Japanese cards often release months before English ones, and SARs especially tend to hold value due to lower print runs and premium print quality
This is what keeps the tournaments new and fresh, but this also means that the bare minimum cost for staying current enough to be competitive is to buy a $85.99 box of cards every four months
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these new cards only affect our opponents while we can still draw cards just fine, they can be flashed in response to opponents drawing cards for major blowouts, and they can be paired with wheels like Windfall to strip away our opponents' hands
Alongside the typical suite of aggressive Humans, the deck is playing Chancellor of the Annex to slow down opponents, but the seven-drop is also a great option for pitching to Shining Shoal to fizzle a big Murktide Regent or Archon of Cruelty (showcase) attack while also potentially burning the opponent out of the game