Note: this is translated and should be taken with a grain of salt image605640 118 KB 20th October 1996 - 31st March 1997 From 20th October 1996 to the end of March 1997, a total of 87 million cards were shipped (page 10, line 33)
With the Pokemon TCG Live and Pokemon Scarlet & Violet events, the popularity of the franchise has reached an all-time high
Giving creatures the ability to attack or tap on the same turn they enter the battlefield under your control lets you quickly apply pressure to opponents through big stats, attack triggers, and powerful abilities the table would otherwise have a turn to respond to
If the condition of the card is important to you, you should never have more than one card per plastic card pocket in your binder
They're not too powerful these days, but they're still prized collector's items, so we've picked these as the finest examples to seek out