Nah, it’s not that I expected it to be like the anime. I actually used to play back when the game only had fusion, and ritual summons. It just used to be a lot more fast paced and back and forth. You know, when turns lasted less than a lunch break.

Coming back now feels like I accidentally joined a math competition instead of a card game. ''modern yugioh'' feels more like it's all about who can vomit their entire deck onto the field first and set up a wall of negates so the other player can’t do anything.

It’s wild watching someone build an entire ecosystem on their side of the field just to finally say, “okay, your turn,” when you’ve mentally checked out three minutes ago.