If I am honest I was building this deck more to look sexy than to be pure win
Baby Pokmon
The new rules need enough flavor and novelty value to turn heads, but also to be balanced, and offer interesting play patterns that can hold up over the next 2-3 years of Standard
Several factors influence Base card values: card condition (mint cards worth 3-5x more), rarity (holographic and rare cards command higher prices), first edition status, PSA/BGS grading scores, and market demand for specific Pokemon
To further cement their uniqueness, Wizards made each of them do very strange things, and gave them weird art
I'm not opposed to Doctor Who, Fallout, or any of the many other crossovers that have occurred over the years