You can't always afford to wait until your next turn to remove them
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This new mechanic ensures that all your creatures leave a little something behind for your opponent to deal with when they kill your creature
After a few turns, Yusei tunes "Junk Synchro" with "Junk Warrior" and Synchro Summons "Stardust Dragon", but Paradox reveals a blank card and launches a beam at "Stardust Dragon", absorbing it into the blank card and creating a blackened, corrupted version of it
These spells rely on tokens called Speed Counters for their activation costs, and the Counters are collected and stored by both players as the duel continues -- you get more during each Standby Phase, and you lose them when you use them, or when you take considerable damage from enemy attacks
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