Is there any way to play the old formats?

[Rake_v2]

i used to play yugioh as a kid, i loved it and building decks always fascinated me, it was fun to find cards that i could integrate in my deck every once in a while when i had the money to buy a bunch of booster packs. I stopped playing for a few years, last thing i remember was the introduction of xyz monsters, which i enjoyed overall even though i was a little annoyed by the "ranks", but at the end of the day the game was pretty much the same, i still had fun with it. Now, feeling nostalgic, i downloaded Master Duels hoping to feel the same fun i has as a kid, building my deck and finding a good strategy with my favourite cards... just to be smacked in a turn. Disclaimer: i totally understand that playing old cards in a game that evolves with time is not the smartest of ideas, but at least i would like the opportunity to play with people like me, instead, all i get is the same 3/4 decks who play all the same, negating all my moves, endless summonings and infinite attacks, there's almost no creativity involved, it feels mechanic, even playing non competitive games still makes me battle the same decks all over again, ad obviously, lose. Getting to the point, is there any way to play the old cards? Arenas are useless, as you can't dictate the rules, so the only other option is finding people online who want the same thing as me, through forums or else, but i did't have any luck in this regard, also, is konami going to give us some choice in the future? It doesn't look like a difficult task, to give players the option to play the game as they like

[itzRiceKrispies]

Duelbook.

[Rake_v2]

Originally posted by Allen Hollow:

all the copium comments you gonna get are about : you are bad, it's modern yu gi oh, old formats weren't fun either, go play another game MD isn't made for you, the game is fine, so you wanna always win, you wanna play what you like but your opponents no

i could build the same deck as the ones that beat my ass and win aswell, but that's not something i'd enjoy, i prefer to lose with my custom deck if i get the chance to actually summon a damn monster, anyway i don't see how giving options to the players is a bad idea in any instance

[Silyon]

Originally posted by Allen Hollow:

all the copium comments you gonna get are about : you are bad, it's modern yu gi oh, old formats weren't fun either, go play another game MD isn't made for you, the game is fine, so you wanna always win, you wanna play what you like but your opponents no

Completely ignoring the actual answers: look at fan-made programs or join a discord group dedicated to the format you want. Master Duel all but ignores casual play because casual play doesn't make Konami money. Or so Konami thinks.

[Apathy]

Sort of but not really without setting up matches on Discord. There's no mechanical way to make sure your opponent is going to play GOAT decks with you or Edison ones unless you're already talking. There's no room settings where you can just toggle GOAT, Edison, or anything like that.

Edison is probably the easiest to put together because there's no real special rule changes you have to remember like going second is the real going first in GOAT because back then everyone drew for turn even going first. If you're going to try to play GOAT you have to remember that the playing going first needs to pass and is actually going second on the third turn. There's also a fair number of uncraftable cards on modern ban lists that were legal in GOAT.

Originally posted by Allen Hollow:

all the copium comments you gonna get are about : you are bad, it's modern yu gi oh, old formats weren't fun either, go play another game MD isn't made for you, the game is fine, so you wanna always win, you wanna play what you like but your opponents no

Spoken like someone that has only played Master Duel and no other form of Yugioh. There's three formats in TCG. Konami will tell you that there's only two but "Time Wizard" format is just either Edison or GOAT.

[vatszero]

I cant help but wanting to go back to older formats for no other reason then just every single game of master duel is like 20 mins, and then I Get to take my first turn, like I know there is a 5 min timer but when you include the effects of special summon after special summon it takes hours to take a turn, and then the amount of viable decks have to deal with the fact that if you aren't going first its pretty likely you are going to have to go through 18 negate effects.

I am writing this as I am waiting to take my first turn, and im just hearing constant sounds in the background as they summon and replace summon and replace summon.

and if I surrender I will just lose all my points, I dont know what they are doing but I know that the moment its my turn everything I try and do will be shut down, then if I pass they will just summon 18 more monsters once its done.

side note, still havent taken my first turn yet as I post this.

[Mr.Game]

invite a friend..

[Jumbopfandbrief]

This particular game is completely geared towards metaplay, it is the monetization model, and it works because there are still enough people who pour in money to get the very latest cards in this arms race. Therefore, if you want to play the more fun stuff, you MUST organize yourself with others on Discord or elsewhere and play according to your rules in a duel room.

If that is not possible, the next best is Casual Mode, which will frequently match you with beginners or anime-players where there is a quite fair matchup, if you are playing an old deck. The drawback is that some people are testing out their metadecks there (instead of doing that in solomode) and either present you with the usual super-long turn 1 combos or just surrender immediately, recognizing that they do not have any idea how their deck works.

[C.C. 折オリ枝 の 夫]

If your only reason to play "old formats" is your desire to play with decks that you "built yourself", why not try a pile deck?

The best one for "build it yourself" is Dragon Link due to it being an extremely modular deck. Outside of a few cards that are the "core" of the deck, aka, you need those, pretty much everything is up to you, and should still work if you know how to build a proper deck.

I for example have played a lot of variations of Dragon Link over the last few years, such as Rose Dragon, Dragonmaid, Bystial, Adventure, pure, Dragunity, Centurion, etc, and with loads of extra engines, such as the Red-Eyes, a small Dragonmaid engine, DPE, I even saw some people run the Hieratics with them, and I don't mean just the rank 6 one, and more, the deck can run so many engines.

Also card count in that deck is also up to you and what you feel comfortable with, as Dragon Link is a deck that, depending on your build, can play any number of cards as long as it's between 40 and 60, because those are the min and max number of cards you can play, other than that, go ham. I've played builds with 40 cards, 42, 45, 50, 60 and other random numbers, because the deck can do it, and it's a very competent deck.

[Hexi]

Duelingbook, it's not worth all the stuffing around trying to do it in masterduel. Me and many others have been requesting alternative formats since day 1 but it doesn't seem to be happening.

[KyraPhobic]

Duel Links i guess is the closest to the old format your gonna get. less solitaire quicker matches

[Fatality]

Dueling book, edopro, ygo omega.. Any unofficial simulator.

[BΔSM_ArisvougVII]

I’ve sent emails about this and consistently mentioned it in surveys, but it doesn’t seem to get their attention. It’s such a shame because it would cost them nothing to include options for older formats—they already exist there from the time wizard events. Anyway, if anyone is interested in playing older formats, feel free to add me.
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