Charizard ex (199/165) Charizard cards are almost always heavy hitters in modern sets, but this particular Charizard ex stands out as the most iconic card of the 151 set
I thought I was being cute with these variable costs making cards more widely playable but still allowing me to give them a bit more identity and power push
Like those, it was banned to avoid the perceived-barrier-to-entry, but was strong enough to be a candidate for banning even without the optics especially in long games where the card draw yields inevitability over time
The black symbol in the bottom corner of a Pokemon card denotes its rarity: a circle is common, a diamond is uncommon, and a star is rare
They are kept in rarity simply for the fact that if they are made common, the game would become unbalanced as everybody can take and use them
It runs evasive fliers like Spyglass Siren alongside value cards like Enduring Curiosity and the MTG planeswalker Kaito, Bane of Nightmares to create card draw from attacking