Typhoid Rats is a perfectly decent blocker for your early turns
If this card is in your GY: You can Tribute 4 monsters, the 2 in the Extra Monster Zones and the 2 in the central Main Monster Zones, and if you do, Special Summon this card
8 Season of Gathering A Modal Spell With Hate-out Potential When looking at modal spells, there are two tests to pass - are the effects good enough on their own to warrant being selected at some point in a hypothetical match, and are they cost-efficient with regard to the spell's total mana value
can threaten/disrupt your opponent or insulate your combo from disruption if you used a Link monster earlier
Since then, thousands of new cards have come to fruition, with new setsn being released every few months nowadays
Trading your creature in combat is when, through attacking and blocking, one creature dies and causes another creature to die