LogFAQs > #938989360

Honestly, the reason there's basically an essay on effect cards now because the game was poorly designed from the very beginning. Newer cards now has to be VERY specific about how the abilities work in order to prevent them from being exploited (and oh boy is there a lot of that in this game) and making sure the card abilities work specifically how they want it to work which includes things like timing, what exactly is the cost, and how many times you can use the ability per turn, etc. New TCG's now not only has some kind of cost/resource or turn system that makes doing FTK or OTK's much harder to do, but also gives the game some room to counter back at the opponent for every play they do. And finally since Yugioh lacks constructed formats, that plays a huge role why power creeps are so rampant in the game.

Though I'm honestly glad Konami is trying their best to slow down the game and that there is major price control because there's a lot of reprints of expensive cards (something the second hand market hates), and even with all of my complaints it's general still a fun game.