8 Thoughtseize It's difficult to develop a strategy when you don't know what your opponent has at their disposal
The sky and water are rendered beautifully and even reflect onto Greninja in subtle ways, most notably on its hands and head
It's essentially negative ramp, but you gain a bit of card advantage
Sometimes because of their collection value, sometimes because newer cards might be in better condition, and sometimes for the very simple fact that theyre cooler (ie, the art)
the same is true of a Pokmons name, because how are you to know if a creature such as Yveltal is named correctly (just so you know, that is a real Pokmon, as you can see from the genuine card above) without prior knowledge of Pokemon
Fan demand isn't lessening either, so it feels as though cards are going to continue being scarce for the time being