This simple yet devastating mechanic allows players to freeze an opponent's primary offensive threat before it gets a chance to strike, or forcefully rest an active character to set them up as an easy target for counter-attacks on the following turn
When GameStop started doing it, it was without providing the staff with the necessary training and expertise, and naturally saw them paying woefully low prices, and of course without any of the individual stores having any independence over how it was carried out
Yes, a lot of their cards will be better than Shock, unless you were playing Limited back then in which case they might not have any such cards, but better enough
Each of these will reward you with some number of packs from a different Magic: The Gathering set - and, due to how expensive the cards can be even when you're only playing digitally, they're effectively essential to every player both old and new
The zombies are more like mummies, but being a zombie is way better than being a mummy, so it still synergizes well with other sets
As I got through my list I ended up with a few images that I ended up switching around or replacing