Pidgeot is also able to attack giving it extra usability
At common, we only included a handful of typal cards, and they all had a threshold of one, meaning that to optimize them, you only had to have one creature of that type on the battlefield
Thankfully this issue can be mitigated with cards such as Narset, Parter of Veils
You really don't want to be giving those red mages cards, especially not while doing yourself damage
Considering how much larger Magic print runs are today than they were in the 90s, that means there'll be relatively few copies in circulation, and fewer still will have survived in decent condition
Authentic Pokmon cards also combine different variations of blue, ranging from light blue to dark blue, whereas fake cards only use one tone of blue throughout the back of the card