history pokemon cards A complete visual of Pokémon holo patterns, courtesy of @sleevenocardbehind. A few bits of trivia from Round 1: 🌟 “Fireworks” was the TCG's first-ever reverse holo, inspired by Magic: The Gathering The Most Iconic Charizard Cards

Nurturing Peatland seems like it will sneak a couple of copies into something like Golgari or Jund, but there is potential for a Knight of the Reliquary-style deck to pop up and use this card

Even then it is worth the risk

Like this: Mystery Booster is like nothing we've ever done before, and we hope the play experience is fun, exciting, and, yeah, a little bit mysterious

Gray Merchant of Asphodel forces your opponents to lose X life, equal to your devotion to black, and then you gain the total amount of life lost

That said, I still think that the mechanic could work well in future sets, and I think a card like Frontline Medic proves that

This is just pure badassery all around