Where things become particularly messy is when some of these cards wind up leaving the anime and becoming a part of the legitimate card game
Its a damn good one, too, with an ability that totally changes the game in many situations
Gold Star Fun Facts Every Gold Star artwork was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda None of the Gold Stars are secret rares There are 28 gold stars including Greninja, released as a promo in Celebrations ETBs
Not all the best Pokmon TCG: Obsidian Flames Secret Rares make it into the list of the most expensive ones in the set, but plenty of them are present
I imagine Design would have loved to let all the monsters follow the model A + B + new ability, but quickly found the needs of the front (simple, with some card advantage / pair recursion) and the back (really splashy and flavorful) too disparate to pull that off consistently
This provides 105 combinations for potential commanders