Instant Fusion did see competitive play upon release. It was even used in the 2007 World Championship (Monarch format) to bring out Reaper on the Nightmare for tribute fodder which let you use Book of Life to banish your opponent's Treeborn Frog.

i remember how Temple of the king used to be able to also make you cheat out synchros from the extra deck, like rednova dragon

There were a total of 5 card types in the game: normal monsters, effect monsters, magic cards, trap cards and fusion monsters. *sad ritual noises*

No matter how much time passes, I will always be fascinated and intrigued by the Fusion mechanic. Links are my favorite extra summoning method, but before MR4, it had to be Fusions.

Fusion became my favorite method after i discovered ancient gears in the arc V era when I first started playing the game

love this kind of vids, couldn't experience all these mechanics back in their orignal days so hearing about them always makes for a fun time

Or also Possibly also too Joey Wheeler's Thousand Dragon, Alligator's Swords Dragon, and also Kaiba's Twin Headed Thunder Dragon, Alexis's Cyber Blader, Dragon Knight Draco Equiste, and also lastly Aster Phoenix's Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer, and also Shining Phoenix Enforcer!

We're almost near the end of the arc-v era in duel links! I can't wait to see your summery

About thousand eyes restrict In a way, it was more consistent than originally planned, even for its time, when compared with other cards from this time. Because Relinquished is a ritual monster, it benefits with standard ritual support and there was a searcher for ritual monsters released with Relinquished in Manju of the thousand arms.

i am excited to watch the rest of the series. go!

Yooo! I was waiting for this one since you made the rituals one. Glad fusions got some love

the eye of timaeus' wording makes me wanna shred it to pieces every time I CAN'T search it

woah the background music of the dm era really gave me a major flashback to one of my big childhood games yugioh caspsulemonster colliseum

Awesome video I know part 2 will be just as awesome keep up the awesome work law

I love these history videos so much.

great video, looking forward to part 2!

Shoutout to the supreme cmc Soundtracks in the background , loved that game as a kid

Is this what they taught at the Duel Academy in Arc V

Absolutely loving this!

Love the use of the capsule monsters video game soundtrack

I really appreciate the background music. Not only is the Capsule Monster ost one of the best in the YuGiOh franchise, but you always manage to fit the music perfectly with the tone of the video.

Early fusion is so hilarious cause they expected you to play these crappy specific monsters to summon an even crappier monster. *sees Fusionist*

Man your videos are always top notch, keep up the great work man 🔥

Actually goated content

Great content man

So wait was Dark Law in the Arc V era? Omg

Good job. I really enjoyed this. How could I not, though? You're talking about one of my two favourite summoning mechanics. Hopefully you do an essay series about Xyz summoning too

Part 2 will be epic

Love these videos

Magical Scientist saw tons of play outside of FTK decks. In fact, almost every deck ran it as a searchable way to clear the opponent's board and counteract cards like Mirror Force. I'd also argue that Metamorphosis was banned due to its interaction with Malicious as it was used in the T-Hero deck, which was extremely popular during the summer of 2007. Although we can only speculate either way. Worth noting is that Jeff Jones got 2nd at YCS Toronto 2012 with Ultimate Axon Kicker, briefly making Psychic decks and Kicker itself popular. The card was arguably one of the weaker elements of the deck though, so it was often cut even when Psychics saw fringe play after that.

Genuine Question why does Miracle Synchro Fusion have Stardust and RDA on it when the first pure synchro fusions involved Junk Warrior and Stardust?

Cyber dragon team HELL YEAHHHHHHH

YESSSSS WE LOVE YOU KING

I loved the video

Are we going to get a history of series on XYZ’s and Synchros at one point? :)

Good video as always law. Any updates on duel links zexal era part 2?

What about Yugi Motto's Dark Magician and also Buster Blader Fusion's Version Monster from the Yugioh Battle Ciry Tournament Monster Dark Paladin he Deafted Seto Kiaba with in the Tournament's Semi Finals Duels!

I love your channel!

Wdym eye of timeaus could only Summon the legendary dragon fusions? Dark paladin has been out since dm, no?

I think the best one to look at is pendulum summoning. It went from mediocre in due list alliance. Then broken with PEPE. It was so broken that it was nerfed by MR4, but it didn’t matter because of Electrumyte and firewall, which lead to the mess that was 2018 with pendulum FTK. Now it’s rogue but still the BEST DECK thanks to the pend god TRIFF.

You forgot fusion gate

I've never approved of the idea of contact fusions. Even at the time it seemed like a really stupid idea.

please do evolution of heroes dark magician and blue eyes next

Megamorph and United We Stand are still good cards..

Would you please finally do a video on DuelLinks history P.S Magical Scientist was played a lot outside FTKs most notably at the world championship and non-FTK decks which ran it were better than FTK ones.

And now we have chain havnis 1 chain merlli 2

Yugioh was peak when fusion was the highest form of alternate summoning. The rest ruined the game

I miss when fusions had very specific named materials, sometimes even a merger of the monsters could be seen in the final result. It’s not as creative anymore and way too generic.

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Bring back specific hard to summon monster fusions

I'm judging you for how terribly you pronounced Escuridão

Neos fusion is so shitty archetype