The card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori , the co-designer of the original 151 Pokmon, which gives it another layer of authenticity
Ive been tweaking and tuning that deck, and I always had the issue that it was too strong versus precons, but too weak versus tuned decks, and part of that issue was the tapped Zombies it makes
Pestilent Syphoner, an evasive 1/1 creature with flying and toxic 1, is an ideal creature to include in the deck
The card's physical embodiment is a testament to craftsmanship, featuring Pikachu surrounded by sinuous serpentines that weave around the trophy
Early sets included a few cards with rules designed to interact with this gambling aspect, allowing replacements of cards up for ante, adding more cards to the ante, or even permanently trading ownership of cards in play
It just so happens that the support you play for your main group of payoff cards also supports them and so they become low cost additions