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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* One of the best known offenders of this trope is ''[[YuYuYu-Gi-Oh! Card(Tabletop Game)]]''. Generally, if something's even mildly useful, it's going to be rare or up. The gradations of rarity in ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' are many, and the most powerful tend to be the rarest, giving ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' the reputation of being a "rich man's game".
** And sometimes, there were cards that were made useless. Harpy's Feather Duster and Gryphon Wing are a very [[Egregious]] example. Harpy's Feather Duster is a pretty ''nasty'' card that wipes out your opponent's magic and trap cards. Gryphon Wing, meanwhile, counters it so that whenever they play it, it backfires and wipes out their ''own'' cards. Gryphon Wing came in a starter deck, whereas Harpy's Feather Duster usually came with Game Boy Advance game or from a promo... so what was the point of having Gryphon Wing?
** The Crush Card Virus is almost synonymous within the community for it's rarity and power. It was so rare that in a booster pack with 3 guaranteed ultra rares, it was stated to only occur once in every 10 packs (and rumored to only being printed once every 75 packs). These packs were usually valued at 35 dollars as well, making it quite a stroke of luck to pull one of these. As for power? It could completely destroy your opponent's hand and field of any strong monster, for the next three turns for a comparatively tiny cost.