and for new players, completing this gate helps you catch up to the modern-day game mechanics in Yu-Gi-Oh!, which is what we recommend as one of the first stops before heading to ranked
Though spells and abilities that are exiled won't get a chance to resolve, they don't count as being "countered." If Sundial of the Infinite's ability is activated before the end step, any "at the beginning of the end step"-triggered abilities won't get the chance to trigger that turn because the end step is skipped
I also did not include core sets prior to Eighth Edition, which were released in the early Spring, smack in the middle of a block
Green also gives Lord Windgrace access to numerous other land-recursion effects and great synergies for them
When a monster effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can send 1 face-up Equip Card you control to the GY
A creature with alpha strike that is blocking or being blocked by multiple creatures has first strike as long as it has alphabetic primacy over at least one of those creatures