Infinitely more friendly than in the anime
Deveney notes that the designers had to include Aerith and how she is all about unrelenting hope in dark times. As such, her card features Lifelink and grants tokens to other creatures when she dies
Gaming is one of the excellent way for world peace! You said it, Japon Brand
Once all the graphic elements are placed, the rest of the card can be filled out so the Pokmons name, HP, Evolution and Pokdex info, abilities and attacks, etc those are all manually typed in
Discarding cards is a disadvantage, but like most well designed games, Magic has given us plenty of ways to spin that disadvantage into an advantage
No extras, no hidden surprises