Although it wasnt as popular as MTG in a commercial way, the game is still officially supported today by Black Chantry Production, and a fifth edition was released in 2020
There's considerable strategy and technique to be mined from the game, if you can get around the Perfect Rule balance issues and the occasionally questionable AI
Strategic players appreciated that advantage
The top contenders are Celebi Prime, combined with Skyarrow Bridge (one of the new Stadium cards) for free retreat, and Eelektrik, for amazing mid-game presence
Building decks that combo specific cards to gain an advantage are growing more scant as the game grows more aggressive, partly to deal with a lopsided meta that sees the deck with the strongest cards that ramps the fastest utterly dominating
According to the results of the experiment, there were not even 25% of Pokmon lovers who could name at least one of the features of the first edition Pokmon cards