At YCS Atlanta in 2016, 29 of the decks in the top 32 were PePe, and it was only with the emergency banlist that made forbidden the use of Plushfire and Tellarknight Ptolemaeus, alongside the limiting of Monkeyboard, that the deck was pulled back down to Earth
Enteritiy is an example of extreme condition/extreme reward
Nothing there would get Atlantean Mermails to the next level again, but thankfully Rage of the Abyss gave us new Atlantean Mermail support towards the tail end of 2024, and it's great support on top of that while also officially tying Atlanteans and Mermails together as archetypes, even if this new support would finally start locking the Deck into only making WATER plays
Runick Runick is an annoying deck to play against, but its a deck that can reliably win if you get into a certain position early enough in the game
As with most rulings in Yu-Gi-Oh!, there are exceptions and workarounds, but these are the basic rulings that apply to most XYZ monsters
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