Youre not just chasing one unicorn youve got a whole shiny subset, which means more chances to pull something that feels like a win
Pendulum Monsters are sent face-up to their owner's Extra Deck instead of being sent from the field to the Graveyard (regardless of what zone they are in), but unless they're also Fusion/Synchro/Xyz Monsters, they start in a player's Main Deck, may be returned to the hand
That said their are more expensive creatures with low power in the cube and the average toughness is higher than the average power
- 4 premium life counters
uses a system of monster summoning, tributes, traps, spells and all sorts of other weird and wonderful effects to make reducing your foes life points to zero as interesting (and as difficult) as possible, so its good to know that by default the game requires your confirmation to proceed when an opponent pulls off a complicated discard/special summon/spell combo
Collectors got a nice little treat when Magic: The Gathering released Foundations, a set that is going to be in Standard for the next few years as a solid basis for players to build decks and collections around