Yugioh is a terrible card game for terrible people. If you haven't got a PHD in Yugioh deck archetypes and card interactions then do not bother with this.

While they stuff Gems down your throat at first they have a cap on gems and any you earn above that shortly expire so you can't just stockpile. This is unforgivable game design. Completely expected from a company like Konami. Once you have all of those early gems good luck getting enough for anything. The rates seem very low for the long term.

Also unforgivable is that you get nothing for surrendering no matter how long your game went. With turns that can last 10+ min as your opponent endlessly masturbates themselves with card after card and effect after effect that pass by too quickly to ever read or understand matches that only last 1-4 turns can take over 30 min and you probably lost at the draw. But if you want your meager consolation prize you must wait.

There are "secret" boosters which have some arcane unlock system yet appear to only unlock for 24 hours? Like what were they thinking with that?



The good:
They have a disenchant system. Useful for turning the useless cards you acquire(and are forced to since you can just save gems until you know what you actually want) into better cards. It's at a rate of 3 to 1 which is not too bad. You also get crafting currency in other ways(mainly the battle pass).

The deck builder is close to perfect, only missing some UI element telling you how much crafting mats you need to finish a deck as well as a craft all needed button.

The game works. Despite the thousands upon thousands of cards and untold numbers of interactions the game handles it all which really makes you wonder why WotC has dropped the ball so hard on magic arena.

Conclusion:

If you play yugioh this is great for you.

If you do not play yugioh, this is not the way to get into it. There is no way to get into it. Just don't. Everything you have heard is true and worse.

Yugioh is a terrible card game for terrible people. If you haven't got a PHD in Yugioh deck archetypes and card interactions then do not bother with this. While they stuff Gems down your throat at first they have a cap on gems and any you earn above that shortly expire so you can't just stockpile. This is unforgivable game design. Completely expected from a company like Konami. Once you have all of those early gems good luck getting enough for anything. The rates seem very low for the long term. Also unforgivable is that you get nothing for surrendering no matter how long your game went. With turns that can last 10+ min as your opponent endlessly masturbates themselves with card after card and effect after effect that pass by too quickly to ever read or understand matches that only last 1-4 turns can take over 30 min and you probably lost at the draw. But if you want your meager consolation prize you must wait. There are "secret" boosters which have some arcane unlock system yet appear to only unlock for 24 hours? Like what were they thinking with that? The good: They have a disenchant system. Useful for turning the useless cards you acquire(and are forced to since you can just save gems until you know what you actually want) into better cards. It's at a rate of 3 to 1 which is not too bad. You also get crafting currency in other ways(mainly the battle pass). The deck builder is close to perfect, only missing some UI element telling you how much crafting mats you need to finish a deck as well as a craft all needed button. The game works. Despite the thousands upon thousands of cards and untold numbers of interactions the game handles it all which really makes you wonder why WotC has dropped the ball so hard on magic arena. Conclusion: If you play yugioh this is great for you. If you do not play yugioh, this is not the way to get into it. There is no way to get into it. Just don't. Everything you have heard is true and worse.