Before we can dive head-first into exactly how Exodia decks work in modern Yu-Gi-Oh!, we need to understand a little about the cards themselves and their place in the quarter-century history of the franchise
The marquee card for Tempest was supposed to be Volrath's Helm, which, at the time, was what you now know as Mindslaver
The tokens that Deeproot Waters creates possess hexproof, making them much harder for you opponents to deal with, especially if you were to buff these tokens with the abilities of your other merfolk
With the direction that Konami is taking the Deck and with older Skills being significantly powercrept, Battle Chronicle and Bane of Darkness have both been moved to a new section as they are no longer the focus of this guide, resulting in many card recommendations being updated
You can protect key synergy creatures you have, protect your commander, sweep the board, and have them all return to the battlefield safely, while your opponents return to ground zero
Matt: A couple years ago I came across the article on Seishiro Ohkubo from Worlds 2004 and was immediately interested