The card does cost eight mana to play and is reserved for the late end game, but when this flying, vigilant, indestructible 8/8 Angel hits the battlefield, your opponent is in some serious trouble
Pokemon TCG was released in October 1996 from Media factory, so the Pokemon Carddass is the early appearance than the pokemon TCG
And the best news is that you get to play all the good cards of Izzet Phoenix anyway
Given that the most common of cards cost 35 Pack Points to craft, while a 3-star card costs 1500 Pack Points to craft, you may be waiting a while to craft the exact cards you need
Even the animes logic of only four existing in the world helps elevate the cards status, even if in the real world there are countless copies
Of course, cards dont exist in a vacuum: the power of any card depends on what else is in the format with it