Yes, it will leave the battle area
I like this card because it strikes that perfect balance between collector appeal and competitive potential
Imagine it this way: in the nick of time, Pluto bounds onto the battlefield, friendly-slobbers one of your heroes, and they immediately heal, thanks to the goodness of dogs
As smpratte discussed in his video from a while back, the Gold Star set is extremely iconic in the tcg from a collectability standpointlowest print run in the tcg, unique shiny art that exceeded the border for the first time, holo bleed on some cards, a consistent artist across all the sets/cards, good selection of Pokemon and of course, really low PSA 10 Gem Mint pops for pretty much all the Gold Stars outside of the dog trio
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Coming into the game, players need to be aware of hundreds of cards and dozens of decks that are all viable, if not top-tier, in the current metagame