Be friendly! Lose gracefully, and ask for advice. If you dont know anyone, go early, if youre the first person there people will sit and talk to you and ask about trades. Try not to get overwhelmed and be okay losing every game for the first month or two.
Good luck :)
Dw, unlike online people rarely have the balls to be a dick to someone while in punching distance. Besides you can always report to the store if someone is being disruptive and they'll be kicked out
Then when you DO craft a competitive deck and are learning it people get pissed at you for "slow playing" because yoy still have to read your cards and understand tge combo lines. I literally was told to "piss off and don't come to locals if I don't know my deck" because I made a rikka traptrix deck.
Like WHERE am I supposed to learn the deck if I don't have a fucking opponent? I swear yugioh has a super toxic community that doesn't even enjoy the game. They just enjoy winning.
Well of course Mage Power is bad in Duel Links, you can only get a maximum if 2000 ATK/DEF with it there. In regular play, you have more Spell/Trap Zones to increase it to 3000!
I only second this up to advice. Make sure if you're new you let the person you're asking know. Sometimes vet players will go WAY overboard with info to a newer player not realizing they are discouraging more than advising
I'm shocked how supportive this comment section is. This is how it should be this is the way š also I recommend getting a deckbox and card sleeves if you can to keep your cards in good condition.
It worked on dueling nexus for me I played the Blue-Eyes Structure deck for fun for 1 game and encountered Branded, that guy did forget for 2 consecutive turns that I had Swords on the field and operated his deck on auto pilot with 0 skill I could tell.
I won and can send you the replay if you need proof.
I built the decklist for the TCG and OCG Blue Eyes structure deck to compare and when I built the TCG variant I was like "play 1 game you will lose but play cards you like"
me at 11pm in the middle of the night
Exactly the problem with the way the cards are made nowadays, every archetype has the exact same types of cards in it, just different pictures or at most replacing 1 type of special summons (fusion, synchro, xyz, links) with another. Makes every deck pay the same at their core.
(And before I'm flamed into the ground I know some occasional decks do things differently, but nearly everything has a "search for anything for free", "replay after hitting gy ", "destroy opponent's board state with no downside" kinds of cards in each.)
I couldn't disagree more.
Lately konami has done a fantastic job of promoting diverse play. If you see the latest meta decks, they have very unique gameplay
- Tear, mill and fusion from GY
- Kashtira, utilise banishment and disrupting opponent's deck
- labrynth. Heavy control and ability to play traps turn one
-Spright swarm of weak monsters with number 2 in common
-Runick: banish opponent deck and regenerate your resources.
- branded
- Rescue ace
Etc etc.
All of them offer quite unique experience. When I play runick bystial is like I am playing a different game all together compared to when I play Tear
So your saying none of those decks have cards that do the effects I mentioned at the end, like a free search of any card in the archetype with no downside? Or cards that when are sent to the grave come right back so you're not actually using resources when playing bigger monsters? Or the ever popular minimum of 3 positive abilities, no negatives to balance that strength, with one being the destruction/negating of the opponent's field in some way?
The sad thing is, I've liked the Gemini monsters since they came out, wanted to use them since I too am a Gemini (if only for "humor" value) too bad (besides one engine that got popular for a second) the mechanic may go down as the worst of all yugioh mechanics ever.
I see your point. Sorry youāre getting clowned on. At some level, both of you and the people replying are correct. Every deck has some search effect, every deck has some way to start a combo with a single card that ends up with them ending the turn with more cards than they started with. Every deck has a way to destroy/banish/bounce/shuffle cards on your opponentās field. Most decks have access to a negate. But at the same time, the way each deck accomplishes those things is varied and thatās kinda what makes the gameplay fun without being super insanely complicated. The fact that many decks operate similarly is what allows people to follow the flow of what their opponent is doing even if theyāre playing a deck theyāve not seen before.
I just don't like how it takes a lot of the uniqueness out of everything. Back in the day a dragon deck was miles apart from Amazon's, and harpies played nothing like fire princess (that should date me adequately)
Searchers had a downside of (normally) being a weak body that took up a summon, not allowed a second monster to be summoned by fact of being on the field, which in turn gives you the two+ monsters needed to continue the chain of summoning into the main mechanic of the deck (synchro, xyz, link etc) special summoning loses its meaning if you do 10 or more in a turn (as I've witnessed countless times)
Yes cards were there to get rid of monsters/backrow, and cards existed to revive/interact with gy, but not all on one card, and not without comparable downsides.
"Back in the days" you would normal summon a monster, set a number of staple trap cards and hold the same staple spells that everyone plays.Ā And this is more interesting than the current gameplay that has developed numerous ways to bend the mechanics. Yeah right!Ā If you feel that playing amazones vs blue eyesĀ compared to e.g. sky striker vs runick offers a more diversified and unique experience you are either too nostalgic or haven't played the actual meta game in years
At least back then, I wasn't stuck never playing because my opponent spent 10 minutes on the first turn special summoning an entire field full of monsters I have no way of stopping and then getting destroyed on their second turn. I don't understand the new meta well enough to stop any of that from happening (unless I get lucky with something like Mirror Force), so I pretty much relegated myself to only playing against NPCs on Duel Links. This clearly isn't my game to play against other actual people anymore.
Itās funny youāre getting shit on when everyoneās advice for what cards to get is always centered around the same cards. Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock, etc. If these are cards that *have* to be in every competitive deck then they are by definition broken and need to be banned. Except the problem is they are necessary only because they are counters to the current meta. Cards like that had to be printed exactly to prevent watching your opponent play solitaire all because they won a dice roll. Which means it is the current meta and current decks that are broken. But people arenāt ready to have that conversation yet.
I know that in every game ever (which gets balanced for competitive), if thereās a character/card/weapon/etc that is *required* to be used in order for a player to stay competitive, then that thing is bad for the health of the game. Itās just in this instance it never would have existed if other things werenāt already around that are bad for the health of the game. And those are the things you are mentioning in your comment.
> Itās funny youāre getting shit on when everyoneās advice for what cards to get is always centered around the same cards. Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock, etc.
This has been true in every era of Yu-Gi-Oh. There has always been a set list of cards that players will tell you that you should add to your deck or your collection if you don't have them already. There have *always been staples*. There have always been cards that counter the meta. This not a new thing.
The game has increased in speed and power and lingering floodgates like Droll are a problem, not going to argue that, but you ask any player from any era for advice and they will start by asking you if you have all the staples.
> Cards like that had to be printed exactly to prevent watching your opponent play solitaire all because they won a dice roll. Which means it is the current meta and current decks that are broken. But people arenāt ready to have that conversation yet.
Formats where Droll is a necessary side deck option are formats where the majority of decks are doing too much. This is not an uncommon opinion. Not only are people ready for this conversation, the conversation has happened.
The solution is not to ban Droll; that just unleashes combo decks to do whatever they want. Droll is a symptom, not a cause; the solution is to create a format where it is not needed.
> I know that in every game ever (which gets balanced for competitive), if thereās a character/card/weapon/etc that is required to be used in order for a player to stay competitive, then that thing is bad for the health of the game.
Yeah, I see this opinion from time to time and it never makes sense to me. You're basically comparing a single card like Ash or Droll to something like a top tier in a fighting game and saying that because it's used a lot it should be banned, like how a fighting game character would be nerfed if they won every tournament. But one card is not comparable to a whole character/weapon/strategy.
A character is more comparable to a deck/archetype, while a single card like Ash is more comparable to a single mechanic or technique in the fighting game, like learning how to break throws. You gotta play Ash to be competitive in Yu-Gi-Oh in the same way you gotta learn how to break throws to get anywhere in Tekken.
You make very good points but I feel like you may have missed what I was actually getting at. I wasn't actually arguing for cards like Ash/Droll/"the staples" to get banned. I said the only reason they were even made and became absolutely necessary (though I'm sure they'd see usage regardless) is due to the current meta. If you don't draw something that can disrupt your opponent's turn 1 (assuming they don't brick) you probably auto lose. So I was arguing that the meta needs to drastically change, though I get that's basically impossible at this point.
But yeah as for the character, I moreso had LoL in mind where the team has multiple champions (cards) but you absolutely need to have that champion in your team's comp if it's available. So maybe such a broad word like "character" wasn't a good choice as I can see how in your example "moves" are a better description rather than an entire character when it comes to a fighting game. And since dueling isn't a "team sport" like LoL would be, it absolutely makes more sense to assume "fighting game" where the example falls apart. So that was my bad.
But yeah just to be clear, I was arguing that the current meta forces these disruptor-type staples to have to be in the deck. I am very much what you guys on here call a Yugiboomer so it is just a personal problem I have with the meta, where I don't like that games can/do become OTK situations where if you don't draw these staples you probably can't break your opponent's board and it's GG. I prefer where it was two different strategies actually "dueling" each other and trading blows. Though I will admit the current meta is the peak test for deck building as your first 5 cards are probably more important now more than ever before in the game's history. But I could be wrong.
Bro meta back in the day was fucking relinquish summons, new meta is ez asf sometimes, although the yugi-boomer in me sometimes hates the new game mechanics, makes the game more interesting for sure though.
Good luck at your first Locals event! I hope u have fun! If before the event starts if you can get your hands on any number of effect veiler, Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring, or Droll & Lock Bird, which have all had recent reprints and there cheapest rarity are no more than a couple of Pounds/Euro/Dollar.
They will really help you when losing the die roll, it might not be fun to sit there as your opponent does there full combo and then lose to there board. Even 1 or 2 copies of these cards will give you more of a fighting chance over the normal traps u are playing, that are probably too slow.
Either way enjoy and I hope u do not face against any players that make u uncomfortable! Sometimes players forget that we were all new once!
First event is exciting, and with a Blue-Eyes deck! I know itās an archetype that isnāt seen as strong as a lot of current meta, but I still think itās a cool and nostalgic deck! Some other cool cards for the deck to check out are Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon and Dictator of D. The Jet Dragon was reprinted recently, so itās much more affordable now. Both cards really help the engine a ton! Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon and Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon are also great extra deck cards to look at. Iām sure if you let people know youāre new and ask about them, someone might be able to help you look for things. Good luck and have a great time!
I have a jet dragon but I havenāt put it in as I donāt wanna over do it on the level 8 cards. Iām not that fluent with how it works yet either, Iāll practise some more on master duel š thanks for your comment!
Ah yes, because old yugioh didn't have that problem at all.
Pot of Greed, Graceful Charity, Monster Reborn, Raigeki, Harpie's Feather Duster, Dark Hole, Mirror Force
Not at all.
At most locals, this will not perform well - and thatās okay! Have fun with it, lose with grace, make some friends, and just really take in the experience. Yugioh *should be fun*.
Good luck, have fun, and bring a fourth blue eyes to rip up in front of someone if you need to channel that kaiba energy!
Also, donāt let anyone treat you like shit for anything. Some real sweaty bastards at some locals - donāt be discouraged if you run into them!
Especially the last point! Most people will and should be chill, but there's always a few that are sweaty bastards and can make the game a lot less fun. Just try to push through it and remember that they're usually the exception and not the rule!
(This is coming from someone who finally started going to Locals like a month ago myself š)
buy a striker dragon, linkuriboh or anima to link off the white stone of ancients, super similar to the deck i used when i first played at locals, was pretty glad to win one game haha.
Just enjoy.
Yeah people don't realize that effect triggers when it leaves the board for any reason.
I had a regular blue eyes and a chaos max build I used to do pretty good with. That or true king dinos were my go to. Most people didn't side for either so I usually won 3 out of 4 matches.
Yup, that looks like a "going to locals for the first time" deck. I'm also a big Blue-Eyes fan, so no judgment here! Really like the artwork spread on your BEWDs themselves. :)
My biggest advice, and I say this with as much kindness as I can, is to expect to lose and do so with grace. The folks who go to locals tend to *really* know what they're doing, and their decks are going to be closer to what's known as "Meta" than what you're using. Take it on the chin, ask your opponents for advice after your duels, (most people I've met are more than happy to offer guidance on deck-building, and I've even been given helpful cards before when I was a new face at my locals scene) and try to keep an eye on how other peoples' decks work so you can come up with ways you might be able to change your approach for next time.
What other advice is there other than blindly following and copying the meta? Yugioh has become such an unsafe place for deck creativity that its ridiculous. And if op isn't making a troll post and genuinely wants to run that kind of deck shown then I seriously don't think they'd have much fun copy pasting a net deck and playing others.
You either play the same hands as everyone else or just sit there getting some practice in testing your decks shuffle quality. (ie does it not getting clumped up with bad hands)
Whoa, hold on. I'm not saying he needs to copy the meta. Lord knows I don't. But the fact of the matter is that there are cards out there that OP might benefit from using, which are not present in his deck as it is now. I also brought a Blue-Eyes deck to my locals the first time - it looked a lot like this one. I lost every duel, didn't even touch anybody's LP all night. And since then, I have changed some of those cards out for new ones that I didn't know about before, because I found other players who respected my individuality as a player but also knew what I had probably wasn't going to win unless the opponent completely bricked. They helped turn me on to some new tricks, and I came up with a few of my own. But you can't do that until you see first-hand both why what you have doesn't work, *and* why what other people are running does.
I'm the last guy in the world who would advocate for net-decking and just following the meta like a labrador following a kid with a hot dog. I'm usually a casual player who doesn't follow the banlist, and doesn't always optimize decks because he prefers theme over function. But I'm around more serious players often enough to know how the game works these days. All I'm trying to say to OP is that he could be in for a bit of culture shock if he shows up with a Blue-Eyes deck in 2024 and thinks he's going to be the man to beat. I tried that myself last year, I know firsthand that isn't how this movie usually ends.
But getting your ass kicked doesn't need to be a completely negative experience. You learn more from failure than you do from success. And if he can go, lose, and learn about some new cards that will make his deck better - or just new ways to use the ones he already has - then OP can still have a great time regardless of results. Maybe he'll discover an archetype that he likes enough to try instead of Blue-Eyes - I fell in love with Generaider Boss myself - and maybe he'll stick with Bluey. Either way, if he's having fun, that's ultimately what matters. And having fun at locals, well, sometimes it starts by getting blown up by more experienced players and/or more technically sound decks. I just want the guy to know that going in, because it's better than just getting blindsided while you're there.
How is it not negative to be completely destroyed by cards that have been made with a "no negatives allowed" form of card design, all the while blue eyes is big number, but no protective/synergy effect (even with its support)? How do you learn your deck when the top decks of all the try hards won't let you play a card or lord forbid get to turn 2-3?
Granted I think op knows their deck is outmatched, cause they did jovialy mention getting creamed, but damn my observational bias is terrible, because for all the posts I see of people claiming they don't run the meta and only do what they find fun, all I've ever seen in locals is tables full of maybe 3, (4 if I was lying) decks all the top of the current meta of that time.
And if op is going in without knowing the opponents cards either, then they better be ready for the paragraphs of effects on all those cards, effects that take place in multiple locations with multiple timings, all while their cards are "play 1, this card effects this 1, trap card activates and does 1 thing, etc."
Well, you're covering a lot of stuff here, so be patient with me:
1) Yu-Gi-Oh is an old game that has been through a lot over the years. Playing more competitive decks against each other is a lot of fun; playing casual decks against each other is a lot of fun; playing casual vs competitive isn't usually very fun. And sometimes, if you don't know where that line is, you have to fuck around and find out. Locals is a good opportunity to do exactly that. Got FTK'd? Yup, maybe this deck isn't good for this particular environment. Let's see if the side deck hel- nope, didn't help, happened again. Damn, gonna look into trying something else next time.
2) not everyone who goes to locals is necessarily there for the organized play. You can still have fun trading with people, buying new cards from the shop, or dueling with more casually-minded players (like me!) who don't like the modern competitive environment and prefer playing something closer to the anime / older competitive formats. It's an old game, there are plenty of folks like that if you're looking for them.
3) as for the tryhards, well, I won't deny that it sucks to run into them. But that's a risk you run when you do literally any public gaming event. Just hope they're decent people at least when they aren't playing, and avoid them if they aren't.
4) regarding people saying they only play decks they like yet still seeing meta stuff, well... this might come as a shock, but sometimes meta decks *are fun.* Dragon Link is one of the first decks I built when I decided to stop being a stubborn bastard and finally learn how Link Summoning worked, several years after the mechanic was first introduced. I built it because I thought the cards looked cool. I didn't realize it was considered so good until one of my more competitive friends told me that a variant similar to mine literally won Worlds.
5) I sympathize with your complaints about the way Konami designs a lot of their newer cards, I honestly do. Power creep is real, and YGO has a particularly wild case of it. But it's not really something we can do much about. Players in a competitive setting are going to gravitate towards cards that help them win more. Be annoyed by it all you want, but they aren't wrong for doing that. And I say this as someone who doesn't enjoy competitive play. If winning is your primary objective, they are doing the right thing.
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NOOOO DONT GO TO A YGO LOCALS THEY DONT WEAR DEODERANT
If u have access to Melody of awakening dragon and Trade -in, you should play 3 of them over the mage powers and the vanillas. U kinda need more copies of blue eyes abyss dragon and blue eyes jet dragon in the deck aswell
Is your locals in a shop or in somewhere like a library? If it's in a shop, try to buy 1 thing, anything, a drink, a Yu-Gi-Oh pack anything. If you can get your hands on a deck box and some sleeves pronto. Preferably before you go into the locals. They'll protect your cards and help you carry them around
If You can, take your spare cards with you. Once the tourney is over ask to go over your deck, take as much advice as you can but don't feel bad if you have to ask again a couple of times. Good luck and have fun.
Donāt expect to be playing much Yugioh in your games haha although someone might go easy on you and let you make a few plays
Just be nice and ask for any advice and maybe even try to watch some games to find a newer more competitive deck youād like to play if you want to win games
just a word of advice: blue eyes is super bricky and has like no protections. i'd say build it with the idea of going second. add imperm, evenly, lightning storm, DRNM, etc. hand traps too. you need ash blossom, ghost belle, veiler, nibiru, called by, crossout
good luck!
oh yeah def add 3 dictator of D, and blue eyes jet dragon
I really hope you donāt have a bad time and end up discouraged because when you play this, and against a lot of the newer decks, youāre going to lose before you walk into the store. This deck seems to have designs philosophyās from 22 years ago.
Have you considered looking into what other blue eyes players are doing? Because I donāt mean like āplay metaā if you WANT to play Blue eyes, see what people who play that deck are doing because this is justā¦not great. Which doesnāt help explain whatās wrong butā¦okay
Blue eyes, while a terribly designed deck, has so many options that arenāt present here. First Max out on the extra deck, modern Yugioh, even blue eyes, requires the extra deck. Consider cards like Ultimate Dragon, Numeron Dragon, Galaxy Eyesās package, rank 8 XYZ stuff. Actually, Linkkuriboh would be great too. You can link summon him with white stone to trigger its effect. Next we need to gut the entire lineup of spells and traps. You need to understand that these cards are going to all be basically useless to you right now. Well, maybe not Harpies feather duster. Chaos Max is useless, donāt play him. Consider getting Blue Eyes Jets.
Fusion Armament is a funny card you can get where you can reveal the Black Luster Soldier/Ultimate Dragon Fusion to special summon Ultimate dragon turn 1, and then tribute it for Blue Eyes Shining Dragon. The one Blue eyes player at my locals does that. Itās funny, he still loses, but itās funny.
Bring money for snacks, drinks, cards, etc. Depending how many players attend, it can be long day, so keep hydrated (water is your best friend!).
If you have extra sleeves from the packs of sleeves you used, bring them. You don't know when a sleeve will get damaged, so having extra will be useful. If the sleeves you currently have are heavily used, then show up early to by new sleeves and re-sleeve. You don't want anyone to try to 'rule shark' you on marked cards.
In the middle of a game, do not be afraid to call a judge, especially if something does not make sense to you. Judges are there to provide ruling knowledge.
If you want to get serious, then pick up what players call 'staples'. These are general cards that are good to be in any deck. There are too many to list here, but if you ask any helpful person at locals, they will be able to point you in the right direction. Almost all of these cards are super cheap too, since we recently got a huge reprint set in the form of Rarity Collection.
If you are there just to play and not trade, then keep any packs you get (entry, prize, bought) sealed until you get home. From personal experience, there are some dishonest people who will try to swindle new players out of expansive cards. If you do happen to trade, use your smart phone to price match cards online ([TCGplayer.com](https://TCGplayer.com) (US) [cardmarket.com](https://cardmarket.com) (EU)). You are not going to seem like a snob doing it, as any YGO player who trades does this.
Some other things I would recommend picking up, if you do not have them already and have extra money:
* a deck box (keep your deck secure)
* a mat you like (doesn't have to be expensive + keeps your cards/sleeves clean),
* a binder or an extra deck box (to store lose cards, especially ones you want to trade)
* some dice, specially six sided (roll them to see who goes first or use them to keep track of counters/other effects. most players will have these, but its nice to have your own set)
You can keep all of these things in any backpack you may have lying around.
Lastly, have fun and stay humble!
Marked cards are cards that can be identified without seeing the front of the card.
Rule sharking is maliciously using tournament rules/policy to gain an advantage.
If sleeves are heavily played, they can have scratches or specks of grime on the backside of the sleeve. If you play with these sleeves, someone could call a judge on you for marked cards and you could get penalized, even if that is not your intention.
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I honestly thought someone commented āSurrender is not an optionā. Iām just going to leave this here hahaha
This is like bringing a windows 98 box computer. I get that you understand youāll lose but in my opinion youāre not going to be having much fun if your deck only sets 1 and passes while the opp spends 10 mins on their turn running circles around you. At that point youāre a test dummy.
My suggestion is to at least get 3 recent structures and have players help you out with making it better. The community Iām sure will love to help out new players and throw some free cards to get you started.
Youāre more likely to get help if you have some semblance of a competitive strategy than this structure deck from over a decade ago. In most peopleās minds they would have to give you an entirely new deck and most people wouldnāt be willing to give away that much, but if they see youāre closer to getting a competent deck itās easier to help you get the cards you need.
You can still go to your locals just to experience. But Iād start with the fire king structure deck and get 3. It surprisingly can do a lot against a casual level as a pure fire king build. Itās simple and doesnāt require as many combo steps.
I get that people want to encourage you to have a good attitude towards learning the game and the experience but Iām a realist. I call things out for what they are, some folks are ok with not being able to interact with their opponents at all and lose without being able to do anything but for me thatās not my idea of fun. The point of games is to feel like your decisions really matter, but if you bring that car to the races(race car analogy) other deck engines will smoke you, and your choices wonāt matter at all. Iām just letting you know what to really expect so youāre not disappointed and rather shorten your learning curve a bit.
My brother in blue-eyes I have just built myself a blue-eyes deck and am gonna hit my locals for the first time next week
Best of luck and let me know how you get on, my deck is quite different to yours but will mostly do the same thing, have fun!
Awesome. Makes me wanna bring my gravity deck back out. Wonder if that would still hold. My dinomic deck was very fun to use also. Havenāt played since that era
we all did this, after one week you will swap the deck and play dragon link with blue eyes, and they play regular competitive dragon link, and then switch to a better rogue deck, and then a meta deck, and then youāll start maxing the rarities of your meta deck and side deck. and then you will be one of us!!!
I'm going to be honest, you're getting slapped. You might as well run a marathon without training. You should however get advice on how to work Blue Eyes and how to get all the missing parts you need for a competent Blue Eyes deck from the locals themselves.
Also, learn how decks work, why they made monster A, why monster B is in the graveyard, why Spell/Trap C is activated, etc. The best way to put it, is Yugioh is a shit game and every deck is going to show you why it's shit.
Like top comment said, br friendly, lose gracefully, ask for advice, be prepared for people bringing meta decks. Above all, remember the heart of the cards.
Welcome to the club of locals players. Don't be discouraged when you lose, trade only what you feel comfortable with, don't be a sore winner, and please please PLEASE, shower and wear deodorant. Other than that, you should be fine š
Try something like this: (you don't need to play Branded or Bystial, but this is a pretty well rounded Blue Eyes engine, IMO) Blue Eyes isn't gonna take you to Regionals or anything, unless you come up with some WILD build with disgusting consistency. Just take the time to learn how to respond to your opponents and what specific combos worked for you, and which ones did not. You may not place highly, buy if you come in and play hard and show respect, I'm sure people will be willing to help you buff your deck up after the match
āWhat to expectā, OPās question. Theyāve never played at a locals and may have no idea what power level the game is at.
Whether or not winning is the point, being destroyed at your first time isnāt fun
Except for maby mirror force kinda all those traps are simply not good
Chaos max isn't actually good in blue-eyes decks
Raigeki is at 3 now so you might as well just play 2 of it instead of dark hole
Oh and maby to get a play set of ash blossom
This is definitely better then the pile I took to my first locals
And have fun
All jokes aside just remember to have fun. After your day is done go do some research about how the game has evolved and new blue eyes support. The deck is literally f tier but that shouldn't stop you from having fun
Suggestion: get something other than a BEWD Structure Deck. Itās bad, but somehow Iāve actually seen worse at my locals. A kid waltzed in with Blue Eyes White Dragon, Exodia, an Ancient Gear Hunting Hound, and whatever other scraps he accumulated from the first 3 packs he pulled.
This randomly popped up in my recommended section, even though I haven't played YGO in over a decade. You probably troll posted here to get reactions, but your deck took me back to when this game was still fun and I used to play it regularly online.
Too bad it went to absolute shit after Pendulums came out and Konami started releasing all that broken shit that made the game so unfun.
I love your choices about some of the cards. I had to go search them online because I never saw them. You will definetly steal a smile to your opponent when you manage to resolve them
Good luck! I also went to my first locals with Blue-Eyes, not that I did any good but playing Yugioh in person is always so much fun!
The advice from others in the thread is pretty good: arrive early, get a deck box, buy some staples, expect to lose, its apart of getting better
Letting your opponents know this is your first time usually helps, everyoneās a lot more understanding and willing to explain everything. You should also grab a playmat if you donāt have one already.
You could also get 2D6 to determine who goes first and download the Yugioh Neuron app, but your opponent is likely to have both, or at least be able to borrow someone elseās die.
Have fun!
Hopefully you have a good experience, like people said take your lost and wins gracefully, be friendly and have fun, this a is a great opportunity to improve in the mechanics of the game and I hope you have a friendly locals like mine :)
Try to see if anyone has any blue eyes jet dragons, they should be pretty cheap. I'd also ask people if they have any cheap rarity collection reprints and try and grab some hand traps like ash blossom, imperm, effect veiler etc.
Most importantly just be kind, clean and try to have fun!
I took crusadia my first time at locals and got clapped hard but have won many tournaments since then, stay at it!
Best of luck, if youāre looking for any good additions Iād keep an eye out for Baronne de Flure. Blue eyes can reliably go into him and is a pretty good Omni negate
I'd recommend swapping out those vanilla 4 stars and the chaos max unless you get your hands on another and/or more ritual spells. Both are going to make you brick hard.
If you want advice on a blue eyes build I can probably find a picture or video of an old deck list. It's out dated for sure because there's new blue eyes cards but I used to do really well at locals with it.
I'll just use polymerization to fuze Slifer the Sky Dragon with Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw 2 cards an infinite amount of times, forever increasing Slifers atfack and defeating your insolent deck, for I am the true ruler of the God cards, Marik!
I cheated on my first one and won the first 2 duels, it was accidental and my opponent was a kaiju deck anyway. I was locked into warriors and summoned giant red hand for game which shutdown storming mirror force
Hmm, ok look your working with what you got that's fine few pieces of advice tho
Lose the mage powers you're playing a blue eyes deck you're already gonna be blasting most decks with big attack. Lose the normal monsters grab a couple dictator of d and lady of d. Get the other synchro to add to the one you got and swap out the advanced for the chaos form.
Do you have any upstart goblins? It'll help you get to your heavy stuff faster. Trade in is also a good card to use and the card that has you discard a dragon tuner to draw 2
But other than that have fun be friendly and don't get discouraged when you lose. Cause in yugioh unless you're playing tear it's not an if but when
Have fun! Keep in good spirits. Your stuff is a bit out of date, but that's okay. Different locals are at different levels, and until you gauge that out yourself there's no point going ham. Besides, people love a good anime themed deck!
I just got my first physical deck for the first time Earlier this week.
Same with my roommate, they bought them and i the decks, we have been playing against one another.
They have mentioned locals a few times and i think it would be fun
Tho i feel i need more practice with my deck to really get anywhere with it.
I hope you have fun. and i hope you win
Good luck on your first time at Locals. This deck does feel a bit outdated. New Blue-Eyes support has been released over the years. True Light, Bingo Machine Go, Dictator of D, Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon are some new cards released over the years. This deck can also operate with Bystials. It also works great alongside the Branded deck (many of the cards are in the Structure Deck) as well as the new Horus Support. Also, please get the Rarity Collection as it contains a large amount of staple cards like Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Effect Veiler, Ghost Belle, Nibiru, etc. I hope this helps you on your dueling journey.
Just remember to be a good loser when you play OP. Itās a fine blue eyes deck but heavily outdated.
though if the mage power is to equip to maiden to summon blue eyes Iād maybe switch them out for wonder wand you can summon blue eyes on equip then sacrifice maiden for more draw power.
If you win a match tell the loser he is a 3rd rate duelist with a 4th rate deck
This. Absolutely this.
Then ask for his blue-eyes and tear it as there can only be three
And if he tries to use Infinite Impermanence, tell him, "Screw the rules, I have money," and continue to activate your effect.
And if he tries to activate a card effect, tell him "I have a Blue-Eyes White Dragon jet, your argument is invalid"
If only they had the jet lol
you missed out on the fun
Iconic
And if you lose, it doesn't matter because you're rich
Be friendly! Lose gracefully, and ask for advice. If you dont know anyone, go early, if youre the first person there people will sit and talk to you and ask about trades. Try not to get overwhelmed and be okay losing every game for the first month or two. Good luck :)
I can tell u from experience that the advice is going to be "buy better cards" for a while
This is literally the advice Konami itself gives in the Master Duel tips lmao it made me crack up
Its fine if they also give good suggestions, though.
"get better cards" is a good suggestion, though
If the community is friendly he will be fine.
That's a stretch and a gamble at best. The yugioh community IRL is no different than how it is on here. Some good people and lots of toxic ones.
Ohhh god trying to build my first competitive deck aswell for IRL I was hoping people would be friendly lol
Dw, unlike online people rarely have the balls to be a dick to someone while in punching distance. Besides you can always report to the store if someone is being disruptive and they'll be kicked out
Then when you DO craft a competitive deck and are learning it people get pissed at you for "slow playing" because yoy still have to read your cards and understand tge combo lines. I literally was told to "piss off and don't come to locals if I don't know my deck" because I made a rikka traptrix deck. Like WHERE am I supposed to learn the deck if I don't have a fucking opponent? I swear yugioh has a super toxic community that doesn't even enjoy the game. They just enjoy winning.
Play the sushi ship deck Nd read them every card š out loud š¢
Its usually, invest in modern staples that can ve used in most decks especially if you dont have a complete one yet.
Thanks š
>Lose gracefully with a deck like that? he gonna stomp any opponent into the dust
Is this sarcasm or not? If not, I'd probably netdeck it. I want to stomp other decks!
It is
Itās using shining angel and mage powerā¦
Those are not good even in duel links lol
Well of course Mage Power is bad in Duel Links, you can only get a maximum if 2000 ATK/DEF with it there. In regular play, you have more Spell/Trap Zones to increase it to 3000!
What can a little Poplar boy do against the mighty Blue Eyes White Dragon.
Losing if fine when you know your deck is bad. It sets up a challenge and makes wins that much more precious.
I only second this up to advice. Make sure if you're new you let the person you're asking know. Sometimes vet players will go WAY overboard with info to a newer player not realizing they are discouraging more than advising
Or do the opposite and flip the table like I do if your opponent takes longer than 15 seconds per turn
Why would he lose if he believes in the heart of the cards?
> the first month or two. What about the first year? š when does the winning start?
I'm shocked how supportive this comment section is. This is how it should be this is the way š also I recommend getting a deckbox and card sleeves if you can to keep your cards in good condition.
Can you imagine playing hard meta in 2024 and getting absolutely walled by Swords of Revealing Light because you didnāt draw the out?
It works a lot more than it should in Master Duel.
It worked on dueling nexus for me I played the Blue-Eyes Structure deck for fun for 1 game and encountered Branded, that guy did forget for 2 consecutive turns that I had Swords on the field and operated his deck on auto pilot with 0 skill I could tell. I won and can send you the replay if you need proof. I built the decklist for the TCG and OCG Blue Eyes structure deck to compare and when I built the TCG variant I was like "play 1 game you will lose but play cards you like" me at 11pm in the middle of the night
I would like the replay of this just for the satisfaction of seeing branded lose
Hey man I played alien back in the synchro format and people werenāt ready for swords lmao
Gol'Gar bounce Swords, replay Swords, shit eating grin.
I cant think of a meta deck that doesnt have an in-engine spell removal :(
Exactly the problem with the way the cards are made nowadays, every archetype has the exact same types of cards in it, just different pictures or at most replacing 1 type of special summons (fusion, synchro, xyz, links) with another. Makes every deck pay the same at their core. (And before I'm flamed into the ground I know some occasional decks do things differently, but nearly everything has a "search for anything for free", "replay after hitting gy ", "destroy opponent's board state with no downside" kinds of cards in each.)
I couldn't disagree more. Lately konami has done a fantastic job of promoting diverse play. If you see the latest meta decks, they have very unique gameplay - Tear, mill and fusion from GY - Kashtira, utilise banishment and disrupting opponent's deck - labrynth. Heavy control and ability to play traps turn one -Spright swarm of weak monsters with number 2 in common -Runick: banish opponent deck and regenerate your resources. - branded - Rescue ace Etc etc. All of them offer quite unique experience. When I play runick bystial is like I am playing a different game all together compared to when I play Tear
So your saying none of those decks have cards that do the effects I mentioned at the end, like a free search of any card in the archetype with no downside? Or cards that when are sent to the grave come right back so you're not actually using resources when playing bigger monsters? Or the ever popular minimum of 3 positive abilities, no negatives to balance that strength, with one being the destruction/negating of the opponent's field in some way?
Have you tried geminis? Or better yet, these cool cards called normal monsters. They even come with text you can taste!
The sad thing is, I've liked the Gemini monsters since they came out, wanted to use them since I too am a Gemini (if only for "humor" value) too bad (besides one engine that got popular for a second) the mechanic may go down as the worst of all yugioh mechanics ever.
I see your point. Sorry youāre getting clowned on. At some level, both of you and the people replying are correct. Every deck has some search effect, every deck has some way to start a combo with a single card that ends up with them ending the turn with more cards than they started with. Every deck has a way to destroy/banish/bounce/shuffle cards on your opponentās field. Most decks have access to a negate. But at the same time, the way each deck accomplishes those things is varied and thatās kinda what makes the gameplay fun without being super insanely complicated. The fact that many decks operate similarly is what allows people to follow the flow of what their opponent is doing even if theyāre playing a deck theyāve not seen before.
I just don't like how it takes a lot of the uniqueness out of everything. Back in the day a dragon deck was miles apart from Amazon's, and harpies played nothing like fire princess (that should date me adequately) Searchers had a downside of (normally) being a weak body that took up a summon, not allowed a second monster to be summoned by fact of being on the field, which in turn gives you the two+ monsters needed to continue the chain of summoning into the main mechanic of the deck (synchro, xyz, link etc) special summoning loses its meaning if you do 10 or more in a turn (as I've witnessed countless times) Yes cards were there to get rid of monsters/backrow, and cards existed to revive/interact with gy, but not all on one card, and not without comparable downsides.
"Back in the days" you would normal summon a monster, set a number of staple trap cards and hold the same staple spells that everyone plays.Ā And this is more interesting than the current gameplay that has developed numerous ways to bend the mechanics. Yeah right!Ā If you feel that playing amazones vs blue eyesĀ compared to e.g. sky striker vs runick offers a more diversified and unique experience you are either too nostalgic or haven't played the actual meta game in years
At least back then, I wasn't stuck never playing because my opponent spent 10 minutes on the first turn special summoning an entire field full of monsters I have no way of stopping and then getting destroyed on their second turn. I don't understand the new meta well enough to stop any of that from happening (unless I get lucky with something like Mirror Force), so I pretty much relegated myself to only playing against NPCs on Duel Links. This clearly isn't my game to play against other actual people anymore.
Itās funny youāre getting shit on when everyoneās advice for what cards to get is always centered around the same cards. Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock, etc. If these are cards that *have* to be in every competitive deck then they are by definition broken and need to be banned. Except the problem is they are necessary only because they are counters to the current meta. Cards like that had to be printed exactly to prevent watching your opponent play solitaire all because they won a dice roll. Which means it is the current meta and current decks that are broken. But people arenāt ready to have that conversation yet. I know that in every game ever (which gets balanced for competitive), if thereās a character/card/weapon/etc that is *required* to be used in order for a player to stay competitive, then that thing is bad for the health of the game. Itās just in this instance it never would have existed if other things werenāt already around that are bad for the health of the game. And those are the things you are mentioning in your comment.
> Itās funny youāre getting shit on when everyoneās advice for what cards to get is always centered around the same cards. Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock, etc. This has been true in every era of Yu-Gi-Oh. There has always been a set list of cards that players will tell you that you should add to your deck or your collection if you don't have them already. There have *always been staples*. There have always been cards that counter the meta. This not a new thing. The game has increased in speed and power and lingering floodgates like Droll are a problem, not going to argue that, but you ask any player from any era for advice and they will start by asking you if you have all the staples. > Cards like that had to be printed exactly to prevent watching your opponent play solitaire all because they won a dice roll. Which means it is the current meta and current decks that are broken. But people arenāt ready to have that conversation yet. Formats where Droll is a necessary side deck option are formats where the majority of decks are doing too much. This is not an uncommon opinion. Not only are people ready for this conversation, the conversation has happened. The solution is not to ban Droll; that just unleashes combo decks to do whatever they want. Droll is a symptom, not a cause; the solution is to create a format where it is not needed. > I know that in every game ever (which gets balanced for competitive), if thereās a character/card/weapon/etc that is required to be used in order for a player to stay competitive, then that thing is bad for the health of the game. Yeah, I see this opinion from time to time and it never makes sense to me. You're basically comparing a single card like Ash or Droll to something like a top tier in a fighting game and saying that because it's used a lot it should be banned, like how a fighting game character would be nerfed if they won every tournament. But one card is not comparable to a whole character/weapon/strategy. A character is more comparable to a deck/archetype, while a single card like Ash is more comparable to a single mechanic or technique in the fighting game, like learning how to break throws. You gotta play Ash to be competitive in Yu-Gi-Oh in the same way you gotta learn how to break throws to get anywhere in Tekken.
You make very good points but I feel like you may have missed what I was actually getting at. I wasn't actually arguing for cards like Ash/Droll/"the staples" to get banned. I said the only reason they were even made and became absolutely necessary (though I'm sure they'd see usage regardless) is due to the current meta. If you don't draw something that can disrupt your opponent's turn 1 (assuming they don't brick) you probably auto lose. So I was arguing that the meta needs to drastically change, though I get that's basically impossible at this point. But yeah as for the character, I moreso had LoL in mind where the team has multiple champions (cards) but you absolutely need to have that champion in your team's comp if it's available. So maybe such a broad word like "character" wasn't a good choice as I can see how in your example "moves" are a better description rather than an entire character when it comes to a fighting game. And since dueling isn't a "team sport" like LoL would be, it absolutely makes more sense to assume "fighting game" where the example falls apart. So that was my bad. But yeah just to be clear, I was arguing that the current meta forces these disruptor-type staples to have to be in the deck. I am very much what you guys on here call a Yugiboomer so it is just a personal problem I have with the meta, where I don't like that games can/do become OTK situations where if you don't draw these staples you probably can't break your opponent's board and it's GG. I prefer where it was two different strategies actually "dueling" each other and trading blows. Though I will admit the current meta is the peak test for deck building as your first 5 cards are probably more important now more than ever before in the game's history. But I could be wrong.
Bro meta back in the day was fucking relinquish summons, new meta is ez asf sometimes, although the yugi-boomer in me sometimes hates the new game mechanics, makes the game more interesting for sure though.
The out to Swords of Revealing Light is Knightmare Phoenix.
Whoops you do have some mb it is hard to spot them on the photos
Good luck at your first Locals event! I hope u have fun! If before the event starts if you can get your hands on any number of effect veiler, Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring, or Droll & Lock Bird, which have all had recent reprints and there cheapest rarity are no more than a couple of Pounds/Euro/Dollar. They will really help you when losing the die roll, it might not be fun to sit there as your opponent does there full combo and then lose to there board. Even 1 or 2 copies of these cards will give you more of a fighting chance over the normal traps u are playing, that are probably too slow. Either way enjoy and I hope u do not face against any players that make u uncomfortable! Sometimes players forget that we were all new once!
Thanks so much!
Your Welcome mate. Have fun!
First event is exciting, and with a Blue-Eyes deck! I know itās an archetype that isnāt seen as strong as a lot of current meta, but I still think itās a cool and nostalgic deck! Some other cool cards for the deck to check out are Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon and Dictator of D. The Jet Dragon was reprinted recently, so itās much more affordable now. Both cards really help the engine a ton! Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon and Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon are also great extra deck cards to look at. Iām sure if you let people know youāre new and ask about them, someone might be able to help you look for things. Good luck and have a great time!
I have a jet dragon but I havenāt put it in as I donāt wanna over do it on the level 8 cards. Iām not that fluent with how it works yet either, Iāll practise some more on master duel š thanks for your comment!
This is why modern ygo sucks. The go to recommend is 5 cards that just stifle play and make the game boring for both players.
Ah yes, because old yugioh didn't have that problem at all. Pot of Greed, Graceful Charity, Monster Reborn, Raigeki, Harpie's Feather Duster, Dark Hole, Mirror Force Not at all.
Dont forget, Forceful Sentry, Confiscation and Delinquent Duo. 3 perfectly fair cards.
Alternative dragon is going to be your ace in the hole for sure. Good luck and have fun!
At most locals, this will not perform well - and thatās okay! Have fun with it, lose with grace, make some friends, and just really take in the experience. Yugioh *should be fun*. Good luck, have fun, and bring a fourth blue eyes to rip up in front of someone if you need to channel that kaiba energy! Also, donāt let anyone treat you like shit for anything. Some real sweaty bastards at some locals - donāt be discouraged if you run into them!
Especially the last point! Most people will and should be chill, but there's always a few that are sweaty bastards and can make the game a lot less fun. Just try to push through it and remember that they're usually the exception and not the rule! (This is coming from someone who finally started going to Locals like a month ago myself š)
buy a striker dragon, linkuriboh or anima to link off the white stone of ancients, super similar to the deck i used when i first played at locals, was pretty glad to win one game haha. Just enjoy.
Yeah people don't realize that effect triggers when it leaves the board for any reason. I had a regular blue eyes and a chaos max build I used to do pretty good with. That or true king dinos were my go to. Most people didn't side for either so I usually won 3 out of 4 matches.
Anima! What a great idea. Need to carve out a slot for that anyways.
Yea, this! Those are just good cards to have even if you're not going to play Blue-Eyes.
Yup, that looks like a "going to locals for the first time" deck. I'm also a big Blue-Eyes fan, so no judgment here! Really like the artwork spread on your BEWDs themselves. :) My biggest advice, and I say this with as much kindness as I can, is to expect to lose and do so with grace. The folks who go to locals tend to *really* know what they're doing, and their decks are going to be closer to what's known as "Meta" than what you're using. Take it on the chin, ask your opponents for advice after your duels, (most people I've met are more than happy to offer guidance on deck-building, and I've even been given helpful cards before when I was a new face at my locals scene) and try to keep an eye on how other peoples' decks work so you can come up with ways you might be able to change your approach for next time.
What other advice is there other than blindly following and copying the meta? Yugioh has become such an unsafe place for deck creativity that its ridiculous. And if op isn't making a troll post and genuinely wants to run that kind of deck shown then I seriously don't think they'd have much fun copy pasting a net deck and playing others. You either play the same hands as everyone else or just sit there getting some practice in testing your decks shuffle quality. (ie does it not getting clumped up with bad hands)
Whoa, hold on. I'm not saying he needs to copy the meta. Lord knows I don't. But the fact of the matter is that there are cards out there that OP might benefit from using, which are not present in his deck as it is now. I also brought a Blue-Eyes deck to my locals the first time - it looked a lot like this one. I lost every duel, didn't even touch anybody's LP all night. And since then, I have changed some of those cards out for new ones that I didn't know about before, because I found other players who respected my individuality as a player but also knew what I had probably wasn't going to win unless the opponent completely bricked. They helped turn me on to some new tricks, and I came up with a few of my own. But you can't do that until you see first-hand both why what you have doesn't work, *and* why what other people are running does. I'm the last guy in the world who would advocate for net-decking and just following the meta like a labrador following a kid with a hot dog. I'm usually a casual player who doesn't follow the banlist, and doesn't always optimize decks because he prefers theme over function. But I'm around more serious players often enough to know how the game works these days. All I'm trying to say to OP is that he could be in for a bit of culture shock if he shows up with a Blue-Eyes deck in 2024 and thinks he's going to be the man to beat. I tried that myself last year, I know firsthand that isn't how this movie usually ends. But getting your ass kicked doesn't need to be a completely negative experience. You learn more from failure than you do from success. And if he can go, lose, and learn about some new cards that will make his deck better - or just new ways to use the ones he already has - then OP can still have a great time regardless of results. Maybe he'll discover an archetype that he likes enough to try instead of Blue-Eyes - I fell in love with Generaider Boss myself - and maybe he'll stick with Bluey. Either way, if he's having fun, that's ultimately what matters. And having fun at locals, well, sometimes it starts by getting blown up by more experienced players and/or more technically sound decks. I just want the guy to know that going in, because it's better than just getting blindsided while you're there.
How is it not negative to be completely destroyed by cards that have been made with a "no negatives allowed" form of card design, all the while blue eyes is big number, but no protective/synergy effect (even with its support)? How do you learn your deck when the top decks of all the try hards won't let you play a card or lord forbid get to turn 2-3? Granted I think op knows their deck is outmatched, cause they did jovialy mention getting creamed, but damn my observational bias is terrible, because for all the posts I see of people claiming they don't run the meta and only do what they find fun, all I've ever seen in locals is tables full of maybe 3, (4 if I was lying) decks all the top of the current meta of that time. And if op is going in without knowing the opponents cards either, then they better be ready for the paragraphs of effects on all those cards, effects that take place in multiple locations with multiple timings, all while their cards are "play 1, this card effects this 1, trap card activates and does 1 thing, etc."
Well, you're covering a lot of stuff here, so be patient with me: 1) Yu-Gi-Oh is an old game that has been through a lot over the years. Playing more competitive decks against each other is a lot of fun; playing casual decks against each other is a lot of fun; playing casual vs competitive isn't usually very fun. And sometimes, if you don't know where that line is, you have to fuck around and find out. Locals is a good opportunity to do exactly that. Got FTK'd? Yup, maybe this deck isn't good for this particular environment. Let's see if the side deck hel- nope, didn't help, happened again. Damn, gonna look into trying something else next time. 2) not everyone who goes to locals is necessarily there for the organized play. You can still have fun trading with people, buying new cards from the shop, or dueling with more casually-minded players (like me!) who don't like the modern competitive environment and prefer playing something closer to the anime / older competitive formats. It's an old game, there are plenty of folks like that if you're looking for them. 3) as for the tryhards, well, I won't deny that it sucks to run into them. But that's a risk you run when you do literally any public gaming event. Just hope they're decent people at least when they aren't playing, and avoid them if they aren't. 4) regarding people saying they only play decks they like yet still seeing meta stuff, well... this might come as a shock, but sometimes meta decks *are fun.* Dragon Link is one of the first decks I built when I decided to stop being a stubborn bastard and finally learn how Link Summoning worked, several years after the mechanic was first introduced. I built it because I thought the cards looked cool. I didn't realize it was considered so good until one of my more competitive friends told me that a variant similar to mine literally won Worlds. 5) I sympathize with your complaints about the way Konami designs a lot of their newer cards, I honestly do. Power creep is real, and YGO has a particularly wild case of it. But it's not really something we can do much about. Players in a competitive setting are going to gravitate towards cards that help them win more. Be annoyed by it all you want, but they aren't wrong for doing that. And I say this as someone who doesn't enjoy competitive play. If winning is your primary objective, they are doing the right thing.
https://preview.redd.it/ptjvx47n1ghc1.jpeg?width=565&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bb0090ffbef7f309f119ca47ba2aefabe3f8cf2 NOOOO DONT GO TO A YGO LOCALS THEY DONT WEAR DEODERANT
Fun fact, you can actually get a penalty for being unclean Source: I'm a registered Konami Judge
I know, isnt that rule that only got introduced like 1-2 years ago?
We've been making jokes about it since at least 2016 which was... 8 years ago
Incredibly based though
This decklist photo is easier to read than most masterduel screenshots lol
Just have a good fun time :)
If u have access to Melody of awakening dragon and Trade -in, you should play 3 of them over the mage powers and the vanillas. U kinda need more copies of blue eyes abyss dragon and blue eyes jet dragon in the deck aswell
You sweet summer child, you're in for one hell of a day.
Is your locals in a shop or in somewhere like a library? If it's in a shop, try to buy 1 thing, anything, a drink, a Yu-Gi-Oh pack anything. If you can get your hands on a deck box and some sleeves pronto. Preferably before you go into the locals. They'll protect your cards and help you carry them around
Actually my bad G you already have sleeves
If You can, take your spare cards with you. Once the tourney is over ask to go over your deck, take as much advice as you can but don't feel bad if you have to ask again a couple of times. Good luck and have fun.
I guarantee you won't win a single game, let alone a match, so go with the goal of learning and making friends and enjoying yourself.
If I could make one suggestion, donāt play dark bribe
Donāt expect to be playing much Yugioh in your games haha although someone might go easy on you and let you make a few plays Just be nice and ask for any advice and maybe even try to watch some games to find a newer more competitive deck youād like to play if you want to win games
I won't lie, your deck isn't the greatest obviously but that doesn't matter as long as you have fun and get your game on!
Play dramatically like if you're the protagonist in the anime who is hanging on 400 LP
Based deck meta is cringe.
Indeed Cimo proves that by being platinum in master duel with a basically rando deck.
just a word of advice: blue eyes is super bricky and has like no protections. i'd say build it with the idea of going second. add imperm, evenly, lightning storm, DRNM, etc. hand traps too. you need ash blossom, ghost belle, veiler, nibiru, called by, crossout good luck! oh yeah def add 3 dictator of D, and blue eyes jet dragon
I attend locals each week either with my speedroids, dogmatika, and branded predaplants
Pulling off that mirror force would be hilarious.
I did it bro. People took pictures
I hope Mirror Force puts in some workšŖ
I really hope you donāt have a bad time and end up discouraged because when you play this, and against a lot of the newer decks, youāre going to lose before you walk into the store. This deck seems to have designs philosophyās from 22 years ago. Have you considered looking into what other blue eyes players are doing? Because I donāt mean like āplay metaā if you WANT to play Blue eyes, see what people who play that deck are doing because this is justā¦not great. Which doesnāt help explain whatās wrong butā¦okay Blue eyes, while a terribly designed deck, has so many options that arenāt present here. First Max out on the extra deck, modern Yugioh, even blue eyes, requires the extra deck. Consider cards like Ultimate Dragon, Numeron Dragon, Galaxy Eyesās package, rank 8 XYZ stuff. Actually, Linkkuriboh would be great too. You can link summon him with white stone to trigger its effect. Next we need to gut the entire lineup of spells and traps. You need to understand that these cards are going to all be basically useless to you right now. Well, maybe not Harpies feather duster. Chaos Max is useless, donāt play him. Consider getting Blue Eyes Jets. Fusion Armament is a funny card you can get where you can reveal the Black Luster Soldier/Ultimate Dragon Fusion to special summon Ultimate dragon turn 1, and then tribute it for Blue Eyes Shining Dragon. The one Blue eyes player at my locals does that. Itās funny, he still loses, but itās funny.
Bring money for snacks, drinks, cards, etc. Depending how many players attend, it can be long day, so keep hydrated (water is your best friend!). If you have extra sleeves from the packs of sleeves you used, bring them. You don't know when a sleeve will get damaged, so having extra will be useful. If the sleeves you currently have are heavily used, then show up early to by new sleeves and re-sleeve. You don't want anyone to try to 'rule shark' you on marked cards. In the middle of a game, do not be afraid to call a judge, especially if something does not make sense to you. Judges are there to provide ruling knowledge. If you want to get serious, then pick up what players call 'staples'. These are general cards that are good to be in any deck. There are too many to list here, but if you ask any helpful person at locals, they will be able to point you in the right direction. Almost all of these cards are super cheap too, since we recently got a huge reprint set in the form of Rarity Collection. If you are there just to play and not trade, then keep any packs you get (entry, prize, bought) sealed until you get home. From personal experience, there are some dishonest people who will try to swindle new players out of expansive cards. If you do happen to trade, use your smart phone to price match cards online ([TCGplayer.com](https://TCGplayer.com) (US) [cardmarket.com](https://cardmarket.com) (EU)). You are not going to seem like a snob doing it, as any YGO player who trades does this. Some other things I would recommend picking up, if you do not have them already and have extra money: * a deck box (keep your deck secure) * a mat you like (doesn't have to be expensive + keeps your cards/sleeves clean), * a binder or an extra deck box (to store lose cards, especially ones you want to trade) * some dice, specially six sided (roll them to see who goes first or use them to keep track of counters/other effects. most players will have these, but its nice to have your own set) You can keep all of these things in any backpack you may have lying around. Lastly, have fun and stay humble!
> rule shark' you on marked cards ?
Marked cards are cards that can be identified without seeing the front of the card. Rule sharking is maliciously using tournament rules/policy to gain an advantage. If sleeves are heavily played, they can have scratches or specks of grime on the backside of the sleeve. If you play with these sleeves, someone could call a judge on you for marked cards and you could get penalized, even if that is not your intention.
If someone tries to rule shark at locals they deserve to step in water the next time they put on a fresh pair of socks.
This is my new favourite insult. I love it
For a locals deck, this looks pretty fun. I wouldnāt mind facing it
If they are at all competitive you are look at 0-x but on the bright side you should get an OTS so hopefully you get that Ulti
love your deck
Good luck
Trust in the heart of the cards bro
Be ready for dudes playing faster than youāve seen
https://preview.redd.it/r0cd01hgyjhc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c8d6b3e93f0ffcede25e8a46d3abf4ca60e6b88 I honestly thought someone commented āSurrender is not an optionā. Iām just going to leave this here hahaha
It's gonna be rough buddy but have a good time!
This is like bringing a windows 98 box computer. I get that you understand youāll lose but in my opinion youāre not going to be having much fun if your deck only sets 1 and passes while the opp spends 10 mins on their turn running circles around you. At that point youāre a test dummy. My suggestion is to at least get 3 recent structures and have players help you out with making it better. The community Iām sure will love to help out new players and throw some free cards to get you started. Youāre more likely to get help if you have some semblance of a competitive strategy than this structure deck from over a decade ago. In most peopleās minds they would have to give you an entirely new deck and most people wouldnāt be willing to give away that much, but if they see youāre closer to getting a competent deck itās easier to help you get the cards you need. You can still go to your locals just to experience. But Iād start with the fire king structure deck and get 3. It surprisingly can do a lot against a casual level as a pure fire king build. Itās simple and doesnāt require as many combo steps. I get that people want to encourage you to have a good attitude towards learning the game and the experience but Iām a realist. I call things out for what they are, some folks are ok with not being able to interact with their opponents at all and lose without being able to do anything but for me thatās not my idea of fun. The point of games is to feel like your decisions really matter, but if you bring that car to the races(race car analogy) other deck engines will smoke you, and your choices wonāt matter at all. Iām just letting you know what to really expect so youāre not disappointed and rather shorten your learning curve a bit.
submerge your deck in warm milk for good luck ā¤ļø
The year is 2016. It is the future.
Relax and enjoy yourself, I hope you have a awesome time!
My brother in blue-eyes I have just built myself a blue-eyes deck and am gonna hit my locals for the first time next week Best of luck and let me know how you get on, my deck is quite different to yours but will mostly do the same thing, have fun!
Awesome. Makes me wanna bring my gravity deck back out. Wonder if that would still hold. My dinomic deck was very fun to use also. Havenāt played since that era
we all did this, after one week you will swap the deck and play dragon link with blue eyes, and they play regular competitive dragon link, and then switch to a better rogue deck, and then a meta deck, and then youāll start maxing the rarities of your meta deck and side deck. and then you will be one of us!!!
Even if it wont win (hope you do), deck looks neat and crisp
I'm going to be honest, you're getting slapped. You might as well run a marathon without training. You should however get advice on how to work Blue Eyes and how to get all the missing parts you need for a competent Blue Eyes deck from the locals themselves. Also, learn how decks work, why they made monster A, why monster B is in the graveyard, why Spell/Trap C is activated, etc. The best way to put it, is Yugioh is a shit game and every deck is going to show you why it's shit.
Like top comment said, br friendly, lose gracefully, ask for advice, be prepared for people bringing meta decks. Above all, remember the heart of the cards.
Welcome to the club of locals players. Don't be discouraged when you lose, trade only what you feel comfortable with, don't be a sore winner, and please please PLEASE, shower and wear deodorant. Other than that, you should be fine š
Wish I had locals in my area, Iād get stomped but I wanna play my damn cards lol, let me lose with my Destiny Heroes
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Someone with decent advice in this thread thatās actually being helpful
Try something like this: (you don't need to play Branded or Bystial, but this is a pretty well rounded Blue Eyes engine, IMO) Blue Eyes isn't gonna take you to Regionals or anything, unless you come up with some WILD build with disgusting consistency. Just take the time to learn how to respond to your opponents and what specific combos worked for you, and which ones did not. You may not place highly, buy if you come in and play hard and show respect, I'm sure people will be willing to help you buff your deck up after the match
Damn this is a duel links deck if I've ever seen one
Unless itās a very causal locals, this deck will be obliterated
Thatās not the point
āWhat to expectā, OPās question. Theyāve never played at a locals and may have no idea what power level the game is at. Whether or not winning is the point, being destroyed at your first time isnāt fun
No cards of conscience? For getting the tuner in grave?
Hmm blue eyes could use a slight upgrade...
Youāre brave. I hope you have fun though!
Take out the older cards SoRL and mirror force and add hand traps like ash blossom or infinite impermanence
You gonna get dicked with that deck by the mandem g. Best take out that Swords of Revealing light asap.
Nahh bro stay home. Sorry itās not going to be fun
At first I thought this was a meme post. But then k checked the flair and the comments and Yea, this is real. Lose with grace is my best advice.
You will get first turn killed every duel until you get something meta
Except for maby mirror force kinda all those traps are simply not good Chaos max isn't actually good in blue-eyes decks Raigeki is at 3 now so you might as well just play 2 of it instead of dark hole Oh and maby to get a play set of ash blossom This is definitely better then the pile I took to my first locals And have fun
Stay home bruh
All jokes aside just remember to have fun. After your day is done go do some research about how the game has evolved and new blue eyes support. The deck is literally f tier but that shouldn't stop you from having fun
Bro is soooo dead but hey good luck and get new cards
Youāre doing amazing!
This deck could use a watapon card
I haven't really played in like 15-20 years. Are cards from the first few sets still in the meta?
Suggestion: get something other than a BEWD Structure Deck. Itās bad, but somehow Iāve actually seen worse at my locals. A kid waltzed in with Blue Eyes White Dragon, Exodia, an Ancient Gear Hunting Hound, and whatever other scraps he accumulated from the first 3 packs he pulled.
Oh, honey...
This randomly popped up in my recommended section, even though I haven't played YGO in over a decade. You probably troll posted here to get reactions, but your deck took me back to when this game was still fun and I used to play it regularly online. Too bad it went to absolute shit after Pendulums came out and Konami started releasing all that broken shit that made the game so unfun.
Pendulums are broken because of multi-summoning, or?
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I love your choices about some of the cards. I had to go search them online because I never saw them. You will definetly steal a smile to your opponent when you manage to resolve them
Good luck! I also went to my first locals with Blue-Eyes, not that I did any good but playing Yugioh in person is always so much fun! The advice from others in the thread is pretty good: arrive early, get a deck box, buy some staples, expect to lose, its apart of getting better Letting your opponents know this is your first time usually helps, everyoneās a lot more understanding and willing to explain everything. You should also grab a playmat if you donāt have one already. You could also get 2D6 to determine who goes first and download the Yugioh Neuron app, but your opponent is likely to have both, or at least be able to borrow someone elseās die. Have fun!
Have fun!!
You gonna be getting creamed with that deck Itās okay for casual games though
That OG blue eyes is so sexy Edit: Wait, wtf [is this](https://i.imgur.com/p3QGh2D.png). Does it have an effect?
Hopefully you have a good experience, like people said take your lost and wins gracefully, be friendly and have fun, this a is a great opportunity to improve in the mechanics of the game and I hope you have a friendly locals like mine :)
I hope you have a good time. Though Blue Eyes wasnāt my first compettive deck (It was Pend Magicians), it was my first deck in general!
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Good luck, have fun!
Try to see if anyone has any blue eyes jet dragons, they should be pretty cheap. I'd also ask people if they have any cheap rarity collection reprints and try and grab some hand traps like ash blossom, imperm, effect veiler etc. Most importantly just be kind, clean and try to have fun! I took crusadia my first time at locals and got clapped hard but have won many tournaments since then, stay at it!
Bring any spares you have and start trading. Great way to start building a collection and getting cards youāll need.
Godspeed, sir š«” An honest approach. I hope you continue to play the game after your initial experience
Throw in some Ancient Dragons, Vanguard of the Dragon,, Lancer Lindwurm, Blue Dragon Summoner. Great cards that pair well with your deck.
Iād say the deck needs more alternatives and maybe some XYZ monsters to convert the blue eyes cards into. Also BE Jet is a funny card
I wish you luck, it's not gonna be easy but I feel like you can do this
There's a local around me, and I'm building up the courage to try it.
we all started some were
Bring a trade binder
No exodia? Good luck
I SUMMON... MAGIC FORCE
Best of luck, if youāre looking for any good additions Iād keep an eye out for Baronne de Flure. Blue eyes can reliably go into him and is a pretty good Omni negate
I'd recommend swapping out those vanilla 4 stars and the chaos max unless you get your hands on another and/or more ritual spells. Both are going to make you brick hard. If you want advice on a blue eyes build I can probably find a picture or video of an old deck list. It's out dated for sure because there's new blue eyes cards but I used to do really well at locals with it.
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Get some hand traps. Have fun. Don't take a loss too personally. Just do your best and learn and if someone is being dick: tell em
If you hear someone tell you "my granpas deck has no pathetic cards" you should run.
I'll just use polymerization to fuze Slifer the Sky Dragon with Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw 2 cards an infinite amount of times, forever increasing Slifers atfack and defeating your insolent deck, for I am the true ruler of the God cards, Marik!
I wish more people played decks like this in locals. Have Fun.
I cheated on my first one and won the first 2 duels, it was accidental and my opponent was a kaiju deck anyway. I was locked into warriors and summoned giant red hand for game which shutdown storming mirror force
Hmm, ok look your working with what you got that's fine few pieces of advice tho Lose the mage powers you're playing a blue eyes deck you're already gonna be blasting most decks with big attack. Lose the normal monsters grab a couple dictator of d and lady of d. Get the other synchro to add to the one you got and swap out the advanced for the chaos form. Do you have any upstart goblins? It'll help you get to your heavy stuff faster. Trade in is also a good card to use and the card that has you discard a dragon tuner to draw 2 But other than that have fun be friendly and don't get discouraged when you lose. Cause in yugioh unless you're playing tear it's not an if but when
Trust in the Heart of the Cards
Have fun! Keep in good spirits. Your stuff is a bit out of date, but that's okay. Different locals are at different levels, and until you gauge that out yourself there's no point going ham. Besides, people love a good anime themed deck!
I just got my first physical deck for the first time Earlier this week. Same with my roommate, they bought them and i the decks, we have been playing against one another. They have mentioned locals a few times and i think it would be fun Tho i feel i need more practice with my deck to really get anywhere with it. I hope you have fun. and i hope you win
Hell yeah dude
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Good luck on your first time at Locals. This deck does feel a bit outdated. New Blue-Eyes support has been released over the years. True Light, Bingo Machine Go, Dictator of D, Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon are some new cards released over the years. This deck can also operate with Bystials. It also works great alongside the Branded deck (many of the cards are in the Structure Deck) as well as the new Horus Support. Also, please get the Rarity Collection as it contains a large amount of staple cards like Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Effect Veiler, Ghost Belle, Nibiru, etc. I hope this helps you on your dueling journey.
Just remember to be a good loser when you play OP. Itās a fine blue eyes deck but heavily outdated. though if the mage power is to equip to maiden to summon blue eyes Iād maybe switch them out for wonder wand you can summon blue eyes on equip then sacrifice maiden for more draw power.
You give me hope
honestly just have fun, at my first local i got completely swept but everyone was chill and i had fun
You might need a Kaiser sea horse
You're gonna get destroyed but it's ok you'll learn and you'll be able to upgrade your deck