Then along came Mirrodin and all of a sudden protection from artifacts was a pretty strong ability
The most valuable cards from the original series fetch modest sums in comparison to the cards aforementioned, however if you happen to have a few of them in your old collection, you could be looking at fair sum of money, should you cash them in
(1) When this card resolves, you can take 1 Fiend monster with 0 ATK/DEF from your Deck, and either add it to your hand or destroy it
There are 25 in all - every starter Pokemon from each generation, plus Pikachu
This is true for energy cards that appeared during the early years of the Pokmon TCG

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