General Discussion

I used to play YuGiOh, not so much anymore as players dried up in the area. Nowadays my focus is deck builder games as both players don't need to buy a ton of cards for themselves to play.

Oh gosh, where to start? Like a lot of people, I've played the standards (and still have plenty of Magic, YGO and Pokemon cards), but I've also owned numerous more and played more still.

I actually have a card gaming bag (a bookbag) that I keep my card game supplies and ready decks in. Boxes and binders of cards stay home (unless I'm trying to trade/sell), but my bag has decks from multiple games (including some long out of print games) just in case I come across someone who wants to play. It doesn't happen too often, but every once in a while I do get lucky enough and find someone who wants to play or we take a trip to another town to a gaming shop and find out a casual tournament or something is going on.

I also have a habit of making YGO and Magic decks for friends based around their personalities since I've got tons of extra cards.

[quote name="Pogmigglarch" date="2021-01-27 13:56:08" ] Do you have any suggestions for out-of-print/less popular TCGs? Always keeping my eye out for TCGs I can buy a pair of starter decks for. Not super into buying packs for out-of-print games. Chaotic is the only out-of-print game I've bought packs for, so far. [/quote] @Pogmigglarch Vs System by Upper Deck from the mid/late 2000's is pretty intriguing. It is a superhero themed game with the majority of sets based on Marvel and DC properties, but they also had a set based on Hellboy. It is one of the few superhero TCGs I really liked (I have another one called Overpower that wasn't too bad, but wasn't particularly great either). The Middle Earth CCG from the mid/late 90's was also a hoot. Can seem a little complicated the first time you give it a go, but not needlessly so and is pretty easy to get the hang of once you give it a go. BattleTech CCG is also great, and was worked on by Richard Garfield (who created M:TG). The game is pretty simple and easier to pick up how to play than M;TG, but still is engaging and enjoyable.

I played mtg in highschool. Ran a life gain deck with multiple Felidar Sovereign's, multiple Defiant Bloodlord's, and an Alhammarret's Archive.

While it was a quality deck, there were people in the school I went to who paid hundreds of dollars of their parents money to some people on the internet to build pro level decks for them. Really sucks the fun from the game. To spend your own personal time and money to build something with your own hands, something you are proud of, and then get wrecked by that.

I play mtg! I run commander rather than regular magic, though. I also play Yu Gi Oh on my switch if that counts?

I’ve played magic a few times, but my goodness I was into Pokémon as a kiddo. I was so proud that I actually knew how to play, unlike most of the Pokémon collectors in my class >:)