So my cousin and his kid got me back into the Pokemon TCG since not touching it since the base set/fossil/jungle days and it's been a lot of fun. The community is pretty healthy, mostly nice people, competitive players are almost all in their 20s and up. Haven't seen any issues that I've heard plague the Yugioh community like cheaters and scammers. I've been thinking of trying a new game. Definitely not interested in playing yugioh, for a variety of reasons. Magic might be a possibility, but it seems intimidating to get into it.
Are any of the other games worth playing? Force of Will, weiss schwarz, cardfight vanguard, final fantasy, Star Wars, etc. What are the costs like for a meta deck, tournament and event support from the publisher, community, etc. A big part of it would be looking to see if there's any local community for any game. I see nights for most of these listed at a lot of local shops, but whether people actually show up is another story.
Honestly Pokemon while not perfect, does so many things well, especially the online client, and is reasonably affordable, that it might be hard for another game to match it.
Are any of the other games worth playing? Force of Will, weiss schwarz, cardfight vanguard, final fantasy, Star Wars, etc. What are the costs like for a meta deck, tournament and event support from the publisher, community, etc. A big part of it would be looking to see if there's any local community for any game. I see nights for most of these listed at a lot of local shops, but whether people actually show up is another story.
Honestly Pokemon while not perfect, does so many things well, especially the online client, and is reasonably affordable, that it might be hard for another game to match it.