When Wizards of the Coast realized they had accidentally printed too many Base Set booster packs branded with the first-edition logo, they covered the errant symbol with a small black triangle
And while we can argue these cards have been meta-defining, their prevalence in the game did not fully blossom until a few sets later, where the full Charizard-Pidgeot deck finally became fleshed out
At the same time, in order for the franchise to continue, Ishihara wished to further expand the franchise with long-term goals, such as continuing the TV series, and releasing a movie every year
The decking rule helped keep the long games from running any longer
In modern printings of the game, the equivalent draw three spell costs a whopping 500% more mana than this OG
Each copy makes more and more copes