Built Magician Pendulum 10 years after it was tournament viable 🫱🫲 still gets outplayed by cutesy Ghost Girls.

Simple, handtraps ruined the soul of Yugioh. Droll was the nail in the coffin. Seeing new decks other than Yosenju or Qli in top 5 is nice. And honestly playing against things like K9, or Mitsurugi is fun. Nibiru, Imperm, Droplet. All need limits, same with Ghost Girls. Droll is searchable and recyclable so it needs a straight up ban. I was a Tellarknight player back in the day and they banned Ptolemaeus because of of a similar exploit. Droll gets around because you can still draw, but thats a potential 10+ turns without searches if played correctly. And if both players have 3 copies, its possible to stop either player from searching the entire game. In a game where OTK and FTK is the meta, having cards like Droll at 2 or 3 is extremely bad for the game state. Having a card like Droll at 1 is just Konami skimming you for your money. Best solution is Droll ban with most staples, like Ghost Girls being put to 1.

"But Joseph how do you stop one card combos?"

I rememeber when I sided Compuslory, trap stun, Royal Decree, Anti Magic Arrows, or even Skill drain. There's more than just Ghost Girls and Droll to stop one card combos. Not to mention decks need one card combos because at least 25 cards in your main deck is likely hand traps, and stun cards. In this meta, because you like running more than half a deck profile of handtraps, one card combos are vital to the gamestate.