(Also, in addition to their main effects, every Ashtra Trap Card can be Summoned as a Tuner monster, giving you lots of strategic options!) Between the fiery rage of Ashtraja Susanoo and the cold precision of Ashtraya Mikumari-no-Mikoto , no card is safe from this themes Synchro Monsters
If it doesnt, your downside from 5,000 is minimal
The TCG version has competitive stats but collectors protect MHR copies
During your opponent's next turn, attacks used by the Defending Pokemon do 100 less damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance)
Excluding perhaps the Weezing-Koga deck (which had a brief moment in the sun early on), every deck that's at least moderately viable in competitive play has revolved around one thing: get a lot of energy onto a Pokmon, and then do a lot of damage with it