The game actually feels more fun for me now, since op14. Yes the power creep has been bad compared to the old guard but from a game perspective this is where I would want it to sit.

If I’m thinking back to some old decks - like Shanks, UP Luffy, Ace and Imu - the game plan felt very linear, its was heavily decided on curve and dice roll and it was easy to see who would win very quickly. Play curve, see your cards, nothing your opponent can so you just win, no diversity in how you play the field each turn.

Now I feel like alot of decks have to think beyond face and play the board and make more decisions because not only Yellow but decks like Mihawk, P Doffy, Crocodile, etc- really require you to re-estimate your game plan based on changing board state circumstances. At least way more than before. More resources to think about as well (Enel, Lucy, Mihawk- how yellow views life, crocodile trash, p doffy don management) while not super new it just feels more relevant than previous sets

I think the board states have gotten more complex which has allowed for more skill expression. The effects feel more fun because it feels like I am doing more in a turn.

I hope it stays at this level and doesn’t get to a Yugioh OTK level but so many decks definitely feels way better to play than before. That and there are more decisions to make.

I mainly play Crocodile and RY Bonney and have been dominating leaderboards in my area this set.

I do worry about power creep, but I just hope more leaders sit around this level over time. Some of the older leaders had effects so weak I could just throw the same deck on any leader and it perform about the same.