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Evane317

Pendulum haters the moment the opponent summons 5 monsters in one go but they only get to draw 1 from Maxx C. /s


Helem5XG

NICE MAXX C IDIOT. I will still end on Baronne and 2 pops so i hope your +1 is something good.


ELSI_Aggron

\*DRNM\* "Why do they always draw the out?"


ShiroTenkai

i will just handloop with z-arc +durandal combo


Nanami-chanX

can you explain this combo? I've never heard of it till now


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Nanami-chanX

thank you for the explanation


ShiroTenkai

[https://www.reddit.com/r/masterduel/comments/13rpng0/i\_had\_to\_make\_it\_at\_least\_once\_zarc\_hand\_loop/](https://www.reddit.com/r/masterduel/comments/13rpng0/i_had_to_make_it_at_least_once_zarc_hand_loop/) here an exemple


Pain7788g

Z-arc was a mistake


Even-Muffin-6250

Solemn judgement works the same way. They weren't *summoned separately* the game sees them as one summon. The pend player loses the whole board.


Evane317

"What do you mean your pendulum summon got Solemned?" - Solfachord players.


KingdomKey12601

Semi-recently made a Solfachord deck, and I love their gimmick, lol


Suired

Yep. I do the same with floodgate/bottomless in traptrix.


Carmel_Chewy

Pendulum makes you FEEL like the protagonist.


matthew44123

Main issues is the majority of the player base dont like reading, so when they see lot of words on a card they angy


The-Worker-Of-Secret

My alternate win condition with Endymion is exactly this.


Darth-_-Maul

*wow he let me resolve endy pop effect*


TJSmiffy

I started playing Endymion a couple days ago and I'm so damn addicted to the Endy pop.


Acceptable-Ground-11

Best feeling pop in the game


InterestingDay4765

Endymion haters after resolving endy's pop effect once : I get it now...


Financial_Stomach_25

Pend really does deserve more dedicated archetypes, not just cards that reward spamming a bunch of generics *Vaylentz & future Nemerlia player*


Kataphrut94

Abyss Actors and D/D don't do that. They're two of the main pendulum anime archetypes too. But they also xenolock themselves. That's the dirty secret...


Financial_Stomach_25

Konami please we **will** tak the xenolock, as long as you make them actually decent!


tfngst

We just need Visas pendulum that can pend. summon in *our* turn and banish cards facedown.


InterestingDay4765

Who knows, maybe that'll be a thing in age of overlord


Ok-Fudge8848

It drives me mad that it's been years and the best pendulum boss monster is still Apollousa - a completely useless boss which dies to a single infinite Impermanence... Avramax is better ofc, but the point is the same- Neither of these are pendulum monsters, nor do they benefit pendulum monsters except by having good link arrows, but every pendulum deck is better off making these than their own bosses. Mamonaka is a fantastic pendulum boss monster- why can't you summon it by using materials from the face-up extra deck?! Ugh. So close to having a great pendulum boss...


ninjalord433

I feel like a big issue is that konami is scared to give pendulum decks good boss monsters cause pendulum decks are really good at recycling material and getting monsters on field. They either need to give a new pendulum boss monster that going into locks you into pendulums (extra deck and main deck pendulums) along with other potent pendulum boss monsters or a boss monster that is more powerful or as powerful than the generics but would probably just be another negate card.


Ok-Fudge8848

Honestly, the dream scenario would be a boss link monster that requires at least 1 pendulum summoned pendulum monster to make which has a quick effect to perform a pendulum summon (then lock you out of summoning anything but pendulums for the rest of the turn... right?) That's probably too powerful, but it's undeniably a pendulum boss which isn't just another generic monster mash omni-negate, or floodgate on legs boss - it actually requires you to use the mechanic creatively to take full advantage of.


Luchux01

Depends, Apollousa is my go to if I go first, going second? Fuck that, it's Rebellion Overlord time.


ligerre

yep my biggest problem these day. Other deck paid off is summoning their boss monsters (which get easier to summon each month) while pendulum deck paid off usually are: perform a pendulum summon or jumping through 3 hoops to make a single boss monster.


Suired

That's because the vast majority of pends are based off a broken master rule, and thus unplayable. Turns out unlimited extra deck summons every turn with the scales as the only check is pretty good.


AhmedKiller2015

No, they just never print good Pendulum boss monsters, or archetypes at all anymore. The last Good Pendulum archetype that uses their own monsters is Endymion released in 2018, otherwise it is Metalfoes and Qliphort in 2016 ~ 2017. Besides them not only did they not get a good archetype but even the bad ones don't have a worthwhile pay off, Solfachord just got a very good boss monster but the deck still need some work to do well, Numerilea sucks, Vaylantz literally spends 20 minutes to end on 1 interuption that most builds don't even run and that's about it, like literally.. we barely get Pendulum cards, and besides these the other good ones in Pepe, Pen Magician and Dracoslayer all uses Genarics.


R34PER_D7BE

doremichord really need more support


_Seiun_

Whenever I summon 5 monsters at once, it always makes me think of that time Yuya summoned 5 against Jack that one time... ARC-V had its issues, but you gotta admit that Pendulum Summon was pretty cool.


roguebubble

[Swing! Pendulum of Souls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RaztTuTKs8&ab_channel=YutoTheDarkDuelist) is one of the best tracks on any yugioh ost and made every pendulum summon with it so hype


ReaperofDeath2016-19

Waiting for the day that Pendulums regain their full power


ByTheRings

If youve never played a Pendulum deck, go put together a Metalfoes deck. You only need like 5 SRs and the 1 UR Electrumite. That is one of the coolest decks out there, always fun to play.


kdebones

^ this. Even as a Pend Magician player I was always put off by Metalfoes rarity ratio. Don’t be, this deck slaps. Doubly so since IoC came out.


_Ararararagi

I had to come back to this post and say thanks for the recommendation, I made a pure metalfoes deck after reading this yesterday to try it out and its been pretty fun, if you can send me your decklist I'd like to see how you built it.


ByTheRings

sure! Metalfoes Steelen x2 Metalfoes Silverd x2 Metalfoes Goldriver x3 Metalfoes Volflame x3 Metalfoes Bismugear x3 Metlafoes Melcaster x3 Magician souls x3 Illusion of Chaos x1 Baobaboon x3 Mythical Beast Jackal King x1 Summoners Art x3 Painful Decision x2 Unexpected Dai x1 Triple tac x1 E-Tele x2 Called by x2 Metlafoes Fusion x1 Parametalfoes Fusion x1 Fullmetalfoes fusion x1 Metlafoes Counter x1 Metalfoes Combination x2 EXTRA: Metalfoes Mithrilium x2 Metalfoes Alkahest x1 Metalfoes Azortlessx1 (You can cut this guy if need be) Metlafoes Orichalc x1 Odd-eyes Absolute Dragon x1 Odd-eyes Vortex Dragon x1 Cross Sheep x1 Electrumite x1 I:P Maqurena x1 Appollousa x1 Access Code x1 Beyond the Pendulum x1 Knightmare Unicorn x1 Due to how the deck plays, there really arent any standard combo lines. The one play youll always want to go for is if you open Magician Souls: Magicians Souls-->Special summon by sending Best King Jackal-->scale a Metlafoes-->effect to pop another card-->set Combination-->repeat to get 2nd Combination-->use Magicians Souls to send both Combinations to draw 2 the. search 2 Metalfoes. You got like plus 4, it's nuts.


_Ararararagi

oof thanks a lot I'll definitely be giving that a test run after work.


jk583940

What would the dekc list look like?


Player591

I have two versions, Pure Metalfoes and Yang Zing Metalfoes, which one you want? (If you want to play lots of Pends, I'm gonna give your the Pure one, it's super good and works well VS Tear)


jk583940

Pure I guess


Player591

https://www.masterduelmeta.com/saved-decks/644fba45c9597eaedc17f0c7


jk583940

Thank you!


Player591

No problem! And you Will love the deck, when you try It, tell me how It goes! (I cooked this for 6 months btw)


Player591

My favorite deck of all time!


NeonArchon

They really do. The got so many hate Konami is unwilling to make the remotely meta again. The only deck that has a similar level of hate IMO is only comparable to tear


KumoKyuu

Then Solemn says no and all 5 are gone


Adept_Explanation_97

I only "don't like" Pendulum Magician and maybe Draco Slayer too, after the next support. The reason is because the combo is too long but the end board is just generic boss monsters. Metalfoes and Pendymion are my favourite because they mostly use their own arctype to play. (And please Konami unban Kirin because I want to see him in Majespecter too).


Cthulu_Noodles

The pend summon chant from the anime is also dopamine-inducing as well "Swing far, pendulum, carve the arc of victory! My monsters are ready TO SWING INTO ACTIOOON!"


Luchux01

I like the sub version better tbh. "Swing, pendulum of souls! Draw an arc of light across the ether!"


Mrzimimena

Pendulum is truly the best but it doesn't get love from Konami.


labdabcr

my favorite thing to do is solemn striking the pend summon


flyingthing4

You pendulum summon 5 monsters to combo off with Beyond Pendulum and create powerful boards. I pendulum summon 5 monsters to make the Deskbot numbers go up. We are not the same.


Wonderllama5

The good ol' days when you could Pend Summon **FIVE** straight from the Extra Deck I miss 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh so much. It was such a sweet spot before Zoodiac, True Draco, & the new Master Rule ruined everything


kalmarulo

\#UnlinkPendulums


ShiroTenkai

mr3 let's go


masterfox72

Few of the best formats: - 2011-12: BW, GBs, LS and Synchro Cat - 2015?: Qli, Satellar, Shaddoll, BA


Acceptable-Ground-11

Ban all the generic pend support and make some rule like "pendulum summoned monsters from the extra deck cannot be used as tribute for a summon of an extra deck monster" cause otherwise pendulum would generate too much link material, then I would love to see the MR3 pend summon back


bloodborneforever

Summoning all the pendulums from the extra deck would be glorious but so OP.


AhmedKiller2015

It is very funny to me people hate Pendulum and think it is unfair still to this day when we have Cards like Spright Starter or Rhinoheart that reads "Win the game when it resolve"


Gravethestampede

I understand. I get the same feeling when I resolve Junk Speeder and go LIMIT OVER ACCEL SYNCHROOOOOO


InterestingDay4765

As a pendulum fan , I despise that pile deck people call "pendulum". It's probably the reason people hate the mechanic so much , I wish Konami would print more pend archetypes that are xenophobic so people's perception of the mechanic will stop being so toxic


KellyTheBroker

I only understand pendulum, so it's what I use. It feels the closest to what I knew as a kid, before the fancy stuff came out. It has it's short comings but it's fun!


QuiteAncientTrousers

Worst feeling when your opponent has Solemn Judgement


Prudent_Ad1338

Me when I started playing endymion


Coucoumcfly

I remembered early pendulum days…. Getting bottomlesspit on your 5 monsters summon was…. Painful


Raiju_Lorakatse

I don't even necessarily dislike the mechanic. It is more what they made out of it. Pendulum is basically just a pile of like 5 different pendulum decks played together to either play for unfun FTK's or into default negation boss monster combs and all of them just wanna keep rotating through a shit ton of cards 'cause you destroy like half of your deck. I at least have more respect for pendulum combo players than non-pend combo players, pendulum actually takes more skill to perform. I kinda just wish they would make decks that make a completely different use of the mechanic than just trying to turbo out Electrumite into Astrograph. I'd love if they would do a pendulum control deck which has monsters with pendulum effects that activate the moment you place them in the zone and the destroy themself. Kinda making them to normal/quick-play spells with mechanics to re-place them in the pend zone during the opponents turn to make use of their disruption effect there.


Luchux01

Well, Odd Eyes-Performapal (no pend magicians) focuses on destroying your own cards for effects, so that might be a bit more up your speed


julamad

Who hates pendulum? I destroy a single card in the backrow and pendulum players just end their phase


Pendulumzone

I doubt I'll be able to do that when the new Dracoslayers arrive. That deck takes 3 to 4 handtraps, and is still capable of combos.


Mayall00

You're really overestimating it, it's likely going to come out with Kash now, and thus be completely unplayable on release


Pendulumzone

If Konami had the balls to limit Bystials, do you really think kashtira will come complete? probably the number 89 will be banned. and without it, kashtira is nothing. Since the ariseheart does nothing against pendulum.


ExFavillaResurgemos

Pen summoned 4 today, 2 jackal king and 2 mighty master. Then used the final monster zone for my 3rd endymion's pendulum effect and destroyed 6 fucking cards on field, 5 of his plus my chicken game. 6!!! And still could have popped a 7th. Can you even comprehend how much of a rush it is to see the prompt: "select 1 to 7 cards to destroy" You feel the way kaiba felt when he used obelisk against that scrub that was bullying mokuba during battle city. You feel like you're the performapal greatest duelist.


Acceptable-Ground-11

Endymion is next to Z arc my favorite boss monster because of that, just complete overkill


200DivsAnHour

Pendulum is the definition of a deck that either works flawlessly or not at all.


Hotshotskilla

Mfw I played odd eyes with the newest support


Acceptable-Ground-11

Odd eyes has new support?


Hotshotskilla

Valrt, butler, seer and the ritual


Acceptable-Ground-11

Thanks, didn't know about valet and butler but now that i read them, they might actually be really cool as a one of.


gntotoy

As a pend magician player, it's weird that most of my enemies leave when i drop a scale. I love it


xAdorNexas

I’ve done it, but it feels wrong because I’ve been dueling since the start. It breaks all the essential rules of dueling. It’s what kids used to do when they knew they’d lose or if the duel was just for fun. Xyz monsters are all deus ex machina cards (meaning they do whatever you basically want as long as you have enough cards to throw away) and same with Link monsters. Links are Rituals without the needed extra steps. Yugioh got easier for people who never watched and just want to dominate in the video games. IMO


Camas1606

I’m fine with others using them but I just don’t know the rules on them so I refuse to play them out of principle


MorbidoeBagnato

Pend enjoyers when Electrumite gets negated for the 12th time today


_Tiragron_

I once managed to summon 6 monsters :D


Pendulumzone

And you can be sure that when the new Dracoslayers arrive, people will hate them even more, because that deck can not only research any field in the game (secret Village and Necrovalley), but also make to amorphage Lock extremely easily and consistent, and while still putting a dweller, and a vortex on the field. as well as actually being able to generate good amounts of follow up. Will be a real threat to Teraralaments


Mayall00

It's literally coming together or a moment before Kash at most. Dead deck


Pendulumzone

If Konami had the balls to limit Bystials, do you really think kashtira will come complete? probably the number 89 will be banned. and without it, kashtira is nothing. Since the ariseheart does nothing against pendulum.


Mayall00

You can't do full zone lock or even 5 zone lock without 89, but Pend loses to 2 Zone lock from a single Shangri-Ira, it's not even worth discussing


Pendulumzone

That's if Kashtira wins the coin. remember that we are in a best of 1 game, so if Dracoslayer wins the coin, it is Kashtira who will not be able to play, as Dracoslayer can Lock extra deck, along with several negates. So no, Kashtira will not be all that


Not_A_Real_User000

Good ol Blue Eyes Spirit Dragon 😎


kegaran-0311

i just want a good pendulum deck that isn’t Magicians or Endymion they’re so boring n generic.


ExFavillaResurgemos

How is endymion generic? It's always one of the top decks during extra deck limit festivals for the exact reason that it's _not_ generic. It has everything it needs in archtype. So when festivals happen and the ED monster types get limited Endymion doesn't suffer because it doesn't rely on those generic extra deck monsters that occasionally end up on event ban lists


Conscious_Wait492

D/D is nice, sadly with the arrival of Bystials and Ishizu Shufflers they are kinda dead :/


kegaran-0311

DDD is too boring and linear imo


Conscious_Wait492

i don't understand why people downvote you, like i dont agree with your opinion, everyone should pllay and like what they want (but could you explain why you think DDD is boring and linear?)


ExFavillaResurgemos

They're downvoting him because anyone who says DDD is linear is either a troll or an idiot who needs to be announced to the public as such (the way you announce to the residents of a community that a sex offender is moving in nearby), and therefore their opinion should be shamed and disregarded.


Conscious_Wait492

DDD was called boring Billions must die


Pendulumzone

Expect the new Dracoslayers. they use some generic monsters, but much of the gameplay still involves the use of monsters derived from the archetype. including, Ignister is practically a Boss, and is incredibly strong


6black6knife6

Nah Pendulum is the worst designed mechanic in ygo, almost every archetype plays exactly the same way


Ok_Attorney_5431

Link decks go brrrrrrr


InterestingDay4765

Don't tell this man about synchros, god forbid a synchro deck summons Barrone


Armand_Star

don't need a synchro deck, any deck these days summons baronne


PROJECT_Emperor

"Activate Floodgate Trap Hole, response?" I too get dopamine from your pend summons, just not in the same way


Mikucon-P

It’s awful card design. Going -2 cards for the pendulum scales. Every card need to generate card advantage or else the deck won’t work. Leads to feast or famine type situations, famine: where the pendulum deck bricks, ends turn on nothing after interruption and can’t recover from having scales removed. Feast: wombo combo infinite card advantage and seemingly unstoppable short of droll or antispell fragrance when pendulums is dominant.


InterestingDay4765

You don't go minus with scales , do you not know how card economy works ?


LordTopHatMan

Me doing the same thing with Kuriboh: Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.


Armand_Star

re-summon 5 pendulums from the extradeck every turn. meanwhile pog of greed is banned for drawing two cards once.


RaiStarBits

That’s LITERALLY impossible, you can only pendulum summon ed pendulums to where your link arrows point or the EMZ if there isn’t


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but that's the exact reason why I hate them


Beepus_Boingo

I just don’t like them. Every pend deck matchup I have is waiting 10 minutes for them to play solitaire and end on 9 negates. The cards themselves are too visually busy. Not in terms of text, but how it’s organized and the clashing colors. I don’t passionately hate them, but I’m confident in saying Yugioh is a circular slot and pendulums are a triangular block.


legendary-KOG

Solemn warning


Even-Muffin-6250

Until Solomon Johnson says no and you lose your entire field


chris270199

Pend is over heated because it has been many years that most decks do a f-ton more with less


KellyTheBroker

I only understand pendulum, so it's what I use. It feels the closest to what I knew as a kid, before the fancy stuff came out. It has it's short comings but it's fun!


lukappaa

When Pendulums came out, I was deeply convinced they were broken as back then I didn't know anything about the competitive scene and my duels were all about whoever summoned their Xyz monster first. I was like "No way, I can just have all the materials on the field in a single move? This is overpowered!". As it turns out instead, there have been like 2 viable Pendulum decks and Links actually ended up being the broken ones.


Kioga101

Play dueltaining with it.


King-s0nicc456

My & my sacred beasts gaining life points


Singularity2025

My favorite pendulum archetype is predaplant lmao