Yugioh had a great anime and they made quite a few attempts at other non-TCG forms of entertainment in Dungeon Dice Masters and various adventure/board based video games
And we run many creatures that simply come back from dead (Wave of Rats, Skyclave Shade, Tenacious Underdog), shrugging at all the onslaught
Paying 8 energy for permanents isnt going to always come up, but it does mean she can occasionally do something really absurd
For example, here is controversial streamer Trainwrecks losing his mind over a first edition holographic Dark Charizard, a card that in the past has sold for as much as $9,000: And heres the entire One True King streamer group hollering in victory after Ludwig Ahgren pulled a holographic Dragonite during a charity stream centered around Pokmon card unboxings: HOLOGRAPHIC DRAGONITE for @LudwigAhgren
In April 2020, a mint copy of the card was sold on eBay for $50,500
Youre not building the structure here