So the accurate framing is: First Pokmon cards ever sold: Bandai Carddass, late September 1996 First Pokmon TCG cards: CoroCoro Pikachu and Jigglypuff, October 15, 1996 First Pokmon TCG set: Japanese Base Set, October 20, 1996 The CoroCoro promos are the true starting point of the Pokmon TCG as a game and a collecting hobby
Some very strong cards, including Thassa's Oracle (one of cEDH's staple wincons), are impulse effects
MTG also has thousands of players worldwide which creates a problem: gift cards would have different values in different countries
You'll need the basic Pokmon in play before you can evolve it into Sylveon ex
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This is because, in that deck, this card is capable of more than just tapping artifacts