Because Shifting Woodland isn't entering the battlefield when it becomes a copy of a card, any "When [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[This creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied card won't apply
Mix in theme weeks: Mythical Pokmon Month or Science of Evolution. And yes, someone will try to bring a pet lizard as a Dragonite. Redirect gently
Its been a while since weve seen a commander that rewards you for increasing the command tax, and I like that Dyadrine turns +1/+1 counters into a consumable resource rather than being one of a dozen commanders that makes the number of counters you control go up
Its worth factoring in when youre comparing Japanese vs English grading targets
The most expensive Japanese promo cards ever produced are all variants of the same card, which makes the Pikachu Illustrator s dominance of this list less of a coincidence and more of a statement about what scarcity, provenance, and condition can do to value
But it's a wisp of a dream that Nintendo will ever release a mainline Pokmon game on anything but their own system
