Among true Pokmon fans, Ishihara is a well-known and respected figure, which already makes the card special
It first made its way into player hands in the Domniaria expansion in 2018 and made some pretty cool decks that focused on permanents that can sacrifice themselves, allowing the player to get their effect every turn
They wont fade overtime, and it takes a lot to rip the corners should you take your collection everywhere you go
So Pokmon TCG sets in recent years have been built of your regular cards with the small window of art, Double Rares that are either the older basic Vs or the more recent basic ex cards, Ultra Rares which tend to be more elaborate V/ex arts or full-art Trainer cards, then the desirable Illustration Rares (IR) which are full-art cards depicting Pokmon in their environment, followed by Special Illustration Rares (SIR) which also full-art, but mostly far more elaborately detailed
COMC (Check Out My Collectibles) is the answer
Its time to just bring the OG Swords to Plowshares into the format