Wizardcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.) Creature - Wizard Vedalken Tutor (CTRL to add secondary) Maybeboard Flash of Insight Look at the top X cards of your library
We have plenty of strong counterspells in Standard that can outclass it in the late game game, but none of them have the option of countering any spell on turn two, something Syncopate does very well
Not only is Insect Queen a 2200ATK beatstick, but it has an effect that lets it gain 200 extra attack for every Insect Monster on the field, not just yours, and its effect even applies to itself so you end up with a 2400ATK beatstick instead of 2200 once it enters the field
This allowed you to bypass summoning requirements for higher-level creatures and you could do so in a single turn
While Howell and Hoover each got one for their part in making it, with Hoovers being stolen at an event in Tokyo in 1999, all others remain with Garfield or the Garfield family