Cards are printed on professional card stock, inspected, and packed with your free magnetic case
Whatever ostentatious bit of glitter you have there wont convince me to
The fact that players generally needed to summon a monster then tribute it to get their most powerful creatures onto the field actually made ritual monsters theoretically the fastest way to summon high-power monsters onto the field, provided you had the necessary materials
Half the format changes every year, but its not too bad to keep track of, aside from the bonus card they do each set that you can only get from buying boxes and a dozen or so special onboarding theme deck cards each time around that, unlike the Buy-a-Box cards, are thankfully not very impactful for the most part
Metagross closes out the list with a futuristic, steel-psychic design that reflects power and intelligence