You get access to all the classic mana dorks and finishers like Craterhoof Behemoth without worrying about a complex mana base
Sorcery Color tag templates(None) Spectacular Showdown Put a double strike counter on target creature, then goad each creature that had a double strike counter put on it this way
It's easy to feel cheesy by accidentally going overboard with numerical references, but it's such a perfect way to tell the story of Emet's transformation that we kept it here

Here are some others that help the deck: Rescue Rabbit with Evilswarm Heliotrope (1 rabbit, 3 heliotrope) -allows for easier Xyz plays and only costs one card -Heliotrope has high atk (1950) Dark Armed Dragon (only allowed 1 copy) -good removal -most monsters you would run in the deck are dark -Kerykeion makes amount of darks in graveyard manageable Evilswram Mandragora (1-2 copies) -easy to summon -allows for Xyz plays even if you didn't draw into Castor or Rabbit Evilswarm Thunderbird (2-3 copies) -is easy to protect to save for Xyz summons -has decent atk after you use it's effect (1950) Cards that negate monster effects (Effect Veiler, Fiendish Chain, Breakthrough Skill, etc.) -pandemic protects from spell and traps but monster effects still work ROTA (reinforcement of the army) (only allowed one copy) -searches for Castor Evilswarm Bahamut (1-2 copies) -other option besides Ophion -steals opponent's monsters Number 66: Master Key Beetle (1 copy) -protects cards from destruction Safe Zone (1-2 copies) -protects Ophion -if Safe Zone is going to destroy your monster you can use Pandemic to protect it Rescue Rabbit with Evilswarm Heliotrope (1 rabbit, 3 heliotrope) -allows for easier Xyz plays and only costs one card -Heliotrope has high atk (1950) Dark Armed Dragon (only allowed 1 copy) -good removal -most monsters you would run in the deck are dark -Kerykeion makes amount of darks in graveyard manageable Evilswram Mandragora (1-2 copies) -easy to summon -allows for Xyz plays even if you didn't draw into Castor or Rabbit Evilswarm Thunderbird (2-3 copies) -is easy to protect to save for Xyz summons -has decent atk after you use it's effect (1950) Cards that negate monster effects (Effect Veiler, Fiendish Chain, Breakthrough Skill, etc.) -pandemic protects from spell and traps but monster effects still work ROTA (reinforcement of the army) (only allowed one copy) -searches for Castor Evilswarm Bahamut (1-2 copies) -other option besides Ophion -steals opponent's monsters Number 66: Master Key Beetle (1 copy) -protects cards from destruction Safe Zone (1-2 copies) -protects Ophion -if Safe Zone is going to destroy your monster you can use Pandemic to protect it

12 Current Finest, 1999 Pokmon 1st Edition set, says the two cards that have been difficult for him to track down in PSA 10 have been Wartotle (#42) and Lass (#75), which is a Trainer card
10 rare and foil holographic cards