Care is taken in the packaging of each individual card, regardless of value and price to ensure the best possible chance for it to arrive in the condition you buy it in
Knowing your color's baseline tells you when you're short
Life is one drop and makes all of your lands 1/1 dorks for the turn that are still lands
The first generation sets covered the original 151 Pokmon of the Kanto Region, as explored in the original Red, Blue, and Yellow games for the Game Boy
Still, to get properly competitive, you need to spend time deck-building
Still, over time, this love for Dark Magician incentivised Konami to make a Dark Magician archetype a reality to help the card keep up with the increasing pace of the modern game