New guy with 8k gems

[Chofa]

I won my first pvp duels with the first deck the game gives you "not one you choose: Dragon, Junk, Link. The bad one haha"

I was farming solo until I finished monarchs so I got a few gems.

What should I buy:

I already know about the Staple packs with 10 master duel packs for 750G but the thing is.

In masterduelmeta in tier 2 is Rescue-ace and his pack ends tomorrow so...

Should I get 80 packs of Rescue Team, Emergency Dispatch!

Or I can pass on meta decks for now and enjoy using trash decks until I rank enough since now I think I can handle it until silver/gold using the starter deck.

PS: Watching some YT videos it says I should Get the Salamangreat deck but I dont know if it means 3 times or only 1 "I mean its only 500G each"

Hope I can get some help since you can buy so many stuff is hard to choose.

The last time I played yugioh was on 2007 maybe? I remember the beginning of Synchro summons.

[Silyon]

The Rescue Ace pack is a "Secret pack". What ends tomorrow is the month-long period of open access for it's recent release. Once it expires, you can still unlock the secret pack in the shop for 24 hours by crafting any SR or UR from the pack. Doing so the first time also gives you a free pull, as a bonus. So don't feel pressured to act right now, you can still dump all your gems into it later if it turns out you like the look of how the deck plays. Look into the deck first and make sure it's something you'd enjoy playing.

Given you're effectively a new player, don't be shy about taking things slowly and asking questions. Crafting a meta deck isn't going to guarentee competitiveness in YGO, most any deck run by a skilled enough player can kick your but up and down the street regardless. It's so much more important to find a deck you enjoy than it is to chase after what's "strongest", especially when what's strongest changes every few months anyway.

[Steel]

I can't answer all of that but definitely don't put any gems into meme/low tier decks, your first deck should always be a high tier deck so that you can use it to farm gems more comfortably on the ranked mode (the only mode that ALWAYS rewards you). Speaking of that, do the Solo mode gates, each will give you 200 gems and there are a lot of them.

The bundles are a good deal, you pay 750 for 10 packs which is usually 1000, even if they're master packs (which are bad), you're still getting crafting points by dismantling stuff. PLUS the staple, Maxx C, Ash Blossom and Imperm are going to be used in literally 95% of decks.

[Hungry Burger Gaming]

Once you get to silver or gold, you will very likely be coming up against things more closely resembling real decks, that unfortunately the starter one will not stand any shadow of a chance against. 8k gems is quite a lot, you can build a full deck out of that, but if you're still new and unsure, it might be a good idea to not spend it all at once. I would say to go scouting around secret packs, tier lists, etc. to find something that you really enjoy and then look into how that deck plays to see if you want to commit to it. Or, if you already had a favorite from back then, you can see if its modern support is playable or if there is a similar deck around. Starter decks are also a good pick because for only 1500 gems you get a playable deck with some powerful staples. They will probably need some additional crafts or pulls to optimize, but they will definitely be playable through gold and maybe even platinum straight out of the box. I would recommend either salamangreat or dragonmaids if you go for those.

One thing I will say about rescue-ace specifically, is that it is much better when played with a snake-eye/diabellstar engine, and those cards are not in the rescue-ace secret pack. Those are probably the decks you saw, as I doubt pure rescue-ace is a tiered deck at the moment. Also keep in mind that we are getting a new selection pack tomorrow, which will include horus (a very powerful engine that is part of tiered decks in the TCG right now), memento (not that great but a pretty fun deck regardless), and s:p little knight (the best link-2 monster ever printed to this day). They might also include new secret packs that will then be available for a while, as they tend to do that. Unless you really want to play rescue-ace and are willing to commit most of your resources to it, I'd say you can wait. Keep in mind as well that secret packs can be unlocked for 24 hours by just crafting a super rare from there, so you can go in there later if you change your mind.

[dabestgamer]

To note: The YT video probably meant to get 3. The contents of that Salamangreat Structure Deck in particular, features 45 different cards (1 copy of each existing card), and you often want to have as many of a Deck's important card(s) as possible... usually (but not always).

[76561199550538678]

Any deck you like to play with. Try out decks and see which ones you like playing with.

[76561199378662608]

In the end it all depends on how you drive your own deck. Keep watching videos and decide which deck that you think can learn and understand to play at the same time learn how to counter another deck.

[VV]

Everyone here will give you good advice, one from me is make sure you make all the UR handtraps (3 copies if you can unless maximum allowed is less), there is a list of essentials somewhere and this will make your subsequent decks a lot more cheaper.

Also, make your first deck so it will include link/axis summons so you can do the dailies without any problems (I chose cyber dragon). 120+ gems a day doesn't sound like much but allows you to make a new deck every couple of months without having to spend any money. You can have up to 9 dailies at a time, so you can play once every 3 days to clear them all. This is important because as you progress, there will be lesser and lesser ways to get free gems, so always do the dailies, and do the events as well. Make sure you buy the Battle Pass as you get all the gems back too, and will give you resources to make 3 UR cards upon completion.

I usually make a new deck when I have around 6k+ gems, and is more than enough if you have all the handtraps simply because your deck will consist of cards in theme + handtraps (or universal cards) + mercenary cards (not theme but has great synergy)

EDIT: Doing all solo mode will also give you a lot of one time gems, once you make a decent powerful 1st deck, I suggest clearing all of them at least with your own deck, and doing them with rentals will also give you some gems.

[Jumbopfandbrief]

I would advise not to try to make one of the strongest decks at first. Try going for a structure deck (of which you need three of the same). Thats only 1500 gems. Also purchase the 750 for 10 bundles, they are definitely worth it and you will buy them anyway sooner or later.

That investment is enough to build a deck that could for certain compete in platinum and might reach diamond if you are committed to the ranked treadmill.

In doing that you will find out your preferences and you will also play against certain meta decks and that will give you an idea what you really want.

Also note that if you want to be at the complete top you will not be able to do that forever with any deck. You will have to buy new cards frequently because stronger and stronger cards are being released all the time. You should really consider not subjecting yourself to this IMO...

[Kaulu]

As already said, a strong deck will give you less stressful gem acquisition in the future. However if the deck is strong, but you don't enjoy how it plays, what's the point in it. I would suggest you tell us what playstyles you enjoy, or what deck types might interest you, be it because of the lore, art, anime deck, summoning mechanic, whatever. For example if you enjoy playing around trap cards Traptrix, Dinomorphia, Labrynth or even Eldlitch might interest you. Once everyone knows what kind of deck you'll enjoy they can suggest what to build that will be (hopefully)decently powerful.

[Chofa]

Originally posted by gredora:

As for the Salamangreat structure deck. That was the most popular way to get into the game back in 2018 (was it 2019?). I still believe it is a good deck for starting out today, just get the three structure decks, and you almost have a complete deck. All you would need to do is craft your staples, being Maxx C, Ash Blossom, etc. There are 100s of helpful guides out there for this game. The world is your oyster.


And since you're mentioning you last played 2007. May I suggest the Blackwing structure deck? That's from the same era from when you last played.

When I was around 15 I got the Structure Deck: Dinosaur's Rage, and I had fun with it until the synchro era begin.

Because I didnt had money to buy the new syncro cards I stoped playing "Getting rolled by goyo guardian, trishula, brionac, Colossal fighter etc"

I saw there is a dinosaur deck, I think I will start building that one, just for the nostalgia "even when is a diferent deck at least is the same archeotype"

PS: I remember using Fossil Excavation but without negating the effect because people told me it was exactly like Call of the haunted but only for dinosaurs ^^;

[Chofa]

Im reading the Structure Deck: Dinosaur's Rage cards... that deck was hella fun :(

[Silyon]

Originally posted by Chofa:

I saw there is a dinosaur deck, I think I will start building that one, just for the nostalgia "even when is a diferent deck at least is the same archeotype"

PS: I remember using Fossil Excavation but without negating the effect because people told me it was exactly like Call of the haunted but only for dinosaurs ^^;

Dinos are a solid deck, generally stuck in the "almost meta" space of rogue decks. It's also nice for being a deck that doesn't overly depend on it's extra deck, giving you a chance to learn about and get used to the newer summoning mechanics. And nostalgia's a fine enough reason to go for a deck.

I don't play dinos, but I face them often enough. Souleating Oviraptor into Animadorned Archosaur or Babycerasaurus (these names...) tend to be your play-starters, and your goal's generally to set up Ultimate Conductor Tyranno's summon and use it to swing over almost anything. Very straightforward deck. Just watch out for beefy Link monsters, they can't go to defense position.

[Terminal Desolation]

Dino is an always-present rogue threat in large part because MD has Misc at 3, which is an absolutely crazy card for the deck.

Salad (Salamangreat) is a good deck to get started on some of the more modern mechanics for sure, they use both XYZ and Links, which would be the 2 most common summoning mechanics added since Synchro (Pend exists too but is not very common and usually requires a dedicated deck). They're also getting their latest wave of support in MD soon - at least I assume we're getting all of it alongside the Raging Phoenix we're getting in the next Selection Pack, so the deck will be fairly solid. Not top tier, but competent and fairly inexpensive.

[brago90]

You are starting so you have to build a deck that is cheap and good.

My recommendation is Salamgreat, on the one hand you have the structure deck with which you get a lot of things you need for 1500 gems and on the other hand tomorrow they release the ''new'' support, plus due to its mechanics it does not have space in the extra deck for Put in a lot of generic cards (this is normally bad but you are just starting out and therefore you don't care because you don't have resources). And don't forget to craft the generic staple pack (All decks use it so it will be easy for you to discover what it contains).

The ninja structure deck is also an option to consider and cheaper than Salamangreat but people say that it is a difficult deck (I don't think the same but it doesn't hurt to tell you that).

In tomorrow's new selection pack, in addition to support for Salamangreat, there are also two new archetypes Memento and Horus.

Memento is good for building a standalone deck and is therefore a good deck to start with but people say it is complicated.

Horus focused on the selfmill and most people use it as an engine so you may not use it in the short term but it would still be useful to save them if you get them.

[SuperMudkip]

I build a deck with cards have cool effects and/or cool art. So just pick packs with those criteria if you want.