Pokemon TCG Pocket hasn't been immune to a hyper fixation on meta playstyles from the hardcore fringes of the player base ( I'm looking at you, Mewtwo EX ), but for once it feels like there's a card game where it's easily ignorable, and players can just relax and have fun building their collections of personal favorites
Also, unlike Power Vice Starter , you can bring Abyss onto the field
Modelled after Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, Hitmonchan was first printed in Base Set, and immediately became a competitive powerhouse due to its strong one-energy attack and high hit points
The Black Lotus, Magic: The Gathering (1993) Limited Edition Alpha graded CGC Pristine 10 is the only CGC Pristine 10 example in the CGC Cards Population Report as of April 2024
After that perfect example of the risks inherent to pushing the balance envelope in Standard sets, I predicted that these rapid bannings would only escalate in 2020, unless the philosophy behind such cards was wound back