Pokmon Diamond exemplified this quality more than most other titles in the franchise, boasting a region filled with stories of ancient, world-creating deities, mysterious areas like the haunted Old Chateau, and other fascinating tidbits of historical lore hidden away in library bookshelves and optional NPC dialogue
Mantyke with their sole 2007 card hasn't been seen for sixteen years, either
After the first Pro Tour, a player who ran two copies in his Top 8 deck declared that you could only compete in Standard if you played Land Tax or Necropotence
Now, it'll be better in a game where you have allies or friends built into the infrastructure, like Two-Headed Giant or Secret Alliances
Like a true red deck, Animated Army incentivizes playing it aggro but your elementals only activating on your turn makes you particularly vulnerable to returned attacks
The most recent set release for the Pokmon Trading Card Game is one of the most baffling design decisions in the history of the game, as a simple, 162-card set was broken up into two sets (Black Bolt and White Flare), each with a completely different set of cards