If this card is destroyed: Target 1 monster your opponent controls
Machamp has always been one of the more popular Generation 1 Fighting-types, benefiting from its prominent role in the original games as the trade evolution that every kid either had or desperately wanted, and the Dark version adds the Team Rocket aesthetic that elevates the card's collector appeal
What was once a casual hobby has become a highly competitive marketplace where desirable products sell out almost instantly
It is in this context that his most shocking anecdote fits: apparently many years ago he had come into possession of about twenty boxes of the first set of cards from a former inexperienced shopkeeper
Finally, 2002s Legendary Collection was the very first set to include reverse holo cards and they had a firework style pattern that remains unique to this day
Burn and damage have always been reds bread and butter, but because its had to be balanced for competitive duel formats, its efficacy pretty much evaporates in the face of multiple opponents with double the starting life
