Whenever I need to get in the competitive mindset, I just imagine what it would be like if I was raised by parents that didn’t love me and topping this event is the only way to get them to even look in my direction

I’m somewhere between casual and competitive (I think). I play the most with my friends because we bounce duels off of each other for practice for locals on Saturdays. I only enter locals because I love the game and wanna have fun, so even if I have a terrible night duel-wise, I always end up having fun playing different decks, learning about new cards or cards that I’ve never seen before, different people’s play styles, and learning more about my decks in turn. After every match, every single match, I always wish my opponent luck in further rounds with a smile and a handshake because at the end of the day it’s a community thing and it’d be a waste to have a negative attitude towards an event for a game I love

As someone already said, this can be applied to any competitive setting As long as it’s fair game, you should expect other people to do their best and you should do the same (if you plan to win)

Netdecking is actually a crucial step in the Yu-Gi-Oh learning process, and does reduce your viability as a win if you follow it too strictly. If you're a beginner and you copy a decklist online to try out, you're able to learn the ins and outs of why that deck works and what makes the pieces inside it good. You're able to learn basic strategies and interactions you're likely to see at the competitive level. You can learn why people run 2 copies instead of 3 for certain cards, what's useful and what isn't. It's like looking at code written by another programmer. While the deck you copy might be powerful and effective, however, without a full understanding of the metagame it can also be your undoing. If (I'm a bit old, so pardon the ancient references) a Quasar OTK deck is topping the charts, expect that not only will people be running it, but they'll be specifically building their own decks to hard counter too prevalent an archetype. From the second that decklist goes up, people are trying to take it down or else tweaking heir own build of it to counter the counters in a rock/paper/scissors manner or beat each other in a mirror match. It's these complexities that lend depth to the competitive environment. Where your choice of archetype isn't an expression of creativity, but your ability to innovate and make effective choices on a card by card basis within the same framework as everyone else. Where it matters whether you chose to run one Test Tiger or three, Gyzarus or not. When in doubt, remember the words of MaRo: "Restrictions breed creativity"

As a reminder that during the Djinn Nekroz format, people were known to make a gentleman's agreement to side out the Djinn lock, and they were also known to side out Djinn with another copy of the same Djinn. People are definitely going to play dirty, so you'll have to be prepared.

I'm just gonna choose to have fun in my own way. I will enter a big tournament with a meme deck or fun deck, I'm not gonna get salty if I get pummeled by *insert tier 1 deck* but at the same time there's a certain breed of competitive players who just can't understand "having fun" in the sense of bringing a bad deck to a tournament, whether by choice or because of budget constraints. Like one time I had this guy ask me in the most snide manner possible if I was a returning player but I've playing Yugioh in some capacity since I could walk. I feel like some folks just can't empathize with people who aren't sore losers. Like my locals is super competitive so when I enter and go like 1-4 or something to me it's satisfying because I was actually able to win one match with this abysmal deck and I can't believe how many people question how that could be any fun. Believe it or not, while it's nice to win you can also have fun losing. Everyone can set their own standards, it's up to their discretion.

Watching stuff like this makes me appreciate Vanguard more

"Blame the cards, not the player" is a great motto for tournaments. Players will and should always play the best cards available and often these are cards that are unfun for their opponent. And it's ok.

I've had a lot of experience on both sides. First regionals I went to I played a deck to counter the meta and most people were upset even if I wasn't winning. Then I played 3 different FTK decks at regionals and 1 was with exodia and only a single player got upset. Everyone else wanted to see me get to exodia and say they lost to it as a funny story. From all my decks I've had, I've had people get mad at me for playing the most off meta garbage decks, and mad at me for playing the best deck at the time. No matter what, everyone cant be happy, so just play what YOU want to play. My current deck is meta mixed with bs, and its really fun. But even now I've seen people get mad.

I enjoy playing ignisters. Something about spending 2 minutes on a combo that ends on an big towers and nothing else is fun to me.

Not getting salty is important for both your tournament performance and for the community. Getting mad impairs your judgment and will make you more likely to mess up again. It's also good for the community as a whole to not be filled with salty players. You don't have to be happy the whole time, but you shouldn't be getting mad.

This is why I’m slowly transitioning to Pokémon. The game just feels more relaxing and it doesn’t feel devastating when you lose. In Yugioh you feel your soul leaving you when you lose because you spent so much money on a “competitive deck” when in Pokémon you can build a deck for 40-50 dollars and win with it. That is almost impossible in Yugioh

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This is true for competition in general. I take martial arts, and one thing I tell people when they ask about getting into martial arts is this. "Do you want to win? Are you ready to lose?" If the answer is no, then don't compete. Your heart has to be in it. Nobody likes a unpassionate opponent.

I feel like this can be applied towards ANY form of competitive environment, not just Yu-Gi-Oh!. Smash Bros. Ultimate's competitive scene, for example, has Steve, a character that everyone hates basically because of his unique mechanics and tools forcing other players to play differently against him, whereas not respecting what he does can get him to add up a ton of damage on you (and possibly your stock), up to the point where some people want him banned. Doesn't even have to be character-specific: "Lame" play styles like just not interacting with your opponent with a ton of ledge play or running away from your opponent a lot of the time frustrates a lot of players. The thing is though, none of this is banned or cheating, and your opponent is allowed to pick any character on the screen or choose to play the way he/she may do, and no amount of complaining will ever fix that. They're trying to win under any means necessary, and they'll do whatever works. Accepting that stuff like this can happen and learning how to deal with it is one step towards a better competitive mindset.

I’m so glad they added casual mode on Master Duel. Now I can actually practice unique decks without facing as many people just playing to win

This is a great mindset to have. I've always tried to avoid playing what I consider to be "toxic" cards, (banned in ocg but not master duel), because I know how much I hate playing against them, but ultimately since noone else cares maybe I shouldn't either. It's just unfortunate how poorly designed the game is that you ahve to basically sacrifice your own values in order to win.

the reason why i disagree with super poly being banned is because the boards that are made sometimes impossible to play through. super poly gives you a chance. it doesnt guarantee victory and it also doesnt guarantee that you will have a target for it for what you are playing against.

The one mindset you forgot to mention is the "no fun allowed" mindset, were if you even smile or even look like your having fun they give you a weird look like your an idiot. One person told me to stop playing the game after I beat them with a gren maju deck.

As a Neo-Spacian player the best mindset is "Im not winning this but if my cards provide a large enough migraine than there is a chance they slip up"

I normally play for the fun of it. I never played a local, but in a regional a few months ago. I saw the difference. I agree that the mindset is different and I've learned to accept that.

This was very grounding and informative. Thanks for sharing your personal perspective

When I make decks I try to make them as competitive as possible cause I dont see the reason to purposely neuter a deck just for someone else's idea of fun

Paul, when you play yugioh for fun with the new archtypes does it not feel that without hand traps almost every deck just goes off even if they are pure decks. Unlike older decks.

As someone that’s come back into TCG and looking into getting in more you provided some great tips especially the tips on playing for fun and playing to win mentality.

I just always enjoy playing. I never understood the mindset of hating specific cards or playstyles. I use whatever and my opponents use whatever. Feels like people just like to make up rules and force them on others.

This is a *great* video, and I really agree with you on these points. Especially that blame for unfun cards and decks should be pointed at the publisher of the game, not the players. I play Mtg these days in a pretty competitive local scene, and I find it a ton of fun, because we can spend more time playing the games and less time endlessly arguing about what is and isn't fun or should or shouldn't be allowed at this or that level (the reason why I despise commander, tbh). Sure, now and then we lose badly and get salty about a combo deck, but no one then starts telling the player they shouldn't bring that deck--they start discussing about how to beat it the next time. What is so tiring about all these arguments: "Everyone should play their own favourite thing and try to win with that" is a fantasy that I understand the appeal of completely, but one that fails to understand that there WILL always be decks and cards that are better than others. So if everyone should play what they like thematically or whatever, then the player who likes Nekroz or Orcust or whatever is the strongest archetype now gets to win. And alternatively, if they should *not* bring those decks, now they're the ones who can't play their favourite cards, right? In the end, any format will always have a meta, the optimal strategies to use. And whether they use those strategies or not is up to each player---but trying to hold others to a decision they one-sidedly made just to entertain *their* personal ideas of fun or fairness is just a load of bull.

I hated when people got shame for net decking… the game evolves too fast for decks to be effective from a certain lists

I'm definitely the "2 sides" type of person, but I both love the duels where you can laugh and embrace the side thats out for blood

When the Duelist Cup came around in Master Duel, I realized I'd need a different mindset from just playing the decks I thought were fun if I wanted to reach the high levels... and then I finally started using the Adventure Virtual World deck that I had sitting around for weeks

I just got a deck put together, and am getting back into it. Super fun game.

Paul ur vids on this channel for sooooo good thanks for your content

Totally agree! You play in a tournament to win, so prepare to see the same decks and strats. You need to be pretty rich to compete and have a chance.

I put all the extra deck monsters I hate in my extra deck and run ghost reaper. Banishing their DPE or Barron while they are in the middle of comboing into them is a satisfaction you must experience.

Calorie dense snacks and plenty of water/caffeine to keep you going will also give you an edge over the people that are mentally/physically drained towards the end.

I definitely appreciate this video. I definitely know I'm not someone who would do well at being competitive, but it gives me a better understanding as to why some people seem "too serious" at times when I'm watching them play a game.

The part about the ego and morale of playing certain decks/cards was good

I wish we had more control over rules/formats for duels , especially in master duel . I find this to be the the best answer to this crazy game and please everybody

I'm a try hard and get mad if any of my plays gets negated, that's a me problem and a reason why I can't play any competitive games

We need official "No Meta" tournaments from Konami themselves. Tier 1 meta decks are forbidden. Some generic extra deck monsters are forbidden including some main deck monsters and other cards are forbidden and are on an additional banlist. Rogue decks only, LET'S GOOO!

People need to understand that when a decklist tops a rly big event, it usually means that there have been a lot of playtest before the event eith various people and decks alongside with a lot of valuable advice for rly strong players behind that decklist. And that is something that noone can achieve just by thinking by themselves how good they thing a decklist is. So yes pls netdeck but also have in mind that that particular decklist was made for the specific event

I stepped away from competitive yugioh right before the new Master Rule dropped with Pendulums. I had come to terms with the fact that I will never be "that" person when it comes to competitive yugioh. I got into things again two years ago to help distract from the stress of 2020 and accepted that I'm happier just tinkering with goat format and building decks to allow me to play with other players. Hell, even with goat format, I'm not super competitive. I doubt I'll give up yugioh any time soon as long asi have at least one person to play with.

This is the exact video for me, trying to build a tearlaments deck as my first real meta deck

imagine spending over $2000 for a plane ticket /hotel /transportantion / food. to enter a tournament just to have driver in your opening hand. its really hard for me to be competitive about things that are MASSIVELY rng dependant. how do u know if you where truly outskilled and that ur opponent is better than u when rng says u didn't open any handtraps/ lost the die roll.

I've been playing yugioh for years right, I've done locals and regionals and I've played at home with friends and family. Me and my wife play each other regularly too. I've met tons of different players and had amazing duels and terrible duels but I've always enjoyed myself for the most part. I think at the end of the day and I've been praised and agreed with by many but honestly every payer must know deep down Firstly you should always play Yugioh for you above all things, because you enjoy playing the game and not because someone else is making you participate. Enjoy the game the way you like to play it. I would encourage everyone to try locals and that path at least one time but if getting together with some friends every now again to pit those crystal beasts against harpies or have a four way last deck standing game then more power to you just enjoy Yugioh and try everything and be decent to other people because this isn't a game you can fully experience on your own. I promise you that if you keep this in mind you will always have fun... Oh! Yes.. And believe in the heart of the cards and get your game on! Go fast if it makes you feel alive rev it up! Summon Your Xyz's swing your pendulums of destiny and link summon to your hearts content.

Losing is a part of life in general people have to learn to have fun first. I’m not gonna lie I hate it when your playing competitively the person your playing against is serious to the point where he doesn’t smile show some respect to your opponent regardless of the win or loss. Btw this isn’t me complaining it’s just have some sportsmanship. When I lose or win at my locals I always smile shake the players hand and then I move on. Moral of the story just remember it’s a game it’s competitive but don’t forget who you are! Losing is frustrating but you learn from your mistakes! Just keep pushing your limits and grow! Loved the video bro keep up the good work ! Galaxy Eyes FTW! Peace ✌🏼

Yeah but if floodgates aren't legal then it's just gonna be the same 2 decks all the time. Floodgates allow certain lower level decks to be somewhat competitive. Some people play Mystic Mine but it's mostly to annoy people cuz Mystic Mine decks never win big, but it's nice to see some variety.

For me even at local tournaments whether it's pay or not doesn't change the mindset I have of I'm just trying to have fun if my opponent gets mad because they lost more joy for me. Also taking in a lot of the competitive decks I don't find most of them fun so I have to try to find something that's fun for me to play.

I've been experimenting with Exosisters because of the amount of cards immune to destruction and the graveyard restrictions it puts your opponent under. Returnia also just such a good trap to help with dealing with monster Negates when trying to break boards. I agree entirely with everything you've said in the video, it's a harsh reality I've only recently come to really accept and I think that's the problem with a lot of newer players

It's a money Pit. That loses value. It's not a good investment. Even competing. If there is no real value outside of the game competing becomes useless. No money prizing for a game that consists on constantly spending money.... winning product is a slap in the face.

You were spot on about leaving complaining for after the game as complaining in general won't promote progress in ones life, sure complaining can bring up an issue but when it doesn't have a solution in mind, then that's when complaining isn't healthy. Better to find a solution rather than continue wallowing in negativity; better to grow stronger than stagnate.

Personally though this is what I don't like about competitive Yugioh; its leading people towards the same cards, a lack of variety, and with the prevalence of floodgates and other such cards people are basically unable to actually play the game. If everyone's using cards that say, "Your opponent cannot do x" it sometimes doesn't matter how much money you spent or what cards you brought to the table, you just draw for turn and pass. The idea of "stop your opponent from having fun" is the mentality in Yugioh players' minds that needs to go in my opinion. I should be able to have fun and my opponent should be able to have fun too. That fun should be maintained in a healthy and fair environment and game dynamic that doesn't lead to one player completely shutting out another player's opportunities entirely. Just throwing our hands up and saying, "Well it is what it is" and accepting it is how we got to this power creep lopsided situation in the first place. Why players never actually banded together to say, "Hey, game is headed in a terrible direction, implement something to slow things down or fix these glaring issues" is something I don't understand. But *shrugs*

I already have my frog deck prepared for splight format, this will be my format. 💪💪💪💪

Your mindset on playing for fun and building fun decks is exactly why my friends and I find ourselves asking each other to duel rather than play ranked on master duel. We have the meta decks for it but we hardly have interactive duels unless it’s against each other with our old school decks and whacky creations we come up with.

If you want to be competitive, you gotta be ready to be bored.

Personally never see myself dueling competitively, or even going to a locals. I'm not a people person in the slightest I enjoy watching competitive duels though I watched the championships that are aired here on youtube EVERY DUEL. Love that stuff because I enjoy learning, but I only like super rogue decks rogue may not even fit them so I'll stick to having a little fun on master duel and dueling my siblings every once in awhile.

The frustrating part about card value is that without it, you lose a lot of the competition and what that brings to the table. Some people play just for that value and historically, when card values were low, we saw massive downturn in turnouts, playing to win packs by that point is just wasting time for a subset of players.

I'm not really someone that can really commit to being all that competitive. Like I do get competitive to a degree, but my first priority in all things is do I like what I'm doing. For me whether I'm playing 10hrs of 8 player Twilight Imperium or ranking up in Duel Links and Master Duel, my first priority is to have a play style I enjoy and then see how far I can go with that. When it comes to Yu-Gi-Oh I just can't get myself to care about the meta, I just want to play the archetype I want to play today and see how it does. Cuz when that archetype that I know isn't all that powerful does get some wins, it feels so great!!

I'm a seasonal competitive YuGiOh player. My favorite deck was Herald of Perfection (pure). When Eva got banned, I switched to Drytron still playing Perfection. Nowadays I can't compete in formats where Maining Dark Ruler No More is almost mandatory. I don't like this format. So depending on the format and whether Herald Drytron is viable, I just choose whether or not to play competitively. I guess this makes me a bad competitive player. Or maybe a bad player in general.

It's crazy how many times cards like summon limit, anti-spell fragrance and D shifter have just straight up won me games because they lock out the opponent. I feel bad sometimes for it, but you got to fight broken with broken.

Floodgates are fun

Oh what a great video!! Like video of the year man!! I think to go competitive you also need to know how the top 5-7 Decks play. People that say net decking sucks and that net deck without knowing how the top decks work are the type of people that don’t know how the deck play. It’s good to net deck but we use it as a starting step and then adjust and change from there. Same, I also have both mentalities… I have no mercy when playing competitive. Never underestimate my opponent. At the end of the day, in competitive, it’s not my fault they didn’t prepare for mystic mine. They dont like the card? That’s cool. Thanks for the free win for not preparing for it. Even tho it’s been seeing play ever since the day it came out. Investing so much money, people will not give you free wins… your fault for not preparing… Oh, a fun duel? Oh shartsfarts, yeah yeah, since you have no outs to my mystic mine let’s agree that it pops in my next turn…

I live in a small town. I thought my locals would be casual and laid back but actually people come from 2 larger towns one north and one south to play here at my small locals because it’s crazy competitive here.

I like what Paul's saying here I'm much the same way in wanting to have fun as a preference yet we are the same in the competitive sense that we like to win. My personal issue is that I don't have the money to compete.

Even if you Net deck, if you don't know how to use it then you're not gonna win... Skill is still required to pilot it.

You made a good list of reasons why I haven't played the physical game since the first year of Vrains. I'm certainly the type of person who wants to build things optimally, but I also really despise being given steps or being told what to do. It's the journey of learning how to improve my deck through dueling that makes it fun. Can you think of a reason why I should return Paul? A reason why I should be competitive? Because there really doesn't seem to be any room for trial and error.

When nothing happened but your only opening cards gets negated: "okay I concede"

Same I like the back and forth. I know that you play to win, but OTKing or getting OTK is boring. I miss the older Yugioh were matches felt like a Chess game.

Paul, could you do a discussion video on proxy/OCG card use at locals? Is this something you've encountered? I had my 2nd locals last week & a guy asked if he could use his OCG cards & he had the translations to hand. I wasn't overly keen on the idea but I let him .After all, if I've spent time collating the TCG cards I need to run my deck, shouldn't my opponent? (I appreciate cards costing £100 is a joke on Konami's part but that's another issue). Anyway he then proceeds to DPE spam. Another guy then asked if he could use some proxy cards for the adventure engine because he didn't own them? Is this common? I appreciate its just locals & mine is very lax (no deck lists, no deck check to ensure min/max) but surely a line needs to be drawn somewhere. Cheers,

I think that is probably why I play at tournaments so rarely, I prefer seeing many different decks, not always the same. I want to have fun and not to be frustrated and bored.

Playing to win using any tactic possible is always a possibility. I’ve seen a few comments about how this applies to other games or even sports, such as Jigglypuff in Melee or Hack-a-Shaq in basketball. They’re all legal unless the rules are changed, and while the audience and salty losers may hate it, a legal win’s a legal win.

I liked this video it outlines the difference between a competitive player and a casual player. I often take issues with casuals complaining about strong cards, it feels like a competitive player will complain less about strong card and use them to win or know how to play around them. It comes down to skill and being prepared is a part of that

As a previous "serious" yugioh player I get exactly what you say. I used to have 2 types of decks, my tournament decks which have the most broken cards, and my fun decks which I basically played what I liked and used when I'm dueling friends or in side "at home" tournaments. I do remember the negativity associated with my playing a "meta" or a "net-copy" deck, to the extent that once I brought a copy of a YCS deck list and told a tournament organizer that this is my deck list lol. But like you said, when I'm there to win, why would I play what I believe is second best?

I love competitive card games, and I love Yugioh, but at least in modern Yugioh, they simply can't intersect for me anymore. I know RNG will always be a factor in every card game, but in Magic or Pokemon, I almost NEVER have a situation where "oh you didn't draw this one card in your opening hand, tough shit bud scoop and move on" like Yugioh has. Competitive Yugioh to me feels bad in the sense that you need to draw your specific outs(and at a competitive level 2 of them) or that's it. At that point the game becomes more about crunching statistical probabilities of "the least likely chance of bricking and also getting enough outs" and it's just not enjoyable. I understand some people love that, but it's not what I originally signed up for with the game a long time ago.

I've know about these hard truths for years and years and years and it's for that reason that I've been permanently turned off by major tournaments. I just want to enjoy the game.

TCG Konami NEEDS to adopt the printing methods that OCG does. Where the chase card has multiple rarities so that way ALL the players can afford the game. Those who want to bling out their decks will chase the Ultis/Ghosts/Secrets, while budget players will chase for the Ultras. This will ensure everyone is happy

I want a game where everyone can feel like a winner. I can't always guarantee if I use *all* of DPE spam, handtraps, and a full extra deck toolbox, but one out of those in each deck sure won't hurt.

The only card I've ever refused to play is Mystic Mine.

Money is probably one of the biggest factors, trying to build a new deck such as spright or tearalaments can end up costing so much, and that's not including side-deck or extra deck yet..so unless you have the money to spend on these decks in the first place, you really can't even compete at your LCS without dropping $600-700+..

Great video. Sometimes it's hard to come to terms with some aspects of the game, but taking it at face value is an easy way to get through it and not get tilted. That said, maybe it's time to add adventure/p.u.n.k. to my deck

if you are showing up to a tournament, and paying to enter and expect to face anything other then the top meta decks then that's a you problem.

I think this can be applied to anything competitive, you need to be cutthroat, before and after the match you can be friendly but during the duel all you should care about is playing efficiently and optimally, good video !

For me I’m a casual but if I ever decide to go to a tournament I’d expect all the meta decks. It’s a tournament that’s just how it is

You bring up an interesting tournament idea - your position in the tournament gives X points, and the cards in your deck have negative point values. Let's say 1st place awards 100 points, but each Ash Blossom is -3 points. DPE is -7. Every Floodgate is -5 points. And cards not on the list are neutral.

I feel a switch between playing games i play for fun and then there's that One competitive game where i Just give It my all and It brings a level of stress that often surpasses the fun, so... I tend to play competitive much less

Paul I appreciate your sober thoughts on these things. It’s basic logic and common sense. Like you said, maybe these things aren’t enjoyable but it comes with the environment. I appreciate your realism and sharing it with the community.

I wouldn't mind playing a true tier 1 meta deck, but I absolutely refuse to pay $1,000+ for the necessary cards. I'm also somewhat of an accidental meta gamer. I bought Albaz Strike on a whim, and got a Spright Blue in my first POTE pack. I didn't realize at first how respected these cards were. I just thought they looked cool.

What sites do you look at for TCG specific strategy and deck lists? Something like Master Duel Meta but for TCG

I will always be a casual player. So I play decks that are rogue tier at best, simply because I like playing those. If I play a tournament I'll adapt my deck to have hand traps and lines to negates and such. However, it will still be the rogue deck I'm playing. It just gives me the most amount of joy. I don't need to win, but if I do win, that makes me more happy than after sweating it out with a top strategy.

It's honestly shocking how the differences in banlists between Charlotte and Hartford turned the deck I main in Master Duel from a Small World hyper toolbox that I'm currently on a format modified version of there into one of the most aggravating stun decks to face since Eldlich realized how potent Skill Drain was in their strategy. I don't know if I'd be able to run Sky Striker as Stun when their toolbox control was the reason I originally picked up the deck there, it gave me heavy Warrior Toolbox vibes and can even run a lot of classic cards well enough. And while running Adventure and DPE stuff in the deck is the current norm anyway, I didn't think 40 cards would be enough to cover all my bases in a Bo1 Ladder so I had to improvise, running a huge variety of hand traps and Kaijus that served as both interruption and Small World bridges. In a format where you only have once chance to take on people, I feel like having more options is especially important when you never know what you're going to face next(and already know how to deal with the most common threats).

Wow Paul just explained what competitive means.

i wanna add another thing, dont be upset with yourself if you dont "perform" well, there are just also things as draw luck and matchups which play a big role too, so try to be realistic about what you couldve done and what not

I always try to differentiate between competitiveness at locals versus at a regional/YCS, etc. I'm trying to win at locals, but I'll let my opponent know where the imperm column is. I'll remind them of effects I have available on the field. At a bigger event, you can bet that I won't be giving reminders on little things here and there against my opponent.

I feel like I'm a rouge player. I like the cards I like and I try and make them work. But I understand this... A dream isn't worth eating, if the person you took it from didn't believe in it. To me a win is only worth the effort of the other person tried their best to also win. I want my opponent to kill me if I misplay once, because if I win... It means that in this particular space time. I was the better duelist. And yes deck building is part of the duel. Side decking and deck building in general is what I typically lose the most sleep over lol. All in good fun, but I want you to feel the heat of battle as well.

It's either for Fun or for *Blood for the Blood God and Skulls for the Skull Throne* That's why Casuel is the best way to even enjoy this Game💀

This is true, that's why we need a lot of hits to make competitive or meta less lean and to actually encourage people to find the next best thing without relying on just new sets. Konami shouldn't protect players investments in cards and properly hit the overused current good cards regularly. I mean 6 months meta of a good strat then hit it hard then let the players find the next one, let it thrive a bit and repeat. Keeps meta fresh at least or until a better balance is created.

When you sign up and play in a tournament you are there to kick ass and chew bubblegum, but you're all out of bubblegum. Nothing matters except wins if winning is the goal, and everyone who enters and sits at those tables is an equal that deserves no mercy as they will give you none. LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I’m headed to Regionals this weekend I just wanna atleast win a couple games against ppl I haven’t beaten

I think that dual mentality is where I have an issue and why I tend to stick to playing with friends or in a less competitive setting as I could run the adventure engine I pulled most of the pieces I just find it massively unfair and Have decided to wait till the later adventure support and just build pure adventure.

Me over here wanting to play icejade against the meta