Win Conditions And Flaws The primary win condition of the deck is winning through combat
How I Chose the Cards My first cut, just doing a quick run through the sets, left me with over a hundred cards to look at
The rest of the cards in the set are either brand new (Dragonite-EX, M Pidgeot-EX, Machamp BREAK, Brock's Guts, etc.), straight-up reprints of recent modern-era cards (Venusaur-EX, Charizard-EX, and Blastoise-EX), or reprints of recent modern-era cards with brand new artwork (Misty's Determination, M Blastoise-EX, etc.)
Kinda stand alone, requires you to be attacked Imperious Perfect - Low drop with a very nicely costed ability Wolfbriar Elemental - Pretty underestimated Verdant Force - very high costed, but another every upkeep effect Ant Queen - pretty bad creature, but an abusable, cheap mana sink Trostani Discordant - Homeward path on a stick that pumps and makes tokens Jade Mage - Meh, but its an early token producer if you need it
That small symbol tells you exactly how rare the card is, and once you know how to read it, you can sort a shoebox of cards in a few minutes