Dude we had baseball cards when I was growing up till like 5th grade, then pokemon hit and that was a big deal but only in the same way as baseball cards. No one played the game just tried collecting the cards.
Then we had Magic which was complicated and I never really got into.
Then there was some short lived Magi card game or something.
Then there was Yugioh. I actually liked Yugioh as a game to begin with. Like the first sessions with Yugi and the related cards was cool, but then we went to the new people and their cards which I don't like as much. I still play from time to time on a Saturday or when a friend digs their deck out and ask to play. I was pretty leet at Yugioh, not gonna lie. I really enjoyed building decks. I built several decks for friends that places in official tournaments.