Many collectors who start exclusively with English cards discover that they love the feel and aesthetic of Japanese cards once they actually have some in hand
As products like VIP Edition offer a great way to get foil cards, the next step was to fill the VIP Edition with tons of foils from Double Masters
However, a hidden mode was found for Invasion of Ikoria
Both of these cards are absolutely defining a subset of archetypes in Vintage right now, and it's pretty easy to see why
With the exhilarting power of Mega Venasaur-EX, Mega Charizard-EX, and Mega Blastoise-EX, plus some wild suprises like Dragonite-EX, Ninetales BREAK, Machamp BREAK, and Mega Slowbro-EX, the classic hardbattling Pokemon and old-school Trainers are reinvented for a new generation
This is mostly here if cards going in and out of exile become more of a thing, as Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator and Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival make it seem