For one, it introduces Pokmon owned by characters other than the players of the game (for example, Brock's Rhydon #2 or Misty's Tentacruel #10), and it also shows Pokmon owned by non-Gym Leader characters (namely Team Rocket, as Rocket's Scyther #13 comes to mind here)
It also makes sense that these endeavours provide limited edition merchandise to incentivise fans further, and bring in revenue
[Bonus] Pokmon GO Discord Alternative: AnyTo While Discord is fantastic, I know not every trainer wants to spend hours navigating servers
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As I already mentioned, Richard Garfield probably knew how strong the Power 9 was , so its interesting to look into why these cards exist
