mtg card game is clearly superior in structure and planning than these new anime milkers like yugioh and pokemon cards
it was actually a real game

as far as kids getting beat up for playing mtg.. there was a period of time where the roles switched and everyone was playing mtg..
the people without real decks to play with were left in the cold and generally ridiculed

of course, as is most likely common knowledge for people with half a brain and havent been living in a cave all their lives.. after fads live and die, people who try to stick with the fads that have past become convenient targets for ridicule