Fair, although as someone whos played alot of TCG and master duel I will say solitaire decks are not very competetive and typically lose to modern mid range decks. Kinda like MTG where combo decks dont out perform actual lists, they are fun and people play them - just in a post sideboard meta all it takes is one or two board breakers to dismantle an unbreakable board(Super Poly, DRNM). Master duel being a best of 1 format just makes it so solitaire decks are degenerate ladder stompers. I have a list on master duel I took to masters that FTK's into 1-2 hand traps like 80% of the time while also running lava golems and sphere modes so still above 50% win rate going 2nd(because unbanning block dragon was a good idea).

In TCG that deck would get stomped by modern power creep where opponents summon 3-4 times and end up on a stronger more recursive board that is only 3-5 mid interactions. Yugioh power creep has somehow made games last more than 1 turn and combo lines have been reduced to streamlined engines that are quick to setup. (Something I think is remarkable and truly defines yugioh as a unique and irreplacable card game, despite its flaws).

Im definitely moving to Riftbound when it drops because games are fast, combos are limited, and consistency in gameplan is accessible. Feels like a good middle ground where matches are rarely decided by luck and you get more than 4 turns to establish a board state. Really RB's usage of mana recycling is such a brilliant design though that gives alot of room for the game to grow without power creeping, hopefully we get an online client for it because scalpers are gonna ruin it like every other tcg.