Expect a deeper explanation in the coming weeks when I do an extensive writeup on the character and his cards soon
Not every bear printed then or now has been 2/2, but there is an obvious long-term pattern of Magic designers pushing to have 2/2 green creatures printed as bear-types, and vice versa
In a press release, Jeus Garcia, Trading Card Games Managing Director at Heritage Auctions, called Pokmon one of the hottest collectible markets in the world, something that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. He attributes this phenomenon to nostalgia and the 30th anniversary of the franchise
As time passed, Konami wanted to differentiate its game in a TCG market that was beginning to get crowded, and it added many new rules over the years to make the game more interesting and complex
The Japanese is tempting, but I think I would rather wait till the week that all the products arrive, and then buy a giant brick of things like Cyclonic Rift and Heroic Intervention in ENG and JPN foil