The madmen actually created a progression series using REAL cards. The dedication, you love to see it

Paul using swords of revealing light on the cusp of defeat to then use shadow goul to use the power of its fallen allies to destroy tri-horned dragon was an anime level comeback

Really dig the idea of upgrading your decks as you go along. That really raises the bar on how interesting this series is to follow

Alec openly drawing Trap Hole then setting Mirror Force was a big brain move.

This was incredible. The mirror force. The trap hole. The swords. The magician of faith. Shadow ghoul omg I felt like I was back in school watching/playing with a friend at lunch. Cannot wait to see this series continue 💜💜💜

*THE RARE HUNT CONTINUES!* 😈 This week, we're playing with cards from Metal Raiders and wagering the best ones on a Duel! It's still a work in progress, but we tried to take a couple of popular viewer suggestions! Let us know what you think of the series so far and any changes or improvements we can make! Next week: Magic Ruler!

Paul pulling himself off the ropes with that Pot of Greed into Swords play was something straight out of the Anime! Great, tense duel and I love the idea of the continuous deck upgrades making the ante cards matter.

Not to sound like I'm trashing on what the game has become in recent years... But this duel alone has had me more hype for real life Yu-Gi-Oh than any recent expansion or tournament. You guys really made it feel suspenseful, and this concept made me wish I could do this, too. Keep it up.

Technically Alec’s shield and sword would not have worked considering it only swaps the Original attack and defence of each monster meaning shadow ghoul have have had 1300 + 100 for each monster in the grave but that’s ok since it didn’t change the outcome of the duel!

Sheesh, that foiling on the ultra Mirror Force looks amazing. Older prints of cards just pop really well.

This definitely needs to be a whole arc with the entire aps team getting their own start within the same generation and then possibly going up through the years of yugioh as a rival team of rare hunters

The back and forth on this duel was drama at its finest. Such a pleasure to watch.

I don't play Yu-Gi-Oh anymore ( because i dont like mondern Yu-Gi-Oh anymore) but love to watch some old school dueling. Keep up the great work guys. It was a lot of fun to watch

Paul’s OH BABY on that Summoned Skull Pull! Next time we need a KAIBA!!

dang that shadow ghoul play was sick. this turned out to be a really entertaining match

This duel was way more intense then it had to be. Another great battle

Raiders was the pack that made the game fun. It came out with the starter decks and it started competitive Yu-Gi-Oh. Duels we're really exciting like this one with many twists and turns

Bro the twists and turns of every play was amazing i also love that everyone made a comeback

Honestly one of the most entertaining duels I've watched in a long time. I miss this kinda Yu-Gi-Oh.

OOOOOOOOH I didn't realize you upgrade the decks as you go along, that is so awesome, I really like this format and the duels are so nice to watch (I hope they are as fun to play as when you look at them

Really like the series so far! Making decks from what limited random cards you have and forcing yourselves to be resourceful is a very cool challenge. It stops you from metagming the shit out of every game and makes any card game twice more fun! Keeping the proggresion is very good idea. Since you don't have to start from scratch every week your decks are better and duels more interesting, it also helps to make the videos feel like a series (there were even callbacks to the last episode at 14:44 and 22:52). This format definitly is very anime and I can get excited watching it like an actual show. That's why I'm glad you guys went for the theatrics and role-playing. Honestly, you could go all out for it if you want: start explaining every single card as you play it (even the obvious ones), faking yourselves characters with made up personalities to role-play, or trying to give this series lore (even something as simple as: we work for Marik, we met each other and fought over a rare card, now we are sworn rivals). So I'm just saying, if you want to make this series a full on spinoff, you easily can. I promise I will not call you guys cringe!

Loved the duel! Still shook with the two-pronged attack move that Paul made

Stuff like this is why Yu Gi Oh needs a limited set format. Duels like these don't exist anymore and this was where YGO was best. Pharaoh's Servant should be coming up soon as a set I believe and it was such an awesome time

If you guys make 2000 episodes of this I would watch all of them atleast twice. Great stuff

The Jirai Gumo face off had me in stitches

Glad Paul finally realized the power of Paralyzing Potion... Though, that Two-Pronged Attack came quite clutch despite the heavy cost... XD

Paul seems like the serious antagonist who trained for centuries and Alec seems like the protagonist that uses the power of friendship

Progression series’ are always fun, but the added bonus of taking each other’s cards is the best part of this. The one fear I have is that if someone goes on a losing streak and loses their best cards every week it may be impossible to catch up.

This episode is pure nostalgia! I still have an old bag of Metal Raiders commons back home! Glad I have better luck now 😁

this was such a good duel, i love this era so much

These oldschool duels are simply the best. Keep this series going, it's fantastic!

Alec and Paul have such great chemistry. I love this series. I usually don’t care to watch RL duels, but this is great content.

Wouldn't Shield and Sword not affect the boost from Shadow Ghouls effect since it's only swapping original attack and defense?

You guys struck gold with this series

Don't you let this series die please.

Jeez the amount of back and forth in this duel was insane. I'm really enjoying this series.

The thing about this is Alec had the better monster line up, but Paul had more grind and good defensive cards, this battle could have gone either way. Just glad it wasn't a blow out. Lol. Now, you know you gotta do best of 3 instead of best of 1. Lol

This duel was amazing! This is why I love old school duels.

This might be the most creative series on youtube right now. It's like playing an RTS where you upgrade in ages to get better things as time goes on.

Rare Hunters episode 2 for my Friday afternoon while working at the shop. Couldn’t ask for a better video, thanks guys!

love that they act it out like an actual anime duel haha

I love how Paul has completely given up on calling Alec Rare hunter instead of duelist

Man I remember when I was a kid, walking into a Woolworths with my Dad and buying the odd booster pack here and there, Metal Raiders being one of the first boxes to be available at the shop. Eventually with my Dad getting more into it too he'd purchase a full box and we'd spend hours opening packs, organising and then creating awesome decks. I loved Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid and really wished I kep my cards from back in the day. I eventually came back to it years later when they had introduced synchro, pendulum monsters etc and just couldn't get on with it. My heart belongs to the OG game and series and wish I could just relive those gaming days. Loving this series and the nerdyness that you two bring. Been a pleasure watching you videos recently having just stumbled across the channel. I look forward to videos in this series, happy hunting

Loving this series. Having all the old cards, simple mechanics and building up your decks as you open each new booster pack really brings back the essence of what Yu-Gi-Oh was when we were kids. You couldn't just Google deck lists and buy singles - you had to rely on the luck of your pulls and throw your strongest cards together to form your personal Frankenstein deck. Great fun.

I love this series so far! Keep up the great work!

This was as climactic, exciting, and close as an anime duel. Love it!

Haven’t watched a dual since middle school, but today I’ve watched both of these in the series. Please keep it up!

Man the dedication to the fans is amazing, you guys are building real decks and putting so much effort in that this and the last video earned you guys a subscription

I can't imagine how much this series is costing you guys. Great work as usual. Hype for rare hunters and Larry in the hole

This series is fantastic so far. Love what you're doing, keep it up.

Oh yes i love that u guys combine ur deck from the first episode! Def looking forward to the progression of this series!

I love this series so much, mostly because it’s made with actual real cards. Never stop, guys

The best part of this is that Alec pulled Soul Release so he could have dealt somewhat with the Shadow Ghoul but I dont think he put it in. Maybe will side it for next game lol

I love this series so much

This is my favorite series so far, the quick cuts, the decks, the comedy, amazing work guys, can’t wait to see the next episode!

This series is just such an excellent idea. Each episode gets more and more fun and we get to see their different styles develop as they get more cards. I wonder if they'll go beyond the classic series.

God I love old duels so much. More fun to watch and easier to follow than modern yuigoh.

OH MAN this was so epic. I loved every moment! I can't wait for next week!

i hope you guys keep this going, i love the idea of pooling all the stuff you've opened from each video.

Love how these simpler decks have a lot of back and forth, even though each turn only has a few actions. Seems more like battles of attritrion rather than otk-style matchups. Great series.

Just a ruling question: even switching shadow ghoul atk/def, doesn't his effect still increase his atk? I'm loving this series so far by the way.

Since shield and sword specifically says that it changes the original atk and def, wouldn’t shadow ghoul still be at 2500 atk? His original atk was 1600 which would be switched with his defense of 1100, but wouldn’t the atk boost he gets still apply to that 1100?

This is such a fun series! It's so nice to see how the decks evolve and how the rythmn of the game changes with better traps and effect monsters

I really love the idea of having the card pools increase with every episode! Great to see these decks evolve over time. I know I'm late to this series, but absolutely adore the concept!

I am insanely excited for this series, it will be so cool to watch the power creep in live action and see what unexpected cards hold up deep in to the new sets!

Looking forward to the rest of the Rare Hunter series. Between the great plays made by both duelists, this was an amazing episode. Awesome work guys!

This is a much better series then I expected. I stopped around 5’ds so this link and xyz stuff breaks my brain but with pack progression I feel like I’ll be able to get to catch up on knowledge I missed out on and enjoy what it means to build a truly strong deck.

I really love this series. I’m so excited to see this keep going. Honestly, you guys are the only yugi-tubers that I genuinely enjoy watching. I don’t play the game much, I collect but mostly only watch y’all play. I hope to see more of these vids!!

Hands down, you are the best, the most down to earth and in general the most sympathic YGO content creators on KZfaq.

This series is so sick man, love to see it! Team APS always coming out with new and exciting content. Keep it up guys, easily becoming my favorite channel

I think this is my favorite series to watch yet! You two really brought it with this. I'm looking forward to seeing who will be Mariks #1 hunter.

What an emotional rollercoaster this was, you could hardly script something so back-and-forth. Every player got to use all of their ace-cards, and in the end, it was the Summoned Skull that was up for grabs in the first place that clinched it. Very entertaining video

I'm actually really happy that the inevitable APS progrussy series turned out to be this. These guys are really fun to watch, the corny dialogue is great, and the gimmick adds stakes without hugely imbalancing the series' meta.

Thanks Paul for making this with the same decks from last time!!! I was so happy to see that! Best series yet!

This is awesome. Love this series and love that you are keeping your decks.

Unironically my favorite series on KZfaq right now.

Dude this my favorite series yall did in while love seeing thr progression of your evolving decks from what you open from packs really fun

Love how you guys are progressing the decks. Totally awesome, keep it up and can’t wait for next one.

yall are honestly having the best duels youve ever had the last 4 or 5 months, im just catching up caus i took a break from yugioh for some months but every video is just awesome duels. all from the old cards too so pleeeease keep doing them

Really love this series! Fantastic concept letting the cards you pulled previous availble in your card pool. In a way your playing the game from the begging through this series will get to see an active play of different eras of yugioh and power creep levels set by set. Really interesting.

I really dig these videos! NOT every day you can watch someone open vintage yu gi oh packs and play rare hunter style duels

I really love Team Aps content, all of them! But I have to say this Rare Hunters series is my new favourite of all! The way you're upgrading your decks, this pace and constant action (minus that minor inconvenience with SoRL) I love it. This is Yu-Gi-Oh!

This really felt like a classic duel; Love this series!

I would live to see this series continue not just through the classic sets but through every set along the way, seeing the decks evolve with the game would be sick, plus youd like never run out of episodes as long as konami keeps printing sets

This series is incredible, very well put together, and so much fun to watch!

The battles are so good and balanced they suspect it's scripted!

This series is awesome! I really like seeing the evolution of your decks with the introduction of new packs. The best rare card as forfeit really makes the game feel like it has stakes. I look forward to these!

lol jirai gumo fight had me laughing, reminds me of calling the coin toss wrong three times in a row and losing😂

Literally sitting there waiting for episodes of this series

That was actually an insane duel. Paul literally had an anime comeback moment. that shadow ghoul was actually an insane play

This was wild. I love how the series is adding to the same deck. I’m hooked to see what y’all end with!

Great video as always! The duel was very good, pretty close. Paul's strategy with Magician of Faith, Germ Infection and Shadow Ghoul was really clever.

Now thats what dueling should be. That incredible back and forth, the clutch spell cards, the traps to flip the game. So good

I love the concept of this series! I didn’t know you guys would be updating the decks as you go that’s so sick! I love it!❤

This format will be so nice in like half a year

I love this series plus y'all chemistry is very unique with the outcome more house tournaments and everyone should get in on this idea

This series being IRL yugioh makes it that much better!

Was really hyped for the second episode Hope to see more of the series guys

This duel had everything! Their rarest cards of this set, close calls, and return of old favorites lke blue eyes

I was smiling the whole video seeing the old packs and the back and forth you guys had. Honestly made my day! Love this series! You guys are doing a amazing job please keep it up. I know finding sealed old sets is expensive tho