When Base Set was released in 1999, PSA grading was a niche service used by a tiny fraction of the collecting community
Because the First Edition print run was relatively small and conservative (Wizards had no idea the game would explode the way it did), the genuine 1st Edition window was very short
While Irida healing for 40 can certainly help Palkia slug it out in a prolonged fight, overall the deck just seems like a worse version of the two-Articuno strategy (indeed its one loss was against just such a deck).So we're wondering, did the Palkia deck's pilot, TheSuperTNT, just get really lucky with those Misty coin flips
The bouncelands help the deck a lot, because they can bounce themselves in the late game to guarantee you constant landfall triggers
[c]Chalice of the Void[/c] is one of the signature cards of the archetype, as it can shut out all cards of a certain mana cost
Ledger Shredder If theres a card that has impacted multiple formats, including eternal ones like Modern, it has to be Ledger Shredder
