While Blogatog might lead us to believe that silver-bordered sets have a wide audience, I have a simple piece of (admittedly anecdotal) evidence to suggest the contrary: I Have Never Seen a Silver-Bordered Card in Play I've been playing since 1995 or so, and despite being an active Magic player in middle school, when Unglued came out, I have never bought a single pack of silver-bordered cards
The mana base can get a lot better with the addition of Polluted Delta, Underground Sea, Morphic Pool, and other expensive dual lands
Apart from the iconic status of Charizard as well as the associated nostalgia factor, there are two other clear reasons why this card is much-desired
It's nice to see that Magic 's team didn't just stick with the most famous use of Phoenix Down, and took the design one step further to reference each of its uses in Final Fantasy
Game Freak employees who attended Ishihara's birthday celebration were also given the promo card as a fun party gift
Today, we check out the main set mascot of Sword & Shield Lost Origin, which coincidentally is also featured in Pokmon GO 's Raid Hour tonight: Origin Forme Giratina
