We'll get to the stats in a moment but this is meant as a special promo set for kids to enjoy out of their happy meals, it's got no rainbow rares, secret rares etc or playable trainer cards that are designed to have extreme rarity or to be any more common than others - Pikachu is more valuable simply because he is Pikachu, he's actually not any rarer a pull rate than anything else
IHOP also sponsored the MTG Creator Arena during Novembers Magic Con Las Vegas
Although both of you are technically down on cards, card advantage is relative
It was the peak of the Pokemon Trading Card Game, despite the fact that not everyone kept their collection
Cascading into a five or less Legendary will feel great after casting this
It's a really fun card that can do really hilarious and powerful things, but it also costs four mana and doesn't do anything right away, which makes it a tough sell in competitive decks