Two other competitions were held later in 1998: Mewtwo's Counterattack Commemoration Illust Artist Contest , announced in May 1998, and Pikachu's Summer Vacation Commemoration Illust Artist Contest , announced in June 1998
Baiting works the exact same way
Path to the Peak, especially combined with Judge or Iono, hurts most of the metagame, from top tier archetypes like Miraidon and Charizard to decks that are more fringe, like Gholdengo ex
The Ice half can tap anything (even a land) at instant speed and then draws you a card, so it basically cycles if you don't have the need for removal
You might just be a collector who simply enjoys getting their cards graded to keep and display
A modal double-faced card can be transformed or be put onto the battlefield transformed