Normally youd only be able to Pendulum Summon Level 4 monsters with those Scales, which is fine if youre just Summoning the Yosenju Kama monsters
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No shadow Shadowless (still 1999, still valuable) Soft grey shadow Unlimited Step 3 (optional): Check the copyright text The copyright line at the bottom of the card varies by print run: 1st Edition / Shadowless: "1995, 96, 98, 99 Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK 1999 Wizards" (note the double 1999 ) Unlimited: Same copyright line, drop shadow added 1999-2000 (eighth print): "1999-2000" appears at the bottom right For Trainer and Energy cards (which never had drop shadows in any print run), the copyright text is the only reliable way to differentiate between print runs
This version of box-toppers was repeated to celebrate the release of Ninth Edition but had a smaller selection of cards available to collect.
Despite it being so rare, the effect is rather weak, acting only as a simple extended burn spell
This step is done repeatedly until the critic LLM can no longer find any problems with the card