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* Done deliberately in ''[[Shaman King]]'', when Mosuke forges Harusame. The Shogun has him killed in order to prevent him from making another sword, in order to maintain its scarcity value.▼
* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' anime takes power card scarcity to extremes. Pegasus kept one copy of Toon World for himself, as he found it [[Game Breaker|too game-breaking to put into circulation]], and created only four copies of the strongest normal monster in the game, [[Bigger Stick|the Blue Eyes White Dragon]]. Seto Kaiba, who had three cards, the maximum playable of any card in the game, tore up the fourth one so no one could play it against him, [[Combat Pragmatist|and he would be all but assured to have the strongest deck in existence]]. And outside of his dragons, Kaiba had even more rare power cards. Of course, all of this precedes the Egyptian god cards.▼
** On the other hand, unspeakably broken cards like Mirror Force are found in pretty much everyone's deck, with nearly every character having used it at one time or another.▼
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' justifies this by using explaining that the more people use a certain ritual, the less power one can draw from it. The White Council often publishes texts like the Necronomicon for the sole purpose of robbing them of their power.
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** Also of note are items that ''were'' rare boss-only drops, but became regular enemy drops in the DLC stages. These include Simon's Plate (previously exclusive to Hard mode Dracula, now available from the numerous and ''much'' easier Hellmont of Chapter 11), Berserker Mail, and Death's Robe. However, the latter two are still somewhat annoying to get because they drop from mini bosses on [[Marathon Level|Chapter 10]], and both are a ways into the level. Still easier than trying to get them from Hard mode Death, as the Chapter 10 versions also drop on Normal.
* ''[[Einhander]]'' has the Flash Weapon Pod, a [[Guide Dang It]] to obtain normally and can only be obtained twice in an entire game. It's one of the strongest weapons in the game, firing out a pink laser that penetrates enemies and does massive damage in general.
▲== [[Anime]] ==
▲* Done deliberately in ''[[Shaman King]]'', when Mosuke forges Harusame. The Shogun has him killed in order to prevent him from making another sword, in order to maintain its scarcity value.
▲* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' anime takes power card scarcity to extremes. Pegasus kept one copy of Toon World for himself, as he found it [[Game Breaker|too game-breaking to put into circulation]], and created only four copies of the strongest normal monster in the game, [[Bigger Stick|the Blue Eyes White Dragon]]. Seto Kaiba, who had three cards, the maximum playable of any card in the game, tore up the fourth one so no one could play it against him, [[Combat Pragmatist|and he would be all but assured to have the strongest deck in existence]]. And outside of his dragons, Kaiba had even more rare power cards. Of course, all of this precedes the Egyptian god cards.
▲** On the other hand, unspeakably broken cards like Mirror Force are found in pretty much everyone's deck, with nearly every character having used it at one time or another.
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