Beyond the standard SEC versions, both have Parallel and Special Art variants
Brightness and Contrast: Japanese Prints Are Brighter Japanese prints have an overall brighter look to the images, as you can see in the reference image above
With that said, there are just some good cards in the Amethyst/Ruby starter deck that players can most likely use in their own constructed decks
Rings of Brighthearth is a three-mana Artifact that allows you to pay two generic mana to copy another activated ability if it wasn't a mana ability
Whether you like Rayquaza or not, this card is visually appealing enough to warrant its price tag, making Deoxys the most expensive EX-era set in the process.
Rather than just the large set in the Fall, with the Winter and Spring sets continuing the blocks story, now there would be two blocks a year, one beginning in the Fall and one in the Spring