Not having to pay the mana cost for them and being able to give them haste is more than enough to win games in any format
The alternative full art card of Charizard V from the Brilliant Stars expansion shows Charizard locked in combat with Venasaur as the two partake in an epic battle under a mountain landscape
If you choose the Ultra Shiny version they cannot have their Trainer Info or ball changed even if you choose the Customized option
This stylish card that furthers red strategies will make an excellent event keepsake
The only downside is that 90% of the shiny cards are in Expanded format now and were released far too late
I can understand where that complain comes from: in the past, Expanded has had some degenerate combos, and its not fun to play when, on your first turn of the game, your opponent has already set up a Vileplume (Ancient Origins) preventing you from playing Item cards, or used some combination of cards to make you discard all your hand