvl monsters!
And the effect of lvl8 is basically a complete counter to D.D. Warrior Lady, which means that after all he went through he finally got the strength he needed to finally defeat her. But at what cost?
Fax that has me like “whaaaat”
@@ether5269 Thanos be like, "EVERYTHING"
@@michaelmamba1578 tyF
In my headcanon dai Grapher along the split path was in turn split into all of his paths. Each time he had to choose he was split apart. When he sees himself it's not like those versions disappeared. They are corporeal and all together real.
Imagine if they make a card where he finds all his alternate selves and they team up. It could be called “Unified Dai” or “Synchronous Dai”
@@prod.kilvkrxcksxlvd8183 I'd use it.
Or unify himself with his evil version of himself to summon "Dao Dai Grepher, the Swordsmaster of Balance"
I only have him, his rival, the trap card with the diverging paths, and his dark version.
@@prod.kilvkrxcksxlvd8183 i hope it just becomes a new archetype deck
sorry for the lack of energy in this one, currently coming down from a cold, this one was a crazy one to put together, funny its just as long as my Frog FTK video lol i hope you guys enjoy and have a happy thanksgiving !!
Please do Lore of Warrior of Zera
You did well my man
Couldn't even tell you didn't have the energy mate. Well done.
With paths of destiny I interpreted it as grepher going down right to find the chamber and the left he becomes dark grepher since the left seemed dark and sinister while the right was holy and righteous looking
Just to add on, Warrior Dai Grepher is also Dark Blade once he equips the metalsilver armor and takes the dual swords from the armoury, he has another a few dragons in this form as well, Pitch Dark, and Kiryu as well as the fusion “Dark Blade the Dragon Knight” and also becoming a captain of the underworld as “Dark Blade Captain of the Underworld”. So that adds a whole level to his lore.
Can we appreciate this man for all the lore videos he's done? I find these so cool and interesting and would have never know about them if it weren't for guys like like him. Hope he keeps up the good work.
If you like lore of yugi look at the channel Dokuplayers on yt
Damn, Grepher needs his own archetype and maybe some support cards to help summon different versions of grepher easier.
Totes.
I cannot wait till you hit things like DT and Charmers as those connect with nearly everything in this game.
It's funny because none of this cards can beat dd warrior lady un battle even in the game, because she just banishes them/sends them to another dimension
Yeah that was the issue doesn't matter if he's winning he just gets sent to a different dimension.
@@hungerxhunger2548 Like Samurai Jack.
Dark Lucius lv8 counters her, because he also banish the monster he destroys and negate their effect. Which signifies he eventually did crack the dimension travel thing and is even more knowledgeable than dd lady. But at the cost of everything else
@@lynnusuk2092 oh, cool. I even read the cards before making the comment. This is truly a yu gi oh player moment
Basically she's a cheating bitch who pulls the plug so she can't lose? Sounds horrendously accurate to real life .
How would I amend “Ryu Senshi” to be more viable today? 1:28
How about…
_Ryu Grepher, Spirit Warrior_ (EARTH)
Level 6
Warrior/Fusion/Effect
1 “Grepher” monster + “Spirit Ryu”
You can also special summon this card by banishing the above cards from your hand or field (this is treated as a fusion summon). When a Spell or Trap card is activated while this card is face-up on the field (Quick Effect), you can pay pay half your LP; negate that effect. When during the battle step, if this card battles (Quick Effect), you can discard 1 Dragon and/or Warrior monster each, then choose one of the following effects depending on the type of monster(s) discarded for this effect:
Dragon: This card gains 1000 ATK/DEF until the end of the battle phase.
Warrior: You can equip 1 Equip spell card to this monster from your hand or deck.
ATK/2700 DEF/2600 (the combined sum of its classic materials ATK/DEF respectively)
the lore of how is becoming more and more intricate...
Crazy how his dark side had more lore story to it then his light side
Woah! I had no idea Dark Lucious was Dai Grepher!
That's so cool!
The level of professionalism is insane, you are really good at what you do ! You must do a link of donations too so if someone want to support you doesn’t want to involve on Patreon and making account ect
If that's not the lore you just made the lore better
What a crazy story!
I have a feeling that dai grepher liked her in the first place.
Yeah, probably just wanted to impress her all along. Maybe the light version ends up with her, while the Dark Lucius version got cast away.
Quite the unexpected Dai lol enjoyed the terminator reference 0:41 blink and you miss. I did a class change spinoff with this lore and dd warrior lady. Roll dice in standby to class change and special summon each phase base form. Fun times.
Just started watching your vids, WOW!!! keep up the great work!!! These are amazing
Holy thats so cool!
Grepher is like a videogame character which has multiple endings.
The same can be said for Zera.
Yooooo this is sooo cool!!! I knew the cards related in some way!!! Just got yourself a subscriber!
Im have been enjoying this Yu-Gi-Oh cards lore way too much, and it's great.
Makes me wanna invest in the card game itself.
That's deep
I've always wondered about the stories of the monsters who appear in various cards throughout the series
So the description of Dai is _The warrior who can manipulate dragons. Nobody knows his mysterious past._
So maybe a retrain of his that taps into his lore could go…
_Fated Warrior Dai Grepher_ (EARTH)
Level 4
Pendulum Scales: 5⬅️ ➡️0
Pendulum effect: _If you pendulum summon using this card, you can add 1 “Dai” card or equip spell card, or 1 Dragon, wyrm, “Grepher”, or “LV” monster from your deck to your hand. Once per turn, you can fusion summon 1 monster from your extra deck using only dragon, wyrm, “Grepher” and/or “LV” monsters from your hand or field as material._
Warrior/Pendulum/Tuner/Effect
_This monsters name is also treated as “Warrior Dai Grepher” while not banished facedown. When this monster is summoned, you can equip from your hand or deck 1 “Wicked-Breaking Flamberge - Baou” to it. Once per turn, you can special summon 1 dragon or wyrm monster from your hand who’s Level or combined ATK/DEF are equal to or less then this monsters. If your opponent destroys or banishes this card equipped with “Wicked-Breaking Flamberge - Baou”, you can special summon (from your hand or deck) 1 “Grepher” or “LV” monster._
ATK/1700 DEF/1600
Ok, so that should sum up the general story beats and dragon manipulation powers this card is supposed to have. The card can search, summon and fuse with Dragon and wyrm monsters (most wyrm monsters are basically dragons in all but type and effects anyway, you can’t tell me True King of Calamity _isn’t_ a straight up dragon) and also cards the original Dai has been retrained as (along with a blanket compatibility for LV monsters who would appreciate the surprise support.). The only things I couldn’t really fit any neatly in are anything related to “Warrior Lady of the Wasteland” / “D.D. Warrior Lady”, and a bunch of cards with Dai and it’s many versions in their artwork that didn’t have a keyword to share besides the three “Dai” cards… Unless I tie such effects to said cards artworks, but I don’t think ANY card in the game does something like that. Like the game needs THAT can of worms opened anytime soon.
Well hot damn Dai Grappler is gone through some stuff...
Would like to hear about Gouki lore, if there is any lord about them or with the Dinowrestler
I feel bad for Grepher's grim fate.
Why do I address it as such as though it is canon?
How much time you got?
It seems Grepher's dark path is the canon one. Or at least for me; all things considered. My only evidence is the video itself. His Light Path is nice. He fused with a ghost dragon. Badass...And? Then what? What happens next?! Does he finally make it home? Does the ship happen? Does he genuinely hook up with DD Lady? Do they go about kicking butt as The DD Couple (I genuinely wish that was a card because it makes me chuckle and is a nice thought)? Does Ryu Senshi end up in a dark alley with DD Buster Blader? There's nothing! Unless they go back and add to it, his story ends there. A cool warrior in a different dimension going on miscellaneous adventures. Now his Dark Path. There is straight up more story, for starters. To summarize the critical moments: Grepher, unknowingly, meets his future self, Dark Lucius. Later, Grepher meets Dark Grepher. Who is Dark Grepher? We aren't told, but I will revisit this point later too. The Wicked-Breaking Flamberge corrupts Grepher into Dark Lucius. Dark Lucius then falls even farther into darkness and essentially becomes a true demon. Okay. I have no evidence for this, but I wouldn't be surprised if Dark Grepher is actually a defused Ryu Senshi. Given Grepher's abysmal luck with tragedy and evidence of him meeting his alternate selves; I wouldn't be shocked to discover that Grepher fell to evil after losing Spirit Ryu by seeking a way to reclaim that power only for it to unfortunately be from a malevolent source this time. Maybe he tried to commune with Spirit Ryu, but was possessed by an evil dragon spirit instead? It would also explain why Dark Grepher sacrificed himself as there was still a lingering heroic spirit in him. Like what I did there? Inevitably, Grepher ends up becoming Dark Lucius and is more powerful than either form, but...his story also is cut short. Does he finally destroy DD Lady? Does DD Lady put an end to his cursed existence once and for all? Does she actually free Grepher from Dark Lucius and they banish the darkness together for good? Is there anything even left of Grepher (on his most advanced dark transformation) to remember who she is? Is Dark Lucius just running amok in a different Different Dimension? While his Light Path and Dark Path are both incomplete, I am far more inclined to believe his Dark Path is the canon one as not only does that version of Grepher NEVER encounter his Light Path Self, he encounters TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HIS DARK PATH SELF (Grepher meets Dark Grepher and Dark Lucius, but never Ryu Senshi). Lastly, we have objectively more details about his life on the Dark Path. His Light Path is basically "...and Ryu Senshi went to and fro, wiping out evil wherever it appeared and slayed happily ever after. The end." While his Dark Path is like "Greetings. Please, get comfy. Allow me to tell you The Odyssey of Warrior Dai Grepher."
Hmm interesting
@@Kira22558 Thank you.
Y'know, it'd be cool if Dai Grepher became the next host for the Super Soldier Armor
Recognizing a card from your childhood on one of these videos is always a nostalga trip, great stuff
It would be cool to see "Level Up" versions of the Lightray Grepher as counterparts to his decent into his Dark Lucius forms.
If the heroic Lvl 6 & Lvl 8 versions had matching ATK/DEF stats it would really flesh out the "Paths of Destiny" card lore, IMO...
Stuff like this is why I feel they should try making an anime just based on the lore within the cards themselves.
Yep.
Love the YGO card lore, glad you were able to put in the time and effort for this one! Leaving a comment in the hopes the algorithm will like it ovo)b
This is the most random yet most interesting video that just happen to be in my feed! The many times that card saved me.. with magic cards to add lol.
I've never seen half the cards that has to do with his past which is very nice! Of course, I like the ending where he's back home which is a good. However, I wonder what happens if he'd use the bow and arrow? Maybe that weapon would've help against that dark swordsmen and maybe he would still be himself..🤔or something magical. 🤔 This is really awesome, I'm definitely gonna check out more of these for sure now! 😄👍
3:26 reminds me so much of the Angelo boss enemy in Devil May Cry
Dude you aware that this video is used as an ad on UA-cam
huhhh!?
I subbed cause explaining the cards in story like this is so cool!
bro… this changes the whole like; wow bro
its way deeper than the tv show with somebody narrating the stories of the cards… they do it in “master duel” when u do solo’s but still. THIS? is nicely pieced together
I use most of these cards as I play through the years, I never would have imagine that there's a lore to them to begin with.
I know I used to have some of these cards! Only two or three! But I never know they’re all connected!! Well done sir!
I loved Grepher's design even before he debuted on the show and was glad to find out there was a lot more to his story. Despite him being a consistent underdog/loser, having so many interdimensional adventures and spawning so many alternate counterparts mean unlike most other monsters, you can pick your favourite timeline as his "true" ending, which I think is quite cool.
I like the notion of him being good-natured at heart but ultimately reckless and stubborn to the point where he's constantly in the wrong place at the wrong time, almost always fighting for the sake of it and degrades so much that there's not one, but _several_ bad outcomes. However unlike Ha Des(the best-dressed jobber in monster history), he has _three_ decent paths to follow. The idea that he isn't beyond redemption or destined to fail in _every_ timeline makes him even more interesting, and offers great potential for future card art.
I completed a Gurimo character deck earlier this year, and instead of Dai Grepher x3, I run 1 alongside 1 Chaos Grepher and 1 Dark Grepher. Shame I can't really justify any other counterparts, but he's featured on a lot more S/T's than I knew, might have to side a couple in.
Very chuffed to have bumped into this vid, the Dai has a cool design, neat lore and is sorely underrated. Great to see lore throwbacks to some of the classics, Warriors pretty much started ongoing art lore so this was an excellent choice.
My favourite timelines are the Ryu Senshi, and dual swords timeline because they seem to be the happiest. There's also a theory that Dark blade is Dai Grepher who went in the dark path
Thanks for the lore, Warrior Dai Grepher was my favorite card to use back in high school.
I have him and the dark path version as well as the trap card with the diverging paths, they used to be in my deck years ago before I got better cards.
Damn, I can see some of the inspiration from Berserk with this lore.
Wow all this time its all connected. I always wonder how d.d. lady met dai grepher from all those encounters.
These cards look like JoJo references
"I use the power of.."
Them: the heart of the cards?
This guy: Consistent storytelling
Isn’t he also Dark Blade since he used to manipulate dragons?
different dragon manipulators, dark blade is part of the Dark World universe iirc
I think so, might also be the paladin that rides the baby blue eyes depending on what armour he wears. Him and warrior zera have a crazy amount of story paths
Dai Grepher is literally Guts in Yu Gi Oh
And just as attractive too
I absolutely love Yu-Gi-Oh lore like this could've been a whole ass series it would be cool if got an anime and every episode the go through different lore of different archetypes kinda like marvel what if
Now you, Sir, got me inside of this rabbit hole. Now I need to watch every lore videos 😂
I was so unprepared to hear lake verity at the beginning of the vid. Insta like for the nostalgia. Also good job on the video. I had no clue that this card had lore.
Love the Yu-Gi-Oh lore videos
Me at the beginning: I don't play yugioh so why am I getting a yugioh recommendation?
Me at the end: THIS IS AWESOME
Meeting your past self from a divergent timeline is the coolest shit ever.
I love that in all these years there is actually a story to these cards xd
I always thought that grepher is dark blade and paladin of the white dragon as well
Good videos 👍
Nah, Dark Blade along with the Dark Dragon actually have their own storyline.
World Legacy is still the best one to me, and the Goblin one us good too.
Plot twist: Dark Grepher didn't actually die and he became the Dark Blade.
I'm kind of disappointed he has no timeline lore on him using the butterfly dagger or the Starlight bow that would have been actually really cool to see. But I really love it when cards tell stories
Very sad tale I was rooting for him
Why doesn’t yugioh make a show out of the world the cards live in.
Much more interesting than any of the shows (except maybe zexal. I heard it was good)
I would totally read this manga or watch this anime! There's actually really good character development in these cards!
It feels Nostalgic for me this Yu-Gi-Oh cards collection since in Elementary.
Please do more of these videos because they are amazing
But still I had it since 2007 and thx for the details of this lore and connections of each image from all of those cards.
Guts reference
So what you telling me is we still waiting on that DD warrior lady power boost arc?
More more MORE I need more lore this man is doing God's work lol
Paradoxical Grepher
EARTH Psychic Link-2 (SW SE) 2000 ATK
2 “Dark Lucius” or Grepher” monsters
Gains the Attributes and Types of the Link Materials used to Link Summon this monster.
This monster gains 100 ATK for each Type and Attribute it has, and an additional attack on monsters for each card it points to.
He was one of my favourite cards by didn't know it has so much lore
Imagine being such a cool dude that you can bro it out with your evil self and he respects you enough to sacrifice himself for you. Even your own darkness is that cool
This sounds like a great plot for a video game!
Very interesting I never noticed the baou sword on morale boss or that sakuretsu armor was him. Let alone dark Lucius and I own those cards lol
I'm hooked on these but can't be bothered to watch the solo duel scenarios in masterduel lol
I wanna do a dungeons & dragons campaign based on dai grephers story, I was making character sheets for other monster cards as usable character and some stats for some monsters and bosses you have to fight but that's as far I got
This would make a dope movie
can't wait for you to make Silent Swordsman & Silent Magician role
Bruh, I had a couple of these cards for years and now learning there's lore, I want to get them all 😩
Whats the pokemon song playing?
Nice lol. Own most of those cards and didn't think about it.
Holy shit i didn't know dai grepher got this sort of lore.
Ima check out my old cards and see if i can see some easter eggs and cameo of characters around.
Yu gi oh should do a series for every lore story. Or imagine if they did that before the card game even came out. Every card would have so much sentimental value because it was part of a known story.
Holy SHIT. I LOVE Yu-Gi-Oh card LORE!!!!!
I never really looked at power of the guardians art omg its those weapons lol I really should be observing card arts more often...
Is it even possible to make a deck out of these videos that would be so cool
Daamn this lore really make sense
Who need the super common trap card Suzuki amor was part of lore. Did t expect him to fall at the end
Imagine they make an anime of all the card lores. That would be amazing.
I swear each Yugioh card has its own lore, they're all like puzzle pieces. 😮 The millennium puzzle
My man really needed his own anime huh
hi anyone know where the song is from? reminds me of a ps1 game that i used to play
Sakuretsu Armor is one of my fav card so this is really freakin cool
Also I m a sucker for a "Enemy turned lover" cliche so kinda hope that happened lmao
This is really cool.
will you ever do the albaz lore? that'll be a whole movie lol
Albaz lore isnt finished yet, any lore video would be inconplete as of now
Dai Grepher connects to Lady, which connects to Plundering Captain, which connects to both Gagagigo and the charmers, as well as to D.D.,which connects to D/D/D.
So D/D/D Super Doom Kong Purple Armageddon are in the same universe as cowboy hat lady in wasteland.
Wether it’s accurate or not this was fire and makes sense some of y’all saying y’all head canons have hell plot holes
I'm fucking mind blown right now cause I literally had all of these cards and was wondering why exactly these two r on so many prints, I didn't now they have actually story's , makes it so much cooler in my 30s
Wow, I didn’t know there was such heavy sub-lore in YuGiOh.
I don't know how I got recommended this. I think Hulu told UA-cam I watched some episodes of the first yugioh, and so it said, " Hey, I'll show him card lore." Either way, that went so deep.