graded squirtle card CGC Gem Mint 10 CGC GEM 10 Japanese Squirtle

If equipped to a Monster, when the Monster attacks it can dump any Extra Deck Monster into the Graveyard, allowing you to setup for your big Cyberdark Monsters

Because of this, the deck has access to Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend, a card that can do burn damage and secure the game regardless of what phase it is when the time limit is called

8 Mightstones Animation Turning an artifact into a creature can be pretty good, especially if that artifact has outlived its usefulness otherwise

A constant debate

Emulating those odds in real life is damn near impossible so more often than not, the Exodia pieces are just dead draws in your hand, making his Cloudian side of the deck extremely dominant (and yes, we do know Adrian is canonically running his Cloudians along with Exodia as we see Exploding Cloud in his hand during his final duel