Gateway

I can never understand people who insist Black Whirlwind is a better card than Gateway of the Six. Konami might as well take off its +2 and +6 effects and it made no difference really. Yesterday, I was facing 2 set s/ts , both turning out to be Bottomless and Torrential. I have a Zanji on the field, a Gateway with 2 Counter and a Kizan and Smoke Signal in hand. I ended up winning that turn with 10200 attack points on board - a 3500 Kageki, Shadow of the Six Samurai, Grandmaster and Kizan.

Gateway is a sacky card , but when Kizan wasn't available, it's a more balance card even with the Hand loop. The reason being it can be a liability ; you are dedicating triple slots for a card that requires 2 Samurai summon to 'replacs itself' - this is not a recipe for consistency when you only have Grandmaster as a mean of Special Summon back then, but is made absurd now with Kizan and Smoke-able Kageki.