The mana reduction here doesn't solve the clunkyness of this style of card
And youll definitely always be the topps variant king, no matter what other people post ill always bow you on that throne @ragingkraken i believe at least complete bandai + bandai anime sets have already been posted here at some point i may be wrong too since i dont atm have time to properly search for them but at least some full non-tcg sets have been posted here earlier
In short, UB sets have amazing flavor
This card is only one of two in the world, and it was commissioned by Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) in 1998 for the purpose of presenting them to Nintendo to get approval for translation into English
There is a reason two of the three most expensive decks in the format are four or five colors: the splash
Battle-wise, its not as impressive as other Dragon-type Pokmon cards weve seen in the game, but it might be a good addition for cheese decks, especially those decks that utilize Bench of splash damage