#maxxc

I think we haven't gotten that arson grade TCG side yet as we still have what, Gozen Match and its snow clones.

But the TCG has gone after Maxx "C", Kaiser Colosseum, and Prohibition, et al.

And I think banning both the roach and the cave is a no, internally, and the TCG will not take the L on bringing back the Roach.

Now I could be wildly wrong but that's my read.

The attitudes of the Konami staff involved, that's all that basically matters.

And the TCG staff have basically by decisions gone: "Brake slammers illegal", and I think got told to fuck off trying to ban Mine by their Japanese counterparts who have final say, that there has to be some card to prevent the game from being "Yeet your entire Deck onto the field and into the Graveyard in one turn".

But like my personal read:

Maxx "C" is meant to punish long chains of summons that might not necessarily end on multiple monsters but do keep going, by giving you more resources

Mystic Mine is meant to punish formats with huge boards, where you might be fine on resource management but you play way less monsters.

I think I've touched on this with regards to Yu-Gi-Oh!, with Maxx "C". Certain moves or cards or actions are more villainous or unfun than others.

It's a generally 'toxic' move that isn't really 'fun' to watch especially for little kids, and the fact Cynthia used it is to show how much she's a super high level professional battler metagaming her opponent.

It's really the sort of move best used sparingly, and I think using it the way they did was actually smart to REALLY build up the tension for the B Block Semi-Finals.

You can't, that's entirely on Japan's citizens and culture, the views of parents and moral guardians, the nature of Capitalism, and the like. Gotta change thought, and that requires a lot of social shifts that westerners ain't doin' to Japan.

And frankly, any art is always going to have things restraining its creation.

That said, certain effects are just naturally going to be more villainous than others for narrative construction, this kinda shit goes all the way back to the first written words we know of in Gilgamesh. Villains act, heroes react. Villains threaten, heroes straight-forwardly contest. People react to certain things in certain ways due to brain wiring and societal norms.

Hrm, maybe?

... It's all very narrative things, so go to a literature class or listen to some videos on narrative, literature, story? Why are you asking me to give you an education in media literacy that your school or college should have given you, Anon?

But a basic run down is:

Maxx "C" creates a story threat.

Heroes act on circumstances. Like MAYBE an Anti-Hero can do that, but the hero isn't allowed to create threats in stories, they act and are acted upon, in part due to story construction, and in part by virtue of their character. Villains and antagonists act and threaten, they cause circumstances. Heroes/Protagonists respond to circumstances.

Yes, I know Villain Protagonists exist, but for the sake of something like the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise or its snow clones, heroes respond to circumstance.

Maxx "C" is a card a villain/antagonist would use to create a menace or dire circumstances (see Tendo vs. Shouma which was its use), that the hero must overcome by virtue of their character.

Like for an example, Sawatari's Yosenju Deck is more of a villain style strategy due to its sneakiness and hit-and-run style strategy.