Clear, glossy front allows your foil cards to shine brightly
Pokmon TCG cards still consistently look like Pokmon cards even after many decades, connecting older players to newer cards the use of multiple typefaces help create a hierarchy, allowing players can tell which bit of game text is rulings/effects versus damage, or unrelated non-game text the use of different sans-serif fonts make it easy for younger players to read the cards (compare/contrast with Magics serif fonts) fonts chosen for the game also allow for a perfect balance of play and ruling if you played the game, then you know how much text can fill into a card Its possible that, in another timeline, some other fonts couldve been chosen
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, and Mana Confluence
"Whenever you play a land, add G to your mana pool" would've fit very very nicely with his theme and abilities and not been overpowered
I left Lysandres Trump Card for the very end
They are also self-updating