This commander offers insane value, and probably deserved a once per turn clause somewhere
The 151 set ran a high-density SAR lineup featuring Nanjamo SAR (which has traded north of $800 for most of 2024-2026) and a reprinted Charizard ex SAR variant, both of which remain among the most-searched Japanese Pokemon SARs of the entire era
The first Pokemon Cards that were printed in 1999 are now considered Old Pokemon Cards, or Vintage Cards by fans of the series
There are 'control' players in every card game, but in Pokmon they had uniquely powerful tools that made them too oppressive, so oppressive that they needed bans to stop them
It basically makes decks like the ones built around Prosper, Tome-Bound almost useless
Instead, it was printed on a separate sheet and was only available through Base Set starter decks