Players traveled all over to prove to the world that they are the best duelists
This is unusual for Pokemon TCG sealed product and reflects the combination of falling box prices and rising competitive staple values
During each standby phase, you have to detach one XYZ material from this card, or take 2000 points of damage
The first will force the targeted foe to draw three and discard three at random (good for discard punishing decks like Megrim), sacrifices a non-token artifact (not a Treasure, Clue, Blood, or Food), and the Balor shoots them for the damage to the cards in their hand (nice)
It's very defensive in nature and stronger in grind games, attempting to gather as many resources as it can for a big attack at the end, mainly through the trap Melffy Playhouse, which can bounce most of your opponents field and increase your Xyz Monsters' ATK to ludicrous levels for a final OTK