Well, you can see from the screenshot above that it can be very effective in game
This is big for a few reasons
The versatility and availability of Kird Chieftain make it a usable card in lots of formats
The sampling timeline depends on several factors: the supplier's location, their current production schedule, the complexity of the sample (especially for custom requests), and the chosen shipping method
Once per turn, during the End Phase: Special Summon as many "Torment Tokens" (Fiend/DARK/Level 3/ATK 1000/DEF 1000) as possible to the turn player's field in Defense Position, up to the number of monsters Tributed this turn while this card was face-up
Only two players, Sammy Baugh (1945) and Ken Anderson (1982), had crossed the 70% plateau leading into the 1989 season