The Face Downs
By The Face Downs
The Face DownsSep 07, 2022
64: Post-OC recap Sleepycast
we sleepy, keep scrollin'
63: The Painful Choice VII!
Ban yugioh players
62: The Most Broken Set of All Time?! POTE Review
Don't call it a comeback! But... Face Downs season 2? (The dad arc begins)
61: New Zealand's largest event in years! - North Island Championships!
Top 13
60: Konami Went WILD on the Banlist - Reaction and Format Response
imagine your opponent went normal yata > full splight combo
59: What will they BAN next?! The painful choice VI
It's gonna be may
58: The Face Downs, After Daaaark.... 2.. - Post-DIFO deck breakdown and YCS discussion
We are only funny after 10pm, deal with it.
57: These plays are costing you games - How to avoid misplays in competitive Yu-Gi-Oh
Misplays like unironically playing virtual world in 2022 i mean who would do that.
56: Interviewing a community icon! Gregory Mansfield about owning his own TCG store
do not inquire about the armored bees
55: To Net or to Brew? Netdecking and becoming a better duelist.
And no, playing 2 Aleister instead of 3 does NOT count as brewing
54: Interviewing a World Champion Contender and Local Legend... Aaron Dennis!
AKA the one where we talk about tengu plant for 30 minutes
53: Deck Paralysis and Overcoming Format Fatigue
Or alternatively, 'how to spend $1000 to win a 14 person locals'
After Daaaaaaaark ;)
52: When the Predaplant.. is VERTE. OCG Banlist chat & New Crazy support cards
good riddance you ugly plant
51: These birds can't POSSIBLY be stopped
Unless a sneaky catgirl (snow) has something to say about it
50: All Engine, No Car | Meta Yu-GI-Oh Breakdown post YCS
What kind of breakdown? Stay tuned to find out
49: Our viewers choose the most game altering cards in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh
Another mailbag episode!! This time featuring answers to our podcast question: "What one card represents a massive shift in the trajectory of yu-gi-oh? Not just strong, but something that spelled out the future of card design"
48: Multi-Format 'Time Wizard' events and 3v3 Tournament Report ft. JOE REAL!?!
JOE REAL
47: Who won the banlist?! Meta analysis and takeaways from Konami's latest nuke
The answer every time is flower cardian, quit askin'
46: The Master Duel One
Today, a konami executive sits back in their armchair, watching a graph that says: "MONEY" go up rapidly. They relax into a blissful cash related euphoria. Somewhere, someone has mortgaged their house for a third copy of Impermanence.
45: Traptrix > Swordsoul!? - NZ Meta Breakdown
Okay well no one played swordsoul but how could it compare to the raw power of set guru pass? Doubt
44: Yu-gi-oh Commander Looks like a Disaster! - New Format leaks from Konami
More like d1ck master
43: What is Konami Doing?!! - New support report & welcome to 2022
Beyond theez nuts
42: The Painful Choice V
In our traditional quarterly episode, we continue to pioneer the yugioh space with a 'BANLIST PREDICTION' episode, something that no one has ever thought of before in history (i checked).
41: Reviewing this year of Yu-Gi-Oh: WORST year for products ever??
Format is good, but have YOU tried opening ghosts from the past? I'd rather eat the cards
40: The next TIER 0 deck? Unpacking the upcoming Albaz Structure
Remember when they unlimited superpoly? ... woops!
39: Getting into Yu-Gi-Oh - ft.CheeseTCG
Tonight we are joined by Cheese TCG a.k.a Conor Schaumkell, a local legend and up-and-coming pro duelist streamer who is gearing up to take on the pros in his own Free Win-a-Case of BODE tournament.
38: Total BODE dominance, birds begin to rise
Magikey better than Swordsoul CONFIRMED
Apologies to Liam Gill and all of CHCH, kezza didn't upload your lists in time.
37: These Sets Destroyed the Meta! A History of Deck Building sets
Buddy if only you could have seen, when fur hires came out everything changed..................uwu
36: Can Birds Destroy the Meta??
I didn't even want to rank beetroopers b-baka.
35: The Face Downs take on Events! (and how to win them)
Listen wisely and you TOO can top a 34 person win a box like us !
34: A 'brief' history of meta structure decks
Up next, a 'brief' history of decks broken by brilliant fusion part 31 of 40 [1:55:03]
33: Archetypes
The number one difference between yu-gi-oh and mtg might not be what you think! Discussing the best and the worst decks in yu-gi-oh history! This one is just a serious discussion no memes here ;)
32: Boss Monsters
A succinct history of the biggest, baddest, negate-iest beasties in all of yu-gi-oh. Melffy Puppy was not eligible despite protests.
31: We truly live in a Virtual World
Simulators are the easiest way to get into the game, but does missing out on spending $450 a playset on crossout designator hurt your chances to truly enjoy the game? Tough to say.
30.5: The Salty Runback Banlist Extravaganza
Where we discuss how we were so right about the banlist Konami had to put it out early just to keep our powers in check
30: The Painful Choice IV
Live in the blissful ignorance for 1 more day as we discuss the.... UPCOMING banlist that is not due until October 1st.. right? RIGHT?
29: Power Creep ft. Joe Macdonald
creep by radiohead.. heh, story of my life
Joe Macdonald joins us once again ! Will the rotating seat ever be graced by such a noble soul? Time will tell. We discuss power creep, the newly announced crossout designator and even some sneaky hints at our thoughts on the banlist.
28: Multiformat Memories ft. Joe Macdonald
The most consistent podcast in the yugisphere is back! Talking multi-format tourneys and old stuff in general with Joe from Palmy!
27: Ladies and Gentlemen... We got em
2 gays and their token straight teammate discuss taking down decks as powerful as TOONS and HEROs in the latest New Zealand tournament!
Oh and I guess some dragon link players were there, never came up ;)
26: Power Couple
You cant keep THESE gays outta the regional any more!
25: The world post banlist
It's actually kinda good :)
24: Two Gays Talk About Every Structure Deck pt. 1 (2005-2013)
Remember structure decks? Well we sure do! Maybe one day Konami will print another one, but I cant remember any from this year, nope, none at all.
23: The best Pot in yu-gi-oh! RANKED
Look if you need some good stuff I know a guy...
22: The Painful Choice III
Another year another january-ish... banlist!!! Listen to these gays try to justify Pendulums becoming playable again in 2021
21: Blazing Vortex Negging ASMR
Oh also we talk about some snakes I guess
20: Engines vs. Pure decks or: Why most decks in 2021 are running Dogmatika
Ever seen a decklist with 4 hyphons in it? Well they're all over the place right now. Invoked-Dogmatika Blank has been among the best decks for a year now, so we tackle this issue in this episode of what can be done about this ongoing deck building trend.
19: Blazing Vortex Set Review
New month new set new month new set... when does it end?! War rocks defenders and underdog apologists try to walk back investing into Sales Pitch last year
18: Local Legend - Dino Spasovski
Today is an extra special episode with our first ever in studio guest! We have Dino on to talk about being better than us at yu-gi-oh, and topping one of the last YCS's before the world died.
17: Building your first competitive Yu-Gi-Oh Deck
No matter who you are you can be a star yu-gi-oh player! This episode aims to bridge the gap and help you decide on a deck to kickstart your yu-gi-oh career.
16: The Setup I - Improving Your Going Second Win-Rate
Introducing our new series, 'The Set Up'! In which we utilise our past year of tournament success to help you become better players.
Going second in Yu-Gi-Oh is tough. But giving up is never an option!... Or is it? In this episode we discuss all the ways in which we've improved our game going second, and fear the die roll no more.
Editors note: Please excuse cool duelist Marshall Stevenson from the Hamilton burn as he in fact does not play mystic mine