The design space of hidden info is one that I enjoy seeing explored, where your format knowledge is rewarded by being able to predict what cards your opponent might have readied against you
(I can only put it out) 2010/09/18 8:50 2010/09/18 8:50 As an idea, it would be a pair of ice flames
Sakuretsu Armor made everyone have to think twice about attacking if there was a set card on the field, especially due to the small amount of backrow removal in the early days
Pikachu happens to be one of the poster-children of Pokemon so it definitely has more prints than a lot of cards, but even if you imagine 10% of that as an average per Pokemon (14 variations, or 5.5 prints) and multiply that out by the number of Pokemon presently in the franchise (721) youre looking at ~10k cards with variations or ~4k unique prints
One day, my friend, who had been supplying the cards to me, texted me the link to a 3D Pokmon card tutorial