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A rule of thumb is that the more extreme a strategy is, the easier it will be to sideboard against
While its likely that with or without Yata-Garasu we would have eventually seen a banlist in the game (every game faces this issue eventually as its near-impossible to balance a game with that many cards for so many years, and other cards were a threat), its no surprise that this bird was the card turning this eventuality into a necessity, and that even today the 2003 Yata-Lock era is looked back upon with trepidation.

Special Energy Symbols Double Colorless Energy () Provides : 2 Colorless energy Restriction : Only provides Colorless energy Usage : Great for high-cost Colorless attacks Twin Energy () Provides : 2 Colorless energy Restriction : Only for non-Pokemon-ex Usage : Helps power up regular Pokemon Rapid Strike Energy Provides : 1 Colorless energy Special effect : Only works on Rapid Strike Pokemon Usage : Support for Rapid Strike strategies Single Strike Energy Provides : 1 Dark energy Special effect : +20 damage for Single Strike Pokemon Usage : Boosts Single Strike attacks Status Condition Symbols - The Battle Modifiers Status conditions add a layer of strategy that goes beyond pure damage
Zurs Weirding, anyone
While these are just a few examples of nondescript 1st Edition Vintage Pokemon cards gaining new traction on the secondary card market, look around at all kinds of listings and you will see a general uptick in value for these cards