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In a deck full of small creatures and control elements, its not hard for this cutey to be a two mana 5/5+ reminiscent of the once-100 card Tarmogoyf

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In case you missed it, Pokmon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl recently received an official release date.

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If this logic holds up, that could mean that no-number blue back Topsun cards were the first ever Pokemon trading cards to ever exist, predating even the Bandai Carddass series in September of 1996.