The thing this show gets right is the setting and the stakes. The matches are mostly for fun and personal pride, so the protagonists can loose without the world ending.
Compare this to Yu-Gi-Oh where every match is critical to win, the stakes are a saw blade inching it's way toward the looser's shins, or the freedom of your kidnapped friend, or your soul is on the line.
The battles are more dramatic as well less of a pure numbers game, similar to Pokemon.
All the creatures having their own personal conflicts and stories in Perim with the human characters essentially being bothersome tourists is also amusing to me.
I'm not saying you should go watch it right now but it does a few things better than any other in it's genre.
