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Link Summoned Mekk-Knight Morning Star using Blue Sky and Magius, then used its effect ditching Purple and adding WL Guardragon

2002 Pokemon Japanese McDonalds Holo Pikachu #010 Price Range: $83 to $600 Highest Sale Price: $1,999 PSA 10 Supply: 795 The promo Pikachu card was released in Japan as part of the exclusive McDonalds Pokmon-e Minimum set in 2002

So, you would rather play cards that do something consistently, rather than cards that catch the opponent off-guard

You can only activate this effect of "Helluva Clown" once per turn

I think my story is very similar - Pokemon going out of fashion during the Neo/E-Series era at school and transitioning into Yugioh because of how cool and dark a lot of the arts were