Monsters gain a lot more stats from their level-ups than humans do, and thus will statistically outpace them with pure leveling and tend to have greater movement and Counter ability, among other abilities inherently, which makes them more powerful at base, but monsters never get any new moves (with their move sets being determined by what species they are) and can't use any equipment, overall severely limiting their potential compared to humans who learn a wide selection of useful skills and have very powerful equipment at their disposal
(When a creature with double team attacks, conjure a duplicate into your hand, then both of them perpetually lose double team.) Whenever you cast a creature spell, it perpetually gains double team
Two-for-ones of both families tend to be pillars of Limited play
While equipped to Cloud, Midgar Mercenary, Sword of Fire and Ice allows you to deal two damage to two targets and draw two cards whenever Cloud deals combat damage to a player
Does it claim the #1 spot