Bridging the gap between Obsidian Flames and Paradox Rift is the long-awaited Pokemon 151 set
Some self-identified employees on the subreddit have speculated that the stores will only be allowed to buy collectibles graded PSA 8 and above
The caster can exile the spell card encoded on a creature they control
Word of Seizing is a bit long in the tooth now, but it can steal any permanent, which makes it surprisingly versatile
Every time that random kid or collector buys that random pack, they get an advertisement, and effectively product, toward helping them understand that there is a game behind these cards
Art Director Ovidio Cartagena tells me this was one of their very first ideas for the set, saying Middle-earth has such a specific geography, and it is of course one of the genius details of storytelling that influenced a lot of subsequent works in fantasy and science fiction