rare 151 pokemon cards - Charizard ex 199/165 - Special Illustration holofoil pattern or surface detail) Pokemon Venusaur ex Special Art

The idea of playing rounds and placing counters that power-limit creatures feels mean

A big part of why stax has such a bad reputation in Commander is because of non-games created by power level imbalances and a lack of good pre-game discussion

Competitive play is also influencing trends, with cards like Dragapult ex and Gardevoir ex dominating tournaments

It's also the reason that some newer cards exist, spawning out Wavesifter, Nulldrifter, and Hulldrifter, and probably also the inspiration for Thought Monitor and Cloudblazer

If you collected Pokemon-EX and Mega cards through the BW and XY years, you have stacks of 5ban work