I mean, its pretty obvious when you think about it, but this definitely proves (at least to me) that there were two separate but connected departments during this preliminary Pocket Monsters Card Game development process: the Graphics Team and the Rules/R&D Team
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For 2-3 packs you can also score any intermediate level Prime, namely Mew and Typhlosion
For the ETB effect, we borrowed an effect that premiered on We wanted the back face to be protective in flavor, but we didn't want it stalling out games, so we needed to give it an aggressive element
That nostalgia has slowly grown over the years, and while I haven't been able to bring myself to sacrifice these old school boosters, I've slowly been adding to the collection here and there
Item and Supporter Cards