Elies first step into gaming was through Pokmon but they've taken the natural next step in the horror genre
Link Arrows do two things, they enable effects for the Link Monster to activate or make it stronger, for example Decode Talker gains 500 ATK for each monster it points to and is able negate card effects that target cards you control by Tributing a monster it points to
Heads: When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can Special Summon that monster to your field
Some other defender creatures can also serve as payoffs, like Coral Colony and Doorkeeper, which mill your opponent, or Blight Pile, which attacks their life points directly
In the current metagame, energy manipulation seems to be a popular strategy on many of the best Psychic-type cards for one's deck in the Pokemon TCG
Hobbyist magazines, already tracking prices of sports trading cards, engaged with the Magic secondary market by surveying the stores to inquire on current prices to cards, which they then published