Was Jaden About To Defeat Aster? [A New Breed of a Hero]

Intro: (0:00​)
The Duel: (01:30​)
To Summarise: (18:37​)
Outro: (21:10​)

#yugioh #JadenVsAster #ElementalHERO

[kingscrubby]

16:00 The reason it didn't work is because in the actual game, Flame Wingman can't be special summoned any way except fusion summoning. That's the difference between the anime and the real life game. Anime, Flame Wingman can be special summoned other ways, Actual game, it cannot.

[CelestialEnvoyth]

These "Was X About To Defeat Y?" videos will never get dull for me. I could listen/watch them all day. Always so enjoyable.

[theruoc]

I remember this duel being mind blowing as a kid. Not only were they using the same cards, but I never considered the same cards could fuse to a different monster. It’s simple but it made this duel feel different from any gx duel to this point.

[christopherb]

5:00 Something worth noting is that the "Fusion Deck" had no size limit back then; theoretically, so long as the show made up an appropriate card, every possible combination may have existed in his Extra Deck.

[Rypio_]

Funfact: Aster Phoenix is the only duelist in the entire series who beat both zane and jaden

[doctorplague]

The main reason Aster/Edo commits so many "misplays" is exactly because he's styling on Jaden/Judai.
In the manga, it's explained the difference between a Pro Player and a simple duelist, any other duelist would look to achieve victory as quick as possible, but a Pro has a public to entertain.
You need to keep the duel interesting and dramatic. Keeping your opponent on the edge? Not revealing your main strategy until the end? That's the way Edo duels in situations like this, same happened against Zane/Kaiser.

[kelseywilliams]

Fun fact: this is the last duel Jaden loses in the entire series.

[hayacopter]

I know it was certainly just a "the writers didn't think to write it this way" or "they did but wanted Aster's win to be more dramatic, " but I like to think the in-universe reason for all of his misplays is to show judai/jaden that "I could play poorly and STILL beat you" or some similar sentiment

[purin]

Actually, Jaden likely has more than that in his extra deck. The extra deck used to have no limit, that was added when synchros were added. Though I think the video games did have a limit

[sebastianquiroga]

I think both you and the animators/guionists have forgotten about "Bubbleman", at the final turn, before "Dreadmaster" attacks, "Bubbleman" should be special summoned, since 2 turns had happened since the activation of "Doom Lord"'s effect, ON THE SAME battle position he had when he was banished. So even if Judai/Jaden had summon "Shining Flare Wingman" and change "Necroid Shaman" to defense, he would have a "Bubbleman" in attack position on Aster's turn to be attacked by "Deadmaster", so he would have lost anyway.

[nrpbrown]

I assumed Aster was holding back his D-heroes from his own personal sense of drama. In a sense he was being cocky but i think he wanted to make his point about heroism.

[losangelescardinals]

I know in the dub, when Aster is first introduced on a televised duel he fuses to make Phoenix Enforcer and everyone is confused but Chazz explains that Elemental Heroes have multiple fusions as Flame Wingman and Phoenix Enforcer can be made with the same fusion material. It's the same with Shining Phoenix Enforcer. Stupidly in the show Jaden doesn't know either of those things.

[StareachValcin]

I honestly don't think Jaden could have beaten Aster in this duel. Also, Aster's moves in this duel involving the destiny heroes are specifically designed to focus on the fact that Aster believes in destiny, that everything is predetermined. The Japanese version of this duel heavily emphasizes this, as does the English version.

[epictoe]

I love these videos, the duels are so nostalgic.

How about an episode of "was weblee about to defeat atem over the train?"

[dspace]

Aster and Zane are probably the first characters to defeat an antagonist without manipulating them or do something bad if the protagonist win. They did it all with their skills alone, and Aster is a special one because any move Jaden made was immediately countered

[Pokephosgene]

As someone who doesn't really delve much into the actual card game, these videos are still quite fun. Thank you for taking the time to analyze all these episodes.

[varkolak]

This duel introduced my favorite archetype, The D • HEROs or Destiny HEROs.

[connorb]

I researched this episode recently and it made me want to rewatch this video

What really bugs me about that duel is that Jaiden kept asking what the Clock towers effect was but Aster didn't answer until after he had four counters on it

[hamza]

These duel breakdown videos are absolutely amazing.