gloom pokemon card obsidian flames 198/197 [Colorless] [Colorless]. Pokemon Gloom IR 198-197 Illustration

These decks want to keep their life totals low to keep Deaths Shadows stats high, all while protecting their creatures and managing the opponents board with limited mana

Most of the time they are worth little, but they are some the most beautiful cards to see the light of day

It also contains the highest number of beautiful cards of any set this year

They ended up having to ban it, but only did it after it was made obvious how problematic the card was, when some player played the card with no wincons in the deck, just casting it over and over again with no ability to end the game, except hoping the opponent would concede

The most popular archetype in Pioneer, Rakdos Midrange, often runs a couple, where they have potential to combo nicely with Unstoppable Slasher, Reflection of Kikki-Jikki, or the deck's giant demon tokens