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The bigger competitive impact, though, comes down to one Supporter that shows up in nearly every deck
This could have happened for a multitude of reasons
Wildcards have their own rarity of common, uncommon, rare, and mythic rare
A Blightning-level ceiling is pretty compelling, so it really ends up becoming a question of how often we can realistically stick a Vampire on two that actually lives
Arguably the most powerful ace monster in the game's history, "Topological Gumblar Dragon" was a link 4 that let the player discard the opponent's hand and deal 3000 damage to them.