To become fully immersed in the culture of any collectible card game, one must first learn the lay of the land; to what ends victory can be achieved, what means facilitate them, and from where their power is derived. Game designers strive for balance every time they take pen to paper and thumbs to calculators, but something always slips through the cracks. Some little card, intended to be a game changer, ends up becoming a game breaker. The result is the deification of these cards--an elevation in status from simple to armament to legendary artifact. They are highly sought after, command high prices in the aftermarket, and can define a format in some cases. Let's take a look at a few examples, and quake in their presence, recognizing them as one would the ballista or the atomic bomb.
