The game is a direct sequel to the first Pokmon Trading Card Game and continues right after you beat the Grand Masters - which is when Team Great Rocket steals all of your cards, requiring you to start from scratch
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4 Savage Punch If we had a nickel for every MTG card depicting humans violently attacking bears, wed have two nickels
The original Base Set of Pokmon cards featured 102 unique cards based on the franchises first generation of Pokmon, including cards that now individually rank as some of the most valuable Pokmon cards in existence, such as the first-edition holographic Charizard
Eldraine was Rayyans return to the game after more than a decade, and to see his artwork in this frame again is not only a bit of pre-COVID nostalgia, but also a trumpet blast that hes here again, and to stay for good this time
With a few obvious exceptions, like The Soul Stone and Multiversal Passage, very few cards from the set have made a meaningful impact anywhere