1st series pokemon cards Base Set (1st Edition & Shadowless) (Each booster pack contains 10 game cards Pokémon TCG First Partner Illustration

Card Text: V rule When your Pokmon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards

For 6 mana, you get a decent-sized creature, creature removal, and lifegain

The card has been a consistent and reliable performer on the secondary market for years, and 1st Edition copies in particular have shown strong appreciation as the vintage market has matured and more collectors have recognized the Gym sets as premium WOTC-era holdings

It enters the battlefield as a 1/2 that can remove +1/+1 counters to deal damage to attacking or blocking creatures

Shadowspear Shadowspears low casting cost, reasonable equip cost, and the plethora of boons it offers an equipped creature hearkens back to Basilisk Collar, a card that saw years of tournament and Commander play after its release in Worldwake