pokemon card shaymin pokemon:shaymin [Colorless]. 012/193}Shaymin (Energy Mirror) | Japanese

Only buy it if you specifically need that exclusive promo card and can't find it cheaper as a single The three Radiant Pokemon (Charizard, Venusaur, Blastoise) each appear once in the set

I know they tried it out initially in War of the Spark with the JP alt arts and later printed an anime-centric card in Jumpstart 2022 (below), but I was surprised to see them lean so hard in

Cards feel very MTG-like, and the artwork is insanely beautiful

When Arcane Savant enters the battlefield, copy a card you exiled with cards named Arcane Savant

Still, this is a pretty fabulous, comic book style artwork for a Pokemon that has had a decently large impact on the Pokemon TCG where it rose from an anti-meta deck up into discussions for one of the best decks in the format

In one particularly memorable craze, Canadian Highlander players playing Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes began scouring eBay for imported Japanese Hamtaro trading cards to represent Boo, Minscs pet miniature giant space hamster of Baldurs Gate fame