is pikachu rare in pokemon cards - V - 043/185 The Pokemon Company International Pikachu

Why would anyone play that

You can attack on your turn, then use this to ambush the opponents during combat with a surprise 3/4 flier and a newly untapped creature that you blink

The texture is different, the colors are different (they fail the dot test), theyre glossier, and they glow under a black/UV light

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It forces players to put more thought into how many copies of a card they want to run in their deck without drastically changing the dynamics of the game

Card names are important to remember because certain spells (like Cranial Extraction or Meddling Mage) actually need you to name something in order to play them