Description: If a monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or an opponents card effect, you can pay 1000 LP for each monster that would be destroyed, instead (you must protect all your monsters that would be destroyed, if you use this effect)
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But just because a cards on the Reserved List does not mean its automatically expensive
Saving your own creatures requires waiting multiple turns, and thats a good way to lose
Between the anime monsters and certain cards in the TCG, dragons are frequently staples not just in the meta, but in decks that might not even use dragons normally