Lots of cards regularly produce 3/3s you can sacrifice for pure card filtering, and once you get to 4/4s and above, you start raking in the cards
Classic nightmares like Mesmeric Fiend and Faceless Butcher utilize a truly ingenious mechanical identity where the card exiles something your opponent controls upon entering, then returns it when it leaves play
This Black White Rare treatment uses deep reds and a minimalist embossed foil that makes Victini feel like a mythic figure, despite its size
It deals 70 damage off two Lightning energies, which isn't bad, and its Counterattack ability, which deals 20 damage to any active Pokemon that damages it, is nifty, but the fact that it's a stage two Pokemon slows things down
This era also saw the introduction of Fairy-type Pokmon, adding a new dimension to the game's type matchups