Claw Blade Standard is often used as an example of a broken, unhealthy Standard
Quick Releases: Korean sets tend to follow Japans release schedule pretty closely, so new cards, mechanics, and Pokmon usually arrive not long after their Japanese debut
If the omen gets countered, it goes straight into your graveyard
You must start off with a basic Pokmon and evolve them in order, with the execption of Baby Pokmon
Propaganda (Tempest/Stronghold/Exodus) Many of you who are reading this column might not have been around for Tempest Block, so let me sum up the format for you: white and black had shadow creature, which couldn't block non-shadow creatures or flyers
Not unlike my rejection of E series borders years prior having changed to fondness and favoritism, I wound up coming to adore these cards a great deal