Paying 1000 LP for a Special Summon is relatively important, but not as much is you consider this card can easily Synchro Summon a Level 5-8 monster or Xyz Summon a Rank 4
And that answer, unfortunately, is not much
Katsumasa is then big enough to crew many things himself, and the rise of the machines will come
I still think it should be, to an extent, but its nice to see more board wipe options either way
The Companion mechanic will feel familiar to Commander fans and add a fresh twist to two-player formats
Instead of having to draw a specific card dedicated to being a resource and play it each turn, or generating a set amount of resource as per Legend of the Five Rings, the game is a constant back and forth of giving and taking memory, trying to be efficient in your moves and denying your opponent as much memory as possible to use on their turn