These Legendary cards - the Zapdos is different from the one you start with if you pick Charmander, by the way - are not unlocked through microtransactions or by spending in-game currency on booster packs with a tiny drop rate, however, theyre just unlocked by battling the Grand Masters
Where many Special Illustration Rares highlight warmth or personal connection , this card leans into its synthetic subject
Even though I can't block it, can I still try to block with my Digimon with just to suspend my Digimon
Despite its inclusion as a promotional card, "Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon" is not featured in the game
So, if you add the fact that this card can easily be special summoned with the fact that it can become stronger as the game goes by, you have a card that can give you quick wins but can be serviceable in prolonged battles
This system breaks down when archetypes are retroactively established: unrelated cards may be released whose names happen to contain a certain word or string, and then support cards are released much later that work on all old and new cards containing that string