There are additional ways to get value off of sacrificing creatures
The most valuable contribution, in my opinion, were these two cards: Previous sets had dabbled in using -1/-1 counters a kill
The printing of more cheap enchantment creatures does a lot to allow enchantment themes to seamlessly integrate into Cubes with other creature-focused archetypes, and the cheap enchantment matter creatures allow enchantment decks to be competitive with archetypes that have historically gotten more support
If youre interested in reading more, try this page: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/1st_Edition_(TCG) Cheers 1 Like papafrankgod October 6, 2020, 4:11am 4 arkhive: Hey, not stupid at all
Although it was never confirmed, these E ITION markings of the Base Ghost/Phantom Pikachu might have been added during the printing process as indication, so the 1st edition stamps would be properly aligned (which kinda failed in most cases)