Many powerful cards reward you for using non-creature spells, such as Young Pyromancer and Thermo-Alchemist
Even looking at a one-year investment, the average Pokmon card is increasing at nearly 46%a pace far exceeding hot stocks like Nvidia so far in 2025 or the S&P 500s average 12% annual return rate
With enough energy cards, in fact, the attack could in theory live up to its name when it comes to damage potential
The instant-win text was almost removed by Aaron Forsythe (as told in an awesome article by Mark Gottlieb), but kept for the sake of coolness and the card feeling sufficiently rare
Conversely, when you knew an established deck like Sultai Energy but read an article by Jadine Klomparens about a Winding Constrictor-based Energy deck that utilizes Hadanas Climb, how quick would you be to accept that
The DCI, as google tells me, is the governing body behind things like banned cards, restricted cards and the way that the competitive gameplay is governed, and the artwork (done by Maro?) is just a scribbled dude in a blindfold holding a mug of beer tossing darts at cards on a dartboard as a self-deprecating way to show off the "rigorous decision-making process" that the DCI uses to ban a card
