More than just how to play, the set teaches you why to play: the delight at tributing two of your monsters to bring out a whopping powerhouse or turning monsters into materials to unleash your Extra Deck all-stars, the joy of chaining together your effects to fill your board with monsters, the satisfaction of springing a trap on your opponent to negate or reverse their killer move
Its easy to make your own cards, and with a bit of work, its even easy to make your own playable game
Sword of the Animist has shown itself to be pretty reprint-proof in terms of maintaining its singles price over the years
Sanctuary Warden is a card Im pretty interested in running in a deck like Shalai, Voice of Plenty, where generated +1/+1 counters can be turned into card draw and chump blockers, while shield counters can do the most work under a blanket of hexproof
These The Most Valuable Pokmon Booster Boxes of All Time If I had a time machine, the first thing Id do is buy a truck load of the boxes on this list