A Aragorn, King of Gondor proxy lets you run this powerful staple across every deck you own without paying secondary market prices
In 1996 there was very few online resources, and very few of them included photos, so this encyclopedia introduced me and my brother to many of these cards for the first time
He ended up pulling off a truly wild combo where he put down a Starmie, powered it up with Palkias Star Portal ability, used Cross Switcher to bring up my Mewtwo into the Active Position, played Tool Scrapper to remove my Tool Jammer, attached Choice Band to boost his Starmies attack by 30, and then he topped it off with Leon to raise the attack 30 more, giving him the perfect 310 damage he needed to once again OHKO my poor Mewtwo
Its evolution, Dugtrio, further enhances its utility with higher speed and attack stats
No Rarity Symbol cards are the Japanese equivalent of 1st Edition