Summary
Yu-Gi-Oh!players love pots. Ever since the original Pot of Greed card was released in the very first set of the card game, there have been a fair number of variants trying to find some balance for otherwise broken card.
There are pots that require you to pay a cost before getting your cards in hand and others that will cut you off from some of your most powerful Monsters. Has Yu-Gi-Oh! found success in balancing the original Pot of Greed or does there exist a Pot that is actually better than the original? This is every Pot Spell in Yu-Gi-Oh! ranked.
11Pot Of Generosity
Generosity Doesn’t Pay
Pot of Generosity is possibly the worst Pot Card of all time. Unlike other cards which at least give you something in return, this one is all cost and no gain. It allows you to shuffle two of your cards from your hand into the deck.
While there might be times when you draw a card you would much rather have in the deck, it is not worth losing three cards from your hand just to send them back. If it at least let you shuffle two and draw two, perhaps it could see more play.
10Pot Of Benevolence
Not The Greatest Interruption
Pot of Benevolence lets you shuffle two cards from either graveyard back into the deck. It then banishes itself instead of going to the graveyard. This is a card that would be better as a Quick-Play Spell. However, since it is a Normal Spell, it can only activate its effect on your turn.
Depending on the deck, the graveyard can be a vital piece to the player’s strategy. Being able to take away those options can be powerful, which is why cards like D.D Crow are consideredgood hand traps. Pot of Benevolence is just too slow.
9Pot Of Dichotomy
A Less Interesting Pot Of Avarice
Pot of Dichotomy is not the worst card in the world. It can only be used at the start of your Main Phase by shuffling three Monsters with different Types from your graveyard back to the deck. you may then draw two cards, but you can’t battle.
It has no real use aside from being a substitute for the then-banned card, Pot of Avarice. While not being able to conduct your battle phase is not the worst restriction, Avarice just clears this pot in every way.
8Pot Of Riches
Pendulum Support That Doesn’t Work
Pendulum Decks like to set up their back row so you can Special Summon multiple Monsters from your hand in one turn. Pot of Riches can be used to send some of those Pendulum Monsters from the Extra Deck and the graveyard back to the deck to draw cards.
The problem with Pot of Riches is that the Pendulum Monsters in your Extra Deck will eventually come back out. So sending them back to the deck is not the best use of them, even if it is to draw two cards. Plus, cutting off your Special Summons is not ideal.
7Pot Of Acquisitiveness
So Close To Useful
Pot of Acquisitiveness is so close to being a good card. It takes three banished Monsters and shuffles them back into your deck while letting you draw one card. It is also a Quick-Play Spell, which makes it playable during your opponent’s turn.
The only thing holding it back is the wording in the text box. It specifies Monsters, which means the banished cards need to be face-up for you to send them back to the deck with this card. If it just said card, it could be an answer to getting your face-down banished cards back, which is a more frequent problem.
6Pot Of Avarice
Power Crept But Great
Pot of Avarice lets you shuffle five Monsters from your graveyard back into the deck to draw two cards. This card was once so powerful it got banned, but since then has been deemed too slow for the modern meta.
Most of the time, you need Monsters in the graveyard to pull off combos, so sending them back isn’t always the best. you’re able to, however, sendExtra Deck Monstersback to the Extra Deck to use them again. However, getting this card in your hand during your first draw often results in a dead card.
5Pot Of Duality
Perfect For Trap Decks
Pot of Duality is a combination of Pot of Greed and Pot of Generosity. You can look at the top three cards of your deck and add one of them to your hand. This might be better than drawing two cards if it didn’t have such a heavy restriction. If you use this, you cannot Special Summon.
Special Summoning is a core mechanic of many decks, so being cut off makes Pot of Duality incompatible with lots of strategies in the modern meta. However, the card is still a massive powerhouse for Trap decks, which focus on interacting and Special Summoning on your opponent’s turn.
4Pot Of Desires
A Risk Worth Taking
Pot of Desires banishes ten cards from the top of your deck face-down to draw two cards. While this is a steep price, it is surprisingly useful in specific decks. Gren Maju uses it to power up, and Swordsoul could use it due to the card numbers.
Pot of Desires forces you to do a bit of statistical math. It’s better to have two cards in hand than ten cards you don’t have immediate access to in the deck. However, do you have enough copies of vital cards in your deck that milling ten won’t accidentally cut you off from all of them?
3Pot Of Extravagance
Get Rid Of Extra Deck Cards
Pot of Extravagance lets you pick whether you want to banish three or six cards from your Extra Deck face-down. You can draw one card for every three cards banished. This is a great card if your deck does not use the Extra Deck and you don’t care what gets hit.
The only downside is you can’t draw any more cards, which is fine in decks that can run it. It is similar to Pot of Desires but has less of a chance of hitting something that you need from the Main Deck.
2Pot Of Prosperity
Choose From Up To Six Cards
Pot of Prosperity is a pretty flexible card that lets you choose what to banish from the Extra Deck. This lets you keep your best Extra Deck Monsters while still being able to add a card to your hand. While you don’t get two, you can look at the top three or six cards from your deck and choose one.
Being able to choose what to add to your hand is one of the most powerful abilities in the game, especially since Pot of Prosperity has a chance to reveal cards that normally wouldn’t be searchable.
