You can absolutely create cards featuring yourself, a pet, an original character you created, or a friend (with their permission)
Illustrated by Colin Boyer
Pokmon Trading Card Game Classic Pokmon Trading Card Game Classic includes: A game board that folds up to store all the items included in Pokmon Trading Card Game Classic
Some forces have pushed constructed Magic towards greater consistency, including, but not limited to, the mulligan rules (and especially the London mulligan), the massively expanded card pool with many functional variants or copies of existing cards, and the greater efficiency of deck manipulation (especially with the advent of cantrips and fetchlands)
Focusing almost primarily on the collecting part of the Pokemon TCG allows it to sidestep most of the pitfalls of mobile games
Target player mills three cards