I like Yu-Gi-Oh, and this game at a base is great...

But why tf is it so grindy. You can't get the cards you want to keep up with the OP meta. The Starter decks are complete ♥♥♥♥♥. There is literally no point in using them. Same with the starter decks you buy in the shop. They are 500 shards and you can buy them up to 3 times. They don't even have the new boss monsters in them (No not because the boss monsters didn't exist yet. The boss monsters have been out at the same time as the packs).

The trade-in system is dumb. You spend 30 UR for a card and only 10 UR is returned when you sell it back.

This system is made to make you spend money. I know this is a free to play game at base, but is it really? If I can't win against the same bs decks that everyone wants to play, I'm gonna have to hop on that wagon to stand a chance. But I can't hop on that wagon unless I have those cards. So that means spending money on shards to help with that issue.

Oh wait! You can't even do that. The cards you get in the shop aren't guaranteed.

You have to spend 100 shards on the Master Duel pack and hope the card you want (or at the very least, a related card) is in said pack. You're doing this over and over until you catch a break. It's dumb.

"Oh but weird furry guy, you can trade in the cards from that set to unlock the pack..."
You can, but no... It's not guaranteed there either. Your best bet is to trade in one of the more rare cards in the set to get that pack. But guess what. That card happens to be a UR that you can't afford to give up.

And when you do get that pack that you spent so many shards on, you'll face yourself at the dramatic crossroads.

1. You already spent all your shards trying to get this pack, so you have none left to spend on it.
2. You have a couple shards left, but you don't pull the cards you actually need.


I like this game. I really do. But it is so unrewarding when it comes to these situations. Maybe those EU regulations will kick in and make things a little better. idk. Or maybe they'll fix the grind and make some changes. Highly doubt that though.

As for the duels themselves... They take f*cking years. Why is it that you can combo for 10+ minutes off of a single card. What is the literal point of the time limit? It does nothing. It pauses mid chain and thought. I just don't get it. Make that bs shorter.

Don't let me go in on the game itself. My opponent can get first turn and end it with a board of 4 omni negate monsters. Full backrow and a graveyard set up as a fail safe to do it all over again on my turn.

Oh yeah, my turn! I get to play one card. Everything else gets negated. That one normal summon I got to do was totally worth it. Now I get to watch them go for overkill next turn because just attacking is not enough. The state of the game itself is just bad too tbh. Sometimes I wish I got into MTG as a little kid. Nostalgia and the will to screw over all these boring meta users is the only thing keeping me attached. lol

6/10 It's an okay game if you're willing to put time and money in.
3/10 It's predatory, super grindy and just a ♥♥♥♥♥ to deal with.

The game isn't worth your time. The entire game is players using hand-traps to cancel anything you do, and if that's not bad enough if they go first they summon everything on their turn. So, when it's your turn all they do is cancel everything you play leaving you with nothing to do on your turn. Then they attack you with everything they summoned on their 1st turn and finish you off. There is no DUEL or DUELING in it. Don't waste your time, just play it with your friends.

ts makes me hate my life im on a losing streak ♥♥♥♥ yall (recommended)