Even its standard, non-D23 Promo variant isnt the cheapest card out there
This deck is designed around being able to perform a Pendulum Summon every turn to constantly bring powerful monsters onto the field, so you can overpower your opponent and access powerful XYZ, Fusion, and Synchro Extra Deck Monsters
On top of that, Aurora, Dreaming Guardians three strength and five willpower pair with its two lore to make it a solid card by itself, able to likely withstand a few attacks in the early game - especially given that having Shift 3, allowing you to bring it out on top of another Aurora card for a lower ink cost, means you can have it on the field very early on
The colors found within contemporary artwork is both a blessing and curse to this retro refitting, and well see both throughout this article
If a card receives damage equal to or greater than its toughness value, the card will be defeated and sent to its players graveyard