You might not know these half-art trophy cards are a tribute to the original 1997 Pikachu trophy cards, first awarded to winners of the first official tournament in Chiba, Japan
Tozuka started with a computer model of the assembled pyramid
Scout Plane" #1410 #5823 "Berserk Gorilla" #1411 #5824 "Freed the Brave Wanderer" #1412 #5826 "Witch Doctor of Chaos" #1413 #5827 "Chaos Necromancer" #1414 #5828 "Chaosrider Gustaph" #1415 #5829 "Inferno" #1416 #5830 "Fenrir" #1417 #5831 "Gigantes" #1418 #5832 "Silpheed" #1419 #5833 "Chaos Sorcerer" #1420 #5834 "Gren Maju Da Eiza" #1421 #5835 "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning" #1422 #5836 "Fuhma Shuriken" #1423 #5837 "Heart of the Underdog" #1424 #5838 "Wild Nature's Release" #1425 #5839 "Ojama Delta Hurricane!!" #1426 #5840 "Stumbling" #1427 #5841 "Chaos End" #1428 #5842 "Chaos Greed" #1429 #5844 "D
Side loading styled inner sleeves
It's also important to note that WotC has definitely seemed to shift away from any mass land destruction spells, as they tend to lead to a lot of "non-games", which would be a bad direction to push a format you want to grow
The promotional card, signed by Ishihara himself, was distributed to Pokmon Company employees on the founder's 60th birthday in 2017