>>97406803
>TQ
Dunno, but maybe that XYZ DMG Kazuki drew. Her face just seduces me

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>TQ
Terrors of the Underroot immediately comes to mind for me. I have many favorites, but I particularly like this card's composition

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I buyfagged.

>>97410091
>GX in the background
I don't know why but I find the school setting kino
A GX speed duel box arrived today too

>random vid about best german open 2026 moments
>negates, more negates, negates, even more negates
>click on don't recommend channel
fucking youtubers lying to me
those were bad moments

What do you feel is the objectively most popular retro format? Goat or Edison?

>>97411633
Nowadays, Edison. Source: it was revealed to me in a dream

New player here. I have learned the basics of the game but still am confused by any summoning more complex than a tribute summon.
I have a good amount of cards from buying a box of "Phantom Revenge" and "Duelist's Advance" but am still overwhelmed by how much text some cards have/

>>97412282
>still am confused by any summoning more complex than a tribute summon.
Read up how PSCT is formatted before you read the rest of this post.

>Special Summons by Card Effect
These are signified with a Colon or Semicolon in PSCT
<Condition> ( :COLON OR SEMICOLON; ) <Effect>
>If you control no monsters: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand).
>You can Tribute 1 monster; Special Summon this card (from your hand)

>Special Summons by Summoning Conditions/Unclassified Effects
You don't need to worry about what an unclassified effect is. You just need to know that these don't start chains
<Condition> ( COMMA, ) <Effect>
Alternatively, "You can Special Summon this card, by (action)"
>If you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand)
>You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by sending 1 card from your hand or field to the GY.

All the other summoning types in the game follow these two fundamental structures
>Fusion/Ritual
Summons by Card Effect. These can also use private knowledge locations (YOUR face-down cards, hand, deck, etc) as long as they're listed on the card.

>Synchro/Xyz/Pendulum/Link
All summons that do not activate/need effects. These need to use face-up monsters by default
>Synchro condition: Typically 1 Tuner and 1+ Non-Tuners whose combined levels exactly equal the level of monster you're summoning
>Xyz: Typically 2 monsters with the same level as the Xyz monster's ranks
>Pendulum: Levels need to be higher and lower than the level of your pendulum scales
>Link: Uses materials equal to their Link Rating. Link Monsters can substitute multiple materials equal to their Link Rating, but the base requirement must be met.

>>97412378
Also note that the first part about the colons/semicolons isn't exclusive to summons. That's just how effects are written.
If <Condition>(COLON)
--> <Cost>(SEMICOLON)
----> <Effect>

For example,
If <you control no monsters>:
--> <You can discard 1 card>;
----> <Special Summon this monster (from your hand)>

<You can discard 1 card>;
--> Destroy 1 card on the field

If <Your opponent controls more monsters than you do>:
--> You can destroy all monsters your opponent controls

All of these things start chains, and your opponent can respond to them with their (Quick Effect):s. If you have experience with MtG, the Chain is the same as their Stack, except it's first-in last-out instead of first-in first-out. Which is to say that effects resolve in reverse order.
>I activate Pot of Greed
>My opponent chains Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
>I activate Called By the Grave, targeting Ash Blossom in their GY

>The chain resolves;
>Called By banishes Ash Blossom from the GY, and negates the effects of all instances of that card for 2 turns
>Ash Blossom attempts to resolve, but its effects are negated by Called By
>Pot of Greed PERMITS me in its good and holy grace to draw 2 card

>>97412407
Anyway, I'll spare you the rest of the walls of text unless you ask more questions. My recommendation to you as a new player though,
>Learn how PSCT reads so you can skim the cards. It's a well-versed player's trick to just skim cards for anything that fucks them

>Learn how PRIORITY works, THEN TIMING. Don't do it the other way around.

>Learn to identify the shared functionality between archetypal cards.
Since you got a Phantom Revenge box, I'll use Kewl Tune as an example for the last one; Most of their Main Deck monsters have the shared functionality of using 1 tuner from the hand as material when you synchro summon with their cards, and activating effects when they're sent to the GY as synchro material. It expedites the process of reading all that shit when you mentally format an archetype, so you have a general idea of how they work without having to memorize all the text on their cards.

>>97412282
Slapping 40-60 random cards from two different booster sets together isn't going to work, buy a structure/starter/legendary deck instead. DUAD is iirc lunalight and onomat while PHRE is h*ckin'handerinos, kidz bop and that one stun/burn archetype with the weird ships/animals, none of which have synergy with each other.

Having said that, i don't think branded is a good starting point for a beginner, since it's (IMO) a pretty boring archetype, at least without the dracotail cards, because you just want to floodgate the opponent with the piss dragon, meaning you won't actually learn anything.

The 5D's legendary decks will actually give you pretty much every single relevant staple card, but the decks themselves are beyond awful.

Blue-eyes has been powercrept hard, but it also gives you a fair amount of staples, and the deck itself isn't half bad, it's just a little inconsistent without the primite cards (which aren't as expensive as before, but it's still a $100 engine iirc), and being both a starter deck AND a popular archetype means you'll be playing a lot of mirror matches. It IS getting more support in the future however, namely a deep-eyes retrain that searches maiden and summons itself (being level 10 is ass, but you can still use it for juraishin and seal), so it's not a bad investment for a casual player.

>>97412583
Branded is an excellent starting point for new players. What kind of cock are you smoking, brother?
>without the dracotail cards or the floodgates-
You need to keep your dick down and remember that you're suggesting starting points for newbies, not totally-optimized builds for experienced players. They get a feature-rich Branded deck off of a few copies of the Chronicles deck, which also happens to come with a particularly versatile form of removal in the form of The Fallen & The Virtuous.

Any general tips for going second on master duel?