AR cards drove the illustration boom in Japanese Pokemon collecting starting around S11 Lost Abyss (2022) and have been the single most effective rarity for pulling new collectors into the JPN market
The main Exodia card is SR, but the other four are N rarities, so you will need 30 SR CP and 120 N CP to make them
A green 13/13 for ten mana, Krosan Cloudscraper has no combat abilities to speak of and is little more than a large body on the battlefield
Thanks to starting with 40 life in Commander, even Vampiric Tutors additional cost of losing two life is more than an acceptable sacrifice for the ability to tutor any card to the top of your library
(6/6/2025) If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions
I always had some laying around in my room, and sometimes I mightve even bought a few booster packs, but I never really got too deep into the trading card game