Imagine it this way: in the nick of time, Pluto bounds onto the battlefield, friendly-slobbers one of your heroes, and they immediately heal, thanks to the goodness of dogs
If I can Sinkhole the only land from your opening hand on my turn 2 followed by a threat, things arent looking great for you
Honestly, If I could remove any card from Modern, it would likely be Teferi, and that says something considering Veil of Summer exists
As smpratte discussed in his video from a while back, the Gold Star set is extremely iconic in the tcg from a collectability standpointlowest print run in the tcg, unique shiny art that exceeded the border for the first time, holo bleed on some cards, a consistent artist across all the sets/cards, good selection of Pokemon and of course, really low PSA 10 Gem Mint pops for pretty much all the Gold Stars outside of the dog trio
Extra Deck 15 Decode Talker X DARK Link 3 [ Cyberse / LinkEffect ] ATK 2300 DEF - 2+ Effect Monsters Gains 500 ATK for each monster it points to
Coming into the game, players need to be aware of hundreds of cards and dozens of decks that are all viable, if not top-tier, in the current metagame