I wont relate them to the cycles of Titans from M11 as they are not as strong
However, during the Duel Monsters era of the game, Mirror Force was a pretty neat way of getting rid of all your opponents monsters
Im not sure if Universal Automaton is better than Birthday Escape, which draws a card and triggers your Nazgl, but I thought it was important to have as many creatures in play early as you can to get the most out of Nazgls pumps

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