i can see the appeal of magic but i just never got into it and Yu gi oh was the thing that every must have at school for about 5 years so it was an easy choice
Poll: YuGiOh or Magic:The Gathering, which is better?
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I've only played Yu-gi-oh so setting that.
I have magic deck and several cards...but no one to play with, none of my friends play it an as far as I know the closest place where people meet to play Magic is 1 hour away with train... =/
I have magic deck and several cards...but no one to play with, none of my friends play it an as far as I know the closest place where people meet to play Magic is 1 hour away with train... =/
Go with Magic. It's a lot more complicated, but ultimately more satisfying. I actually only got into Magic at the start of the year. There is a lot of strategy and thought involved, but it's fun building a deck because you get to work out your style of game play. For example my deck depends on me playing lots of cheap cards that work well together, where as my friends deck is more dependent on being about to counter anything thrown at him.
Back in High School, my buddies and I found a way to play a game pitting MtG vs. YuGiOh and MtG came out on top. YuGiOh comes off as almost a carbon copy of magic with a few minor changes. I guess the bottom line is I find myself able to imagine the world of Magic more so than YuGiOh.
I like them both, but get Magic as it has a larger player base. Finding Magic players is easy, while finding YGO players is like trying to find a needle in a pin factory. Unless you already know some YGO players or are willing to look online, go with Magic.
Trust me, card legality is constantly revised. For good reason. "Honest" has bounced around a lot. Limited to 2 per deck then 1 and he might be outright banned. And Yu-Gi-Oh! has finally gotten competitive on a serious level. Most of the ban list are cards from the early days when the game was broken as hell. Now it is very balanced. And flexible, if you know the game. If someone really wanted to get into the game, the Tag Force series is great.Xzi said:
I don't play Magic, but I respect the game. I just hate the people who mindlessly bash on Yu-Gi-Oh! whose only knowledge of the game is from 6-7 years ago. The game is completely different now.
EDIT: Oh lord, Raigeki still haunts me.
I played Magic in middle school. YuGiOh came out when I was pretty much past the whole collectible card thing. Honestly, I like the mechanics of old school Magic. But I have seen the newer sorts of cards, and am sort of disillusioned. Seems like where it used to be a matter of strategy and "outside the box" thinking, the whole shebang has come down to these relentless infinite combos and exploits...
Sort of like online gaming.
TL;DR Collectible cards are a fun money-sink, no matter which you choose. +1 for Magic.
Sort of like online gaming.
TL;DR Collectible cards are a fun money-sink, no matter which you choose. +1 for Magic.
Since when? I challenge you to find cards more broken than Raigeki, Cyber Stein, Cyber Jar, Magical Scientist, etc.linkvegeta said:
Magic.
Simply because it's more complex. Such as the different coloured decks you're able to get.
Simply because it's more complex. Such as the different coloured decks you're able to get.
Well, that opinion is born from the fact thaat I actually dislike the last ygo pack. They feel downgrade, you know. I was spoiled by playing incredibly strong monster incredibly fast. This was for me the attractiveness of the game. When they banned most card, and substitute them with the new series... like you say, more centered on fusion... I disliked it. Mind it, my actual deck on mtg is a stasis one, but I dislike the fact that they took away from me part of option to build a deck. That, the fact that the anime is more shitty with every season, and the actual attack to my intelligence that sincro monster was. Quited ygo whit that expansion.Meeelvin said:
On second note, what is your problem with playing "dumb overpowered card"? If I like to play powerhouse that beat the crap out of anything, what is the problem? That, to, is a playstyle.
Ps: what is swarming on ygo? On Mtg is playing an horde of weak creature to outnumber any monster my opponent can have, on ygo?
Edit: And I may answer even for
It's because everyone that play yugiho think at the anime. That, especially on the last season, is simply an attempt to masochism. It's blandly horrible. Especially at advertise a game that ask you a little of skill.No-one Special said:
But in anycase, Any expansion pack of magic is based on novel. That change every years. This mean that the game mechanic, the monster type, the graphic and aesthetic of the monster itself change after any set base. Every monster feel deep, even the most weak and stupid can be used in a good deck. He don't even need effect, I will give them to him via spell.
On the paper it seem something that even ygo do, but not in the same way. Monster and their effect are everytime important. And most gamer remember a game to easy with no lore background to the monster. Awful for immersion.
Bad as you are offending me, and Meeelvin to, do you have actually played magic? Any color except green? It's good if you played even only an espansion pack or a deck. Does that deck feel less compless than ygo? I've played a blu deck that played around the idea of divination, making you decide what you would have draw next [not actually all that powerful as it sound, but still...]. Can you provide the example of a ygo deck whose core game play idea blown out your mind? Like one where you summon monster like they was actual magic card [play their effect/block an attack/attack then discard]?
And the card image feel more serious, if you don't like manga draw style.
Victory Dragon? In any case, I would go with the fusion dragon with 5k/5k, Megamorph, that spell who gives you a plus 500 for any magic/trap on the field, and I can't remember the other... but I have a list. Still, I miss drawing two card with a single spellRedEyesBlackGamer said:
As for the new series, you say they are now balanced. Since the union expansion or the exceed? I my take a look to the new card, if you tell me which expansion. You know, the yugiho that I remember is everything but not deep and with a plethora of combination in the deck department.
Victory Dragon was a promotional card that was banned, Megamorph is purely situational and can backfire, F.G.D can be stopped with Bottomless Trap Hole, Mirror Force, Lightning Vortex, etc. And Mage Power? Mystical Space Typhoon, Dark Bribe, and the disadvantage of having to set cards on the field. It has been balanced for a while. Synchros were a great addition.Gametek said:
The thing about that is that the YuGiOh games are usually really good and the magic games are all crap.James Nixon said:
In the real games, it completely depends on your preferences. I like them both for different things. But seeing as you could play a magic game and still like it, I recommend that. It's also better for really longterm, as its community is bigger and older, and therefore more stable.
Also, if you're friends don't play it or you can find others that do and lets you join, don't even bother.
I've never played magic and my only experience of yugioh in the last decade has been watching the abridged series, but the few people I know who play magic would probably stab anyone who dared to compare yugioh with magic.
Victory Dragon? In any case, I would go with the fusion dragon with 5k/5k, Megamorph, that spell who gives you a plus 500 for any magic/trap on the field, and I can't remember the other... but I have a list. Still, I miss drawing two card with a single spellRedEyesBlackGamer said:
As for the new series, you say they are now balanced. Since the union expansion or the exceed? I my take a look to the new card, if you tell me which expansion. You know, the yugiho that I remember is everything but not deep and with a plethora of combination in the deck department.[/quote]
Victory Dragon was a promotional card that was banned, Megamorph is purely situational and can backfire, F.G.D can be stopped with Bottomless Trap Hole, Mirror Force, Lightning Vortex, etc. And Mage Power? Mystical Space Typhoon, Dark Bribe, and the disadvantage of having to set cards on the field. It has been balanced for a while. Synchros were a great addition.[/quote]
Mystical typhon on raigeki, Cyberstein cost 5k of life point per activation and require either a F.G.D or a final w.d.b.e. to be worth it, Cyber jar was that card who discarded any card from my hand, that of my opponent, and all monster on the field, right? I alredy said the back fire, Magical Scientist summoned card are destroied next turn.
Synchron is simply Union, with some little tweak to don't be forced to have a combination, and a new name. And union was fusion without the magic card to play it. Not really an addiction, but an upgrade/simplyfication.
As for the balance issue, since when? Can you recall this expansion what had? Hero monster? Sincro? Exceed?
Yugioh for me. Because it's actually a game anybody can play and a lot more fun in my opinion. Seriously i played MTG several times and tried to like it but i don't see the fun in the game, nor the challenge either. In yugioh, every turn could be your last and no matter who is winning, one card can kill your whole deck by not being careful.
I just find the whole concept a lot more fun with yugioh. Just my two cents.
I just find the whole concept a lot more fun with yugioh. Just my two cents.
Victory Dragon was a promotional card that was banned, Megamorph is purely situational and can backfire, F.G.D can be stopped with Bottomless Trap Hole, Mirror Force, Lightning Vortex, etc. And Mage Power? Mystical Space Typhoon, Dark Bribe, and the disadvantage of having to set cards on the field. It has been balanced for a while. Synchros were a great addition.[/quote]Gametek said:
Mystical typhon on raigeki, Cyberstein cost 5k of life point per activation and require either a F.G.D or a final w.d.b.e. to be worth it, Cyber jar was that card who discarded any card from my hand, that of my opponent, and all monster on the field, right? I alredy said the back fire, Magical Scientist summoned card are destroied next turn.
Synchron is simply Union, with some little tweak to don't be forced to have a combination, and a new name. And union was fusion without the magic card to play it. Not really an addiction, but an upgrade/simplyfication.
As for the balance issue, since when? Can you recall this expansion what had? Hero monster? Sincro? Exceed?[/quote]
Typhoon cannot stop the activation of a card. Look up Cyber Stein OTKs. Union isn't Synchro Summoning, plain and simple. The material monsters go to the graveyard and the material monsters aren't specific. Union can equip, unequip, and is, well, different. Yu-Gi-Oh has slowly evolved and gradually become more balanced.