I had given up on the game until my friend returned from college. Apparently that was all they would do: play Yugioh and mod nerf guns. Before I knew it I was playing again and havn't stopped since. I think it is my desire to compete with the meta without necessarily conforming to it that I find the most fun. Though I admit not all my experimental decks are successes. But that is part of the fun! New cards get released, you study them, and then you find neat ways to use them that you hope others don't figure out too soon. Then when your opponents figure out how to beat it you have to find a new way to overcome them and their various strats. Like Kung Fu, you may master a style or discipline, but there is always something new to learn. There are no masters, only students.