Originally designed explicitly for the Asian market, the set was mainly printed in Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, but there was also an English printing, sold mostly in Australia and New Zealand, per MTG Wiki
3 mana is admittedly a lot to ask for spot removal, but you should have at least 4 lands by the time you want to use that side of the card, which will take out a lot of dangerous creatures when the need arises
As of right now, there is no absolutely correct answer but more than ever before we are seeing real exploration into the concept of how large should your deck be
One thing this card can do is give you one lore at the start of each of your turns
The 25th Anniversary Collection is due to release for the Pokmon TCG in Japan on October 22nd
Some cards are useful all the time, but some cards are dependent on the state of the metagame