The deck was created before the game was built around archetypes, and it marked a change in Konami's design philosophy in the mid-2000s
The first Pokmon video games, Pocket Monsters: Red and Pocket Monsters: Green, were released in February of 1996 and introduced the world to the first 151 Pokmon
Quite arguably the most dominant black card of all time
There are numerous positive synergies with the card in the format that make it even better than Anticipate, a card I was already higher on than most people
This simple yet devastating mechanic allows players to freeze an opponent's primary offensive threat before it gets a chance to strike, or forcefully rest an active character to set them up as an easy target for counter-attacks on the following turn
While this character can come out at four ink, you can play him for free by exerting four of your items