"Yeah, it sucks that nowadays having a big body isn't as important as being unaffected by monster effects or just generally being difficult to remove other than stats."

That's literally been the whole point of the game/show/manga since day one.

"Also the fact that all the best cards that come out get banned or limited in like 9 months, which makes for a terrible time for people that don't want to break the bank but also play meta cards. Case in point:"

This on the other hand is 100% true and can kindly fuck off from the game.

To be fair, 3000 attack is still nothing to sneeze at, but yes, it is a bit disappointing how it is no longer anything special that we can associate with just BEWD alone.