A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 combat damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined (although your Background wont usually be a creature anyway)
Here's a fun detail: This card has the Flashback mechanic, because after all, we see this scene in a flashback
Game and community impact Like all multiplayer games and fandoms, the Pokmon TCG is defined by its community more than anything else - so looking back at the Pokmon cards that most-changed the game means looking back at the cards that have been most loved, most feared, and most desired by players since the TCG launched in 1996
We saw the four commanders: Szarek The Silent King, Inquisitor Grayfax, Abbadon the Despoiler, and The Swarmlord
These promotional cards have a high chance of being rather expensive collectibles
So many superlatives can describe this card, and it might have been the top chase card if it were the focus of the set