It shines in a niche build-around strategy with mostly basic Lands
As Gyarados ex's Rampaging Whirlpool can deal a massive 140 damage but at the cost of discarding a random Energy from both one of your Pokemon and one of your opponent's Pokemon, these cards help to ensure you stay ahead at all times
#6 Mega Latias ex Special Illustration Rare This card is highly reminiscent of the Latias ex SIR from Surging Sparks , albeit with much more electric colors and an intensity that the latter lacks
in particular is probably never worth evolving, and will instead live a lamp of a life in the discard pile
This is a combination of them being the first batch of the first ever set printed, the fact that they have been out of print for over 20 years and so are hard to find and also that they bring about a real sense of nostalgia for many people
The new art, one of the earliest shown for Commander Masters , is quite impressive