Light and moderate surface scratches are the most common defect on Pokemon cards
Theyll be trying to cobble together a way to deal you twenty damage while you try to stabilize and go over the top of them
There are multiple reasons to do so: re-using when you play this Pokmon on your Bench Abilities, healing a damaged Pokmon, saving an easy target (like Lumineon V) from a potential KO, or just managing Bench space
Check for printing errors on the card back As the one part of a Pokmon card's design that almost never changes, you might think that the iconic 'Pokball on blue swirl' card back design would be the easiest thing to fake correctly, but in fact it's specifically designed to be difficult to reproduce just right, and consequently is an important red flag for fakes that you should always check
Every Equipment costs mana to actually equip to your creatures, but the deck has plenty of ways to cheat around equip costs by making them either discounted or completely free, depending on what your board state is
Articuno ex (and to a lesser extent Zapdos ex) take the most advantage of these rules