Its more akin to an insurance policysomething that he can sell for a lump sum, should the need ever arise
The likes of the Dark Magician, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Kuriboh, and many more are ingrained for fans as part of why we took interest in the first place, and why were still playing
Bant has access to a lot of token doublers and counter doublers, which synergize very well with Lukes abilities
There are also plenty of straight-up merfolk tribal syenergies that round out the deck's ability to close out games, too
If it didnt, it wakes up from the graveyard and returns to the battlefield, stronger than before
Its ability to switch into Water-type moves and retaliate with powerful Electric-type attacks has kept it a relevant choice in battles, particularly in formats allowing older Pokmon