Following their introduction in Super Starter: Space-Time Showdown, Pendulum Monsters appear in full force in the 1st Edition Duelist Alliance booster set
WotC released too manyno, seriously, too many cards in a short period of time
While this may seem pedestrian by todays standards, those same figures made Team Magmas Groudon one of the metas biggest forces back thenlong before the power creep of today came into effect
banish both it and this card, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Zombie-Type Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck whose Level equals the total Levels those 2 monsters had
Lastly, this card comes back to the hand after being destroyed in the next turn, so the cycle will renew all over again
It can also stop much stronger effects as long as just one of the effects mentioned on the card also dumps into the grave