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Duel, standby! (Skill)

update 25/11/2019

Skill Details

Each player's starting hand increases by 1 card. You cannot Normal Summon or activate card effects on your first turn.

CharacterHow to Get
Tea GardnerLegendary Duelist/PvP Duel Reward

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Skill rebalancing history

Description (Since 2019 Dec 3)

Each player's starting hand increases by 1 card. You cannot Normal Summon or activate card effects on your first turn.

Description (Since 2018 Jun 26)

Each player's starting hand increases by 1 card. You cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards or monster effects on your first turn.

Description (Until 2018 Jun 25)

Gives 1 more card in each player's starting hand.

Tea Gardner skills list

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Nick
Ok.
Each player starts with 1 extra card.
I don't see the unilateral advantage of this (rather not in all cases).

Have more cards in hand is a wish of both duelists.
Tell to Konami's genes!

Now, the skill is for your opponent only.
Absurd! Finally we have a skill with benefits for your opponent.

Remove or replace this skill/🔥 with another one, stupid genius.
Say: In Konami we are out of brain! Sorry! We appologize to you! It was a mistake!

Italian: FATELA LA FIGURA DI MERDA - Take a translator LoL

KONAMI's 🔥s.
Really I think they take drugs.
<< Anonymous(Nick)
Anonymous Reply
This skill make duels end in 1 or 2 turn, how is that enjoyable lol. It is one of the skill that promote otk/ftk, and it is a common knowledge that konami hates ftk/otk deck.
<< Anonymous
Nick Reply
But if your opponent has an Ojama, silent deck and you have set this skill/🔥....
... your opponent has still 1 extra card plus the all advantages of this change. xD

In all cases, this isn't a skill anymore, so remove it. Stop.

Instead... now it's worse.
It's a clumsy attempt to put a piece in the hole.

Paywall is the only thing Konami has in his mind.
<< Anonymous(Nick)
Anonymous Reply
"You need to read better!!!
Really!"

The irony is hilarious, due to you not being able to structure sentences correctly.
English might not be your primary language, but don't go 🔥ing people with your atrocious typing.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
konami hates? rn 50% are koaki´s... 30% AG.. they are OTK dekcs mostly LOL
Anonymous
At this point, this skill should get rid of the benefit for the opponent, so only you get one more card. And the not being able to summon should just apply to effect monsters if anything? Not just ban summoning.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
They specifically said that this skill granted too advantage to people using non effect monsters on first turn. Anyway I agree with you that before the nerf this skill was still usable, right now has lost all its appeal
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
lol no it hasn't, this skill is the entire focus of the Amano stun deck.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
That's what he said, though? Before this latest nerf the skill is still usable in Amano Stun deck, now this skill has no point being in the game, they might as well just completely erased it.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
well there are a lots of skills just put there to make number, like LP Boost Ω or the majority of Tristan's skills which noone uses because they can't be possibly good in any deck. The most useless character in this sense is probably Scud
Anonymous
Skills are the main sell point of this game but the way they are implementing it is stupid. There is no need for balancing this feature but making it as ceative as possible. When everything is OP the game will balance itself. Konami is trying too hard to control what we play using the skill that they loss most of the potential to make this a great game for everyone of their player.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Skills became their best marketing strategy, that's all they are now.

Wanna sell whatever trash cards you just released? Give them an op skill

You wanna sell cars never seen in the anime but they are garbage? Don't hit destiny draw ever again so it carries those garbage decks
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Yeah, Duel Links now has a stronger "anime/manga-like" focus, using Skills to allow for plays like in the anime or manga.

Which kinda makes me wish they do something to Duel Standby to make it usable without Amano abusing it again. Heck, maybe just completely change the skill to a Fairy support skill or something.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
They should change the skill back to its original effect. Many good skills give you a +1 advantage anyway without any drawbacks. This is a generic skill but it's a +/-0 in total because your opponent also gets a +1.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Well unlike their strategy of releasing a new archetype scattered among a SD and a mainbox with a custom skill pasted on it, buffing duel standby wouldn't net a profit so we can say goodbye to that ever happening
Anonymous
Witch LD drop this skill for Tea ?
<< Anonymous
Jimkid Reply
Reward for defeating Legendary Duelists when you play as Tea Gardner.
<< Anonymous
Dfrancis Reply
Do I just have to keep playing LD's till it drops ? Is it random ?
<< Anonymous(Dfrancis)
Anonymous Reply
Yes any LD and it's a random drop.
Anonymous
Got it from random 30 lvl LD. My Tea is lvl 6 haha.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
really lucky dude. i farm hard and havent got it
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
You need to try harder.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
can I ask what is that random LD XD? I spent 1k red keys on Joey and didn't get that skill
Pepek
Poor girl her skill have been nerf again. The next nerf will be you can't set spell or trap card
<< Anonymous(Pepek)
Njir Reply
They make her become useless
<< Anonymous(Pepek)
Anonymous Reply
Lol
<< Anonymous(Pepek)
Anonymous Reply
'kay
Anonymous
They crippled this skill very badly. Hope they improve it a little or make Surprise Present a little stronger.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous. Reply
Definitely agree about improving this skill again and surprise present does need a little boost. Underrated skill.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Yep, why not?
Anonymous
This game is so full of 🔥. I have been working for this skill since 🔥ing January and nothing. But I used stupid 🔥 Bonz this morning and have gotten 3 skill drops in less than 10 duels...
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
why do you play it then if its 🔥?
i will never understand these kind of people
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
LOL same to me I thought i was lucky XDD
Anonymous
I mean, iwano itself is intended as spirit monster in the first place, which mean he shall return to hand unless you play spirit deck in general.

Dont blame konami just because they took ur toy 4 eternity. They just make it as it intended in the first place ( remember cyber style?)
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
What did this guy smoke? His comment makes no sense, wtf...
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Duel Standby was abused with Amano to stop it from returning to hand, thus locking the opponent from activating monster effect for the rest of the Duel.

Which is not how Amano is intended to be used.
Anonymous
can still special summon though
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
how are you going to special summon if you cannot activate card effects turn 1 lol
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
uhhhm cyber dragon
Anonymous
eat that 🔥ty amano iwato user
<< Anonymous
shjiro Reply
Yeah, cause FTP users are the real 🔥...
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
IMO this was a big slap in the face because they just put it as an foil upgradeable card.
magicmushi
love that refrence to what tea says after each episode
<< Anonymous(magicmushi)
Yey Reply
Finally someone who gets it!
<< Anonymous(Yey)
danger Reply
could someone explain it?
i watch the sub version of the series

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