-nods- Yeah I saw guy play D/D/D once he did pretty good and a guy play blue eyes he wrecked everyone else.
I really wish I could get ygopro to work on my laptop, it worked for a while actually but now it says that I'm missing some software so that kind of sucks.

How about Summoner Monk to add more search power and access to Rank 4 Xyz?

Ooo, looking at that card, and it seems like it'd be pretty useful

It is a very useful card a must need if you want to get some powerful monsters out quick that need tribute or stuff like that.

Dark Armed Dragon helps with the deck too since a majority of these monsters are Dark types

Okay, so, Link summoning... Here's the best explanation I've found.

D/D/D's are FREAKING dead, but the mechanic puts a massive slowdown on Zoodiacs, so I guess that's a fair trade-off. Also, the first new Yugioh mechanic that actually inherently causes player interaction, so that's a plus.

Nerfed Pendulum too, taking away their extra zones and thus cramping their S/T zones. Nothing to complain about there, as it's pretty much what they should of done in the first place.

Oh, and holy crap, the specific zones actually matter. The last time they had anything to do with that mechanic was back in the trash fire that is Cyberdark Impact, which was over a freaking decade ago.

Any fellow Red Eyes Black Dragon stans out there?

I could not understand, in the slightest, how Link Summoning works.

Also, I got a Red-Eyes deck, so I guess I count as a Red-Eyes Black Dragon stan

It's fairly simple. Link Monsters go in the extra deck and you summon them by sending the materials listed on them from the field to the graveyard. It's basically like a fusion summon you have to use monsters on field for.

What's more complicated is how they interact with the new Extra Monster Zones.

Link Monsters themselves are simple, but the changes in mechanics when it comes to summoning from the extra deck is why it's all so confusing.
So now you can only special summon 1 monster from the extra deck, and it goes into the special zone above the other monster card zones.
Unless it's a Link Monster, who will "Unlock" zones for your other Extra Deck monsters to be summoned into your normal field, indicated by arrows on the Link Monsters.

The problem is that so many sources do such shit jobs at explaining it (Or, like in your video) go through it so quickly that it's just so hard to follow. Then, trying to throw the Pendulum rule change into the mix just jumbles things up even further.

Yeah, it's always like this at first. I still remember trying to figure out Synchros when 5D's started and when Exceed was being discussed, so I guess I'm kind of inured to this kind of thing.

I guess the simplest way to explain it as just another part of "properly" summoning those monster types. Once you've summoned them to said zone, they act like any other monster, but they HAVE to be summoned to a Linked zone first.

Still, as I predicted, Konami did something completely different from what everyone was expecting. It's just what they do, really.

Link Summoning? Oooooooooooooooookay.

It's a method to slow down the game.

Sounds good to me I'm glad they're slowing it down a bit

so from my understanding, in order to have more then one extra deck monster on the field you have to have summoned at least one link monster, doesn't that mean a lot of decks are going to have to be reworked?

That seems to be the gist of it.
And most decks don't need to be reworked too extensively. Link Monsters are also extra deck monsters with simple(ish) summoning conditions.

I think I may have to stop playing lunalights then because that's sort of dependent on having multiple fusions on the field at once. Also fluffals are kind of screw over now since those are also dependent on swarming the field with fusions.

Well, Fluffal OTK may have taken a hit, but since most Fluffals are Earth monsters, they can totally play Missus Radiant for the two slots they need for Tiger and Wolf. Sabre-tooth doesn't really care, since it summons from the graveyard, it can totally just slap Tiger in the back row without any concern.

so wait you can use the special summon ability of some cards, and have to special summon cards to their appropriate fields? I.E you don't have to summon tiger into an extra deck zone if summoned by sabre-tooth's effect?

edit: also what link summon would you recommend for my lunalights deck?

It's only when they're first summoned from the extra deck that they have to go to a Linked zone. After that they're like every other monster.

No idea on Links for Lunalights, they've only unveiled like 4 so far and none of them really jump out as a good option. I'd just wait to see if they make a retrain of Witch's Apprentice and grab that, assuming they have the same Links.

Of course, Lunalights aren't really about spamming multiple fusions as they are just building their kind of nuts boss monsters. You probably could get away with just the one decently enough, especially considering everyone else is also getting slowed down by this.

if im seeing this right it just gives you YET ANOTHER zone for monsters

Barely. It's only 1 more zone per player, and only Extra deck monsters can occupy it.

I'll learn more later when it comes out in force..probably with a Starter/Structure deck

I'm curious how the show is gonna handle this change.
Pendulums got their own special introduction, and I think only the protagonist could use them at first because of some bullshit.

I havent watched the show since 5ds XD I'm seriously considering getting back into the game but I've been out for a while the last real deck i built was a lightsworn deck

Well, if you still got it, Lightsworn's are getting some new support.

The fact that it's adding in-archetype Dark Attribute monsters, meaning more efficient Chaos BS, is just icing on the cake.

I need to watch Arc V once the show is over. It seems like the show gets interesting once it opens the whole Dimensional War thing up.

For those intereested, there's a new app game called "Duel Links". It's og Yugioh. And it's fun!

I want to get into Duel Links, but I'm so used to the Synchro Era's speed that I just can't get used to it.

I am bored so I am going to ask what is everyone's favorite extra deck monster? The favorites that you like using them even if they are not great and will add to your decks if you are able to.

Synchro: Iron Chain Dragon, Celestial Wolf Lord Blue Sirius, Thought Ruler Archfiend, Blood Mefist, and maybe Stardust Spark Dragon
Fusion: Ultimate Axon Kicker

For some reason I can not think of an Xyz that I really like using or any other Fusions, weird.

Hmm, I've grown rather fond of the recent Red-Eyes fusion, Meteor Black Comet Dragon. Inferior to the other Red-Eyes fusion, Archfiend Black Skull Dragon? Yes, quite. Looks hell of a lot cooler? Yes by a mile. I'll summon this bad boy over the other just because he just looks so damn cool :lol

For Synchros, I gotta go with the old gold standard, Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier. No one used Ice Barriers, but 2 of their 3 dragons, Brionac and Trishula, saw major play because of how useful they were. Brio in specific, and I love the thing. Sucks that it got banned...
(I also have some fond memories because when I played in tournaments, I ran Plant Synchro during Brionac's hay day, so I used him quite a bit :lol)

For XYZ, hmm...A little more difficult. I guess I'll go with one of the lesser known, but quite useful ones. Number 37: Hope Woven Dragon Spider Shark. Only really useful to water monsters, thankfully I ran a water deck, Gishiki, so he saw quite a lot of play from me due to his ability to summon a water monster from the grave when he was sent there, himself. Made for ritual plays a lot easier~

Junk Warrior, Red Demon's Dragon...

Honestly, I'm not a big fan of generic ED monsters in general, so I don't have a lot in that regard.

Recently, I've become a big fan of Kali Yuga, but that's, again, because I love D/D/D's.

EDIT: Oh God, no, I'm getting Brionac flashbacks... everything wrong with early Synchros in one package. So much bad design, this broken piece of nonsense. Still not as bad as releasing Goyo Guardian in the exact same pack as Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth, which is literally a weaker version with no effect... why?

You know Brionac and Goyo are getting erratas, right?

Goyo's doesn't matter, mostly cause Goyo barely matters.

Brionac's, OTOH... Eh, it still targets so I guess it's alright...

Actually, looking through some of these erratas... several of them are just pointless, especially Rescue Cat. It basically changes nothing about what made it a degenerate card in the first place. Future Fusion is almost as bad as it's always been, but not quite. Still the best self-mill in the game though.

Yeah that is why I only used it to summon Gaia Drake, The Universal Force.

I am not well-versed in the card game but I really love the design for Cyber Commander and Skull Mariner.

Yeah, a lot of normal monsters have awesome art work.

I got my second Number card. Number 100: Numeron Dragon. That's amazing for me.

From a booster pack?

Yeah. One of those "Dragons Unleashed" booster packs.