By the time you're able to generate seven mana, you'll be more keen to get a flying threat out, than to hit yet another land drop
partner and former staffer, Jen Brazas (aka NeoQueenJen back in the day) has built a rather large fan art empire as Savage Sparrow, selling a ton of various Nintendo/Pokmon based shirts for years and suffered no ill consequences
The Duel Monsters era eases you into the most basic mechanics of the game, GX puts more emphasis on Fusion, 5Ds , warms you up into Synchros and so-on and so forth
Estephan: I started playing at the end of 2013
Sableye is a strong late game attacker in Lost Zone decks, but late game is exactly Charizard exs specialty
Heliod, Sun-Crowned (Theros Beyond Death) This has made waves in a few formats now, owing to his ability to combo with Walking Ballista and win the game