In a game that goes to full 3 matches, if both players spend a couple of minutes checking for prizes, thats easily over 10 minutes out of the general play time just to check for prizes
Its usually hard for blue decks to apply enough pressure so that a 2/2 that dies when it attacks isnt blanked by a blocker
Each Collector Booster is guaranteed to have 1 of the 10 in traditional foil
Think, for a moment, how many decks youve played against in Commander that consider sacrificing a creature as a legitimate downside
On the flip side of this, if your opponent could have made a 3/3 Shark and didnt, thats a good sign they dont have Shark Typhoon
Even though the era of video games and their movie tie-ins releasing around the same time is pretty much a distant memory, Pokemon continues to demonstrate synergy unlike anyone else in the space