Electric-type cards in general tend to have lower retreat costs ( Electrode has a free retreat, for instance), allowing you to easily swap out cards as needed, keeping your bench and Pikachu exs attack power at full capacity
Discarding a land isnt an alternate cost, but an additional cost
(We did talk about making the set all multicolor and allowing traditional hybrid cards, but Bill had his heart set on all gold.) It just wasn't working
(Disclosure: When this date was first mentioned, I went out and bought a playset of foil borderless Jeweled Lotus, so Ive got an interest in that one.) I agree with the concept that unbanning these cards in response to the outcry from some of the worst people online, the ones making threats and making the RC feel unsafe, is a bad idea
The showcase equinox treatment and showcase fang treatment both appear in the set, all on cards that have never received these treatments before
Their signature attack, 1,000 Needles, is an annoyingly gimmicky attack that deals 1000 damage and ignores all defense, and of course, this is the move designers have chosen to bring to its Magic: The Gathering card
