The Cards People Complain About
So, what'll it be? The Forceful Sentry, Pot of Greed, or Change of Heart?
What is Triple Tactics Talent?
Only after a while of this card causing problems was it banned from its usage in Tearlament for sending a card from Deck to Graveyard. Curious, isn't it?
What is Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion?
Several monsters from this archetype have the restriction of "also you can only use Beast, Beast-Warrior, and Winged Beast monsters as Link Material for the rest of this turn."
What is Tri-Brigade?
Thomas Rose won UK Nats in 2018. But he wasn't interested in Gouki, and with his level 3s, Sekka's Light, and Sauravises, instead opting to play this rogue deck.
Also, thanks to Alec for handing me a deck box full of Gouki cards and telling me to play a real deck, I did.
What is Burning Abyss?
Super Thunder Dragon - Thunder Dragon (超雷龍－サンダー・ドラゴン)
What is Thunder Dragon Colossus?
If it's been Normal Summoned, it's too late... your set cards are locked down!
What is Denko Sekka?
"Show me that extra, show me that extra."
What is Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker?
Main Deck monsters from this archetype have the restriction of "You cannot Special Summon monsters, except monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set, the turn you activate this effect."
What is Drytron?
Despite this being one of the strongest decks in Yu-Gi-Oh's history, almost being Tier 0, it's never won a YCS. Was the triple search really not enough?
What is Adamancipator?
Cyber Vary (サイバー・ヴァリー)
What is Cyber Valley?
If it's resolving, make sure you don't destroy it... or you'll say bye bye to your ENTIRE field!
What is Evenly Matched?
Don't let this banned dragon fool you, a quick concession of the game will render its entire effect useless.
...unless you're in the OCG!
What is Victory Dragon?
A card with the restriction of "For the rest of this turn, you cannot Link Summon Link-3 or higher Link Monsters."
What is Link Devotee?
During YCS Las Vegas in 2020, one of the round 3 feature match players had a decklist submission error and resulted in them having to swap out three copies of El Shaddoll Construct with this card, rendering their entire deck unusable.
What is Shaddoll Construct?
Hurricane (ハリケーン)
What is Giant Trunade?
What is Alpha, the Master of Beasts?
One of the most confusing and strange early Yu-Gi-Oh cards, an entire group of judges has since banded together to write a 9-page comprehensive document on what this card functionally does in order to use it in older formats. It's almost stranger to have this card resolve without rulings issues than with them.
What is Last Turn?
A main-deck Monster with the restriction "also you can only attack with 1 monster for the rest of this turn."
What is Mathmech Circular?
This deck has won the most YCSes in Yu-Gi-Oh history.
What is Sky Striker?
Louise (ルイーズ)
What is Beaver Warrior?
It's almost Book of Eclipse, but it doesn't lose to Ash! Instead, it loses to... Mystical Space Typhoon??
What is Swords of Concealing Light?
Banned in the TCG, legal in the OCG, but this card will NEVER win you a game, so why restrict it?
...cheesing tournament procedure???
What is Self-Destruct Button?
A True Draco/True King card with the text "also for the rest of this turn, you cannot Special Summon."
What is True King's Return?
Yu-Gi-Oh! typically has only one battle phase per turn, but six years ago a player of this deck accidentally entered the Battle Phase twice in YCS Denver without ANY of the judges noticing, even though it was live on stream.
What is Metalfoes Zoodiac?
Cactus (カクタス)
What is Akihiron?