Nowadays, people know it by the name Japanese World Championship
Evasive 1/1 and 2/1 flyers, flash interaction, and a relentless drip of tokens let you play the whole game at instant speed answering threats on your opponents turns while chipping in for the win
At this time, Pokmon didnt do as much damage as quickly as todays cards do
The problem with the deck was pretty simple: it was skimping on land
Im in for this Lair, but mainly for the big two
True to what the name would suggest, the Pokmon Illustrator Card was originally awarded to winners of the first ever "Pokmon Card Game Illust Artist Contest" in 1997, Japanese manga anthology CoroCoro Comic (which still publishes the Pocket Monsters title to this very day!) invited its readers to submit drawings of their favorite Pokmon for a chance to be featured as illustrations on actual trading cards