Her original basic version did not see much use, despite being an excellent military personality, due to its Honor Requirement, which was a crippling drawback to Personalities in an era where the dominant decktype for Scorpion made use of much corrupt Gold, hence negative Honor totals. The very first appearance of Bayushi Sunetra (Experienced) in Diamond Edition as the starter's fixed clan champion was considered by many Scorpion players to be a joke: at a pricey 15 gold with no particularly powerful ability or synergy with most popular decktypes, Sunetra rarely saw play, if ever at all.