13 Likes emseasqrd February 20, 2025, 12:54pm 3 My first slab was a PSA 1st edition base set PoliwagI was blown away because I never knew grading cards was a thing as I had only collected raw and played the card game as a kid
So there's a lot of ways to build around this, even just a generic Jeskai deck with a lot of exile to play instead of draw to generate value
So players were so desperate that they decided to go the hard way and ensure that at least they included something that helped them have a change
The only downside is that you dont get colored mana, so you are restricted on the spells you are able to cast
It relies on having a high HP Stage 1 Pokmon and using healing cards to keep it alive
It's a key difference from the Pokmon TCG, where the main differences between Japanese Pokmon cards and English ones are in the card designs, print quality, and release schedule, but the game rules are the same and there's no structural separation between the two