Here is another source (nintnedo japan) stating the first release of any pokemon product was in 1996
That adds some insurance policy to your more aggressive plays as those looking to swing with characters will need to get past Baloo, Von Bruinwald XIII first, and those looking to sweep the board with big and dangerous songs like Grab Your Swords and Be Prepared will risk pushing the game in your favour, or even handing you the win
Those days look to be behind us with Day of Judgement returning to Standard, providing a hugely important piece to control decks, allowing a reset of the game that can often be a three, four, or five-for-one (or more!)
However, depending on the current metagame, cards like Goldspan Dragon or Stormwing Entity may be considered better options due to their additional utility or synergy with popular strategies
Infiltrate let's you attack into anything you'd like and not worry about Chun-Li dying
For example if you entered "Venusaur" into the search box, you'd get a nice list of all the Venusaur cards from each of the TCG sets