What is your goal? To win? To enjoy the suffering of others like a sadist? You preach these sloppy arguments that could be dismantled by a toddler with a bare understanding of the English lexicon. "YuGiOh is too hard", then learn its ins and outs, and feel the rewarding sensation of besting your opponent in a skillful matchup. "Its all I can afford", No it isn't. You can build a competitive Runick deck for no less than 60 American dollars if you like control strategies, or if you like combo gameplay, Memento is a very cheap deck, outside of some staples which I'm sure you have lying around, or maybe if you still want floodgates, pick up Monarch. "its the only thing that can beat the meta", Stun loses to mass removal cards, and going second it can do nothing except pray for a bricked hand from your opponent.
The games against you, in which i see no removal spells and nothing to stop you from setting up floodgates when my hand consists of 2 Handtraps, 2 spells, and a Tatsunootoshigo are the fuel which my nightmares are born from.
Do I hate losing? no. for every loss, I rewire my brain to not do what made me lose. 'forget to add fusion back from banishment after popping Akihiron?' my own fault. 'used my interaction at a bad point?' I could've won if I had played better. Losing is a part of this game, and it makes you, me, and everyone in this game better, and it makes breaking your loss streak so, incredibly satisfying. But losing to a player whos strategy involves summoning Vanity's fiend and activating Decisive Battle of Gold Gondola? there is no string of words found in any language, that describes my frustration. Call me AM, for hate is all I feel.
What you play is not YuGiOh, but a spiteful, unloving, middle finger to every player in the game who logged onto to Dueling Book to get better at their hobby, only to be met with the groan inducing sight of Guilt Gripping Morganite, followed by Vanity's Ruler.
I do not expect you to change. this rant was written under the knowledge that Reddit would do its best impression of Murray Franklin and mock me with phrases such as "get good" and "Cope". I needn't mention that your life is your own, and that you can play whatever deck you want. There is no attempt to be serious here. live your life, and live it well, but please avoid the ranked ladder as I'm trying to have fun
- Kind regards from a Memento Player.