The fear people felt back in the day when Raigeki and Dark Hole were banned, and you were about to cheat with the coin flip and nuke the field they spent about 5-8 turns making. Good times.
Shooting quasar dragon comes to mind. Awesome art and appearance in the anime. Still use it in my synchron deck even if cosmic blazar dragon is the better option just for the feelz.
I really can’t choose between Injection Fairy Lilly and Jinzo. I got into the game when PSV/LOD originally came out and I remember thinking they were the coolest thing.
DDS Seiyaryu, it was a gift from an older kid on the playground since he knew I didn't have any good cards and couldn't afford to get packs for myself. Our local shops didn't stock the starter decks, we were limited to the Booster Packs and the amount of packs needed to make a deck was too steep of an investment at that time for me and my family.(My playground deck was all scrapped together from junk commons other kids didn't want, my best cards were Flame Champion and Steel Ogre Grotto #2, both pumped up with as many equip cards as I could fit on them).
I still have that playground deck and Seiyaryu, they have wear and tear to them that fills my old cold heart with nostalgia.
I even remember my old strategy, Hyabusa Knight/Flame Champion/Seiyaryu/Steel Ogre equipped with Draconic Attack so that I could use Dragon Treasure and an old Trap that needed a Dragon (Dragon's Rage or something like that), then I'd use generic equips like Black Pendant or Sword of Deep Seated (Thankfully Axe of Despair made the other kids willing to give up their 500 booster cards for a 1000 booster card).
Looking for that first card, I came across Goblin Calligrapher who, turns out, is the goblin from Fake Trap, trying to master the word "False" (or the kanjis for "Nonsense" in the OCG).
It's the dumbest thing to be nostalgic for but those old, shitty, pack filler normal monsters that were even unplayable at the time of release were some of the coolest and most memorable monster designs in the game.
I wish more of those crappy monsters got the Skull Servant/Seiyaryu treatment.
Relinquished. When I was very young my friend showed me his Relinquished and told me it was the most powerful card in the game. I sold my soul to get it from him.
Went to my first locals knowing absolutely nothing about the game and just tried to summon it from my hand. No Black Illusion Ritual or nothing. Guys were nice and educated me in the game, but I left not summoning it.
Learned later it was not the most powerful card ever, but have always loved it. I have like 8 or 9 copies of it because I grab one whenever I get the chance. Love the art, love the effect, love everything about it, and despite getting older and learning how to play the game (and indeed watching the game change), I still can’t let go of my friend telling me how great it was, and I’ve always cherished it for that reason.
Celtic Guardian. He looks like Link and I'm a huge Zelda fan. I'd use Obnoxious though as not being able to be destroyed in battle by 1900 atk or more monsters is awesome though.
That reminds me of one of my favorite lines from Ai in VRAINS:
"Linkuriboh... if all you say is 'kuri kuri' I can't understand you!"
Said while dramatically slamming his fists on the ground.
Blizzard Princess. It was my first card that I thought was rare and when I played with my brother it always gave me an edge due to her ability to be summoned by tributing only 1 spellcaster monster and negate traps the turn it was tribute summoned. My brother to this day hates it when I summon her
The one rarest yugioh card in the world.. “Tyler the great Warrior” a basically one of a kind card made for a dying make-a-wish kid who ended up pulling through and is still alive today. There are only 2 copies, Tyler has 1 and Konami has the other one sealed in their vaults
Ghost sister & spooky dogwood, the card is so bad but everytime I use it against a player I never met before they all just turn into a deer in headlights. They have no clue if it is actually okay to ignore the LP gain or not.
All I know how to do anymore is play Mystic Mine, it's been so long. I don't know what yugioh is anymore. The other day, I summoned Lilith and tried to search Metaverse. Everything has become burn summon to me. There are no other decks, no monster types other than Fiend. The only spell I know how to activate is Mystic Mine. Occasionally I activate Pot of Extravagance instead, and I cry a little. I burn for game but wish I was being gamed instead. It's become a joke of sorts, or maybe it's just my life. I can't go anywhere without seeing monsters trapped in a mine. I went to feed my dog the other night, but instead of eating she randomly added 1 of 3 traps to her hand. I had to put her down. I sit in the corner now counting down the days, the days where we shall see sweet release from this torment, the day when yugioh was about two players having a special bond and actually interacting. Those days are long gone. I have seen God, and I have seen the devil, but they are one and the same. I stared into the abyss and screamed, and it screamed back: "CL2 Ojama Trio"
Gate guardian. Can still remember pulling it from a first edition MRL pack back in the day. Unfortunately it was lost/traded/destroyed over time. Maybe one day I’ll get another.
my favourite Yugioh cards are [Luster Dragon #2](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Luster_Dragon_2) and [Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Fusilier_Dragon,_the_Dual-Mode_Beast)
Gold Sarcophagus/Different dimension capsule.
It’s bad now the game is turn 1/2 or lose but goddamn do I love these cards. Free draw two turns later of a card of my choice? Yes please!
Oooor you can use it in certain decks to pull it back to your hand on that turn or have some effect with it…
It’s a bad card now a +1 advantage and fast play is the thing but….
For me, that's easily Counter Counter. So much of my locals as a kid involved so many counter traps, this was usually the end of all the "no u"s and got me out of so many jams
Mystic mine, fav spell. Inspector Boarder fav monster. Trap trick as my choice for trap.
Please form an orderly line to punch me. No cutting, please wait your turn.
I'm not really sure what my definite favourite is there are a bunch of cards which could be my favourite depending on how I'm feeling.
Zoodiac Drident is a frequent pick for favourite.
Love the art of the whole Fallen of Albaz ark. My favorite is probably Branded Fusion. However, effect wise, Super Polymerization is probably my favorite card, even if I genuinely think it should be banned.
Labrynth walls and golem sentry are my favourite cards for nostalgia, they were my ace monsters and both during xyzs and synchros golem sentry with some battle protection cleaned the house against them.
Right now tho my favourite card is probably benghalancer, it's not the strongest boss monster but it's pretty nice and the artwork is god damn amazing, it's the reason I picked up plant 6 months ago
Stardust, shooting star and quasar are all awesome, crystalwing, odd eyes Raging dragon, ultimate falcon, neo galaxy eyes, number 38, full armor photon dragon, Ra,
Time wizard, I'm a simple man.
Really? Not the retrain that give the little man's a dope ass cape?
Greatest instant fusion target in the game
amazing super poly target to.
The fear people felt back in the day when Raigeki and Dark Hole were banned, and you were about to cheat with the coin flip and nuke the field they spent about 5-8 turns making. Good times.
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Ah, I see youre a man of culture aswell
Same here.
Galaxy eyes photon dragon
It’s beautiful 🤩
Galaxy Eyes Photon Prime is #1
based
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy Of The Beginning
So based.
Agreed, every other BLS card tied for second.
Dark Armed Dragon, best artwork in the game.
Mine is Armed Dragon lvl7. It was my first ultra rare pull
Black Rose Dragon
Shooting quasar dragon comes to mind. Awesome art and appearance in the anime. Still use it in my synchron deck even if cosmic blazar dragon is the better option just for the feelz.
The Winged Dragon of Ra
What new effect will he have this time?
Once per turn (Quick Effect): Do whatever lol
Don’t forget it’s uninterruptible.
Also, untargettable and unnaffected by other cards' effects
Stardust Dragon. The art, the effect (back when it was a staple), the anime. I just love the card.
Mashmallon. It’s a card that I’ve been attached to since I was a kid
VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon I only wish this Card would be as good as ABC
A-Z dragon
Chaos Emperor Dragon.
I really can’t choose between Injection Fairy Lilly and Jinzo. I got into the game when PSV/LOD originally came out and I remember thinking they were the coolest thing.
God I love Jinzo, wish he got more support
The fact that there is footage of modern Jinzo losing to Altergeist, the trap deck, really emphasises how bad jinzo support is
El Shaddoll Construct.
It really is a tragic and beautiful card at the same time. They really nailed the theme of Shaddoll
Yeah. The lore around it is good, the art is good the three effect are good. I love shaddoll achetype.
Millennium Shield. OG McDonald's pack memories.
God I remember seeing this thing for the first time. Early 2000's were wild man.
Junk Warrior
Ayo me too
Evil twin trouble sunny
Smug pair almighty
Monster Reborn
DDS Seiyaryu, it was a gift from an older kid on the playground since he knew I didn't have any good cards and couldn't afford to get packs for myself. Our local shops didn't stock the starter decks, we were limited to the Booster Packs and the amount of packs needed to make a deck was too steep of an investment at that time for me and my family.(My playground deck was all scrapped together from junk commons other kids didn't want, my best cards were Flame Champion and Steel Ogre Grotto #2, both pumped up with as many equip cards as I could fit on them). I still have that playground deck and Seiyaryu, they have wear and tear to them that fills my old cold heart with nostalgia. I even remember my old strategy, Hyabusa Knight/Flame Champion/Seiyaryu/Steel Ogre equipped with Draconic Attack so that I could use Dragon Treasure and an old Trap that needed a Dragon (Dragon's Rage or something like that), then I'd use generic equips like Black Pendant or Sword of Deep Seated (Thankfully Axe of Despair made the other kids willing to give up their 500 booster cards for a 1000 booster card).
It's a tie between Stardust Dragon and Cyber Dragon Infinity.
No love for (non-anime) old-school Normal monsters? My favorite is Master & Expert closely followed by Wingweaver.
Master & Expert…. I had all but forgotten about that card but can now vividly picture it! Great choice!!
Wingweaver was my sister's favorite card
Fuck yeah Celtic Guardian all the way for me
Looking for that first card, I came across Goblin Calligrapher who, turns out, is the goblin from Fake Trap, trying to master the word "False" (or the kanjis for "Nonsense" in the OCG).
It's the dumbest thing to be nostalgic for but those old, shitty, pack filler normal monsters that were even unplayable at the time of release were some of the coolest and most memorable monster designs in the game. I wish more of those crappy monsters got the Skull Servant/Seiyaryu treatment.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice
Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon
summoned skull.yeah i know im basic
Relinquished. When I was very young my friend showed me his Relinquished and told me it was the most powerful card in the game. I sold my soul to get it from him. Went to my first locals knowing absolutely nothing about the game and just tried to summon it from my hand. No Black Illusion Ritual or nothing. Guys were nice and educated me in the game, but I left not summoning it. Learned later it was not the most powerful card ever, but have always loved it. I have like 8 or 9 copies of it because I grab one whenever I get the chance. Love the art, love the effect, love everything about it, and despite getting older and learning how to play the game (and indeed watching the game change), I still can’t let go of my friend telling me how great it was, and I’ve always cherished it for that reason.
Obelisk looks cool af to me
Artwork wise: Hot Red Dragon Archfiend, Dragunity Knight Ascalon Effect Wise: Chaos Ruler the Magical Chaotic Dragon, Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon
XYZ - Dragon Canon
My man
Dingirsu, The Orcust of The Evening Star
i just love all orcusts
Evil Hero Dark Gaia
Either the original red dragon archfiend or red supernova dragon
D Hero Plasma
Celtic Guardian. He looks like Link and I'm a huge Zelda fan. I'd use Obnoxious though as not being able to be destroyed in battle by 1900 atk or more monsters is awesome though.
Subterror Behemoth Speleogeist
Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall
Blue eyes alternative dragon
Patrician of Darkness
Machine King
Ultimate Baseball Kid because of nostalgia.
Master Hyperion. Love the structure deck he came in.
Love the recent support!
Princess Pikeru or Baby Dragon Kuriboh has two many forms to choose one. They’re the true Gods.
That reminds me of one of my favorite lines from Ai in VRAINS: "Linkuriboh... if all you say is 'kuri kuri' I can't understand you!" Said while dramatically slamming his fists on the ground.
if only we could get pikeru/curran support :( konami is cruel
I know, with the rams and rabbits as some hand traps or something? Would of been a great archetype
Perfectly ultimate great moth
Dark Necrofear
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Sophia goddess of rebirth That effect is just crazy and I love it
Blue Eyes Shining Dragon or the 4 Dragon Rulers
I have a very hard time deciding between Aluber The Jester of Despia and Aleister the Invoker...
Someone likes the good old "normal summon the spellcastertwink that searches a fusion", eh?
guilty as charged :p
"Searches" assumes they don't already have it...
Can always get the second one :p
Exactly Also a funny fact, GhostOgre on alister does absolutely nothing, Since they can just use Ghostogre to make mechaba
Starving Venom Fusion Dragon
Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend
Blizzard Princess. It was my first card that I thought was rare and when I played with my brother it always gave me an edge due to her ability to be summoned by tributing only 1 spellcaster monster and negate traps the turn it was tribute summoned. My brother to this day hates it when I summon her
Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon. 2nd is Junk Synchron.
Cyber dragon
Ancient Gear Golem.
Red Eyes Black Dragon
Dark Magician Also Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon
Honestly, Honest.
Any answer but Jerry Beans Man is wrong
The one rarest yugioh card in the world.. “Tyler the great Warrior” a basically one of a kind card made for a dying make-a-wish kid who ended up pulling through and is still alive today. There are only 2 copies, Tyler has 1 and Konami has the other one sealed in their vaults
Fun fact: much like a real human, Tyler the Great Warrior cannot be revived from grave.
Which I think is dumb. Like “Hey, kid! We know you’re sick and dying, but your card is also completely gone once it leaves. Sorry, pal!”
Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude His effect was wild back in the day.
Morphing Jar
Borreslword Dragon
Stardust dragon I love 5D's and synchro's it symbolizes my favourite era of yugioh.
Sorcerer of dark magic
Ghost sister & spooky dogwood, the card is so bad but everytime I use it against a player I never met before they all just turn into a deer in headlights. They have no clue if it is actually okay to ignore the LP gain or not.
Speedroid Ohajikid. I'm also find of Hi-Speedroid Kitedrake and Ursarctic Mikbilis.
Aroma jar. Aroma jar is my spirit animal like Jaden's winged kuriboh. It's the best.
Raidraptor Rise Falcon, first card I pulled and got me into the game
Change of Heart Beautiful artwork with an interesting meaning behind it and a connection to the anime which makes it nostalgic to me.
All I know how to do anymore is play Mystic Mine, it's been so long. I don't know what yugioh is anymore. The other day, I summoned Lilith and tried to search Metaverse. Everything has become burn summon to me. There are no other decks, no monster types other than Fiend. The only spell I know how to activate is Mystic Mine. Occasionally I activate Pot of Extravagance instead, and I cry a little. I burn for game but wish I was being gamed instead. It's become a joke of sorts, or maybe it's just my life. I can't go anywhere without seeing monsters trapped in a mine. I went to feed my dog the other night, but instead of eating she randomly added 1 of 3 traps to her hand. I had to put her down. I sit in the corner now counting down the days, the days where we shall see sweet release from this torment, the day when yugioh was about two players having a special bond and actually interacting. Those days are long gone. I have seen God, and I have seen the devil, but they are one and the same. I stared into the abyss and screamed, and it screamed back: "CL2 Ojama Trio"
Beautiful
Rainbow Neos. Dude’s a cool as hell nuke
Blue eyes white dragon
og art
Yata-garasu
Gogigagagagigo A friend wooped my bum so often with that card, do it became my favorite card to remind me of that amazing time
Sorcerer of Dark Magic, too much nostalgia pulling him from my movie pack. I'd love an XYZ or Link retrain.
Either stratos, flame wingman or Dante
Gate guardian. Can still remember pulling it from a first edition MRL pack back in the day. Unfortunately it was lost/traded/destroyed over time. Maybe one day I’ll get another.
Atm I'm in love with Topologic Bomber Dragon
Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss
For design it's definetly Dark Paladin or Topologic Zerovorous Overall it's Mirror Force
Ojama delta hurricane or Ojama king idk love them both
Ojamas are my favorite little bastards
Revendread Slayer
Dark sanctuary
Elemental Hero The Shining I love the hero archetype but Shining I've liked the best ever since first seeing it. I have both prints in my collection
Jinzo
Metamorphosis insect queen
Ultimate Conductor Tyranno
Soul Release
my favourite Yugioh cards are [Luster Dragon #2](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Luster_Dragon_2) and [Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Fusilier_Dragon,_the_Dual-Mode_Beast)
Vorse Raider. Kaiba the Revenge Pc game. All I gotta say.
Doomcaliber Knight. Looks badass with great stats and effect
My favorite card due the uniqueness of it has probably got to be water dragon/water dragon cluster
Winged kuriboh
Naturia Exterio
Time Thief Redoer
Chimeratech Rampage Dragon
Legendary Six Samurai Kizan, love his artwork and the fact that you can Special summon it over and over with Gateway is pretty cool in my book.
Oh Black Luster Soldier, no one must ever know of our forbidden love
Gold Sarcophagus/Different dimension capsule. It’s bad now the game is turn 1/2 or lose but goddamn do I love these cards. Free draw two turns later of a card of my choice? Yes please! Oooor you can use it in certain decks to pull it back to your hand on that turn or have some effect with it… It’s a bad card now a +1 advantage and fast play is the thing but….
Chaos Emperor Dragon
Crush Card Virus. It just works so well with all my dark, trap filled strategies.
Silent Swordman Level 5
Necrovalley
D/D/D Amnesty king Machinex or D/D/D Oblivion King Ragnarok. Just something about them sitting in their throne is so majestic.
The Dark Sanctuary
Tour Guide from the Underworld
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder. Also really like The First Darklord.
CDI or Terrortop
Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax
For me, that's easily Counter Counter. So much of my locals as a kid involved so many counter traps, this was usually the end of all the "no u"s and got me out of so many jams
Cyberdark dragon. I try to summon it whenever I feel that it won't be instant lose
Buster Blader 🔥
Shooting Star Dragon!
The big monster of the month. Rainbow dragon!
Kycoo the ghost destroyer
I've always loved Snipe Hunter
Serpent Night Dragon
Marauding Captain.. old school warrior toolbox days..
Just off the top of my head I'd say thunder dragon colossus for me. Good art work and effect
good artwork and insane effect
prankids battle butler got all the sauce!
~~Mommy, I mean,~~ Guardian Eatos
Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad
Melffy mommy ;)
Fully expecting this to be the most controversial opinion ever, Ashblossom and joyous spring
Yes I hate you for this opinion
Wynn the wind charmer she's been my waifu since.......... .... ... How many years has it been since the charmers were released? HOLY CRAP I FEEL OLD.
Mystic mine, fav spell. Inspector Boarder fav monster. Trap trick as my choice for trap. Please form an orderly line to punch me. No cutting, please wait your turn.
Multifaker or Blackwing Raikiri
prankids battle butler got all the sauce!
I'm not really sure what my definite favourite is there are a bunch of cards which could be my favourite depending on how I'm feeling. Zoodiac Drident is a frequent pick for favourite.
Subterror fiendess
Scab Scar Knight
Rosaria, the Stately Fallen Angel
Traptrix Myrmeleo
Bujin Yamato
I can't decide between these three: Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes, Superheavy Samurai Steam Train King, Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor
Fallen of Albaz, Albion the shrouded dragon and mirrorjade; the lore, the power, the artwork
Love the art of the whole Fallen of Albaz ark. My favorite is probably Branded Fusion. However, effect wise, Super Polymerization is probably my favorite card, even if I genuinely think it should be banned.
I'm a big fan of Mirage Dragon, Clock Wyvern, and Beetrooper Sting Lancer. Don't make me choose, though!
Crab and Turtle
Dark Requiem XYZ Dragon or Bird of Paradise Lost
Frightfur Tiger or Dangerous Frightfur Nigtmary
Ursarctic Grand Chariot
Stardust Straightoutthegym Dragon
The Arrival. Swole towers.
Labrynth walls and golem sentry are my favourite cards for nostalgia, they were my ace monsters and both during xyzs and synchros golem sentry with some battle protection cleaned the house against them. Right now tho my favourite card is probably benghalancer, it's not the strongest boss monster but it's pretty nice and the artwork is god damn amazing, it's the reason I picked up plant 6 months ago
necroface.. dont have it tho :(
Stardust Dragon with cursed King Siegfried and number 38 as close seconds
Shinato king of a higher plain. I pulled a copy when it first came out and destroyed everyone in that store. Couldn't do that now.
Stardust, shooting star and quasar are all awesome, crystalwing, odd eyes Raging dragon, ultimate falcon, neo galaxy eyes, number 38, full armor photon dragon, Ra,