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This Week on Video (40/2024)

CM Insight Team (YGO) | 2024-10-02

Every week Cardmarket's YouTube channel publishes a lot of exciting Yu-Gi-Oh! content that you don't want to miss—from combat in gameplay to combative debates, from the game's history to the latest news regarding cards and prices. Here is our big video production for the week of September 30.

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Report from the Sarajevo Regional Tournament

Sherif Lewis | 2023-10-25

Getting on the road with friends, traveling to another country, and taking part in a Yu-Gi-Oh! regional event always makes for a fun weekend. Branded Chimera was good enough for a 16th place in Sarajevo and more than a few exciting matches. It's time for an old-fashioned tournament report!

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An Analysis of Pauper Through the Last 23 Challenges

Pedro Paulo | 2023-10-16

It's time for another analysis of the Pauper metagame and its evolution. This time we look at several months' worth of data from Challenges on Magic Online. How did The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, Commander Masters, and Wilds of Eldraine change and shape the current format?

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Branded Chimera Technology

Sherif Lewis | 2023-10-13

Branded Chimera is one of the best decks in this format, and it leaves a lot of room to incorporate nonengine or additional engine cards. Let us explore some of the tech and discuss the various options' advantages as well as their disadvantages. Just beware of the vicious Chimera!

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Best Five Decks After the Bannings

Sherif Lewis | 2023-10-04

A new ban list means that the food chain has been disrupted, and the metagame is about to shift. Some decks gain even more power, while others lose their grip on the top rung of the ladder. Let's explore the top five decks of the format, based on representation, results, and the very small ban list update we just had.

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September 2023 Forbidden and Limited List Analysis

Sherif Lewis | 2023-09-20

One can just imagine someone at Konami cracking their knuckles and stretching for a moment before typing slowly while glancing out the window into a perfect September afternoon. Konami dropped one of the smallest ban list updates we have ever seen. Let's figure out what this does to the current metagame!

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Engine Spotlight: Chimera

Sherif Lewis | 2023-08-23

Duelist Nexus introduced us to the Chimera/illusion cards, resulting in one of the most versatile engines that we have seen in a while. The cards can fit into so many different strategies, and they give various decks another dimension, an additional angle. Time to take a closer look!

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Highlights from German Nationals 2023

CM Insight Team (YGO) | 2023-06-21

On the weekend of June 17 and 18 the German Yu-Gi-Oh! Nationals took place in Dortmund. With 1,974 players in attendance, this was the country's biggest ever and the second largest national event in Europe. Cardmarket had a team on the ground and collected a few highlights in this article.

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Yu-Gi-Flow: How to Stop Kashtira

Adam Murphy | 2023-03-30

With Kashtira the hottest deck of the moment, you are bound to see a lot of it at the upcoming 250th YCS events. But, as so many other best decks before it, Kashtira is never more than a few hand traps away from defeat. Here's a little infographic detailing which ones you can use, and when you should!

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