It makes collecting a potentially profitable hobby
Pokemon licensing flow chart from Pokemon Story (2000, Kubo) image640333 52.5 KB Translated portion relating to Pokemon cards image358383 50.4 KB Test Cards image1920413 137 KB Link to Test Card sub-thread: Test Cards 1996 January Tetsuya Iwasaki Tetsuya Iwasaki was in charge of New Business and Product Development at Star Corporation, which later handled the initial distribution of the Pokemon Card Game in 1996
It feels like a celebration of Gen V, and one of the biggest reasons the set feels special is the sheer variety of rarities and artworks
On to Universes Beyond and Avatar: The Last Airbender , where the world first learned of Aang, Airbending Master and Katara, Waterbending Master as part of the eternal set, meaning the cards that care about experience counters continue to enter Magic outside of Standard
Witch Enchanter There are a handful of excellent cards in this cycle, and while I do want to shout out Sink into Stupor and Fell the Profane for being quite powerful cards that I also expect to see in a lot of Cubes and Sundering Eruption as a unique effect that is far more Cubeable when it comes on a land, Witch Enchanter takes the cake as the most appealing design in this space for my money
There are a couple posted on eBay for sale: These cards are so rare that they don't exchange hands all too often, so it's difficult to pinpoint what they're truly worth
