gurdurr pokemon card X&Y Base Set Uncommon # 66/146 this Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.) Gurdurr 🏗️ Black Bolt Illustration

All four were banned for being simply too good, at least when they were originally printed

Heck, yo-yos were still allowed even after Tony pinged a pocket pro stinger into Tom's eye during a failed three-leaf clover manuvere

I don't think this fits into Standard, although it would be funny to see a Commander Niv Tribal deck take shape at this rate

Each of these cards is iconic pieces of Pokmon TCG history and, though they may not have the fire-breathing lizard, just imaging the hype of pulling one of these back in the day

In that way, cards in UB sets that make very blatant use of these IPs feel a whole lot like Reserved List cards

Speaking of new stuff, stick around all week as we show off a new deck each dayincluding the planeswalker that commands it