True that.
After a reinvigoration by Beast, Wizard is starting to lose it's luster again.

I do often wonder why so many Toku seasons are so long, especially since most seem to stay around a lot longer than the writers really seem to have ideas for.

Most are long enough to last a year.

Oh is that what they stretch it for?

Yep, give or take a few weeks for holidays/sports.

They're usually around 40 episodes. They need to do a Kai approach. If you cut out all of the filler episodes where nothing much happens, and I could name ten Wizard episodes right now, they'd make for a better series.

I agree about Beast. Without him, without Nitou, Wizard would outright suck. I love Wizard, I love the suit, I love the powers... most of them. But Haruto cannot carry a season by himself.

And seriously, I called some of the Fourze switches useless? Dress Up Ring says Hi.

As I'm quite far behind, are there any episodes of Wizard then that I can just completely skip?

I don't think a Kai approach would be the right way to go about it. Toku has an odd tendency to put plot-centric moments and upgrades and the like during filler episodes.

The christmas episode. For a start.

Because Toei is a cruel sob.

What episode number is that?