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Ramp spells like Roiling Regrowth and Springbloom Druid allow you to sacrifice lands and you pump your commander while playing the game as normal

A cheap commander that draws a card and copies a spell is exactly what the archetype wants

Diamond & Pearl (2007 - 2010): The number was increased to 10 cards per pack, which has remained the standard ever since

Slots right into most Thraximundar decks

Pushing the impactful cards to higher rarities helps make the games more even-keeled in Limited because of card as-fans (the rate at which a certain card or subset of cards show up within an average booster pack) and in casual Constructed because of card availability

This also meant that not many people were buying Pokemon TCG cards and some of these sets also became extremely rare and valuable today