Even in modern times, the hand cost is high, but as a general-purpose return card, it has the highest performance
German Licht End-Drache 1 Empfnger- + 1 oder mehr LICHT Nicht-Empfnger-Monster Bei der Angriffsdeklarierung, falls diese Karte gegen ein anderes Monster kmpft: Du kannst diese Karte (dauerhaft) 500 ATK und DEF verlieren lassen und das Monster, gegen das diese Karte kmpft, verliert bis zur End Phase 1500 ATK und DEF
Threats now offer too much resilience, value and tempo for the slower mass removal spells to do what they need to do
These are both bulk rares and sometimes it takes more than the inkling of maybe making an EDH deck that people may or may not actually build to make it go anywhere, but Im just giving you the information, you can decide what to do with it yourself
Another common interaction is to cheat cards into play from the graveyard, often called reanimation
Also compatible with board games like Munchkin, DC Deck Builder, Settlers of Catan, Kpop photocards, sports cards, and more