While the Sword & Shield era saw the release of the V, VMAX, VSTAR, and Radiant mechanics, none of them are as unique as the new Ditto cards
Both English and Japanese Pokmon cards have strong collector demand
One of the big changes coming in the next generation is a swap from yellow borders to the Japanese standard silver borders, and the Galarian Gallery gives us just a taste of that change
Bonehoard Dracosaur Theres an old comparison between Mulldrifters, creatures with weak combat stats but valuable abilities, and Baneslayers, which offer basically no advantage outside of being giant battlecruiser creatures in combat
No dramatic atmosphere
Here are some guesses on how this even distribution came to be: Players wanted to play their favorite decks All of these decks are competitively viable The format is unsolved 3v3 Shared Banlist What if there was a 3v3 tournament where players need to get creative in their deckbuilding process