brain control yugioh card Yu-Gi-Oh - YGLD-ENA26 - 1st Edition Card Artworks:Brain Control - Yugipedia

You don't need Syr Alin on the battlefield for your deck to function

Machine / Fusion / Pendulum / Effect 1 Level 7 or higher Pendulum monster + 1 Pendulum monster You can only use the [3] effect of this card up to twice per turn

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And then it hit me - what if the set had cards other than spikes that could sacrifice +1/+1 counters for effects

It will likely be a peaky deck, but it requires little setup, and since it costs 6 mana, it's not impossible to hard-cast even if you get hit by graveyard hate, so I think it's a card that is definitely usable