The Story of Yu-Gi-Oh's Most Hated Card

Just draw one of your non-searchable outs.

Jeff Leonard Edit courtesy of @Yataloked ;)

All tournament footage is via Konami North America, Europe

Thank you to those I interviewed:
@jessekottonygo
@MBTYuGiOh
@JojosASMR
@BladeYGO

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Miscellaneous Footage:

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[MBTYuGiOh]

So amazed how this came out, and so happy to be a part of it!

[elzian]

Legend has it, Mystic Mine was created by a Monkey's Paw of "I wished Yugioh would go longer than 2 turns again"

[captainsunshine]

Fun story about Mystic Mine:

Myself and my little sister used to play yugioh casually and one day decided to try out a locals.

She was playing Crystal Beasts a few years before the structure deck came out (her boss monster was Scrap Dragon), so wasn't expecting to win, but wanted to see what it was like to play against someone who wasn't her brother.

Her first game was against Mine Burn. While shuffling her opponent asked if she had spell/trap removal, she said no, so he gave her 3 Twin Twisters to add into her deck.

Safe to say, Mine was her least favourite card from then on.

[Savaris]

Also Jeff Leonard showed why he is so beloved/respected among the community by rolling up with fucking Exodia after Mystic Mine got banned

[wingamesyugioh]

Bro casualy drop the hardest jeff leonard edit ever

[JojosASMR]

Thank you so very much for having me on! You did an incredible job with putting this video together and this turned out so well!

[feangren]

And now that Mystic Mine is banned, Jeff Leonard is now running... Exodia FTK :D

[viniciuspessanha]

João (Ycs Rio Winner) said in one of his deck profile videos that he played Mystic Mine Burn just to make Konami ban the card. Worked like a charm

[jervey]

lol, i like how jeff is just someone's dad in this tournament and proceeded to cheese everyone out in the running and he hates combo decks, which is such an on-brand yugi boomer move

[rehberg.]

I actually played against Jeff in that PPG Orlando tournament. Incredibly nice guy. Glad his deck is gone but thankful he’s still around the game.

[TheBluntsmith]

Came for the content, stayed for the Jeff Leonard montage

[theskullboy]

we all may hate mystic mine, but we can all agree that Jeff Lenard is the GOAT

[AstralPhnx]

I still remember how in the peak of Mine format, I threw together a Beat Cop cosplay for the Oceania championships because this was when everyone was protecting Mine with Beat Cop.

Ended up on the official livestream holding up one of the prize mats lmao. That was where I officially peaked

[AstralLaVista]

I do like that collectively the community not only gives jeff a pass for playing stun, but actually get hyped to see him play it 😅

[DaviRenania]

This video doesn't capture how groundbreaking Jeff Leonard's first Mystic Mine list was. It was like people were playing Yugioh and he was playing Bakugan.

[jojomations]

When you think about it, Jeff Leonard is the best duelist of our generation and his generation

[Vaniity_Velvet]

The problem I had with Mystic Mine was the not being able to declare an attack.
It could have locked down Card Effects, Spell and Trap Effects and Special Summoning and it would have been perfectly fine. Very, very slow. Still would have been the best control card in the entire game, but it would have let players counter it by effectively playing old-school Yugioh again. Gemini Elf Sisters and La Djiin would have actually seen use again outside materials for some sort of summon.

[yoshida.azumi.]

So we went from mystic mine to a thousand negates for everything, and the game literally unplayable and onesided. Oh, and with the opponent taking double or even triple the amount of plays you do, on your turn, not even theirs. Which is basically the same thing all over again.

[rnami]

Fans: "we want a slower game!"
Konami: releases Mystic Mine
Fans: "No, not like that"

[BladeYGO]

Phenomenal vid as always Garret, it’s been wild seeing the channel blow up over the past few months, and very well deserved at that!

Glad I’ve been able to help in any way I can ;)