ruhl8881 Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 It seems Yugi-oh is more popular but i am more of a MTG fan so idk---------- Post added at 02:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:39 PM ----------IM going to go try and look it up, which do you personally like better though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 I've never knew anyone who played MTG to ever bother learning it. While YGO was so popular I was playing it the very day it came out state-side. From what I've been told YGO is currently the bigger money-maker. Whether that means it's more popular or not, I do not know, but it at least is making more money. YGO has a lot of video games, and even fan-made sites/programs to play the TCG for free, but I haven't seen any MTG video games or fan-made sites/programs to play it. So to me that kind of says the fanbase of MTG is likely much smaller. Although it does appear the MTG fanbase is comprised of people older than the YGO series fans on average, which means people are buying their own cards while YGO is likely being bought by parents for their kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Magic makes much more money than YGO and has more tournaments. YGO may have a larger fanbase with the anime and all, but MTG has a more dedicated fanbase. And there are MTG games, just that they are either really old or exclusive to certain consoles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Magic makes much more money than YGO and has more tournaments. YGO may have a larger fanbase with the anime and all, but MTG has a more dedicated fanbase. And there are MTG games, just that they are either really old or exclusive to certain consolesActually all the sources I've looked up show that MTG barely makes even half of what YGO is making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seirachan Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 In my town at least MTG is super popular compared to Yu-Gi-Oh I was at the card shop the other day and they said they don't hold any yugioh cards anymore cause they just don't sell. They have had 2 yugioh decks for 2 years just sitting there. But MTG is mostly played by older people then Yugioh, MTG doesn't have a tv story base to it so to a lot of the younger people it might not interest them as much. I am more interested in Yugioh because of the TV show and it's a part of my childhood. My mother, my two brothers and a friend of mine in the US play MTG over yugioh.(I don't know very many people) Only me, my closest friend and one of my brothers play Yu-Gi-Oh out of everyone I know. There's probably also some hypocritical people running around saying Yu-Gi-Oh is childish because of the bastardized TV show. I once put up a Naruto background in school and some kids were telling me it was stupid and childish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Actually all the sources I've looked up show that MTG barely makes even half of what YGO is making.Really? Then I change my argument to that it has existed for twice the time that YGO has been out. Plus it has its own book series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max465 Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yugioh as a WHOLE(Anime, Card Game, Apparel, etc.) makes more money because it has more merchandise, and a better marketing scheme. But, if you go into a store that exclusively sells cards(or Collectables), then they will all tell you Magic CARDS sell more than Yugioh. I personally like Yugioh more because I find the card game more fast paced and exciting, also Magic at this point has almost TOO many cards, and the rules are constantly changing making it become easy to exploit and make decks that are over powered, but Magic has this fan base that will never die(I have friends in their late 30's who play Magic while my oldest friend that plays Yugioh just turned 21). I feel with time Yugioh will get old, or at least won't come out with new sets, while Magic will continue on for a long time. Also with the Dueling Network I don't know how much longer Yugioh the card game will continue to make money off it's cards. :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Also with the Dueling Network I don't know how much longer Yugioh the card game will continue to make money off it's cards. :|There has been free ways to play YGO since close to the beginning of it coming out in the US market. Dueling Network is not the first and likely won't be the last way to play the TCG online with friends for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Az89 Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Personally, I couldn't choose between the two if I didn't have more experience with Yu-Gi-Oh. I love playing the MTG games that I got from Xbox Live Arcade, & that was how I got into playing it. But Yu-Gi-Oh I'd been playing for years on video games & with the cards, plus I use to love the series (Not really into the new anime, but loved the first series until GX). Yu-Gi-Oh isn't as mature as Magic, but I like both. Whether you're just looking to play a good card game or to collect cards, both are great in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emo death Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 At my school alot of people play Magic and I am one of them. Green and White are my favorites while I hate Blue with a passion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow2790x Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 I feel that YGO is more popular, but MTG has a stronger following within it's fanbase.I tried to get into MTG, but I didn't know many people who played it.With YGO, it was very easy to find people to play with, and even easy to find tournaments.Plus, I think YGO is more accessible to younger audiences.To be honest, I don't remember much of the MTG rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titis Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Yugioh is more popular. I think its something like a legend now. I remember when I first watched the show I totally got hooked up. It was amazing, and especially when they started selling the yugioh cards omg they were selling like hot bread lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HakuTheDemon1 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 According to Guiness World Records, Yu-Gi-Oh! is the best selling trading card game of all time, based on the number of cards sold, not profit. But i think Magic has a more stable future up ahead, because it's game play mechanic has been pretty well eshablished. Yu-Gi-Oh!'s is ever-changing and reforming, and that causes some dissension among players. Either way I love both games and I wish them bright and properous futures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFMonk Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Yugioh is the better game because of the community... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minkseru Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Yugioh is the better game because of the community...That is like saying that you play an mmo for the game's community o.0Anyways the upside to it is that it has more players immediately "known", but as far as which is more popular... neither, Magic still has one of the strongest championships, but ironically the most viable championships ccg wise is Pokemon. Have yet to pay an entry fee ever for a pokemon tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRCGamer Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Around here it would be MTG. Sure there are plenty who do the Yu-Gi-Oh! But once you break past a certain age point? Nada. ~25 seems to be the tipping point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rarikou Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 In my area Yugioh is more popular. I think you hear more about ygo than you do of MTG. I guess alot of it has to do with publicity and the age range ya know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarDarkFox Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 never could get into mtg, stuck with yu-gi-oh and have really enjoyed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospex Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 I know that in my area, MTG has a much bigger following, there's almost no interest in YGO.There are a small group of about 5 or 6 that play YGO, taking over the local card shop 1 day out of 7 (if they even still do it, haven't been in for a while) while the MTG community has people in and out of the shop every day for games, trades and conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doivid Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 yugioh has to be the most popular it has 2 world records the largest attendance at an event and the highest selling card game in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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