With the 3 month lead time, WotC should have placed the order for Portal Three Kingdoms around the end of January or the beginning of February 1999, with the cards being printed sometime between then and the end of April, with enough time to ship the cards overseas before release
Hildibrand goes on to teach the zombie to act like him, and they adopt some of his mannerisms
Anyway, let me know what you thought
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, unlike other copies with English text
The Sonic Lairs are excellent examples, as aside from the drop with the Sol Ring, none of those have shot up in value
Picking out the best cards before a set is released is tricky, as it's hard to know how each card synergizes with the rest of the set and within each format