If youre serious about getting raw cards graded (which also probably means youre serious about flipping cards), then youll need to have card savers handy
destroy it, and if you do, Special Summon this card, but while it is face-up in the Monster Zone, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except Fiend monsters
FAQs Building a competitive Yu-Gi-Oh
Cards are usually released in Japan first, in the countrys own bespoke sets, and then repurposed for the rest of the world in differently arranged and titled collections
Confiscation A lot of the most powerful generic cards in Yu-Gi-Oh history are spells
Of course, since power level was determined prior without a discussion, there was no guarantee you wouldnt get a pubstomper (someone who intentionally misrepresents their deck to dominate a table) in your randomly organized pod