Those interested can check out this list of every Shiny officially made available thus far to Pokemon GO
Before wed even seen anything of the set, people were lambasting it for being another hat set a release based on shallow references to pop culture, like Murders at Karlov Manor, Outlaws of Thunder Junction, and Aetherdrift before it
Mechanically, a traditional "split" card, like this one (which was played by Pro Tour Champion Kai Budde in the greatest Pro Tour Top 8 of all time) is practically / thematically very similar to both cycling cards like Go for Blood and many Modal Double-Faced Cards
Whilst there are hundreds of unique cards to collect, they substantially limit deck building variety as there are go-to combinations of cards that, simply put, make decks that are just better than everything else
If that's not enough, the Pirate deck can also try out cards like Confiscate , which can swipe an enemy's nonland permanent, or Thirst For Knowledge , which can recklessly draw and discard cards to find a game-winning card
3-5 year holding period