Its devastation in a turn cycle is only beaten by Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, but that demands more mana which is a pretty large setback
However, the same doesnt apply for -1/-1 counters, specifically
With his I Wreck Things ability, you get to banish an item or location to gain two extra lore, which is great since Ralph is already questing for three lore on his own
So what actually was new in The Dark
fans can re-live the entire history of the original Duelist
Seeing how Arkana had no qualms about damaging his own cards, this made Yugi realize that Arkana used the stripper technique, where Arkana trimmed the edges of his "Dark Magician" cards, so when Yugi cut Arkana's Deck he would inadvertently cut it at the point so that the "Dark Magician" would be on top of a small stack, ensuring that one of them would be at the top of the entire Deck