Part of a 1st Edition PSA 10 population of only 67 copies, it is consistently ranked among not only one of the most challenging Base Set Pokemon cards to grade but also one of the most desired
Lastly, as this often indestructible God causes you to draw a card whenever it attacks, you can reliably use it to draw an additional card on each of your turns without needing to worry about it dying in combat
Jones and Chang attribute some of this increase to the growing interest in a relatively new playing format known as Old School Magic, in which players only use 1993 and 1994 MTG cards
Furthermore, players can also tribute a Water monster to give Mermail Abyssmegalo a second attack during that turn, making it one of the best Sea Serpent monsters of all time
Because the archetype tends to rely on 2-card combos ("Six Samurai" monsters can Special Summon themselves if controlling another "Six Samurai"), it can't run as much non-engine as contemporary decks
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