[Djvacto]

I played some of these for fun with a few friends (more playtime in Yu-gi-oh than pokemon, granted).

What I've found fun, especially as the game has evolved to well past the number of mechanics we would nostalgically like to play with, is to build sets of balanced decks that we can each randomly play to pick with, facing pre-builts of similar power against each other, so it's back to being a game of chance and basic strategy at playtime.

We do miss (and sometimes use online players to do so) playing with deck design as part of the competition, since using digital cards we aren't as limited by wallets.

[whateveracct]

This reminds me of those championship decks they sell every year (with different backs so you can't use the cards officially.) Playing with a pre-built pro deck is super fun. It's amazing how fast they set up with their little engines.

[FalconSensei]

I did that with Magic. It was super fun, specially because I sucked at deck building and also didn't want to spent all my money trying to get cards that could (not) be useful to me

[AfterShave]

As a dedicated Johnny player in any kind of game. Having to shell out for that 1/10 amazing win before trying something new is harsh.

I thank the internet for proxies and fan clients.