In 2002, believing that the depiction of demons was becoming less controversial and that the game had established itself sufficiently, Wizards of the Coast reversed this policy and resumed printing cards with "demon" in their names
Filling Our Box of Tools Since we're not playing 60-card decks anymore our curve gets WAY more interesting for fun things
Alongside scummy scalpers who care more about making a dollar than being decent people, you are competing with people who have the time and resources to snag Pokemon products at retail for MSRP and know how to navigate/negotiate the resale of goods
Per the usual song rules, a character with the appropriate amount of cost can sing A Whole New World for free, making it easy to strike this devastating blow
In the case of Pokmon , it's a lot easier to create a powerful Pokmon through evolution, since most evolutions just require the player to have the next stage in their hand to play it
Its kind of like having an Enduring Courage or Ogre Battledriver in the command zone, but Ardoz, Cobbler of War is cheaper and doesnt give haste
