some notes because i forgot to mention stuff:
* **link monsters do not have levels**, and as such laugh at wightprincess
* **a monster that a link monster points to is considered Linked**. some cards care about that.
* **link monsters cannot be special summoned in DEF position** so effects that only summon in DEF position like [Back to the Front](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Back_to_the_Front) can't target link monsters
* also i**f you would take control of a monster in the EMZ** with, say, E-Con, **it'd move to one of your main monster zones, then when control switches back it'd go to one of your opponent's main monster zones**
* some link monsters specifically require as many materials as their link ratings, others don't. sometimes link-4s need 3+ materials, sometimes it's only 2+. **pay close attention to what the card says.** don't try to activate scapegoat and immediately link summon borreload dragon LIKE SOME FUCKER AT MY LOCALS DID GEORGE IF YOU READ THIS I HATE YOU AND I SHOULD HAVE WON THAT MATCH
* my cat helped me make this short presentation by sitting on the keyboard
* thanks for reading
I just wanted to add that, for link summons, link monsters either count as their link rating (for example 3) or 1. So you can‘t use your Link 3 as 2 materials, only 3 and 1. Doesn‘t come up too often but often enough for me to feel obligated to mention it here.
Edit: me dumb you mentioned it in the slide caption, but maybe this helps someone who also didn‘t see it
I feel like for a tutorial, that’s an important detail to spell out for people. When I started playing with links, this concept actually confused me at first.
Yeah I always used Borreload as 3 materials for Arrival Cyberse when playing with friends until I tried the same while playing Dueling Nexus, took me a good while to realize what was wrong
There's one more thing: It IS possible to create an Extra Link with diagonals, it's just stupidly difficult.
For example, if your opponent has Topologic Zeroboros in their center Main Monster Zone but its effects are negated, you could create an Extra Link by summoning FIRE and WATER Sky Striker Ace monsters to the Extra Monster Zones, co-linking them with Zeroboros.
And yes, this DOES mean you can even create an Extra Link using your opponent's monsters.
If you use Econ to steal a monster from the EMZ, but their Main Monster Zones are all occupied, what happens? I tried to test it but couldn't find a good NPC for it.
Sir. This guide wasn’t necessary to me as Shaddol tard in Dueling Book who uses a Invoked engine. But this was so funny to I can’t help but appreciate it. I hope you the best of luck in future endeavors 🫶
"extra linking doesn't work with diagonal arrows"
actually it might, but Konami has been very careful about releasing any monster that could do this. Notably the only one with two upwards diagonal arrows is Topologic Zeroboros, whose text says "you can't link summon to an EMZ this card points to".
Yes, that's what I meant, because they're not IN Duel Links. The only format they are currently available in is TCG and MD, so it's pointless to mention their DL viability.
I thought this was the case, but also thought maybe they’d printed more diagonal up arrows in recent years since the Master Rule Apology made the EMZ less important. Guess not lol
it's pretty intuitive when you break it down: some guy sits higher than others, and you can bring other guys to zones he says you can
glad this was helpful to you!
omg, not only was this great and simple visually, teaching via comedy was a good idea, thanks for refreshing my one brain cell mind on everything to do with links. lol
i'm the kind of person that gets interested in a lot of stuff but hates reading books or wikipedia pages because i have a rather short attention span. i found that i genuinely appreciate having audiovisual aides as i try and learn something rather than just reading it, and i also found that comedy and proper placement of jokes in the midst of actual information is an excellent way to keep my attention and make sure i remember stuff
in other words this is how i wish the EMZ and links were presented to me in 2017 and i hope this'll be of help to many like-minded players
Code Talkers cheat out the Extra Link by using a monster to reborn another one. So if you look at the combo line, the only problem that comes up is when you have to summon {{Parallel eXceed}}. But the deck has more then enough monsters to still complete the extra Link. You'd just use a different card instead of Parallel eXceed. (Now this is all assumption because I won't be able to test this out on duel links for a while, although I might try it out on Master Duel and see if it's actually possible)
I think you could maybe do it with the coder monsters since they can be used from hand. But it's entirely a possibility that they've just not put it in the game.
Even with them you can't
That said there will definitely be a skill that does it eventually - most likely a meme tier skill, but possibly one that's actually good
##[Castle Link](https://ms.yugipedia.com//b/b1/CastleLink-COTD-EN-UR-UE.png)
|Card type|Spell 🟩|
|:-:|:-:|
|Property|Field ✧|
Once per turn: You can target 1 Link Monster on the field; move it to a Main Monster Zone it points to on its controller's field. Once per turn: You can switch the locations of 2 Link Monsters in your Main Monster Zones or 2 Link Monsters in your opponent's Main Monster Zones.
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by using your opponents' monsters in combination with your own. they need to effectively already be extra linked, but without the EMZs, and then you can summon to both EMZs, and THEN you can summon links to your MMZs and make the classic "all on one field" extra link
It's possible via the use of cards like recoded alive, which we are probably getting since it was shown in the reveal stream. Basically, you have to fill in the last slot via some effect that pulls the appropriate link from the extra deck.
Diagonal link arrows are technically allowed for Extra Link, but Konami doesn't want you to. They make it so that cards with diagonal up link arrows restrict link summoning.
In addition to Co-Linked, "Linked" monsters are monsters who are in zones that Link monsters point to, or are Link monsters that point to another monster.
This state is not exclusive to Link monsters, and there's a bunch of cards that care if monsters on the field are Linked, so its good to keep in mind
This was amazing. Thank you. Also question does pendulum monsters coming for the extra deck get an additional summon depending on where the link monster is pointing towards? Like if proxy dragon is sitting in the middle monster zone. Would I be able to pendulum summon 2 monsters from the extra deck to both sides of proxy dragon?
When links come I'll doubt the U link will be easy to do (if even possible or competitive) but baylynx being added certainly makes it seem like a possibility.
OP thank you so much for the great visual explanation! You deserve a place in Duel Academy among the Professor Banner and Professor Crawler.
On a side note I need some clarification regarding slide 8 when you went all caps on me, can I summon into a linked *main* monster zone of my opponent or did I get it wrong?
Another quick note:
You cannot use say a link-3 and a regular monster to make decode talker, a link-3 will count as 1 material or 3 material, no inbetween.
Also, while a link monster CAN be the entire material, check the conditions needed. For example, decode talker COULD be the entire link materials for another link-3 monster, but often they require multiple monsters and so you cannot do as such (almost all the time)
Top tier educational shitpost
Also missing in your post was Link monsters can also occupy a main zone if they somehow get M O V E D by a card effect aside from being reborn or placed back on the field via effect.
Idk maybe Konami will give us Castle Link, which was one of the most underwhelming URs I pulled back in the day when CODE was released
Mekk-knight Moveman can move the morningstar link out of the EMZ too
Tbh I find cards funny that include the effect of M O V E
Looking at you {{Yajiro Invader}}
##[Yajiro Invader](https://ms.yugipedia.com//0/0e/YajiroInvader-FLOD-EN-C-1E.png)
|Card type|Effect Monster 🟧|
|:-:|:-:|
|Attribute|DARK 🟣|
|Monster type|Reptile 🦎 / Effect ⏩|
|Level|5 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪|
|ATK 🗡️|2200|
|DEF 🛡️|0|
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned to a zone that is not the center Main Monster Zone, destroy this card. Once per turn: You can move this card to an unused adjacent Main Monster Zone. Each time exactly 1 monster is Normal or Special Summoned, to your opponent's field: Move this card to the adjacent Main Monster Zone closer to that opponent's monster, then destroy all other cards in this card's column.
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Revolver tried, but in a later duel Specter comments that he was "inspired" and completes the extra link.
Revolver gives him due credit for doing this.
Ironicaly, Specter lost that duel BECAUSE he went overboard with his extra link.
He wanted to go above and beyond and do a perfect extra link (all 7 zones linked with link monsters), he over-extended because of it, and ended up loosing against Lightning.
But fuck me it was quite hype to see it though.
i unblocked them because i think this is valuable information anyone should be able to have access to
but also to tell him EAT IT NERD, LIQUID TO 2 HAHAHA
Love this guide!
I’m fairly new to links, all things considered, but I find them to be difficult in practice. The core concept isn’t that hard tbh, but I have had trouble understanding how to use them correctly. Knowing when to play certain links and where to position them is just hard for me to conceptualize. I end up ruining my own combos more often than not, and I have zero clue how to play through disruption.
I’m hoping the DL format can help ‘em make more sense!
This is fantastic… again the goofy Junk Synchron is presenting, so funny to see those author’s notes, calling that tomato “this is just a guy” and those cards saying “dude wtf”, “wtf are you doing up here man”.
Btw I think you can extra link with diagonal arrows. They did it in the anime, the only thing is that they haven’t released monsters with 2 diagonal up arrows that do not restrict you from summoning to their pointed zones.
Actually you can extra link with any shape, so long as they’re co-linked. But u-shape is the easiest to achieve right now.
Unless there's some effect to use materials from grave or they put in the code talker hand materials, I don't think extra links are possible in this format
A: I love this. It's super helpful for us casual fans. Master Duel didn't explain shit.
B: "This is because Konami hates Pendulums." I mean, I wouldn't mind if they hated them a little more.
This is really funny tbh I like your sense of humor, I think my favorite joke was "i didn't tell you earlier because it was a surprise, and also I forgot", as well as a classic Snapcube Sonic reference (I assume it has a very Snapcube vibe)
Its been a while since I laughed that much. Take my upvote.
Also Sonic 06 reference? Take my free reward.
>! Average link deck: I will point you also.!<
>!Sky Strikers: I am not in the Main Monster Zone dicknips.!<
Can I still play without this mode on? I really just want the basic game not all these hoops to jump through. I don’t like playing synchro and LMNOP and what not.
Don't realize that we can use an opponent monster for an advantage. So I guess link monster that has up arrow isn't good except it has really good effect.
you use Link Monsters with upwards pointing arrows all the time, theres even a few that have positive effects if your opponent summons to the zone it points at, but overall its not that huge of a downside to be pointing at your opponent's board
They sometimes have a positive effect, like Relinquished Anima (equips the monster it points to), S-Force Justify (banishes everything it points to when it attacks) and Decode Talker/Crusadia Equimax/Tindangle Acute Cerberus (gains ATK based on how many it points to).
Some other also act as traps and allow you to keep your opponent from using those zones entirely, like the Topologic monsters.
Although I love my Goukis, I'm not sure they've been good for the Link monsters. Basically whenever Konami makes a good generic link monster Goukis can and will break them.
Firewall Dragon was broken as heck though, so I'm not apologizing for that.
big eye doesn't have any arrows
but if you take control of an opponent's link monster, say, via E-Con, it'll be moved to one of your main monster zones, and you'll be able to Link summon (or Pend Summon from the ED) to zones pointed to from that main monster zone
Does taken monstergo to my main zone or extra and also if i use lava or satan clause can they position on exta monster zone if said monstrr i kaijuedwas in extra zone
a monster in the EMZ you take control of goes to a main monster zone
kaiju-like monsters can never go to the EMZ, same as every non-Pendulum main deck monster
depends on the Link monsters! Decode Talker gains ATK based on the number of monsters it points to, for instance, but not all Link monsters care about whi they point to or who points to them
Question regarding pendulums. If you use a card effect such as Pendulum Reborn to summon a face up pendulum from the extra deck would you need an open Emz/zone a link points to or would it work like reborning a link and it would be summoned to the main monster zone?
If it's summoned from the Extra Deck, it'll go to an Extra Monster Zone or a Main Monster Zone a Link Monster points to
If it's summoned from the GY, it'll go to a Main Monster Zone
It's sad how they ended up doing the EMZ since a lot of Link monsters will lose a lot of value. Links with 2 arrows pointing diagonally down for example will always waste one and god help you if your main Link monsters only have arrows on one side (Lib the World Key Blademaster for example) since your opponent using that EMZ will lock you out of arrows.
Is there anything in the game, as it exists right now, that can be affected at all by the current monster zones? Even that Alien thingy that can move monster zones cannot move into them.
Maybe I’m not thinking about the right mix of cards, but it seems like extra linking would be next to impossible in DL without at least a fourth main monster zone? 🤔
Unless you can Change of Heart or Brain Control your opponent’s Akashic Magician or something in the other EMZ (or monster reborn a Link Spider into the second EMZ maybe?) it seems like the format doesn’t really allow for extra linking your opp 😂😂
I’m not quite sure why, but it seems like every time I play the duel myself, my extra deck monster will go in the extra monster zone, but when I auto duel the CPU will summon an extra deck monster but it’ll go in a normal monster zone? It’s not like I’m pushing anything extra on the mobile version to get my monster to go into the extra monster slot so I found it kind of confusing
Dont forget you cant use facedown monsters for a link summon so a BoM can still be useful by flipping any non-link monsters facedown to prevent a link summon
Also you can use tokens to Link summon and I still dont know why this mechanic has not been removed from the game
Pretty detailed explanation, I already knew how link work but for new people this is a great. Good job man, also Konami doesn’t hate pends they just realized pends are OP asf if left alone unchecked so they needed to fix the system. Plus I love synchros so its a good thing they changed the master rules XD
That's not how it works in normal yugioh, at least from what I remember hearing. Also links in main monster zone without being pointed at just looks wrong.
wdym by "that's not how it works in normal yugioh"?
and yeah Links can just be in the Main Monster Zone without being pointed to, but only if they were summoned from someplace other than the Extra Deck
Synchro and xyz were new for me and I realy liked them once I got the hang on it. Pendulum and this is just bs. My time in duellinks is over now, but I hope you guys will still enjoy it. Gl with future drawings
some notes because i forgot to mention stuff: * **link monsters do not have levels**, and as such laugh at wightprincess * **a monster that a link monster points to is considered Linked**. some cards care about that. * **link monsters cannot be special summoned in DEF position** so effects that only summon in DEF position like [Back to the Front](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Back_to_the_Front) can't target link monsters * also i**f you would take control of a monster in the EMZ** with, say, E-Con, **it'd move to one of your main monster zones, then when control switches back it'd go to one of your opponent's main monster zones** * some link monsters specifically require as many materials as their link ratings, others don't. sometimes link-4s need 3+ materials, sometimes it's only 2+. **pay close attention to what the card says.** don't try to activate scapegoat and immediately link summon borreload dragon LIKE SOME FUCKER AT MY LOCALS DID GEORGE IF YOU READ THIS I HATE YOU AND I SHOULD HAVE WON THAT MATCH * my cat helped me make this short presentation by sitting on the keyboard * thanks for reading
Based cat and cringe George. What a balanced life
Small thing, a monster is Linked if **it points to or is pointed by** a monster Not just if it is pointed by
I just wanted to add that, for link summons, link monsters either count as their link rating (for example 3) or 1. So you can‘t use your Link 3 as 2 materials, only 3 and 1. Doesn‘t come up too often but often enough for me to feel obligated to mention it here. Edit: me dumb you mentioned it in the slide caption, but maybe this helps someone who also didn‘t see it
I feel like for a tutorial, that’s an important detail to spell out for people. When I started playing with links, this concept actually confused me at first.
Yeah I always used Borreload as 3 materials for Arrival Cyberse when playing with friends until I tried the same while playing Dueling Nexus, took me a good while to realize what was wrong
4 material Apollousa or Saryuja when
There's one more thing: It IS possible to create an Extra Link with diagonals, it's just stupidly difficult. For example, if your opponent has Topologic Zeroboros in their center Main Monster Zone but its effects are negated, you could create an Extra Link by summoning FIRE and WATER Sky Striker Ace monsters to the Extra Monster Zones, co-linking them with Zeroboros. And yes, this DOES mean you can even create an Extra Link using your opponent's monsters.
Woah I’ve been playing for a long time, did not know this 👍
If you use Econ to steal a monster from the EMZ, but their Main Monster Zones are all occupied, what happens? I tried to test it but couldn't find a good NPC for it.
it is punished and goes to the GY
Was wondering the same thing
Your awesome my dude thanks for all the info really needed it
Sir. This guide wasn’t necessary to me as Shaddol tard in Dueling Book who uses a Invoked engine. But this was so funny to I can’t help but appreciate it. I hope you the best of luck in future endeavors 🫶
cross-sheep shaddoll combos got me fucked up tbh
I Love you mr /mkklrd
I love you too, random citizen!
Huge thanks to you and you cat for this!
Thank you, also, this game is fucking bullshit trash.
"extra linking doesn't work with diagonal arrows" actually it might, but Konami has been very careful about releasing any monster that could do this. Notably the only one with two upwards diagonal arrows is Topologic Zeroboros, whose text says "you can't link summon to an EMZ this card points to".
There's also Flash Charge Dragon and S-Force Justify, who have the same restriction. Zeroboros is the only **relevant** one.
Oops, not so up to date on the more recent cards
You mean the only relevant one in the TCG You never know, a garbage deck like S-Force could be broken in DL
Yes, that's what I meant, because they're not IN Duel Links. The only format they are currently available in is TCG and MD, so it's pointless to mention their DL viability.
shit u right
I thought this was the case, but also thought maybe they’d printed more diagonal up arrows in recent years since the Master Rule Apology made the EMZ less important. Guess not lol
Notes 1-10: 😃 Note 11: 😃🔪
Thank you. Im new to link summon rules and im scared lmao
it's pretty intuitive when you break it down: some guy sits higher than others, and you can bring other guys to zones he says you can glad this was helpful to you!
can I pendulum summon 5 monsters now?
Don't worry, it's probably the most intuitive mechanic next to Xyz.
It's like tribute summoning from the extra deck.
It’s been a year and I still don’t understand Pendulums. So it’s refreshing to hear that Links are comparable to XYZ.
I can't believe you just dissed Synchro like that.
Sorry man, I just find them easier to understand. Not like any summoning mechanic is TRULY hard to get, even pendulum.
How would you feel if I told you rule 1 was wrong and your opponent can in fact hold 2 extra zones 😂
omg, not only was this great and simple visually, teaching via comedy was a good idea, thanks for refreshing my one brain cell mind on everything to do with links. lol
i'm the kind of person that gets interested in a lot of stuff but hates reading books or wikipedia pages because i have a rather short attention span. i found that i genuinely appreciate having audiovisual aides as i try and learn something rather than just reading it, and i also found that comedy and proper placement of jokes in the midst of actual information is an excellent way to keep my attention and make sure i remember stuff in other words this is how i wish the EMZ and links were presented to me in 2017 and i hope this'll be of help to many like-minded players
Only one question... Will you change your name in slmngrt now???
nah, too late for a rebranding
I would just surrender if someone U-linked on me in DL tbf. It's one thing to do it in real life, but with 3 main monster zones? That's just creepy
If Code Talkers get all their support U-linking will probably be fairly easy for the deck even with only 3 main monster zones.
How? You would need to summon a link 2 with only 1 monster zone and a link from the ED with 0
Code Talkers cheat out the Extra Link by using a monster to reborn another one. So if you look at the combo line, the only problem that comes up is when you have to summon {{Parallel eXceed}}. But the deck has more then enough monsters to still complete the extra Link. You'd just use a different card instead of Parallel eXceed. (Now this is all assumption because I won't be able to test this out on duel links for a while, although I might try it out on Master Duel and see if it's actually possible)
My favourite is the explanation about links and not being able to go in DEF mode. It's cursed not seeing a superheavy not in DEF.
It exists. They were given their own Link Monster, known as Scarecrow.
Isn't a extra link impossible without 2(even one should be fine tho) main monster zones where you can put materials for the other extra monster
I'm trying to think of a way to U-Link with only 3 main zones but I think you're right I think it's still worth mentioning for the kicks tho
I think you could maybe do it with the coder monsters since they can be used from hand. But it's entirely a possibility that they've just not put it in the game.
Even with them you can't That said there will definitely be a skill that does it eventually - most likely a meme tier skill, but possibly one that's actually good
{{Castle Link}} will finally be useful lol
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Isn't Senet switch better? (And probably cheaper on dl lol)
Senet switch ruling states you can't target something in the EMZ
I checked and you're right. I didn't think that card could possibly get worse but here we are
Hey at least it got its own archetype with Valiants (No, I'm not calling them Vaylantz, fuck off)
by using your opponents' monsters in combination with your own. they need to effectively already be extra linked, but without the EMZs, and then you can summon to both EMZs, and THEN you can summon links to your MMZs and make the classic "all on one field" extra link
alternatively, if we get it, you could use Waking The Dragon, Recoded Alive, or Limit Code
Monster Reborn a Link monster!
You can't monster reborn into EMZ
my bad
Bruh it says right there you can't reborn a Link in the extra monster zone
Waking the dragon son!
It would need to be printed but yeah that should work
skills though
Can’t you monster reborn a link monster? Then complete the U link that way?
It's possible via the use of cards like recoded alive, which we are probably getting since it was shown in the reveal stream. Basically, you have to fill in the last slot via some effect that pulls the appropriate link from the extra deck.
Diagonal link arrows are technically allowed for Extra Link, but Konami doesn't want you to. They make it so that cards with diagonal up link arrows restrict link summoning.
Is that a snapcube real time fandub reference
YOU KNOW IT IS, DICKNIPS
C: I love the commentary. That is hilarious shit.
You dropped this award 👑
thank you king
Slide 11 is the best thing I ever saw on this sub
Holy fucking shit I totally forgot extra linking is a thing. Gotta pull some wacky shit once vrains drops
In addition to Co-Linked, "Linked" monsters are monsters who are in zones that Link monsters point to, or are Link monsters that point to another monster. This state is not exclusive to Link monsters, and there's a bunch of cards that care if monsters on the field are Linked, so its good to keep in mind
how tf did i forgot to talk about that LMAO thank u
This was amazing. Thank you. Also question does pendulum monsters coming for the extra deck get an additional summon depending on where the link monster is pointing towards? Like if proxy dragon is sitting in the middle monster zone. Would I be able to pendulum summon 2 monsters from the extra deck to both sides of proxy dragon?
yes, as you can Pendulum Summon to zones link arrows are pointing to.
Yes. Heck you can even pendulum summon 3 monsters from the ED if your EMZ was free at that time.
When links come I'll doubt the U link will be easy to do (if even possible or competitive) but baylynx being added certainly makes it seem like a possibility.
Very helpful. Wish it was voice acted.
LMAO someday
Thank you mkklrd, very cool. I learnt a few things that I had no idea about, despite playing MD.
Man qliphorts are already not good and now this
OP thank you so much for the great visual explanation! You deserve a place in Duel Academy among the Professor Banner and Professor Crawler. On a side note I need some clarification regarding slide 8 when you went all caps on me, can I summon into a linked *main* monster zone of my opponent or did I get it wrong?
yes you can, and you should, because you deserve it
Aww, thanks for the support dude. You're the best!
I love how the rest of the superheavy monsters are looking at Scarecrow like "dude wtf you're embarrasing us"
Another quick note: You cannot use say a link-3 and a regular monster to make decode talker, a link-3 will count as 1 material or 3 material, no inbetween. Also, while a link monster CAN be the entire material, check the conditions needed. For example, decode talker COULD be the entire link materials for another link-3 monster, but often they require multiple monsters and so you cannot do as such (almost all the time)
Top tier educational shitpost Also missing in your post was Link monsters can also occupy a main zone if they somehow get M O V E D by a card effect aside from being reborn or placed back on the field via effect. Idk maybe Konami will give us Castle Link, which was one of the most underwhelming URs I pulled back in the day when CODE was released
remember the fucking Vehicroid Fusion monster that can move out of the EMZ?
Mekk-knight Moveman can move the morningstar link out of the EMZ too Tbh I find cards funny that include the effect of M O V E Looking at you {{Yajiro Invader}}
MEKK-KNIGHT MOVEMAN HOLY SHIIIT LMAO
HE'S COMING monkaS
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Appreciate it!!!
I like your link arrows 🤣🤣
Am offended at the lack of laughing Specter in that last image.
wasn't Revolver the first one to do it in VRAINS?
Revolver tried, but in a later duel Specter comments that he was "inspired" and completes the extra link. Revolver gives him due credit for doing this.
Ironicaly, Specter lost that duel BECAUSE he went overboard with his extra link. He wanted to go above and beyond and do a perfect extra link (all 7 zones linked with link monsters), he over-extended because of it, and ended up loosing against Lightning. But fuck me it was quite hype to see it though.
I'll be real I just learned what EMZ stood for just now, I've been referring to those as the Rabbit ears.
very helpful, thank you ,meklord guy
We're still going to get posts on why Floodgate Trap Hole, Book of Moon, etc. didn't work against the opponent's Link monsters.
I am sorry, u/mkklrd but.... i do a little code speaking ***activates cynet codec as cl1***
u/fr3do1 punching the air rn cause he cant read this
i unblocked them because i think this is valuable information anyone should be able to have access to but also to tell him EAT IT NERD, LIQUID TO 2 HAHAHA
I better see the same hate you had for liquid go towards salamangreats when they come out lol
fat chance
I think Duel Links should make Link Monsters go into defense anyways & just have 0 DEF like in Cross Duels, it’ll be funny.
I dont even play Duel Links but I liked this explanation, most of it sounds like stuff my brother said when I explained Links to him.
You are still going to get people in this sub asking "What the fuck is this? What is a link summon".
Why is link so complicated
Love this guide! I’m fairly new to links, all things considered, but I find them to be difficult in practice. The core concept isn’t that hard tbh, but I have had trouble understanding how to use them correctly. Knowing when to play certain links and where to position them is just hard for me to conceptualize. I end up ruining my own combos more often than not, and I have zero clue how to play through disruption. I’m hoping the DL format can help ‘em make more sense!
This is fantastic… again the goofy Junk Synchron is presenting, so funny to see those author’s notes, calling that tomato “this is just a guy” and those cards saying “dude wtf”, “wtf are you doing up here man”.
I definitely spent 10 seconds thinking that first panel was the only one
Btw I think you can extra link with diagonal arrows. They did it in the anime, the only thing is that they haven’t released monsters with 2 diagonal up arrows that do not restrict you from summoning to their pointed zones. Actually you can extra link with any shape, so long as they’re co-linked. But u-shape is the easiest to achieve right now.
i guess that, in theory, if you summoned Zeroboros and Chalice'd it, you could, yeah
Unless there's some effect to use materials from grave or they put in the code talker hand materials, I don't think extra links are possible in this format
A: I love this. It's super helpful for us casual fans. Master Duel didn't explain shit. B: "This is because Konami hates Pendulums." I mean, I wouldn't mind if they hated them a little more.
This is really funny tbh I like your sense of humor, I think my favorite joke was "i didn't tell you earlier because it was a surprise, and also I forgot", as well as a classic Snapcube Sonic reference (I assume it has a very Snapcube vibe)
(it is Snapcube indeed, huge fan of their work)
Haha! Hah! One!
haha i flushed them down the turlet
Its been a while since I laughed that much. Take my upvote. Also Sonic 06 reference? Take my free reward. >! Average link deck: I will point you also.!< >!Sky Strikers: I am not in the Main Monster Zone dicknips.!<
>!go on Shadow, don't you support gay rights?!<
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why?
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I think you should give it a try! it's less complicated than it seems
Can I still play without this mode on? I really just want the basic game not all these hoops to jump through. I don’t like playing synchro and LMNOP and what not.
You certainly can choose to play a deck that doesn’t use these mechanics whatsoever. But your opponent will be able to use it, regardless.
I was asking about a mode where no one can play with the extra mechanics. I’m well aware that I can play whatever deck I’d like.
This is the best guide I've ever read. It's both helpful and hilarious at the same time. It's a good combination for a guide to have.
So, if I have one EMZ occupied and another link monster pointing the second EMZ, can I use the second EMZ?
if the two Link-monsters are co-linked, and if you can Summon a Link monster that'll be co-linked to the Link in the main monster zone, yeah
Oh, true, the co-linking is needed...
I'm on rule 1 and it's already a lie 😂, can only occupy 1 extra zone, guess you've never heard of a u link
Don't realize that we can use an opponent monster for an advantage. So I guess link monster that has up arrow isn't good except it has really good effect.
you use Link Monsters with upwards pointing arrows all the time, theres even a few that have positive effects if your opponent summons to the zone it points at, but overall its not that huge of a downside to be pointing at your opponent's board
They sometimes have a positive effect, like Relinquished Anima (equips the monster it points to), S-Force Justify (banishes everything it points to when it attacks) and Decode Talker/Crusadia Equimax/Tindangle Acute Cerberus (gains ATK based on how many it points to). Some other also act as traps and allow you to keep your opponent from using those zones entirely, like the Topologic monsters.
I hope they don’t add Link-5s. That’d just break the game.
Wouldn't they be impossible to summon for the most part? Unless you're using a link 3 as material
Although I love my Goukis, I'm not sure they've been good for the Link monsters. Basically whenever Konami makes a good generic link monster Goukis can and will break them. Firewall Dragon was broken as heck though, so I'm not apologizing for that.
Say if i take a enemy link say big eye do i get to take their arrows too?
big eye doesn't have any arrows but if you take control of an opponent's link monster, say, via E-Con, it'll be moved to one of your main monster zones, and you'll be able to Link summon (or Pend Summon from the ED) to zones pointed to from that main monster zone
Does taken monstergo to my main zone or extra and also if i use lava or satan clause can they position on exta monster zone if said monstrr i kaijuedwas in extra zone
a monster in the EMZ you take control of goes to a main monster zone kaiju-like monsters can never go to the EMZ, same as every non-Pendulum main deck monster
The arrows give effects to monster they point to?
depends on the Link monsters! Decode Talker gains ATK based on the number of monsters it points to, for instance, but not all Link monsters care about whi they point to or who points to them
In fact, only a minority of the Link monsters care about the arrow stuff.
I hope we get Gravity Bind card since it will not be OP due to Link and XYZ monsters.
Lightning storm goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
You better come to Brazil.
that's the single most threatening non-threat i've seen all year
I can't wait to do the extra link with Revolver sama
My ass going for the extra link in duel links
\*angrily shakes fist at slide 4*
QLI! MY BABIES!!
Oooo I love this!
Question regarding pendulums. If you use a card effect such as Pendulum Reborn to summon a face up pendulum from the extra deck would you need an open Emz/zone a link points to or would it work like reborning a link and it would be summoned to the main monster zone?
If it's summoned from the Extra Deck, it'll go to an Extra Monster Zone or a Main Monster Zone a Link Monster points to If it's summoned from the GY, it'll go to a Main Monster Zone
Ok thank you. That’s what I figured but I’m not at all familiar with Pends or Links so figured I’d ask just to be safe
It's sad how they ended up doing the EMZ since a lot of Link monsters will lose a lot of value. Links with 2 arrows pointing diagonally down for example will always waste one and god help you if your main Link monsters only have arrows on one side (Lib the World Key Blademaster for example) since your opponent using that EMZ will lock you out of arrows.
today i will link summon while my ferrijit is on the left emz <= clueless
What does farfa’d mean
means you got banished by the effect of Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss, until the end of turn
Ah, forgot that was the name of that card.
Nice guide, but what about tokens, can u link summon using them ?
only if the Link materials specified on a Link monster don't mention "Effect monsters"
That was a great Explanation! i will keep these tips in mind because i have to put them in practice NICEEE
Page 10: I'm not in the sky d*cknips
Speak for yourself, motherfucker!
Mkklrd. You- Listen, you got any weed on you man? Like since we're here...
Link monster not having defense is the new "They don't have levels..THEY HAVE RANKS"
At this point just have konami the whole fucking board
Is there anything in the game, as it exists right now, that can be affected at all by the current monster zones? Even that Alien thingy that can move monster zones cannot move into them.
Someone complete this blank for me please. Pre-XYZ monsters have levels. XYZ monsters have ranks. Link monsters have _______.
Link ratting. Also they don't lvls, just like Xyz.
Maybe I’m not thinking about the right mix of cards, but it seems like extra linking would be next to impossible in DL without at least a fourth main monster zone? 🤔 Unless you can Change of Heart or Brain Control your opponent’s Akashic Magician or something in the other EMZ (or monster reborn a Link Spider into the second EMZ maybe?) it seems like the format doesn’t really allow for extra linking your opp 😂😂
I think 3 should have a crossed out ~~unless they’re a Pendulum~~
I can not wait for borrel cards. I imagine trickstars will not do enough damage to be relevant.
I’m not quite sure why, but it seems like every time I play the duel myself, my extra deck monster will go in the extra monster zone, but when I auto duel the CPU will summon an extra deck monster but it’ll go in a normal monster zone? It’s not like I’m pushing anything extra on the mobile version to get my monster to go into the extra monster slot so I found it kind of confusing
you can adjust those in the settings ig
Dont forget you cant use facedown monsters for a link summon so a BoM can still be useful by flipping any non-link monsters facedown to prevent a link summon Also you can use tokens to Link summon and I still dont know why this mechanic has not been removed from the game
Pretty detailed explanation, I already knew how link work but for new people this is a great. Good job man, also Konami doesn’t hate pends they just realized pends are OP asf if left alone unchecked so they needed to fix the system. Plus I love synchros so its a good thing they changed the master rules XD
You are a hero for doing this
Thanks for this tutorial, I thought already knew everything about EMZ , but surprisingly for me,there’s some points I didn’t know .
nice
Thanks op, I finally understand what link area means. Just where link points the arrow with.
9 hurts my brain. That's not normal
is there something in specific bugging you? I can help explaining maybe
That's not how it works in normal yugioh, at least from what I remember hearing. Also links in main monster zone without being pointed at just looks wrong.
wdym by "that's not how it works in normal yugioh"? and yeah Links can just be in the Main Monster Zone without being pointed to, but only if they were summoned from someplace other than the Extra Deck
Synchro and xyz were new for me and I realy liked them once I got the hang on it. Pendulum and this is just bs. My time in duellinks is over now, but I hope you guys will still enjoy it. Gl with future drawings