With an Inkmoth Nexus in play, you only need to connect with the opponent ten times to poison them out, even less so if you have a pump spell or equipment to power through it
Champion of Dusk rewards you with more card draw based on how many vampires you control, but youll have to lose that same amount of life in return
Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact or creature to activate a mana ability to pay a cost with waterbend, that artifact or creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for waterbend
Apply the following effect(s) to "Elementsaber" and "Elemental Lord" monsters you control, depending on the original Attributes of any "Elementsaber" monsters sent to the GY to activate this card's effect
On top of that, red also offers plenty of burn spells and board control to deal damage to opponents or clear threats
Growing up with the game, duels were an ever-present, but, as with many things entering adulthood, these grew rarer and rarer over time