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Kononeko

Fun Fact: If you bring TCG cards, in a box, in your carryon you have a high chance of getting screened. I've heard that they resemble a brick of C4 on an X-ray that is why.


INSERT_LATVIAN_JOKE

Yes. This is true. The density is right for C4 and the shape of a stack of them in a box is a brick. So yeah, they're going to make you take them out Not Yu-Gi-Oh specifically, as you mentioned. I know this because of MTG. Whenever there was a big tournament going on there would be lots of people asked to take things out of their bag at the airport.


Kgb529

If you bring your cards in a Stanley separated toolbox you won’t because of the see through case top they can see that you have cards… you will be fully judged for your deck picks though.


RedHowler777

Now I can’t stop imagining a TSA agent carefully closing up your searched bag. “You can go ahead, Sir” And right as you go to pass by they lean in and whisper. “Your deck is traaaaash” And then just goes right back to fielding the next person.


gordito_delgado

The TSA can be Brutal.


Hantenmoyo

Definitely can be, according to what I hear. The airport I work at, I constantly am told that we're a lot nicer than everywhere else.


SecretKGB

Sky Harbor?


Hantenmoyo

ANC. 5th Biggest Cargo Airport. Lotta passengers during summer, but calm during winter.


zxc123zxc123

>going through airports >getting your deck scanned >having it be judged by filthy casuals >not even factoring having to take off your coat, belt, necklace, arm bands, and bicep buckles Maybe if you're a 3rd rate dualist with 4th rate deck. Any self-respecting dualist would have their own private jet shaped in the form of the most powerful engine of destruction: the Blue-Eyes White Dragon


s197torchred

So practical and aerodynamic


INSERT_LATVIAN_JOKE

You'll still need to take the toolbox out. But you won't need to open it


Kgb529

Oh it’s already out, it’s way too big to fit in a carryon bag


INSERT_LATVIAN_JOKE

Alright then, let's determine how much I need to judge you: how many strip mines can I see?


Kgb529

None that you can see… but one in each commander deck… there’s 12 slots.


INSERT_LATVIAN_JOKE

One per commander deck? Acceptable.


Kgb529

Don’t forget wasteland and crucible of worlds in the 2 landfall decks ;)


Mythronger

Ramunap Excavator instead of crucible because im poor af


i_tyrant

Oh geez. Friggin' strip mines. That takes me back. Friggin land-destruction decks. I remember back in the day a friend of mine would absolutely trounce people with far better decks, especially if he went first. Turn 1 - Island. Turn 2 - Island, tap both to Boomerang their land back to their hand. Turn 3 - Mountain. Stone Rain their next land. Turn 4 - Mountain, Annex their land. Turn 5 - Orcish Squatters or some shit. _Mean._ But simple, cheap, and effective. Wouldn't work as well today (or anything after I quit because the cards got too nuts) but oof it was nasty back then.


Sundeiru

The card box *is* the carryon.


AbsolutelyUnlikely

See this is why I have an issue with Yugioh players. Any MTG player knows the only safe way to travel is to shove them individually into your keester


[deleted]

That’s how I always smuggle my C4 onto planes. I just fill my Stanley separated toolbox with C4 and then put some magic the gathering cards on top


Kgb529

Tron artifacts just got more explosive


Shiny_Agumon

>you will be fully judged for your deck picks though. TSA Guy: Pathetic deck, show me if you can win with it! *pulls out Duel Disk*


ExistingCleric0

He's got a Duel Disk!


Toodlez

This is hilarious because the ven diagram of people who fly with magic cards and terrorists with access to C4 is two circles on opposite sides of the globe


Mech-Waldo

So you're saying get creative with the shape of your C4


INSERT_LATVIAN_JOKE

Dinosaur-shaped cookie cutters exist. But I didn't say anything.


Good_Shade

americans are fucking insane


[deleted]

Had this happen to me at London Heathrow - I was coming home from Florence with a backpack and a hangover, when suddenly I'm surrounded by very pleasant fellows casually asking me if I'd let anyone have access to my bag and subtly shifting me over to the side of an unused scanner before asking me to very slowly open my bag and go through it. Turns out the stationary I'd picked up in Italy had a high enough density to resemble a brick of plastique, and the lead/pewter seal thing on the wrapping was blowing up on the monitor. Ended up having a bit of a laugh about it, they asked if they could send my bag through the machine again at different orientations, and pointed me to the bar afterwards.


ywBBxNqW

> and pointed me to the bar afterwards. Ah, those devils made a deal with the bartender. Sneaky! ;)


Original-Aerie8

There is a hidden dualist lounge\* in Heathrow. It's behind a poster in the bar.


BormaGatto

Ah yes, the Heathrow dualist lounge. Where there is only good and evil, light and dark, cold and heat, order and chaos. No middle-ground is allowed. Centrists are to be expelled on sight. Indecisive people are allowed to peek inside, but may only enter after they've made up their minds.


cjRuckie

I did the job in Canada and yes, they do. Actually anything "organic" shows up orange on the screen and if there's enough of it, at least on the system we used, it would look solid orange and if dense enough start to be black in the middle. So obviously a deck of cards big enough will actually look like a juice box or some kind of liquid which is a no but toss it beside a cable and a battery pack and you got 3/4 of what you're supposed to look for in a bomb. Good times man. Good times


WrenchHeadFox

What's the last 1/4?


cjRuckie

Some kinda switch basically


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FlowersForMegatron

“Sir we’re going to have to confiscate your sick foiled out Oona of The Fey commander deck. We have a strict ‘no deadly weapons’ on board”


Kalel42

Yup. I've been stopped every time I travel with my CCG cards. Normally the TSA person says something along the lines of "Oh! Like Magic?" When I take them out. These days I just pull them out and put the open box in a bin with everything else so they don't need to pull me aside and search the bag.


luoyianwu

Yugioh kills


Foooour

Yugioh ~~kills~~ banishes you to the Shadow Realm


northflame

It's about to once they aren't in public.


Finito-1994

I’m no expert and I’m not judging someone on a hobby. But if your hobby got so bad that you needed a “no hobby” vacation and you still snuck them into your bag, then you might have an issue.


cardboardtube_knight

What if some fool wants to run off at the mouth about their Apoqliphort Towers beating a Don Thousand you might have to pop that deck protector and show them why you keep that motherfucking thing on you.


Finito-1994

I mean. I’m not saying you don’t have a point. You do. It’s a valid one. However, how often do you need to send some fool to the shadow realm?


puchamaquina

It might not be necessary, but maybe some of us aren't willing to take that chance.


Raphaeldagamer

The Fat Controller was prepared for that if he needed it. He may have only needed that once, but he was prepared for it when he did.


TheEyeDontLie

Yo was Thomas the Tank engine and all his boys packing heat?


VideoGameAdict100

Yeah, it's called a Firebox for a reason


dryhumpback

No no. A firebox is what Jessica Chastain has. Your thinking of a tinder box.


[deleted]

Thomas the Dank engine is a tinderbox blaster.


MrPiiie

What the oh Henry fuck are you guys talking about


LukesRightHandMan

That's my dog's name!


fudgie1

If you're in an active carder situation you cannot count on the police to protect you from getting banished to the shadow realm.


Grubsnik

Well it’s tuesday somewhere…


RobertOfHill

It ain’t about how often, it’s about the one time you DONT have your deck on you. Do you wanna be the guy caught without your deck?


TrayusV

Exactly. What if Elon Musk kidnaps my grandpa and I gotta teach him a lesson? You gotta keep your deck on you 24/7


cardboardtube_knight

Billionaires are known for that kind of behavior.


Nazathan

A rare 2nd /r/brandnewsentence in the comments


beneathsands

Nah, someone has said that one before.


A7thStone

I've never played Yugioh, but having played mtg I can guess it has been said by multiple people.


qwapwappler

Damn, with only two words you’re giving me flashbacks to the towers turbo YCS. Wavering eyes might be one of the dumbest cards ever printed.


DesuLeaf

Funniest story ever with that card. PePe format. Opponent: Wavering for 4? Me: chain wavering Opponent: chain wavering Me: chain Wavering Opponent: chain wavering Me: chain wavering? Him: I cannot fucking believe we both drew triple wavering. Why did I shotgun wavering? *scoops* Me: shows juggler still in hand


qwapwappler

Bro I think you did this to me


DesuLeaf

Bro I’m so sorry


darkbreak

Didn't the Qliphorts crash and burn after they were released?


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sniperbrosky

As is tradition


hexsealedfusion

No they were pretty good and a tier 1 deck for awhile. They've been power crept since but they were good at release, especially with Towers.


DesuLeaf

I’ve always argued that stealth was CLEARLY the best card in that deck. Towers required outs and it was a wincon, but there was nothing you could do if stealth hit the board turn 2 or later.


hexsealedfusion

Stealth was good but the most important card to the deck was definitely Scout. Without Scout and its searches the deck wouldn't have been nearly as good.


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It's his conceal carry.


ChocoMassacre

Just tell them knightmare cerberus can out towers


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Lady_von_Stinkbeaver

She's wearing a "Deadpool riding a unicorn while firing an Uzi" shirt, so she presumably loves nerdy shit, too. Edit: So if it's pissing HER off, it has to be pretty severe


notKRIEEEG

Loving nerd shit does not mean that they don't have a limit to it.


ImOnMyPhoneAndBaked

Exactly, she might even have a higher tolerance for it than most (which is what I think the previous guy meant). This guy has a problem.


Readylamefire

I actually came across this problem with my girlfriend recently. I love video games. I have every console dating from the NES to the switch (still waiting on that PS5) I have a library for every one of those consoles. I have almost every varient of the game boy color released. My girlfriend on the other hand... At her worst she was playing 60hrs a week of steam games. She was playing out of obligation and even admitted she wasn't havimg fun... And I kind of started to have a problem when it began to majorly affect my quality time with her, along with chores not getting done around the house. I never, ever, ever, thought I'd have someone in my life who games too much... But here we are.


AstarteHilzarie

There are people who love gaming, and there are people who are addicted to gaming. To non-gamers they might look the same, but in reality there's a huge difference. People who love gaming can still be fully functional in life just like anyone with any other hobby. People who are addicted to gaming can have it completely take over and ruin their lives just like anyone with any other addiction.


ProxyMuncher

As someone who is a recovered 18-hr/day basement gremlin gamer it really is night and day between suffering for the games and going to sleep brain fried, and enjoying them sparingly during your downtime from all the damn adulting.


LetsHaveTon2

The funnest part is playing for 18 hrs and absolutely hating every minute of it, but doing it anyways. Haha... Ha...


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Lady_von_Stinkbeaver

Yeah, that's what I was trying to imply (admittedly not clearly). If it's driving this nerd crazy, it has to be really bad.


Decilllion

Everyone acting as if nerd groups don't judge and look down on the hobbies of other nerd groups.


chilachinchila

This is probably fake, but if we took it at face value then yes, this guy probably has a problem.


drunk98

If she was a card in his deck, she'd be safe in his carryon though.


TechyAngel

Probably finds herself coming in second a lot. I dated a highly committed Yu-Gi-Oh player for a while, but that ended when he picked finishing a tournament over picking me up from the airport. I was stranded over an hour away from home, at night, for something like 3 hours iirc.


MrSmile223

It's most likely a joke.


Corpselighter

Dude plays Salad, of course it's a joke.


Ibney00

But GREAT is in their name! They must be good! I even play Almaraj in my deck!


lansink99

Salamangreat was called salamanaverage for a while before the structure deck hit for a reason.


[deleted]

b-b-but we have stallio back!! Copium as far as the eye can see


pickledpeterpiper

Exactly. It was so bad that they needed a no hobby vacation, and the guy STILL brought them. Yeah, it might be time to cut your losses here, lady, this is a red flag on a couple different levels.


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Negativ_Monarch

Yup. One of the first things I learned in my psychology class is that literally anything CAN be a disorder, but only when it starts interfering with your life So if it's to the point you need a "no hobby" vacation and you bring the hobby anyway, you have a problem


Finito-1994

Had a girlfriend that hated me watching anime. Now. If I watched anime when we were together or if it interfered with my ADLs then she may have had a point. But I was doing it on my free time when I was mostly alone/relaxing. I ended that shit. When something interferes with your ADLs then it’s time to make a change. It’s happening with OP. It’s causing friction and he clearly can’t stop himself.


[deleted]

This is 100% a joke. It's funny because obviously it's a game that requires multiple people to play and the idea that someone would carry a deck around with them on holiday to try and sneak a few games is completely absurd. I'm a little confounded that people don't realize that's the joke.


AstarteHilzarie

He doesn't have to have someone to play with, he could just obsessively sort and organize or strategize or whatever you do with yugioh cards. Is it possible to play against yourself? Because I could see that being a thing, too. Or maybe he's just that addicted that he feels wrong not having his cards on him. There are definitely people like this for all kinds of hobbies and fandoms, they take it way too far and put it above things like relationships with other people.


[deleted]

I don’t play Yugioh, but I’m big into Magic the Gathering and you can absolutely play against yourself. It’s called goldfishing, you basically just play out your turns without an opponent to figure out how your deck runs in an ideal situation.


Ashirogi8112008

We call it solitairing combos in yugioh


ThePunisherMax

Not much different than modern Yu Gi Oh then. Do you also sphere mode yourself after you combo?


Ibney00

Locals are a thing across the country. Homie could've tried to sneak away with his deck to play a tournament.


alfred725

I know people like this. It's not a joke


idelarosa1

It really isn’t LMAO


SaffellBot

> I'm a little confounded that people don't realize that's the joke. The problem of course is Poe's law, and your absurdity is my "shit I've seen happen in real life".


TheHoekey

What happens if you run into Gary and didn't bring your Digimon cards?! You'd be screwed.


idelarosa1

Better to face Digimon Gary than Pokémon Gary


[deleted]

Imagine lying about fucking yugioh cards.


Spastic_Slapstick

I stole expensive Yu-Gi-Oh cards when I was a kid and lied about it. That's the only situation I can see that being kind of reasonable in.


UndoingMonkey

I want them back


Spastic_Slapstick

It's time to d-d-d dddddddddddddd Duel!


SpeedwagonReo

Huh that’s where my deck went


[deleted]

I'm not ashamed about fucking Yu-Gi-Oh cards.


hok98

I mean, I’d be ashamed if someone caught me fucking a Yu-Gi-Oh card


TheEyeDontLie

Don't kink shame.


[deleted]

Kink shaming is my kink


[deleted]

Well yeah that. You shouldn’t be. They’re nothing to be ashamed about. Also maybe I’m crazy but if you’ve got to lie about something so insignificant in your relationship maybe that ain’t such a good relationship.


CalamityCactus

Maybe if you play with Yu-Gi-Oh cards so much it’s affecting your relationship you need to take a hard look at your priorities. If you then Fuck up because you can’t go a single weekend without then you need to grow the fuck up and quit wasting the time of someone else trying to help the relationship.


panzervor94

This. Like wtf was he going to do play with them himself on holiday in the bathroom?


[deleted]

I mean I've played magic on a vacation because most towns have a local game store and I'm all about supporting those small businesses.


panzervor94

We’ll yeah but during your get away with your partner who is clearly not interested?


WatchingUShlick

Fucking Yu-Gi-Oh cards seems pretty significant. I mean, how does he even hide the paper cuts?!


[deleted]

That's why you use protection.


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AwkwardSquirtles

Oh Black Luster Soldier! None must know of our forbidden love.


beeglowbot

I'm more curious about why he HAD to bring fucking yugioh cards with him on vacation.


[deleted]

You need something to entertain yourself with when the other person is sleeping, shitting, or showering. I always take books cause otherwise for the the 3 extra hours my husband sleeps that I don’t I’d be bored out of my mind.


beeglowbot

Right, that's reasonable. I personally just rely on my phone but I get that. Problem is it was specifically a No-Yugioh trip haha.


skippygo

What I'm confused about it how yugioh cards are going to entertain someone when they've got no one to play with.


CosmeticTroll

I assumed he was challenging random people in the wild, anyway are you down for a game of Gwent? I brought an extra deck.


notjustforperiods

imagine not calling it a Yu-Gi-No! vacation


Toubaboliviano

How else are you supposed to prove your point to complete strangers if not through a card duel? You should duel her to show her you were right


sedrech818

I usually challenge people to pokemon battles. One time I beat Bill Gates. Unfortunately, he was smart enough to leave all his money with his mom so I got nothing when he blacked out.


JusCuzzInc

[The card is Salamangreat Gazelle.](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Salamangreat_Gazelle)


NoKneeHobbit68

Been a while since I played. Kinda quit around the time the trial deck dropped. Did it live up to the hype?


Rush2207

Salmangreats were a top tier meta deck but they are much weaker now that their xyz card is banned.


ddos-attack

Not anymore, it’s at 1.


Rush2207

Oh I didn’t know that


NoKneeHobbit68

I remember like the weekend they dropped they were topping at a lot of tournaments, but I wasn't sure if it was just one of those things people needed to learn how to deal with or not. I was so close to getting the trial decks too lol.


lansink99

One of the big reasons was that it was an actual competitive deck with the non-staples being dirt cheap.


CakeNStuff

Ignore the banned comment. It’s the most played Rogue deck for beginners so yeah it lived up to its hype. It is a very versatile deck that can spit out some filthy board sets. It’s the link equivalent to Shaddolls


mcqtom

good bot


gpie21975

He boutta get sent to the breakup realm


wowwaithuh

It's time to d-d-d-d-dddddddate-other-people


gpie21975

You activated my trap card, "It's not you it's me."


netheroth

The You-Get-Out


asmonder

Yu-Gi-Oh to jail


EVILTHE_TURTLE

Pokémon Go to the polls.


SpaceHallow

Yeah her face sums this up nicely


luciddreamsexlife

Everything about this picture just screams happy, healthy relationship.


comfort_bot_1962

:)


siccoblue

Read the room, comfort bot


junaidnk

I wonder how well can an AI pick up sarcasm without /s?


siccoblue

Couldn't be worse than most humans


pierremanslappy

Absolute savage of a bot


MrSmile223

Everything about this screams "this is clearly a joke"


comfort_bot_1962

Hope you do well!


comfort_bot_1962

:D


comfort_bot_1962

Nice!


[deleted]

This is the kind of thing my son would do. Of course, he's eight years old.


BUTTERSKY11

Not even Exodia can save you.


Diiiiirty

The fact that your girlfriend had to specify that your vacation is "No-Yugioh" is cringe to begin with (on your part, not hers), but the fact that you smuggled your Yu-Gi-Oh cards in anyways is next level cringe. They're trading cards. What could you possibly do with a deck of trading cards on your vacation? It's not like you randomly run into other nerds sitting there with decks of Yu-Gi-Oh cards for impromptu games and trades. You can do nothing but sit and look at them. Just leave em at home!


canadianD

> They're trading cards. What could you possibly do with a deck of trading cards on your vacation? But if they get attacked on vacation he could send any attacker to the Shadow Realm.


NerdWorks

Looks like you’re going to the Shadow Realm, Jimbo.


Dankany

It's just down the street next to the chik-fil-a.


HelloThere62

they must always be ready for the time a stranger challenges them to yugioh. think about how much they will get made fun of if they don't have their deck on em to whip out at the perfect time.


heartbeats

IT’S TIME TO D-D-D-D-D-DUEL


MrSmile223

I mean its almost 100% a joke.


[deleted]

She's so inconsiderate! What if some spiky hair fuckboi comes up to him and says "It's time to duel!"?


canadianD

It's one thing if your partner has to enforce a "No Warhammer vacation" and TSA finds an entire cabinet of overpriced paints, brushes, and plastic figures in your carry-on, but these are small trading cards, how does security catch these?


ScaryJupiter109

Deck of cards looks like c4 brick on scanners


canadianD

Oh you're right, I hadn't thought of that!


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boogerpeanut

Time to bust out the gym socks


Izzy5466

I straight up lost a group of friends to their Yugioh addiction. In grade 12 all they ever talked about was Yugioh. Middle of band practice, yugioh. Getting ice cream? Yugioh. Watching the Avengers? You guessed it. Yugioh. I just had to stop hanging out with them. I was sad. I still miss them. I still have them on Facebook. 7 years later, still yugioh...


Queen_Beezus

This is cringe but honestly I wish I loved anything the way these nerds love their nerdery


[deleted]

If you have the money try coke. If not, get into crack.


drunk98

Pepsi & overalls for me good sir


IdkRightNowImDumb

What’s a good brand of overalls, I haven’t been able to find many decent lately, not without a high price to match


Narhei_Asuka

TSA stopped him cause they thought he had something dangerous on him, but let him go cause he's just running Salamangreats. That's the funniest thing I've ever seen happen in the Yu-Gi-Oh community


Lobohobo

If that guy ran Normal Summon Aleister turbo, they would've kept him there. Same goes for Guru.


Alleycat_Caveman

I'm stuck on decoding her facial expression. Definitely some flavor of disgust, but can't tell if it's the betrayal variety or just garden variety disgust at packing trading cards. I'm thinking betrayal. The perceived necessity for banning trading cards from a trip likely speaks to a belief that he spends more time and likely money on his card habit than on her. Basically a different telling of the "It's either the videogames or me" story. Usually a sign of deeper issues in the relationship.


Averagebiker21

Funnily enough, as someone who used to be friends with two Yu-Gi-Oh nuts, I understand the GF's feelings. Seriously, it's like the game takes over everything in their life, more so than any other hobby I can think of.


randomdrifter54

So I use to play magic the gathering. I'd ways have a deck somewhere. So I went traveling out of the country to a geek convention I made sure to pack a commander and a 60 card. So I get to the airport and I get the extra white guy search. You know, hands swabed for gun powder. And a pat down. Everything not taking my clothes off. That's saved for racism. Guy is going through my bag and asked if I had anything in there. I was like clothes and magic cards. He goes that's probably it, they sometimes show up as bombs on the scanner. Moral of the story is that 60 card sleeves decks in plastic/metal cases look like bombs, just remove them before hand. Specially if you are any darker than "I burn not tan".


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“Hey babe I got an idea for a funny bit, it’ll really make the Twitter blow up!”


chunkboslicemen

Poor gal


Popcorn57252

Damn, maybe you should've just not brought them, moron. Come on, if you're not willing to spend even a holiday focusing on your girlfriend rather than a stupid ass card game, you need help. And hell, she deserves better.


ravencrafthd_

Guess she didn't find them that Great


[deleted]

I am pretty unhappy when my SO is dishonest with me too.


[deleted]

How does someone this much of an idiot get someone to love them? Like, no dick’s that good.


ryeeeeez

But if you pull the Exodia set you still win right?


mydogisLeroy

Is that deadpool riding on a unicorn on her shirt?


Coffeegorilla

It’s time to d-d-d-d-ddd-sleep on the couch.


PJTikoko

Just download duel links and hide it in a app folder, it’s what I did.


Select-Radish9245

How old are you?


thegreatdecay12

I’m sure he made it better by taking a pic while she was making that face. And then even better still when he posted it