Note that these odds vary depending on the series of cards
While pull rates for these cards were relatively good (roughly one in every two booster boxes), that combined with the passage of time, nostalgia, and the original limited print run make for a collection of cards that are among the most desirable and expensive in all of the Pokemon TCG
A control deck counters spells as they're being cast and removes and problem creatures that hit the battlefield
It's one of very few moves in the game that requires 5 Energy, of at least two different types (2 Water, 2 Electric, 1 Colorless), all of which is discarded when it uses that move
This set includes all 102 Shadowless Base Set Cards
Lets shortly assume one would ban Manamorphose: is a 3/2 flying haste creature (or maybe 2) on turn 3 really going to win you the game