my favourite reference in Flower Cardians is how their suits are based on the months of a full year, which refers to the amount of time it takes to perform the Flower Cardian combo

Another fun reference, less with the cards and more with the anime, is that Hanafuta at a time was illegal in Japan due to strict gambling laws. And in the anime Chojiro is first found in prison and uses the deck for power rather than fun. While the whole "power instead of fun" is a common villain thing in Yugioh, it's especially neat to see that used for gambling vs just playing a card game, and link a once-illegal card game to a man imprisoned.

The solitaire archetype

I unironically love the Flower Cardian archetype. So much so, that I bought actual Hanafuda cards after I bought the deck. It is so much fun to play. But GOD FORBID SOMEONE HIT YOU WITH THE DROLL & LOCK BIRD and just ruin your sunday locals

what a unique archetype, you don't see these kinds of cards anymore

I remember the deck fondly, because when I taught my nephew Yugioh it was his first complete Archetype deck he used.

Shout out to all the fans who were able to find the old cards this series references and put them on yugioh wiki. True heroes.

Me seeing their boss monster animation in Master Duel: *Well that was random*

For the Naruto fans, Boardfly being based on the boar, butterfly, and deer is know as the Ino-Shika-Cho combo. I'll let you figure out the reference.

Flowercardians is a deck who's win state is lowering your opponents will to live.

i feel that the absence of the sake bowl is quite odd when you take into account how impactful it is youve also forgotten the archetypal spell cards !

Special summon Boar Soldier and activate Reverse Trap so that the ATK decrease becomes an ATK increase of 1,000 per opponent's monster until the end of the turn. Turn it into an INSANE beatstick.

I never really thought about it but Flower Cardian Zebra Grass with Moon seems to be referencing not just The Wicked Avatar itself, but what this sphere form represents. The Winged Dragon of Ra is the embodiment of the Sun. So it's Evil God counterpart seems to be the embodiment of the Moon.

ive been playing flower cardian on master duel since release and i never even noticed there were other cards in the artwork, was really cool to find this out thanks for the video

8:27 it was supposed to be a target for Marauding Captain, LVL 3 Earth Warrior Type monster, that protects other warriors from attacks, and when normal summoned, special summon a LVL 4 monster from your hand.

I played against a buddy using flower cardians. By the 4th monster effect there was souch text it was kind of a drag to read the new cardian hes gonna popoff with

I liked flower cardians in the anime so much that I tried learning to play hanafuda for a time after

L + Ratio + 100 atk killed me

Flower cardians are cool

Those have insane long turns of the same combo like 10x that end on 2 easily outed monsters

I’m personally surprised they never released the Sake Cup cards. It’d be a perfect opportunity to show a Lonefire Blossom in the middle of exploding in a chrysanthemum-style firework

i had some fun and tried to guess which card was referenced before you revealed it. Thanks for the fun TheDuelLogs from TheDuelLogs youtube channel!

This was honestly pretty fascinating I gotta say

Wow that was interesting, I never paid too much attention to this archetype to identify it as a different original card game

8:35 - I mean, Boar Soider is a Beast-Warrior type, which could be useful in a Tri-Brigade deck since that’s one more material in the GY to Link Summon.

It's such a fun deck to play that I just wish that it did... something.

Let's go! A video on my favorite archetype!

Really cool references in the art!

I didn't know about this game until I watched summer wars.

10:48 never thought I would see Xenoblade crossed with Yugioh

That's so cool. I never noticed the card references on the Flower Cardian cards. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I attempted a pure Flower Cardian deck. It really tests if you truly believe in the heart of the cards; otherwise, you will usually lose. Ironically Ash Blossom blocks a lot of plays, including the cherry blossom cardians.

We need more support for these guys

10:47 Nice Xenoblade reference.

One minute in and I understand more about Flower Cardians than when I played it in Legacy of the Duelist. Kudos to you.

Boar Soldier with 'Inverse Universe' all increases/decrease of a set amount(no half stuff) in reverse so that negative 1000 becomes plus 1000 to equal 3000atk

YESSSS. I'm so glad someone did this, Flower Cardians are my JAM.

I learned so much in this episode. I love it. Keep it up moon spider ❤

Every time i watch yugioh videos, i learn about an archetype I've never heard of before

You just made a video about my favorite archetype of all time... AND you made a Xenoblade Chronicles reference, aka one of my favorite games of all time. My life is now complete

flower cardians are the only archetype i think that has made me consider getting into yugioh. it's such a cool concept and it sounds like they executed it perfectly.

The first time I ever faced a Flower Cardian deck in MD, I had to wait for several minutes for my opponent to do something, then I used Ultimate Conductor Tyranno to just wipe their board immediately. I do love the artwork of these cards though.

Such a cool concept.

I love these cards, but it's hell to learn. Tried it once, never again.

Wait, I was waiting for this one

Id say do Cubics but 80% of wins by using them is that people dont know what they do and refuse to read, id like to keep it that way.

Man i LOVE flower cardians. One of my favorite decks

One archetype I think you can cover would be Rikka. Most people forget how many cards are in the archetype because they usually only see a handful played in the Sun Avalon hybrid decks.

A yes, cardians. I remember when someone (in master duel) used all three negates of their apollousa on my copy of curtains.

Frankly i cannot believe i learned most of the game playing this deck in 2018 How What was going on inside my mind

I loved using this archetype in master duel,just going first and making my opponent watch me play solitaire for 5 minutes while i summon exodia

I think you can use Boar Soldier in Mekklords as his self destruction effect can trigger the Mekklords to summon themselves. Supply Unit also yields you a draw off of this.

Could you please do a similar video for the Chronomaly and Ancient Treasure archetypes? Not only do I find the references to real life unique, but I also like how the latter got revamped into the former.

Next idea for The Unknown Side: Cyberse monsters and their references to modern technology. There's a ton of those, my bet is the video will be at least 40 minutes long

for the next videos of " The Unknown Side of YU-GI-OH " some ideas would be : "The Multiverse of Timelines" in which you explain the story of Dai Grepher , D.D. Warrior Lady and Warrior of Zera . As for Dai we got a card in Legacy of Destruction named " Double Dai " . " Cards that mention in their text cards that don't exist yet " example include Virtual world 4th gate , Chamber Dragonmaid dragon form , Nekroz Trap card , Crystron spell card , etc

Good video. I love my Flower Cardian Deck. Also, the Green Background at 7:45 has strange flickering. Looping issue, I assume.

Omg, is the quote on Avramax at 10:49 from Xenoblade? I love Xenoblade!

I love those cards so much

Even after this explanation I still have no idea how to play flower cardians other than try to make a huge @$$ monster with 5000 atk and is an omni-negate

If they didn't have a specific restriction this would be a crazy exodia deck

This was the most unknown of all the unknown. Great stuff Mr logs.

Loved this archetype, even though it doesn't do much outside of dueling with friends.

Idea for a “Flower Cardian” field spell that can help the archetype’s strengths: *_Flower Garden_* (🪄) *_Field Spell_* _Cannot be Destroyed or Targeted by your opponent’s card effects while you control a face-up “Flower Cardian” monster with 2000 or more Original ATK or DEF. There is no limit to your hand size. You can normal summon/set “Flower Cardian” monsters without limits. During turns you control this face-up card, you cannot Special Summon monsters Face-Up, except “Flower Cardian” monsters. Once per turn, during either players turn, if you summon a “Flower Cardian” monster or add a card to your hand by the effect of a “Flower Cardian” monster you control: You can excavate the top card of your deck, and if it mentions “Flower Cardian” in it’s name or text, add it to your hand, otherwise Banish it._

this is one of my top 3 favorite archetypes, and probably as combo heavy as I get. Shame the deck blows back on me frequently, before i even have to deal with my opponent. the amount of times ive tried to work out a cardian hand and can't because I open on all bricks, or each attempt to draw results in hitting multiple non- cardian monsters in a row.

0:24 what's Hanafuda 17:57 I can SEE Konami making the "sake cup" Card, but With Mooyan Curry instead

this is my anti maxx c deck in master duel, if pulled off, Cardians+Card Destruction combo deckout ur opponent faster than pure Runick could dream of

On the god the thought put into designing the art work is much greater than the thought put into designing the effects

Flower cardian where perfect for master duel. No one knows what they do, so when the oppenent uses Maxx c you win. As the deck can summon well over 40 times. In a single turn

Great video

Poison Draw Frog is there because of lightshowers effect to inflict damage on draw... essentially poison while drawing.

YuGiOh is magnificent in its self referential nature. I can't think of a single game that is so openly self referential outside of Un-sets in MTG, and even then, they still don't break the forth wall as much as YuGiOh. Hearthstone in universe is a game played, but even it doesn't reference this fact *on the cards.* Only in YuGiOh are cards depicted in other cards. Look at Card Destruction for example, its flavour stems from the fact that it depicts a card game. You aren't dropping a lightning bolt on the field or sucking it into a black hole, you are playing a card which in terms of narrative is you throwing your hand away and drawing new cards. I'm certain that this is because of YuGiOh's nature stemming from it being a game created for the protagonists to play, it is a part of the narrative, not *the* narrative. But still, no other card game so openly displays the fact it is a card game in its flavour.

10.49 expect with superheavy samurai monsters and gaia plate the earth giant cause it halves avatars attack until the end phase.

this is a good change of pace from failure and depression.

I always wanted to know about flower cardian Thank you been here since 9 likes

looks fun

@8:35: Boar Soldier has a use is Meklords if one doesn't have Playful Possum. Not really any more uses than that.

Wait youre not talking about the maxx c mini game?

I wish we have the synchros in DL so I can actually play them. Problem is the deck size (30 md, 8 ed) and the board itself (3 mmz).

“That’s no moon.” Wait, when did this turn into a Kozmo video?

Flower Cardian are like Arcana Force or the Archfiend OG chesspiece There is unique concept, with an official limited pool possible, but they don't create all of them

For those whoever play this deck You guys a madlad, i appreciate the fact that you guys understand how to play this card game inside card game

This jankie deck is just too fun to play with. I called my deck "Not Summer Wars, Okay The Digimon movie"

Boar was a perfect card for a meklord emperor deck back then

Oooo wow what a cool video

I thought this was gonna be about cards that make you play another game within Yu-Gi-Oh, like how Magical Hats make you basically play Three Card Monty

9:45 AMOGUS

As someone who Learned Koi-Koi from the Yakuza Games{and is one more the more Broken ways to earn a lot of money}: I have a New found Respect for these cards

Wow!

Why is the flower cardian version of giant trunade so creepy

Another fun fact, the boar-deer-butterfly combo in Japanese is ino-shika-chou. You might be familiar with that name if you're a fan of a certain ninja-themed anime

I feel so cultured now. I'm glad Yugioh still does goofy stuff like this.

im in shamble how could duel logs forget the card that reverses atk in/de-crease ,bear soldier is a 3000 atk and the sub replay featuring him can't come sooner

Those unnessecery yugioh DM reference

Yes. My absolute favorite archetype. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

Nintendo started out as a Hanafuda seller back in 1889!

Battlin Boxers yes!

I don't understand why more people don't use infinite summon and restock decks like this one to abuse the time rules and get an easy game one match win with a well placed sparks like effect or life gain effect right before time is called.

What sleeve would you recommend?

Wicked Avatar is level 11 confirmed

Top 10 Worst classic cards 7: Ancient Sanctuary, or Top 10 Worst Warrior type monsters For the non top 10 list: The Unknown side of Yu-Gi-Oh: Beasts of the Colliseum featuring Gladiator Beasts