Mid-era cards continue to see impressive returns, and Metagross remains one of the most interesting and powerful pseudolegendary mon of all time and now with a POP 1 CGC record sale to boot
Based on the Chinese Zodiac, Konamis Zoodiac archetype are a group of Earth Beast-Warriors that have a strange style of play that obviously leaned toward being in the meta from day one
Here are examples: The Emperor of Palamecia / The Lord Master of Hell practically orders you to play lots of noncreature spells (see prowess) and ones with mana value four or more
You do need to proactively close the game once you have stabilized, as the Red deck has an uncanny way of finding ways to steal games if you give them time
They specifically reference Aitsu, a playable character that rides a paper airplane
Meandering Towershell I dunno, theres just something funny about the idea of commanding Meandering Towershell to attack, just to have the giant turtle amble away and show back up a whole turn later, maybe even after the fights already done