YU-GI-OH! SPEED DUELS Adds Controversial Card in November

Speed ​​​​Duels is about to get controversial! Konami recently announced the next box set for Yu-Gi-Oh! GameSpeed ​​Duel Format of , Speed ​​Duel: Battle City Finalsand there’s a very interesting revelation: Maxx “C” will be included.

I’ll talk more about this controversy in a bit, but first let’s get the basics of the set straight. Battle City Finale will launch on November 22nd (November 20th at OTS stores) with a suggested retail price of $29.99. Inside, Duelists will find 8 complete decks based on the finalists of the Battle City arc in the original anime: Ishizu Ishtar, Joey Wheeler, Mai Valentine, Odion, Seto Kaiba, Yami Bakura, Yami Marik, and Yami Yugi.

Each box of Battle City Finale contains 200 common cards, one Prismatic Secret Rare copy of each Divine Card (three total), nine Prismatic Secret Rares from a pool of 30 cards, and 20 Skill Cards. 110 of the included cards are brand new to Speed ​​Duel and will help you revolutionize your strategies.

We don’t know all of the cards included, but we do know that the following eight cards will be available in the 30-card Prismatic Secret Rare pool: Joker’s Knight, Lava Golem, Mudora the Sword Oracle, Doomcaliber Knight, Injection Fairy Lily, Breakthrough Skill, Swords of Revealing Light, and Maxx “C.”

This tells us that Yami Yugi’s deck will likely be based on the Three Musketeers of the Court Cards (we really couldn’t find a better name for this archetype?).

Personally, I’m excited about this, because I’ve always liked that archetype. There’s not much else I can reveal from that list, though, that makes me think of anything truly unique from previous decks released, so I’ll be curious to see what those other decks are.

Personally, I think these Speed ​​Duel boxes are really fun, especially for nostalgic trips down memory lane with childhood friends. You buy one and you can have a mini tournament right away.

Back to Maxx “C”. This is probably the most divisive card in Yu-Gi-Oh! history because of its effect. At any time during a turn, you can discard Maxx “C”, and from then on you can draw a card whenever your opponent Special Summons a monster.

Over the past decade, Special Summons have become increasingly common, meaning you can draw a lot of cards during your opponent’s turn, thus increasing the chances of wiping out their board and winning during your turn.

To counter it, a player should use a card like Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring to negate it or essentially pass the turn with at most a few cards in the back row and a normal summoned monster (maybe 1-2 special summons if you’re in the mood for something spicy).

For many duelists, Maxx “C” is seen as a degenerate card that prevents them from playing the game. For others, it is seen as a valuable counter to combo decks that have historically been able to set up multiple first-turn negates, effectively preventing the other player from playing the game.

Currently, Maxx “C” is banned in Yu-Gi-Oh! Game TCG (the format played outside of Asia), but remains available for use in Master Duel and in Yu-Gi-Oh! Game OCG (the format played in Asia).

I think it’s bold of Konami to bring the card into Speed ​​Duel, but it’s also worth noting that Speed ​​Duel isn’t that reliant on Special Summons (yet). Sure, it has Special Summons, and some decks rely heavily on them, but it’s not like every deck is trying to do 15 Special Summons on the first turn to establish their board.

On the other hand, decks are smaller in Speed ​​Duel, increasing the risk of losing to a dead deck. Who knows what will happen, though. Maybe this signals the return of the bug in the TCG? Probably not.