Tempered Steel gives a +2/+2 bonus to artifact creatures
If one player can stick a Leyline, they almost definitely win, so you have to be able to fight over that, and if not, then its just about dredging more, faster, which largely just comes down to having a better draw
Whats an aspiring deckbuilder to do
And also, you can change the states of characters
Because the sport cards market existed before pokemon cards, people recognized the value of 1st edition base holos from the start and already graded them 1999 / early 2000s onwards
Raging Bolt Another deck that's stuck around stable and true for a while without major changes, Raging Bolt's strategy is simple but effective: use Teal Mask Ogerpon as a battery for huge Bellowing Thunder knockouts