I have not played Yu-GI-Oh since GX so starting this game was a weird experience for me since I have heard so much about what the game has formed into. For a little I thought it would be daunting so I asked some friends to help me make a deck that would be easy to use and fun to play and once I finished that deck I set out online and honestly I have been having a blast with this game. Idk what this game will be like down the line but for now they give you A LOT of gems and crafting material and special pack bundles to get you started and if you use those resources correctly and know what deck you want to build and use Secret packs correctly to build into that deck you can infact build a meta ready ranked deck having to spend $0. This to me is a big deal since it really gives me a chance to actually enjoy ranked and not have to worry about much besides waiting 43924239 minutes going against some decks.

All in all its F2P and is very fair to new players with what they give you so I 100% giving this game a shot. The one thing I will say however is the ranked matchmaking is pretty terrible even more so once you hit plat league but hey even if you don't like online play there is single player content to do in this game as well which I highly recommend doing in general since you get a lot of gems/cards from it.