Their art functions as an integral part of world-building, storytelling, and furthering the narrative of the game
This represents one of the few cards in the TCG to feature a Pokmon silhouette instead of filled-in artwork
Less strictly, in some cases X can be more than just a creature type
The end the turn clause has a few benefits too, like stopping death triggers
When it comes to the rest of the cards, we only have two(!!) clues: This set primarily serves Commander/eternal format players, after Jumpstart and Core Set 2021 were created with newcomers in mind WotC slyly admitted in their official announcement that they leaned into the doubling theme a bit So, were getting a Masters set full of high-value and long-awaited reprints, with many of them explicitly connected to the idea of doubling
Alongside 001-142, we have great targets for 003-165 even without 001-159 in the list