Deck lists (esp. from recent tournaments), rulings, strategy, content to help improve one's own gameplay -- I like the TCG, and I like competing. I think on the old site, there was a separate Yugioh101 that was more educational, but IMO it's best not to split across multiple communities until the separate groups/discussions become large enough to sustain themselves. I'd be curious to hear what others think.

There’s this consequence of manufacturing where when they put, like, 4 ultras and 2 secrets in a box, if the 12 packs on the right (assuming a 24 pack box) have a secret rare in spot 1, and an ultra rare in spots 4 and 9, then the left side will also have a secret rare in spot 1, an ultra rare in spot 4, and an ultra rare in spot 9. Apparently this is not true for all manufacturers, and it’s more prevalent in some regions than others.

But basically, if you buy one pack at a time, you could be buying from the “other half” of a box where someone took all the packs from the left side, then the most valuable packs from the right side, selling you something unlikely to hold a high rarity card (though I think you could still get a starlight or QC rare since they do not try to get them in a certain proportion per box).

Fine, you’ve convinced me, I’ll pick up a copy!!

Could we do a weekly “favorite card” post maybe? That one got a lot of engagement last time, and I think as we grow, new people will enjoy participating in that discussion.

The Traptrix Cularia in the side deck was nothing short of BRILLIANT, and I immediately bought myself a copy once I understood the explanation.

You absolutely started a trend! That post got a lot of engagement! I thought it might be cool to repeat it as the subreddit is growing to give new users a chance to be part of the conversation, and to share their favorite card.

Aaaand a friend just explained “box mapping” to me :’(

I think the image runs together a bit — I’d like it if there were harder outlines, or a broader variety of colors used.

I think so, yes. For as long as it exists, people will try to find ways to bring it out.

I'm also curious, are there typically many public/side events on Day 2?

If you're looking for any moderation help, that might be of interest to me. I'd really love to see this community grow.

Here’s another Floowandreeze deck, topped a regionals: https://yugiohtopdecks.com/deck/9732

I see no Dimension Shifter, and 2 Simorgh, Bird of Perfection. Still 3 copies of the field spell, but no Terraforming…

Still, the Hanko Chow version seems better going second perhaps, with the 3 Dark Ruler No More in main, as well as three Book of Moon. Hm. JT’s build has two Evenly Matched in main, which is also excellent for going second. The Dimension Shifters are good too, but highly matchup-dependent in my understanding.

What do you think a would be some interesting techs here? What would you instead run for a (cardboard)TCG tournament, say a YCS main event? I’m just learning the deck, and I’m especially ignorant about Masterduel.

Yeah, it’s very possible they’ve studied the situation and have insight we don’t.

Still, as a returning player, I find the game fiendishly complex, and I’m worried about getting new players to love the game and to want to keep playing (as was a recent Konami shareholder, who raised these concerns at a meeting earlier this year).

I feel like errata for cards, especially new or popular ones, make the game more complex, which is a proliferating problem in my opinion. The game is already very hard to teach.

I'm gonna do one every Friday unless there are complaints/objections.

Konami’s app, Neuron, works pretty well for mobile, and the card data is all downloaded, I just tested it. It works without internet.

I'll look into this one, that's what I heard from a friend as well wrt Floowandereeze. Swordsoul seems like another good option for what I'm looking for, I think.

Thanks for the reply! I'll be sure to check it out.

Wow, I only just realized how bad the image resolution on DuelingBook is for this kind of screengrab -- I'll be sure to use something else in the future.