1999 original base set booster box Pack released in 1999 Question about 1999 Base Set

Special Summon it, but it cannot attack, its effects are negated, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except DARK monsters

The basic idea is that you get a Mind Over Matter on the battlefield along with some mana artifacts and a Tolarian Academy

Then, during the turn after your opponent attempts this, you can try to clear the field and attack directly for an automatic win

You shouldn't really ever play these cards in any competitive capacity, and rather appreciate them for all of the power that we all pretend that they hold.

could Interplanetarypurplythorny become a quasi-archetype (Interplanetarypurplythorny Beast is also a thing)

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