For the most part, leaving your Commander in the exile zone as part of resolving their Adventure is risk free
The Trainer Gallery's variety of superb trainer and Pokemon combinations have largely replaced the multiple Arceus cards that used to be among Brilliant Stars' most valuable
This shift is visible across all the Most Popular Trading Card Games of 2026 , where texture and finish are becoming the new standard for value." A prime example is the newly announced Bulbasaur 30th Anniversary Promo (releasing Pokmon Day, Feb 27, 2026)
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and the Legendary Pokmon Koraidon and Miraidon as Pokmon ex
Fallen Empires gave us creatures with a shroud ability that could be activated with mana, and that was followed by Autumn Willow, a Homelands chase card (I know, that sounds funny to me too) with a static shroud ability pre-keyworded as cannot be the target of spells of effects. Magic replaced this with the slightly less stultifying hexproof, which is still just as obnoxious when youre sitting across the table from it