A few years later, with the launch of Sun & Moon, they printed Guzma, who had a very similar effect (both cards allowed the player to select a Pokmon from the opponent bench and put it into the active position)
Below is an M Blastoise EX from an XY Evolutions kit worth $700
But on closer inspection, I think the actual most broken card of the year is the reanimation spell Dread Return
Well, in MTG Final Fantasy, summons are represented by saga creatures
For instance, Arid Mesa can be sacrificed to search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. While this can be used for basic lands of the stated types, it can also be used to fetch nonbasic lands with the given types
The main one being that if you have enough dark types for it (which you will if you're playing a dark type deck), you can use his ability to put 8 dark type Pokemon onto your bench, making for a whopping 9 Pokemon in play