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Thanks, I Hate It: Magic as Garfield Intended

Tobi Henke | 2025-01-31

Magic is not what it used to be, but that has been true forever. What's new is that today's Magic eerily echoes the game's original vision in several key aspects. Those who don't learn from history may be doomed to repeat it, but those who do can still choose to repeat it anyway!

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We Asked You to "Fix" Yu-Gi-Oh!

CM Insight Team (YGO) | 2024-10-23

We've been talking a lot about the current state of Yu-Gi-Oh! on our channel lately, but now we have asked you! Join Taylor and Johnny as they discuss your suggestions of ways Yu-Gi-Oh! could become a bigger, better, and more awesome game than it already is!

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This Week on Video (38/2024)

CM Insight Team | 2024-09-18

Every week Cardmarket's YouTube channel publishes a lot of exciting Yu-Gi-Oh! content that you don't want to miss—from combat in gameplay to combative debates, from the game's history to the latest news regarding cards and prices. Here is our big video production for the week of September 16.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Hot Takes: Time Rules

Eric Ortega Quintana | 2023-03-21

Yu-Gi-Oh! matches have a set time limit to make tournaments run smoothly and finish at a reasonable hour. But is the current limit too much of a constraint? Are players exploiting it? Does it impact deck-building decisions to an uncomfortable degree? Should we have something better, even if no one knows what? Yes.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Hot Takes: Maxx "C"

Eric Ortega Quintana | 2023-03-05

No other card in the game has seen as much discourse around it as this level two insect first printed as a TCG exclusive in Storm of Ragnarok. Maxx "C" has gone on to become one of the biggest powerhouses of all time. Time to look at the history of the card and of the debates it caused!

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Hot Takes: The OCG

Eric Ortega Quintana | 2023-02-27

Yu-Gi-Oh! is one of the most popular IPs of all time. The card game is played by countless people throughout the entire world, and in case you didn’t know, it’s pretty big in Japan. But the OCG (Official Card Game) in Japan looks pretty different from the one we enjoy. Is it any better?

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Hot Takes: Rogue Players

Eric Ortega Quintana | 2023-01-29

Yu-Gi-Oh! players are all different but generally fall into some category or archetype: There are meta players, casuals, scrubs … But it seems the one most people identify with is the label of "rogue player." A few of them pride themselves on it and claim an air of superiority. It is time to stop with this nonsense!

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Hot Takes: The 2019 Tin Promos

Eric Ortega Quintana | 2022-12-01

Totally overhauling the original mega-tin design, the 2019 Gold Sarcophagus Tin resolved basically all the issues this kind of product had before. It also introduced three cards that have changed the game forever. But have they change the game for the better? Opinions vary. Here's one!

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Hot Takes: Mystic Mine

Eric Ortega Quintana | 2022-11-17

What's mine is mine, and what's thine, in the end, doesn't even matter. Opinions are divided, as they always are, on any topic, but Mystic Mine may just be the most divisive card of all time. On one side are the players who whine, on the other side there's Konami saying, "Everything's fine."

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