Regular storage options like open shelves or cardboard boxes dont seal out moisture or dust, leaving your ETBs vulnerable
Avoid Early-Set Spending: Unless youre completing a deck, try to wait until later in a sets cycle before spending points
Unfortunately, while this reprint did help slightly, it is actually more scarce than the original printing
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Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno appear to have gotten over their tiff from Pokmon The Movie 2000
I guess mill support like Foolish Burial and the Ishizu EARTH/Fairies can get Slifer in the GY easily, but then it's a matter of drawing this and then waiting for a direct attack, and even then, nowadays most modern decks have ways to deal with 3000+ ATK beaters without any sort of protection, although admittedly I do have seen duels where decks do not have outs to such cards or have already spent their resources.