zekrom pokemon card full art ex 2025 Japanese Scarlet & Violet: Black Bolt #169/086 Special Rare Price Guide Promo Card Type Zekrom EX (97 Full Art)

Its time for fun and revelry

Not only are there are a whole slew of powerful rares and mythics, but were seeing cards that might normally be mythic pushed down to rare (like Shalai, Voice of Plenty) and rares pushed down to uncommon (like all of the non-Rona multicolor uncommon legendsjust look at all of that text on Garna!)

Even if its just another form of interaction, the mind games of countermagic are uniquely frustrating

With the introduction of the Roles mechanic, however, this affordable card becomes much more useful

I think it has stronger cross regional appeal, and it has probably more of a sweet spot in gaming than Lord of the Rings has, because it was kind of born from gaming

I was excited for them to represent "dungeons," being things you (the villain) play that your opponent (the hero) must deal with