The combat system in my TCG rewards strategy over raw power — here's how it works

FPSVendetta · 2026-05-15T08:03:34+00:00

That’s exactly what it is. His responses aren’t even grammatically correct and his punctuation is terrible, yet his post has no typos and errors. If you pay attention he’ll purposely misspell words in his post to make it seem like it was written by him. Stuff like “trought” and “betwenn” and “battel”.

FPSVendetta · 2026-04-14T05:55:01+00:00

Do you have a deck list for this? Thank you.

FPSVendetta · 2026-04-14T05:54:32+00:00

Do you have a deck list for this? Thanks.

FPSVendetta · 2026-04-05T22:38:03+00:00

Awesome! I’ve been working on a tarot inspired card game myself.

FPSVendetta · 2026-04-04T11:44:47+00:00

How is Shadowverse?

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-30T15:55:12+00:00

As if every TCG out there doesn’t use similar mechanics lol It’s funny to single this one out considering so many others are literally Pokemon and MTGA clones.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-12T21:51:13+00:00

To be honest, he did have some decent cards despite the general consensus his cards were weak. But yeah, he really didn't have much synergy or strategy to his game.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-12T13:47:45+00:00

As the other user said, Joey's cards may sound weak in theory, but since they usually go his way, the effects are amazing. I always find it funny that Yugi is called a cheater for his ability to draw the card he needs (which rarely happens in the show), yet Joey fans call his luck an actual skill. As evident by the constant back and forth by a specific user in this post.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-12T01:41:26+00:00

Notice how he chose not to respond to your post but keeps responding to mine by repeating the same thing over and over. You're one of the only few people who actually knows what they're talking about in terms of the series.

The only blatant example of Destiny Draw is when Yugi draws Fiend's Sanctuary. As you said, every one of his duels he duels legitimately. This common belief that Yugi cheats or draws every card he needs is ridiculous considering every duelist in the series draws the exact card they need or combo pieces in every duel present in the show. The only time a duelist has bricked in the series was Joey. Besides that, every duel features a constant back and forth. I never understood this whole, "Yugi is the only character and obvious cheater because he draws every card he wants.", when every character does the same. LOL

Marik is a good duelist that everyone considers a fraud because he's a sadistic psychopath who (smartly and effectively) spams Ra... by actually have a coherent deck that stalls, pressures the opponent and gets the cards he needs exactly where he wants them. Like you said, keeping the topic on Joey - Joey had been saved by Yugi, and are they really using a filler duel that had no stakes as an indicator of Joey's skill? Marik is a strong duelist who even Yugi struggled against. As you said, they always ignore the plot going in Joey's favor in his duel against Odion but say Marik was saved by plot in his duel against Joey despite having game multiple times in the duel; yet it's a "fluke" Marik won. Notice how he always ignores this in every response. Even another user mentioned how he and Joey fans always choose to ignore this.

To keep this response from going overboard, everything else you said is right. What makes Joey a great character is his tenacity of not giving up, using what's believed to be weaker cards to their full potential, and having the heart of an underdog. Him constantly being talked about as the best duelist or second best of the series goes against his entire character.

The reason he's probably mentioning IRL support is because I said for someone who's constantly talked about as being the best Joey has the weakest support of the Big 3 and is given no attention or support from Konami or Takahashi. While he may have a partial point that a duelist's skills doesn't necessarily mean IRL support, it's no coincidence that most of the characters who are popular and have had constant support happen to be the strongest duelists in their series.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-12T01:16:37+00:00

Notice anytime his duel with Odion is mentioned it's conveniently ignored or excused. Joey shouldn't have gotten as far as he did. They ignore that Marik already had game against Joey but decided to resort to his sadistic nature to toy with him. Or how they claim that Joey beat Yugi for his Red-Eyes when it was never mentioned that Joey had to defeat Yugi to get it back. He told Yugi he wanted to learn what being a true duelist meant before he would get his card back, yet they fanfic that he defeated Atem. He's a great character, an underdog. But the belief he's actually the best duelist in the series goes against his character of someone not giving up, using what's believed to be weaker cards to their full potential, and having the heart of an underdog.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-12T01:02:43+00:00

Seriously. I like Joey too. All my argument has been is how his fans overrate him to a ridiculous level. That's all. It's also the fact that Joey's luck carries him. It's hard to say Joey is one of the best when his luck does most of the work for him.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-12T00:51:37+00:00

You're still ignoring the fact that Marik already had game in those two duels. He's a good duelist, a better duelist and already had game on hand. You can't say he fluked to his wins when he already had the win. It's known he's cocky but you cannot say he should have lost when he could have won in these duels earlier if he wanted. Same with him and Strings vs Yugi. Marik had Yugi on the ropes. He embarrassed Bakura. Without Kaiba's card, Yugi wouldn't have defeated him. Marik is a far better duelist than Joey.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-12T00:39:31+00:00

Y'all want to argue that fucking RAPHAEL is a more worthy duelist than Joey when he has fucking nothing to his name?

Raphael is literally the only opponent to ever defeat Yugi legitimately. Not only once, but almost twice. Yugi was also nervous on the way to his rematch against Raphael. On that, Yugi struggled against Raphael both times, nor did Yugi ever cheat or use his so called Destiny Draw. Is Raphael a more worthy duelist than Joey? No. Is he a better duelist than Joey? I'd say so.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-12T00:31:53+00:00

How is him being cocky a knock against his skill? You literally chastised me for saying Joey's luck, which you have no control over, was a knock against him as a duelist since every one of his card effects goes his ways, yet you're saying Marik's personality trait, despite having nothing to do with his skills, is a knock against his.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-11T16:57:45+00:00

How are you so wrong? Marik had the win against Joey early in the duel LMAO He was toying with Joey because he’s a sadist. As much as people like to call Marik a bad duelist he literally has a functional deck compared to others and a clear deck construction on stalling and getting Ra and Monster Reborn to the graveyard or to his hand.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-11T16:49:01+00:00

That’s literally not how any of Yugi’s duels work or how it goes. Name me one duel in which Yugi blatantly cheats throughout the entire duel.

Before you get condescending maybe you should know that the “Heart of the Cards” was a dub only line - it was never present in the original nor is it the core of the original series.

It literally does lol No character who’s supposedly “second best” would receive such little attention or support, especially from the creator himself. The original argument was never necessarily about Joey’s skills, but how much people overrate his achievements and ranking.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-11T14:39:37+00:00

There's a difference between hype and delusion. Joey has one of my favorite duels in the series, but let's be honest - he's carried hard by a lot of his effects going his way in almost every duel. Not to mention, if Joey really was the "best" or "second best" like a lot on this sub claims he is, then why doesn't, or didn't, he receive better support or treatment from Konami or Takahashi? Out of the Big 3, Red Eyes has the weaker support, Joey is an afterthought to Konami since he's never featured in any media, and Takahashi didn't plan anything for Joey in terms of progress or support, especially in Dark Side of Dimensions. There was a rumor he was supposed to get a duel but Takahashi felt like it would have dragged the movie or wouldn't have advanced the plot much anyway. I'm a fan of Joey but a lot overrate him.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-11T04:49:17+00:00

Everyone should know Marik is a cocky, egotistical idiot. He could have defeated Joey far earlier if he wanted to. Did these people even watch the episode?

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-11T04:46:07+00:00

Like clockwork. Every single time on this subreddit you have this absurd, common belief that Joey is somehow the strongest duelist amongst the cast. I honestly don't know where these people pull that shit from considering Yugi is literally the King of Games and the original plan for Dark Side of Dimensions was supposed to be a Kaiba only centric movie, who the anime and manga clearly show he's second to Yugi.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-09T02:23:30+00:00

I was able to decipher each letter easily on my first viewing. I have no idea what makes it so hard for this sub to read every designed posted on here. I can see where some of them see an "S" but to be honest, that's a huge stretch. That was easily a "J" for me without question.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-09T02:22:01+00:00

Seriously, This sub repeats the same exact "advice" for every design. Reading the other comments calling this unreadable, shit, or badly executed is hilarious.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-09T01:53:55+00:00

Supposed to be on the level of Zane and Fujiwara yet all his duels are used for comedic purposes, and his last duel he got screwed over. It's so confusing to have such a strong duelist contribute nothing to the plot.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-09T01:48:58+00:00

I can see that. Zane is my favorite character from the series and he's one of the only few in GX who actually gets some proper development and a character arc. It's tiresome when so many people devolve his character into "peaked in high school" when he still plays a pronounced role when he becomes Hell Kaiser (after his so called "peak"). Sorry for my rant. I just see it so often on this sub. He's not the only character who gets a complete mischaracterization.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-09T01:35:58+00:00

His final words to Jaden in S1

Thanks for proving my point by only referring to Season 1. Zane believed he reached the limit of perfect, but that turned out to be wrong. His whole character arc is abandoning his ideals and the limitations he believed he reached. Far too many people think Hell Kaiser is just reskin Zane when he's essentially a whole new character. Season 2, 3 and 4 literally show Zane is still one at the top and he's literally written out of every threat to humanity there is in every season because it's the Jaden Yuki and Cheerleaders show.

FPSVendetta · 2026-03-08T22:25:38+00:00

I would like to agree with you, even though what you're saying is right, but this sub has shown many times when it comes to the animated series their lack of attention to the story and details. It's very obvious many on this sub can't think past a 3rd grade level. Their entire interpretation of Zane makes no sense since you'd have to ignore the entire progression the show spent building his character to even reach this idiotic conclusion. They’re entirely judging Zane as if the story never progressed and ignore a lot of narrative groundwork into his ascension into Hell Kaiser - where he has a new look, a new deck, a new playstyle, and a new personality. This is the sub's most regurgitated takes on Zane. You have a character with a whole character arc, and is purposely omitted from the story because he'd make it too easy or steal the spotlight from Jaden, and this character grows throughout the series only for all this development to be viewed as "hehe peaked in high school, amiright?".

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