Pokemon G: The first variant of SP Pokmon were Pokmon G, released in Platinum
5 Explorer's Guidance is a Risky Consistency Booster Released in SV05: "Temporal Forces" Discarding cards is not something that many decks in the Pokmon Trading Card Game want to do regularly, but the few decks that do make it a part of their core gameplay
Artifact decks arent a dime-a-dozen
Meanwhile, the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in card shortages, and prices skyrocketed
I can accept a set with one or two cards that are so rare you remember exactly where you were when you pulled them, sitting shaking in your car after picking up a random pack or right at the end of a terrible booster box you bought at the spur of the moment
You have a character, whose unique deck of spells, skills, items, and events shape how you can interact with the world