i'm thinking that this is the evolution of a world that basically discovered black magic and made it into a playing card game, which allows basically anyone to fuck with magic as a game using convenient cards, as per the original series
like, this shit is basically a story about summoning wizards that summon monsters (through normal summoning, but also through ritual magic, fusion energy, synchro energy, xyz energy, pendulums, links, etc) and invoke magic (spells, traps) in a dystopian cyberpunk world with cool motorcycles
sometimes you forget how crazy stories can be yet somehow still be pretty damn cool
star wars is basically space wizards with laser swords in a galaxy controlled by an ancient evil that also has robots, spaceships, clone soldiers with guns, bounty hunters and wild west shit, alongside samurai...