7:03 - Small error, I put Skull King & Skull Bone backwards on the timeline.

Fossils and Evil Heroes honestly deserve more Fusion monsters in their repertoir.

Jim Cook was just the coolest character in the series. He a mysterious eye, used his belt as a wip, carried a frigging crocodile on his back, a cool accent, and was a super nice dude who was willing to rusk it all to help a friend

A insect fossil fusion would be cool, have a mosquito in amber to reference jurassic park, a fish/aqua/sea serpent fossil based on a Coelacanth or something would be interesting too.

Yu-Gi-Oh didn't have a maximum deck size until the start of the 5Ds era, so in theory Jim could have had a fusion deck stacked with one fusion monster of each tier for each type that existed at the time.

I really hope they give us the rest of Jim's cards eventually. What they have rn is genuinely good there just isn't enough of it. Give us his field spell and let it treat fossil fusion as a quick play for interruption.

One of my favorite archetypes by far. As a kid, I loved how creative they were with their designs and effects and wanted them to be real cards. Seeing them win the poll was one of the best moments I’ve had with this franchise.

They really deserve more support. I love this archetype

About the missing fusion. It would probably be a level 6, with 3000 atk and 0 def. It will rewuire 1 level 5/6 monster in your opponent's gy and will deal piecing damage. Given the effect of the other middle fusions, it will probably banish from gy to pop any 1 face-up (or face-down) card on field. Finally, given that each evolution keep the effect the lowest level has, and the effect it adds is upgraded in the final evolution, i think the missing effect would be something like: Before damage calculation, if this card attacks a defence position monster: you can switch the current ATK and Def of that opponent monster, untill the end of thay damage step.

Surprisingly, Sacred Defense Barrier exists as a playable card in Duel Links. When Sam mentioned it, I swore I saw the card’s name somewhere so I went into Duel Links to check and sure enough, the card is dropped by Trey in Zexal world

With the release of the Earthbound Servants, have you considered talking about the cards used by Sergey in Arc V? It’s an archetype fans have waited years to be made and they didn’t disappoint especially with their signature Harmonic Synchro Fusion. Speaking of, Jack vs Sergey would be a great duel to analyse as well.

About skull king's monster steal effect : its actually sample fossil's effect printed on skull king.

With them releasing more and more anime only cards, I'm hoping someday soon we'll see the rest of Jim's deck printed! Also, it would be an awesome bonus if they printed a middle stage for the Fossil Dragons! 🤞

I was wondering about this video. On the Supreme King duel analysis video, you plugged the Evil Heroes and Volcanics and I thought: what about the Fossils? Here we go Thanks Sam! Duel Analysis Suggestions: Kaiba vs Sigfried Syrus vs Zane Jack, Leo and Luna vs Aporia Yuma vs Nash Sora vs Shay

Man imagine a reverse Evil Hero Dark Gaia. Using Fossil Fusion instead of Super Polyermization? Or maybe a Fossil Hero? Fossil Kaiju? Fossil Blue Eyes? Oh dang, this is sounding too cool honestly.

Fossils have always had a special place in my heart as a kid i always wanted to be a paleontologist but unfortunately that dream never happened i really hope they finish this archtype

I think we should get a new line of either Main Deck or Extra Deck Monsters for this archetype based on anciet mammals, such as a Sabertooth, Mammoth, Giant Sloths or even a Titanoboa.

This archetype is awesome. They deserved more support. Thank you for doing this TGS

Love these archetype videos. I would love to see you play a duel or two using the archetype at the end of the video or in a separate video. It would be fun to be able to see it in action and give viewers an idea of what it might look like if they want to give it a go themselves.

It’s so cool to learn about the deck after the duel comparison recently.

Fun fact: these cards existed in the games Yu- Gi- Oh Tag force series back in 2007

Dude I love decks that revolve around banishing in fun ways. If this card got a Super Poly retrain of it's Fossil Fusion that would be so hype

As someone who plays fossils, loves Jim Cook and is Australian I’m secretly hoping that TGS anime has come out with these vids in preparation for the announcement of fossil support

I like Skull Convoy, as "Convoy" is the name of Optimus Prime in Japan. So it sounds like you are summoning a Optimus Prime that has a vehicle mode made of bones. Also Convoy is GREAT at doing a ton of damage really quickly. With just a single other monster it can cleanly win a game. Not to mention that its attack decreasing effect is very irritating for an opponent, and a fair few times I have had people try to target it to get rid of it, only for Fossil Fusion to protect it and they are forced to target their own cards. This is a big advantage on Master Duel, where this protection is not easily available for people to read, and they generally won't go back into the grave to take a look at the spell during a game with a time limit on it.

Fossils are probably one of my favorite archetypes. Fusing from the GY using your opponents GY is so cool. Wonder if they'll make a Synchro deck that follows that trend. Fossil Dragon Skullgiar: Attack 3000/0 1 Rock monster in your GY + 1 Level 5 or 6 monster Must first be Special Summoned with "Fossil Fusion". Before damage calculation if this card battles an opponents monster: You can switch that opponent monster's position. When this card attacks a monster in defense position, inflict piercing damage. If this card is in the GY, (Quick Effect) on your opponents turn, you can banish this card, target one monster on the field banish it and Fusion Summon a "Fossil" monster using these two monsters as materials.

The Fossils are a lot of fun. I kinda wish they didn't fold to Link and Xyz decks though. Maybe some new support can let them fossilize monsters that lack levels in the future. But I think some support that would be neat is stuff that would reference Jim's friendship with Axel, or his rivalry with the Supreme King. Fossil Pyro and Fossil Fiend would be interesting ideas for Konami to make as new support.

[The archeological implications of these cards may shape the very Duel Kingdom]

Always in the mood for a great Archetype video. I love your content TGS.

The level 6s are actually very useful as sends off of Dogmatika Punishment when you don't need to send N'Tss right away and you already have all your shadolls in rotation (if you're playing them).

14:28 Technically if you count Duel Links, Sacred Defense Barrier does has been made.

10:48 Yes, "Transcendosaur" tell us all the OCG's "ryu" types, also having Dinos evolve into Dragons.

i imagine a reason they just became fossil and dropped the era naming was due to the paleozoic archetype itself, though i don't believe either currently have any cards that would cause overlap or cause issues it's something to note.

11:25 i would say fossil dragon skullgidon as a name as for atk ,def, 3000, 0 .for an effect I would say that you can flip attack and defence and inflict pircing battle damage and if you banish this card add 1 rock monster from your grave to your hand but .also if you are reading this thanks for covering my favourite arch type

One of my favorite decks to use from Tag Force. I'm glad they're real now. Do kinda wish the fusions got serious effect boosts however since their attack and defense are kinda average at best.

It’s always funny how whenever TGS makes an archetype video, the said archetype gets new support so I won’t be surprised if this archetype gets new support thanks to this video

I think the first type of support this archetype needs is more ways to summon out the Fusions. As it stands now, Fossil Fusion is the only way to do so and you only get 3 of them. They need to release the equivalent of both “Fusion Substitution” and “Fusion Recovery” to the mix. The Recovery equivalent could return a monster banished by Fossil Fusion to the GY and then return said Fossil Fusion to the hand; the Substitution equivalent could work like Fossil Fusion except you can only us 1 monster from each player’s GY, you can’t use both from your own or both from your opponent’s! For evolution lines, I’d like to see what Cyberse Fossils would look like, but that’s just me.

7:06 I learning more from a yugioh video than my science class💀

I was today years old when I realized his duel disk is shaped like a boomerang.

This archetype deserves so much more support. They could be much stronger in the modern meta if they had stronger support.

I hope we get another fossil fusion monsters in the future, and much easier way to summon them, by making a Future Fusion/Super Poly version of the Fossil Fusion spell Yes yes i know the point of Fossils is all about GY, but sometime its hard to summon them, for example if your opponent only plays low level monsters and Xyz/Link, you can't summon Skullgios

I'd love to see more support for this deck focused around working with monsters that don't have levels

I personally would love to see a "military archetype". You know, tanks artillery and stuff.

One of my favorite archetypes in yugioh, ill play it myself. I love paleontology, i love jim, i love the mechanic of the deck and their Designs

It's good timing that this video pops up, as I've started using a fossil deck on Duel Links

Fossil fusion monster proposal, winged beasts. Pterodactyl and all of them are perfect.

I know from the Vods channel that Sam is a big fan of one of the monsters in this archetype that is rarely played with the archetype.

If the Fossil Dragon line had a mid form, I'd think an apt name for it would be Fossil Dragon Skullgan

I’ve been waiting for a fossil video from you for a very long time 😭 thank you!

James I love him and his deck really suits him. Bastion and him can get along quite well

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH! Good job on explaining the upgrade mechanic and the fossil time periods,it made my head blow smoke out of my ears XD

11:30 I think I’d name it Kevin. He does his best.

I remember in the sub, during Jims duel against Kenzan, he said that long ago, before people know about dinosaurs, they would assume dino bones as dragons. That might be the reason behind Skulldios and Skullgar name

I've been waiting for this one

I play fossils in master duel, it's my favorite deck. Mixed with adamancipator and kaiju this three archetypes have a ridiculously good sinergy: Adamancipator is a good deck on its own, capable to easily put one or two boss monster on your field and a lot of rock type monsters in your graveyard for fossil fusion as long there are high level monsters in the opponent graveyard; which can be easily arranged by kaijus, who can also being used as fossil fusion material if you are desperate. Also the different attributes of the kaijus can activate the effects of adamancipator synchro monsters and adamancipator dragite can return kaijus back to your hand ready to be used again

"Fossil Dragon - Skelligon" *Known in the Japanese as "Mesozoic Fossil Dragon Skelligon"* Attribute - Earth LVL - 6 1 Rock Type Monster + 1 Level 5 or 6 Monster in your opponents GY. Must first be Special Summoned with "Fossil Fusion" . Any Monster that declares an attack with this card lose ATK equal to their DEF. You can banish this card from your GY, add 1 card that lists "Fossil Fusion"" from your GY to your Deck then shuffle. You can only use the effect of "Fossil Dragon Skelligon" once per turn. ATK - 2800 DEF - 0

After the supreme king vs Jim and Axel i actually searched if you did a video on this series of cards , nice

Fossil winged beasts would logically be next in line. Winged Beasts = Birds and Birds have a very strong connection to dinosaurs and fossils. Or they could go regular Beasts and do a Mammoth themed line with potentially having a Saber Tooth Tiger as the boss of that line. I dunno And of course, sea creatures are an option as well....

I immediately noticed the Killua shirt, best choice btw

I'm glad you finally said the word "Pachycephalo" right.

Dyna Pachycephalo in a Tier 0 format: in a world full of HEROS and PYRO, sometimes what the world needs is a MONSTER

DAMN i have been waiting for this one THANK GOD IT'S FINALLY HERE

I once came up with an idea for a fusion based fish deck based off various prehistoric fish from before the dinosaurs. Mainly the placoderms from the Devonian with a few Carboniferous and Permian fish thrown in. You’d have the smaller prey animals as main deck monsters a few lobbed finned fish as link monsters and the various predators like Helicaprion and and Dunkleostious as the fusion monsters. The play style would be about having big monsters with piercing battle damage, bypassing battle protection and creating crush tokens. The crush token would be created on the opponents side of the field after the monster is destroyed. Said token has 0 atk and 2000 def and is level 3. Also it can’t be tributed or used for an extra deck monster of any kind. Essentially the opponent is stuck with it. The token itself references how these predators are regurgitating the indigestible bits.

Yes! I've requested this archetype in the last video.

idk if this will be seen but for a archetype video it would be cool to see the utopia archetype get a video.

Im still waiting for Pterosaur Fossil fusion and some more main deck monsters and a excavation cards could be cool. Maybe even a Specimen Inspection card monsters (yes, pterosaur was mentioned, but maybe even a archfiend and that reptile/lizard looking fossil monster). One of my favorite archetypes.

Love this archetype my fav duelist from GX

One of my favourite decks.

There is literally No reason not to love him hes australian and wiels a bloody crodocidle on his back

The middle form would probably be a banish from the grave to discard a card from the opponent’s hand

I play these guys in duel links and I gotta say they are fantastic as a counter to Exoidia decks that put the pieces in the grave to get them back later

13:41 its makes you wonder what giant soldier of stone story is.

A video of all anime archetypes not yet released would be a good one.

I like how Jim's deck is full of fossils and bones. It's interesting.

These monsters are really cool snd I was so hyped to learn you can get these in the real world now Battle drones next please

11:25 Fossil Dragon Skullgran EARTH / Rock / Fusion / Effect / Lvl 6 ATK 3000 / DEF 0 1 Rock monster + 1 Level 5 or 6 monster in your opponent's GY Must first be Special Summoned with "Fossil Fusion". If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. Before damage calculation, if this card battles an opponent's Defense Position monster; you can make that monster's DEF become 0. You can banish this card from your GY; discard 1 random card from your opponent's hand. You can only use each effect of "Fossil Dragon Skullgran" once per turn.

I only have one thing to say about this video. "IT'S A BEAU-TI-FUL!!!"

Yes🎉 finally one of my favorite monsters archetype in the game!!

Speaking of dinosaurs, I hope you cover the doodle dino/doodle beast archetypes one day

Jim was ahead of his time. " Yeah go ahead combo off"

11:19 i think it may be called Fossil Dragon Skullvern taking the second half of Wyvern or it could also be called Fossil Dragon Skullraptor.

11:24 my idea of the card is. Name: Fossil Dragon Skullgyra. The Dino whice Skullgyra is base on: a Tyrannosaurus from the Mesozoic era. Material: 1 Rock monster and a level 5 or 6 monster from your opponent GY. Effect: you need use fossil fusion to summon it. during your battle phase when this card battles a monster, you can negate the attack and destory that monster and deal your opponent half of its ATK or DEF (whice 1 is highest and your choose if its a tie) and if so changes this monster to DEF position this effect is a hard 1 per turn. when this is send to GY You can add a ”fossil fusion” or a card that list it from GY, Main Deck or Banish and this effect is a hard 1 per turn.

This was the first major deck I built in master duel when I got back into yugioh. Now I feel like if I redownload master duel again I may try to rebuild this deck due to account loss shenanigans.

I love these videos. Have u considered doing Generaider & Runick for your next two vid since there share lore

The guy in "Specimen Inspections" artwork looks a lot like Yusei's dad

What I find funny about the fossil archetype is that we get it's spiritual successor(?), In the form of the invocore archetype, before fossils.

I love using the Fossil archetype in Duel Links and using Skullgious to win the duel.

Id love to see them expand this archetype. It looks like it has so much potential.

an Ice Age line would also be nice

4:52 This wasn’t an issue before the Synchro Era cause the Extra Deck didn’t have limits yet.

one of my favorite archetype to play in duel links.

This is my OC idea for the middle Fossil Dragon and it's the same one I did on the Duel Analysis video (Supreme King Jaden vs Jim and Axel): Fossil Dragon Skullgoon 3000/0 Effect: - When this card attacks a monster(s), it gains 300 ATK points and also deals piercing damage to the opponent. - While this card is in the GY, banish it and select one face-up card on the field, negate its effect. If "Fossil Fusion" is in the GY, uses it effect twice. You can only use this card's effect once per turn.

One of the best GX Deck Archetypes

I think the TCG names dropped the era from their names solely because of "Paleozoic" monsters. But imagine if an OCG card gave support to the eras (and just the era, not "[era] fossil". It would either require the fossil monsters or the entire paleozoic archetype to be retranslated more accurately.

I love your videos man❤

Jim is cool and this is the Doctor Grant Archetype

Would definitely love more true Archetype support. I love playing fossils.

literally my favorite cards in the entire game

nice vid as allways, hope to see runick done one day, keep going :)

Imagine the fossil of the god cards or exodia

7:29 you missed a big opportunity to say "you fossil me?"