Considering the impact that Exodia has on the many people that watched the anime (and played the game growing up like I'm sure everyone here has haha) - would an Exodia Summon% Misc Leaderboard be realistic at all?

Or would too much RNG have to be involved in order for it to be completed within a 'stable' time?

But that's the point, the game is stagnant and adding something cool and quirky would surely draw interest in - even if it's not a long-term run that stays?

Categories do not get added until someone completes a run.

In this case, it's a bit of a stretch. It's not really a completion goal, and it might even be longer than any% (no passwords). It would definitely be misc. and may need not only a complete run but a demonstration that it is actually competitive (up to us).

Don't let the lack of a category stop you from running, though. That's how categories are made.

Thank you, I'll have to do some more research into it and come up with a repeatable strategy that others can improve on. There are so many runners wiser than me with the ins and outs of the game such as AI Manip, passwords, etc to try and obtain the pieces asap through things such as focused Reincarnations.

Either way, thank you for the kind words of encouragement! I hope it will turn out to be something I can work on in my spare time! :D

Personally I wouldn't run this category in a million years but I can give you a rough outline.

Two pieces of Exodia are obtained via passwords, two pieces are obtained via reincarnation (15dc), and two are random slot rares. You would probably just start white rose and line up as many 3-in-a-rows as you can of cards that are as close to 15dc as you can get.

You'd probably be fighting Tristan or Tea over and over again - I suppose you have to do at least 10 duels for the two reincarnations anyway, so win until you get the two pieces and surrender once you have them (if you're lucky and get the two pieces within 10 duels. Sounds unlikely).

Timing would end after dismissing the YOU WIN textbox following an Exodia summon.

For the record, reincarnation manip exists and has been utilised in his All Cards run which you can find here:

All Cards is a good example of a legitimate category that isn't on the leaderboards because it's not very competitive.. And I would say that it is more competitive than "Summon Exodia" would be :P

Yeah, those are looking like good points towards how it would work. Like you said, the Head and Left Arm are password obtainable which helps to cut down time. Thank you so much for the Reincarnation Manip video - will look more in-depth into this when I have a chance!

I can't remember for sure but I thought that Jasper (Grandpa) gave you Exodia pieces if you beat him (Graveyard 3-in-a-row slots)? Maybe that would be a quicker route than Reincarnation Manip due to not needing the games from Tristan/Tea?

Oops I typo'd - only one is a slot rare (my previous post counted 6 total, lol), that is the Right Leg. It has a random chance of showing up as a generic slot rare. It's not a special slot rare like Dark Magician Girl which is always obtained when you line up 3 Dark Magicians. It has an equal chance of showing up as cards like Summoned Skull, Temple of Skulls, etc.

None of the pieces show up in the slots normally, so none of them can be won from Grandpa.

Here is a spreadsheet which lists all of the ways of obtaining each card in the game, created by GMS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zpBNCHcCoU_lidOsSlgQeEnOvB76oJkYLt5nPlhQBYk/edit#gid=0

Perfect, once again thank you for giving me a better insight as to how long a run like this could take - any help is 100% appreciated!