The connection between the video game shiny hunting experience and the trading card shiny treatment creates a bridge between two major segments of the Pokemon fan base, drawing in collectors from both sides
Being attached to a land means it doesnt cost too much to include in your deck if youre not running too many colors
The wispy framing lines are a questionable choice, as is the decision to use what looks to be AI-generated art on the cards themselves (its on theme, and for what its worth this is back when AI art was largely impressionistic and had some mystique, but still), however Ardent Reapers gets a pass from me on account of it being a passion project with an extremely small to nonexistent player base
The pandemic inspired a surge in the buying and selling of all manner of collectibles, from traditional fine art, rare coins and currency to newer crazes such as Pokmon cards and street art
An Oldy But a Goody Mark Gottlieb made two cards for Unhinged that took a whole bunch of old mechanics and put them all together on two cards: one for spell mechanics (Blast from the Past) and one for creature mechanics (Old Fogey)