They got damaged over time by humidity or other external effects, simply because nobody knew the cards would get this valuable
You can even force players to draw cards by dealing damage with Xyris, and when youre getting that many Snake tokens in a given game, you might as well throw in a snake-typal effect
I used a screenshot and an online card creator
BREAK Evolution The XY8 expansion set Blue Shock () and Red Flash () which were released in Japan on September 26th, 2015 introduced this game mechanic which allows players to evolve an in-play card with a gold bodied evolution version
That alone can clue you in to just how powerful this card is, and shes a lynchpin for Voltron strategies in Commander, either leading the deck or within the 99
You can go online with decks that dont have any banned cards (you also have to own all of the cards in the decks that you use, but the game does a good job of letting you know with icons if a deck cant go online) and battle against friends and rivals alike in 3 different ways