pokemon cards blastoise v Card】BLASTOISE EX【SR】(186/165) (SV2a) Japanese Single Card The Blastoise V deck focuses on powerful water Blastoise V - SWSH101

This means: Sets OP-01 through OP-08 are not legal in official tournaments

Yes, these are considered legal basic lands and can be used in any sanctioned tournament format such as Standard, Modern, Legacy, or Commander

This means that auto-abilities triggered when a Darkness element card is placed on the field will not trigger

Species Specialist Species Specialist fits decks that focus on only one creature type or that use many creatures of a specific type really well

Under Fanatics it designs sports and entertainment products, yet it prints no current Pokemon card sets at all

Indeed, most of these characters revealed on the box have also been revealed via the Lorecast that announced the new set (Im sure thats not a coincidence)