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For players who are just entering the multiverse, this depth is actually a strength rather than a barrier

I can still remember my dad purchasing one of the original base booster sets and giving me a pack every time I did my chores or had managed to be well behaved (which is easy to do when you know Pokemon cards are coming)

However, it is strong enough that it was worth playing

Since the only real version of Nexus of Fate that existed was foil, and foils curl so much, it was actually illegal to play the real copies of Nexus of Fate in some competitive events since the curling made it possible to cut your deck to the copies of Nexus