What am I watching and why do I like it

Most people didn't play the card game, more or less just collected the pokemon cards.

I collected mostly (I still have all of my good cards tucked away), but I did some card battling as well. I had a couple of decent decks.

I don't really have my cards anymore (gave the majority to my little cousin, a while back), but I have all my hallowz.
I still have the holographic Flareon a girl gave me, when we were little kids. It had apple juice all over it, but it means more to me than any other card...

I probably had a few hundred common/uncommon cards, but I gave them away to some kids. I kept all of my rare cards, I still probably have ~100.

..and then, there was Yu-Gi-Oh!

watched the show for a while, it was okay. played the gameboy game. that's it.

..and then, there was Yu-Gi-Oh!

The anime grew progressively wat and the cards got more and more powerful.
I have a deck based on each season. Three Dark Magicians and a Dark Magician Girl, as well as Toon monsters. A deck full of elemental heroes and cards revolving around them. A deck based on reviving monsters over and over to use as synchro material and bring out the best monsters in THE GAME to take the enemy down. I use Junk synchros.

The anime grew progressively wat and the cards got more and more powerful. I have a deck based on each season. Three Dark Magicians and a Dark Magician Girl, as well as Toon monsters. A deck full of elemental heroes and cards revolving around them. A deck based on reviving monsters over and over to use as synchro material and bring out the best monsters in THE GAME to take the enemy down. I use Junk synchros.

You sound fat.