yugioh scapegoat deck Yu-Gi-Oh! - Starter - Joey The tokens cannot be used as a Tribute for a Tribute Summon. Goat Control Deck Thousand Eyes

You cannot Special Summon any monsters

Since Ballista can destroy any Spell or Trap you control, you can use it to destroy Platinum and reduce the ATK of an opponents monster to 0

That being said, many cards from this era would later go on to define the meta, while others remain staple cards for any duelist to hold in their repertoire (or have since been banned for being too powerful)

1 Sky Striker Mecha Eagle Booster 2 Sky Striker Mecha Widow Anchor 1 Sky Striker Mecha Shark Cannon 1 Raigeki 2 Necro Fusion 3 Waking the Dragon 3 The Last Warrior from Another Planet 3 Naturia Exterio 3 Starving Venom Fusion Dragon 1 Predaplant Triphyoverutum 3 Elemental HERO Absolute Zero 1 Predaplant Verte Anaconda 1 Salamangreat Almiraj Deck 3: Heroic Deck Featuring Comics Hero King Arthur 3 Heroic Challenger Thousand Blades 3 Heroic Challenger Assault Halberd 3 Heroic Challenger Double Lance 3 Heroic Challenger Extra Sword 3 Juragedo 2 Blue Mountain Butterspy 2 Photon Thrasher 2 Goblindbergh 2 Performage Trick Clown 2 Rank-Up-Magic Barians Force 1 Heroic Chance 3 TA.I

Structure Deck: Devil's Gate is a preconstructed Deck in Yu-Gi-Oh

Even when cards were clearly thematically linked - as seen with Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl - their effects would not interact in a way that incentivised players to use them together, this lack of synergy holding them back from success