The 5 rare shock lands and 5 mythic rare legendary Planet lands are poised to make their mark on Standard
Most of the value here comes from the activated ability, which is a good way to get value in the late game since you can get 4 counters at a time
Even the flavor text helps out here, citing a salient line from the story
[Pendulum Effect] Once per turn, when an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can add 1 "Odd-Eyes" Pendulum Monster from your GY to the Extra Deck face-up, and if you do, negate the attack, then you can gain LP equal to that Pendulum Monster's ATK.ATK: 1000 DEF: 2100
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An unfavorable matchup would be against decks capable of using many techs, like Mathmech for example, which besides interrupting your combo with handtraps, has a good ability to finish the game through an otk