At the same time, Spell negation isn't nearly as good as effect negation in my opinion, especially for the costs involved

Some TCG sales history data from the past fiscal years: 2024/2025 - 75 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2025) 2023/2024 - 64.9 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2024) 2022/2023 - 52.9 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2023) 2021/2022 - 43.2 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2022) 2020/2021 - 34.1 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2021) 2019/2020 - 30.4 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2020) 2019 - 28.8 billion cards - (as of the end of September 2019) 2018/2019 - 27.2 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2019) 2017/2018 - 25.7 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2018) 2016/2017 - 23.6 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2017) 2015/2016 seems not to be present 2014/2015 - 21.5 billion cards - (as of the end of March 2015) Number of countries and regions: 2020-2021: 76 2021-2022: 77 2022-2023: 89 2023-2024: 93 2024-2025: " over 90 countries and regions "
The art takes a big leap forward, full arts get flashier, and secret rares go all out
9 Sangan Can Add Many Cards To Your Hand Sangan originally got printed as a rare card in the Metal Raiders set
Unique artwork highlighting Alakazam's powerful Mega form
SR Super Rare Mechquipped Angineer X LIGHT Rank 3 [ FairyXyzEffect ] ATK 1800 DEF 1000 2 Level 3 monsters Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 face-up Attack Position monster you control