Ever since its worldwide debut in 1999, the TCG has given out promotional items to promote the Nintendo tabletop game
Readers researching current year sets are usually trying to identify a card from a pack they just opened, which makes accuracy and freshness in this section especially important for both usefulness and search visibility
If you take their only two drop play for one mana, one card and no life cost you have actually gained tempo
The spike landed on Pokmon Day, marking the franchise's 30th anniversary
Still, I tried cutting the weakest cards, especially the ones that are the least mana-efficient (Blitzball Stadium is cool but we have far more efficient ways of putting counters on things, giving evasion, and drawing cards for example)
Duel Masters had double-faced cards where we printed a card on both sides