joponnes March 9, 2025, 9:14pm 13 I have to say i see no reason to call bandai or other non tcg brands something else than pokemon cards since thats what they are, obviously tcg cards are the most popular ones and when people think of pokemon cards thats probably what they first think of, but to say cards produced by brands like topps, bandai or topsun arent pokemon cards is imo a bit odd thing to say Josh March 9, 2025, 9:24pm 14 If you wanted to simplify things a bit by excluding test prints, prototypes and other cards of potentially questionable authenticity, then the first mass produced, demonstrably authentic, TCG cards were the No Rarity variant Japanese Expansion Pack (Base Set) cards
Free cards or spells cast is powerful, and she churns cards and card advantage powerfully, so folks load her deck up with cheap or free cards with big costs, like Peregrine Drake or Palinchron as well as tons of instants, like the free Snap or Frantic Search, and such
Heck, even Ral Zarek is about as dull as it gets with a $5 planeswalker
Its even, dare I say it, a fantastic set for Cube pickups
Even more importantly, the untap ability allows them to generate tons of mana for explosive turns while turning Gwenna into a hefty threat