In fact, some of the most expensive Pokmon cards ever sold are Japanese exclusives: the Pikachu Illustrator card (a 1998 Japanese promo) set a record by selling for about $5.27 million in mint condition, far above any English card sale
Notably, opponents can't try to remove the exploring creature after you reveal a nonland card but before it receives a counter
That last one includes Bundles and Play Booster boxes
I somewhat dislike the card for being so good verses some colours while fairly average against others but that is exactly what decks like reanimator want, a few silver bullets that are really likely to take the game solo which this achieves perfectly
Coloring your Pokmon based on its type helps other people know what kind it is (like how Pikachu is yellow, and so you know its electric), but feel free to break the rulesplenty of official Pokmon do
Thirty years on, rare collectibles in the TCG can sell for over $250k