Edicts have always been a good turn two play and that hasn't changed much
Paying 1000 LP for a Special Summon is relatively important, but not as much is you consider this card can easily Synchro Summon a Level 5-8 monster or Xyz Summon a Rank 4
Katsumasa is then big enough to crew many things himself, and the rise of the machines will come
It is dense, it is clever, and it rewards players who like to think several moves ahead
However, we do have Crucible of Fire available in Modern, which gives a nice big boost to our Dracogenius, pushing him to a truly impressive size that can kill in three hits
Instead of having to draw a specific card dedicated to being a resource and play it each turn, or generating a set amount of resource as per Legend of the Five Rings, the game is a constant back and forth of giving and taking memory, trying to be efficient in your moves and denying your opponent as much memory as possible to use on their turn