Its clear Bandai is exploring Life area gameplay in Royal Blood, which adds depth to competitive matches
One example is Extinguish all Hope, a powerful but very narrow board wipe
Additionally, the card has means of increasing the number of Soldiers on your board, but it can be unreliable depending on which decks your opponents control
Another incentive is that those cards usually end up going up in prices over time due to the limited quantities that are printed
(Real fans will notice that I copy/pasted my review of the Alchemy 2024 set symbol, but changed the year in the copy
Now, the typical Obeka deck plays cards like Glorious End and the various iterations of Final Fortune to take extra turns without the drawback, but thats never really sat well with me because of the blue in Obekas color identity: if I wanted to take extra turns, I could just play blue Time Walk spells with no drawbacks to my hearts content