Takklemaggot, Ice Cauldron, and Illusionary Mask appear repeatedly on lists of Magics most confusing cards
"Obelisk's" damaging effect, "Slifer's" ATK/DEF-decreasing effect, "Ra's" Phoenix Mode), activating them fulfills the requirement of cards like "Surprise Attack from Beyond" and allows cards like "Mirror Force" to be activated in response to their activation
First Strike comes up rarely, and usually only in the case against Deathtouch
The idea is that if we can pretty consistently break even the beefiest of boards we can decide to go second, maybe shake up somebody's siding plan, but also I don't think the deck needs a lot more going first
Things get really fun with its final ability, which costs X to use
This power comes from her hand trap effect, where, if your opponent activates an effect with one of three conditions (add a card from Deck to hand, Special Summon from Deck, or send a card from Deck to graveyard and no, I will not call it GY), you can counter with Ash , who negates that effect