Kotaku: Yu-Gi-Oh! Is Faltering, But Fans Feel Konami's Ignoring Them

The way Konami’s president addressed Master Duel’s shortcomings is irking players

I'm a very casual Yu-Gi-Oh! fan, so this was all news to me. Does the more dedicated community share these views about Master Duel and the TCG?

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I tend to agree with the idea that MD has sort of cut itself off at the knees by pursuing its weird unique banlist and cardpool. If MD had committed to being "the OCG simulator," then the Bo1 format would be less offputting, Maxx C's continued presence would be less of a war crime, and TCG players would have a way to get hyped about cards coming down the pipeline that they'll eventually be able to play in paper

I think MD's generous monetization model and its delayed card releases reflect a perspective of fear on the part of Konami that MD, if given all the current cards, would make it so nobody played or bought paper anymore. I think that's just not true. There are several very good free online simulators that let people play every yugioh card entirely for free, and paper continues to thrive.

Tl;dr give MD access to all OCG cards in real time. Also where tf is my Edison event