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Fans of the Pokmon franchise as a whole, but especially those enfranchised into the card game and video games specifically, will likely remember this game as a major factor in intertwining the two facets of the series together into a coherent unit for Nintendo's handheld system
Yes, it will benefit your other opponents similarly to the C17 curse cycle (Curse of Opulence, Curse of Disturbance, etc.), but it will also incentivize those opponents to send more Creatures towards the cursed player to benefit from the free card advantage (and additional damage thanks to Trample)
This is a more straightforward reference to Duel Masters, effectively switching your life total for the shields mechanic from that TCG