Fusion Summoning isn't the fastest Summoning method though, and this deck does include some high-level Monsters that can get stuck in your hand if luck isn't on your side
its secondary effect of putting the opposing Pokmon to sleep was a poor fit for the eras metagame
The game has five zones (hand, battlefield, library, graveyard, and exile), three of which are public (well, mostly for exile)
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder and Uria, Lord of Searing Flames each receive cards that modify their Summoning requirements to make them easier to fulfill and help you mount a second or third strike if the first isnt enough
In reality, in most cases, there are three cards that can be called core cards in the deck, so even if you steal one, it doesn't mean much
WotC can cash out once if they reprint a $30 card and it tanks to $1, but they can excite you with the same $30 card over and over again if it only drops to $15 before slowly starting to rise again