History RuinedFOREVER / CardGames

** Any character death. Since ''Legend of the Five Rings'' is a {{Chanbara}} epic with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and the storyline has spanned decades, this happens a LOT.

* Very, very bad in ''MagicTheGathering''. It's gotten to the point where "Magic is dead!" has essentially become MemeticMutation.
** This is the reaction of many fans to every release of a new ''MagicTheGathering'' set. Even a single card, to many, can spell the doom of the game - witness the reactions to Tarmogoyf, Remand, and Umezawa's Jitte, to name a few prominent examples. Keep in mind that a new set is released every three months; that each year brings a new block (meaning cards from the previous block are no longer relevant in block-format tournaments or drafting); and that Wizards of the Coast has made a Banned/Restricted list for cards that break the game too hard. Even when Wizards brings back old cards, fans will decry some choices as being The End of [=MtG=] - even though they didn't break the game the first time around.

** {{ESPN}} has ruined poker FOREVER!!!!

*** That's right! Now that Link Monsters are announced. Only one Extra Monster (i.e. Monsters from the Extra Deck, including Link Monsters, but not Pendulums) zone per player? Requires additional Link Monsters to expand zones for Extra Deck monsters mentioned above?! Pendulum Zones now incorporated into backrow (i.e. If your Pendulum Zones are all occupied, you can only have up to 3 cards at your backrow)? [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks And tons of rule changes]]? This game is history!
*** People are signing petitions!

*** That's right! Now that Link Monsters are announced. Only one Extra Monster (i.e. Monsters from the Extra Deck, including Link Monsters, but not Pendulums) zone per player? Requires additional Link Monsters to expand zones for Extra Deck monsters mentioned above?! Pendulum Zones now incorporated into backrow (i.e. If your Pendulum Zones are all occupied, you can only have up to 3 cards at your backrow)? [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks And ton rule changes]]? This game is history!

** The game was very nearly ruined by Xyz Monsters due to a ruling that allowed [[GameBreaker profound abuse]] of a certain card. The price of this particular card shot to nearly [[CrackIsCheaper $200]]. The mistake was noted, repealed and, ironically ruined the game for all those who had bought the cards instead- [[DoubleSubversion that is, until the playerbase realized that those very same cards were still insanely broken, and went on to dominate competitive play for the next year]].

* Being a LongRunner, ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' has seen a lot of these, both game-based and story-based.

* Being a LongRunner, ''LegendOfTheFiveRings'' has seen a lot of these, both game-based and story-based.
** Any character death. Since LegendOfTheFiveRings is a {{Chanbara}} epic with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and the storyline has spanned decades, this happens a LOT.

* All the [[{{Noob}} donks]] have ruined {{poker}} FOREVER!!!!

* CardfightVanguard: Because this game's fanbase is heavily composed of former ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' players who griped at the aforementioned volume of [[GameBreaker abusable combos]], they can be incredibly paranoid about any newly-revealed card being [[PowerCreep too good]]. Cue cries of "OMG GOLD PALADINS ARE GETTING TOO MUCH SUPPORT!" "OMG THAT'S BROKEN!" "WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US?". Specific examples include:

** [[CowboyBeebobAtHisComputer Exceed Monsters]] will ruin the game forever!!!

* Chaos and Heroes ruined ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' forever!!!!
** No the pyramid of light ruined the game forever!!!!
*** The kid's toy duel disc system ruined the game forever!!!
*** Synchro-monsters ruined the game FOREVER!!!
*** The newest ban list ruined the game FOREVER!!!
**** Wanna know why the above is mentioned? LIGHTLORDS RUINED THE GAME FOREVER!!!
**** UPPER DECK RUINED YU-GI-OH FOREVER!!!
**** Exceed Monsters will ruin the game forever!!!
***** The game was very nearly ruined by Xyz Monsters due to a ruling that allowed [[GameBreaker profound abuse]] of a certain card. The price of this particular card shot to nearly [[CrackIsCheaper $200]]. The mistake was noted, repealed and, ironically ruined the game for all those who had bought the cards instead- [[DoubleSubversion that is, until the playerbase realized that those very same cards were still insanely broken, and went on to dominate competitive play for the next year]].
**** Pendulum Summons?! [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks And rule changes]]? Two Field Spells at the same time?! Player who goes first can't draw?! WHAT MADNESS IS THIS? YU-GI-OH IS DEAD!! DEAD, I TELL YOU!!!
**** You can bet players will claim that the next meta decks to hit the game will leave it ruined forever too.

**** You can bet players will claim that the next big thing to hit the game will leave it ruined forever too.

* Chaos and Heroes ruined ''[[{{Yu-Gi-OhCardGame}} Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' forever!!!!

** Radiant Lion, Platinum Ezel: at first, fans were enraged by this supposed game-breaker powering up all rear-guards. Then they realized how difficult it would be to meet the required conditions.

* CardfightVanguard: Because this game's fanbase is heavily composed of former YuGiOhCardGame players who griped at the aforementioned volume of [[GameBreaker abusable combos]], they can be incredibly paranoid about any newly-revealed card being [[PowerCreep too good]]. Cue cries of "OMG GOLD PALADINS ARE GETTING TOO MUCH SUPPORT!" "OMG THAT'S BROKEN!" "WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US?". Specific examples include:

***** The game was very nearly ruined by Xyz Monsters due to a ruling that allowed [[GameBreaker profound abuse]] of a certain card. The price of this particular card shot to nearly [[CrackIsCheaper $200]]. The mistake was noted, repealed and, ironically ruined the game for all those who had bought the cards instead.

* Very, very bad in ''[=~Magic: the Gathering~=]''. It's gotten to the point where "Magic is dead!" has essentially become MemeticMutation.

*** Recently Wizards of the Coast have [[http://wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/42a updated]] the official rules to make the game more accessible to more casual players. [[ItsPopularNowItSucks You know what that means...]]