Within a set, cards are sorted by their card number, which runs from lowest to highest and typically follows the Pokdex order for that sets roster before getting into trainer cards, energy, and special rarities at the end
This can happen if you control a permanent, like Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider, that doubles the number of counters a permanent enters with
They can scale well into the late game too, when players are running out of cards and casting fewer spells
With the ability to fusion summon powerhouses like Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, as well as several Elemental Heroes, Polymerization is one of the franchises most iconic cards and is responsible for creating some of the most memorable monsters in the franchise
This, too, must be a side-effect of the growing complexity of the base game with over 4000 cards all interacting with each other in millions of different possible combinations, the task of properly play-testing every potential situation must be Herculean to the point of impossibility
There is not a particular converted mana cost we are looking to hit, but five and six offer us some of the best options