+3/+0 is no joke, and if your creature dies this red instant manifests another creature
As this is a brand-new set, prices are still fluctuating and may not be accurately reflected in this article
Vintage kept its restricted list, because some people wanted to play with powerful cards (and also because Type 1.5, aka legacy had started to take root, which, at the time, was just vintage with the restricted list renamed "banned list"), but in standard, you already couldn't play with all your cards, so there really wasn't any good reason to keep a restricted list
The phrase pack fresh was everywhere because people still opened and built these sets for fun
Its also just another way to fill up your graveyard
A lot of people know Charizard due to its high-value TCG cards, but significantly more are able to recognize Pikachu as a result of its prominence in the Pokemon anime and its status as the series' defacto mascot