THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFORMATIVE CRYSTAL BEASTS VIDEOS IVE EVER SEEN. I GOT BACK INTO YUGIOH A YEAR AGO AFTER LIKE 10 YEARS OF NOT PLAYING AND I STARTED OUT WITH CRYSTAL BEASTS. I EVEN TOPPED MY LOCALS ONCE WITH MY CRYSTAL BEASTS. SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD TELL ME TO PLAY SOMETHING ELSE IF I WANTED TO WIN MATCHES. BUT I PROVED THEM WRONG. THIS LAST YEAR PLAYING YUGIOH HAS GALVANIZED ME. I MOVED ON TO RDA AFTER CRYSTAL BEASTS AND THEN TURNED TO FIRE KINGS. I TRIED THE SNAKE EYE CARDS AND IT JUST DIDN’T FEEL RIGHT. SO I PLAY PURE FIRE KINGS. THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING ME ON ALL OF THIS MARK! YOUR VIDEO MAKES ME THINK I MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY FIRST LOVE. MY CRYSTAL BEASTS.

my guy u know more about CBs then anyone else Thanks a lot :) also the video was fun to watch as well

I love your vidéos, you gived me the hype of playing crystal beast again. Saphire surprise and now pure Crystal beast, I just love it, continue like this ❤

[deep inhale] To those still asking for a full deck list, I am out of ways to state politely that if you did not listen to the video, or read the description, or read my comments, or drop the cards from this video into a deck builder yourself, then I don't think a list would help you anyway. My personal list (which is always changing) will do you no good if you don't understand the strategy. And if you DO understand the strategy, then as I keep saying, you already have everything you need to build a deck that works for you. Jesse Kotton once gave a list for an Advanced Crystal Beast deck which was... a work in progress. But it ended all innovation with CBs, because everyone simply copied that list even if they had no idea what many of the cards were for. Resist the craving for instant gratification, believe in your own abilities, and build a deck with whatever cards you enjoy. Ratios don't matter when you're learning. Just try everything and have fun.

This is the most comprehensive deck archetype video I have ever watched! I absolutely love it, thank you! I love always enjoyed this deck and now I have more confidence to play it!

I recently re-started playing the game a couple of weeks ago and I 've seen this video so many times, trying to learn the combos, checking on all possibilities and tweaks to both my Extra and Side Deck and now I'm really invested on my CB deck. So thank you, I've been having a great time re-learning the game and even though this deck can be hard to learn and even more to master, I've been having a great time at locals. Thank you so much for such a comprehensive guide and for giving me tons of ideas on how to pilot this deck.

This was the best crystal lecture ever 🎉 thank you! You are amazing.

OMG IVE BEEN WANTING TO PLAY THIS DECK FOR A WHILE BUT GENERALLY I WOULD STOP IN A APOLLUSA AND THE COUNTER TRAP, THIS WAS SO USEFUL THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Dude, I cannot thank you enough. I have loved Crystal Beasts ever since they first released. There’s something magical about them, and I love playing with them even if I get destroyed. When I first met my wife years ago, I tried to get her into Yu-Gi-Oh! (no dice, we’re both mainly MTG players). I used Crystal Beasts to lure her in because she loves Pegasuses (Pegasi?). It worked for a little while, and now I associate my love for Crystal Beasts with childhood wonder and first being in love. Got out of Yu-Gi-Oh! for years, and while I will never play competitively, I love just messing around with my friends. I bought the Crystal Beast structure decks when they launched. It helped rekindle my spark for playing them, but it felt incomplete. I have watched your video like 3 times already, and I suspect I will watch it more. I love your approach to deck building and your refusal to give a set deck list. To me, Crystal Beasts represent individuality and being the underdog. There is no place for net decking here. I was a high school teacher for years, and I always taught my students HOW to think not WHAT to think. Your methodology of breaking down combos and interactions exemplifies that philosophy, and it is nothing short of amazing. I can’t wait to upgrade what I have and have fun setting my nostalgia ablaze when I whip out the Crystal Beasts. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for your energy, personality, love for the game, and brilliant mind.

crystal beast player try not to gatekeep challenge (impossible)

You're a mad genius sir. I had watched your sapphire surprise videos and the transition to pure crystal beasts only made things crazier. Also as an advent vaylantz player myself I love seeing someone else realize the power of our field spells, also the whole comment you made about "maximum incomprehensibilty" is very much what I leverage to win with vaylantz themselves as well so props for that

this deck profile looks insane and i love it ! the bit where you say confusing your opp with strange plays so they blunder or simply dont know how/when to counter you resonates hard with me. Thats what a card game spirit should be about. thanks a lot !

You earned my Like and Sub. I've been playing CBs for years (since they came out) and you gave me some very innovative ideas to help combat the meta. I was watching/listening to this video on my way to my local card shop, and thanks to this video I made a few additional purchases lol May the rainbow light watch over you brother lol.

Good content, well spoken and a nice perspective on this niche deck.

Saryuja as the +4 is perfect

I've been following dread guy as my main crystal beast influencer and never thought about using rainbow ruins like that, but I like the idea of this kind of approach to the deck! It looks way more resistant, it doesn't burn through ALL resources for that 1st turn end board, I'd like to experiment with something similar! What are your thoughts about the springans package/Gameciel package and crystal master? (hope I got all differences with dread guy latest decklist) Btw would you post a decklist? With this deck the extra is always too tight for some cards, I'd like to see how you manage to fit all strategies you showed in those 15 slots. Great content, can't wait to see more! 💪🏻

This genuinely gave me a lot, very excited for the advanced cb video ❤

This is an incredible tutorial. You are a very good teacher. What is the card size of this deck? It feels like it is more than 40 cards, but maybe that's just because a lot goes on. Thanks again for this great content!

In the Cherubini combo, at the beginning, if you place another pegasus instead of vanilla 4 you get 1 more crystal in your zone which gives you one more monster when cross sheep brings back ruby

Just got back into yugioh after a 15+ year hiatus. I stopped playing back in the vanilla era of the Egyptian gods. Signed up for a local event that revolved around deck construction limits to keep levels competitive. I did a little bit of research and ended up buying 3 crystal beast decks to combine and play with. I took 5th in a group of 16. Since then, I had access to a ton of bulk for free and have made 7 or 8 non-competitive but fun decks with a bunch of nostalgia. Looking to build or upgrade a few to be a but more competitive and found your video. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it, and I'm really picky about content. Gave you a sub and I'm gonna checkout your link to the decklist and build/play it. 🎉

Awesome video! A lot of cool interactions :)

Destrudo I had forgotten all about, definitely would need to get a revolution synchron. I'm currently working on a build around advanced crystal beasts mainly ruby and Pegasus. I don't have all the cards necessary but minus cross sheep the link to protect appolusa and revolution synchron I could build a similar deck but I think I'd stick to my neos deck it's just simpler for me and it's build around a otk. I like how this deck and get a few negates quite easily and doesn't seem to need handtraps

I’m so glad I came across this video

I am absolutely going to give this a shot.

i love the content i was always trying to learn how to create and learn about crystal beast, and this video helped me a lot thx

Always happy to see your crystal beast videos :)

Awesome video, Mark! I really enjoyed all the explanations and card choices outside of the Crystal Beast archetype for the main deck and extra deck. I like that the deck uses both Rainbow Dragon and Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins. I made a KZfaq video last year with Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins and Golden Rule (feel free to watch the video, but you don't have to) and I have to say, I'll make some changes to my deck with the ideas I saw in this video and see with what end boards I can make. Thank you for sharing this information! 👏🤓

Tysm for this video, I gained a lot of ideas from it 🙏🏻

Recently dueled against a competitive deck on master duel with my Neos/Neo Spacian....Long match...Was bouncing all my bosses back with that continuous spell...Haha

I've subscribed to see more crystal beast vids. Sick video dude!

it was a ton of info, but i think that im getting it, it is more complex than i expected

This was some crazy comboing! Are there any substitutions for the Revolution Synchron? I feel like that's the only card you showed that's out of my price range 😅

Use the rev + carbuncle for cupid pitch instead. You don't hit yourself with herald banishes, you get the cupid burn that technically helps in time, and you get the cupid search for nemeses corridor that shuffles back a zenith 'just in case'.

I like the revolution synchron idea but I don’t know if I should use one or more than one.

i need to gatekeep this video, so my locals wont find out my strategy

Hey Mark, hello people, budget CB player here! Absolutely outstanding video, immediately subbed. Motivated me to get back into my own CB deck and I stumbled upon this thing: If I've got 4 in the back row, one being Golden Rule on a Ruby and I use Diamond Direwolf on my own Pegasus + Golden Rule, can I fill my backrow up to 5? How does the timing work out? I'm playing rainbow ruins, so getting to that sweet 5 backrow effect is pretty much pure dopamine to me. Thx for your answers! Btw, I'm in love with Crystal tree, it's waaaay too fun to play around with *-*

I'm interested in your combo, however, it's gonna be a lot of cards in the deck, right?

Awesome crystal deck!! Do u have a deck profile??😃

Zealtantis resetting millenium eyes is so cute

INCREDIBLE!! Can you explain a combo uses SP and iP

Golden rule can be used only once per turn.

Man the sauce is so deep

Bro have you tried adding waterfront and gamma seal kiju to the deck incredibly strong when you have waterfront on the field and use saruya to summon the gamma seal

Despite not following the game as I used to, your videos are always interesting to watch and they keep my love for Yugioh live. Thank you 🙏

Thank you for the great video! I'm looking for another deck to play next to my beloved HERO deck and I think CB would be a good choice. 🙂 Do you play only one copy of each Crystal Beast (except Pegasus ofc)? If they get banned, you can't summon Rainbow Dragon anymore, right?

Hey Mark, this is my first comment on youtube EVER. Anyway i had a few questions, 1- Can we get a decklist? I know you said in your last video that you should learn the deck before just trying to play it, but it would really help me understand how all of the engines work and what they consist of. 2- How do you come up with stuff like this? I’ve always wanted to create crazy combos, but I’m not good at it, and I don’t know the process. 3- Can we have more frequent yugioh content? I know this stuff take a lot of effort and time to make, but I would really appreciate it if you made more stuff like this. It doesn’t have to have all of the flashy editing and different camera angles, you could literally just show a few cards and theory behind them and i’d watch. 3b- Can we see more tournament reports? I think you have massive potential as not just a deck builder, but a player as well. Even if you don’t make exact tournament reports, I would love to some funny matchups you’ve had, and how you have gotten out of sticky situations. So yeah this is a lot, and you don’t have to answer everything, but I’d really appreciate it. I love what you’re doing man and I look forward to seeing more content.

Hey nice deck, can we get a deck profile?

Any chance can we see a full deck list please ? 🙏 . I really wanna build this deck. Awesome video

Dont know if you would respond, but would there be any use for hand traps when playing this, and is there any going second plays? (If addressed in video im just dumb)

I want to play CB, I see the video multiple Times but I have a question You play 40 cards or what? I didn’t know what cutting for the deck, I see you play like 47 cards What is side for you and what is main?

New strat: 3 material mathmech alembertian searches corrior for colossus :)

You can make Chaos Angel synchro summon with Power Tool Dragon+Ruby

One card combo with springans 😉

I don't know why I never noticed this but I love your rainbow unicorn card sleeves!

where did you get that playmat from?! my wife plays crystal beast and shes been trying to find a decent playmat to use

Can u make a deck profile of this

Ah yes, Saruja Draw 4.

Judt wanted to say thanks

Do you have a Deck list in Text Format ?

I really want to play this.. oWo always loved crystal beasts, but I'm just getting into YGO after years. What is the beginner go to deck for you?

is going ib (the link) being pointed by apo and having secret village worth it? :3 its the tech i play

Just wondering if you would consider or considered using materialization quick play from phantom nightmare set?

Do you think it'd be possible to provide us with a guide for this deck similar to how you did for Sapphire Surprise?

Hey, is this a 40 card deck or go KZfaq for more?

What do you think about Springans engine?

Bro you have the profile of this deck?

W SIDE DECK

Super new to yugioh, bought a crystal beats structure deck and have gone scrounging a bit for some more copies of cards. This looked absolutely awesome but I got kind of lost when you brought in all the links, xyzs, and synchros. Could someone give me some sort of list of the super relavent ones I should keep an eye out for and potentially add to my deck?

Decklist?

I was told by a player that you can't trigger Cross Sheep's effect with Overdragon since it wasn't summoned properly. Is there a ruling that proves them wrong? I know you're doing it here but trying to find a more primary source to tell that person "looks like you were wrong."

This video is awesome, but I am losing my mind every time you say Crows Sheep.

Deck list plsssss 😩😩😩. Anyways Love the vids

Do you run 3 revolution synchron or 2?

Nahh not him using a +4 Uno card to replace Saryuja...

Too bad i can't build this deck on Master Duel...

I like your shirt

Man that extra deck is bloated

As someone starting YGO for the first time in 20 years...I think I picked the wrong structure deck to play...

i would also like to see a deck list. just like everyone said a base would help us understand what play style would suit us but also knowing the names of some of the cards used that is not part of the CB list would help us understand what is used and how. like your double field spell looks cool to use but i missed the name of the card and the camera reflects the light a bit so i have a hard time looking up these cards. honestly i wouldn't need the CB list just the extras if you could put them in the comments. anyways thank you for a new understanding of CB. i had not thought it could synchro but now i would like to try it. 🤌👏