Until what rank should i play if i want to play more "casual"?

[German Economy]

Kinda returning player here, currently at the lowest rank.
Where do the people start spamming the meta decks?
Want to start playing again but i dont really want to compete against tier 0 decks, anyone knows where they start appearing so i can try to play around that?

Also was MaxxC ever banned? Thought for sure it would get banned at some point but it is still on 3, is it safe to assume its just going to stay that way?

[76561199378662608]

Even at rookie or a newbie, you know they can build a meta deck right.

[モModoド]

There are meta decks in every rank.
People who are left playing this game are mostly meta players.

[Zephyr]

Originally posted by Mr. Bean:

Kinda returning player here, currently at the lowest rank.
Where do the people start spamming the meta decks?
Want to start playing again but i dont really want to compete against tier 0 decks, anyone knows where they start appearing so i can try to play around that?

They start appearing right around gold with some frequency, but once you hit plat it's most of what you'll see from there on out.

Also was MaxxC ever banned? Thought for sure it would get banned at some point but it is still on 3, is it safe to assume its just going to stay that way?

In Master Duel? Nope, never. It's banned in the TCG for good reason and even the OCG which is a joke of a format has it limited to 2 now, but the Master Duel constantly fails on the banlist front by not hitting cards that should've been hit or hitting cards that didn't need it.

[German Economy]

Originally posted by Zephyr:

They start appearing right around gold with some frequency, but once you hit plat it's most of what you'll see from there on out...

I see, will try to play until silver/gold then and just see how it goes, thanks for the info :P

Might have to make MaxxC if its gonna stay anyway, no point crippling myself by not abusing that thing

[Dinonoms]

Depending on the Deck you play low to mid gold is possible.

I made it to gold with my "Fur Hire" deck back then when Master Duel released

[Silyon]

Originally posted by Dinonoms:

Depending on the Deck you play low to mid gold is possible.

I made it to gold with my "Fur Hire" deck back then when Master Duel released

Gold is possible for literally any deck, even if the only wins you ever get are from the other guy D\Cing or surrendering. You can't de-rank until Platinum, so anyone that plays the game often enough can't avoid getting at least that high. Even the crappy starter-decks full of low-stated vanilla monsters and no staples can manage it if they're bashing their head into the wall often enough.

To the OP, Any deck can be played at any rank, it doesn't matter where in the ranking you're sitting. There is no "casual mode" in Master Duel, the closest thing would be Solo mode or some custom duel-room curated through some discord server outside of the game itself.

[German Economy]

Originally posted by Silyon:

Originally posted by Dinonoms:

Depending on the Deck you play low to mid gold is possible.

I made it to gold with my "Fur Hire" deck back then when Master Duel released

Gold is possible for literally any deck, even if the only wins you ever get are from the other guy D\Cing or surrendering. You can't de-rank until Platinum, so anyone that plays the game often enough can't avoid getting at least that high. Even the crappy starter-decks full of low-stated vanilla monsters and no staples can manage it if they're bashing their head into the wall often enough.

To the OP, Any deck can be played at any rank, it doesn't matter where in the ranking you're sitting. There is no "casual mode" in Master Duel, the closest thing would be Solo mode or some custom duel-room curated through some discord server outside of the game itself.

Ive gotten to gold when i played before, so i know its not too hard to reach, its more that i played actively maybe months or even over half a year ago, not sure, and at least when looking at the master duel meta side there seems to be quite the dominant decks compared to others.
I just dont like playing or playing against those decks only because its just so much in one deck, modern cards just play by themselfes literally, one card is needed to set up the entire board and the rest seems to be negate/handtraps, just not fun to play against and pointless if you cant stop it turn one anyway (at least to me)

I mainly asked to know if it is "playable" to some extent or if its just everywhere now, been playing a little now and at least on lower ranked it doesnt seem to be the case or maybe i got lucky, i dont know, but for now it seems fine to me.

Personally i like solo mode to test out decks and get used to what order i need to play new decks, wish they would have improved on that by now but its still just boring gate duels.
I dont know the name of the site but i used to play on a website that just let you play against meta decks (also pvp n stuff), not optimally but still good enough to try my hands and learn some things about the cards without having to make the other player wait while i either read paragraphs of effects and whatever conditions they have or just ignore it and probably loose.

The storys are uninteresting, the "tutorial" doesnt really teach anything and the decks you can actually play against that arent complete garbage i can probably count on one hand, and even those are not that good either.

Pvp is more or less the only viable mode here so i wanted to ask before i waste my time being annoyed.

[IsthisKosher]

The thing that sucks about this game is that it will force you basically into platinum without even trying, so it really doesn't matter. You'll encounter meta decking at every level too, it will just be more common as you go up.

[Silyon]

Originally posted by Mr. Bean:

I just dont like playing or playing against those decks only because its just so much in one deck, modern cards just play by themselfes literally, one card is needed to set up the entire board and the rest seems to be negate/handtraps, just not fun to play against and pointless if you cant stop it turn one anyway (at least to me)

I mainly asked to know if it is "playable" to some extent or if its just everywhere now, been playing a little now and at least on lower ranked it doesnt seem to be the case or maybe i got lucky, i dont know, but for now it seems fine to me.

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Pvp is more or less the only viable mode here so i wanted to ask before i waste my time being annoyed.

The point I'm making in saying any deck can be played at any rank is that you should be expecting to face strong meta-contenders regardless of how you try to curate your rank in an effort to avoid them. There is nothing stopping anyone from playing the strongest version of their deck but their own personal hangups regarding "fairness" and "fun" or their own knowledge and experience at the game. Even budget and availability are barely a thing in Master Duel, thanks to the CP system.

Konami's YGO does not recognize any mode of play but tournament-ready competitive, so a refusal to engage in that kind of high-end competitive play for any reason means you're setting yourself up for a bad time and are better off looking at other hobbies to occupy yourself with. The only way you're going to get a more casual game of YGO even in time capsule formats (GOAT, Edison, Trinity) is by making a gentlemen's agreement with your friend group to not play with certain cards or strategies against one another. It won't happen in any general queue.

[Soji]

if you ever want to win, you will eventually get to platinum because you actually can't even derank until then. Can't really play around that other than just quitting before you win I guess. And platinum definitely will have people play meta in it because its were Diamond gets deranked to at the start of the season. You'll still have a mix of rogue decks there tho, but there's no avoided the meta completely on ladder.

[G3]

Have fun playing until Gold. People are still playing Egyptian Gods in those brackets.

[German Economy]

Originally posted by G3:

Have fun playing until Gold. People are still playing Egyptian Gods in those brackets.

I feel exposed :P

[e-dood]

Honestly, there is still a decent variety in low Plat (formerly gold basically) and that's where I primarily stay for fun.

[Bad Distraction Carnifex]

Originally posted by Mr. Bean:

Originally posted by Silyon:

Gold is possible for literally any deck, even if the only wins you ever get are from the other guy D\Cing or surrendering. You can't de-rank until Platinum, so anyone that plays the game often enough can't avoid getting at least that high. Even the crappy starter-decks full of low-stated vanilla monsters and no staples can manage it if they're bashing their head into the wall often enough.

To the OP, Any deck can be played at any rank, it doesn't matter where in the ranking you're sitting. There is no "casual mode" in Master Duel, the closest thing would be Solo mode or some custom duel-room curated through some discord server outside of the game itself.

Ive gotten to gold when i played before, so i know its not too hard to reach, its more that i played actively maybe months or even over half a year ago, not sure, and at least when looking at the master duel meta side there seems to be quite the dominant decks compared to others.
I just dont like playing or playing against those decks only because its just so much in one deck, modern cards just play by themselfes literally, one card is needed to set up the entire board and the rest seems to be negate/handtraps, just not fun to play against and pointless if you cant stop it turn one anyway (at least to me)

I mainly asked to know if it is "playable" to some extent or if its just everywhere now, been playing a little now and at least on lower ranked it doesnt seem to be the case or maybe i got lucky, i dont know, but for now it seems fine to me.

Personally i like solo mode to test out decks and get used to what order i need to play new decks, wish they would have improved on that by now but its still just boring gate duels.
I dont know the name of the site but i used to play on a website that just let you play against meta decks (also pvp n stuff), not optimally but still good enough to try my hands and learn some things about the cards without having to make the other player wait while i either read paragraphs of effects and whatever conditions they have or just ignore it and probably loose.

The storys are uninteresting, the "tutorial" doesnt really teach anything and the decks you can actually play against that arent complete garbage i can probably count on one hand, and even those are not that good either.

Pvp is more or less the only viable mode here so i wanted to ask before i waste my time being annoyed.

It starts to get a bit sweaty past gold but gold is still pretty tame. The meta decks there are either piloted by terrible players or are incomplete with the few complete ones just pushing through the rank to their proper placement since they're returning players or whatever.

Just remember, nobody is forcing you to stay in a game where Snake Eyes just went off when you know your deck has no outs or some similar scenario.

[Silver Felyne]

Originally posted by IsZ:

Even at rookie or a newbie, you know they can build a meta deck right.

I'm currently rising slowly through the Ranks. Encountered someone playing an entire deck of Purrely in Bronze.