It's also the birthplace of brothers Urza and Mishra, master artificers who discovered ancient stones of power in the Caves of Koilos
Its hard not to feel disillusioned with the Pokemon TCG sometimes, but then it comes out with things like the Trick or Trade special reprint set, of which a box of was sent to me by Pokemon's PR team, and its endearing simplicity immediately pulls me right back in
Its also important to note that some older sets didnt have foiling since WotC only started printing foil cards in Februrary 1999 with Urzas Legacy
I generally like trying to make it so that each gold card in a particular color pair would play well in the same deck, and without calling out any specific color pair you do tend to run out of appealing gold options for at least one guild when you go beyond about five gold cards
If you're just playing it as a sweeper, you get the Blood Artist effect for free, and some decks can lean into that part of the card