Due to this and with only "Raye" as the only Main Deck monster thus far, "Sky Striker" Decks (namely pure-builds) need to run non-"Sky Striker" monsters to in-part have access to other Extra Deck opportunities (such as generic Rank 4 Xyz Monsters.) Further, "Sky Striker" monsters under a Spell famine are easily picked off via general card effect removal and can also be Tributed or used as Extra Deck material by your opponent
The YGO anime and video games were good, but no way as iconic as Pokemon & appealing mainly to male kids/teenagers, so it failed to scale
Estimated pull-rate highlights (per pack) Shiny Rare: ~1 in 4 packs (TCGplayer) Shiny Ultra Rare (Full Art): ~1 in 13 packs (TCGplayer) Illustration Rare: ~1 in 14 packs (TCGplayer) Special Illustration Rare: ~1 in 58 packs (TCGplayer) Gold / Hyper Rare: ~1 in 62 packs (TCGplayer) If your goal is open packs and actually see cool stuff, Paldean Fates is one of the best Pokmon booster packs for rare cards right now
Rather than one 60 card deck, two 30 card half decks are contained in them
Contributor Michael has always had an obsession with traditional games
Theres a problem with my method, in that I cant tell if TCG just moves more cards