tuning yugioh card (Quarter Century Secret Rare) - Quarter Century Stampede player and collector. YGOrganization | Kill the Verse

Was there card design space you felt you could explore for the first time now that you had futuristic weaponry and sci-fi tropes to play with

In a different color combination that would not have been much of an issue as control decks would gladly use a card like this to buy themselves time, and perhaps would do so now that colored mana is plentiful, but the beatdown decks that were in these colors were understandably reluctant to force themselves to count to twenty-five

Every time a Monster is vanished, your opponent takes damage equal to the vanished monster's ATK/DEF combined

In fact, probably a little too efficient for Standard, but the card has found a home in lots of reprint sets ( Modern Masters , Masters 25 , Mystery Booster )

Market price $7.48 Based on the latest market prices tracked on TCG Stacked

Its a good example of how you can build a deck around a powerful effect while also showing off unique artwork