A total YuGiOh reset. (Read desc)
Hypothetically, YuGiOh is given a complete reboot, clean slate, cards are reprinted for this new game specifically, and you are in control. what changes would you make? what would you take out of the game?
for me I would remove Links and Pendulums from the game entirely.
Hear me out: we need to stop lying to ourselves, this game is really friggin complex. I, and many others like this complexity and love having our brains challenged in such a way... but nobody else does. So to simplify the game while keeping its identity I want to bring it back to the trinity of summoning, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz. monsters that are high investment, take time to set up, and are much easier to comprehend than the extensive combos performed by modern decks.
of course a lot of archetypes would need revamps: Melodious, Abyss Actor, and D/D/D just to name a few, and a few players would be unhappy, but if we want to attract new players, I believe that simplifying the game as much as we can is mission critical.
what changes would you make?
Posted Aug 13, 2025, 11:45 PM UTC