“I do I use so many engines?”

This man has the most "anti charisma" I have ever seem, and i mean that as in he is so deadpan that it's as magnetic and interesting as if he were actually telling jokes

Imagine a tournament where you have to win by "alternative win conditions" (cannot lose by life points)

The most important part of deckbuilding and a pivotal deciding point in how much you abuse engines and staples is to always keep the primary objective of your deck first and foremost in mind. At every point in incorporating a card into a deck, you gotta ask yourself "What is it that I want to accomplish with this deck?" What's that big play you wanna get off, so much to the point that winning or losing no matter concerns you after getting it off. I've sometimes found myself resenting archetypes in YGO that I used to play, because what might have started as having this one thing I loved pulling off suddenly mutated into trying to up my consistency or improve my win con and the thing I loved during started drifting father and farther away until I suddenly realized I wasn't even playing the combo that got me into the whole thing. When I was experimenting with a Penguin-deck earlier this week, my question was never "How do I play Penguins?", but rather "Why am I playing Penguins?" I wasn't interested in playing Penguins for the sake of saying I played Penguins, I did it because I liked the idea of controlling the board with disruptive flip-effects I could ambush my opponent with. Ghostricks may not have been the most thematically appropriate cards I could've been playing, but they allowed me to accomplish my gameplan much more efficiently than doing it raw. Cards like Ghostrick Scare allowed me to trigger Penguins on-masse, the Ghostricks had perfect levels for all the extra deck plays I was making with Penguins, giving me an access to some legit good XYZ-spam that even let me build around Megaclops and UFD if I wanted and the two legitimately answered one anothers' biggest issues. Penguins sped up Ghostrick plays by giving them turn-1 plays and constantly threatening field presence, while Ghostricks provided a level of protection, deck-thinning and a win-state that Penguins might've struggled to accomplish on their own. Running an engine might on occasion overshadow your big gimmick, but overall, a well-fitted engine's main goal is to secure consistent plays that allow both your funny gimmick to go off as often as possible and to ensure that said funny gimmick might even have room to win you the game. It can be overall much more healthy for gimmicks to run staples and engines rather than feeling pidgeonholed into doing it raw. Hell, sometimes the engine might turn the deck you're making into an entirely new kind of gimmick altogether. The simple choice to test out Dogmatikas in a Fossil deck might have completely derailed my original plan for the deck, but giving Dogmatika Maximus a 15-chamber revolver and a licence to extra deck dump made the deck way too much fun to actually let that stop me from just having so much fun with it all.

Idk if people still call decks Xenophobic, but the definitely do still refer to type/attribute/archetype locks as "Xenolock"s, and there's not really that much wrong with either anyway.

Whenever DuelLogs gasps, I smile. 😃

I do I play too few engines? Yes, I like to play pure, including cards that are not common in a typical build and maximizing the gimmick the archetype revolves around

I and friends tend to refer to archetypes that only work with themselves as "unfriendly", but that mostly because that is closest translation our language

Being Mr.logs writer is like SCP-055, you can only know what they doesn't do. Currently their jobs does not include: Making sandwiches

8:21 Okay that got me LOL

I really like these isolated snippets cuz the chats that you and chat have are a fun adventure in and of themselves, ON TOP OF the interesting duels you have.

Great video , i love when you start talking about anything make a great podcast

Duel Logs LOVES the Limit 1 Festival because he just makes a deck with 5 engines in it.

2:06 I think the word you might be looking for is "tribal" Granted, the genesis of that term from magic is for decks that specialize in a specific type of creature (AKA: Humans, or Wolves, or Dragons) Perhaps we could call it the "Vanguard" strategy, because Cardfight Vanguard has some very restrictive tribes. Edit: Also: WHAT THE HELL??? Your opponent made, Destiny End Dragoon......***twice***

Xenophobic is an accurate description for the way these archetypes work. People are taking political correctness to ludicrous extremes these days.

Decks that combine two archetypes well actually do a lot better. For example, one of my best decks is where I combine shaddoll and subterror.

Random person: "Why do you use so many engines?" DuelLogs: "Because I feel like it?" Seriously though, that's a weird question.

You should totally make a sanwitch deck with tour guide, fusion deployment, secret village of spellcasters/secret sanctuary of spellcasters, poly support, bunch of hand trap searchable by witch and Sangan along with keeper of dragon magic.

Mr. DuelLogs, I don't know if this can interest you, but yesterday I found this card called "Gendo the Ascetic Monk" and since you like playing gimmiky decks, you could play Gendo stun in MD. If you read this comment please consider at leasrt to read the card. P.S. sorry if the comment is bad phrased but English isn't my first language since I'm Italian and also thanks for your always funny YGO videos.

I've watched 3:03 - 3:05 like 50 times now and I still can't stop laughing.

I do i do

yes u do u use so many engines

I actually think Xenophobic kind of suits, but maybe immiscible? It means two liquids that don't mix into a homogeneous solution, "like oil and water" parts that work fine on their own but can't blend together.

I seriously don’t understand how people get mad at the phase “xenophobic decks” Xenophobic is literally just the official word for a person fearing/disliking anything foreign. The word It’s self has Never been used in a way that would cause it to be offensive

Hire me Mr Logs, i can clean bathrooms

The Empty Hand deck; trying to rip cards from your opponent's hand while trying to empty your own hand too

Thx the editor for another meme video referencing duel logs

The video unavailable gag got me.

i doubt you'll see this, or think about it, but the term most people use in card games for "this mechanic doesn't go with anything else" is 'Parasitic' as far as i know. Because it starts as a small thing, but only gets better if you add more of it in. it feeds off of itself and nothing else. Hope this helps.

I mean i use assault mode, dawnwalker and duskwalker in my Earth machine-Swordsoul Tenyi deck for the limit 1 event. They are pretty fun so far

Xenophobic is OK, never saw any problem with that term, it informs that it blocks type, atribute or archetype codeword in name or (this card is considered a x) clause kind of cards

Yo I love DND 5E, I've been dm'ing for a long time. Good to see the DND rep on the channel lol

Hey Mr. Logs! I've been playing and DMing D&D for about 12 years, and I'm a writer! I'll happily throw my hat in the ring, if the position is still available!

I do the do when the me do I?? Me the do I engine when

Minnie and theduellogs just fighting

I do i use so many engines

He does he use so many engines!

Hey Mr Spider, have you ever tried a Dystopia the Despondent /Kuriboh deck?

I have played D&D 5e since it was called D&D Next. That's just my history with the most current edition. I might be willing to give a shot at being a script writer since there are days at my IRL job that are very very free.

"Archetypes that xenolock you"

Mr Editor, if it is not too much work, could you include the date somewhere so we can go back and watch the vod. Thank you!

I just started to build a deck in Duel Links today. It took forever and I am still not done with it. It's a new variation of Red Eyes that seems good on paper. But to finish it so it can be completely done in an all in sync combo deck that has a lot going for it. That is where it is hard to pull off. You want this for it then you want that for it. Then it has to combo to set up field on turn one (In which it has to an extent). I need to see how to finish it and get board and just have it all in a deck for Duel Links. It's hard tbh.. But the idea is there and it looks solid so far. The start is there and I need to make it better. Edit 2 days later. I may have finished the deck. If anything, a fix here or there. But it is completely finish for the most part if in general. It works and is strong.

I wish duel Logs' played Perfornapal Rose OTK, it'd be funny to see him figuring out which Performapals combine to make a bagillion attack in a turn

DuelLogs making a pure engine deck.

Yes, you do you use so many engines...

This buffer messed with me. Well played.

My god I just got why Highlander is called that, there can only be one. Goddamn it.

kinda wish he would've lost to a sparks at the end just for comedic effect.

"Exclusionary" would be a good word to describe archetypes that don't play well with other cards.

Is non generic archetypes a good name to describe those type of decks?

I've been playing D&D since I was 9 years old, all the way back to Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Not sure what being a script writer entails but I know an absurd amount about D&D.

When are you making a Krawler deck

How many decks that are completely made out of splashable engine?

Xenophobic is the word you was looking for.

Archetypes that only really play well with themselves and not with others can be called "parasitic." In MtG we use "parasitic" to refer to mechanics that only (or nearly only) work with itself and cards that specifically mention it, and work very poorly (if at all) with other mechanics. Kaladesh block Energy is a perfect example, because Energy cards _only_ work with other Energy cards, and nothing else in the game interacts with it except for fringe cases.

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I wish I could be a DnD script writer for you. I am currently both a player and a DM for 5e, so I have pretty decent knowledge about it. I just don't know if I can juggle that along with my full-time job.

The term you are looking for is Allergic but I like Xenophobic more.

I kinda think the term for decks or cards that don't work well with others/requires cards with its own similar mechanics to work correctly is "parasitic." Though I've only heard the term used in Magic, never YuGiOh. Don't know if it's applicable here, but that's what comes to mind.

this video has made me realise that skill drain would work well in kozmo

2:31 how about "Elitist"?

In MTG I've heard "endogamic" decks.

What exactly would a D&D script writer do? I have only played D&D for a few years, but I do enjoy your top 10s of it, and I do like comparing and discussing spells and feats and such.

Did I hear the words dnd script writer?

You should consider finding some community members that could set tournament up. Would be fun.

Noble archetype? Like noble gases?

Archetypes exclusive?

Archetypal or Archetype Focused i guess is the term to describle this

Yo I'd be down to do scripts for either YGO or D&D

Not 5th edition but I wrote 1st -3rd edition, it wouldn’t take much to write for 5th edition

What do you need a D&D 5e scriptwriter for? Like wanting to run a campaign?

I think people use engines to cover some flaws of that deck.... But if it goes very extreme, they're just describes as [summoning mechanic] pile (ex. Pendulum pile, Fusion pile)

0:21 Mom! Turn on the VHS! I'm in the video! You can call those "self restricting archetypes" instead of the "politically incorrect non-friendly Alien word"

I am DMing 5e for 5+years and know some a good amount the game. are u still looking for that writer? i am interested

I believe the term you're looking for is "parasitic"

Hire me for the D&D scriptwriting, my experience with 5E is that I played it once and my experience with scriptwriting is writing videogame guides on steam that go largely ignored, I'm perfect for the job

I'm incredibly proficient in D&D 5e! Not very good at writing stories, but a very good player. I do DM rarely, but I try ;-;

"Parasitic" is a term often used in the MtG community for keywords/archetypes that doesnt mesh well with other cards not following the parasitic archetypes theme

The comments think Duel Logs is a Timmy, but he is actually a Johnny.

Probably (possibly?) a bit too late for this but I run D&D for a living if you need input on a script. I've been playing since 2010 and I have been working for a non-profit that runs D&D for kids since 2021.

Personally I call a deck that doesn't play any other archetypes or engines an Exclusive deck

Do a tournament where people are forced to make a deck with bad archetypes that cant cheat out other archetypes. For example icebarrier deck but must use atleast 20+ icebarrior cards.

Anyone who goes into to a community and complains about well established terms aren't part of the actual community. Heck often they don't even like the thing in question they just want to force the community bend over backwards for them and then they never even join or contribute to anything. They just come and try to change things and then go away in like a week. Don't capitulate to them gatekeep them.

Yo im a dnd writer wrote multiple campaigns!

you still looking for someone on that D&D thing?

TheDuelLogs Duel Log why don't you play metaphys?

5:25 At first I was like really interested in being a script writer for Mr. Logs, because I love D&D, I practically breathe it, but then when everyone was talking about how they've been playing 5e for like 10+ years, when contrasted to my 1 year of playing.... Also since this Stream is probably a bit "dated" by this point I'm sure he has already found someone else.

Xenophobic is still the best way to describe them

I thought support that only worked for its intended archetype would be called "selfish"

Didn't you have lethal last turn?

Xenophobic sounds like a fairly accurate term to me. I really don't think the term - especially when referring to non-sentient *things* - is offensive anyway. But if you *really* wanted a different term, perhaps I would use the word *intransigient?*

"Xenophobic" is problematic. Are you kidding me, its literally the correct word to use, the Architype does not mix well nor WANT to integrate with other architype. If we took Monarchs, one could say they are Xenophobic to Extra Deck Plays because of Domain, you cant just call it Anti ED Monarchs, people KNOW monarchs are Anti ED when playing with Domain.

Purist? Idk

I like your profile pic

You dons use Purists decks

He totally missed game

I hope you find a writer, I personally would love to help, But keeping up with 5e is a pain. I'd rather use whatever I like Than look at what the new books tell me to use.

duel logs. I will be more then happy to do script writting for dnd experance in 5e and 3.5. Completly willing to do any research for the channel.

Is it parasitic? In reference to the "xenophobic" decks

I think the term you were looking for is "parasitic", at least in MTG slang land. From the MTG wiki: A mechanic is considered parasitic when it only interacts with other things in a particular set rather than the rest of Magic. It’s the opposite of a backwards-compatible mechanic: mechanics whose depth in building and playing increase with prior printed cards The most famous examples from MTG is Horsemanship and Splice into Arcane. Horsemanship is functionally identical to Flying within the context of its own set, but because it is a different keyword cards targeting Horsemanship don't hit fliers, and cards targeting Flying creatures don't hit horse-riders. Meanwhile, Splice into Arcane doesn't work on non-arcane spells, and they only ever printed Arcane Spells in 6 total sets - and 3 of those sets were never standard legal - so some 99% of MTG spells just don't interact with the mechanic at all.