The Case for Playing Bricks in Yu-Gi-Oh

If you play bricky cards in your deck, are you behind? Garnets in Yu-Gi-Oh are the source of endless discussions among deck builders looking to squeeze the most out of their lists when preparing for a tournament. Contemporary wisdom says that you want to play as few as possible, but is this really the case? I take a look at the worst and best things garnets have to offer, and if they deserve their awful reputation among players today.

(We gotta talk about Maliss, sorry if you hate Maliss, but we gotta talk about it.)

A special thanks to ‪@eva_lees‬, ‪@peepsygo‬, ‪@MarkThePage‬, ‪@JoshuaSchmidtYGO‬, and Dan from ‪@TheOrganization‬ for their contributions to this video essay!

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00:00 introduction
05:10 why these cards are getting cut
09:10 but were they really behind?
12:04 consistency vs. power
17:21 deckbuilding laws are fleeting
22:42 outroduction

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