Excluding perhaps the Weezing-Koga deck (which had a brief moment in the sun early on), every deck that's at least moderately viable in competitive play has revolved around one thing: get a lot of energy onto a Pokmon, and then do a lot of damage with it
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(Also, in addition to their main effects, every Ashtra Trap Card can be Summoned as a Tuner monster, giving you lots of strategic options!) Between the fiery rage of Ashtraja Susanoo and the cold precision of Ashtraya Mikumari-no-Mikoto , no card is safe from this themes Synchro Monsters
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