While its abilities and attacks arent incredible (though Pokemon Power: Step In provides a free Switch if necessary), its likely the novelty of it being Dragonites first appearance as well as the brilliantly colorful (and sweetly calming) artwork by Kagemaru Himeno that make this card an absolute classic, and easily the most valuable card from the Pokemon TCGs third set ever.
While it requires you to track and remember specific things each turn in order to resolve the trigger in the end step, it does remove the need to disrupt the middle of someones turn to announce triggers in the manner required by cards such as Rhystic Study or Smothering Tithe
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This is very possible, as a large portion of games in Magic are decided by the cards in your deck rather than simply the cards in your opening hand, but Thoughtseize forces the game to turn into more of a topdeck game
Besides the occasionally explosives draws and the Mine interactions, I loved Maverick Thopterist and Enraged Giant