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Theres damage to be dealt, combos to enjoy and value to exploit

and mono-color cards offer safety at the cost of raw rate

Like Swords of Revealing Light and Spellbinding Circle, Yugi would use Kuriboh to save himself from an otherwise fatal attack on his life points and buy him enough time to draw into the exact card to turn the duel around

Understanding these tools better as well as seeing the ways that the cards themselves are broken down in order to be made almost feels like Im seeing the very hands of the artists at work

After that, the early sets (OP01) hold strong because of nostalgia and the original chase list