Pokemon card collecting exploded during 2020 as a convergence of factors -- nostalgia, stimulus money, social media virality, influencer attention from figures like Logan Paul, and the simple reality that millions of people were stuck at home looking for hobbies -- drove an unprecedented wave of new and returning collectors into the market
Vivi obnoxious and very pushed, and I feel like warrants a mention here as a card that might have been tracked toward being a GCer under the older approach
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If you lose the flip, Ral, Monsoon Mage deals 1 damage to you
Liliana of the Veil is a Rack and Black Control/Midrange staple as a planeswalker that both discards and sticks around after removing solo threats
Giving something to another player, alongside being another slam-dunk flavor win, captured the whimsy of the genre, ended up being a very interesting political tool in multiplayer