At the time, my most expensive bought card was 300 USD and I had also just bought my first car, so I wasnt willing to spend 2.5k USD (including fees) for a single card, even if it was the Base Set Pikachu and it was made of solid gold
Mime #23 - Nidoqueen #24 - Pidgeot #25 - Pinsir #26 - Scyther #27 - Snorlax #28 - Vaporeon #29 - Venomoth #30 - Victreebel #31 - Vileplume #32 - Wigglytuff #33 - Butterfree #34 - Dodrio #35 - Exeggutor #36 - Fearow #37 - Gloom #38 - Lickitung #39 - Marowak #40 - Nidorina #41 - Parasect #42 - Persian #43 - Primeape #44 - Rapidash #45 - Rhydon #46 - Seaking #47 - Tauros #48 - Weepinbell #49 - Bellsprout #50 - Cubone #51 - Eevee #52 - Exeggcute #53 - Goldeen #54 - Jigglypuff #55 - Mankey #56 - Meowth #57 - Nidoran F #58 - Oddish #59 - Paras #60 - Pikachu #61 - Rhyhorn #62 - Spearow #63 - Venonat #64 - Poke Ball
And it certainly leads by example: Vivi Ornitier basically ruined Standard alongside Agatha's Soul Cauldron and earned itself a rightful spot on the banlist
This is, by the way, so far the only vanilla Un creature
German Zuttomozaurier Solange du ein anderes Dinosaurier-Monster kontrollierst, knnen Monster deines Gegners diese Karte nicht als Angriffsziel whlen
A way to protect yourself for an entire turn and act as a colorless draw engine is just too good