Fossil (October 10, 1999) The second expansion is the smallest standard set of the WotC era, with just 62 cards
Both of these things lead to far more non-creature cards being played in most archetypes
Even if youre forced to put this card out early, dying to damage nets you treasure tokens that let you ramp into even more powerful creatures
Based around scrying and casting high value instants and sorceries, Elminster's static ability reduces the mana cost of the next instant or sorcery you would cast by the number of cards you looked at the last time you scried
It is a rare case of Grim Monolith being significantly less exciting
The Team Rocket Dark Charizard (1997) introduced the Dark-type variant and remains a fixture of vintage binders, while the Neo Destiny Shining Charizard (2001) is arguably the most desirable old-back Charizard of all the textured shiny foil treatment and estimated sub-1% pull rate from the original Japanese Neo Destiny packs make PSA 10 copies genuinely museum-tier