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>You can't just completely remove the EMZ without making 40+ cards actually stop functioning entirely.
>implying that's a bad thing
Links, like Pendulums were not a natural addition the game. They are impossible to retrofit into older formats unlike Synchro and Xyz monsters which only ask to be added to the ED (and in the case of Synchros, a few tuners to the MD) on account of their existence being contingent on complete changes to the Master Rule.

They do not deserve to exist. They were a failed attempt to balance the game and their continued existence continues to facilitate the cantankerous 1 card combos and Floater abuse