With a game as long-running and constantly evolving as Yu-Gi-Oh!, it's no surprise there have been a few cards banned from play over the years
(we love a bargain) Magic Drain forces your opponent to choose: is the spell they just played more powerful than the one in their hand
Maintaining the Scarlet & Violet example, a regular Booster Pack from that collection has a pull ratio of 4 common cards, 3 uncommon cards, and 3 foil cards (at least one of which will be rare, ultra, secret, or, hyper rare)
The first ever Charizard EX card arrived in the XY series' Flashfire set, which was effectively a set mainly based around Charizard
Most of the combos that have been used in modern and extended do work in cube but are no way near the same potency