However, 1st Edition cards had an extremely limited print run, and booster boxes and packs sold out almost immediately upon their distribution to hobby shops in 1999
BCW and UltraPro are the big names in the card-protection space
Prices are updated based upon Pokemon Generations listings that sold on eBay and other marketplaces
Symbol Status is the better of the two as its essentially an upgrade to Beacon of Creation, but you could use Artful Looter for Reanimation support if need be
This is a Pokemon Trainer Card template you can download and use - assuming you have Adobe Photoshop, or something that can read PSD files, anyway - so that you can make your own Pokemon Trainer card in the style that I have setup
Often red decks, or even Grixis control decks, are looking for a way to finish off an opponent and Ribbons provides a sense of inevitability in the graveyard as your opponent can see it and know that if they get below a certain life total, they're dead