This rule was clearly added to prevent players from gaining too much advantage in having more resources in hand than the other players, and so this rule can often be seen as a downside since you are losing cards due to a simple yet sometimes unavoidable rule
Black mages have never been shy of a little sacrifice, and Strands offers more than adequate reward
And because this deck relies on many R and SR rarity Traps, and not much in the way of archetype-specific UR cards, its actually pretty budget-friendly
If Crystal Heart is the Extra Monster Zone, it is unaffected by the opponent's card effects as will any monster that it battles
In the event that the Cat player cannot kill the opponent in one swing, burn effects will be used to close out the game
Pyrokinesis Pyrokinesis has a lot of similar features to certain a red elemental from Modern Horizons 2