Ancient Wisdom to Win in YuGiOh! | Improving at YuGiOh #2

In this video I talked about the importance of and how to understand a meta beyond simply combos.

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[williamfan]

It could be a good youtube series where you kind of test for us and walk us through the things you're looking for while testing, the trends you talk about. Or maybe even a series where you summarize the common trends of the popular meta decks.

[monkeyman]

love how once you started Youtube its like a legit Pro youtuber finally showing us the good stuff! I love all my other yugi-tubers (TSX1!) but hearing from the man Jesse Kotton himself!! An actual ycs champion... It is gold!! :D

[nightc]

I really liked the trends breakdown section, as a master duel only player I had limited understanding of a lot of what you said, but was good.
Personally I'd like a lot more videos with this level of expertise describing "Ok so you're going up against this type of board, what are the likely dangers, and what are some of the options for beating it." For popular decks.
Obviously you can't have every kind of option, but even getting options out would be useful to get the thought process rolling

[brianpak]

this may be the single best video you could show to an intermediate player who wants to become a good/great player.

[epthopper]

Amazing video, super informative and well-thought out!

One thing I don’t think you mentioned (but maybe implied?) - I find that the best way to get better at in-game decisions is to try playing the decks you’re struggling against, not just playing against them.

Whether it’s borrowing a deck from a friend, jamming games on a simulator, or even just running a couple test hands, it really helps.

You understand why certain interaction points are effective, what possible lines they could have. You understand the deck’s weaknesses better. You get reads on your opponents.

Playing against a deck enough will get you most of the same experience, but playing with the deck in addition speeds up that process significantly.

[nevod.]

It was a little confusing to catch on at the start but the longer the video went the more I understood the way you explained everything. This was an extremely informative and useful video, especially for folks like me who are looking to get serious in the TCG. I do hope you keep making videos like this because they're an absolute treat each time. Keep up the good work!!

[sduelist]

When I tell people " I don't mind them playing, I just want them to make the less optimal play" I always get that 😮 face. Every game is a grind game when you build correctly.

[loadding]

I was waiting on this one! I really like how you broke down each match-up, I think the idea of trends is great. Something like this but more general may be good, like "control decks typically have these sorts of tools, mid-range decks have this and this how I would approach these match-ups."

All the videos have been helpful so thanks for all the information!

[MagusArtStudios]

my favorite way to test starting hands is the YGOPRO deck editor and the shuffle function. Look at the first 4-5 cards to determine the brickiness and function etc.

[chrismcdonald]

I like what you said about net decking. Not just dogging people that do but explaining that you can’t always understand the original reasons for the ratios and how often they wanna see specific cards

[AILOS]

love the video, would love to learn more about other topics, like deciding what to side deck, and analyzing the meta in wherever place you play to adjust your deck to that.

[Shinde]

This stuff is gold, please keep making them

[metalmariomega]

Knowledge checks are a big deciding factor in many matchups. The more you know, the less you need to read, the less time you need to spend on tricky interactions.

[kidbrave_]

Key advice: Play test your deck a lot. Look up content on YouTube for different perspective and look out for repetitive lines of play from decks and learn how to counter them with your deck. You got that and you’ll win granted you open with the right hand.

[chrisshorten]

Watching this, you made me realize that maybe I don't need to run 3 Snowdrop in my pure Rikka deck on MD, since it's built differently from my irl deck.

[ianthefifth]

Big thank you, as always! I love the Art of War quote at the beginning. I figured you'd have read that before! It's a must read for everyone.

[BigDeckBoy]

Well said, Jesse! We need more content like this from yugioh pros. The DB visuals also really helped.

[johank]

really like these types of videos
calm & explained well

[thefinalskarm]

When I was genuinely considering getting into the pokemon online scene (before they cucked my keys) I had a list of matchups, how I w/l, errors I'd made (my favourite one being, lost to prizing both ADP'S), Should've used Mawile GX etc.

I was able to identiy win cons (Boss's Orders, basically you force something into active), though I won't pretend I was the best on the math sense and definitely had the wrong mental state for it (Got mad after losing in ladder to 2 1/1 lines which is highly improbable)

as for some yugioh, I found myself needing to withhold killing my opponent while I found the way to lethal during brandeds infestation while they were under dream angel as opposed to outing the dream angel immediately and suddenly being unable to OTK based on a HT from my opponent.

[andreasschlager]

Great video, love the series. Could you cover how to develope filters for cards to determine if they are good or not and how to determine if it's worth it to include it in our decks? Your deckbuilding content is great.