The printing facility in Japan produces cards with: Better centering JPN cards are cut with tighter tolerances, making off-center cards far less common than in English print runs Smoother card stock The paper quality is more uniform, reducing surface imperfections that cost points on the grading scale Cleaner edges Factory-fresh JPN cards show fewer whitening issues straight out of the pack Consistent foil application Holographic patterns and texture are applied more evenly This means a freshly pulled Japanese SAR or SR has a meaningfully higher chance of earning a PSA 10 compared to the same card printed in English
The Battle Damage you take from that attack is halved
Since the beginning of Base Set up until the release of Ruby/Sapphire, there were no restrictions placed on the player going first
Decks with persist creatures like Woodfall Primus and Puppeteer Clique also will, as the +1/+1 counter we add will cancel out the -1/-1 counter already on it, making it ready to use again
Shutting down all of your opponents activated abilities, this dynamic duo throws a spanner in the works of even the best-laid plans, while simultaneously extending your own options by absorbing said abilities into their own text box
Theyd be exciting reprints precisely once, and then nobody would care about them ever again