Due to the limited card pool and the variance of cards that can be acquired in a Build & Battle Box, Prerelease events are a great opportunity to flex your creative deck-building muscles
Run through this checklist before you call a card submission-ready: Corners: all four evenly rounded, no white dots Corners: no bends or lifting Edges: no whitening on front or back Edges: no nicks or rough cuts Surface: no scratches visible under angled light Surface: no print lines, dents, or creases Centering: front within 55/45 Centering: back within 75/25 Estimate Your Cards Likely Grade Before Submitting When you add it all up, be conservative
This can also make your deck slightly more budget-friendly since youll need less nonbasic lands
In addition to the common effect of Earthbound Immortal, it has the effect of giving half the damage of the defense power in exchange for the right to attack, and the effect of blocking the opponent's battle phase as long as it is in Defense Position
Normal monsters went out of style, kind of, once the era of fusion monsters began, ushering out beatdown decks
[1] The text on a fake card may also have a larger sized font than a real card