> But an enormous number of people actually play the (shockingly boring) game.
Boring?! That's very subjective, don't you think? It's 'boring' in the sense that chess is boring.
There's an entire market around the cards, yes. You don't _need_ that if you just want to play and have fun, but people will try to min max everything. I used to play with borrowed decks since I figured out as a teen that building decks out of booster packs was far beyond what I was willing to spend.
Boring?! That's very subjective, don't you think? It's 'boring' in the sense that chess is boring.
There's an entire market around the cards, yes. You don't _need_ that if you just want to play and have fun, but people will try to min max everything. I used to play with borrowed decks since I figured out as a teen that building decks out of booster packs was far beyond what I was willing to spend.