Youll find standard size cards in everything from basic Common cards to ultra-rare Secret Rares
1 Trainer from the 1998 Charizard Mega Battle received a CGC 8.5 grade with subgrades of 9.5 for centering, 8 for surface, 8.5 for corners and 8.5 for edges
If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as evoke costs
Because these are the Pokmon that require the least support and are the easiest to get into play, often Basic Pokmon cards are the foundation for entire decks because the player can get them out quickly and start racking up damage
Having two Curse of Misfortune, Curse of Opulence, or Curse of Echoes out at once is too good an opportunity to pass up on, while also providing a backup for if the original version gets removed somehow
One mana for a 1/1 token seems like a pretty poor deal when it is a Lab Rat (without buyback)