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I'm going to be honest here and say that a lot of my reasoning is purely superficial.
I played Yu-gi-oh as a kid briefly because I enjoyed the early anime, and my school banned pokemon cards. So we turned to Yu-gi-oh instead as we had not yet found Magic.
I mostly "grew out of it" for Yu-gi-oh. I played Magic after that for a little bit, then mostly quit TCGs in general. Though admittedly I still do have a bit of a soft spot for them.
Regarding Yu-gi-oh specifically. I think a lot of what I dislike is the art direction overall. Looking back at even old cards, and newer stuff. A lot of the monsters to me just come off like off-brand digimon sometimes or like a kid just though "dragon man with dragon armor and a dragon sword. That will be cool" I know its a kids card game, so I don't hold that against them. It just doesn't appeal to me I guess anymore. I also absolutely hate the card censorship like on Harpie Lady. No idea if that still happens though. Even as a massive weeb who still loves his chinese cartoons aimed at teenagers, the designs just don't land for me. Though OP's image is cute I must admit. I like that one somewhat.
From a gameplay perspective, I've been out of touch with the rules for years now, but seeing some recent card descriptions just scratching my head with the literal text walls.
That said, I dip my toes back in now and again, mostly to magic because in America thats the only TCG you can easily find people to play with aside from Yu-gi-oh. Though if I lived in an area with a bigger tcg market, I'd probably consider trying out Flesh and Blood or something that caters a little more toward my weeb taste like Grand Archive.
Weis Schwarz may be more popular, but the fact that all the cards are just "screen shots" seems lazy and uninspired so I don't care for it. Same with some other anime tcgs like Grand Union. One thing i appreciate YGO/MtG/Pokemon for is that they all do have original artwork.
