If you have a Koffing already on your bench, you can pull your Weezing back, put the Koffing into play, evolve it, and have another defensive wall to protect your Dragonite
#8 RE: first edition shadow There's no 'true' Japanese 1st editions, but people call the Base Set cards with no rarity symbol the first print run
The Pikachu Illustrator card was only available to competition winners and the first example made available for sale sold for around 18,000 in the early 2000s
Its a very awkward scene and one that quickly reached memetic status in the fandom
Pokmon fans of a certain age have cause for celebration
For Pokemon, the fan-made site Pokecollector comes highly recommended, whilst Yu-Gi-Oh