Starter Deck: Kaiba was the easiest way to obtain Blue-Eyes White Dragon in 2002, as otherwise, it was only available either by getting lucky with a pack of Legend Of Blue Eyes, the first TCG booster pack, buying a copy of Dark Duel Stories for the Game Boy Color, or buying it as a single, which may have cost a pretty penny, but not anywhere close to several thousand dollars
After defeating him you are gifted with a Great Rockets Mewtwo card and the credits roll
Almost each card is a doozy, with the lesser card being good as a floor
Let's call this one the coup-de-grace
Development is a bit underwhelming for a card today, though
Stock the Graveyard Another way to ensure a good reanimation target is to put a creature from your library directly into the graveyard with cards like Buried Alive and Corpse Connoisseur