With cards like Professor's Research and Pok Ball being present, you should not have a problem with getting the essential Pokmon out and on the field
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This gives players a reason to be confident when buying older and lets you know which cards wont lose half of their value being reprinted as a rare in a Core set
17-31, Happy Meals distributed Kiki and Lala-themed combs, compacts, letter stamps and more
I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with this if that's how you enjoy the hobby most, but for me, it's honestly sucked a lot of the joy out of it
The textbook example is the iconic Base Set Charizard it has the highest stats of any card in the Base Set, with 120 HP and an attack that can One-Hit KO many lesser Pokmon, but its attack costs a whopping 4 energy to use, and 2 of those energy cards have to be discarded after each hit