The Entire Battle City Finals Tournament - DUEL'S ANALYSED!

We completed the Battle City Finals! 🎉

If you think I'm going to watch all the same fights you've already broken down, you're right sir

Still one of the coldest lines in all of Yugioh - “I sacrifice God” -Seto Kaiba

It's so weird seeing one of these duelist analysis where every card in a players opening hand are all real cards in the TCG

3 hours of TGS anime? Yes!

Imagine being hired by the Yu-Gi-Oh anime writers as the card playing game expert to help write these duels, but every time when a much smarter and faster strategy is thought of, it has to be ignored or revised due to the plot.

Well my power is out BUT MY PHONE IS CHARGED so I know what I'm doing for the next 3 hours 😅. Absolute god send. Monsoon hitting HARD in Tucson.

I don't mind that this is a compilation various prior videos, because covering the entire Battle City Finals in one go is really nice.

"The Battle City Finals: The Movie"

I found out what I'm watching during work tomorrow.

Mmm... I should go to sleep since I have to wake up early for work *TGS anime drop a 3 hour video of battle city duels analize* ... Nevermind, let's enjoy this

0:00 Intro. 0:45 Yugi vs Bakura; Quarter Finals. 17:46 Joey vs Odion; Quarter Finals. 39:47 Mai vs Marik; Quarter Finals. 1:01:56 Kaiba vs Ishizu; Quarter Finals. 1:15:16 Rickroll. 1:19:57 Bakura vs Marik: Unofficial Duel. 1:37:48 Semifinals Battle Royale. 1:54:03 Joey vs Marik; Semi-Finals. 2:10:06 Yugi vs Kaiba; Semi-Finals. 2:32:52 Kaiba vs Joey; Unofficial Duel (3rd Place Duel) 2:46:59 Yugi vs Marik; Finals. 3:09:48 Outro.

Now I am hoping that we get all the Virtual World arc duels and end up with one of these compilations as well. Though I would also enjoy the Joey duels against Espa Roba, Weevil, and Mako. And Yugi vs Arcana. And Yugi & Kaiba vs Lumis and Umbra. And Kaiba vs. Alistair (both duels). And that's just the main Yugioh series duels I want to see. GX I want - Jaden vs Aster rematch - Jaden vs Sartorius - All the Jaden vs Chazz duels - Pegasus vs Crowler & Bonabarte - Jaden vs Bastion - EDITING TO ADD: the various duels against the Shadow Riders 5Ds I want all the duels vs the Dark Signers and the duels vs Team Unicorn, Team Catastrophe, Team Ragnarok, team Yliaster (or whatever they were called). Yes. There is a lot that I want ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If I had a nickel for every duel Bakura could have won during the Battle City Finals by committing to his win condition immediately, I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's strange that it's happened twice. The lessons we learn from these duels: Play to your win condition. Don't be afraid of your opponent's back row. Do not try to flex. If you have game and you see it, just take it.

One of my favorite tournaments in all of anime.

Quarter Finals 0:44 Yugi VS Bakura 17:46 Joey VS Odion 39:46 Mai VS Marik 1:01:53 Kaiba VS Ishizu Unofficial Villain Duel 1:19:57 Bakura VS Marik Semi-Final Selection, Battle Royale 1:38:12 Yugi VS Joey VS Marik VS Kaiba Semi-Finals 1:54:04 Joey VS Marik 2:10:06 Yugi VS Kaiba Battle for the Bronze 2:32:51 Joey VS Kaiba Final Round 2:47:15 Yugi VS Marik

I'm not actually sure that Kaiba not setting Life Shaver face down is a misplay. By not putting it down, he's able to spend a couple of turns screwing with Yugi who keeps playing around Life Shaver and Kaiba keeps doing something else instead.

I like to imagine an alternate timeline where Ra was so impressed by Joey surviving its fire that it just stops listening to Marik

You know what, you deserve it to just compile all these. All the individual episodes were fantastic, may as well have them all in one omnibus

For the Millennium Necklace (sorry for the length) It probably shows a predestined series of events that should not be changed without serious consequences she not only knows what moves to take but all of her opponents actions as well. For Example: If she did try to summon his blue eyes the cards he drew would be different and the actions he did would change. Maybe he would have started focusing on his Blue-Eyes cards more and less on Obelisk getting angry she took it from him, or played completely different card costing her the duel she saw that she was destined to win. I don't know why she cant couldn't change the future she has a millennium item and the item shows her the future. I just think it has consequences and leads to the unknown, and that other items can influence those outcomes even if she herself doesn't stray from the shown path.