Reasonable people can take that bet
In that time, most of the key features of it have changed in big ways
When the Pokmon Trading Card Game first launched in the 1990s, it may not have been a guaranteed success
According to the lore text at the bottom of the card, the creatures are trapped on a rock (possibly an asteroid.) Someone left behind an encrypted log recording the existence of slivers, either an unlucky explorer or, perhaps, a scientist involved in experimenting with the creatures, which would be a nice callback to the Riptide Project
4 Longirsu, The Orcust Orchestrator A Link Three Monster, Longirsu, The Orcust Orchestrator is a powerful one that can act as removal for an opponent's Monster with the unfortunate status of being pointed at by one of its Link Arrows
The only exceptions to this rule were lands that produced colorless mana but didnt explicitly mention artifacts in any other way, since casting artifacts was somewhat implied