Chemicritter Explained in 22 Minutes [Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetype Analysis]

Alternate Title: They Put Chemicals In The Critters To Make The Friggin Hydrogen Gay!
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I Explain all of the Chemicritter cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! at time of recording, how they work individually and together, as well as synergies with other cards, You might even learn some trivia while you're here!
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Hello Everyone! GoldenNova here! For Spooky Month, I've decided to tap into some Mad Scientist vibes and talk about Chemicritters! Gemini has always been a difficult mechanic to square in competitive card design, and while we can all agree that Carbo Crab isn't exactly tearing up the top tables, there's still some fun to be had with these little units!
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0:00 Intro
1:58 Short History Of Gemini Monsters
5:54 Chemicritter Monsters
12:07 Chemicritter Spells/Traps
14:59 Tech Cards
20:47 Outro
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[PLProfessor]

I'm a chemical lab technician, and when I drew a copy of Burnout in a pack in MasterDuel, I knew I had to build a deck around these guys. It struggles a lot with meta decks, due to how slow it can be, but with the Red-Eyes and Tenyi cards I added to it, I have an absolute blast when it pops off.

[danielschott]

I think if Gemini were treated as Normal while in the deck also, they could have far better support. They could word them as "This card is treated as a Normal Monster unless, while on the field, you Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect Monster."

[KalmerXandmetahalo]

I had that structure deck back in the day. I have a big soft spot for Phoenix Gearfried because of it. I always loved to imagine that geminizing monsters in that deck meant that the fire was igniting beneath them or a nifty transformation sequence

[catcatcatcatnip]

it's insane to me that neos alius was the most successful gemini monster despite not ever being used by his gemini effect

[endlessgadgets]

As someone with extensive chemistry knowledge, this is one of my favorite archetypes in the game thematically. It makes me sad that they're virtually unplayable though

[blaze]

I got that structure deck when I was a kid for Christmas, and that is why I love gemini monsters to this day. I wish they were better, but I will love them regardless.

[naknampucha]

Gemini really needs another field spell or continious field spell that allows them to do multiple summons just like Floowanderezee had.

[kennydarmawan]

MtG has a similar mechanic to Gemini. It's called Monstrosity.
Not great, but it's not cumbersome.
It even has revised versions: Renown and Adapt.

[drakofox]

For some reason I see Bastion from Yu-Gi-Oh GX use this I not the only one?

[Bezaliel]

I know they can use some Vanilla support, but it would be nice if Geminis had the strong Effect to justify the mechanic's drawback instead of one or two meh Effects.

[caiodavi]

The real silly tech pick is tri-wright, can summon all the little beasts. I also like to use aleister since they have lots of atributes

[SorenFE]

YES! Finally! Some recognition for one of my favorite archetypes of all time. I love this deck so much and I have actually gotten some decent wins from time-to-time. Gemini Ablation was a godsend for the deck...same with Dimer Synthesis. Now granted the deck doesn't win ALL the time, but I take my small victories where I can given it can run all other Gemini monsters. Hmm...I wonder if a small Tenyi engine might work in the deck. I just love gimmicky mechanics, alright?

[spyro]

I think there is a lot of untapped potential for a gemini pendulum archetype

[gameoverlord]

I'm not quite sure how to feel about this Archetype, mostly because I've never got into using Gemini monsters as they were just to unusual for me. Even today Gemini monsters still make me uneasy to use them.

[danielramsey]

If Konami gets their Shit together. Than they seriously need to make a Monster that upon normal or Special Summon, it can special summon a Gemini to the field and immediately change into an effect monster for the turn!

A Monster like that would Seriously Boost Gemini Monster summons and consistency!

[nkozi]

Geminis are my fav monster type so finding out about this archetype was amazing

[doubl]

It's funny that you're referencing Frankenstein at the beginning of the video... look at Raptinus! A creature in multiple parts stitched together!
Anyways, I played these cards for a very long time, but recently, I feel like the game has become way too fast for them. I even tried to use Branded support because it can makes Raptinus super easily, but being locked on fusions doesn't exactly bode well when your main bosses are Xyz monsters. Geminis have the same issue as Flip monsters : they're too hard to proc, you need the monster + specific support for every effect you want to to use. Turboing Raptinus takes a lot of ressources too... Still, I'm gonna name some supports that can potentially help.
-If nothing else, there's the option of filling the graveyard with Gemini monsters to unlock Dragon's Mirror and some other effects. For that, Dragon Shrine can send two of them immediately because Hydragon is a normal monster in the GY. Darkstorm Dragon works too.
-Dragon's Ravine and Void Apocalypse can do something similar.
-but Giant Ballpark takes the cake, allowing you to summon 3 Blazewing Butterfly at once!
-Woodland Archer is technically a body or a ROTA depending on your needs (and not once per turn), but it's a brick when you don't already have 2 normal monsters in your GY.
-Tri-Wight can summon back 3 small Chemicritters immediately.
-Daigusto Emeral can also bring back one of them.
--> That's only some examples. Geminis are very spammable, the issue is more about their reliance on spell/traps to get the job done no matter what...

[josea.ruizquinones]

Scient playing god archetype?

*Looks at Koaki Meiru, then at Myutant*

[dragonmaster]

2:50 Yugioh has what we DnDers call "Action Economy".

[murasameshirou]

god, Gemini monsters are cool but man are they a pain to work with. I think I got this idea from TheDuelLogs, but I genuinely think the best way to fix Geminis is to print a wave of them that have good in-hand effects to support their fellow Geminis, to really take advantage of the fact they're still Effect monsters in hand.