I'd recommend using your smartphone camera, zooming into the card, and then analyzing the image taken as an alternative
The obvious play is casting it during your opponent's combat to survive a lethal combat threat and blank the rest of their turn, but you can also cast it during your own combat to blank an overloaded Cyclonic Rift and exile it off the stack
Many players have used Gyarados in previous Pokemon TCG versions as this Pokemon has always been a powerful card in the competitive scene
Rating: 3/5 (It has terrible HP, but the attack is kind of useful sometimes) Other rating: 5/5 (By Hoppip standards, its by far the best Hoppip in the format) Yeah, I know it was a short review, but there isnt much to say about Hoppip HS.
All Magic: The Gathering play-mats from Ultimate Guard also have stitched edges for even greater longevity
Burning Shadows was notorious for centering issues and surface scratches right out of the pack