The older magic formats like modern and legacy are my favorites. They require a different skillset than ygo which makes for a nice change of pace but still remain very complex( harder than ygo tbh).
I honestly thought mtg was so boring coming from yugioh, but high power commander is genuinely so fun. Sometimes I almost forget theres a mana system because things can happen so fast anyway, but 1v1 magic really doesnt do it for me still. I like the chaos of 4 people which is why Yugioh Domain needs to catch on more lowkey
I’m a big believer in Elestrals. To me the gameplay is closest to the kind of interaction you get in Yu-Gi-Oh!, but with enough new mechanics that it feels different. The biggest downside of the game right now is obviously that it’s not widely available anywhere, but it’s growing. The game is in over 200 LGS in the US now, after being in 0 just a few months ago. Definitely my favorite game on this list.
Depends on where you come from. Coming from both YGO and MtG, I find Star Wars Unlimited and Flesh and Blood extremely enjoyable. Regarding your point about the size of those specific games: Flesh and Blood recently expanded to Japan and is doing well; Star Wars is growing well and had a large showing at GenCon. So yes, there are other games worth trying.
I whole heartedly agree with you on Pokémon and Magic(id change the enjoyability tho). I've tried both and I have basically the same feelings on them as you.(I did buy the Assassins Creed starter kit[for Magic] because it's freaking assassins creed and I couldn't help myself).
Honestly I think I'd have all of them I really like One Piece the most. I've also been playing a fair bit of Lorcana but to me it feels very RNG dependent It's a fun game to play with people who aren't really familiar with TCGs
Yeah one piece on surface easy to play then you get further in,and realize,the complexiality of resource management and decisions,I ensure a bad decision one turn efforts you 3 to 4 down the line,I've expernced it way to much.
Games that miss the mark and you put Flesh and blood on that list? Flesh and blood is so much fun. The meta is very open and has always been open since its inception. It rewards players who know their deck well and their match ups. Has cash prizing for their premier tournaments unlike yugioh. The card art is fantastic, some of the mtg artists actually left to submit their art for flesh and blood. The game is already 5 years old and still going strong. If you’re on the fence I highly suggest you try it out.
Digimon is probably the most unique and best designed card game. One piece is awesome but theres nothing really special about it, its very plain and easy.
One Piece at a surface level is easy, but the game isn't easy once you get down to it. There are lots of decisions to make, such as "should I swing face or should I clear board?" You don't even always want to swing even if they have no cards on field. Your opponent gains card advantage when they take damage, so sometimes it's a bad idea to get aggressive as it will allow them to get a larger hand to start fighting back
@@lewi142 yeah? Same with digimon. I also like Digimon, but of the tcgs I play, it feels the least like I'm interacting with my opponent. The memory system is neat, but generally it just seems like you are just trying to make sure your opponent doesn't get much memory at all.
@@Xenonfuji Digimon literally makes you wary of attacking into the security as you could trigger a powerful option card or hit a higher DP Digimon destroying your main stack.
@@lewi142 I have never found that mattering. Then again I exclusively play belphemon because it's cheap and wouldn't buy another deck for a near death card game
I'm open to trying new tcgs but none other than yugioh and somewhat magic have retained any of my interest for the long term. I don't love games with mana based mechanics, nor do I like card games like one piece or dbz because they feel like cheap cash grabs for a preexisting manga/anime that isn't at all centered about a card game in the text. I respect yugioh and magic for centralizing everything around their game and inspiring so many other tcgs. Pokémon from my very limited experience also feels like magic made for weenie hut Jr and I don't like most of the art or gameplay. It feels much better as a game on a console.
One piece is probably THE definition of easy to learn, hard to master. It doesn't take much to build a deck and play the correct cards from your hand, but the complexity can really take of in terms of attacking values, attacking patterns and ressource management, since basically every single card in your hand, life and mana pool can be used as a ressource in multiple different ways. And other times you just draw your oppressive curve and have to put 0 thought into your gameplay.
You're actually missing a really interesting one called Netrunner by NullSignal Games 😊 really fascinating history there, the game is now run by the fans and is completely F2P. They even own the IP.
I helped make and test Lorcana before it was the game it is today, and it’s a fun game but I don’t personally like the terms (quest for lore, sing, etc). I get it’s by Disney but it’s hard to take the game seriously and competitively when I’m using children’s terms like oh boy I’m gunna sing a song..something about that doesn’t sound as epic as “casting a spell”. I also don’t really like how little interaction there is between players. Where’s the interaction on my opponent’s turn to try and stop their game plan? It feels very race-y like I can just ignore what my opponent’s doing, tap to 20 first and I won the race. Elestrals I’d personally play if it wasn’t a sellout/overly sponsored game, and with the way aDrive is marketing it (he’s a Pokémon player btw..the video games I should mention, not the card game) it feels like the Raid Shadow Legends of card games atm. I’m sure it’s fun for some people though.
I find it hard to believe you made and test the game if you don’t understand the technical play between players. Especially playing Ruby/amethyst, the skill is knowing when to transition playing for value/board to going aggressive. Ignore your opponent and race to 20? Sure if you’re playing hyper aggro, otherwise you absolutely have to engage with your opponents plays. Just because you can’t do it on THEIR turn doesn’t mean there is no interaction.
You didn't enjoy Digimon? Its probably my favourite card game. Think the memory system is cool, and depending on the deck you are on, the deck the opponent is on and how much memory you have left, it leaves some very complex decisions both deck building and playing turns. The lack of shuffling also increases the skill of the game with decks like d-brigade that returns cards from the trash to the top of the deck and bot decks stuff so you know the order and can use the effects to play cards off the top of the deck being very skill ecpressive and then mastemon doing similar
I forgot to mention my favourite part is that apart from the memory's tracker (which is often the size of 2 cards and is cut in half) and a dice, you don't need to carry anything else to play the game (deck obviously you need but still) you don't need a life point tracker, don't need resource counters etc
Had to agree with you on magic cards looking boring. It's the format and the border design, not the actual art itself which is fine. Easily worse looking cards than Pokemon/yugioh/one piece. Even Digimon and DBZ cards look better. Every now and then mtg has a nice looking full art but 99% of their card pool is art stuck in terrible card borders.
You wouldve liked vanguard 9years ago during. G format it was better yugioh kinda like buddyfight always was and has been that was just a dogshit take and you should be ashamed. But youre probably too young to even have played either of these definitely got that young teenager stupidity about ya 😂
People threatening to play other games is good for lighting a fire under Konami's ass. Even casual viable decks are printed to purposely cost too much aftermarket and Konami has yet to be taught their lesson as sales are still growing under this. Sadly it's bad for their OTS as their player count drop and local shops stop stocking the cards players need in the future. Personally no game will ever replace Yu-Gi-Oh for me.
Kinda wishing shadowverse evolve gets more recognition, the game is fun but its not as popular so the small comunity makes it harder to approach and less likely for more casual people to invest on it
@@BEYSPORTZHUB Vanguard had its chance and it almost surpassed yugioh at one point, but bushiroad ruined that game not one not twice but 3 times it deserves its dead playerbase
@@Protech428 Hot take, but YGO's skill floor is absolutely insane, but the skill ceiling is not as crazy as people put it. Likewise, I'd give enjoyability like a 5 at best. The issue is YGO forces you to interact or else you lose. Interaction while likely is also never guaranteed. Sometimes you see no non-engine, other times your opponent completely prevents you from using it. There's a lot of incidences of false interaction as well (What's the point of interacting with a Snake Eyes Fiendsmith board, if they're just going to rebuild it and kill you next turn). Another major issue with YGO is that the inherent nature of the game means that decks try to build as uninteractive of a board as possible, because that ensures the best probability of winning. So yes YGO isn't solatire, that's a meme. But it's also not nearly as interactive as people claim it to be.
@@minnayuan2591 the skill ceiling is definitely extremly high.(just look back to an actually skill intensive format in Tearlaments as an example I or any random cant pick up full power Tear and beat Jesse Kotton in a mirror match) As someone who's definitely a capable duelist I still don't have half the skill that Joshua Schmidt, Pak, and Jesse Kotton have(and Pak started around the same time I did). And while I see your point on it not being as interactive being able to actually do something at all on your opponents first turn is far more than any game has. Instances in Magic are the closest thing any card game I've played has to anything that yugioh can do(yet you still have to get the chance to set up before you can play them thus they're not instantly impactful like handtraps in yugioh).
@@minnayuan2591 01 is just omega insane. Top anime for sure. I really liked 02 at a kid and never got to watch frontier, seeing it now bieng regarded as good gives me a bit of curiosity haha
@@somehowrockingfloor3395 Well it's underrated because it's not very well received by most Digimon fans. 01 and Tamers were the best written ones for sure. In fact 01 and Tamers were better written than most shounen shows back in the days, including Yugioh.
Prize support isn’t a major problem in the game…. Before you spam the keyboard I would like to ask you what other hobbies you have? And If you have any what are your ROI on them
I agree, I’ve never topped a major event but have topped locals many times. I’ve never really cared that much about the return on investment I just feel proud that I was able to assemble my deck, pilot it well, and thus top an event. I will say that I can see that topping a major event multiple times probably lowers the thrill you get when you do win. Idk it feels like this is just an issue that people have who consistently top and everyone else is just having fun.
Having a healthy enviroment at the top of level of skill is important, that is why is necesary to have good pricing Many people gets inspired to play based on the vibes of of the top level also it affects how many more casual players feel towards the game
@@lapizinvertido6080 I don’t see how better prize support equates to a healthy environment at the top? Casual players enjoy the game because they like the game :)
If you're a player who's consistently dominating every single event you go to and has multiple YCS wins you should be able to get more than oh idk a old asf console that no one even likes and a useless vanilla monster that no one wants. Not saying money should be handed out but come on now the prize support is terrible they need to change it.
