This rewarded players who dug into the rules and figured that out, but it baffled a lot of players, too
I believe this came about because they wanted a mischievous creature on the back that punished the opponent for not having enough cards in their hand, and flavor-wise, that felt a lot like a faerie (it was an imp when it was on Equilor)
I was running out of pages in my binder anyway, and no one ever wanted to play, so I figured Id stick to the video games
In fact, many of the most valuable Pokmon cards are graded by Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being a never-used, mint condition card
With green ramp decks the momentum gain from having them out earlier is very significant
Ive even included Beta Pokmon (such as ones from the Space World 1997 demo)